vilsack: let's start with the programs i mentioned. the opportunity for a processing facility that would essentially allow multiple state producers a place in addition to the big three or four they have access to to market their cattle. now there is a little competition for supply. we have a capacity issue. one of the reasons we are seeing the situation we are in is because we do not have sufficient capacity. that is why consumers are paying more. when you expand capacity, you create opportunities for consumers to have a more fair deal at the grocery store, and you create opportunity. we understand the supply chain, a lotta folks are in the middle between the producer and the processor and the grocery store. there were folks impacted by this. co-ops have the chance to be in the warehouses, to be in the cold storage business, to be bringing farmers together to create the value added branded product were people go to the grocery store and know they are buying from cornelius, a local farmer. there were multiple ways, one thing we will try

and secretary vilsack, thanks very much for joining this conversation. you're an old hand at this having been a mayor in iowa, a two-term governor in iowa. having been the secretary of agriculture first time around as the obama administration longest member of the cabinet then and coming back for more as agriculture secretary now. so welcome and thanks for, we look forward to this conversation. let me -- >> thank you. >> well, let me start by asking about rural economy. i think that there's probably some selection bias and those tunes in, we all understand the importance of this issue, but there are, i think, millions of americans who don't appreciate the importance and say, well, it's too bad, what's happening in some of these back waters like amhill, oregon, or in parts of iowa. but end of the day, as brookings noted frankly 72% of the jobs created between 2008 and the pandemic were in met trat paul tin areas with a population of more than 1 million and to the extent the country's economic future depends on some of these new technologies, that that sho

secretary vilsack did that. today is day eight of the strike by john deere workers, and protests and strikes are going on at multiple john deere facilities across iowa. in davenport, iowa, a judge side with the company. there were only four protesters allowed at each entryway, which greatly curtails what it means to do a picket line. because of that, today members of the union and members of the local community showed up to support workers at the local facility. instead of at the plant, they did it as a rally at the local courthouse. it's been a busy week of direct action all over the country this week. not just on the issue of labor. this is right outside the white house yesterday. five young climate activists say they are basically starting a hunger strike, demanding that joe biden refused to appease centrist democrats like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who are radically trying to scale back and scale down his initiatives. they want president biden to commit to leaving the climate parts of the bill intact. th

when tom vilsack did that last week with john deere workers. now today it happened again. this time service u.s. secretary of labor marty walsh, who is the, of course, the top official in charge of u.s. labor policy ex went to a picket line in lancaster, pennsylvania, today to show support for the kellogg's workers. he said this ahead of the trip. i grew up in a working class family. i am the son of immigrants and a proud second-generation capital laborer. i have always stood with america's working people. i will continue to do so as your secretary of labor. see you there. on the picket line, secretary marty walsh said these workers are exercising their right for free speech and to try to get better working conditions not just for them, but their families and the generations of people who going to come behind them. it might be different for a secretary of labor of the united states of america to come out and stand on a picket line, but he said workers need to understand that people stand with them and i want them to know as secretary of labor i will stand with them. accord

joining me is agriculture secretary tom vilsack.bviously facing a lot of the same economic issues and headwinds that the rest of the country is facing. the "washington post" reported recently, quote, with the school year in full swing, product shortfalls, delivery delays, labor shortages have pushed the nation's public school meal programs to a crisis point. you recently announced a $1.5 billion additional boost for the school lunch program. but the experts aren't sure that's even going to be enough. what does this program need to be financially helpful to meet the needs of students around the country? >> right now 30 million children depend on school lunch and many of them are also dependent on school breakfast. in some schools they're fortunate enough to receive a supper program as well. the key is making sure we continue to provide nutritious meals. notwithstanding the challenges, that's being done. because this is national school lunch week, we want to celebrate these folks who are working to provide these meals. i just saw an i

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agriculture secretary tom vilsack is with us now. mr. secretary, thank you for being on with me.tion that people who are paying these prices at the grocery store are asking, when is there some relief from these prices coming? >> well, relief is coming. it's certainly a situation where there's strong demand boast domestically and internationally, and there is obviously a significant disruption of the supply chain. lots of things taking place now. the port congestion, and imports have been part of the problem. that's going to be addressed by increasing hours on the ports, now a 24/7 operation in los angeles. work force issues also a challenge. that's why we're focusing on trying to get more truck drivers on the road so we can get product to market. clearly supply train disruptions by virtue of covid, that's why we're encouraging people to be vaccinated. it's also a capacity, processing capacity. one of the reasons we are faced with beef and pork shortages is because we lack processing capacity, we need more competition in that space, and the department of agriculture recently annou

chain disruption task force which we set up in june, led by secretaries buttigeig, raimondo, and vilsack, and my director of national council, brian deese. i want to thank them for their leadership. i especially want to thank joe. he has done one heckuva of a job, my special envoy on ports, who has been working this issue with all of the stakeholders for the past several weeks. i also want to think the port directors. i want to thank jean and mario again. the mayors of los angeles and long beach, mayor garcetti and mayor garcia, for their leadership. and the private companies that are stepping up, i want to thank them. but i particularly want to thank labor. willie adams of the longshoremen of warehouses union who is here today, the teamsters, the real unions from the brotherhood of real world single men, and the international association of machinists, to the american-trained dispatchers association, to the sheet-metal, air and rail and transportation workers union known as smart. i want to be clear that this is across the board commitment to going to 24-7. this is a big first step in s

secretary vilsack told the workers on the line, quote, i'm here for you.f the strikers his own union card. we spent some time yesterday and today looking for any modern precedent of a sitting u.s. cabinet official joining workers on a picket line during a strike against a major u.s. company. we could not find any more than modern precedent for that. today is day eight for the strike by john deere workers. strikes are going on at multiple john deere facilities. at john deere's plan in iowa, there were only four protesters allowed at each entry way which greatly curtails what it means to do a picket line. because of that, today members of the union and members of the local community showed up to support workers at the local facility. instead of at the plant, they did it as a rally at the local courthouse. it's been a busy week of direct action all over the country this week. not just on the issue of labor. this is right outside the white house yesterday. five young climate activists are starting a hunger strike, demanding that joe biden refuse to appease cen

in the next hour, my colleague garrett haake will be joined by agricultural secretary tom vilsack. it's national school lunch week and they'll talk about funding for the school lunch programs, that's expected to come back from the build back better plan. that's ahead, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. >>> still ahead, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to go down in a california neighborhood, killing two people. we're live with the update. >>> plus, puerto rico is under a state of emergency after a wave of blackouts being blamed on seaweed. we'll explain, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ching "jos diaz-balart reports. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7

chain disruption task force, which we set up in june, led by secretaries buttigieg, ray mondo, and vilsacke national director of the council brian deese. thank you for the leadership. i especially want to thank joe for kari. i think joe has done one heck of a job, my special envoy on ports. ros: joe biden talking about addressing the supply chain issues. let's go live to washington. i don't mean to be flippant, but he says he has been working on this since june, and the main idea is to do more at night. some could be thinking, couldn't we have, without a while ago? >> a why has it taken so long to get to this point? but he also said potentially this could be a game changer. this plan of his men which is where basically everything becomes a 24/7 operation, the l.a. port going 24/7, where nearly half of america's foreign imports come into, that will help speed things up, but he made the point in saying they need major retailers to step up as well. his point is it has to be on the private sector as well. he mentioned walmart, fedex, ups. he says they are stepping up their game, so fedex and u

something secretary vilsack spoke to when he was here a few weeks ago and the department of agricultureepartment of justice also are working to take steps to address. >> so with the rapid results test, we were expecting today to have more information but one ofe the problems is that in some places you cannot get a rapid results test. >> that's exactly why we just announced a $2 million investmentes to quadruple whatho is available at schools and community centers and to purchase at home. >> just to follow up. >> you mentioned of course was he not aware before it wasit announced? was he not aware of that conventional? >> right now the focusig is on moving forward they will be meeting next month we are looking to finalizee the details the national security advisor and members of the national security team has met with their counterparts for high-level officials and recent weeks and so how we work with the french moving forward. thank you everyone. [inaudible conversations] >> the author for books and ran for the presidency in 2020 and those decisions this week including leaving the democr

vilsack spoke about our efforts to address competition a few weeks ago. talked about how the pandemic revealed vulnerabilities in our food system, including a consolidation in processing capacity. , leading to the increase in prices as people go to the grocery store and try to buy other products to feed their families. we know farmers are losing money. consumers are paying more. we need more competition, and we can do that i helping small and midsized farmers. the more processing capacity we have, the more competition there is for farmers. consumers will get fair prices, too. the department of agriculture is announcing the food chain supply guarantee program, using rescue funds to leverage millions in loan guarantees to expand capacity and address bottlenecks in supply more broadly. today's announcement adds a new commitment to the $500 million previously announced to support processing capacity. welcome back. do you have a rotation? go ahead. reporter: senator manchin says he wants to see the hyde amendment in the reconciliation bill. others are opposed

bloomberg has learned that jennifer granholm, tom vilsack, and antony blinken were among those in attendanceuse is not sharing details about the meeting, but says the administration well use "all of the tools at its disposal

announcer: agriculture secretary tom vilsack talked about the impact of cooperatives on the farm economy at the national press club in washington, d.c.

the picture is with uaw workers on the picket line welcoming in agriculture secretary tom vilsack there to join the picket line. how unusual is it to have a cabinet member join a picket line? dave: it's quite unusual. a lot of people have been pushing the biden administration to be more aggressively prolabor. biden, somewhat famously, very early on, i cannot remember whether this was -- i think it was actually shortly before he won the election, he said he would be the most prounion president ever. we've had unions kind of positioning themselves to get biden to be more aggressive. and really, he has been quite aggressive. you might remember earlier this year when workers in alabama at amazon were moving towards a union vote. people had pressured the administration to speak out and biden eventually did, addressing it directly. he did not name amazon, but he alluded to this big election that was happening in out them. he said no company should be telling workers whether they should or shouldn't unionize. he kind of gave this speech blasting companies for pressuring workers not to form uni

this was vilsack from agriculture. of course energy secretary granholm to discuss what is going on.o concrete steps going forward but they are looking at what is going on globally and what does it mean domestically? domestically, rising gasoline prices, that is going to worry this democratic party as they tried to push through their very large fiscal economic agenda. guy: we will leave it there. thank you ray much. annmarie hordern in d.c.. amh seems to be the tagline we are giving her. we have settled in europe. the auction is producing a little bit of a tick lower for the ftse. a little bit of a dip as we come through the end of trading. we also have news. it looks like another u.k. energy supplier is going out of business. there are rumors swirling that there could be more. alix: really interesting. we will stay on the energy story for a second. vladimir putin says his country is ready to supply the natural gas europe needs. the problem is europe's own flawed system. we will break that down with maria belova. this is bloomberg. ♪ laura: i am laura wright. coming up, aneta markows

secretary of agriculture and former iowa governor, tom vilsack according to united auto workers local. for more on what workers are demanding, we go to ottumwa, iowa to speak with chris laursen, who is a painter at the ottumwa works factory in iowa, and has worked for john deere for over 19 years. he is a former president and member of united automobile workers local 74. welcome to democracy now! explain what the demands are. we are also with alex press who writes extensively about strikes and workers across the country. chris: good morning. it is a pleasure to join you this morning. we have seen a tentative agreement that we had a ratification vote on, on october 4 and we have seen a very paltry wage increase, no improvements to the incentive plan, no language to address any of the failings there and the big nonstarter for a lot of people was the fact that any new hires coming in after the first november of this year would not be entitled to a pension but rather a 401(k) pension program. a lot of us are not willing to adjust our retirement benefits on wall stet speculation. deere is

and i want you to know, although he didn't speak today, i want to thank my buddy tom vilsack, secretaryof agriculture, because he's about preservation. [ applause ] and maria, senator cantwell, thank you for your really hard, consistent, unrelenting work on these issues. and i also want to thank michael bennett the same way. he's been in this and from the moment he got elected, he's been pushing hard. and rubin, i want to thank congressman gallego, for the work you've done and continue to do. i really mean it. this may be the easiest thing i've ever done so far as president. i mean it. i mean it. i've got to tell you a quick story. when i was running for office, and i'm embarrassed, i can't remember exactly which state i was in, but a gentleman, and i think it was his wife, and a little girl, said could i talk to you. she had this -- i couldn't understand what she had in her hand, it looked like a teddy bear. and she said, can i talk to you, mr. -- she wasn't sure what to call me, i wasn't elected yet, mr. president or mr. vice president. she said, i want to give you some bears ears. i lo

secretary vilsack told the workers on the line, quote, i'm here for you.the strikers his own union card. we spent some time, looking for any modern president of a sitting cabinet official joining workers on a picket line in a strike against a major u.s. company, we could not find any majorettes president for that. today's day eight of the strike by john deere workers. and, protests and strikes are going on at multiple john deere facilities across iowa. davenport, iowa, a judge yesterday sided with the company limited the number of pictures that are allowed to protest outside the facility, only for protesters in each and through a, which greatly curtailed for the means to do a picket line. because of that, today members of the union and members of the local community showed up to support members of that community, inside to union i think plant, they did as a rally outside the courthouse. it's been a busy week of direct action, all over the country this weekend, not just on the issue of labor, this was right outside the white house yesterday, five young clim

supply disruption task force, which we set up in june, led by secretaries buttigieg, romando and vilsack, and brian doeist, and i want to thank them for their leadership. and joe has done a great job, my special envoy, who has been working this issue with all the stake holders the past several weeks. i want to thank the port directors, gene and mario, and the mayors of los angeles long beach, mayor garcetti and mayor garcia for their leadership. i think the private companies that are stepping up, i want to thank them, thank them, but i particularly want to thank labor. willie adams of the longshoreman and warehouses union who is here today, the teamsters, rail unions from the brotherhood of railroad singleman, and the american train dispatchers association, sheet metal, air and rail, and transportation workers union known as smart. i want to be clear, this is across the board commitment to going to 24/7. that is big first step in speeding up the movement of materials and goods through our supply chain. but now we need the rest of the private sector chain to accept up as well. this is not

agriculture secretary, former iowa governor tom vilsack's promise to visit the picket line.iowa, of course this is a big gesture for those strike workers of the biden administration. we are really looking to see how this place tomorrow. or whether that translates into more for what those workers are standing up for. watch this. crunchy outside, chewy inside. ♪ tums, tums, tums, tums ♪ tums chewy bites how did panera come up with the idea to combine their famous mac and cheese with their iconic grilled cheese? by saying yes. yes to new inventions! yes to clean and fresh ingredients! and yes to living life to the flavor-fullest. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. regina approaches the all-electric cadillac lyriq. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq. omega-3 from fish oil is an important nutrient if you want to be bold, you have

the picket line, visited the john deere workers picketing in iowa, during that visit, secretary tom vilsackwed the striking workers, his own union, card he told them, i'm here for you in when that happened last, week we actually consulted a presidential historian and a labor historian, both of whom told us that they had never happened before. a visit by a sitting cabinet secretary, in support of americans who are out on strike, and that is something that we've never seen before, at least in modern american history, in the past some u.s. labor secretary is a met with striking workers, in company executives to try to negotiate an end to the strike, but his sitting cabinet member actually showing up to a picket line to show support, for striking workers, that is not something we have ever seen before, in the united states of america. when he did that last week, with john deere workers. now today, it happened again. this time it was u.s. secretary of labor, who is the first top official in charge of u.s. labor policy. he went to a picket line in lancaster pennsylvania today. to show support for

disruption task force, which we set up in june, led by secretaries buttigieg, raimondo, and vick vilsack. i especially want to thank joe pecari, and i think joe has done one heck of a job, my envoy especially on ports, who has been working this issue with all the stakeholders for the past several weeks. i also want to thank the port directors, gene and mario, again, and the mayors of los angeles and long beach, mayor garcetti and mayor garcia, for their leadership. i think the private companies that are stepping up, i want to thank them, but i particularly want to thank labor. willie adams of the longshoremen and warehouses union who is here today, the teamsters, the rail unions from the brotherhood of railroad single men, and the international association of machinists, to the american train dispatchers association, to sheet metal, air, rail, and transportation workers union, known as s.m.a.r.t. i want to be clear. this is across the board commitment to going to 24/7. this is a big first step in speeding up the movement of materials and goods through our supply chain. but now we need th

and i want you to know although he didn't speak today, want to thank my buddy tom vilsack because he's about preservation. and senator cantwell, thank you for your hard consistent unrelenting work on these issues. and i also want to thank michael bennet the same way. he's been in this from the moment he got elected has been pushing hard. and rubin, i want to thank you, congressman gallego for the work you've done and continue to do. i really mean it. this may be the easiest thing i've ever done so far as president. i mean it. i mean it. i have to tell you a quick story. when i was running for office and i'm embarrassed i can't remember exactly which state i was in, but a gentleman and i think it was his wife and a little girl said could i talk to you. and she had this -- i couldn't understand what she had in her hand, it looks like a teddy bear. and she said can i talk to you, mr. -- she wasn't sure what to call me. i wasn't elected yet, mr. president or mr. vice president, sure. what is the matter honey. she said i want to give you something. want to give you some bears ears. and i lo

. >>> agriculture secretary tom vilsack talks about rural development, broadband expansion and rebuildingnfrastructure. he speaks at an event hosted by the brookings institution. >>> i'm tony pipa senior fellow for sustainable development at brookings institution and welcome to today's event on renewing u.s. rural prosperity. federal policy in the biden administration. thanks to all of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us and as the conversation unfolds, we encourage you to engage on socialed

chain disruption task force, which we set up in june, led by secretaries buttigieg, romando and by vilsack, and brian dies i want to thank them for their leadership i want to thank joe picari, and i think joe's done one heck of a job, my special envoy specifically on ports, who's been working this issue with all the stakeholders for the past several weeks. i also want to thank the port directors. i want to thank gene and mario and the mayors of los angeles and long beach, mayor garsetti and mayor garcia for their leadership and i think the private companies that are stepping up, i want to thank them but i particularly want to thank labor. willy adams of the longshoreman and warehouses union who is here today, the teamsters, the rail unions from the brotherhood of railroad singleman and the international association of machinists, to the american train dispatchers association, to sheet metal, air, and rail and transportation workers union known as sus.m.a.r.t this is an across-the-board commitment to going to 24/7. this is a big first step in speeding up the movement of materials and goods

the picture is with uaw workers on the picket line welcoming in agriculture secretary tom vilsack therein the picket line. how unusual is it to have a cabinet member join a picket line? dave: it's quite unusual. a lot of people have been pushing the biden administration to be more aggressively prolabor. biden, somewhat famously, very early on, i cannot remember whether this was -- i think it was actually shortly before he won the election, he said he would be the most prounion president ever. we've had unions kind of positioning themselves to get biden to be more aggressive. and really, he has been quite aggressive. you might remember earlier this year when workers in alabama at amazon were moving towards a union vote. people had pressured the administration to speak out and biden eventually did, addressing it directly. he did not name amazon, but he alluded to this big election that was happening in out them. he said no company should be telling workers whether they should or shouldn't unionize. he kind of gave this speech blasting companies for pressuring workers not to form unions. a