wal-mart. did you have been to run into any of the employees that are so poorly paid or are not given enough hours to work so that they have use food stamps? i think that is just appalling when the ceos of the companies are billionaires?. >> for the book i worked undercover at wal-mart so is working alongside folks in both detroit and kalamazoo area. and it's definitely true that a lot of people do not make enough money at wal-mart to sort of pale their bills and so there cannot be stamps on the program. also natasha you are familiar with this from michigan, there is also a very strong sense using government benefit any service grapevine figure out how to do that is if they can. >> you also write about learning that people, families, husbands and wives were together bombarded people stay for a 10 year period with the dynamic behind both of those things click >> this is interesting for me. and that's been a shift i was working with a lot of stats who had been there for seven years, 10 years, 12

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i have no idea how wal-mart operates but i know how wal-mart separates. >> in your opinion if you pay or like having a lobbiest working on your behalf? >> he is a fixer. she a facilitator. that in itself is not necessarily a crime in mexico. >> so when you read the new york times article can you conclude from that potentially that wal-mart might have believed and senior officials within wal-mart might have believed that they hadn't done anything that was clearly wrong? >> it is perfectly possible. you want a passport or a driver's license or anything in mexico you have to wait in line. so you pay a guy to wait in line for you and he in turn will pay somebody else off to make the line move more quickly. you're not necessarily doing anything wrong by paying a guy to stand in line waiting for your passport or whatever. >> do you think the law we have here, the corruptions act is misguided? >> no. i think you have to be careful to see how things work locally in a country like mexico with the enormous expansion that wal-mart has had there. >> when you were a kid and went to your friend's h

can't forget wal-mart. our shares of wal-mart looking attractive after the bribery allegation selloff. we're talking numbers on the largest retailers. >> plus, should you buy or sell shares of netflix on earnings due out in an hour in two have a stock brawl. >> investor reaction from netflix and texas instrument, we will tell what you to expect. >> as we head it break, here is the sea of red in the s&p 45u7b. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> welcome back to closing bell. brian shackman here at the markets desk. we don't usually do caps here but when one is moving at 30%, it is worth looking at. halting and resuming trading with a strong move to the upside, basically the news is a $35 million investment and it is up 50% with another pop in the last few seconds. so that stock is seeing a strong move, scott, in just the last few minutes. >> thanks so much. with about 45 minutes to go in today's trading session, let's take a market stat check for you. weakness in materials, staples putting

escÁndalo de corrupciÓn afecta a wal-mart en mÉxico,l nueva york times dice que pasÓ mÁs de 34 millonesde soborn sobornos, esto ha afectado su rÍo para usted taci reputaciÓn. una cumpexplotaÓn en nevada, experto destinos que la causÓ un meteorito, comenzamos. ( ♪Úca ♪ >>> > te es su noticiero univisiÓn con rge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. >>> quÉ tal muy buenas noches la empresa wal-mart eÁ en la centro de una coroversia por el pago de mordidas, como le dicen en mÉxico a los sobornos, una investigaciÓn periodÍsticas dicen que la cadena pagÓ millones de dÓres hace 6 aÑos para facilitar su expansiÓn a territorio mexicano, la empresa en estados unidos, asegura que investigaba los presuntos sobornos antes de sab del trabajo periodÍstico del the nueva york times. >>> una primera vez que wal-mart estÁ en la ctro de la polÉmica, pero paulina nos cuen que es la mÁs seria >>> w-mart de mÉxico esta envuelto en un escÁndalo, el diario the nueva york times dicen que construyeron tiendas en el paÍs, para s una historia de Éxito una de cada 5 tiendas de mÉxico estÁ en mÉxico, un abogado fue informado

what about wal-mart?s it a bad apple in a bribery allegation scandal or is this business as usual in mexico? michelle crews carusso cabrera has the story. >> in mexico, their shares got hammered as a result of briarry scandal, alleged bribery 1k57bal. we will show you the result right after the break. dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. but not how we get there. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an unpredictable industry. so the eighty-thousand employees at delta... must anticipate the unexpected. and never let the rules overrule common sense. this is how we tame the unwieldiness of air travel, until it's not just lines you see... it's the world. how did the nba become the hottest league on the plane

are your headlines twenty seven two thousand and twelve you've probably seen the accusations that wal-mart paid millions of dollars in bribes to public officials in mexico to do business there now mexico's attorney general is reportedly investigating but is it possible in this case that the largest retailer in the world this multinational corporation is really the victim of extortion jeffrey tucker will make this case and more than twenty senators advocating the volcker rule sent a letter to write elaters this week urging them to get the role done by this summer as they were supposed to despite fears were thwarted industry opposition also trying to lobby against the big banks desires members of occupy the s.t.c. we caught up with them for an update and beware the dangers of lawnmowers. thanks. i'll tell you what the federal government has done to crack down on this dangerous machine and let's just say when it comes to regulations the grass is always greener on the other side let's get to today's capitol like out. i love it everyone's laughing at the lawn more but this is serious stuff ok o

now if you've been reading the headlines lately then you know that wal-mart is in the middle of a huge bribery scandal in mexico now the company allegedly paid government officials as much as twenty four point five million dollars to provide faster access to store building permits and an internal investigation was actually found to have been squelched by the company but why does the u.s. actually care about what wal-mart is doing in mexico that's a question a lot of people have been asking these days so we thought we'd take a good look at the foreign corrupt practices act was passed in one nine hundred seventy seven post watergate scandal and it bans individuals and companies from by bribing foreign government officials to win business or influence their decision making and it lay dormant for a while was rarely used but the number of cases brought by the d.o.j. against corporations has more than doubled in the middle of the last decade some of the biggest cases you may have heard of that included halliburton they paid five hundred fifty nine million dollars in two thousand and nine to

the story as you often do you say that wal-mart is actually the victim here of extortion house out. so it turns out that in mexico there are just like the united states there are little government officials little petty dictator is a position all throughout the economic law actually you know standing in the way of progress and in the way of enterprise and they're willing to go out of the way provided you pay them the right amount of money now in the united states this is done through lobbying and special trips or probably titian's and setting up you know offices that sort of thing and putting regulators on your board and all the rest of it we have our own ways of paying our bureaucrats off right but in mexico they're much more efficient system you just have to put my sample of cash into the midst of these little petty dust motes and then they go away what's wal-mart's been doing this for a very long time apparently and should more cheaply than it cost them the united states as to extortion tactic every government use that i mean governments don't do anything for us except they just

the statute and related statute prose ride is as a criminal matter wal-mart could be fined twice the amount of profits that they expected or sought to gain from the payment of the bribes. that's a pretty substantial figure. that would clearly... if all of the allegations in the story were true, that could clearly run into a very significant sum of money. but obviously we have to wait and see what the investigation brings out. >> woodruff: professor joseph hoffman, indiana university school of law, we thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> ifill: our latest story about the dropout crisis and efforts to keep students in school comes from the midwest. special correspondent john tulenko of learning matters television profiles one school district that altered its whole approach toward at-risk students. it's part of our ongoing "american graduate" project. >> reporter: in shelbyville, indiana 17-year-old kayla owsley lives a very grown up life- caring for her two-year-old daughter, bailey. >> at the end of 7th grade, that's when i found out that i was pregnant. and it was hard to think

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it was conducted by wal-mart personnel or by direction based on the allegations we've head. so i think the impact is real and immediate. >> we'll see how the case develops. jacob frenkel from washington. >> susie: more bad news for medicare and social security. a new report by the trustees of those big programs finds big problems. the social security trust fund is now expected to run out of money in 2033. that's three years earlier than projected last year. medicare costs are also running higher than expected. darren gersh takes a look at what's driving the changes. >> reporter: 11 million people now depend on social security for disability benefits. but the money in the disability trust fund will now gone by 2016. congress could swap assets from the retirement part of social security and put it into the disability program. but that's just a temporary fix. and it would hurt the rest of social security. the trustees responsible for social security have downshifted their outlook for wages and tax revenues. that's why they are now predicting social security's biggest deficit si

>>kimberlee: wal-mart is allowing customers to purchase items on line with cash. >> wal-mart is a rollingut a new program to make purchases easier. the retailer now allows people to buy out my without using a credit card or debit card. instead, you pay by cash. wal-mart is the only major retailer to have this service. they can choose a cash option at checkout, they will receive an order form to take and the wal-mart store to make the payment. the fdic says 30 million or more than a quarter of all households fall into the category overline on cash. studies show that many of those were under banked do have access to the huge debt, wal-mart is tapping into that. >>stanley: they were not beating drive the but i wish i did say the same for this driver. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. try something funny. [ male an

the new wal-mart opens tomorrow in san jose. that store in west valley freeway will employ 250 people. and len ramirez is here with the stores impact on the neighborhood. >> wal-mart is something of lightning rod in the retail industry wherever they go. a lot of customers love it for the low prices but a lot of union people lows it because of the low wages. but either way this wal-mart is opening tomorrow morning. some of wal-mart's newest san jose employees are already working, stocking up store shelves and warming up cash registers and in the toy department ... blowing up bouncing balls. but they're not inflating prices which drew customers in even though the store does not open until tomorrow. >> what is wal-mart have that you want or need? >> everything at a bargain price. >> we offer the best product at the best price. >> the store manager says this 92,000 sq. ft. location is the area's second wal-mart supercenter with a full grocery store and everything from clothing to cameras. but unlike a lot of wal-mart, the store won'

they say he bought at wal-mart and had difficulty carrying out of the apartment where she was visiting family. >> . >> in court we learned the tub has not been recovered but a neighbor said he saw johnson carrying it out of the apartment. johnson dedefense called it a circumstancal case. >> i count believe any jury could look at what they stated find him anywhere remotely responsible for any wrongdoing. >> reporter: the judge wasn't convinced enough to post bail. the state presented text messages and conversations between johnson and his brother and girlfriend months after the body was found johnson allegedly said i have to be real advertise i can i should go to brazil. the judge said no bail. >> i don't blame him for it. he is scared. he is never dealt with the criminal justice system a day in his life. this is all new to him and he is scared. >> i know in my heart that something happened and he was a part of it and if he -- if you are guilty, it's going to come out. if it doesn't come out in the wash it'll come out in the rinse. >> reporter: prosecutors also say five hundred text mes

. >>> una primera vez que wal-mart estÁ en la ctro de la polÉmica, pero paulina nos cuen que es la mÁssionuniÉxico e envuelto en un escÁndalo, el diario the nueva york times enciero paÍision paraunivis s@do ero unhistorione Éivisioto@dtiÍ compaÑÍa cerraron la investigaciÓn >>> si estas alegacionesnotiisi lo que representamos, nos preocupan estas alegaciones y estamos trabajando agresivamente, para determinar exactamente lo que haya sucedido >>> el gigante minorista estadounidense informÓ alivisio departamento de justicia de nunivision@dnoticiero univision cumplimiento de la ley de prÁcticas de corruptas en el extranjero y estamos combrom tid comprometido de tener un programa en cada paÍs donde operamos. >>> wal-mart es unaivisionunivi inaugurÓnmÉxico una tienda por dÍa, wal-mart opera mÁs de 2068 establecimoss comercialesn despuÉs del estado mexicano@d a representa el imperialismo >>> ahora la procuradora analiza notiel caso y si cayera en su competencia solicita al gobierno de estados unidos,nunivision@dÁ >>> estamos buscando a isabel mercedes solis de 6 os de edad de origen mexicano

the statute and related statute prose ride is as a criminal matter wal-mart could be fined twice the amount of profits that they expected or sought to gain from the payment of the bribes. that's a pretty substantial figure. that would clearly... if all of the allegations in the story were true, that could clearly run into a very significant sum of money. but obviously we have to wait and see what the investigation brings out. >> woodruff: professor joseph hoffman, indiana university school of law, we thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> ifill: our latest story about the dropout crisis and efforts to keep students in school comes from the midwest. special correspondent john tulenko of learning matters television profiles one school district that altered its whole approach toward at-risk students. it's part of our ongoing "american graduate" project. >> reporter: in shelbyville, indiana 17-year-old kayla owsley lives a very grown up life- caring for her two-year-old daughter, bailey. >> at the end of 7th grade, that's when i found out that i was pregnant. and it was hard to think

in the works, this the second wal-mart supercenter. the company has faced criticism for its resistance to unions. former workers say it has pushed wages down. all wal-mart workers say they don't need to join the union >> the average associate who works in the produce area will make 950 and hour to start where safeway albertson's lucky's can start anywhere up to 1850 per hour so you're making half a wage >> you show what you're worth and you can get up really fast >> the new store took over the former home expo space. >> a pretty nice couple of days there until yesterday >> i was celebrating my mother 75th birthday, happy birthday. if you're headed out the door today we have more showers outside. most of it is tailing off into parts of the south bay and the east bay. some pretty good cells rolling through the yellows and oranges, a moderate amount of rain. we may catch a break this morning as the showers will be tapering off but if you're headed out the door, you'll likely need it. the temperature's mainly into the fifties right now. by

apparently entering wal-mart cowrote or played a large role wal-mart is the largest gun retailer america in this standard gun shoot first law that has radically i mean hundreds of percent in one state over a thousand percent increased justifiable homicides in fact we have a chart about those states that have passed stand your ground laws have seen significant increases in these so-called justifiable homicides and it's in the queue here behind us as well and so is the time that we stopped the likes of alec and the n.r.a. and wal-mart for making our laws is not why we elect legislators who doesn't stand to reason that if you need to pass a law for to allow people to stand their ground using a gun that just on a side would rise i mean then it becomes part of the law as part of the legal system so i don't know if that statistic means anything other than that people actually are being able to defend themselves and raise you raise the issue of if you need to pass a law we've been around this country going around two hundred thirty years we haven't typically the old way that laws came about was

and wal-mart said his dog died purchasing dog treats made by nestle purina at local wal-mart. >> dennis particular doctrine it says now did not know that one month ago believes no other pet owners should have to go through what he did a class action lawsuit on behalf of anyone purchased the product. dennis adkins orland park says never should have happened promotional gets emotional thinking of cleopatra nine year- old daughter died last month days after eating one of these dog treat perfect health only thing that changed fed her these and she got sick cleopatra never had one before purchase these wal-mart. soon stopped eating altogether to be shut down days later she died >> walking into the store to buy this dennis adkins class action lawsuit against wal-mart nestle purina manufacturer treats imported from china subject of fda cautionary warning packaging claims chicken wrapped stamp or some nature intended >> fda warning without mention on the package or point of sale >> attorney dan edelman lawsuit on behalf of anyone who has purchased the product wal-mart committed to providing cus

. >> it might take longer for wal- mart to move into the district. it is not going to open the first door in d.c. until the end of 2013. this comes after repeated resistance from activists and opponents. wal-mart officials say they're using extra time to do more community research. the first wal-mart will likely break ground this spring in northwest. >> speaking of breaking ground we will have more on the national mall. on abc 7 news, an alarming new research linking on disney to obesity. >> >> next "anderson" -- captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a new study suggests that obesity during pregnancy may increase the baby's chances of being autistic. research astound obese mothers or 67% more likely to have an autistic child compared with normal weight mothers. doctors say that is concerning, because more than one-third of women during their childbearing years are obese. they say obesity can and need to be addressed. >> i think, if you are reaching the childbearing years obesity is a bad thing. it's not a good thing ofa

wal-mart could face big government fines.ompany spokesman released this statement: if the allegations are true, it is not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for. we are deeply concerned and are working aggressively to determine what happened. >>> prince harry has been award a prestigious humanitarian award he will receive the award for distinguished humanitarian leadership in washington next month. the 27-year-old prince has extensive military experience and is training as an apache military pilot. harry will use that occasion to pay tribute to british and american veterans' charities for their wor >>> check out this live webcam video of the falcon chicks atop t pg&e building on beale street. they look quiet now maybe taking a little nap. there are three chicks at 3:00 scientists will put id bands on them to track them and determine their sex by looking at their heel bones. >> the parents are going to complain a lot about that. >>> later today, practical mother's day gifts she will love. then how aspirin could preven

perhaps most importantly for these shoot first laws written by corporations like we're in this case wal-mart and the n.r.a. and then wandered through right wing think tanks like the american legislative exchange council they prevent law enforcement from doing their job michael bloomberg the mayor of america's largest city has some thoughts on this exact issue there well. it's now clear that these laws have undermined the integrity of the justice system and done real harm to public safety they have some confusion in police departments about when to make arrests they have made it more difficult for prosecutors to bring charges in cases of deadly violence and these stand your ground states have seen a major increase in so-called justifiable homicides these laws have not only made arc have not made our country safer they have made us less safe look at what's happened in three major states during comparable periods before and after stand your ground laws passed before stand your ground law became close became law in kind of florida the state average twelve cases of justifiable homicide per year s

wal-mart is saying no no we ride for putting words in their mouths they're not budging. apparently is it that they're just so big they don't they don't care about losing a few customers are they they have basically monopolized markets they run our competition out of business so they don't they don't care. well we actually haven't publicly escalated on on wal-mart or any other country the only company that we've actually called up publicly at this point has been coca-cola and so a number of corporations have been discussed and talked about but we've we've had behind the scenes conversations with about fifteen major public facing corporations that every single day try to market their products or sell their services to the black community and we've we've come to them with a simple message that you can't come for black folks money during the day and try to support laws that take away our vote by night and as we've learned about the trayvon martin story it's also taking away our life by night and and to the extent that over the next couple of weeks we're going to be highlight

in a statement, wal-mart said, "it takes compliance with the law very seriously." wal-mart is growing rapidly in mexico and now that country's largest private employer with more than 200,000 employees. >>> tomorrow is earth day, but plenty of people in the bay area already have a head start on efforts to clean-up their corner of the planet. lorraine blanco shows us why volunteers are so important in times of budget cuts. >> reporter: it's an earth day workday. from oakland firefighters, clearing out low-dry brush in the hill or highlands area to prevent wildfires to the little guys weeding and connecting with nature. >> it's a baby snail. oakland recruited about 4,000 volunteers to spend their sunny saturday cleaning and greening at 96 locations across the area. >> i figured it would be nice to help my neighborhood and community. >> reporter: because of budget cuts a lot of this important work wouldn't get done without the volunteer force. they are moving non-native plants and cleaning creeks and building new paths. mayor jean quan says the cutting-edge restoration

just north of the wal-mart. now, we believe that passenger a -- personnel a -- apparently a vehicle that these people jumped from, was left in the wal-mart parking lot south of the benson barracks. and that is being maintained now as a separate crime scene. two people in custody. no police injured. all from a bank robbery. >>> new developments in the beating, outside a baltimore courthouse that has gone viral on the internet. gigi barnett has more. >> reporter: the attack is causing outrage because as victim is being severely beaten, people are taping it on cell phones and laughing. and just a warning, some of this video may be disturbing. take a look at these pictures just released by city police. these are three of the people wanted for the assault and robbery. the victim was in front of the courthouse on north calvert street on st. patrick's night when he was attacked and robbed. now, several bystanders taped the attack on their cell phone and posted it on the internet, allowing thousands of people to view it

wal-mart, pfizer at&t ups, exxon mobil.ive companies have in common besides being at the top of the fortune 500 list? they are all members of alec the american legislative exchange council. if you have been watching "the war room" lately it's a starry we have been all over. alec is an organization that works with state lawmakers and corporations to promote anti-democratic legislation like voter id and stand your ground laws, and also procorporation laws. corporations pay big dues to belong to alec and they get to team as co-chairs on committees that draft model legislation on the issues they want to pass. and the glare of the spotlight has not been kind to alec. just this week coca-cola, pepsi, and kraft all announced they are severing their ties with alec. a group that has been instrumental in exposing the alec and again da is colorofchange.org. rashad robinson is their executive director and is in washington tonight. so glad to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> so it's been a good week for color of change but let me s

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even though wal-mart has known about it since 2005.mise to be aggressive in finding out what went wrong but investors are not too happy. wal-mart's shares down 4% in the early going. a very ugly start on wall street. most of a global concerns. the french president is behind in the first round of elections to a socialist and a lead that promises to rip apart the company's austerity plans it fee is elected. and in china, continuing signs of slowing manufacturing in that country which of course sends ripples across the globe. and negative earnings reports from companies like amoco phillips and hasbro and netflix reports after the closing. right now the dow lower by 151 points. the nasdaq down by 39 and the s&p is lower by 17 points. back to you guys. >> ok, thank you. >> a new study of lung cancer patients finds that hispanics with that diagnosis seem to live longer than whites. doctors at the university of miami analyze survival data involving more than 170,000 people. they found that hispanic patients had a 15 percent lower risk of dyin

. >> wal-mart apparently is in bug trouble because they are down in mexico, and apparently wal-mart hasiven some money to some political figures in hopes of getting some special treatment. really? and so now they have violated the american corrupt practices act. apparently you can bribe politicians in the united states but no place elsewhere the world. what kind of a system is that? >> what kind of a system indeed? it is wildfully ironic. governor situater was referring to the foreign corrupt practices act. and that act says if you are doing business in another country, you can't give money to any official or political party for the purpose of influencing them or gaining an advantage for your business. you can't do that. wal-mart bribed government officials to get permits in mexico, but this act says that is illegal. wal-mart can't give envelopes of money to the mexican officials. the koch brother's wouldn't be allowed to donate to mexico's political parties. sort of interesting, isn't it? it is a five-year felony to donate for the purpose of influencing a candidate's decision in other

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a "new york times" investigation found that wal-mart's operation in mexico paid $24 million to secureoughout the country. it is now the largest private employer in mexico. the times alleges that key executives were informed and looked the other way. wal-mart could face punishment for the corrupt practices act. >>> more fall-out over ted nuj ebt's recent anti-obama ad. they've canceled nuj ebt's upcoming concert at fort knocks. nugent said that i would be dead or in jail if president obama was re-elected. he says he never meant anything as a threat against the president. those comments still led to a meeting with the secret service. >>> china and russia are playing war today. warships from both nations are in the yellow sea right now for six days of war games. there are more than 20 ships and a couple of chinese submarines as well taking part in this. they simulate a hijacking and rescue and work on strategies for defending against attacks. >>> to syria now and an outpouring of emotion from people in homs. they were talking to the first united nations monitors to come into the embattle

the president of wal-mart, ceo of wal-mart, said clearly we took stock of world fisheries and concluded if something is not done there are important species that we will not be selling in five years that we now sell profitably because there just won't be enough. well that, i think, that perception and the degree to which it has permeated the culture has significantly affected particularly consumer facing companies. in the united states, much dichlidichl i -- much of the developing world and elsewhere that is beginning to transform business culture and having an appreciable effect on sustainable purchase, purchases of sustainable products on organic -- harvesting, techniques. nonchemical techniques and the