eat the healthier foods, not just throw them away. we re not saying let s put junk food back on the serving line. for most districts that hasn t been part of the school meal in many, many years. but we want to make sure that students are comfortable with these changes and are willing to take what s offered to them and will find it acceptable and enjoyable. reporter: and so as you mentioned at the top, this bill is set to go to the full house appropriations committee tomorrow. and we expect the first lady to stay involved in this fight. as long as the current nutrition standards are under threat, we ll probably be hearing more from her. carol? athena jones reporting live from washington this morning. president obama s speech on foreign policy expected to get under way soon at west point. our special coverage after a break.
the mom and n. chief is known for her let s move campaign against childhood obesity. her white house garden and her focus on healthy eating. but she hasn t waded into the political fights at the other end of pennsylvania avenue until now. parents have a right to expect their kids will get decent food in our schools. and we all have a right to expect that our hard earned taxpayer dollars won t be spent on junk food for our kids. reporter: supporters of the legislation say some school districts are struggling to find keep, healthy options and need more time to make sure kids will eat the healthier foods, not just throw them away. we re not saying let s put junk food back on the serving line. for most districts, that hasn t been part of the school meal in many, many years. but we want to make sure that students are comfortable with these changes and are willing to take what is offered to them and will foond it acceptable and
but we want to be sure that they will eat it. so we re not saying let s put junk food back on the serving line. for most districts that hasn t been part of the school meal in many, many years. we want to be sure that students are comfortable with these changes and willing to take what s offered to them and will find it acceptable and enjoyable. when you say that, what are you offering these children in place the fruits and vegetables. what s that food offered to these kids that they ll eat but still kind of healthy but not? well, the only thing we re asking is that right now the students are required to take a fruit or vegetable in order for the meal to be reimbursable. prior to new rules, students could select a fruit or vegetable if they wanted and in many districts including my own we promote a fruit or vegetable of the month and have beautiful displays on the serving line in
away. you can t eat it. you can t take nothing off of your tray, and you have to leave the chow hall, which makes you hate it a little more. now you re hungry and you re pissed off. such anger reached a boiling point the very next day when an inmate assaulted a dining hall officer. what you got, cap? basically, [ bleep ] standing back in the corner by the serving line and they told him to go find a seat. he never said a word to anybody. just took a few steps forward and threw his tray at officer norris pretty much like a baseball pitch. do you think it was a planned assault? it didn t appear to be. it looked like it was pretty much spontaneous. from reports i ve gotten from staff and everything, it didn t appear that there was anything provoking the inmate. it was just pretty much an unprovoked attack. while the dining hall seating restrictions might anger some
serving line and they told him to go find a seat. he never said a word to anybody. just took a few steps forward and threw his tray at officer norris pretty much like a baseball pitch. do you think it was a planned assault? it didn t appear to be. it looked like it was pretty much spontaneous. from reports i ve gotten from staff and everything, it didn t appear that there was anything provoking the inmate. it was just pretty much an unprovoked attack. while the dining hall seating restrictions might anger some inmates, they ve proven especially challenging for adam drake. in the chow hall, i like to sit in this chair facing that way. so this would be southwest southeast facing northwest. nothing really in the northwest i got to look at. i just prefer to be sitting looking that way.