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Million kids arent even using the the school lunch program. >> yeah. >> its got to stop. >> right. >> arthur, what should happen here? you know, a lot of kids dont have parenteds at home -- parents at home that are providing these meals for them. they do need the school to serve as a provider, so what role should the federal government be playing, and what rule should parents play? should they be signing petitions and saying, look, in this isnt working, were not happy and we need to change it? >...

Comes from thailand. food is not made in china. i started a line of dog food because i wanted to have a high quality product for my own animal. we actually based our model for our nu the trish on human kids designing products that we wanted to sell and bring to market in order to fund our initiative and our efforts, so we dont have to have fund raisers and rely on donations. there is constantly revenue coming in. >> is this already for sale? >> yes, this just came out a couple months ago, the ca...

Americas $4 billion a area cheese industry. >> music by mary j. blooirjs tables set with crystal and china and a decadent menu complete with caviar, steak and chocolate malted cake. some say its time to trim the fat. illinois republican congressman rodney davis is pushing a bill to make white house meals comply with nutritional requirements of the usda school lunch program. those requirements include limited saturated fats transfats and sodium. a workup of the state dpirn menu, indicates diners ...

57 employees, 500 goats. youre making great cheese. >> what more do you need? im happy. >> yeah. >> once a month we have an all-staff meeting where we all sit down and have lunch together. and we made an announcement that we contributed to the school lunch program over the summer and everybody cheered. its not just at this level, you know, as founder. everybody cares. and to me, thats what is cool. >> youre not going to cry, are you? >> yeah, i cry all the time. >> im not here to make you cry. w...

Lunches and think about obamacare, obamacare, they have to literally beat us into submission with penalties and fines and fees if we dont sign up. this is the a little more exciting. its i pods and bikes and things that incentivize you. >> and the more money, taxpayer money, government money, dedicated to health care, you are going to get more regulations about what you eat and how you eat and calorie displays on food, right? because again, you have to control how fat america is getting. but the...

Democrats over wall street provisions encased in this massive $1.1 trillion bill. so it will be interesting to watch how the bill passes ultimately we do think that it will. but the optics and the politics of it will be the things to watch into the new year of congress. >> one of the striking things is the split in congress. the administration came out with saying there are things we dont like in here, the changes to dodd-frank or potential changes to michelle obamas school lunch program and yet...

>> the hot cakes and sausage. you dont get it by 10:30. if its 10:30 and 30 seconds. >> especially at an airport that has a mcds, they cut it off early. high schoolers are fed up with whats for sale in their cafeteria and they are organizing. its at d.c. everest high school. student leaders are organizing a boycott of the school lunch program. they are planning to bring their own lunches next thursday. there is an idea. organizers say obama regulations have limited their options and left them ...

Chairs. one even breaks a broom handle over the guy. word is the woman -- the women were frustrated that they were too late to get their breakfast. yeah. people love pancakes and hash browns. no one was arrested. >> the hot cakes and sausage. you dont get it by 10:30. if its 10:30 and 30 seconds. >> especially at an airport that has a mcds, they cut it off early. high schoolers are fed up with whats for sale in their cafeteria and they are organizing. its at d.c. everest high school in everest...

Now every single blood sample is tested for marijuana. so, of course, the numbers are going to jump. were going to be catching marijuana we werent catching before. i think its going to shake out over a few years to see whether theres an impact on impair eed driving. >> is there someone hold your spot in line now or are you going get in the back of the line? >> ive had some conversation with the owner at cannabis city, i think hes reserving a spot for me. >> hes saving some for allison! >> well l...

And house republicans go after the first ladys healthy school lunch program. why would they do it? celebrity chef tom colicchio is here and were firing up the "politics nation" kitchen. thats ahead. [ male announcer ] how did red lobster make four amazing entrees even better?