do you think the usda should be involved in the review of this proposed deal? mr. pope? >> we absolutely have no objection to that, and support that process. >> okay. >> senator, i would totally support that. it's one of the weaknesses. >> one of the weaknesses is in that it's not -- you don't expect they will decide to include usda in the process? >> as you know, they are not incomed now. the hope is they become a permanent member and maybe some of the other agencies as well. >> especially if it's a food safety issue? >> right, uh-huh. >> mr. pope, we know this is a good deal for shareholders. we know -- the long term benefits for workers and farmers, and i heard what you said to the question, but the long term benefits for workers and farmer and american consumers, to me, are not so clear, but let me ask you something. financially, what's at stake for you, personally, and for top management in the deal? >> we're on record publicly, and there's a public in the preliminary posture, filing charges, me personally and the senior management team, and so we certainly stand to

the usda says that is the one meat priced well below where it was last year.ne. >> thanks, diane. still ahead, they are touted as helping to keep the environment clean, but a new study find those electric cars are right on par with gas-powered cars. >> do you think you found a good deal for your summer vacation flight? think again. our travel expert explains how airlines are still taking us for a ride and what you can do to avoid it. first let's check with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> i know this is a drill for you, but here it is for everybody else. shoplg -- coming up, greta van susteren is up early, she'll be on the couch. anna kooiman talking about a louisville slugger, an iconic american business. rush limbaugh is here and how the f.b.i. worked together with the mob. that story coming your way only on "fox & friends." please put something on. >> ten minutes till the top of the hour. quick headlines for you. they are touted as helping to keep the environment clean, but a new study finds electric cars are no greater than veh

and i consider his mind of questioning the think usda should be involved in this proposed deal? > we have no objection to that. >> senator would support that it is one of the weaknesses. >> one of the weaknesses is you don't expect it to include usda in the process? >> were maybe some of the emergencies as well. >> especially if it is a food safety issue. >> we know this is a good deal for shareholders with the long-term benefits for workers and farmers and american consumers are not so clear bellamy ask you something. what is at stake for you personally in top management at smithfield in the steel? -- in the ideal. >> year on record to me personally and receive your management team i am a shareholder of smithfield foods and have been with the company over 30 years and have acquired the shares that i have overlooked period time said the company has done well so we do stand civic hoodoo tellus we have shared publicly. >> i will be glad to make sure you get those exact numbers. >> can you give us a range? i can believe the don't have these numbers that will benefit you and other to

and though we have 2.2 million farms around in the country, according to the usda, most of the output is produced by less than 200,000 of those farms, and less than 100,000 of those farms are places where the owner- operator has a full-time occupation in the farm. - very interesting. it also suggests, then, that more people are moving to the city, so suburban and urban clout in congress naturally is respondingly changing. - redistricting favors the urban centers, and the rural economy has changed, too. a lot of people who don't work on the farm now live in rural or semi- rural areas - think about areas around columbus, ohio, for example. so, lots of factors are driving down the relevance and importance of the farm vote, so now you have less than 40 farm districts in the house, where the farm vote is significant. - it doesn't mean, though, that its clout is out, it's just that it's diminished greatly over the years. - that's right. if you're a representative from a farm district, you want to be on the ag committee and you're going to be very supportive of farm programs. but it's harder

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

so the usda is spending a million dollars to try to fight the pest. still, consumers should not see much impact in pricing and a lot of attention paid to what is happening with coffee in the grocery store. k-cup sales are up 20% from a yore ago as prices fall and bagged coffee sales are seeing lower priced competition. >> a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. >> reporter: givola seen sales more than double, perhaps helped by a sexy new ad campaign but as major retailers support earnings this week, analysts say all will show double digit growth. maybe when it comes to coffee wars, everybody wins. >> all coffee is good coffee. >> reporter: for "nightly business report," i'm jane wells. >> all good coffee. good coffee. do you have a preference? >> i like the gavalla guy. >> i'm susie gharib thanks for joining us. >> i'm tyler mathisen, have a good evening everybody. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you by. >> sailing through the heart of historic cities and landscapes on a river, you get close

let me show you a map from the usda report. america in the 1970's.resents our rural america and now we will shut -- the orange street represents rural america and now here is a present role counties. it covers 70 the cent sign of u.s. land areas. to the phones, ruby, from riverside california honor democratic line for your thoughts on urban versus rural issues and who gets more attention from congress? all, happyst of independence day and let's keep it that way, hopefully. the major is because laws of republicans are getting dictated on these food matters. targetmers have been a of the new world order because they ourselves sufficient and an alternative to the chemical- ridden and distorted faces. host: is riverside, calif. a rural community? caller: used to be but now it is picking up fast. we were nominated the most intelligent city in the world. host: talk about the changes you have seen. you say it is picking up fast. it is changing from rural to urban. talk about what you see in terms of federal help for your community. it has been very good her

and the usda is responsible for both sides of that equation. this bill now just turns it into growers. my growers are there for the purpose of feeding people and now we knock out all the people that need the food. this is ridiculous. this is not agriculture. it's not farming. this is destruction. this is divide and conquer. when you take away the people that need the food, you take away the purpose of agriculture. the best way to give the food back is to defeat this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: i now am pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. kildee: i'm new here. if there's one thing i learned, this is not what we were sent here to do. a member from the other side during the rule debate asked me if our side understood that nutrition programs were not in this bill. well, absolutely we understand it. the great value of the bipartisan farm bill

the problem is tha it is drivinp the price of food. according to usda00 doesn't dollars more for food because of the ethanol mandate. also hitting fast food joints of the $25,000 per restaurant per year. >> it is actually pretty simple supply and demand. 40% of the corn crop put into the fuel tank, it destroys the market system. >> that man owns for wendy's restaurants in california and says the problem is corn is ridiculous, and soda, beef, pork, tacos. everything goes up. the ethanol industry blames big oil, they say transportation cost is responsible for the increase in food prices. >> they are looking for a bogeyman. right now it is corn ethanol. what they really should be doing is pointing to the skyrocketing price of oil. >> that may be partially true, but gasoline prices have been relatively stable where the usda study goes back to 1950 when it says food prices have declined every decade since until we started taking corn and putting it into the gas tank. last week basically big oil and the face fast food industry wenp on capitol hill against the

according to the usda grass fed 3 ounce patty has 152 calories and senator grandmothers of fat less than broiled 90 percent lean beef burger which averages 184 calories and ten grams of fat and less than a broiled 93 percent lean turkey burger which averages 176 calories and ten grandmothers of -- grams of fat. >> the tasters thought it was lean beef physical -- until they tasted it side-by-side. >> most bison is 90 percent lean which is great if fat is a concern. for some that can make it too dry. to get a juicy wise -- bison burger add onions or mushrooms half a cup for each pound of ground meat. >> by mixing in the vegetables you get a more moist burger and the meat will go further and reduce the cost. >> this summer, bison can offer a tasty option you may just "flip" for. >> another tasty way to keep the bison burger moist is to add in sorecraut or a special rub. >> an accident in the sierra kills a scamp course lore from kills a camp counselor from the bay area. >> the bart strike continues. we will find out what the general manager said about how long it could last. >> another day

but perdue asked the usda to go further...a lot further.et, 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. ♪ >>> aisha tyler is an actress and a comedian and the co-host of the cbs daytime show "the talk." now, she's got a new book. it's called "self-inflicted wounds heartwarming tales of epic humiliation." good morning. you went to dartmouth, but you admit in this book you did a lot of not so smart things in your life. one of those is you got drunk before the s.a.t.s, what happened? >> the hubris of youth. you have this bulletproofness, impervious to outside influences. like many, it started with a boy. i thought it would be fun to go to the beach. luckily, i had already taken the s.a.t. once. that was my second pass. i did pretty well in the first one. i slept through the second one that was the one i throughout. >> you made it to dartmouth?

directly to insurance companies and the risk management agency is not up to the level of other parts of the usdaup with this. >> where is the money going? the dead farmers can't cash the checks. is someone getting the money? >> it is going -- we have direct deposit in this day and age. it's going direct deposit. there have been signatures that mysteriously appeared after people have been -- also it's going directly to insurance companies and gets lost in the shuffle. >> going to insurance companies. doesn't get lost in the shuffle. they know if the money is not going out. if i ran the justice department, there would be an investigation, see whether insurance companies are deliberately looking the other way and taking that money. >> you know, another thing, greta, this comes at a really bad time for the big agricultural lobby here in town. the house and senate have been trying to pass a farm bill to reauthorize these programs, pay about $20 billion in subsidies and a lot more in food stamps. the house barely passed a bill this month by three votes. 216 votes. >> >>eric where is the overiet on tha

participating agencies, opec, the department of treasury, department of commerce, department of energy, the usda, the department of transportation and the millennium challenge corporation and u.s. african development corporation and the department of state. anything i left off, please let me know. that's a big number. this is a list that could change over time include kenya and tanzania and ghana and liberia nigeria and ethiopia. the amount of buzz with this has generated -- i'm sorry? >> repeat the countries? ghana and tanzania and ethiopia, nigeria and liberia. there are six of them in total. okay. i was proud of myself for remembering and getting the agencies. but we have seen is not just other embassies and other u.s. agents that want to be part of power africa, but the question is what does it mean to be part of this. well, it really is kind of its own -- it's meant to complement a lot of the activities that are already doing great things from the u.s. government and the department of state and those with tanzania and ghana and those in the energy sector and the partnership for growth also.

slaughterhouse, the industry put pressure on law makers, members of congress, who in turn sent a letter to the usda and said undercover investigations were an act of terrorism. these were things that protected public safety and exposed illegal activity. now the industry has just gone off the deep end with how they talk about these things. they're comparing them to hate crimes. they're saying it's no different than carving out special legislation to go after people who were are burning crosses and attacking people at mosques. there's kind of a difference! difference being that one is about exposing information in order to benefit the public and empower us as consumers and individuals in a democracy, the other is about instilling fear using violence against disenfranchised groups. now all this being said, if there is something to leave you all with through this presentation, and i think it's a positive one, i say that because these ag-gag bills have overwhelmingly backfired across the country. this is a really good example. the chronicle had an editorial talking about how this was the worst p.r. gaff

we have a strong food safety program under the u is sda -- usda. the programs we have inside our plants, the integrity of the brands and the sophistication of the management teams we have in place in these businesses, we're going to protect these brands, and we're going to protect this business, and if we don't, the u.s. inspectors are going to do it anyway. this is a highly-regulated industry. the u.s. government and tight inspection protocols are in place on every pound of meat we produce in every plant. and those on the agriculture committee, you know that. you know how tight those inspection processes are. that's why people around the world take such comfort in a usda stamp on product that they receive. and they're going to continue to have that assurance that anything, regardless of where the ownership is, this country -- this company's got to operate under the laws of the united states. we're not operating under the laws of china. we're operating under the auspices of the usda and the food inspection process and our own developed programs beyo

we do know there are senators that call for the involvement of the usda we will see if there is a senatorialit already has scrutiny on it but based on the fax 52 would be hard to say it is a national security issues. >> is a possibility american consumers could pay more as a result? >> its is possible the features have spiked but i think is the economy and with the competitors and the expansion could be beneath and we have been the state's >> from the university of virginia of the cue from joining us here in smithfield 2800 employs part of the corporate headquarters they also have some processing here as well cheryl: interesting argument and somebody will make bacon in a national security issue [laughter] if there is one place is right here. [laughter] that is where it is that. cable stocks are red hot we will talk about the takeover industry. >> and credit unions fighting off a new taxes is coming up with the latest fight in washington. look at the 10 year treasury we will be right back. >> i have here fox business brief paying $480,000 civil penalty for violating antitrust notification req

>> so as it turns out, the usda has jurisdiction over magicians. if they use animals in their act.s used for exhibitions which was originally intended to cover zoos and circuses. now it covers magicians and recently the usda said that all these animal exhibitors like the magicians, have to come up with animal disaster plans. and so they can be three pages, 50 pages. what happens if there is a natural disaster? if the power goes out? you have to say who is the chain of command who will feed them. crazy. >> steve: that's right. just so the government knows that there is a bunny in the false bottom of the top hat in my hand. and finally, in the great state of illinois, there are rules on weeds. >> yes. my hometown of chicago has a weed ordinance. the greatest threat to law and order in the city of chicago, dandelions. they've been giving awards to those creating native gardens and then ticketing the people $640 for these violations of having weeds over ten inches. it seems like an entrapment. but it turns out they're raising a lot of revenue. what a coincidence. >> steve: that is craz

these data are based on an annual study that the usda does and a survey people asking how much they doldren so the cost is the actual spending and not what people choose not to spend. it is a reflection what they're doing. stuart: by the way i could see of fiddling with that your peace. you wear an earpiece often, you start hearing voices. it is our real problem. thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate you being here, thank you. >> you are very welcome. stuart: a rare victory over the unions, pensions and disability abuse. after the break we bring you the man who brought justice to a new jersey system, a cop who was gaming the system. at a dry cleaner, we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. of course i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning... to like 1,000 bees that were just stinging my feet. [ female announcer ] it's known that d

according to the usda, millions of children across america are considered food insecure, that's whatur impact your world. >> hi, i'm jeff bridges, and we can make an impact on ending childhood hunger here in america. according to the usda, we currently have over 60 million children who are struggling with hunger. 1 in 5 of our kids. any of you kids see "surf's up"? i'm big z! we think one of the most important things to do to end childhood hunger is to have universal breakfast in schools. another thing that is very important is that there is summer meal programs that are available to kids. no kid hungry is all about making people aware of programs that are in the state. ♪ it affects me on a personal way thinking about what that would feel like if i wasn't able to provide for my kids. but also even on a patriotic way, we can't compete with the rest of the world if our kids aren't in shape. join the movement, impact your world. go to cnn.com/impact. >> thank you very much, mr. jeff bridges, with the right message, the right intention. definitely the best way to impact your world. >> th

department of agriculture and the office of the inspector general at usda, the fraud rates for snap are at all time lows and going down. on top of that usda continues to pursue instances of waste, fraud, and abuse and is prosecuting these cases. despite the rapid growth in snap participation, primarily due to the historic recession we are still recovering from, ther-e roar rate for snap sls at a record low according to the latest data available. specifically, 3% of all snap benefits represented overpayments, meaning they either went to ineligible households or went to eligible households by excess siff amounts. this means more than 98% of snap benefits were issued to eligible households, and the combined error rate, the total error rate that includes both under and over payments reached an all-time low in 2011, falling to 3.8%. these statistics show just how well snap is truly managed. but there is even more data to consider. in july, the usda's office of inspector general issued a report on fraud investigations of usda programs that showed that fraud in snap is limited primarily to a f

and i along with a number of members of this committee urged the secretary of treasury to include the usda and the fda in the review process of this transaction by the committee on foreign investment in the united states. and that's why we'll be meeting later today with officials from the department of treasury in conjunction with the banking committee so that senators can get briefed on the process. we also asked that this be the process in the future for transactions involving the food supply. i firmly believe that economic security is part of our national security and that it should be considered when our government reviews foreign investment into the united states. unlike other countries, the united states does not currently undertake such a review, and i believe that needs to change. second, we need to evaluate how foreign purchases of our food supply will affect our economy broadly and, frankly, whether there's a level playing field when it comes to these kinds of business acquisitions. could this sale happen if it were the other way around? could smithfield purchase the chinese firm

according to the usda, we currently have over 60 million children who are struggling with hunger. "? i'm big z! >> we think one of the most important things we can do to end childhood hunger is to have universal breakfast in schools. another thing that is very important is that there are summer meal programs that are available to kids. no kid hungry is all about making people aware of the programs that are in the state. ♪ sometimes in our lives >> it affects me in a personal way thinking about what that would feel like if i wasn't able to provide for my -- my kids. but also even on a patriotic way, we can't compete with the rest of the world if our kids aren't in good shape. join the movement. impact your world. impact your world. go to cnn.com/impact. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to yo

now according to the usda federal mandates for corn-based ethanol are dramatically increasing food pricested the fast food industry to go to washington. they want lawmakers to eliminate this policy that mandates more ethanol be blended into our gasoline each year. it's supposed to make us energy independent, but the industry says moving food from your plate to your gas tank is hurting your pocketbook. >> the prices are up across the board because corn is in everything. corn feeds cattle, chicken, pigs, so everybody gets that price passed on. >> reporter: studies show a family of four food budget's gone up about $2,000 because of ethanol. patti ann? patti ann: so, william, what do the numbers show about corn production, and what does the ethanol industry have to say? >> reporter: the industry says it's been falsely accused. they blame big oil and the rise in transportation costs, but statistically over the past decade seven times more corn, 40% of what we grow now goes into your gas tank. and farmers are converting more acres from, say, soybeans to corn. but the ethanol industry disputes t

look at that deadly crash of asiana flall the chicken san in your grocery store is inspected by the e usda... but per pe asked them to go further. they verify that all our chickens are cared for in a clean, safe environment... and fed an all-veggie diet. no other chicken company does this. but at perdue, we believe in a better chicken. [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. well, at perdue, we say you are what you eat...eats. so we feed our chickens an all-veggie diet, including corn and marigolds with no added animal by-producucts... hormones...osteroids. because at perdue, we belve in a better chicken. >> our top story, 5:15 this morning, new developments into the probe into gun rights activist adam kokesh. overnight park police wrapped up a search of his house in herndon. he filmed himself what appeared to be a shotgun

the usda or through hhs at the federal level and a couple of major national foundations still investing in chance of broadband capacity. the larger barriers are related to the incentive for the local provider, particularly if you move out to the small rural clinic or the small rural hospital, what is their incentive for taking the personallin'er in time and investment required to install the system and learn how to use the system, and what is the operational tradeoff when they're investing in that same capacity, both human and capital, over time. those alignments haven't fallen into place yet. the meaningful use incentive program that was in the legislation that was part of the recovery act has made a big difference. there a lot of dish was just visiting in another state some rural practices for a research project, and one of my concludes that surprised me a bit was every single one of them was in a meaningful use classification and these were relatively small rural primary carry practices. so that kind of incentive program in their area was an active system, has made a difference and m

good foundation that's critical for academic achievement and economic productivity but according to the usda 16.7 million children under 18 in the u.s. live in households where they are unable to squeeze buntly access consistent food necessary for health. and our caller from new mexico talked about how her state has high food insecurity and the top five states with the highest rate of food insecure children under the age of 18 are the district of columbia, oregon, new mexico and florida. and the top five states with the best rates in terms of children who are not going hungry are at north dakota, new hampshire, virginia, minnesota and massachusetts. and says 20% or more of the child population in 36 states and the nation's capital lived in food insecure households in 2010. mark in nevada on our republicans line, hi mark. caller: yes. how are you doing this morning? actually i listened to all your callers and there's a lot of mixed ideas about all this. , ive in a small community and my ex-wife, she was a school teacher, and she witnessed children coming in that are suffering from malnutritio

we found out about the usda rules and the programs and we have been trying to bring it to the schoolsogurt is the greek yogurt. >> is it going to be your yogurt in. >> it can be anybody's as long as you call it. if you call i mayonnaise. it has a standard identity. you can call a ball of macaroni call it greek yogurt there. is no standards, strained. means 3 pounds of milk becomes 3 pounds of yogurt. it is good for the farmers. it has high proo protein. we have to make work on it to make sure it's clear. >> yesterday, they had their ceos on, general mills, they are making a big push, seeing what it has done for you. how much of a threat, how much of a fight for shelf space? how will that change over the next couple of years? >> well, we look at the last five years when we is that right chobani the great market was less than 1%, carl. now it's almost 25, 40% t. category has changed dramatically. it was changed by a newcomer like us. and it's important a company like chobani comes to the fwoorld more and more and challenges what is there and make it better. i'm glad that other companies

look at what gets food stamps and according to the usda, 47% of people who get food stamps in this countrylunches and those kind of things are people under the age of 18 who don't vote. so they think that they're -- >> bill: we don't care about them. >> they're going to vote a couple of years if they don't starve to death. 8% of people who do get food stamps are 65 or older and they vote in big numbers. so they're really alienating one -- in terms of the proportion of age group who votes. they're really alienating senior citizens. it makes no sense. how could a politician do something to alienate a bunch of voters like that? >> bill: they keep doing it over and over and over again. paul brandus, you can follow him on twitter and many thousands of you do at west wing report. we'll be right back and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. (cenk) it's go time! it's go time! it's go time! go time. you know what time it is. go time! it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? oh, then it's go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh

it's a tremendous opportunity as we work very closely with the usda to ensure that we are doing everything we can to promote our cultural trade. that is why does the congressman mentioned, this is important. >> some of our tariff and nontariff barriers are at an all-time high. if you look at china, we are paying 56% combined taxes and tariffs. and it's terrible at times. >> okay, thank you. mr. buchanan? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i really look forward to working with you and i am sure that the committee does in a bipartisan basis as well. i am from florida. these trade agreements are very important. and i can see what the trade means to florida with 550,000 jobs, i also grew up in michigan. so i'm just curious from your standpoint as we look at the cultural community, huge benefits in terms of trade. 95% of the market place outside, then we will see different parts of the country, the midwest and other areas that don't benefit as much. many times the coastal community. what can we do more to help more states feel like it is a win-win for them as well? >> thank you, congressman. from our