and policy analyst for bread for the world, and andy fitzgerald, an intern from guardian midwest, who is receiving snap benefits. chrisy, i'd like to start with you, over the past 50 years a version of snap has been a part of american culture. why this move now? what is the trigger to make the cuts? >> the trigger to make the cuts is the reauthorization of the farm bill. snap actually surprisingly is a huge part of what we call the farm bill that comes up in washington about every five years or so. the supplemental nutrition assistance program actually accounts for 80% of the spending this this bill. food stamp programs are set to expire at the end of this month and that's why congress addressed it this month. >> hasn't it always accounted for a huge portion of the farm bill? >> it has. >> why such a big deal on this go-round? >> right now there is outside support for splitting the foot programs from the farm programs. this is something that conservative organizations have been calling for a number of years but this year there is enough grass roots pressure to actually split these two

midwest bureau tonight. anything from castro's victims today? >> well, now e shep, at the home of gina dejesus the guardianutside with the red berets. no public comment from the other two women who endured a decade of brutality in castro's house. we did get a scathing comment from the cuyahoga county prosecutor which reads let this be a marriage to other child kidnappers there will be a price to pay when you are caught. you won't enjoy the captives' side of the bars. castro's defense team had a different take. >> for society in general and the city of cleveland, there is probably people cheering today. but, again, that's not civilized. and this is a human being who who was very sick and we all agree was evil to certain degree and had a lot of psychological issues. this isn't something to necessarily celebrate. >> castro was not in a permanent prison. he had been transferred from the lorain correctional facility. that is one of the most crowded prisons in the state. the staff determined he was at risk there due to his notoriety. shep? >> shepard: mike, one of castro's former neighbors said today he took the