we are proud of what we do at usda. in the state of illinois, just to put a finer point on it, in our rural development programs, we spend $1,300,000 a day just in the state of illinois. investing in rural development. $1.3 million a day. that's in addition to the food programs. is in addition to the housing programs. that's in addition to community facility programs. that's in addition to all of the other programs that we are engaged in. let me say one other thing, and joe leonard wood watney to address this issue. we are very much interested in a health and welfare particularly of the children in this country. and we are concerned about the fact that in the richest most powerful nation in the world we still have children who go to bed hungry every night. that is wrong. the president has challenged us to get rid of hunger among america's children by 2015. and that is one of usda's core missions. we also have a mission with obesity. unfortunately, almost 35% of the youngsters in this country today are either at risk of

they are usda trained and the process we use is a usda-audit process.our members face penalties if they are not in compliance up to and including decertification from the program, which can lead to serious significant economic repercussions for the company. from july 23rd of 2007 we've done several audits of our members and those continue today even as we speak. we all know that maintaining food safety vigilance is crucial to the future of the produce industry and while there is still very much to do and we're not done, i believe that the leafy greens industry is doing a safe, wholesome product than they've ever had before. thank you very much. >> mr. koch, you may proceed for five minutes. thank you. >> good afternoon, chairman kucinich and ranking member jordan. thank you for inviting me here today. i've been asked to address the metrics on leafy greens products. it's estimated that the economic impacts are on the order of about $18,000 per year on average per farm. it would be higher for larger farms and possibly less for smaller farms. growers have

as you know, usda is actively promoting the nationalization of calgma. the usda's position on calgma's apparent double standard in the krietzer specific if not supportable requirements on farmers while it condones questionable processing protocols that benefit the processing companies such as corn and lettuce in the field? >> we do not have a position on the current national leafy greens marketing proposal. that is before the public. it is that the very beginning of the process. the hearings will begin in september. >> what do you think? >> what do i think? i think at the end of the day the program needs to work for small producers and it needs to work for different cultural practices, regional differences. i think at the end of the day that is the only way you were going to have the best national program. >> do you think the processing companies ought to have protocols that are protective of the consumers? >> processors, yes should. everyone has to play a part in food safety. >> including processors, not just the farmers. if kalb gura becomes nationaliz

this is not a 95 jaw abed usda. we say every day, usda. because we have 3,000 offices between our rural development offices and our farm service agency offices we have got people working overtime and all of those offices are at the ground level try to help people understand these programs to be able to apply for them. through partnerships, to process improvement we have been able to get the work done. we are very pleased with the progress and we are going to continue to push forward. the fact that we have 43,000 people, 43,000 families who have the opportunity to have homeownership and rural communities means a lot to me. arra committees have suffered from depopulation in having our byrne people be able to purchase homes. we have got a lot of forgets to do. >> it is working well in oregon, farm loans in the adjustment-- adjustment assistance is working well. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. i join the others in thanking you. i have run the agency before you got there and it is not easy because everybody els

to the usda. also, if usda diverted resources to inspecting catfish, would it take away resources from meat and poultry inspection? and i would just say that we did plus up funding to the usda to be able to accommodate this new responsibility. another concern i had about this provision is that moving seafood inspection or even catfish inspection is more complicated than it seems. there is a substantial difference between preventing outbreaks in meat and poultry and preventing outbreaks in seafood and the fsis, the food safety inspection service, has no experience with identifying seafood pathogens. so i look forward to discussing this issue further with the gentleman and answering some of the questions that you have with regard to this. mr. kingston: i thank the gentlewoman. as we both know we've spent a lot of time talking also about the usda and chinese chicken and that issue and one of the concerns that -- the f.d.a. domain, really they have the expertise and track record on fish whereas the us

let's begin with the news with al pell. >>> the usda released prices. the 2009-2010 carry over was raised 40 billion-bushels to 250 million. thanks to extra records beginning next week. that's a slight increase from the june report. now the june 30th acreage report brought surprises from market traders when the usda brought nearly 3 million acres of corn were planted this week. part of that surprise were part -- the ag department says 87 million acres of corn were planted this spring. that's a second highest amount since 1946 trailing in 2007. noted ag economist daryl good says those extra acres brought in reports of tighter ending stocks. >> what we would expect now if corn prices are permenantly lower here for the foreseeable future. that this should really slow, perhaps bring to a halt the liquidation and stock numbers which means that consumption can get back to a little higher plain. this should also improve the mar margins for ethanol producers. >>> the u.s. average shield is near the adjusted trend of 153- bushels per acre. now on the soybean sid

usda has never admitted to under 100 million. they're in a juggling process right now. >> wheat harvest, full progress this point in time, any response there. >> all the wheat we could ever use. we've got too much in the world and a harvest that's going along well. we had some problems in oklahoma and texas. you know, it's an awful difficult situation for them, but the world really doesn't need them. >> brad, last time you were here, you were still wanting to get your corn all planted. didn't know when you were going to do it. tell me how you came out. what happened and where it stands now. >> well, we're not complaining. we're glad to be done. we've finished corn planting. i think just ahead of the cutoff date so that would be right around june 1. we've got the corn in the ground. >> either that or plant beans maybe. >> maybe. we didn't get the beans finished on our farm until june 29th. there's still ground left to be planted in the peoria, illinois, area. you go out about 40-mile radius. there's still ground unplanted right no

i'm not so sure anymore because i took a trip down south to meet experts at usda to expose my skin to hundreds of blood thirsty mosquitoes. an assignment most sane people would refuse. this chemist is not afraid of bites. >> we're responsible for looking at repellents and developing new repellents for the military with some benefit to the rest of the world. >> reporter: tests at his lab may seem extreme, if a product

i know there's concern about the overlap into usda activities. there is language in the bill to exclude the inclusion of farms within the bill. they are excluded, they are not required to register, they are not required to pay a registration fee. livestock and poultry are also exempt. it does not allow the f.d.a. to regulate what are now usda regulated facilities and products. i commend this legislation and urge my colleagues to adopt it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. dingell: i yield to the distinguished chairman of the committee on energy and commerce, mr. waxman, whose leadership in this matter has been of the greatest importance. i thank him. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. dingell: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, my colleagues a series of food-borne disease outbreaks in spinach, peanuts, and peppers, to name a few have not just sickened and killed american consumers, they've laid bare the sun acceptable gaps in our food safety

this is not a 95 jaw abed usda. we say every day, usda. because we have 3,000 offices between our rural development offices and our farm service agency offices we have got people working overtime and all of those offices are at the ground level try to help people understand these programs to be able to apply for them. through partnerships, to process improvement we have been able to get the work done. we are very pleased with the progress and we are going to continue to push forward. the fact that we have 43,000 people, 43,000 families who have the opportunity to have homeownership and rural communities means a lot to me. arra committees have suffered from depopulation in having our byrne people be able to purchase homes. we have got a lot of forgets to do. >> it is working well in oregon, farm loans in the adjustment-- adjustment assistance is working well. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. i join the others in thanking you. i have run the agency before you got there and it is not easy because everybody els

chairman, usda is up to this challenge.n pratt to represent the men and women of our department and i will be happy to respond to questions from members of the committee after secretary lovette has given his comments. .. and with unprecedented transparency and accountability to finance transportation projects throughout america. today i want to share our accomplishments and plans for the future. today the department has made nearly half of its funds, $22 billion available to states so they can greenlight priority projects to rebuild and modernize roads, bridges, transit systems, airports and seaports. we have improved over 6,600 projects for highways and other transportation projects nationwide. of those, more than 3,200 rhodes, transit and airport improvement projects are underway right now. with our model agencies are doinan . . . . approved. and for public transit and unprecedented $3.2 billion in grants have already been awarded and another 5 billion is in the pipeline. in the coming months we will begin awarding grants

the usda reports production in june was down .2% from a year ago. it also dropped the same amount during the first six months of this year. according to our reporting partners today cow numbers are also starting to decline with the nation-wide heard now totaling just over 9 million head. now with the economic troubles facing the dairy industry these days you probably wonder why anybody would get into the business right now. in missouri a growing number of farmers say it makes economic sense because of the grazing practices they have adopted. kent fad ishas details in this report provided by the university of missouri. >> reporter: 24-year-old eric hoffman of trenton, missouri, is rolling the dice. any business venture is a risk but dairy farming? >> well i think some people would be a little bit shocked. >> reporter: over all missouri dairy industry declined from 1 million cows in the 1940s to currently about 100,000 cows. it's a university of missouri researchers are watching. they are growing in number and making a profit. it's called pasture-base

usda is ready to help make this happen and i'm ready to answer questions when appropriate.thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, senator salazar. is that wishful thinking on my part. secretary salazar. we miss you and we welcome you. >> i miss you as well and members of the committee on both sides of the aisle, i thank you for your distinguished service and for your -- the opportunity to come before you today and speak about the energy issues facing our country. let me first say the energy and climate change legislation that is before you that you will be dealing with really in so many ways is a signature issue of the 21st century and for our world. and embedded in that legislation and the debate that you will have it, seems to me that there is huge agreement, frankly, between democrats and republicans on some of the key principles. and what those key principles are as president obama has often said is first of all, reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, second of all, creating millions of new energy jobs here in the united states of america and third, safeguardin

how would your agency adapt the role i do not think the usda has tried to assume over the years? take that, if you will. we have a situation where the epa has adopted or is considering adopting usda conservation standards as a way for farmers to show they are meeting and quality requirements. i do not know if that is true. >> senator, we already working as partners on an number of environmental issues. i see this as a partnership with all of my fellow colleagues at this table. obviously, usda has unique assets in terms of its ability to be in virtually every county of the country. it has technical expertise in this area, but i certainly see this as a partnership. i think the epa has a set of unique tools as well, and we need to figure out how best to use our unique assets. >> great, thanks. >> because of our limited time, secretary chu, i am going to focus all of my questions on you. i want to come back to nuclear power. there are so many issues we want to deal with, but the issue of nuclear power is one that i think we need to pursue more clearly. first of all, i appreciate your

has occurred with usda. in a hearing earlier this week, before the house rules committee, the f.d.a. suddenly shifted its course and supported this ban. no new research or scientific analysis was presented, and again apparently no consultation with usda. so much for collaborating with the department of agriculture. mr. speaker, we must stop rushing legislation through congress without careful, thoughtful, and complete consideration. congress rarely gets things right when we have ample time to properly consider policy changes. but it never makes good decisions when rushed to arbitrary timetables. h.r. 2749 needs to be referred to the committee on agriculture to allow necessary improvements to this food safety bill that will actually improve the food safety of our country and not shut down agriculture. we do not need f.d.a. from farm to fork. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. ms. kaptur. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. boozman: i ask permission to claim her time. t

could a similar requirement work with epa and usda for climate? >> senator, we already work as partners on a number of environmental issues. i see this as a partnership with all of my fellow colleagues at this table. obviously, usda has unique assets in terms of its ability to be in virtually every county in the country. it has technical expertise in this area. that it needs to lend and add to discussion, but i certainly see this as a partnership. i think epa has a set of unique tools as well and we need to figure out how best to use our unique characteristics and assets. >> good, thanks. >> thank you, senator. senator crapo? >> thank you, madam chairman, because of our limited time, secretary chu, i'm going to focus all my questions on you. i want to come back to the question of nuclear power. there are so many other issues we want to deal with but the issue of nuclear power is one we do need to pursue more fully. first of all, i appreciate your stand on nuclear power and your efforts to work to help us make it an integral part of our energy poli

a serving is the amount you need according to the usda. that's why one bottle of soda can be 2 1/2 servings and today's typical bagel four servings. bigger portions are attracted to consumers who always like getting more for their money. >> people appreciate that, they value that. it's important. unfortunately, it's dangerous. >> reporter: high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, side affects of being overweight. the pounds can add up if you don't account for all the extra lories sneakg into your diet. >> i have to be concerned with it at all times. it's a strug that will i live with. >> reporter: one strategy kelly rose uses is sharing a restaurant order or splitting her plate before she starts to eat. >> i ask for a to go box when i order my meal. eight years ago kelly hit her breaking point. >> i was single at the time. i was busy, working on a career track and a lot of fast food, take out, you ate what they gave you. >> reporter: now she has lost 175 pounds. she exercises five days a week and keeps a tight control on

i cannot answer this except to say that the usda programs, if you look at what we do, this helps local groceries, because you will see them buying more products, and they will have to get this from the regional distribution and this stays in the community. the home loans involve the capacity for people to be able to purchase a home, and our lines are more flexible than you may get, at a bank. people who are having a hard time, we can get them into the house more easily. the school lunch and school nutrition program, this does not necessarily always benefit the local producers, but this certainly benefits agriculture, generally. the business and industry long programs, create jobs and companies -- and most of what we do impacts the community. the waste water treatment facility will benefit the community. the ambulance for the fire station that we have helped to build, the cells to provide health care for people. even in urban centers, we do not think of this as a place with trees, but we have a number of programs, urging us. this is an emerging area that is important, because this will

how would your agency adapt the role i do not think the usda has tried to assume over the years?e that, if you will. we have a situation where the epa has adopted or is considering adopting usda conservation standards as a way for farmers to show they are meeting and quality requirements. i do not know if that is true. >> senator, we already working as partners on an number of environmental issues. i see this as a partnership with all of my fellow colleagues at this table. obviously, usda has unique assets in terms of its ability to be in virtually every county of the country. it has technical expertise in this area, but i certainly see this as a partnership. i think the epa has a set of unique tools as well, and we need to figure out how best to use our unique assets. >> great, thanks. >> because of our limited time, secretary chu, i am going to focus all of my questions on you. i want to come back to nuclear power. there are so many issues we want to deal with, but the issue of nuclear power is one that i think we need to pursue more clearly. first of all, i appreciate your sta

how would your agency adapt the role i do not think the usda has tried to assume over the years? take that, if you will. we have a situation where the epa has adopted or is considering adopting usda conservation standards as a way for farmers to show they are meeting and quality requirements. i do not know if that is true. >> senator, we already working as partners on an number of environmental issues. i see this as a partnership with all of my fellow colleagues at this table. obviously, usda has unique assets in terms of its ability to be in virtually every county of the country. it has technical expertise in this area, but i certainly see this as a partnership. i think the epa has a set of unique tools as well, and we need to figure out how best to use our unique assets. >> great, thanks. >> because of our limited time, secretary chu, i am going to focus all of my questions on you. i want to come back to nuclear power. there are so many issues we want to deal with, but the issue of nuclear power is one that i think we need to pursue more clearly. first of all, i appreciate your

as i mentioned, usda knows that cap and trade will increase energy prices. and here's the kicker: at the same time the department also has indicated and, again, -- and i quote -- "usda believes the opportunities for climate legislation will likely outweigh the costs." let me say that again: "usda says energy prices will agree but they think the opportunities for climate change legislation will outweigh the costs." this kind of claim must be based on hard data or it's reckless to make the claim. such a sweeping conclusion should not be drawn unless the impact is studied and analyzed. if usda has conducted analysis of increases in farm input costs and weighed them against the measured opportunities, well, then, i applaud their efforts. but if that is the case, it is mystifying that the department has not shared the analysis despite having testified before the senate twice in the two weeks preceding this week. now, mr. president, having served as a secretary of agriculture i know that the usda has an outstanding team of economists with expertise to do this kind

. >> reporter: it's been a long time in coming partly because the fda and usda were arguing over who had responsibility for eggs. >> too many agencies in charge really meant that consumers have had to wait for over ten years to get effective regulations. >> reporter: these new steps won't eliminate all illnesses, so the white house is also working to ensure that food outbreaks when they happen are caught and traced back more quickly. lisa stark, abc news, liditz, pennsylvania. >>> space shuttle "endeavour" will try to lift off today after thunderstorms forced nasa to scrub last night's launch for the fourth delay so far. lightning strikes at the kennedy space center postponed saturday's launch. two previous launch attempts were scrubbed because of hydrogen leaks. >>> and now for this morning's weather from around the nation, thunderstorms and severe weather from washington state to the dakotas and down to colorado. expect large hail, gusty winds and possible tornadoes. thunderstorms also from florida and the carolinas all the way to arkansas. showers in new england and the pacific no

is the amount of food you're given to eat, while a serving is the amount you need, according to the usda. that is why one bottle of soda can be two and a half servings. >> reporter: bigger portions are attractive to consumers, who like getting more for their money. >> and people appreciate it, value it of course unfortunately it is dangerous. >> reporter: high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, all side effects of being overweight. it can add up if you don't watch it. >> i have to be concerned about it at all times. it is a struggle. >> reporter: one thing kelly does is sharing a restaurant order or splitting her plate before she eats. >> i will ask for a to go box before i order the meal. >> reporter: she wasn't always this good, eight years ago, kelly hit her breaking point. >> i was single at the time, on the career track, a lot of fast food, a lot of take out. and then you just ate what they gave you. >> reporter: now she lost 175 pounds. she exercises five days a week. and keeps a tight control on her portions. >> that is a serving of pasta. >> reporter: even a piece of fruit ca

. >>> "2 your health" -- the usda released its annual report on children's health. in it the usda says children 6 and up need to eat more fruits and vegetables, especially the dark green leafy stuff, oranges, beans, whole grains and healthy oils. all ages failed at limiting the amount of salt, sugar and saturated fat they consume. since the 1980s the percentage of children overweight increased from 6% to 17%. >>> of course we know cutting calories can help you look better and feel better but now the results of a 20-year study that found that extreme calorie cutting can also help you live longer. stephanie sy shows it. >> reporter: the pictures say it all. on the left a haggard balding monkey, on the right, a healthy youthful one. both the same age. the difference, the more fit monkey fed a third less for his entire life. the 20-year study found monkeys not on the diet were three times more likely to die of age-related causes. >> if you look at the rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, the differences emerge almost immediately with the calorie restriction. >> rep

the residents have taken their case to the usda, hoping the federal government will come through. state, the u.s. department of agriculture said the residents should find and existing water association that will agree to expand. that hasn't happened. >> maybe because we all are just poor black. >> reporter: they tried and tried and say their government is still not working. >> just load them in. take off again. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, in the mississippi delta. >>> and when we come back, a new meaning to the term "boarding >>> and when we come back, a new meaning to the term "boarding your pets." but even with calcium, vitamin d, and exercise, i still got osteoporosis. i never thought i could do more than stop my bone loss. then my doctor told me i could, with once-monthly boniva. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. studies show, after one yer on boniva,, nine out of ten women stopped nd reversed their bone loss., i know i did. severe kidney disease or can't sit or stand for at least one hour. follow dosing instructions carefully. stop tak

. >> sir, you work with, i mean usda. is my understanding that fda, i personally know that every load of milk is delivered is tested within fda tests. is that not correct? there is a lot of nodding. >> i think that's correct. >> and i'm sorry i missed part of your testimony. so fda has approved test that they screen for an ally onyx. and so is your contention that the test is inadequate, or are you fearful that somehow the milk would cause a children do have animatics that they shouldn't have? what's the problem here? fda is an improved test, every tanker load of milk is tested. point of 038 of the tanker load in america have a positive, and the cost is about $12000 per tanker load. i'm trying to figure out. >> when you think about the use of antibiotic and animal therapy,. bacteria itself, humans, not bacteria cause illness in the human. with that would not apply to the milk. the second mechanism is not dangerous bacteria, but usual bacteria that there are's show resistant. that's the big concern that people have. probab

the bill makes a significant investment in usda's natural resource conservation programs by appropriating $980 million. the bill rejects the administration's cuts to the natural resources conservation service farm bill, conservation programs, including the wetlands program, the farm and ranch lands protection program, and the wildlife incentives program. in addition, the bill restores funding for other valuable programs including the resource conservation program and others as well. withegard to nutrition, to help those who are hit hardest by the economic crisis, the bill provides $681 million, a 10% increase for w.i.c., to serve our nation's vulnerable populations to support the participation of 10.1 million people. the bill also includes record funding of $180 million for the commodity supplemental food program, or cfsp, and expands assistance to six new states, arkansas, oklahoma, delaware, utah, new jersey and georgia. international food aid, the bill expands america's traditional commitment to international food aid by providing an increase of $664 million, a 10% increase to pl-480.

they are exploring ways to destroy hunger and i am pleased that usda and f.n.s. has implemented the anti--hunger programs authorized in the farm bill and recovery act, i'm very concerned there hasn't been more done on president obama's pledge to end childhood hunger by 2015. i encourage the secretary to use this 40th anniversary recognition to rededicate usda not only to end child hunger in the united states but to start working with members with congress to improve the federal anti-hunger programs. there should be a working group consisting not only of members of congressional leaders to brainstorm ways that congress and the administration can work together to combat hunger in our country. we need to show the goal of ending hunger by 2015 is something this administration is committed to achieving. i encourage to look into using regulatory authority to make it easier for eligible families and individuals to sign up or be recertified for snap and other federal anti-hunger programs. in massachusetts, we are seeing backlogs of new applications that last upwards of s

from my perspective, it's not with the usda rules but the problem of -- if i walk into a room with twoomatoes there is no lab test or observation that could tell me which one was organic. compare to my corn that is verified load by load by a lab test. it is impossible to rigorously enforce standards that cannot be substantiated by impartial testing. i support the right of producers to serve consumers that place economic value on how the food is produced rather than what the food is. until organic producers themselves agree on what the procedures should be and independent testing can accurately verify the producer claims, it will be impossible to move organic certification because i say so basis. while this may be enough for some consumers, it will continue the turmoil in the organic production system. >>> please, let us know what you think. feel free to contact us directly. send e-mails at or call and leave us a voice mail. for al, mike and chip, thank you for watching u.s. farm report. be sure to join us next week. we'll be working to do even better.

the usda predicts there will be more corn production as they spin and flood the market report.ns remain so thin that 10% of pork production will shut down for a day including tyson plant. jeffreys and company calls today's effects a neutral for the buy ratings on monsanto and du pont. >> the michael jackson memorial and now thinning hog. >> i am a one-woman news network. >> thank you, jane. time for the daily look at the most widely followed stories on cn cnbc.com. tell us what's clicking right now. >> this has been hot all week since early in the week when california's budget troubles came to light and a few groups started saying hey, if you legalized marijuana, everyone would be covered. we resurrected with the readers a gallery of medical marijuana. >> you have a gallery. we have a license with the sweet skunk going for $300 an ounce. that goes for $500 an ounce. you can catch it on the website. what's hotter than marijuana? >> not much. >> pornography. we have a documentary next week. the buness of pleasure to set up for that. we have a slide show that looks at the high poi

is the amount of food you're given to eat while a serving is the amount you need according to the usda's why one bottle of soda can be two and a half servings and today's typical bagel, four savings. bigger portions are attractive to consumers who always like getting more for their money. >> people appreciate that. they value that. it's important. unfortunately it is dangerous. >> reporter: high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, all size effects of being overwait. the pounds can add up if you don't ask the for all the -- don't account for all the extra calories sneaking into your diet. one strategy kelly uses is sharing a restaurant order or splitting her plate before she starts to eat. >> i'll ask for a to go box. >> reporter: she wasn't always this good. eight years ago kelly hit her breaking point. >> i was busy, working on the career track. a lot of fast food, a lot of take caught and you gave what they gave you. >> reporter: now she's lost 180 pounds. she exercises five days a week and keeps a tight control on her portions. >> that is a serving of pasta. >> reporter: even a

usda recognizes that locating transmission quarters poses major challenges for governors.oses major challenge for us. there's always the issue of geography. it is difficult to have east- west transmission lines because of the mountains. there are always environmental, recreational, and visual issues. we have grassland reserve easements, which means block existing orders. [unintelligible] transmission corridor management also creates implementation challenges, of vegetation management, the proper use of herbicides are issues. but there are also issues relating to the fact that transmission and for search for we have today is aging. in some locations, it may be impossible to take those transmission lines out of use while upgrading the transmission corridors. all of that suggests that there are serious child as a head. -- serious challenges ahead. we have been meeting for months to discuss in which ways our departments within the federal government can create simplicity, i can complete -- can create a system in which decisions can be made quickly, and you have a single line,

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shepard: usda experts say last month's cool damp weather is largely to blame for the outbreak.n briton is alive and able to talk about being attacked by a mountain lion because he had a chain you have a in his hands. >> his head was right about here and it batted at me. >> he and his wife were camping his wife and two kids were in the camper when the big cat attacked. >> it was like i hit it with a stick or something. felt like i hit -- but it never dug in. the saw put about 8-inch gash in that cat and it ran away. texas, while the san antonio area is in the midst of a homeowner says he got plenty of water thanks to his rain catching system. >> relatively inexpensive and doesn't take a rocket scientist to do it. shepard: 7,000 square feet. recent light rain gave him 1500 gallons of water. that's a fox watch across america. there are more clues tonight in the case of the murdered northwest florida couple with 17 children. word there could be more suspects and a possible connection between the couple and one of the accused killers. the new details on that coming up just after the

the usda recommends three gas -- glasses of low fat or fat free milk a day. >> so what is happening?'ll be at the museum this thursday from 11:00 to 2:00. we have a whole list of activities to do with the family. we'll have low-fat and fat-free milk from the local dairies. you can have your own celebrity-inspired mustache photo to take home with you. we have a wellness oasis, you can speak to your registered dietician. we have health care equipment, we can give a quick assessment of your health. there's massages. you can also pick up a copy of "the new face of wellness" which outlines the benefits of being a milk drinker. >> when you talk about the kids getting a lot of calories from high-sugar drinks, does it make you cringe as a dietician? >> as a dietician and mom it does. i know moms are gatekeepers to what their families are going to eat. it helps if moms are also a good role model to drinking milk. we know when moms drink milk typically daughters will grow up drinking milk. you want to be a good role model for. that you mentioned the truths and vegetables here, with the heart h

the usda has ear marked billions of dollars to go directly to building community health centers and puttingnto medicare so that you have better reimbursement. you can attract better doctors and also have better insurance options and coverage. >> okay. it's going to take some time, though. >> absolutely. >> all right. now let's go, we've got an e-mail question for you from jean. my 85-year-old mother took out credit cards lured by the low interest rates and then they went sky high. she's making minimum payments but is about $12,000 in debt. she'll need to go into a nursing home soon and 50% of her income goes to paying off credit cards. what can we do. jean? >> stop worrying is the first thing. that you can do. because, in this situation, your mother is quite likely going to be okay. when your mother needs to go into that nursing home, the nursing home is going to take a look at whether she has the assets to pay for it or whether she'll qualify for medicaid. she'll fill out a bunch of forms, as david said about the taxes, go through the process. there are always fors. you can't get away from

and the stipulation that was entered into, is that the usda relies on exhibitor... >> you can see, he was so wrapped up in the details that chief justice rehnquist became very annoyed, and told him, you know, to stop it and he kept going. back to stipulation 57. and, it unfortunately, it just kept going in that vein. he never really took on the first amendment argument. that was very crucial to the case. and, in fact, he again, got so impassioned about the fruit that he was -- his clients grew, that it became an -- a real embarrassment. and we can play -- go to the third clip, not the second, the third, where, he was arguing that his clients grow green plums, and the ads really should have been about green plums, because, green plums have a bad reputation and people think they are unripe and will have bad effect on people. so, you can play that. >> green plums and give them to your wife and you think to yourself, you want to give your wife diarrhea, but green plums... >> we don't care about green plums. i have never eaten green plums! [laughter]. >> so, he was directing to j justice s

we've loaned 10,000 home loans through usda and created opportunities with the broadband to distributeoney this fall to expand broadband. there is work being done to build the infrastructure then the work to build the 21st century economy, energy, we're seeing a substantial amount of money come from the department of energy creating new energy sources. >> let me stop you there. the work that will be done in terms of the 21st century. perhaps we're going at this in the wrong order of events, not that it's not important, but that what we face in terms of the crisis in this country is jobs, jobs that are lasting in the future, the kinds of jobs we're hemorrhaging our mid level and high level jobs, people out of work for a sustained period of time will not lead to recovery. >> the weakness in the economy didn't occur overnight, won't be solved overnight. you are building the kinds of jobs you're talking about -- >> are we? >> absolutely. this is happening all across america. and do not underestimate the temporary assistance resources. one out of five american families is receiving food ass

the usda says for every $5 spent in food stamps, it's more than $9 in economic activity because of then reaction that happens with the grocers and the farmers. >>> and in about 15 minutes, we'll get the latest up to the minute snapshot of how the jobs market is doing. the weekly jobless claims reports. we'll have those numbers and if they tell us something about the jobs market as soon as we get them. >> about 8:30? >> yep. >>> night owls and morning people sometimes get along as well as cats and dogs. but the differences do not end with how you dose with an early dose of sunshine. dr. sanjay gupta is stopping by the told you what you want to know about your best time of the day. and i'm guessing it's morning since you're up right now. >>> you hear people say, oh, i'm a night owl, or, i'm a morning person. apparently what you are has a real physical effect. and chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is here. i want to say he's a morning person. number one, you do surgeries in the morning and you're usually on the morning show. but that's because we're forced to. >> i could say th

now have nutritional standards for school lunches and briefcases that are stricter than the current usda standards. only four states could make that claim. no question that 19 is a whole lot better than four but it's not 50. and while it's great to see the states leading like this, now it's time for federal policy to catch up and maybe even lead again. 28 states now have nutritional standards for the competitive foods that are sold a-la-cart in school cafeterias, vending machines and other school fundraisers. in 2004, only six states had such standards. this suggests we're making progress and having schools become healthier and perhaps healthy places for our children to spend their days. good news. but 22 states have no nutritional standards for competitive foods at all. and that's unconscionable. on the physical activity side, every state now has some form of physical education requirement for schools but local implementation has been very slow. driven largely by concerns about costs and misplaced fears that spending more time in physical activity might slow academic achievement and the

provisions requiring more usda research into the causes of and solutions to antibiotic resistance weresed as part of the farm bill in 2008. the animal drug user fee amendments of 2000 require fda to collect antibiotic sales data from companies and make a summary of that data public. the provisions were designed to provide better information to researchers conducting risk assessments and should be allowed to yield information before products are removed from the market. congress has already taken action and we should see results from our action before we start removing antibiotics from the market. as your witness today discussed the topic that's important to the livestock producers not just my district in my home state but yours as well. i sincerely hope that you consider what my subcommittee learned last congress. h.r. 1549 will have detrimental effects not only on our farmers who keep the world safe but also in public health. again, i want to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify today. i hope as a farmer and as a user of antibiotics i have offered some insight into liv

i'm not so sure anymore because i took a trip down south to meet experts at usda to expose my skin toquitoes. an assignment most sane people would refuse. this chemist is not afraid of bites. >> we're responsible for looking at repellents and developing new repellents for the military with some benefit to the rest of the world. >> reporter: tests at his lab may seem extreme, if a product makes it it here, it should work with the average person. with a variety of repellents on the market, we wonder what mosquitoes foeelt about them. there are four types of repellents proving to work well. one that contain deet and lemon eucalyptus oil. there are other products that claim to do the job. >> a lot of these do not stop mosquitoes from biting. >> i'm to try these out and face my enemy. first up we tied a deet based repellent. and bracelet. this is not a fashion statement. landing on the bracelet and on my wrist right now. look at the difference. my arm with deet nice and clean. the other one -- this has a strong smell. no bites here. next a vitamin b patch applied two ours before on one arm

the usda announced they will step in and offer relief to ranchers.the losses at $3.6 billion and reach four billion. we are under water restrictions and those could be tightening down the roads to the point of restaurants not even being allowed to serve water. we are not at that point yet, but it's not that far off. >> we had a little sprinkle this morning. honestly it will take a week long deluge to start to make a difference here. anything is going to run off the park grounds. we're 17 inches below normal rainfall for last year. for this year 11 inches. a lot of ground to make up. >> and often that happens at tough economic times anyway. often a correlation between bad weather and bad economic times. stick around. you will learn something. >> the weekly guide to investing and a huge debate over inverse etfs in the last couple of weeks. here's the problem. you can make money and lose money. if it's 100, it goes up 10% and say it goes up twice as much, the tracking error is on a daily basis. they may not understand what they are buying. suppose you h

you have usda, u.s. trade rep, you can go down the list. we want to try to explain the whole of government approach. we will be working with the white house to bring together all the other stakeholders in diplomacy. we are deep into discussion boat with the pentagon and the congress about bringing back the authorities and the money that went with them, that has been used by the military for diplomacy and development. whom -- the migration of those authorities and resources is one of the many reasons why the state department and usa id have had more challenging time than usual. this is both a policy tool as well as an attempt to explain and justify what is we can accomplish and i want to institutionalize, and it might be put into legislation. it is not just because i am secretary of state, but it will require the same level of rigor and analysis every four years by state and usa id. >> all the way in the back. i can't see who it is. hmmm. >> madam secretary, i have a question about the dividends that are being received, the administration is

prior to the stimulus funding the nap haven nursing home was on track for a loan from the usda. in other words, they had the finances set up to get a loan to where they could repay it. when the stimulus money came available, the funding source was shifted to a new source of federal assistance. carman newman, the city clerk treasurer, said it's kind of a joke. i don't see how they can say this is stimulus. we were going to do it anyway. i don't see how the project benefited. well, somebody benefited. but somebody also lost, and that was our kids and our grandkids. shraoer's a good one. iowa state -- here's a good one. iowa state legislatures are using money freed up by the stimulus to buy $11 million in new cars that the state doesn't need. four dozen brand-new cars owned by the state are sitting unused in the parking lot near the capitol. according to the state representative christopher rance, some of them still have the sales stickers on them. none of them have license plates and they still have their seats wrapped in plastic. but we're going to buy the cars because we got the

control that or the usda? >> the f.d.a.ols the labels of drugs for how they would be used in animals. >> you can permit it. if legislation were passed. >> it would be under f.d.a. >> that's good to know. and -- one of the things obviously we're concerned about is the conditions under which these animals live. and i noted that, as part of your background that denmark which bodes the nontherapeutic use of eakts in animals, in 1998 found there was no significance. i think that's important. that after the ban corresponding improvement in animal husbandry, such as cleaner barnes and swine mortality and productivity were not affected at all. and i am sure that most of us who -- consumed, i'm sure all of us want to think that they're raising in clean and healthy s, even though we know better. we're going to a food safety bill here. we would need to talk to you again about other things there you might want in this. thank you so much for being here. your testimony is most important. we look forward to working with you on making this

you have the usda. you can go down the abyss. we want to -- you can go down the list. we want to explain the entire government approach. we will be working with the white house to bring together all the other stakeholders in the diplomacy and development. it will not surprise you to learn that i am also deep into discussions both with the pentagon and with the congress about bringing back some of the authorities and some of the money that went with them that has been used by the military for diplomacy and development. the migration of those authorities and those resources is one of the many reasons why the state department and usaid have had a more challenging time than usual. this is both a policy tool as well as an attempt to explain and justify what is we believe we can accomplish. i want it institutionalized. howard berman put it into legislation. it is not just a one-shot deal. it will require the same level of rigor and analysis every four years. >> all the way in the back there. >> i have a question about the dividend after being received by the administration.

chairman, usda is up to this challenge.espond to questions from members of the committee after secretary lovette has given his comments. ..