u.s. department of agriculture. olive oil importers can ask usda for its seal of approval, essentially certifying extra virgin oil is in the bottle. >> it has to meet a very high level of chemical and flavor in smell profiles to be able to make that grade. >> reporter: but the program is voluntary and only one oil producer has asked for the usda seal. so today when you spend extra bucks for extra virgin -- >> nobody is really out there minding the store. if you're going to spend that kind of money you really deserve to get a really good quality oil. >> reporter: liz crenshaw, news4. >> sure, we all want the real thing. right? so how can you tell then if you're getting really good quality extra virgin oil? experts say it tastes fresh, like fresh olives. it's peppery, it's grassy and it is really strong. color, however, not an indicator and it is best if it's less than a year old but not every bottle gives you that harvesting. >>> celebrities like beyonce made them popular, but is a detox diet right for you? experts ta

u.s. department of agriculture released a statement usda encourages the few school districts who have chosenot to participate in the school lunch program to take steps tone sure all children will have access to healthy affordable meals. in new york, fox news. >> a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of george washington today. mount vernon open to the public. the third infantry regiment and a patriotic music concert. known as the old guard. the nation's oldest act of infantry regiment and official unit for the president. >> tomorrow will be a different story. >> they at least got to do it in the dry weather. happy president's day, brian. tomorrow we'll have to watch presip moving in. mostly rain. if it were to sneak in early enough, mostly we think that's going to be in the mountains and show you where in a moment. you know what i love about this picture? the sun went down at 5:49. we are gaining day light time. i think it's march 10th. going to go back to day light saving time. i like seeing those brighter skies. going to be a chilly week. we got a taste of that over the weekend, didn't we?

u.s. department of agriculture says food prices will rise by as much as 3.5% this year. y double the rate of inflation. the steep rise is blamed on the severe drought that's gripping farmers and cattle ranchers in the nation's midsection. anne-marie? >> ines for ray in new york. thank you, ines. >>> when we return, driving in the fast lane. danica patrick talks about racing into history this sunday at the daytona 500. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., rain and 39. atlanta, thunderstorms, 48. st. louis, 38. denver, 39 the high. seattle, a lot of rain, 48 degrees. >>> in sports danica patrick makes history this sunday when she becomes the first woman to start the daytona 500 at the poll position. but as mark strassmann reports the race car driver is more concerned about where she finishes in nascar's biggest race. >> ready to race. >> reporter: danica patrick in the lime green number 10 car had the fastest qualifying time for nascar's biggest race. more than 196 miles per hour. >> that's a great lap, guys. >> reporter

u.s. department of agriculture is predicting a record high corn crop this summer putting downward pressureand dairy prices and help ease some pain at the grocery store by the end of the year. victor? >> flee felicia taylor, thank you. >>> and most senior whose took this year's flu vaccine got nothing out of it, says the cdc. researchers say the rates of hospitalization and death for the most common strain. flu this year were some of the highest they've ever seen. the vaccine did help more than half of those under 65. >>> police are searching for answers in the death of elisa lam. the latest on the mystery surrounding that woman's death. 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. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on sit

u.s. department of agriculture says food prices will rise by as much as 3.5% this year. y double the rate of inflation. the steep rise is blamed on the severe drought that's gripping farmers and cattle ranchers in the nation's midsection. anne-marie? >> ines ferre here in new york. thank you, ines. >>> when we return, driving in the fast lane. danica patrick talks about racing into history this sunday at the daytona 500. talks about racing into history this sunday at the daytona 500. olympian oscar pistorius. plus: vegas violence. new details about the aspiring bay area rapper gunned down in his maserati on the strip. and a construction accident on the new bay bridge. how workers are able to resume their work this morning. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday february 22nd. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, expect snow and rain, 39 degrees. atlanta, also rain and thunderstorms. st. louis, cloudy, 38 the high. denver, 39 the high. seattle, a lot of rain, 48 degrees. >>> in sp

u.s. department of agriculture doing now to combat this epidemic and why does it have right wingers crying nanny state. also with the republican great recession still in full swing more and more working americans are having to delay their retirement plans just a little bit tom explains i was good retirement is just the latest casualty in the billionaire class is war against working people and later what do you jerry seinfeld very manilow and geraldo rivera all have in common i'll give you a hit they have the same thing in common that organizations like the american federation of teachers and the american medical association all have in common still don't know well it has a little something to do with guns i'll explain more in tonight's daily. so the days of junk food vending machines in our schools may be numbered last friday to be department of agriculture unveiled new rules that will prohibit the sale of greasy foods and sugary snacks and drinks in our nation's schools these new rules were acquired by a law passed by congress in two thousand and ten the law was known as the health of the

u.s. department of agriculture released a statement which reads in part the usda encourages the few eligible school districts to take steps to ensure all children will still have access to healthy affordable meals during the school day. the vast majority of school districts are still taking part. in new york, rick leventhal, fox news. >>> it was a central question following last year's school shooting in connecticut. what motivated the killer. >> coming up next, what police are saying about a new report on the gunman's possible inspiration and lawmakers in one state that is all too familiar with mass shooting make a move to tighten gun control laws. we'll be back. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> there are reports that the gunman in the con cob school shooting wanted to top the

u.s. department of agriculture. how often do you see an u.s.d.a.or and what do they do when they come? >> we see one almost everyday. it comes at different times. they look at your paperwork they look at your receiving logs, they walk around your plant to make sure sanitation is being done. >> reporter: officials at the agriculture department estimate automatic budget cuts would slash $2 billion from their budget and force them to furlough one-third of their workers. that includes all food inspectors. if there are no inspectors, is there anything you can do in here with chicken at that point? >> no. i can't open the box, i can't repack it, i can't cut it, i can't trim it, i can't marinade it i can't do anything to it. >> reporter: so you're basically shut down at that point. >> absolutely. >> reporter: agriculture secretary tom vilsack sent a letter to the senate warning of a nationwide shutdown of meat and poultry plants costing businesses $10 billion and employees $400 million in lost wages. the administration predicts consumers could find shorta

u.s. department of agriculture runs the meat inspection program they say they're going to cut about ten percent. hopefully hopefully it just means that well law will eat less and will eat less meat neither of those things are bad for us well you know i think a lot of people watching us right now are like oh my god i can't eat a whole because i knew i wouldn't. feel helpless and i do sometimes too you know if you don't have access to a farmer's market if you don't have a growing your own vegetables outdoors what what advice can you give people to really ensure that they are eating something healthy and nutritious and good for them well the good news is there are now five thousand farmers markets in the u.s. thirty years ago there were two hundred fifty so we're moving in the right direction and you know every time i turn around in my community there's another one that's opened so i can go to farmer's market every single day where i live and that's how it should be yeah and. you know the the best thing you can do. is. get to know your farmer if you can't you know i mean people say oh or it costs

u.s. department of agriculture has covered us with super bowl safety tips. it says that large gatherings tend to increase the chance of people becoming sick from foodborne illness. a couple tips. use separate cutting boards. never leave foods at room temperature for more than two hours. refrigerate or freeze those leftovers as soon as possible to prevent bacteria from growing, though leftovers at a super bowl party? maybe not. >> if you're at my house, no way. that's how you solve it all. >>> second question -- do the do not call list, and can charities use telemarketers to solicit donations? >> we turned to the federal trade commission. it tells us that the do not call list is still very much in effect. it's important to note that placing your number on the list will stop most, but not all. calls from or on behalf of political organization, survey companies and yes, charities are still permitted. however, if a third-paired telemarketer is calling on behalf of the charity, you can ask it to stop calling on you behalf of that specific charity. to place your nu

u.s. department of agriculture has hired a man named samuel to conduct "cultural sensitivity training" for usda employees. he has used his paid position to demean the united states and to in doctrineate his audience. >> i want you to say if we work for a federal agency we have discriminated in the past. mexicans came to this country last night illegally. never mind that the united states expanded and took over what used to be mexico. if the truth be known in a lot of these circumstance is if you tell some of these montreal expos cans go back to where you came from they go to texas, california, arizona. >> bill: the watch dog group judicial watch obtained that video and many others showing rants by him to the act. documents show that sensitivity seminars were held at least 16 times costing the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. my question is why is this happening? it is a total waste of taxpayer money and insulting to the country. talking points believes the reason stuff like this goes on is the culture of liberalism that has now gripped, washington, with a liberal president and s

u.s. department of agriculture says usda encourages the fuel eligible school stricts that have chosen noto participate in the program to take steps to ensure all children still have access to healthy affordable meals in the school day. the vast majority of school districts are still taking part so you can get your vegetables. >> shepard: news from the booze world. people who disstill makers mark are not going to water it down after all. they're not going decrease the alcohol level in their bourbon. thank goodness. doctors say even moderate drinkers are risking cancer. this i a new study. how much of a risk now from even moderate drinking? details on the two stories. the makers' mark, the more interesting one. >> shepard: the good folks behind makers mark burbon has learned not to mess with the customers. last week the producers of makers mark announced it would reduce the alcohol content of its lick car from 90 proof to 84 proof. they said it was to meet global demand. jerry is with us. >> didn't work. >> shepard: that's dumb. >> some people were describing this as brand suicide. nothing

u.s. department of agriculture statistics. the problem with this analysis on subsidies is the statistics that are used by usda assert that we have 2.2 million farmers. the agency is probably very embarrassed about the lousy job they have been doing because they are lying with those statistics. a close look at the numbers shows that usda numbers count the one third of two.2 million entities that have failed under $1,000 and two thirds of those entities have failed under $10,000. those are not profits, those are sales. those are the small businesses down the road from my family farm. i don't run, my husband runs. i have a neighbor who may sell $10,000 of grapes a year to a winemaker down the road. i am not sure if he sells that many and i have a friend who has come close and has a flower business during the summer. i know she makes under $1,000 in the summer growing flowers for a local restaurant. she does it because she enjoys it. these are not farmers, these are not people who consider themselves farmers, they are often retire

u.s. department of agriculture. they're talking about possibly having to stop enrollment of new family into this program even if they're qualified. those are two area that's are significant. third one that can be significant is a potential $134 million cut to finding forest fires. which may not be a big deal. this a big deal especially out west and big deal if you're on national parks. these are all things funded by the u.s. department of agriculture. host: also in addition to that and to that rubric of forestry issues, summertime closure and picnic areas. tell us about that. guest: this is something we always hear about when there's a source of any government shut down. people remember back in 1995 when the national parks were being shuttered. now, of course, a difference between this and a government shut down there's not the flexibility. it's a line. host: how soon will we see things kick in? you mentioned the inspection of the plants which could impact meat. guest: when you look at a sequester, at this point, if

u.s. department of agriculture doing now to combat this epidemic and why does it have right wingers crying nanny state. also with the republican great recession still in full swing more and more working americans are having to delay their retirement plans in just a little bit tom explains how a good retirement is just the latest casualty in the billionaire class is war against working people and later what do jerry seinfeld very manilow in geraldo rivera all have in common i'll give you head they have the same thing in common that organizations like the american federation of teachers and the american medical association all have in common still don't know well it has a little something to do with guns i'll explain more in tonight's daily. so the days of junk food vending machines in our schools may be numbered last friday. the department of agriculture unveiled new rules that will prohibit the sale of greasy foods and sugary snacks and drinks in our nation's schools these new rules were acquired by a law passed in by congress in two thousand and ten the law was known as the health of the

u.s. department of agriculture took over the project because they wanted to find out why the coca was dying, and the figured it out there was a fungus take over the coca and killing it. and so the de -- dea took of the process because they wanted to use the fungus to eradicate coca, so i fine that one story a marvel. it encapsulates the whole relationship. we have this leaf that indigenous people are denied access to. we heard it has lots lots of nutritional, social, medicinal,'ll, cultural value to people, and denied access to this leaf but you have multinational correspond granted special privilege to access so they can use the same lee of make billions and billions of dollars and that's what they did. then they started the experiment so they can make more, and doesn't go so well, so the u.s. government takes it over and transforms that same project into a way to eradicate coca back in the amazon. and so the last i heard was, i think it was president clinton, who said -- the dea was asking to release this fungus in the rain forest. president clinton said no at the time. the last i heard i

u.s. department of agriculture took over the project because they wanted to find out why this coca was dyingand they figured out that there was a fungus that was taking over the coca and was killing this coca. and so the dea took over this project because they want to develop this fungus is a way to eradicate coca. so i find that one little store is just really a marvel because it encapsulates the whole relationship that's going on. we have this leave that indigenous people are denied access to, that we have heard it ihas lots of nutritional, socia, medicinal, religious, cultural value to people. and they are denied access to this leave, but you multinational corporations that are granted special privileges access so that they can use the same late to make billions and billions of dollars, and that's what they did. penny starr this experiment so that they can make more. it doesn't go so well for them so the u.s. government takes it over and transforms the same project in a way to eradicate coca back in the amazon. and so the last i heard was, i think with president clinton who, who said, the

of that. that's not going to help the u.s. economy. then you expand what the u.s. department of agricultureure. they do a lot in the area of clean water, fire and rescue vehicles in rural communities, they do community building and rural america, things like hospitals, school construction, they do rental assistance programs and a lot of these are the poorest of the poor out there around our country, and, again, it's going to disproportionately hurt these people who can least afford it. also i mentioned the u.s. department of agriculture but also f.d.a., it looks like it seems to me like almost every one of their employees around the country could be subject to these surlos and these cuts -- furloughs and these cuts and will be adversely affect thread. do we want to interrupt the gold standard we have with food and drugs in this country to the f.d.a.? i would say no and i think it's time for to us come together, work together, find a solution. i think one of the bits of good news you see in washington is that there's nothing wrong here that we can't fix with some political will. and i think

u.s. department of agriculture. the one agency dedicated to and present in rural america. they live there, they know what the problems are, and the people there trust them. we also recommend extending the current definition of rural areas through 2020 to ensure rural communities continue to have access to the critical assistance rural housing programs can provide. next, we urge funding for rural housing programs be carefully examined and their operation be examined for modification. these programs are currently under funded despite an impressive track record. they need for example slightly more resources to modernize the loan application process and we need to look at the underwriting as well. we know it's a difficult time to talk about spending. these recommendations will be no small stump to jump. but stable rural housing is an important element to the strong housing system. with that, i thank you and turn it over to my good friend whom i was named by the "wall street journal" many years ago as the odd couple because of our ability to work across the aisle when he was sec

u.s. department of agriculture that released the program release add statement saying, quote, usda continuestional flexibility and technical assistance to school and strive to offer healthier meals. and encouraging school districts that have chosen not to participate in the school lunch program to take steps to ensure all children have access to the affordable healthier meals. by the way under the federal guidelines there are no peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. >> megyn: one piece of meat on a sandwich. >> doesn't sound like enough. >> megyn: ask for a refund here in new york. half a piece of pizza. my two-year-old could eat that. >> and then they he go to the vending machines. >> megyn: i would, too. thanks. and former congressman jesse jackson, jr. and his wife, both are set to appear, after the congressman is charged with spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money on personal expenses. wait until you hear what they allegedly bought with that money. >> reporter: they'll appear in court on wednesday to answer a variety of charges. jesse jackson, jr. the son of the famed

u.s. department of agriculture released this statement. saying, goat, u.s.a. d.y flexibility and technical supervision to schools. usda encourages the fuel skwrabl school district that have chosen not to participate in the national school lunch program to take steps to insure this all children will still have access to healthy affordable meals during the school day under the federal guidelines there are no peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. jamie: peanut allergies? >> reporter: possibly that is one reason. the jelly is probably a problem too. bill: thank you, rick. jamie: we started the two-hour show talking about the tragic end of the life of of a troubled country sthar. we have the latest on mindy mccready's shocking suicide. the eerie similarities it shares with the recent death of her long-time boyfriend. new honey bunches of oats greek yogurt and whole grain. here we go. honey cornflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digging this yogurt thing. i feel healthy. new honey bunches of oats greek.

u.s. department of agriculture which helps run the program released a statement which read in part, usda encouragesct that have chose to the to participate in the national school lunch program to take steps to make sure that all children have access to healthy affordable meals during the school day. the vast majority of school district are still taking part. jenna: very interesting, the half piece of seat today or the sandwich with the one slice of deli meet. >> reporter: i don't know how they do it i really don't. i'm going to get my vegetables right now. jon: after essentially being driven out of office over antics in his public and private life there is word now that former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi might have a shot to reclaim the post. amy kellogg following this story live from london. >> reporter: he is creeping closer. the recent poll showed that he is still throw trailing the frontrunner who is a former communist, jon, by about five points. given the fact that he presided over italy's economic decline nor a significant amount of time, and all of the embarrassment that he caus

u.s. department of agriculture is predicting a record high corn crop this summer, which would put downward ease pain at the store by the end of the year. fredricka? >> thanks so much. get ready to ditch your smartphone. google says it is working on a pair of cool new glasses that will do the same job. i'll show you how they work. >>> break through scientists are being honored with awards. and big cash prizes. the break through prize foundation headed up by facebook's mark zuckerberg and google's ceo handed out the group as a first awards for research in curing deadly diseases. each of the 11 winners took home $3 million. that's twice as much as nobel prize winners get. zuckerberg says the money is well deserved. . >> the big thing here is that you know, science and technology are very closely related. and when you're building these information technology companies, the market rewards you and you can make a lot of money but a lot of folks doing such extraordinary work in science don't have the same opportunity, and because of that, i think it would be a shame if a lot of folks are growing u

u.s. department of agriculture? [ whatever!ecurity officer by trade. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> caller: i'm a liberal and i'm a gun. i don't own 63 guns but i feel that there is no need for -- with a few exceptions, any need to have assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in civilians, period. >> right. >> you're not alone. >> caller: yeah. the exception being obviously police s.w.a.t. teams. >> stephanie: you agree with joe biden. get a shotgun. i go one step further. just get a box like mine. a sound effects box. >> who's there? >> stephanie: hold on. >> yeah, right. >> okay. i'm leaving now. >> sorry. >> stephanie: i'm not sure it was the best advice to fire a couple of shots off the back porch. shouldn't you have some idea what you're firing at? that was joe biden's advice. >> it is the ruth gordon approach. >> get out of here and leave my house! trying to run up on a helpless little old -- [ gunfire ] [ laughter ] >> get out of here. >> stephanie: buy a box and you have a ruth gordon impression. >> ruth gordon. get out o

u.s. department of agriculture, one agency dedicated to and present in rural america. he lived there, they know what the problems are, and the people there trust them. we also recommend extending the current definition of rural areas, to ensure that rural communities continue to have access to the system that rural housing programs can provide. we also urge that they be carefully examined and the operations be examined for modification. these programs are currently underfunded despite an impressive track record. they need, for example, a slightly more increased application process and the underwriting as well. we know it is a difficult time to talk about spending. these recommendations will be no small sum to jump. counseling and stable rule housing are important elements. with that, i turn it over to my good friend whom i was named by "the wall street journal" many years ago as the odd couple because of our ability to work across the aisle. when he was secretary and i was with him. [applause] >> thank you, senator. it's an honor to work with you again. in honor to work

u.s. department of agriculture hosting the outlook forum. tom vilsack spoke about climate change and tom dashle addressed food security and ago culechure development. the chief economist kicked things off by unveiling the 2013 agriculture and trade outlook. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> good morning everyone. good morning. good morning everyone. i hear some response. i'm asking everyone to settle in for a great morning now. hi there everyone. i'm deputy secretary and i want to really commute to the 89th agriculture outlook forum. every time we have a conference like this the first person gets up and ask you please silence those cell phones. on behalf of the secretary and usda, our chief economist, i want to welcome you here to arlington virginia virnl. especially our international guest and all of those watching the forum via live web cast. we have representatives from foreign beam sis and we welcome you. organizing this conference 2,000 people, 25 different sessions, it's really quite a lot of work. so i want to begin by thanking the

whether it's an agency of the department of state, department of defense, a.i.d., department of justice, department of agriculture. any other u.s. agencies operating in afghanistan. this means that more reconstruction projects exists with no direct u.s. over sight. we have already seen the effect of security limitations on the reconstruction effort as well as on our own operation and that of our colleagues and the over sight and law enforcement community. for example, we reported in 2011 that the world bank had not conducted site visits outside of kabul to monitor the activities funded by the multibillion dollar afghanistan reconstruction trust fund because of security concerns. security restrictions are not limited just to the world bank. just recently one of my inspection teams was told that a location in northern afghanistan was beyond the gold be hour, beyond the security bubble and therefore deemed too unsafe to visit. as a result, we are unable right now to inspect 38 facilities worth approximately $72 million. i want to take this opportunity to personally thank the operations and under the command of colonel j.r. bash wh

u.s. forest service that is part of the agriculture department, waste of taxpayer money is criminal. >> port angelus, washington. the training the usda provides is not the same as the private sector. i do cultural sensitivity training, but i do not denigrate the u.s. government. victor, mexico city. the diversity trainer says it's not hokey, he's seditious. i bought by husband tyler a ticket to the bolder fresher show, he never misses the factor. and see you march 1st at nokia theater. >> maria brookfield, illinois. and i know the tickets to the bolder and fresher shows make nice father's day gift. what about mother's day? great maria, no spin moms love the show. the reason i said great father's day gift, wesbury long island, kansas city shows are all around father's day. and simple solutions for teachers. and sentence them to the same as the male teacher would get. and staysty weller, mckinney texas, sexual relationships between teachers and students are definitely on the rise because the caliber of teachers has drastically declined. i'm a teacher and see it every day. >> judy fleischman. t

of the country. >> affect the u.s. at all? >> that's the first question i had when i heard this story and the department of agriculture just gotnd said that currently the united states does not import chickens from mexico. it doesn't mean that they won't in the future. but there's no reason for american consumers to be worried about an outbreak and, again, mexican officials are saying this virus does not affect humans, only affect ts the chickens. so that's what they do. corrective ak. >> thank and happy birthday, by the way. >> thank you for saying that on the air. thank you. >> of course. >> you're doing well. >> 50 is the new 30. >>> all right. are you frustrated with your airline? in china, this guy went out of control. now it's gone viral. that's next. with angie's list, i know who to call, and i know the results will be fantastic. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. something this delicious could only come from nature. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. [ children laughing ] ♪ ...is the smell of salt in the air. ♪ it's the sound a s

u.s. da obamathis? administration they decided to make the diversity the end you will be all at the department of agriculturethey talk about cultural transformation. this gentleman in the video and the video is available on the internet in its entirety. we are not taking anything out of context. he believes that the to be sexist, racist and homophobe bic is to quote normal and that's our normal outlook. we need to be transnormal. it's really odd way of talking about things. and the call and response technique frank solid brainwashing white for the politically correct set. it's very controversial. it's a waste of money. >> bill: sure. if you are a government employee and you have to go to this, you are listening to this guy go pill griments are illegal aliens it's a political statement. there is no educational value to that point of view. let's roll a little bit more of the tape. >> together we can make an extension of each other's quest to make america stronger, healthier and freer to work for all of us. say thank you, black folks. say thank you, black folks. >> thank you, black folks. i want you to say amer