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the intertribal timber council, not heal. now, it is my great pleasure to represent usda secretary sonny perdue. [applause] >> thank you, vicki. i appreciate your patience. i thought it might be impolite to walk out of the cabinet meeting, i want to thank the senators for joining us today these folks have been at the forefront of this vision of what you think them for the concern and the efforts in many ways in helping us to move towards solutions as well as our private sector partners, and those of you in the room who know you are that it been engaged this issue for several and many years in some cases. but you may know that he just return yesterday from visiting the fires in california and these horrible events just like last year are stark reminders of the immense forest fire health crisis in this country. and the urgent need to dramatically increase our preventative forest treatments. thankfully, we were given some assistance in that area statutorily this spring and we appreciate that. but we have stepped up our forest management effort in the last couple of years. it still needs more, and to

together, the states and the usda for service need to do all we can to reduce the hazards of america's forests and uproot -- improve fire suppression effectiveness. fire knows no boundaries. we need to work together to identify where hazardous fuels are posing a great risk and address the threat head-on. each state has a forest action plan and they have already identified where the work needs to be focused. we have looked forward to utilizing greater technology. now it is up to all of us. agencies, states, and local partners must work together to implement the state or's action plan. -- forest action plan. i would like to thank the good neighbor authority which congress enacted. it will help in this effort by allowing states to do the hazardous fuel work on the federal forest to expand our capacity. for america's forest and communities which depend on them. thank you. we appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you. we appreciate the partners who are in this room today and our conservation groups and others who have been an integral part in this. are we taking questions now? yes. one of the

let's get back to the breaking news. usda its $12 billion of bailout for farmers. joining us is our agricultural reporter. alan, what have we learned in which commodities will benefit the most? >> we have learned in mixture of surprises and non-surprises. everybody figured soybeans would get the main share of those payments, by labor day, hopefully. some numbers were surprising. they announced $4.7 billion of initial payments to u.s. producers, but they did not 100% commit to additional payments. we heard the number $12 billion earlier, the usda secretary sonny perdue now saying it may not be that much money. they will make the initial payments this fall and to see how things go, citing the deal with nafta as an example of how situations can change. after soybeans and $3.6 billion, the distant second is pork. those producers will get about $290 million. then cotton. this is based on the calculations that economists make when they look at trade damages, wto cases. usa checks go out as soon as later this month -- you will see s

the usda is trying to implement. some places they already have it. they say you have to work. in other areas you do not have the requirement. it is something to support?>> something we still support in terms of a shut down. i do not have announcements on that front. we certainly still want to see a lot of things happen. we would love for congress to actually do his job particularly when it comes to immigration. we have a completely broken system. we would like to see them work with us to fix it. >> i do not have updates on that front right now. >> omarosa was the highest ranking african-american staffer in the west wing. >> she actually did not work in the west wing but go ahead. [inaudible question] >> certainly, as i addressed yesterday, we value diversity. not just in the white house but through the entire administration. we're going to continue trying to diversify the staff. we have a large number of diverse staffers from various backgrounds. race, religion, gender. i'm not going to go through and do a count. the same i am not going to do a sit down and count on the staffer

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. >> if they can't sell it itd sis in ctorage and the usda says there's a record amount of cheese sittingion, nearly 1.4 billion pounds. part of the issue isows are producing more milk than ever and american milk consumption echas been dning for decades so the big dairy guys have worked intently to open new, global markets. mexico is the number one forei destination receiving a quarter of u.s. dairy exports and last year, climbing 8% from the year be china, the fourth biggest export market grew ro49% 2016. both countries have now slapped u.s. cheeses with retaliatory tariffs of up to 25%, and canada, another top taker at a certain point in his american exports with 275%. >> we are exporting about 15% of our production. so we depend on tradets agreem we need a functioning marketplace. having uncerinty in the market is not a -- not a positive thing. >> big manufacturers are aeady reporting declining sales and stalled contract, but the big ncern her is that their customers could move permanent to cheese makers in europe or canada and under new trade deal, specific cheese labels would be so f

wheat, and corn futures dropping after the usda crop's report. here, and losses of at least 2.5% there. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is bloomberg markets. i'm scarlet fu. taylor: and i'm taylor riggs. scarlet: no relief yet from an agricultural glut. inventories are soaring for soybeans and other crops you read here to break down the report is alan bjerga from washington. obviously, a lot of this showed there is plenty of supply, which could also explain my food inflation has been fairly tame, even with all the rhetoric and talk of a trade war. in theood will stay tame u.s. as a result of the trade war. if you have an export ban with china, that means more soybeans would be supplied domestically, and that is what this report said. you have seen a fivefold increase potentially in soybean supplies in the u.s. in the past five seasons. we could have a record 785 million bushels on reserved by this time next year. this is incredibly bearish for soybean markets. important to note that the trade war has already been factored in to usda forecasts f

. >> "7 on your side's" michael finney with a health update from the usda. m a big trader joe salad guy. i wish you would have told me an hour ago about that. >> oops. the department of agriculture issued the alert because of possible parasite contamination. it impacts a dozen items from major grocery stores, pork, beef and poultry salad sold at stores like trader joe's and walgreens and kroger. it can cause real problems, stomach and -- flu, fever-like symptoms. the symptoms can develop more than a week after eating the contaminated food. we have a link on our website with more information about the affected products, go to abc7news.com. >>> the federal reserve is holding off on raising its interest rate, at least for now. those rates, as you know, play a key role in loans to consumers and businesses. the feds say the economy is strong, and no change is needed. however, it does say rate hikes may still come in the months ahead. economists are expecting the next rate hike in september. >>> as of today, bags of peanuts on southwest airlines are a collector's i

the data. trade tensions aching these commodity markets very anxious right now. usda cutting e.u. e-sports estimates and futures falling by as much is 1.6%. kevin: fascinating to see in real time how the trade tensions are impacting the agricultural sector. we have much more coming up, because the next wave of primaries are on deck for next week. we will look at some of the key contests with our all-star political panel. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: this is bloomberg markets, balance of power. i am shery ahn. kevin: i am kevin cirilli. mark: in virginia, prosecutors expect to rest their case in the financial fraud trial of president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort. they have been trying to show that he obtained millions in bank loans fraudulently. two prosecution witnesses have been granted immunity. recesss ellis called a until 1:45 without explanation and warned jurors not to ask -- discussed the case with anyone. international community is expressing outrage after yesterday's saudi led airstrike in northern yemen. it killed at least 50 people, more than half of th

. >> this gives the usda legal authority, senate bill does not. ny bill require recipients to work, and negotiations at the house continue. >> lawmakers, restrictions improving lifetime bans for anyone convicted of domestic violence and people committed to a mental health facility. you will need to take an 8 hour class and pass on live fire test. bills are headed to governor jerry brown for approval. rob: the user who wished death on the nra spokeswoman's children did not break the rules, and email from dana loesch, we reviewed the account, we get to the violation of twitter rules. joining "fox and friends," to discuss the reverse ruling in the 8:00 eastern hour. jillian: the dramatic rescue caught on camera as the police officer runs directly into a burning home to save the family and 6 children. >> where are they? >> get out. >> no fire experience whatsoever, running into the flames, and he joins us live to relive this heart stopping moment. in texas police officer sam glick. what a story. we saw that video and heard the story and so impressed. >

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. >>> safeway is warning you may have bought ground beef that is now under recall by the usda. e-mailed some customers and posted flyers in stores letting them know the recalled meet was sold in the northern california scores between august 20th and the 23rd. 25,000 pounds of beef are linked to a cargill warehouse in colorado. some of the meat processed there tested positive for e. coli on august 22nd. 80 different products are affected, including beef patties and meatballs. health officials say consumers should immediately check their fridges. >> young children are at particular risk for very severe outcomes, including death. so play it safe. just discard the meat. >> safeway is offering a full refund to customers who return the meat with a receipt. we have a full list of affected products on our website, abc7news.c abc7news.com. >>> we use the abc 7 news app to send out this push alert today. bill extending night life hours to 4:00 a.m. in san francisco, oakland passes assembly, heads to senate. the bill is the work of san francisco senator scott wiener. the senate is expected

does the usda have the authority to say no. right now that is in question. cheryl: what a fight.eally interesting. william la jeunesse out in los angeles. william, thank you very much for that. let's go back to your money and your markets right now. looking at the dow right now, we're up 103 points f we keep going down this train right now, this positive one, the market will hit a major milestone this week. it will be the longest running bull market ever. longer than the dot-com one. you remember that one? this is while president trump complained about fed chairman jerome powell hiking interest rates during a hamptons fund-raiser. the federal reserve raised rates five times since trump took office. the two hikes this year were underpowell. kristina partsinevelos is here with me on set. "wall street journal" chief economics correspondent, jon hilsenrath. >> great to be here. cheryl: jon, you know the fed. you've been covering it for years. out of the ordinary for a president to comment on publicly or privately for a fed's decisions. >> we haven't seen that for quarter of a century

i'm vicki christiansen, the interim chief of the usda core service that i really appreciate your attendance here today. we're here today to join secretary perdue usda department of a

the usda did report in december, 129 million dead trees in california and there's government level to go in and really do any lugging, cutting, thinning, this is what's providing fuel for the fires when they get raging you can't stop them. paul: this is a puzzle for me, kim, and i'm a mid western and not a westerner, why wouldn't environmentalists want healthy forests? so why wouldn't you want to clear some of this stuff out so that it is less vulnerable to raging fires? >> well, it's the problem with most modern green environmental policy, it doesn't do much to help nature. it is involuntary belief that man should not interfere at all, you do not manage nature and let nature take its course but if you do that -- for instance, they are estimated in sierra nevada had four times trees in them as you would in normally healthy forest. we used to be able to have the massive fires that can just burn and clear everything out but we can't really allow that anymore given population and the devastation they cause, so your alternative is to go and manage them mechanically with cutting. paul: dan

>> in january, the lobbying group national grocers' association sent talking points to usda officialsr a speech that purdue would give to the group. we compared the talking points to the speech. take a listen. >> the talking points included a discussion of how rural grocers "are often the only food store for miles." >> frankly, your stores many times the only stores available for food for miles around. >> reporter: committed to sticking it out not because they're getting rich -- >> appreciate you sticking it out. not because you're getting rich. >> reporter: -- but because they live in these communities and know without a grocery store the community will suffer. they're not driven by wall street, but rather by main street. >> you're not driven by wall street, certainly, you're driven by main street. >> the project on government oversight obtained the e-mails through a freedom of information request. the usda saying to cnn that it's a common practice among speech writers the world over to gather information from organizers of events, including specific topics of interest to be incorpor

the house bill gives the usda veto authority for state waivers and the senate bill does not.te democrats say they won't approve any bill requiring recipients to work negotiations with the house continue. >> bret: we will monitor that. michigan's health director will stand trial on on involuntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of two men linked to an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the flint area. the client is accused of failing to issue a timely alert about the outbreak. some experts have blamed it on the flint water which was not properly treated when it was drawn from the flint river in 2014 and 2015. client denies wrongdoing. one of the most prominent actresses in the "me too" movement is a herself under fire tonight. i see argento recently settled a complaint by a young actor and musician who said she assaulted him when she was 17. the times reports argento paid her accuser $380,000 shortly after saying movie producer harvey weinstein her when she was 17. president trump starts the week by starting in on the special counsel again. plus new details on the reuters

this payment will go to farmers from the usda you've been involved and following the crops, the grainsthe soybeans, all of that. what does that breaking news say to you, sir? >> well, first of all i think it is an attempt to buy off the american farmers after the tariffs that have gone into effect. hopefully it will be a reasonable and wise decision but i'm opposed to any and all supplementary payments of any type from the government. scott mcnealy who you just interviewed mentioned the fact of too. of tesla's revenues have been subsidies from the government. i'm just opposed to them. to me this looks like a buy-off of the american farmers that have been dismayed by the changing trade policies of this administration. so let us hope that this is just a one-off event. we'll see what happens over time. shale shale big news on trade with u.s. and mexico. canadian tell mitigation arrive tomorrow. are you positive about the moves we've seen with regards to trade? >> first of all any move to do away with the ill-advised responses on the part of this administration to put into effect trade tar

23rdful so if you think you might have something like this in your refrigerator, you can log onto the usdake baldwin, thanks for being with me. let's go to washington, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. guiliani just told mueller, put up or shut up. shut up. i haven't heard mueller say a word in a year. "the lead" starts right now! twitter, pressure, president trump calling on his attorney general to quote stop the investigation into himself and his team. he may have given the special counsel all new evidence in the property sechlts a lead exclusive, something that may have been unthinkable the tsa considering ending security screening at 150 airports in this country to save money. is this what president trump meant by make america safe again? plus from the target corners of the web to the trump rally who are the fringe theorists who call themselves qanon. hello, i'm jake tapper, president trump escalating the russia version going each further in his cal

. >> that's what the farmville stalemate is about, it gives the usda veto of authority over state waiversthe senate bill does not, senate democrats say they won't approve any bill requiring recipients to work negotiations with the house continue. in l.a., fox news. >>> yesterday hundreds rallied in san francisco hoping to block the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. part of a national day of action that saw similar protests across the nation, protesters say he poses a direct threat to women's rights, lgbt q rights and other freedoms. san francisco's mayor was at the rally. >> it is one thing to have a president that continues to lie to the american people, it's another to have someone who can use the legal system to really roll back the clock. >> senate democrats want his official hearings to be postponed, they are scheduled to begin next month. vice president mike pence spoke out against democrats who oppose brett kavanaugh at a meeting with the republican national lawyers association, he said if we lived in a more respectful time judge cavanagh would be overwhelmingly confirmed her >> a b

the usda now projects exports for the year will hit a record high this despite the ongoing trade war with china scott. >> leslie, thanks. fl lowing the money there. intel they cut the price as well you own intel. >> i do. >> they cite competitive and margin concerns. this stock has a lot of momentum behind it and over the past three months, it seems like all of it's gone >> wait a second, we've had a a week in which there's been two downgrades monday from bar icalclaybarclayy from goldman sachs the fact it's hung in there this week on two downgrades, it's down 1%, indicates this is already in the news. once again today talking about it you're going to make fun, that's fine i think it's ridiculous, too, scott. the fact of the matter is earnings estimates minus this analyst have been going up for intel. not taking anything away from amd. saying everybody shooting arrows at intel zpl they take it from sell to neutral. >> okay. maybe that's the bet r play now. >> you think so? up 80% this year >> i'm asking it not up to me to say. >> find stock, but i think it's now fully priced in. on b

the house bill gives the usda veto authority over state waivers. the senate bill does not.ate democrats say they will not approve any the required recipients to work, negotiations at the house continue. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >>> that's it for us on this monday afternoon. ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 begins right after the break. >>> saved at the last minute. oakland high school sports on the cutting block until an anonymous donor steps in with a generous donation. good evening to you, i'm andre senior enforcing -- in for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie julie haener. sports will now go on as planned, thanks to an anonymous donor. ktvu's rob roth is live with an update on this story we've been falling. >> reporter: here in skyline, the football team is busy practicing. while football was never on the budget chopping block, other sports were. three of those, all the fall sports, are now safe, at least for this year. girls high school golf in oakland schools is back and ready to tee off this fall. so is tennis and lacrosse. that's because an anonymous don

the usda is going to pay out $4.7 billion to farmers, most of that will be going to soybean farmers,billion. a lot of that is because of what's happening with china. if we get a trade deal with china and if farmers begin to pull in more and they don't have to sacrifice as much, is there any way, will that money be clawed back, or is that money that's gone from the pocketbooks of government? >> well, obviously, i think there's been disruption, but when you're talking about china, i don't think there's anytime soon we're going to see a deal with china. this is about getting our house in order with our family friends in mexico, canada and the e.u., and then we'll take on china. i think we're going to have to live with this short-term influx to our farmers. david: it was a shock, and we saw how the market responded, 259 points on the dow. it's just a tremendous boon to the economy that had already been going strong are. congressman, we thank you for coming in, congressman tom the reed. appreciate it. >> good to see you. thank you. christina: and not fazed by the verdicts, new numbers sho

a great of people in a great number of states are curious about this work requirement, the usda is tryingimplement. in some places they already have it. they say you have to work. in other areas, you don't have that requirement. is that something the white house still supports? >> something we still support in terms of a shutdown. i don't have any announcements on that front. we certainly still want to see a lot of things happen. we would love for congress to actually do its job, particularly when it comes to immigration. we have a completely broken system, and we would like to see them work with us to fix it. kathryn. >> thank you, sarah. >> i don't have any updates on that front right now. >> omarosa manigault newman was the highest ranking african-american staffer in the west wing. >> she actually didn't work in the west wing. but go ahead. >> no staffer has been appointed at that level since her absence. can you tell us exactly how many african-americans there are in this building? and is it a priority for the administration to reflect the diversity of the country? >> certainly. as i

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great number of people in a great number of states that are curious about this work requirement, the usdatrying to implement. in some places they already have it, they say you have to work. in other areas, you don't have that requirement. is that something the white house still supports? >> something we still support in terms of a shutdown, i don't have any announcements on that front. we still wanting to see a lot of things happen. we want congress to do its job particularly when it comes to immigration. we have a completely broken system and we'd like to see them work with us to fix it. >> omarosa manigault newman was the highest ranking african-american staffer in the west wing -- >> she actually didn't work in the west wing, but go ahead. >> no staffer has appointed in her absence. can you tell us how many african-american staffers there are in this building and is it a priority of the administration to reflect the diversity of the country? >> certainly as i addressed yesterday, we value diversity not just at the white house but throughout the entire administration. we're going to con

regarding the overall administration proposals, particularly as it relates to postal and some of the usda proposals. so i'm hoping that we won't see the same kind of reluctance or inability to provide background or analysis today because this is a really important function. i think senator lankford and i know that there has been increasing frustration not only with the public towards this agency opm but also internally with other agencies who have to work with opm who expect that they are going to get a more rapid response. and so i think that the opm gsa proposal is interesting. i think that it's something that needs to be explored. and i think we have to work together to see how that would be carried out and to analyze to see if we're actually going to see efficiencies. so we need information. so that we can fulfill our oversight duties and also protect federal workers. so federal employees are absolutely critical to the proper and efficient functioning of federal government, and we can't have government, our nation or our citizens without a strong federal workforce, and so i want to th

the usda issued a public health alert for the raw chicken products. >>> the u.s.l now allow female players to change shirts on the court after controversy erupted around its previous policy. a chair umpire penalized a french player cornet tuesday for turning her shirt around at the u.s. open because it was on backwards. many call it a sexist double standard since men are allowed to change their shirts on the court and just sit there with their shirts off. she did it very quickly but the usta said it regrets the decision. >>> reality winner leaked a secret report on russian election hacking to the media and will now serve more than five years in prison. that's the longest sentence ever imposed for this kind of violation. the former nsa contractor and air force linguist has been held in a georgia jail since last june and is awaiting transfer to a federal prison after her sentencing last week. the document winner leaked to the intercept was the first time the public learned the russian government tried to infiltrate state election systems in 2016. >> she is the first

the fight is in the house and senate bill as whether the usda can deny the work waiver or not. >> eric: very interesting situation. >> sandra: we are on verdict watch this morning as the paul manafort jury is in day three of deliberations. he is on trial facing charges of bank and tax fraud. >> president trump: he worked for me for a very short period of time. you know what? he happens to be a very good person and i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> sandra: we're live at the courthouse and we'll bring any breaking news as it comes in. >> eric: more dramatic video of some quick-thinking good samaritans rescuing two people and a dog from the sinking car. we'll show you how it turned out. >> sandra: fox news alert from iraq where we're now learning that it was an american service member who was killed in a helicopter crash overnight. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on that. >> u.s. officials tell me the rescue efforts are ongoing but no evidence the aircraft was shot down. a senior defense official confirm

heowns it. [ applause ] [ opening bell ] players are having trouble keeping up in the heat and what the usdaeaks. >> djokovic they took a 10 minute break there. >> wraps himself in a towel with ice at the u.s. open trying to lower the body temperature. >> it was 95 it's got to be -- i don't know what it is on the courts i don't know how the guys and ladies do it it's frightening. >> it's insane. >> we mentioned the google club. morgan stanley call on google. 2500 for amazon. that's their call about 30% potential upside, they say, would take amazon to about $1.2 evaluation. >> brilliant. >> it's a street high. a street high and a lot of their thesis is about sort of ancillary businesses, advertising a big piece of it. along with aws. >> somebody has to be the high you said the stock would be up 67% by, let's call it the beginning of september you probably would have been the high and you would have been right. >> but it is interesting how amazon transitions into high margin business like cloud and advertising. we think of it as a retailer and now interested potentially in doing a competitor.

the usda did report in december, 129 million dead trees in california and there's government level to go in and really do any lugging, cutting, thinning, this is what's providing fuel for the fires when they get raging you can't stop them. paul: this is a puzzle for me, kim, and i'm a mid western and not a westerner, why wouldn't environmentalists want healthy forests? so why wouldn't you want to clear some of this stuff out so that it is less vulnerable to raging fires? >> well, it's the problem with most modern green environmental policy, it doesn't do much to help nature. it is involuntary belief that man should not interfere at all, you do not manage nature and let nature take its course but if you do that -- for instance, they are estimated in sierra nevada had four times trees in them as you would in normally healthy forest. we used to be able to have the massive fires that can just burn and clear everything out but we can't really allow that anymore given population and the devastation they cause, so your alternative is to go and manage them mechanically with cutting. paul: dan

label if the beef passes through a usda inspection site. that's crazy. could come from another country but because of a loophole, if there is a usda inspect his or her looks at it it's going to get stamped so it makes it look like it came from south dakota. >> the american consumer something duped. that should enrage every american consumer regardless if they from a ranging family or not. like you said i think the average consumer is in the dark on this. it can be labeled product of u.s.a. as long as it was package would here it can be born, raised and slaughtered virtually anywhere. meat packers are taking advantage. cheap foreign beef. the american consumer joins better and cattleman deserves better. we will keep fighting for it. steve: now we know. brian: wherever the cow is slaughtered it should be labeled. steve: it should be. sounds like a crazy loophole. katie: good point. the fruit and vegetables we know exactly where it's coming from. steve: michael cohen's attorney, lanny davis admitting that he lied when he said this about the trump tower meet

and a great light show over the las vegas strip caused by severe weather. usda of vacaville police... evacuating the solano county s- p-c-a as the nelson fire closed in. t's a good >>> this is body camera video of vacaville police evacuating the county spca as a fire closed in. officers and volunteers ran into the building... the grass fire broke out last friday and spread toward the spca. officers and volunteers ran into the building to grab animals and get them into their cars. the fire is now contained but they don't have power or water there. >>> this light show over the las vegas strip saturday night. a powerful storm toppled threes and knocked out power to thousands with temperatures in the triple digits. the same weather pattern was fueled by 70-mile-an-hour winds winds. >> that's amazing. >>> for us we are cooler compared to yesterday afternoon, starting off with areas of low clouds and fog in spots, especially on the coast. take a look at the roof cam here , air quality looking good for most of us. moderate conditions in the east bay, pushing back this

the farmers double benefit from that our farmers and the usda systems, not genuinely independent. flipside the economy doing great and the power of taxation. the power of the taxation is the power of oppression. this country was founded in response to that. it wasn't so long ago that you guys had on some people, the gal office and they made some startling reports about head of households. they talked about earnings of head of households at certain ages and entitlements. ofht at or just over 50% head of households in this country receiving one form of entitlements. talk about wealth in the country. ohio. out in southern isy are losing jobs, there basically nothing but welfare to keep people alive here. the economy may be doing great for investors but what is going on here is from a real-world perspective the value of the labor pool in this country has been robbed to the extent that we need welfare, taxpayer welfare to stay alive. guest: he brings up an important feature of the economy. and thise recovery pickup in growth it has been uneven. there are pockets that have been left beh

exactly what we needed because farmers are a 16 year low for income and we're projected according to the usdais year. you can only afford to lose money so long before you start seeing farmers get out of the business and i was a kid in the '80s. i remember being raised on a dairy farm in the '80s and they call it a farm crunch for a reason because so many small to mid-sized farmers got out of the business. we fast-forward to the '90s and it was a huge difference because 95% of the world's consumers live out of the united states. we know that if we have access to those markets and if we can get our products to the people who want it, we don't need anything from the government. we can take care of ourselves and prosper and there will be an eighth generation of my family in the business. >> well, the guernsey cow is not named after you, isn't it? that's pretty convenient for you. -- >> i wish we could claim that. we did milk guernsey cattle. we actually came from the same island. >> i knew it sounded familiar. all right. we appreciate your time today. >> thank you. >> and good luck. i love farmer

we have resources such as the universal service funds as well as others like usda's rural utilities service broadband. >> there are places where strengthened to prevent overbuilding and prevent the networks that are existing in places like south dakota that i visited do not have a government-sponsored competitor come in and take away the, the it's easy to serve the industrial park or the anchor institution. it's it's harder to serve the surrounding areas in hollowing out the providers' base of operations is incredibly there there are some provisions in the farm bill that i appreciate. i think that they could go a little further to have you work with the committee to make sure that happens. >> can you explain why overbilling would be a concern? and what suggestions you would >> the >> the farm bill reduces from 3 to 2, the number of providers. we have two providers, still considered unserved. in many parts of america they have zero. i've talked to the families who have no provider today. whether it's 14 million or 24 m depending depending on how you count 14 million 14 million americans do n

the latest usda report shows just over 39 million people are still, however, on the roles. $5 millionate. the state has yet to fix four wind mills off a highway according to the buffalo news. the problem is the manufacturer no longer makes the parts so they can't fix them up. and finally 6,000. that's how many people ran in the annual run for the fallen relay honoring our nation's heroes. runners started in april at forter win army base between colorado, nevada and ending at arlington national cemetery. that's your news by the numbers. ainsley. ainsley: good deal. thank you, steve. a new york writer says he is heart broken why? because there are more and more children attending president trump's rallies. in a new op-ed damond winter recalls the 2016 rally that he attended and wrote. this i remember being heart broken that children were exposed to this anger. we're learning from it and participating in it. i was searching for a way to connect in an environment that felt so toxic and violently polarized. a family who did attend leesburg virginia rally. virginia women for trump and her d