Expressed strong confidence in what they saw as my gifts or emerging gift, i always doubted them. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight negotiations in the senate aimed to break the stalemate in washington. The talks came with the partial Government Shutdown now two weeks old, and the debt ceiling deadline just three days away. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. After meeting over the weekend and again thi
The committee did their work. It was in the full committee. What are your views on this issue . Well, congressman, i think it is important to point out that we approach the institute of medicine to ask for advice on how to structure a system that will provide assistance at a women, infant and children. They took the job seriously and said we should focus on food were products that would that were healthy and not normally used by women, infant and children. The issue with potatoes and the average american consumes 90 pounds of potatoes a year, it is like 88. 7 pounds of potatoes. So the institute believed it would be appropriate to focus on vegetables that were not consumed at the same level of quantity and wanted us to focus on green, orange and red vegetables which we have done in the wic program. The report says we have nothing against potatoes but this is a Supplemental Program and that is why they are not included and we focus on more alternatives that are not purchased by women fo
Our digital producer julio made this, 146 million are currently on food stamps about 15 of the population. It costs about 75 billion a year and theres proposed 40 billion cuts, that will impact about 3. 8 million americans. Of course this prompted a huge debate. We have cybernetic revolt, saying i dont make executions for people who made bad decisions and want others to pay for it. But ishow chimes in, creates the reliance on food stamps. Wendy says my mother is a senior shes 72 she gets 26 in food stamps. Shes also disabled. What can she do . Where does the money come from, even if you can, can taxpayers sustain out of their income . A lot of people are empathetic out of the struggles of many americans. Thats a question. Thats a question were going to rely. Around 47 million rely on the snap program, supplemental nutritional assistance program. Others defend it as a critical safety net for many americans. Were joined on set by chrisy hanson, she is federal Affairs Manager for american
The revelations have shaken the tech industry. It has heightened calls for surveillance reform. That is our topic today. Has government surveillance gone too far . Welcome to washington journal. We want to hear from you this morning. The numbers are you can also reach out to us on social media. Take a look at the headlines. First in usa today, that investigation coming out this morning, it details how Public Service agencies are using that surveillance data. Lets talk about the eight Tech Companies calling for more surveillance limits. Those include apple, google, microsoft, and twitter. Looking at the front page of the Washington Post this morning from that letter lets go to your calls. In northgo to david carolina on our line for independents. Hey. R i use a lot of the social facebook. Outy to put my opinion there and i feel when it gets that it locksed up all the time, stuff gets delete it randomly. I can never get a clear thought out there into the world. People lookinghe over your
Intervention and things all over the world. It is interesting to see how that will play out. We did have a colorful conversation. I think some of the remarks he made about drone use really kind of exposes the lack of a very deep and serious debate in this country about the future of using drones. I asked him would you have a problem if russia was using drones on the chinese, he said i would not have a problem. That is a little his concerts and. Thanks so much. We do not even get to half the questions. Thank you for your time and questions. [captioning performed by National Captioning Institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] on the next washington journal, matt bennett discusses influence and immigration reform, national security, and other issues. Looks at the healthcare law will affect hospitals. University of maryland professor talks about the special Supplemental Program for women, infants, and children. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. The