dick lugar went in election overwhelmingly, where only a few states away rick santorum, the conservative senator. >> mitch mcconnell, jd hayworth. >> this strength is in the center for everybody to see that we have been so vetted dumbed down version of politics and the extremes are so invested in telling everybody that there ways the only the only way that frankly they lie and distort. >> let's go to the audience again for question. the gentleman in the green coat over here perhaps. >> i'm andy from brooklyn. >> speak up if you would? >> could you speak up a little bit? >> this is why we live in a prozac nation, because of all the confusion. i consider myself what you call the bush did loose syndrome? >> are you recovered? >> i am slightly recovered. [laughter] i still don't like him but i think i fell into it. might question is, this is going to be maybe philosophical or whatever, but if people think that this country has shifted so far right, say compared to the last 40 years and i've not saying it is right. i kind of went into that at but the more you back in history to shifting back

committee hearing today, of course chaired by our chairman john kerry and the ranking member senator dick lugar. today in america -- or i should say today worldwide, every five seconds a child dies from starvation. every five seconds across the world. every five seconds every day. that is a reality that stares us in the face. and while the united states has historically played a critically important role in addressing hunger internationally, the simple fact -- this simple fact should serve as a galvanizing call to action on this issue. the 2008 global food crisis brought attention to the fact that emergency food assistance was not enough. as generous as our country is and as important as that strategy is to confronting the problem, emergency food assistance that year was not enough, and donors and recipient countries that need to work together to address this systemic problem need to do so even more so today. the obama administration has rightly prioritized food security and the political support in the senate is growing every day. for the lugar-casey global food security act. and i want to com

the large expectation is that when you've got powerful republicans like dick lugar already saying hesupport this, that will bring some republican votes. >> we talked about some of the criticism coming from the more hawkish side, from the conservatives. there is also criticism in arms control advocates say this is only moderate step towards the president's own disarmament goal. >> reporter: absolutely. you heard about the percentages here. each side is still going to have a very large arsenal. this is not nearly enough for some arm's control advocates. this president is clearly trying to find a balance. there are conservatives saying he is going too far. there are going to be liberals saying it is not enough. this will have to be done step by step. the white house believes it is a strong step forward. >> give us a little bit of a sense of what we are watching. they are panning around the room in prague in che. who is present. >> prague castle is where this is, very elegant, very ornate. that's where the czech republic government is centered, our version of the white house, that jenn-a