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$90 trillion in unfunded liability. you care about kids? stop placing the burden of debt on their shoulders. >> when mothers talk about how to feed their kids today that's a different conversation. >> you're willing to bankrupt the country because you think it is a good cause. >> why respect we talking about not taking food stamps from the less privileged? >> the house republicans passed the wic program. why hasn't the senate snm this is why we shouldn't have tours. we just had a crazy woman try to perhaps kill the president. >> oh, no, no. >> every ear other week there is a massacre if somebo...

Governor who is say i'm going to keep these particular programs open. tom korbut, deeply unpopular from pennsylvania, came out late last week, said he was going to rearrange state funding to continue funding the wic program. head start just got a big $10 million donation. there are tunnels for politicians outside the beltway to use it as a positive. >> there is a way out of this where everybody can claim they stuck to their positions. why won't boehner go this way? >> he will. just might take a couple months to get there. with the six-week extension on debt limit. a little more government shut...

Annoyed to have their plans -- they are lucky today, tomorrow maybe not so much. >> all right, alex witt, thanks so much for that report. i want to throw the shutdown into the spin cycle. i was looking over the list of things that would be shut down. you have fda inspections lessening and you have the wic program for mothers and children, nutritional supplements, no irs audits or osh sha inspections and what occurred to me a lot of these things would have a very damaging long-term impact. but how upset is the republican base going to be over no osha inspections. i'm looking at this list, there...

Rates dropped or stayed the same in 40 states you see shaded on that screen and at least 18 states the rate of obesity among low income preschoolers dropped. researchers tracked the height and weight of nearly 12 million low income 2 and 4-year-olds. when it comes to what's contributing to the drop, experts are pointing to a number of factors including changes to the government's wic program to emphasize healthier foods and an increase in breast feeding. the campaign has more than 10,000 child care programs participating. joining me is mimi ross, the national action against obesity. thanks so ...

Mandates putting a label. john: it would scare consumers. >> it is misleading consumers to believing something that is false. john: whole foods said they will do it voluntarily. jeff is this enough for you? >> no, i think we need to actually ban gmos, evidence is clear from independent scientists, however, when speaking about labeling, it is not responsible to force gmos on the population, right now for example, wic program gives 2 million children, infant formula, every one of those is geneticallally engineered and parents do not know. >> one of most gmo activists, came outo at a conference i...