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>> agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news from a donald trump campaign stop in south carolina. that's where his spokesman just tweeted that the former president brought a glock handgun. this was at the palmetto state armory just a short time ago. we just got this video in. a little tough to make out, but if you listen closely, you can actually hear the gun owner talking about the glock and trump saying, he wants one. let's listen. >> that's a glock. a glock actually did that, and these are actually great sellers for us. >> do you sell them with the picture? >> we do. it comes exactly like this from glock. . >> wow. >> they sell well, huh? they like me. >> they like you. >> sir, this one. >> i want to buy one. >> now, nbc news has not confirmed the purchase of the gun, the pool covering the former president did not see the actual purchase, but what you saw in that video was congresswoman marjorie taylor greene next to the president, and she did share a photo of trump holding up a gold

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agriculture secretary tom vilsack says a shutdown would impact some of the most vulnerable americans. >> including those who rely on wic nutrition services, nearly 50% of americans, infants are gage involved in program. >> when we have a shutdown, that program csis, a shutdown could also severely impact operations in many government offices shutting down air traffic control training at the exact moment when the country recognizes the need for more, not less atc staffing capital says the only current hope of avoiding a shutdown is the senate proposal. we've passed all 12 bills out of the appropriations committee and bipartisan way. but she says the odds are slim that the house will approve the senate's legislation in washington. alexandra limon. >> well, if your co-workers. don't show up for work maybe somebody finally one jackpot how much the winner could be taking home. >> and as the bill to legalize certain psychedelics sits at governor newsom's desk. opponents are working to expose what they believe is the harmful truths about these the harmful truths about these trucks. when dry e

agriculture secretary tom vilsack says a shutdown would impact some of the most vulnerable americans. >> including those who rely on wic nutrition services, nearly 50% of americans, infants are gage involved in this program. >> when we have a shutdown that program see a shutdown could also severely impact operations in many government offices shutting down air traffic control training at the exact moment when the country recognizes the need for more, not less atc staffing capital says the only current hope of avoiding a shutdown is the senate proposal. we've passed all 12 bills out of the appropriations committee and bipartisan way. but she says the odds are slim that the house will approve the senate's legislation in washington. alexandra limon. >> next on 4 news at 06:00am and is behind bars tonight suspected of stabbing his mother to death in berkeley and injuring 2 others. tonight, new details about the suspect in police are calling a long criminal past. plus, hollywood writers may soon be able to get back to work after reaching a tentative agreement. a closer look at that. propos

earlier on monday, the us agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, warned that if a decision isn't reachedy october 1st, millions risk food insecurity. it isa it is a programme that impact and effect of a 50% of all newborns in this country. nearly 7 million pregnant mothers, new mothers and young children count on it every single day to receive support. with a shutdown, what we would see across the united states is a denial of those benefits and opportunities. in some cases, it would be literally within a matter of days. the last government shutdown in the us was in 2019. us senator bob menendez says he's confident he'll be cleared of all federal corruption charges. prosecutors say senator menendez and his wife accepted cash, gold and luxury gifts in exchange for political favours. federal agents found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in his home, which menendez says came from his cuban parents' fear tht their money could be seized by authorities. menendez spoke for the first time since being indicted on bribery charges by the us government last week, rejecting calls from both dem

today, the agriculture secretary tom vilsack will talk about the impact on food programs and loan assistance programs for farmers, but ultimately what the white house is hoping is if the potential shutdown is that if it were to happen, it could be placed, the feet is placed on the hands of the house republicans, because they have not reached a consensus there to get a bill passed over to the senate. >> thank you, arlette. keep us posted there. >>> all right. democrat congresswoman haley stevens is joining us, and a member of the problem-solvers caucus. thank you for being here. i wanted to talk to you about where we are with this shutdown. and the republicans are looking at spending bills that the senate won't sign, and so at this point, should americans simply expect that there is going to be a shutdown? >> i don't want to encourage a shutdown, and i believe it can be avoided particularly if we adhere to a plan to pass a continuing resolution, 30 days, 45 days, and this is something that the speaker of the house even said that he'd be interested in doing. we all know that a shutdown is just

biden's agricultural secretary tom vilsack raising the red flag on the national security risk and he'schina is buying farmland near u.s. military bases and other sensitive sites. watch this. >> has the department of agriculture seen anything in the purchase of farmland by chinese corporations or chinese nationals that would suggest a threat to national security or food security? >> there was concern that the chinese interest was purchasing land near military insulation. i think there's legitimate concerns in that space and i on any given day, someone may walk into the recorder's office and file a deed and there's no way of knowing precisely whether or not that was a chinese purchaser. we need to work on how we michael jacobson might be able to collect the information. elizabeth: you know, congressman, we appreciate his honesty and it's good he's being straightforward about this and we're just supposed to be okay and nobody is watching this in dc and we're just going to rely on the county recorder or local office to see if china is really the buyer and they're burying the purchases they

agriculture secretary tom vilsack says a shutdown would impact some of the most vulnerable americans.including those who rely on wic nutrition services, nearly 50% of americans, infants are gage involved in this program. >> when we have a shutdown, that program csis, a shutdown could also severely impact operations in many government offices shutting down air traffic control training at the exact moment when the country recognizes the need for more, not less atc staffing capital says the only current hope of avoiding a shutdown is the senate proposal. we've passed all 12 bills out of the appropriations committee and bipartisan way. but she says the odds are slim that the house will approve the senate's legislation in washington. alexandra limon. >> well, summer might be over, but the trend of workers strikes could could federal wildland firefighters here in california may be the next workers to walk off the job if congress fails to increase their pay. the u.s. department of agriculture says employees could see their pay drop from just under $60,000 to $40,000. congress fails to approv

in addition, a recent report found that biden's usda, tom vilsack, coordinated with advisers, a george soros funded group on, quote, transforming the u.s. food system. we simply cannot produce and process the food necessary to satisfy the massive demand in this country and abroad if we cannot depend on energy and food systems being hijacked into an extremist climate agenda. furthermore, biden's climate policies have detrimental effects on our economy and threaten the livelihood of americans in our agricultural sector. in many cases these radical biden initiatives do more harm than good to our environment. our farmers already face enormous challenges including market fluctuations, rising input costs, the list goes on and on and by squeezing out clean and economical food sources and demanding a hasty shift to so-called clean energy, green energy, as they call it, our farmers and ranchers are struggling with rising costs of fuel they need to keep their operations going. agriculture is the backbone of our nation and we must ensure that that sector, the agricultural sector, has the resource