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Something we can cut to save the deficit and that kind of washington talk versus the actual reality on the ground huch need there is? >> i think oftentimes we get caught up in numbers and policies and programs and don't actually realize there are people behind these numbers that we're all talking about. for an average family of four, $36 per month cut earlier this month is a tremendous impact on the ability of families to put food on the table, and we know this is on the heels of a recession where we've seen about 50% increase in the number of people turning to food banks for help over the las...

They're going to go plowing right back into the economy, to the small business, to the grocery stores. >> so they can then hire another -- >> do you agree that we've got to start prioritizing our spending some time -- >> yes, i would say we prioritize feeding children! coming up next, the faces behind the figures from the s.n.a.p. cuts. we'll meet just a few of the 47 million people in the crosshairs. and if you missed it last night, don't worry, because we're going to show you how scandalous things got on "saturday night live." we stand for kerry washington in nerdland and there's more nerd...

Vegetables, certainly no protein, difficult to get eggs, difficult to get milk. this is really an extreme and ridiculous response from a nation that has been known around the world to be the great, if you will, humanitarian. and here we are with families, 47 million living in poverty. republicans offering a nightmarish bill of $39 billion to $40 billion in snap cuts. and today $5 billion are lost. families are losing $36 a day. i will be going to my food banks today, target hunger and the houston food bank asking for the community to give more resources. really what i'm going to be asking, chr...

Massachusetts second district jim mcgovern. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> a lively day i'll say euphemistically, a live 24 hours on capitol hill. lets talk about s.n.a.p. cuts. i was, i guess, in some way heartened at least 15 republicans understood the fact this is a terrible, terrible bill. given the fact that of the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled in the last five years, mitt romney won 213 of them. to say this was not a problem that the republican electorate understands and feels is a dismissal of what is actually happening in the room. wh...

The study also found that the s.n.a.p. cuts in the farm bill again, a tiny fraction of the cuts you want, would increase the poverty rate. that is not exactly lifting people out of poverty. and that increase in hunger and poverty would lead directly to an increase in diseases like diabetes and heart disease in adults and asthma and cognitive impairment in children. tell me, congressman, how exactly is that improving pee i people's lives? and your plan doesn't even save money. the increase in diabetes alone would cost $15 billion in impacts to health care. and the cuts you want would be six tim...