than pop music and hollywood celebs so when wal-mart held its annual shareholders meeting in fayetteville arkansas it was like the perfect storm for me and for the fourteen thousand wal-mart employees that attended the event featured special in-house performances by a world winning artist like jennifer hudson kelly clarkson and john legend and in a surprise twist heartthrob actor hugh jackman graced stage and spoke very sincerely about a very important subject how awesome wal-mart is but just when you thought it couldn't get any better guess who showed up the maverick himself tom cruise oh yeah baby tom cruise one of those overpaid hollywood celebrities took to the wal-mart stage to speak about why he loves the company so much. so that you have going here is really like no other company i'm sure you all know this but it is

for "nightly business report," i'm mary thompson in fayetteville, arkansas. >>> well, from walmart toy, we'll show you what the retailer is doing to try to stem the tide of slowing sales a little later in the program. >>> president obama is in the california desert today, meeting with china's new president, and it's a meeting some experts say could help define relations between the two countries for years to come. the agenda is broad. it's a chance for the two leaders to get to know each other and to discuss everything from security to the economy, and it was met, of course, with some protesters. one key item, cybersecurity and the threats to u.s. businesses from china. >> the president's meeting near silicon valley, home to the world's biggest internet companies comes amid reports that the government is tapping directly into the servers of companies like google, apple, yahoo, and even facebook as part of its sweeping surveillance program. just yesterday it was revealed that the national security agency has been collecting verizon phone records on millions of u.s. citizens. eamon jave

fayetteville, arkansas. walmart, the largest private employer in the u.s. and mexico, holds its annual shareholders meeting. this year's meeting which was held on friday featured hugh jackman, not as the main event but as the emcee warmup act to introduce the surprise guest. >> there is no way in the world you do not know this guy. and he's here this morning. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tom cruise. >> what this company does is it's using its size and scale to improve women's lives across the world. you know, i've wanted to come here for this thing for quite some time, actually, because the culture that you have going here is really like no other. you know? >> and tom cruise international movie star began speaking like the head of diversity and human resources. >> what this company does is it's using its size and scale to improve women's lives across the world. it's very clear that women make a difference to this company. >> #shameless. what tom cruise left out of his testimonial is the widespread nature of walmart's alleged discrimination against i

fayetteville, arkansas. the largest private employer in the u.s.nnual shareholders meeting. he was the warm-up act to introduce the surprise guest. >> there is no way in the world you do not know this guy, and he is here this morning. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tom cruise! >> what this company does, it's using its size and scale to improve women's lives across the world. i've wanted to come here for this thing for quite some time actually because the culture that you have here is really like no other, you know. >> then tom cruise, international movie star, began speaking like the head the diversity and human resources. >> this company is using its size and scale to improve women's lives across the world. and it's very clear that women make a difference to this company. >> hash tag shameless. but what tom cruise left out of his testimonial is the widespread nature of walmart's alleged discrimination against its female employees. >> walmart, a company of 1.4 million employed in the u.s. heads to the supreme court tomorrow brought there by s

♪ >>> walmart holding its shareholder meeting in fayetteville, arkansas.rt annual meeting kicking off just moments ago. getting the investors all excited. people laughing, clapping, dancing, et cetera. a lot of excitement in the arena right over my shoulder. a big event. it occurred here in fayetteville. performance by elton john, luke bryant. they come here to arkansas for this week long celebration. selected by their peers and telling us it's a big honor. >> you get to be part of this is a big deal. it's nice. >> 100 protesters at the meeting. >> this week the attention centers on the stars on the stage. walmart has been talking with business, investors as well as the press. yesterday a executives talking with the media about some of the company's initiatives. e-commerce is its growth engine. again, this is an area that they are investing in heavily and expect to see very strong returns. on the international front, they talked about lengthening deals with suppliers. they don't want them subcontracting. that could lead to problems as far as safety conditi