has been a multi national club so why did wal-mart choose a. we're asking the new wal-mart senior vice president and chief leverage here. live process is one of the most successful and best known managers in russia has worked in the retail business for about twenty years and used to have russia's largest retailer before leaving for america when wal-mart trying to enter the russian market has this company was among its most possible targets the attempt was unsuccessful but shortly after closing its possible office. a top manager position in the speech international operations division can offer classes just couldn't. this welcome thank you very much i welcome to moscow by the way you're not a frequent guest now in this city yeah. what were the motives well we talk about the intrigue later betts well i just said that he got that proposal you admitted it and went to the states what was the motive for you to see yes to binary you know it's amazing experience because wal-mart is not just the largest company in the world it's from my point of view th

this year, toby, who do you trust, wal-mart or washington. >> well, wal-mart, denial is not a river inernment has come up with a way of trying to measure inflation and it's just not right. wal-mart gets the real reaction every day from millions of customers, they're doing the right thing here. i wish they would take this money and reduce their gas prices because we'd get more pop out of it, but there's no question they see the front line consumer and front line wal-mart consumer is hurting because the sales is down. >> brenda: this is good business because they're hoping to bring in more customers, obviously, more volume. >> and that's exactly the point. instead of gouging them and making it on. >> gouging. >> and want to go keep more customers in the store and it's just good marketing and business sense and market position, but it's not a sign that inflation is upon us, because i can guarantee wal-mart would definitely factor that into the pricing and would increase prices along with inflation. and instead, they're doing the opposite because it makes good business sense. >> oh, now. >

you're going if it's a rising i mean wal-mart but. the overall situation with retail what is it in the states. is it problematic first of all we can see probably in the future some technical changes with development of commerce and i suppose starting in. a few years ago all the fear of now we can see in a couple years or probably in ten years completely different environment completely different landscape of retail based on commerce to colleges and we're not even. getting things through the net but people are when you look at all. first of all you don't need to have in many cases physical stores because you have access to millions of us players on the wall to us from your smart phone and question who is better service provider for you giving you better. quality of products but if you let the race is towards doing the transportation will you have to build it and so you will not be building a retail instead you'll be building and climb new system of transportation industry and logistic of you know the distance i mean you get bigger beca

tests >> wal-mart neighborhood markets are much smaller than regular wal-mart stores.al-mart grocery stores. each store will be hiring 75 and floyd is which could mean a total of 300 jobs. >> in richmond school officials are still assessing the damage done to this brand new auditorium at least of elementary. it houses a brand of computer labs as well as a library of. officials say was scheduled to open last month but now that will not happen because vandals broke into the building and ripped it apart. tonight, the richmond police department will be talking to the school board and parents about preventing more break-ins from happening at this auditorium. i will have that for you at 8:00 p.m. at 11:00 p.m.. >> in san and cisco, apple unveiled the new ipad. it is not call the ipad 3, it is called the new ipad for the new generation ipad. it looks like the ipad 2, the improvements are built inside. it better camera, and his plea, 4g service, voice dictation for e-mail and text. it will be the same price, between $500.820 $9. the new-line ipad is on praetorian will be in st

we're told wal-mart can go ahead with plans for a grocery store. pleasanton will join san ramon, hayward as the four bay area cities to be home to neighborhood markets. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> come tomorrow commuters driving through mipitas will have a new option, express toll lanes. the stretch at the interstate 880 interchange will become a toll lane. that means drivers will pay to use the toll lane starting tomorrow morning. tolls range from 30-cents to $6 one way. and are adjusted based on traffic congestion. caltrans plans to postthe fee on electronic signs. >>> a canadian company which shared this company of a new b.a.r.t. car ranked highest on a contract. all three bids came from foreign companies. lombardie international is hoping to win a $3.4 billion cop tract. lombardie must now pass an audition showing 60% of the parts and material used in the b.a.r.t. car will be made in america. >>> another day has come and gone and there is still no sign of a missing 15-year-old from morgan hill. sierra lamar disappeared last friday on th

we're told wal-mart can go ahead with plans for a grocery store. pleasanton will join san ramon, hayward as the four bay area cities to be home to neighborhood markets. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> come tomorrow commuters driving through mipitas will have a new option, express toll lanes. the stretch at the interstate 880 interchange will become a toll lane. that means drivers will pay to use the toll lane starting tomorrow morning. tolls range from 30-cents to $6 one way. and are adjusted based on traffic congestion. caltrans plans to postthe fee on electronic signs. >>> a canadian company which shared this company of a new b.a.r.t. car ranked highest on a contract. all three bids came from foreign companies. lombardie international is hoping to win a $3.4 billion cop tract. lombardie must now pass an audition showing 60% of the parts and material used in the b.a.r.t. car will be made in america. >>> another day has come and gone and there is still no sign of a missing 15-year-old from morgan hill. sierra lamar disappeared last friday on th

. >> wal-mart has plans to open for grocery only locations.al-mart says the stores will create as many as 300 jobs but this is some opposition. a public hearing is being held tonight in pleasanton to discuss the building a store at this location along santa rita road. >> this is the states where wal-mart wants to open a neighborhood market grocery stores. this is the former nob hill supermarkets based on santa rita road in pleasanton. the town of pleasanton has already given wal-mart the ok to open its market here because they say there was already similar business your operating the same exact type of thing but organized labor is against wal-mart moving in. there are some neighbors in the area who are also asking the planning commission to overturn their decision. the market would be selling grocery store type things. it would not be a full-blown wal-mart. it would be open from 6:00 a.m.-midnight. pleasanton move to the meeting tonight to a bigger space because they are expecting such a huge turnout. >> increasing cloud cover throughout the a

wal-mart was the opening grocery store and decided they not tell markets that goes into thousand 10 at the meadows plaza shopping center union representatives this battled the plan because the store would be nonunion but most of those it turned out to 9 say the neighborhood needs a pressure store. i did difficult to tell people were down the unemployment office waiting in line for jobs that they can't have a job because some people in this town don't like wal-mart and they don't like the name on the sign out in front. the commission voted 5 to 0 to deny that appeal. no union leaders of the meeting and neither did to people who appealed to the original decision. >>> the government says the ground beef treated with the ammonia is safe for human seats and here in the bay area targets safeway wal-mart and albertson's are among the supermarket chains that some means containing been finely textured beef or pink slime as it's known be contacted those stores for comments safeway says it is reviewing the issue now albertson says it doesn't add teams line at its retells look stores but it is use

have a lot more at wal- mart, better security. >> reporter: but back at wal- mart, the early birds willhome by midnight. and napa has this message for the folks waiting at apple. >> stay warm. >> reporter: and i did talk with a representative from apple earlier tonight. she couldn't comment on why they're letting wal-mart get this eight hour jump start on the ipad launch. the new ipads start at abusive fun and only are available at the wal-mart stores open 24 hours, like this one. in union city, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 action news. >>> and the santa clara city council voting in favor of several deals that paved the way for a construction of a new stadium for the 49ers, the most important item was the first one, final approval of a bank loan up to 950 million for the stadium. a nonrelocation agreement was also passed, requiring the 49ers to play their home games at their new stadium for at least 40 years following its opening. and the deal can only be broken under extreme circumstances. >>> and san jose firefighters busy this afternoon, fighting two house fires just minutes apart. th

have a lot more at wal- mart, better security. >> reporter: but back at wal- mart, the early birds willhome by midnight. and napa has this message for the folks waiting at apple. >> stay warm. >> reporter: and i did talk with a representative from apple earlier tonight. she couldn't comment on why they're letting wal-mart get this eight hour jump start on the ipad launch. the new ipads start at abusive fun and only are available at the wal-mart stores open 24 hours, like this one. in union city, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 action news. >>> and the santa clara city council voting in favor of several deals that paved the way for a construction of a new stadium for the 49ers, the most important item was the first one, final approval of a bank loan up to 950 million for the stadium. a nonrelocation agreement was also passed, requiring the 49ers to play their home games at their new stadium for at least 40 years following its opening. and the deal can only be broken under extreme circumstances. >>> and san jose firefighters busy this afternoon, fighting two house fires just minutes apart. th

to sell new i pads at midnight before apple stores so yes on friday wal-mart stores were open eight hours before apple stores were open to selling the i pad so this is interesting in light of the fact that wal-mart has reported bad earnings quarter after quarter for the last during the recession because people couldn't even afford the everyday low prices that wal-mart people at wal-mart were lining up at midnight to buy baby formula with their food stamps allotment now is this a case where people are confusing apples apple sauce with apple related products to feed their baby or are they buying apple computers confusing one with the other and if so why would somebody who is broke living in a tent somewhere in the woods be lining up to go and i pad three perhaps that's a way to you know really dig inflation numbers they rejig manufacturing to say that working at mcdonald's is actually a manufacturing job because we manufacture hamburgers perhaps it's a stealth stimulus program where they reclassified it they just put on the receipt apple product and maybe people thought it was like a

and wal-mart both long time funders of alec according to nichols got what they wanted free rein for gun owners to shoot first since alec approved the law in two thousand and five sixteen states have passed it creating a breeding ground for more senseless racially motivated violence so how many more kids have to die in the name of justifiable homicides so wal-mart can avoid liability lawsuits how many more teenagers have to be murdered and how many more communities have to be up ended by the violence so the national rifle association and the koch brothers funded american legislative exchange council to make sure the gun manufacturers and retailers like wal-mart can solve more of their products alec represents the corporatocracy in the us is not interested in the public good but rather corporate profit whatever maximizes profits and immunize them from lawsuits and matter how many trayvon martin's are murdered in the process so what they want from the founders wrote we the people is the first three words of our constitution they did not mean we the corporations no matter what john roberts

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the city of miami supports wal-mart's arrival and mortgage broker grant stern opposes bringing in wal-martng here. >> thanks for having us. >> alisyn: grant, start with you, what's your brief to wal-mart coming to town? >> wal-mart's coming to town and looking to destroy a pedestrian district, go against the zoning code of the city and put in a tremendous, tremendous pull in our fabric of our economy. they're looking to monopolize the grocery business and wipe out small business jobs to pick up jobs for their employees. >> alisyn: frank, you were the assistant city manager from 1999 to 2002, will wal-mart do all of those things that grant just said? >> i think wal-mart is coming into town to do just the opposite of what grant is saying. wal-mart is coming to create jobs. they will create more pedestrian traffic on the street. and they will complete part of the hole in the donut that sits there as vacant land. >> alisyn: grant, you said that wal-mart will destroy businesses, i guess you mean mom and pop shops. do they make up for, let's say some mom and pop shops have to close if wal-mart t

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under the new settlement wal-mart has agreed to continue the program for more than a year and wal-martseeing some of those. jobs picture just got word applications for unemployment benefits last week remain at the lowest level in four years. reports about the state of manufacturing in europe and china raising some concerns about the strength of the global economy. you have the dow, s&p and nasdaq all under pressure so far today and the bloomberg index down a half percent. mcdonald's bowing to environmental concerns testing paper cups instead of foam in 16% of its restaurants going to be tested on the west coast. dunkin donuts sticking with the foam cups for now. jane king, bloomberg news. >>> calfire officials have released a report on the cause of a huge fire in the santa cruz mountains in august of 2009. the sentinel reports investigators say embers from a small fire pit outside a remote cab continue touched off the blaze. -- cabin touched off the blaze. officials done plan to sue the owner. -- officials say they don't plan to sue the owner. the fire scorched 8,000 acres, injured 10

i think that is premature those are getting a lot what the law does is it makes it harder to sue wal-mart because if so you know justifiable homicide rate has tripled in florida since that was passed and if somebody if you can't sue people who sold the gun so immunizes wal-mart it makes more money for the n.r.a. more people are buying guns and and who does the benefit of the. i would say that benefits people who feel threatened who you know one of the one of the primary right in terms of natural rights you have a right to self-defense right so taking that right which i am going to i guess that is just that this law probably does need some fine tuning but at the same time i think it's a little bit concerning to to discuss straight forward the idea that you can't get beyond yourself but i think that's one of the argument. indeed last question quick for this morning i mean somebody see former senator arlen specter gave the best analysis of romney flip flopping yet when he said this. romney has changed positions from the pornographic movie quote. so let's assume the romney is a porn star for

wal-mart is joining forces with hollywood. >> business is in the billions already. so we hope that this enhances it. >>reporter: the it he's talking about is dvd sales. studio are hoping the cloud will boost those sales. cloud is the term used to describe on line data storage site where people store all the digital goodies like music and pictures and movies. making them all very accessible. >> they will be able to digita the library and get to it any time and anywhere and it's really something consumer have been clamoring for. >>reporter: that's why the heads of 5 hollywood studio are teaming up with retailing giant wal-mart to tap into the cloud. aas this video demonstrates starting april 16 buy a dvd at wal-mart store or bring in one that you already own and wal-mart will give you access to that movie on the retailer voodoo cloud service allowing to you watch it at home or on mobile device. of course it's going to cost you. >> 2 dollars to convert standard dvd to standard dvd or blue ray dvd to blue ray then 5 dollars to convert from standard to high definition. >

. >> a battle over big box stores, when neighbors in pleasanton say they need a wal- mart >> why the csu system is setting some tougher standards for admission. all that and more when we come back >> a powerful storm pounds texas. it looked at the tornado that touched down in alone star state. >> a state parks lifeguard says it was the scariest rescued he has ever done, he saved three people were caught in a riptide that started when two boys were caught boogie boarding. one got out ok but to adults went in for the others. all three were in the water for more than one hour before the life guard finally save them. >> most campuses in the california state university system will not accept mid year applications for the spring semester. it says it is a way to control enrollment as state officials threaten more budget cuts. only eight of the 23 campuses will accept transfer students for spring of 2013 and nunn will accept new freshmen. san jose state university is especially overrun with applicants so it will likely end guaranteed admission for all high-school graduates from santa clara c

union organizers say wal- mart does not offer secure jobs. >> wal-mart's a new store will be open from.m.- midnight. >>justine: we will take a quick break, here is a live look outside at the james lick freeway. we will have some tech talk right after this. and >>justine: here is a live look outside from our camera over mt. tam. the question on everyone's mind this morning is are we going to see more rain? >>erica: it looks like we could see some pop up showers as we head into the latter part of the morning. we could actually start to see a pop of showers into the 7:00 hour. it looks like temperatures will be in the upper 40's and low 50s. by lunchtime, a chance of showers particularly for the north bay. we will not see too much south of the golden gate. by 3:00 p.m., cloudy conditions, breaks of sunshine into mostly dry around the bay. we could start to see some pop up showers around the bay. into the 7:00 hour it looks like we will be in the upper forties. temperatures drop a little bit as we approach sunrise. as we advance to lunch time we will start to see blue on the map indicating

and wal-mart through alec the american legislative exchange council wal-mart is america's largest gun were the retailer the n.r.a. is the lobbyist for the gun manufacturers this law makes it harder to sue gun sellers for selling guns to crazy people and scopes more here on our streets we need more gun sales and more deaths since florida passed this bill justifiable homicide rate in that state has almost tripled and with wal-mart alak in the n.r.a. refusing to talk to the press about their role in putting that gone into george zimmerman's and and then giving them immunity from arrest when he killed trayvon martin. for. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then a glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. mr.

the changes in store for wal-mart. >> local police honor their own on the anniversary of a deadly day in bay area history. >> story the key to capping rising gas prices. the new plan to change the way the state does business. >> i'm jeff ranieri and we managed sunshine today, but quick developing showers offshore will be rapidly changing the forecast. it's moving rain into the thursday. ha will we will have the full details and a weekend storm in minutes. [grunting] (sir can-a-lot) whoa! hello, madame. sir can-a-lot. crusader of flavor. i wanted to make your mac 'n cheese more delicious by adding glorious spam! (woman) that does sound good. glorious. (ancr) break the monotony. for more fun ideas visit spam.com. >>> an emotional day for the opd as it remembered and honored four of the fallen officers killed three years ago today. a new song was dedicated today to the police officers killed in the line of duty in 2009. you may remember this. today family members broke down as the fire department unfurled a large american flag at the overpass. they were shot and killed by a parolee in oa

make waves just like with mcdonald's and wal-mart on the privilegery. because going after one mcdonald's restaurant is the like, is going after more than 100-- >> and that's now. listen, and. >> the chinese mcdonald's and-- >> talking about the currency part and debt. once a time when mortgage backed securities were triple-a and they were considered money good. i'm not saying the u.s. is where the mortgage backed security market is now, but you know, it doesn't take a rocket scientists to figure out five years from now, maybe the, the currency of choice and the bond of choice is-- >> well, adam. here is what i'll-- a couple of things struck me, one, eating chicken wings after 90 minutes and any of the things i go to new york it, that's been sitting there for days. >> and stir it up, stirring the pot. >> neil: but that, in other words, it's a flimsy excuse, a very flimsy excuse to go right back at the united states and say, we can play this game, too, but to what end? >> well, this calls to mind, the days when the japanese would hold up american cars at

wal-mart must also pay a $2 million penalty.ore than three months passed since a los gatos man was if brutally beaten at a 49ers game and no word on criminal charges. here tonight with an update on his exclusive report. what is the hold up? >> he was left bruised and beaten. not able to find a single witns. that means no justice for the 49ers fan. sources in the d a's office blamed the fran police department. is that warranted? >> i wouldn't kay so. >> these pictures show what happened in candlestick park. it was the monday night game against the pittsburgh steelers. >> i got hit scare in the eye and that's the thing that pretty much devastated me and took me out. >> three months later, the pd investigators have not been able to locate a single independent eyewitness. >> it's a bit of a task to go back and locate evidence in the case such as this. >> the guy is only facing a misdemeanor? >> correct. >> your live is turned upside down? >> it has. absolutely. >> sorry that justice? >> not in my opinion it is not. >> mr. austin the

there was a regular wal-mart not far from that. they filed an appeal and did not show up at the meeting. if a councilmember asked for it. >> tomorrow morning, new toll lanes for the south bay commute. there is a catch. carpoolers may need to cover up. a new stretch of express lanes will open at the 237 and 880 interchange. koor poolers can use them for free and make sure they are accidentally charged. they need to cover or hide the transponders. four miles have been converted into express lanes in the stretch. solo drivers will be able to use them for a full charge. >>> is there a doctor on board? a pregnant woman is okay after she fainted mid-flight. she is 5 1/2 months pregnant and fainted earlier on a flight from seattle to oakland. a doctor was on board and helped the woman until that plane landed. the woman was taken to a local hospital. >> a hurdle for san jose's pension reform. there was an attempt to block a june ballot initiative. they were asking the superior court to review the wording of measure b. the argument is it's

. >>> new wal-mart opening in the south bay. what makes this one really different and when it is expected to open. >>> california reaches critical turning point in the battle against childhood obesity. ♪ ♪ twinkle toes i think i found a soul ♪ ♪ to make me happily ever after ♪ ♪ i say i love you and i'll say it more ♪ ♪ my one and only ♪ oh i can't lose ♪ so don't stop doing what you do ♪ ♪ have i paid my dues just to be with you ♪ ♪ don't stop doing what you do ♪ >> >> we are looking at a live picture of heavenly ski resort the top of a ski lift not operating now but they will be running and full of people this weekend after the stormiest week we've had in quite sometime there. is a sierra avalanche warning so be careful ski at your own risk in the back country. frances will check in with any traffic for folks heading up there. looking good for in weekend. >> -- for this weekend. >>> good luck up there. >>> wal-mart is ready to open its first grocery-only store in the bay area. wal-mart's neighborhood market will open next sept

. >> wal-mart can move forward in pleasanton. city leaders expected a big crowd to decide on the fate of the market.$♪ city leaders had opposed the plan and expected to bring a large crowd but nearly everyone has spoken to put the old grocery store where it used to be at the shopping centerment. >> we are resuesing it and the only difference it will have another sign out front. >> the wal-mart says they will sure 9 new employees. >>> they could top $11 billion. state regulators opposed those huge costs and they are not tied to the disaster uncovered which is is ting them to pay for those mistakes. new expresstoll lanes will open on the express lane in milpitas at the interstate 880 interchange. beginning at 5:00 a.m. some drivers can pay to use the car lane. you will use something to do that and tolls range from 30 to $6 one way and cal trans will pose the electronic fee. speaking of traffic, let's check in for tara and sal. >>> there are -- traffic on the right towards berkeley is looking graduated from -- looking great and fina

wal-mart was ought dated to fix the problem but continued to over charge customers. time now 450, starbucks plans to show a new line of drinks next month. they show green drinks but there will be no coffee taste, they will be refreshers and each can will sell for about $2. >>> head coach sean payton is suspended for about a year. greg williams is suspended indefinitely. greg is suspended for a half a game. saints players were rewarded with money for hits that knocked opposing players. >>> they traded him in the next month's draft. now it is official, broncos decided to trade tebow after signing payton manning and he will be the backup behind mark sanchez. >>> 4:51 it took 11 days to get under control. it is one of the largest fires in santa cruz county, it is a mysterious occurrence and nobody has an explanation. (overlapping voices) preteens and teens should get vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis, a rare but serious disease. health officials aren't the only voices recommending it. hear ours at voicesofmeningitis.org. . >>> welcome back, it is now 45 4:00 a

report. >>> wal-mart getting ready to unveil a new program that will allow people to shop online butpay with cash starting next month, customers will be able to reserve things online and pick them up at wal-mart stores. the plan aimed at 20% of customers who can shop online because they don't have bank accounts or credit cards, analysts forecast amazon this year could replace wal-mart as the number one holiday shopping destination. >>> wendy's dethroning burger king to become the second largest hamburger chain. popularity of the new film "hunger games "may ensure its maker is on the acquiring side. it is a film about teens forced to hunt to the death on live tv make 150 million dollars in first day of ticket sales starting friday. at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> police in san francisco and across the nation are keeping a sharp eye on synagogues and other places in the jewish community gathering a response to a murder of a rabbi his two children and another child at a jewish day school in france. they were killed yesterday by gunman

and wal-mart the forces behind this law they have not taken any responsibility for the consequences of this legislation and this morning geraldo rivera came out and said you know it's the same thing as a woman wearing a short dress should expect to get raped here's a role. i am urging the parents of black and latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies i think the hoodie is as much responsibly for trayvon martin's death as george zimmerman was. so what do you wear when it's raining and you know what what's what do you all think is going on here in sanford or carol in terms of the stand your ground law you spoke about earlier i think in this case even the drafters and the author of that law say that wouldn't apply in this case because actually zimmerman percy's was chasing her so i think that that issue is kind of off the table on that but that case but to take that although you know the number of justifiable homicides in the woods homicides for which people can't sue the gun manufacturers the n.r.a. or the gun seller wal-mart which were largest been

it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: welcome back. i want to pick up where we left off last night. we raised the name of president bill clinton who is our ambassador, asked by president obama, to lead the effort for haiti. what is the top line of what president clinton was able to do in terms of fund-raising? and has that money trickled down to the haitian people? >> president clinton is without a doubt the most significant foreign aid in haiti. i think that i can say very simply that it is a difficult process to find proper capacity where the money should go. donors are wary of the investments they make. and people critical of president clinton -- what they have to understand is that most of the billions of dollars that was raised, that they complained has not yet been spent, would not have been in the distance if president clinton hadn't been there to encourage the response. he is -- and the haitians would ack

it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: tonight marks the first show from our new studio here in los angeles as we continue our first week of our ninth season. i cannot think of a better way to inaugurate this new set then with a conversation with sean penn, the oscar winner who is a tireless human rights advocate who has spent much of his time in the past two years on the situation in haiti appeared he is now an investor at large to haiti, given that distinction over the weekend by haiti's foreign minister. here now, a quick look at some of their wonderful humanitarian efforts. tavis: had been a year. happy to have you back -- happy new year. happy to have you back on this program. let me start by congratulating you on the weekend. i heard you guys raised a good amount of money for your work in haiti to be honest with you, i was surprised when i heard the figure. not because you have not done good work, but that f

this was written by the national rifle association of wal-mart the lobbyist for the weapons manufacturers and the largest gun seller in the united states wal-mart is and and it was pushed by the american legislative exchange council into the states we have over a dozen states now with absolute democrat language all of this came through alec alec is funded by the koch brothers why are corporate lobbying groups funded by eccentric billionaires writing our laws isn't this you know particularly laws that would lead to things like the police literally saying the state's attorney says we can't prosecute this guy for murdering trayvon williams or martin rather isn't this a persian of democracy we get into the weeds with the word all came but i do think i don't get the weeds i think the wall needs some of the need some it's need some fine tuning clearly when you have this kind of answer you need some specific language saying walk us through stand your ground it's may not be chasing after somebody or whatever happened we don't know what happened in this case i think it's a little presumptive to sa

to residents have appealed, they say wal-mart will take away from business from other grocery stores and could lead to a loss of jobs in the area. tonight's meeting is at the firehouse art center. making the skies are a little bit more friendly >> out of the tsa hopes ease the stress of flying for seniors. >> just how clean will your next hotel room be, coming up. >> his head is down and he said no, get in the car >> but actually they were having a baby. they arrive at hospital as a trio. >> our skies are pretty angry but things are changing outside. fairly cold but not too much wind which means temperatures are cooling off. the rest of the forecast when we come back. >> severe weather caused twisters and flooding in oklahoma. a funnel cloud seen in oklahoma, 12 counties were under a tornado watch. the system dump 4-8 in. of rain in just of the matter of about a half-hour to an hour. new studies suggest there is not a single state in the u.s. with a flawless system of government >> the center for public integrity look at all the state's procedures to maintain a transparent government

we're talking regular people who work at wal-mart or shop at wal-mart and digging in their pockets. >> and the reason we have to have-- and maybe ben didn't make it up is the data on this, the data is quite clear. >> what does the data say? >> it's clear, it's a very small part of most household expenditures and a very small change and it's not a reality. >> remember the 1970's example and caused stagflation, because it's an oil price shock. >> one of the reasons it caused it, and careful, dagen, here is what i want to bring up. i don't want to revisit history so much as to say that to both of these gentlemen's credit, where they were talking about the impact, i think that people have gotten used to very high gas for a while. yes, it's moving higher now and i'm not trying to minimize the pain now, but i think if it were a sharper jump from where we were, and not from where we've been, it would be a much bigger and better. it isn't. >> i totally agree with you, that they've become-- >> really? >> and it was the same earlier, they would learn to adjust to that and $4 by the way, was the

i asked some of these people why come here when they could have led to a wal- mart.y say it is more fun when they gather with all of these people. >>mark: a quick break as the kron4 news is with you until 10:00 p.m.. traffic is moving smoothly with a little bit of rain is starting to come down. >>darya: we are tracking a storm in the east bay, yoli aceves is in oakland right now on interstate 80 to take a look at conditions there. the morning. >>yoli: this morning. since if the dry statement will not last for too long. already there was quite a bit of a heavy rain. for now at the moment, it is drive. cajon >>darya: hotels in let's see when things will get wet. >>james: phil is a year look at the bay area's in lindsay if this we're starting off a light drizzle and fog. there are areas of moderate rainfall afternoon, col hon as we head into the evening, widespread heavy rain will be the key. yes call in the north bay we will see rain. the rain is near in the direction of the bay. there rain is light otherwise it is a drizzle. from interstate 80 to the carquinez and int