140,000 that have closed or consolidated in the last nine years. Its one of our hay meadows, its owned by my grandma. Reporter in pottawatomie county, kansas, 34yearold matt and his younger brother, tim, are also fifth generation farmers. You have guys my age that are trying to raise a family, trying to farm, and having to work in town, just to produce cheap food for the country. Its a crisis. Reporter they say they spent 34,000 last year farming wheat and other crops, but they only brought in 35,000. So they may have found a solution. They now sell cattle and cut out the middle man. When these cattle go to slaughter they might make 1,000 a head, but if they slaughter, process, and sell directly to the consumer themselves, each head would be worth 2,100. With an uncertain future, those like don teske can only hope the family farm will survive. Were going to lose another generation of farmers through this, and thats sad. Reporter david begnaud, cbs news, pottawatomie county, kansas. Pel
Be right back. Our cbs news pol found 77 of americans believe the economy is in good shape and that is the highest since the great recession. And the dow to close at the 10th Straight Record high. The first time that has happened in decades. Jim axalrod is here to tell us more about what many people are calling the trump rally. Well, scott, the dow just barely made it but manage to run its streak of record highs to 10. The markets have been on a roll since election day, up more than 13 in the last 107 days. But never mind that. Try this. This is the longest streak of consecutive 1997 of consecutive trade days we have seen. Theres a number of reasons. You have to understand Industrial Companies are expecting an increase in Infrastructure Spending as we saw when he met with executives to discuss jobs. The president has signalled he will push for an Infrastructure Spending bill and everybody likes the signals on Corporate Tax reform and regulation roll back and while some pull back could
Right into the presidency in knocking out any and all things that the democrats did. Any amendment i saw that the democrats tried to put forth. Washington journal, every day 7 00 a. M. Eastern live on cspan, we leave this to take you back to the American Enterprise institute where economists and financial industry executives are discussing the significance of federal government statistics to the economy. Lets face it, in a time when the phrase alternative facts has entered the american lexicon is anything more important than what were going to talk about today . At aei we are dedicated to the proposition that rigorous data are successful in evaluating the failures or policies, and to help more people live a better life. We are delighted partnering with our neighbors to examine this critical subject and coreleasing a the topic. This is the kickoff event for that co issued paper. I want to introduce our panel today and after that our key note speaker or my cointroducer. Our panel today s
Child that is missing. Okay, where are you right now . Were in the middle of a corn field. 0011 few times walking through the field, i just looked over at adam, i was like. What is happening . Yeah like i know hes nonverbal, so he wasnt talking to us, you know like i knew it was him. Him. Andrew was found wet and cold, but otherwise okay. After a trip to the hospital he was sent home with plenty of smiles awaiting him. Experts say what happened with andrew is common in the autism community. Its called wandering leaving a safe, supervised area and going into one that could be dangerous. Studies show the behavior frequently ends in tragedy but tonight a local organization hopes awareness will bring more of these cases to a peaceful end. 8. 31 it can happen really quickly. That a little kid on a mission can escape 8. 37in andrew ounkhams case the 10year old ran into a large cornfield behind his house. Its not clear where he was his specific desire to be there is a characteristic of wander
If i could do just one of the things he did for the people, this would be a better country. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the hearse carrying the kings body. The crown prince joined the procession to the palace. For seven decades King Bhumibol earned the adoration of the thai people. In central bangkok, people are wearing black clothing as a symbol of their mourning. The interim Prime Minister Prayut Chanocha called on people to refrain from festivities for 30 days, but he asked people to continue their Economic Activities as usual apparently intending to avert any negative impact on the sputtering economy. The king ascended the throne at age 18, shortly after world war ii. He guided thailand during Turbulent Times in Southeast Asia, which used to be mired in war, genocide, and poverty. He was regarded as a pillar of stability and an occasional mediator in thailands turbulent politics. The country has experienced more than ten military coups since