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So we are here today at the capitol and we are feeding members of congress school lunch, just to prove that its not the standards, its the food. the food we can always improve on but the standards we need to keep high and in fact, we need to raise the standards. >> how universal is the quality? youre talking about all across america, rural, you know, urban. >> right. there are great farm-to-school programs. we are actually getting food thats grown locally into the school program and theres a lot...

Health rest with me. my kids are in grade school. and our public school system in our jersey system didnt send home a note saying are you okay with the school program. >> as someone who ate only a brownie for lunch at school during the years i think it would be nice to give kids choices. it would be nice to tell kids they have the option of eating vegetables and fruit. you cannot shove it down somebodys throat is the problem. if it is getting thrown out and kids are not responding because they t...

From vietnam. we have this incredible book that they gave me. >> what is >> 30 recipients signed this book. you can buy this online now. the medal of honor foundation is not only just remembering what these incredible young men did to -- the valor they showed in combat. we had several people from different wars. theyre trying to raise $100 million to build a museum in charleston, south carolina, to remember the service and sacrifice. they have a school program where they go out to the schools an...

Going to continue to grow unless we do that. >> its grown so much that now we have got two of the most vicious two groups teaming up and using similar tactics boko haram learning media tactics from isis which is just unthinkable. congressman, thank you, sir. >> yeah, thanks greta. thanks for having me. >> this is disturbing. an american teenager accused of helping another young man travel to syria to join isis. tonight, that northern virginia community in total shock. "on the record" griff jenki...

I voted for clinton. i vote for honestly who i think is the best person running period. im an independent in hollywood is enough to make me lose work within that city. >> really? >> oh, yeah. theres no question about it. they will -- >> how do you know? >> its come back to me. trust me. its come back to me. i have been on sets where i get tired of peoples opinions and i just -- i dont get angry about it. ill point out where i think my viewpoint will be different than theirs. thats enough to get ...

Hole in the wing. the plane made an emergency landing and was taken out of service to be inspected. fortunately, nobody was hurt. former governor jeb bush is planning to release about 250,000 e-mails early next year from his time in office. bush telling the miami tv station he also wants to release an e-book about his life. he says its all part of his process to determine whether hell run for president in 2016 with the idea to create transparency and let people make up their minds about him. ...

>> she receives from a program for low income. she qualifies by working at a clothing institution. >> i knew i had to do something better for my four children. im only eligible for the k tap program for five years after that what am i going to do? whats going to be my income? so i got on a school program. >> in this portion of the country, employment is hard to come by. the largest town in the county sits vacant and overgrown. >> theres no jobs here. i mean, theres nothing. >> with the median in...

The official white house photographer pete souza just tweeted this picture from earlier today. you see the president with his arm around eric shinseki. they took a walk around the white house south lawn of the white house when the president basically accepted the resignation of shinseki as secretary of veterans affairs. a picture that sort of captures that moment. still ahead, the secret behind a new boy bands initial success that isnt just the music. they have friends and parents in high plac...

Go back and look at the history of president obama in april of 2009 he cancelled the d.c. vouch every school program right here for deserving black children but yet his children go to sidwell friends. those actions speak about what he feels about the black community. understand. this you still have a black community, 85%, to 87% to support the president. he has got them in the bag. why should he do anything? you have got to go back and remember it was president johnsons policy of granting a chec...

So hes created an entire army of bucket drummers in philadelphia. its become a real sensation. obama actually praised him publicly. arnie duncan invited him to the white house to find out more about his program. there is 14 other teachers in this book doing equally enno rate issive resourceful work. >> one is michael good wynn, teaches in condoucord, massachusetts. it includes kids from boston that were bussed out to concord high school every morning. >> yep. >> you have developed something call...