streamline assets and accessible usda programs. the application process is burdensome and extremely academic. applications are oftentimes during our busiest season, june, and require burdensome funding matches. as other witnesses, my colleagues, have indicated. it can also include smaller projects and serve the underserved communities who do not have access to this funding. it helps to have usda prioritize grant applications to targeted communities. to get the word out about usda programs, they need to dedicated outreach staff and enter into more cooperative agreements to do outreach. finally, the farm to familiar food program shows what's possible when they connect farmers with communities with food insecurity. the first rund of funding was successful to small farmers and businesses. in the future more long-term programs like this could be created. i suggest if they are, they reserve dedicated funds for nonprofits and food businesses. and publish best practices guides to recruit distributors for participating in the program. i wan

some time ago, usda consolidated under the missionary of the usda, agricultural marketing service. do you believe that move has limited the-- what collaboration between the usda and the department of justice? >> senator, i don't feel i'm qualified to that ena that so i'm not going to conjecture. >> is there any panelist that would like to address that? >> okay, it will go unanswered. i don't either. [laughter] >> thank you, madam chairman, my time has expired. thank you very much. thank you to all of our witnesses. as you can see, there's know shortage of questions on these issues. it's very, very important. we appreciate your testimony. there is clearly a need for greater transparency and competition in the marketplace, and we need to make sure that live stock producers of all sizes have options, both in normal times and during unprecedented times like we've seen in the last 18 months. as i've said when we started today, we need to keep exploring ways to make our live stock supply chain and our food supply chain as a whole more resilient. reacting to specific events, whether it's

approach to usda.oted in my written testimony that she always -- periodically re-examined, has a history of af different approach being used. at the end of the day, anything usda does when it comes to implanting lmr is a trade-off between aggregation and position. if you can aggregate across more categories to get more buyers and transactions to make it more likely you can report but then you have the cost of position. for example, aggravating years and have restgg by definition at separately. along may not get you another five butt' it's an example this body can relate to. i encourage more about to be considered. the second thing quickly, as it relates to the data t submitted, currently that's done on a state basis, kansas one unit and so forth. something worth thinking about is whether ort not it could be m submitted on a more precise level, substate of the state or zip code or something which could potentially would allow usda to report differently and address confidentiality that way. their hands a

and the reason is they were able to grow over the decades, able to fully utilize the full-extent of usda programs, black farmers were not able to do that because of discrimination. >> but last week a federal judge in wisconsin halted those payments saying the use of race based criteria violates the right to equal protection under the law. >> it's one thing to help people because they themselves have been the victim of identifiable past discrimination. but it's a wholly other thing to hand out benefits or grant preference based solely on the color of one's skin. >> rick eisenburg is the president of the wisconsin institute of law and liberty, the firm representing 12 white farmers across 9 states that challenge the policy. >> you don't argue that systematic racism has disadvantaged black farmers in the past? >> certainly there have been some black farmers who have been discriminated against in the past. there was a lawsuit. the way to stop discriminate nalting on the basis is race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race and to think there's a way to balance the scales by discrimina

and that is according to the usda. that is like digging up your own and canceling yourself.o away, me, but that is how bad this discrimination was. and farming is hard enough on its own. think about t you got pests, you've got drought, ghosts trying to get you to build a baseball field. last thing you need is for the federal government to be up against you. and after decades of discrimination, black farmers had had enough. and so they took their complaints right to the top. >> black farmers first pick eted the department of agriculture in 1996, about 50 showed up with a pair of mules and a wagon. protesting racial discrimination, thousands had sent in complaints but found the civil rights office at the usda had been closed for years and boxes of their letters remained unopen. >> in 1999 thousands of black farmers settled a historic class action discrimination lawsuit against the usda in a landmark case call pigford ver whrik mfnlt the government refused to say up to-- many eving 50,000 each. >> the vast majority never received a dime. an overwhelming number of farmers were d

i just have to say, usda trying to do more money, i think biden's budget had 9 million lkjust to put it in perspective for folks who probably don't follow usda's over $150 billion department in terms of money, i think it's a lot more now actually but because of last year and 9 million of that is now carved out for urban eyes, is like this little tiny seed in the macro policy base. there differently a lot of people who think there should be more support for the but it's extremely labor intensive, i think you have to have a conversationat about, do you pay people to do that work? is at work city or the region sees as crucial and important and worth investing in? there's so many questions how rebuild and i think a lot of cities are probably better about having that conversation than we are at the federal level. >> where you guys are going which i find so interesting, lots of data scientists for years for food insecurity beating themselves of the year. they will spend it, they will feed their families, their is a push, it's around local, local local and how is the support system for the

i want to watch the usda and i want to watch what the usda does related to meat processing. what do you want them to do? >> catherine, helena, we've had amazing conversation but i tell you, as much as i am an advocate buand totally committed to the food system, the hill i am going to die on his mbuilding. if we as a country do not wake up to the fact that not was pandemic an opportunity to use as a way to further increase wealth inequality in this country but now they're following that up with this just these voting restriction laws all over the country. they're trying to and i don't want to be hyperbolic but they're trying to take away our democracy and our ability of everyone into have access to the ballot box, we're not paying attention. the thing that i cannot stress for people to do is to get engaged. all politics are local and please make sure you're doing whatever you can to make sure that all individuals have the ability and write to vote can vote. so access to the ballot for me is number one. >> i want to say before we wrap up i've followed you work or so long and i

then the next big event will be at the end of the month when the usda releases their latest survey ofhe size of planted acreage. joe: the last time we talked to you, one of the themes we were talking about was obviously major chinese buying, a contributor. this huge over stocking essentially. what is the status of that? is that story over? i remember several weeks ago there was some stuff about, let's cool it. scott: there has been some pauses but i think the big story is still china, china, china. right now, the official usda forecast are for 26 million tons of buying for the current marketing year end 26 million buying by china for the next marketing year. the really is not any slowdown. the news continues to be pretty bullish. caroline: we continue to get some data from china. we know that china has been trying to rein in some of the super cycle in commodities. is there anything they can do to push back on the ramp-up in the food prices at least? scott: not a lot. probably the best thing that can help china is if they get good weather in their summer growing system. and if they get

i think you want to watch the usda, what it does with meat processing. devita, what would you like them to do? devita: katherine, helena, we have had an amazing conversation, but i tell you. as much as i am an advocate and activist and totally committed to the food system, what i am going to dial into is voting rights. if we as a country do not wake up to the fact that not only was the pandemic an opportunity to use as a way to further increase wealth inequality in the country, but now they are following that up with these voting restriction laws all over the country. they are trying to -- again, i do not want to be hyperbolic, but they are trying to take away our democracy and our ability of everyone to have access to the ballot box. we must pay attention. so the thing that i cannot stress for the people to do is to get engaged on politics and local and please, please make sure that you're doing whatever you can to make sure that all individuals have the ability and the right to vote can vote. and so, access to the ballot to me is number one. >> devita,

we continue to have a lot of issues on our plate, quite literally, that we share with usda.o we continue working with him to make sure that cattle and beef producers have what they need and are not unnecessarily burden simply because there is a regulatory or a desire to move forward in a way that's maybe not the best step. host: to kevin, in new york, i democrat. caller: my name is kevin. my telephone number -- host: do you want to get out your telephone number on air? caller: i want to speak on how the populace is being affected by the messaging system as with cryptology and how that integrates with how -- host: tell you what, we will stick to animal agriculture as our topic as we have less than 10 minutes left with kaitlynn glover. let's go to max, in washington, d.c.. caller: my question is about water and water consumption from the beef industry. how much research is going into how much water it takes to produce a certain amount of beef growing from not just the cow but the

food is more than the usda, even, is the obvious one, but food is also the department of housing.e can end food deserts in every housing project that the u.s. housing department have. it is transportation, because food also needs to have good mechanisms to bring food to the poor, rural areas all across america. food is also homeland security. food is immigration reform. food is so many things at once, that that's why we need to take food, once and for all, seriously. david: so, you campaigned for joe biden, president biden. would you be interested in this job, or you still have your restaurants and world central kitchen, so you are not going to do something like that in the white house yourself? jose: if there was nobody else, maybe i could be a good leader on that front, only because i'm a hard worker, i'm creative enough, and i know how to bring people together. but me, quite frankly, i'm a guy that likes to be with boots on the ground. i like to see what's happening. so, if it is me one day, who knows? i'm 51 now. what i want now is to make sure that, number one, we recognize t

and the reason is they were able to grow over the decades, able to fully utilize the full-extent of usda farmers were not able to do that because of

in the usda and omb are aware of the situation as well. >> great. i'm happy to engage in conference calls or anything else to make sure that this is understood. because we cannot fail in order to support your agency, we cannot fail to end fire borrowing, and have that return to be the norm in fiscal year 2022. and we have four projects in oregon, they're incredibly effective at bringing people together. making the forest more fire resilient, producing saw logs, producing jobs. that's my opinion. what is your opinion, is the cflr program working? >> it's very much working. it has outsized itself in the results for the investments. you know, there's 11% treatable national forest acres, and just 9% of the agency spending went to cflrp. with that 11% of the funding, 19% of the agency's total hazardous fuels were accomplished, 15% of our timber volume, and 15% of our habitat enhancement was accomplished. >> given it was so successful, we authorized doubling the size of the program. we currently have 24 products across the country, double funding, can we

we brought up the urban act thing and i just have to say usda is trying to do more money for urban act and i think biden's budget has 9 million, you know, just to put that in perspective for folks who probably don't follow you, usda over $150 billion department in terms of money and i think it's a lot more now actually but as of last year and 9 million of that is now carved out for urban act so is this little tiny seed in the macro policies space and i mean, there are definitely a lot of people who think there should be more support forre tht and that you make a really good point that it is extremely labor-intensive and i thank you have to have a conversation about do you pay people to do that work and is the work that the city or the state or the region deals with and is crucial and important and worth investing in or do you rely on nonprofits and there are so many questions about how you rebuild and how you build the ideal system and i think a lot of cities are probably better about having thats conversation thene are at the federal level. >> but i think it's where you were going whi

we are waiting for the usda to tell us how the attack is affected wholesale prices of pork and beef. because they controlled so much of the meat market in the u.s., the usda was not able to submit isis and release -- prices and sub -- release them for proprietary reasons. we know anecdotally is that the suppliers and wholesalers are seeing a noticeable rise in prices until the plans come back to normal. it seems like from the people we are talking to inside those plants, that should be something that they will do in the next few days. we have to wait and see. alyx: i wonder what industry gets hit next. thank you. time now for commodity and chief where we speak to one executive in the commodity world, it's bobby today, $100 billion is how much it will cost to build the biggest carbon capture and sequestration project. here's the pitch, refineries, petrochemical dance and industrial facilities emit co2. instead of letting them float into the atmosphere you collect them as released and put them into the ground. exxon is proposing to build a huge facility on the gulf coast. 13 million to

todd: here's the response from the usda, disagree with the judge's ruling.will continue to defend the ability to carry out the act of congress and carry out debt relief to socially disadvantaged borrowers. the people that make the rules are the elite. most if not all have not been farmers. what do they not understand about your business? >> i don't think they understand our business one bit. i don't think they realize this is a very capital intense business, a lot of hours and for very little pay. like i said, the business does not work off of race. i mean, if somebody's going to -- what they claim is part of the issue here, nobody asks what race you are when you price fertilizer or price seed. jillian: adam, keep us updated on everything, okay? we wish you the left. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. jillian: have a good day. now to the violence that continues in chicago. since friday, three people were killed and 32 were hurt in separate shootings. one person was killed and nine injured in a single attack in chatham, a neighborhood on the south side o

in the usda and omb are aware of the situation as well. ... ... results for investments.there is 11% tradable national forest acres and 9% of the agency spending went to cfl rt. with that, 11% of the funding, 90% of the agency's total hazardous fuels were accomplished, 15% of timber volume and 15% habitat enhanced was accomplished. >> given it so successful, party authorized doubling the size of the program time we try to fund the doubling of the size. we currently have 24 products across the country, double funding, can we get to 48 projects? and there are plenty being submitted. >> there are. very much. >> great. we've had a challenge in which they've not been completely transparent about the contracting process and the role of domestic american versus crews brought in from out of country. this was an issue that came up in 2009 when sender wyden and i push for a big increase in funding for hazardous fuels reduction's and the contracting process was one in which crews were recruited out of state, required out of country, never consulted with the 5000 people on the list w

the usda food box program. the feds ended that in june. we knew that was coming and we helped raise about $10 million in the crankstart foundation, about 1.5 went to cona to fill that gap, in addition to the $3 million they received from the latinx rfp earlier in the year. the problem that makes it complex, they were not the only recipient of the rfp. the rate of spending for the mission food hub vastly outpaced the budget, the monthly budget. so the money was spent much more quickly than we contracted and budgeted for. and so that coupled with the ending of the funding from the usda is going to create a gap. in contrast to other organizations we funded through the rfp, they have budgeted a 6-9 month budget ending in i think february where they are holding to the budget. so, as a director of a department and public dollars, you really have to -- i know we're in a pandemic and things unexpected come up, but it's not just in my view, an automatic response to a community base partner runs out of money because they spent it too fast from the b

. >> are you sure you're a scientist with the usda? >> reporter: dr. bugs isn't the only one enjoying cicada mania. these odd-looking insects are inspiring art, fashion, and music. ♪ ♪ cicada ♪ a brewery in virginia create aid cicada beer and named it brewd x. >> no cicadas were hurt in the making of this beer. >> which is perfect for crunching down a cicada taco. you'd expect the guy wearing this to enjoy eating that. but at this restaurant in leesburg, virginia they're selling 30 orders of cicada tacos every day. >> about 50% of those that come in order a second round of tacos. >> reporter: tobias potavano is the chef. >> those look tasty. i do see little cicada eyes looking at me. >> yeah. they're going to look at you. they'll judge you. >> then it was time for my first -- >> bon appetit. >> -- bug bite. >> crunchy, nutty. so our anchor gayle king really wants to eat some cicadas. could you send her a a couple o these? >> most definitely. >> reprter: unfortunately, after waiting 17 years the cicadas' moment of glory is fleeting. >> they are here for

beef and pork production for the entire country u usda released daily livestock slaughter figure this is afternoon, showing a 22% decline in cattle and 19.6% decline in hogs processed tuesday versus what happened a week ago that makes this cyber attack a strike against the nation's potential food security and more worrying than the usual hacker mayhelm. >> when you're stopping these meat processing plants, when they can't produce the food we all eat in this case meat, that is a major threat to our way of life not just here in the united states but really around the world. >> officials said the white house offered assistance to jbs and usda has been in contact with the company several times the department of homeland security is offering technical support. a white house spokeswoman said today the biden administration is engaging directly with the russian government on this matter and delivering a message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals. this comes weeks before president biden is set to meet with russian leader vladimir putin in geneva, switzerland, for a summ

the usda issued a 90 day progress report on its climate strategy.as no mention about any kind of regulation for animal agriculture, tracking of omissions, efforts to reduce omissions. there was nothing in there about a transition away from factory farming. there are members of congress working and leading on this. senator booker has the farm systems reform act he plans to reintroduce in congress this month which initiates a just transition away from factory farming to a diversified, regenerative, and sustainable agriculture. president biden has not picked up on that strategy. we are not going to be able to succeed on our climate strategy unless we address animal agriculture. we are worried we haven't seen that so far and are hoping to work with the administration to make sure those strategies are included in its climate plan. host: our guest with us until 10:00. if you want to ask questions, republicans, (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, and independents (202) 748-8002. you can also text us at (202) 748-8003. what about secretary of agricult

states but really around the world. >> officials said the white house offered assistance to jbs and usda has been in contact with the company several times over the past day. they also said the fbi is investigating the incident, and the department of homeland security is offering technical support. a white house spokeswoman said today the biden administration is engaging directly with the russian government on this matter and delivering a message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals. all of this comes just weeks before president biden is set to meet with russian leader vladimir putin in geneva, switzerland, for a submit that's designed to improve relations between the two countries. carl, no word yet from the company at the center of all of this, whether executives plan to pay or not pay that ransom demand or how soon they'll be able to get the nation's beef and pork production back to normal. >> eamon javers, thank you >>> for more on this, we talk to jim lancerman now, a cyberspace solarium commission. tasked with a strategic approach to defending cyber attacks ag

. >> reporter: the forest service says it's also working with usda leaders and congressional leaders on bringing up the pay and benefits for federal firefighters, but the firefighters we talked to said they're worried about the immediate future when fires are starting everywhere. all the resources are being dried up or they're already gone, and more fires just seem to continue to start. we're live in lafayette, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> fire departments obviously on high alert across the region. in san jose, cal fire, parks and rec. and fire departments are teaming up to protect allan rock park. the goal is to clear away possible fire fuels sflmt when you take the cal fire crews, the conservation crews, parks crews and san jose firefighters out there doing the fire break your crews go from maybe a half-dozen people to 50 to 60 people working on the project to really get the project done. >> and the project started yesterday and will last fort next eight to 12 weeks. let's bring in rob mayeda with more on the fire danger concerns. usually fourth of july we're worried about h

the usda food box program. the feds ended that in june. we knew that was coming and we helped raise about $10 million in the crankstart foundation, about 1.5 went to cona to fill that gap, in addition to the $3 million they received from the latinx rfp earlier in the year. the problem that makes it complex, they were not the only recipient of the rfp. the rate of spending for the mission food hub vastly outpaced the budget, the monthly budget. so the money was spent much more quickly than we contracted and budgeted for. and so that coupled with the ending of the funding from the usda is going to create a gap. in contrast to other organizations we funded through the rfp, they have budgeted a 6-9 month budget ending in i think february where they are holding to the budget. so, as a director of a department and public dollars, you really have to -- i know we're in a pandemic and things unexpected come up, but it's not just in my view, an automatic response to a community base partner runs out of money because they spent it too fast from the b

if there's animal terminology or and of course, and in the animals that we want the usda doing the drug and labeling. and we understand that you have on the drug side. on the plant side. honey prevent misleading labeling for these products. janet: think that we have to establish clear standards and we work very closely with usda on these issues to make sure they labeling principles to make sure that those are out there and people understand themselves some is education. some is enforcement. to make sure that if things are mislabeled, that we provided feedback to the company. >> the center is very concerned for beef product, substitute plant product that the be product and consumers become confused about that. as a wife. , is important to have the clarity. so that there's fair treatment out there. janet: absolutely and i would say in the class i, there are many people who want to make sure they're eating a plant product as well. so these need to be labeled a very clearly which one they are so the people not misled. >> packaging, so there's an increased desire among the gas, manufacturers

and we work very closely with usda on these issues to make sure they have labeling principles and so forth to make sure that those are out there and people understand them, so some is education, some is enforcement. to make sure that if things were mislabeled that we provide feedback to companies. >> well, senator murray and gets very concerned if like a beef product -- you know, there is a substitute plant product for that beef product. and consumers become confused about that and -- as to why. and so, we really want to emphasize that that is important that clarity not only for the consumer but for our livestock systems, so they feel that there is fear treatment out there. >> absolutely. that's down the plants that there's a lot of people who want to make sure that they're eating a plant product out there to. they have to be very clearly labeled so that people are not misled. >> packaging so that there's an increased desire among i guess manufacturers, retail industry state lawmakers, the advanced minimum recycle content requirement and of course that's an area where there is kind o

you know, if there's animal terminology or imagery used and of course, on the animal side we want usda doing driving the labeling and you know, we understand you have it on the food and drug side or on the plant on drug side. how do you prevent misleading labeling for these products? >> well, i think we have to do -- we have an establish clear standards and we work very closely with usda on these issues to make sure they have labeling principles and so forth to make sure they're out there and people understand them. some is in education and some he enforcement to make sure if things are mislabeled that we provide feedback to companies. >> well, senator moran gets very, very concerned if a beef product, you know, there's substitute plant product for that beef product and consumer become confused about that and as do i, and so, you know, we want to really emphasize that that's important, that clarity. not only for the consumer, but, you know, for our live stock producers so they feel there's fair treatment out there. >> absolutely. on the plant side we want to make sure they know they're

this coming from the usda secretary, noting they are working with the white house and homeland securityas the company. turning to deutsche bank, which launched its new remote working policy. germany's largest bank promising to implement a hybrid model once pandemic conditions allow for a return to the office. joining us is our bloomberg asia finance reporter. many have been grappling with what to do about the return to work. what is deutsche bank saying? >> they are saying it is all about finding a balance, the right balance. they still say they would like employees to continue to use the office as their main base, but say it probably makes sense working 40% to 60% of the time from home. haidi: we are also hearing regulators weighing in on the issue. >> the hong kong monetary authority said banks need to get staff vaccinated, so it will open the borders and bring cities back to life. and somewhere like hong kong, and international finance hub, needs them open to keep the economy going. shery: what are the consequences of getting it wrong? >> the consequences are you lose your staff. a r

of 55 members of congress from across the country in writing a letter to secretary vilsack of the usda. this letter urged him to codify the efforts to continue to provide schools the option to offer low flat flavored or unflavored milk. the protein to help build and reparamusle tissue of active bodies are vitamin a to may tain healthy skin. dairy products are a natural nutrient powerhouse. that is why, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to sign on to my bill, whole milk for healthy kids act, during national dairy month and allow the students the option of consuming the type of milk that they love. and this month, when you poor a glass of milk, enjoy a cheese board or cool down with ice cream, remember the hardworking dairy farmers and farm families who made that possible. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. garcia, for five minutes. mr. garcia: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life of courtney ann neal. my office's press secretary and digital manager. courtney passed

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one is the net program is relying on the usda food box program, that was basically the usda was providing food commodities, basically, basic food stuffs. and they were relying on. and the usda terminated that, i believe the end of may or early june, okay. so there's -- so that created a gap. the other issue and sort of the reason that there's going to be a gap is that the spending rate for that particular program far outpaced what was budgeted. we did an r.f.p., latinx r.f.p. and select someday providers through that and negotiated contract terms through december, you know, with monthly spending rates. and that particular program far outspent what was basically the monthly budget amount. and so those two factors contribute to what is framed by them as a gap. and on paper and in reality, it is a gap. what we have been looking to do is to figure out how, given the contractual constraints, how to fill that gap as best as we can so because the procurement had a financial limit on it, we can only modify a contract up to that financial cap that was certified by the office of contract administra

were slaughtered in the united states, which is about 15,000 fewer than the same day last week -- the usdaoday that 100,000 cattle were slaughtered in the united states, which is about 15,000 fewer than the same day last week. a lot of people in washington and around the country have been talking. one thing we know a u.s. official told us shortly ago is that at least u.s. department of agriculture has no cybersecurity regulations or requirements for meat packers, so there is not some federal standard making them be tough. it is up to them. haidi: a bloomberg congress reporter with the latest on jbs and what washington is doing about food security concerns. coming up, we will get more information from christina hooper. that is it from "daybreak australia." "daybreak asia" is next. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses and advanced cybersecurity to p

this is where we continue to see a difficult weather condition for growing crops and the usda also cominging they will be investing $4 billion to boost supply chains in order to help the industry. copper futures continue to be under pressure as we see these concerns over production. mining wage talks continue and jeffries saying that if you see the leftist presidential candidate in peru win the presidential elections, you could see some risk premium being added and those miners really -- foreign miners not too keen in producing copper out of that country. iron ore prices above that $200 level so we are continuing to follow these iron ore moves as australia is saying above $150, that will bring in $12 billion to the budget in the australian government. we will have plenty more to come on "daybreak australia." this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: as we heard earlier, the u.s. has passed that sweeping bill to help the u.s. compete with china. let's bring in our congressional reporter, dan slightly. there was one amendment. what are the details that we know? dan: that amendment was proposed by texas r

-based locations and yesterday the usda reported on production declines.se press secretary acknowledging the attack. >> jbs notified the administration that the ransom demand came from organization likely based in russia. the white house with russian government in this matter and delivering the message that responsible do not harbor ransomware criminals. griff: on the heels of colon ape pipeline and the company ultimatelying paying $4.4 million. now cybersecurity experts are saying they have to step up and it comes just weeks before president biden and vladimir putin are set to meet face to face. biden said he will raise the hacking issue with putin, lawrence, but any thought of pulling the summit, yesterday pierre that's not under consideration. >> a lot of folks wondering if there's a response before he meets with putin, thanks, griff. brian. brian: why meet at all? critical race theory coming from your health care. instructors at harvard medical school to use race for determining factor in treating heart failure. they will argue, quote, we will call --

usda says nearly 9 in 10 families using food stamps face challenges getting healthy food, most commony store. >> what we saw was in the last ten days of each month as sthap o s.n.a.p. benefits were basically all used up, choices were made that were perhaps less nutritious than would have been made if the benefits had been more. so i think that is a wake-up call. >> during the pandemic congress increased stha.n.a.p. benefits 15%. the cost of the plan has only been adjusted for inflation since 1975. >>> looking at markets, you can see small agendas here to start the thursday trading session. and in the u.s., stock index futures are also higher. it was a pretty quiet trading day for investors, but enough to the nasdaq to notch a record high. second straight record high for the nasdaq. bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices recovered after a rough few trading days. and the price of lumber falling from its peak, prices have skyrocketed due to increased demand. and it is a major concern for investors watching for inflation as the economy recovers. >>> frasan francisco is the fir major city

it could be the inspector general at usda. or it could be the justice dechlt department. >> desmond butler, investigative reporter at "the washington post." mr. butler, this piece is a remarkable window into what happened here. it raises all sorts of interesting questions. but i want to thank you in plr for laying it out so clear sbli doing so much work with the team at the post to make it otherwise what's complicated and deliberately obfuscated a good story on potentially troubling misconduct. thank you and congratulations on this work. >> thank you so much, rachel. >>> all right, much more news to get to tonight. stay with us. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somew