the usda is a department that we like to say is an every day, every way usda. there virtually is no issue you can talk about today that we don't have some connection or involvement in. certainly we are very heavily invested in this new opportunity, this new american biobased economy that can be created with the assistance of our farmers, ranchers and producers. so mayor, i think that's a very quick summary of some of the things that we're doing. that leaves, i think, sufficient time for questions. >> it is a fantastic summary. and i think one that brings a lot of thoughts to our mind's eye. i have a few questions, but i'd maybe like to go around the room a little bit and see what some of the questions are that my fellow mayors may have. let me jump in on one, and then maybe it will stimulate more discussion. you talked earlier about that there are eight corridors that you're trying to focus in on where we can add more capacity. would it be possible to get those eight corridors -- you know, put maybe a link on our website for the u.s. conference of mayors and sh

>> yes, and that would be the usda catching up.now there has been some recharge type things in those countries that have already taken place, but right now that's an assessment of trying to figure out how much damage has been done. >> you have something that you think about also? >> south american production estimates continue to be ratcheted down. every time new estimate comes out, it seems to be lower than the one that preceded it. i think that's an issue and you have to think in your head, where will the markets be? >>> and i think that going forward, i would go for the same thing in my opinion. i don't estimates get a lot lower. we take the chunk off the top. going forward, we have to follow or decide whether to follow the reports. if the usda would come up with the 95 or 96 million corn acre in march, it will probably be too late to do the marketing. so you have to look forward to say was possible between that report. >> well higher or lower, i would encourage producers to shift higher or lower to what you think your producers

to a sent apparently concerts effort at usda to provide. we've got a -- having said that, it's fairly clear that the need for infrastructure improvement far impedes what currently has and what we need to be able to do is to figure out and leverage. whoeks to ask whether or not we could partner. if we could identify projects at usda, would they potentially. we clearly need to look for ways and access large sums of men that investments. certainly infrastructure at the local level. state level is one solid stable investment that could be made. with a relatively reasonable return. given the current circumstance. as it relates to the chances of that happening, you though, i'd like to be optimistic. and my hope is that at some point in time folks in congress understand the president has proposed at one, he has suggested with the american jobs act that we create a first start at this. we haven't been able to get that done through congress yet, but we're going to continue to work on it. because the focus of this president and his administration is

a companion effort at the usda is called the people's guard and and we have started one at our facilities and have close to 1500 people's gardens across the country and across the globe in some of the embassies. we have donated nearly 900,000 pounds of produce from those gardens to community kitchens and food banks. we haven't programmed kn calledow your farmer, know your food that talks a little about how a community can set up a community gardening program which would be applicable to schools. h governorickenloooper's denver schools have in of the programs and they are using the resources to produce delicious foods. in the area of food deserts, the department of human health and services and usda provide health assistance to growers restores and where they are located. there's a wonderful foundation from jeff brown in philadelphia who runs a shop right or safeway and has established a foundation to help communities evaluate why they have a food desert. there's now a food desert locator on our website at usda.gov. we are working with the private sector and an number of groceries chains i

is there some flexibility in those time lines and will there be some assistance from usda to help us with the training portion? >> governor, congress is aware of the fact that there would be a need for assistance to states to administer this which is why they allocated $50 million in aid to the first two years of the bill to provide for administrative expenses and that will be distributed on a formula basis and i can get you and your staff a specific allocation for virginia. perhaps before i leave but if not, i will get it to you tonight f i see you at the white as dinner. that money is forthcoming and will be made available. as far as the time lines -- we adjusted the time lines for breakfast given that this was an area that was not as uniform among all states and all schools. some schools offer breakfast and some don't and some offer limited breakfast. we made some adjustments on the timeline for breakfast. we believe this is not an impossible task we are asking schools to develop. we created some degree of flexibility in terms of fruits and vegetables portions, responding to the c

that's something they have decided based on usda dietary guidelines. and i think that there are some certain exceptions made for children who have specific nutritional needs. for example, i know there are non-meat alternatives that have been approved for the first time. so there are some caveat that are carved out. for example, children who don't drink milk. these are the guidelines they came up with based on what the usda nutritional standards most recent updated ones from 2010 were. host: let's go to milton on our republican line -- i'm sorry, we lost him. let's go to john on the democratic line from new york. caller: good morning. the first thing that we have to do is you have to get government out of the lunches. this is ridiculous. when i started school if i did not carry a lunch in a paper bag i did not eat. plain and simple. if they are going to serve meals, mature the meals they serve are nutritious. the end of story. you don't need candy machines and a soda machines in schools. if the kid brings that in his own lunch, that's his prerogative. h

in 2007 when congress stopped funding it for usda inspection of horse slaughter houses.t turned out to be a law of unintended consequences. >> what that meant was that they were crammed into small trucks, that they were slipping and sliding in their own waste, crammed together with horses they tint know, biting and kicking and trucked 1,000 miles or nor to another country where they met the exact same fate. >> last november, president obama quietly signd into law an agriculture spending bill that restores the inspection process for domestic horse slaughter. a stop-gap measure that opens the door for u.s. slaughter of horses again. a move many animal rights activists reluctantly support. >> the fact that it's closer rather than have these travel these great distance social security at least a step in the right direction. >> after an onslaught of inquiries from concerned horse owner, the usda responded with a statement that read, quote, a number of federal state and local requirements and prohibitions remain in place. furthermore, there have been no requests to the departm

legal service reform and housing vouchers and transfer authority to usda are ideas that warrant immediate consideration. these proposals and others, though must not compete with, but be complimented by mandatory e-verify in my view. omonths have long shouted at each other in this stadium for too long. it is time we leave the grandstands and suit up on the field of play with the goal of solving the labor problems in american agriculture. agriculture is not alone in this arena, but i suggest we could provide the laboratory. mr. chairman, your hearing shows this progress. a new bill indicates interest. let's embrace this opportunity by considering a multitude of ideas. as a component of guest worker reform, i suggested to your senate subcommittee counter-parts last fall a penalty-based authorization permit. following a limited sign up period, those who come forward would be subjected to the oversight and stiff penalties. including a substantial monetary penalty, agriculture only permit, immediate deportation for violations. forfeit of social security benefits, waiver of future social securit

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's events. new beginnings. endings. routines. revealing the stories and dramas -- the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. >>> a kitchen catches fierks but it's not the stove that's to blame. tonight at 11:00, a report you need to hear. a class-action lawsuit claims a well known company has hidden a product deep from the public. is your dishwasher safe? that's tonight at 11:00. >>> taking a live look outside, a beautiful day dawning for us. 48 degrees. but it's going to be a nice day to get outside and do some activities. here's tom in the storm center. >> good morning. sunrise in 40 minutes. as we get going on this thursday morning starting off, we're in the 40s. we have a view sprinkles that may make their

of the evaluation, they look at students' lunches that are brought from home to make sure they meet usdas. and this school, we are told, lost points this year because too many children were bringing their lunches from home and they did not meet, according to this inspector, the usda guidelines. and i've been trying to determine from the department this morning who exactly that agent was, and they said that they are trying to get to the bottom of t megyn: so this -- this is a north carolina state program but funded by federal stimulus dollars and the schools need to comply with this usda guidelines soond on, so essentially what this does is it gives the school, correct me if i'm wrong, or the state, the power to overrule mom and dad, so if you know what your kid likes to eat and send them to school with that lunch and the school disapproves and it doesn't meet the standards, they can overrule you over what is going to go in your child's mouth. >> well, ultimately the children can eat with their parents packed for them. but if they do not have the four food groups, they are supposed to be

but a companion effort at usda so-called the people's garden and we've started a people's garden at usdafacilities. we now have close to 1500 people's gardens across the country and across the globe actually in some of the embassies. we've donated nearly 900,000 pounds of produce from those gardens to community kitchens and to food banks. we have a program called know your farmer know your food and it will be coming out at the end of this month with a report that basically talks a little bit about how a community could set up a community gardening program which would obviously be applicable to schools. i can tell you that governor hickenlooper's denver schools have some very interesting garden programs. and that they're using the produce to really produce delicious food. i will tell you also on the area of food deserts, a couple of things. number 1, the department of health and human services and the treasury department and usda all have programs to try to provide help and assistance to grocery stores that are located. there's a wonderful foundation from a fellow -- jeff brown in philade

the usda rules that you are up in arms about, congress has asked the usda. >> bill: i don't have problem with the rules. >> the problem is what voters want. this is a risk of her society. people are worried about obesity. we have obesity epidemic in this country. voters want government to do something about it. this is not the nanny state out of control. >> bill: i would be a blatant hypocrite if i said i wanted the government to stay out of all of this. nancy reagan, just say no to drugs. fine. was nancy reagan patting you down and looking in your coat to see if you had a joint? no. guidelines are good. don't smoke. public service announcements. they should have public service announcements saying hey you kids don't smoke marijuana, they should, they don't. i'm fine with it what's happening here is way beyond guidelines. you yourself and your organization want is a government that tells you what to do he wills you what light bulb to use. tells what you kind of car you have to drive. that's not what america is all about. you can suggest. you can persuade. you can do all of those things.

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will., no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >> welcome back. check ono get a traffic and weather. >> let's start off with adam caskey. >> good wednesday morning to you. degrees warmer today than yesterday. lexington park 47 degrees. warmer thanegrees yesterday at this time. bundle up asve to much. this afternoon we're talking degrees. degrees in winchester. 43 -- 43 degrees in gaithersburg. we do anticipate a little wentase and they were cover. the best chance of rain is just washington, especially highway 3 in parts of virginia and southern maryland. we are not talking much. maximum a 10th of an inch of rain. that to the south of washington. part, it just a hundredths here and there. 40's tonight. tomorrow we could be talking 70 degrees, especially if further south. this will last through midday friday. temperatures drop back to where they should be. you noticed the wind especially friday and saturda

perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda process verified programs for fresh, all[ jim ] this is an all-vegetarian diet. no animal byproducts, no animal fat. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. it's not gonna happen. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free, and we set our goals higher than anyone. we're trying to make a better chicken. [ jim ] my dad did, my grandfather did, and it's what we do today. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. >>> a popular ice fishing tournament in wisconsin had more than fish pulled from the waterer biggest catch of the day was cars several broke through the 12-inch ice and fell into the water tournament organizers tried to discourage parking on the ice but with the la

perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda process verified programs for fresh, allen. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free. we're trying to make a better chicken. >>> talk about team work students at an illinois high school designed and built a robot that moves around the court and shoots hoops it is being entered into an international robotics competition next month the kids say they learned a lot about math and science and life skills like working together and time management. >>> cool. >> mm-hmm. >> robot signed by the washington wizards. >> yes. >> wonderful. >> making baskets too. >>> a little girl in colorado still trying to come down from cloud 9 after a big surprise weekend from one of america's favorite quarterbacks. >> presley suffers from a disorder that forms tumours under the skin and in nerves from the brain and spinal cord after learning of her condition, tim tebow invited presley and her father to the cartoon network hall of fame awards. >> i got to meet tim tebow in the middle of my dinner he took me

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.al, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from.

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we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> good morning. we are watch something weather as the storm that's brought severe weather and snow to the midwest rolls into our area today. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, february 29, 2012. it's leap year. leap day, i should say, this morning. >>> mitt romney is celebrating two big wins in his bid to become the republican presidential nominee. the former massachusetts governor won the michigan and arizona primaries yesterday. romney held off a furious charge from former senator rick santorum to win in michigan by 3%. ron paul and newt gingrich finished a distant third and father. romney also defeated santorum soundly in arizona, winning by 20 points. >>> many romney supporters are breathing a sigh of relief with his victory in michigan. he was, of course, born and raised

we have some representatives present today from the usda norcal and we are pleased to be excepting at they are presenting involving tennis. this will encourage kids to stay involved in the sport. improvements will also allow kids to engage in even more healthy activity. i know we have today in the audience the director of competitive play, usta norcal director, and president. thank you very much for your support, for our tennis programming, and most importantly, for our kids. >> thank you. would you like to say a few words? >> i am michael cook, and the president of the usta northern california. i want to thank you for allowing us to get on the court. a bit of a misnomer that it is just 10 and under. where we are finding when we put these courts down, we're introducing tennis back to some seniors, through their inability to move, are covering the court again, but grandparents playing with their grandchildren on and of corporate court size. it became much more inclusive and inviting by these new rules put out by dennis for 10 and under. usta thanks you for accepting our gift and we lo

we have some representatives present today from the usda norcal and we are pleased to be excepting athey are presenting involving tennis. this will encourage kids to stay involved in the sport. i

perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda process verified programs for fresh, allnatural chicken. [ jim ] this is an all-vegetarian diet. no animal byproducts, no animal fat. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. it's not gonna happen. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free, and we set our goals higher than anyone. we're trying to make a better chicken. [ jim ] my dad did, my grandfather did, and it's what we do today. >>> look at. this today is fat tuesday. mardi gras in new orleans. looking at a live picture of bourbon street. all people are going home with beads around their neck. >>> stood the parade final, finale, the holidays traditional celebration leading up to the observation of lint. foot traffic will be a problem in the french quarter in new orleans. our traffic could be hectic for the commute. >> could be rough, dicey. a couple of trouble spots here and there. let's update the situation, howard county, cooksville and west friend ship. fallen power cables over route 144. police are saying they should be out of the way momentarily. they are not

perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda process verified programs for fresh, alltural chicken. [ jim ] this is an all-vegetarian diet. no animal byproducts, no animal fat. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. it's not gonna happen. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free, and we set our goals higher than anyone. we're trying to make a better chicken. [ jim ] my dad did, my grandfather did, and it's what we do today. team scientists launched a small rorkt in to the northern lights in alaska. nasa hoping to discover how northern lights can affect signals from global positioning system satellites and spacecraft. scientists say the rocket reached more than 200 miles. >>> the satellite and radar right now, not seeing a whole lot. we have a few clouds, but our weather possibly could be coming from it will north as we see a little disturbance rotating down from canada, and with that, we could be seeing scattered showers in the forecast as we go in to the afternoon. we are not dealing with that this morning. we will see sunshine. temperatures, 42 degrees with th

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will.o blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> some people just love what they do so much they'll do just about anything to do it. we found this video on the website fuse. this is colin huggins, and colin plays the piano. he pulls his baby grand piano out of his storage unit and he pushes the piano -- >> are you kidding me? >> all the way up to washington square park. this baby grand piano weighs 650 pounds. now, watch, once he gets there, he still has to put this thing together. watch this whole process. this is a difficult process. >> he's doing it all by himself. >> he does so much to get the piano set up at washington square park, he basically stay there's until the sun goes down. ♪ does it say how much he averages in his little bucket? >> it's a humble living in his words, but there's quite a crowd out there. look at how happy they look. he is making all of these people smile. he als

americans are expected to eat 1.25 billion chicken wings this super bowl weekend says the usda's nationalhicken council. enough to circle the earth twice if each wing was laid end to end. of that's 100 million bounds of the spicy snacks that peak at $2 a pound wholesale this time of year. hungry football fans can't beat the heat. that will do it for us today. thanks for joining me. next week, one of the richest individuals, saudi prince alwaleed bin talau. i'll see you next weekend. i have actually put in over my career. and it's 168,000 hours. so just think, if you had an 8-hour job, i'm like a man of 100 and something years old. i've worked very hard to support my family. and i finally reached that point where i'm going to retire. ♪ ♪

perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda process verified programs for fresh, allatural chicken. [ jim ] this is an all-vegetarian diet. no animal byproducts, no animal fat. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. it's not gonna happen. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free, and we set our goals higher than anyone. o we're trying to make a better chicken. [ jim ] my dad did, my grandfather did, and it's what we do today. >>> 4:28 is our time right now. we have 46 degrees out there this morning on this what would have normally been the last day of february, but not this year. >> no. >> oh, no. a leap year. >> it's here year. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, february 28, 2012. >>> new this morning, firefighters battled the flames at a grocery store in silver spring. the fire sparked in the bakery section of the safeway at new hampshire avenue. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. officials tell us they expect to open the store on time this morning. >>> another big day for republicans in de

we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormos and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >>> 4:28. 54 degrees. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. you made it to friday, welcome to the weekend. it's friday, february 24, 2012. >>> morning maryland is one step closer to becoming the eighth state along with d.c. to legalize same-sex marriage. [ applause ] cheers erupted as the results of the vote were announced. the senate voted 25-22 in favor of the civil marriage protection act. the house approved the measure last week after the vote. maryland's only gay senator said it was a huge honor to take part in the historic vote. >> i think i'm speechless on this vote. it's a remarkable day for the people of the state of maryland. i'm proud to have been part of it. >> this has been a difficult issue, but as one maryland we came together around the principle of human dignity, and we're moving forward. >> the legislatio

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>> i'm working off of -- i actually have this -- the usda budget summary. >> right. >> and you are working off of what line? >> it's page 16. it would be discretionary under farm service agency, fsa salaries and expenses. so i guess my comment and my question is, why would you eliminate an entire program but not adjust federal government salaries to to show that this i program that's not going to be in existence, so we're going to continue to be paying government employees for a program that doesn't exist. >> we need to get to the bottom of it. because as i said, secretary vilsack has shown tremendous leadership in cutting expenses and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are well used. i'd like to come back to you on the specific line item and how -- >> that's fine. and that last point, real quick, gdp is estimated at 14.9 in 2011 or assumed, and in 2022, 25.4 -- 25.4. do you think that's even possible? >> i'm sorry. gdp -- >> 14.9 today, 25.4 in 2022. is that even possible? >> oh, absolutely. this is historical gdp growth. yes. >> mr. ribble? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i know it's been a long

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that particular day a state inspector came through and decided that lunch didn't meet usda guidelines. mom is not sure, why maybe lack of a vegetable? we aren't sure, but anyway the child ended up with the school lunch that day chicken nuggets. i think the first one sounded better. >>> last year we brought you live nonstop coverage of the first ever rock and roll marathon, the only marathon run entirely in d.c. this year the adult marathon and the half marathon have already sold out, but as kristin fisher reports, the kickoff for today's kids race took place just this morning. >> reporter: these kids at barnard elementary are about to take their first steps towards running marathon and who better to be your coach than rod dixon, an olympian and new york city marathon champion. >> kids were born to move and we're not getting kids to be active enough. >> reporter: he's teamed up with espn sportscaster bonnie bernstein to be ambassadors for the first ever ing kids rock d.c. marathon. >> come out, play with these kids and get them running. it's so fulfilling to me and to come back where i

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