is inspected by the usda before it's packaged. but peue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they y verify that all our chickens fare fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we bieve this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. collects a foreclosed home sits empty. outside, the grass has grown. >> it has grown so long but neighbors complained to the bank that -- but those complaints have not done anything. brad bell made calls, and this is what happened. >> the bank it house next door has an bothering lilith smith for more than a year. lately she says it is out of hand. >> this is the worst it has been. >> it is a foreclosure. for a while, the bank had somebody cut the grass. >> it just quit. they haven't been here. it is irritating. i'm 80 years old. if the raccoon co

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further.r hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. ttheverify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> coming up, our live team coverage of the path of tropical storm andrea. it hammered the coast of florida. what can we expect next in the d.c. region? >>

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. with no animal b no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> we are working for you on this monday morning. good morning, everyone. i'm charlie crowson. megan pringle is off today. but lynette charles is here with the forecast. what is going on? >>> not a lot. charlie. we look at maryland's most powerful radar. we're looking for showers. not really, it doesn't mean we won't get any into the morning hours and the afternoon. make sure that you take the rain gear with you. outside right now, this is going on right now, yes. we're dealing with clouds, and sun mixing in across the area. that's the name of the game throughout the afternoon as well. and the sky is changing a b

is in a better position than the usda to implement telecommunications policy and over the life of the rural broadband program, usda has only confirmed my sin civil. and i reserve the balance. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from new york. mr. gibbs: how much time do i have remaining? the chair: 2 3/4. mr. gibbs: i yield to my friend from virginia. mr. wittman: i have the privilege to travel back to the northern neck of virginia, an hour a half from d.c. and not served by broadband. they are stuck with dialup and if you ever had to deal with that you know how frustrating that is. economic development, job creation, educational opportunities are tied to broadband access. granted there may be challenges with the rural utility service program, but they need that particular service. i want to make sure they get that. i oppose this amendment. i ups the gentleman's frustration with that, but the broadband loan program does provide funding for construction and improve our systems, require facilities and equipment that are needed to provide broadband to these co

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but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> franco: oh, i like this place. yeah. i don't like when the courthouse is rundown and shabby. i think it reflects poorly on the judicial system as a whole. i mean, really, how are we supposed to respect the law when she doesn't respect herself enough to pull herself together? i mean, really. put on some lip gloss, right? go out, spend some money, buy yourself a nice pair of shoes. we like that, right? this place is great, though. i think it's suitable for the occasion. >> why do you care? they're just gonna deny bail, send you back to lockup. >> franco: oh, i don't know about that. i'm feeling lucky

one to 2% by the fda, the usda, the inspection of chinese foods important to our country. >> thas rightarch and april, they pulled out nearly 20,000 pig arcasses from the midd of april and some of that and he meet ended up on some of the supermarket shelves. when you think about it, why are they paying $7.1 billion for smithfield? because they want to get access to the customers remapped. gerri: why is it like that in china? >> we have an untenable political system. corruption is embedded in society. ll, i actually thought that china would do something about the milk that caused kidney stones and the children. but they didn't. we have all of those scandals and more. it is really bausehe political system is not able to stop it. we can be sure that when smithfield is owd by the chinese and when they start impoing chinese pork, we are going to see those problems on our shores. gerri: i bet he don't know that 50% of apple juice comes from china. 80% of to latvia, 10% of frozen spinach from china. all from china. here here's where the real problem comes in. there is labelg on products if it

>> what the bill did was -- it prevented the usda from retracting an approval of a monsanto crop evenourt said that it was approved improperly, and so what is going on here -- and i think that the back story here is that -- i think -- yeah, as your viewers may know that one of the main crops -- one of the main gmo crops is round-up ready. it has been engineered to withstand this monsanto herbicide round-up. and because it is so widely used, out there corn and soy country, down into cotton country in the south, because cotton is also engineered this way, weeds have developed resistance to this herbicide, so you have got massive amount of herbicide resistant weeds almost galloping through the midwest, so there's a crisis. and the solution the companies have come up with, is to engineer crops that have a second herbicide that are able to withstand a second herbicide, and what that does -- what that means is that -- well so that has caused a lot of controversy. >> michael: yeah. >> and i think monsanto is worried that the usda will approve it and then be sued. >> michael: when man santo w

goodbye junk food: starting next year, the usda is cleaning house when it comes to snacks in schools. high-calorie, high-fat foods sold in vending machines and snack bars will be replaced with fruits, veggies and protein-rich foods. the usda has been striving for several years to fight childhood obesity, which affects a third of u.s. kids today. despite the flood of sponsors leaving paula deen, her book is climbing the charts. "paula deen's new testament" comes out this fall but is already number six on amazon's best-seller list. it's a rare piece of good news for the food network star, whose empire began to collapse after she was accused of using racial slurs. home depot and target are the latest sponsors to drop deen. ceo salaries are back to pre- recession levels. the economic policy institute reports ceo pay was 202 times more than the average american worker last year. average ceo compensation was $14.1 million in 2012. still, executive pay is nowhere near tech-boom levels. queen elizabeth is receiving a boost in royal pay. record profits from real estate are translating into a 5

is inspected by the usda before it's packaged.ut perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> taylor: whoo-hoo! [ laughs ] yo, t.j. >> t.j.: no thanks. >> taylor: look, i don't know if you remember, but we are on a date, okay? we've got a limo. i look amazing, and you staring out that window and checking your phone -- it's not doing it for me. >> t.j.: sorry. i was just checking to see if shawn called. >> taylor: you live with the guy, right? what's so important it can't wait till you get home? >> t.j.: well, he promised to check and see how molly was doing. i really hope...she's okay. >> rafe: you really do look beautiful tonight. >> m

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. a tastier, more tender chicken. good evening, this is flo. [laughs] yes, i'm that flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. >>> new this morning there's no doubt about it we use social media for all kinds of things to stay in touch with families and friends and to connect with new ones look at pictures and you name it. now it is being used in new way and this way is incredible to save lives. abc2 news health reporter linda so explains how this is happening. >> reporter: it's called the facebook effect researchers athopkins discovered social media can have a impa

. >> the currencies, you've lost 25% against the usda over the past 40 to 60 months, a shrinking laborulation, escalating salaries that are going on, and the business environment for more of commodity-driven items like that, plastics and needing labor and a force to do do it, other parts of the world are more attractive. >> herb is back and here with two updates on stocks that he's been following for some time. following some quiet personnel changes over at green mountain and this is a stock that you've been following for a very long time. a new ceo, what's going on? >> not any old changes at green mountain, a series of back to back to back executive and board room changes that are pretty much going unnoticed. most interesting the founder, robert stiller, and former ceo larry blanford who both quit the board last wednesday and friday respectively, also leaving the company this week is robert mccrery who runs green mountain's k-cup division which accounts for half its ref rue and the departure comes as k-cup slows. they were buried in a press release announcing the naming of three new d

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all the chicken in your grocery store is inspected by the usda before it's ckaged. but peue ask the usda to go further...a lot furthe in our hatcheries, feedmills and the familyarms where our chickens are raised. tthey verify that all our chicke are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they'rere cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> 6:14 on this wednesday morning. who has the top bragging rights as who is the coolest in town? this morning, bragging rights to gainsborough elementary and winchester, virginia, 46. westernport, 47. our bus stop forecast today, 64 at pick up. 76 at recess. 80 degrees and sunshine when the bus drops you off. grab a jacket this morning, but won't need it later today. >> thank you. some local cities have a lot to be proud of. >> they have some of the best city parks in the united states. minneapolis and new york were first and second. d.c. came in sixt

but peue askeded the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our keickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they'rere cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> join us for the super-never performance july 9. good morning, washington. >> our favorite weatherman has a new gig. sam champion will close the upcoming daytime emmy awards along with aj hammer. the awards show honors the soap operas and daytime talk shows and airs on june 16. >> we are back here in the weather center discussing the weather to our south. it will have an impact here? >> absolutely, by late tomorrow. the cause of the moisture is not the tropical storm today. but tomorrow, it will be. tropical storm andrea the intensified overnight to 60 miles per hour so it is getting close to a ca

but perdue askeded the usda to go further...a lot further..our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they'rere cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> probably going to the hall of fame of broadcasting. we're going to miss you here. we love you. >> oh, bill wright. my photographer who always travels with me to "dancing with the stars." we also went to the royal wedding to london together. e spent a lot of time with me. it is 5:26 now. president obama is in california this morning on a trip that involves fundraising and diplomacy. >> he arrived in mountain view near san jose on thursday. he attend twod democratic fund raisers. today he attends one in santa monica and later today as well as tomorrow he will be meeting with china's president. >> princ

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south korea is resisting the usda's country of origin certification for u.s. citrus. my amendment seeks to correct this problem by directing the secretary of agriculture to ensure that the department's certificate of origin are accepted by any country with respect to which the united states has entered into a free trade agreement provide for preferential duty treatment. fortunately the congressional budget office says there's no new cost for this amendment and i'd like to thank my colleagues from florida, congressman webster and congressman hastings, for their support in getting this amendment made ined offer. i'd like to thank chairman lucas and ranking member peterson for their fair consideration. i urge a yes vote on the castor amendment and -- mr. lucas: would the gentlelady yield? ms. castor: i yield. mr. lucas: i think by the expression on my ranking member's face, we agree this is a good faith effort to make an improvement and we will support it. ms. castor: i thank the gentleman and thank them for allowing this amendment. the chair: does anyone claim time in op

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further.our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. [ dog barks ] ooh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon. choose verizon internet and phone, both with 99.9% network reliability. all for just $89.99 a month with a two year price guarantee. plus get an additional line included. it's all backed by our worry free guarantee, with no activation fees, and more. call 1.866.solutions to sign up today. verizon. >> sarah miguel could be facing a -- singer miguel could bee facing a lawsuit fors a recent kick and is miley cyrus sing being drugs? >> i hope not. casey carver

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> so another look, stormy weather maybe a little bit later, right? >> yes, definitely. let's look at the father's day forecast for you. we've got sunshine for you this morning. it's going to be warm and humid. 86 degrees. by this afternoon, it looks like maybe closer to the 4:00 hour or so, keep your eyes to the skies. we've got a chance of some storms and some could have gusty winds and small hail. be careful out there. we want you to be safe. >> now it's time to give you a round of applause for an a.p. award you won. tell us about it. >> thank you. i won an associated press outstanding weather cast

but peue asked the usda to go further...a lot further.r. in our hatcheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. tthey verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. anncr: competition makes us rivals. but kids bring us together. america's beverage companies voluntarily removed... full-calorie soft drinks from schools. and we replaced them... with lower-calorie options, and smaller portion sizes. now, there are ninety-percent fewer beverage calories in... schools nationwide. it's just one of thehe ways we're helping everyone make more... balanced choices everyday. to learn more, visit deliveringchoices.org. >> "good morning, washington," welcome back, i'm meteorologist jacqui jeras time for the bus stop forecast, some of you aren't in school but some schools are

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they will enhance coronation of the science assets of the usda. they will encourage folks to excite this development and the delivery of forecast as well as solutions to improve risk management in ways that matter to the folks on the ground. these hubs will enable us to carry out regionally appropriate climate change risk and vulnerability assessments, get the data out to the field more quickly. these hubs will deal that advice to farmers and forest owners on ways in which they can reduce on their land the risk of a changing climate. this will serve as a starting point to further implement new strategies for improved soil health and water protection. one promising example of the possibility is a multi-cropping production system that will add additional nutrient value to our soil. better protected cropland, store more carbon, and allow more producers to expand their income as we investigate the possibilities of a competitive market, these regional hubs will have play a role. many of them will take face and existing u.s. dea service centers across th

speaking of animals, if you pull a rabbit out of a hat, according to the government, the usda, you now your rabbit. >> see that guy there? that's marty the magician. he pulls rabbits out of boxes and hats for kids. >> sure. >> the usda says if something happens untoward at this building, this facility he is. >> a tornado, a fire, a flood. >> then he has to have a disaster plan to get that rabbit out of harm's way. >> it's going to ruin his act. he has to pay all this hone to make sure he has a disaster plan. this is what the usda told him specifically, four points. it becomes effective at the end of january this year. he has a written plan, must be completed in just a few days. by the end of june he has to have a written battle plan in place bit end of this month. >> the usda sent him an eight-page letter detailing how for his act and his rabbit he needs a disaster plan. is there any other better example of why people think government has gotten too big? the usda is taking, what, three hours to compose an eight-page letter, not a one paragraph e-mail. >> how they will save the rabbit.

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further.. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ >>> in ohio a minivan turns thih taco into a drive through andth the whole thing was caught on on camera. you can see the van crashing through the front window and narrowly missing a child inside the driver suffered a medical emergency. >> talk about a hard day at day work. this is video from a news crew r from wlne in rhode island. isla take a look at that trying to tr question a woman about a shooting. you can see the woman throw a rock at the photographer, justrt missing his head.

is inspected by the usda before it's packaged.cheries, feedmills and the family farms where our chickens are raised. they verify that all our chickens are fed an all-veggie diet, with no animal by-products... and they're cared for in a clean, safe environment. no other chicken company does this. but we believe this is what it takes to bring your family a tastier, more tender chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >>> 23 million meals have served in america's national park. pa. you may notice menu changes att restaurants and concessionconcen stands.stan. beth parker shows us. >> reporter: america'samer national parks look like this and this, but soon they will sound like this. this. that's the sizzle of fish tacos on the menu soon as a concessio at some national parks.on the secretary of interior likes the sound of it and the taste. >> this is a black bean slider, and this is a lovely fish taco.. and yeah, watch this. >> come on, look. >> reporter: today the national park service up veiled new standards requiringng conces

schwartz: the usda asked that i go to herminie and provide an independent evaluation of the problems to determine if it was severe enough to warrant funding. i've worked in a lot of communities in pennsylvania, i've seen a lot of things that were pretty startling, however, the trip to herminie absolutely, um... astounded me. i wrote a letter to usda, saying that it was the worst thing i'd ever seen in pennsylvania and that if they could award funding, that they do so. and they did. they did. over $15 million, grant and loan, for that project. mcmillen: and it took years to get funding. what kept this project going was the steadfastness of the community -- they knew they needed sewage, and they just kept plugging along till we got through every issue that came up. the project will consist of 44 miles of line that we're going to put in, and a treatment plant. it will permanently eliminate the problem, the health hazards. i anticipate a definite regrowth in herminie, and it will be a good thing for everybody. zdravecky: maybe it won't help me too much because i'm an old lady, but whoeve

still, the usda predicts farmers will plant 97 million acres of corn this year, the most since 1936. they are estimating near 78 million acres of soybeans, a record and more wheat is going. most goes to feed livestock, which is a reason why meat prices are so high, especially beef in your burger so these large planting numbers from the government really surprise the future market. all the prices of grains went down especially corn because more corn means lower prices. after hitting $8 a bushel last fall, he says corn prices this year could fall to half that, back to what used to be normal. >> at the last minute i converted 10 to 15% from soybeans to corn. i got trapped mostly in that idea and i heard how wet it was in minnesota and iowa so i planted the corn. and we'll just see how many other people think like i do. >> reporter: it appears many thought like he did. america may see a bumper crop of amber waves of grain. i'm jane wells. >>> a case of contaken leads. ibm sandbagged in relation to ibm competing in it consulting and excenture and sparked concern the business is slowing. t

last week, the usda discovered a test crop of the wheat in oregon and several other states, but says there is no evidence the wheat is in the marketplace. monsanto calls it an "isolated incident." china is playing a game of tit- for-tat with europe. yesterday we reported europe plans to impose a $12 tariff on solar panels made in china. well, now china reportedly is considering retaliation with an investigation into wine from europe. the european union exports nearly $1 billion in wine each year to china. a u.s. senator is asking probing questions about the chinese company planning to buy a large american pork producer. china's shaunghui international has made a bid for smithfield foods. senator debbie stabenow of michicagn is concerned about the deal, based on what she calls china and shaunghui's troubling track record on food safety. if the $4.7 billion buyout happens, it would become the largest u.s. company to be acquired by a chinese company. the founder of sweden-based ikea is passing the reins over to his son following the horse meat scandal. ingvar kamprad is stepping down as

republican senator tom coburn yo wants to know why the usda slashed assistance to 600,000 hungry women children, but is still pumping thousands of dollars into wineries andildr liquor.ousa jonathan, our priorities seem pretty out of whack on this one. >> eric, if you want to subsidize wine -- [ laughter ]ze -- you should drink it, which i do. if you're i against cronyism, yu have to be against all subsidies for booze, for green energy, for film production. and actually for women, children and infant, too. i disagree with you, eric that, this is a question of priority. i think coburn has beenprio inconsistent here. he should be against all subsidies. people want to help any industry or any individual, they should help them.ub government is not a charity. >> that would be the extreme. colonel west, what about it? the democrats blame sequester and talked about cutting this, cutting that. they ended up cutting assistance. meanwhile we're spending money on wineries. >> that's the whole point. you could try to raise the level of pain and i think that's whate you see happening here. but it is

earlier we import all sorts of stuff from fruits and vegetables to see food and dairy products and the usdaercent of the food. the dangers are alrey here in the last few years thousands of dogs and cats weee killed afr eating tainted pet food made in china and it was sold by france like purina. china has a terrible history of food safety enough to turn your stomach rat meat sold land and deadly chemicals andice and deadly baby formula. even the chinese don't trust their own food supply 70 percent say food safety was a big concern for them if the chinese don't trust their own food rice should we? that is my a $0.2 and revisit an important topic and what have we learned over the course of the investigation and how you keep it safe and that battle and said that is it for the oil report. have a great night. we will see you on monday. welcome, everybody, i am neil cavuto. positive ratings are at 48% ad it is really startling in that same poll. it probably goesin line with two out three americans who now have a negative view of the irs. kn

so part of it is the way we wrote the bill that allows usda to give grants that go outside the original purposes of it. funds can still be spent on marketing promotion but not at the expense of crops and consumers. mr. president, i ask the pending amendment be set aside and coburn amendment 1007 be called up. the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. landrieu: reserving the right to object. could i ask the good senator from oklahoma since he's talked about three amendments, could i just ask unanimous consent for my amendment to see if anybody would object to it? mr. coburn: i'd be happy to yield the time, a limited time for to you ask that unanimous consent. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: i'll try to do this in less than three minutes. i ask unanimous consent the pending amendment be set aside and the following amendments be made pending in block, landrieu 1113, johnson 1117, cardin 11 a 59, and grassley, 1097, that the time until 5:00 p.m. be today be equally divided and controlled in the usual form and that at 5:00 the senate proceed to a vote on the amen