the usda already has some authority to implement. what is usda's plan to implement targeted practice in the western banch of lake erie? >> certainly our education programs in nutrient management, and helping to teach identification, and there's new technology of being able to have on the farms, phosphorus and-we're working on conser conservation efforts. enter we need your strong voice and continued support on that, on conservation program and on glri, the administration has made more than noises, it's attempted to cut glri. in 2016, i work with senators don lee and the program targeted producers for farmers who wanted to reduce runoff from their farms. this program has ended but we can't walk away. will you commit to finding additional funding for this water flow. >> i will commit to looking. of the. >>> looking aggressively? >> very aggressively. >> senator donnelly has part of the great lakes region. >> my answer is limited by the fact that i don't know what the quanti quantify -- quantity indication. >> i know you want to, but i

a hiring freeze for a long time at the usda. in michigan, wire se're seeing significant vacancies in conservation and narfarm programmers. farmers are concerned with fewer staff when trying to sign up with the new and improved dairy program. and we've heard there are vacancies in the national organic program which is making it harder to meet consumer needs and also protect against fraudulent imports which is another area around trade. as we put together the farm bill, we need to also be sure that the usda has enough employees in place to be able to quickly implement new programs, improve programs and so on. so will you commit to hiring up to the full levels allowed under the funding provided in the 2018 omnibus which is higher than the president's 2018 and 2019 budget request, but it is full funding that we've come together to give you to meet those customer service needs that i know that you want to do? can we count on you to hire up to the full levels that we've given the funding for in the budget? >> as i've expressed appreci

usda's economic research service released a new report earlier this month. businesses that receive vapg support are less likely to fail than nonrecipient businesses, and businesses that receive this support also employ more workers than nonrecipient businesses. this amendment would also exclude beer, wine, distilled spirits and hard cider projects from being eligible for vapg. it is completely arbitrary and foolish to restrict these products. in my state of maine, there's been an explosion of craft breweries, distilleries and cideries that are contributing to the local economy. two years ago an orchard in maine received vapg money to increase production of hard cider and fruit wine. this provided the farmers with the opportunity to diversify revenue and reach new markets. this may be a very small program but it can make a big impact on farmers and rural communities in states like mine and across the country. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. newhouse: i'll reserv

usda farm data reveals for 2016 fiscal year, 23.9 million acres were enrolled in c.r.p., representing approximately 7% of the u.s. cropland. rental rates and leases offered by the federal government are often much more lucrative than farming would be. while congressional directives and a favorable farm economy in prior years led to lower c.r.p. enrollment, nearly one quarter of all land enrolled in c.r.p. has been enrolled for more than 20 years, including 2.7 million acres or 12% enrolled for more than three decades since the inception of the program. during the 2016 fiscal year payments for c.r.p. lands totaled $1.7 billion. as our nation's farmers and ranchers face the challenge of meeting the increasing demand in the u.s. iber and abroad, i would yield and ask the chairman, should america's producers be forced to continue competing with federal programs for access to farmland? mr. conaway: well, i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank him for bringing up this important issue. i agree with the gentleman from alabama that our farmers and ranchers should not be competing with the

you obviously gave the secretary a lot of discretion in that from the usda, and we want to honor that confidence by making you pleased with the way we deploy those resources. so, hopefully, we are again within a week to ten days of that announcement of the provisions of that. >> appreciate that. and you have put some amount, for example, drought funding is an area where you have put it out there. i want to acknowledge that and thank you for that. >> we have. on the programs that were already set in place, not the wildlife and hurricane -- wildfire and hurricane issues, but where the places were already for predetermined farm bill programs, we've already gotten that money out the door and deployed that, and you all were -- >> right, which directly affects for example our ranchers, so that's helpful. i want to ask you about your farm production and conservation business center. it looks like you're working to realign staffing. so, if you would talk a little bit about your vision for the business center, the services that it's going to support, and what kind of timeline are you looking a

they make a public data , you doe for mass usda a great job getting the information out there. as well as any private concern, but i am not persuaded even in that case. you can make an argument about flood insurance as well. essentially, i agree with that. the government has its fingers in a whole bunch of agricultural pies that get in the way of innovation, improvements and efficiency. earlier,ing mentioned it is true before we have this big insurance program, we also , every time relief why buy insurance because you are going to get a check if you have a real loss. individuals, that were adequately covered in some congress did not have the discipline to refrain from writing those checks periodically. was used to justify crop insurance to some extent. >> we have overrun our schedule time, the panelists will be around for a little while. thank you for your patience and your questions. youook forward to seeing all at other ai events. oficulture is one present gdp. thank you. [applause] >> later this afternoon on c-span nasa officials briefed reporters on the space agency's missi

usda says there are 48,000 farms across the state of florida. as you take your questions on that as well as the food stamp program. democrats host: there is also -- one of the reasons this farm bill failed, as you mentioned, conservative republicans upset over a push by moderate up against to protect so-called dreamers, those that are participants in the deferred action child's arrival program. "the washington post" today says the gop negotiators on this, the centrist republicans, have delayed their vote over immigration, and this is where things stand. one additional republican signed the petition wednesday. four more signatures are necessary. sign, all 193 democrats then a petition could go to the floor and force a vote on daca. have you signed the petition? guest: yes, i just let everyone in leadership in the democratic party has signed it -- just about everyone in leadership in the democratic party has signed it, so i believe we are four both away. i believe we will have 100% of democrats. no other country than the united states. in my distr

former usda undersecretary testified congress and i quote the mexico is probably the most fouled up snap system in the united states. imagine asking that same department to develop and oversee a new massive snap bureaucracy. at best it will create state barriers that dramatically increase the length of time that hungry new mexicans have to wait for benefits and at worst it will improperly kick new mexicans off nutrition support and create an environment that discourages people from ever applying in the first place. either way, new mexicans will suffer. >> the gentle ladies time is expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to associate myself with the marks of my colleagues who will attest definitively demonstrated that indeed tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands across the country will lose their food benefits. in new hampshire we currently have 92000 individuals in 37000 families relying on supplemental nutrition assistance to put food on the table. over half of those households include individuals living with disabilities. 47% of those households have children under the ag

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we simply give usda more flexibility. we're going to hear arguments about candy bars, candy companies and lots of other distractions. but it's all brought up to shift attention away from the very program we're here to debate, the sugar program. in reality, the sugar program hates sunshine. it hates getting the spotlight. but i'm glad we're debating it here today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. does any member wish to claim time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in extreme opposition to ms. foxx's amendment. she singles out sugar, cuts this program to where it was 33 years ago. denigrates the hardworking men and women, the farmers, those processors she mentioned are coop owned, they're earned by those hardwork farmers. mr. conaway: there's no inactivity with respect to the sugar industry. she couldn't be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer on

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we simply give usda more flexibility. we're going to hear arguments about candy bars, candy companies and lots of other distractions. but it's all brought up to shift attention away from the very program we're here to debate, the sugar program. in reality, the sugar program hates sunshine. it hates getting the spotlight. but i'm glad we're debating it here today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. does any member wish to claim time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in extreme opposition to ms. foxx's amendment. she singles out sugar, cuts this program to where it was 33 years ago. denigrates the hardworking men and women, the farmers, those processors she mentioned are coop owned, they're earned by those hardwork farmers. mr. conaway: there's no inactivity with respect to the sugar industry. she couldn't be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer on

simple language would have allowed the usda to provide meaning fumean ingful technical assistance. >> gentleman's time as expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> couple things for the record. legislative text was shared with the ranking member and his steph februa -- staff february 7th, 2018, under the apparently misguided assumption that he would work with his members on helping him understand it, which has been the way it was previously done, that we share the language with each other. he has had all the titles either before on the language. so what he did with it is what he did with it. also on march 20th press release said that the members of the ag committee are in unanimous opposition to the extreme partisan. you guys told me no and so i've taken you at your word that you had no interest in negotiating on the snap title going forward. so we get to title four. i ask my colleague to walk through what actually it does, which is an awful lot of misinformation that was communicated this morning while the members were having their say-so. when we get to title four we'll have a chance

i will warn the commissioner that if he decides to slaughter and sell his chickens, that the usda secretary purdue may want to talk to him. last year food policy advocates were disappointed when another medical dr. was nominated head of the fda. the concern was he would focus only on the drug and medical products. and neglect the food. these concerns were unfounded. in his first year here shown he's a vigorous supporter of implementation. a passionate proponent the important role nutrition plays and health and he's committed to the effectiveness of food recall. before handing the mic over and like to leave him with a challenge. some 28 years ago the secretary address this very conference. he said, the grocery store has become a tower of babel and consumers need to be linguists, scientists, and mind readers to understand the many labels they see. eight months after that speech congress passed the nutrition labeling and education. so were looking forward to hearing something as equally memorable this morning. [applause] [inaudible] thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i want to tal

usda has just contracted for a study to learn more. i think that we should wait to incorporate the results before we mandate more programs on individual states. as demonstrated what governor wolf said to me. so i'm saying to you, mr. chairman, it's clear from the uneasiness that members have on this particular committee, that we need not to move forward. i express to you as a new member of this committee who wants to work to everybody and get things done that food is important to everyone. food is not partisan. food is an issue that we all should recognize, as the ranking member just said very clearly, this is a food program for the poor. and we should not take that lightly. we all need to understand that this affects us all. so i say to you, coming from one of the poorest big cities in the united states, philadelphia, where poverty is like 26, 30%, it's clear to me that we are going in the wrong direction. so i ask you, mr. chairman, to deeply consider what action we are taking and this is going to be a benefit to the people of this c

you don't need to be financed by usda. so i oppose the amendment and reserve my time. mr. arrington: mr. chairman, i ask for unanimous consent to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's time is unanimous consent. mr. arrington: the i -- i respect the ranking member's comments and i appreciate his commitment to rural america but i would submit that my hometown, which is over the 20,000 threshold, but under the 50,000, has every bit of the challenges that small towns at 20,000 and below face. and they deserve access to quality care. and this amendment, by the way, does not change that threshold. however, that threshold is changed in the farm bill. it reserves the direct lending portion of the program at $2.8 billion. for those communities at 20,000 and below. and it actually expands the guaranteed loan program that , capital elivered levels close to $150 million, and that's the part -- that program would be the one we would expand for communities above 20,000 but below 50,000. ain, plain view, texas, is a rural, small town. it's an ag com

i was glad to see the usda administrator, h you. i want to first think god for this opportunity and for the many blessings he has granted to me in my life. my wife susan and my son nick are the greatest of these. they are my number one fans, most days. [laughter] they have shown unyielding support throughout my confirmation process and in every other state of my public service career. i love you both very much. [applause] i want to thank john sullivan, where is john? john, thank you for your service in this interim. -- interim period. mr. -- interim period. [applause] mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as a -- the director of cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the threats to american security, prosperity, and liberty. i promised my team will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we will employ tough diplomacy when necessary to put the interests of t

and we run over 30,000 nonprofits and ngos for free we have great customers, like align, marriott, usdas so many nonprofits and ngos, use our product but use it for free, the same product. >> how many eight figure clients new ones, and nine figure ones >> well we just had a phenomenal growth in our largest customers we talked about some of them but i see the largest customer getting bigger and a great example is citi bank another example is adidas, a market share winner in the next generation of marketplace in sneakers and crushing the competition using our plarm. one last quest >> there is a higher demand for them to provide a great customer experience that was true with align and true with the usda with those farmers. how do you transform those experience and that is why they are turning to salesforce and seeing this growth and seeing this great return. you have to connect with your customers in a whole new way you have to know your customers like never before and customers can turn to salesforce to do that >> all right well congratulations to marc benioff chairman ceo of salesforce.

you can get more information on which exact beef on the usda's website.have a good food story about margaritas. tracee: margaritas, tacos everything you need to celebrate king cinco de mayo in style, hard rock coffee margaritas for $5, 3-dollar tacos and 5-dollar margaritas at hurricane grill and wings, mo southwest grill, giving free t-shirts to first 50 customers at every location, burritos there are $5 and on the border, 5-dollar margaritas also. also kentucky derby, you can get double special in some places. cheryl: bourbon in tequila. welcome to fbn:am. we love it. gerri: another wild day on wall street, melissa joins us now, good morning, melissa, great to have you here, you have to tell me, my friend, what happened yesterday, why that massive reversal, i'm in favor if it's going to go positive but what happened? >> expect volatility to continue, we fell a lot yesterday, i was surprised how much we rallied in the close, we almost broke a very serious level in the dow, 23,300, we were $2 away from doing that. the market is going to fall really hard.

we transitioned from usda back to our own pmo. we established some new contracts. so i feel good about it. we had our first rollout, which is very small, the budget module. this is a modern financial system. it's by a company called cgi, a momentum product, and it was chosen i think popularly through testing different products. in the end, yes, we'll have a standard sort of financial structure and we'll have standardized reporting. it's to your point not 30 years old. it's much more modern, much more flexible and going to benefit the va. we are under a number of different reviews with respect to our planning, our programming and execution of this. i think you'll see some of the reports on it. so far it's going well. i know we have a couple of past attempts at this. so we're mindful of that. we're taking it as it comes, but i feel pretty good about it. i was doing something similar to this in the military health system. we were implementing an s. a.p. i think this is going as well as that is. so far so good. >> we look forward to hearing again at some point it being

my amendment calls for usda to examine existing state laws and their impact on u.s. commerce, the resulting report will be useful tool for this committee and congress as it considers federal policies with potential implication force our states. the king amendment is dangerously vague and broad sweeping and i urge my colleagues to vote yes on my substitute amendment. >> the gentleman yields back? >> and i yield back. >> is there a debate on this amendment? >> mr. chairman? thank you, mr. chairman. i support the underlying amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa and opposed to the substitute amendment and would urge my colleagues to vote against that for the underlying provision. we don't need to do a study of the commerce clause of the united states constitution. the constitution is clear it is the federal government that regulates interstate commerce and not the state of california or any other state. and the impact of leaving this unchecked is, i think, very devastating to our economy. our economy was built upon the concept that we had one opened opportunity to

coming up, the usda rejects lower corn reserves. we will have the details. as we had to break, a look at the big commodity moves of the week. it was not just about oil. coffee and sugar get hammered over supplies. it continues across the globe. this is bloomberg's "commodities edge." ♪ i am alix steel. this is bloomberg's "commodities edge." we delve deep into market trends. first, national gas inventory numbers up. we saw a field of 189 cubic feet with south-central. the big story in the oil industry numbers is the disappearance of distillates. the product is near a five-year seasonal low with strong export demand and weaker supply. refiners are so in the maintenance season. moving back to iran, sanctions. days tos have about 180 reduce oil imports, and that to get the waiver from the u.s. last time it was 20%. here are what some of iran's top importers might do. look at india, they could buy crude in euros. south korea and japan are fully they will probably wind up seeking a redemption and waiver. the eu is mark obligated with refiners and trading houses t

simple language would have allowed usda to provide meaningful technical assistance. i may be champion these proposals on behalf of my constituents. a couple things for the record , legislative text was shared with the ranking member and his staff in 2018 under the guise or the misguided assumption that he would work with his members helping him understand it which is the way it's previously been done. has had all the titles either before on the language and what he did with it is what he did with it. on march 20 members of the committee are in unanimous opposition to the extreme partisan policies being advocated by the majority this opposition will not change. he got a boy my mama but when she told me know i took her at her word. you told me know so i took you at your word that you had no interest in negotiating on the snap title going forward. alas my colleague to go through what actually it does which is an awful lot of misinformation that was communicated while the members were having their say-so. we will have a chance to flush out what it really does and who it

the usda says it may be contaminated with hard plastic. the beef has a sell by date of april 9th, 2018. from scottsdale, arizona, newly released video shows the moments before and just after a small plane crashed on a golf course. the plane burst into flames less than a mile from the scottsdale airport from where it took off. the scene recorded by a traffic camera, all six people on board were killed. >>> and police are trying to solve a baffling mid-air mystery. who left a car dangling by a cable from a busy bridge in toronto. it caused quite a stir with commuters but emergency workers eventually cut it down and first it was thought to be part of a movie shoot, now police think it was just a prank but they aren't laughing. >>> when we come back, we'll check in with girls making their mark on the racetrack and driven to success. breaking news in mil the dramatic ending to a door-to-door search for a man considered armed and dangerous. kila >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news out of mills valley. a dramatic end to a search for a ma

for decades, usda export development programs like m.a.p. have helped american farmers create, expand, and maintain access to foreign markets. throughout their history, the successful public-private partnership has cultivated hundreds of billions of dollars in exports and created millions of american jobs, both in the agricultural sector and in support industries, as well as the program brings a return to the united states economy. in the findings of the underlying bill, it states that united states export development programs significantly increase demand for the united states agricultural products, generating a return of $28 in added export revenue for each invested program dollar. additionally, our global competitors provide substantially more public support for export promotion than is provided in the united states agricultural exporters. we are at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to the rest of the world when it comes to agricultural trade. mr. chairman, without these private contributions and the private sector's resolve to sup

>> reporter: he asked the inspector general to investigate the usda's decision earlier this yore to allow hydroponding. the decision came after the national standards board, voted down a move to ban it. >> they had banned hydro tonic in secret. >> so what they did was illegal essentially? >> reporter: he says the board was influenced by corporate giants such as driscolls. >> i think it's a false representation of the diversity of container growers that are out there. >> reporter: kelly danewood is with california certified organic farmers, a group that supports the production. >> we can be inclusive as long as we have consistency and clarity on how we certify them and make sure ptomaine taping integrity. >> they suspect all the griping from that -- griping from traditional organic farmers. >> we believe in it and live in it. >> reporter: back at full belly farms, drew rivers is just happy to get the word out. >> it's been a positive thing because we've been letting consumers know what are the real basic ideas behind certified organic, bringing soil to the forefront again. >> now one inter

>> reporter: he asked the office of the inspector general to investigate the usda's decision this yearallow hydroponic farm to be certified organic. the decision came after the national organic standards board, a government advisory panel, voted down a move to ban hydroponics. >> they had already approved hydroponics in secret and they wanted it rubber stamp it and it's illegal. >> reporter: he said the board was influenced by corporate giants such as wholesome harvest and others that use nontraditional systems. >> i think the false representation of the diversity of hydroponic and container growers are out there. >> reporter: kelly is with california certified organic farmers, an agency that supports hydroponic production. >> we can be inclusive. we can welcome these kind of systems as long as we have consistency and clarity in certifying and and maintaining integrity. >> reporter: two people suspect all the griping from traditional farmers is sour grapes about market share. >> we're sustainable and organic. we believe in it. we live it. >> reporter: back at full belly farms, drew riv

way is designed right now actually creates the money that goes back into a jobs program within the usda. i have not found a jobs program and the federal government that ever works. i came from the private sector and you look at that, i would be more inclined to take a that money and say how do we make sure it goes towards job-training, but not a federal program that does it. we have got a number of federal programs that are dismal failures. to give more money to a program that has not worked in the past is just creating a foolish mistake. , those of at that some of the ongoing negotiations happening. is this getting votes on your amendments or -- rep. meadows: i think the elections, the current elections we see, just like i'm tired of the talk from the deputy attorney general, they are tired of talk from members of congress. it's time we actually do something. vote or just saying i've got to vote on my amendment, that doesn't carry any weight back calm and that's why perhaps i become a little more difficult to negotiate with because of want to see results. i was in the private sector, i

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the way it is designed right now creates the money that goes back within thes program usda.i have not found a jobs program in the federal government that ever worked. i came from the private sector. when you look at that, i would be more inclined to take that money and saying, how do we make sure that it goes toward job training but not a federal program that does it. we have a number of sick -- federal programs that are dismal failures. to give more money to a program that has not worked in the past is just creating a full his mistake. those are at that, some of the ongoing negotiations that are happening. th -- the ag and on on one on the nutrition side. the current elections that we am, people are, just like i tired of the talk from the deputy attorney general, they are tired of congress. here is -- it is time that actually do something. having a show boat or just vote on myt a amendment, that does not carry any weight back home with me and that is why i become a little bit more difficult to negotiate with. i want to see results. i was in the private sector. i only got pa

it would lead and coordinate strategic planning on rural health activities within the usda, and it would advocate on behalf of the health care and relevant infrastructure needs in rural areas. i thank senator rounds and senator smith for their support on this important legislation. and i look forward to working together with them and other colleagues to move this bill forward. mr. president, this is a great example of how senators from both sides of the aisle can come together to propose commonsense legislation to make government work better and more efficient. it is exactly the kind of work i hoped to do when i arrived here just a few months ago. but this is just another step in a very complicated process. in the months ahead, i hope to have the opportunity to continue to work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle in this body to lower health care costs, increase access to quality health care, and to improve the health and well-being of people living in rural alabama, in rural america, and in fact for people all across this great nation. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the fl

yes the usda has existing authority, but i think this is -- this expressing the intent of congress. our recognition that one of the biggest issues we face in the agriculture industry, which is the number one industry in pennsylvania, one out of every seven jobs comes directly or indirectly from agriculture, is our succession planning. it's where is the next generation of farmer coming from? and to having this type of leadership designated so that there's somebody on point overseeing and pointing and administering the young and beginning farmer programs. we have put in place for the past couple farm bills. congress recognizes this need. it's actually a crisis given the average age of farmers across this nation. and i appreciate the fact that we're going to help to certainly express, further express the intent of this congress on the importance of this and provide a direction so that resources can be administered to meet this need. i appreciate the gentleman's effort. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. costello: i want to

illinois and eastern west virginia and in the midwest, the meat has this number on it, 34176 from the usdan't have any of this. >> we have a combination of the derby and cinco they mayo. >> hard rock cafÉ, $5 margaritas, southwest, a free t-shirt, and $5 burritos and on the border $5 margaritas. >> can't believe i don't already have a t-shirt. thank you so much. getting a mammogram at age 40 might not be enough in the battle against breast cancer, the college of radiology recommends them and receive breast cancer screening at age 30 so what do you need to know? i saw this news earlier this week, people need to be aware of this. why did the age change? >> not necessarily getting mammograms at 30 but being evaluated for risk factors by age 30, the american college of radiology and society of breast imaging, they said we need to evaluate women by the age of 30 to determine if they need breast cancer screening before the age of 30 but the other thing they noted is african-american women should be considered a high risk subset because african-american women, the same incidence and occurrence of

usda says there are 48,000 farms across the state of florida.s you take your questions on that as well as the food stamp program. democrats host: there is also -- one of the reasons this farm bill failed, as you mentioned, conservative republicans upset over a push by moderate up against to protect so-called dreamers, those that are participants in the deferred action child's arrival program. "the washington post" today says the gop negotiators on this, the centrist republicans, have delayed their vote over immigration, and this is where things stand. one additional republican signed the petition wednesday. four more signatures are necessary. sign, all 193 democrats then a petition could go to the floor and force a vote on daca. have you signed the petition? guest: yes, i just let everyone in leadership in the democratic party has signed it -- just about everyone in leadership in the democratic party has signed it, so i believe we are four both away. i believe we will have 100% of democrats. no other country than the united states. in my distric

all affected sausage products have sausage products have "est.4800" inside the usda mark. problem was discovered when eddy packing received complains from a restaurant about white...hard plastic found in some sausage during slicing. no injuries or illnesses have been reported. coming up at eight.. melania trump unveils her initiative as first lady.... the pillars of her plan for children. plus. a rally for a man whose family says police used excessive force against in a violent arrest. and next. a school board addresses concerns that students on the peninsula.... are getting too much homework. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. details are right after the break. (vicki) new tonight at 8. a bay area school district concerned about homework overload affecting the well being of their students ... held a special board meeting tonight to discuss the issue.(pam) kron 4's gabe slate was there, and shows us what the data revealed about homework. he also talked to high school students to get their i

heart association, the american medical association, the american academy of pediatrics, the nih, usda, department of health and human servicess. on and on. you have the consensus on this side who has looked at science and pretty recently. or you could look at a couple of rogue scientists and companies who have a stake in the answer coming out in a way that runs contrary to what the science shows. >> well it kind of gets us into that conversation of conflict of interest versus bias. and i think a lot of times the food industry suffers because they have -- i have a financial conflict of interest because i'm running a study for a company. and that gets disclosed. but what doesn't necessarily disclose -- get disclosed are individual biases. so my love in life and anthincinan purple pigment in blue berries. i have never taken on a company on these those. but i have a bias there but that doesn't get out there whether in the media or the scientific community or within policy. and i think when you look at groups like the american heart association, well go back to sodium that's an easy one to

all affected sausage products have "est- 4800" inside the usda mark.problem was discovered when eddy packing received complains from a restaurant about white...hard plastic found in some sausage during slicing. so far no injuries or illnesses have been reported... the recall specifics are on kron4.com. (grant) plus... (grant) plus... growing concerns tonight for students in one local school district-- who are getting overloaded with homework... tonight we'll explain how too much homework can impact a student's well- being... (vicki) and after the break... it is a night some high school seniors will never forget after returning from prom to find their car windows smashed... and it happened in a place they would have never expected... because antonio villaraigosa millions got it done.healthcare he defended women's healthcare, banned military-style assault weapons, banned workplace discrimination, and more. antonio for governor. now at 9:30... it was a terrible way to end their highly anticipated dance of the year... senior ball... (grant) some east bay h

liberty's clients include bayer, usda, michigan state university in thehe universities of pittsburgh,lorida, and louisville. amy: a video produced by peta -- people for the ethical treatment of animals. your final comment on this before we go to break? >> i think we need to have a reckoning with ourselves about what it is that we believe we are willing to permit when it comes to the treatment of living beings with the capacity to feel pain and suffering. there's a wide range of debate about whether you should be the vegetarian or is morally permissible to eat meat, but you can set that debate as i for these purposes and i think we should all agree the kind of torture that is being imposed on corporate and systemic on all kinds of animals in the u.s. is morally unconscionable and shameful and will have the responsibility to put a stop to it. amy: glenn greenwald, we're going to go to break and then come back to to talk about the mueller investigation to what is happening with julian assad's come is ecuador trying to force them out of the embassy? back in 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy

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we started out with the usda on basic science. we brought in the ses to change the boundaries a little. we continue to talk on the house side. we go through to make sure that when we do this, that it is not a surprise. a lot of stakeholders are having a conservation roundtable next week. this is a large spectrum across the board. on the tribal consultation, we have begun the process, but again we have not made a determination for the tribes themselves. -- as a partner organization, or remain as they are. this is a decision that they should make. what we have to do is articulate why i think, why the department thinks, ultimately it is the decision that they have to make. we are prepared either way. i want to emphasize that it does not really affect the park units -- unit, or a wildlife refuge. what it affects is the decisions on recreation and permitting that operate on a landscape level. we talked about, there is no reason that a trail has to start on the blm property and turns into a park. these are absolutely different missions.