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Wilson. i own one of a kind gifts in downtown natchez. i've been at this location in this historic building for 23 years. come on in. >> a lot of these stores here have apartments upstairs. >> right. >> you rent out the apartment upstairs and one in the back as well? >> i do. >> how does that help you? >> oh, my. it pays my bank note for one thing which is wonderful. then too, those people shop with us. >> in essence, your real estate is free. you have a mortgage but it's paid by your renters. >> exactly. >> i'm renee adams. i'm co-owner of rolling river roasters on main street in natchez, mis...

Food waste, this u.n. report. it found that the united states wastes up to 40% of the food in this country. i think a lot of folks see that figure and they hear that figure and they just wonder, is it our country's food system that's broken? if we're producing so much food, how is it that we're not able to get that food to the people who need it most? where's the breakdown? >> there are a couple of different reasons. most of the food waste that happens in the united states happens on the consumer and retail side. we're buying too much at big box stores. we're not taking home leftovers because ...

Judith moore launched the charleston cookie company in 2003 with one idea in mind. >> i thought i was running a cookie company. then i discovered we were running a gift company and the gifts happen to be cookies, really good cookies. >> it was brn out of moore's search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. when she didn't find one, she decided to make her own. initially, the business thrived, especially on the retail side. thanks to the company's website, moore's cookies and brownies have even made their way around the globe. of course, that was then. now the retail business is down and moore...

Well, here's the reality that even his advisers have to understand. the american people, republicans and democrats, do look at results or the lack thereof. so it's not lazy punditry when people are out there very frustrated with both ends of this. >> right. and they see the system as broken because, as you say, it doesn't produce a desirable result. >> being right is not enough, even if you're the president. even if you believe you're right, it doesn't necessarily get a result. >> presidential politics is about wholesale and retail as we say in the trade. and so today, this morning, he was doi...

System. well, here's the reality that even his advisers have to understand. the american people, republicans and democrats, do look at results or the lack thereof. so it's not lazy punditry when people are out there very frustrated with both ends of this. >> right. and i see the system as broken because as you say it doesn't produce a result, a desirable result. >> being right is not enough, even if you're the president. even if you believe you're right, it doesn't necessarily get a result. >> presidential politics is about wholesale and retail as we say in the trade. and so today, this mornin...