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"weekends with alex witt." residents in texas all the way north to nebraska are under a severe weather threat with warnings of tornadoes, large hail and thunderstorms. moore, oklahoma saw some of the worst of it yesterday. the pounding hail was matched only by the rains and rising flood waters. rain uprooted trees and power lines. the back to back storms are leaving little chance for residents to clean up and prepare for the next one. >> big time weather on the way for oklahoma. >> every night we see the storms. i can hear the sounds of the tornado when we sleep. >> we have two reports for you. sara is reporting from wichita falls, texas. first, we're going to check on the forecast. what do you expect to be the hardest hit areas? >> we are expecting day four now of severe weather. everybody's nerves are afraid here. it looks like texas, oklahoma

and kansas. if that sounds familiar, you're right. these areas have seen severe weather for the last couple days. an early wakeup call of severe thunderstorms in north texas. not a lot of tornado activity with this batch of storms. this batch of storms may actually help us out later on this afternoon. these storms thrive on warmth and humidity. these storms will actually prevent the sun from coming out. so the severe threat for today has gone down just a bit. i'm still concerned for areas of western kansas, eastern colorado, all the way through western oklahoma city. shifting the threat a little further west of the big city. west of oklahoma city and dallas. so it looks like the severe weather threat will include tornadoes this afternoon, baseball-sized hail and flash flooding. a lot of places have received over 10 inches of rain in just about three or four days, so a lot of flooding here.

you're not going to be able to clean up yet today or tomorrow because the severe weather threat will continue across texas and oklahoma. the threat shifts a little bit further to the east. i think southeast of dallas and then the northern plains will also see severe weather tomorrow with a threat for isolated tornadoes. 39 million people impacted by the severe weather threat for tomorrow. so as we look at the second problem that we have here this morning, this is tropical storm anna. she's moving off to the north and west but very closely. so areas of the carolinas are going to have to deal with tropical storm force conditions probably all the way through tomorrow with heavy rain and wind being the main threat. we're tracking a lot of weather and will have all the details throughout the morning. >> i appreciate that thank you. let's go to sara who is in wichita false, welcome to you. what about people there? where can they expect? >> reporter: good morning, alex. residents here are gearing up for yet another day of heavy rains, high winds and hailstorms

hailstorms. it's expected to be a more extreme repeat where we saw downed power lines and snap edped trees. images captured on cell phone video. for the evening here we were under a tornado watch and a flash flood warning. ironically, this area is experiencing a severe drought. people keep saying they need this water, they just don't need it all at once and don't need the winds and hail that's coming along with it. now as for daily life here today, it is scheduled to go on as normal with a few exceptions. the annual cajun fest has been moved to inside in case of inclement weather. officials say they are keeping a close eye on the skies as they prepare for a barbecue competition. they tell me the town is so small if they don't hold that event outside they don't hold it at all. they are not ready to cancel it just yet. >> sarah dal love, thank you for

that. we're going to get a report from south carolina on the tropical storm threatening homes there. military bases in the u.s. are on the third highest security level amid-increasing concerns of home grown terrorist attacks inspired by isis. now the fbi is raising its alarms issuing an alert to field offices last night ordering them to take a closer look at alleged extremists on their radars. joining me now is pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> alex, officials here at the pentagon say raising the threat level is simply a prudent and precautionary step but it in no way diminishes the potential terror threat. the urgent warning shot out across the u.s. ordering more than 3,000 military bases and sites in the u.s. to raise the terrorist threat warning to force protection bravo. it's in the middle of five threat levels and indicates a more predictable threat of

terrorist activity and requires an increase in i.d. checks and vehicle searches. defense and military officials tell nbc news that there's concern that recruiting stations may be targeted and there have been serious warnings. they point to last weekend's shootout in garland, texas, where two isis. inspired gunmen were shot and killed in a failed terrorist attack. and a startling warning from james comby he told reporters it's almost as if there's a devil sitting on the soldier saying, kill, kill kill kill all day long and he's concerned isis is focusing on the military and law enforcement. one of the texas gunman was known to authorities. the fbi ordered field offices to

review the list of all suspects and decide whether the right ones are being tracked. the alarming increase is the result of isis's skillful use of social media to e recruit potential terrorists inside the u.s. >> as long as you have isis supporters around the world, thousands of them showing almost 100,000 tweets a day, that's just guarantees it's propaganda will remain in cyber space without containment. >> it's not clear how long this bravo threat level will last but officials here warn that these kinds of security measures could become the new normal because the new involving terrorist threat is not going away any time soon. >> thank you for that. other news police in australia arrested a 17-year-old boy accused of plotting to detonate three home made bombs. the exact target was unknown, but they believe the teen planned to set off the bombs on mother's day and called the

attack imminent. in new york city one juror forced a mistrial in the case of pedro hernandez, the man who confessed to killing a girl in 1979. a mental illness defense led to the mistreel. it leads to the agony the family has had to endure as they seek justice for their son. >> this man did it, how many times dauz man have to confess before someone believes him? >> for me his confession was very bizarre and i could not get beyond a reasonable doubt. >>. he was the first missing child to appear on a a milk carton and sparked the concept of stranger danger. south korea's military says north korea test fired missiles. kim jong-un attended the launch and described it as a strategic weapon 37. and look at this video out of yellowstone. a group of terrorists were taught a lesson in wildlife.

they got too close to a mama bear and her cubs. luckily, no one was hurt and after e get giving them quite the thrill they climbed a tree to escape the spectators. nearly a dozen republican presidential hopefuls are e descending on south carolina today. we'll have a preview of the freedom summit, just ahead. and later facing suspension, what does the future hold for tom brady after the nfl report about those footballs. that's ahead. it took tim morehouse years to master the perfect lunge. but only one attempt to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. introducing new downy fresh protect, it's like deodorant for your clothes. just toss it in with detergent

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no group has the right to change that. how do you walk into this arena and manage that? >> recognize that if you change the definition of marriage for one group, what do you say to the next group? >> what is the next group? >> we changed it for this group. but that's it. we're not changing it for anybody else. does that seem fair? >> well, but what other groups are there? >> there are more groups, i guarantee it. >> like -- >> i think you know that there are more groups. everybody knows there are more groups. >> honest to god, i don't know what you're talking about. what do you -- >> other variations on traditional marriage. you don't think there are any others? >> you mean like bigamy or something? >> that's a possibility. that's a possibility. why would you stop? with one group being able to change it and then say to the next group, you can't change it. >> today carson will be joibing his fellow contenders at citizenings united south

carolina's freedom summit. among the possible candidates, governor bobby jindal, rick perry, rick santorum donald trump and scott walker. joining me from the summit in south carolina is benji sarlan. before we get to the summit this is hardly ben carson's first comments to raise eyebrows. how is it playing with voters? >> reporter: if you are a supporter of ben carson you are pretty familiar with this. what you see is what you get with him. a lot of his appeal es peshlsly to more religious voters, is he's able to aggressively talk about social issues. some like mike huckabee and rick santorum put a lot of emphasis on social conservatives and made similar comments about gay marriage. >> let's talk about the agenda

for the event. what's on the docket? >> reporter: so the way the freedom summit works, they have it had it in other states already, you just have this relentless drum beat of speech after speech after speech from the presidential contenders. there's no other purpose except to line them up and give conservative activists in south carolina and lawmakers and voters a chance to really see everyone back to back. so that puts a lot of pressure on candidates to stand out. this is just hour after hour of speeches. by hour six or seven, it can be hard to get the room going. you can see which candidates can get the crowd pumped up. >> when you look at some significant candidates you have rand paul not there, jeb bush not there, why aren't they showing up? >> reporter: most of these candidates have spoken at previous freedom summits or citizens united events.

all of them received invites. nobody is getting a snub from the freedom summit organizers but some have high profile events they already scheduled. jeb bush will be speaking at liberty university in virginia. rand paul is holding a series of tech events in silicon valley. so they are not there for this event, but they are out in the trail keeping a profile high today. >> benji, thank you so much we'll check in again today. chris christie, who will not be at the summit, is once again defending his innocence in the bridge gate controversy. let's take a listen to christie's response when asked about it at a town hall yesterday. >> all i can tell you is this. when you're a leader you're going to hire lots of different people and you're going to make the best judgments you possibly can. but you're never going to be able to garn. tee people that no mistakes will be made. i have previously said i was sorry for what happened because it happened on my watch. i have to be accountable for it.

but being accountable and being responsible are two different things. i am accountable because i'm the accountable officer of that government. but i had nothing to do with it. >> joining me now is kolpi from "the washington post." do you think bridge gate is going to hurt chris christie to the point he doesn't stand a chance in 2016? >> since bridgegate happened, everyone thought when is he going to bounce back and he hasn't yet. he's still down low and having a hard time shedding this perception that he's a bully, that this is his management style, even if he wasn't responsible for bridgegate, this is how he manages his team. his team would think it's okay to do something like that. that's not goichk to play well in places like south carolina and iowa where he isn't even trying. he's spending most of his time in new hampshire hoping to get

northeast republicans. >> let's take a look at a new poll that shows scott walker is leading the field among iowa republicans. and also the potential candidates at the bottom here but in the latest nbc poll republicans throughout the country pick jeb bush for 2016. so is there a clear front runner? and is there that a bad thing for the gop if there's not? >> there is not a clear front runner. my colleague who likes to rank these things ranked them yesterday and has jeb bush as number one largely because he's going to be the person to raise the most money and the person with the most name i.d. but coming in a close second is marco rubio, who is this month's it boy. there's a lot of momentum around his candidacy. the same poll has everyone as people's second choice. they'd like to see marco rubio if jeb bush doesn't work out. but think back to 2012. e we saw people rise and fall

every month. there was the it candidate for the month until they all petered out and were left with rick santorum. there's no obvious mitt romney in this case but jeb bush is still top tier. >> let's head to the other side of the aisle here and talk about hillary clinton rolling out her immigration policy this week. chucked to says the timing might have been to e deflect attention from the clinton global initiative controversy. here's that. >> she did eat up a news cycle with immigration. we do find out there are ways she can stop and it was a jarring, a surprising rollout of her immigration policy sort of the first time she's rolled out any policy. that was their one hope is that they could at least step on or slow down the bill clinton story. >> so the strategy, the timing of this is it working? >> bill clinton's comments in

africa were obviously somewhat inartful. what i have heard from democratic sources is they have been impressed with how the clinton campaign have come out and been forceful when it comes to policies like immigration, criminal justice reform and hasn't been distracted by the news cycle around her e-mails and benghazi and the clinton foundation. she's been laser focused on issues and connecting with people. granted she hasn't taken questions from the press, but she has been talking directly to voters and seems more comfortable in her own skin and so whether or not this was a strategy or not is hard to tell. democrats seem to be quite happy with what hillary clinton is doing right now. >> thank you for weighing in. ahead the cost of college debt. how much does it really pay off in salaries? and later, a look at dairy production and its effect on the environment. i'll tell you the true price for the cream in your coffee.

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in today's big money headlines, you're hired, debt and on the whole. regina lewis is joining us. we're going to start with you're hired and the upbeat news on the jobs front. >> 223,000 jobs added in. april. that's on the heels of a very disappointing march jobs report. the participation rate and wages still fairly stagnant but this brought the unemployment rate down to 5.4%. so good news there. >> what about the talk about the hike in interest rates? how does that potentially affect a jobs report? >> on friday you saw the stock market really soar back. that's because this this report was good enough but not considered great, meaning not great enough to force the fed's hands in terms of raising interest rates. >> debt and diplomas why are

all the new college grads more desperate than ever to find a job? is it because of the debt? >> there's a sense of urgency. the new average debt is $35,000. that's does not compel you to put on a backpack and roam around europe. you have to get a job and fast. 71% of students now have some sort of loans. by comparison it was 50% two decades ago. parents are involved in that as co-signers. it's really a legacy issue. if you play it out over a lifetime that might buy your first home later, build equity later, long-term ramifications of this e debt. >> what about on the whole, the change coming to whole foods. >> whole foods is known for premium food at premium prices. it's deemed whole paycheck. so their growth has been a little bit flat year over year because there's only so many of those shoppers. they are going to create outlet

stores. they will be a third of the size under a different brand name because they don't want people to shop at a whole foods outlet. so it will be interesting to see how they manage multiple brands. >> do they have a name? >> i think some of the anemias are green life. the notion you'd pick up what you need just in time inventory. that's catering to a younger customer who is shopping just for themselves. >> thank you for the update. stormy weather, we'll take you to myrtle beach where a tropical storm is threatening the carolina coast, that's next. her dentures, for the best first impression. love loud, live loud polident. ♪ ♪ fresher dentures... ...for those breathless moments. hug loud, live loud, polident.

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it happened while the suspect was trying to surrender. another grand jury cleared the officer last year but a prosecutor reopened the case this week. an fbi agent is recovering from nonlife threatening wounds after being shot in the leg by a bank robbery suspect. it happened yesterday when agents tried to arrest him at a colorado motel. the suspect was later found dead in that motel, but authorities have not said how he died. overseas now, the world health organization says liberia is ebola free. it comes two weeks after the u.s. closed the ebola center. in moscow thousands of troops took part in the military parade for russia's 70th ve day celebration. it was boycotted by most western leaders because of the crisis in ukraine. and a father who stuffed his 8-year-old son in a suitcase to smuggle him into europe is facing human rights abuse charge

charges. agents in north africa discovered the child when the suitcase was being scanned. more severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are threatening the midwest and south. this is parts of north texas where they are cleaning up. meanwhile residents in oklahoma are dealing with damage left behind with hailstorms and heavy rains. a surprise tropical storm is slowly moving towards the carolina coast this morning. tropical storm ana showing up weeks ahead of the official start of the hurricane season. beach goers were watching yesterday as forecasters said that storm could continue to gain strength bringing with it high waves and strong winds. a tropical storm warning is now in effect for parts of the north and south carolina coasts. gabe gutierrez is in murt l beach for us. let's look all the what conditions are like down there. what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, alex. wind and rain have been pounding the myrtle beach area throughout

the morning. just a few minutes ago the rain has briefly stopped, but the choppy surf we have been seeing throughout the morning. tropical storm ana was reclassified overnight from a sub tropical storm to a tropical storm because of changing conditions. a tropical storm watch is in effect for this area. ana has maximum sustained winds of nearly 60 miles per hour. it would be only the 7th named storm to make landfall in may in the united states. now it was virtually stationary yesterday, at one point just moving at 1 miles per hour. it's now moving northwest at about 3 miles per hour. so we expect this storm to linger for several days here bringing heavy rain up to 5 inches in some spots as well as dangerous rip currents. ana is expected to officially make landfall tomorrow. alex? >>. gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. joining me in studio for a closer look at the forecast today is meteorologist steve.

what are you expected to be the worst hit areas? >> the great plains the areas we have been talking about the past couple days are going to get hit today and tomorrow. then we can sound the all clear and get life back to normal. these are moving through northern texas right now. they have large hailstones and a lot of lightning. it's a loud morning in north texas. if you're in amarillo or lubbock this morning, these storms will help prevent the storms later today from being as strong. so the threat size has diminished somewhat. yesterday six reported tornadoes, but really what i want to emphasize is the large hailstones. we had softball-sized hail falling from the sky. you better believe that's going to smash out some windows and did so in texas. today the threat zone shifts to the north and west. so western kansas western

oklahoma. so some different spots getting into the action for today. still the threat around dallas for this afternoon. we're watching out for the potential for strong tornadoes here as well. but again, western areas of kansas we could be seeing baseball-sized hail and a few tornadoes. we're also talking about severe weather for mother's day tomorrow. so if you're out across the midwest, be careful with mom. make sure you're close to a place to seek shelter indoors. otherwise, parts of the country will be doing quite nicely. i want to show you the forecast before we go. there will be some beautiful spots. the west coast is looking good. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 70s in southern california. it will be hot from atlanta towards florida. and even here in new york city, we're taking mom out to brunch and temperatures in the 80s with plenty of sunshine. >> that sounds pretty good, thank you. president obama is going up against a formidable foe over the trade deal his own party.

the president acknowledged the battle during a visit to nike headquarters in portland go. oregon. >> there have been a bunch of critics about trade deals generally and the transpacific partnership and what's interesting is typically they are my friends coming from my party. on this issue, on trade, i actually think some of my dearest friends are wrong. >> kristen welker is at the white house for us this morning, good morning, kristen. i'm curious what does the president hope to gain by publically pushing his own party on this deal and calling out some of his friends? >> reporter: well, he's trying to persuade some of them to get on his side. this is a familiar tactic pressuring congress by taking his message on the road. as you know, he's trying to persuade republicans and in this case it's democrats. on friday president obama went to nike headquarters to make his case. the move infuriated some

progressives and some unions who point out that nike employs 26,000 people in america, but its contract factories overseas employ about a million people, many in vietnam. the president announced on friday that if this new trade deal goes through, new yorkike would add about 10,000 manufacturing and engineering jobs in addition to thousands of construction jobs here in the u.s. while opponents of the trade deal like elizabeth warren argue it would ultimately cost american jobs supporters and the president say those arguments are distorted and the deal would create more jobs. the white house also arguing that if the u.s. doesn't participate in the trade deal, it would be left behind while other countries like china take the lead when it comes to global trade. this is not just a public push. the president has also been meeting privately with democrats here at the white house and he's been working the phones along with top aids. base

based on conversations here, officials tell me they believe they have persuaded some skeptical democratic lawmakers to support the trade deal. but no exact word on the numbers yet. it's important for the white house to have bipartisan support on this one. one more unrelated note alex. a fun fact, if you will. the president has now visited all 50 states after leaving nike headquarters in oregon. the president touched down in south dakota where he delivered a commencement address at a community college there and told the crowd, quote, i saved the best for last. so all 50 states alex. >> i think he's only the fourth president to do that while in office. so good for him. thank you so much kristen welker at the white house. now to deflate gate, a new report this morning from the new york daily news says the nfl will suspend tom brady. an announcement is expected next week. it's no longer a matter of if the nfl commissioner will suspend brady, but for how long e he will be suspended. brady would become the highest

profile player in history to be suspended. halle jackson explores the question didwas he involved in cheating? >> what do you guys think? >> reporter: deflate gate fallout turning philosophical after investigators found tom brady was at least generally aware staffers may have underinflated footballs. while tom brady says he doesn't have a reaction to that report -- >> i haven't had much time to digest it. >> reporter: plenty of other people do wondering is he a cheater or an athlete looking for an edge? >> gamesmanship would be things typically psychological when they try to do things to get the other team to make mistakes whereas cheating is where there are rules. >> reporter: it's a fine line between breaking the rules and pushing them to their limits like icing the kicker or stealing signs. all sports have their own versions of gamesmanship.

grunting loud to psych out tennis opponents, but deflate gate. seems to be raising new questions about how much fans will tollerate. >> a lot of people are getting fed up because these athletes are heroes to young people. >> reporter: young people like these players in southern california. >> to us down here in high school it shows us a bad example. >> if. you want to play a fair game, just play the game. >> reporter: but as the latest scandal shows, sometimes the blurred lines between cheating and gamesmanship aren't so black and white. halle jackson, nbc news, los angeles. >> so do you think tom brady cheated? talk to me on twitter. we'll be reading some of your tweets throughout the day on the show. lawyers for those six baltimore police officers are fighting back against the charges stemming from the death of freddie gray. and the justice department launches a civil rights investigation into the baltimore police department. how will that be carried out? we'll take a look.

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new developments today in the death of freddie gray. lawyers for the six baltimore police officers in the case have filed a motion to have all charges dropped. the 109-page motion also wants states attorney to recuse herself citing conflict of interest and so-called overzealous prosecution. the requests come as the justice department launches a civil rights investigation into the baltimore police department. justice correspondent pete williams now tells us how that probe will proceed. >> reporter: after 25-year-old freddie gray died from a spinal cord injury in the custody of baltimore police touching off days of peaceful protest skpst nights of unrest and prompting a visit from the new attorney general loretta lynch today she said there's been a serious erosion of public trust and ordered a civil rights investigation of the entire police department. >> this investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that baltimore

police department officers use excessive force including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches, seizures and arrest and engage in discriminatory policing. >> reporter: investigators will ride along with police on the beat interview officers and community leaders and analyze records of who has been arrested and for what. the news was welcomed by city leaders, the police union and the lawyer for freddie gray's family. >> the federal government has enormous additional powers than state government has. it has both the carrot and the stick. >> reporter: in the past six years, the justice department has opened investigations or is enforcing court-ordered changes in 32 police departments and sheriffs offices in 18 state ss. baltimore's police say they too welcome the investigation, but if they decline to make the recommended changes, the government can get a court to order them to do it. pete williams at the justice department. a group of mothers will turn out in front of the justice department this afternoon to

protest excessive use of force by police on young black men. joining me now is marion hopkins. her son died in 1999 after being shot by a maryland police officer. she will be taking part in today's rally. ma'am, i welcome you, good morning. >> good morning. >> how did you turn such a devastating loss into action? >> well, my son was one that always his mom was one of power, one of strength always called me his soldier. i knew this is something i needed to take forward. >> clearly, you have done so. i want to talk about today's march. what do you hope to accomplish? >> we hope to accomplish that folks see that there are mothers across this country that have lost their sons unjustly and that our voices will be heard and that there will be change made so we can stop the senseless killings of our young children. >> as you watch the events unfold in baltimore, what was going through your mind? >> it was like reliving it all

over again. >> the pain were you shocked? were you surprised that it was happening? >> i was not surprised or shock ed ed. this is something that's been happening over many, many years. it's not just happening, it's not just the recent eric garners or freddie gray. it's not just the recent michael browns. this has been going on for many years. >> interestingly, there's a pugh survey echoing your sentiments that was taken last year and found that 52% of blacks expected relations between local police and minorityies to worsen while 34% of whites feel the same way. do you agree relations will get worse or do you think steps have been taken since then to improve relations? >> it's going to get worse. that's why we're here this weekend as mother s tos to say this

needs to stop. as long as the laws are the way they are and they are designed to protect the police officer, they are not designed to protect the people. as long as that remains the same, this will continue, which is again, why we're here this weekend as mothers united to say enough is enough and we are demanding change. >> how do you feel about the department of justice investigations? do you think they they make a difference? >> i do not. i have had an opportunity to go to the department of justice in december of 2014 and the standards and practices that they currently have in place are not for the people. the standards are very high. it's almost impossible for a person's human rights to be violated. >> i know when you were meeting with those officials on capitol hill you talked about police accountability, increasing that. did you walk away with a positive sense after those conversations? >> i walked away with empathy. i walked away with they know that there is an issue. we walked away with a list of

things that we know need to be put in place to be changed. unfortunate unfortunately, it's going to take a lot. it's gik to take the people of power to get the right officials elected into office. there's only so much that the president can do. there's only so much the department of justice can do. it's going to require people to change laws. >> gary was shot and killed back in 1999. i imagine there's not a day that goes by when you don't think about him. tell me about him. what do you miss the most? >> it's something as basic as gary coming up kissing me on my cheek, gary was a wonderful kid. and i am a person that shoots direct from the hip. i call a spade a spade. gary was a second year college student, just 16 days prior to gary's death i lost my husband, his father to bone cancer. and that particular night of the

event that gary lost his life, he was trying to -- he was grieving over his father's death. he was at a dance. there was a a fight. gary being the peacemaker that he was broke up that fight, was sitting on the ledge of a car trying to exit the party. he was waving everyone on when an officer comes and blocks them from exiting. he comes up to the vehicle where gary was sitting waving everyone on, pulls gary with a gun to his head. gary stumbles forward, tries to get his balance when another officer comes by and as they normally do allege he saw gary struggle for the officer's gun. there's no reason gary should be dead today. gary was an aspiring writer he was a comedian he can be an actor actor. there was a lot of things he could do and now that is impossible. >> i'm sure it's poignant on

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may not sound like a lot. tell us why this is a major problem. >> well it's interesting. and you know what i heard when i spoke to some of the global experts, is that the larger scale, the climate impacts of the dairy industry you know, that the industry has done a lot to improve and moderate their emissions over the last few years. six or eight years ago there was a report out putting likestock, which includes dairy and meat production as the top polluters in the world. there is a real tradeoff in terms of environmental impacts. when i was out in california which was an area which suffers from air pollution i was reporting on the impact of the dairy industry. there's a -- you hear people talk about in a upset angry way a local impact as you just mentioned in terms of smell,

contribution to local air pollution. but the interesting thing when you look at the large dairy operations, thousands and thousands of cows in one farm that is characteristic of the dairy industry in the united states in general and in california where i was visiting you know when you concentrate that number of animals in a small space, you really have an issue and a concern around local impacts. however, it can be more efficient as a way of producing milk. so those cows which are creating green house gases through your burps and manuer those cows are producing more milk per cow than you would get in a more traditional sort of pasture environment. they're more efficient from a climate perspective.

>> and you mentioned the manure and the production of those gases from that. there's a thing called digesters that will help curb the environmental problems what is that? >> there's a lot of interest in that now. and you know this gas that comes off the manure, it's methane. it's natural gas. if you can handle it properly and capture it is it is a source of energy. that is a potential source of revenue for farmers who have tremendous amounts of manure they need to deal with and dispose of. >> you talk would global leaders. is this a problem that is unique to the u.s. or in europe anywhere you go? >> it's a global issue and question. the united states has a much heavier reliance on these very large scale sort of farms. it's a different set of issues

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