at least costco pays its people and he wants to kill other employers into doing the same.s it really that simple and as he picking and choosing his angels? former congressman is with us and that is actually bad. it sends the wrong message? rad, what is your concern? >> my concern is that it's ironic that he's at a costco. costco has less labor of what it sells as a component in any other retailer in the world. and itset me back for very little labor and everyone else has to compete with costco and has to use a lot more labor to do it. and it is not expected that it will be effected by this law. we will have a lot fewer jobs in america and the leadership of costco is now made a lot richer. you cut him off atth knees. neil: dennis kucinich, what do you make of that? >> i have been a member he and i can ell you that jim senegal has said that we are not going to hit our show phot against our worrs and we want all to perceive and benefit from the fact of the matter is that costco has a lower profit margin. at the same ime they are successful that enables this world for the comp

not come to the wesbury long island costco tomorrow at noon to see what i have to say about your stock after i sign your copy of "get rich carefully." last but not least, on december 7th, cvlt, this is a provider of data and information management software that got pole axed in the fourth quarter after a slew of negative data points. even after the flashing, it's far from cheap, sells for 35 times earnings. if the company can put up a couple of decent quarters, maybe i'll change my mind. not until then, now your tweets. okay. let's start with gary bin nyc. i'm buying lunch tomorrow for the signing, what you want? now we're talking about going to costco at 12:00. gary, don't because i'm telling you, i am not going to eat anything tonight or tomorrow morning because the samples a the this wesbury long island are the best. and if they have that crab dip, you're not going to have to fight over those crackers.

least seven deaths across the south. but >> catherine: president obama visited a costco in maryland today.ay of illustrating his push to increase the federal minimum wage. he considers costco an example of how things are done right. >> catherine: the entry level wage is 11-50 an hour. the president wants to raise the federal minimum wage to 10 dollars and 10 cents an >> catherine: it was a big point during last night's state of the union address. he also signed an order to create starter retirement accounts that could be opened with as little as 25- dollars. >> catherine: here are a few highlights of last night's speech.in just two-minutes. stanley roberts was not there.but last night after the state of the union, a politician behaved badly.threatening a reporter.check it out. >> catherine: >> today women make up half of our work force but they still make 77 sent to every dollar a man earns. women deserve equal pay for equal work with women succeed american succeed. >> say yes! give an america and a raise! >> more than a broken health care system and in case you haven't heard one problem i

least one fund-raiser in the bay area tomorrow. on friday, she'll be at the fairmont hotel in san francisco with nancy pelosi. >>> how about this, shopping at costco and bump into president obama. president obama in maryland campaigning for a higher minimum wage. during last night's state of the union address, mr. obama called on congress to raise the minimum wage to above $10. currently the wage is $7. 25. today, he told costco employees he would sign an executive order requiring federal workers to be paid $10.10 on new contracts. here in san francisco and san jose, it's already in the $10 range. mr. obama followed up on his pledge to help financially strapped families to save money. he ordered the creation of a new retirement savings program. the program will invest savings into government backed bonds. >>> tonight, cars are finally moving, albeit very slowly, through atlanta and the south. there's a big fight brewing between meteorologists and public officials. forecasters stay they warned people in that area about the storm and say state and city leaders didn't do enough in advance of that weather. many people were stranded in their cars overn

least half full during cold weather like this. that will help prevent the gas line from freezing up. transportation reporter adam tuss saw those lines at the costco in fairfax yesterday. look at that. people waited 15 minutes or more just to get up to the pump. >>> one county wants to make sure you have a place to get out of the cold during this storm. charles county has warming centers open right now. they'll be open through friday. they include the capital cl clubhouse in waldorf, the department of community services and the port tobacco community center in port tobacco. all county public library branches will be open for warming and the richard clark community center in laplata will be doing that as well. protecting yourself from the cold will be hard to do if you have to be outside. the wind is expected to pick up. what that means for the windchill and how much of today's snow will be blown around out there. we also want to know whatou think. snow, do you love it or do you hate it? vote by texting or calling 202-601-3444. text 1 for love it. text 2 for hate it. text 3 for it's winter and it's no big deal. stay with news 4 coverage for this wi

not come to the wesbury long island costco tomorrow at noon to see what i have to say about your stock after i sign your copy of "get rich carefully." last but not least december 12th, utah in new york, cvlt, this is a provider of data and information management software that got pole axed in the fourth quarter after a slew of negative data points. even after the flashing, it's far from cheap, sells for 35 times earnings. if the company can put up a couple of decent quarters, maybe i'll change my mind. not until then, now your tweets. okay. let's start with gary bin nyc. i'm buying lunch tomorrow for the signing, what you want? now we're talking about going to costco at 12:00. gary, don't because i'm telling you, i am not going to eat anything tonight or tomorrow morning because the samples at this wesbury long island are the best. and if they have that crab dip, you're not going to have to fight over those crackers. @emilykingrocks says what do you think of whole foods? the whole foods recent nosedive. there was a reiteration today. a lot of people don't understand how they trade. they talked about cannibalization, competition, then the stock got cru

costco today? president obama. roaming the isles of marylanmar. promoting a higher wage of $10.10 an hour, for a national minimum wage. in san francisco it's already at least $10. the pay scale starts at higher than $10. the average worker earns more than $20 an hour. the president says he's not waiting on congress, he'll set an example by signing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay it's workers a minimum of $10.10 an hour. so the president is talking and acting tough, but will it work? nbc b brks krrks ba abc bay are. the president spoke with a bull tone at the state of the union. what is the strategy? >> the president talked about a year of action, a year to do all the things that he's been talking about for sometime. matters from raising the minimum wage to immigration reform and a whole lot more. and he's raised most of these issues before, and most remain without action. why? because of congressional gridlock that produced 65 bills last year. that is the lowest production in memory. the difference this time is that obama has promised, yeah, to use executive orders to act if congress doesn't. >> what's the texas face, all math, hat,

costco see higher wages as the smart way to produce productivity and boost turnover. we should, too, i will require contractors to pay federal employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour, if you cook our troops meals for wash their dishes, you should not have to live in poverty. >> of course, to reach millions more, congress does need to get onboard. today, the federal minimum wage is worth about 20% less than it was when ronald reagan first stood here. tom harkin and george miller ever a bill to fix that lifting the minimum wage to $10.10. it's easy to remember, 10-10 with that it will help families, give them more money to spend. it does not involve any new program. join the rest of the country, say yes. give america a raise. give them a raise. [ applause ] >> there are other steps we can take to help families make ends meet, and few are more effective at reducing inequality and helping families pull themselves up through hard work than the earned income tax credit. it helps half parents in america a some point in their lives. i agree with republicans like senator rubio that it doesn't do enough for single workers who don't have kids. let's work together to str

least the sales numbers were a little better. but not really, zumi's, below expectations. cato missed. it wasn't all bad, bless costcoey come through. haverty furnishings up 9.5% above expectations. some home furnishings areas, not pier one, others continue to do fairly well. 50% off sales. the consumer net worth is near record highs. the job market is an improvement. don't you think you'd at least get a little bit better same-store sales? i kind of thought we would. we all knew the numbers would get cut because the margins were going to get cut, but sales, you think they would have got more people in the store with 50% off. mean let's go to macy's. kudos to them. not the guidance. i'm talking about how they are managing the changing retail environment. how they are consolidating stores, consolidating regions. they're investing in systems to manage how they move around merchandise more. all of this talk about job layoffs, 2,500. some articles i read implied they were having trouble. they're not having trouble. they're the big innovator in this space. did anybody read the press release where they said we're laying off

costco, see higher wages as a smart way or to bruce -- to boost productivity. we should, too. i will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a fair wage of at least10.10 an hour tom a because if you cook our troop's meals or wash their dishes, you should not have to work and poverty. [applause] to reach millions more, congress does need to get on board. today, the federal minimum wage is worth about 20% less than when ronald reagan first and here. we have a bill to fix that by lifting the minimum wage to $10.10. this will help families. businesses more customers with more money to spend. it does not require any new bureaucratic programs. -- join the rest of the country. say yes. give america a raise. what a list fact ct has to say about federal wage being worth about 20% less. they say that is mostly true. on raisingoughts minimum wage in the country. -- women in the country. [video clip] >> women deserve equal pay for equal work. [applause] she deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. a mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or a sick parent, without running into hardship. a father does, too. it is time to do away with wo