. >> reporter: monshell and her four-year-old have to watch their spending. though she has a job in local government, she needs help from snap, the local food stamp program >> between light bills, water bills, everything. nursery bills, i just couldn't really afford to have food in the house. >> reporter: monshell receives $364 a month in food stamps, and she's grateful for that. but like 47 million other americans, she's about to face life with less help putting food on the table. >> the bottom line is, people are going to go hungry. >> reporter: the second harvest food bank in new orleans serves meals to 2,000 people a year who are at risk of going hungry louisiana >> we're very, very concerned about the reductions going into effect. the affect here louisiana would be like if second harvest stopped distributing food today. we distribute 20 million meals a year. and we're going to lose 41 million meals because of the cut. >> the average family will receive $40 less a month. that could mean the difference between eating and going hungry. second harvest are se

monshelle says she'll have to cut back somewhere, but not on nutrition for her son. >> he loves, like, his bananas and apple, straw gris and grapes. if i have to -- strawberries and grapes. even if i have to catch the sales. >> second harvest is used to helping people through the end of the month gap. with the new cuts the gap will get wider. >>> and the cuts could just be the beginning. both the house and senate are debating two bills that could slash another 43.5 billion from snap benefits over the next 10 years. >> another tunnel under the u.s. mexico border holding tonnes of illegal drugs has been shut down. the tunnel is described as one of the most sophisticated to be discovered. authorities seized tonnes of drugs and three suspects are in custody. tom ackerman has more. >> the recently completed tunnel was wired for power and included electronic rail tracks. inside police found more than eight tonnes of marijuana, and almost 150 kilos of cocaine. authorities said the tunnel was discovered before it could be used to ship contraband. >> the passage way zyg zags for a third of a m

. >> monshell and her 4 year old son michael have to watch their spending, even though she has a joblocal government, she still needs help from the federal food stamp program. >> between rent, light bills, water bills, everything -- nursery bills, i just couldn't afford to have food in the house. >> reporter: she receives $364 a month in food stamps and is grateful for that, but like 47 million other americans she is about to face life with less money to put bread on the table. this food bank serves meals to 260,000 people a year. >> we're very, very concerned about these reelections going into effect. the effect here in the state of louisiana would be like if second harvest just stopped distributing food today. we distribute 20 million meals a year, we're going to loose 41 million meals as a result of this cut. >> reporter: the cuts mean a family of four will receive about $40 less a month. the food bank say they are more and more seeing what they skal a few face of hunger. workers who have jobs, but they aren't earning enough. they have jobs but they are still living paycheck to pa

. >> monshelle and her 4-year-old son michael have to watch their spending. she has a job in local government, she still needs hep from snap. >> between rent, light bills, water bills, everything, nursery bills, i just couldn't afford to have food in the house. >> monshelle receives $364 a month in foodstamps and is grateful for that. like 47 million other americans, she's about to face life with less help putting food on the table. >> the bottom line is people will go hungry. >> natalie serves meals to 263,000 people a year who are at risk of going hungry in south louisiana. >> we are very, very concerned about the reductions going in effect. the effect in the state of louisiana is like a second harvest stopping distributing food. we distribute 20 million meals for the state of louisiana. we'll louisiana, and we'll lose 41 million meals. >> a family of four receives about $47 less a month, meaning the difference between eating and going hungry. >> second harvest say they are seeing a new face of hunger - workers who have jobs but are not earning enough. they

. >> reporter: monshell and her four year old son have to watch their spending when grocery shopping.he has a job in federal government, but she needs help. >> when rent, water bills, light bills, nursery bills, i just couldn't afford to have food in the house. >> reporter: she is grateful for the help, but like 47 million over americans she is about to receive less help. natalie of second harvest food bank of new orleans serves meals to 263,000 people a year who are at risk of going hungry in south louisiana. >> we're very, very concerned about these reelections going into effect. the effect here in the state of louisiana would be like if second harvest just stopped distributing food today. we distribute 20 million meals a year. we're going to lose $41 million meals as a result of this cut. >> reporter: the cuts mean a family of four will receive about $40 less a month. second harvest food bank say they are more and more seeing what they call a new face of hunger, workers who have jobs but they aren't earning enough. they have jobs but they still are living paycheck to paycheck. this