new benefits will give, quote, lawful same-sex marriages equal and full recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. there are clear winners and losers in the nation s new $956 billion farm bill. in part, it slashes $8 billion from the supplemental nutrition assistance program known as food stamps over the next ten years. republican house leaders were fights for as much as five times more than that last year. president obama signed the $956 billion bill into law on friday. despite its name, the farm bill is not just about helping farmers. secretary vilsack calls it a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a research bill, a conservation bill. it s like a swiss army knife. the president concedes the farm bill isn t perfect but at what cost? let s bring in jeff wax from
first major advertiser to protest russia s antilbgt laws. the nasty winter weather is having an impact on the economy. flightaware.com reports that 39,000 flights were canceled in january, the most since hurricane sandy hit the east coast in 2012. also, storms are driving up prices for road salt as many communities and regions are running out of supplies. and colon exams may never be the same. the fda has just approved a high tech pillcam that contains two color cameras for colon examinations. patients would simply swallow the pill. as it makes its journey through the human body. the $500 pill is made by given imaging. and some stories making news now. after more than two years, congress passed a $956 billion farm bill that will extend crop insurance for farmers and create new subsidies for rice and peanut growers.
judiciary committee the retailers chief financial officers urged banks and businesses an the government to work closely together to protect consumers. i want to say how deeply sorry we are for the impact this incident has had on our guests, your constituents. we knows this breach has shaken their confidence in target and we are determined to work hard to earn it back. over in the house intelligence committee lawmakers were looking for reassurance ahead of the olympic games in sochi. the head of the national counterterrorism center said the russians have been cooperating to address those concerns but matt owlson added it could always be better. for any pifk threspecific threa here s what he told law makers. there are a number of specific threats of varying degrees of credibility we re tracking. the winter games begin in two days on the networks of nbc. thank you. cycling now moments ago the senate voted to pass a five-year, $956 billion farm bill.
are out of a job. the problem is the federal government owns these loans so the taxpayers foot the bill. it is a bailout we heard president obama talk about capping those interest rates that are going up. they have doubled in many circumstances. they could tax them. they could for give those interest rates all together or they have seen talked about for giving some of these students loans that exist out there today. because 93 percent of all student loans in the last year were issued by the government you are talking about taxpayers ofrnt hook for this. as it goes away we are all paying for it. this is a huge problem in this country nearly a trillion dollars in outstanding student debt right now. 956 billion on the table. so what is the solution? they certainly the president has talked about interest rates are a big problem right now. record survey shows more than 50 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds
evacuees are thankful for having a place to sleep, but say living conditions in shelters are cramped and very nice to have space for the kids to be running around. the founder of camp tlc that you heard from just a moment ago, plans to be here and serve these kids as long as the families are in shelters and as long as she has enough funding. if you would like to donate, go to www.jdaf.org. rick: thanks arthel: new concerns over student loan debt in the u.s. as it nears the $1 trillion mark. it s raising questions about similar loan practices that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis. take a look at the numbers now. last quarter, student debt hit $956 billion. 11% of that is now seriously delinquent. surpassing the rate for credit card delinquency for the first time ever. if the government extends low interest rates to students for another year, it will cost