and in my district, schools like monticello, illinois, have pulled out of the school nutrition program because they were losing upwards of $100,000 a year to comply with regulations that were thought of in concrete buildings in washington, d.c., rather than rural america. now, what have we done? we have asked secretary vilsack to offer some flexibility to schools like monticello so that more kids will participate and that school district doesn't have to choose between following the rules and regulations set forth in washington, d.c., and choosing to hire two teachers. we have asked the white house and usda to voluntarily comply with the same rules and regulations that every school nutrition program, every school cafeteria in this country has to comply with. no answer. we have offered for secretary vilsack to come visit the school districts who have talked to me about this being a burden and a problem financially for them. still no answer. giving schools flexibility does not mean that i want kids to eat unhealthy. it means parents and local districts know better how to feed our children

what we're seeing with cars now is these automotive country clubs springing up like monticello and autobonnnear chicago, where people can have their interesting cars and race them on weekends. the self-driving autonomous car, gps controlled with all its other sensors, it's unstoppable. >> part of it makes me think, rise of the machines. there are some big benefits. are these even safer than us drivering around ourselves? >> absolutely. bob had a good point, they're going to be much more efficient in terms of using the roadway. even during a traffic jam. up to 90% of the pavement is not being used because humans need that space to be safe, but self-driving cars can be more efficient. they are going to be a lot safer. so many built-in systems. both having to communicate with each other and even just their ability to react and sense things more quickly than any human could. i think we'll see a big drop in fatalities. >> before these things are signed off on. >> i think this will, it's going to be an interactive, evolving process and there will be test fleets and test marketing and so forth, bu

. -- monticello. it costs about 100 grand to join. you get to race your sports car around the track or take out one of the jaguars, ferraris, porsches or other high speed machines owned by the track. because the deadly stalls in the general motors cars we've been telling you about for the past few months involve cars that still use an ignition key, we wanted to demonstrate a key start first. we used a toyota tundra that does not have a stalling problem. so, ari simulated it by turning the ignition key from run to accessory. that is what happened in the gm cars because of the faulty ignition switch. tragically for the gm drivers the ignition switch moved out of run on its own and the drivers had no warning. watch what happens when ari forces a stall. >> so if the key moves out of drive into, let's say accessory position, the car is now stalled, i will lose my power steering. it feels a little strange but i'm still on the highway and have cars around me. first thing i do is relax. number two, throw it into neutral. number three, restart

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it's in northern monticello. please, bring your grandchildren and go to the foundation you can sign up to read aloud from the short money savings and the autobiography. >> host: how did you come to that position? >> guest: it was founded by john coolidge, the son of president coolidge. it supports the state and together we built a building where we have classrooms for the kids from new england to the kids from new england, all year to work with our educator. i have two wonderful colleagues, the director executive who made a coolidge blast that you can sign up for and he said no and yet they got plenty and we have another colleague who is going to be blogging for us. he is giving a gorgeous audio of the president's autobiography. and my favorite thing about the site is no excuse to not come that if you don't, if we have a web cam just like at this key resort you can see the president place winter and summer what the weather is doing if you feel like going so we hope everyone comes. >> host: martha in maine e-mails