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The u.s. department of agriculture which helps run the program released a statement which read in part, usda encourages the few eligible school district that have chose to the to participate in the national school lunch program to take steps to make sure that all children have access to healthy affordable meals during the school day. the vast majority of school district are still taking part. jenna: very interesting, the half piece of seat today or the sandwich with the one slice of deli meet. >...

But the people reacted to the school nurse, 2000 people. >> thats the beacon of the folks that take care of you. the other part we havent discussed, we dont have enough time, its not just about the teachers its the holistic approach to making strengthening our education system and that touches on the american family, too. povertys a huge part of it. >> a big part. >> the family structure. it cant just be on teachers shoulders but talking about in chicago 87% of the school kids affected are from ...

Getting a free meal in states like california, on the taxpayers dime. all part of a federally funded free lunch program that provides meals for parents as well. and its causing some controversy. claudia coulclaudia could you claudia cowen is in san francisco. >> reporter: more than 3 million people eat for free from schools, to rec centers to libraries. its a valuable resource for those struggling and a nice freebie for those not. this cafe and others like it are funded by the u.s. department of...

The so we could discuss the matter. there are 150 schools in the city, 160 dont have a library. black, brown and poor educational apartheid. the neighborhood schools are outperforming the turnaround schools. you close down the public schools put extra money for a private charter or turnaround school and there are factors operating like something called poverty, where in the schools 90% of the kids are on free lunch program, so this kind of quick fix turnaround is a very expensive problem, its no...

Some people do contraception and i do nuclear weapons. who handed out these assignments? >> i was going to say, if you need contraception, i can take you to the green room. >> i have nuclear weapons. >> i guess you dont need contraceptions. should the feds play more of a role in how kids stuff their pie hole? awful, bill. the obama administration, is there any other kind, is attempting to set nutritional standards for snacks sold in school vending machines and outside the cafeterias. while det...

its illegal in india. players basically get to beat up men looking for a bride. thats coming up in our "morning passport." and a new york sports club is taking on a paula deen controversy. did it go too far though? i know saturday feels good, doesnt it? especially if you get to sit back and relax for a whiechl i hope thats the case for you today. i want to let you know happening right now republican presidential candidate ron paul is gearing up to a bunch of supporters in maine. hes ...

you get 60 seconds and you get 30 seconds to respond. would you please wait? are you just going to keep talking. let me finish what im saying. >> boy, you know what it was? it was illegal immigration that sparked that conversation. rick perrys numbers dropped. the governor tried to throw the issue back at mitt romney last night. >> mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year. and the idea that you st...

brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cains gain is rick perrys loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you dont believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a ...

Make this stuff up. report out says this week that americans are getting more obese, despite all the expensive anti-obesity government programs. so what does the senate do? it passes a new $4.5 billion healthy school lunch plan. the white house says it will help trim down our kids. but rich, you will say its nanny state stuff and it doesnt work. >> it doesnt work. and $4.5 billion to the point where $4.5 billion is so trivial, you know, were going to throw it away at this. the american taxpayer ...

Before school starts and aftersc-school programs. next we will do homework for the kids. where does it end? what we need to do is tell people if you want to have kids, take responsibility. the level you get a free lunch or reduce lunch program went up 185% of the poverty level. what is that poverty level about then? it makes no sense. this is government bureaucracy. >> david: cut the school lunch programs? >> it costs $9 million a year, that is real money but i have other things if you want to s...