napa valley usually receives about 10 inches of rain from july through january. over that current span it s got less than 3 inches. grape growers say that if no significant rain falls, they will have to reduce their yield and that, wine lovers, could lead to higher prices. so, you re new around here. one thing you have to know about world news now, this is a show that really, really loves food. i m telling you, any kind of food, any kind of food story, we usually have it. and you bring it right here as a lavish spread, right? normally. love that. this morning, apparently no different, because i have the pleasure of reporting that the annual tamale festival is under way in mexico city. that s right, folks. it celebrates the most traditional of mexican food, the tamale. attracting cooks from across mexico and from several other latin american countries. being offered dozens of more than the 370 recognized varieties of tamales. i have to tell you, though, this is a pretty disa
karen, do you think that is going to resonate with female voters? what does the white house do with that? this is very much an inside the beltway story but it is not a food story. and if you talk to folks cloture close to the white house, folks aren t happy right now. you have carville out there saying people should be fired which, of course, is ridiculous. there is no one left to be fired. there has been so much turnover in this administration over the past two are years who would you fire? geithner and valerie jarrett are the only senior advisors there from the beginning. what it creates is a story about an administration that seems not to really be on its game. and as david ploufe the senior campaign advisor said, there is not a lot of margin for error right now. shannon: and more than a year out from the presidential election, debbie.
we must. we do. some nights. later this half hour, combining two fattening favorites. oh, look at that thing. into one. feast your eyes on a deep-fried doughnut and the hamburger patties and fixings they put in between it. we cannot wait to relish our favoritetetory of the day. usually they bring out food when we have a food story like this. we normally would eat this. we couldn t get one of these. it s the state fair in syracuse, this heart attack on a plate. so we have not there s not one in the studio, unfortunately. we probably would eat it, think. i think we would. it s bad. it s late, we get the munchies. i feel it, i feel it. but first, the debt deal is now law. president obama signed the historic bill in private at the white house less than two hours after it passed the senate. now a so-called super committee must begin paring away more than $1 trillion in spending. abc s jake tapper has more now on what s ahead. reporter: the showdown over the debt ceil
widely acclaimed just this week in the new york times red rooster harlem. marcus samuelsson is also the author of the new american table cook book. congratulations on the review, first of all. thank you. we worked really hard for people to get up and come to harlem. once in harlem, obviously, they enjoy the hospitality harlem has. we believe and love that community. if you look at this story, the food price story, we ll start in your restaurant. is it real for you? it is are real. the food story has been going on, not just for years, going on for about 18 months. and some commodities are over 100% now. an a global price, that puts about a billion people into poverty and food issues. but also on the local american issue, there s 10 million american kids every night going to bed hungry, right? sure. that s sweden, the country i grew up in.
$2 and change. $2.25. listen, i m not even talking about that. are we the exciting season for bostonians. $50 million, how much the steinbrenners throw at their organization. 45. chris, you ve got to stop ending the papers with a sports story. i should find like a food story. that would be good actually. oh, yeah. maybe about teenagers and caffeine. go ahead. with us now, the chief white house correspondent for politico, michaelen with a look at the playbook. happy friday! we need that. now we can start the weekend. republicans got rid of nancy pelosi as speaker, they are not ready to stop there. now they are going after her programs for capitol hill itself. remember green the capital. we have a food story here.