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To do? >>. >> you know, when i hear something like that, it makes me feel very sad. it means someone has gotten the facts wrong. but even deeper they don't know the faces behind the account fas. in the process they get the gospel wrong. recently said jim, i'm worried about dependency. i said what do you mean? he said like food stamps. i said do you know that 72% of all the families who get food stamps have somebody working in the house and they have kids. and they're on for usually less than a year. it helps them get through a hard time. did you know that? he said you should get that out. so w...

Overpaid $20 million. they had no major overpayments in food stamps or school national lunch programs. so nia-malika, when we start hearing republicans complain about the waste in farm aid? >> unlikely. there are some republicans who do look at the farm assistance and feel like there are too many subsidies involved in that. but primarily, they have been looking at food stamps, wanting to cut, some want to cut them more. in fact, it's hard to imagine that a bill like this would pass the senate. it will be debated this month. the current bill expires on september 30. so i think we're at the begi...

Especially pay $12.50 per hour. but right now we're sitting on $1.5 billion on our rainy day fund and coming off $800 million in surpluses over the last four fiscal years. our ceo projected surpluses in the next four fiscal years. >> still, it could be nice to have such an employer in the washington area to create all of these jobs. just take a look at the bigger picture. if washington, d.c., controls the amount of money that private companies pay their employees, you know, big picture here, might it keep other companies out? >> well, the big picture here is that walmart provides poverty wages...

Secret wiretaps approved. cops claim it is part of their ongoing efforts to track down terror cells. critics say it means innocent muslims are being targeted. new york mayor and police commissioner ray kelly says they only follow leads to fight terrorism. >> in a few hours closing arguments will begin in a penalty case for nadal hassan. he gave up his last plans to defend himself yesterday resting his case during his sentencing without speaking. ma' family members of the victims took the stand describing their days since the deadly shooting. the trial resumes at 10:00 a.m. eastern time today. ...

Associate director of the center for educational freedom at the caddo institute. is this overreach now? >> it is. it epitomizes the nanny state. states said we'll take federal money for subsidized lunches. over time they have to be more and more nutritious. now they say if you want the money, you have to change what's in the vending machine. the problem is kids aren't eating healthy oceans. they say, we're like your parents, you listen to us. >> i would imagine most kids get most of their calories a day outside the home, wouldn't you think? >> quite possibly. there are breakfast programs in sc...