falta que tengan mil 144 delgados, campesinos del centro de la florida realizan una protesta frente a publixs oficinas de supermercado po aplicosblix este yun entra a su tercer dÍa. >>> estos hombres y mujeres trabajan recogiendo tomates para ganarse la vida pero lo que ganan no les alcanza y sus condiciones en el trabajo son in humanas por lo que han plantado campa men teo frente a las oficinas de publix en la florida en demanda de un acuerdo. >>> esperando una respuesta de ellos, y hemos estado tres aÑos protestando a nivel de todo el estado.>>> entre sus reclamos un centavo por libra de tomate, crear un cÓdigo de conducta en el campo, sylvia lleva 19 aÑos en los campos de tomate en la florida. >>> pues nos alcanza para puro com comer. >>> le quitan parte de la comida a nuestro hijos por eso aguantamos hambre para que maÑana no les haga falta de la comida. >>> en un comunicado, publix dijo que estÁn de acuerdo en pagar el centavo extra por libra de tomate y seÑalaron tambiÉn que es responsabilidad de los empleadores de estos trabajadores pagarles por su lab labor, este ayuno deberÍa termin

. >> reporter: safeway and supervalu join publix, heb, whole foods and costco, promising their ground beef contains no pink slime. what is next? kroger is providing answers to shoppers who ask which of its beef is slime-free. meat departments have the list and we shared it widely on our facebook page. over at walmart, the nation's largest grocery store, silent until tonight. we send abc news news producers inside to find out. >> we asked several employees, including the meat manager -- none of whom could tell us. >> reporter: tonight a answer from the headquarters. soon, they will off a no pink slime option. >> jim is here. let me understand what kroger is saying. they are going to answer your question if you ask at the butcher counter what has pink slime in it and what doesn't? >> absolutely. they say the butch erp has a list and he will tell you which of the meats have pink slime in it. >> since it's a lower cost filler, any of the super markets professioning to keep the price the same? are they going to raise the price? >> safeway and albertsons says they will not raise the. >> fro

publix, costco, h.e.b. and whole foods assured us they don't use pink slime. no word yet from the rest. but know this -- if your meat is stamped usda organic, it's pure meat, no questionable filler. but everything else is suspect, say critics, because pink slime does not have to appear on the label. and the usda is giving no indication it will force meatpackers to lift the veil of secrecy anytime soon. jim avila, abc news, washington. >> and jim answers a lot more of your questions, posted online at our website at abcnews.com. keep sending them to us. and let us know what your supermarkets say when you ask them about what's in the meat. >>> and another word about the food in every american home. word that the soda giants coke and pepsi will be tweaking their secret recipes. they're going to change how the ingredients that give soda its brown hue is made. it's called caramel color. and the new recipe will call for less of the chemical 4mei. a california law would have forced coke and pepsi to label their soda with a cancer warning. with this change, they don't

secretary and his records on this website you're looking out the forget larry campaign this is from publix that if an offense will information there are going to guide it advocated for deregulation and other. policies that favor wall street and corporate interests is all wrong for the job and there are reports that developing nations will name two candidates the nigerian finance minister and the former colombian finance minister you see them both there now our guest in golden was vice president of the world bank that was from two thousand and three to two thousand and six he worked there before that too and he's been writing about the importance of this decision in his op it's titled the world bank is flirting with irrelevance he reminds us of what he calls the scandalous bilateral deal that is always allowed europe to claim the i and the and the u.s. to appoint the head of the world bank but in golden's view with emerging markets now accounting for more than half of the global economy there is no excuse for delaying a global search for the best qualified candidate now this act goes calls

safeway now joins publix, heb, whole foods and costco that their beef is additive free, no pink slime. and usda announced last week it will disclose to school districts which purchase pink slime they so can decide to purchase it for schools. safeway is the first major grocery store to take it off their shelves since we reported this. we'll now be twuchg see if any others follow. robin. >> many will be watching. all right, jim, thank you. >>> now, to the massive rains soaking the south right now, creating a lot of danger this morning and flash flood watches across the region, as rivers rise fast. you know sam is tracking all of this for us. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. and the deep south flooding rains continue in this morning. but there are added complications. take a look well down into louisiana, where we've got not only tornado watches, but we've got severe thunderstorm watch us and warnings, even tornado warnings popping up from new iberia to alexandria. look at the target zones in red here. many are saying that's 8 to 12 and 12 inches-plus. this is doppler estimate.

. >> if i stay in jail until my 60s and 70s and get out, you won't see me at publix telling you, paper or plastic, ma'am. i'm not going to be bagging your groceries. i'm going to go right back to what i do up best. the stickup kid.

safeway joins publix, atb, whole foods and costco, that their meat is free of pink slime. and the usda said the school districts will be able to decide if they use pink slime. safeway is the first major grocery store to take it off their shelves since we reported this. we'll see if others follow. >> jim, thank you. >>> now, to the massive rains soaking the south right now, creating a lot of danger this morning and flash flood watches across the region, as rivers rise fast. you know sam is tracking all of this for us. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. and the deep south flooding rains continue in this morning. there's added complications. look well down into louisiana, where we have tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, and tornado warnings, popping up from new iberia to alexandria. look at the target zones in red here. many are saying that's 8 to 12 and 12 inches-plus. this is doppler estimate. around louisiana and into the dallas area. you expect flood warnings to be up from that amount of heavy rain in a short amount of time. and they are

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publix, costco, h.e.b., and whole foods assured us they don't use pink slime. everything else is suspect, say critics, because pink slime does not have to appear on the label and the usda is giving no indication it will force meat packers to lift the veil of secrecy anytime soon. jim avila, abc news, washington. >> that's stunning to me. they wouldn't force them to unveil -- we should have a right to read that ingredient list on our food and know whether the pink slime is in there or not. why would you not force the meat makers out there and the manufacturers to let us know that? that seems an awfully odd and not health-conscious decision. >> i know that diane sawyer and "world news" encouraged viewers to go to abcnews.com and weigh in. and pressure your grocery store. ask them, is pink slime in the meat? is it in the ground beef? and let us know. >> keep your fingers crossed that they're honest. >> costco, whole foods say no. >> ask them. doesn't hurt to ask. >>> well, a texas mother is apologizing for her teenage son after his dangerous drive was captured on

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