took bp s word for it too much. which you also heard those complaints. we definitely heard that. this is just preliminary. it could get worse, could get better. this is a huge story. no doubt about it chris tlrks s a much bigger story. you should not mock this. we re not. in an effort to fight obesity. excuse me? chris is telling me we re going to go to black if i don t finish quickly. and i would just warn you that at this point, i might go over. new york governor david paterson and mayor michael bloomberg are looking to ban residents from using food stamps to buy soda and other sugary drinks. they plan to announce today they re asking the federal government to add the drinks to a list of items off limits like alcohol and cigarettes. 30 to black. about 1.7 million of new york s city more than 8 million
residents is on food stamps. there s been a study showing in poorer neighborhoods more children are obese. it s an epidemic. don t go to black, chris. in the new york times by the new york city health commissioner, they point out over the past 30 years consumption of sugary beverages in the u.s. has more than doubled in parallel with the rise in obesity to the point where nearly 1/6 of an average teenager s calories now come from these drinks. the mayor pointing out don t interrupt me. the mayor pointing out on this show that obesity is the one health care crisis that is not getting better in this country. it s only getting worse. i would suggest you all read about this and embrace it. harold was reading the story before and he said it s racist. i said it s maybe unconstitutional, not racist. it s a class issue. i m putting words in your
place guy. chris, you said you were out there and harry reid was just running one commercial after another commercial after another commercial. sharron angle is radical, crazy, extremely extremely dangerous. harry reid is sitting at 40% out there. this has got to be one of the most unpopular majority leaders in modern history. mike, can you think of a parallel? no. i don t think majority leader has anything to do with it. i think the fact that harry reid in his own home state is distinctly unpopular, not because he s not a good guy. i don t know him. but because he s an incumbent and because people again, the level of frustration among the electorate. you guys are in washington, and i m walking around in grocery stores, going to gas stations and everything. all you hear is people s unrest. it s physical now. it comes right out of them when they re talking about washington and everybody in washington. that s where harry reid is.
jim vandehei. you know his pickup truck almost ran over our limousine the other night, in my white stretch limousine with purple interior. i don t live like the purdy. i think i did hit the mirror a little bit. and then kept going. we re going to arianna huffington s in the white limo, there s this long stretch. i think your champagne in the jacuzzi in the back might have spilled. it jing ld and spilled all over my smoking jacket. must have been awful. chris was jarred, actually had to he was in his bathing suit and had to put on his shirt. please, guys, seriously. jim, let s talk about this hillary clinton rumor. it s been a lot of fun to talk about for the last couple days. we want to dig in to see if there s anything to it.
huge worldwide. we sometimes look at roy halladay, pre occupies us and everything. but soccer is a global sport. as chris just said in my ear, soccer is almost as much as more davids than goliath. i know these are big stories in the world of sports. but i will say there s a story i want to get to in news. that s what the mayor is doing as it pertains to soda. i love him. i love him. 6:06 and i m already tired. i want to make sure we get to it, chris. it would probably not be a good thing for you if we didn t. let s get to the news now. president obama is asking democrats to lose their glass half empty mentality. at a private dinner last night in new jersey, about 50 people shelled out just over $30,000 each, raising $1 million for the