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Weve had six storms in six weeks, you mentioned parents not being able to find child care, 44% of kids made it in. the ones that didnt, hopefully, there were alternatives for them. >> other things, school lunch programs, that really is how a lot of kids make sure they get nutritious meals. what do you think of the mayors call on that? >> good call, and you mentioned it there, school lunches. 1 in 5 americans with children dont have enough food and have been last year, 23 million americans, as we...

School lunch programs for poor kids. >> one of the things, why dont you, you know, have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them there is in fact no such thing as a free lunch. or sweep the floor in the cafeteria. yes, i understand that would be an administrative problem and it would probably lose you money but think of what we would gain as a society in getting people -- getting the myth out of their heads as there is such a thing as a free lunch. >> this is something to get used to...

Crowd after rocks and bottles were thrown at them. several people were arrested. lets see what is coming up on "new day." >> good morning. happy friday, you guys. >> where is the line? that is the main question as we discuss this "duck dynasty" controversy. that is what it is. a certain split going on about whether phil robertson or the truth should be allowed or disallowed or decent or indecent. the question no such thing as a free lunch? we are going to hear from congressman jack kingston ...

Carries through life. you cant be paternalistic to young kids because you have to raise them. i think focusing on young kids and making sure they eat healthy, whether its through the food stamp programs, school lunch programs, educating their parents is critical. thats not being paternalistic. thats just being prudent for future generations. >> emily and nancy, i think for both of you, just as important in terms of social implications in terms of how we view obesity in our society. we try to tal...

In taxes for people earning over $1 million, theyre socking it to the most vulnerable people in this country. people who need a little help with their nutrition and food assistance. so the house farm bill will cut about $20 billion from the food and nutrition programs. that will mean lots of kids will no longer get that help. lots of families will go hurting even more. at the same time, they have a budget, as i said, which provides these tax breaks for folks at the very top. >> congressman -- >>...

And they want to cut food stamps and cut school lunch programs, and thirdly, they want to p protect the wealthiest estates from any changes of the estate tax because they will have to give something on the rates, and they want to push the threathold of the rate increase as high as they could and go back to the $400,000 that they were offered from the president before. >> right. >> and all of that is absolutely true, and also in addition, what we are looking at of course is the poll numbers. when...

temperatures desperately. >> at least 120 homes or buildings had been destroyed. live report from oklahoma straight ahead here on cnn. [ gunfire ] this is aleppo, the biggest city in syria. it is a battlefield now, but it soon might be the scene of an all-out warfare. rebels fighting for their, fighting there think syrian forces are getting ready to launch a major military offensive against them, it could happen any day now. tens of thousands of civilians have already fled the city. ...

>> it is saturday, august 4th. good morning and glad you are with us. i am randi kaye. we start with wildfires in oklahoma. 100 homes are being threatened. the fires are being pushed by strong winds. the worst is in cleveland county south of oklahoma city. joining me is kelly cain for the oklahoma department of emergency management. good morning. are evacuations being ordered at this hour? >> we havent had new evacuations overnight which is good news, but we are definitely still watchi...

wildfire seasons on record, it is now oklahomas turn. the wildfires in more than a dozen counties are primed to get worse from low humidity, high winds and 110-plus-degree temperatures. so far, flames have eaten through 60-plus buildings and forced evacuations. whats worse, investigators believe one of the wildfires is an arson. i spoke earlier with a reporter from our oklahoma city affiliate koco. >> reporter: initially, they were looking for a man in a pickup truck because someone ca...

Tax breaks to the companies and letting the oil companies have our money. we need public policy. >> were getting our infrastructure because of the bush tax cuts and unfunded wars. were borrowing money from china like crazy. were making decisions to cut education and put it on the backs. they say they are worried about the deficit because its going to affect the next generation. they are affecting the next generation by shortchanging their opportunity. >> they say we got to affect the next genera...