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Most famous place you've never heard of. that's where we are. well, when you start getting down to the detail of it this is historic neirs tavern. >> anthony: back in the 1820's when queens was still mostly farmland and live stock rather than the seven train was what rumbled down what became jamaica avenue. the manager of a racetrack called the union course opened a nearby tavern to accommodate the gamblers and lay-abouts who frequented his track. it was called the blue pump room. in later iterations it became the old abbey the union course tavern and finally neirsern. the neirs family, german...

At the ballot box. >> i did a piece in louisville, people were literally saying i vo voted for trump despite he was saying repeat and replace. let's go to this idea conceit on the right that people on medicaid are lay-abouts, that they've receiving an unearned benefit and not working. >> sure. >> here's what the keiser foundation looked at. 63% are working full time, 14 working part time. 23% not working. higher in kentucky the rates of people not working. that group, 8 in 10 medicaid folks are working or living in a family who are working. those who are not are people who are retired. they're...

Besides killing terrorists. should have tried mccain out. [ laughter ] >> i'm interested in the young lady who worked at subway. she was the one out of the whole crew that looked like she was trying to help herself. >> she has a full-time job and she is studying to be in law enforcement. very impressive. car. she was putting gas in the car. she is working long hours. she was the person that had had it most together of anybody that i talked to. >> again you're gonna be accused of just finding the slackers and the lay abouts. but how did you select the people to talk to? >> well, if you are walk...

In eastern kentucky, the outreach teep kooeps its food in the back of a thrift store. donated food is stored anywhere there's space. meals can be made out of just about anything the center receives. >> these are already ready to eat meals. the children love these. >> that's what they serve in the army, isn't it? >> this is what we're giving the children because they have nothing else to eat. >> reporter: nine years ago, this started as a backpack program as the children. >> the first priority is the backpack to children. >> a lot of times children have said when they leave school friday they d...

Era lard to cook food because it's the cheapest. i mean, again, the choices that are being made are not between $5 and $15 products. it's pennies. it's nickels that decide -- >> where do people get the idea you can buy vodka with food stamps? where did it come from? >> i think, as with every huge safety net program there are going to be a few people that try to take advantage of that. the problem is that the narrative does not account for the vast majority of people. food stamps sees very little fraud compared to many national programs, and the narrative that this is a bunch of lay-abouts, buy...