the usda announced today $10 million to tennessee for rural connectivity.me out this morning, so they had a press release. it is spreading across the state. >> joining us from north dakota is david crothers. he is the executive director of the national rural education association. -- he is the director of the broadband association of north dakota. north dakota has been a success story. >> it really has. pleasure joining you. north dakota, which is served almost overwhelmingly by locally owned providers, serves about 96% of the state. what we have in north dakota is a situation where those companies invest in themselves. they invest in their communities and infrastructure and the customers that those locally owned companies serve. in fact, mr. pratt just mentioned that chattanooga be the gig-community. north dakota has 300 rural gate communities. >> you have emphasized that the locally owned aspect of these private companies, is that correct? what is the importance of that? >> yes, really what they are are the telephone cooperatives, and a majority of the ca

a lot of that comes from usda petrodollars and grants but also local money at of course state money. i think all three of those are in play when you're looking at some of these places been connected. the usda announced today $10 million to tennessee for rural connectivity, came out this morning so they had a press release. it spreading across our state. >> host: joining us now from north dakota is david crothers. he is executive director of the broadband association of north dakota, and north dakota when it comes to connectivity has been a success story, is that correct? >> guest: it really has been. thank you. it's a pleasure joining you. north dakota which is served almost overwhelmingly by locally owned providers served some 96% of the state. what we have here in north dakota is a situation where those companies invest in themselves. they invest in their communities and the infrastructure and the customers that both locally owned companies serve. in fact, mr. pratt just mentioned chattanooga be a gig community. north dakota has 300 rural gig communities. >> host: and you emphasize

it wouldn't have been the type of investment and they are responsible for the housing and the usda. i remember the other u.s. senator from alabama telling me once find out why alabama keeps sending money back to washington for the usda. so, even the funding that at one point they came here to help families in the black belt instead of making sure that there was infrastructure in place that we could use so when they did put the infrastructure in place it usually failed and then the narrative becomes the people don't know how to manage it. but the most unreliable infrastructure that there is and then blaming it on the people when they wouldn't put the same infrastructure in the communities. >> that's part of what you call an economy that had evolved to prepray on impoverished citizenn lowndes county, correct? so, a lot of what you have done over the last 15 to 20 years is take various visitors how people live in lowndes county and in 2009 you went to see shar and i wondered if you can tell us what happened when you visited her property and what that led to in this stunning discovery y

and the senator from alabama telling me why alabama keep sending money back to washington for usda. they came here because they are in the black belt. instead of making sure there was infrastructure in place and what they do poor infrastructure and then the narrative becomes people don't know how to manage it. and then to blame it on the people when it's not the same infrastructure in those communities. >> and that is part of what you call the economy to play on the impoverished citizens. >> so a lot of what you have done with your senators journalist and a whole host of people so i wonder if he will tell us of what happened when you visit the property because that led to the discovery years later. >> i had begun a call from a person from the state health department that called me and told me there was a young woman who was in her twenties and pregnant and they were threatening her with the rest because she did have a septic system what i didn't know it is her family had somehow scraped together a hundred dollars to keep her out of jail. so before going i called the associated press

we've seen the usda bring estimates of 40u67 domestic supply we have, production is way down the chineselargest production of hogs, and it's been surging, what do you feel hogs grains where do they get grains from the u.s., south american, and more south america has real bad weather conditions, so ultimately this is a classic supply-and-demand story. demand is going up up up, and supply not so much adding weakness to the dollar, morgan, there's a lot of moves for commodities to continue to run to the up side >> josh, what are your thoughts? on the heels of this usda report that we got out yesterday, you did see highs for -- the potash, fertilizer names like mosaic, a how does it speak to the recovery trade >> i think rick has it right it is a combination of demand going up and supply being low, if you want to pit one of those two factors that's most -- i don't want to say at fall, but most responsible, it's the supply side, the supply shock. corn is at a seven-year low, though when you think about what will drive this, and will it be a problem this i think the best cure for high prices i

, the cabinet level department that is responsible for rural sanitation and housing comes from the usda. now, i remember the other us senator from alabama, telling me once, he came to find out why alabama keep sending money back to washington for usda. so even the funding that at one point, they came here there was supposed to help families in the black belt, they would send it back. instead of making sure that there is infrastructure in place that we could use instead of, when they do put in her when they did that cheapest infrastructure usually fails, than the narrative becomes zero well the people don't know how to manage it. but when they install the cheapest in the most unreliable infrastructure that there is, and then blaming on the people when they would not put the same infrastructure and more affluent communities. >> and that's part of this, what you call, an economy that has evolved to pray on impoverished citizens in the county correct? >> yes. >> so, what you did, a lot of what you have done for the last 15 to 20 years is take various visitors, us senators, journalists, un s

the usda says the products could cause some serious health consequences or even death. the products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase for users there for your money tonight if you've been waiting for your second stimulus checks. >>the internal revenue service, the irs says you should use receiving it sometime soon. according to the irs, many folks who filed their taxes with an online prep service discovered. they didn't get the funds in their account because of of a mix-up by law the financial institution has to return payments sent to closed or inactive accounts. h and r block and turbotax process, those deposits last week. the irs is reissuing the payments you can track yours through a link that we have posted on our website at kron 4 dot com. >>next here on kron 4 news at 10 o'clock vice president mike pence made a visit to the central valley this afternoon you'll hear his message to military families plus that new strain of covid-19 still popping up here in california will let you know the newest area where it's now being discovered and the

from alabama told me once, catherine find out why alabama keeps sending money back to washington for usda even the funding that at one point came here that was supposed to help families in the black belt, they would send it back instead of making sure that there was infrastructure in place that we could use instead of the -- when they -- when they do put infrastructure in place, it was the cheapest, usually fails and then the narrative becomes, oh, well, the people don't know how to manage it but they are selling the cheapest unreliable infrastructure that there is and then blaming it on the people when they would not put the same infrastructure in more affluent communities. >> that's part of this -- what you call an economy that had evolved to prey out impoverished citizens in county? >> yes. >> so what you did, a lot of what you have done over the last 15 or 20 years was take various visitors, u.s. senators, journalists, un special repertories, a whole host of people to see how people live in lance county and in 2009 you went to see a man named charr and i wonder if you can tell us abou

does usda have the money to district these? these are changes that can be make under existing statute and budgetary authority without additional action from congress. >> mandatory program so it operates based on the benefits are paid out based on who is eligible. >> thank you, brian. he'll be back. >> thank you all. >> all right. happy friday. i have a couple of things on the top of some things you've been asking about. hopefully they address some of the questions you may have. first we applaud the senate strong bipartisan confirmation of lloyd austin who has been breaking barriers all his life as the first black secretary of defense. secretary austin's confirmation is a major benefit to our national security and he will hit the ground running leading the pentagon. he will be sworn in today but he will be sworn in more officially -- not more officially but he will be sworn in more ceremoniously by the vice president. similarly, the president is very happy to see that janet yellen was unanimously voted out of committee this morn

. >>> new this morning for the very first time the usda is out with new dietary recommendations for infantsdlers. the guidelines include providing infants with supplemental vitamin d starting soon after birth because breast milk often doesn't have enough. zinc and iron are also encouraged. it is also suggested to introduce peanuts, eggs and dairy early on to reduce the risk of developing food allergies. infants >>> the vast majority is poised to be the year we each get the covid vaccine but for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, there is a question whether they should take it. the medical community says it is safe. >> reporter: allison flower a frontline healthcare worker in oakland and mom. >> she was born in february and we're still nursing her. >> reporter: like so many new moms she has questions about the covid-19 vaccine. >> i think that all of us just want to do what is best for our children. >> reporter: part of bay area breastfeeding support. meyer says many women in the group have expressed concerns since pregnant and breast-feeding women were not included in the vaccine tria

they want to be able to boost that at usda they are going to low states to increase s.n.a.p.nd and improve the delivery of stimulus checks there are about 8 million people who didn't get stimulus checks last year when those checks were sent out due to a variety of ways of slipping through the cracks they're going to try to boost that process as well, and allow workers to refuse unsafe work and still receive unemployment that's something they say is just a fundamental right that workers ought to be able to have in this pandemic time. the second one is focused on federal workers and contractors. the second executive order that we'll see assigned today, restores collective bargaining and revokes some of the trump era executive orders on the collective bargaining issue. it promotes a $15 an hour minimum wage for federal workers and contractors. not going to get there because of the bureaucratic process. they're going to start the ball rolling toward making sure the federal contractors and workers are getting the $15 an hour minimum wage that's something the front line workers in

usda says the 52 box of hot pockets with medium pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef all pose a choking risk or they could cut your throat. the frozen foods have the best before date of february 2022. >>> a high surf rescue coming up next on "today in the bay." the quick thinking actions that helped save those on board a boat capsizing in the screws harbor. >>> plus preparing for possible power shutoffs, the northern california cities that could be in the dark due to fire danger. we'll be right back. >>> 4:47, a live look towards the bay bridge. you can't see it but the wind is picking up across the bay area, and that's causing some dangers with fires. meteorologist kari hall tracking the current conditions. good morning to you, kari. >> good morning. we just had a wind gust of 81 miles per hour near clayton. these winds are really gusting this morning and it's coming along with some warm temperatures. we were all out over the weekend like wow, this is pretty nice but in the back of your mind, you have to think, okay, it's not supposed to be this warm and then when we look at wh

the usda also received one stores nationwide in november or in part of this recall. >>> you've got less than two ho craze. $640 million jackpot thing on the line. folks lined up to get their tickets in pleasant hill. last call is 7:00. the drawing is held to and . the odds in winning are a mere 1 and 290 million. but it's not stopping folks about thinking what they would do if they did win. >> pay off some bills, take care of family, invest, donate some to charity. >> may be by a sports team. >> move out of california . >> there is still a chance to win big. last night mega millions drawing did not have a winner. none of the numbers matched. it's top prizes expected to be near $850 million. that drawing is on tuesday. >>> let's take a live look out at ocean beach pier the national weather service is warning don't turn your back to the ocean. the bay area is under a high surf advisory right now. expires at 7:00 p.m., but strong swells are expected to return tomorrow night. darren, i guess we're going to expect strong winds to whip of the next couple days, even though it's been so beautif

effort and all three of those aren't plate when you look at these places being connected and that usda announced $10 million to tennessee for rural conductivity came out this morning so they had a press relief and it spreading across the state. >> host: joining us now from north dakota is david crothers the executive director of the broadband association of north dakota north dakota, when it comes to conductivity has been a success story, is that correct? >> it really has been. thank you. it's a pleasure to join you. the north dakota which has served almost overwhelmingly by locally owned providers served psalm 96% of the state and so what we have here in north dakota is a situation where those companies invest in themselves and invest in their community and in the infrastructure and in the customers that those locally owned companies serve. in fact, mr. pratt just mentioned the chattanooga being a giga community in north dakota has 300 world gate communities. >> host: mr. crothers, you emphasize the locally owned aspect of these private companies and is that correct? what is the impor

but usda is forecasting that corn production will grow by 31% from last year with yields estimated to increase to record highs. soybeans also had a banner year, with overall production forecast to grow by 53%. this is very good news, because our agricultural industry is critically important. our farmers and producers not only feed our families, but also serve as a catalyst for our economy. in july, the reforms we made to standardize and streamline the permitting process took effect. the result is a more competitive and attractive environment for ag businesses. to date, i am pleased to report we had 23 new ag projects resulting in more than 320 new jobs across the state. but even with all this good news, we need to continue to bolster our largest industry. that's why the ag investments i proposed in my budget address are so crucial. the meat processing grants, the investment in the dakota events complex, the creation of a program to give farmers more opportunity to market south dakota meat products, and the merger of the departments of agriculture and denr too, each of these items will

more information is available on the usda website. >>> lottery players wanting to win the power ball sending the jackpot, now, to $730 million. the winning numbers, you see them on your screen. 14, 20, 39, 65, 67, and a power ball of 2. two people in california did win half a million, with five-matching numbers. the next drawing for that is wednesday. and nobody beat the odds for friday's $750 mega millions top prize either. tueday night's jackpot then swells to $850 million. nobody has won either game, in months. >>> a colorful festival that celebrates people of color and their work in the comic world is taking place, this weekend. the annual black and brown comics arts festival went online, this year, because of the pandemic. you are looking and listening to a roundtable discussion from this morning, on the comic book classic "box of bones." the festival is keeping with its tradition of holding events over the weekend leading up to martin luther king jr. day. one, last check of weather, now. drew tuma joining us with more on the wind, and, also, the warm temperatures, at least for

at the time the department is responsible for housing at the usda. i remember the other u.s. senator from alabama telling why they keep sending money back so even the funding that at one point they came here to help families in the black belt instead of making sure there was infrastructure in place that we could use instead of what they do put in place is the cheapest and then the narrative becomes the people don't know how to manage it but it is the cheapest most unreliable infrastructure that there is and they are blaming it on the people when they wouldn't put these same communities. >> and that is part of that what you call an economy that had evolved to pray on impoverished citizens. a lot of what you've done is take various visitors, senators, journalists, special repertoires, a whole host of people to see how people live in lowndes county. in 2009 you went to see a woman and i wonder if you will tell us about what happened when you visited her property and what that led to. >> i had gotten a call from the state health department and he called and told me that there was

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this morning the usda has crossed a milestone. >> yeah, more than 20 million doses of vaccine have beenistered now. that's the target, remember, set by the trump administration for the end of 2020. so a little bit behind that, obviously, but we hit the $20 million mark of those that are administered now. so paolo sandoval is talking about that. >> he is in new york for us this morning. more people are lining up to get vaccinated, but the question is, is there going to be the supply to make sure they get their shot in the arm? >> reporter: well, victor, places like new york, they are basically asking for more supplies. citi field here in queens, it's dark, it's quiet. new york officials though want to see it active. they want to open this up as a vaccine megasite in the coming days. in order for that to happen, city officials say they need more than the roughly 250,000 vaccine doses headed their way this week. only half of the roughly 41 million covid vaccines have been administered. they have seen progress. >> it's not as bad as some people are painting it. we are now averaging almost 1

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does the usda have the money to distribute these programs you are talking about? dir. deese: these are mandatorily-appropriated programs. there is no need for congressional approval. there is a change on regulation for benefits. these are changes that can be made under existing statute and budgetary authority without any additional action from congress? >> [inaudible] dir. deese: the benefits are paid out based on who is eligible. sec. psaki: thank you, brian. he will be back. dir. deese: thank you all. sec. psaki: right, everyone. happy friday. i have a couple of things at the top. some things you have been asking about, hopefully they will address some of the questions you may have. vonnie: you have been listening to a white house briefing on the economy from brian deese. some insight with policy correspondent michael mckee. a lot that brian said, including the fact that the president is going to sign two executive orders. include a law on food insecurity and the idea you can refuse work and get unemployment benefits. michael: this is an opportunity for the president

right now, the usda, the european agency, the who, they all have approved after they have seen the dataix doses, so that obviously is very important for the pandemic because the doses were wasted that remained in the file and were thrown away. now it is not the case. people are instructed to try to extract the six the dose, -- the sixth dose, and they have the means to do it. we have supplied already -- we have validated 36 div elements -- 36 developments. that has significant obligations. for example, in the u.s., we had promised to provide 100 million doses by the end of the first quarter, and we are able to provide 120 right now. in the second quarter, we were planning to provide them all the way to 200 million doses by the end of the second quarter area actually, the beginning of the third. right now we will be able to provide 200 million doses two months earlier. a similar suggestion is in europe. in europe, we will be able to provide way more in the second quarter as a result not only of this, but other measures. so it is a great thing for everyone we are doing so, and i think it

they boost food assistance through the usda they boost snap allotments for some of those food stamp programs they let workers who are working in unsafe environments where they could be exposed to covid accept unemployment benefits or qualify for unemployment benefits if they do not -- >> i am going to account you off, kayla, we are going to go to the white house and president biden. >> -- job and economic crisis in modern history the crisis is only deepening it's not getting better. it's deepening yesterday we learned that 900,000 more americans filed for unemployment 900,000. they joined millions of americans who, through no faulter their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a job and a paycheck. so many of them never thought he would ever be out of work in the first place. just like my dad did when he used to lie awake at night when i was a kid staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep because he worried about whether or not he was about to lose his health care or whether we were going to be -- to have the money to pay mortgage because of the economic circumstance he was in

the usda says consumers are not to take their chances by ingesting the glass field pepperoni treats.ge and meatball flavors. topic number two. it is much monday, today we meet a man busted for leaving his junk in the trump. meet, who is resting i'm going to kill you face. he arrested have to return to get a giant stash of drugs he left his rental corporate hey who among us is not hit a few speed bumps while driving? in place at the rental car company in albany, your call the sheriff's office and they found large quantities of heroin, fentanyl, mayor wanted one of their cars. then when the deputies arrived that when the biggest dope of all, he returned to the scene of his dime bags to recover the missing merchant. i can't blame him, i without wood to be sober in albany. this is why always rent my cars from payless. they'd never called the cops because i am told they are all escaped convicts. if they your drugs it will just smoke them or sell them back to you. quid pro quo part after questioning he was charged with ten counts of criminal drug possession for even worse he was charged 79

one order asks the usda to expand its covid-19 food assistance program by 15. program gives money to low income families whose children are missing meals do to school closures. biden's also asking the department to allow states to increase food stamp benefits for about 12 million americans who weren't eligible and previous relief packages. this is the core program targeted at preventing hunger in america, and these changes again for family for would mean about a 15 to 20% benefit. increase the order also asks the treasury department to get stimulus checks to eight million people who haven't yet rouz. see them direct the v a to consider pausing collections on debts and asked the labor department to consider allowing workers who refuse unsafe employment to still receive health benefits. the second order is aimed at protecting workers and laying a foundation for a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. dese made it clear this is not a replacement for the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, biting his urging congress to pass quickly. we're at

from president biden and watch him sign two executive orders that will, in fact, for example, ask the usda to consider issuing new guidance that allows states to increase snap emergency allotments for those who need it the most. the president will ask the department of treasury to improve upon the delivery of those direct payments. the executive orders will also begin the process of giving federal contracts only to those who pay their employees a $15 minimum wage, and it will ask the department of office and personal management to develop recommendations to pay more federal employees, at least $15 per hour. earlier today, we heard from the new top white house economic advisor, that right there, is brian deese and he laid out the administration's view on where the economy stands and why all of this is needed. listen. >> it's a moment that requires decisive action to beat this pandemic and support the economic recovery that american families need. reporter: by the way on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, and in a much-different topic we now know that the article of impeachment that the h

one order, asks the usda to expand its covid-19 food assistance program by 15. program gives money to low income families whose children are missing meals do to school closures. biden's also asking the department to allow states to increase food stamp benefits for about 12 million americans who weren't eligible and previous relief packages. this is the core program targeted at preventing hunger in america, and these changes again for family for would mean about a 15 to 20% benefit. increase the order also asks the treasury department to get stimulus checks to eight million people who haven't yet rick. see them direct the v a to consider pausing collections on debts and asked the labor department to consider allowing workers who refuse unsafe employment to still receive health benefits. the second order is aimed at protecting workers and laying a foundation for a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. dese made it clear this is not a replacement for the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, biting his urging congress to pass quickly. we're at

as you may know cover murder bill zach is the nominee again to take over usda. and as you may know, he has been, could i see pleading for years, about a better forest management. and opportunity to actually spend an ounce of prevention on these issues by actually looking at better forest management operations. you will see some discussion about that very quickly. within the next few weeks or so. to actually begin to pull people together to talk about how best to be prevent forest fires f from occurring in the first place. not just continued to spend. exorbitant amount of money trying to put them out and seeing such devastating loss of life and property. so you will be able to see that there is going to be a seriousness of purpose in this. and we will do everything we can to address this issue. >> thank you. >> thank you thank you mayor, patrick europe. >> thank you for this so important conversation and for your leadership. going back into the paris clement accord and i'm looking forward to looking for the next few years have to bring. the leading cause of green

as you may know, governor vilsack is the nominee again to take over usda, and as you may know, he's been -- could i say -- pleading for years about better force management, and the opportunity to actually spend an ounce of prevention on these issues by actually looking at better force management operations. .. hosted by the brookings

i have one small question on the targeting the food security, does the usda have the money to distribute these plus ups or an appropriation from congress? >> these are mandatory appropriated from congress and so no congressional action, because it is a change in the eligibility of benefits and these are the changes to be made under existing statute and budgetary and without congress, and so it is mandatory program, and operates that the benefits are paid out based on who is eligible. >> great. thank you, brian. >> thank you, all. >>> we have been watching brian deese, of course, the director of the national economic council at the white house there in the briefing room, and i want to bring in steve liesman and kayla tausche, and lots to talk about when it comes to the minimum wage not just for federal workers, but contractors and a conversation about the federal snap program, and making people more food secure and, steve, your headline? >> i think they are defending the program that the president has announced and the question at the end is if you have the $900 billion coming, why do you

these executive orders include items like just to give you a handful of examples here, asking the usda to consider issuing new guidance that would allow states to increase snap emergency benefits for those who need it the most. the president is also asking the treasury department to improve the delivery of those direct payments. the executive orders also begin the process of giving federal contractors only to those giving federal contracts, rather, only to those who pay their employees a $15 minimum wage, and it also asks for recommendations to pay more federal employees, at least $15 per hour. here was president biden earlier today. >> we cannot, will not let people go hungry. we cannot let people be evicted because of nothing they did themselves. they cannot watch people lose their jobs and we have to ask, we have to act now. reporter: we also heard today from the president's to be economic advisor, who will be speaking with a bipartisan group of senators over the weekend regarding the $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal that the biden administration has rolled out. as you know this is a

one order, asks the usda to expand its covid-19 food assistance program by 15. program gives money to low income families whose children are missing meals do to school closures. biden's also asking the department to allow states to increase food stamp benefits for about 12 million americans who weren't eligible in previous relief packages. this is the core program targeted at preventing hunger in america, and these changes again for family for would mean about a 15 to 20% benefit. increase the order also asks the treasury department to get stimulus checks to eight million people who haven't yet rich. see them direct the v a to consider pausing collections on debts and asked the labor department to consider allowing workers who refuse unsafe employment to still receive health benefits. the second order is aimed at protecting workers and laying a foundation for a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. dese made it clear this is not a replacement for the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, biting his urging congress to pass quickly. we're at

one order, asks the usda to expand its covid-19 food assistance program by 15% the program gives money to low income families whose children are missing meals do to school closures. biden's also asking the department to allow states to increase food stamp benefits for about 12 million americans. who weren't eligible in previous relief packages. this is the core program targeted at preventing hunger in america. and these changes again for family for would mean about 15 to 20% benefit increase. the order also asks the treasury department to get stimulus checks to eight million people who haven't yet received them direct the v a to consider pausing collections on debts and asked the labor department to consider allowing workers who refuse unsafe employment to still receive health benefits. second order is aimed at protecting workers and laying a foundation for a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. dese made it clear this is not a replacement for the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, biting his urging congress to pass quickly. we're at a precarious moment for th

governor vilsack is the nominee to take over usda. he's been pleading for years about better forest management and the opportunity to spend announce of prevention on these issues by looking at the better forest management operations. you will see some discussions about that very quickly within the next few weeks or so to actually to begin to pull people together to talk about, how best do we prevent these forest fires from happening in the first place, not just continuing to spend an exorbitant amount of money? you will be able to see that there is going to be a seriousness of purpose in this, and we will do everything we can to address this issue. >> thank you, mayor. patrick, you are a. >> thank you for this. it's such an important conversation and for your leadership, getting back into the paris climate accords, and i'm looking forward to what the next few years have to bring. the leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions right now is the transportation sector, and while i think electric vehicles are part of the solution, they are

the usda just came out with new diet guidelines, nutrition guidelines.le diets doesn't mean you can't indulge on cake every now and then. but if you're eating it every sunday, that's not indulging, that's on a regular schedule. you don't want to do that. you only want to do it on special events. and exercise. very important. try to get 30 minutes of exercise every day if you can or as much as you can. one big important thing, me time, even if it's just 10 or 15 minutes. escaping from your phone, from your computer, get outside. the sunshine helps you feel better and the greenery can really help with your mental health. these are some good steps you can take. >> staying on top of exercise and nutrition through the pandemic has been tricky for folks. a lot of people have new year's resolutions under way. some promise to begin them in the next couple of weeks or so. what's important to keep in mind with our overall health goals? >> that's one thing, peter. regardless of pandemic or not pandemic, it's those resolutions that a lot of us don't end up keeping t

as you may know, governor vilsack is the nominee again to take over usda, and as you may know, he's been -- could i say -- pleading for years about better force management, and the opportunity to actually spend an ounce of prevention on these issues by actually looking at better force management operations. .. hosted by the brookings institution. >> there's been some unknown piece of the puzzle. was this is actually going from a supreme court justice in the weeks before presidential election? who was going to win the presidential election? which party would have control of the senate following the georgia runoffs because there's always been some unknown piece we needed to know and the four pieces are in place as part of the big answer sort of what happens from here. so we've assembled a tremendously knowledgeable group of speakers today to discuss these really important issues. a note to everybody watching, you can submit questions either by emailing events at brookings.edu or by using the hashtag court reform. tonight were going to talk to eric holder, former attorney general of the uni

there wasn't usda graded flooring and conference room space. now that we are in covid, are we assessing whether or not conference space is necessary or if we could stagger staff schedules going forward. it is really important that usda grade flooring and refrigeration for the snacks stored on site. >> you guys use the fox plaza astor rage for food? >> yes refrigeration and flooring. when we toured pre-covid the one the team recommended that was another concern that we had with that space. >> which space? i don't know what you are referring to. >> 1650 mission. >> got it. >> 1650 mission is a possibility you had issues because you weren't sure whether or not the flooring would meet year needs? >> correct. >> got it. thank you. i don't have any further questions. i will say i know the bla will make an amendment to have the real estate division report to us at the end of the year and update us on the plan. not just for these city tenants but other once listed. city attorney is moving, public health. i would say i accept that recommendation. i thin

one we don't have the harsh chemicals that you see on tomatoes shelves right n.o.w., the usda came outh a study saying nearly 80% of cherry tomatoes had at least one chemical pesticide and 20 rz of tomatoes had up to five chemicals on it. getting the harsh chemicals out. beyond that, using technology the align with nature to grow with 90% less water than open field agriculture. and we get about 30 times yield per acre n. a world where we need to produce a lot more food with a lot less resources, we need the use technology and infrastructure to more efficiently grow our fruits and vegetables that's what we are doing right here today in this facility in kentucky. >> jeff, to me, this feels very jeff ubben, esg play you have been critical of everything turning into an esg play and all the funds going to esg right now. why is company like this ditch what is your beef with esg in general right now? >> well, this sort of company, sara, has to happen. for me, it's not esg it is what does the core business do to improve society and the environment? if you live in california, i had the opportun

understand and appreciate the value of allowing farmers to use property to participate fully in the usda. finally, opportunity zones having a positive, strong impact throughout this country. it was passed on a partisan level only, but the opportunities are for legislation that was course cosponsored by cory booker. my question is, can i count on you to take seriously the opportunity to use opportunity zones as a way to meet some of the challenging needs we have throughout the country? rep. fudge: thank you. it is my pleasure to have a conversation about what you have done as it relates to minority communities hurting. it is something i would like to discuss with you. as it relates to opportunity zones, i will take them seriously. if confirmed, i would like to look at how many sustainable jobs have been created. i think you have to be driven by data. i will take it seriously. i know it is important to you. i will be happy to have those conversations. >> opportunity zones are responsible for helping incarcerated individuals by housing, 100 new jobs in cleveland. 1500 jobs in the community,

value of african-american farmers to use property in a way to -- so they can participate fully in the usda. opportunity zones that are having a positive, strong impact throughout this country. the chief ega was passed on a personal level only, but the opportunities and legislation that was cosponsored by cory booker and house members that are democrats and republicans. i hoped and my question for you is can i count on you to take serious the opportunity to use opportunity zones as a way of meeting the challenging needs we have from a housing standpoint? rep fudge: nice to see you senator scott. it is my pleasure to have a conversation with you about what you have done as it relates to minority communities and communities hurting. as it relates to opportunity zones, i will take seriously opportunity zones. i would like to if confirmed look at how many jobs have been created. how many sustainable jobs have been created. what the cost has been. you have to be driven by data. i notice something important to you. sen. scott: thank you. in opportunity zones they are responsible for helping even

senator perdue really let the charge on in washington, with the leadership of secretary perdue at usdapartment -- ag department, but it was david that was on the ground every day up in d.c. >> we have been listening to governor kemp, as a republicans we for results -- wait for the results of tenant selection to come in. we will continue to listen in. -- wait for results of tonight's election to come in. we will continue to listen in. because of the pandemic and the recent surge in cases across georgia, there are no watch parties for the democrats, jon ossoff and raphael warnock. they are taking the safer route. the candidates are waiting for results and their respective homes and offices, like the rest of us. earlier today, they visited polling places across the metro area. the polls have been closed now for some 90 minutes. >> let's get you caught up on the latest numbers. 30 of george's 159 counties have completed their results -- of 159 counties have completed their results. 54% for jon ossoff. 45% for david perdue. 13% of the votes are in. >> as you would expect, you have very simi

what is to the department of energy and the other is through the usda rural development program. in some cases, that might be easier to access. local guaranties are there, they are fronted, the money is there to do this and this is like cracking the code. this is about cracking the code with carbon sequestration and addressing not only keeping that baseload power, keeping those great jobs and actually capturing that co2 and storing it safely for the long-term. i would ask for your thoughts, and your commitment to help us get that done. governor granholm: i'm excited about project tundra and excited about using your state as an example for the regulatory regime to facilitate ccus. i look forward to working with you on it and yes, you have my support. senator hoven: and you are coming to see us right? -- governor granholm: i am coming to see you. senator mentioned: jennifer and i will both be -- senator manchin: jennifer and i will both be there. lgbtq absolute -- governor granholm: absolutely. with or without him. senator hoven: regarding federal lands, we have got to be able to a