>> yes, it was called "does the usda do it?"don't actually know all the things it does. and if you don't -- if you guess wrong you chug. [ light laughter ] but, i mean, if i told you some of the things it does, i mean -- like, that believe it or not, there are people who are around airports in america shooting fireworks at geese to make sure they don't live near the airports so they don't fly into airplanes. i mean, they -- the usda polices actually all disputes between animals and people in the country. now you think there are not many, but, you know, puppy mills and circus elephants that get abused. and they -- we kill 9 billion birds a year to eat in this country and they have to inspect every single one of them. there's a -- it runs a forest service. it runs -- there's -- all of rural america is dependent on that place. it subsidizes water, electricity, schools, firehouses. at every point in the place, it's like a big part of the social safety net, there are people there working who are there not because they can't think of

>> at the federal w have the national organic program which is housed by the usda. they have boards that determine the rules and applications that can be used in organic production and they oversee what can be labeled as organic and identified in the market. if you go to a grocery store and you are consumer, and you are interested in buying organic food, you want to look for a round symbol that says usda organic and you know then that it has been approved by federal standards. the federal standards are very specific. it means something very narrow and not all organic producers and consumers agree upon that definition. they can be highly controversial depending on who you ask. some are confused about what it means to be organic as opposed to other terms like local or natural or sustainably produced. as defined byic the federal government. >> yes. organic if it is labeled as that and in the u.s. it has to be organic according to the usda national standard. >> you have these early states, these early adopters, organic regulation, and how did that lead to the developmen

. >>> usda inexpecters have now joined the investigation of raw meat delivered to a san jose grocery store unwrapped and in shopping carts. last week photos were posted of men delivering the meat to the 99 ranch market. the meat vendor jim's farm meat out of the central valley says it has fired both of those employees. the usda issued a statement saying it is working with investigators and is committed to protecting public health by ensuring the safety of the nation's meat supply. >> if you want to save money take a look in your trash can. if there are vegetable roots or stems you're throwing away perfectly good food and you are not alone. nearly half of the food in this country is being thrown away and all of that garbage has inspired a new movement. abc7 news anchor kristen sze bites into this trend getting people to eat from root to stem. >> reporter: at the perennial restaurant in san francisco, the food is amazing. the key ingredients, just about everything. that's because nearly every food scrap gets used in the recipes. >> why should i throw something in the trash that i spent

and talking with other individuals. >> reporter: and today the usda's food safety and inspection service said they are working with local authorities on it. >> there's a lot of on pending information, pending their investigation and we just want and ask for people's patience as we work through the investigation process. >> reporter: ranch 99 market tells us their meat vendor was jim's farm meat, we reached out to that company and they have not yet responded to our requests for a comment. nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, and fire ravage ed sonoma county. one house has been rebuilt and the others not as fortunate. a major bilderbacked out looking for neighbors to row build their homes and their lives. heavy weight builders could not secure enough to move forward with 75 homes here. custom builders weighed in on whether labor concerns, and there's concerns it was legitimate. >> it's a legitimate concern if the expectations were to rebuild maybe 4,000 homes in two years. >> and that's the problem. they actually have 5,000 homes to build in two years. right now, that is how long home in

. >> reporter: the usda's food safety and inspection service is now working with local authorities on this. >> there's a lot of pending information pending their investigation and we just want and ask for people to stay patient as we work our way through the process. >> reporter: nbc bay area also looked through the inspection reports for the 99 ranch market, a location now under federal and local investigation. according to a report, on the 8th of january, a health inspector highlighted several major risk factors and violations in the meat department including improper hand washing, food debris in the meat slicers and grinders and dirty meat trays. according to a report from last october, the county briefly closed the store's seafood and meat department after discovering roaches. 99 ranch market tells us they are cooperating with the usda and they're no longer doing business with jim's farm meat, that the san jose location is no longer ordering meat from that meat vendor who they say delivered the meat the day those pictures were taken. jim's farm meat has not responded to our reques

. >> no, jus >>> usda inexpecters have now joined the investigation of raw meat delivered to a san jose grocery store unwrapped and in shopping carts. last week photos were posted of men delivering the meat to the 99 ranch market. the meat vendor jim's farm meat out of the central valley says it has fired both of those employees. the usda issued a statement saying it is working with investigators and is committed to protecting public health by ensuring the safety of the nation's meat supply. >> if you want to save money take a look in your trash can. if there are vegetable roots or stems you're throwing away perfectly good food and you are not alone. nearly half of the food in this country is being thrown away and all of that garbage has inspired a new movement. abc7 news anchor kristen sze bites into this trend getting people to eat from root to stem. >> reporter: at the perennial restaurant in san francisco, the food is amazing. the key ingredients, just about everything. that's because nearly every food scrap gets used in the recipes. >> why should i throw something in the trash that

is defined by the usda national organic program, very narrowly defined. some people agree with this definition while others don't. now if you're hoping that you can find a market that's a little bit different or a term that signifies a more holistic product, natural is not any better of a choice. natural was actually the term term that a lot of organic advocates walked away from because it had been tainted, it had been used by companies trying to use natural frito lay chips. many attempts to try to regulate this term but today there's been nothing that has come out. natural food is unregulated. if you see something that says natural, that doesn't necessarily mean anything. same way if you see local, local can mean a number of things. is it local that it came from your food hub, sit local, has it been produced here in springfield, missouri, that's very local. is it a missouri product, is it a state product, is that local or can we do it a little bit different like a regional perspective of local, is the u.s. local, even though your food may travel from cal

. >>> a story first brought to you, meat moved into a store in shopping carts about the reason the usda is now involved in this investigation. >>> also a jackpot of a different kind. the warning from the secret service about what could happen to your neighborhood atm. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. clouds still lingering throughout san jose, but we're tracking a milder forecast this week. we'll let you know when 70s return in eight minutes. ♪ [thinking] mexican spices? ♪ [thinking] nacho cheese sauce? they don't want these coming out. who's they? the burger people. they! they! nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong!] story we broke on nbc bay area...last friday. these photos have been getting a >>> we want to update you on a disturbing story we first broke on nbc bay area last friday. these photos have been getting a lot of attention nationwide. you can see here raw uncovered meat being delivered in shopping carts to the ranch 99 market in san jose. the federal government is now stepping in. nbc bay area's anoush sha rasta is joining us with details. >> repor

qualifying loans are those guaranteed by the usda, va and fha under the respective program guides. they're pulled into the mortgage-backed securities or mbs. the jennie mae guarantee and the jennie mae brand is globally recognized and trusted. the strong value of our brand leads to investment in the u.s. housing market from large asset managers, pension funds and central banks across the globe all of which makes lending to low income, first-time, rural and veteran borrowers possible. it would be very difficult for me to overstate the consequences for the u.s. housing market if jennie mae and our partnering federal agency, the usda, va and fha did not successfully police our programs. global capital is drawn to the market in part because of the strength of the united states and its credit worthiness, but if our program is abused or taken advantage of, this capital can and will find other investment vehicles. that would drive up interest rates and make mortgage credit less available for millions of americans. as such, it is imperative that we all work together, those of us here on th

liquidity to the market for mortgages and the veterans affairs federal housing administration and usda housing programs. we do this by applying the full faith and credit guaranteed to those that provide the delivery in the security. qualifying loans are those guaranteed. bigger then pulled into the mortgage-backed securities. the guarantee is globally recognized and trusted. the strong value of the grand leads to investment in the housing market from the asset managers, pension funds and central bank's across the globe all of which makes lending to low income first-time role in the veteran it would be difficult to oversee the consequences for the housing market for the usda did not successfully police the programs. global capitalist onto the market in part because of the strength of the united states and its creditworthiness. the program is abused or take advantage of committed capital can and will find other investment vehicles. that would drive up interest rates and make it available for more americans. it is imperative that we all worked together those of us here on the panel. we be

is defined by the usda national organic program. it is very narrowly defined. some people agree with that definition while others don't. if you are hoping you can find a market that's a little bit different or a term that a more holistic product, natural is not any better of a choice. natural is a term that organic advocate initially walked away from because it are debating used by companies trying to sell natural frito-lay chips or natural something or another. natural is a term that has been widely abused. many attempts to try to regulate the term but to date there has been not in come out. natural food is unregulated. if you see something natural, that doesn't mean anything. same way if you see local. local could mean a number of different things. local in terms of it came from your food hub. has this been produced here in springfield, missouri. that is very local. is it a mystery product misstate product or can we do it a little bit different, like a regional data. as the u.s. vocal even though your food may travel from california to new york were to washin

the usda says they will determine any action. the owner says it has fired both employees. >>> a state lawmaker wants to enact a law to stop elon musk from selling millions of dollars worth of flamethrowers. using one this weekend. they cost $500 a pop. musk claims they're legal, because they don't shoot flames beyond ten feet. he joked back in december that he sells them, he says he has pre-sold 10,000 of the 20,000 units his company plan to buy. assembly democrat says musk's idea is in bad taste following several deadly wildfires in southern california. >>> a lot more to come here. it's called jackpot. and hackers make atms spit out cash like slot machines and the scheme has hit the u.s. >>> how a bay area company may force the pentagon to make some changes. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. cooler today, but near-record warmth is coming. >>> and are you a lurker or a geek? hi, we're alaska airlines. and we don't just fly lumberjacks to glaciers. we fly all kinds of people all kinds of places. like app developers to mexico ci

i did look into usda standards for this. this is considered extremely dangerous as way to handle raw pork. it should be refrigerated up the delivery point and should not be left uncovered and opened to contaminants bring going from the truck to the meat processing area. >> all right thom nice job. thanks. >>> we have new information on the first incident that happened at the 99 ranch market in san jose. bay area first to report this story opinion the meat surrender says the two workers in the picture have been fired. san jose mother snapped the picture two weeks ago posted to fischer yesterday. the 99 ranch market learned about the incident yesterday and dumped all the meat. they also said that the meat came from a surrender, jim's farm meat out of winten, california. jim's farm meat declined to comment when we reached out. but they told the modesto bee the employees have been fired. the santa clara county health department is investigating. >>> social media buzzing about this story. we post-ed our report to the nbc bay area

contacted the health department who sent out health inspectors to dig into the issue and notify the usda. >> has it been long enough it would grow bacteria on it and other things that could be path or jennic. >> according to the health director, the most recent inspection of the 99 ranch market happened january 24th. inspectors say they found several violations. including unpackaged meat in contact with the floor. and food contact services not being clean and sanitized. and a spokesperson for 99 ranch market told us they are investigating the recent allegations and they could not give us the names of their meat vendor at this time. reporting live in richmond, anoushah rasta, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> our other top story a school teacher ached of endanger a child. that teacher turned himself in today. he works at marshall elementary. this afternoon the school district confirmed the investigation. they said in december the teacher was seen cradling the student and holding the student over the balcony of the second story. they knew he was barred but didn't know why. the principal

usdae joined by a reporter. this is the biggest body the cultural sector. halpenny is the audience? is a friendly crowd. it is very republican leaning. have a great scope but if you are a democrat you will join another organization. joe: fairly standard trump themes. , deregulation tax cuts, all that. from the from the perspective of the farmers, is this on their mind these days? willow bay the interested in the steering -- what would they be interested in hearing most about? >> tax>> reform is popular. deregulation is popular, especially the idea some of the folks on the epa who visit farmers and tell them what not to do. you will not hear him talking about trade. this organization has been very supportive of the north american free trade agreement. you do not hear him talking immigration -- immigration. a lot of farmers say policy toward migrants would choke up their worker supply. if you have a reason to want to like someone, you want to hear those reasons and that is what they are sharing today. scarlet: let's talk about nafta. this crowd would be supportive of nafta. by and lar

at the usda, food stamps are still available but could run out of money. as for food inspections of processed and imported food conducted by the fda, that would be suspended. here's what stays the same. the u.s. postal service will still deliver mail, air traffic controllers will keep directing flights. >> stephanie ramos joins us from inside the capitol. we know military operations will continue. but service members, no doubt, are affected by this in some way. >> absolutely, tom. sure service members will get paid eventually but that doesn't help them right now. i can tell you a number of reservists who showed up for their reserve duty and were turned away. soldiers deployed overseas won't be watching any nfl games this weekend. the armed forces network forced to go dark. tom. >> stephanie ramos for us tonight. stephanie, thank you. >>> all of this happening on the one-year anniversary of president trump's inauguration. he had plans to celebrate with a fund-raiser at mar-a-lago. instead the white house said he was in the office working the phones. david w

. >> the usda inspection service says their agents are now working local authorities on this. >> there's a lot pending with the investigation and we ask for patience as we work through the process. >> the store says their meat vend vendor, we have reached out to they will. >>> a new plaque will be unveiled on the campus. the woman presented a quote for the plaque. it was her statement during sentencing hearing for turner. the university decided it will not be using the plaque saying that it might upset other sexual victims. he served three months in jail for the assault. the judge who presided over the case is now facing a recall election this june. >>> happening today, the woman accused in a drunk driving accident that injured a chp officer. tammy walker drove into the center divider on highway for you, triggering a train reaction crash that pinned an officer under the truck. he is accused of driving under the influence with a suspended license. he broke both his legs but is now recovering. >>> two teenagers are in trouble for hitting a richmond police officer with a car. it was caught

today the usda issued a statement saying it is working with local investigators and will determine any action. the meat vendor, jim's farm meat company, out of the central valley, says it has fired both employees. >>> a federal appeals court will reconsider an earlier ruling blocking a san francisco law to require health warnings on ads for sodas and sugary drinks. the warnings passed bit board of supervisors in 2015 would say that drinking the beverages contributes to obesity and diabetes, along with tooth decay. the american beverage association sued. a ninth circuit court of appeals panel said the warnings were one-sided and would violate advertisers' freedom of speech. today the full court said a majority of its judges voted did grant the city's request for a new hearing before an 11-judge panel. >>> san francisco nurses held an informational picket to protest what they call eroding patient care conditions. they protested outside st. mary's medical center at fulton and stanyan saying dignity health has proposed removing charge nurses from all units and they're expecting registered

he is not accusing staffers at the usda of political bias. attacking the public servants who those who have roles who in the president's thinking should have bigger roles. congressman adam schiff joins us in a moment. and cnn jessica schneider joins us now. >> reporter: it has been couriered over to the white house. the president will decide whether or not to declassify this memo and release it publicly. the president is inclined to declassify and release this memo. this is a crucial five-day window here. we know that the president will be advised during this window and undergo a national security review of sorts and because the state of the union is tomorrow night not to expect anything before then. we understand this could be a several day process. no word when the exact memo will be released if at all. >> what do we know about this memo? >> reporter: it is shrouded in secrecy. it was written by republican staffers and because it is classified, members have to be very discrete about what they actually release here. they are not allowed to t

. >> pedro: yeah under the table because they were not inspected by the usda. >> anthony: can you uses? >> pedro: i'm in the process. i use the pork shoulder and there is nobody in puerto rico that produce that. >> anthony: now that's [ bleep ] up. i mean correct me if i'm wrong the spanish generally brought pigs with them. you can certainly raise pigs here no problem, there is the land for it. why is no one raising pigs in puerto rico? >> pedro: 90 percent of the pork meat in puerto rico comes from the states. the prices are very hard to compete. that is changing. we still have the resources and the talent that is the most powerful tool that we've got the talent to see an opportunity and working forward to that. we have a great generation of young agriculturists that instead of going from the countryside to the city to work in a bank or some big companies they are going back to the countryside. they don't need anybody to say hey you can do it. they just make the click. >> anthony: so there is hope? >> pedro: yeah humbly i can say me and my family are an example of what you can do wit

the usda is only estimating florida growers will harvest 46 million boxes this season -- get this, 46 million this season. ten years ago, it was 203 million boxes harvested of citrus. a decade before that, it was 244 million boxes of oranges. for months, our farmers have been told to wait their turn. some of them are going bankrupt. they have waited long enough. they need the help now. we just have to act on this disaster bill. and additionally, while it's been over 100 days since hurricane maria hit puerto rico, over 30% of the island remains without power. parts of the island still lack running water. some people have running water still, but they can't drink it. they have to boil it. when i was there in the loyal mountain town of utuano, the source of water about two weeks after the hurricane, with the roads cut off, the only source of outside help was by helicopter. the running water that they had was from a pipe that was coming out of the mountain of the mountain water draining down. i don't want to mince words here. we have a full-blown humanitarian crisis in puerto rico right n

. >> usda dietary guidelines to find moderate drinking as one drink a day for women, and two drinks a foremen. more than that can increase the risk for things like cancer, heart disease, inch some knee, a weight gain. >> if you take time off from drinking, you have some mild repair, but then what happens is that if you go back to drinking again, whatever repair you had will then recede. >> doctors say on staining can improve liver function willing g boost memory, reduce anxiety >> there needs to be some kind of moderation with what you are doing in december, no different than what would you do in the other month of the year. >> experts say, people often underestimate how much they real dow drink, which often goes with over eating, because alcohol can interfere with perception and will power, and remember, each drink can contain between 150 to 350 calories, sometimes even more. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs 3, " eyewitness news." >>> well, a man in south carolina is now having a dry january, in fact, he is giving whole new meaning to having a cold one. tim mccoy chills his beer by keeping i

an offshoot, and that is resumption of beef exports after 14 years look at this bar chart from the usda7 million the big number is how many pounds of beef we exported in september. i know most of the talk in print we read regarding trade is mostly negative, not to say in some fashion it may not be warranted, but there's also some pretty big positives that seem to have slipped through the cracks there's another issue as to where's the beef you know, i think if over the last three or four weeks my most common e-mail or text is in regard to equities and today specifically i had more than most, because i have not been fighting this i haven't been fighting it since november of last year, and as we touch 25,000, the e-mails read somewhat as follows. how could you be enamored with the stock market it's all qe money. trillions and trillions in central bank dollars that's what is going on. i'm not arguing it's not a channel, but here's my question back what, we just discovered qe past, present, and future on november 8th of 2016 now come on, folks does that make any sense it was going on long be

federal courts, veterans hospitals, customs and border protection, usda food inspections and the tsa will all luckily continue to operate, but without pay in many cases. the post office will continue uninterrupted since they are funded independently. the state and energy departments will continue at limited capacity until their funds are exhausted. as will the epa, 95% of department of education workers -- department of education workers, that's school, our kids, they're going to be off the job. along with more than half of the treasury department, 50% of health and human services staff are expected to be sent home. remember, we got a flu crisis going on and almost 40% of the transportation department. that is just a sampling of the impact on the federal workforce. fda safety activities, the irs audits and refunds of the faa aircraft registry will be among the shuddered activities. if a furloughed employee does want to come to work, they're barred from doing so by law. back in 2013, 850,000 workers were affected. about 40% of the federal workforce and in 2013 those workers were award

in agricultural commodities, today's crop reports from the usda push the agricultural some index to ad low. winter wheat plantings and corn supplies came in above estimates, while domestic soybeans climbed on lower export demand. insight isfor more our commodity strategist for bloomberg intelligence. they to have you. agricultural commodities cannot catch a break here. >> the question is how much worse will it get? that is one thing we can feature in our first chart. the market is expecting it. most fund shorts are the extreme ever, so they got what they wanted. the market is still lower. the issue today was more landing of wheat -- planting of wheat, but soybeans are a little. how much worse is it going to get? julia: we are showing you this chart here, which is actually showing the green spot some and as youb-index, say, everyone was expecting this. how much worse does it get? mike: i do not know, but at some point you get short covered rallies. we are getting into the planting season. we are planting soon in the u.s., and sometimes, they have to price in a bit of risk that weather,

congressman evans, congressman marino, congressman marshall and large conn smucker and also thanks to usda jend secretary from coming up -- undersecretary for coming up to join us and pennsylvania department of agriculture secretary. the pennsylvania farm show truly does bring together so many different people in the ag community and it's an event like none other. as vice chairman of the house agriculture committee i am proud of this fine event that takes place in the pennsylvania. it houses 24 acres under one roof spreading throughout 11 buildings including three arenas. there is no admission fee and it's a great event for the entire family and numerous educational shows that are all free of charge. pennsylvania farm show provides an atmosphere for everyone to walk through, observe and educate themselves about different areas of agriculture. the commonwealth's largest industry, which brings in nearly $6.9 billion annually in agricultural cash receipts. almost half a million jobs are tied to the industry which positively impacts all pennsylvanians. undoubtedly one of the most popular attra

we have a report from the usda. sort of update on supply and demand for green census like that. ends stuff like that. we see that selloff in corn and wheat. those are today's market minutes. scarlet: what'd you miss? wells fargo earnings taking a hit due to litigation costs. the spring and was fargo's chief financial officer who joins us from san francisco. thank you for joining us today. good to speak with you. i guess the question here is, starting with the litigation expenses, was this a kitchen sink quarter? $1 billion in litigation expenses. do you see the end of the tunnel leading gets past the consumer banking legal disk units you have been waiting for -- legal disputes you have been waiting for? >> at the quarter, it was $6.2 billion of net income, about as high as it has ever been at wells fargo. drivers.few big litigation is one of them. also, tax reform because we are a big taxpayer and have been through the cycle. we have deferred tax liability is so we put up about $3.3 billion a benefits from that. on

. >> we are working very closely with the usda on this issue and in particularly on influenza. we were joined at the hip in response to the importation of these avian influenza viruses. our role was to make sure we understood the biology and if any human infections occur that they were rapidly detected and treated. >> you do the best you can with the resources and authorities have. how are we doing with respect to the tracking and responding to these situations and pairing for the next one and then speaking to any additional authorities or resources needed to optimize the efforts. >> i think that we are given the strategy we have which is a reactive one, i think we are doing well at containing. i think that predicate caused by inattention given our strategy is a reactive one. and i think the ability to prevent importation of the viruses that can be transmitted is very challenging and there's a lot being done on the animal health side i think it is a challenge into the basic strategy is identifying the flock in a small area to prevent human infections should the virus have the c

r usda assisted housing. four families receive no housing at all, one in four. value has gone down. some say this could result in 200,000 fewer affordable units built in the next decade. wages are stagnant or increasing modestly but the rent is going up. when will the treasury address affordable rental housing crisis? secretary mnuchin: it's an important issue and we look forward to working with you on it. senator cortez masto: ok. that seems to be the standard answer for everything. let me ask you this. will the president's proposed infrastructure bill include funding to invest in our affordable housing infrastructure? secretary mnuchin: i think when the president releases it there will be the opportunities in affordable housing as in other things. senator cortez masto: are you working with the president now to address those needs? secretary mnuchin: not specifically affordable housing but, yes, the overall infrastructure and that can be part of it. senator cortez masto: when will a scoring card be issued? apparently there hasn't been one in two years. secretary mnuchin: i didn't k

something like the usda organic is a great certification and seal. 95% of stuff in there is certified a great chart. in general, certifications and symbols give you more information. >> before you can have a symbol on, it has to be legit. >> know the organization that's using it. before we get into clean beauty, this symbol "e" right here, in europe, they regulate about 1,300 ingredients. here in the u.s., less than 30. so, that's a good one. >> ouch. >> let's -- take ingredients. >> clean is the new natural. is clean another buzzword? i want everyone to know that this is a movement. clean embraces manmade and synthetic products because not everything manmade is healthy. bad. but not everything natural, like lead, you want in your products. the focus is on safety, not source. nontoxic products. >> we have about a minute to take us through this stuff. >> i want to point out retailers like credo beauty. they haveingredients they avoid. and they're a retailer doing the homework for you. >> credo bueauty. >> they carry everything, from makeup, and they polish and skin care. >> i love when

it's complicated in that usda is responsible for the promotion of food and the business of food. it perhaps could be difficult to have that protection of food in the same exact place. i've seen signs of life in those programs that i've not seen in the last 10 years. so perhaps the program is becoming much stronger. sen. roberts: secretary perdue and the office would run that. the construction of that is homeland security and they are responsible for any attack on the united states. it's been very difficult to focus on this. some years back on this committee for which might distinguish friend is the chairman, we were able to determine what keeps you up at night. in the top 10 was an attack on our food supply. that is not the case today. talking with our cia director, mike pompeo, who happens to be from kansas. we are trying to reassess that threat and i think it's a very real one. i thank you all for your service and i'm over time. i yield back. thank you for your time. sen. burr: you did not disappoint me. i knew there was going to be a question somewhere in that dissertation. se

i think it's complicated and usda is responsible for the promotion of food and the business of food and they could perhaps be difficult to have all the protection in the same exact place where they have seen signs of life in the past six months abound -- around the program lasts five or 10 years. >> secretary perdue and the agricultural research obviously would run the department of homeland security and they are responsible for an attack on its face. been difficult to focus on this. some years back in the intelligence committee in which my distinguished friend is the chairman we are able to determine what keep shoe up at night at least in the top 10 in our food supply that's not the case today talking with our director mike pompeo from kansas so we are trying to at least reassess that threat. i think it's very real and i thank you all for your service and i'm over my time i yield back. thank you mr. chairman. >> i knew there would be a question somewhere in that. >> thank you chairman burr and ranking member casey. this discussion today is important and timely and to focus the sobering

you do not have the usda reporting, where as for coffee, you have to be on the ground, literally counting big the crop will be. you are right. there is the amount, honduras, columbia. vietnam, honduras, columbia. francine: one of the first things i day -- tom: she does not do this everyday -- any day but friday. i have to discover a cocoa char t? francine: this depends on drought, on social unrest on the ivory coast. kona: it is boots on the ground. that is the only way can find out what is going on in production. it is not large scale. it is usually one plan and his qatar -- hect -- one man and his hectare of land. francine: what will happen in 2018? kona: on the back of strong economic growth, those look positive, particularly with a weaker u.s. dollar. but softs in grains, i do not think we share that uplift in commodities, because the story i'm a fundamentally, is not quite there. with sugar and grain are in rough supply. we have oversupply under pressure. coffee, technically, is in the deficit. the 2018 crops will be large. futures will be looking ahead at bay crops. -- futures will

we're working very closely with usda on this issue and particularly on influenza. we were really joined at the hip in the response to this importation of the influenza viruss. our role was to make sure that we understood the biology and that, if any, human infections occurred that those were rapidly detected and treated and to protect workers in the process of the calling that was going on. >> you no doubt do the best you can with the resources and the authorities you have. number one, how are we doing with respect to tracking and the responding? two, these situations and preparing for the next one and then secondarily, any options you need to better your resources? >> given the strategy that we have which is a reactive one, i think we're doing well at detecting and containing imporitations. i think that -- >> that predicate caught my attention given that our strategy is a reactive one. >> right, right. i think the ability of -- to prevent the importation of influenza viruss that can be transmitted by mieg tri water foul for example, very challenging. there's a lot

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i believe it's usda., we are selling it. >> they are pro-nafta, you want to see changes. you told the president don't rip it up. >> no, nafta needs to be modernized like anything 25 years ago. we think it would be bad policy if we withdrew. >> you told the president that? >> yes. >> >> um. >>um. brian: mr. secretary, who is the president you know? is he a guy who listens to what you are saying? >> absolutely. this president is a bold, decisive, focused decision maker but he also leaves a little door open in the back for his mind to be changed. he listens and i think the nafta discussion was a great example of that. >> are you looking forward to this today? >> i am, it's going to be a big day. brian: 7,000 people there. secretary of agriculture will do the introduction. i know the president values your insight. thank you. brian: coming up next hour alan dershowitz. maybe ainsley will sing. don't miss a version of "fox & friends," it's monday. get dressed. t's go to sumatra. where's sumatra? good question.

it's co-located with usda, u.s. forest service, noaa, usgs and there's a synergy in this office. as i understand it, there's some concern by gsa particularly in that it's located in a floodplain, so there may very well be a need to relocate. we fully understand that. but i would ask that you get engaged on this, because i think keeping synergies with the other federal agencies is important, and having a location near the chesapeake bay is symbolic and important. the location that epa was looking at was to move the epa office alone to fort meade, which is federal facilities and i can understand the cost issues of locating in federal facility. the problem is that it's not near the bay. and secondly, it's behind the fence line, which for d.o.d. has significant costs, because every person who visits the epa office has to go through the security network, which is already overtaxed because of budget concerns and the number of tenants that are located at fort meade. would you work with us to get a more reasonable answer to epa's location with other agencies so that we can accomplish the