tim o'connor and david balen, thank you for being with us.e will continue to follow what has been described as the worst terminal disaster since the bp oil spill. when we come back from the break, we will talk about the , whatetary guidelines they are recommending, what they have remained silent about. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "eat the menu" by the sugarcubes. a shout out to the students at park slope's collegiate school will come to watch democracy now! today. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: health and environmental experts are accusing the obama administration of caving to the meat industry in its new dietary guidelines the federal nutrition , standards for public programs, school lunches, food labels, and more. while the guidelines recommend consuming less sugar, they do not recommend eating less meat. this comes despite recent findings by the world health organization that processed meat causes cancer. advocates are also condemning the government f