President obama is now in east lancing, michigan, in just a few minutes hes expected to sign the new farm bill into law. Mike viqueira is in washington with more on the bill and why the president went all the way to michigan to sign it, mike . Well, there were a couple of reasons for that. Some just plain old poll licks. The chair woman hails from michigan. Michigan State University is where the president is going to be appearing. Its a variety verse agricultural community, many people dont know that. 956 billion lets just call it an even trillion, del over ten years. And it has been a long time coming. The country has been without a farm bill since last september when the last farm bill expired. But the fight had lasted much longer than that. Chief among the concerns, the reformers in the tea party felt as though too much money was being spent on food stamps. They had an enormous cut, some 10 of food stamp expenditures, that did not come anywhere close in the final product. About 1 ,
Vinyl or disc. Why the old plastic is back in style. Its day 2 of an evacuation effort in the besieged syrian city of homs. 83 women, children and civilians have been allowed to leave. Men have been forced to stay. Rescue efforts are part of a deal and we are live from lebanon. Reports of intermittent shelling in homs. How does that affect the evacuation effort . Well, there have been delays in trying to deliver the aid into the old city of homs. The ceasefire which started on friday morning is, indeed, delicate. We heard reports of a few more tar shells that landed in the old city of homs. Troops fired shell in a christian district. The Syrian Government said the rebels launched the shelves and they fired back but the situation is contained and under control. It is expected that up to three tonnes of humanitarian aid will enter homs, including food, medical supplies and blankets. What conditions are the evacuees in right now. Well, theets 83 people who have been evacuated on friday. T
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A resolution is calling for a special committee to investigate House Appropriations Committee Chair Angela Witwer amid reports of her ties to numerous clients that have benefitted from the most recent state budget.