The director of the World Food Programme says 42 million people are at high risk of starvation. "Billionaires need to step up," he told CNN in an interveiw that aired Tuesday. "The governments are tapped out," David Beasley, the executive director for the UN's World Food Programme, told CNN in an interview that aired Tuesday. "This is why and this is when the billionaires need to step up now on a one-time basis. "The top 400 billionaires in the United States, the net-worth increase was $1.8 trillion in the past year," Beasley told CNN.

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