it started with a walkout among wal-mart supply chain workers and turned into a strike by wal-mart's retail workers in a dozen cities across the nation last week workers threaten to hold actions on black friday at the end of november if wal-mart doesn't agree to stop retaliating against employees who speak out about poor working conditions and now we know that this strike has the attention of wal-mart executives according to a leaked corporate memo obtained by the obvious impose that was sent around to wal-mart's salaried employees only managers are instructed to act with caution when confronting striking workers for fifty years wal-mart has stifled any sort of union activity but this latest memo is on usually cautious telling managers not to violate their workers' rights to organize and not to discipline employees who are engaged in walk outs or sit ins memo also cautions men managers from threatening intimidating or even spying on workers who are trying to organize it does however. instruct managers to give workers facts opinions and personal experiences with labor organizing in an

that wal-mart might be the best at slashing prices but according to its employees that's not the only thing the company is rolling back on workers in nearly a dozen cities are now protesting demanding better wages and working conditions we'll take you to the picket line. is wednesday october tenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t. let's begin on capitol hill where today the first congressional hearing on the attacks in benghazi libya are still under way the house oversight and government reform committee held a hearing and questioned to say your state department officials the former head of the security at the united states embassy in tripoli and the former head of an american military team assigned to provide security at the embassy u.s. security officer eric nordstrom said he personally had sent two cables to the u.s. state department while he was stationed in libya here he is speaking at the hearing a little earlier today i had not seen an attack of such ferocity in intensity previously in libya nor in my time with the diplomatic security service i'm

see wal-mart workers do not belong to a union but the walk outs were planned by a group called our wal-mart it's an organization of workers backed by the united food and commercial workers union the organization is giving a voice to workers to protest against what they say are the company's attempts to quote silence and retaliate against workers for speaking out for improvements on the job they also want better staffing at stores and better benefits currently the average pay of a wal-mart employee is eight dollars an eighty four cents an hour one of the walmart airs jim walton is worth nearly twenty seven billion dollars alone. so to cumulate that much wealth an average wal-mart employee would have to work more than three billion hours that's not including any tax withholdings or if they were working say forty hours a week then they'd have to work more than seventy six million weeks or about one and a half million years if you want to see the staggering levels of wealth inequality in america there's no better place to look than i wal mart so if you're wal-mart worker you can either get to w

obama wins you could soon be out of work is this a scare tactic or a scary truth we'll find out plus wal-mart might be the best at slashing prices but according to its employees that's not the only thing the company is rolling back on workers in nearly a dozen cities are protesting demanding better wages and better working conditions we'll take you to the picket line. good evening it's wednesday october tenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. . let's begin this evening with a look at the congressional hearing on the attacks in benghazi libya capitol hill was abuzz today with questions like who knew what when as the house government oversight and government reform committee questioned high level officials on the security situation in libya leading up to those attacks a month ago that resulted in the death of u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans u.s. security officer eric nordstrom said he personally sent two cables to the u.s. state department asking for more security while stationed in libya here he is speaking at the hearing a lit

so wal-mart logo is save money live better but according to many wal-mart employees is something that might apply to customers but does not apply to them so they're speaking out against what they call horrendous working conditions but when they did here's what happened. so that is the pastor who came out to support the workers in their active suit civil disobedience you can see he's being arrested now if you take a look you can also see several members of the swat team are there as well now this is just one of several protests that have been staged during the last week involving people who work for wal-mart some contractors they want often doing their jobs have joined the picket lines and here's what workers are asking for in a nutshell better working conditions many of them say they work in extreme temperatures some even say things like shin pads and dust mats masks could make their lives a whole lot easier they say they'd like the hours they were told they'd get and they'd like to know that if they do speak out that they won't be retaliated against right now that is not the case and

of course made me think of one of the biggest private employers in the western world and that is wal-mart they call their workers associates so wal-mart's first ever retail worker strike spreads to twelve cities so this is the model that george osborne wants to bring here this is the first time in fifty years that there has been a strike at wal-mart it is the biggest private employer in america with over one point four million employees and this group is not a union because of course wal-mart is not unionized it's called our wal-mart and they presented a declaration of respect to the company in june and what they want to thirteen dollars per hour minimum wage at the company they want full time jobs for those that want one and predictable schedules right and wal-mart of course is being squeezed because the global economy is shrinking and even their margins are being squeezed it is known in america as the company's store you know harking back to slave days when you had the plantation in the plantation owner would have a little store for the slaves to buy stuff using the money that they give

oh for the first time in the history of wal-mart workers are walking out of their jobs and into a new battle fighting for improve working conditions but as temporary nonunion employees who work for one of the largest most powerful companies in the world will their battle be all uphill are jihads for the picket line to find out. if you were here. in a magician suit and would be hard worker. came out having first read of the ballots and one would you trust that process in the land of free and fair elections not all ballots are treated equally a system full of old technology and faulty paper trail has put a dark cloud over the way voting is conducted in many parts of this country where the presidential elections right around the corner will take a critical look at the process. plus do you ever get overwhelmed by all those release forms doctors make you sign before a check up well you might want to take a closer look at what you're putting your john hancock on before you agree turns out the florida police are trying to break through a doctor patient privilege with clarity with cleverly wo

is not unionized it's called our wal-mart and they presented a declaration of respect to the company in june and what they want to thirteen dollars per hour minimum wage at the company they want full time jobs for those that want one and predictable schedules right and wal-mart of course is being squeezed because the global economy is shrinking and even their margins are being squeezed it is known in america as the company's store you know harking back to slave days when you had the plantation in the plantation owner would have a little store for the slaves to buy stuff using the money that they was only give by the plantation owners of one big ecosystem of slavery in a wal-mart films that function in america now because margins are being squeezed in america little known fact is that wal-mart now want to get into the banking business and of course the first headline to hit after they announced it was wait a minute this is illegal you just can't do this wal-mart in the banking business but of course that won't stop them will they because they own the government. so the important point

by the plantation owners of one big ecosystem of slavery no wal-mart fills that function in america now because margins are being squeezed in america little known fact is that wal-mart now want to get into the banking business and of course the first headline to hit after they announced it was wait a minute this is illegal you just can't do this wal-mart in the banking business but of course that won't stop them will they because they own the government so the important point of this is of course that during the recession sixty percent of the jobs lost in america were middle income jobs sixty percent of the job gains since the end of the recession have been low income jobs so this is a shift from the middle class down to the basically low paying wage jobs out wal-mart and the average wage at wal-mart is eight dollars an eighty one cents an hour according to ibis world right wages in america are going down so they report to the bureau of labor statistics number every once in awhile what the actual employment number is and they argue whether it's above eight percent or below eight percent

you talk about valuations on wal-mart it is only about 60% of what it is for cost co. 16 for wal-mart, close to 26 or 27 for cost co. people like that valuation. they see it as a floor. they also don't think that the stock will sell off very much. we see put selling at wal-mart even though options tend to be cheap. this is a tough way to make a buck. if you are willing to buy the name at a discount then selling puts is a great strategy. >> with rents rising sharply and mortgage rates dropping. let's bring in billy. >> good afternoon. >> is it as simple as seeing what rents are going for in the market and they are high and mortgage rates are low? >> at the end of the day all of the country's wealth was made through homeownership. now, of course, we have fallen as far as you can fall. it can't get cheaper because we are way below replacement costs. if i'm talking to a couple looking to move i say if you have 5% or 10% of the value of the home you should buy. when it returns on the market you will see things shoot up. that will happen in two or three years. the interesting thing and most

unionized and so wal-mart close that store which is why today it takes one wal-mart employee making an average of eight dollars an eighty an hour he dollars eighty cents an hour more than seventy six million work weeks to accumulate as much wealth as just one of the wal-mart areas for example tim walton is worth twenty seven billion card check would help tremendously in the effort to unionize wal-mart and if the world's largest employer could be unionized than any corporation can card check if it were passed into law would be one of the best tools we the people have to take on the corporate state look it up learn about it in a good actor. and that's the way it is tonight thursday october eighteenth two thousand and twelve for more information any of the stories we covered visit our website to tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and. if you missed anything i'd show you can now watch an h.d. hulu at hulu dot com slash the big picture also check out our two youtube channel is there a link to thom hartmann dot com also thom hartmann dot com check out all the different ways you can s

well technically the workers you see striking there are contractors they work on wal-mart's famously efficient supply chain but that efficiency comes at a price workers are protesting low pay and unsafe conditions including violent threats sexual harassment extreme temperatures in forced work the strikers are organized through a coalition called our wal-mart which is technically not a union even though it has backing from the united food and commercial workers union that means that the protesters are not protected under u.s. law to strike for better working conditions a warm wal-mart has not reacted well to unions in the past when a group of food workers voted to join a union wal-mart preferred to shut down the store and start up a new one somewhere else so warehouse workers in places like elwood illinois and riverside california are risking their jobs to make wal-mart a safer place for workers and their future their demands include increased take home pay insufficient hours or sufficient hours excuse me and ending the culture of silence that lets abusers off the hook wal-mart's low

a super wal-mart in bel air. it will cause too many problems. >> reporter: problems that we're airing outside of harford county advisory committee. wal-mart said it will meet the standards including traffic concerns much the company confident the store will move forward. >> i will tell you that we have had more than 1500 signatures that we submitted from residents who do support hour new store. we know there are others who have that support. we know their voices should be heard. >> in bel air, brian kuebler. >> now the ball's back in wal-mart's court and is expected to spread. >> right now the wal-mart story is one of the hottest stories on the web and facebook page. we want you to weigh in, too head to facebook. would you fight through traffic on plum tree road or do you think it's not worth it? >> if you live in the randallstown area, they had a grand opening. >>> weather wise, beautiful clear skies still over baltimore, over maryland tonight, comfortable weather. the air temperatures will be dropping slowly as

because most wal-mart employees now have to live on government handouts which means you're living off j.p. morgan handouts because j.p. morgan is in charge of dispensing with the food stamps that many wal-mart employees have to live on that's right a lot of people don't know that j.p. morgan neil talking about slaves and plantation days they live in the big house that's jamie diamond in the big house he gives out the food stamps going down a wal-mart he processes the food stamps for his shareholders that are continually getting diluted to pay for the bonuses they're getting screwed up so we've just covered the fact that here in the u.k. they're saying workers of the world's unite by giving up your rights in europe we see europeans unite more and give up your sovereignty here is the headline max i.m.f. sees european banks facing four point five trillion dollar selloff yes the i.m.f. said european banks maybe need to sell as much as four point five trillion in assets through twenty thirteen if policymakers fall short of pledges to stem the fiscal crisis up eighteen percent from its apri

california and wal-mart's fifty year history only once the employees successfully unionized and so wal-mart closed that stores in canada given the declining union rates over the last several decades isn't time to put in place more protections for unions for democracy in the workplace or which is that you knew as our democracy in the work will use our democracy at work we disagree on that because when you say that i hear stalinist tactics that take away from the ability of the owners of the company only investors of the company to be able to get it. i could not be more wrong unions are responsible in this country for the eight hour workday they are responsible for the five day work week they are responsible for osha laws they are responsible for the fact that we do not have twelve year olds working in factories ask anyone else i'm doing well ask the templars in congress probably broke every worker's rights in this country they have made the workplace a safer place for millions of american workers to call it stalinist dick is absolutely correct to call this a good as the tempos of people that

another all-time high for wal-mart 76.81. a few headlines from wal-mart today, they wil will have same-y delivery service, trying it out in several areas, over 4000 stores across the nation. this is something that will allow them to compete even more directly with amazon. the ceo talking about international business that will continue to grow and gaining market share in almost every country that they operate in. back to you. tracy: thank you nicole, we will see you at the top of the hour. ashley: coming up, award-winning actress working to encourage parents to save money for college. we'll have to save a lot, guest next. tracy: first, a look at today's winners and losers on the nasdaq as we head out to break. dollar tree stores up to.5%. xm radio up 3% right now. we will be right back. ashley: apple shares up nearly 1% after briefly entering correction territory yesterday. so it's now the time to buy? sandra smith was latest in "the trade." sandra: i don't know what to do with my legs. the desk is too short. all right, so her

protesting low wages, work conditions and what they call wal-mart's pattern of retaliation.e hike gets stamp of approval going up a penny to 46 cents starting january 27th. global forever stamp for $1.10. united airlines gives up on latest attempt to raise fares by $10 round trip. tension with pilots after voiding their contract continues to hurt bankruptcy american airlines extending cuts in the number of flights until mid november after experiencing the worst on-time record. the airline has threatened legal action again the pilots if the delays don't stop. investors today eyeing bigger than expected quarterly profit at jpmorgan chase mixed close yesterday. at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> 5:54. now to this story minnesota woman -- we have terry. we have terry right now at the fire. >> right now a look at what is happening, restaurant fire at three alarms now. this is right outside the west portal muni tunnel. terry mcsweeney is there -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: three alarm fire at the squat and gobble main concern for f

you can get it for $9 at wal-mart. romney has made the mistake of not being clear enough where nobody is talking about denying access. the supreme court in 1965 says that you cannot do that. this campaign has not done a great job of clarifying. >> it's wal-mart that told the pharmacist, if you have a moral objection to filling morning after pill prescriptions, you don't have to do that. >> that's right. >> you brought up wal-mart as an example that where women can go for birth control pills and the reality is, no, they cannot in many wal-marts. >> so we are back to the economy as a way -- what does president obama plan to do in the second determine about the economy? >> he really is going to double down on trying to make sure that the tax breaks for small businesses who really is at the center of spurring the economy for the middle class. education. pel grants for students who are going through matriculating in educational universities across the country. we got to get people in the pipeline and incentives to the small

wal-mart is stepping up the pressure. shareholders -- employees are staging protests at their annual meeting today. 22% of vehicles built for 2012 were white and silver was second with black right behind. the neiman marcus christmas catalog is out. his and hers watches are the top offer for just over $1 million. hey, what are you drinkin'? pumpkin coffee for theorning. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. hey, what are you drinking? i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm just in love with the flavor. i get mine black. i don't want to take away from that pure taste. so smooth, no bitterness. it's awesome. there's no other taste like it. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> let's take a live look at a quiet nationals park. in a few hours, it will be a different scene. there will be pre-game warmups and fans wi

barbara moved back to florida, remarried, again, had a daughter, took a job at wal-mart.till held a candle for david even as he lay under the ground practically lay underground at the wal-mart where she worked. >> it's an eerie feeling he was in that area. i didn't even know about. >> such an odd coincidence. too odd maybe? time for a chat. the detective called barbara and got herself invited to barbara's house. barbara seemed to have no problem talking about david. >> she cared about him a lot. i say, well, how was david as a father? well, david became abusive towards johnny physically and emotionally, verbally. >> this was a whole new wrinkle. up until now everything was squeaky clean in his history. >> as an investigator and as a mom, i began to say, did you ever call the police? she said oh, no. i never called the police. she said i just thought he would change. she proceeds to tell me that i documented the injuries with photographs. never produced any photographs for me. >> for us, barbara changed her story and said it was her father and not her who accused david of

green dot has an existing partnership with wal-mart. net-spend shed 7.4%. netflix stock continues being talked up by investment bank analysts. the latest today was morgan stanley's analyst, who thinks the stock rally has legs, upgrading shares to overweight, wall-street speak for buy. last week, citi's analyst repeated its buy recommendation. shares jumped 10.5% as volume more than doubled. this is net-flix's highest price since the company issued an earnings warning in late july. after the close tonight, medical device maker edward lifesciences delivered some bad news. european government's tightening their budgetary belts has hurt sales of its heart valve replacement device, and delays in u.s. sales means it's third quarter revenue will be less than expected. it's a rare disappointment for the company. the stock was down 1% during the regular session, but fell another 15% in extended hours trading, dropping below $92 per share. but drug maker eli lilly jumped to a post-recession high, up 5.3% in heavy trading. new data on an experimental alzheimer's drug

and you know wal-mart was one time in its history has been successful unionized was a store over canada and they closed the store and so that's a we're going to walk away that's how much they hate unions and and won't have anything to do with unions so it's it's but there was a difference in the time that your grandfather and his brothers were were organizing the unions and there are these workers rather and forming these unions and as much as the detroit news for example was showing the pictures it was of the detroit news photographer got those pictures when i was a kid the detroit news was still in print and we used to get the detroit news in the detroit free press the free press was the business paper it had a business section they always editorialized for the republican. the detroit news was the labor paper it had a labor section didn't have a business section and they always editorialized in favor the democrats the days when every town in america had at least one newspaper that had a labor section and are gone days when when you know local television and radio even existed are gone

is not unionized it's called our wal-mart and they presented a declaration of respect to the company in june and what they want to thirteen dollars per hour minimum wage at the company they want full time jobs for those that want one and predictable schedules right and walmart of course is being squeezed because the global economy is shrinking and even their margins are being squeezed it is known in america as the company's store you know harking back to slave days when you had the plantation in the plantation owner would have a little store for the slaves to buy stuff using the money that the well.

wal-mart really stealing the show with an all-time high. one of the many reasons is they're doing same-day delivery service, also talking positively about the holiday season. two names looking very good. david: i loved fred smith and the federal express story, and all-american story at the height of the recession in the

wal-mart rolling out a brand of plastic. so when you can get your hands on it and how it could save you and your family money. we have idea tales -- details coming up next. >>> a playoff baseball is alive and well once again in baltimore. o's kept the playoff hopes alive a 3-2 win over the yankeesch the team now tied and hit the road to new york. so let's go over to charley crowson live down at the yard. >> reporter: hey, you know nothing was going to keep fans away from game two at camden yards not the rain or cold. nothing. not even a game one loss and whether or not they would want to admit it, o's fans knew last night it was a must-win game. the fans knew it and turned out in full force. 48,000 strong filling camden yards for game 2. and they got heroics and acrobatics early. ish row trying to score -- ichiro trying to score and you see he is dead to right between third and home but look at acrobatic moves between him around matt weeders and new york goes up 1-0. baltimore takes the lead in the third on a davis 2-run sin

over the second time now in five days wal-mart workers walked off the job in protest today happen at stores in texas florida washington state california and maryland a day before the company's annual shareholders meeting demonstrations are set to continue outside that summit which will be held in bentonville arkansas the meeting will offer investors a chance to discuss a problem unique to the company wal-mart workers having gone on strike in the five decades since the company was founded the campaign which was involved which has involved retail employees and workers up the supply chain is being organized by a group called our wal-mart it's a year old organization backed by the united food and commercial workers union our walmart isn't asking for union recognition but it is calling on the company to pay a workers pay workers a minimum of thirteen dollars per hour and give them more input in schedule making according to a group called the winning words project wal-mart's american employees use two point six six billion dollars in government assistance every year and we're going to leav

wal-mart and american express shares higher.the has a red arrow -- green dot has a red arrow. we are lower the world bank this morning forecasting economic growth in east asia, will hit 11 year low@lcvkk haven't seen since 1997. u.s. markets under some pressure. bloomberg index down. shares of apple word over the weekend another labor dispute in china temporarily halted iphone 5 assembly. sprint rolling out new service, will let you use a name instead of a phone number to give out to people to call. you can choose a name or nickname if you have a account. i could be star star jane and you could be star star eric and kristen. any way, live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. easier to remember, either way >> we need easier as each year goes on. >> yep. >> me too. >>> action taken to try to bring down record high gas prices. >>> meningitis scare continues to grow. new cases and the california clinics link >>> well we come back. you are looking live at downtown san francisco mostly clear about 55°. a lot of sunshine tod

hundreds of people had wal- mart's signs "no walmart" signs on their lawn. late yesterday, walmart announced it is pulling out the less the city council members had already said they would not grant the tax subsidies. in a final comment, josh eidelson, can you talk about this kind of activism happening at every inch? yet residents saying no to walmarts. -- you have residents saying no to walmart and then you have workers liked mike compton going on strike critic . >> what happened coloradoan is happening in new york. they face opposition from communities that do not want to group in. they face is ongoing congressional best addition into mexican bribery and potentially tax evasion. they face a lawsuit by female workers who said there were discriminated against. we began to see in the 2000's will look like environmental groups and labor groups taking on walmart. what we saw in the end was the worker or a as -- or organizing was not as strong as the need aspect and the targeting of politicians and so on. even when he had democratic candidates going along and cr

wal-mart. it's in the same building where safeway used to be. more of these neighborhood markets will be opening later in other parts of the bay area. the store is wal-mart's way of competing against other grocery store chains such as safeway, whole foods and lucky's. >> i like that it's just a grocery store. yeah. they have good pricing. >> i really think it should be a good addition in this economy. >> the wal-mart's neighborhood markets have a full line of groceries, meat and dairy products and fresh, local produce, all at discount prices. >>> a lot of people take them but a new report warns that dozens of weight loss and dietary supplements do not deliver the results they promise. cbs news medical correspondent dr. don on the report to watch out for. >> reporter: some are labeled that they treat a disease. and that's illegal. this label is legal because it claims to boost the immune system and support overall health but it does not say it treats a specific disease. this label for a product containing algae and a herb called heal all is illeg

companies that are now included would include amazon, best buy, and wal-mart, that are making sales online. there are other criteria you have to make a million dollars, i believe in total revenue, and ten thousand dollars a year to california consumers, something along those lines. >> now, mr. horton, how much in revenue does the state of california expect to generate through this new taxation policy, and what's the rate of taxation? >> peter, the rate varies, depending on the definition, where the product is delivered, but it's somewhere around 9.75%. the total revenue that the state of california anticipated it was losing was $1.4 billion. we believe that this new law will allow us to collect and generate additional $317 million a year, of which approximately $83 million attributed to amazon alone. >> host: now, 9.75%, is that the same as the state sales tax. >> guest: the tax rate isle and the same as the state sales tax. because we have in california a destination tax so depends on where the product is actually delivered and there are other transit taxes that are included in the overal