coleng us now from chester, vermont is the governor of that state, peter shumlin who will sign that groundbreakingl tomorrow. thank you for your time. >> it's great to be with you. tavis: let me start by asking why you intend to do this tomorrow when you know the very next day i suspect you are going to be sued by more than one person. >> that wouldn't surprise me. i just feel strongly that vermonters deserve to know what is inside of there fitted. european countries are way ahead of us on this. vermont consumers have a right to know what they buy. when you go shopping, you can look at the ingredients and see what you are eating. it just seems that it should be a patriot -- a basic right that people should be able to know whether or not they are consuming gmo food. strong feelings on both sides. is pro-choice, let consumers decide. tavis: seems pretty straightforward. i get that. if it were really just that simple, i imagine the industry would not be pushing back on you so hard. it was not such a old prediction that you would be sued. it has to be more than just giving consumers what they have a r

vermont governor peter shumlin has signed a law making vermont the first day to require labeling of gmo foods. the measure also bars foods with gmo's from being labeled as natural. it takes effect july 2016. more than 100 people gathered thursday in texas to protest the fatal police shooting of a 93-year-old african-american woman. witnesses say pearlie golden, known as ms. sully, was shot at least five times outside her home on tuesday. authorities say golden had a gun when a police officer arrived following a reported dispute with her nephew, who was trying to take away her car keys after she failed a drivers test. the officer involved, stephen stem, previously shot dead an african-american man in 2012, but was cleared by a grand jury. stem has been on the police force for less than two years. but testers spoke to the local eagle newspaper -- protesters spoke to the local eagle newspaper. >> we would do the same thing last year, and did nobody do nothing about it. .hey keep doing it nobody has consequences for their actions. that's it. ain't no threats. we just want something done. we

first law requiring the labeling of genetically modified organisms or g m o's vermont governor peter shumlin signed the bill into law last thursday and said in a statement we believe we have a right to know what's in the food we buy awareness is key check you know bottom line is keep people voting with their dollars and also we want to transform the food supply we want to make it more of a bottom up approach instead of a pyramid scheme for the food supply bottom line long since so cannot be trusted it's time that we as consumers become conscious and critical thinkers it's time that we as consumers stand up to this corporation and force it to disintegrate into irrelevancy all right guys two million people showed up last. to say no to g.m. those communities everywhere are banding together to fight back so what's stopping you. so what is stopping you know for the last year activists from all over the world have been taking to the streets to demand transparency about the food we eat and guess what it's working on is already mandated g.m.o. labeling statewide and two different counties in oregon

lawmakers have passed a bill mandating that genetically modified foods must be labeled governor peter shumlin signed the bill this afternoon it passed the vermont house of representatives one hundred fourteen to thirty in the senate twenty eight to two the spill also requires foods with g.m.o. sold at retail outlets to be labeled as having been produced with genetic engineering the bill makes it illegal to describe foods with g.m. owes as natural for manas first state in the nation to pass such a law similar legislation failed in california and washington maine and connecticut passed similar bills last year with clauses stating that other states must pass laws before theirs could actually be enacted take effect for months law goes into effect july first two thousand and sixteen last month elizabeth told us this is just the beginning of a grassroots movement to require g.m.o. labeling on food. grassroots movements of forming labeling initiatives are coming into place. you know that they're moving this movement around the country the industry is running scared those who want to keep is in the d

first law requiring the labeling of genetically modified organisms or g m o's vermont governor peter shumlin signed the bill into law last thursday and said in a statement we believe we have a right to know what's in the food we buy this is a significant step in the fight for transparency of the food americans consume considering the legislation has failed time and time again as you can see on this map california and washington voters both attempted to pass ballot initiatives on the matter and were unsuccessful connecticut and maine on the other hand did pass legislation but it's contingent on multiple other states to pass the requirement for their own go to in effect and the states and blue are all ones considering similar legislation according to a recent report by the council for agricultural science and technology but the biggest barrier to getting these bills passed has been the stranglehold of the political process for months santo and other giant ag corporations that either invested millions of dollars to muddy the debate or our rights threaten to sue states considering labeling legis