, went to black farmers. 8 out of 10 loan applications in a state of texas in the other denied by the united states department of agricultural to black farmers. we still have some serious issues here at the united states department of agriculture. and then white farmers are saying they don't want us to have the debt relief either. they need to take a look at history. when they say it's reversed discrimination or it's not fair. take a look at history. you stole all the land from indians. you're still stealing the land from blacks, we survived jim c crow. it's time for blacks and others to get some relief from the federal government. >> john boyd jr., we will continue to follow the story, and we thank you for appearing on the program. thank you so much. >> thank you, don, for having me. >> we'll be right back. tony here from creditrepair.com taking to the streets to talk about credit. can you repair your credit yourself? yes. -great. how? uhhh... how long does credit repair take? i don't know, like 10 years. what? are you insane? what's a good credit score? go. 600. maybe if you're trying to pay thousands extra in interest rat

0.5% went to black farmers. 8 of 10 loan applications in the state of texas and the other denied by the united states department of agriculture states department of agriculture, and the white farmers are saying that they don't want us to have the debt relief either. they need to look at the history, because they it is a is reverse discrimination or not fair. well, you stole the land from indians, and then stole it from the blacks and the enslaved blacks a sharecroppers and jim crow, and it is time for the blacks to get some relief from the federal government. >> john boyd jr., we will follow this story, and thank you for appearing on the program. >> thank you, don, for having me. >> we will be right back. my garden is my therapy. find more ways to grow at miracle-gro.com. ♪ [truck horn blares] (vo) the subaru forester. dog tested. dog approved. oh no... i thought i just ordered tacos. nope!... ramen... burgers... milk from the store, and... ...cookies? wha, me hungry! here, i'll call some friends to help us eat. yeah, that good idea. get more from your neighborhood. hey yo, grover! doordash. you could take your ulcerative col

for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the united states department of agriculture. we know this. we have reimburse people in the past for those acts of discrimination but we have never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect. by . my cumulative effect i mean this. when i have full advantage of all the usda programs throughout the last 30 years, my operation could grow. i could invest in more land. could get the latest technology. i could plant my prop at just the right time. i could make more money. if i had limited access our no access to usda programs obviously my operation significantly limited. so the american rescue plans effort is to begin addressing the cumulative effect of that discrimination in terms of socially disadvantaged producers. secondly, when you look at the covid relief packages that have been passed and distributed by usda prior to the american rescue plan, and you take a look at who disproportionately receive the benefits of those covid payments, it's pretty clear that white farmers did pretty well under that program because of the way it w

what has in happened in the united states, ewe had the atrocity of slavery and the go west, young man, era. so i'd like to start with the united states department of agriculture which you mention a lot in your book. so please tell us, mark, who founded the usda? that was fascinating, i did not know that. what was its original mandate, and what happened with that mandate over the years? >> well, usda was founded by lincoln who thought of it as the people 's department. he called it the people's department. lincoln was shot, as we know, and the execution of what happened at usda fell to andrew johnson, probably the worst or second worst president we've evert had. and subsequent, subsequent presidents and department chairs. the usda has always had a dual mandate, and this is, it's discussed a lot in the book because of this. its mandatete so to support american agriculture and to help americans eater well. those became dueling mandates. in other words, it was the position usda took which was to support americaning agriculture from a pretty -- american agriculture from a pretty strictly commercial and business perspective is at odds with what others later found t

. >> i was one that was victimized by the united states department of agriculture.hey threw my application in the trashcan. when i asked them about it, they said yes he did it. i asked if they had a problem making african-american loans. they said yes. that is the kind of blatant discrimination african-american farmers have been experiencing for decades. we did not ask to be here. but we are suddenly acting to take a place in a country as one person under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. susan: he formed the national black farmers association in 1995. what was he able to accomplish with that? greg: by forming that association, john boyd has been one of the leaders at the forefront for bringing awareness of their flight -- there plight to america as well as advocating in the congress and ultimately was very influential and very beneficial for ultimately the resolution of this case. john boyd continues to fight on behalf of black farmers and i applaud him for his efforts and those like him who took up the mental and understood it was not just about t

the united states department of commerce is planning a virtual trade mission. our agricultural department is increasing food assistance. usaid has deployed a disaster assistance response team. and as i have told our cabinet secretary, we must be ambitious and deliberate. we must also be proactive, not just in the northern triangle but across latin america. third, we must think beyond government. i've spoken with foundation leaders have been sending support to the region for long time. and are now prepared to do more. i've also been engaging with leaders in the united states about their interest in investing in the region. and the barriers that may stand in their way. private sector investments can create jobs and speed up progress. meanwhile, community organizations can help us implement a place -based approach targeting those communities that have been hardest hit. community organizations will also help us to restore hope. last tuesday i had a virtual meeting with a group of long-standing community leaders in guatemala. they talked about the work they had been doing to feed pe

but now are just going to have border patrol babysitting the united states of department of agriculturerankly the united states government. pete: very well said, sheriff, i echo what with said, it's not funny but it demonstrates will it be helpful. >> good morning let me just say this this is intellectual avoidance that solves the problem to get to the root of the reason of the border, we need to secure it, we need to secure the border because the communities are those for the cartels and the messaging that goes on with his administration, you look at this the public safety continues to be the challenge of the border in the sector by county in southeast california in fiscal years is october 21 we had 60000 getaways coming illegally and they got away and somewhere in the united states right now, that should be a national security public safety guide to everybody of this country we don't know they are, we gotta quit playing a kind choice acknowledge and call it what you want. pete: sheriff mark lamb, the administrations that help is on the way we may batted an eye at the agriculture depar

department of agriculture and the california department of fish and wildlife to determine if violated the federal animal welfare act along with other state regulations. meanwhile, the humane society of the united states released a statement about tagged the cap to bear saying the california state director said, quote, by parading around the cap to bear candidate john demonstrates that he is profoundly out of touch with californians and their love for all things wild. mister is putting the public and tag in severe danger. he must remove tag from the campaign trail and to ask his owner to retire tag from show business. as the governor and his opponents ramp up their campaigns proponents of the recall are weighing in on how this week has affected that effort. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the details. >> the secretary of state released the final amount of signatures on newsom's recall petition with more than 1.7 million total organizers of the effort to recall the governor say they're pleased with the direction this is all heading in. >> very blessed and we're very excited organizers of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome say their campaign is moving into a new phase as th

department of agriculture to help build the subsistence agriculture industry in those countries that have been devastated by severe hurricanes which is one of the reasons why families are coming to the united statesey're working to help improve the economy, to combat the violence, to go after narco traffickers and the coyotes taking advantage of these families so there is a lot that is happening and so i'm very, very hopeful that we will find a solution very, very soon. >> i'm going to call you doctor for this question, sir. the u.s. reaching a new milestone with 100 million americans now fully vaccinated. today as an e.r. physician, you are helping deliver covid vaccines in that district there. what's it like for you to play such a hands-on role in keeping your constituents safe from the virus? >> it's called bliss. every cell in my body is tingling knowing that i'm making a difference for an individual they go back to my true love and my first love and the profession that i love most and it is being manifested and made possible because of president biden's retail pharmacy program. you see, we are here with rite aid and an equity collaborative grassroots doing good, old-fashioned community publi