and when this really refers to the programs like food pantries and free dining rooms. and when the task force was created in 2005, the belief was that we would not lose these programs but today we have a better understanding that these community based programs are an integral part of the system and are essential for many of the residents, they represent, the strong collaboration and commitments between the public and the private sector and between the government and community, and businesses and they are integral to making sure that san francisco is food secure, so we can no longer consider these to be a part of the emergency sources. i would also like to talk about what food insecurity is. and that exists when the ability to obtain and prepare nutrition food is uncertain or not possible. it is going hungry or being at risk of going hungry. we really look at this, even though it is very difficult thing to measure we used the income as a proxy, we know that this is a high cost of living in san francisco and that the federal pofcy are not adjusted so we use a below 200 p

and those are the overlays and the food pantries that are sponsored. and they are with the size of the pantries and of course there are clusters where you would expect to see them in the areas, as you can see, and a corner of the city and because for, for the demand because we are a demand driven organization and a demand driven tan tris and we also can draw the conclusions about the cooperation required to make this vast network to provide services to meet the needs. and the food is distributed the food at over 200 pantries in the city, and those are the community centers and schools and public housing sites and senior centers and the like and that requires the cooperation between us and that delivers the food and of course, the host sites that provide their own resources, and the space and the coordinators to make it all work together. >> and about 100,000 people, are receiving food this way and did the weekly grocery and 60 percent of the food is fresh produce and which is one of the most cost effective ways and we have the programming right now. an

they can barely keep the shelves stocked at this food pantry outside denver. cory smith volunteers here every week. he has never seen it so crowded. >> as you can tell they are working really hard, they're coming in, lunch break, trying to do something just to get a little extra food. >> reporter: many are first timers to a pantry. and like some 47 million americans hard hit by food stamp cuts. >> it is heartbreaking. >> reporter: the director says the pantry is providing a record 6,700 thanksgiving meals. pantries across the country are feeling it, a level of demand they haven't seen in years. as a new wave of clients seeks out emergency food and thanksgiving dinner. tough times are hitting home for families like the rarings in tennessee. with three children they now get $36 less each month in food stamps. $36 goes a long ways actually. we could probably eat three days on that at least. >> reporter: they worked hard to avoid being on public assistance. but with their organic bakery closing christmas eve it is now a necessity. >> you feel ashamed. you don't re

the food pantry picks up at the end of the month, when money runs out. although we are busy all month long. we have this one day a week on wednesday. and, yes, there are large families. we have only been going for one year. we don't know exactly what it will look like. we know that we are growing because of word-of-mouth. >> yes. >> and with the holiday season and with cuts, we don't know what that will look like. >> you came here from italy, right? >> from brazil. >> okay. >> i got involved with the food pantry at st. james episcopal church because there is a large need. and there is hunger. and there is violence. one thing i have seen in our program is the fact that, we are breaking the cycle of hunger. we have issues of ethnic groups. and it is a lot of the same different groups coming together and trying to communicate. i was just telling a story of a group of latinos who volunteer at the food pantry. they learned the names of food in cantonese so they can communicate. that is a beautiful sign of trying to reach to other people. it is informative for

when you have tasty ingredients that you bought from the warmers market and you have things in your pantry that are good, then it takes no time to cook them. i have greens from my garden and i have maybe a chicken breast, and i saute that, and make a little vinaigrette for a salad, three minutes for that, i put the greens in the bowl, i'm washing them while i'm cooking the chicken. then maybe i boiled a little potato, maybe have some brown rice. >> this has already taken 25 minutes. you can saute a chicken in less than 10 minutes. you can. i'm not sure i can. >> 10 minutes, if you boned off the breast, you're talking about six minutes. >> what's the one item that everybody should have in their pantry, just on stand by no. >> for me, i like olive oil and vinegar there. i need garlic. absolutely garlic. but i know that i can make something tasty if i have all three of those things. i can take some kale, saute i in a minute with a little garlic and olive oil. absolutely. >> alice waters, it's been a pleasure and an honor talking with you. thanks for being on "talk to [[voiceover]] no doubt ab

why he would have burst through the food pantry doors at this church on fire completely unknown. >> 56-year-old, john raymond of ocean city, a man with a long record of petty crimes has been identified as the person who soaked himself in flammable liquid and on fire, burst through the doors of the food pantry at the church tuesday. pastor, david died in the resulting fire. bystanders captured the scene as the wood frame church a block off the board walk went up quickly. according to church officials, stern in flames, grabbed a female church volunteer who is in critical condition. another volunteer seen from behind in this photo was slightly injured trying to put the fire out. the reverend was upstairs in the church offices, apparently trapped by the fire. the church's administrator escaped, but he died in berlin after being rescued by firefighters. shocked, the bishop remembered him today as a minister committed to serving ocean cities down and out. >> but this ministry to the people on the street was a paramount importance. layed down his life for his friends. >> now the flaming man -

and gave his labor. >> it was mayhem tuesday as sterner burst into the church's food pantry on fire. his clothes soaked in a flammable liquid. the flaming sterner immediately grabbed a church volunteer in a bear hug. another volunteer tried to stop him. the resulting fire caught on video by bystanders upstairs where he was working in a church office. he died after being rescued by ocean city firefighters. the church administrator escaped and the landmark quickly went up in flames. the entire diocese was stunned. >> it's a little overwelming. that's what we're called to do. you pay the price. >> the flaming man also died. the church volunteer he grabbed is in critical condition. dingwall was married and the father of three sons. there is no explanation for why this flaming man came bursting into the church. in ocean city, scott broom, wusa9. >> my goodness. d.c. police now trying to track down the man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman. it happened at 11:00 last night in northwest washington. the man robbed the woman at knife point at an atm on the 5100 block of wisconsin avenu

when you have tasty ingredients that you bought from the warmers market and you have things in your pantry that are good, then it takes no time to cook them. i have greens from my garden and i have maybe a chicken breast, and i saute that, and make a little vinaigrette for a salad, three minutes for that, i put the greens in the bowl, i'm washing them while i'm cooking the chicken. then maybe i boiled a little potato, maybe have some brown rice. >> this has already taken 25 minutes. you can saute a chicken in less than 10 minutes. you can. i'm not sure i can. >> 10 minutes, if you boned off the breast, you're talking about six minutes. >> what's the one item that everybody should have in their pantry, just on stand by no. >> for me, i like olive oil and vinegar there. i need garlic. absolutely garlic. but i know that i can make something tasty if i have all three of those things. i can take some kale, saute i in a minute with a little garlic and olive oil. absolutely. >> alice waters, it's been a pleasure and an honor talking with you. thanks for being on "talk to >> hello and well come. i

brown says this is her first time using the food pantry. she's not alone. gail runs the 11 action outreach in new orleans. >> i experienced an increase in new clients using the food banks for the first time. >> at the start of the month a temporary increase in supplement at assistance programs ran out because congress failed to renew it, and it has affected 50 million americans. >> this thanksgiving more families are on need because of cuts. they are more reliant on foodpantries and other organizations to make ends meet. >> this food pantry helped about 200 new participants. they expect the number to go up as more people like mercedes brown come to her for help. >> it's the blessing to have the smell of thanksgiving. you can smell is it through everybody. you know it's thanksgiving because you know everyone is cooking. >> brown is truly thankful. >> thanksgiving 2013 motivated many americans to give back. groups that reach out to the needy say they wish more volunteers would say in the holiday spirit year round. juan carlos molina has this story. >> thousan

they are reliant on food pantries and other organizations to make ends meet. >> this food pantry helped about 200 new participants. she expects the number to go up as more people like mercedes brown come for help. >> it's the blessing to have the smell of thanksgiving with the aroma. you can smell thanksgiving through everyone. you know it is because everyone is cooking. >> brown knows the days ahead will be difficult. she is truly thankful. >> many americans are spending the holiday trying to give back. as al jazeera's juan carlos molina reports the need for volunteers lasts long after the holidays. >> thousands of homeless people come to places like this in michigan to get a hot meal. >> you have people taking time out away from their families helping people who don't have anything going on for themselves. >> peter ortees had been living on the street when someone from the mission gave him a chance to get back on his feet. >> every day or night you could come around here. james macklin spent 20 years with the mission working or the organization that took him in. at one time i was a ta

empty and they'll say pantry's empty and they'll say well what are we going to eat? well what are we going to eat? >> almost one in six americans >> almost one in six americans are living what is known with are living what is known with food insecurity. food insecurity. a term which captures both a term which captures both hunger and the fear of hunger. hunger and the fear of hunger. it means nutritious sufficient it means nutritious sufficient affordable food is not affordable food is not consistently available because consistently available because the family doesn't have the the family doesn't have the funds even with federal funds even with federal assistance to be able to buy it. assistance to be able to buy it. zachary tabby and gabby don't zachary tabby and gabby don't know about the food stamps they know about the food stamps they live on since june and their live on since june and their parents don't want them to. parents don't want them to. >> they live on a food card. >> they live on a food card. >> what's a food card? >> what's a food card? >> it's like a

pantry in richmond, we have two, but they want to announce that thanksgiving food pantry event is being organized for thursday, thanksgiving at 2:30 p.m. and it is located at 741-30th avenue, preregistration is required and you can kault 750-8554 for more detail, i'm supporting small businesses for small business saturday on november 30, the day after black friday, it's to support small businesses, a day to celebrate and support how the small businesses are the backbone of our economy and haul that they do for our communities, it's sponsored by the u.s. small business administration, if you want more information, shop smaum.com is the information. i'll be out on klem meant street and also in the outer balboa area throughout the day, but there's a lot of activity in our small business corridors as well, shop small and support our small businesses. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener? thank you, supervisor, supervisor yee? >> thank you, madam clerk, i'm introducing a resolution to urge the california department of education to reconsider its recent decision to change the way t

when you have tasty ingredients that you bought from the warmers market and you have things in your pantry that are good, then it takes no time to cook them. i have greens from my garden and i have maybe a chicken breast, and i saute that, and make a little vinaigrette for a salad, three minutes for that, i put the greens in the bowl, i'm washing them while i'm cooking the chicken. then maybe i boiled a little potato, maybe have some brown rice. >> this has already taken 25 minutes. you can saute a chicken in less than 10 minutes. you can. i'm not sure i can. >> 10 minutes, if you boned off the breast, you're talking about six minutes. >> what's the one item that everybody should have in their pantry, just on stand by no. >> for me, i like olive oil and vinegar there. i need garlic. absolutely garlic. but i know that i can make something tasty if i have all three of those things. i can take some kale, saute i in a minute with a little garlic and olive oil. absolutely. >> alice waters, it's been a pleasure and an honor talking with you. thanks for being on "talk to aljazeera." >> thank you.

they are more reliant on food pantries and other organizations to make ends meet. >> this food pantry has helped about 200 new participants and expects the number to go up as more people like mercedes come to her with the help. >> it's the blessing to have the aroma. you know it's thanksgiving because everyone is cooking. >> brown says she knows the days ahead is difficult. she is thankful. >> well, thanksgiving signals the start of a shopping season. many are poised to jomp on the sales. jennifer glass is live at the macy's store. it's one of a handful of retailers it open. what i wonder, is it worth getting out there today. are the deals better today than black friday. >> jonathan, the crowds are beginning to gather here. the shoppers think so. at this macy's store there are special deals. the very first time macy's opens, this store has been around 111 years. for the first type opening on thanksgiving. special deals coming tonight. opening at 8:00 pm until 1:00 pm tomorrow. then the deals change. there are some advantages for coming. part of it is not about the consumers, it's for

in richmond, we have two, but they want to announce that thanksgiving food pantry event is being organized for thursday, thanksgiving at 2:30 p.m. and it is located at 741-30th avenue, preregistration is required and you can kault 750-8554 for more detail, i'm supporting small businesses for small business saturday on november 30, the day after black friday, it's to support small businesses, a day to celebrate and support how the small businesses are the backbone of our economy and haul that they do for our communities, it's sponsored by the u.s. small business administration, if you want more information, shop smaum.com is the information. i'll be out on klem meant street and also in the outer balboa area throughout the day, but there's a lot of activity in our small business corridors as well, shop small and support our small businesses. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener? thank you, supervisor, supervisor yee? >> thank you, madam clerk, i'm introducing a resolution to urge the california department of education to reconsider its recent decision to change the way that child

"over the last five years, we've seen a 70% increase in food pantry visits in cook county, alone." the food stamp rollback is the end of a temporary boost to food stamp allocations as part of the 2009 economic stimulus. it affects 47-million americans. the rollback, effective immediately cuts $36 a month for a family of four. the usda estimates the result will be 21- fewer meals per month for that family. but advocates for low income families say while some segments of the population are recovering economically, that hasn't happened for a lot of americans. "we haven't seen an economic recovery for low- income. the census bureau says we still have about 15% poverty level and that hasn't budged in three years." the ripple effect can be seen at super mercado rivera. forty-percent of raul rivera's customers use food stamps--in illinois, the assistance is distributed electronically through link cards. "people are going to come and buy less. we'll have to cut the hours of our workers." nationwide, the rollback amount to five billion dollars less in assistance for food. in illinois, for e

. >> i try not to cry in front of them but when they'll come to me and the refrigerator or the pantry's empty and they'll say well what are we going to eat? >> almost one in six americans are living what is known with food insecurity. a term which captures both hunger and the fear of hunger. it means nutritious sufficient affordable food is not consistently available because the family doesn't have the funds even with federal assistance to be able to buy it. zachary tabby and gabby don't know about the food stamps they live on since june and their parents don't want them to. >> they live on a food card. >> what's a food card? >> it's like a credit card that once a month we can get food on but unfortunately it is food stamps. i had no money, we didn't have any stores anywhere, i couldn't watches my kids go hungry so i had to suck up my pride and go and apply for food stamps. >> it was -- wow for me to swallow my pride you have no idea what that was like. i work. i -- i am not lazy. i work every day. and to apply for food stamps was -- was a new low for me. >> even the free things that yo

this man now runs the food pantry. >> i remember being divorced and raising my boys by myself. and i went to apply for food stamps and i was turned down. i was working. i have always had a decent job. i work for the federal government, but i was among the working poor. >> reporter: she says now that the word is getting out about the cuts in snap her regular customers are already looking for help. >> he loves his bananas, ams, especially strawberries and gapes even if i just catch the sales because i have to keep him healthy. >> reporter: with these new cuts the gap is only going to get wider. stephanie boswell, al jazeera, louisiana. >>> back in 1975, 8% of americans were receiving snap. today the number is 15%. food assistance varies from state to state. a sluggish job market and higher poverty rates affect how many people are enrolled. states reeling from natural disasters have some of the highest food stamp rates. people are worried that cuts could be catastrophic. we have the senior director of government relations at the food bank for the city of new york. welcome. it's go

in richmond, we have two, but they want to announce that thanksgiving food pantry event is being organized for thursday, thanksgiving at 2:30 p.m. and it is located at 741-30th avenue, preregistration is required and you can kault 750-8554 for more detail, i'm supporting small businesses for small business saturday on november 30, the day after black friday, it's to support small businesses, a day to celebrate and support how the small businesses are the backbone of our economy and haul that they do for our communities, it's sponsored by the u.s. small business administration, if you want more information, shop smaum.com is the information. i'll be out on klem meant street and also in the outer balboa area throughout the day

the food pantry. people are really struggling. there is a misconception that a lot of the claims are being made by the republicans right now about this $39 billion cut they want to institute, is we're doing this so people will incentivized to work. they're already working. >> what happens is as these benefits get cut back, they go to places like yours. how are you going to balance the demand? >> we do everything we can at our level. we advocate for more food wherever we can. we work with food banks, harvest, united way, private companies. and meeting the demand is much -- i think the face of poverty has become this issue of housing and jobs. for the people who we're serving, as you said, the amount of money, you could never support your family or kids on any of that. so s.n.a.p. being reduced or eventually if it's cut would actually devastate the population. they could never manage to do this. >> what do you see in the next week or month as the true effect of the cutting -- or the reduction, i should

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>> if we can build trust on the local level, if we can build a food pantry in washington, d.c. or chicago, maybe we can have a conversation about allow to build trust, in the west bank or in ramalla. >> i have to chime in, antidefamation group called out your group as being one of the top 10 antiisrael groups in the area. two groups doing great works respectively, calling out the other one. how do you move forward? >> that's part of getting beyond the rhetoric. what that list was a, was feeding into the rhetoric. and the adl qualified their list by saying, they do work on civil rights on counterextremively counterterrorism, but in the middle east that's where we were put on the list. if we can focus on partnerships on the issues of bullying, how many muslims or orthodox jews get bullied in schools. if we can put in a guideline for bullying in public schools, what i would suggest to our friends at adl and other institutions, let's get beyond the rhetoric. let's talk and have a more civil and substantive conversation about the middle east and hopefully we'll be an example for the

putst themselves in the shoes of these families, and i will finish with this -- i remember going to a pantry in a parish that were present and talking to the family -- that i represent and talking to the families there. these are families in need. thank you for hearing me. >> the gentleman yield back. believer recognizes, i for the concluding comments, the gentleman from texas. >> thank you. you will be happy to know i will cut it real short. [laughter] good afternoon. i appreciate the leadership that chairman lucas and ranking member peterson have shown throughout this process. i look forward to working with linkingan stabenow, member cochran, and members of this committee to produce a sensible and comprehensive farm bill. i represent a district that includes about 140 miles of the south texas gulf coast and virtually all of the king ranch, except for the part that is in florida. my district has significant cotton and sugar -- cotton, sugar, citrus, and livestock interests. on the house side, we approach this farm bill with the understanding that each of these commodities has their own part

we have 17 food pantries and a method done clinic. we also have the largest population of children under the age of 18. think for a moment what that means. just take a moment to think about the method when you concentrate social blight in one neighborhood. you don't matter you are saying to children. you matter less than the people in nova valley and out in the sunset. to reiterate we ask that the budget committee strip the location of the proposed shelter from the grant proposal. we request that the resolution be tabled to allow for further investigation and bayview doesn't need more homeless beds i ask you spend a week at my house gentlemen >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon sorry. good afternoon, supervisors i'm jonathan jermaine. i'm going to talk about why bayview doesn't node more homeless bed. this is the naivete homeless count it claims there were 11 how plus homeless shelters. we went to the agencies and investigative decision and got the tally shots. we counted them and 1 thousand down to 3 hundred and 57.

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. >> burst into the church's food pantry on fire. his clothes soaked in a liquid. grabbed a church volunteer in a bear-hug. another volunteer tried to stop it. the resulting fire trapped pastor up stairs where he was working in a church office. he died after being rescued by firefighters. church administrator escaped as the wood framed landmark went up in flames. the entire diocese is stunned by his loss. >> it's a little overwhelming. because that's what we're called to do. and he paid the price. >> the flaming man turner also died. dingwall was married and the father of three sons. there is no explanation for why this flaming man came bursting into the church. scott broom, wusa 9. >> tonight's affordable care act finds another delay in the president's plan. enrollment for small businesses. today the department of health and human services confirmed the online exchange for small business owners to shop for coverage is being pushed back for a year. so until november of next year, owners of businesses with fewer than 50 employees will have to use brokers or agents t

and when this really refers to the programs like food pantries and free dining rooms. and when the task force was created in 2005, the belief was that we would not lose these programs but today we have a better understanding that these community based programs are an integral part of the system and are essential for many of the residents, they represent, the strong collaboration and commitments between the public and the private sector and between the government and community, and businesses and they are integral to making sure that san francisco is food secure, so we can no longer consider these to be a part of the emergency sources. i would also like to talk about what food insecurity is. and that exists when the ability to obtain and prepare nutrition food is uncertain or not possible. it is going hungry or being at risk of going hungry. we really look at this, even

this could help agencies like the well food pantry in livermore. how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> good. tell me how important is this food for your clients? >> it's very important. we are a food bank in livermore, and we have seen an increase in the number of people that we serve. and also the seniors have increased a great deal since 2009. >> it's not getting better. i was talking to one food bank. why do you think it's not getting better? >> it's the economy. it's the economy but you know, also we also need to be more out there, more visual and that's part of it as well. they need to know we are in need. >> how far does the $10 bag of food go? >> i would think it would go at least for two weeks. >> really. that long. >> because we give a lot. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. guys, thank you very much, the piedmont highlanders. they are big supporters of the food drive. i'm going to be at the livermore safeway near 580 tomorrow. you're going to be out and about. it's a $10 bag. super easy. it's not going to break the bank. laura, jon. >> it makes a big diffe

nothing without the pantry. wrote emily. working in the pantry has opened my eyes to see all the wonderful people struggling in the community. dear congress, we need your help, blessings. food stamps help american agriculture. hunger and homelessness in america, question mark. i could go on and on and read -- the reason why i'm doing this we are so inundated with facts and figures and statistics, somehow feel t our ability to them. these are real people. these are real people who are struggling. real people who are working with struggling families. they deserve a voice. and one of the things that people are concerned about is congress making their lives worse. considering the farm bill and in the house version of the farm bill there is a $40 billion cut in snap. 3.8 million people would lose their benefits. hundreds of thousands of kids would no longer have access to free breakfast and lunch at school. 170,000 veterans would lose their benefits. mr. speaker, we can do so much better. one of the things we are here for are to

. >> reporter: gail was once in need of food stamps and now help run the food pantry. sgloovrjs i remember being divorced and raising my boys by myself, and i went to apply for food stamps and i was turned down. i was working -- i have always had a decent job, but i was among the working poor. >> reporter: she says now that the word getting out about the cuts, her regular customers are already looking for more help. >> monshell says she will have to cut back somewhere. >> he loves bananas and apples, especially strawberries and grapes. >> reporter: second harvest is used to helping people through the end of the month gap in the grocery budget, with the new cuts that gap is going to get wider. >>> new abortion restrictions go into effect today in texas. most of the regulations have been reinstated while a lawsuit moves forward. lawyers for planned parenthood and other abortion providers argue the regulations don't protect women and would shut down a third of the abortion clinics in texas. >>> protests are being planned in new york city in response to the federal court d

they go to the pantry and they also volunteer. tell me, how does it help your family? >> it helps me family and helps all the oakland community and we love to help thousands of families. >> you have a beautiful family. thanks for volunteer. get more information on our web page. donate at whole foods anywhere throughout the bay area. we'll be back in a few minutes with more information. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, a tactic to help combat cell phone thefts is met with resistance. coming up in tonight's consumerwatch, why cell phone carriers are rejecting a new proposed kill switch. >>> there's been a huge surge in products that are gluten- free. >> some people swear there's something to t how they say the diet is transforming their lives. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, attractive to steal has hit roadblock. as julie watts on the consumerwatch reports, cell phone carriers are trying to "kill" the ide >>> a plan to make smartphones less attractive to steal has hit a roadblock. as kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts reports, cell phone carriers are trying to kill the idea of a kil

. >> reporter: gayle was once in snead of snap, and now runs the food pantry. >> i remember raising my boys by myself. and i went to apply for food stamps, and i was turned down. i was working, and i've always -- i worked for the federal government. but i was among the working poor. >> reporter: now that the word is getting out about it, her regular customers are already looking for more help. monshell says that she'll have to dut back somewhere, but not on nutrition for her son. >> he loves his apples and bananas and especially strawberries and grapes. i have to keep him healthy. >> reporter: second harvest is used to helping people through that end of the month gap in the grocery budget and with these new cuts, that gap is only going to get wider >> still ahead on aljazeera america. >> i'm john henry in detroit where general motors is betting on electric vehicle. >> new abortion restrictions are set to go into effect in texas today. the federal appeals court ruling to reinstate the controversial regulations, while a lawsuit moves forward. admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. the

will be the quality and be able to use the benefits or use a local supplement or even go to the food pantry. and with that, i would like to go back to dr. jones to talk about the next steps, thank you. >> thank you, terry. so now you have heard some bit about the report, and some of the data, and some of our high priority items. and i really just like to summarize the recommendation from the next steps and first of all it is full utilization of our federal nutrition program and especially cal fresh, which will generate the local economic activity and keep these dollars in the community and support the retail stores also and that is the non-profit partner's ability to meet the growing demand, coming from our residents. to purchase the food and to be able to increase the amount of housing with the kitchens and the ability to cook and this will reduce the demand of the free dining rooms these reports are available on-line at the address above, and we are available to take questions . >> we have a question by supervisor yee? >> thank you for the presentation. i have a few questions and i see th

how much of an uptick has there been at food pantries that you work with over the past week since those automatic cuts went into effect? >> well, i don't know that we've seen the impact of that at our food pan industries just yet because it's just beginning to roll out. people haven't necessarily seen the drop -- well, they have seen the decline in their program, but they haven't necessarily seen the impact immediately. but our food pantries over the past four years have seen an increase from 72 million pounds of food distribution to 173 million pounds. so we've seen over four years during the economic decline here in the state of florida a dramatic increase in food distribution and we anticipate that this will simply add to that burden. >> the cuts here that we're talking about, those who rely on food stamps, will now see an average cut of roughly 36 food stamp dollars per month. to a lot of folks out there, that's not a lot of money. but when you start talking about what $36 fewer in food stamps means for food-insecure families, what are we talking about then? >> we're talking about a

recession is over, we must not need as much help at the food bank, but the number of people we see at the pantries is as high as it was in 2009, 2010, 2011. we still need our donors' support. >> they absolutely do. more than one million pounds of holiday groceries this season. >>> millions of people head out of town for their thanksgiving holiday. nbc's sarah is at the chicago o'hare international airport with the story. it led to the cancellation of about a dozen flights in dallas. storms moving up and down the east coast, and travellers are keeping a close eye on conditions. >> we were worried when yesterday it was snowing. >> all it takes is a delay at a couple major airports, and the whole country can be affected. >> reporter: sleight flight aware's misery map shows delays in real-time. >> the storms will be overwhelming on wednesday. >> three million people are expected to move through the nation's airport. with wednesday and sunday ranking as the busiest. >> the 43 million traveling in the next few days, 90% will be driving. >> thursday, friday and then saturday and sunday. >> the lowest gas

. >> sterner burst in to the church's food pantry on fire, his clothes soaked in a flammable liquid. sterner grabbed a church volunteer in a bear hug. the fire trapped him upstairs. he died after being found by firefighters. >> police say the woman was at an atm in the 5100 block of wisconsin avenue. the man pointed a knife to her back, robbed her and forced her to walk several blocks to this alley and sexually assaulted her. >>akes me feel like i can't leave my house at night. that's pretty horrible. i hope they do something about it. >> more trouble for obama care. there's another issue with the healthcare enrollment website. >> small businesses won't be able to use it to get coverage for their employees for another year. >> those interested in buying insurance for the program will have to use an insurer or broker. >> today is the start of hanukkah. michael helped light the national menorah near the white house. >> a judge in vegas denied oj simpson's new trial. the judge said the evidence is overwhelming that simpson, quote, planned, organized and led that confrontation. >> it loo