we will have chaos again in the markets and that will cause people to wake up all right michael kroger of time thanks so much for being on the casa report expects always fun all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert our thing my guest michael krieger want to send me an e-mail please do so kaiser reported r t t v dot are you until next time x. guys are saying buy up.

and vacuum at any moment as a giant forest fire threatens to engulf his area of this city michael kroger welcome to the kaiser report thank you so much for having max and yes it's true i want to prevent a commission notice of all my important stuff is packed up and i'm ready to roll at any minute then test it all right michael kroger barclays bank was just fine two hundred million dollars for rigging live or in europe bahrain it's a three hundred fifty trillion dollar market they were also asked by the cia to see to please stop doing that your thoughts yeah i mean this is this is a recurrent theme and i think there's there are two are two key things to to understand and notice with regard to the story the first is that the reason why this is so pervasive and becoming more pervasive by the day and work re just more aggressive the sort of manipulation of markets and the key rates that everything else is priced that are offered is because of the fact that the american and western imperialism empire that exists today in the world is maintained through two things one is north our forces we kn

on the recall, kroger flesh selections leafy romaine, kroger fresh selections greener supreme, and walmart market side leafy romaine. all of them have a use-by date of june 19th. dole says the veggies are at risk of listeria, a food born illness. but the company says there have been no reports of anyone getting sick. >>> a warning before you head outside. mosquitoes in northern virginia have tested positive for west nile virus. according to the washington examiner. prince william county officials say mosquitoes tested positive for the disease in wood binlg. they say they found four groups of mosquitos that also tested positive. maryland officials have not yet started testing mosquitoes. the west nile virus killed one person in maryland last year. symptoms include fever, headache, anausea. having such a warm-up so early on, we heard that the bugs were going to be worse than ever. and are bigger than ever. a lot of big bugso out there. >> sure sign of that, it feels more spring outside right now. >> incredible break here. just coming down the back hall. the back door was open and it felt lik

krogers came in and bought out the market. bought out shnooks. they have an area of influence in southern illinois they didn't have because they swapped stores with kroger. prices have gone up. there's not competition there. it's happening all over america. business is finding ways to work with each other to create monopolistic practices and take advantage of consumers and consumers are left off. it's what's happening. income inequality, purchasing ability inequality. the middle class. the consumer. they've got nowhere to go. the only hope and change they've got is with you and this administration. otherwise, big business is cutting them out. so i appreciate you looking into this monopolistic practices and looking after the consumer which i know you want to. >> our focus is on the protection of consumers. i think as i said, we've been aggressive. we put people to head that division who shared that attitude and as i said, i think they've done a fogood job. >> thank you. i yield back the proverbial remainder of my time when i have none. >> chair re

notice all my important stuff is packed up and ready to roll but i mean fantastic all right michael kroger barclays back. it was just fine two hundred million dollars for rigging live are in europe bahrain it's a three hundred fifty trillion dollar market they were also asked by the c.f.c. sea to please stop doing that your thoughts yeah i mean this is this is a recurring theme and i think there's there are two are two key things to do understand and notice with regard to the story the first is that the reason why this is so pervasive and becoming more pervasive by the day and work reaches and more aggressive as far as manipulation of markets and the key rates that everything else is priced that are offered is because of the fact that the american anglo western imperialism empire that exists today in the world is maintained through two things one is north a force as we know it the other is financial markets and therefore the government is more than happy to work with the financial oligarchy of the banks there's whatever you want to call them to rig the markets on purpose to maintain this a

kroger? the super market chain that gets organic besides whole foods. >> i always offer them unfi. they are the top distributor of natural organics to whole foods and they have safeway. unfi is responsible for distribution of the organics products through conventional grocery stores and independent chains. >> it will be very attractive to conventional grocery stores if they really want to start building out their space. >> we like the fresh market. sort of a miniwhole foods. do you like it? and is there a possible acquisition target? >> we definitely like the fresh market. they are benefitting from the same type of positive catalyst. i think our only concern with the fresh market is the california markets are going to be a new. . >> causing a bit of heartbreak but overall they are in the right space. as far as the acquisition party, i think that is a definite possibility. close to 100, 110 stores. they have got plenty of room to grow. i think there have been some analyst reports that have sug

kroger reported terrific results.f they're in good shape you've got to believe whole foods and fresh market are doing better. if i had to choose one it would be whole foods. think of fresh market as the little brother of whole foods. 116 stores, 21 states. primarily in the southeast, midwest and midatlantic. management thinks fresh market can expand to 500 locations in the united states. company is growing square footage by 15% a year. that's a healthy clip. in the latest quarter they saw same store sales increase over 8%. that's impress several. last week piper jaffrey upgraded the stock on the notion it has room to improve its margins in an environment where commodity costs are plummeting though corn was up because of bad weather. june 13 selling more than ten million shares at 50.50. after today's decline the stock is still up $1.50 on the trade. you're still making money. but the proceeds went to selling investors but a sign of strength after the horrendous pasting you made money on the secondary. however, whole f

the company is calling back more than 1,000 cases of kroger fresh selection greener supreme kroger leafy romaine and wal- mart marketside leafy row plain salad and the -- romaine salad and the concern is possible listeria caps. there's a use by date of june -- listeria contamination. there's a use by date of june 19th. the fda wants to make sure any remaining products are pulled from the stores. >>> this year's smithsonian's folklife festival is around the corner. it will feature more than just crafts, foods and demonstrations as daytime fun the 10 day festival is offering up a series of evening concerts on the mall. the festival starts wednesday and ends july 8th and the evening concerts start at 6 p.m. the folklife festival is centered on the mall between seventh and 14th streets. >>> we have an update on a local museum entering a major culinary competition. the smithsonian's national museum of the american indians native foods cafe. it's won a rammy for the restaurant association of metropolitan washington's award. crispy rabbit, grilled sweet corn and purple potato soup is on the sum

on the recall, kroger fresh selections leafy romaine, kroger fresh selections greener supreme, and walmart mart side leafy romaine. all of them have a use-by date of june 19th. dole says the veggies are at risk for listeria. food born illness but the company says there have been no reports of anybody getting sick. >>> if you're looking for a hotel for your summer get away, using an apple computer could cost you, according to the "wall street journal" travel website orbitz notice that mac users spend 30% more on a night. because of that orbitz is now steering apple owners toward costlier hotel options. the website confirms they are experimenting with showing different options to mac and pc users but they say they are not showing mac users the same rooms for higher prices. >>> you may not know it but if you have a facebook e-mail address, listen up. it's going to show up on your profile instead of the e-mail address you have on their there. the social network started changing all user profiles yesterday to show the facebook e-mail address. they say they announced the change in april but crit

on the recall, kroger fresh selections leafy romaine, kroger fresh selections greener supreme and walmart market side leafy romaine. they all have a use by date of june 1th. it's on the list of listeria food borne illness. there have not been any reports of anyone getting sick. >>> all adults should be screened for obesity. that's according to the u.s. preventive service task force. they say if your bmi results are above 30 you should be getting intense weight loss counseling. they say patients who attended 12 to 26 counseling sessions and changed their eating and exercise habits saw a significant improvement in their health. experts say they could not find medications that were effected without serious side effects. >>> the landscape of college football could change forever today. 12 university presidents will meet here in d.c. they're going to vote on a new playoff system for college football. they are expected to endhors plan. now, this new system would feature a four-team playoff that would rotate among six current bowl sites. there will also likely be four bowl games outside the play

franklin, kroger, obviously alternatives.really good funds on what those would be if we move forward with this design. >> to address that, we have heard about left turn removal. the 19th avenue, market street, they do not have left turns. what we looked at was the impact. in the near term, there is no additional impact. in the long term, we know that we need to watch it more closely. the thing about left turns was that it was proposed as traffic mitigation. it could actually slow down traffic even more. it became a rationale for choosing as well. we would be happy to follow up with you. supervisor avalos: supervisor avaloi have about five cards tht will call first. [read the nam[le reads names] >> one important thing is the demographics. if you look at the demographics of san francisco, you will find out that the majority of the people are serious. and whenever model we choose, we have to be very, very sensitive how the seniors will be accommodated. so, you did not say anything about having humps every two blocks, or however

obligations to the continued revitalization of that property and the legal and bay shore commercial kroger recorder. i have two questions with regard to that. the first, i am wondering how we can get the city of san francisco, whether it is through the planning department or the office of economic development to appoint a project manager to get them to continue to be the liaison between the developer and this city and community, which is overwhelmingly supportive of the redevelopment project, unlike projects elsewhere. additionally, i am curious as to the strategy the mayor's office has for the continued revitalization of the leland bayshore commercial corridor. i will leave you with those questions. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, supervisors. i want to thank you all for your public service and taking the time to come to the neighborhood today. i am a resident of district 11, and i wanted to start off -- i know the creation of job opportunities is one of the number one priority is for our city if fenestration. i wanted to make sure every day people are involved in those conversatio

that's $5.99 at kroger's. i've tried it before, and we'll see. mmm! mmm, the cheese is good.auce is good too. mm, well, it's definitely a buy. eugenio's four cheese frozen pizza-- a buy. see you next time. - ♪ i'm as high as hell ♪ and you're about to get shot ♪ >> the u.s. open course is posing a challenge to more than just the coaches. a surprising exchange between the president and a reporter that no one saw coming. >> i didn't ask for an argument. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> i'm raj mathai and we are beginning late because of the giants game. it's one of the most notorious kidnapping cases. a group of masked men took a bus load of children hostage and hid them in a livermore quarry. >> one of the men is about to be released from prison and only o nbc bay area jody hernandez talks to the man's brother. >> they were young and they had no idea the impact would be on the families. the kids themselves and their families. >> after spending 35 years behind bars for committing one of the state's most high profile kidnappings, 57-year-old richard shown felled is about to

it's latest competitor will be supermarket chain kroger. it's the biggest grocery store chain in the u.s., and planning its own store-branded single serve coffee for green mountain's keurig brewers. in our exchange traded fund market flash, red across the board. the smallest stocks saw the biggest drop among the five most actively traded funds. the russell 2000 e.t.f. fell 2.2%. and that's tonight's "market focus." tses in the next three weeks the u.s. sprem court is due to pass judgement on the access to health care act in the so-called health reform law. that's the word on the street decision. joe deaux is with us. as we await this decision how should investor as approach the stocks -- >> investors can expect one of two decisions to come down. one the supreme court is going to strike down obama care entirely or it is just going to uphold the whole thing. most of the republicans and democrats and law professors i've spoken to said that they are not going to legislate from the bench, as they call it, and strike down one part. >> tom: so it

and we will be able to not bring those people back because the appeals or kroger's -- go drastically down. supervisor chu: with regards to the outstanding cases, it has. up to a very high level. typically, the city has experienced some more like 1000 or 2,000 or so of those cases. for the city, do we create a reserve generally for a situation where we have outstanding appeals pending? >> yes, the controller's office has set aside about a $40 million reserve in the past. i think it was increased going into this year. monique could probably speak much better about appeared we work very closely with the office to identify what is in the pipeline, what we think might be the approximate -- a very general reductions in value, but there's always a set- aside, in particular for the commercial property. supervisor chu: for c theontr -- for the controller's office, can you speak to what we generally do for appeals cases overall? >> members, monique from the controller's office. we do set aside reserves based on appeals. we look at what the latest appeals of bent and we project those amounts --

super market chain kroger reported stronger than expected earnings and raised its forecast. shares were up 6%, but pork producer smithfield fell almost 6% after a disappointing quarter. in our exchange traded fund market flash, all five of the most actively traded e.t.f.s were higher, led up the financial sector fund, up 1.2%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: tonight, we continue our week long series on small business with one that's been brewing in manhattan. "joe" is a small and thriving chain of gourmet coffee shops, where a great cup of joe is the priority. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: jonathan rubinstein loves coffee, the taste, the smell, and the sound. so much so that he did what many people might think impossible: start a successful chain of coffee bars in new york city. when he opened the first "joe" here in the west village in 2003, there was only one competitor, albeit a big one. >> in my opinion starbucks is great and certainly back then it was pretty well received by new yorkers, but i thought that we could do something better and i thought

: a federal agent in the attorney jen al's office who fought organized crime and the top cop for kroger's, the top grocery chain. thieves know the punishment won't fit the crime. if caught the charge may be shoplifting. >> it is very high reward and very low risk. they have a shopping list and they know specifically where to go in the store. >> reporter: in seconds brand name products are piled into bags, daring thieves stuffing their socks. but lapd detective, kent otis says tactics can beep sophisticated. >> retail crime crews go in there and literally steal $10,000 of product in one single day. they may have five to seven people working in their crew. they can go hit multiple locations. in the end the stolen products are resold on the street and increasingly online. a bottle of tide thick lice costs $11 here in the store. on the black market we found it for as little as $1. it is a huge loss for retailers, one that is ultimately passed along in hypigher prices. >> the cost of theft and crime are passed down. >> reporter: shoppers are now finding cosmetics, infant formula and razors, un

the $45 million project will have a ross door, and market, they are a part of the kroger supermarket chain. the 13.5 a. commercial mixed use project will be located west of interstate 580 in southeast oakland. construction is scheduled to begin immediately and will be completed by early 2013. >>pam: state lawmakers have approved the state budget on time. passing a budget before tonight's midnight deadline means that lawmakers will not be docked pay for each day that the budget is late. >> lawmakers passed the main budget bill, controversial bills like fighting for the high-speed rail and eligibility rules for welfare will be hashed >> there have been a series of home break-ins in concord. and in the past seven days. three of them your money in a boulevard. it is a pattern. to solve one of these burglaries occurred during the day. >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam. a very hazy picture. stagnant air over the bay area. we will have hot conditions this weekends. it was fairly warm, especially away from the coastline. temperatures in the '80s in our inland vall