, not wal-mart big but big. and then animals respond to advertising. you know what they say? leg humping sells. [laughter] and my guest alexandra pelosi made a documentary about immigrants becoming u.s. citizens. i'm going to watch it backwards and make them all leave the country. [laughter] the pope wrote his first tweet today. he is truly the vessel through which god wastes time. [laughter] this is "the colbert report." ["the colbert repor captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( applause ) [cheers and applause] >> stephen: thank you very much. very kind. [cheers and applause] welcome to the report, everybody. thank you for joining us. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] thank you, very kind. nation -- [cheers and applause] i don't know actually -- thank you, please, please. please -- i have to -- i don't honestly know why i fight you. i like it more than talking. nation, as an american, i demand choice! whether it's 23 flavors of pringles or eight republican p

the wal-mart is in florida is completely different than the wal-mart in arkansas. jimmy, i think you have those two mixed up. there you go. [laughter] the point is: it's not the single largest private employer in the united states repeatedly violating these women's rights. it's 3400 completely independent locations individually violating their rights in different unique ways. [laughter] in fact, each sexual discrimination is like an individual snowflake. besides, wal-mart as a whole can't be responsible because wal-mart's lead attorney the company -- quote -- "has a very strong policy against discrimination and in favor of diversity." it's right there in the employee manual next to employees must wash hands. if you are one of these women, don't worry, the court says it's still okay for you to sue wal-mart. just be sure you hire the best legal team an $8 an hour cashier can buy. [laughter] because thanks to the supreme court, you will have to sue them as an individual, but the $420 billion corporation gets to fight you as a team. and you know what, folks, now that i

>> greg: wal-mart is awesome. i bet you never been to a wal-mart, have you? i been to a wal-mart. i had to go to the bathroom and it was the only place i could get into. i'm telling you that wal-mart destroyed main street america. >> greg: allen town, pennsylvania, is the only -- >> bob: did you really live in allen town? >> greg: ten years. it was kind of nice. it was the best thing about allen town was wal-mart. every week that is the only place where you can get everything you needed from meat -- >> bob: wal-mart is leighing allen town. >> andrea: this manual is paying off because friday the administration did a late afternoon press dumps and announced it was rewarding more waivers to union. so the union number is -- healthcare waivers for obamacare. 1,500 . now we have had this debate before. it understand why unions want to keep the fee low for their members. a lot are home healthcare workers, janitors. what is blatantly unfair, these on the same unions that pressureed the administration to put these mandates on everybody else. now they are just turning

as to wal-mart's corporation, there are many wal-marts but we are spread apart. it's not that we can come together socially. we come together on the premises that we work on an environment that is very unfair in the treatment of its employees. we have many complaints but this is just two that have come forth. we are trying to unite without having to be under the intimidation of losing your job just because you speak out. we are in a very intimidating environment. so this avenue was one that would have allowed us without the fear of rhett bution is to come forth and have our complaints addressed. >> are you going to give up now? >> absolutely not. the best is yet to come. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> professor hart, will the wal-mart decision that we just discussed with ms. dukes, is it going to make it more difficult for victims to bring their cases? or is this one of a kind case? >> i certainly -- it is certainly not one of a kind case. one of the interesting things that's happened both in court and in the majority opinion and also in the press following

for two or three years, so this is really ought wal-mart target bill. they're just hiding behind a smokescreen calling on the retailer's but never care about ferris amine st retailers. >> gautham nagesh? >> thank you. now can you tell blood collecting and sales tax would have on your business? if you can quantify the would be great if you could describe the process of the burden. >> the impact would be there is about 12% of the u.s. population in california and about ten to 15% of the commerce runs through affiliate's so if you multiply those together you get about 2%. so about -- by california, you are passing this it means of of that 2% of revenue because we have to end those relationships. and in addition, this world of ifill yet marketing is i call it the ho chi minh war of the fleas against the elephant. the companies that somebody may be a schoolteacher and have a web site at night she maintains calls best buy on purses dhaka, and then people looking for purses come to her side and she has found purses from 20 different retailers and they buy or n

and wal-mart to share our information. we are head quartered in road island and we are dedicated to letting americans achieve what they need to at a lower cost. we include more nurse practitioners than anybody in the nation and we have a higher tax rate of 39%. some think of us as the nation's leading drugstore chain because we inflate 4 states here in the district and puerto rico and 75% of all americans in our markets live within three miles of one of our stores. another manager of tnt b.n. they help assist plans and unions to assign prescription drug options that they need and their drive down costs . that being said we think the c.v.s. drug market is more than just a drugstore chain. we consider ourselves part of the american society working to provide the health and lives of our services. because of that we have made significant investments in our people and here in the u.s. we believe that's part of our obligation as part of the american business community. as a major part, c.v.s. caremark has reinvested more than $1

behind me is the proposed site for a new wal-mart. wal-mart sells guns. the people live here say, hold on. the georgia avenue site for the proposed walmart sits in the middle of a network of established neighborhoods. neighborhood filled with single- family homes and schools and families who have lived here for decades. >> what i do not want is a wal- mart in the area. >> she has lived here for 28 years. she learned many of the wal-mart stores sell guns. >> now but i know that they sell guns that is out of the question. >> the city must have a registered dealer. the city's only licensed dealer is not doing business. cathy lanier said the city must find a dealer at soon. even though it is not a good idea, wal-mart could be one option. >> walmart could take that on. are they willing to take that on? >> for residents who are battling to keep crime down, the thought of a big gun dealer moving in is not welcomed. >> things happened around here. >> next to the police station. there are still a lot of unanswered questions that need to be addressed. >> walmart st

consumers can rent or buy movies on wal-mart's website.t is not offering subscriptions. >>> it was warmer today than yesterday, but now the potential of a snag in your weekend forecast. pinpoint outlook as eyewitness continues right here. ,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] brace yourself for the big, bold taste of a subway® bbq pulled pork sub. tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. montrose, california. in here, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. call at&t and see what we can do for you. with unlimited voice plus broadband, starting at $70 dollars. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. >>> what a day across the bay area. i was take ago bike ride and i stopped and took a look at some of the grapes and they are nowhere near being ripe. i believe we

consumers can rent or buy movies on wal-mart's website. it is not offering subscriptions. >>> it was warmer today than yesterday, but now the potential of a snag in your ,,,, >>> what a day across the bay area. i was take ago bike ride and i stopped and took a look at some of the grapes and they are nowhere near being ripe. i believe we could have a problem come crush time towards labor day. i thought i would do homework. take a look at the stats and where is the heat? livermore has been averaging 9 degrees below normal and here we are on the 26th day of july. back on july 20, tomorrow we do have some warmth in our forecast. average high in livermore is 90. forecasting 89 degrees. 83 to the north in santa rosa. low 80s in san jose. it's been a cool month, averaging between 4 and 8 degrees below normal for this time of the year. a bit of a chill in the air tomorrow morning for your commute with areas of drizzle. due to that very deep marine layer. in the 50s to low 60s and look at the extension of the low clouds and fog towards the delta. r

in fact, -- wal-mart and cbs -- cvs, as well. you may not know that we are also wrote a manufacturer of safety which we are also manufacture of some safety items -- we are also a manufacturer of safety items. surgical drapes and downs, and gloves, infection control, and pain management products -- surgical drapes and gowns. we have to have a global presence to serve them, and because many of the products we sell are lightweight and costly to ship, we have to manufacture a product close to where our consumers live and work. -- manufacture our product close to where our consumers live and work. the developing and emerging markets represent our biggest growth opportunities. for example, in the u.s., five diapers a day to care for their babies, but in emerging markets, five diapers per week. this is a growth opportunity for us. to be successful in any market, businesses need for ground in which to grow. that fertile ground includes access to skilled employees, the reliability of energy and other resources, and a competitive, stable,

is then manipulated however consolidation itself isn't always bad and everyone loves to hate on wal-mart because they're a big nasty evil greedy corporation and i would agree that because of government power they get away with doing some nasty evil greedy things however it's pretty clear that in the service of providing a retail outlet for americans to spend money they don't have on cheap plastic crap from china they don't need consolidation is more efficient and as much as i hate some things wal-mart does i love the fact that we have megastores like prague and walmart and that's where i go for all my cheap us to crap from china and i can get it all in one stop. very efficiently all right a michelle obama all about her organic garden on the front lawn of the white house we know but for the rest of us peons this is now a jailable offense they create gardens no serve it's up to the standards of your local poet bureau it's a convict three garden or convict or garden get it at least this is the case in oak park city michigan where a local city planner as a side of it really bass's vegetable

wal-mart operates 183 neighborhood markets across the country. but none so far in california. >>> we had a bipolar june, cold, some times hot, now a downright chilly july. mother nature can't seem to make up her mind these days. so are we seeing a new weather pattern, climate change, or just a hiccup in summer sizzle? bay area's reporter, reports on the unusual weather and its effect on those heading outside. >> reporter: tonya keeps an eye on her consider. usually this time of year she pushes water and shade to keep the kids hydrated. >> we dress in layers, peel them off. not today. it is too cold. >> after weeks with scorching temperatures, summer feels like fall. doesn't bode well for tomorrow's plans. >> we have a field trip scheduled for tomorrow at a water play park. when i scheduled it it was 90 degrees, no problem now. wondering if we should do it. because it is so cold. >> what gives? are we seeing the blip on the weather pattern or something bigger? turns out a little of both. >> it's manly due to marine layer wind when the layer pushes

at the top you have wal-mart. tell us why you like wmt? >> well, a terrific franchise, biggest retailer in the united states, and a growing franchise tapping into the fast-growing areas in emerging markets like mexico and particularly of recent taking a majority stake in an african-based retailer which is a bunchonning continent with a large population and rising middle class. the company's trading at a valuation of 10, 11 times forward earnings. has a fortress balance sheet and even though it is struggling domestically with regard to same store sales activity we think this company will get it right. in the meantime you get a 2.7% dividend so you get paid to wait. >> susie: tell us about microsoft. why do you like it, trading at 27 dollars, pretty of the same place it was trading in january. >> a bit of the same theme there with regard to wal-mart. microsoft is one of the four aaa rated companies in the united states. again, 50 billion dollars in cash, almost a 3% dividend yield. a company that is experiencing terrific revenue growth and t

are going to actlly try to figure out a way to make wal-mart like the way they produce. and we work hard on that and we're work closely with companies to get them engaged in therocess of improving their environmental performance and letting them know that it's good for eir customers and the customers want it, it's good for thr employeebecae it turns their employees on and is good for the shareholder because i creategreater value. >> ros talto me about the united states and its failure and then let's assess china. >> well, as a federal government... because a lot of the states have done some impressive things with renewable standards and so forth, including here in new york. but as a federal government, we've all seen over the last three or four years especially how difficult it's been to agree on a cap and trade regime or another like approach, the most obvious of which would be to put a price on carbon through a tax. >> rose: wch i better than cap and trade? >> it's more direct and, yes, it is better. >> rose: it has the word "tax" attached to it. >> a carbon tax or a c

go to wal-mart dock, and or rent them and own them for $5 and up.side at san jose traffic still looks ok temperature now is 59 degrees with a high of 76 today. >> an early-morning shooting out with the play's author of the was investigating a growth complex >> a richmond boy is back home with incredible survival story. he was attacked by a grizzly bear. the bear was aggressive because she had as a cowboa cub. the president has one week to reach the debt ceiling prices >> now on to the weather forecast >> good morning and i look now of the golden gate bridge but it traffic is nice in light temperatures on the mild side fremont's current condition is 57 degrees 72-year high for the afternoon it is hugging of the peninsula this is a satellite view a the fog visibility is right-to-life this is a look of current temperatures are around the bay area. at 9:00 this morning we will be looking at moseley '50s and '60s later run new-paragraph we will have temperatures a lot like yesterday. 86 in morgan hill . this is all of your seven day forecast we have 90 d

the architect in both cases is a company that has worked with wal-mart. wal-mart is not commenting on those proposals. >>> right now the time is 4:48. we have man versus shark. the dramatic fight captured in the water between a fisherman in a canoe and a shark. >>> i've been meaning to ask, did you ever get that fiddler off the roof? >> san francisco's wild relief pitcher steals the show at thest by awards and it wasn't just his beard they were talking about. >>> welcome back to the morning news. it's now 4:51. and after nearly a week in space the crew of atlantis gets a little free time today. earlier this morning though it was some of the less glamorous work of being an astronaut. the crew actually had to hand carry some of the food and clothing over to the space station from the shuttle. have some video of them carrying those bags over. later this week they will refill the cargo container with trash and old equipment from the station and then return it to earth. >>> and later this morning we get to talk live with the crew in outer space. we're going to

it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: trying to find the right word. i am pleased, honored, humbled, delighted, crazy to have jesse norman on this program tonight. the legendary soprano has been an inspirational voice in music for many years to come. she released her first new recording hall. it is a good one. if you are fortunate enough to be at the mall in pasadena, before we get to the conversation, we take you back to a classic performance from paris on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the french revolution. ♪ tavis: i am tickled to have you here. >> i am tickled to be here. tavis: that is it, good night. that is all i wanted to h

this is a place for wal-mart standing together with your community to make everyday better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. additional funding provided by -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: this is the view of beijing from the roof of the microsoft campus. this is second only to their headquarters. the big cities are already jammed and in the next 10 years, they expect the largest internal migration in history there is a downside to all of this gallup and growth and you can see it, a thicket ago, bikes dominated the streets. today, everyone would like a car. -- a decade ago, bikes dominated the streets. the government has limited car ownership but in that edict might be too little, too late. the growth model could derail all of the economic gains of the past two decades

this is not just the street or a boulevard where wal-mart stands to get there with your community to make everyday better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. tavis: additional funding provided by -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: this is tiananmen square. the protest is largely unknown -- unknown to most chinese. today, the square is a major tourist attraction. we had permission to bring our cameras into the square but at the very last moment, the guards refused to let us then and we had no choice but to continue with a tourist camera instead. thankfully, we would not experience this again until our visit until we returned tuesday -- we returned to the 101 middle school i school in beijing. this is one of the highest in the world. only the highest achievement is expe

. >>> what wal-mart wants to stream right into your home. ,,,,,,,, sure, pulling the mold, mildew, andrime from out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch. before you can deep clean, you learn to get a feel for its trouble spots. and hey, if you can't listen to grout, you can't truly know its wants...its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. thousand post offices that could be shut down. they include five in san d, and >>> today the post office released a list of nearly 4, 000 post offices that could be shut down. they include five in san francisco, two in oakland and one each in daly city, south san francisco and san jose. at each spot, there will be efforts to set up services within local businesses nearby. sort of like village office. last year the postal service lost about $8 billion. they say the offices that are closing average $50 in sales. >>> wal-mart is challenging netflix and hulu. the world's biggest retailer is now renting streaming movies online. apparently many of the films will be available on wal-mart's website

one lady in minneapolis stood up and said she's a wal-mart employee, a manager, makes $9.80 an hour,fits and says she carries three cards in her pocket. one is her wal-mart i.d., the second her discount card, and the third is a welfare card, a card so that she can partake of the basic social safety net that wal-mart refuses to grant to her, even though she is a manager and even though she is a valued employee by them. you wouldn't know it by the pay they give her. so we've gotten outside of the beltway and we'll keep doing it. when i heard orrin hatch's statement today, i was quite frankly flabbergasted and amazed at how out of touch he must be. i mean, when is the last time this guy bagged a grocery or sat in a barbershop? doesn't he know that people are really suffering out there? they are in foreclosure. doesn't he know these things? everybody else seems to know. >> congressman, let me ask you about the social safety net. obviously, house minority leader pelosi said that the caucus would not support cuts to medicare, social security. >> and medicaid add to that. >> that's interest

it is not just of boulevard but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make everyday better. with every question and every to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> always pleased to welcome our friend, george wallace. the talented comedian continues his successful run at the flamingo hotel in las vegas. the show runs tuesday through saturday. i cannot believe you are still in las vegas du. >> first of all, i am so blessed. i went there for 30 days, 60 days, 90 days. i am in my eighth year, and i have to thank the people for letting me be part of that community. i do not have a job and love doing what i do, and they pay me to make people happy, which makes me happier. nature you enjoy your life. -- make sure you enjoy your life. just because you have a degree in marketing does not mean you just need to do analysis. you might enjoy painting houses or fixing cars, but if it is what you

the move wal-mart is taking to grab more customers. >> they do.t had been the biggest weekend opening ever but this morning, the historic decline for the final installment of the harry potter movie. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, the fast food chain plans to add a serving of fruit or vegetable, and shrink the portion of french fries in happy meals. the changes will start taking ef >>> is mcdonald's going healthy? they plan to add a serving of fruits and shrink the portion of fren itch fries and happy me. changes will start taking effect in september. they will be in place in all mcdonald's restaurants by april. >>> wal-mart is hoping to draw new customers with a movie streaming service on its website. the new service is called, voodoo. it lets people rent or buy movies stream them to their tvs, blu-ray players and their other equipment. but unlike netflix there is no option for subscription service. rental prices range from a buck to 5.99. >>> we were just talking about this. the story of the trapped chilean miners is heading for a theater near

it is not just a street but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community.ake everyday better. >> nationwide support tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is pot -- proud to join him in reducing financial -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

this is a place where wal-mart gathers with your committee to make everyday better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: alan blinder is the former vice chairman of the federal reserve and a former member of the council of economic advisers for president clinton. glad to have you with us. >> nice to be here. tavis: i was struck by your piece in the "wall street journal," where you tried to focus the conversation now, so much conversation about deficit reduction. so much talk about the debt, so much talk about a variety of economic issues that we are grappling with at the moment but in the middle of all of this we have lost focus on any conversation about jobs. can you tell us what you were trying to get across? >> i think that is right. to me, it is amazing. if you ask any poli

it is not just a street but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community.ake everyday better. >> nationwide support tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is pot -- proud to join him in reducing financial -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> philip levine grew up in detroit during the great depression, the son of russian jewish immigrants. he worked in the auto plants, and resolved that he would speak for the people working in the factory. "and," he said, "sure enough, i've gone and done it." >> belle isle, 1949. we stripped in the first warm spring night and ran down into the detroit river to baptize ourselves in the brine of car parts, dead fish, stolen bicycles, melted snow. i remember going under hand in hand with a polish highschool girl i'd never seen before, and the cries our breath made caught at the same time on the cold, and rising through the layers of darkness into the final moonless atmosphere that was this world, the girl breaking the surface after me and swimming out on the starless waters towards th

this is a place where wal-mart comes together with your community to make everyday better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: john prendergast is a noted human-rights advocate and a co-founder of the end of project which works to combat genocide. his latest text is called "unlikely brothers: our story of adventure, loss, and redemption." good to have you on this program. are you doing all right? >> i am doing very well. thank you. tavis: let me start in an unlikely place. i want to celebrate the work you have done with this young brother. this raises the question of why it is that white folk feel this super hero complex that they can swoop down into black neighborhoods or hispanic neighborhoods and their very presence and engagement can save and turnaround -- we see this a

it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome to anadeavere smith to this program, on her addition to the acclaimed show, one time jackie, it runs from july 20, and now from a scene of "let me down easy." >> i want to apologize but we can't find your records. could you tell me what kind of cancer you have. i said this is appalling, and you said hey, it's not just you. it happens here quite a bit. i said, i am an associate dean at the medical school. now he looks up. at this medical school? i said at the yale school of medicine, he found my files within a half an hour. tavis: so i saw this as you know in new york city, and loved it. and i am so