employee official and not by a wal-mart employee and wal-mart continues to. cite internal surveys conducted by wal-mart as evidence of what their employees really think i think those results are suspect ok josh eidelson thanks so much for joining me tonight judge thank you very much. thank. you. crazy alert getting under ruly in the ukraine all the partisan bickering and name calling in washington is pretty bad at least be thankful that our lawmakers don't start all over the walls in the house and senate chambers the same can be said about lawmakers in the ukraine in its first session yesterday members of the ukrainian parliament broke into a knock down drag out fight over the blocking of an election for prime minister and other parliamentary officials if i got so bad the multiple lawmaker sustained injuries including one member of the parliament who got his here torn off eventually lawmakers decided to cancel the session and rescheduled for today no word yet of fights broke out today as well in other news rumor has it that john boehner as challenge president

berkeley found that wal-mart's low wages are costing the state of california alone eighty six million dollars a year to provide public assistance for basic stuff like food stamps and health care for that retailers forty four thousand low wage employees in california that state california spends nearly two thousand dollars every single year on each wal-mart employee who can't afford basic essentials like housing food and health care on their wal-mart paycheck in total it's estimated that wal-mart stores and loot more than two and a half two point six billion dollars every single year from the federal government in the form of taxpayer funded public assistance for their employees that includes more than one billion dollars in health care costs associated with medicaid and two hundred twenty five million dollars in free or reduced price lunch is for school children a wal-mart employees and now as reported by the huffington post wal-mart is planning to loot even more from us taxpayers as the giant corporation adopts a new health care policy that will deny insurance for employees working f

and speaking of secrets wal-mart has a few of its own the company shells out millions to lobby for the government to roll back regulations it's also good at keeping scandals quiet coming up a look at wal-mart's big business blitz. and putting a face to the afghan war a select one committee has estimated that hundreds of afghan teens were held in a million military prison many of them under the age of sixteen and seized from their homes are two questions why these you were held without being charged with any crimes. it's tuesday december eleventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . well begin today with a report that could shed some light on the dark practice of torture this week the senate intelligence committee is set to vote on a report that details the use of enhanced interrogation techniques under the bush administration and this includes everything from stress positions to waterboarding much of it said to have happened at the guantanamo bay prison the roughly six thousand page report has been in the works for three years now the senate is fi

(laughter) you get to work at wal-mart on thanksgiving day! (laughter) a ring side seat to the greatest show on earth. >> i it's a black friday tradition. >> (bleep). i'll stab one of you mother (bleep) (audience reacts). >> jon: do you know how much people pay to go to fights like that? (laughter) you get paid -- some -- to see it. (laughter) isn't that benefit enough? truly your vest runeth over. (laughter) but that's not enough for you, greedy hourly slightly over the federal poverty line employees. (laughter) now you want to unionize! besides, everyone knows comparatively speaking in the wal-mart world you've got it pretty good. >> violent protests in bangladesh this morning after a deadly garment factory fire. saturday's fire killed at least 112 factory workers. the factory is owned by an exporter whose clients include wal-mart. >> jon: see? (laughter) wah-wah! "i work at wal-mart in the united states! i can't afford to take my kids to the doctor!" well, at least where you work there are exits! (laughter and applause) and the worst part o

hundred twelve workers at a bangladeshi clothing factory last but what my name blowing decision did wal-mart officials make what kind of punishment should they be facing as a result. it's friday you ready to join me for tonight's big picture rubble are marc harrold libertarian comment commentator attorney and author sam sachs progressive progressive commentator contributors truthout dot org and horace cooper conservative commentator and senior fellow at the national center for public policy research which is such an official sounding name for us to indeed i'm sure ok let's start with michigan late yesterday at the instruction of governor rick snyder and funded astroturf groups americans for prosperity in american legislative exchange council the michigan state house and senate passed a controversial right to work for us law eight people were arrested outside the capitol staters expect to sign a law next week but just as a fact just to do to put this into context and right to work for less states the average wage is fifty three hundred dollars a year less. twenty one percent more people lack

i'm not sure but i think in in province of quebec wal-mart. i think was not allowed to open any stores because they would not accept being unionized and there was one wal-mart store there was unionized and wal-mart closed when the unions put in place and it's an excellent point and let me just add to it this is not just wal-mart this is the whole big box model the model of moving in a giant business and inhaling a giant multi-dimensional business and inhaling all the smaller businesses around it and you know before it was wal-mart it was it was kmart and there were other companies that were. small small businesses so it's an important point and it's every time my understanding of my recollection is that i wrote about this in my book on equal protection as i recall whenever wal-mart comes into a community about one hundred twenty local businesses are going to go out of business so believe in conifer and thank you for the lead in conifer colorado a leon talk about tea party. thanks i want to say why don't they embrace the fiscal cliff. we believ

of the big boxers, wal-mart and target.each competitor herb has ammunition. we will go to you first before the people who are paid to give us opiniones. who do you like in this fight? >> i think it is interesting. they are apples an oranges. so much different business models. both are very well run companies. it would be hard to, i give wal-mart the went to social med huge way. i think that helped them out in the post period. >> now, brian. you're with the experts. i want to hear what they think. >> i want herb to commit to a pick. >> he's not. >> i can see the benefits of both companies. >> they're both well-run companies. >> pick one. >> target. >> thank you. >> that was a gun to hit pick. hopely it won't be so hard to get the picks out of our experts. it is ladies first here on "street signs." which pick is yours? >> i agree with herb so i won't get in trouble. but i would pick target. exactly the niemann marcus collaboration has been terrific for december. they did have a tough november so expectations are very low. and

wal-mart could be in trouble in india. the indian government looking into whether wal-mart's lobbying activities in the u.s. violated indian laws. shares of wal-mart closed fractionally higher. smith and wesson is buying back an additional $15 million worth of stock, on top of the $20 million repurchase program it recently completed. smith and wesson's shares have fallen nearly 10% since the newtown connecticut shootings. investors bought up gold today, as a safe place to park money while washington lawmakers spar over the fiscal cliff. the precious metal settled $3 higher at $1,663 an ounce. gold prices are on pace for an annual rise of about 6%, the smallest annual gain since 2008. and, supply concerns pushed palladium prices to a nine-month high. investors are worried that tight supplies from the world's top two producers and steady demand from the auto sector could mean higher prices in 2013. it settled at $708 an ounce: over the past year the metal has rising about 7.5%. and finally, for the second day in row the isha

wal-mart had a tough year. you had in addition another supply chain issue in the bangladeshi factory where that horrific fire happened. then you had the corruption cases in mexico and other instances. what that has raised i think has really raised some issues on the governance structure and how wal-mart has handled those issues. it also has reunited or reenergized the anti-wal-mart coalition that has been active in the united states for many years, but which has lost its momentum a little bit over the last few years. > and one case that disappointed many people: lance armstrong. > > yes, lance armstrong, it is obviously a personal tragedy, it has to do with his life as a cyclist. but it also has brought to attention some of the challenges that nonprofits and charitable foundations face - in this case, it was because of the association with lance armstrong. another organization on the list, komen foundation, also found itself in the spotlight. so that shows that not-for-profits have reputations themselves, and n

. >>> real life grinches target a wal-mart on a christmas morning. >> yeah, the thieves they got away with about $30,000 worth of items. we're going to tell you what was taken and why police are so concerned about this. >> you heard about the dangers of online dating and singles events. that's how many of us sometimes meet the special person. one man is using a direct approach. >> i'm mike masco. this is the abc2 app and you can get that at the itunes store and google play store. right now bell's point 37 degrees. not much hatching right now but to the south and west we go. there's a storm brewing. we're going to talk about that, that could be a weekend snow event coming up after this. >>> join john on this thursday morning -- thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. thieves decided to target a wal- mart. >> police are saying the guys went after weapons and electronics it was after 2:00 in the morning on christmas day when three men broke into a wal- mart in new mexico. they helped themselves to around $30,000 worth of items. they spent a few minutes in the hunting section w

now the times examines the relentless campaign of bribes behind wal-mart's most controversial store in mexico, in the data supermarket built in the shadow of a revered cultural landmark, the ancient pyramids of teotihuacÁn. >> one in five walmart stores are in mexico. walmart is mexico's largest private employer. we will speak with pulitzer prize winning journalist david barstow of "the new york times square and all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. six more victims of the newtown massacre were laid to rest on wednesday, four children, a teacher and principal of their school. the teacher, 27-year-old victoria soto was credited with saving half of her classroom by hiding the children in a closet and then telling shooter, adam lanza, there were in a different area of the school. the principal, 47-year-old dawn hochsprung, was reportedly shot dead after lunging at lanza in an effort to stop the shooting. six more funerals are being held today. at the white house, president obama formally announced the appoint

and while you're calling the white house tell the president it's time to give wal-mart the corporate death penalty the world's biggest employer is developing a reputation as the most corrupt corporation in the world in our times details wal-mart's bribery binge in mexico when the retail giant open more than a dozen new stores south of the border times notes wal-mart to make go was an aggressive and creative corrupter offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited some of the bribes included more than three hundred forty thousand dollars to avoid having to comply with traffic and environmental permits more than seven hundred sixty thousand dollars to build a stored environmentally sensitive flood basin more than two hundred thousand dollars to build a store near as tech ruins so now we know another reason why wal-mart workers in america get everyday low pay because the companies the cash to bribe foreign officials wal-mart is not an american company it's a stateless transnational corporations are raping america and prowling the world for cheap labor. crazy alert and t

phone 5, wal-mart offering -- iphone 5, wal-mart is offering $75 off. stores have extended hours.macy's and michael's open until 6:00 tonight. costco and best buy until 5. target and toys "r" us until 10 p.m.. if you think that you have that last minute luck, walgreens is open all day tomorrow. speaking of procrastinating, turns out we west coasters are the biggest in the nation. 79% of us are shopping at the last minute. >> i don't think that reflects well on us. >> i'm shock, shocked! >>> just ahead, why 49ers kicker acres is being targeted. >>> san francisco children in need,;ç drive underway now and how you can help. >>> a tragedy unfolding in upstate new york where four volunteer firefighters were shot responding to a house fire, two confirm firm dead. investigators still on the scene in webster, new york a suburb of rochester. the police chief says the shooter set a trap early this morning and when crews arrived to the house fire he shot them. >> the threat has been eliminated. the shooter is believed to be deceased at the scene. we have yet to identify who the shooter is bu

laws from the weapon use the bushmaster rifle to big business let's talk about the reaction from wal-mart to wall street let's get to today's capital account. the price mechanism is something we often talk about on this show and the role central banks around the world play in distorting it whether through central banks or q we or through private banks manipulating live or without question markets are manipulated and prices distorted our next guest has been making the case for years that the precious metals markets are no exception you know it's a tough one though because there isn't a smoking gun per se of libel or with gold though we may see the queen of england touring the bank of england's vaults as we did just recently and you see there what we don't get to see is transparent disclosure of the gold transactions of central banks in terms of their lease things wapping that sort of thing now though we may know of this see if he sees investigation into silver market manipulation it's been ongoing for years still with no result but here to discuss some of the latest developments in preciou

wal-mart, the free shipping is happening, it is most retailers, but wal-mart is participating as well something, is that a good thing for wal-mart, patrick? >> yes and no. i think it speaks to the urgency that is out there across retail to drive some traffic into the stars..3 black friday was pretty good, but we have seen a lull in spending since then. there are two more days of christmas shopping between thanksgiving ann christmas this year versus last year so i think there is more procrastination out there. more deals like this and more promotions than last year. cheryl: about a name like target? i know target is one of your top picks right now. you think target is actually going to win in this face-to-face battle with wal-mart. >> it has been a top pick. i was disappointed with the numbers in november, target actually had negative numbers in november, down about 1%, but i think you will see a pickup, and improvement in december, and my target is not so much about the holidays as it is i think the holiday outlook overall is still pretty subdued. i'm looking for maybe one to 2% same-

they're all seen enormous profit growth wal-mart's up one hundred thirty percent over the you know since the recession so again doesn't the fact that we have people being paid poverty wages there are some of the largest consumers of food stamps and government assistance are employees of fast food restaurants and wal-mart again demonstrate that capitalism has failed here's another externality in this case the externality is the human misery that is being dumped by these companies that well now i think this is silly first off if mcdonald's that we're paying for food stamps so that people. can't believe that way people vote for the government to just hand the stuff out that's the government's fault for handing out that type of stuff not just the last let's start now let's just let's be honest for a second if we suggest that the fast food companies are just going to throw out a fifteen dollar wage to the guy running the katherine sister the wages are going to go through the ceiling and so will the price of their food their sales will fall in the. donald even with the lower wages they have no

phone 5, wal-mart offering -- iphone 5, wal-mart is offering $75 off. stores have extended hours.macy's and michael's open until 6:00 tonight. costco and best buy until 5. target and toys "r" us until 10 p.m.. if you think that you have that last minute luck, walgreens is open all day tomorrow. speaking of procrastinating, turns out we west coasters are the biggest in the nation. 79% of us are shopping at the last minute. >> i don't think that reflects well on us. >> i'm shock, shocked! >>> just ahead, why 49ers kicker acres is being targeted. >>> san francisco children in need,;ç drive underway now and how you [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from at&t. [ female announcer ] a great price for a great triple-play bundle. [ male announcer ] call now. bundles with u-verse tv, internet and home phone start at $89 a month. now g

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for what would just be a wal-mart? >> you never know.bout capitalism and something that is very popular with people. a lot of peopleavoiding the twinkies. remember when they said that they were going to go out of business. they are very popular. >> a spare change update on a story that science-fiction people will love. you remember th death star? the moon sized death star in star wars? there are now 25,000 signatures, which mean that they hit the threshold which requires a response from the obama administration. according to nerds who want to do this, $852 quadrillion to build. is that all? >> spending in our country, maybe we should get used to seeing such things. [laughter] >> using the obama administration to respond? if you've got an additional 25,000 signatures, they would always respond. >> we can do so until 2014 or 2016. >> if it is the end of the world on dcember 21, they don't have to buildt,

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>> wal-mart. you were talk being them.e. these jobs will go through the end of december. people that can be sales associates, customer service. some associate december stay after the holidays. some of these jobs become full time with benefits. 4,000 stores across the country. they employ 1.4 million people, hence the importance of wal-mart in the health care discussion. >> we've got to get to the other three. what do you mean seasonal? do people get laid off after the season? >> not necessarily. some of these jobs will continue. they will be able to stay at the company, but yes, some seasonal jobs are only through the end of december, maybe into january to help kind of do all the clean-up, after christmas sales if you will. >> eric: but do you know that going in? do they tell you we're going to hire from you december 15 through january 20? >> think of it as an audition. they say you may be able to stay. they usually will tell you if things work out, you may be able to stay through 2013. it's not a guarantee. >> eric: h & r

. >> first, wal-mart, and now mickey d's? unions taking on the nation's largest employers, is this big labor flip about to send prices that we're paying rocketing higher? >> l is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. bass pro shops has great gift ideas at huge savings during our cyber week sale at basspro.com. check in every day for amazing web buster specials. plus, get free shipping on orders of $75 or more. >> hi, everyone, we're live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. we have news after tragic accident out of miami this morning. a double-decker bus hit an overpass at miami international airport, killing at least one person, injuring more than two dozen. an airport spokesperson says the bus was a cruise or tour bus of some sort and going about 20 miles per hour when it clipped the roof entrance. more info as we get it. developing this hour overseas, massive rallies planned in

obviously selling their stake as one of a wal-mart also decided to pull sales of bushmaster rifles from their website from online dick's sporting goods announced that out of respect for the victims they remove guns from sale near newtown. let's step back what do you what do you make of these announcements is this what you think about the specific pulling the guns off on em. this is always like there's a political issue my this always happens every time there's a shooting i don't think the real problem we have is that people have guns obviously i don't think it makes any sense whatsoever to have assault rifles i mean why i don't know why you need those things you know and i'm not making a judgment on whether there's we should have been allowed to have guns or not but a larger point is i think it's pretty obvious that this is id as a whole is not very mature in their lust for weapons and explosions destruction and murder well i think there's a huge problem in this country with guns when it's interesting to where it trickles into because one private equity group equity group is selling the

improve safety conditions for workers the bangladeshi doubts could have been totally avoided at wal-mart for corporate greed ahead of human safety and that is very very good. after the break cities like detroit michigan bore the brunt of the republican prasher of the nation's financial industry five years later is no way past time for the federal government to step up and help cities like detroit get back on their feet. here as mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy here's an awful lot of money for you sir are you know what that is my other terror cells right now want to give us a defeat terrorism the only poll the christian. can you believe it's. going to put you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industry that's sensationalistic garbage because that breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it. and then you. see some other part of it and realized everything. welc

dick's sporting goods has pulled them from stores nationwide and wal-mart has taken down a wal-mart add for the bushmaster ar15 that was used friday. the nra said "meaningful contributions to stop fur tragedies." >>> california is no longer invested in assault rifles. illegal to either have or sell that weapon in the state of california. so obviously, the state shouldn't be a participant in that kind of activity. >> california's teacher pension fund has a stake in freedom group. it is reviewing the investment. >>> one bay area city is looking for the cash to pay for the guns bought back. people turned in nearly 600 firearms for cash, way more than expected. linda yee says san francisco had to start handing out io us . >> reporter: this gun buy back program was more successful than expected. >> thank you very much. jr. dr. joe marshall says he ran out of money after buying back 125 weapons at 200 bucks apiece. ingly was ready to shut down. i was going to walk out and tell the crowd that's all we have. but the chief said, oh no no no. we have all these guns, we have to get them. one mar l

to improve safety conditions for workers the bangladeshi doubts could have been totally avoided wal-mart for corporate greed ahead of human safety and that is very very. after the break cities like detroit michigan for the broad republican prasher of the nation's financial industry five years later is no way past time for the federal government to step up and help cities like detroit get back on their feet. with a. science technology innovation called the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. the gold fever. turned thousands into slaves. much but also among brotherhood involved in the mines and since i started working on them when i studied. this multinationals. there's a cash cow to be milked dry and it's time i think that in this country gold medal logie as an environmental cost which is an acceptable local business was labeled illegal and controlled by criminals you know in order to protect our lives our families and to work in peace. but we are forced to pay protection to illegal groups what price is colombia going to pay. the people. the modest affect on

several california locations closest to the bay area in modesto, wal-mart has pulled a bushmaster rifle similar to the one used off its website. wal-mart is the nation's largest seller of guns and ammunition. >>> hollywood is reacting to the shooting by cancelling the premieres -- premiers of several films. actor jimmy fox who stars in the movie says the -- jamie foxx who stars in the movie says the entertainment industry needs to bear some responsibility. the premier of top cruise's movie was also postponed because of the shooting. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the connecticut school tragedy. laura anthony is in connecticut and report live later. >>> temperatures on their way down later today officials are issuing advisory and warning. >> how cold is it going to get? >>> this morning any indication it is going to be cold, frost and isolated areas more tomorrow. the cold air is coming in now, you can see scattered showers on live doppler, over the ocean water which is actually warmer than land now that's why we have the showers there. mainly going to stay over the ocean