to wal-mart's d.c. headquarters. for many people here, wal-mart is welcome but local leaders should demand the retail giant is good -- [ indiscernible ] >> the mayor demanded that wal- mart offer better benefits, respect, dignity for the employees. >> new call wal-mart in 2002. and coming in against women. we have been battling against wal-mart since then, standing up with the women and the wal- mart associates and to make sure they get a living wage and the respect they deserve. >> reporter: for others, it's more than wages and benefits. they fear the new stores in d.c. pose a threat to their livelihood. >> won't last in the city. >> reporter: this man owns a small store in southeast. >> the wal-mart is a huge retail business that -- the small business in d.c. >> reporter: for some of the residents who live near the proposed sign, they love wal- mart and for too long they have had to go too far for shopping. wal-mart will offer comp pettative wages and won't say how much employees will make in d.c. and

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what's new is what they're calling this group, wal-mart polls.think of them as the new soccer moms, a large group of swing voters that are the prize and now the target of testify 2012 election. >> i think it will be really important. >> the president of momentum analysis in washington, a poling and public opinion firm who along with the republican counterpart put together this bipartisan survey. wal-mart sponsored the pole hence name of the group but they're defined as mothers who have children under the age 18 at home, have recently shoppeded in a wal-mart and handle the day-to-day finances of their family. >> for a lot of these moms, really on the front lines of what's going on national economy, and a lot of these whether or not they're they can pay their mortgage a, afford health care. a lot of these things are really pivotal to what these moms are doing. >> therefore more loyal to the pocketbook than political affiliation making them key -- in 20 the. >> you voted for obama in 2008. >> i did. >> you went republican in 2010. >> yes, i did. >>

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earlier, erika reported on the stronger than expected quarter at wal-mart. another big retailer, sears turned in a better than anticipated quarter. and better for sears means it didn't lose as much money as feared. sears lost less than half what analysts were expecting. even though sales continued falling, the drop was not as steep as predicted. but it's the sale of sears assets, like real estate, that helped sears' financial performance. that strategy of selling off things helped shares battle the weak market and end with a 3% gain. for instance, sears announced plans to spin off most of its canadian business. auto part retailers were ringing up some stiff stock losses. advance auto parts down 17% after a weak first quarter, and warning about a struggling second quarter. competitors o-reilly and auto- zone fell more than 5.5% percent each. after the close tonight, the market focus was on cloud computing business software maker salesforce.com. shares went into tonight's results down 2%, but jumped more than 7% after reporting stronger the expected earnings,

. >>> wal-mart moms. >> a group of mothers could play a role in the upcoming election. is here to explain what this is about. >> with money tight for a lot of families, moms are having to juggle finances and make sure ends meet, moms like anna, shops at wal-mart and pitches pennies on a tight budge budget and is part of a new group. they have kids under 8 at home, shopped in the wal-mart and handled the finances of they family. they are loyal gmhcñthey pocketbook than their political affiliation waking moms a group of swing voters in twef twelve. they will wait to see which candidate does more to help everyday families struggling to make ends meet. >> we apologize, that's wrong sound. wal-mart moms say they would like to see the candidates show urgency on fixing the economy and concerned about saving for kids college education. linda so, abc2 news. >>> a baltimore elementary school sun vailing the new cafeteria today. calvin rodwell is one of dozen schools selected to get a new cafeteria that includes a salad bar and water taps. hbo is collaborating to promote healthy l

upset about letting to close to wal-mart's? how the discount chain can raise the value of your home. the pickup truck crashes at happy hour at a bar. more on this amazing video and why the driver lost control. dr. jim hammon f his -- dr. kim hammond is here to answer kim hammond is here to answer your pet questions. and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreement. act now and we'll add a special bonus: $250 back. but hurry, this offer ends june 2nd. unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet plus the best tv picture quality. why keep paying so much for cable? switch to fios for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreement -- plus your special bonus: $250 back. save $600 in your first two years. but hurry. this incredible offer ends june 2nd. call 1.877.707.fios. call the verizon center for cus

aseguran que wal-mart y compaÍas destrucciÓn que proyectan colejos ahÍ.tigios de los inned zlens. no tien visiÓn para colocar el lur adecuado. el rector es obra inicio cuando era enrique peÑa nieto. y es el gobernador peÑa nieto estÁon este asunto. la respuesta es no. sigue investigaciÓn interno para ver si hugo acto de soborno. el caso de gobierno. que reali los permisos si hubo irregularidad. hasta ahora no hay cargos en la ciudad de mÉxico. univisiÓ con el presidente de la empresa scan naba de muebles. un reporte dado la seman pasada. utilizÓ a prisioneros cubanos, para la fabricaciÓn de algunos productos.ing. los legisladores enviaron una cta al presidente. hoyay elecciÓn. pero no importa porque ya sabemos que es barack obama por elel partido demÓcrata imitonte romney por el do republicano. los estados que es encuentran en ul son estados que van para el presidenarack obama y ya tendrÍaÁs o menos proctado 3 votos electorales. mitt romney tiene 170 votos electorales. lo que estÁ en juego es inter apto. estos estados que ven con el borde amarillo son los

wal-mart is trying to make it happen. plus, april was a month some investors would rather forget.sell in may. lauren simonetti has this morning's business beat. >> good morning. >> we start a new month today and investors would probably like too forget april, huh? >> not such a great month for the stock market. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were lower for april for the first monthly decline of the year. the dow is high are by a point but we'll take it marking seven straight months of gains for the blue chip. that is the longest winning streak in about five years. not terrible for the dow. futures are completely flat this morning on the first day of the new month. many investors might think it is time to take money off the table before we hit the slower summer months but we'll have to see how this one shakes out. we get manufacturing data and car sales today. >> wal-mart is allowing its customers to pay online. >> pay with cash online. this is interesting. at the check-out process being you select the shipping option and the pay with cash option inform 48 hours, you have to go 199phys

this is surveillance video showing the robbery suspect running from the wal-mart.ay saw him run out the door with two men chasing him. >> a woman came out screaming. she was elderly and she said a man stole my purse. >> i was wearing these old beaters. >> her husband, howard hardaway is a triathlete. >> i said should i go? and he took off down the sidewalk. >> he took off through the wal- mart parking lot, soon passing the other two men chasing the suspect. >> i figured that he would have the best chance of anybody to catch up to the suspect. >> reporter: the suspect fled into this field with hardaway in hot pure suit. >> i knew his navy training would kick in. >> reporter: she was worried his short-term memory loss may make him forget who he is chasing, but he stayed focused. >> he was winded and still deciding between fight or flight. >> reporter: soon he caught up to the young man, 23-year-old kelly lee minor, a larger man than howard, but young enough to be his son. >> i grabbed on to his wrist. i didn't want him to grab any weapons from under his clothing and

. >>> wal-mart, 52-week high and trading at $63 a share.t does seem like the heat is being turned up. isf is recommending no votes for four of the directors and they are saying on cnbc they will vote all of the shares against the entire wal-mart board. could this mark a bottom in the heat is on wal-mart? >> maybe. i was somewhat surprised. we were wal-mart share hold fors for a long time and we did sell the stock. i don't know that what difference that no vote makes. there is no alternative that i know of. we were talking about it before the show. maybe it's oil if we see gas prices coming down that hurts the wal-mart customer and maybe it will help them on the way down. >> they talk about the mexico incident. if you look at it, they have been buying stock. it has been performing rather well. target, kroeger and the tape where you are looking out, this is a hidden treasure. >> certainly a lot of uncertainty in today's markets, the next guest said hedge funds are thriving and will survive the macro uncertainty. global financial services conf

. >> wal-mart going smaller? >> doing business in some locations and smaller stores.al-mart has done great with big box retail. something like 100,000 square feet under one roof. they have 10 with you is profitable. they are going to do smaller wal-mart express stores. a lot less over head and smaller inventories. you can go to super center, normal wal-mart or express stores. >>> thank you for joining us adam shapiro. it's 11 past the top of the hour. texas police in an all night stanned off with a man inside a crane of the campus. we have breaking news and the dramatic ending. >> a student missing class because she was trying to support her family. did the judge go too far? we will look at that. >>> gas national average 3.64 a gallon. >> now to a developing story overnight. a standoff coming to a dramaticened in texas. answer ainsley has the latest. >> a man was hold up in a cab of a crane for nearly 15 hours. then arounded 3:30 eastern time this morning nearly two hours ago the man reportedly climbed out dangled for a short time and fell 150 feet to the ground. it i

turns out that wal-mart may be a good neighbor. >> all right, why economists say the retail giant may be putting money into the pongs of homeowners -- pockets of homeowners. >> also athey had this morning you cannot drive -- ahead this morning you cannot drive a lawn mower on the streets. why this man thought it was a good idea and what he told officers who tried to pull him over. >> and it's going to be mostly sunny and comfortable for today. but the skies will darken and the storms will move in. i'll have the details coming up. >> i'm tracking the delays of your morning commute. but fortunately no delays to talk about here on 95 at eastern avenue. i'll show you what the jfx looks like coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. nothing can stop me now. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my nam

wal-mart has issued an apology. >>> major on honor -- on for -- on for for -- honor for a young woman. catherine manyan beat out 34 other s. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, how the beautiful day is shaping up outside. it's 2 and a half minutes abay. way -- away. >> fist let's take a look -- first let's take a look at today's stocks followed by last night's mega millions numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> meet lee yeah fuji johnson, the newest member of the family. she weighed in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces. look at that. >> so excited for her. >> con gratulations andrea if you happen to be watching. >> she's beautiful. just like mommy. >> you're right. >>> i'll take you to weather. we'll get through this quickly. it's beautiful out there right now. temperatures around the region, some clouds, mixing with sunshine at times. 80 in cumberland, 80 elkin. everyone at least in the 70s if not already at 80 this afternoon. a light breeze, there's not going to be much of that going on this afternoon. that will pick up more so tomorrow after this front comes through. first we're taking

before a report. >> reporter: mikah craig left this clarkston wal-mart in pain, fearful and scared. >'t know if i was going to die or not. >> just about everything other than the mulch he planned to pick up all because of a one foot long rattlesnake. >> it was in the garden center craig reached down to move what he thought was a stick so he could read the displayed price. he says no rattle sound, nothing on the snake that tipped him off that he was moving would come back to bite him in the hand. >> i went to fling it off. it stayed on. when it hit the ground, it curls up. >> fish and game experts believe it likely slithered from a nearby field and was sunning itself. >> snakes don't want to bite you. they only bite in response to they're trying to get away. >> reporter: it was likely a western rattlesnake native to the area but not all that common. uncommon was the place it bit mikah craig. >> it just seems a strange set of circumstances that you get bit at a wal-mart while you are shopping for garden supplies. >> reporter: standing by his side was maria jeffries who rushed craig to t

boulevard, where wal-mart stands with your community. make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: always pleased to have frank langella on the program. he was here in 2009 for his oscar-nominated roll in "frost/nixon." he has a memoir of the people he's met and worked with. the book is called "dropped names." famous men and women as i knew them. >> travis, great to see you. tavis: when you were here last, you were doing media rounds for "frost/nixon." wyou weryou were here. when our guests leave, we give them a mug. it has our show logo. frank langella leaves here. we gave that and some parting gifts. he goes to his hotel room. a bungalow you were staying at. you go and take our mug with you. "new york times" magazine does a photoshoot of the nominees, a great spread of yourself and other nominees. neil calls me at home and says, "have you seen new york times magazine/" ?" he said, "weir're in it." i open it up. he says, "turn the the page featuring frank langella." there'

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let's stick to retail trade and wal-mart is ahead. do you like wal-mart? >> i don't.ther. kind of boring. i like the position on jcpenney. you make a lot more money on the short side than in wal-mart. >> how about you guys? >> wal-mart is one of the ones that when they reported the holiday quarter, the gaap down and to me it falls into a category where you have a story stock based on an event and you could have declining fundamentals. to me i think this is one you want to avoid. >> would you short jcp? >> i covered the stock yesterday, but i wouldn't be shorted down at these levels. >>. >> i think that's what people will be talking about. there is no reason that the politicians are going to let go of the stock. this has a bit of a cap on it. >> the first move tomorrow when we come back. hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receiva

wal-mart will pay $4.8 million to some 4500 employees.mpany said they improperly considered managers and security workers to be exempt from overtime. >>> twitter generation is teaming up to get followers of pepsi accounts to see some of the hottest live concert. pepsi is now third. and diet pepsi is seventh on the list of the top beverage brands. >>> news around the world, 13 people dead following a helicopter crash in colombia. 7 were members of the colombian air force and six were police officers. they were on a transportation mission when it went down. they're looking into what may have caused the crash. >>> the search continues this morning after a ferry in india split in 2. 103 people died in the accident. it was about 70 people over capacity. and the ferry is beginning to dock after a storm when it broke in two and sank. >>> it was not a perfect picture vacation. six tourists had to be rescued after they were trapped in the columbus monument. they were stranded 200 feet. firefighters used a crane and finely brought them down to -- f

opponents say wal-mart uses underpaid nonunion labor the council found no legal justification to keep wal-mart from moving in. >>> another tuition hike on the table when the board of regents begins their meeting this morning. the board is looking at a 6% hike this fall, annual tuition for interstate undergrads would rise by $731 to nearly $13,000 almost double what they paid five years ago. regions will not vote until july. regents are looking at how the governor's state budget will impact the university. katie marzullo will have more in a live report in our next half hour. >>> san francisco fire chief joanne white is putting out a different fire this morning. superior court judge has declared her a deadbeat divorce say and ordered she pay -- $3300 a month in spousal support to her ex-husband. she said she stopped paying 14 months ago after he choked one of their response fay drunken rage. he pleaded no contest. >>> today the eldest daughter of john edwards may take the stand as the defense winds down its case in the corruption trial. kate edwards has been at her father's side for wee

>> i don't want to break up wal-mart. >> wal-mart -- >> it doesn't sound like what the "wall street journal" wants to do usually. >> wal-mart doesn't control so many american people's savings. that cuts into people and their situation. >> a very good point, but don't forget, people with savings that is depositors who put their money in the bank, they are not at risk -- >> then you have to bail out. >> systemic risk. >> here we are back to the chicken and egg. thanks very much to you. next, new details about mitt romney and the accusations that he attacked a gay student in high school. >>> and then the facebook, the ipo, could you actually get into facebook though? >>> and the wild ride that's now a wild record. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network. a living, breathing intelligence helping business, do more business. in here, opportunities are created and protected. gonna need more wool! demand is instantly recognized and securely acted on across the company. around the world. turning a new trend, into a global phenomenon. it's the at&t network -- securing a world of new opportunities

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

. >>> some current and former wal- mart employees will be paid backwages and damages for being ennyed overtime pay -- denied overtime pay. they'll have to pay more than 4500 plans. they improperly considered managers and security personnel to be exempt from the overtime pay. >> not a lot of money for wal- mart. they can make it in a morning. thanks, jess. >>> new research suggests a natural chemical dome mean can -- dopamine can play a role in a person's success. >>> well can back to 9news -- welcome back to 9news news. it's wednesday morning. it is dry but you say that's going to change. >> when we came in it was dry. there's already been some showers through montgomery county and howard county, down toward fauquier and culpeper counties right now. in goldvein, that's the strongest stuff we're looking at. we'll go over to dop larry 9,000 -- doppler 9000 because we are having showers and storms right now. we may get some severe storms this afternoon. we have the first batch we're looking at. this goes all the way back in toward eastern ohio. we'll be dancing with these showers and sto

. >>> police are look for a group of women who beat and stabbed another wal-mart the victim said she was walking on ben's drive near bay ridge when as many as six women ran up behind her and attacked her. the victim was stabbed in leg, beat and was bitten by one of the attackers. the victim was taken to the hospital and treated and released. >>> could the man convicted of killing yardly love get a new trial? his attorneys filed a motion today saying that the conviction should be thrown out. we have more. >> reporter: shortly after he was convicted of murder in the death of yardly love, his attorney hinted about an appeal. >> we look forward to some corrections in what happened here tonight. >> reporter: now the process leading to that appeal is underway. a motion filed today by his attorneys ticks off nine reasons a new trial should be order the most basic they say the evidence didn't support the second degree murder conviction handed down by the jury. . >> all of the matters were raised in one way or another before the judge before the trial and during the trial. >> reporter: his at

. >>> does having a wal-mart open right near your home lower your home value? a new study says, no.esearchers studied 600,000 homes between 2001 and 2006 with in a half mile of a new wal-mart and they found that on average prices rose 3% in the two and a half years after the opening of the store. >> you can probably buy one of these. a new flat screen tv. if you are looking at the top of the line brand don't expect deals. >> the two best makers are forcing stores to get rid of sale tags. john explains so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: anyone who bought a flat screen the past couple years know that prices have been been falling fast but they may be able to end because two of the biggest brands are saying enough is enough. samsung and sony are two top brands in hdtv. both of them are losing money on them trying to compete with discount brands like vizio so they plan to follow apple and may tag and prohibit stores marking down their brands. they it plan to set manufacturer's minnesota prices meaning a 800-dollar tv can't be sold for less. this will help stores like best basin

wal-mart says we're sorry. >> the nationals look to sweep a short series against the padres.ghts from nats park. >>> up next, should you buy shares of facebook when it goes public this week? the better question may be, can you? >>> facebook is raising the price at which it plans to sell stock to the public. the social networking company now says it expects the stock for between $34 to $38 that. is higher than a previous range of $38 to $28 to $35. facebook's initial public offering is expected at friday. >>> you may log on to facebook every day, but does that mean you should be adding the stock to your portfolio? >> jessica doyle has what you need to know. >> reporter: there's a ton of buzz, but just because 900 million plus people logged on to this social network, should you try to jump in on the stock? if you're a facebook insider or a big money trader, buying shares before they hit the public market is a no brainer. >> it's going to rocket on the first day and that will be an automatic gain. >> if you're like the rest of us, some argue you may want to watch this stock offe

but a place for 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: robin roberts is co-anchor of abc's "good morning america" who lost talked about her book "from the heart." for her latest book she's teamed one her mother, lucimarian roberts, on the new text "my story, my song, mother-daughter reflections on life and death." she jones us from where else, else, new york. good to have you on this program. >> always good to spend time with you, tavis. tavis: my love to your mother and hope she's watching in mississippi. i met her as you know many, many years ago. and i adore your mother. when i saw the cover of this book, i realized how much you really are your mother's daughter. the resemblance is so -- it's unavoidable. >> bless you. you've paid me a lot of compliments over the years. that is the one i'm going to remember most. and i do feel like i am my mother's child. and she often talks about you. and it was a real labor of love. we knock