the department of agriculture has been front and center in opposing most of the measures that have been introduced of the legislature that seek better regulation of pesticides i think our state laws may have been great at one point in regulating traditional plantation agriculture but clearly now where we have experimental combinations of pesticides being used on a widespread basis clearly our regulations are inadequate i'm not aware of anybody having done an environmental impact statement that looks at the impacts of pesticides or genetically engineered crops on any resource on water quality on air quality on soil quality in hawaii you have a large number of endangered species and so it's particularly important in that kind of environment to look at them more closely in the state isn't looking at them at all that governor has the power to make the statewide disclosure program mandatory he has the capacity to staff the pesticide branch to ensure that if there are pesticide violations that those are investigated in addressed within a timely manner what we're fighting for isn't just an env

telling me like you can't get the records so he goes i'm submitting freedom of information department of agriculture $600.00 in like 3 months but we got a list of $22.00 different restricted use pesticides many of those are banned in other states and other in other nations and above all there was actually in 3 different forms. these companies have lied to me personally and directly as a council member about a number of questions live misled me they flat out lied and as we went through the process of these community meetings we slowly put together this bill bill to 401 this is serious serious stuff that deserves our attention turns to be deserves we don't was now. it's a bill from people who really were educated. were concerned. it was a good way to make conscious decisions. how to deal with these companies it asks for buffer zones very minimal buffer zones much smaller than in other states around schools homes hospitals and shorelines and other sensitive areas there 500 feet 100 feet around shorelines for pesticide disclosure including general use pesticides on a daily. basis from these companies as

agriculture summit in pennsylvania's 15th district. in crescent, pennsylvania. joineding the secretary and i was gary grombs, executive director of the usda pennsylvania farm service agency, russell reading, department of agriculture secretary, my colleagues, representative john joyce, representative fred keller, among others. the purpose of this event was to learn from our farm families how -- on what's working, what's not, and whether they need support the most. it was a privilege to host so many hardworking dairy farmers and learn from their experiences. it's important that there are resources available to help the dairy industry strengthen and grow. at the summit we discussed these resources like usda's new margin recovery program. this revamped voluntary program one of many tools available to dairy farmers around the nation and offer more options, more flexibility, better return on investment. our nation's farmers are always working hard. owning and operating a farm is a 24/7, 365 a day year job. no matter where you are from, a strong agriculture industry benefits each and every one of our lives. of course the hardworking men and women would be lost without strong market opportunities. so we mu

you're maybe familiar with the texas department of agriculture. that department since 2015. yes, that deserves a round of applause. [applause] >> one of your biggest industries here. former agriculture secretary, tom. led during the obama administration, he was the longest serving cabinet member in that administration. of the u.s.e c.e.o. u.s. dairy export council. then we have state representative drew springer, who represents almost the largest district in texas, ander than 74 countries more than twice the size of massachusetts. very large district. he also is chair of the agriculture committee in the legislature, which i understand has been getting quite a bit of buzz. we're going to talk about that. yes. welcome! [applause] here.let me set the stage i think we probably mostly have here.griculture audience probably tuning in as well. there are only about two million country that are directly farming. so a lot of people, even though eating and wearing fibers and using fuel that's grown in we're not states, directly engaged in this industry as much as we used to be. disconne

department of agriculture has a long and well-documented history of discrimination against black farmers. the unequal administration of government farm support programs, crucial to protecting farmers from an inherently risky enterprise, has had a profound impact on rural communities of color. we have got to stay on this administration to make sure that all americans have a fair shot, not only at food and food security through snap, but also to ensure that those farmers, american farmers, particularly minority farmers, have a fair shot at being part of that food production. we know that in the virgin islands, our farmers farm very small acreage of land. but we're hoping and looking for the support of usda, to live to their example and the ideal that they are there to support farmers, not to undermine them. they are there to support not just the commodities, but to those specialty crop workers, those smaller farmers who are providing food and suftnence to mericans here in this country. -- sustenance to americans here in this country. e know that fresh food is -- sustenance to americans her

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what happened with why i'm a middle school was particularly egregious the state of hawaii department of agriculture does not do its job with respect to investigating complaints about pesticide drift and for years this is been the case it doesn't monitor the air it doesn't monitor the water it doesn't monitor the soil to make sure that pesticides are not leaving the fields and going into where people live and play and work.

department of agriculture for standing with hoosier farmers. they have faced hardship due to adverse weather conditions. indiana farmers experienced prolong rains negatively impacting their ability to plant corn and soybeans before crop insurance deadlines passed. just two weeks ago secretary perdue declared 74 counties across the hoosier state eligible for federal assistance. on behalf of the indiana's sixth district, i want to thank the secretary for assisting farmers faced with a shortened growing season and a small harvest with access to this critical help. i rise today regarding an issue impacting constituents in every corner of indiana's sixth district. my district ranks among the lowest in the nation in regards to broadband access. according to the fcc, 42% of hoosiers in rural areas of my district are without high-speed broadband internet. that puts almost half of my constituents in rural communities at a disadvantage. this is not unique to my district. over 16.le million rural americans across this -- 16.8 million rural americans acros

what happened with why i'm a middle school was particularly egregious the state of hawaii department of agriculture does not do its job with respect to investigating complaints about pesticide drift and for years this is been the case it doesn't monitor the air it doesn't monitor the water it doesn't monitor the soil to make sure that pesticides are not leaving the fields and going into where people live and play and work. as a mom i think about what would i do. if i had to send my child to school every day alongside a field where i knew they were spraying pesticides but i didn't know when and i didn't know what. we require our kids to go to school why don't we require these companies to at least inform the parents or the school administrators what they're spraying when and where so we started to ask questions like well what chemicals are they spray how do we manage runoff send an email to gary who is or asking him about it what we can do what we could start a bill to get these chemical companies regulated so we can put a stop to it at least find out what's going on this was a group of people and t

the us department of agriculture says for the first time since the great recession in 2008.>fewer americans are worrying about where to get their next meal. jane adams, a senior policy analyst for bread for the world attributed the good news to the growing job et when more people are working they have more income which means that they can afford to put food on the table but adam stresses the 11% of families that are still food and secure amounts to 37 million people for some places and people that are still really struggling. it's as if they never got out of the recession. the usda report from the hungriest americans aren't african american and latino households, particularly in the south and rural communities. adam says that's because these areas also have high levels of concentrated poverty and with little access to jobs have been stuck in the same cycle for decades people aren't getting the incomes they need to be able to survive now is talk of another recession, looms, adam says congress should continue to fund federal housing and nutrition assistance programs and states

agriculture community. i want to recognize the utstanding achievement of 27 family farms in indiana's sixth district. award is r homestead giving out to indiana state department of agriculture to amily farms that have been farming for over 100 years, 150 200 years. i am proud that in my district farms earned ly the hoosier homestead centennial earned the is hes ua centennial award and four the bicentennial award. oosier families can look up to these farms and know that hard off.and dedication pays congratulations to all these families for earning the ecognition as a hoosier homestead. madam speaker, this weekend i join my fellow veterans and gold in dedicating the eirut memorial monument to hoosiers killed in the terrorist ttack on beirut, lebanon, on october 23, 1983. s a beirut veteran myself, i understand that our first duty is to remember. indiana now has our own memorial to commemorate he indiana servicemen who sacrificed their lives in the name of peace. forget.ill never james menard, usmc. estes, usmc, michael, u.s.m. usmc.l, thomas, usmc. faithful.ays be semper fi. thank you, madam speaker. yield. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of ru

the santa clara department of food and agriculture and the u.s. ure has started treatment to eradicate the fly. the oriental fruit fly is known to invest more than 230 different fruits and vegetables including apples, avocados and tomatoes.>> they lay there egg into fruit, and that it hatches into a maggot or larva and that it eats the fruit. so when you go to get one, it's filled with maggots.>> officials say this is a good reminder for people when traveling abroador mailing packages to california, do not bring back or mail fruits, vegetables or meat products. they are pathways for invasive species to into our state.>>> a rare sight in the sky this friday, full harvest moon will appear just in time for friday the 13th. the moon will rise as the sun sets, making it appear a dramatic shade of orange. according to the farmer's almanac, harvest moon falling on friday the 13th hasn't happened since october of 2000, and won't happen again until august of 2049. >>> coming up, a new push for gun reform measures, why some on capitol hill are optimistic tha

i say america = three other country in the world but if you go and look to the usda, the department of agriculturend you go and put a now something in the old-age used to be in the food pyramid now they are more interplanetary and i don't know why they change it, but that's fine if you look what they tell us on my plate of toast you we should be eating 60, 70% of fruits and vegetables. we should all be clapping to our government saying they want us better, they want us hope because they want an america that is invincible but when you go to the farm bill and see how much money the government puts towards subsidies it's like one or 2% of the entire farm bill so they want us to eat more vegetables, they are telling us 70%, but the government doesn't support the money to make sure. i have no problem with the big corn farmers, the farmers and everybody else to make money. i am a business guy, but the subsidies of making the big companies. they don't receive the same subsidies. i'm only asking why we don't level out the playing field if we give to the big organizatio organizations. what does that have t

department of agriculture. it means investing more in the conservation stewardship program for growers to make sure we're doing the right things with soil management. sounds like it's hitting a nerve. you never hear about it. scientifically, we're moving away from cattle to planting. there's the potential of our soil to take in as much as carbon as the entire transportation sector puts out. we have to unlock that. the way i see it in the same way we as a country are rightly proud of norman and the green revolution that fed a billion people. we should be as proud as the steps we're about to take as country with american agriculture leading the way to green global agriculture in a different fashion. imagine what it would mean if a net zero emissions cattle farm were as big a symbol of american aechlt achievement in fighting the crisis as electric vehicles. we would be so proud and it might be helpful. coffee after church with folks you know who maybe are hesitating to embrace democratic visions of climate. it sou

so it is currently, to the best of my knowledge, still at quarantine at the department of agricultureas soon as it's cleared it will will be coming back. [laughter] jonathan: oh, i'm sorry. >> that's all right. for the vegetable garden that michelle obama was promoting, has it expanded and is much of it organic? and are you really promoting heirloom varieties? jonathan: to the best of my knowledge, it is about the same size, but is being maintained at the same standards. i do believe a lot, if not all of it, is organic, but that is -- i am not 100% sure. that is up to the discretion of the first lady. heirloom varieties, yes, they are not the sole focus, but i know that, during the obama administration there was a strong focus on growing some of thomas jefferson's favorite vegetables. >> final question. [inaudible] jonathan: that is a really good question -- was the gardens financed in the first hundred years? frankly, a lot of this came out of the president's own pocket. and some of it did come from congressional appropriations. a good example i can give is, i do not have time to nec

that coincides with confirmation from the department of agriculture that a large soy bean by has happenedill being felt on both sides of the pacific. >> with china's tariffs, we return favor and that the negotiations are moving along nicely. the president said yesterday, we are always available for the deal. >> the talks start up again next week. the progress that will indicate how well the face-to-face talks and head of the trade talks will grow out. >> while the president, the different cuts at the debate last night defended their plans that will create more taxes for the middle class. don, so if there's any criticism, maybe from both sides of the aisle, this was a tax c cut, a great positive impact on the economy but middle-class folks probably want the tax cut as well. >> that's just what the democrats are saying. the republicans are think the truth which is every american taxpayer got a huge tax cuts. families with children gotta refundable credit the standard deduction was launched in favor of doubling the personal exemption. top rate was lowered, everybody made a killing on this. t

where should this whistleblower go, the department of agriculture, the department of housing and urbanevelopment? if the president's promises and unlawful conversations allegedly with world leaders don't fall into the intelligence and national security realm, i don't know what does. and so if this continues to keep failing, if this system keeps breaking down, i would say this to the whistleblower if he or she is watching. there's one more week, one week from today where the dni, the acting dni claims he is going to testify. if at that point next week this whistleblower complaint doesn't substantively be conveyed to the house or senate intelligence community, it's time for you to come forward directly to those committees. that's what i would advise. and what i would advise to the people who are obstructing attorney general barr, the acting dni. and by the way i will also count amongst them this inspector general who may be trying to do the right thing but has failed in his mandate because he has actually refused to do what his mandate requires to do. >> harry litman, let me go to you on

the department of agriculture reporting on this amazing turnaround. in food stamp enrollment saving americans nearly $9 billion a year and currently 630 million americans still enrolled in food stamps and that is far fewer than the 48 million under president obama back in 2013. in 2012, the obama administration actually spent $3 million on spanish radio ads encouraging people to sign up for food stamps. up next, china vastly out producing the united states on 5g technology, that is the report, that's the claim we taken up recording chain. here tonight. next you will not believe what the number three house democrat had to say about support for the bill of rights. we will tell you that a much more straight ahead after the quick messages. lou: radical dems under sheldon whitehouse politicizing the judicial process as bestie can and claiming the supreme court has become another arm of the gop, this follows white house legal brief to pack the supreme court, writing this, the supreme court is not well and the people know it. perhaps the court can heal itsel

the us department of agriculture says for the first time since the great recession in 2008. >>fewer americans are worrying about where to get their next meal. jane adams, a senior policy analyst for bread for the world attributed the good news to the growing job market when more people are working they have more income which means that they can afford to put food on the table but adam stresses the 11% of families that are still food and secure amounts to 37 million people for some places and people that are still really struggling. it's as if they never got out of the recession. the usda report from the hungriest americans aren't african american and hounoholds, particularly in the south and rural communities. adam says that's because these areas also have high levels of concentrated poverty and with little access to jobs have been stuck in the same cycle for decades people aren't getting the incomes they need to be able to survive now is talk of another recession, looms, adam says congress should continue to fund federal housing and nutrition assistance programs and states

. >> up until the spring of 2019, louis ziska was a plant physiologist at the department of agriculturehe highest levels of leadership within the usda believe climate change is happening? >> you'd have to ask them. >> the head of agriculture for the united states may not think climate change is real? >> from his own comments, it sounds like he agrees with others within the current administration that this is not evidence based science. >> in the spring of 2019, ziska resigned because he felt science was now taking a back seat to ideology. >> you're entitled to your own opinion. that's great, we're a free country. but you're not entitled to your own facts. >> facts, science, happening at places like this, a patchwork of green in the heart land of the united states, one of the most robust producers of corn and soybeans on the planet, 21 million acres here in illinois alone. >> this is your lab, huh? >> yes, yeah. we're lucky to have it. >> it's what drew scientist andrew leaky from his home country of scotland to the university of illinois. >> this is why i moved here actually. >> but the

they moved two major department of agriculture agencies to kansas city. we're talking about moving a lot of the bureau of land management officers out of new york or out of washington. they seem to decide the best way to get rid of this so-called deep state is to move them, the easiest way to fire them. federal employees are really under attack from this administration and this national weather service is the most recent example. >> i do wonder, the atlantic, 33 put it, made this point, it's not the storm, it's the coverup. is that what this is for you? >> yeah. it's also trump's amazing insecurity and narcissim over this. i think for post-people they will say, look, i made a mistake and move on. this has dominated the news now for five or six days. it's a little silly. i like what mayor pete buttigieg he feels sorry for the president that this is such a big deal. >> there is also a point i want to ask you about coming from the "new york times," this about the president's golf resort in scotland. the reporting is that in 2014, donald trump he struck a deal

sides, adding tumor products to the tariffs, soybeans and pork, this coincides with the department of agriculturefirming that china made a large par purchasef soybeans from american farmers, they been trying to meet their demand to trade deals with other countries recently like chile and russia, they have not been able to do that, the chinese are dealing with an african swine fever that's killing pigs inside china. including pork in the exemption left may be a good gesture but also something china needs to do to meet their demand. all of this is president donald trump is answering questions about an interim deal with china, i think it's important to hear exactly what the president said. >> i would rather get the whole deal done, we have taken many billions of dollars of tariffs, i would rather get the entire chinese done, if were gonna do the deal, let's get it done. a lot of people are talking about it and a lot and toile ans are saying interim deal, meaning pieces of it, but there is no easy or hard, there's a deal or not a deal. it is something we would consider but we are doing very well. >>

the chinese department of agriculture confirming that purchase of those soybeans.n it comes to pork, removing or having the exemption tariffs on pork products might spark a buy there from chinese companies. adding to all of this intrigue, the last 18 months of these trade talks has been kind of like a soap opera here. president donald trump now responding to the idea that's been floated about possibly an interim deal with china. he said yesterday that he guesses he would consider it, but in the same breath said that he would really want to have the whole deal. he said i would rather have the whole deal. now, trade experts say the president is working towards that whole deal but the progress has been slow. >> they have opened up the financial sector for wholly owned american companies. they passed this new foreign investment law. they are expanding the so-called shanghai free trade zone model to another ten cities in china. but we're still nowhere near going back to what they basically agreed to in early may. reporter: that's the key, is what concessions would china

plane yals rejoice new report from the department of agriculture says national price of avocado downy off 210 where it was just back in july. and some savings on avocado toast is today national guacamole day. >> avocado is good for you. very good for you. [laughter] well federal reserve is. thed to cut interest rates for second time this week since financial crisis is this move, though, going to be ast boost to housing? let's bring in beth ceo and beth realty a hot topic but lower of mortgage rates especially the the 30 year after this week? >> i think we're expecting cut in the rate. but i don't predict that it is going to have an impact on buyer morale and i don't think we're going see this all of a sudden influx of buyers purchasing. because i think that the problem is that people are concerned about a bigger issue and i think this highlights the challenge that we face right now. which is there's a lot of overprice inventory. >> what about fears over recession? wee don't have a recession but we can take ourselfves into one. smg i think that's part of the problem too because right

of agriculture from the u.s. farmers. we can confirm from the departmentf agriculture today there was a significant purchase of soybeans. they are confirming that today. china trying to meet demand for soybeans going forward. they have been trying to do it with trade deals, and chile, russia. they have not been able to do that. soybeans in the u.s. are piling up as they are looking for buyers there. so it's a win-win situation there. china also dealing with a swine fever situation that is killing pigs in china. so they might, adding pork to the tariff exemption list might be a good will guess sure but also something china needs. on the interim trade deal, it is important to hear exactly what president trump said on the sub second yesterday. here it. >> i would rather get the whole deal done. we've taken in many, many billions of dollars of tariffs. i would rather get the entire chinese deal done. if we do the deal, let's get it done. a lot of people talking about it. a lot of analysts saying interim deal, meaning we do pieces of it, easy ones first but the

department of agriculture releases its report.t expects the agency will be aggressive in cutting its outlook to below the august estimate. if the harvest is indeed affected by heavy rain. analysts have expected that to happen. the last few months, the usda delivered an outlook for a bigger harvest. hedge funds are betting that scenario will come to pass again, increasing their bet on corn for a seventh straight week. this as the foreign market has been super volatile in months. corn futures in chicago not far off from the record low we reached on friday. the downturn sparked by the shocking forecast by the usda in august. the contract plunging the most in six years. corn futures did rise the most in three weeks on concerns and trade lines fueling price swings. soybean futures rose the month on speculation china will boost imports in u.s. farm products. china also looking to argentina to meet demand. paul: thanks. the month of u.s. crop report is closely watched by the markets. it is only focus on the u.s. and nothing only game in

that's according to a new report from the department of agriculture. and that's the smallest percentage of americans considered food in secure. since the recession back in 2008 so some positive news on that front the report found that the hungriest americans were in african american and latino households, particularly in the south and rural communities. experts say some communities aren't seeing the benefits of the stronger economy and they're encouraging congress to continue funding federal housing and nutrition assistance programs. and national headlines president trump has canceled secret peace talks at camp david with taliban leaders and afghanistan's president. the officials were set to travel to the us saturday evening for peace talks to be held at camp david on sunday. but the president said he canceled that meeting at the last minute after the taliban took credit for an attack that killed 12 people including a us soldi. a source familiar with details of the secret meeting said the plan was for trump to meet separately with the afghan president a

department of agriculture. >> do people at the highest levels of leadership within usda believe climated have to ask them. i only know what i've read in the papers about folks like sonny purdue who don't seem to think it's real. >> the head of agriculture for the united states may not think climate change is real. >> from his own comments it sounds like he agrees with others within the current administration that this is not evidence-based science. >> in the spring of 2019, ziska resigned because he felt science was now taking a backseat to ideology. >> you're entitled to your own opinion. that's great. we're a free country, but you're not entitled to your own facts. >> facts, science happening at places like this. a patchwork of green in the heartland of the united states. one of the most robust producers of corn and soybeans on the planet. 21 million acres here in illinois alone. >> this is your lab, huh? >> yes. yeah. >> we're lucky to have it. >> it's what drew scientist andrew leaky from his home country of scotland to illinois. >> this is why i moved here, actually. >> but the cli

department of agriculture, for example, began to move some of the researchers and scientists to the west coast where they don't want to be said this is a good way to get some of them to retire. which is a good thing. no, it is not a good thing when the scientists and the people who are actually doing the fundamental work of these departments retire because of this kind of shenanigans. so that is when i call mulvaney to resign and i renew my call for him to resign. >> so senator, your part of a group of democratic senators demanding answers from the department of commerce inspector general about whether secretary ross pressured noaa to back the president. what specifically do you want the inspector general to do and uncover? >> i want the inspector general to tell us whether or not there was undue political influence or whether these kind of actions were based on a political -- political -- politically driven as opposed to something that is fact-based. i would say that the conclusion is pretty clear. but when you start threatening people with being fired or if they don't do what ross want

. >> commissioner of the florida department of agriculture and consumerer services. we'll be watching along side you. and the mayor from florida, a suburb of jacksonville near the state 's border with georgia. thanks for being with moo. what have you been hearing from your staff, emergency services in your city and area? >> so right now what we're looking at is a mandatory evacuation 8:00 local tomorrow morning. my city is part of an island connected by the mainland by two bridges. when the wind velocity is sustained, those bridges have to be shut down. we were on the conference call yesterday and he said the only thing predictable about the storm is how unpredictable it is. so we're not taking any chances. >> we're still waiting for the governor to come to the microphone and we expect he'll give us the latest information along with other emergency management officials who have been working hard on planning for hurricane dorkrn and its potential land fall as it stands right now does not look like that will be the case. as you look -- as you have spoken with residents

of positive close yesterday. this is after some optimism. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says chinese importers are buying more agriculture products again from the u.s. the departmenture says the country has purchased at least 720,000 tons of soybeans over the past two weeks. that is good for american farmers. we'll keep a close eye on the markets today. stay right here. you should be mad that this is your daily commute. you should be mad at people who forget they're in public. and you should be mad at simple things that are unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you're trading with e*trade, which isn't complicated. their app makes trading quick and simple so you can strike when the time is right. don't get mad, get e*trade and start trading today. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. behr presents: tough as walls. that's some great paint. ♪ that's some great paint. behr ultra, ranked #1 in customer satisfaction with interior paints. great paint, new low price. starting at $29.98. exclusively at the home d

according to the department of agriculture, more than 6.2 million people have stopped using food stampsmpleted first month in office. food stamps enrollment reach highest point remember in history -- during the obama administration and has been in a constant decline since. plus -- u.s. census data shows poverty level is is at its lowest rate since 2001. and income earnings up 3.4% from 2017. a lot of money in your pocket now people. finally, last week we told you about a writer waging war on red hats. which remember she said scare and trigger people -- luckily, no one isle listening o her. check out this mega hat this guy had had on at trump rally in north carolina. >> have a lot of friends who tell me that i shouldn't support donald trump because i'm black which is saying i can support whoever i want to support and also told me i shouldn't wear the hat -- >> w i don't know what's more triggering to liberals -- the hat or the jesus t-shirt. [laughter] double whammy. still ahead, another double whamny diamond civil fire up engine on the trump train but first -- more hollywood directed at

department of agriculture show that 15% of our population lives in rural areas. in that area rural renters generally have significantly lower incomes than rural homeowners. the nearly 1/3 of them live below the poverty level. in fact, the average annual income of tenants in usda section 515 finance properties is approximately 13 $13,600 and the majority of those residents are either senior citizens or people with disabilities. rural housing makes up about 28.4% of rural and small town housing stock. a significant part of the rural housing market. it's clear that the challenges of rural america are multifaceted. this bill would help address some of those and it would help make sure that outcomes currently experienced as a result of the interaction of r.h.s.'s owner assistance programs and the tenant rental assistance programs not working well together. the program's structured in a way the departure of properties from the programs when an owner's loan either matures or prepaid, it negatively impacts the availability of rental assistance for tenants. it's safe to s

we've helped a little bit because the department of agriculture at our urging has included ohio in a disaster declaration, so some of these farmers who haven't been able to plant are getting low-interest loans. and that's good. but these farmers also want to have the access to more markets around the world because they know that's going to increase their prices and enable them to get back on their feet after these tough times with the weather. they are particularly concerned about what's happening with regard to the u.s.-mexico agreement. remember, we had this existing agreement called nafta, which is with mexico and canada, our two largest trading partners. for ohio, by far our two largest trading partners. but right now the nafta agreement is 25 years old, outdated, not keeping up with the times, not opening up markets enough, and so we have this new agreement that's been signed by mexico, signed by canada. we're ready to go with it, but it has to be confirmed here in the united states congress. right now, unbelievably, it's being held up, even though our farmers desperately want it

meal debt at the end of 2016/17 school year and this is an extremely common issue and the department of agriculturald that schools must develop plans for kids with deficit accounts. they strongly discourage lunch shaming and denying meals. jeff jefferson, what do you hope people learn from your experience? >> i hope that the people learn that it is not right to take away a kid's lunch. >> that is a good lesson. jefferson and diane, thanks for sharing. >> you're welcome. >>> we'll be right back. there are three words when you live with migraine... "i am here." aim to say that more with aimovig. a preventive treatment for migraine in adults that reduces the number of monthly migraine days. for some, that number can be cut in half or more. don't take aimovig if you're allergic to it. allergic reactions like rash or swelling can happen hours to days after use. common side effects include injection site reactions and constipation. aim to be there more. talk to your doctor about aimovig. it's how we bring real hope to our cancer patients- like viola. when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her team at

legitimatize them, to evaluate and dignify them, by bringing them to camp david, or to even to the department of agriculture, for that matter, to any federal building, to bring them to this country, is absolutely madness. can anyone, can any viewer imagine in the months, the days and months, even the years after 9/11, having a president invite the taliban to camp david for the express purpose of cutting a backroom deal, and essentially handing them afghanistan. >> what's interesting, i think, is, you know, there have been peace processes which have been worked out in camp david in the past. but really what the u.s. is doing here, though no one is really saying this directly, is that they're trying to negotiate, basically, withdrawal of american forces from afghanistan. it's not a peace deal for afghanistan. there's no terms about the war -- the violence by the taliban ending, the afghan government isn't even directly involved in these talks. >> yeah, and there are good reasons. and i've argued some of them, to withdraw troops from afghanistan. but i just feel that if we're going to call it quits, if we're g

department of agriculture has mandated that schools must develop plans for kids with deficit accountsenying meals. so jefferson, let me come back to you. what do you hope people learn from your experience? >> i hope that the people at school lunch know it's not right to take away a kid's lunch. >> that is a good lesson. jefferson sharpnack and diane bailey thank you both for being here and sharing. >> you're welcome. thank you, ana. >>> it was hotter in alaska on july 4th than in key west, florida. just ahead a look at how the climate crisis there is a problem for every water front city in the lower 48. set your sights on iconic length. telescopic mascara by l'oreal. propels lashes up to 60% longer. the comb bristles precisely define. for legendary length and definition. telescopic mascara by l'oreal paris. you're worth it. but we're also a cancer fighting, hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving company. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. and your mother told me all her life that i should fix it. and now it reminds me of her. i'm just glad i

north dakota and south dakota have departments of agriculture. don't think you need to departments of agriculture. the one area of regionalism should have more consolidated governments where you could decrease the elected people. there are 500,000 people elected each year. i think we have too many people in the bureaucracy. if you consolidated without changing the number of electoral power you would have more for each region. pennsylvania,m, hello. college is electoral a horse and buggy idea. states there were 13 when it was instituted and only two of them were lopsided in terms of population. pennsylvania and virginia were the largest states and it was balanced. today, it's ridiculous. you have states with less than a million people with three votes in huge states that don't have that many as far as the numbers of people. three're going to give votes to half a million people, california should have over 100. it's an unfair system. the argue about new york and california dominating, it's ridiculous. was mayor for eight years. he was a republican.

farmers again i talk to them often they know, they know what to do in the solutions that the department of agriculture puts out, cover crops working for carbon carbon sequestration and ease of the solutions we do on state level that will start in fact moving forward and up. it has to be pretty pragmatic when you talk to a farmer, right? a campy stuff without the road but has to be something that should help them in the relative near-term and that might be a bit of a problem for climatologists whose thinking and longer terms. >> sure, we talk about whether a lot which is short-term variations in the atmosphere. farmers are very seasonal based because that their livelihood during the growing season they want to harvest and looking forward seasonally give them an idea of what they can expect to utilize for example moving out further to a seasonal and yearly and multiyear is some idea of solutions that they can start putting in place now that will benefit them moving forward. >> kathy, what about you? i think rahm emanuel said never waste a good crisis and we have a crisis of leadership in washington on c

hud recommends congress establish fha the department of veterans affairs and the department of agriculture as the sole source of the low-down payment sourcing for borrowers not served by the conventional mortgage market. third, to better protect the taxpayers we need to strengthen the risk management system. fha currently insures more than 4.4 chilean dollars and orchids meanwhile, ginny mae guarantees more than $2 trillion of mortgage-backed securities. it is imperative that fha and ginny may conduct their business in a manner that protects american taxpayers. .. >> and with broader protocols with staffing in procurement and technology. and it is recommended congress enact legislation to restructure those efforts of the autonomous corporation within had. and that memorandum provides an opportunity for the administration to work together to ensure they serve their important missions direct command congresses participation the ease agencies to have those responsibilities to the american taxpayer. thank you and i look forward to answering your questions. >> director. >> chairman crapo and ra