part of this funding is going to our agency berkeley food network to provide food to our providers. we are over the moon about that. >> talk about how many meals this will provide. >> if you can believe this, this will provide 1.2 million meals. that is just incredible for our neighbors. >> more neighbors can help out as well with this big mission especially with this pandemic ongoing. you can find out how you can pitch in as well to help those neighbors in need i visiting www.kpix.com/give . >>> we want to get a check of our weather right now. >> here is meteorologist mary lee. >> good afternoon. a beautiful afternoon with that sunshine. a big difference compared to over the weekend when we had all of that rain. high-pressure building and for us. check out this view. looking east at mt. diablo. our temperatures are in the 50s at this lunchtime our. concord, 56. oakland, 52. 54 for san francisco and san jose. 55 for santa rosa. we did pick up some impressive rainfall amounts over the weekend. this is friday through the weekend. beneficial rainfall kicking up in downtown in san franc

food network star duff goldman is showing us how to whip up cake doughnut bread pudding.and more as we say good morning, america, and merry christmas. ♪ jingle jingle, jingle, jingle ♪ ♪ ♪ over the fields we go, laughing all the way ♪ >>> that is cool. that is cool. good morning, america. we want to wish everyone a very merry christmas. i also want to let you know we are on tape this morning so we all here in the studio in front of the camera, behind the camera, in the control room, we can be at home too just like you. we hope that you are having a great christmas. >> merry christmas to everyone. we have some stories that are really going to inspire you as well. these college students have created a pipeline between farmers and food banks. they have delivered 14 million meals. >> wow. >> that is amazing. >>> and we have fun ideas for last-minute gifts and christmas desserts, and the new york chorus is keeping us in the spirit all day long. >> i would say this would be a last-minute gift because it is christmas morning so you know. >>> we have all of that coming up, but fi

kennedy: enough people going to do the going to tune into food network and they're going to make some delicious stuff that they see on tv. and then they're going to burn it and then they're going to get uber eight sprites it really doesn't help anyone. you have the best comparison. you said restaurants with indoor dining kite 25% capacity, try running a marathon with a 25% lung capacity. i think that is such a great analogy. >> yes. imagine that, just want happened. at the end of the day we had to figure out how we can stay live as long as we can. the vaccine is here just talk to him about the doctor. that is fantastic news. we got to figure out as an industry how to stay live. we are turning the corner. too not allow some type of capacity inside when other industries and big-box retailers are inside. is not outdoor parking lot shopping part i went shopping after thanksgiving i was not in a tent shopping with fire and garbage cans. kennedy: i did not get stopped going to target multiple times. there are plenty of places where you can still go. but there is a low transmission rate from

but i'm as much of a chef as most of the people on food network.e written three cookbooks, and i've competed on food network. and if you ask bobby flay, the greatest cook ever. lemonis: okay. ♪ ana: when the second book came out, they had done this big thing in the miami herald about my new book, so i started getting, like, calls for endorsement deals and things like that. and i got called to do "real housewives of miami." don't hold that against me. lemonis: so, you were on "real housewives of miami"? how many seasons? ana: yeah, for two seasons. i'm a terrible housewife because, to me, everything is attorney-client privilege, so i don't perpetuate rumors. so, no, it didn't work for me. lemonis: so, the million dollar marinade? how'd you come up with that name? ana: i don't know. it rolls off the tongue. lemonis: what's funny about it is you told me a lot of different things about it. ana: yeah? lemonis: "it does this. it could do that. it could do this. it could do that." how do i know that? ana: you don't. lemonis: because million dollar sauce i

so "restaurant hustle 2020 all on the line" premieres this sunday, december 27th, over on the food network some ways to help, visit today.com/food. >> that help is going to be so essential for so many. >>> we do want to get another check of the forecast. dylan, you're tracking that big storm that's going to impact this holiday week. >> i certainly am and it comes with colder temperatures the coldest christmas for some areas that we've seen in a long time in miami, friday's forecast only 64 degrees it hasn't been in the 60s on christmas since 1999 in charleston, a high of only 43 degrees. we haven't seen it that chilly since 2004 on christmas day. and then in atlanta too, highs only in the upper 30s. it's all because of this powerful cold front that's moving through the country that is dividing the really cold temperatures from the warmer temperatures today 59 in st. louis, 57 in cincinnati that's almost 20 degrees above average. as this front moves to the east, it replaces warmer areas with cold temperatures. 28 degrees in st. louis on thursday, but 64 in washington, d.c., and then look at

so being south florida, the food network is here to provide that food and ensure our families know we'rey can always count on us and hopefully our leadership does come through pretty soon because not having gone this far without these resources is just way too long. >> thank goodness you are at least there. thank you very much, paco. >> yes, ma'am. >>> "outfront" next -- spending in the runoff races in georgia is through the roof. millions have already cast ballots but do latino voters hold the key to the victory? may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. and my water broke. at only 23 weeks. andrew: we had to stay in the hospital for 10 weeks, 1000s of miles from family. our driver kristin came along in our most desperate hour. suzanne: bringing us home-cooked meals and gifts. andrew: day after day. we wanted to show you something. kristin: oh my god! andrew: kristin is the most uncommonly kind person that we've met. suzanne: thank you so much. i

in south pennsylvania and south jersey 50% increase. 40% of the people accessing a charitable food networkrst time. these are brand new americans, our neighbors all of a sudden finding themselves unable to put food on the table. >> we often see the lines in news reports like this one but you're hearing the stories. you're meeting the people. what are the most common types of cases that you're hearing from families every day? >> i'll share something someone shared with me confidentially. a business owner i patronized for years emailed me last year saying how do we find food. for years they contributed to the economy and now they have to ask for a handout. this week as we were waiting for snow expecting snow 32 degrees outside. i was in camden, new jersey. there was a line around the corner. >> the reality is so many people a meeting, a handout in this way. >> camden new jersey is across the river from philadelphia. we are one week away from christmas. do you have what you need to help all of the families coming to you needing help to make end's meet? >> the community has been incredibly sup

were in discussions for the whole year expanding our operations because of the tv show on the food networke advantage of the coverage in new york, saratoga, albany, new york. we halted the conversations 90 days ago. we quickly picked up conversations with florida developers. literally two week ago we opened up in florida. this is where we will expand. jackie: how do you expect business will go? it is not easy to start a business in a new location under these circumstances. are you optimistic that the business and the consumers are down there and they're not as restricted so if you are open they will come? >> jackie we opened a week ago this friday we opened. we have been open for one week and about four days. 11 days we've been open, our restaurant is sold to the capacity we're operating. we're operating, we are utilizing what we were successful in new york doing. we have 45,000 customer touch points in our restaurant from june to october in new york, following the cdc guidelines with outdoor dining, indoor 50%. here in florida we're at about 60% that we're operating at. we're allowed to o

he and cindy even found themselves starring in an episode of "pitchin' in," a food network canada series. >> i think he had these visions that he was going to be this famous person, rich and famous. >> reporter: cindy watched her husband's ego swell with all the attention. and she worried. it had been less than three years since levi died, yet karl seemed to be having the time of his life. was that normal? >> just like an intuition that something just was not right. >> reporter: she kept thinking about the day levi died. it turns out mike was uneasy about it too. what did karl said to you after levi's death? >> not a lot. i went to the hospital and i was in the room with levi. and karl came in the room. and i don't know what i wanted him to say, but he says, "how do i explain this?" >> reporter: what did he mean by that? >> no idea. >> reporter: mike didn't share his misgivings about karl with cindy, but she had plenty of her own. she fought them for a while until one day she had to admit to herself -- >> oh, my god, i think he did it. you know. but then i would also talk myself out of i

he was on the food truck face-off on food network. he has been speaking out against.owns a restaurant called slap fish in huntington beach, california. here is what he said. >> we live it see it day in and day out. we see and recognize that all of our guests are taking these safety precautions doing so in small groups and socially distancing. it's crystal clear either it's congress or elected officials they are owned by corporate america or silicon valley perhaps the entertainment industry and the rulings don't apply to them. but they obviously apply to all of us small businesses and getting crushed like anvil on a dove bird. they didn't seem to care about it. you know, i don't know what's in the minds of the people making these decisions but it's hurting a lot of us. ainsley: even though the judge did say there is no evidence of outdoor seating contributing to the increase of covid, it's really just symbolic because that whole state has a stay-at-home order. brian: for now. this could be challenged legally. mark geragos -- ainsley: southern california. steve: it's fi

katie lee who is the host of "the kitchen" over on the food network, and so before we get cooking hereas hoping she was going to make it through my segment but she had other plans. luckily dad is on duty with her. >> babies always have other plans. what was it like to celebrate her first christmas? oh, it was so nice we just kind of had a really cozy dawn. just mom and dad and iris and the dog here. >> sounds perfect. first of all, what is it that is so great that has turned this into such a rage on instagram? >> it's very instagramable because they're so pretty and you can add so much color to it. what i really like about this is it's been assembly only and it really is a meal in itself you don't have to have anything else can you just chow down on one of these boards and be perfectly satisfied. i think there's a few elements that are the must have and so i'm starting out with mef like a cheddar or manchego and goat cheese. and so with the goat cheese i like to add some honey and little black cracked pepper to give it a little zing, and for this one i want to add a little sweet elemen

in march, hunger in the united states has skyrocketed, feeding america, the nation's largest food bank network reports a 60% increase in the demand over last year. in south florida, one in five people need food assistance and a quarter of children go to bed hungry according to feeding south florida. deborah hightower is an accountant. >> so, you know, this is hard for me to come here. >> reporter: the mother of three teenagers was recently hospitalized and says she has lost her job twice since the pandemic started. >> i'm very independent, and do not like to ask for help. but sometimes you just have to do -- god humbles you. >> reporter: some people like larry batiste waited for hours not to get food for himself but three members of his church who are unemployed or can't leave their homes due to covid concerns. >> you certainly get a lot of smiles, and you can't hug them anymore. >> reporter: leonard and julie thompson delivered the food they received to seven neighbors and friends. >> appreciate you sharing with me, as usual. >> reporter: as the pandemic surges demand for food. >> merry chris

and the aging and disability food network, that has su sustained increased levels in covid. it's three million, and it is au our regular nutrition network. and that is 300,000 meals distributed monthly. our system serves 28,00,000 older adults per year. when the latinx food distribution that reflects the mayor's investment in a community that is disproportionately impacted by covid-19, the mayor committed $5 million for the latinx community. the allocation from here is $4.1 million. the rest was made up with s.f. funds and some other funding. and right now we have a request for a proposal out on the street. it closes on the 18th of december, and the award will be made in january. so we don't know yet which organizations will receive that funding, but we have worked really hard with our partners in the latinx parity and equity coalition and others to make sure that all of the organizations in the city know about that and are able to apply. the next one is street food support, and that is for meals to unsheltered individuals living in encampments to reduce travel across the ci

>> when we need and what food banks need across our 200 food bank network for feeding america, we need an example. pre-covid we would spent about a hundred thousand dollars a month to purchase new food. based on the new demand and the increased cost of food and based on increased costs for transporting that food, we are spending 10 x now as in $1 million a month just to purchase food. so in order to continue to meet this demand that is not going anyplace any time soon, monetary donations would be very valuable. additionally, we still need volunteers. we are having to do additional shifts in order to maintain socially distancing to minimize the risk and the more volunteers we have i think the better off we are. it won't change any time soon. >> where should people go? a website they can go to to make donation donations. >> for the central texas food bank.org. you can make a donation there. if you're not in the austin area, feeding america.org will help you find where your local food bank is. >> feedingamerica.org. >> right. >> mr. chubbs, thank you for the work you do and we want to kee

in march, hunger in the united states has skyrocketed, feeding america, the nation's largest food bank networkease in the demand over last year. >> merry christmas, god bless you guys. >> reporter: in south florida, one in five people need food assistance and a quarter of children go to bed hungry, according to feeding south florida. deborah hightower is an accountant. >> so this is hard for me to come here. >> reporter: the mother of three teenagers was recently hospitalized and says she has lost her job twice since the pandemic started. >> i'm very independent, and do not like to ask for help. but sometimes you just have to do, god humbles you. >> reporter: some people like larry batiste waited for hours not to get food for himself, but three members of their church who are unemployed or at home. >> you give them smiles, and you can't hug them anymore. >> reporter: leonard and julie thompson delivered the food they received to friends. as the pandemic surges demand for food. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: is expected to grow. >> i'll see you soon. >> reporter: rosa flores, cnn, palm beach

feeding america, the nation's largest food bank network, reports a 60% increase in the demand over last year. >> merry christmas. god bless you guys. >> reporter: in south florida, one in five people need food assistance and a quarter of children go to bed hungry according to south florida. debra hightower is an accountant. >> this is hard for me to come here. >> reporter: the mother of three teenagers was recently hospitalized and said she has lost her job twice since the pandemic started. >> i'm very independent and do not like to ask for help. but sometimes you just have to do -- >> reporter: some people like larry battiste waited for hours not to get food for himself, but three members of his church who are unemployed and can't leave their homes because of covid concerns. >> you certainly get a lot of smiles. you can't hug them any more. >> reporter: leonard and julie thompson delivered the food they received to seven neighbors and friends. >> appreciate you sharing with me as usual. >> reporter: as the pandemic surges, demand for food -- >> merry christmas. >> reporter: -- is expec

is some long awaited relief in the form of commodities that would help us to get food as a food banking networkeople in need. your audience may not be aware of the 50% of the commodities that we had last year are about to expire at the end of the year. when we are seeing a 60%s increases in demand. so we need to do make certain that we fill in the gap and there's a provision in legislation that is designed to do that. >> so, one of the things we have seen when it comes to food insecurity is a lot of the resources that clare eluded to, the resources are drying up. restaurants in new york and atlanta and houston, restaurants that were providing food to people in need are closing down. where is the food going to come from? it's one thing to have money but how does this bill provide the food or does it provide the food or access to the food for people suffering this holiday season and beyond? >> hm-mm, you know, when it comes to the stimulus, i think one of the things that we have to talk about, is even though you want to talk about the distribution of food -- >> nakita, i'm sorry -- a slew of new

to show us how to make it we have food network chef david rose. he's joining us from atlanta.e showroom here in sandy springs, atlanta, georgia, it is a beautiful day in atlanta. how are you doing today? >> we're doing great. ♪ eight maids a milking eight maids a milking ♪ >> excellent. >> that's where we are? >> beautiful singing voice. >> thank you very much. >> music to my ears. >> take it away. >> so what ingredients -- >> essentially -- first things first, when you think of christmas to me eggnog, delicious, synonymous, pie, cobbler. you have your cookies, and you dip it in the eggnog, and it's about time you level it up, so today this year we're doing like you said, a cinnamon eggnog toffee crunch cookie. say that five times fast so we have the ingredients, you want to have your dry and your wet ingredients separate. so we got flour, baking powder and a little bit of salt. and you want to sift that, now, what sifting will do is make sure all the ingredients are nice and incorporated so every bite of that cookie is delicious, and it's snowing here in atlanta. all right. l

in march, hunger in the united states has skyrocketed, feeding america the nation's largest food bank networkorts a 60% increase in the demand over last year. >> merry christmas. god bless you guys. >> reporter: in south florida, one in five people need food assistance and a quarter of chirp go to bed hungry according to feeding south florida. deborah hightower is an accountant? >> this is hard for me to come here. >> the mother of three teenagers was recently hospitalized and says she lost her job twice since the pandemic started. >> i'm very independent and do not like to ask for help. but sometimes you just have to do, god humbles you. >> reporter: some people like larry batiste waited for hours not to get food for himself but three members of his church who are unemployed or can't leave their homes due to covid concerns. >> you certainly get a lot of smiles, and you can't hug them anymore. >> reporter: leonard and julie thompson delivered the food they received to seven neighbors and friends. >> appreciate you. appreciate you sharing with me as usual. >> reporter: as the pandemic surges,

this remarkable network. 200-member food banks, 60,000 agency partners. 2 million volunteers across thising up to help their neighbors right now when they need them so much. >> but the support you're seeing are from everyday americans, businesses, other philanthropic organizations. certain programs are done at the end of this year. when that happens, are you prepared for even more demand in january? >> are we prepared? no. so even right now, with current rates, our estimates are over a 12-month period there's about an 8 billion meal gap. that's with everything this remarkable network is doing out there. and with the resources we already have. we will compound that gap if, with this moratorium that's coming up at the end of the year. and another thing that maybe your audience wouldn't be familiar with is that a significant source of food for our network would be federal commodities. we're looking at a 50% decrease in federal commodities next year when we're seeing a 60% increase in need. so it's a perfect storm. and i am xrited. i get a chance to talk to this audience about the fact we ha

food banks. and the feeding america network. holiday season where people are hungry, but there's also people who are trying to help. >> this is great. >> reporter: so it gets a little bit better, joe. conagra is expected to donate more than 30 million pounds of food. >> wow. >> reporter: and that is all across the feeding america by the end of this year hoda, we are excited to be able to share some of the help and the heroes who are helping make this holiday season a little bit brighter for people who need it. >> we are excited too, morgan. i'm sure that that donation, and also we saw some others, of course in houston and in connecticut. so why don't you sum it all up for us. >> reporter: well, it's impressive, hoda just in this half hour already target, pepsico foundation, conagra have helped to provide 35,000 meals just across the country. and that's in addition to that extra 6,000 pounds of food that conagra brand helped donate here so between that 35,000 and that 6,000, that is going to help a lot of people this holiday seaso

francisco's bayview district, is helping care and christian huang's food truck connect with the escity's needit neighborhoods.s "us 4 us" network of teenagelu nteers extends the food hot meals to people cut off byng covid from other types of public assistance and food sources and living in the city's food de fserts, where fred has always beencarce and relatively distant. >> ere are four building covomplexes, 1,000 residents, a lot of families, a lot of elderly, a lot of shut-in residents. and then, when i try to s ink of myselffamily in this neighborhood, there's not one restaurantgrocery store. that's pretty bad. >> families, woroor, undocumented residents, are by the most that are impact compared to the rest of the residents in san francisco. >> reporter: born anised in india, priti rane s well aware of care's humanirian work abroad, but never thought she would be involved with it since shmigrated to thu.s. now, as the director of the city of san francisco's nutrition services and food insecurity task force, she's relying on care's national agreements with doordash and other deliver services to get food to families that don't

. >> a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and male programs. abc 7 and disney is proud to donate $50,000 to the food bank this year. >> we are getting calls on the emergency health line from elders who were staying at home and could not go out and shop and needed nurrishing food. we really had to advance and grow that. we had to grow home deliveries for people that are covid positive and have close contacts. people diagnosed with covid shouldn't be going out and can't be going out. the food has to be delivered to those families and those households as well. >> we are also proud to support the toys for to thes foundation. visit tots. >> you can find out more about how to donate to any of the organizations that we support. go to abcnews.com/takeaction and we hope you will take part. all right dan, let's talk about the weather. >> gorgeous outside as we head into december sandhya. very nice. sounds like it will continue. is that right? >> yeah. that is absolutely right, dan and ama. the weather will stay in the dry, sunny pattern for the next seve

food insecurity. the wfp is trying hard to avoid that, providing aid to 13 million people despite the security risks. >> we have a very robust networkwe are delivering food to 3,500 food distribution points across the country in every single governed territory of yemen. >> reporter: one of the facilities they serve is one of the country's largest camps for people displaced by the fighting around 40,000 yenis call i home. 68-year-old ibrahim jaduh has been staying in a tent here since october of last year with 10 members of his family. deliries from the wfp once a month. this time it's wheat and oil. but he says he can't afford fresh fo, like proce or dairy products, because prices have soared. the situation is taking its toll. ibrahim's limbs have grown bony. his family is in the grips of severe malnutrition. his three young grandchildren rely onutritionasupplement from the wfp to get by. ibrahim said he appreciates the help, t he nee more. >> reporter: symington wns the situation is growing even more serious. she says it will have a long-lasting impact on the chilen of yemebut she believes nobel wicould ma a dierence. >> we hope th

and the aging and disability food network, that has su sustained increased levels in covid. it's three million, and it is au our regular nutrition network. and that is 300,000 meals distributed monthly. our system serves 28,00,000 older adults per year. when the latinx food distribution that reflects the mayor's investment in a community that is disproportionately impacted by covid-19, the mayor committed $5 million for the latinx community. the allocation from here is $4.1 million. the rest was made up with s.f. funds and some other funding. and right now we have a request for a proposal out on the street. it closes on the 18th of december, and the award will be made in january. so we don't know yet which organizations will receive that funding, but we have worked really hard with our partners in the latinx parity and equity coalition and others to make sure that all of the organizations in the city know about that and are able to apply. the next one is street food support, and that is for meals to unsheltered individuals living in encampments to reduce travel across the ci

. >> a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and male programs. abc 7 and disney is proud to donate $50,000 to the food bank this year. >> we are getting calls on the emergency health line from elders who were staying at home and could not go out and shop and needed nurrishing food. we really had to advance and grow that. we had to grow home deliveries for people that are covid positive and have close contacts. people diagnosed with covid shouldn't be going out and can't be going out. the food has to be delivered to those families and those households as well. >> we are also proud to support the toys for to thes foundation. visit tots. >> you can find out more about how to donate to any of the organizations that we support. go to abcnews.com/takeaction and we hope you will take part. all right dan, let's talk about the weather. >> gorgeous outside as we head into december sandhya. very nice. sounds like it will continue. is that right? >> yeah. that is absolutely right, dan and ama. the weather will stay in the dry, sunny pattern for the next seve

according to the food and environment action network, which has been documenting cases, nearly 66,000g and food processing workers have been infected with the virus and nearly 300 have died. according to propublica, workers a at tyson plant in waterloo, iowa felt pressured to show up or risk losing their jobs. that plant is now facing a wrongful death lawsuit, filed on behalf of the families of workers who died after being exposed to the virus. the suit claims that managers were downplaying the dangers of the virus, calling it the glorified flu while simultaneously placing bets on how many workers would get sick. tyson responded saying its top priority is the health and safety of its employees, and that its protective measures meet or exceed official guidance. despite the mounting death toll in various facilities, president trump signed an executive order in april classifying meat plants as essential infrastructure that must remain open. >> they're big companies, but they're now being treated fairly. they're thrilled. and that whole bottleneck is broken up. >> so the defense protectio

feeding america is the largest hunger relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60 thood food pan tryst and programs. we're proud to donate $15,000 to the empire food bank this year. >> a $15,000 grant to provide fresh produce, which is a wonderful contribution. fresh produce is something that low income people and people in need often don't buy because it's expensive and they have to decide how to spend their funds. however, it is some of the most nutritious food we provide. so the $15,000 allowed us to contribute about $60,000 worth of produce by the way in which we're able to make a dollar stretch. >> and you can also help toys for to the. now through december 134th visit shop disney.com/toys for to the and disney will donate $1 for each toy. find out more about how to help any organizations we support. go to abc7news.com/take action. >> another great local organization. we want to talk about. the organization is known as alas. helping latinos to dreams. joining us to talk more about this, the executive director belinda hernandez and an eighth grade volunteer, el kin l

badly being overwhelmed by the new generations of food entrepreneurs and food startups that have disrupting the market. the network is growing over the past year 90 kitchen town clients have tested and marketed their new products. and that wraps up our show for more you can go to our web site at it like dot com slash business for me in the team it's goodbye and take. everything. you bought one knows not believe is the source of her straight. line is. a. she so long as her speech cheering her across the water she. only. 16 minutes. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all miss. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of irish or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go your podcast can also find us at. slash science. w.'s crime fighters are back with the africa's most successful radio drama series continues during the whole episode are available online edge of course you can share and disco song w africa's facebook page and other social media platforms for the cri

we are successful because we have a very robust network of food pantries and soup kitchens and transitionalousing and community partners. we've on boarded 75 new partners since mid march bringing our network strength to well over 600. we've held over 1,300 of the mobile distribution events that the viewers are seeing on their screens right now. we're trying to do everything contactless. we're having our neighbors in need pull up in their vehicles. our volunteers are wearing masks and gloves to keep everybody safe, but to get the most amount of food and cleaning supplies and ppe out to everyone that needs it across our region. >> meredith, switch gears with me for just a moment to everything else that we've been talking about today. how did the covid relief bill and vaccines change things? do they affect the need for food and things down the road? >> they will down the road. there's going to be a lag time in recovery. there's going to be time to get relief. any amount of relief we can provide to people that are struggling is important. that's one thing that we've learned. the margin between

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food on the table. you've seen stories on the network about long lines of people needing help food. desperate. >> joe biden released a statement about this about an hour ago fighting today about 10 million americans will lose unemployment insurance benefits, delay means more small businesses will survive this dark winter because they lack access to the lifeline they need. the house is expected to take up the direct payment debates, $600 versus $2000 in direct payments. that part of the bill monday but it's not clear what the senate will do when it reconvenes tuesday. leland: government shut them hanging in the middle there. i think democrats at least think they have the votes for the $2000 checks monday in the house. who knows what happened in the senate. thank you. >> joining us now, arkansas congressman and member of the house financial services committee, french hill. thank you so much for being here this saturday. appreciate it. for those folks who aren't following the minute to minute behaviors going on in washington and beyond and on twitter, they see a bill that passed that w

children in the united states that's 74000000 will not have had enough to eat the country's largest network of food banks has a staggering 8000000000 more meals are needed on american tables next year to stave off hunger mary matalin is a community organizer for food security and the co-founder of project restore she joins us via skype from cambridge massachusetts. can you give us an idea of why food insecurity is getting worse in the country. it's gotten so much worse because as you know a lot of a lot of folks are losing their jobs they're losing their housing and the 1st thing to go they eat your meals we actually hear that directly from a lot of our recipients and the need has at least doubled in massachusetts. as you say people are struggling to pay their rent in some cases that losing their home to pay the bills and it's affecting the housing as well and food is very easy to cut back on but what have you what have you been seeing among the people that you've been in contact with the people that you've been speaking to. it's been you know we're right in front of these folks every day in terms

food assistance, we got people on food lines longer than we seen before. these are not the networknks. we got people losing the rent, losing, they're being evicted. all this is happening at one time and the $v 900 billion, is first of all, following the president, mnuchin, everybody has said, okay, that's the right number. 900 billion. we came to that about two weeks ago. when found the spots where we thought everyone could agree on. we got to move forward on. 23 are putting language to it. you will be able to see tonight or tomorrow exactly how we want it to be spent. look. our time is your time. if you want to come here and make the case what it is, the sick ifing point sticking points. whatever you want. this has to get done. we're here to enforce it. >> chris, are you doing a good job basically of what's happening. you were spot on when you mentioned at the front. it's basically down to two items on state and local aid and they need it. if there is an emergency, they need it. as well as the people who need protection against just frivolous lawsuits. >> i got you. senator joe ma

and standards for food goods and sort of social social networking standards which that which is wanted to reject actually in their referendum when they decided in 2016 to leave it means that over time british governments will will will take measures perhaps they will want to rescue an industry that's in trouble a manufacturing industry or an airline and still something of that nature and it will it is going to cause friction but once again i'm going to insist on sending a happy christmas message that's the playing field has been set in a very positive manner right david charter u.s. editor for the times thank you very much. here in berlin chancellor angela merkel said she's confident the bracks a deal is a good outcome and a statement she said with the agreement we are laying the foundations for a new chapter in our relations even from outside the european union the united kingdom will continue to be an important partner for germany and the e.u. the cabinet will meet on monday to discuss it germany's position and we can turn out of their stories making news around the bar of the 1st ca

feeding america is the nation's largest hunger relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. abc 7 and disney is proud to donate $15,000 to provide fresh fruit to second harvest of silicon valley this year. >> we're providing food to over a half million people every single month, which is literally double the number of people we were serving prepandemic. one of the things that's been really hard about this pandemic is just how many people have lost their jobs or had their hours cut back and are having to make tough choices between paying rent, paying their bills and being able to afford food. >> proud to support the toys fored tfo for tots foundation. visit shop disney.com/toys for tots to donate for toys for to thes and disney will donate a dollar for each toy. >>> you can find out more about how to donate to any of the organizations that we support. just go to abc7news.com/take action. >>> and coming up here, our own abc 7 news weather anchor spe s spencer christian will share his story about one of his favorite charities, big brother

to give you an idea, an average -- we're a network of 20 food pantries that we've started out with pre-covidher food pantries, so 48 total, to try to address this issue. but one of our food pantries that would normally see, pre-covid, like 40 people, now have like 400 people coming. so as you can imagine, the resources to do that is immense, because basically we're taking a look, sometimes on a monthly basis we're up to around $200,000, to buy and to mobilize the food that we need to do. we do have some great partners helping us do that. but it's certainly a challenge. it's the biggest challenge that we have. >> can i ask you about some of those 400 or so people you were referring to there? what do you hear most from the people who lean on your organization for help? what are they telling you? >> one of the things that i think, and you see this in some of the literature too, and it's true, i would say 40% of those people never went to a food pantry before in their lives. but because of covid, the closing of businesses, particularly in the service industry, many find themselves that they have

the first, of course, if folks are in a position to donate, the feeding america network of food banks use those resources to pay for additional food that we're procuring, equipment that we need to distribute that food and even temporary labor. volunteering is another thing folks can do if they are comfortable. they have done an incredible job creating safe protocols for volunteers. not every food bank is accepting volunteers, 60% of our food banks are. folks can find their food bank at our website feeding america.org. then we ask people to contact their representative or senator. there are critical programs in place now that will expire at the end of this year and americans all over this country again in every county really need this support in this unprecedented time in our nation's history. >> sandra: while you've been speaking your organization's website has been up so that people can look into how they can help whether it's volunteering their time, donating money, food. katie, as far as that demand it has gone up incredibly, the numbers you talk about as we see unemployment number

they have a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. abc 7 and disney proud to donate $15,000 to the food bank. >> prior to the pandemic, we served about 178,000 clients every month and now that is over 280,000 every month. again, since shelter in place. how that translates into food, we're pushing on a lot more food, over 65% more pounds every month than a year ago in eeach f the last five months. we had the first million pound week distributed 1 million pounds one week in july. it's really not letting up and the need continues to grow. >> you can also help toys for tots now through december 13th. visit shop disney.com/toys for tots to purchase a new toy to donate and disney will donate a dollar for each day. you can find out more to help the organizations we support at abc7news.com/take action. >>> some of those toys are on sale today, just saying. it's world aids today, today looking back at that your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. well, dr. farrell, it feels really good... that's good. and... i'm sorry. baby, don't touch that.

as you said the feeding america network of food banks are consist consistently reporting on average peoplee before and it's a really scary experience for people who want to be working and providing for their families and really struggling right now. steve: and you describe it as scary, but there also is a pride thing, and that is, you know, you want to be self- reliant. you don't want to go stand in the line because you feel that there is embarrassment with that , but these are extraordinary times. don't be embarrassed and maybe that's why these food lines with a car lines miles long because in your car, you're less visible >> yeah, you know, what is something we say to folks all over this country who are dealing with the circumstance, many for the first time, is don't be embarrassed and don't be ashamed. food insecurity happens to folks most of the time, obviously, for circumstances beyond their control, they lose their job, there's a health crisis, and as americans, we are witnessing this in mass and that's what we're here for the feeding america network food banks are here for our neigh

feeding america is the nation's largest hunger relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. abc7 and disney proud to provide fresh produce to the food bank this year. and proud to support the toys for tots foundation. shopdisney.com/toysfortots. you can find out more about how you can donate to any of the organizations that we support. just go to abc7news.com/take action. >> did you say toy? >> i said toys. >> oh, you picked a good one. i almost picked that one. i love, you know i love sorcerer mickey. >> i took two. i have options for later in the show. >> don't worry, i have another surprise underneath this desk. elsa is not alone. i mean, elsa is alone in her castle but not alone today for the toys4 toys. the walt disney company donates a dollar in addition to each toy you donate. go get one. i just love having toys. can you tell? >> me, too. >>> all right. more toys as we move on throughout the show. right now coming up a nearly 60-year-old business owner jumps in when a customer goes on the attack. what led up to this and the plea

feeding america is the nation's largest hunger relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. abc7 and disney is proud to donate $15,000 to provide fresh produce to second harvest of silicon valley this year. >> we are now providing food to over a half million people every single month. which is literally double the number of people we were serving prepandemic. one thing that has been really hard about this pandemic is just how many people have lost their jobs or had their hours cut back and having to make really tough choices between paying their rent and paying their bills and being able to afford food. >> we're also proud to support the toys for tots foundation. now through december 13th, you can visit shopdisney.com/toysfortots to purchase a new toy for local kids. find out more about how to donate to any of the organizations that we support. go to abc7news.com/takeaction. >> how is minnie mouse? because i caught her in that shot and she looked like she is asleep. she's back. okay, good. >> nobody told me. i have to have her looking

among the things they packed was an allocation for food throughout people with our network. it clear to members of congress it's important. the marathon that we're engaged in. i know it will be a long fight but i am confident that the american public will continue to show generosity. so go to feeding america.org, a place where you can help if you have the ability. and also a place you can go if you need help, too. if you need help from us we're here for you. >> sandra: we've had feeding america.org at the bottom of the screen while you are talking. thank you for sharing your message here. our best to you as you try to help so many over the holiday season. thank you, claire. >> thanks for having me. i appreciate it. >> trace: one of hollywood's biggest stars having a temper tantrum on site getting a new label. is tom cruise the new ellen? ber commercials with exciting stunts. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's something you shouldn't try at home... look, liberty mutual customizes home insurance so we only pay for what we need. i

if he must have had a major logistical challenge of delivering food this year with notch parts of the noble shipping in aviation networks close because of the pandemics what outearn it is that you have to find there is of course the money issue but access and food delivery has also been a major concern i imagine. let me tell you just when you think it couldn't get any worse into into 2019 hours preparing world leaders that 2020 was going to be a catastrophe and that was before covert you know we had economic theory ation is several places we had men made conflict despite being here and they are climate extremes and i was telling us prepare for a bad 2020 then desert locust cane weathers ethiopia kenya and then just when you think you're dealing with every possible bad scenario. cove it just dynamic he does shift rick's i mean our whole 'd global economy a lot of different things that we're having to do having a shift monies around how we do things because of dissing as well as you can imagine in a lot of countries where you have a lot downs unlike in a wealthy nation where people might have 2 to 3 weeks of food in their

and standards for food goods and sort of social social networking standards which that which is wont to reject actually in the referendum when they decided in 2016 to leave it means that over time british governments will will will take measures perhaps they will want to rescue an industry that is in trouble a manufacturing industry or an airline and still something of that nature and it will it is going to cause friction but once again i'm going to insist on sending a happy christmas message that's the playing field has been set in a very positive manner i do have a charter u.s. editor for the times thank you very much here in berlin chancellor angela merkel said she's confident the bracks a deal is a good outcome and a statement she said with the agreement we are laying the foundations for a new chapter in our relations even from outside the european union the united kingdom will continue to be an important partner for germany and the e.u. the cabinet will meet on monday to discuss it germany's position and we can turn out of their stories making news around the bar of the 1st case