he's s sponsible e for feedining seven millioion childrenen every day. he says that before the lunches were provided, poor parents often sent their children to work, and about a million kids were out of school. vijay: after about six years of this program, the latest data, the census which we did in 2007 shows that the number of children who are out of school was reduced to 70,000.0. so from one million, it has come down to 70,000. so this i would largely say impact is due to the midday meal scheme. [speaking foreign language] amamos: the prprincipal of thihs school says students now find it easier to concentrate, and classrooms are getting crowded. amos: today the cooks are preparing sambar, a staple south indian dish that's like a soupy vegetable curry with lentitils. this simple meal is also being used as an instrument of social chchange. the state government insists at least one cook in every kitchen must be from the so-called untouchable castes. [bell rings] [speaking foreign language] amos: in many states, lunch has become a one-stop shop for child

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we are tired of the empty words and threats, and the talking about being sad about syrian childrenen being killed. we want to see an endnd to our pepeople suffefering and an endo the senseless death of syrians. amy: on friday, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley, though she made a very strong statement yesterday, on friday she and rex tillerson, the secretary of state, said -- she said -- "our priority is no longer to sit and focus on getting al-assad out. like marcoicans, rubio, the senenator frorom flo, was saying, "this what laid the groundwork, this gave a signal for a side to move ahead with this attack on tuesday." do you agree with this? >> i don't know if that specifically caused this incident. i think that if you look at what has been happening every single day, there really is no logic to the way this regime has been attacking its own people since 2011. i think that statements like this make it easier to continue on. i think that the brussels conference happening also makes it easier to make these kinds of attacks happen. i think that questioning what led to this as