health care benefits for their workers is wal-mart's wal-mart employees are on food stamps for the most eighty percent of wal-mart employees are on food stamps federal taxpayers are taxpayers pay about two thousand dollars for every wal-mart worker to compensate to make help them make ends meet so ultimately i think it comes up to two point six billion dollars wal-mart workers receive from the federal government and that's a welfare queen that is that is the only way that wal-mart's business model works is if taxpayers come in and compensate which the completely just contradicts the entire argument of not raising the minimum wage we don't want to hurt small businesses and look at you know all these things will be hurt but we're the ones i mean all these people are anti welfare and all this stuff. there's a place where there's a talking point out there that says raise the minimum wage and that'll hurt job creation yet no studies ever been proven that studies have shown the opposite that if you raise the minimum wage it increases economic. fifty people buy more things which causes busines

what good does wal-mart serve the community really well wal-mart employees a lot of people obviously were in a debate that when you're talking about putting other companies out of business you may be talking about the surrounding area with their competitors and i understand that and i miss the small mom and pop shops too but they don't put everybody on everything no i don't agree with you at all the market bears this out marketplace the people who decide to go there it provides goods and services you know you're talking about the fact that the sixth or ninth are very rich on the scale of the owners of wal-mart of course they are it's the largest employer it sells the most goods but you know what do they get the corporate death penalty they haven't broken any laws as far as i can tell i think obviously to let the government come in and pick winners and losers would be even more of a problem but you know this is a big issue with wal-mart it's been attacked from each side but no i don't agree with you that they should get the corporate you know death penalty or whatever it is the compan

what good does wal-mart serve the community really well wal-mart employees a lot of people obviously were in a debate that when you're talking about putting other companies out of business you may be talking about the surrounding area with their competitors and i understand that and i miss the small mom and pop shops too but they don't put everybody on everything no i don't agree with you at all the market bears this out marketplace the people who decide to go there it provides goods and services you know you're talking about the fact that the sixth or ninth are very rich on the scale of the owners of wal-mart of course they are it's the largest employer it sells the most goods but you know they get the corporate death penalty they haven't broken any laws as far as i can tell i think obviously to let the government come in and pick winners and losers would be even more of a problem but you know this is a big issue with wal-mart it's been attacked from each side but no i don't agree with you that they should get the corporate you know death penalty or whatever it is the company is ope

health care benefits for their workers is wal-mart's wal-mart employees are on food stamps for the most eighty percent of wal-mart employees are on food stamps federal taxpayers are taxpayers pay about two thousand dollars for every wal-mart worker to compensate to make help them make ends meet so ultimately i think it comes up to two point six billion dollars wal-mart workers receive from the federal government and that's a welfare queen that is that is the only way that wal-mart's business model works is if taxpayers come in and compensate which is. just contradicts the entire argument of not raising the minimum wage because we don't want to hurt small businesses and look at you know all these things will be hurt but we're the ones i mean all these people are anti welfare and all this stuff. there is a place where there's a talking point out there that says raise the minimum wage and that'll hurt job creation yet no studies ever been proven that studies have shown the opposite if you raise the minimum wage it increases economic. fifty people buy more things which causes businesses to

break down the case and the impact it could have on america's national security state and last year wal-mart could have afforded to raise its employee wages by over five dollars an hour but it didn't what did it spend billions on instead and what does it say about the company's willingness willingness to pay its workers a living wage. and we start tonight with what's been a very important week for the n.s.a. a week in which some of the n.s.a.'s most critical spying programs hang in the balance first to the united states senate where a group of lawmakers are hoping to use the annual defense authorization bill to force what could be bombshell n.s.a. disclosures senators ron wyden mark udall and barbara mikulski are pushing amendment that would force the director of intelligence this guy james clap. to give a report to congress in which he'd have to answer a number of critical questions about n.s.a. spying activities did the n.s.a. ever use provisions under the fai's act to warrantless collect americans communications or another one did the n.s.a. why did the supreme court in the recent case of

health care benefits for their workers is wal-mart's wal-mart employees are on food stamps for the most eighty percent of wal-mart employees are on food stamps federal taxpayers are taxpayers pay about two thousand dollars for every wal-mart worker to compensate to make help them make ends meet so ultimately i think it comes up to two point six billion dollars wal-mart workers receive from the federal government and that's a welfare queen that is that is the only way that wal-mart's business model works is if taxpayers come in and compensate which again clearly just contradicts the entire argument of not raising the minimum wage because we don't want to hurt small businesses and look at you know all these things will be hurt but we're the ones i mean all these people are anti welfare and all this stuff there's a place where there's a talking point out there that says raise the minimum wage and that'll hurt job creation yet no studies ever been proven that studies have shown the opposite that if you raise the minimum wage it increases economic. people buy more things which causes busines

break down the case and the impact it could have on america's national security state and last year wal-mart could have afforded to raise its employee wages by over five dollars an hour but it didn't what did it spend billions on instead and what does it say about the company's willingness willingness to pay its workers a living wage. and we start tonight with what's been a very important week for the n.s.a. a week in which some of the n.s.a.'s most critical spying programs hang in the balance first to the united states senate where a group of lawmakers are hoping to use the annual defense authorization bill to force what could be bombshell n.s.a. disclosures senators ron wyden mark you do. and barbara mikulski are pushing amendment that would force the director of intelligence this guy james clapper to give a report to congress in which he'd have to answer a number of critical questions about n.s.a. spying activities did the n.s.a. ever use provisions under the pfizer act to warrantless collect americans communications or another one did the n.s.a. why did the supreme court in the recent ca

health care benefits for their workers is wal-mart's wal-mart employees are on food stamps for the most eighty percent of wal-mart employees are on food stamps federal taxpayers taxpayers pay about two thousand dollars for every wal-mart worker to compensate to make help them make ends meet so ultimately i think it comes up to two point six billion dollars wal-mart workers receive from the federal government and that's a welfare queen that is that is the only way that wal-mart's business model works is if taxpayers come in and compensate which. just contradicts the entire argument of not raising the minimum wage because we don't want to hurt small businesses and look at you know all these things will be hurt but we're the ones i mean all these people are anti welfare and all this stuff. there's a place where there's a talking point out there that says raise the minimum wage and that'll hurt job creation yet no studies ever been proven that studies have shown the opposite that if you raise the minimum wage it increases economic. people buy more things which causes businesses to hire more

health care benefits for their workers is wal-mart's wal-mart employees are on food stamps for the most eighty percent of wal-mart employees are on food stamps federal taxpayers taxpayers pay about two thousand dollars for every wal-mart worker to compensate to make help them make ends meet so ultimately i think it comes up to two point six billion dollars wal-mart workers receive from the federal government and that's a welfare queen that is that is the only way that wal-mart's business model works is if taxpayers come in and compensate which the completely just contradicts the entire argument of not raising the minimum wage because we don't want to hurt small businesses and look at you know all these things will be hurt but we're the ones i mean all these people are anti welfare and all this stuff. there's a place where there's a talking point out there that says raise the minimum wage and that'll hurt job creation yet no studies ever been proven that studies have shown the opposite but if you raise the minimum wage it increases economic activity people buy more things which causes bu

(laughter) and where can wal-mart's low-wage workers find cheap food to donate? wal-mart. (laughter) anyone can afford food there-- expept people who work at wal-mart. (laughter) why stop at food? wal-mart can stop offering health insurance if they just set up a "please vaccinate my child bin." (laughter) and they might want to change the employee desk from "how may i help you" to just "help." (laughter) folks, you know what is does not need any help throughout? the stock market. >> the dow is up 22%. the nasdaq up 31%. the s&p 500 up 26%. the index has gained more than 3 points this year alone. the s&p 500 moved above 1800 for the first time. >> stock prices hit new milestones today. the dow traded above 16,000 for the first time ever. >> stephen: yes, the dow set a new record meaning it got to enter its initials on the high-score screen. (laughter) folks, that record high is good for everybody, especially wetiest 5% of americans who own 82% of all stocks! the other 95% have their money invested mostly in beanie babies and donated canned goods. (laughter) (cheers and appl

wal-mart u.s. is here. i'm only here. thank you for coming, it's great to have you. >> thank you, it's great to be with you. speak you explain these promotions and who you target with those. >> i would be happy to. this is a great opportunity for us to talk about how proud we are of jobs and retail and today, for example, town halls and three cities across the country, we called them together to what amounts to a regular conversation that we have with our associates and each of them had applied and we brought them together and they found out that they had been promoting it. >> when you say that, you mean above of imposition and paid? >> position, responsibility and pay, about 40% of them in the first year, and you know, forecastle of working for them so much that we have 300,000 that have been with us more than 10 years and we are proud of our jobs and proud of our people and we want the opportunity to talk about that. >> a disproportionate number of those workers zealously volunteer. it doesn't get much coverage. so what

there is probably no end in sight to these wal-mart protests. del ? >> tomorrow is the government's self-imposed deadline to fix healthcare.gov, the white house promising it would be problem free by november 30th. time and time again, the deadline have come and gone. there have been so many glitches, some are once again calling for the affordable care act, itself to be scrapped. those exchanges had a rocky start when they opened back on october 1st, just 106,000 people signing up for coverage that month. the policies kicking in on january 1st, the administration now estimating 7 million people will sign up by the end of march. so that is when the enrollment period ends. >>> china dispatched fighter jets to patrol the air defense zone over the east china sea, calling it a defensive measure after the u.s., japan and south korea defied the claim by flying planes through that zone. still ahead, the fate of 2 million syrian children living in refugee examples and a new route of clark between protesters in egypt. >> watch the stream. >> watch the stream. >>

and they say that as wal-mart goes, other companies do, too. and that's why they feel it's so important. >> andes, did wal-mart have anything to say about these proceed tests? >> well, not yet today. after waiting to talk to somebody from wal-mart here who was about to talk to us a few minutes from now but wal-mart has said in the past that, look, the health benefits they offer the employees are very generous along with 401(k). they say that workers who work here also get discounts at the store. but mainly, they want to emphasize that they give workers a chance to move up in the company. those people who start on the bottom rung can get moved up within the system. they said last year, they promoted 160,000 employees to higher-paying better jobs. so that is their take on wages. but they also say as far as these protests are concerned, they say a lot of these protesters are not exactly wal-mart workers but more or less other unions get the in and stir up the pot. on that particular note, they are right. today, there are a lot more union members f

every time someone proposes a minimum wage hike big business is like wal-mart have the same thing to say well you can order the goods. but they're like the reason why in just a moment also corporations pray the tenth circuit court of appeals thinks so i ask our guests with their degree in tonight's lone liberal rubble and stay tuned for a special thanksgiving edition of your take by take a live and then up later on in the show. you know this doing business in america and pretty much every other developed country in the world is a privilege not a right in order to do business you or you in a group of participants was petition a secretary of state for a business license if your petition is granted you will be given a set of privileges ranging from the ability to deduct from your income taxes the cost of your meals if you happen to discuss business to a whole variety of special tax breaks and said it is and immunities from prosecution for things that have you done them as an individual you oh my otherwise go to prison for. when we set up this country more than two hundred years ago we e

a government report finds that wal-mart has the highest number of employees living on welfare. >>> wal-mart's ceo responded to the protesters saying that he defends the retail giant and the wages that the company pays. >> we pay in the top half of retail. our industry offers the opportunity for people to enter at really any life stage from 16 all the way to 76 if they would like to, then they work hard and they can build a career. >> simon, the wal-mart ceo, also responded to criticism about the store being open object thanksgiving day saying that wal-mart is a service industry, just like hotels and airlines, and when customers want to shop, the store will be open. he also noted that wal-mart has been open on thanksgiving day since the mid-1980s. >>> many retailers opened on thanksgiving through black friday. some analysts say this year may actually cement the transformation of the start of the holiday shopping season into a two-day affair. more than a dozen major retailers stayed open for 24 hours or longer on thanksgiving day through black friday. many shopping centers opening at 9:00 p.m.

wal-mart isn't doing anything! (laughter) these bins are for wal-mart employees to donate to other employees. (laughter) and where can wal-mart's

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they arrested 15 people at the wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. about a hundred protesters were outside the store for two hours today. 15 broke off and marched to the busy intersection and then sat down. they were arrested for failing to disperse. >>> despite a few problems most black friday events were pretty calm. most shoppers told us it was not as crowded as they expected. so many people now shop on-line or through mobile. 24r walls an increase in -- there was an increase in sales and amazon saw a 25% increase. for some customers, the deals this year did thought coerce them to buy. >> i thought it would be better. you see commercials on tv and they say flat screen for $100. i didn't see any of that stuff. there are good savings in there. >> retailers that president oned to open early on thanksgiving day say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what might be a new holiday shopping tradition. >>> check out this time lapse video showing the hoards of shopper at macy's. it has been busy since its opening at 8:00 last night. >>> for the

actually wal-mart workers. they think union workers are joining in to stir the pot. in terms of wages and benefits, wal-mart said they are comparable to other big box stores, offering generous health benefits. they are trying to stress that what they offer workers starring in the bottom rung is a chance to move up in the company. they said last year alone, they promoted 160,000 people with that the company to better paying jobs. the bottom line here might be the bottom line, which is last year for example, when they opened up on thanksgiving thanksgiving, wal-mart said they had their best season opening weekend ever in their history. that might be what's driving this ultimately for the company, as long as profits are good, things might just stay the same. >> andy, thank you very much. >> last year, wal-mart making $16 billion in profit, the c.e.o. $20 million a year. the workers just want to live off the money they make at wal-mart. do they have a bone to pick with wal-mart? >> i think they do have a point. the

they arrested 15 people at the wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. about a hundred protesters were outside the store for two hours today. 15 broke off and marched to the busy intersection and then sat down. they were arrested for failing to disperse. >>> despite a few problems most black friday events were pretty calm. most shoppers told us it was not as crowded as they expected. so many people now shop on-line or through mobile. 24r walls an increase in -- there was an increase in sales and amazon saw a 25% increase. for some customers, the deals this year did thought coerce them to buy. >> i thought it would be better. you see commercials on tv and they say flat screen for $100. i didn't see any of that stuff. there are good savings in there. >> retailers that president oned to open early on thanksgiving day say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what might be a new holiday shopping tradition. >>> check out this time lapse video showing the hoards of shopper at macy's. it has been busy since its opening at 8:00 last night. >>> for the

every time someone proposes a minimum wage hike big businesses like wal-mart have the same thing to say well you can order goods. but they're like the reason why in just a moment also corporations pray the tenth circuit court of appeals thinks so i ask our guests with their degree in finance loan liberal rubble and stay tuned for a special thanksgiving edition of your take by take a live and then up later on in the show. you know this doing business in america and pretty much every other developed country in the world is a privilege not a right in order to do business you or you and a group of participants most petition a secretary of state for a business license if your petition is granted you will be given a set of privileges ranging from the ability to deduct from your income taxes the cost of your meals if you have to discuss business to a whole variety of special tax breaks and said it was and immunities from prosecution for things that had you done them as an individual you oh my otherwise go to prison for. when we set up this country more than two hundred years ago we established

wal-mart was also the scene of a brawl in puerto rico. in georgia and california police had to be called when shoppers at wal-mart got out of hand there, too. and in virginia two men were rested after pulling a knife on each other outside of a wal-mart. >>> protesters also turned out at several wal-marts across the country today. they were calling for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care. but wal-mart's ceo doesn't agree with those claims. >> we pay in the top half of retail. our industry offers the opportunity for people to enter any life stage from 16 all the way to 76 if they would like to, and then they work hard and canbuild a career. >> bile simon also responded to critics who say wal-mart should have stayed closed on thanksgiving. he says more than 22 million people came in the stores to shop and employees were given holiday pay and did deep discounts on wal-mart products as compensation. >>> another tradition the day after thanksgiving, heading out to get the christmas free. the first family had the tree brought t

we are in effect subsidizing wal-mart so wal-mart doesn't have to pay a living wage to employees. >> reporter: to push wal-mart to take better care of his employees. >> it's not going to hurt us very much. but it could hurt wal-mart. >> reporter: we found shoppers at hilltop drive who agree, $8 an hour is next to impossible to live on. >> i worked in a nursing home for a long time. even though i made more than $8 an hour. what i made, it wasn't enough. >> i made 23, a little over 23. $8, i don't know what the hell you could do with $8. >> we're talking about the largest employer in the entire united states. do they not have some social responsibility? >> reporter: professor rice says a raise for wal-mart employees will have a ripple effect on the rest of the economy, actually even creating even more jobs. we reached out to wal-mart for a response and have yet to hear back from them. ken wayne, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the rush of shoppers to retail stores on the day after thanksgiving appears to be slowing down as online shopping picks up. according to the nealson forecast, almost h

they arrested 15 people at the wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. about a hundred protesters were outside the store for two hours today. 15 broke off and marched to the busy intersection and then sat down. they were arrested for failing to disperse. >>> despite a few problems most black friday events were pretty calm. most shoppers told us it was not as crowded as they expected. so many people now shop on-line or through mobile. 24r walls an increase in -- there was an increase in sales and amazon saw a 25% increase. for some customers, the deals this year did thought coerce them to buy. >> i thought it would be better. you see commercials on tv and they say flat screen for $100. i didn't see any of that stuff. there are good savings in there. >> retailers that president oned to open early on thanksgiving day say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what might be a new holiday shopping tradition. >>> check out this time lapse video showing the hoards of shopper at macy's. it has been busy since its opening at 8:00 last night. >>> for the

we are in effect subsidizing wal-mart so wal-mart doesn't have to pay a living wage to employees. >> reporter: to push wal-mart to take better care of his employees. >> it's not going to hurt us very much. but it could hurt wal-mart. >> reporter: we found shoppers at hilltop drive who agree, $8 an hour is next to impossible to live on. >> i worked in a nursing home for a long time. even though i made more than $8 an hour. what i made, it wasn't enough. >> i made 23, a little over 23. $8, i don't know what the hell you could do with $8. >> we're talking about the largest employer in the entire united states. do they not have some social responsibility? >> reporter: professor rice says a raise for wal-mart employees will have a ripple effect on the rest of the economy, actually even creating even more jobs. we reached out to wal-mart for a response and have yet to hear back from them. ken wayne, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the rush of shoppers to retail stores on the day after thanksgiving appears to be slowing down as online shopping picks up. according to the nealson forecast, almost h

has no responsibility wal-mart actually has explained that what's going on there is products that are being made over their objections and they are not authorizing those products and because of many of the rules that the legal litigation problems that you progressive's of created wal-mart is actually disincentive to even easy solution to this horace b. if we were simply to go back to the trade policies we had the united states george washington to the ronald reagan argument of the jimmy carter or to the. bill clinton administration and go back to basically protectionism to a tariff based trade system where those kinds of things will make the united states and you know where the things that are being made in bangladesh that are being consumed in the united states are actually being made in the united states you progressive's won't let people who are a business traditionally the republicans you progressives won't let people who are willing to take on unpopular task claim in the sort of clean up the streets and by being at a lower price you won't let them you say that there is a floor pr

>> that wal-mart shopper is very opinionated but they are also very loyal. the people getting blow back are companies like macy's which has been a tremendously performing stock and the fact they are opening up on thanksgiving day has gotten a lot of blowback. so department stores getting a lot of negative activity, but yet, wal-mart is not. >> i have to ask the question, are we now going to start christmas shopping on halloween? >> oh, yeah, it's definitely christmaka. you are in the news business. you operate on a 24-hour news cycle. well, the consumers operate on a 24-hour shopping cycle. >> we go back to the days when something in this country was sacred. it used to be you didn't shop on sunday. and then any meaning of the season being forgotten. does this pretty much wipe it off the board? >> pretty much. it depends on what these holidays mean to you, your household, your family, and your tradition. some folks their tradition is go out shopping on black friday, so i do believe it is what you make of it, but i think those holiday parameters are getting le

wal-mart faces more than just a surge of shop earth wal-mart workers gathered in protest demanding better wages and conditions we'll bring you the sights and sounds of this black friday protest coming up and while there is hope for an economic boost from black friday shoppers the future may still be dire the new book the crash of twenty six team that warns of a future economic catastrophe brought a balance by the dealings of wall street bankers and the government the books writer tom hartman tells us more later in the shell. it's friday november twenty ninth i'm meghan lopez in washington d.c. and you are watching r.t. well the russian ambassador to the u.n. claims his interview was censored after an appearance on c.n.n. but only churkin says c.n.n. made significant cuts to his interview with christiane amanpour which aired on tuesday night churkin says the network but the majority of his commentary about the situation in syria and his assertions that a number of people in the country support president bashar al assad c.n.n. says since published a full transcript of the interview on its w

wal-mart faces more than just a surge of shop earth wal-mart workers gathered in protest demanding better wages and conditions we'll bring you the sights and sounds of this black friday protest coming up and while there is hope for an economic boost from black friday shoppers the future may still be dire the new book the crash of twenty six team that warns of a future economic catastrophe brought a balance by the dealings of wall street bankers and the government the books writer tom hartman tells us more later in the show. it's friday november twenty ninth i'm meghan lopez in washington d.c. and you are watching r.t. well the russian ambassador to the u.n. claims his interview was censored after an appearance on c.n.n. but only churkin says c.n.n. made significant cuts to his interview with christiane amanpour which aired on tuesday night churkin says the network but the majority of his commentary about the situation in syria and his assertions that a number of people in the country support president bashar al assad c.n.n. sad since published a full transcript of the interview on its web

paul chaimers joins us at a demonstration at the wal-mart in san leandro. this is a demonstration, not a boycott, paul? >> reporter: that is correct. there's a lot going on in the last 20 minutes. there are a lot of people out here. just about 20 minutes ago, if we could go to the video, there were five people taken into custody here at this wal-mart protest. you see them right now. police took five people into custody for civil disobedience. they want to make it clear they are not asking for people to not shop wal-mart. the employees say they need to make enough money so they don't have to depend on public assistance. >> some qualify for medicare, medicaid if they have kids and then the other ones get section 8 because they can't afford housing. >> reporter: pamela davis is one of many former and current wal-mart employees taking part in today's protest. some say they have to take on a second job just to make ends meet. they say most starting employees make less than $9 an hour. that's why the protesters are asking for a minimum of $25,000 a year and more

so another day another public relations disaster for wal-mart on monday the national labor relations. board the federal agency that protects workers' rights announced that it is charging the nation's largest employer with violating american labor laws now those charges stem from last november's black friday walkouts in which hundreds of wal-mart employees from across the country struck to demand higher pay and better working conditions according to the n.l.r.b. wal-mart broke the law when it intimidated and fired workers who joined in on that strike the agency said in a press release wal-mart unlawfully threatened employees with reprisal if they engaged in strikes and protests on november twenty second two thousand and twelve and also lawfully threatened disciplined and or terminated employees for having engaged in legally protected strikes and protests you know monday's announcement couldn't have come at a better time labor groups are planning another round of strikes this thanksgiving and the n.l.r.b. his decision to press charges should give an added boost to their cause but wal-ma

so another day another public relations disaster for wal-mart on monday the national labor relations board the federal agency that protects workers' rights announced that it is charging the nation's largest employer with violating american labor laws now those charges stem from last november's black friday walkouts in which hundreds of wal-mart employees from across the country struck to demand higher pay and better working conditions according to the n.l.r.b. wal-mart broke the law when it intimidated and fired workers who joined in on that strike the agency said in a press release wal-mart unlawfully threatened employees with reprisal if they engaged in strikes and protests on november twenty second two thousand and twelve and also lawfully threatened disciplined and or terminated employees for having engaged in legally protected strikes and protests monday's announcement couldn't have come at a better time labor groups are planning another round of strikes this thanksgiving and the n.l.r.b. his decision to press charges should give an added boost to their cause but wal-mart isn't

i read this weekend is wal-mart going to adopt organic and the beau power of wal-mart can push the things but we're talking about the vail set of american are americans it's not about having immediate gratification but maybe it's okay to wait a few weeks to get our machine and say how it's made in the video and not on the shelf of a wal-mart. the effort is on us to make the change with the structural paramount >> i wanted to thank you both. one of the things and i want - so with sf made having a job board i just think that rocks. in talking about the san franciscans in economic development sense is amazing kate. i've been out with kate we're out talking to impervious and scaling down the amount of entrepreneurs in san francisco. my question goes to both of you and everyone else. how do we scale that type of entrepreneurship in places like bay view and not just a bunch of folks roej to bay view but the entrepreneurs that are across the hub to take village of those wonderful resources and case to capital and be able to work with the city on permitting and a business licenses and things of t

she senators on the board of wal-mart. >> wal-mart store in ohio is the center of a nationwide controversy over a thanksgiving food drive. a union-backed group posted this photograph from an employ oh only area asking for donated food so employees in need could enjoy thanksgiving dinner. wal-mart says the food drive is to help employees go through a tough time but critics say the donations show wal-mart does not pay the remain employees a living wage. >> slick roads, downed streets and power outages and the bay area is waking up to a wet morning. we have what crews are doping right now to get the lights back on. >> peninsula city becomes more electric car friendly. >> san francisco's favorite pint-sized super hero, batkid. the world was captivated by his wish come true. we >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 5:00 on wednesday, wet wednesday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. mike, how is the

because of many of the rules that the legal litigation problems that you progressive's of creative wal-mart is actually disincentive to even easy solution to this horace b. if we were simply to go back to the trade policies we had the united states from the george washington to the ronald reagan argue bit of the jimmy carter or to the . bill clinton administration and go back to basically protectionism to a tariff based trade system where those kinds of things. are saying you know where the things that are being made in bangladesh that are being consumed in the united states or actually being made in the united states you progressives won't let people who are a business traditionally republican but you you progressives won't let people who are willing to take on unpopular task claim in the. clean up the streets and by being at a lower price you won't let them you say that there is a floor price that you absolutely insist on and you continue to raise that floor price and as long as you do that way the people. way either either you're trying to change the subject or you're suggesting that peo

wal-mart saying this is a union orchestrations pr event and very few actual wal-mart employees will be participating. so, happening today, let's talk about that. two protests at two different stores in alexandria. again expect protests throughout the countryor 1500 stores, there will be protests at. reporting live in landover hills, hatzel vela, abc7 news. >> thank you for that report. it is a controversial victory. >> a woman is using the infamous stand your ground law that was hot topic in the trayvon martin case. supporters are cheering but that case is far from over. that is still ahead on good morning, washington. >> hi, we're from montgomery county and we just wanted to say, good morning, washington! >> my favorite all-girl's soccer teams out there in montgomery county. got love them. >> good morning to you girls, as well. good morning to everyone waking up with us on your friday morning. thank you for joining us before you get all your shopping going. >> or main you're just coming home from shopping: eileen? >> make sure anything you're doing outdoors, make sure you're bundling

however, many people refused to set inside of one store. , and wal-mart. people were outside with demonstrations. >> people who refused to set foot inside the nation's largest retailer. walmart. hundreds of people gathered to protest at a walmart in san leandro. and the demonstrations led arrested. kron 4's j-r stone is in san leandro with what they're >> they were here for four hours and it was just before 5:00 p.m. that things were getting he did. >> police officers had tumbled bed after protesters in san leandro refused to get out of the street. this was outside of this corporate >> for livable wage, health care-stashed hundreds showed up at this rally. officers inform them that are arrest would be made. >> five people refuse to leave so those five were arrested pripet >> i want to respect, i worked for wal-mart. i want them to respect us more. >> respect was a part of reason madera upset with them because of the wages are too low and that most working here barely making is me. >> some of us are even struggling just where they can not even a 40 bandit t

wal-mart said they were isola d isolated. early returns however on how the holiday season is starting out for those who opted to get shopping done from the comfort of their couch. as of 9:00 p.m., online thanksgiving sales were up more than 11% and mobile traffic up 31% and smart phones beinging for nearly a quarter of all web traffic. we are looking forward to monday. amazon is not waiting to roll out its deals. the online retailerses open the special on sunday at midnight promising new offers nearly every ten minutes. amazon said cyber monday is the top mobile shopping day of the year. meanwhile all the shoppers out there, an estimated 33 million expect to be at the stores and 140 million over the weekend. that's a lot of folks. >> you can say that again. have a good weekend. >> in courthouses across the country, hundreds of children were adopted over the weekend at the annual adoption day in court celebration. 27 years ago, washington, d.c. became one of the first to hold such a special event that happens before and our ow

this was a national day a protest against wal-mart. in chicago, a big crowd showed up. authority say, 10 people were issued citations for blocking a road way. this morning, wal-mart ceo bill assignment as did the the company's working conditions. >> today is the deadline for people living in an encampment on the east bay shores of all the way to move. the place is called the albany bulb. kron4 haaziq madyin checked then today, he says that even though a judge has ruled for residents to go, it appears that they will not be leaving. >> a 40 a. piece of land east of the freeway. after recently losing a court battle with the city over rights to stay, bold residents are just bracing for mass eviction. >> i am not going to let the khmer on the street. the police told us that was okay for us to be here. >> i am here to ax the city of albany to hold their plans to evict them. >> what is happening with the temporary trailers said they haven't established if you can see how their plans, there evictions are going to--is is a huge fare. not only a

we are in effect subsidizing wal-mart so that wal-mart doesn't have to pay a living wage to its employees. >> we called wal-mart to ask about the planned boycott and have not received a response yet. >>> the world's biggest retailer meanwhile is starting its holiday sales a week early. wal-mart says it will start offering black friday specials online and in its stores this friday. sears kmart, target and disney stores say they'll have deals starting on saturday, but the national retail federation says pushing shoppers to buy gifts earlier may not lead to more sales. >>> time now 5:27. a former oakland raiders linebacker identified as a victim in yesterday's deadly crash on interstate 880, more on what we're finding out about the other person involved and hopis how his wife found out about his death. >> and light sprinkles here in rohnert park this morning, but more rain is coming to the bay area. >> good morning, right now traffic is going to be moving along pretty well on northbound 280 in san jose. we're waiting for the wet weather, though. >> we're all waiting for it. there's a little

things getting a little nasty that's a mob of people in wal-mart. and they started fighting over xbox games. one tv hit a woman on the head. >> how would you describe this scene? >> nuts. >> everybody every where. >> how would you describe it? >> nuts. >> the lines and the kchaos are worth iter to the money they saved. >> all the black friday madness is just getting started. rich edison is live in times square where crowds are expected to climb in. >> where do you p want to be this friday? >> my first suggestion was we stay home and stay sleeping. we picked times square because there we this is dance see dave. we gave you the uglies he pushed. dancing dave is a peanut with goggles. there he is. national retail federation says they expect about 600 million worth of sales between this month and next month. a lot of fun at times square. >> to something not so fun brawls are breaking out across the country this black friday. jolene kent is here with the coverage. what is this about? >> shoppers have been documenting thanksgiving day shopping trouble wit

it kutcher recently tweeted at wal-mart sang " wal-mart is your profit margin so important that you can't pay your employees enough to be above the poverty line? " the tweet included a link about an employee food drive a wal-mart store in canton, ohio. wal-mart and twetted back sang " it's unfortunate that an act of humankind as has been taken so out of context. we are proud of our associates and canton. " this twitter metal has struck a nerve with a lot of people on both sides. you can weigh in on the debate. just head to our kron4 facebook fan page or you can go to our website at kron4.com >> welcome back. it has been nearly a week since strong winds knocked over trees and downed power lines all across the bay area. just blow over the large eucalyptus tree near lake merritt in oakland. but since then, the tree has become a tourist attraction. oakland city officials said that currently have no plans to remove the trade because the city is still dealing with hundreds of calls for service to receive after last week's storm. they say, for the bean, the tree will stay where it is. >> here's