not purdue, but nonetheless, it is high.pardon the jargon phrase, just hike a lot of other industries. >> yeah, we'll see. i still believe there will be an important role for those residential institutions who can unimpeach my add value that can't be delivered at home. i like to talk to hi friends at purdue about the pajamas test. i say, you know, we've got to have features here. direct contact with faculty and coaching, participation in research would be another good example. leadership opportunities that can't be delivered at home because a lot of smart people are saying to folks just sit home in your bathrobe, i'll bring the best teachers in the world to you. and i think to be dismissive of that would be to invite the kind of difficulties that your industry and others have had. paul: briefly, you going to bring along the faculty on this? there's some grousing. >> well, some. but, you know, the faculty, we're now swarmed with faculty who have ideas of their own who want to take part, who have a course they might like to pu

. >> back to senator purdue. >> i yield again, mr. chairman. >> gracious. [ laughter ] >> senator hide camp, would you like to proceed at this point? >> i would love to. thank you, mr. chairman. it was a gracious offer. i have just a quick question about weeds for the doctor. we're hearing more and more about pesticide residues in weeds and lots of questions about the use of crop protection tools on the crop itself. much of the information is cited as the basis for criticism of wheat production traces back to misrepresentation of usda, nasa, naff data, often the worst case is assumed and every acre of crop is treated. when usda surveyed growers about the use of crop protection tools, are you seeking to track overall use in trends or are you gathering more in-depth information about management practices associated with crop protection tools such as no till or reduce tillage, and crop rotations? >> thank you for that question. i want to just say that our colleagues at the national ag statistics service do terrific work and the survey th

>>ing a >>ing a company you are secretary sonny purdue spoke to a group of farm industry reporters last week. it was one of his first public appearances as agriculture from the from the national association of farm broadcasting in washington, d.c., this is about 40 minutes. >> all right, folks, we are privileged to be joined by the secretary of agriculture. most of you know his background as well as i do. of course, he grew up on a farm in georgia, bonnair, georgia and an agro businessman and has spent many years in public welcome welcome to the secretary of agriculture, sonny purdue. [ applause ] >> some of you got the dress code and if others want to take the coats off, feel free. there you go. thank you all for being here. i know this is a big week for you all as you gather here at washington, d.c., and i am honored that you come by here, by the agency, and it took me a little while to get here and nonetheless, we are delighted to be here and you all are an important part of our overall communication strategy in dealing with our main customers. that's the agriculturalist of the natio

purdue pharma produced a massive marketing and sales program for oxycotin. their sales force doubled from 218 to 271 sales representatives. purdue gave out $40 million in sales bonuses to its burgeoning sales force. it these sales representatives targeted health care providers who were more willing to prescribe opioid painkillers. as a result of these sales and marketing efforts from 1997 to 2002, oxycontin sold almost 10 fold up to 6.2 million prescriptions in 2002. then in 2007 purdue paid $600 million in fines and other payments after pleading guilty in federal court to misleading regulators, doctor and patients about the risk of addiction to oxycontin and its potential for abuse. the company's pre, lawyer, -- company's lawyer pled guilty to criminal m.d. charges. the opioid -- despite warnings from the medical community about the potential for abuse. and when it wasn't turning a blind eye to the warnings of experts, f.d.a. simply didn't engage them at all in approval of opioids with abuse deterrent properties. with numerous approvals of so-called abuse d

she will have to have some surgery. >> reporter: little lea purdue is in surgery. doctors expect her to be okay, family saying they don't expect any neurological damage as for driver of the silver mazda police say they have that driver in custody and at this hour no charges have been filed. reporting live from new port delaware alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank for that. >>> fire damages a taco bell and kfc restaurant in mayfair. chopper three over harbison avenue this afternoon. officials say it took fire fighters sometime to locate the source of the fire, but once they dit was quickly placed under control. no injuries were reported, the cause of the fire is still, not yet known. >>> philadelphia's opioid task force reported, issue set out a series of action toss address the drug crisis. it includes plans for better prevention, education and treatment. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has details including one very controversial proposal. >> reporter: this one is very controversial. report says among other things , the city should look into cre

obama's let's move campaign, therm rolled by the secretary by sonny purdue. sat down to eat chicken nuggets and talk about school lunches. the nutrition regulations, agricultural secretary purdue moves to make school meals great again. >> we know that kids are pretty outspoken about what they want to eat and what they don't. the thing i heard the most and i can identify with this, i wouldn't be where i was without chocolate milk. the children said the chocolate milk was not as tasty as they would like. >> the new plans allow schools to serve the aforementioned 1% chocolate milk and they ease requirements for schools to serve exclusively whole grains and food low in salt. purdue thinks the regulations will have more children eating school lunch than throwing it in the trash. >>> that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here would you say as we start a new week. and my thanks to nicole wallace and joy reid for filling in on the broadcast here so i could take a few days away. we'll see you tomorrow evening. good night from all of us from new york.

. >> according to today's announcement sony purdue he would make school meals great again. milk. a new voice for students, sony purdue, the secretary of ag culture. >> we are trying to keep it safe and nutrition. >> he signed his first proclamation announcing 3 change to usda school guidelines. schools can receive exemptions for not serving whole grains. 1200 milligrams to meal to 930 milligrams. and schools can serve chocolate milk. food is wasted when children don't like what is served. >> they tell the cafeteria workers what they like. they see what goes in the trash. it is symbolic. it is dealing with a constituent. >> it is more about funding levels. >> the government gives you $3 for a school lunch. you can't go through a drive through for $3. >> a team that cook and delivers 1400 school lunches a day for private and public schools like piedmont and berkeley. it contains 530 milligrams of sodium. fresh foods cost more, 5- dollars per lunch. some students say their schools offer lunch. >> they have hamburgers and pizza and stuff. >> many parents say they prefer schools

. >> sonny purdue. >> i am excited about the opportunity, roll up my sleeves, and to make sure we make american agriculture as great as it can be in the future for ru .al prosperity and jobs >> gerry connolly tax reform plan. bywere going to simple abide taking the current seven tax brackets we have today, and reducing them to only three brackets. >> david horwitz on communism. >> these things are prone to evil. the corruption is within us. once you understand that, you are a conservative. [laughter] society iseve that an oppressive system, everything can be understood in terms of the dominant class or a dominant race, or dominant sex. --rybody that they'll press everybody that they'll press -- opress >> we must all do our share. china is accounting for 90% of north korean trade. china alone has economic leverage over north korea that is unique. their role is particularly important. >> c-span programs are available , on our homepage, and by searching the video library. ♪ washington journal's live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, republ

heard back from purdue pharma saying they have got a deterrent for the opioid crisis. the second state suit filed after one in mississippi against makers of these prescription opioids. >> stocks as well, meg. meg tir rel with the breaking news. steve weiss. >> let me go point by point. retail sales, there are so many retailers that are independent retailers selling through amazon that are making money that didn't before. you can't focus on that. in terms of real estate. housing happens to be one of the pillars of the economy. so let me continue to go. in terms of the u.s. in a bubble, i went back and i looked. i'd be hard-pressed to find any emerging market that didn't decline worse than the u.s. when the u.s. stock market hopped and didn't take longer to recover. i don't want to be in other markets if i think the u.s. is going to implode. bonds, i was very surprised. about the emerging markets and the u.s. and some of the risks that steve 34e7gsed to you. if things do unravel, why would you want to be in the emerging markets at this particular time when they've had a

today agriculture secretary sunny purdue is here. we talked about school lunches nationwide. that is it set for 12:30 or so. an early report says they want schools to have more free rein in how they follow federal school lunch guidelines. for years some republicans have had concerns about school lunch program costs and regulation. for example, nbc reports they got more than a million in school funding. they expect a roll back. you may recall that michelle obama called for stricter nutritional guidelines and also for more hlt including fruit and vegetables for students. it was an effort on her part, she said, to stave off childhood obesity. we have reports the national school lunch program serves more than 100,000 schools including child care tcenters. >> justin finch. thank. 5:06. d.c. police are looking for 16-year-old sade williams. this is a picture on your screen. she was last seen on saturday on call place. 5'6", brown eyes, black hair. she was last seen wearing a black shirt, tan pants, white tennis shoes. if you see her, call d.c. police. >>> and in our nbc washington

purdue has not outlined the changes, some p the previous standards established by former first lady michelle obama. the county supervisor will join the leesburg democrat for protests against the visit. a school board member is expressing concerns about the planned protests. organizers say the protests will be civil. we apologize for the technical difficulties. opposed toe as include data about the certification about school meal programs. it is down at the moment with the message that the usda's improving the site and some information is off-line, having to do with school meals. you may remember the scene in february, protesters blocking education secretary betsy devos from entering a school in southwest d.c. she eventually went through another entrance. one man was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer. from the whites house chief of staff. reince priebus was asked about the president's desire to meet it easier to sue reporters. >> that would require as i understand it a constitutional amendment, so is that something he wants to pursue? it's something we haven't looked at, a

jason: chip, i know like us you are a big fan of secretary center purdue. he was very engaged in these questions. say what you can about your interactions. chip: as we know, the administration will be heavily involved with what happens with nafta. we can hope for, along with the help of mr. purdue, would be to bring people like me to the table, corn, soybeans, wheat, any agriculture commodity -- bring us to the table. we know that nafta has worked. we don't want to have any part of blocking trade. so they bring a sin, work with all of us as a unit, and make sure that if they are going to be -- bring a sin, work with all us -- ruralarmers out in america are making less money and having trade issues, it affects people way down the line. it affects thousands and thousands of people. i could keep going for a thee, and i may, but with -- but i will throw to the audience to ask questions if they like. if folks could just announce who you are. if we have a microphone back here. why do you stand up and project -- there you are. >> hello. jack, two years ago there w

police arrested a man accused of hitting a toddler with his car and taking off. 14-month-old leah purdue was struck in her driveway in newport delaware yesterday morning, 20-year-old elijah meredith injured the little girl. leah had a skull fracture and cuts and bruises. she is in stable condition at a. i. dupont hospital. >>> this is the fiery crash that shut down i-78 in berks county yesterday. the collision involved four tractor trailers and a car. two of the tractor-trailers involved in the crash caught on fire. a man drivingone of the trucks described what happened. >> i seen him slam on his brakes, traffic was stopped. he ended rearending the other tg andother car on the side it p mtly injured was a truck driver with burns to his body. all are expected to survive. >>> president donald trumps in saudi arabia it is his first stis first overseas trip asnt. president trump and first lady milan iia were saudi king. a dra o the speech, the president call it is terrorism . it makes no mention of islamic terrorism a phrase the president criticized political opponents of avoiding. he will v

>> last week agricultural secretary sunny purdue went to elementary in leesburg. he announced the white house would let schools opt out of nutrition standards governing whole grains, sodium, and milk. >>> we brought you the story of dating app aimed at those that like pot. >> 43% of you that voted in our poll says pot is a dating deal breaker while 57 sa big deal. >> reporter: >> i'm darren roberts. i'm the cofounder of high there. >> a lot of people say that smoking pot is a dating deal breaker. is that one for you? >> not at all. it's a turn on. >> reporter: call it match for people that like mary jane. it's called high there and it's connecting people who like pot. >> close to half a million people on the app right now. >> reporter: half a million people. >> around the world. >> reporter: one dating survey from 2015 says 70% of all singles say pot smoking is a turn off. >> moderation. >> my exgirlfriend. >> reporter: how did that girl? >> she's my exgirlfriend for a reason. >> you might wonder how high there makes it money, right now they are building a communi

announcing the changes purdue said meals can't be nutritious if kids aren't actually eating them. the secretary says it is not a roll back just a way to make the food more edible. >> i wouldn't be as big as i am today without chocolate milk. the kids told me the flavored milk, limited to nonfat was not as tasty as they would like. i applaud first lady michelle obama for addressing those obesity problems in the past. but it is also, has to do with exercise. >> the changes include a delay on the requirement to reduce the amount of sodium in school meals. schools can also serve 1% milk instead of nonfat. waivers allowed for schools to serve grains not at least 50% whole grain. >> can i have chocolate cake as well? >> i didn't see that one on the list. >> didn't mention that. >> i will find out. >> now i will drink chocolate milk. we have an update on pretty bright quadruplets from ohio. >> might remember, nick nigel, zachary, aaron wade all four accepted to 59 colleges including harvard, yale, duke. >> the wades made their choice. they will be heading to -- yale. they say the new hav

sonny purdue announced the fda's new rules after eating with students in leesburg. schools won't have to cut more salt from meals. districts will keep the current whole grain requirements but won't expand them to include pasta and bread. the schools can serve 1% chocolate milk. >>> facebook knows when your teenager is feeling insecure and is capitalizing on that according to documents linked to a paper. is it focused on teenagers in australia. they handed that information over to advertisers. they called the move a mistake and says its advertisers are not allowed to target users based on >> it's scary. to try to figure out our emotional state, wow. >>> stay with us, news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >> shattenkirk again. shoots. scores! shattenkirk has won the game in overtime. >> how about those caps. you knew it was going to be a tough fight, especially if they lost, but they won in pittsburgh in overtime in capitals fashion. >> going to be a battle going into the rest of the series. down 2-1 right now but they are guaranteed a

secretary purdue is in cincinnati, ohio, to announce the agricultural department plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13th executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of which contain products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary purdue will announce a new mission area for trade and foreign agriculture affair, recognizing the growing importance of international trade to the agriculture sector of the economy. united states immigration and customs enforcement will hold a press conference at 2:15 today. probably not too far away. to announce the results of a highly successful recent gang surge operation. the president has made enforcement of our nation's immigration law the top priority and today's announcement will under score not only that commitment, but his focus on targeting transnational gangs and prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety. also today secretary mattis met with the turkish prime mini

purdue said too much food is buying wasted because kids don't like what's being served cafeteria workers what they like and what they don't and they see what goes in the trash. this is important. it's not only symbolic but dealing with a pretty important constituent >> the trump administration is committed to providing healthy food but does not think the government should force school districts to follow a mandate. he says school districts should rely on their own to determine what kid might enjoy. >>> lab grown meat possibly in the next five years. memphis meats introduced this animal-free meatball saying it grew the meat from cells in lab. the company tells fox news itit wants to put its products on store shelves by 2022. it would include quote quote beef, chicken and duck, i'm not sure if we can call it that if there's no meat. it costs about $6,000 to prod down from a year ago when it was memphis meats says it has work to do to get it down to traditional meat costs about four bucks per pound. question is would you eat lab grown meat >> no. >> my question is what is it? >> i know >> i

in cabinet news, secretary purdue cincinnati, ohio today to announce the agricultural department plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13th executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of come contain products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary purdue will announce a new mission area for trade and foreign agriculture affairs, recognizing the growing importance of international trade to the agriculture sector of the economy. united states immigration and customs enforcement will hold a press conference at 2:15 today. probably not too far away, to announce the results of the highly successful recent gang surge operation. the president has maiden format of our nation's immigration laws a top priority and today's announcement will underscore not only that commitment, but his focus on targeting transnational gangs and prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety. also today, secretary mattis met with turkish

chairman and i'm pleased to welcome secretary purdue to the agriculture committee. it took a while for you to get here but nice to see you've hit the ground running and now that you're at usda i speak for all of us when i say we're ready to work with you. the administration has been in need of someone who understands farm programs and their impact on rural america. hopefully now that you're there you'll get them to reconsider the proposed cuts to usda outlined in the marge budget. i know you weren't part of that and i don't think anyone in the white house understood what these cuts mean to rural america. this hearing is focused on the rural economy and as you're well aware the rural economy is trending downward. we had a pretty good year last year, relatively high yields that kept things afloat in spite of the fact prices aren't what they should be but i worry we can find ourselves in real trouble if we have an ordinary year or somewhat of a down year this summer. so this is why it's so important the farm bill safety net be set right so i'll look forward to hear you

chairman. >> good morning, secretary purdue. your presence is greatly appreciated here this morning. i represent tennessee's fourth congressional district as home to the 10th national walking horse celebration. the tennessee walking horse industry, directly or indirectly, employs over 250,000 people in larger rural areas and farming communities where economic hardship is commonplace. the previous administration obstructed progress and refused to cooperate with the industry to replace the current sukted methods prone to error. can folks in tennessee count on you to be supportive of the walking horse industry to elimination soaring so that people can continue to enjoy this time honored tradition? >> certainly. as you know, we delayed that rule in order that we can get the facts about that. they're beautiful animals and need humane treatment and i think the reputation of the wonderful people in the walking horse industry, they want the bad actors out as much as anyone does. that's what we hope to have a regulatory protocol that wil

. >> reporter: a neighbor describing lea purdue's injuries. across the street a new castle county investigator was marking evidence where car pulling out of this drive way struck the toddler. at one point it's believed lea was under that car. >> this happened within 30 minutes of this little girl running up to me hugging my thigh and she gave me a high-five. >> reporter: josÉ rivera is distraught. he was visiting inside the girl's home this morning when he heard a commotion outside. it was the girl's mother screaming at the driver of a silver mazda who was attempting to leave. >> she was trying to get the man to stop. to halt. >> reporter: because the baby -- >> he kept turning, trying to like, you know, maneuver around her and stuff and she ended up -- he ended up hitting her. >> reporter: the baby. >> no, he hit the mom. the baby i'm assuming was under the car. >> reporter: the driver of the mazda fled the license plate number was reported and police stopped this car six to 7 miles away in hockessin. the driver was taken into custody. this a

the secretary of agriculture, purdue. >> we try to keep the food safe and nutritious. >> reporter: purdueation in leesburg, virginia. it announced three changes to usda school lunch guideline that's had been set during the obama administration. schools can receive exemptions for not serving whole grains. schools will also not have to reduce sodium from 1200- milligrams per meal as planned under the obama administration. schools will be allowed to serve flavored milk instead of nonfat milk. he said that school districts should have more local control because food is wasted when students don't like what is served. >> they tell these food service cafeteria workers what they like and what they don't and they see what goes in the trash. it is important. not only symbolic but dealing with an important constituent. >> reporter: some say taste is not about salt levels but federal funding levels. >> the government gives you back approximately $3 for a school lunch, a national school lunch. you can't go through a drive- through at mcdonalds for $3. >> reporter: he heads food for thought, a team tha

. >> secretary about the crystal -- of agriculture sonny purdue. >> ready to go to work and roll up ourleeves and make sure that we make american agriculture as great as it can be in the future for rural posterity and for jobs. gary cohen on the trump administration tax reform plan. >> we are going to cut taxes and simple if i the tax code by taking the current seven tax brackets we have

secretary ross, secretary shul kin, secretary carson, secretary price, secretary acosta and secretary purdue. [ applause ] the bible says in 2 chronicles 7:14, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then i will hear from heaven and i will forgive their sin and heal their land. it's within this spirit that i welcome you to the 66th annual national day of prayer commemoration. though this year, the event begins at the rose garden in the white house. [ applause ] each year on the first thursday of may by an act of congress and a proclamation of the president our nation is called together to pray. this is a very sacred day for us. though rarely has it been honored as it will be in morning in our presence and in the presence of the president and the vice president of the united states. even rarer still will prayers actually be prayed here on the lawn of the white house. [ applause ] for this special event, we have many distinguished guests in our presence, including as you just heard, five-time grammy award winning a

. >> reporter: she did it through online classes, year-round community college, and two years at purduerthwest. her semester-long college courses counted as a full year of high school credits. >> sophomore, that was the most work i had. i had five high school classes, four college classes. >> reporter: raven attends the 21st century charter high school in gary, indiana. it's an oasis in a city that's seen better days. everyone here is required to take college classes on a college campus in order to graduate. some get just a few credits, but five of this year's 43 graduates earned associates degrees and then there's raven. and what's the graduation rate? >> 100% this year. >> reporter: kevin teasley started the foundation that runs the school. he uses state funding for tuition and transportation to nearby college campuses. >> reporter: the one line i'm wanting to see go up every single year is how much i'm spending on college. >> reporter: has that gone up? >> absolutely. when we started it was $10,000. last year it was about $85,000. >> reporter: so how much did you pay for college? >>

today secretary sonny purdue promised the state the full support of washington. >>> just incredible scenesre still under flood warning through tomorrow evening. so they received quite an impressive amount of water, and that's a system that brought us one to two inches of rain on friday and impact our weekend. it is finally pulling out but still will be on the cool side starting monday. tie temperatures tomorrow ornd around 60 degrees, however i do have plenty of sunshine in the forecast for you tomorrow. take a look at your weather headlines. it will be a little breezy and on the cool side but, again, the sun is back in full force. after that it stays chilly on into the weekend. i just posted my emoji forecast and it was the main headline of it, temperatures still below normal. normal about 73, right into next weekend. take a look at your third weatherdl cold side, but friday through mother's day we are talking about more rain in the forecast. another system that could bring us some pretty impressive rainfall amounts right now. that looks to be on saturday. some scattered, meager showers o

i would like to welcome the honorable sonny purdue. mr. secretary the floor is yours. >> thank you chairman, weigh in thank you greinke member peterson. satellite to be with you this morning today look up there on the podium and see my good friend mr. scott who showed up at my confirmation hearing. thank you again david. those very kind remarks then i see some other georgia homeboys here with us today as well pick my staff is concerned saying this is the first day and i haven't got a chance to meet all of you. they have about 18 pages of prepared remarks but i'm going to not do that to you well. he can read my remarks in the written record but i certainly want to share a few things with you. you have indicated correctly that 2017/2018 is very different economic situation for a farm in rural communities across this land than it was when the 14 farmville was promulgated. .. the challenges we face now are down a 50% drop in net income from where it was in 2013. they are up in a situation where the revenue is not supporting the structure and t

here at the home, joining us is senator david purdue, member of budget foreign relations and judiciarysenator, great to have you with us. beginning first with the president's trip. he was met with enthusiastic and warm ceremony and demonstrations and leaders, all seemingly rushing to be at his side. how does this compare to your expectations? >> in contrast to the first trip upon that president obama took where he visited the muslim countries and forgot israel. but president trump soaps to get better press internationally than at home. he is reengaging with the world and the world is responding to that, lou. on foreign realations, i travelled and talked to the heads of state and they said america needs to step up and lead again. that doesn't mean hundred thousand troops on the surface of syria. but reengage and coales against terrorism and get our economy going again. >> lou: it is it is being to hear the president talk about nato and whether it is it creating an arab nato in the middle east. he's talking about partnership and relationships with these countries he's not talking about d

well, i am grateful for senator purd purdue. i want to thank you for coming before this committee of this expertise. i represent the state of montana, our number one industry is agriculture. this is a bug deig deal for us providing regulatory certainty is essential for our government. our ranchers and businesses back home, if they are complaining of anything else, taxes and regulations and of the uncert n uncertainty in the city and what it produces in the field for industry and reauthorizes of the improvement act will be an important step in reduces those uncertainties today. pesticides play a vital role for farmers and prime you'vie yield. in monotan -- montana monotan -- montana -monotan -- monotan -- montana -- effective pesticides in a timely manner is i am pe imperative. doctor kunickis -- in your testimony, you stated that the ea requires to review the impact of pesticides under the species act despite the epa already being required to review pesticides to avoid and i quote any unreasonable risk to man or environment unde

recall from purdue.cken sausages, pieces of blue plastic, the massive recall, you want to look for this specific brand of organic chicken sausage, in your fridge throw it out. >> i went independent kate spade back. >> maybe you are on to something. kate spade, we know they have been up for sale, $2.4 billion deal, this is going to be a big move, positive as it tries to get the younger demographic, teen shoppers, this is good news. >> canada figuring out how to do that. never underestimate the power of a donut, and they are donut holes. and 24 donut holes. the company says all mothers, as sweet as they are. >> a good idea. >> james clapper and sally eighth grilled on the hill over russia meddling in the 2016 election, what did we really learn. >> show it to me. the hearing was the same old story. >> a murder mystery. >> on this day in 1930 a starting gate was used to start a triple crown race for the first time. >> in 1874 the house judiciary committee began working on next and's impeachment. it's not whe

leah purdue was struck in the driveway in newport, delaware, yesterday morning. 20-year-old elijah meredith injured the little girl after visiting the child's mother at their home. leah had a skull fracture and cuts and bruises. she is in stable condition at a. i. do you upon the hospital. >>> this is a fiery crash that shut down i-78 in berks county. it shut down the area for hours yesterday. it involved four tractor trailers and a car. police say two of the tractor-trailers involved in the crash caught on fire, a man driving behind one of the trucks described what happened. >> basically, i seen him going slammed on his brakes, traffic was stopped, he ended up rearending the other truck on the side and hitting the other car on the side it exploded and flames and everything. >> three people were hurt, most seriously injured was a truck driver who had burns to his body. all three of the injured are expected to survive. >>> president donald trump is in saudi arabia it is his first stop on his first overseas trip as president. president trump and first lady malania greeted by the saudi king. t

sonny purdue said after eating with students at schools, they won't have to cut more salt but districtsep the whole grain requirements but will not expand that to include pasta or bread. >>> take the pledge with us. we are doing it, eliminating sugar. >> whoo. >> what to eat. you can take part, too, and let us know with #sugarfree and nbc4dv. >> i told everyone i was worried about the sugar in my coffee. iced coffee is better, not great. thanks for the encouragement. all of the colleagues in the station are doing it some of our producers and editors. >> team effort. 6:00 in the 6:00 hour we'll introduce you to a man who said cutting sugar changed his life. that's sort of the goal here. >> it really makes you take the effort to see what you're eating. >> going sugar free isn't just a diet trend, for some it is live saving. >>> ahead at 6:00, a man who says it hoped him drop 25 pounds in month. >>> a school bus scare. how the child fell out of the emergency exit without the driver noticing. >>> what happened on american >>> right now news 4, racist message. who was targeted and what ameri

police arrested a man accused of hitting a toddler with his car and taking off. 14-month-old leah purdue was struck in her driveway on the unit block of roosevelt avenue in newport, delaware yesterday morning. 20-year-old elijah meredith injured the girl after visiting the child's mother at her home. police arrested him late last night. leah has a fracture skull and bruises. >>> 11:20 p.m. there was a shooting in delaware county east 21st street, a 20-year-old woman was shot temperatures taken to crozer -- several times, she was taken to crozer-chester medical center. no arrests have been made. >>> crews are working to lift a truck and boat trailer from the bottom of the delaware river. i want to take you to the scene after a man attempted to put the boat in the river on the boat ramp of the 5300 block of state road. somehow the boat and trailer and truck ended up in the water. the boat, trailer and truck sank, not clear what went wrong there. >> happening now, the search continues for a man delaware state trooper say stole more than $2,300 worthy of cologne. it is believe he stole from

police arrested a man accused of hitting a toddler with his car and just taking off. 14-month-old leah purdueas struck in her driver way on the unit block of roosevelt avenue yesterday morning. 20-year-old elijah meredith injured the little girl after visiting her mother at the mom mom -- at the home there. police arrested him late last night. leah is ask in -- leah is in stable condition in the hospital. >>> a crash shut down i-78 in berks county. five vehicle chain reaction clicks involved four tractor-trailers and a car. two tractor trailers involved in the crash caught fire. a man driving behind the trucks described what happened. >> basically i seen him going and slammed on his brakes, traffic was stopped, he ended up rearending the other truck on the side and hitting the other car on the side. it exploded and flames and everything. >> we've learned three people were hurt, the most seriously injured, a truck driver who had burns to his body. all three of the injuries are expected to survive. >>> 7:36 a.m., if you're just waking up, president trump is in saudi arabia in his first stop ove

purdue will make the announcement here.e details of the changes have not been made public that it is believed that they will ease previously established standards. it is certainly worth noting here that michelle obama's changes were announced at a public school some five years ago. announcementdue's will come this afternoon at 12:30. reporting live in loudoun county, suzanne kennedy. larry: this is not the way the wizards wanted to start their second round, with a loss. the wizards, scoring their first 16 points in the game, everything going in for washington, but boston coming all the way back, fighting in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough. 123 to 111, game number two is tomorrow night. the capitals, trying to get on track with a win. typical round, passing it off, first game of the series is at home. the caps have to win one of these two games in pittsburgh to bring the series back to d.c. for a game five. the nationals, avoiding the sweep yesterday, letting this is likemets, a basketball score. home runs and 10 r

tunneled new rules announced by sonny purdue, schools won't have to cut the salt in kids' meals.ck white bread and chocolate milk. former first ladier michelle obama pushed hard for the restrictions. we want to know what you think. check out our page and cast your vote. >>> to something a little sweeter. a crazy thing is happening these days. coffee drinks are becoming colorful while ice cream is going the other way. a place called little damage ice cream shop in los angeles has just unveiled a goth ice cream cone. home made black cone filled with almond charcoal flavor soft serve. yes, it gets its dark color from activated charcoal. >> i don't know about that. unless it tastes like chocolate, i don't know about that. >> charcoal doesn't sound like something i want to ingest any time soon. >>> a program is improving veterans' lives. >> a reason to wake upper day. >> it is not just veterans who are benefiting. prisoners also getting a better outlook on life. >> coming up, the man accused of killing morgan him teen sierra happenar. the fate of antolin garcia torres is hours from go

good morning. 12:30 today ago culture secretary sunny purdue is set to have lunch here and the details are not yet out but this could lead to schools having some wiggle rooms in meeting federal school lunch requirements and could amount to a roll back of obama plans. program says it serves more than 100,000 schools and child care centers nationwide. for a long time some republican lawmakers had issues with the cost of school lunch programs. loudoun county schools, their school lunch program costs $6.1 million last year. school breakfasts here, more than $1 million. again, that event kicks off today about lunchtime. back in to you. >> justin finch. justin, thank you. >>> 6:05 right now. a straw poll is giving maryland democrats a look at who could be in the best position to take on governor larry hogan. congressman john delaney won the straw poll. the district covers part of that area. former naacp head benjamin jealous came in third. ra shan baker got 12 votes. >>> the search is still active for an inmate that escaped in howard suspended their ground search for inmate david watson. the

republicans are straight up defending president trump's decision to fire james comey, that includes david purdue and others. but even the republicans who are uncomfortable, raising questions about the timing of this, they still have questions about why this happened the way it did, are not calling for an investigation or special prosecutors. that is crucial, usto happen. it is important to know that one of the reasons democrats are so up in arms about this and the fbi had been actively investigating a potential role of trump associates and their potential collusion with russian agents -- this is one thing democrats are pointing at, and they are also pointing to the fact that jeff sessions was involved in the decision to the fbicomey as director, and he has recused himself from the investigation into russia because of his committee -- his proximity and support for president trump. democrats, again, are objecting. this is a very different day. they are objecting to routine requests on the floor, such as matters.to unrelated they are not treating this as business as usual. we sell the same last nig

years ahead under the president who republican members of the senate armed services committee, david purdueator, very good to have you. >> hi, neil. >> neil: seems like the israelis, if they're the source of the intelligence shared with the russians, claiming no harm no foul. what do you make of that? >> these are great allies. the people of israel have a lot in common ally. the secretary of state, the national security adviser were in the room with the president. they say none of this happened the way the press has reported it. that's good enough for me. and then we have the information from assad that said we're great partners. >> neil: a lot of republicans say they don't think the president's intent is bad or wrong but he has to show more discretion. maybe it gross to the fact that he's not a politician by training and that helped get him elected but as president, he has to be careful. you've heard loose lips sink ships. what do you think? >> he's an outsider as i am. i give him high marks in the first four months in office. he's reengaging on the international scene. he's making sure th

i was speaking at a college in indiana, purdue university, and severaral high school students o write for their high school newspapers drove several hours to hear me speak.. i talked about the state of civil liberties in the united states and the way these russians had taken place. they interviewed me after for their high school newspaper. one of the things they said, they said a l lot more e intereg things than i did because it really has an impact. one thing they putut it out as they saiaid, look, you keep talking about all theseehanges to the civil liberties l landsce and the way y in which we have freedoms in this country, but one of the things you keep talking about is you make it seem like there are these great changes, there was the world pre-9/11 and now post-9/11. they told me for peopople who ae our age, 15, 16 years old, we were four years old at the time of 9/11. really, there is no pre-9/11 world we know. our political consciousness has been shaped almost exclusively by the post-9/11 world. as i is all we know. what we consider extremist and radical and threatetening is f

they join purdue and pilgrim's pride in ridding its chickens o of the antibiotics.is the news update this hour. over to brian sullivan with what's coming up on "power lunch." >> we are los angeles for the global conference and we have big interviews here at the conference. check this out. an exclusive with the ceo of chevron. we'll speak first with the ceo of celgene and blackberry. plus, a rare interview with u.s. transportation secretary and trump infrastructure adviser and real estate mogul. plus, apple and facebook hitting new highs. all ahead of their earnings coming out and ryu rupert murdoch. that's on "power lunch." the halftime report is back right after this. ghafter this. ghafter this. with e*trade you see things your way. you have access to the right information at the right moment. and when you filter out the noise, it's easy to turn your vision into action. it's your trade. e*trade. because when you really, really want to be there... but you can't. (cheering) at cognizant, we're helping today's leading media companies create more immersive ways to expe