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Walmart workers protesting because of low wages. they plan to picket walmarts annual shareholders meeting on friday. joining me now are two protesters who are on their way to that meeting. vanessa worked at a florida walmart for eight years decorating cakes in the bakery. she was fired in may. she says in retaliation for her efforts to get better wages. colby harris has been working for a walmart near dallas for three years. she has participated in many protests. he works full time but at $9.30 ...

Could this have possibly gone on? this came out during a lawsuit. what is the solution that your group wants to see? the topic of the lawsuit is whether or not there will be a consent decree. i think we need federal oversight of this facility. this has been going on for years in new orleans and we have not shown the capacity to address the problem. a federal consent decree that includes strong monitoring and oversight of the facility is certainly important, but we need to also look at the fund...

>> of course, that was gene hackman as lex luthor in "superman." now the late night reaction to mitt romney in that secret tape. >> the big rollout of romney 9.30 started yesterday. how did the reboot go? yes, the romney campaigns reboot was spoiled by footage from last may of governor romney at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser talking to rich people about poorer people, in a matter you would imagine cartoon rich people talk about cartoon poorer people. >> there are 47% of the people who will vot...

Property. >> that was gene hackman as election luther in superman. now the late night reaction to mitt romney in that secret roll tape. >> the big rollout of romney 9.30 started yesterday. how did the reboot go? yes, the romney campaigns reboot was spoiled by footage from last may of governor romney at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser talking to rich people about poorer people, in a matter you would imagine cartoon rich people talk about cartoon poorer people. >> there are 47% of the people who w...

Live with kelley and michael today? they asked mitt who he would like to play him in a movie. >> my favorite actor is gene hackman so i would like gene hackman. >> well, after seeing that, gene hackman did a screen test. hes a perfect mitt romney. take a look. >> as it turns out, i have this affinity for beachfront property. >> of course, that was gene hackman as lex luthor in "superman." now the late night reaction to mitt romney in that secret tape. >> the big rollout of romney 9.30 started ...

>>shepard: what is barrons analysis of jobs right now? it looks like it is getting better. is that accurate? >>reporter: they are. actually, at a similar pace as in the early 1990s after that recession, and in the early 2000. last year produced the same number of jobs as we did at this point in 2004 and before that but we lost so many more jobs that it feels much worse, therefore, the unemployment rate is where it is. we are still looking at a slow and steady improvement but it will not feel sat...

Are looking for a deal. "usa today" poll said six of ten americans want compromise. >> bret: patty murray head of the democratic senator call pain. >> on the left. >> bret: thank you. oil hit the lowest mark since september. crude fell $2 to close at $# 9.30 a barrel. gasoline is averaging $3.5 a gallon. five cents less than a week ago. gold hit another record high. closing at $1740 an ounce. up $30 from monday. price tag for president obamas healthcare law may be bigger than anyone anticipate a...

Of the futures markets. well, thats yesterdays close as you can see a number of the markets down to the tune of 0.7%, the nasdaq doing slightly better. in terms of futures, oil fordown delivery fell by more than 1.5% while a sell-off in other commodities also continued. lets talk about gold. thats something weve been focusing on throughout the course of the show. it settled at $1,515.30 an ounce. as we were just saying about 20 minutes ago, silver also very much affected by the recent sell-off i...