i don't think this will lead to a lot of full-time jobs. >> rick newman is with us. columnist with yahoo finance. >> thank you. >> a crackdown on protests in turkey. police are using tear gas and water canons to break up crowds, who want the prime minister to step down. >>> and toxic trouble, word of nuclear waste likes in washington that have the state and federal government at odds. >> police in two of turkey's largest cities use tear gas and water canons to break up protests calling for the prime minister to step down. prime minister erdogan called to break up the protests. it was because of a boy who was hit in the head with tear gas during protests last year. >> reporter: the protests that began in june last year that became known as the protests and then became about almost anything other than trees in a park were never resolved. instead circumstances have fed into them because we saw just as we thought the angry over the protests, the protests might have died down, but the corruption investigation that went right to the heart of the government in december of l

middle class, caredden restaurants jc penny, and zeros, also having trouble attracting customers rick newmanoins us now, he is the senior writer of the exchange. and yahoo finance. good to see you, appreciate your time. have the troubles with these companies kind of directly related to what we are seeing or reporting on here in al jazeera america which is the shrinking midding class. >> yeah, i think it is a direct outcome of difficulties in the middle class is having. and other retailer you can add to that list is wal-mart, which has been posting disappointing results, the ceo even said that wal-mart had been hurt by cut backs in food stamp benefits voted on in washington, in 2013. basically what we are seeing is we all know the job market remains very sketchy. >> yeah. >> incomes are barely rising, so ordinary middle class people are they are just not staying ahead of inflation, which is low, but incomes are not going up, and at the same time, we are starting to see cut backs in washington and other things like that, we have had a cut back this year, and extended jobless benefits and that