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Nearly 16 million children are food insecure, 16 million. and now house republicans are deciding which ones should eat and which ones shouldnt is because of a new bill they are pushing. it specifies that only rural areas in appalachia can benefit from a summer lunch program helping children from low-income households. urban areas are excluded. now this only affects this particular lunch program, but are we supposed to tell poor kids that a lifeline can be denied because of their zip code? kids l...

The critics are pointing out there is actually no income requirement for these kids. in other words, any child can show up for a free meal. claudia cowan live in our san francisco newsroom. is there evidence now that people are exploiting this program? >> shepard, thats a tough question. this encourages all children to come down and get a free lunch, no paperwork necessary. at one site near sacramento many of the families we saw were clearly struggling but not all. >> normally we wouldnt qualify...

Year. why wont they fund infrastructure program for this country? >> thats the best example. >> best example. >> and put america back to work. im going to have to leave it there. thank you for your time tonight. >> pleasure, reverend. coming up, this republican lawmaker has a lot to answer for. why is he choosing rural over urban poor kids for summer lunch program? plus, sarah palin and rush limbaugh are using a genuine tragedy as a new excuse to make personal attacks on president obama. im re...

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