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That means its our job to find those kids. its our job to help them understand their potential and get them enrolled in a college that can help them meet their needs. get them enrolled in a college. thats not always easy, especially given what many kids are dealing with when they get to campus. just think about it. you heard a snip from troy, just to make it to college, these kids have already overcome so much. neighborhoods riddled with crime and drugs, moms and dads who werent around. too many...

Experiential. >> several years ago, when fema was funding for food supports was at risk and food pantries across this country were seeing a growth in the number of people coming and accessing, middle income people who had lost their jobs, looking for food. one of the things i noted when i was reaching out to the community is that people who were accessing the food pantries were often taking food out of their bags to spread it among others, because they knew there wasnt enough food. that sense of...

Such place. it was all one of his lies. >> jones built this church and offered sanctuary there, a safety net to the elderly and poor, usually blacks from the inner city. they signed over their social security checks and the peoples temple cared for them for the rest of their lives. >> he built this whole thing on the premise of brotherhood, economic equality and a world where no babies go to bed hungry. >> jerry parks and his family followed jones from the midwest out to ukiah in 1966. jerry got...

It was all one of his lies. >> jones built this church and offered sanctuary there, a safety net to the elderly and poor, usually blacks from the inner city. they signed over their social security checks and the peoples temple cared for them for the rest of their lives. >> he built this whole thing on the premise of brotherhood, economic equality and a world where no babies go to bed hungry. >> jerry parks and his family followed jones from the midwest out to ukiah in 1966. jerry got a job in a ...

Named sonny. my life was turned upside down that night when we lay on top of a garbage dump with caulk roaches crawling all over us. >> thats where you slept? >> thats where he lived. >> nearly one in seven of every person in the world goes to bed hungry, astonishing statistic, despite the fact that the world has enough food to feed everybody one and a half times over. what are we doing wrong? >> well, its about a lack of political will. i think ultimately in the year 2000, all of the world lead...

Many other countries around the world. so it is at least deserving of understanding. and then as mayor landrieu said, we know there are many components to it. it is about education, about jobs, about literacy, about hunger, about poverty. we have a poverty problem in the united states. not an excuse, but part of an explanation for things that go on. >> the problem is its in the cycle then. you dont have the power to put these kids to work. you cant take everybody 18 to 25 in north philly and get...

Talking about safety, we changed how people fly and the security measures because we wanted to be safe. we protect world around the country and give aid and food, et cetera. those are all proper roles for the united states, but also taking care of the homeland. making sure no child goes to bed hungry at night, that you can get a great education anywhere regardless of what zip code your parents decided to live in. these are realistic things that should be considered part of the national defense o...

Fortunate enough to hit the power ball. joining me now is kayla williams, author of leadoff my rifle more than you. young and female in the u.s. ar army. >> i was on them out of and on when i was a kid. my mom was like so many others, among whom take advantage of the benefit, single mom and well fell on financial hard times and it kept me from going to bed hungry. >> did you find the allotment was lavish. it created a real huge food budget? >> no. it didnt. supplemented by some lovely government...

And the reason they do that is if you are chubby, overweight they send a note home to your parents like your parents dont know the kid is chubby? this is he to promote better health and say. >> let me draw a little charles krauthammer. the fact that this country is worried about the feelings of overweight kids as opposed to kids going to bed hungry. we live in a great country god bless america. i think the program is well intentioned. what is a bad report card but a stupid letter? this is a fat ...

Scale. and the reason they do that is if you are chubby, overweight they send a note home to your parents like your parents dont know the kid is chubby? this is he to promote better health and say. >> let me draw a little charles krauthammer. the fact that this country is worried about the feelings of overweight kids as opposed to kids going to bed hungry. we live in a great country god bless america. i think the program is well intentioned. what is a bad report card but a stupid letter? this is...