that the statement of tory farms of new york and the statement of dale forman, chairman of the apple association be included in the record as well. without objection, so ordered. we have a distinguished panel of witnesses today. we are fortunate that we got our votes done so we can be uninterrupted now before members might have to return to districts. each of the witnesses with statements will be evenntered i the record. i ask that you summarize in five minutes or less. we have the beautiful timing devices. when the light switches from green to yellow, you have one minute. when it switches to red, it signals the time has expired. we are not as precise as the supreme court is. if you had an opportunity to argue before the supreme court, when the red light comes on, you are to stop in mid sentence. we don't do that here. we would like you to try and follow that five minutes as much as possible. let me introduce the witnesses. mr. gary black. he is the commissioner of the georgia department of agriculture. he started with the georgia farm bureau. later served as coordinator as the state young farme

apple association be included in the record as well. without objection, so ordered. we have a distinguished panel of witnesses today. we are fortunate that we got our votes done so we can be uninterrupted now before members might have to return to districts. each of the witnesses written statements will be entered fwht record in their entirety. i ask each of you to summarize his testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that, we have those beautiful timing devices next to you. when the light switches from green to yellow, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. when it switches to red, it signals the time has expired. we're not as difficult -- i wouldn't say difficult, we're not as precise as the supreme court is. if you had an opportunity to argue before the supreme court, you are instructed that

apple is now working with the nonprofiteer labor association, auditing apple practices and make it findings public. >> and an east bay man will be getting a kidney transplant after all despite his immigration status. the undocumented immigrant from mexico learned ucsf now says it will perform that procedure. university of california san francisco had denied the operation because of concerns his immigration status might fek his financial stability. during a tuesday meeting officials said it was all just a misunderstanding and they're working with him to ensure he can pay the long term care. >> this is great. i feel like i'm going to be able to enjoy being with my daughter. >> 140,000 people signed a petition in support of change.org and he has to wait six months to reach the top of the list, however. >> san quentin president john not on lock down tonight despite a fight involving up to 200 inmates starting in the exercise yard, sent one inmate to the hospital. several others were injured in this scuffle. officials say the fight is under investigation and san quentin is on a modified program

meanwhile, back in the apple lines of shenzhen, the fair labor association audit continues. >> they reallyff out. >> reporter: apple paid $250,000 to join this group. and apple is paying for this audit, making critics worry about a conflict of interest. but the fla insists that when they publish this report, any whitewash will be obvious. what are you looking for? behavior traits? physical characteristics? what? >> definitely. one of them is workers make -- will they look up even. we come in here. we're outsiders. we're an object of curiosity. and i want to know, can they express that curiosity. can they steal a glance? i've gone into facilities where people won't look up. they're really intimidated. >> reporter: i'm bill. since apple encouraged us to approach anyone on their lines, we did. what goes through your mind when you do the same thing over? we met people on and off the factory complex. did you move here for this job? on and off the record. you can be honest. and it became quickly obvious, that a strange american with a camera crew only gets so much candor. if there was one thing

. >> apple is working with a nonprofit fair labor association auditing apple practices and make findings public. apple is the first electronics company to do this. leaders say they try to improve supplier responsibility and improve working conditions in china. >> there is a lot more still to come tonight. up next we're live where police and firefighters unions filed an ethics complaint against the mayor. >> a bay area hospital has a change of heart becoming a life and death matter for one undocumented immigrant who needs a transplant. >> my investigation into the popular bumbo baby seat led to a recall, now, more children are getting hurt. coming up an update and a warning to parents. >>> details about the opposition charged with shooting and wounding a federal officer in newark. court documents show dennis bagwell had a near obsession with the agent's wife, she met bagwell a few months ago where he was an instructor. the director said he didn't notice anything unusual. >> she was a student about six, eight months ago. i never saw anything of this nature. and... i find it improbable that

. >> apple is working with a nonprofit fair labor association auditing the practices and make its findings public. apple is the first company to do this. and the fair labor association worked with food wear companies but believes it has ability to improve worker conditions in china. >> take a look at the weather. it's spectacular today. >> amazing stuff. >> and there is mild high temperatures up around 70 degrees in spots. and this evening, partly cloudy skies, clouds overnight and there is light scattered showers, and then then, throughout afternoon we'll have scattered showers and so there is a winter like day. highs ranging from 58 into mildest coastal areas to low 60s into warmest locations inland and that is just the beginning of a pattern sell seteling in for several days. more details in the accu-weather forecast. >> thank you. >> and next at 4:00 efforts to clean up military mess halls. >> research helping you breathe easier. >> and the real estate market could see a huge boom thanks to facebook's new millionaires. >> checking healthy living news america's obesity problem is spread

so, after years of monitoring suppliers themselves, apple joined the fair labor association last month, and asked them to examine working conditions at foxconn and publish the findings. and they invited us along. for the record, our parent company, disney, has strong ties with apple. our ceo sits on the apple board. and the steve jobs trust owns the majority of disney stock. but we promised to report whatever we found. if you can improve one thing about your job, what would it be? we're all here to work. so, we naturally want better pay and benefits, she says. what do you want the people who end up buying this to know about you? i want them to know me, she says. i want them to know we put a lot of effort in this product. so, when they use this, please use it with care. she was very sweet. the results of that fla audit should be out in a couple weeks. of course, we'll have every detail. >> what do you think when you look at your ipad? >> reporter: i hear that automative voice, that you hear on the line, okay. okay. hundreds of thousands of times. i think about her, not having seen one o

apple chinese supplier. findings expected next month from the fair labor association, group that advocates for improving labor practices. >>> well in the mean time apple now the most valuable company on the planet. silicon valley hottest company is doing it again today, too. setting a new stock market milestone. apple stock was up 9 points today closing for the first time above 500 dollars a share. corina reports from palo alto tonight where a lot of people still see the stock going even higher. >>reporter: it may raining but people who own apple stock are smiling even laughing. >> i believe it was about 15 at that time. >>reporter: at 502 dollars apple stock is setting a new record and still giving financial advisors trons like it. >> what i am more interested in is the quality of apple earnings compared to the current price and from that standpoint still a relatively well valued company. >>reporter: with the popularity of i pad and i phones apple revenue are up 73 percent from a year ago and the soaring stock price reflecting that phenomenal growth. up 40 percent since last february and gaining 500 percent

apple is working with the non-profit fair labor association which will audit apple practices and make the findings public. >>> uc sf medical center reviersed course new and says it will perform a life saving operation on an undocumented immigrant. jesus had private insurance an was in line to get the operation but uc san francisco denied the procedure because of concerns his immigration status might affect his financial stability. but during a tuesday meeting uc sf officials said it was all just a misunderstanding and they are working with him now to ensure he can pay for the long-term care. he still has to wait 6 months to reach the top of the kidney donor list. >>> all right let's focus on the forecast. almost the weekend. spencer is here and spring like weather is over for the time being. >> for the time being. soon be just a distant memory but let's keep it in manipulated for tonight. it was so wonderful. live view from the high definition view the camera looking out over san francisco. on a partly cloudy mainly clear night but cloud will continue to thicken during the overnight h

apple's asked the fair labor association to independently investigate two foxconn factories.he ceo of the fair labor association doesn't believe that f foxconn is operating a sweat shop. >> it's interesting to see those report that is maybe they're looking at apple, at a tablet with a smaller screen, something that i assume steve jobs was dead against effectively. that was one of his big things, was it not? >> reporter: he was very publicly against it. the rumor is that apple is shopping around an eight-inch design. the current size is about 9.7 inches. eight inches wouldn't be that much cheaper. apple said they're not feeling a lot of pressure from the kindle fire, for instance. this could be a bit of misdirection. a lot of apple insiders don't think this eight-inch thing is going to happen. >> jon, thank you. jon fortt in san jose. >>> bank of america shares getting hit very hard on the back of a downgrade today by citi. b of a cut to neutral. but get this -- it's the best performer on the dow so far this year. and here's something you may not know. on any normal day, b of

association, it's said to be independent. but i gather there's already critics, people who have called into question these practices and called apple to task, taken them to task. they're aeady queioning whether this association is as independent, whether something strong will come out of this. >> i think the f.l.a. is probably known to be as independent as and as well known and as influential as any of the groups i've come across. before this basically the tech industry really was policing itself. it created a code of conduct back in 2004, i believe, where they said these are the kinds of things we don't want to happen in the plants of our suppliers. but there wasn't very much teeth in it. you know, they couldn't... companies were on their own to decide what to do about it. and the fact of the matter is very few of these big contracting firms lost any business. because of any violations. so i think, you know, there's a couple of things here. as i say, the f.l.a. is is probably a big step up in terms of having a watchdog. also, apple has clout that no other company does. it gets 21% of its $60 billion in annual revenue from apple. s

. >>> apple suppliers in china opened their factories to the fair labor association. e group began their inspections where hundreds of thousands work on i pads and other apple products. they will interview them about working in conditions at the factories and then report back to apple. >>> united continental airlines has an unusual proposition for its frequent flier. it will exchange it for miles on its frequent flier program. they will accept it from 60 major retailers including target and starbucks. >>> slamming the bay area basketball players, they are the hottest players in the nba and who is saying jeremy lynn is good and not that good and the reason why. >>> plus pg&e, why this gift is driving its crews and customers crazy. . >>> welcome back, boxer employed marybeth they are has the latest and he believes he is getting attention because of his race, not his play. jeremy lynn is a good player but all the hype is because he is asian. palo alto native lynn is the first player of chinese descent to play in the nba. >>> and giants fan bryan stow celebrated his birthd

apples -- go natural. >> the juice products association has disputed the accuracy of the consumer reports' test.e bill passes, the fda would have two years to establish the new standards. >>> and getting the cold hard facts about your health condition is not always so easy. more than half the doctors participating in the study say they will often sugar coat a diagnosis. some have even said they lied to a patient. the lead researcher said they are trying to give people hope, and said that the survey shows that 20% of doctors say they have not fullle disclosed a medical mistake for fear of being sued. >>> and a ban to stop residents from slaughtering animals at their homes got new support. the bill should also include a ban against home slaughter, some say. only three of the five city council members were at the monday meeting. two of the members sided against the ban. so now the city staff will not go forward with developing a ban. instead they plan to monitor the impacts of the new law and report back if there are any problems. >>> the roar of the ocean, but scientists today said it is ship nois

apple suppliers in china the once-over by the fair labor association. ights period of times are in china doing voluntary audits at suppliers to apple all this according to apple which says the inspect s are happening at its request. work conditions making -- making apple pars in particular have come under scrutiny after a series of suicide there is. -- i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >>> we are following breaks news out of hayward. police investigating discovery of a man's body on a sidewalk near 7th and c streets. investigators are not releasing details. they've blocked off several streets in that area. near 7th and c streets. we have a crew on the way we'll bring more during "good morning america". >>> mike you are were telling us about the -- rainfall totals how did they look? press sieve in some areas not so much in others you have to go to the north bay to see maybe a quarter to a third of an inch. we are going to get pelted with light showers that are moving quickly. 6:50 this morning, a little sunshine we talked about is starting to develop in betw

products are made z apple announced today it has the fair labor association to start conducting special audits of suppliers and that brought demonstrateors to the aloe alto store. >> maybe they're responding to public outcry. and they made a start. and it's in their best interests to do this. >> and as stock climbs, apple clouds have a silver lining. >> next quarter, i can see going to 600 even after that. >> you're going to buy? >> i think i'm going to buy. for sure. >> and there is a new ipad product suspected out. many say that apple evaluation could hit half a trillion dollars very soon. in palo alto abc 7 news. >> that is incredible, stu tu very much. >> still ahead all systems are go for a closure this weekend but it depends on weather. what happened if it rains? >> i may have the answer to that. and looking live shows showers tapering off and there may be more by the end of the week. >> lgs here tonight students making an appeal for the return of affirmative action to the uc system. >> later, michael finney dives into action to correct an overcharge. >> closed captioning brought

apple. the reuters news agency says an agency known as the fair labor association has visited the complex as part of an investigation into working conditions at the plant. the fla is a nonprofit organization and says it was set up to improve working conditions in factories. apple commissioned the fla's orders after reports of employee suicides and inhumane working conditions at fox koconn which makes apple ipads. in an interview following the visit, he said, quote, the facilities are first-class. the conditions are way, way above average of the norm. critics of the fair labor association have questioned its partial funding by companies and, therefore, its very independence. some say it's merely a reporting agency that doesn't assume responsibility for implementing any changes or improvements in standards. cnn will be speaking with the fla president a little later this thursday. you can watch that interview on news stream. tune in from 8:00 a.m. eastern standard time, 9:00 p.m. here in hong kong. nina? >>> andrew, the world bank president says he is resigning. he will be stepping down when hi

apple revealed a list of suppliers for the first time amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices. fair labor association group that advocates for improving labor practices is conning this audit. work conditions first came unscrutiny after a rash of workers' suicides. the findings are expected in early march. >>> apple's stock rose above $500 a share today for the first time ever. the latest step in a boom that began more than two weeks ago when the cupertino reported taggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter. currently the most valuable company in the world. market value now estimated at 465 billion dollars. >>> we are less than two weeks away from oscar sunday. you can get in on all the action now at oscar.com. predict the winners and get the latest buzz ahead of the show on oscar.com. >> you can done load our oscar app for iphones and ipads get livid yes from the red carpet and backstage. oscars are sunday february 26th, right here on abc7. >>> coming up at 4:00, have cheesecake instead of cheerios, bring it on. it could work. at 5, golden gate park neighbors sounding off on big events. will

apple revealed a list of suppliers for the first time amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices. fair labor associationroup that advocates for improving labor practices is conning this audit. work conditions first came unscrutiny after a rash of workers' suicides. the findings are expected in early march. >>> apple's stock rose above $500 a share today for the first time ever. the latest step in a boom that began more than two weeks ago when the cupertino reported taggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter. currently the most valuable company in the world. market value now estimated at 465 billion dollars. >>> we are less than two weeks away from oscar sunday. you can get in on all the action now at oscar.com. predict the winners and get the latest buzz ahead of the show on oscar.com. >> you can done load our oscar app for iphones and ipads get livid yes from the red carpet and backstage. oscars are sunday february 26th, right here on abc7. -- we'll be you can see n there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ]

apple. put up some of the semiconductor stocks that are associated with apple and the ipad.ves in some of these groups here. the important thing, apple is at a new high. look at sandisk. broadcom makes chips that control the touch screen. cirrus makes the audio logic chip in that. lg display. they make the display. lcd systems here. a couple other companies around here, like win tech that makes the specific part of the touchscreen. nice move for all of these particular stocks. elsewhere, very choppy economic news today. i think that's part of the problem. one of the reasons we're having trouble moving things forward. take a look at how choppy this news has been. we've got durable goods. that's been a big disappointment. home prices were on the weak side. then we had consumer confidence. that's a good number. best we've seen in a year for consumer confidence. the richmond fed, expansion continues there. that's what i mean by choppy economic news here. some good news, some bad news. let's take a look at some other things going on. the vix. i've been asked repeatedly why the vi

so when if apple were successful in a television, had 10% share and of that market and had commissions associated with that content, it's still a relatively small part of apple's earnings contribution going forward. >> but tony, the part i was making there was that when they disintermediate they'll take a toll for everything that goes up on the screens i believe. >> absolutely. >> so that's the real number here that we're looking at the not the global sales of televisions, flat screens and so forth but the spiff for the subscriptions. >> it is, but i would -- i don't think we're at the point yet where an apple television, whether it's standalone, integrated television or whether it's apple tv type box has enough disintermediated ala carte content to displace cable. ala carte purchase content will be complimentary but we don't have the industry lined up or close to lined up to enable that on a go forward basis, and until we do, apple and others are still going to be reliant on getting that package of content from cable companies. i think we're still a ways off on that. >> let me get some other tra

apple gave access at the same time the fair labor association began doing an audit. the executive director of the international forum on globalization believes this scrutiny they are getting may produce change at same time workers are becoming. >> there is a growing political pressure people who want better working conditions. not just better wages but be treated more safely. >> another san francisco watch dog group, chinese progressive association also sees building pressure from consumer autos there has been a deeper consciousness in the country in the u.s also... in china and i think that workers understand rights in a better way. >> couple holds its meeting in cupertino giving abc news access it could soften criticism. and the workers also assemble electronics for hp, dell and microsoft. >> thank you very much. great insight having been to china many, many times, night line looks. >> tonight stocks missed a mark. dow jones crossed 13,000 twice today, but only for a few minutes. concern helped the dow gain 15 points. few tours rose more than $105 a barrel. comcast

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illegal surveillance scandal erupted in the big apple after police officers were caught spying on mosques and muslim communities according to the associated press thousands were under surveillance with no evidence or even allegations of criminal behavior we have to keep this country safe this is a dangerous place many of the us hear that with america's escalating definition of suspicious activity the governments expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security. artsy new york. this is r t coming to live from moscow and coming up in the next few minutes eighteen controversy. do you want to be to the equal india doesn't want to be treated any more as of the future being towed by mother how to do things in a fancy manning the ins and angers most britons but london's aids to new delhi keeps flowing anyway find out why shortly on our team. now take a look at some other stories from around the world police in full riot gear have removed occupy london tans outside st paul's cathedral this came after the high court gave the green light to clear the protest site the addiction was reported this peaceful demonstrators inspired by th

illegal surveillance scandal erupted in the big apple after police officers were caught spying on mosques and muslim communities according to the associated press thousands were under surveillance with no evidence or even allegations of criminal behavior we have to keep this country safe this is a dangerous place many in the u.s. fear that with america's escalating definition of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security. r.t. new york. all right in about five minutes time is the business news but for now the oxy world update some of the global headlines in brief will start with pakistan a gunman opened fire on a bus in the northern part of the country killing eighteen injuring seven the victims were from the country's minority shia community the happened in amount district dominated by sea. bready the taliban has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a chemical plant in northern china has left thirteen dead and about forty others injured the blast flattened nearby buildings and shattered windows and surrounding houses tremors caused by the incident could be felt in several

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associated job creation. >> the governor's office says the final draft of the bill is still in the works. another new apple is grabbing the attention of maryland voters. it would allow a casino to be built in prince george's county and what allowed table games like blackjack in all maryland casinos. one democrat estimates that it would increase the amount of money earned by casino operators. voters would have to approve a table games and the new casino location in november. another tuesday, another chance for republicans to cast ballots in the gop race in the white house. colorado and minnesota today. kate amara is in washington. >> today's republican face-off is a fight over social conservatives. another grab for gop delegates, with caucuses in colorado and minnesota today. >> sounds to me like the cause of liberty is alive and well in minnesota. >> it is a chance for mitt romney to solidify his front- runner status. >> this president was elected to lead. he decided to follow. it is is time to get out of the way. >> it is also an opportunity for rick santorum tries. >> i am encouraged that we will do bett

associates, neighbors and friends. more than 100 questions concerning his ethics and morality and that his success that apple gave him a lot of power which cost him at times to lose sight of honesty and integrity. several said he would distort the truth at times to get his way. in the commencement speech at stanford university, jobs and spare graduate school after their goals at all costs. >> i started apple in my parents garage when i was 20. we worked hard and in 10 years it has grown into it $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. we just released our finest creation, the macintosh. and i just turned 30, and then i got fired. how can you get tired, companies started quick. >> one good friend told jobs he alienated of large number of people at apple because of his ambition and because he could be dismissive. jobs confessed to his own shortcomings. >> i'm also one of those people who doesn't know care about being right, i just care about success. >> others interviewed by the vi praised jobs, even those who revealed his darkside said jobs would do well as the presidential appointee on the export council. he had th

apple also joined the safe working association. here in the united states, why china is getting all of that manufacturing business. cnn's jim clancy takes a look at how "made in the usa" gets in the way of profits. >> reporter: we're advised that no matter where you're doing business around the globe, the factory floor is in china. as outsourcing and relocations continue a pace, europe and the u.s. are losing jobs. >> we have a huge opportunity at this moment to bring manufacturing back. my message to business leaders is simple. ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country. >> reporter: apple's late founder, steve jobs, met with president obama last year and put it bluntly. american manufacturing jobs are not coming back. workplace wisdom. when it comes to profits, patriotism cannot compete. corporations contend it's not all about profits, either. experts say the u.s. doesn't train enough people for mid-level jobs, those between a high school diploma and a college degree. many manufacturers have concluded that

apple as been facing scrutiny over conditions at it's supplier factories in china. a team of independent inspectors said it found tons of issues with fox con a plant. the fair labor association says it plans to release more information incoming weeks and inspectors do still have to interview 35,000 employees. apple will have a chance to contest or agree steps to prevent further labor violations. apple says inskbrorkts have been given full, unrestricted access. things are looking up in the semi conductor business. applied terms is boosting profit forecast as it's customers step up spending to ensure they can meet demand for chips used in smart phones, and other mobile devices. all of this signaling the makers are pulling out of a slump. different picture for foste foster-city based gilliad sciences, this is because some patients using experimental medicine for hepatitis c relapses within four weeks after they stopped taking the drug. drug companies have been scrambling to come up with a treatment for the virus which is carried by 170 million people. world wide. as for trading today s and p now sitting in a three-year high on optimism greece will get that second big bailout. y