you can donate to hunger free america hunger free america dot work you volunteers through our website or you call when it's what it's 663018663 hungry if you need food so whether you need help or want to get help hunger free america is there for you that is wonderful ok thank you so much joel barr for chime in and letting us know what's happening out there on the streets of america thank you so much. thank you. other news making headlines around the world emergency services in russia are continuing to battle large wildfires that have destroyed dozens of buildings in villages in siberia fires have spread through fields and forests on the back of a heat wave which has hit the whole region regional authorities have issued hundreds of finds a local resident and farmers for allegedly violating fire safety regulations which they believe contributed to the fires. and opposition lawmakers in venezuela loyal to one quietly agreed to pay themselves $5000.00 per month from state funds that were confiscated by the us administration the pay themselves pay out comes from an $80000000.00 fund set up

the new york city -- the hunger-free america applied for that and did not get it. get hundreds of thousands of dollars from that, but even then, with that, we oppose passing that extension unless new money for the s.n.a.p. program is in it. the second bill championed by speaker pelosi did have a significant anti-hunger program called the pandemic ebt program which will give millions of parents of kids in public schools free and reduced-price meals, money on electronic cards to get food. but only two states so far have been approved by the trump administration. new york, where i live, has proposed a truly excellent top-notch plan to usda. it would provide food to the parents of 1.6 million children in new york state who aren't getting school meals. it would provide over $850 million worth of food. and yet that and many other state plans have not been approved bit trump administration. the white house has also refused to use a special provision to declare disasters in the method needed for a thing called emergency s.n.a.p., emergency, das sass tear food stamps fob us

the new york city, i'm sorry, the hunger free america, the current name, applied for that and we didmore money passed, we could get huchbs thousands of dollars from that, but even with that, we oppose passing that extension unless finally new money for the snap program is put in it. now, the second bill, the one pushed by and championed by speaker pelosi, did have a very significant tie-in to the high hunger program called the pandemic ebt program, which will give millions of parents of kids in public schools, with free and reduced price meals money on electronic cards to get food. but only two states so far have been approved by the trump administration, new york where i live, has proposed a truly excellent top-notch plan, to the usda, it would provide food to the parents of 1.6 million children, in new york state, who aren't getting school meals. it would provide over $850 million worth of food, and yet, that and many other state plans has not been approved by the trump administration yet, and the white house is also refused to use a special provision to declare disasters in the me

no one is starving, ys hunger free america's joel berg, but... >> they're rationing food. if this es on much, much longer then we could start to see actual starvation in america. we're doing far, much worse than any developed western nation. >> reporter: economist hilary hoynes. >> prior to thcrisis, about 11 percent of americans suffered from food insecurity, and we have every reason to believe that those statiics are increasing dramatically in the current time period. >> i'm natosha mccray and i live in the bronx, the nation's hungriest urban county. d this is ghter ariana and my son ethan. >> reporter: three years ago, mcray was struggling, even with snap. but the pandemic has her kids, now four and 16, home from school, where they got their morning and afternoon meals. suddenly, says mccray... y got to have breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and with them both being home everybody is hungry all the time. >> reporter: mccray gets about $550 a month for her family of three. but her income as a tutor to low income kids has plummete a so hut free food? she was using new yor