farmers who need usda support the most, current status requires they apply to all situation. we're increasingly finding one size fits all doesn't work for agriculture everywhere. and it's not really meeting the unique needs of present day agriculture. our amendment gives flexibility to develop and test processes and procedures that make their products more actionable and prove program delivery. a simple amendment. brown amendment 6 to the credit title and i ask concurrence with the committee. >> thank you very much. is there any further discussion on the brown amendment number 6? >> thank you. >> i share your support for the amendment, senator brown. >> thank you. >> if not, all those in favor say, aye. >> aye. those opposed, nay. the amendment is adopted. thank you. >> i apologize. thank you. >> given the fact we are still waiting on senator conrad, we will now moosh on to -- move on to our next title which is title -- yes? senator chambliss? we are putting energy aside, unless -- yes. put it aside only because senator conrad is the author of the energy amendment and he's no

alarming, yes, but no need to panic say government officials who are confirming the first case of mad cow disease since 2006. our ken molestina explains how it was picked up and why the usda says humans are not in danger. >> reporter: the disease was found in a dead 5-year-old cow taken here to a plant in california. it was about to be ground into pet food when a random test discovered the illness. officials are sure there was never a danger to humans from the cow's meat or milk because according to veterinarian john clifford, no dead cow is ever slaughtered for human consumption. >> this particular animal did not enter the food supply at any time, so there is no concern about that. >> reporter: the diagnosis is bovine spongy form, spontaneous and not known to be contagious to humans or animals. atypical means it did not get sick from other cows or eating feed composed of other animals. >> it is not likely to be attributable to infected feed, which is the method in which normally bse would be spread from cow to cow. >> reporter: three americans are thought to have died from mad cow disease, a brain- wasting infection with no cure. but all three spent many years eating bee

need to panic. the discovery was made yesterday. the usda says that diseased animal never entered the human food chain. police plan on releasing a new image of a girl whoanished in 2008. they say it is possible that madeleine mccann is still alive. >> we might need the umbrella, a lot of clouds around the bay area right now. there is a chance of a few showers but prepare for a couple of raindrops just in case. we have low air pressure down to the south that is taking the moisture into southern california. some of that moisture is eventually ends up near the bay area. east bay temperatures running up into the '60s and '70s and as you get inside the day those temperatures will be mainly into the '60s. fifties' out to the immediate coast line and then it looks like things shaping up very nicely by friday. temperatures warmed up very nicely and by the weekend, some seventies and maybe 80's. by the weekend, looking good. >> we sent our photographer to the south bay. northbound and southbound 101 actually look pretty good. really no major incidents across the bay area. looking good all through the pleasant in the area. this is the commute direction, east bou