tavis: how does feeding america define food and security?milies don't know wheere re the next meal will come from. there are definitions leading to people being hungry. >tavis: you suggested earlier, i didn't want to stop your flow. you say we are a country of plenty. does that evidence hold up? do we have enough food and can we feed the people who are hungry. >> there is enough food to feed the majority of the world. do we have the political will and the values this country was built on, that we will take care of those who are lesser than all of us and make sure they are cared for. tavis: what happens to children who don't get enough to eat over time? kids,ave seen thsese tavis. like all of us, wthey don't pay attention. they are jumping up and down. we had the backpack program. she knew they were going home on the weekends without enough to eat. children who go a short period of time without food don't develop cognitively, but emotionally, spiritually. psychologically, they feel they are not as good as other kids. you see them. they hang t

the work that we do at feeding america, we did the biggest piece of research around hunger in america that is done. shows that it has doubled since the recession as i said, but also the people that are coming to our food banks and into food stamp offices for the first time have grown by 30% and that 30% are people that are visiting that have never been there. so it is the middle class. but i think -- i was thinking about this as we were getting ready for the panel. you know, this country has come together and solved some really big issues around race, because of the great leaders like dr. king, have solved great issues like women's suffrage because of susan b. anthony. this is an issue of leadership. and we need to join hands together and lead. 150 million. that's half of our country. if we can't do something about this now, then we never will. [applause] tavis: we have to leave it there for tonight, but join us again tomorrow night for part two of our terrific conversation. you can access maiga-ba on -- access "remaking america" on our website pbs.org. >> for more information on toda

the republican lie will tell you, government should not be in charge of feeding america.hat right now. it's something called subsidies. they receive huge amount of subsidies. over 20 billion a year over the last five, six, seven years. so the government, because congress is creating that system, just is somehow influencing the way america is eating? >> these important objectives, the health of the next generation. you could do something about the subsidies and still raise the question as to whether the government should be dictating rather than parents taking the lead role in the kind of food that their children eat. >> you're right, charlie. but here we need more than one angle to fight the obesity epidemic. parents are very important. but we need to train those parents. because you are a parent, doesn't mean you come with a title i know how to feed my children. >> yes. >> so here is parents are one part, the big agribusiness are one part. but sool school and the school lunches, it's important. we have many million children that they depend on the meal. sometimes childre

the republican lie will tell you government shouldn't be in charge of feeding america.something called subsidies. and the big businesses receive huge amounts of subsidies. over $20 billion a year over the last five, six, seven years. so the government, because congress is creating that system is somehow saying what america is receiving. >> you can do something about the subsidies and still raise the question as to whether the government should be dictating rather than parents taking the lead role in the kind of food that their children eat. >> you're right, charlie, but hre we need more than one angle to fight obesity. and the parents are very important, but we need to train the parents. because you are a parent doesn't mean you come with a title, i know how to feed my children. so here is parents in one part, the big argribusiness is one part, but the school and the school lunches, it's important. we have many million children that they depend on the meal. sometimes children, the only meal they have during the day is the one they receive from the school. if it is not f

economy going, not buying into some of the rhetoric of the class warfare that president obama is feeding america right now. and so you know, up here in new hampshire, we -- yeah, it's going to be tough but go to south carolina, it's going to be different, florida will be different. this race is going to be a long ways. -- race. eventually we'll get this race down to two people and i believe and i hope it will be myself and governor romney and when that happens , the game will really be on at that point because then conservatives will have a choice and i'm very confident we'll pull this race out. jon: we will be watching every step of the way as this race goes on. former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate -- rick santorum, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: interesting, i'm getting word that the u.s. navy has rescued another group of distressed iranian mariners. we're going to have more on that in a moment. jon: twice in a few days. jenna: to be sure, yes. >>> in the meantime i want to tell you about this, china calling president obama's plan to expand the u.s. military presence in asia

[applause] she is the president and ceo of feeding america, a wonderful non-profit designed to combat the scourge of hunger and poverty in this country. please welcome our friend vicki b. escarra. finally, the president of the inside center on community economic development and an editor of -- co-editor of "building help the community's." please welcome our friend from oakland, roger clay. [applause] we have here on c-span tonight to a half hours to talk about poverty. that might be the most time ever given to a conversation uninterrupted without commercials about poverty in this country, and i want to take advantage of every minute of it and jump right into the conversation. barber, i am honored you are here. i want to start with you because the numbers have been coming out so much of late. it lies in the last three or four months of 2011, it seemed that every other day, there was a new statistics coming out about how things really are. the most recent one, though, from the census bureau. our government finds that one in two americans is either in poverty or near poverty. i was no ma

there is enough food produced in america not only to feed every person in this country, but most of theeveloped world. what i would do is find a way to work on the food system so that we can get what farmers grow to the plates of people that need food. it is criminal that we live in this country and that there are 17 million kids that don't eat and cannot learn and cannot be educated. it is actually giving dollars back to people to try to get on their feet. if you don't have to worry about groceries, you can get back on your feet. a perfect world to me, and this is a big stretch because these programs are under fire on either side of the aisle, a big stretch -- would be to seek children and families have enough food to eat in the united states of america. [applause] >> suze orman. >> there are so many things, but i concentrate on personal finance. my job is rebuilding america, one wallet at a time [applause] . i really believe in my heart that if you all want to stay out of poverty, you have to really get involved with the money that you have today. you have got to learn how to make mor

[applause] she is the president and ceo of feeding america, a wonderful non-profit designed to combat the scourge of hunger and poverty in this country. please welcome our friend vicki b. escarra. finally, the president of the inside center on community economic development and an editor of -- co-editor of "building help the community's." please welcome our friend from oakland, roger clay. [applause] we have here on c-span tonight to a half hours to talk about poverty. that might be the most time ever given to a conversation uninterrupted without commercials about poverty in this country, and i want to take advantage of every minute of it and jump right into the conversation. barber, i am honored you are here. i want to start with you because the numbers have been coming out so much of late. it lies in the last three or four months of 2011, it seemed that every other day, there was a new statistics coming out about how things really are. the most recent one, though, from the census bureau. our government fin that one in two americans is either in poverty or near poverty. i was no math

feed costs. we will watch it. >> america's livestock producers will soon be required to put in new restrictions,starting in april the fda will prohibit uses of the drug class -- now the fda said they are important products for treating diseases in humans and animals. it's worried about resistance to the drugs if they are over used. in. the fda is prohibiting extra label or unapproved uses in cattle, swine, chicken and turkeys. it's the season so eat out as it appears more americans returning to their favorite restaurants. now topping the 100 point mark in november the performance index hit it's highest point in five months. the rpi tracks the health and outlook for united states restaurants. building up their strongest sales resuddenlies in more than four years they believe further expansion is possible in 2012. no looks like the peanut production could expand in the year ahead and could come at the expense of cotton. production dipped 13% because of the drought down south and prices for peanuts used to make peanut butter reached $1,200 a ton, up nearly three times the year before. some believe

a big stretch would be to and feed the children and families in the united states of america. >> i want to read a mansion america and a way that allows every person in it to see their own value, their dignity, and to understand there are ways we can create economic opportunities. in particular, using the tools we are behalf. real-estate development, using its to create communities that meet the needs of everyone who is in it. they are creating open space for people. opportunities for not to degrade the environment. we can do that. we can grow food in our cities and use technology to help redefine what our regional office -- 2 system looks like. we can do these things right now. the best social service dollar spent is a job. it creates dignity and taxes. >> we have been sitting here talking about poverty in the system and getting out the truth about it. i am also looking at 1500 people and i have to ask you, each one of you, what are you doing to stay out of poverty? how knowledgeable are you about the money and that you are making? do you have the documents to protect your tomorrow so t

>> well, again, personally, i am a father, i'm a chef that feeds many people in america. paula deen has done maybe is not the best. maybe she was supposed to go forward quicker. but, again, i need to be to a degree we need to be careful. now we cannot put all of the blame on paula deen. paula deen and the food network, all the other cooking shows that you see around tv that influence people to eat more or unhealthy, they're only the tip of the iceberg of the obesity problem we have in america. i'm only happy about paula deen because it's bringing the issue forward and that's what we need to be concentrating. should be something that in ten, 20 years from now should be a sickness that with a healthy lifestyle, good vegetables and fruits, sickness we can put away in an easy way. >> i don't get the sense that people are blaming paula deen for obesity. they get the feeling she didn't reveal she had diabetes. people want to keep health issues to themselves. when it finally is revealed, we hear that she has a drug deal. do you think she misled the people that watch her? >> well

the supply of chickenses is down because the cost of feed is up and producers are losing money. that's america's money. i'm rob nelson. . >>> take a look at this massive flooding in salem, oregon. police have shut down several roads because of the high water. two deaths have been reported thus far and an overflowed creek carried away a car with a mother and young child inside. >>> much of washington state has been brought to a standstill because of icy conditions. the city of seattle is now asking drivers to stay off the road. yesterday slick roadways sent hundreds of cars spinning out of control. >>> amed cold temperatures have resulted in two water main breaks in the cleveland, ohio area overnight. take a look at this. the water is rushing from under the street in more than a dozen places. the water main break happened near an apartment complex where temperatures are in the single digits this morning. none of that here. we had to deal with the water main breaks in the past two weeks. we are above freezing right now. >> exactly, we are above freezing right now, but it doesn't feel like we're ab

>> well, again, personally, i am a father, i'm a chef that feeds many people in america, and my concernt paul lee dean is not the best. maybe she was supposed to go forward quicker, but again, i need to be -- to a degree we need to be careful. now we cannot put all the blame of obesity in america on paula dean. paula dean and the need food network and stations that influence people to eat unhealthy, are only a tiny problem of what we have here in america. i'm unhappy about paula dean because it is bringing the issue forward. and we need to concentrate on that. in 10 or 20 years from now, it should be a signal that we can put obesity away in an easy way. >> i don't think people are blaming paula dean for obesity, i think they feel she was misleading them. i heard people say, look, people want to keep their own personal health issues to themselves. and then when it finally is revealed, we hear she has a drug deal. do you think she misled the people that watch her? >> well, you can't have that rating, obviously, but i want to see opportunity here. because paula dean is followed by many mil

strong arts organization in the city that will be able to feed people into the restaurants and businesses we will be developing with america's cup. [tone] there are two people who were here from the arts commission. arts commission people were here in the room and i hope that you please questioned the authority about the reallocation of hotel tax funds. that money is what the art organizations need to survive and thrive and we don't want to create a situation where we start redirecting it for special events and the arts organizations suffer. [tone] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have recently relocated back to san francisco. my background is in theater of and production and a working artist. i have worked on a show in china and the show is similar to acirque du soliel show. i'm speaking to you on behalf of funding. allocating municipal funding for america's cut arts programs is integral. i mention my background as we see cirque du soliel in town and funding from montreal, we have seen what they become and what the city invests in the logistics and we see what the returns are. we have heard all afternoon about the value of

america. [laughter] >> carl cameron has been feeding us information all night long. some great stuff. and now to end this like, carl, your evening and morning, it's just not fair. but -- it's funny. >> reporter: thank you. we are doing the all-nighter and will be in manchester tomorrow, straight through to new hampshire. one thing about rick santorum's campaign, he is running an economic populist message with a culturally conservative message, an aphel blue-collar workers. that's a tableau of issue sets that will serve him very well in new hampshire. it's a state with a long, storied history of mill yard workers and blue-collar, catholic, work-a-day republicans and democrats. it's a coalition that pat buchanan, the former 96 an administration aide had great success with 1996. pat buchanan beat bob dole, the senate majority leader in new hampshire with a similar message to what rick santorum has now. it should be said that back in '96, the union leader endoirsd buchanan and really went to bat for him. this time around, the largest newspaper in the state is with newt gingrich. the signi

america. >>> if you go surfing at dusk, that's when sharks like to feed a man in australia learned that the hard way what shark may have thought he was a dinner a snack. >>> a royal mist ray gruesome discovery miles from the queen's estate. details coming up. you are watching "good morning maryland" what's new, now and next on this wednesday morning. >>> news time 6:22. news around the world an autopsy is conducted on the woman whose body was found near the royal estate in england where the queen and her family celebrated the new year. it had been in the wooded area for one to four months and police are treating the case as murder. the body was found on new year's day about three miles from the elegant home of sonderringham. >> within the royal family since around the 18 # 0s. to my reck -- 1860s. to my reck ligs nothing like this happened and i don't theythe royal family will come in to any form of questioning. >> authorities are asking themissing person's report. the queen and the prince are at that house along with prince edward and his wife sophie. >>> two men have been found guilty in

basically enough money to feed a small country or solve some of america's economic problems. >>> and,ill former mississippi governor haley barbour's actions criminal? now the state is launching its own investigation. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >>> super pac cash has been pouring into south carolina. the next advertising battleground for the gop nomination. now the pro-romney super pac restore our future spent $2.3 million in south carolina this week alone. now the pro-gingrich super pac committed 3.4 million behind these super pacs. patrons willing to spend to keep their candidates in this race. joining us now from washington, nbc news political reporter. explain this. campaignç season has seen the evolution of the super pac. who are these super pac billionaires? >> well, there are a ton of people we could look at. let's take a look at four right now. we

america. [laughter] >> carl cameron has been feeding us information all night long. some great stuff. and now to end this like, carl, your evening and morning, it's just not fair. but -- it's funny. >> reporter: thank you. we are doing the all-nighter and will be in manchester tomorrow, straight through to new hampshire. one thing about rick santorum's campaign, he is running an economic populist message with a culturally conservative message, an aphel blue-collar workers. that's a tableau of issue sets that will serve him very well in new hampshire. it's a state with a long, storied history of mill yard workers and blue-collar, catholic, work-a-day republicans and democrats. it's a coalition that pat buchanan, the former 96 an administration aide had great success with 1996. pat buchanan beat bob dole, the senate majority leader in new hampshire with a similar message to what rick santorum has now. it should be said that back in '96, the union leader endoirsd buchanan and really went to bat for him. this time around, the largest newspaper in the state is with newt gingrich. the signi

america. >> brett: i want to say one thing, carl cameron has been feeding information all night long, greatto end like this, carl, your evening and morning, it's just not fair but it's funny. >> rich lowery was watching it live. >> compelling television that carl reported that chanting sara behind them it was one of the great reporting of that night. [ laughter ] >> jon: that is wrap on news watch. thanks

paychecks not stretching to feed their children every day we are serving now almost twelve thousand individuals with georgi our children forty four percent of single mothers in america are in food stamps yet struggle to put food on the table i have six kids of my own i have been seeing grandkids and it throws the fruit them but not enough it's not enough money so you've got to go out in struggle getting food is a nonstop battle for these mothers a lot of people don't come out because right. but now even. children for these people poverty is a growing pandemic i'm just afraid of what the next was going to happen to the next generation. i'm just afraid everything is falling apart very angry because a film like they make in a pause the voices of poverty is a website showing many faces of american hunger god only knows how with three girls two bedroom apartment. trying to keep food in their mouths and sometimes i go without eating just to feed them one of the things i found the trouble ground was just the sheer enormity of this that this is a problem that is probably the single greatest economic challenge facing america the boss numbers cascading all the time that's jus

america. from the wind if we had a national grid and you could feed the power where the people are where the wind blows or the sun shines. so that's what i would do. i would design a program around the kind of good jobs that we have the best chance to get. >> stevan more in his review of your book today in "the wall street journal" lamented what he said was you going from being a new democrat to a back to big government person and this book is all about the big government coming back with a roar. what is your response to that? >> that's not true. i mean, you know, when i was president as i pointed out, we spent less than 20% of gdp. we spent about less than 19% of gdp, and we taxed less than 20% of gdp. both at or under our post-world war two average. when i was the governor, we had the second lowest tax burden in the country. i raise taxes to fund education and economic development incentives and lowered the taxes to provide tax incentives to create jobs and to reduce the income tax burden. i got rid of the income tax on 25% of people. so that isn't true. but i do what i want to do where we woul

america today. it is hardly the culture around to that is feeding so many messages that are inconsistent with your values. it is hard when the education system does the same thing. why don't we help parents give their children what they believe is best? there their kids, not the government's kids. god is what i will fight for. [applause] how many more questions do we have? -- they our power -- they are our kids, not be governments' kids. that is what i will fight for. [applause] how many more questions do we have? >> can you give us a brief overview of how you would begin to get our financial help in order? why is your plan better than the others? >> what is my plan to get the economy going? >> the deficit and debt crisis. >> we will focus on that. what makes you think you can do this? good question. we put together a plan that says we will balance the budget in five years. we will cut $5 trillion in five years. we will take on the entitlement programs right away. why? because the problem is now, not 10 years from now. i have a lot of respect for paul brian -- put ryan, but he is waiting 10 years to do i

and if we've had in north america eleven twelve years of game modes how come we don't have lots of food to feed the hungry world. of corporations want total total control of the seed supply which will then give them total control of the food supply that's what you most are all about not more. hungry world but control of the seed supply. led mission. cretaceous three. three. three. three. three per. view. this week's top stories in our c beleaguered brillig admission arab nations hold out service work in syria overboard of an upsurge in violence russia says that could make things worse. talks between iran and you are nuclear inspectors resume amid international tension to iran is considering stopping fuel supplies to the view within days as a response to sanctions. also this hour you are anti corporate protects if you will the full see also the law in oakland i gather with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades discount demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and multi-national puzzles to stop the web piracy protests in poland and activists say their government is supporting internet censo

america" or "made in u.s.a." and they have enormous needs. whether from feeding their people to medical devices to technology to clean the air or clean up rivers and streams to nstruction materials and energy efficiency technology. and that's the sweet spot of america. we make such great products and services, highly valued in great demand by the chinese people that can help the chinese leaders modernize their society, recoize thquity of life for people in china. >> rose: so we should be encouraging them to move from export economy to a domestic demand economy because it's in our interest and their interests? >> their interests and our interests. also we want to start selling more as opposed... selling more to china as opposed to buying so mu from china. >> rose: what prescriptions are now there now on selling to china? >> many of their industries are closed off to foreign and u.s. investment, whether it's in the service sector. >> rose: even if it's less than 50%? >> that's right. even... ny sectors are completely forbidden. >> rose: like what? >> energy sector.

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and if we've had in north america eleven twelve years of game modes how come we don't have lots of food now that feed the hungry world. of corporations want total total control of the seed supply which will then give them total control of the posts apart that's what gilmore's are all about not more food to eat a hungry world but control of the seed supply. commission free accreditation free in-store charge is free from a commission three. three stooges free. the old free broadcast wanted videos for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com. lou we'll. just say. it's. safe. for the u.s. economy still on the ropes or president obama pledges another program for change during his annual state of the union address. in libya gadhafi loyalists claim they're in control of the town of bani walid as the country's interim rule a struggle to keep the peace. coming full circle into quest thousands of egyptians are to. misters angry at the slow pace of reform are expected in central cairo as the country barks the first anniversary of its popular uprising. on air and online twenty four seven you're watching