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congress at a hearing yesterday. he said agents are recording an average of 6,500 apprehensions per day of people illegally coming into the united states. here is republican senator ron johnson. >> we cannot get secretary mayokas to say thats a crisis. wont even say its a problem. he calls it a challenge. i noted in the number of your testimonies you kept talking about efficiency. sitting here in this sedate hearing setting you almost seem like weve got this under control. this is comp...

Families. ukraine is going to be fine. im more worried that is not anymore that ukraine is fighting a war defending their country. it is they are defending to feed the world. ukraine exports are trying to feed 400 million people around the world. many of them in africa. if this war goes on and we dont get to support ukraine and this war doesnt stop tomorrow, were going to have a hunger issue maybe not in ukraine but we are going to see it in many parts of africa. again, these ukrainians are hard...

Focusing on improving food systems, centering equity, and establishing social protection programs will help end hunger caused by climate change.

To school. in nicaragua, we got kids to go to school because theyre there for the meals which is spectacular. >> the same here in the united states when you talk about the school lunch people take for granted, that may be the only meal that child has that day. at school. >> and weve also found that a lot of places especially with girls, its the only way their families will actually send them to school. so its very, you know, i like it in a strange way to when you put on the right clothes, you tr...

Something we can cut to save the deficit and that kind of washington talk versus the actual reality on the ground huch need there is? >> i think oftentimes we get caught up in numbers and policies and programs and dont actually realize there are people behind these numbers that were all talking about. for an average family of four, $36 per month cut earlier this month is a tremendous impact on the ability of families to put food on the table, and we know this is on the heels of a recession where...