into a 24-hour wal-mart parking lot. when it was over a wal-mart worker was found shot. >> the suspect demanded money from the business. that employee complied. >> reporter: the robber best the store with cash but he wasn't done. >> the suspect walked or forced the victim out to the parking lot area, the second portion of this incident where he shot for unknown reasons and left the area. >> this is terrible. >> reporter: nine minutes later and a few blocks away on hammerstone road police found a car burning. investigators believe whoever stole the car is the robber. people who shop there many teams have trouble believing this would happen. >> this is a family store. you wouldn't think something like that who happen. it's getting crazy everywhere. >> reporter: the employee was taken to the hospital. he is expected to survive. in laurel, don harrison, abc2 news. >> anyone with information is asked to call 410-222-3432. >>> a carroll county teenager has died after a two car crash in finksburg. a car driven by 18-year-old ni

wal-mart. this is a 24 hour wal-mart.e tell us that the victim was found in the parking lot with a gun shot wound to the upper body. they believe it was probably a robbery. they say that the suspect only had been described as a white male. that's all they know at this point. they are still trying to figure out what happened. they don't know if there were security cameras here. we know that the public information officers are still trying to meet with the criminal investigations division to put the pieces together to give us more information. but again, we do know the man is expected to be okay. not life threatening injuries. again, what appears to be a robbery. 4:17 in the morning here at the 24 hour wal-mart. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. >> all right. thank you very much. meanwhile, we go to another early morning shooting. this one proved to be fatal. police say a man was found lying on 27th street at about 5:00 this morning. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no word on a

hour. wal-mart is offering in stock guaranteed from 10:00 to 1:00 p.m. thanksgiving night.v for $148, an a blue player for $38. that is regular retail price but you get a $75 gift card as a bonus if the items sell out they will give them a voucher and guarantee they can pick them up before christmas. >> all black friday sales, a walmart if if you are in the store for that hour, you will be able to get this deal. >> michael runs the website where he tracks all the black friday deals. one of the top picks, k-mart is selling this lcdtv for just 97 dollars. for a bigger set at rock bottom price, check this out this television for $179 at best buy. regular price at the store, $419. also best buy, laptop at $190 less than half the retail price. if you want a more advanced low priced laptop, they recommend one from dell. >> if you can spend a hundred dollars more, get 14 inch laptop. it's got a better processor and more memory. >> at $300 that is half off of dell's price and you don't have to wait in line to get one. they are selling this vacuum for $249, but you have to be member

that's when police got the call about a man shot in the 24 hour wal-mart parking lot near the home and living section. police say the suspect wore a mask and sounds like he knew what he was doing. >> treating this with a commercial armed robbery. entered the business. demanded money. ultimately retrieved an undisclosed amount of money. unclear why. but appears there was an incident with this individual being the store employee where the suspect shot the store employee in the upper body. >> that wal-mart employee is not clear. we had heard some reports that employee could have been the store manager but police have not been able to confirm tt nor any representatives from wal-mart. that person is expected to survive those injuries even though it sounds serious. they say the injuries are serious but nonlife threatening. there is apparently a second scene. there was a car that police say was found not far from here that was fully engulfed in flames. at this point they are treating that as possibly the vehicle that the suspect fled in. but we don't have confirmation at this point. but feel

families and had no choice because wal-mart doesn't give you days off that wal-mart doesn't give that kind of paid vacation and they make eight dollars and eighty two cents an hour on the average we went to wal-mart wal-mart in my district in orlando and we gave them dinner we gave them pack a bag of brown paper bag inside was a turkey sandwich because it was thanksgiving and a bag of chips because everybody deserves a snack and a letter explaining their rights organize and that was considered a crime by wal-mart they well not a crime but they weren't happy and they asked us to leave so we left home so that in the mean time we showed the workers two things first of all the information that letter conveyed to them what their rights are wal-mart tries to keep from the dark and intimidate those workers who do exercise their rights in orlando they had a worker led out in handcuffs. recently well for exercising his rights and secondly we show them that they're not alone you know if a congressman shows up and says i care enough about you to be here on thanksgiving with you instead of my own family i think that convey something important it does conveys a a lot that's

. >>> some richmond and el cerrito residents are relieved to hear that a 24-hour wal-mart grocery store is not coming to their neighborhood. a grocery outlet store will go there instead on the san pablo property. the grocery outlet store will close at 9 p.m. >>> this afternoon, a bankruptcy judge in new york approved hostess's plan to shut down. that means twinkies and many other famous brands are headed for the auction block. hostess failed to work out a contract deal with its thousands of employees. the judge called for a quick and orderly shutdown so that other companies can move fast to buy rights to buy some of the famous products offered by hostess. during its 82-year history hostess survived the great depression, several wars and countless low-carb diet fadz. >>> facebook is considering putting an end to its practice of letting users photo on changes to its privacy policies. the company said the voting system has become ineffective. facebook says it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates and will notify users of significant changes to its privacy policy. facebook

john: 295 wal-mart's hit by hurricane sandy there were open within 24 hours. impressive. >> wal-mart is the practice because they are really good at moving resources. they do that every day. they get resources into place and get them up running again. >> i agree. i a read his steady but in a complete disaster and a complete failure of fema wal-mart step did all so home depot could deliver hard goods. but look at the comprehensive things delivering water, to a paper is one particular aspect. there are security and safety aspects. look at the york with flooding of new jersey, new york, toxins are released in the water. that is not what qualified to do as wal-mart purpose of the house to tell wal-mart where to go. >> they don't. wal-mart knew where there stores were damaged. john: what about the police? >> there is a difference between the two. disaster response is most the effective locally. no doubt those who have local knowledge are the best first responders. fema is a bureaucracy in washington doee not understand as well the needs from local community. >> your

john: 295 wal-mart's hit by hurricane sandy there were open within 24 hours. impressive. >> wal-mart is the practice because they are reallygood at moving resources. they do that every day. they get resources into place and get them up running again. >> i agree. i a read his steady but in a complete disaster and a complete failure of fema wal-mart step did all so home depot could deliver hard goods. but look at the comprehensive thins delivering water, to a paper is one particular aspect. there are security and safety aspects. look at the york with flooding of new jersey, new york, toxins are released in the water. that is not what qualified to do as wal-mart purpose of the house tell wal-mart where to go. >> they don't. wal-mart knew where there stores were damaged. john: hat about the police? >> there is a difference between the two. disaster response is most the effective locally. no doubt those who he local knowledge are the best first responders. fema is a bureaucracy in washington doee not understand as well the needs from local community. >> your study w

wal-mart and sears both opening the stores at 8:00 p.m. thanks giving day. 2 hours earlier than last year for wal-mart. eight hours earlier for sears. black friday has been the traditional super discount day to the attract holiday shopper shoppers. high end discount stores at the mall in livermore drew huge crowd on this opening day. sky 7 hd flew overhead tonight. you can see how heavy the traffic was on 5 80 heading that the mall just before six this evening. maul predicts as many as 140,000 customers will come through the doors this weekend. >> a lot tonight it looks like. >> as we continue tonight. group of bay area resident has given up on america as we know it an has formed their own government. >> sounds incredible. l we managed to get inside one of their meetings and dan is here now with the investigation. >>reporter: this group is waiting for the collapse of the u.s. government. the members are serious. even taken symbolic blood oath. up next. how they live outside the law as they make plans to take over the country. >> also the president sensitive side. wh

wal-mart and sears both opening the stores at 8:00 p.m. thanks giving day. 2 hours earlier than last year for wal-mart. eight hours earlier for sears. black friday has been the traditional super discount day to the attract holiday shopper shoppers. high end discount stores at the mall in livermore drew huge crowd on this opening day. sky 7 hd flew overhead tonight. you can see how heavy the traffic was on 5 80 heading that the mall just before six this evening. maul predicts as many as 140,000 customers will come through the doors this weekend. >> a lot tonight it looks like. >> as we continue tonight. group of bay area resident has given up on america as we know it an has formed their own government. >> sounds incredible. l we managed to get inside one of their meetings and dan is here now with the investigation. >>reporter: this group is waiting for the collapse of the u.s. government. the members are serious. even taken symbolic blood oath. up next. how they live outside the law as they make plans to take over the country. >> also the president sensitive side. wh

than 4500 wal-mart stores and warehouses and you know how many of them have been successfully unionized. >> sear he ocirsea zero and eve have a protest wal-mart needs to have more regular hourson. 1.4 million wal-mart employees, you know how many signed? fewer than 1500. this is a puny protest that the press shouldn't be paying much attention to and the only thing that attracts the attention there may be, you know, fights or something outside of stores, and people trying to get in tomorrow. >> and wait until tomorrow. black friday. >> the truth is, union workers at wal-marts just do not want ton unionized. >> all right, well, here i want to say this from the competitive enterprise institute and i will list the first response of this is going to go to kirsten, so, let's roll. >> what your labor is worth and what you receive. and if the employer feels you're worth more and you'll get more. for lot of people complaining about their working conditions and they're perfectly free to go out and find another job or start a company of their own and how the free market works and should work. >> i teed it up, kirsten, first shot to you. >> let them eat cake, who cares about these peopl

wal-mart and sears both opening the stores at 8:00 p.m. thanks giving day. 2 hourser than last year for wal-mart. eight hours earlier for sears. black friday has been the traditional super discount day to the attract holiday shopper shoppers. high end discount stores at the mall in livermore drew huge crowd on this opening day. sky 7 hd flew overhead tonight. you can see how heavy the traffic was on 5 80 heading that the mall just before six this evening. maul predicts as many as 140,000 customers will come through the doors this weekend. >> a lot tonight it looks like. >> as we continue tonight. group of bay area resident has given up on america as we know it an has formed their own government. >> sounds incredible. l we managed to get inside one of their meetings and dan is here now with the investigation. >>reporter: this group is waiting for the collapse of the u.s. government. the members are serious. even taken symbolic blood oath. up next. how they live outside the law as they make plans to take over the country. >> also the president sensitive side. what dro

hours. both wal-mart and sears will be open at 8:00.reat mall in the new paragon outlets in livermore open at 10:00 p.m. best buy opens at midnight. >>> some wal-mart shoppers got a surprise in east oakland this morning as a group of protesters marched through the store. >> about 20 parents, child care providers, and a minister took part in the march. part of a nationwide campaign for wal-mart to pay employees more. >> we deserve more. i believe wal-mart should pay us more, and can afford to pay us more. >> reporter: the wal-mart stores targeted are in fairfield, richmond, san leandro, and san jose. wal-mart says it will be business as usual at all of its stores. >>> fremont police are trying to track down a married couple to return belongings. just last night, police received this elaborate gold brief case. officers say it was found outside the kindercare childcare center. the front of the case reads like a wedding album. it says happy wedding 12-4- 2008. inside the case was full of wedding pictures. >>> the coroner in contra costa cou

hours. both wal-mart and sears will be open at 8:00. the great mall in the new paragon outlets in livermore open at 10:00 p.m. best buy opens at midnight. >>> some wal-mart shoppers got a surprise in east oakland this morning as a group of protesters marched through the store. >> about 20 parents, child care providers, and a minister took part in the march. part of a nationwide campaign for wal-mart to pay employees more. >> we deserve more. i believe wal-mart should pay us more, and can afford to pay us more. >> reporter: the wal-mart stores targeted are in fairfield, richmond, san leandro, and san jose. wal-mart says it will be business as usual at all of its stores. >>> fremont police are trying to track down a married couple to return valuable belongings. just last night, police received this elaborate gold brief case. officers say it was found outside the kindercare childcare center. the front of the case reads like a wedding album. it says happy wedding 12-4- 2008. inside the case was full of wedding pictures. >>> the coroner in c

wal-mart, sears and kmart will offer door busting deals at 8 p.m. tonight, best buy, kohls and macy's open at midnight. >> last thursday 10 to 11 was our most popular hourlearly customers want to put away leftovers and start shopping. >> reporter: not everyone is thrilled. wal-mart employs in some states plan a black friday walk-out. >> we demand respect. >> we need to be home with families. >> reporter: still, retailers could still miss out on a big pay death. wealthiest are expected to 3% less this season. past images of shoppers trampled rushing into stores could keep some at home. there are deals to be had for those who take the plunge. flat screen tv's at wal-mart and $100 digital cameras at target. >> electronics huge, ipad mini that everybody wants, iphone 5. for kids the leappad 2. >> reporter: retailers hope that is enough to entice shoppers to skip that second slice of pie and head to the mall. rob nelson, abc news, new york. >>> we've compiled a list of stores opening thanksgiving day today on our website, abc7news.com. you can browse black friday sale ads look under see it on tv. >>> sewage spill has closed part of the great highway in san f

they were part of you know a wal-mart family the people cared about them the management cared about the associates the changes in policy and cuts in health benefits and hours led many employees to organize into groups like our wal-mart but soon after many of them were punished it's going to be thousands of workers a wal-mart stores across the country and you know as that organizing and demanding better pay better benefits and respect on the job wal-mart management has responded by firing people reducing their hours and just generally trying to intimidate workers from organizing and joining getting to you. will set a great deal and that they're custom ers and their workers were very happy it was. wal-mart has asked for an injunction against the strikes but it wasn't granted and wal-mart supporters say the owners are job creators and have the right to run their business as they wish. our average wage is about twelve dollars and forty cents an hour for full time associates we also offer better comprehensive benefits packages as low as seventeen dollars a paid ferry which is very affordable and we also pay quarterly bonuses which is something that not a lot of

wal-mart. he says he lives paycheck to paycheck, earning 9.85 an hour. >> we deserve more and i believe wal-mart should pay us more. >> reporter: wal-mart says its turnover rate is lower than the national retail average and that their benefit plans are as good or better than their competitors. >> we are here to respect wal- mart employees. >> reporter: the protest is part of a buildup to a plan beginning thanksgiving night and through black friday. some employees say they will walk off the jobs. in the bay area, the wal-mart stores targeted for demonstrations are in fairfield, richmond, and san jose. >> i plan to walk out on black friday too. >> wal-mart has the right to make money, but they shouldn't do that in an unjust fashion. they should make sure their employees are paid fairly and justly and don't live on the edge of desperation. >> reporter: wal-mart maintains it will be business as usual at all its stores and that shoppers will see nothing unusual over the next few days. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> shelters around the bay area are opening their doors to those in need this thanksg

wal-mart's workforce. one fair labor is working wal-mart. texas. unfair labor is seeing your healthcare premiums skyrocket year after year. unfair labor is being denied the hours needed to support your family. >> historically, the plaintiff's bar has viewed wal-mart as being a place where employees are exploited, low paid, long working hours no job security. >> for its part the united food and commercial workers union says wal-mart is just grasping at straws here, greg. >> greg: they make about $10 to $11 an hour which is fairly consistent with retail. we have been waiting for a ruling from the national labor relations board. do we have any idea how that ruling might go? >> well, the math does not bode well for wal-mart. the nlrb is presently comprised of three board members. three democrats and one republic. of the democrats two were placed on the boarded by president obama as recess appointments. the complaint here was filed in little rock. it's the memphis regional office of the nlrb that has handled the investigation thus far. they have been deposing witnesses and reviewing documents typically a complaint like this takes about six weeks to adjudicate. the

have said to people working in the auto industry in the 1930's wal-mart's wages according to i miss world they're less than nine dollars an hour on average they may not be starkly different from the average in the industry but it's an industry that wal-mart has created wal-mart has driven the entire industry in this direction there are other holdouts like costco but they've dragged even unionized companies down in terms of the wages and so we're talking about a strike not just about a particular company but against the dominant player in our economy it doesn't have to be that way the most has a great report arguing that in fact you can have low prices without having such low wages but what we're seeing here is that wal-mart exerts an influence not just on the one percent of u.s. workers that work directly for wal-mart but on its suppliers on its contractors and on its competitors and those wages are wages that leave workers i've talked in the position of saying well this week i got my paycheck so i'll lend money to you and next week you get your paycheck yolen money back to me and each of us will have to decide each day whethe

suburban maryland, protesting chanting logens and carrying signs with messages like, wal-mart, and i like 8.30 an hour. and a handful of the managers at wal-mart store 5219 backed up by invisible plained clothes security, a crowd led by a washington based baptist minister. >> can you say to me that none of these workers that have walked out today will be retaliated against or silenced or in any kind of way, held and some type of punishment or something for the activity, can you say that to me, sir. >> i appreciate your concern for the associates, but we'll take care of that matter. i'm going to have to ask you guys to leave be on the other side of the property, what you guys are doing right now are kind of unlawful. >> and from the outset the strong hand of the uscw could be felt, including an instruction by all picketers not to talk to reporters. >> ma'am, why are you here today. >> talk to the green shirt, and talk to the green shirt that sounds mysterious, let's see if we can talk to folks here. >> can you tell us why you're here today? >> you talk to the lady-- >> the lady with the the green shirt

we can tell you this wal-mart is 24 hours. witnesses telling us that the manager of the wal-mart may have been involved somehow in this shooting. police have not confirmed that. that's the latest from here in laurel. >> and here on capitol hill, new developments involving the growing scandal that involves two top military officials, including david petraeus, as well as general john allen. now, we understand that president barack obama could take questions on this issue at a previously scheduled press conference at 1:30 this afternoon. meanwhile, here on capitol hill, members from the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. will be here to answer questions surrounding the timeline of all of this. that will happen here later this morning. jummy? >> brianne, a pakistani government official said they have freed several taliban prisoners to facilitate the afghan peace process. the officials say the prisoners were freed today at the request of the afghan government. the official who spoke to the associated press says at least seven low and mid-level m

wal-mart near los angeles for four years. the former employee of the month makes $9.80 an hour. >> are you scheduled to work on black friday? >> yes. >> do you plan to go to work on black friday? >> no. >> how come? >> well wal-mart needs to learn that it is not fair how they treat us. >> reporter: the protesters want minimum hourly pay raised to $13. more full-time work and less costly health care. next year their insurance premiums will jump by as much as 36% and as wal-mart scales back its contribution. >> we don't want to walk on black friday. we don't, but it's something that we have to because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: his schedule was cut to 15 hours per week when he joined a group of wal-mart employees who favored unionizing. >> i lost my son and i'm kind of regretting working for wal- mart, but i have to provide. it's the biggest retail in the world and you can't help me provide for my son? it kills me big time. >> reporter: they tried to head off the protests with a complaint. the company said that the demonstration are being orchestrated by outside unions. >> i think this is just another union publi

up, waurpt wal-mart is pushing up the door buster black friday sales, why some workers are threatening to walk out. and >> from black fwrie friday to black thursday. wal-mart rushing two hourslier than last year, and some workers are threatening to strike. gary b, you say they should be happy for having a job. i hit the yes checkbook. workers are welcome to strike. if they don't want to come in, don't come in, but wal-mart is right then to fire them. there's a lot of people out there looking for jobs, they should be thankful they have work at this time. >> you agree. >> i agree in spirit, but i must say i'm with the workers 100%, it's thanksgiving, this is the one time a year when families gather together and hold hands and watch the detroit lions get-- >> kumbayah ♪ >> and todd, what's wrong with that. you've worked on a thanksgiving i bet. >> of course, 5 million americans who have been out of work more than 27 weeks, i'm sure they'd love to have that job probably at a lower wage. you should be lucky to have the job. who cares, have the turkey the next day when you're off. it doesn't make sense. >> boo! >> yeah, i'm the grinch of thanksgiving, but i've got to tell you get

. >>> wal-mart says it plans to start black friday shopping a little earlier than usual. it will kick off sales thanksgiving night. that is two hoursarlier than last year. wal-mart promises huge bargains for shoppers who come in early. >>> the san francisco based company called square allows starbucks customers to download the app and play with a debit or credit card. starbucks has invested some $200,000 into square. >>> a merger is in place for price line and kayak. the potential merger is worth nearly $2 million and will need approval from shareholders and regulators. >>> a mass shooting suspect learns his fate. how survivors a addressed jared laughner in court. >> i'm back here in just a few minutes we have more showers in the forecast. it's going to be cold tonight and very cold weather headed for the weekend. all the details coming up in a few moments. >> fresh crab coming into port. how the sport season now under way is raising homes for a good commercial season. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have eve

toys r us is an hour earlier year, at 8:00 p.m. wal-mart is offering its first round of deals at 8:00 p.m. the majority of stores will be already. >> a lot of people from economic standpoint are off work that day. largest employee is doing so because customers want to score big after watching football rising at dawn to compete with a sea of shoppers on black friday. >> more power to them. people are hurting now for good prices. it is business. >> debra offers an alternative. >> i can get the deals on the internet or monday. >> wal-mart " -- wal-mart are talking about on black friday in protest over wages and working condition issues. smallssue involves a employees and most aboutates are excited day a company calls -- the company calls its super bowl. a christmas tree refunded nearly his orders after sandy got more than two inches of snow on his crops. more than 3000 trees were damaged. many of his customers were in the washington area and they trees fromt their this particular form. -- farm. >> the poor folks in new york city. many were sti

. >>> wal-mart says it plans to start black friday shopping a little earlier than usual. it will kick off sales thanksgiving night. that is two hoursier than last year. wal-mart promises huge bargains for shoppers who come in early. >>> the san francisco based company called square allows starbucks customers to download the app and play with a debit or credit card. starbucks has invested some $200,000 into square. >>> a merger is in place for price line and kayak. the potential merger is worth nearly $2 million and will need approval from shareholders and regulators. >>> a mass shooting suspect learns his fate. how survivors a addressed jared laughner in court. >> i'm back here in just a few minutes we have more showers in the forecast. it's going to be cold tonight and very cold weather headed for the weekend. all the details coming up in a [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where t

wal-mart is doing it hours earlier. the bargains will be staggered. it is best with the sales they will be on electronics, gaming, tvs, toys. everything that you want. >>> time for a local story here. two dogs went missing from a home last night but it was the power of facebook that saved them. >> and cathy troop and noticed herdogs were missing. they don't know how they went missing. but i posted their pictures on my facebook page and another one on my facebook followers. holly rush found the dogs. they crossed many intersections. >> the dogs have a story to tell. >>> we would like to you follow us on facebook and give us any leads. let us know. >> we'll help you find their dog if they are missing. >>> and time the picture was send in by carrie and her son and his friend lucky. and it generated a lot of comments. another said my own stewart little. >> another said don't say i'm here. >> and hello, did you say cheese? weep your comments coming. >> i need some for next week, e- mail them to wmar.com. >> he is brave. >> i like that. >> very nice. >>> a

written about that. >> it may look bad for wal-mart, victoria, but shoppers love this thing, particulay the sales that they're having. they're having these one hour sales which they practically can give stuff away. shoppers -- hold on -- shoppers love this stuff and wal-mart is competing heavily against the internet. isn't that what this is mostly about, victoria? >> yeah. wal-mart -- that's a great point. but wal-mart is also on the internet. so they need to improve their strategy there. >> wal-mart is also in cityies like burlington, vermont, which loves it because it turns into a shping hub and created economic growth in battered regions. >> again, it's the poor people that usually benefit the most from these sales. we've got to keep that in mind. coming up next, taxpayers in the u.s. hoping lawmakers strike a deal on the fiscal cliff. but we're gointo tell you why workers overseas are hoping they don't. don't. right after r r r r r r [ malannouncer ] it'that time of year again. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind au

wal-mart of harassment, and that. >> they don't have any respect for the individual, and we get retaliated against, our hours get cut and we get -- we get threatened with losing our jobs. >> wal-mart says it takes accusations of harassment, discrimination or retaliation seriously, the company called the protest unfortunate, especially since the store held its grand re-opening this morning. >>> chevron says its richmond refinery should be back in operation next year. a fire in the processing unit knocked it off-line. it is considered to be the heart of the processing operation. company executives made the estimate about when the plant would be back at full operation during a conference call with financial analysts. >>> in overnight news a san francisco apartment fire could have been a lot worse neighbors say if one man had not jumped into action. the fire started at 10:30 last night on balboa street in the richmond district. a man who lives in the building shot this video. he talked to a neighbor who fought the flames write a fire extinguisher before fire trucks arrived on scene. >> i kicked the door on even and i st

wal-mart doesn't pay enough in salary and health benefits. >> we have a view that the employment practices are colonialist, long working hours and no job security>> to preevent picketing wal-mart filed unfair labor practices claim with the national labor relations board. nlrb. they claim they are mounting a stealth effort to unionize wal-mart's workforce. >> they are trying to rally unsuccessfully. they have a good deal at wal-mart. >> a republican member and three democrats the nlrb spent four days deposing witnesses and reviewing documents and expected to issue a rare ruling in the wal-mart dispute. outside los angeles, international airport. the service workers international union staged a protest against a nonunionized airport contractor. snarling travel at the busiest hub. if mandatory evaluation falter the flight attendants will walk the picket line instead of a first class aisle. >> they are reeling from crushing defeats. in washington they failed to oust walker. in michigan they suffered a valid defeat. the past election day. i think you are seeing an effort to get win on their side. >> that was not cooked up by bakers union on strike a

. >> he's at costco, which is decidedly not wal-mart, $17 an hour salaries, benefits for their workers real statement with joe biden. >> cenk: i want to get back to that in the next segment. they paid, costco does, twice the rate that wal-mart does for their employees. you know, wal-mart and all the other guys, mcdonald's are going to say we can't, we can't. costco does twice as much and still makes money. >> the c.e.o. there today said i am not going to battle wallle street, this is how we run our business. >> cenk: when we come back, people who have had enough of those low wages. they're starting to strike at fast foot restaurants. >> can't hear you new york! >> working part time hours making minimum wage. >> cenk: let's strike back. we'll talk about that when we come back. later, how much would you pay for a cup of coffee? what if it was a really fancy ass coffee? >> a $7 cup of coffee. i feel that this has defined just how stupid we are. it's ridiculous to spend $7 for a cup of coffee, it's not that much more ridiculous than spending $4 for a cup of coffee at starbucks. smiles make

hours earlier than last year. unlike other stores, sears, wal- mart, target will offer several deals for all you early shoppers. >>> cupertino-based apple has reached a settlement to end one major battle in the smartphone wars. the company filed a lawsuit against htc. the companies announced saturday they've agreed on a deal that includes a 10-year license agreement. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo plans to request at least $30 billion in federal disaster aid two weeks after superstorm sandy. according to a new york state official be the money will be used to help rebuild bridges, subways, commuter rail lines and homes. thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity, but crews hope to have power restored to most of them by tomorrow night. >>> two weeks now. that is a long time. >> no kidding. >> do they call this a crisp autumn day? >> i was freezing. whatever they call it. i'm still cold. very cold starts to the morning now as we're seeing some patchy frost showing up in some of the valleys. beginning to thaw out as we head into the noon hour. lots of sunshine over san jose and the temperature

older people, for a president who doesn't like wal-mart very much sounds like president obama is creating a lot of jobs for wal-mart readers. wages went down, hours worked went down. i don't know what talking points you're working from. gerri: i think there is widespread frustration with how the economy is growing. why aren't we getting a more robust expansion especially when it comes to jobs? i heard if we continue to add jobs month by month like we did this month it would take us nine to 10 years to get back to full employment. >> i would not believe all of those numbers. what you're seeing right now is job growth three times what it was at this point in the 2001 recovery. what you're seeing right now is 32 straight months of job growth. growth model a financial crisis. this is not an ordinary recession. this is the worst crisis and we are doing extremely well. gerri: i feel confident in the numbers i presented. i think karen is makingthe point we have had gdp in positive territory for a while. it is not like it is negative, so why are you complaining? >> we are barely above stall speed. weaker than it was last year. weakewe could than a year b

wal- mart is opening even earlier for black friday. they're looking for ways to keep bringing in waves of customers. wal-mart is starting to sell two hours earlier. just in time for the holidays. amazon will start selling wine on it's website. it will feature 1000 wines from across the world. stocks falling today after a european official says a decision on unlocking funds for grief will not be made until late november. apple's stock also lowered. >>6.99 for 9.99 for 6 bottles of wine. >>coming up, a new study linking sleep and weight loss. just ahead, the type of tea to drink that could help prevent type two diabetes. but first, the best-selling author of the goosebumps series is here. we're talking to r.l. stine! best selling author "r.l. stine" is known for his popular children's book series "goodbumps". 2012 marks the series' 20th anniversary, which sold more than 300 million copies in the u.s. alone. many of his original readers are now in their 20s and thirties. so he's written a new book geared toward them "red rain." >>now you are thinking you do not want to let your readers grow in peace. >>i like to scare every generation. some