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All that stuff i was talking about evolution, embryology, big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. >> theres congressman jack kingston who made headlines recently with this novel policy decision about the school lunch program. >> why dont you, you know, have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them that there is, in fact, no such thing as a free lunch or maybe sweep the floor in the cafeteria? yes, i understand that would be an administrative problem, and i un...

Cafeteria manager are on paid leave. all investigations under way and they expect results from the investigation and into the processes and policies of the school lunch program there. brooke? >> the kids in tears, those poor kids. miguel marquez, thank you. coming up here, dennis rodman currently in rehab for alcohol addiction talking once again with chris cuomo and told him why he likes to drink. we will talk to a psycho therapist who knows dennis rodman quite well and coupled his ex-wife. do n...

Handled, administrators and teachers to parents. the kids should not be penalized in any way if their parents havent paid. one of the moms said she got no notfy kags. she didnt know there was money outstanding on her 11-year-olds account. if she did, she would have done something about it. these stories always make your head spin. you think there is another way to handle this. as dr. jeff just said, it is almost like anger took over. they penalized the children the parents were paying up. >> whe...

Lift people out of poverty as well. senator marco rubio called for less of a federal role, though. lets listen to that. >> what i am proposing today is the most fundamental change to how the federal government fights poverty and encourages upward mobility since president johnson first conceived the war on poverty 50 years ago today. im proposing that we turn over washingtons anti-poverty programs and the trillions that are spent on them to the states. >> that you think states are better equipped...

Point. the republicans won two seats in the senate after the 95 budget shutdown and didnt lose that many seats in the house. in addition, because of the shutdown, they were able to set the table for policy that was god that came later. welfare reform that clinton ultimately signed. the government shutdown was not a debacle, but the republicans, in reality, now it was on tv. it was in the media. the republicans were accused of starving children. remember that? little kids in new orleans are writi...

Shutdown. and didnt lose that many seats in the house. in addition, because of the shutdown, they were able to set the table for policy that was good, came later. welfare reform that clinton ultimately signed. the government shutdown was not a debacle for the republicans in realty. now, it was on tv the republicans were accused of starving children. do you remember that? little kids in new orleans are writing letters to republicans. please dont cut the school lunch program. i cant study if im hu...

The 2012 election cycle about kids sweeping the floor for their lunch. this is about not wanting to pay unionized adult janitors. correct? >> i dont think theres anything wrong with children mowing the lawn and -- >> exchange for their lunch? >> no. im not agreeing with him at all. im saying in general the idea of kids having some, you know, job like delivering the paper in order to have allowance, thats not sweatshops. thats not what hes talk about and im not defending what hes talking about. t...

Poll out there that says this is one of the biggest things americans are concerned about. so basically, what we have seen here is we have seen the republicans wage war on women. weve seen them wage war on the voting rights. and now theyre waging war on the poor. its the holiday season. feel warm and fuzzy yet? on saturday, republican congressman jack kingston of georgia said school children, well, theyve got it too easy. kingston wants kids to learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch in...

Lunch. some schools in florida plan to give out lunch free of charge and sending taxpayers the bill. >> it makes kids more fat and deprives families of their ability and privilege of providing for their own children. >> you know, more than 16 million children in this country dont get enough food on a regular basis. and shes arguing that theyre getting fat? i mean, this is outrageous. this is really outrageous, e.j. >> i totally agree with you. its actually the opposite of whats true. the whole p...

Lets start with you, christine romans, obviously, it is good news, frustrating that well probably go through exactly the same nonsense again in january and february. put it in a proper perspective for me. how painful has that all been to date for the american economy? >> oh, our national nightmare is over, right, piers, over for a little bit. then you have to get your little countdown clock again in january, this is how serious it is, $24 billion to the economy, to put that in perspective that i...