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Everything that he tries to move, from his jobs plan, to the rebuilding of american infrastructure, and they are following the lead of speaker boehner who wants to ensure that mr. obama is just a one-term president. fine, we get it. but on monday they broke even their own extraordinary record of obstruction and sheer belligerence. only this time their victim was not the president but the very health of our children. earlier this year the united states department of agriculture tried to change th...

Cuts and republican all of the republican ideas that they want to, in this pledge, you would essentially have to get rid of national parks, no more small business administration loans, no more export subsidies and no no to everything. you have to get rid of everything else. arent the tea party activists who are behind the current movement in the republican party, arent they say no more to this stuff? >> well, right. this is what is so important politically right now is that the tea partiers and ...

Obese bity rates this year compared to last year, was washington, d.c. what was surprising to me was that some of the simplest measures seem to have an impact. take a look at these things. doing things like adding more bike lanes, creating wider walking paths, adding more parks. they have a big renovation project where they added more marks. opened rec centers, free nutrition classes. amazing how high the health illiteracy rate is when it comes to nutrition. in schools specifically, starting man...

Hes sort of pushing the administration hard. here he is. i want to know what you think. >> most important message is we want the federal government to have a greater sense of urgency in fighting this oil. they need to understand that were in a war to protect our coast, our way of life. they need to get in this war to win it. we need the federal government to either lead or get out of the way. >> well, thats pretty if you have tough. i thought he liked the way the president has been handling ther...

Heres something he said today. hes sort of pushing the administration hard. here he is. i want to know what you think. >> most important message is we want the federal government to have a greater sense of urgency in fighting this oil. they need to understand that were in a war to protect our coast, our way of life. they need to get in this war to win it. we need the federal government to either lead or get out of the way. >> well, thats pretty if you have tough. i thought he liked the way the p...

This is by governor jindal down in louisiana. he is sort of pushing the administration hard. here he is. i want to know what you think. >> the most important message is we want the federal government to have a greater sense of urgency. were in a war to protect our coast, our way of life. we need the federal government to either lead or get out of the way. >> thats tough. i thought he liked the way the president has handled this, but theres a shot. >> to lead or get out of the way, im not not sur...

That some republicans dont think this is something we can pay for right now. that we cant keep doing emergency spending again and again and again. we need to find 99 weeks -- that is an awfully long time. you may be eligible for food stamps, medicaid spending, school lunch programs and other help. but we are back here with our guests. ken, how concerned are you about the long-term unemployed and the cost that we have to be figuring out how to pay for and the col picks of those costs? >> im conce...

Third time has failed to pass an extension for unemployment benefits for people who have been long-elm un hlong-term une. this means very near term, there are a lot of people who will find the jobless check will stop coming. however, food stamps, medicaid, also home energy assistance, school lunch programs, community-based emergency help, some of the "emergency stimulus" for the long-term unemployed is still out there. president sent a letter to congress a couple weeks ago saying we need to have...

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...

Country in the school system nationwide that will educate not only the students but their families on how to better balance physical fitness to make healthy choices. >> general, so many people are worried about the quality of the food that our children are getting in the school lunch programs. one of people very concerned is famous british chef jamie oliver, has the food revolution program. he was in huntington, west virginia, trying to revolutionize the school lunch program. it was the most unh...