the word wal-mart conjures up many images. it can mean big box retail or certain echo socio economic region. it is one of the most innovatist companies in america. >> and it's this man who's doing the innovating. a ano one roger wallman, head of wal-mart labs. his office in silicon valley look nothing like a wal-mart. in fact the closest wal-mart store is 17 miles away, across the san francisco bay in oakland. but it's here where roger ronman thinks about the future of retailing. particularly jn line. now web has his work cut out for him. wal-mart may be the biggest retailer in the real world, but amazon is the biggest retailer on-line. amazon's success, thanks in large part to, roger ronman. he is a former amazon executive. his ideas are behind much of that company's success. >> anan roger ronman is a serial entrepreneur. he is also one of the earliest investors in facebook and not once, but twice, apparently had the opportunity to buy google. joint by kate mets of wired magazine. mccall of "fortune" as well. we could start i

a wal mart foundation can do a lot, we cannot do this alone. it is a core part of our commitment of building partnerships because we know this will not be solved independently. we need the governors across the nation to continue making this a priority. your power to convene state, nonprofit, and corporate partners, to really put this issue in the forefront and put together one plan to move these numbers is essential. where you are taking leadership, we are seeing results. you have talked a little bit about the no kid hungry campaign in virginia and arkansas. each of those states in their first year added over 100 summer mill sites last year alone. the numbers can move. we are also seeing the growing utilization of class from breakfast. in defied districts last year, over 10,000 kids were added to the breakfast program. this is as the -- this is an important investment because it increases educational investment while decreasing under, obesity, tardiness, and behavioral problems. we see a growing number of state simplifying and streamlining and

jerry said until her wal-mart grounds the carts she will visit another wal-mart store that doesn't seem to have the problem. >> it's painful to shop. you know they aren't shopping carts they are shocking carts. >> reporter: if you have a problem like this go to the store manager before you leave and forget about it. they may not know shoppers are having a problem, that way you tell them and don't waste your money. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. take a look. pretty quiet night on the hear bar. setting the stage for a clear nice start tomorrow. current conditions 36, winds are west at six and pressure holing steady, rather high, 30.08. kept island, what a nice start to the weekendw. had sun across the state, certainly traffic, look at that. beautiful sunset and baltimore today. again a blue sky, i think we are getting set for a similar day tomorrow around here, even north and west. looking for mid50s. carroll and across baltimore and further south toward annapolis, maybe a few upper other's on the map.

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this is been a staple at wal- mart since 1980. friendly faces, often seniors welcoming you. >> now the retail giant is getting rid of them. we explain why. >> reporter: say good-bye to the nice friendly seniors who greet you at the entrance every time you walk into wal-mart. wal-mart usually retieries other jobs at their doors since 1980. they were the idea of sam walton who wanted his big box stores to be more friendly. but the news reports they are going away this year, a victim of changing times and tighter budgets. >>> last year wal-mart stopped using greeters after 10:00 p.m. to save money. now they will soon retrain them to be floor assistants. instead they will wander the store to help customers with their questions. >>> sam walton created the system because in those days most customers hadn't been in such a big store and he wanted it to feel like a corner hardware story but those days are long gone. for moreno to the web page and click on the money tab. >> the man behind the beat is dead tonight. don cornelius creator of s

part because of the bigger fear surrounding credit default swaps so what is this risk really and wal-mart mcdonald's starbucks how do you feel about paying your employees so little that most of them are poor henry blodget c.e.o. and editor of business insider is asking this question in a post today so is this what's wrong with capitalism in america the reason for the shrinking middle class the so-called economic recovery that has been pretty abysmal and is the whole rich job creator thing fact fiction are held up by fraud and the wrong type of regulations we're going to ask mr blodgett himself and speaking of fraud have too big to fail banks become a little too much like this. what do you do i mean construction. if we wanted something we just took it and you didn't even think about it. the mafia are the biggest most connected firms getting away with criminal fraud that is not being investigated with the rez not being made because the mob is running things for themselves we'll look at m.f. global and some of the too big to fail we'll look back at mortgage derivatives we'll speak to someone

the attempted kidnapping occurred inside the wal-mart here.any wasn't about to be taken away. >> he just grabbed me and i was screaming, can i going and he just dropped me and ran off. i was kicking like this. >> reporter: the second grader told us she was looking the at toys while her mother was buying strawberries nearby when the stranger approached her and start awed conversation. she says he grabbed her. >> en i said help me and i was screaming. >> she was like mama, somebody tried to get me, you know, and it terrified me. >> reporter: 25-year-old thomas woods was arrested an hour later 10 miles away. >> i didn't touch anybody. i didn't bother nobody. i was threfer there. >> i'm afraid to say he was in there to abduct a small child. >> the chief of police says woods is on parole after a man shotter conviction. he says brittany baxter did all the right things to get away. >> she is a hero today. i feel this story could have went another with a if she hadn't dawn what she was taught to do. >> my school taught me, like, when somebody is tryin

in st petersburg cites wal-mart's top manager saying that the company may strike a deal in two weeks however the head of wal-mart in russia says no talks are being held although the company has recently said it could reenter the russian market within two years x. five the current owner of car sale has reportedly been considering selling the chains seventy seven stores due to weak sales. one finally if you fancy a promotion or a pay rise then you might be better off working for a russian company but if stability and good benefits are more of a priority than a multinational company could be a better choice according to a poll by staffing agency and russia the pluses of working for a russian company include more responsibility faster career growth better pay but the disadvantages include being paid off the books lack of benefits and a weak corporate culture. well that's it for this hour but don't go away we have headline news coming up for you right after the. resistance is not politics but our culture. is. cultures of resistance long marketing. world. science technology innovation all

. >>> the news edge starts off in maryland tonight, a busy wal- mart the target of a suspected arson. the fire broke out at the store on frederick road in germantown this afternoon, but there's more to the story than just the fire. fox 5's karen gray houston here to explain. >> it was a fast moving smoky fire. police are questioning three boys tonight all 13 years old. they have not formally charged them with setting that fire but believe the fire was a diversion tactic so they could shoplift. it all started in a section of the store that sells clothes. a quick thinking manager was able to put the flames out with a fire extinguisher before firefighters arrives on the scene. nobody was injured, but shoppers and employees had to be evacuated. with the help of surveillance cameras officials quickly track down three suspects they believe set the fire. >> fire investigators responded right behind, worked with wal- mart security division and obtained surveillance where they found three juveniles in the area of the fire at the time it started and followed them out of the store through survei

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of or if i did tag that would account for some inventory adjustment as part of an accounting for wal-mart as part of the overall accounting for that is used commonly that is the overall kind for those wall street as your counting for the constitution are saying that oh one point two billion. i thought it was in my stock the only one who can get away successfully with that kind of defense are pimps in harlem oh that's right you are pimping for column well they claim that it's a result of the chaotic trading the week before the firm collapsed and remember also we learned that banks can now trade at a speed faster than the speed of light so perhaps they're trying to use physics and quantum physics as a sort of excuse for their reckless behavior that well their crimes don't like shooting or scat but experiment in quantum physics was if the cats hear the cats there he's dead he's not dead so they're treating it faster than the speed of light so one point two billion it was a phase shift the money exists but it's in a parallel universe by the way there's a parallel universe called the securitie

mentioned wal- mart. more healthyput on your dinner table.rt will detail its healthier food initiative to cut fat, sugar, and sodium. wal-mart will later the -- label them great for you so you can find them easily. as you mentioned, southern california-based coffee bean is its first location in in the lobby of the washington hilton. as i mentioned before, i hear the hot vanilla is amazing. with valentine's day one week today, you often have a time knowing what we want. here is what we do not want. sexy lingerie is out because of men by the wrong size. chocolate is also on the list. most hated gift is a household appliance. we do not want to be reminded of housework on that day. for abc 7 reporting news. >> you have to be careful. 70,000th ebrate our facebook fan, we are giving away 2.ther ipad >> code to wjla.com/facebook to chance to win.r we will announce the winner this on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> a lot of happy customers. off to a nice start today. >> warmer than yesterday. are not in the 20's. we have a beautiful moon outside. there is a p

. >>> tonight on the news edge a local wal-mart evacuated after a group of people started a fire inside the store. police say the flames were just part of a bigger plot. we'll explain at 11:00.  >>> gas prices higher than they've ever been this time of year. the average price for a gallon of regular in the district is now 3.77, 3.62 in maryland and 3.55 in virginia. it looks like it could get a lot worse. some experts believe gas prices will hit the $5 mark this spring or summer. fox 5's tom fitzgerald explains why. >> reporter: at the white house president obama says the higher prices threaten to fuel economic uncertainty. >> the rising cost of gas which is on a lot of people's minds right now of. >> reporter: aaa finds the current national average of gas at $3.57. >> virginia routinely has the cheapest gas in the country or some of the cheapest gas in the country, not this time. >> reporter: but aaa's john towns end says the price is only going higher. >> it's time for the political leadership of this country to step up and say this is unconscionable. >> reporter: oil speculat

. >>> and roaming around the wal- mart without clothes. >>> what exactly was the relationship between george huguely and yeardley love. a stunning piece of new evidence that had jurors on the edge of their seats. the details from charlottesville coming up. >> will winter make a return to the region on sunday? i have the complete warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 36 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. a gasoline tanker overturns and catches on fire. hazmat crews say it was carrying 19,000-gallons of fuel when it crashed. the tanker was traveling too fast and rolled on to the median. the driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> josh kaiser crashed his car into a creek. the teenager passed out as the car was filling up with water. that's when his dad's friend just happened to be driving by the creek. he pulled josh to safety. >>> george huguely's family members take the stand to talk about the couples happier times. adam may has the very latest from charlottesville. >> reporter: fighting for her nephew's future, huguely

plus, a stranger tries to kidnap a little girl from wal-mart. but she doesn't go quietly. >> he just grabbed me and i was screaming and kicking. >> she was like momma, somebody tried to get me. >> i didn't touch nobody. i didn't bother nobody. >> we will meet the little girl to put up a big fight and just maybe saved her own life. >> shepard: but first from fox this thursday night a massive settlement that put money in the pockets of so many homeowners. president obama spoke about the agreement earlier today. >> we have reached a landmark settlement with the nation's largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest hit homeowners, and some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry. and begin to turn the page on an an era of recklessness that has left much damage in its wake. >> shepard: the settlement $25 billion. it involves five of the nation's largest mortgage lenders. under this agreement, the institutions will have to reduce loans for nearly 1 million households. send out $2,000 checks to about 750,000 victims of improper fo

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. >> coming up astonishing video a girl snatched by a stranger in sot at wal-mart how she was able toles keeping a close eye on the apple co-founder. tonight's medical watch cancer jock according to the unit united states journal of science stopping the spread of plaque robbing patients of memory used in mice raised with alzheimer's after taking it-rapidly grew smarter and brain plaque disappeared researchers hopeful findings leading to a breakthrough against in terrible dementia and people. let babies keep themselves and that will make better choices infant we in from the bottles finger foods are better than spoonfed food british journal reports and that's what the chance to eat stop sot right away make healthier food choices with age less overweight more healthy attitudes toward food and a healthier body mass index. trimming the military not money or troops but the white house says it wants to trim waistline is calling obese americans and national security hazard military with help of first lady michelle obama wants to see leaner soldiers market orders are for altering military use

. >>> wal-mart is trimming the falt.loomberg business -- trimming the fat. >> we have the bloomberg business report coming up. >>> why tahoe ski resorts think they are getting a bum rap for their skiing conditions. >>> a a area science whiz has a date at the white house today. ?t?t?tñ >>> welcome back. water in the lower elevations everywhere with high elevation light snow in the sierra maybe an inch or to if they are lucky. heaviest of the rain will shift south past the morning hours watch out if you are heading to l.a., san diego mid to upper 60s scattered showers through the central valley mid to upper 60s chico and sacramento. snow showers in tahoe and yosemite. >>> 5:48. we've been reporting on how the state has been slashing funding to california universities. now it is trying to borrow money from them. controller 's office has asked the university of -- california systems to borrow hundreds of millions and turn it over to the state which is poised to run out of cash by march. the university systems have better cr

should prioritize them getting power after the hospitals and safety people because guess what, the wal-marts of the world, the stop and shop or supermarkets of the world, they feed people every day. they do it much better than we will ever. we should not be, as we have for years opening up points of distributions in parking lots of buildings, of supermarkets. we should be working with them hand in hand to know are they open or closed? and if they are closed, what do we do to open them? so they become part of a team and not everybody opening and operating in their own silos. by doing that we'll be able to take care of the public in general and more importantly, help serve the people who need it most. the people who are going to need our help more than anybody else. the people who don't have the opportunity to have 72 hours worth of food. the people who don't have the opportunity to go to a hotel. the people who don't have access to transportation. so we can focus our efforts on those folks. that's what we as not only government as a responsible private sector and faith-based community and tho

sellers were back at it again in shares of wal-mart. the stock fell another 2.5% today. that's after an almost 4% fall yesterday on the heels of its quarter earnings report. trading volume in w-m-t has been four times normal on this move down, from a 52-week high hit last week. one other note from retailing, women's store limited brands fell 4% in after-hours action, below its closing price. while earningsere stnger an antipated, its outlook was well below estimates. limited is the parent of such brands as victoria's secret and bath and body works. gold heated up thanks to some late day buying, but it was enough to push prices to their highs of the year. gold rallied almost $13 an ounce, with traders pointing to the usual set of worries out of europe and some technical support around 1750 an ounce. gold hasn't traded over $1800 an ounce since november. gold has been finding buyers as the dollar index has stabilized. usually gold and the dollar trade oppite direions but worries out eupe hav helped both gold and the dollar. the dollar index was up a fraction today. speakin

. >>> a fire at the wal-mart in germantown allegedly started by a 13-year-old kid as a diversion to shopliftey were seen on surveillance video and then went next door to a target store. nobody was hurt and the wal- mart was closed for about two hours. >>> maryland is a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. the bill made its way out of committee and is now headed to the pull state senate. the house of delegates approved it narrowly last week. opponents claim it does not protect religious freedoms. the senate president expects a final vote this week. >>> meanwhile, virginia is poised to allow private adoption agencies to deny children to gay parents. governor bob mcdonald says he will sign the bill that gives a private agency the right to refuse any adoption that goes against the agency's religous or moral beliefs. the bill will take effect in july. >>> it was a blues night at the white house and the president was feeling the rhythm. rhythm. enters. & come o baby, don't you wanna go &&. >> he joined in with some ever the greatest blues singer of all time. this during a con seniority at

wal-mart recognizes this as success. and political movements also ought to see new blood and new talent and new energy coming in in the same way. so we had in 2011 a very different house of representatives and a very different senate because we had a whole bunch of ron paul tea party people who are reacting against the tidal wave of spending that hit the country and scared a lot of people quite correctly because of the damage it has done and will continue to do to the united states of america. and as a result, we elected a different house and senate and in 2011, when obama said, well, why don't we sit down and raise taxes and pretend to cut spending the republicans said no, we're only going to cut spe spending. so for a whole year -- yes. [ applause ] and for a whole year, we wondered when is the yes but going to happen? and it never did. boehner and mitch mcconnell said we're going to cut spending, the problem is too much spending. you can't solve a problem of too much spending by raising taxes. it has -- raising taxes

and thanked wal-mart and the wal-mart foundation, and be sure that you spread the word that all of usare grateful for your commitment, both substantively and financially. it's really important. dan is doing great work, too. dan, why don't you tell us what is going on? >> thank you. and thank you for the kind introduction. and thank you to the governors on the committee for allowing the opportunity to speak to again, i'm dan weekley, dominion resources. dominion is one of virginia's largest corporation. we're also a large electric and natural gas utility serving various parts of the country. it's a privilege to speak to today. before i begin, the biggest part of my comments, i also want to take the opportunity to thank the nga for having their annual meeting in the state of virginia this year, and more specifically at williamsburg. i'm aware governor mcdonnell and the first lady and their staffs are hard at work comes with afford using all of you in waynesburg in a few months. dominion is a sponsor of the no kid hunger campaign in virginia which was launched in june 2011 by governor mc

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she fought back against a stranger who tried to kidnap her at a wal-mart in georgia.ot away as surveillance cameras rolled overhead. >> reporter: surveillance video you can see a man holding 7-year-old brittany baxter against her will, the attempted kidnapping occurred inside the wal-mart in breman. brittany wasn't about to be taken away as you can also see. >> just grabbed me and i was screaming and kicked him and he just dropped me and ran off. i kicked him like this, tried to kick as hard as i can. >> reporter: the 2nd grader told us she was looking at toys while her mother was buying strawberries nearby when the stranger who we see from earlier approached her and started a conversation. then she says he grabbed her. >> he kind of put his hand over my mouth. i think i said help when i was screaming. >> and she was like mama, somebody tried to get me, you know, and it terrified me. >> reporter: 25-year-old thomas andrew woods was arrested an hour later 10 miles away. >> i didn't bother nobody. i was never there. >> i'm afraid to say it. he was in there to abduct a s

we're putting wal-mart to be the next prez of the united states but seriously for these conservatives it's game time the question now is to what extent the energy here will travel this show. is over. in washington pristine for sound or t. . help you break down the c pac three ring circus politician comedian dean dollar joins me now from new york hi there day and so we have been i felt interest of conservatives in attendance at this event your thoughts on the attendees. well i'll tell you i think to me see pak there to see pax to be frank with is the one the conservative mainstream one which is it's on the right and i might disagree but it's out there then there's the other sheep pack the crazy people of america convention where they invite people from the lunatic fringe who are in hate groups to speak it to me and i say hate groups are it's not my term that's a southern poverty law center's term and they've been created one hundred seventy one to monitor he groups if you have anti-gay speakers and a muslim speaker and the immigrant speakers all there at the same convention were mitt r