according to the usda, salmonella is the most frequent case of foodborne illnesses.entists at the university of california davis are using mice to develop the vaccine. it's been three years in making that researchers think they are on the right track. salmonella illnesses are often connected to undercooked beef, poultry and eggs. regulation that will change how ends our house may be running into roadblocks. next week to propose the bill that would move into enriched pages. it was based on the proposal written by the humane society of the united states and the united egg producers. two leaders in congress have resisted moving to the committee. these groups are opposed to the legislation during it will go beyond the egg industry. the person who let the immigrant who is an independent producer. it's been criticized by many for sitting down at the humane society and writing this mandate. i also talked to bob krauss about being in this tough spot. >> as part of the united egg t( producers and someone running my own family farm, i think it's outstanding. i wish there was t

the usda is a department that we like to say is an every day, every way usda. there virtually is no issue you can talk about today that we don't have some connection or involvement in. certainly we are very heavily invested in this new opportunity, this new american biobased economy that can be created with the assistance of our farmers, ranchers and producers. so mayor, i think that's a very quick summary of some of the things that we're doing. that leaves, i think, sufficient time for questions. >> it is a fantastic summary. and i think one that brings a lot of thoughts to our mind's eye. i have a few questions, but i'd maybe like to go around the room a little bit and see what some of the questions are that my fellow mayors may have. let me jump in on one, and then maybe it will stimulate more discussion. you talked earlier about that there are eight corridors that you're trying to focus in on where we can add more capacity. would it be possible to get those eight corridors -- you know, put maybe a link on our website for the u.s. conference of mayors and sh

guest: the usda is expected in the spring to come out with new guidelines. initially it will be a proposal. what they will do is that nutrition guidelines for food that is sold in school during the school day. if this will include things like what is sold in vending machines, at fund-raisers that may be done during the school day, and a la carte items that children may buy the during the school day separate from the school lunch. for example, they may sell domino's pizza or french fries and that is separate. they will set nutrition standards for all those items, which has never been done. host: they call this competitive foods. guest: because they compete with the standard school lunch or breakfast. host: we are coming off a glass proposing new rules governing school lunches -- coming off of last month's new rules governing school lunches. guest: at a cost of $3.2 billion over five years, which is significantly lower than initially what it was going to be. loring sodium levels, setting maximum calorie amounts for each group, doing a lot of things in terms of

a companion effort at the usda is called the people's guard and and we have started one at our facilities and have close to 1500 people's gardens across the country and across the globe in some of the embassies. we have donated nearly 900,000 pounds of produce from those gardens to community kitchens and food banks. we haven't programmed kn calledow your farmer, know your food that talks a little about how a community can set up a community gardening program which would be applicable to schools. h governorickenloooper's denver schools have in of the programs and they are using the resources to produce delicious foods. in the area of food deserts, the department of human health and services and usda provide health assistance to growers restores and where they are located. there's a wonderful foundation from jeff brown in philadelphia who runs a shop right or safeway and has established a foundation to help communities evaluate why they have a food desert. there's now a food desert locator on our website at usda.gov. we are working with the private sector and an number of groceries chains i

the usda rules that you are up in arms about, congress has asked the usda. >> bill: i don't have problem with the rules. >> the problem is what voters want. this is a risk of her society. people are worried about obesity. we have obesity epidemic in this country. voters want government to do something about it. this is not the nanny state out of control. >> bill: i would be a blatant hypocrite if i said i wanted the government to stay out of all of this. nancy reagan, just say no to drugs. fine. was nancy reagan patting you down and looking in your coat to see if you had a joint? no. guidelines are good. don't smoke. public service announcements. they should have public service announcements saying hey you kids don't smoke marijuana, they should, they don't. i'm fine with it what's happening here is way beyond guidelines. you yourself and your organization want is a government that tells you what to do he wills you what light bulb to use. tells what you kind of car you have to drive. that's not what america is all about. you can suggest. you can persuade. you can do all of those things.

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will., no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >> welcome back. check ono get a traffic and weather. >> let's start off with adam caskey. >> good wednesday morning to you. degrees warmer today than yesterday. lexington park 47 degrees. warmer thanegrees yesterday at this time. bundle up asve to much. this afternoon we're talking degrees. degrees in winchester. 43 -- 43 degrees in gaithersburg. we do anticipate a little wentase and they were cover. the best chance of rain is just washington, especially highway 3 in parts of virginia and southern maryland. we are not talking much. maximum a 10th of an inch of rain. that to the south of washington. part, it just a hundredths here and there. 40's tonight. tomorrow we could be talking 70 degrees, especially if further south. this will last through midday friday. temperatures drop back to where they should be. you noticed the wind especially friday and saturda

americans are expected to eat 1.25 billion chicken wings this super bowl weekend says the usda's nationalhicken council. enough to circle the earth twice if each wing was laid end to end. of that's 100 million bounds of the spicy snacks that peak at $2 a pound wholesale this time of year. hungry football fans can't beat the heat. that will do it for us today. thanks for joining me. next week, one of the richest individuals, saudi prince alwaleed bin talau. i'll see you next weekend. i have actually put in over my career. and it's 168,000 hours. so just think, if you had an 8-hour job, i'm like a man of 100 and something years old. i've worked very hard to support my family. and i finally reached that point where i'm going to retire. ♪ ♪

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.al, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from.

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. it means when you put my chicken on the table, what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... or an updated bathroom... or a brand-new look. so let's hit those orange aisles, and make today the day, we make a big difference, no matter how big our budget. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot maximize your budget with great buys, like mosaic tile, just $4.98 per square foot. >>> five things you need to know. cnn airing the first presidential debate in a month. all four taking part from mesa, a arizona. mitt romney hold a 6 point lead over rick santorum. >>> president barack obama delivering remarks at the construction site of smith smith sewn yum -- smith sewn yum players wor

we have some representatives present today from the usda norcal and we are pleased to be excepting a they are presenting involving tennis. this will encourage kids to stay involved in the sport. improvements will also allow kids to engage in even more healthy activity. i know we have today in the audience the director of competitive play, usta norcal director, and president. thank you very much for your support, for our tennis programming, and most importantly, for our kids. >> thank you. would you like to say a few words? >> i am michael cook, and the president of the usta northern california. i want to thank you for allowing us to get on the court. a bit of a misnomer that it is just 10 and under. where we are finding when we put these courts down, we're introducing tennis back to some seniors, through their inability to move, are covering the court again, but grandparents playing with their grandchildren on and of corporate court size. it became much more inclusive and inviting by these new rules put out by dennis for 10 and under. usta thanks you for accepting our gift and we loo

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using at least the average hourly wage paid to farm workers in their region as determined by the usda. the bush formula, like some recent legislation proposals, set most h2a wages at the average of the lowest paid one-third of farm workers in a local area, cutting $1 to $2 off an hour off of wages for thousands of u.s. and h2a workers. we commend the increasing oversight of h-2a applications, which has led to the rejection of unlawful job terms that discourage u.s. workers from applying for h2a jobs. nonetheless, violations of program requirements are rampant harming both u.s. and h2a workers. our report recommends strengthening protections and enforcement. some growers are audaciously complaining that a deal delays processing the applications even though they caused the delay by submitting illegal job terms or incomplete applications. legitimate complaints could be addressed by providing more resources to the agencies to process applications and visas. representatives lundgren, kingston and smith have introduced guest worker bills to slash wage rates and reduce worker protections and

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> good morning. we are watch something weather as the storm that's brought severe weather and snow to the midwest rolls into our area today. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, february 29, 2012. it's leap year. leap day, i should say, this morning. >>> mitt romney is celebrating two big wins in his bid to become the republican presidential nominee. the former massachusetts governor won the michigan and arizona primaries yesterday. romney held off a furious charge from former senator rick santorum to win in michigan by 3%. ron paul and newt gingrich finished a distant third and father. romney also defeated santorum soundly in arizona, winning by 20 points. >>> many romney supporters are breathing a sigh of relief with his victory in michigan. he was, of course, born and raised

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.o blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> some people just love what they do so much they'll do just about anything to do it. we found this video on the website fuse. this is colin huggins, and colin plays the piano. he pulls his baby grand piano out of his storage unit and he pushes the piano -- >> are you kidding me? >> all the way up to washington square park. this baby grand piano weighs 650 pounds. now, watch, once he gets there, he still has to put this thing together. watch this whole process. this is a difficult process. >> he's doing it all by himself. >> he does so much to get the piano set up at washington square park, he basically stay there's until the sun goes down. ♪ does it say how much he averages in his little bucket? >> it's a humble living in his words, but there's quite a crowd out there. look at how happy they look. he is making all of these people smile. he als

americans are expected to eat 1.25 billion chicken wings this super bowl weekend says the usda's nationalcken council. enough to circle the earth twice if each wing was laid end to end. they peak at $2 a pound. when hungry fans can't beat the heat. that will do it for us. thank you for joining me. next week my guest, one of the middle east richest individuals and citigroup's biggest individual shareholder. i will talk to the saudi prince. keep it here where wall street meets main street. see you next weekend.

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormos and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> 4:28. 54 degrees. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. you made it to friday, welcome to the weekend. it's friday, february 24, 2012. >>> morning maryland is one step closer to becoming the eighth state along with d.c. to legalize same-sex marriage. [ applause ] cheers erupted as the results of the vote were announced. the senate voted 25-22 in favor of the civil marriage protection act. the house approved the measure last week after the vote. maryland's only gay senator said it was a huge honor to take part in the historic vote. >> i think i'm speechless on this vote. it's a remarkable day for the people of the state of maryland. i'm proud to have been part of it. >> this has been a difficult issue, but as one maryland we came together around the principle of human dignity, and we're moving forward. >> the legislatio

. >>> [ unintelligible ] a panel of advisers to the usda is recommending approval of a drug as a treatment obesity the same panel that previously rejected the drug due to safety concerns. they've agreed to keep the drug away from women who might become pregnant, critics are concerned about potential cardiovascular problems. >> in the studies there was five heart attacks, the people that took a placebo there were none. >> we think it is important these drugs be prescribed by the appropriate physicians to the appropriate patients. there's a risk about remaining obese as well. >> the fda is expected to make a final decision by april. what is the obesity rate 35% in this country now. >> you definitely see both sides, the health concerns of being obese, the health concerns of trying to not be obese. caught in between. >>> disturbing and disgusting. reaction to a vandalism attack on a local church. how parishioners are turning an act of hate into a lesson of tolerance. >>> yanking away the welcome mat. the bay area college forced to turn down admission to hundreds of students. >>> how many secre

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>> i'm working off of -- i actually have this -- the usda budget summary. >> right. >> and you are working off of what line? >> it's page 16. it would be discretionary under farm service agency, fsa salaries and expenses. so i guess my comment and my question is, why would you eliminate an entire program but not adjust federal government salaries to to show that this i program that's not going to be in existence, so we're going to continue to be paying government employees for a program that doesn't exist. >> we need to get to the bottom of it. because as i said, secretary vilsack has shown tremendous leadership in cutting expenses and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are well used. i'd like to come back to you on the specific line item and how -- >> that's fine. and that last point, real quick, gdp is estimated at 14.9 in 2011 or assumed, and in 2022, 25.4 -- 25.4. do you think that's even possible? >> i'm sorry. gdp -- >> 14.9 today, 25.4 in 2022. is that even possible? >> oh, absolutely. this is historical gdp growth. yes. >> mr. ribble? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i know it's been a long

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pink slime, beef trimmings treated with ammonia hydroxide and believe it or not it's approved by the usdater this picture showed up all over the internet mcdonald's is making changes. no. 4, want a massage? now you have a real excuse. massage reduces inflammation and promotes energy transmission to the muscle. researchers believe massage could have the same effect on the body as conventional anti- inflammatory drugs. no. 3, ladies, you have a 40% chance of getting engaged this valentine's day. according to a new survey, 40% of men in relationships plan to propose. 40% of women expect their man to put a ring on it. in case you're wondering, that's a 2-5 shot. no. 2, your birth control pills might not work. pfizer is recalling about a million packets of the lo/ovral 28 norgestrel and generic ethinyl estradiol packets with expiration dates between july 21st of 2013 and march 31st of 2014. no. 1, the virginia house delegates will decide if women in the states have to get an ultrasound before they can have an abortion. the senate passed the measure. it does not require a woman to see the image

least a step in the right direction. >> after an onslaught of inquiries from concerned horse owner, the usdaesponded with a statement that read, quote, a number of federal state and local requirements and prohibitions remain in place. furthermore, there have been no requests to the department initiate the authorization process for any horse slaughter operation in the united states at this time. what is needed now, many agree, is broader legislation. >> the solution is to pass the -- need to stop horse slaughter not only in the u.s., but stop the exports of live american horses to canada and mexico. >> that legislation, which enjoys bipartisan support, has been bottled up in committee while a divided congress wrestles over more pressing issues. implicating the passage of new legislation is the simple fact that slaughtering a horse for its meat puts money into the pocket of the horse owner. whereas humanely euthanizing the horse and disposing of its body costs a lot of money, upwards of $600 per horse. >> bret: doug live in maryland tonight. thank you. house republicans fire back against accus

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we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know whe it came from. >>> 4:28 is the time. we have 37 degrees right now on this brand new monday morning here in the nation's capital. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this february, is it the 27th? >> it is the 26th. >> that's right, 2012. good morning to you. >>> morning a prestigious university in the district is on alert after a student was sexually assaulted just blocks from campus. this happened around 2:15 sunday morning on 36th street, a short distance from georgetown university's campus. the school sent out a campus-wide alert which had little information other than to say the student was physically injured. d.c. police searched the area, but the attacker was not found. students say the area is heavily traveled. -- a heavily traveled route to campus. that has them worried. >> does concern me because i saw

it is based on the usda survey of agricultural employers wages. it includes wage rates paid to undocumented workers and because undocumented workers are willing to work for less than u.s. citizens, that survey is resulting in the depressed wage rates. in addition, -- >> yet my harvesters back home can't compete because there are too many being hired illegally at less than the effective wage rate. >> we liked to legalize the undocumented work force and have greater enforcement of farm workers rights. you know, you just heard the gentleman, mr. wenger, was saying that some of the workers are making $30 an hour. i've been talking to some growers who say, you know, our workers make an average of $10 an hour, but can't we find a way to work together on the solution, maybe pay them 15 bucks an hour plus some health insurance? >> yet you don't have the flexibility. commissioner black? >> when we talk -- when you set things, one of our growers this year completed his work, completed his work, turned the paperwork in and in the process they were charged one

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.t and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> news around world a 17-year- old columbian girl ended a 40 mile march to deman the release of her father. he's been a prisoner for 13 years and her father who is a police officer is one of six people at the regime they said would release as good will sign. the announce men was made last december but the release has been reportedly postponed. >>> okay. video of the day right here. base jumper known as the bird man is making a jump off a mountain in south caska -- south being aa when he backed in and crashed into a rock. zip was that it? watch. >> wow. >> oh. >> he use as specific suit allowing him to file at 120 miles per hour but during a jump he got too close and hit and barely got the emergency shoot openb landing in the bushes and was airlifted and spent five weeks in the hospital with broken bones throughout his legs. all caught on a camera -- helmet cameras

orange juice is getting the all clear from the usda ... on an adjacentthere will be no major price hikes for orange juice at the grocery store now ... google may be coming out with a 7 in. design for an electronic reader at about $200 they may produce 2 million tablets and apple is working on a smaller i-pad in the testing phase is right now gasoline prices are rising so quickly there nearly $5 a gallon in california this is an coronado near san diego as you can see premium is $4.94 a gallon the nationwide average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now at $3.65 that's up 12¢ this week part of the reason for the increase in these prices is iran. the country recently cut off oil experts toexports to france and england as revenge for sanctions dozens of workers at a goose island window factory have won a three month reprieve to keep their jobs after they staged a sit-in inside of the factory 65 people refuse to leave the serious energy plant yesterday afternoon after the company announced there would be closing the plant and yesterday was the

somewhere in between, the usda would do a study and say we believe that this many number of workers are absolutely necessary? is that something that you think is a workable alternative for that issue? commissioner? >> congressman, i believe that's in the field of play for sure. we have to have better data in georgia. one of the things we have things we have discovered in this data. we need to determine what those needs are and if we could get that ceiling in the proper place. i think that's a good rate. >> we will touch the third rail of immigration and take this away from immigration and call it what it is. it is an economic tool necessary to keep our economy, local economy, national economy at work, then i think we might be able to have an intelligent talk about this. if we can pass the legislation we can start gathering the data necessary to find out what the labor needs are on a basis. mr. wenger, how do you feel about the caps? >> i feel caps are dangerous because we have heard from those folks who are an h-2a and if we fix h-2a they can bring their workers in. as we look at season

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> welcome back. breaking news now out of afghanistan. for a second straight day large crowds are protesting reports of koran burnings and other muslim holy books destroyed. the white house apologized for the incident called it unintentional. a military official who spoke anonymously said detainees were using the holy books to pass extremist messages to one another. the white house says the books were burned after being tossed on to a trash pile. >>> the mother of an ex-marine sentenced to death in iran for espionage has visited her son in prison and made it home safely. the family of 28-year-old amir hatmadi said his mother made the trivseveral times, but this is the first haven't reported by the -- first visit aren't repor "the new york times." he was arrested while visiting his grandmothers in iran. investigators say he's a cia spy. >>> the man

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> welcome back. your next flight could be cheaper. united airlines rolled back some of its fare prices on some of its routes. usairways, american, delta, frontier, and virgin america all followed suit and dropped their prices, as well. airlines tried to raise the rates last week for the third time this year, but it was not successful. >>> "harry potter" mania is going digital. soon you can read about the boy wizard in an ebook. overdrive, inc., says it's reached a deal to make digital downloads of the seven potter books. those ebooks will be available to more than 18,000 schools and libraries in more than 20 languages. no launch has been announced, but it is sure to be a magical day for "harry potter" fans. nothing like opening the book -- >> it doesn't weigh 15 pounds either. >> true. you can have all seven right there. >>> all right. standi

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we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> happening right now an italian cruise ship that lost electricity is being towed to a nearby island expect to reach the destination by tomorrow morning. it's owned by the same company as the cruise liner that ran aground last month off the coast of italy. planes are being lined up to fly the more than 1,000 passengers back to rome immediately after arriving in the port. >>> heavy snowfall in italy let's look at pictures. in the woman here taking these says she was trapped in the house for three days. look at this. the pictures and the article of her in a local paper someone came in and helped dig her out. >> >>> and it's an event angela merkel will not forget. and while meeting with party members a waiter gabe hear beer bath. he -- gave her a beer bath he said he was pushed from behind and glasses slid off the tray. she smiled at the waiter