and up next, imus, cavuto, wal-mart, union. >> have you actually been inside of wal-mart.o you haven't. >> of course i have. >> no, you haven't. so the millions-- and you stop. you invited me up here with this and i'm going to kick his here is the opportunity. yellowbook has always been crucial to your business, but now, to get it really cooking, you need a little website development. some transparent reporting, so you know it's working. online ads and 1-on-1 marketing consultation. yellowbook's got all that. yellowbook360 has a whole spectrum of tools. the perfect recipe for success. visit yellowbook360.com and go beyond yellow. >> hi everyone, live to america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. new neighbor strikes in france today are setting off fears of a massive fuel shortage. the fifth straight day, strikes in france over president sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 and the strikes were holding up diesel and jet fuel deliveries. charles de gaulle airport could run out of fuel in just days. and big names turning out for big races in california. former

so, wal-mart comes in, under j cuts it and maybe wal-mart will do what the government wouldn't do andreference to children staying on parents's policies, they have to now because health providers aren't insuring children with pre-existing conditions on their own. they're requiring that-- for you to buy as part of a family plan. so two things that they've promised aren't happening and maybe wal-mart will help bends it in the other direction. >> richard. >> i think it's fabulous wal-mart can bring down the cost. as jonas said they're not doing it to al true is particular. every time we've had had a health care bill going back to medicare and since the cost has been less. >> specifically the bush plan, they estimated that would be 100 billion dollar a year this drug plan which this works off of it's actually coming in now about 60 billion a year to taxpayers which is a lot better than it was supposed to be so hopefully you'll see that kind of-- >> wow. liz, chase conclusive evidence. >> the good news is, wal-mart works in volume and they're going to do volume and we'll be watching the st

eggs wal-mart is the largest. and compares to wal-mart toys 'r us are a fly.rget and the others that do not offer benefits to the degree of wal-mart. >>guest: to us, wal-mart continues to be the most flagrant violator. wal-mart's benefits coming to new york city are below the area market for what we have and that is a reason we will fight. >>neil: do you care more for the millions of citizens who are getting $4 discount drugs? the millions of folk would have been employed as a result? >>guest: i have no wal-mart stock, my buddy imus railing the same. >>guest: it is not favoring one side or the other. wal-mart continues to do those things and do right by workers while providing $4 prescriptions, they are fighting the largest gender discrimination lawsuit in the country. >>neil: but they are a target because they are big. >>guest: they paid over $900 million in back ages to workers throughout the country. that is what makes someone a target. you have a target --. >>neil: they are not giving them terrible wages and they are providing those to people that need a p

is there any advantage to getting it at wal-mart? wal-mart is already showing the i-pad for sale on it's website and some stores putting them on display. there is no discount. wal-mart has to charge $499 just like everybody else. what are the pros and cons of shopping at different stories? pc world said choose wal-mart if you want the easiest return policy with no restocking fee. there will be no geek squad for any problems. the apple store or best buy for service and the best sale's help and it suggests target if you have a target credit card because card holders get 5% cash back. comes to $25 on the i-pad. otherwise you may want to wait. wal-mart and best buy are expected to reveal bundles in the future. . >> sounds like he had technical problems. >>> shifting gears. speaking of i-pads, you have a chance to get one or free with no edits. u. just like us. from now until december 3rd you have a chance for a 32 gigabyte i-pad. just log onto facebook and like our fan page. just search abc 2news.com and click the like button. then click

so to hell with wal-mart. i hate wal-mart. they can go to hell.hell. >> neil: that is what got me going, watching this rant from my office early this morning. so i ran upstairs where imus tapes -- okay, i walked upstairs to give iman a piece of my man. already a youtube sensation. >> have you ever actually been inside a wal-mart? >> of course i have. >> no you haven't. >> of course. >> no, you haven't. stop. you have invited me up here. well, here is the opportunity. all right, guess what? you are sitting -- >> my shoulder hurts. >> more than your shoulder. >> all of a sudden, you find wal-mart, which you don't know from -- >> of course i do. >> you do not! >> i have been to the wal-mart in new mexico 50 times. >> have you ever seen the employees stained to the store shelves? >> yes. >> really? >> of course not! >> because you lie. you buy the great lie that wal-mart is the personification -- >> they make a bunch of stuff from china. >> so you fault them -- >> they ruined winslow, arizona. the town is boarded up. >> i'm'd like to ruin you, put you

, and then ships them back for sale on the wal- mart store shelves. hence, the name full circle. >> full circle is identified actually on the product packaging so that the wal-mart customer can come into the store and it will be clearly identified as full circle, something that came from a recycled wal-mart material. >> reporter: by looking at this label, green pet shoppers will know that it took 65 water bottles to make the filling in this pet bed. as for the company's cost? >> we tend to pay a little bit of a premium for recycled materials versus virgin materials. however, in this instance, we believe that over time as we're scaling this we are going to be economically neutral. >> reporter: next year they estimate to use 100 million recycled water bottles in their products a quarter from wal- mart. zach heene, cbs 5. >>> the giants get ready to play ball! what san francisco's mayor is willing to bet that they win. that's in two minutes. tinuing s and we have yet to eliminate anyone, it is the decision of this board to declare all 20 contestants winn

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the latest now on the plan to build a big new shopping center in baltimore city complete with a wal-mart and lowe's. the project got by a big hurdle today. we have reaction from people who want to see it happen and those who don't. >> reporter: the city council's land use committee votes to approach the project. it'll now go before the full council for final approval. that's by no means a give ken there are strong arguments still coming both sides. much of the opposition to the station project has come from neighborhoods that are close to remington. >> you know somebody has a leak in the j bend we can sell them that and tell them how to fix it. >> reporter: she said she knows 75% of her customers by their first name, a higher number know her mascot. she knows in most cases prices at the proposed stores will belower than hers. >> i'm not worried about that. i know i -- i don't buy 10,000 of one thing. i buy six. >> reporter: the 25th street station would replace the anderson auto site with a huge shopping center featuring a wal- mart and low e's. many people support it. >> its going to ha

the city council plans to put a wal-mart here. but i'll explain how some residents are concerned and curious about that. that's coming up next. >>> pet therapy. workers say their pet has an uncanny ability to help patients. i'm gigi barnett in north baltimore. details are coming up in tonight's health watch report. >>> turn off the heat. warmer weather coming back. how long will it stick around? your forecast is next. ,,,, ,,,, i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. @ two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new

the 25th street station would bring wal-mart along with a lowe's hardware store. belinda conaway says most people in the neighborhood want the new stores. >> based on the hundreds of postcards that i received from resident there is the area, it's something that they want. there are other folks that would like for us to negotiate to get more, which is something that i would like as well to get more for if workers and residents and we will continue to work on that. >> conaway's whose district include the project site in reg ton says she has been in negotiations with wal-mart officials over worker benefits now for more than a month. >>> maryland's attorney general issues an opinion in the suit between maryland lottery commission and penn national gauge over slots. attorney general doug dance letter says he does not believe the commission can order penn national gauge to stop funding opponents of the slots casino in arundel mills mall. it faces a vote in november that could sink the project. penn national opened the state's first casino in cecil county. the law duce n

the city -- recommendington wal-mart can now start setting up shop. good morning i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. almost friday. >> almost friday. guess what, we will turn it up a little bit. meteorologist justin berk. >> we are turning up thermostat and trying to break out clouds that have been hanging around for the last few days. the headlines, we have had five days of temperatures below normal. and that's the longest stretch we have had sinces the middle of february since the last blizzard. since the week after the last blizzard and since then, it's actually been a nice string of weather making up for the winter. it's time to warm things up and today's normal high temperature of 70 degrees. looks like actually we will surpass that. we were stuck in the 50s and 60s. a and overnight a mixture of clouds and clearing. showers break out and fall apart from northern baltimore and carroll county and across the boarder in pennsylvania. we should have a improved set up. you may need sunglass if you

. >>> we still don't know if wal- mart will be coming to the city's remington community. a vote votes did not happen did you but could happen in next couple of weeks. the land use committee says the vote was delayed at the request of wal-mart which they deny. they were considering changes to wages for workers at the proposed store a major issue worker benefits including a reasonable living wage. >> there are some who don't want it there all together but most people want it to be a living wage for the people that work there. we don't need to create more of the working core at 10:50 an hour is difficult to run a household. >> city council president chair of the land use committee said the vote will likely be in 3 weeks. >>> if you live in carol county you may be wondering why your property taxes are so high not has high as neighboring communities. carol county ranks third in maryland in terms of the property tax burden. according to the report carol residents paid a medium of $2,900 taxes on their homes. carroll trails montgomery county they pay $3,900 a year in property ta

. >>> the plan to build a shopping center in baltimore city with a wal-mart and low' home improvement store cleared a hurdle last night. city council land committee voted unanimously to approve the project in reamington. some were -- remmingt. sow were concerned with track but many support the plan. councilwoman who supports the area says negotiation between the city and wal-mart and developer over wages for future employees are going on. >> get more for the workers and residents and we will continue to work on that. night done deal yet. -- it's not a done deal yet. >> business earns neighbors close to remmington are worried about the big box stores and they might drive out local businesses. the full city council will vote next month. >>> at 6:51, we have good news to tell you about from city schools achee. graduation rates up mayor the mayor joined dr. alonzo to make announcement. achievement is up in every area including math and reading and the city high schools have higher enrollment and fewer dropouts equaling -- leading to a higher graduation rate. >> for the past seven years ma

wal-mart, meet the ipad. the world's largest retailer will begin selling the tablet computer on friday. the ipad is one of apple's most popular items, and is already carried at best buy and target. but don't look for wal-mart's famous price rollbacks to extend to the ipad. the computers will sell for apple's suggested retail price starting at 500 bucks apiece. >> jeff: the i.r.s. is having i.t. issues. the tax agency says a server shutdown over the weekend did not go as planned, and its modern e-file system is offline. so far, this is not a huge problem, and only involves one part of the i.r.s.' computer systems. but it comes at a bad time. there are just four days left until the deadline to file, for people who got an extension back in april on their 2009 federal income tax return. euqutuuuu >> suzanne: federal and state officials continue to dig for solutions to keep the hudson river tunnel on track. last week, new jersey's governor scrapped what was the biggest public works project in the u.s. due to its h

. >> susie: here's an interesting new partnership in healthcare: wal-mart and health insurer humana.they're offering a medicare prescription drug coverage plan for just under $15 a month. they say it'll have the lowest premiums in the country when it launches nationwide next year. some drug co-payments will be as low as $2 when prescriptions are filled at wal-mart or sam's club pharmacies. and, no co-pays for some generics. >> tom: first fedex raised this week, now u.p.s. is doing the same. the delivery company's freight unit today announced a rate increase of nearly 6% on average. it applies to packages weighing more than 150 pounds, shipping in the u.s., canada and mexico. u.p.s. says contract customers won't be affected. the rate hike goes into effect october 18. >> tom: the stock market is ignoring the possibility of a slow and grinding economy. at least so says tonight's market monitor, gerald buy buy, and he joins you from charlottetownville. >> thanks very much for having me, tom. i appreciate it. >> tom: we've seen manufacturing data continuing to perk up, consumer spending u

the two biggies-- wal-mart and target-- split their stock performance today. of course, wal-mart doesn't report monthly sales; target's came in slightly below expectations. consumer discretionary stocks were among the market leaders, thanks to retail stocks, but marriott was the laggard for the sector. shares fell out of bed, down 6% down to a two-week low. its revenue and outlook were disappointing. consumer staple pepsi also was a drag, cutting the high end of its earnings growth forecast for the year. the company made its numbers, matching earnings expectations, thanks to its buyout of its two biggest independent bottlers. shares fizzled thanks to it trimming the top of its growth forecast. the stock did four ties its usual volume, falling 3%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: nevada's u.s. senator harry reid wants to stop all foreclosures in his state. if he gets it, that could be huge. nevada is ground zero for the foreclosure crisis, although when you think of las vegas, casinos and neon lights likely come to mind. but this election year, po

. >>> the plan to baled new shopping center fleet complete with a wal-mart and low' home improvement store cleared a hurdle last night. the city council land use committee voted to approve the 25th street station project. this will sit in remmington. some are concerned about the traffic but many people in the neighborhood support the plan but councilwoman who represents the area says the negotiations between the city, wal-mart and the developer over wages for future employees is still going on. q >> get more for the workers and residents, and we will continue to work on that. night done deal yet. >> business owners in the neighborhoods close to the neighborhoods are worried the stores may drive them out of business. the city council will vote on the proposal next month. >>> four minutes after six. one of the poshs restaurants in the city where the pretty people hang out. but the owner of pazo says you will enjoy their food by the weekend. tuesday's fire left behind quite a mess, but the cleanup is going well over there. there are notices on the door letting customers know about the f

it will be easier to get your hands on the ipad thanks to wal- mart. the world's biggest retailer said it will start selling apple's popular tablet compute or friday. the. >> joy pad is on sale at target and best buy. wal-mart said that it will be available by 2300 stores by the height of the shopping season in mid-november. >>> you probably remember this scene, april 2007, a huge fire ripped through the georgetown public library. the damage so bad that the historic building was gutted and now it's set to reopen. the library is back up and running on monday with some new services and better access to americans with disabilities, a new outdoor reading terrace and book hill park and a new children's room. >> pretty school. >>> and if you're a fan of the warmer weather, this week is for you. >> and don't get too comfortable. changes are coming and gary is talking a temperature drop just ahead.  >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want yo

no. 4, wal-mart is rolling back its rollback. earlier this year the retail giant offered deep discounts on groceries hoping to attract shoppers in. instead of shoppers coming back, they took thedown scenes and ran, so expect to pay full -- took the prices and ran so, expect to pay full price now. >>> cyber experts report users can no longer erase instant message chat history. in other words, if you're trying to keep conversations from prying eyes, find another place to im. >>> no. 2, getting your kids to eat healthier at school, the government is now spending $2 million for food behavior scientists to come up with ways to use psychology to improve eating habits, things like hiding the chocolate milk behind the plain milk and putting fruit in baskets instead of those boring stainless steel bins and no. 1 tonight, disturbing news about education and employment in d.c. a new study by the d.c. fiscal policy institute shows only 21% of black residents over the age of 25 have college degrees, among whites 80% have college degrees and t

wal-mart is looking to double the amount of locally grown produce it sells in the next five years.t is part of the retail giant's goal reef duesing farming's environmental impact by tiering more businesses to small and medium sized farmers and that's your money scope report. cooked numbers, false attacks. the truth? frank kratovil is ranked one of the 10 most independent members of congress. frank kratovil does not follow anybody's party line he looks at his district, his family, the community, and that's the important thing to him. endorsed by the chamber of commerce, the nra, veterans, and police officers. as a career prosecutor i made decisions on facts not politics, in washington i've tried to do the same. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >>> nearly is,000 spas nationwide and here in the baltimore area are participating in national spa week. it's time for a consumeers to take advantage of spa at $50 each in the take 5 series. sherrie johnson looks at best tips for best massages. >> reporter: during national spa week, business picks up at red door spa. many clients

often does in government programs, it still gets spent. >> brenda: yeah, the dead people are out at wal-marty b. >> it wasn't cash, somebody cash it. >> the daily double would be if they are were dead convicts. then you're really in a bad shape (laughter) >> look, you know, look, even if you double the number zero, it's still zero, you know? jbl made a good point the net effect. the bottom line you can argue as caroline has, that the stimulus has saved or preserved x number of jobs. what the administration came in with and say, look, this level of unemployment will not go above, whatever it was. 8%, i think they said. and now, we're, you know, we're still keep hovering around 10%. >> the question is, if we had more waste, more fraud. if we just gave it to fraudulent mayors and they handed it out-- >> that's my point, brenda, even if you double the amount of money and look, we're going to absorb the waste and fraud as jonas said, you're still not creating any net jobs. unless there was like a census company that came up like a google. and even china. >> hold on, guys. >> and i've got to agree

. >>> we are back here at 5:09 and wal-mart will start selling apple ipads this friday at hundreds of the stores throughout the country. best buy and target have been selling the tablets since the launch in april and we are cheaper than wal-mart. if you have been wanting a new ipad now is your time to get one for free and all you have to do is like us. from now until december 3rd we are giving all the viewers a chance to take home a 32 gig bite apple ipad with wi-fi and all tough do is log onto facebook and like our fan page. search for abc2news.com and click on the like button and then click on the sweeps takes tab and enter to win but you have to be 18 or old torrenter. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> you can make your smiley face that. would put a smile our face. we have ourselves -- we have ourselves mild temperatures. some of you had the rum beg and -- womb bell and bumbling of -- rumbling and pump bell of storms. 58 york, pa and rain cooled air. they have had thunder and lightning and i think that it's

millionaires tax and wal-mart tax and we have had the 4th highest personal income tax rate in the country. we are we become a tax hell for business folks. >> the former governor's credibility on the issue nonexistent e made the pledges eight years ago and when you got in you raised col you go tuition 40% and property tax and you raised 30 different tolls and fees. you imposed the new tax called the flush tax. >> the candidates were in a dead heat in the polls before -- for eight months before o'malley pulled ahead in recent weeks. ehrlich says negative ads launched in the washington market hurt him and he spent a lot of time in this debate trying to counter them. >>> come november 2nd voters will decide whether to approve a zoning change for a slots casino at arundel mills mall. but there's a plan for a casino in the works. ♪ [ music ] >> that's test of what david cordish has in a store for maryland live. he says it will be a world class entertainment regional destination with a concert hall close to 5,000 slot machines and several restaurants. already on board for the project a cheese ca

-- so called wal-mart of weed, they held a grand reopening complete with pot products.ting soil and eager politicians. >> i think we have all gotten donations. >> reporter: with its pro pot politics oakland is raking in millions from sales tax. and if it keeps growing candidates predict up to $8 million a year. >> top candidates support the industry, it is legal, safe, regulated and quite frankly providing a stream of revenue. >> reporter: there is a ballot measure to double the sales tax rate to 5% in oakland and with prop 19, weed could be legal for people without a prescription, clearing the way for more big box pot stores weed grow is planning ongoing public next year. >> happened in the hamburger days with mcdonald's our goal was provide a facility to teach people about medical cannabis. >> reporter: they are not selling pot here they don't have one of the city's four permits but it was present as an indication of low law enforcement priority. friday, pot possession was put on par with a speeding ticket. >> you are going to have a fight and i expect this to be a fi

and the world's leading retailer wal-mart is once again stalking the kopeikin discount chain after pulling out of the deal earlier this year in the latest twist to better misty davies says a rival bidder x five retail group may walk away from the talks could take a is valued at about one point five billion dollars wal-mart has been trying to enter the russian market for eight years though it still has no outlets here. and russia's top steelmaker you have routes cut steel production by more than eight percent to three point eight million tonnes in the third quarter that's compared with a year ago the company blamed shadow of modernization projects for the decline along with safety inspections at mines following their response car accident analysts say the cutbacks are also consistent with falling demand and lower global prices for steel in the third quarter here as expected output to recover next quarter. and the russian markets ended the week mixed with the r.t.s. sliding into the red and the mire six gaining a quarter of a percent you know in a q was the biggest gain on the r.t.s. clinici

retail group may walk away from the talks is valued at about one and a half billion dollars and wal-mart has been trying to enter the russian market for eighty eight years though it still has no outlets here. russia's top steelmaker yabber us cut steel production by more than eight percent to three point eight million tons in the third quarter that's compared with a year ago the company blames share modernization projects for the decline along with safety inspections at mines following the response accident analysts say they cutbacks are also consistent with falling demand and lower global prices for steel in the third quarter for us expect to recover next quarter. and that's all the business use we have for you for this hour but you can always buy most tori's in our website that r.t. dot com slash business or join me in less than one hour for more. question is that so much about the taxpayers' money maintaining it is a showcase maybe the bottom if i hear you watch what you say for some political correctness is understood as a form of etiquette for others it is a clumsy attempt at though

and the world's leading retailer wal-mart has once again stocking the cupcake a discount chain after pulling out of the deal earlier this year in the latest twist where the misty daily says a rival bitter x. five retail group and walk away from the talks pake is valued at about one point five billion dollars and wal-mart has been trying to enter the russian market for eight years now it's. the russian markets ended the week makes with the r.t.s. sliding into the red and the gaining a quarter of a percent neko was the biggest gain in all the r.t.s. finishing up one a half while shares of. the most on both a voice says one point three percent lower emerging market stocks attractive cash for the six straight week as investors look for faster growth and they think they'll get more mature economies. pretty strong weak for emerging equities also for russia this week the old price has been pretty well supported and that's been a function of a weaker dollar not again is a function of more expectations that the fed is going to be very accommodative monetary policy when they next meet in novem

wal-mart insists its pulled items that showed high levels of lead from its stores in california and alsopped selling them online. the store has also promised to investigate. target agreed to remove chairs from its stores after they tested with lead levels 70% higher than allowed by law. >> a red flag warning continues this morning for the north bay and east bay hills. campfires and even cigarette smoking are being banned in national parks around the bay area because of high fire danger. mount vision road is closed at point rays national seashore and the john muir historic site at martinez. officials are monitoring weather conditions to determine when to lift the restrictions. >> so this means we have all three factors for high fire danger, temperature, humidity and wind. >> yeah, at least through 6:00. they will determine whether they see fit or not to have fires. so it's on an individual basis but, yeah, the red flag warning for the north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range should expire in an hour 8 minutes because it's 4:52 right about now. we're looking from mount tamalpai

shop wal-mart shopping become ubiquitous among people at the lower end of the income spectrum and the inflation faced by people who are saying buying clothes buying food and food and clothing is a larger part of the the income for people at the bottom for obvious reasons inflation has been much lower for people on the bottom and then people at the top so if you actually go to text or data that looks at the different inflation rates felt by give people a different income levels the disparity there is not quite as great as many people would lead you to believe ok victor what do you think about that. well we don't know all the reasons why people don't make as much money as others but a lot of them has to do with things that we don't really want to we don't know how to control the illegal immigration divorce illegitimacy second thing is we have to talk about relative and absolute wealth people when i was a student here at stanford only the very wealthy had cell phones i remember the computers were only for the very wealthy but not the idea of a globalized economy allows even the poor to h