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Chef, owner of crafts restaurants, also lead judge on bravos "top chef." youve been on the war path about these cuts. youve been going around. have you personally been surprised that governors have said you know what, we need these benefits for the poor folks in our state, were going to pony up the money to make sure they get instituted? >> yeah. first of all, chris, thanks for drawing attention to this because i think so much attention has been put on bridgegate. and i would suggest this is mor...

At the end of the day -- >> even if the stories are not true? >> even when the stories and especially when the stories arent true. the more interested in supporting their narratives and crafting their policies that will support real people. so what they have to begin to do is listen to what is happening in communities. here is radical idea. why not provide breakfast and lunch in our public schools, knowing what hunger has to do with outcomes in education, why not solve it across the board for an...

Lunch, weve missed the whole notion of parents being there for their children. because weve taken over that responsibility. >> so now we know where ryan got his story from, but who is this boy? a commenter on "talk points memo" pointed something out. andersons story sounded an awful lot like an anecdote in "an invisible thread" which has nothing to do with the school lunch program. its the story of the relationship between the author and maurice, an 11-year-old homeless panhandler when she offer...

Your board, to throw red meat at the far right? this is amazingly insensitive. >> it is amazing. and, again, the free lunch program, as far as i can tell, has not been that controversial. our conservative friends always talk about the importance of people working hard in school so they can become self-reliant. and i think progressives are for that too. what does the school lunch program do? kids cant learn when theyre hungry. and kids and their parents dont want to admit because theyre proud tha...

Him. >> does the congressman actually think that poor mothers love their children less? that statement was disgraceful. and whats more, it wasnt true. it turns out the woman that paul ryan referred to never actually had that discussion about the bag lunch. as "the washington post" points out, the story was actually derived from a book titled "the invisible thread." and get this, there is no discussion in the book about the school lunch program. better yet, the author of that book is partnering w...

Have been more improvements to the nutritional quality of the school lunch program than in the last decade. were already investing $15 billion a year in this nutrition program. the food should be nutritious. its a nutrition program. >> at the end of the day, forgetting school lunches for a minute, what were talking about here is whether or not its the government or people like margot whose group represents some people who think that everything put out by food companies is bad. were talking about...

And child psychiatrist jennifer harstein. tom, you first. i want your reaction to this story. you have been active. you have done wonderful things fighting hunger in this country. what is your response, sir, when you hear about schoolkids lunc because they may come from a background that they cant afford it on that particular day? >> sure. my mother ran a school lunch program in elizabeth, new jersey, where i grew up. this isnt new. shes told me stories about kids who got to the cash register, t...

Lunch association, theres a million less participating in the school lunch program since the rules and regulations were put in place. >> what are they doing? balking at it? >> the federal government through michelle obamas push and through the usda has decided to limit calories and what our school lunch cafeterias can serve to our students even though it may be nutritious. theyre forcing kids to basically throw food away that theyre not going to eat and many more children are losing opportunitie...

Our school kids to eat in the school lunch program. >> suspicious there, peter. well, think youre doing yourself some good by eating foods labeled natural or healthy? before you fill up your cart with those, listen to our next guests. they are the author of "naked calories" and here to shed light on misleading food labels. were going to go through sections here. the first foods that have natural on them and what that really means, whats your take on that? >> foods labeled natural are popping up ...

Requirements of the usda school lunch program. those requirements include limiting saturated fats, transfats and sodium and serving meals with reasonable calorie counts. a work-up of the state dinner menu estimates diners will consume about 2500 calories tonight and a whopping 153 grams of fat. thats at least twice the fat most adults should consume in an entire day. also attracting attention today, this photo tweeted by the first lady. showing the first dogs sitting at an ornate table. one wear...