but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the fields of america. >> hi, can you tell me your name? >> gabriella. workers like gabriella are not uncommon. >> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> seven! >> the us government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. >> when it comes to children, it is a big deal. young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. >> what they're doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. >> if the public were more aware, i think they'd be outraged. >> this week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, america's hidden harvest. it's saturday morning at mariana higareda's house. she's taking her daughter and gr

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one thing you have to keep in is that more of these antibiotics are used in agriculture than they areoften times we are talking about the same drugs that you and i rely on to treat diarrhea, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, so why is is alarming? on one level, the kind of drugs being used, like something you might put on -- in your travel bag when you come to india. the second reason is because of the way the drugs are used, creating ideal conditions to spawn a superbug, low levels, repeatedly, used when they are not necessary to prevent disease before it happens. increase means is you the risk of the superbugs developing on these farms around these animals, then the same superbugs getting into the environment, and what we have seen in the past was superbugs is that they are incredibly mobile. within hours, they can get out of india via a traveler traveling to canada, america, our europe, and be in another country. we have seen a lot in the west with consumer pushback against antibiotics. that is also a concern, but it is actually not the bigger concern. the bigger concern is what

us. agriculture supports 16 million jobs nationwide and is certainly the backbone of my state and communityn states and communities across the world. as was indicated to us last week that farmers are facing a dramatic reduction in commodity prices and falling revenues, and we know the facts that net farm income fell 54%. times, it is critical that our nations a safety net performs well and allows them to continue and get the most abundant food supply in the world, as i indicated in our conversations. i would express my disappointment that once again the president's budget proposes significant cuts to crop insurance, even though we had a grassroots effort that successfully reversed the reduction. that reduction pales in comparison to what this year's proposal in the budget request. as this subcommittee works to craft this years appropriation bill, my priorities will be to focus on supporting agricultural producers in the states in which they live and keeping the strong safety net will be the forefront of that effort. i look forward to discussing these issues at today's hearing, we when the s

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. >> beyond hobby flying commercial drones are used in agricultural to real estate and industrial and utility inspections to aerial photography and insurance and government and law enforcement. 600,000 commercial drones will be sold this year, 2.7 million by decades end. >>> i think that number will expand and particularly as we see the greater number of things that drones can bring into our world. >> commercial growth is so strong that drone schools abound on web sites and campuses. >> we have universities all over north america that very active curriculum for drone operators and for drone mechanics if you will. people that work on and service drones and keep them flying. >>> the budding sport of drone racing is producing 6 figure prize purses worldwide. training is need and sometimes absolutely necessary to become on commercial drone pilot and the drones themselves have advantages over humans in the air including the ability to go to dangerous places day or night plus. >> they don't complain about needing time off and they don't need lunch breaks. drones are a part of our future. >>

. >>> the under secretary of the us department of agriculture was in orange county to see the healthier menu being offered at public schools in the area. the undersecretary visit evans high school yesterday to see the districts menu. in 2010 the healthy hunger free kids act made schools at an extra serving of fruit and vegetables as well as limit salt in each male peer >>> brevard county, nasa's getting ready for the unmanned test flight that will bring an a step closer to a mission to mars. >> we got a look at the rocket booster that will carry the space launch system and the orion spacecraft into orbit for the 2018 expiration mission. from launch complex 30 9b and take orion thousands of miles beyond the moon on a three week mission. >>> meanwhile, fridays spacex will try for the fifth time to watch a communications satellite from cape canaveral air force station yesterday's launch was scrubbed due to high altitude wind shears, spacex try to let the first stage of the companies falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship. why no conditions are currently 65 percent favorable for friday's launch. >

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funds will be used for state parks, committee colleges, agriculture and more. the governor says politicians put away partisan differences for the bond. >> republicans and democrats working together in the state legislature. reporter: despite talking repeatedly refused to comment on the gubernatorial race. >> we have plenty of time for politics. this is a time for governing. i want to make sure the people know we are successfully getting bonds passed. reporter: a group called and see against the bond is urging voters not to vote for this bond measure. it also says the campaign watches physical practices and how the bond money is spent. john: stay with us for continuing coverage of vote 2016 and four election results at any time, go to our website. barbara: authorities are investigating the sixth homicide this year in durham after a man was found dead early this morning in the 500 block of party street. we understand that we know the victim's name now? reporter: authorities have told us the victim was fatally wounded right here in this parking lot and staggered i

think, you know, given the huge exports of agricultural products to this country from the eu, and from the rest of the eu, they would be insane not to do a deal with us involving free trade and agricultural products. and as for -- >> they would then require access -- to the camp rules. >> no. why? i don't see why -- we have already discussed free trade agreements at the eu has done with other third parties. i see no reason at all why there shouldn't be free trade -- >> farmers might see a reason. >> well, they might. but on the other hand, they might not want their wine or cheese to face discrimination in this country. >> you would advocate counter tariffs if the eu -- >> no. what i -- i don't think there's a need for such thing. tariffs or counter tariffs. and i think -- just increasingly primitive way of thinking about the world. britain is global. we should be trading globally. >> i'm not advocating. if you have the concrete region of norway. norwegian products face tariffs. not within the eu. though it has free trade in manufactured goods, it doesn't in agriculture products. they're subject to the same tariff barriers of the eu on everyone else.

decision in april and the changes are not likely to september they will get help from the us department of agriculture to pay for improvements after a water crisis today officials announcing that sebringg will receive a $400,000 for new technology those improvements will notify plant operators to add chemicals into the water when it becomes too aesthetic in january residents were warned not to drink the water after high lead levels were found in some homes just two weeks from today new york cleveland indians will openay the gates to a new season the triable host the boston red sox in april for its fans will be treated to a rock and opening ceremony because of the ceremony will be tossed out by the dramae kearny and bandmate formed the black teas and akron 2001 the past also middle teens and their hometowns which will be extra special turning to weather seven day of spring" like day of winter it really doesof it's definitely been a cold one temperatures in the 30s and 40s but even that you tapped on the wins and it felt like in the 20s and 30s all dayayns it's a beautiful sunset with beautiful views of

. >> and that yes us department of agriculture the community will receive $400,000 for new water back in january of presidents for one not to drink about water after a higher levels were found in the home the right place at the right timeme here and two others is to since the fire fighter lots of no attention or credit they check them out and they are okay. it is 7:35 a.m. >> , and teenager spring into action to protect a the customer teenagerba made an impression all she wanted was a doll he decided to pay for that all caps off he does not want to be recognized for what he did instead he wants to be wanted to be pointed out that other law enforcement officers across the country do every daycee he is a regular per console. we will let you know how much is paintings are worth quite a bit above average. storm fox the current number is 46 here at the lakefront the wind chill is 25 looking off to the west, obama has 26 degrees is the air mass heading our waya look at all to quiet weather to the southeast over the great plains and great lakes you see theou weather system that is the best c

vilsack: [chuckles] well, senator, the embargo statute basically prohibits the department of agriculture from using any of its market assistance programming money. so we can't directly help promote, as we do in other countries. that's one of the reasons we need to get rid of the embargo. but even if we got rid of the embargo tomorrow, we wouldn't necessarily be prepared -- even retaining market -- regaining market share that we lost over the years, because we don't have the relationships and people on the ground to basically no people we know on the cuban side to be able to effectuate more trade, that is the reason why we have asked more chanel to be down in cuba and the permit we located down there so they can create the relationships so that when the embargo is in -- is lifted and we can use resources we are in a position to move expeditiously. >> i don't know off the top my head the amount of dollars you have requested. the point you are making is, that is not to assist directly in support subsidization of any sale to cuba or any marketing program, it is directly related to the effect to have us

besides monitoring weather patterns, it is also design today ma'am agricultural productivity using highery, it will determine what land and water resources are available or in decline. these filipinos welcome the space project. >> i think that's pretty saw some. i mean, there is a lot that has to be done in terms of disaster prevention. >> i haven't heard anything about it, but that would be a very welcome thing for the fill philippines. >> i think it's a goods move by the pil philippines to launch a satellite that helps all of us. >> reporter: it they are hopping it will warn of storms. it is expected to orbit the earth for the next 20 months. and take as many as 3,600 images using its four high resolution cameras. the philippines is no stranger to natural disaster and climate change. each year storms and typhoons potentially affect the lives of millions of people on this arc archipelago of over 7,000 island. the at satellite may have arrived just in time to mon or the weather patterns around the philippines because the typhoon season is just a few months away. al jazeera, manila. >>>

if we were to the port 11 million people, agriculture in the us would fall apart.anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of the people growing the food we eat everyday are undocumented. if they suddenly disappeared we would have a crisis. >> host: why do you think the message cells that illegal immigrants are taking jobs and straining our system? >> guest: i think these are hard times for people. this is a big issue. the loss of jobs but especially people are working and working. they are looking to understand why. if you have seen the movie the big short about the wall street crisis, that is about the wall street bankers making tons of money on that allows. finally, the whole economy collapses the narrator says as soon as this happened wall street collapses. what do you start hearing? this is the fault of the immigrants, the school teachers making too much money. and you scapegoat people at the bottom of the barrel and no wall street banker or maybe one was prosecuted. so people are frustrated and in hard times look to find answers and unfortunately this happened in ar

. >>> officials with the us department of agriculture were in central florida to see how healthy school lunches are in the public schools. usda undersecretary was in evans high school to see the healthier magic -- menus being offered at portage county schools. in 2010 the healthy hunger free kids act make sure schools added an extra servings of fruits, vegetables and limited salt in each meal. >>> those healthy meal plan to be in jeopardy if congress does not agree to jeff and $.35 per meal. we told when directors tell us without help them have to cut down on options and possibly cut staff to cover the cost. the extra money will cover increasing food in operating cost due to new healthier guidelines. >>> the cruise ship that was battered by 30 foot weight and hurricane force winds is experiencing the problems. >> royal caribbean anthem of the seas is heading home early it was damaged from being caught by the store -- storm two weeks ago. coming back to new jersey. try to avoid another severe storm and also dealing with a norovirus outbreak. it is expected to talk sometime tomorrow. prob

everything from storm water recovery to recycling to agricultural use >> it really just shows how much excitement is there for water issues and how israel and california can partner to really help address california's drought. >> change can happen. innovation can happen. but it's been stagnant for awhile but i think we're at the beginning of a water revolution, in california and in the rest of the country. >> reporter: this venture with l.a. is expected to be up and running by this summer. also featured at the white house today, projects in sonoma county and monterey as well as san francisco based image, imagine, h 20. plus a $4 million epa grant given to the public policy institute of california. tartakovski credits much of the attention to all this issue to our series of reports which last air last november. to see our entire series just go to nbcbayarea.com and click on surviving the drought. peggy, jess? >> all right, stephen, will do. >>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call. that number is 1888-996-tips. you can send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.c

everything from storm water recovery to recycling to agricultural use. >> it really just shows how much excitement is there for water and how israel and california can partner to help address california's drought. >> change can happen, innovation can happen, but it's been stagnant for a while but i think we're at the beginning of a water revolution in california and the rest of the country. >> reporter: stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> this venture is expected to be up and running this summer. also featured projects in sonoma county and monterey. san francisco-based imagine h2o and a $4 million grant given to the public policy institute of california. the credit, a lot of it, goes to our series of reports which first aed last november. to see the entire series, you can always go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and just click on surviving the drought. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a cop at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> the two presidential front-runners picked up huge wins yesterday. last night hillary clinton won arizona and

everything from storm water recovery to recycling to agricultural use. >> it really just shows how muchis there for water issues and how israel and california can partner to help address california's drought. >> change can happen. innovation can happen. but it's been stagnant for a while. but i think we're at the beginning of a water revolution in california and in the rest of the country. >> stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> this venture with l.a. is expected to be up and running this summer. >>> next at 11:00, he is a sad grandpa. he took the internet by storm. but this weekend hundreds turned out to celebrate him. a remarkable show of support after a simple photo goes viral. >>> plus -- >> the warriors easter basket runneth over as they welcome the team with the worst record in the league to oracle sunday night. klay thompson had an especially big night. why his teammates gave him grief for his outstanding performance. that coming up in sports. mindi 00-1warriorscor >>> the warriors' chase for an nba report 73 wins continued sunday against the 76ers who have only nine wins this se

. >> reporter: the >>> the undersecretary of the us department of agriculture was in orange county to see the healthier menu being offered in public schools in the area. undersecretary visited his high school yesterday to receive the districts menu. in 2010, the healthy hunger free kids act made schools add an extra serving of fruit and vegetables limited the amount of salt and each may appear >>> the orlando police department has officially named one of their new forces. it was not much of a stretch. >> this is mr. george iii, the horse. george and mr. george ii. we were there and downtown orlando public store which is sponsoring the horse. the horses named after the founder, jordan jenkins. >> publix store feels like the police department does a lot for us so we want to do what we can for them. >> what are you laughing at? >> mr. george iii is named after founder of publics grocery store george jenkins picking up where mr. george reflected left off who passed away in november. >> oh, my god you are crying. >> we have the giggles. >> she is crying. >> you are not talking. i will hand

agriculture in montana is the number one industry. $5 billion a year economy for us. last year i was pleased to be able to work with the montana grain growers to reform the grains standards act to ensure farmers are protected from grain inspections like what happened at port of vancouver. i remember farmers jumping off the combine running to meet with me to talk about the crisis. i was glad to see we got it resolved. i'm looking forward to make sure the new law is implemented. i want to talk about bruce alosis. i live north of yellowstone national park. there's a significant bison within yellowstone park and the e ecosystem. my question,how is your department and afis in particular, coordinating and cooperating with state agencies in montana like the fish, wild life and parks of montana and the department of life stock on disease management efforts particularly regarding this. >> well, a number of years ago we entered into an arrangement with the folks at yellowstone, the state officials and others to address this. i can get you more information, senator, on the succe

useful. we are also talking about agricultural, that is true, this is a subject that is important for transcript and germany regarding the situation of the farmers and our agricultural ministers are working very closely together in order to find joint solutions together also with the commission and that is of course an important signal to the farmers concerned. . >> translator: mr. chancellor how do you want to get to the turkish side? >> translator: i would like to stress that turkey has taken quite a number of steps, there are visa requirements for syrians from jordan and lebanon for instance, for travelers from iraq, iran, afghanistan. the turkish government furthermore has done something that is very important to make sure that refugees can stay close to their home country ie they have offered work permits to syrian refugees and together with germany, turkey has signed two mous where we are working more closely with the police forces and turkey has agreed to have nato as and extra force to help safeguarding the borders and further negotiations of course with the commission and the dutch pres

>> i think given the huge exports of agricultural products to this country from the e.u., the rest of e.u. they would be insane not to do a deal with us involving free trade and agriculture products. >> that would require access to the rules. >> no. >> why? >> we have already discussed free trade agreements that the e.u. has done with other third parties. i see no reason at all why there shouldn't be free trade. well, they might. but on the other hand. they might not want their wine or their -- or to face discrimination in this country. >> you would advocate countertariffs? >> i don't think that's a need for any such thing. tariffs or countertariffs. i think it's an increasingly primitive way to think of the world. britain is global. we should be trading globally. >> if you take the concrete example of norway, norwegian products face tariffs because norway is in the economic area, but not within the e.u. it does not have free trade on agriculture products, they are subject to the tariffs, and unless you can negotiate them away. i think it's reasonable to assume that part of negotiating those away if that was possible would be acceptin

thank you for being here with us today. agriculture plays a pretty significant role in my home state of utah. our state's economy is quite dependent on agriculture, especially many of the state's rural communities. because of the fact that two-thirds of utah's land is utterly controlled, thousands of utah ranchers are dependent on federal land managers and the policies they set for the own livelihood, the old to do to feed their families and keep their farms and ranches operated. unfortunately, for these ranchers and their families, federal policies have become increasingly hostile toward livestock grazing. in fact, since the 1950s federal land managers have got livestock grazing rights by 74%. this is quite significant, cutting those who by 74%. this has created tremendous uncertainty for ranching families in utah and under the rule economies throughout my state. can you tell me, mr. tidwell, why have grazing permits declined dramatically since the 1950s? >> it would be a combination of things, but part of it would be the impact that

thank you for being here with us today. agriculture plays a pretty significant role in my home state of utah. our state's economy is quite dependent on agriculture especially in many of the state's rule communities. because of the fact that 2/3 of utah's land is federally controlled, thoses of utah ranchers are dependent on federal land managers and policies they set for their own livelihood, own ability to feed their families and keep farms and ranches operates. unfortunately for these farmers and ranchers federal policies have become increasingly hostile towards livestock grazing. since 1950s, federal land managers cut livestock rising rights by 74%. this is quite significant, cutting those by 74%. this is created tremendous uncertainty for ranching families in out few and undercut rural economies throughout my state. so can you tell me, mr. tidwell, why have grazing permits declined so dramatically since the 1950s? >> the combination of things. part of it would be the impact that was occurring from the grazing. it is also the change

vilsack: [chuckles] well, senator, the embargo statute basically prohibits the department of agriculture from using any of its market assistance programming money. so, we can't directly help promote, as we do in other countries. that's one of the reasons we need to get rid of the embargo. even if we covered of it tomorrow, we wouldn't necessarily be prepared -- even if we got rid of it tomorrow, we wouldn't necessarily be prepared to do everything we could in cuba to regain the market share we have lost over the years. we don't have the relationships or the people on the ground to basically know the people that we need to know on the cuban side to effectuate more trade. that's the reason we would ask for more personnel to go down to cuba, to be permanently located down there to create relationships so that when the embargo is in fact lifted we can use promotional resources in a position to take advantage expeditiously. i don't know the amount of dollars you have requested off the top of my head. secretary vilsack: i think it is $1.5 million. senator moran: that's right. the point you are making is

thank you for being here with us today. agriculture plays a pretty significant role in my home state of utah. our state's economy is quite dependent on agriculture, especially in many of the rural communities. now, because of the fact that two-thirds of utah's land is federally controlled, thousands of utah ranchers are dependent on federal land managers and the policies they set for their own livelihood, their own ability to feed their families and keep their farms and ranches operating. unfortunately, for these ranchers and their families, federal policies have become increasingly hostile toward livestock grazing. in fact, since the 1950s, federal land managers have cut livestock grazing rights by 74%. this is quite significant, cutting those by 74%. this has created tremendous uncertainty for ranching families in utah and undercut rural economies throughout my state. so can you tell me, mr. tidwell, why grazing permits have declined so dramatically since the 1950s? >> it would be a combination of things, but part of it would be the

we have w us, specialist mr. department of agriculture and services. explain the phishing calls and how more 50 scwaited they are getting? >> people can run an internet. a lot of information is available today in terms of phone numbers, addresses, even partial social security numbers. these unscrupulous individuals will contact that person and try to come one a scam explaining how they owe money something like that, trying to obtain more information regarding their banks or social security numbers to scam the people out of their money. >> the obvious follow-up, what can i as the person answering the phone do to protect myself? >> certainly, if you keep track, regular track of your bank accounts and credit card accounts you'll know what should and shouldn't be there. but if any time anyone calls you on the phone and you have no idea who they are, certainly don't give any information to them. even the rest of your name, they don't have the whole thing and maybe mr. or mrs., whatever. they are phishing for that information. and the more information they c

besides monitoring weather patterns, it's also designed to map agriculture productivity, using high resolution imagery will determine what land and water sources are available or in decline. these filipinos welcomed the space project. >> i think that's pretty awesome, because there's a lot that ha has to be done in termsf loss prevention. >> i haven't heard bit, but will be a good thing for the philippines. >> i think it's a very good move by the philippines to launch a satellite to be able to benefit all of us. >> it's hoped this technology will be able to warn everyone of impending storms that have in the past had a devastating effect on the fill teens and neighbors. it is expected to orbit the earth for 20 months and take as many as 3,600 images, using its four high resolution cameras. the philippines is no stranger to natural disaster and climate change. each year, storms and typhoons potentially affect the lives of males of people on this archipelago of over 7,000 islands. the satellite may have arrived just in time to monitor the weather patterns around the philippines, because the typho

us now. the department of agriculture took custody of big baby ben, the black bear. they repeatedly warned the owner to fix the pen, and that didn't happen. >> q.: that's exactly right. november of 2014. jeff fitzgerald was told to patch up the roof of the pen and to fix the fence surrounding it, and every time fitzgerald was cited he agreed to make the repairs, but he never got the work done. now ben is waking up in an animal sanctuary this morning. the state has been coming down hard on exotic animal owners since the incident? zainsville where an owner released 50 wild animals before committing suicide. >> he wouldn't hurt anybody. he's never tried to escape. he's always been happy here. >> q.: a law was passed in 2014 that made it illegal to own, sell, or breed exotic animals here in the buckeye state. that ban does include bears, but if you had the animal before 2014, which is the case here, you're grandfathered in if you had a special permit. ben will remain at an animal sanctuary for now. he can, though, return home if and it's brought up to code. we'll let you

use of taxpayers money. any to come back to this country and the savings of the agricultural budget. the point about the animal hygiene byproducts i just, my point was very simple, i do think that the real issue is about how officials in our country take -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt but i want to be what you actually said. only very recent, just sometimes it sounds simply ludicrous like you cannot recycle a teabag. there does not seem to be much of a reference their criticism. >> i think you'll find that i her or frequent i made the point about goldplating and it does sound ludicrous and as a result of the hideous confluence of the e.u. regulation and overzealous implementation by officials in this country. as for the percentage of e.u. and regulation legislation, after a lengthy we basically greed here that if you look at just the directives you get down about 13%. but when you include statutory you get about two thirds, 59% going through. that is a huge amount. it was in such a way that it's a crucial thing is to fall within e.u. and once it is in our competence that is the crucial

the south dakota department of agriculture announced that funds crop block grants. the funds can be used for research, food safety, nutrition distribution and other uses that advances the specialty crop industry. specialty crops are generally vegetables, honey and some turf and ornamental crops. the deadline to apply is may 2nd. those interested can apply on the south dakota department of agriculture's website. brad's here -- it's the first day of the girls state kingsley-pierson was playing their first game in des moines in almost 50 years. we'll have highlights and interviews. and, newell-fonda and western christian move into the semifinals. tipped off today. there are seven games on the involving five siouxland teams. kingsley-pierson was the first northwest iowa team to play. ktiv's mark freund reports. mark: almost half a century has passed since kingsley-pierson has made it to state. in fact, the last time the panthers were here, in 1967, it was still a six- player tournament. k-p, opened its tournament run against last year's class 1a runner-up, springville. this matchup - number

agriculture, tom vilsack. simply put, the legislation before us provides us an immediate and comprehensive solution to the unworkablestate-by-state patchwork of labeling laws. now, as chairman of a committee, the sometimes powerful senate agriculture committee, i believe this is a true compromise. and, like any bill, it is not perfect. i know that. but to those who criticize this legislation in one breath and yet say they want a compromise with the next, i ask, where is your plan? where is your solution? we've heard the distinguished senator from oregon many times on this floor -- not a stranger to this floor -- criticizing this compromise, and i appreciate -- i'm sure we all appreciate his passion. i disagree with his views, but i appreciate that he did put his plan into a bill and put it out for public debate. what i don't understand is why he doesn't want to vote on it. why do you put a bill out there and then decide that you're not going to vote on it? why would you not vote to cloture so you could get a vote to your bill? when he prpbtsed to tak -- whend with an option to vote, he declined. irread the press rel

and then tell us a little bit about the agricultural specialist staffing issue. and again, you know my history about loretto being the largest in the valley, a lot of agriculture. tell us where we are on those two issues. >> one, i would be remiss if i didn't thank you for speaking to our personnel when they have their large personnel meetings and talking to them about professionalism and their responsibilities and on and on. it means a great deal when a member of congress spends time with them. so that's very helpful. we are about 700 customs and border protection agents below what the 2000 that we would've hired. remember, we've had a lot of attrition. in the center we had the highest number ever of customs and border protection agents on board -- in december. we are making progress within. that's particularly helpful. we also did that ever have a staffing program or a workload analysis for our agriculture specialist. and quite frankly after 2003 and the fact we were put together as a result of that, combining and the department of homeland security, it was all

in this direction on the climate crisis there are new techniques emerging not new but use the sustainable agriculture techniques to get roots structures to grow underground and build up carbon and soil so rapidly that 10, 20 e.r. thirty or 40 or 50 years down the road the key to avoiding the disaster climatic situations the record that was releases e released carbon farming is crucial and i'll urge the commission and urge the program to really focus on that there is a thing called the marin carbon project they can look at it and stuff growing in australia it is groundbreaking there is a particular permit automatic farmer named d o h ar t y leading the way on the processes and a lot of it has to do with with growing particular graze that has a system it give us caps quickly carbon rich under the atmosphere some i will one little caveat a lot of these programs that are coming out on the landlords are using livestock grown for to accomplish the cutting processed where you cut the grass and leave the roots in the ground that created e creates age unnecessary release of carbon and the atmosphere not neede

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agriculture secretary tom bosak recently testified. >> listen $25 billion in spending. [inaudible conversations] >> i pretended to care about the senator's arrival. we appreciate the secretary joining use again. the administration fiscal year 2017 budget request in addition to secretary filled sac we welcome doctor johansson. mr. young, thank you very much for your presence today. agricultural sports 16 million jobs nationwide. we know farmers are facing a dramatic reduction in commodity prices and falling revenues. net farm income fell 54%. 54%.54 percent. in these times it is critical our nation's safety net performs well and allows them to continue to grow the most affordable and abundant food supply in the world. even though we had a grassroots effort that successfully reverse a reaction, that pales in comparison to this year's proposal in the budget request. as the subcommittee works to craft the appropriations bill my priorities will be supporting agricultural producers in the rural communities in which they live. alec forward to discussing these issues and others at today's hearing and when the sen. arrivessenator arrives will give him the opportunity to make any statements you

agriculture and engineering programs. >> it's worthwhile, it's overall growth for us. enough information on how the money will be used. >> they have to prioritize their finances and have to operate with thrift to fund important items. supporters say the bond won't mean a tax increase, opponents believe it will, but the voters will ultimately decide. >>> the money would go to community colleges and state parks and the national guard and water and sewer systems and while some people have their eyes on the ballot, they have their eyes on their brackets. >> march madness has arrived and unc is going to face duke, and its their first since 2006, and despite being in the same that was in 1982, during coach k's second season. seahawks fans, we caught up with, say they think they have a chance. >> the tar heels are here in raleigh as the number one seeds. we'll hear from roy williams as he reflects on the ups and downs of the season. >> a dry, warm day and one thunderstorm that is still producing a warning in parts of durham and we'll give you the latest on that and what's to

where are we with that and tell us a little bit about the agricultural staffing issue and tell us where you are on those two issues. >> sure. one, i also would be remiss if i didn't thank you to speaking with our personnel whenever they have their large personnel meetings and talking about professionalism and on and on. it mean as great deal when members of congress spend time with them so that's very helpful. we're about 700 customs and border protection agents below what the 2,000 that we would have hired. remember, we've had a lot of attrition. in december, we hit the highest number ever of customs and border protection agents on board. so we're making progress with them. that's particularly helpful. we also did not ever have a staffing program or a workload analysis for our agricultural specialist. and quite frankly, after 2003 and the fact that we were put together as a result of that combining in the department of homeland security, it was all security all the time and our agricultural specialists who are the most highly educated by the way of our workforce did not receive, in my

the legislation was a top priority for agriculture commissioner out of putnam whose department has been investigating the use of skimmers to steal credit card information. gas station owners would have to report any attempts to tamper the supreme court threw out the death penalty earlier this year. prosecutors have delayed high profile cases. like in volusia county where they will go to trial for the murder of suarez. juries must now recommend the death sentence by a 10-2 margin. >> it is very solemn duty. i think about the victims, i think about their families, i've talked to a lot of families. i've heard that it is closure. >> they are expected to petition to get their sentences reduced. >> the department of justice may launch an investigation after a death related to racial profiling. fair in hillsboro county. representative alan grayson asked the doj to look into possible racial profiling here. >> the latest from our tampa newsroom. >> when andrew joseph shouts, it is often about one thing. the death of his 14-year-old son andrew joseph the third. >> it has been two years and 10 months since my son has d

substantive bill on the desk is a marijuana pesticide bill on the department of agriculture to say which pesticides are okay to use on pot. that's something they already do but it puts it in line there has been a lot of scare about pesticides on pot so it makes me feel better it's going to be on law. >> shocking we haven't had presidents from other states because we are one of the first to deal with it. marianne, one of the issues has been can we collect rain in 3 buckets or rain barrels at home? so far, it has rolled as good as it can. has moved along? >> yes because what is different between last year and this year is a lot of republicans have been working hard with the democrats who introduced the bill and have sponsored it to make it amenable to those over in the senate who will have the final say on whether or not this bill actually gees to the governor's desk. 3 >> why is it such a big issue? why can't they just collect rain? >> colorado is the only state in the country that doesn't allow its citizens to collect rain barrels. it has to do with a little known place of water law called prior appropriation. acy