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Shannon: the cost of grains and corn and things to feed the livestock have shot up because there were droughts in some areas and shortages as well. >> reporter: commodity prices are skyrocketing. those prices are skyrocketing with the price of oil. orange juice, 21% higher than a year ago. sugar, 65%. the breakfast table is ugly this year. coffee up 125%. last year prices were already rising. so there is a lot of food inflation going on. the fed, the department of agriculture tell us it's only this big but it feels this big. shannon: eric bolling, thank you very much. it's not just the cost of...

When was the last time you went to the grocery store? if it's been any time in the last few days, you probably noticed that produce prices are rising. you see it in the fruit at the breakfast table or the salad you made for dinner last night possibly. so we wanted to take a closer look at the price we pay for produce and even some other foods. here's cnn's catherine callaway. >> the rising price of oil is a major factor in driving up the price of produce, and wintery weather can devastate crops. we spent a day with a georgia peach farmer talking about how fuel and other factors affect his prod...

Meacham will tell you this, if they're willing to lie about a little girl singing the national anthem, just think about what they're going to do on currency deval situation. >> nuclear stockpiles. >> what do you have next, willie? >> we bring the important stories to america, mika. you know, the reviews are incredible for this show. it's because we do stories like this. >> a smart conversation. >> you're going to like this. >> okay, so -- >> america's breakfast table. >> if you've got the internet you probably heard this story by now. it's been the number one story on most sites over the last ...

>> on that day, you were having breakfast at the peninsula hotel here in manhattan. how did you hear what had happened? >> one of the police officers that was with me came up to my -- denny young, who was having breakfast with me, and bill simon was the third person, whispered in his ear. denny came over to me, got up from the breakfast table and said there is a terrible fire at the twin towers. a airplane has hit the north tower. we better get down there right away. when we first heard it, we didn't realize it was a terrorist attack or how bad it was. when i walked out on to the street in 55t...

I wasn't just guessing at it. that's what i was being told by responsibile intelligence services. i think it's a combination of having taken very, very strong action, and continuing to take strong action. i also think it is they want to exceed the impact they had with september 11th. and therefore they haven't done a lot of the small attacks, which i think we're very fortunate that they decided to do that. and we've had some time now to prepare ourselves for all the things that they can do. >> on that day, you were having breakfast at the peninsula hotel here in manhattan. how did you hear wha...