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I don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. last month a technical glitch in the electronic system that processes food assistance allowed some shoppers to buy groceries in excess of their monthly balance. a...

Your goal is to help feed hungry people. but even with everything that your organization is doing, the political decisions are creating a gap and you may not be able to fill them. is that correct? >> the november 1st cuts actually were the equivalent of losing 41 million meals here in the state of louisiana. that would be as if all five feeding america food banks just ceased operations overnight. so we're already not meeting the need, and this is just really making the job of the community supporting us incredibly harder. >> so it's only been a couple of weeks since that cut on november 1. wha...

Not being a midwesterner. there's a long culture of it in which people come to take it seriously. i think it's true that iowans take it seriously. i wonder, though, what if it went around to different states? what if it was a different first state every four or eight years? >> i think iowa's different because they have both this process that they do and it's a strong religious base. you have the faith and family freedom coalition, all these coalitions that are always doing stuff, vetting these republican candidates over and over again. for republicans especially when you're talking act a base ...

Is part of our political discourse. >> i appreciate that framework, the notion that the moral conversation is how we give to each other, not how we take from one another. thank you so much for that. >> thank you for having me here. >> natalie, thanks so much for your work. up next, i am beside myself. a true legend lands in nerd land. the extraordinary gracely boggs is here. she has been personally involved in more civil rights struggles than most of us have even read about. and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expens...

Infractions could lose at least a year of eligibility and in the worst-case scenario, those with multiple violations will lose their benefits permanently. adding to the vulnerability of those already 47 million americans who may already be missing meals due to the november 1 cut in food assistance from the s.n.a.p. program. joining me now from new orleans is someone who works every day to help fill that gap for hungry family, natalie jayrow, the president and ceo of second harvest food bank. nice to have you with me. >> good to be with you, melissa. >> what do you think of the governor's decis...