child obesity is down 40% in last decade. the first lady is thrilled over the progress we have made in obesity rates. is this a cause that she should actually get some credit for with her let s move campaign? it s something that s going to be a signature of something she s done. will probably continue past this administration. as a country that s facing a lot of obesity issue, this is not something that the u.s. usually has good news in. they are going to point to over and over again saying this was good money spent. we moved around quite a bit today. thank you for rolling with it. we appreciate your inigt soap. coming up bill karins will be here for first buzz. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees.
joe? interesting, and, yet, stupid. the seattle times. schools in washington state are winning the fight against child obesity between 2010 and 2012 the rate of obesity dropped 17% among teens and low income areas around seattle. the largest decline since the state began tracking obesity rates. this follows nearly $3 million investment moo programs to promote healthy eating habits and, most importantly, i think, mika, physical activity for students. let me go back to that california story. i mean, six californias? kind of crazy. i could see southern california and a northern california. that sounds cool. it s a massive state. and it is ungovernable. and who knows. maybe two californias would make more sense. perhaps this starts the conversation. it clearly has been struggling so many years to figure out. then they get 12 senators. can you imagine, steve, the money that northern california could collect just based upon their water supply to southern
muslim brotherhood? i am not even going to answer. for once i am speechless. this video is creepy and it december tracts from the issue. one thing i noticed about the campaign is it is all focused on moving around and moving your body and eating right, but nobody is really talking about all of the pesticides that a are going on to the food that are supposed to be good food and nobody is talking about the preservatives making kids fat. those are the real issues when it comes to child obesity. is it the real issue? you can eat an apple and you can eat berries. if it has pesticides all over it, it is not healthy for you. remember alar? remember the alar scare? no. nobody does. those are the alar apples that was nothing. pesticides are god s greatest gift made by man. all i ate was pesticides and preservatives my whole childhood. and look, i am fine.
it can lead to chronic problems, child obesity, youth violence and even underage alcohol and tobacco use. serious issues. thank you, shannon. shannon: up next, regulation nation. a bipartisan group of lawmakers is stepping. we will talk to congressman about that next.
greg: so according to a bbc survey, if our election were held in other countries the president would win in a landslide. the brits question more than 21,000 folks in 21 countries and 50% preferred obama and only 9% favored romney. the french were obama s strongest supporters. followed by australians and, of course, his fellow kenyans. so why do places like france, want four more years? france is doing these days, i guess misery loves company. about whoace it. should run america is like asking children how much candy should cost? the world somehow thinks weakened america is way better for them. quite the contrary. in america, that is respected and fear and unincumbered by child obesity and weepy