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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101019:04:30:00

maloney's office, she's planning a federal piece of legislation that mirrors this, that gives consumers the tools to decide not to buy slave made products. >> i think one of the things i've seen, it's a little more complicated than that. it's a function of the company saying, we don't control it. and what we have said with the bill is, okay, some of you say you don't control it, some of you are prepared to use your influence, we want to engage the consumer by disclosing the policy that the companies have, i believe the consumer will say, i want to buy the product of the company that's doing the right thing and growing best practices. >> let's take a look at another clip from dan rather reports on porn land, oregon. two girls caught up in the sex trade talking about the demand for under aged prostitutes. >> some guys are creepy. some guys d actually know how old i was and they liked that. >> i used to lie and say i was

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101019:01:30:00

someone along the chain knows it. whether they've made it a priority, is another question. >> if they don't know it, they should know it, and consumers should know it. this bill empowers consumers. just before we came on air, i spoke with congresswoman maloney's office, she's planning a federal piece of legislation that mirrors this, that gives consumers the tools to decide not to buy slave made products. >> i think one of the things i've seen, it's a little more complicated than that. it's a function of the company saying, we don't control it. and what we have said with the bill is, okay, some of you say you don't control it, some of you are prepared to use your influence, we want to engage the consumer by disclosing the policy that the companies have, i believe the consumer will say, i want to buy the product of the company that's doing the right thing and growing best practices. >> let's take a look at another clip from dan rather reports on porn land, oregon.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20101019:14:25:00

real estate agents, to get an idea of whether you should buy in this strange economy and some agents tell you, now is a great time to buy if you the capital you might be able to find a deal. this is a 4,000 square foot home, nearly 4,000 square feet, multiple fireplaces inside, a swimming pool in the back, kitchen island in there, and this home sold several years ago, 2006 for $985,000 and is on the market in a foreclosure situation for $649,000 and last week the owners got an offer of $475,000, and the bank would have to agree to this and it gives you an idea how much prices dropped on this home and, also for sale in the neighborhood, across the cul de sac a home in the 700s for sale and perspective there, the real estate agent says if you have the capital, now is a great time to leave the rental market and find a deal. >> we want that consumer to understand that in the long run, there is no doubt about it when you look at a rent accumulation

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20101019:14:22:00

see significant incentives, for market actions as a result of this. >> your company came out with record earnings, can i infer from that, that the u.s. economy is doing well? or were those numbers driven overseas. >> it was principally overseas, the enterprise market, corporate market in the u.s. is pretty good but the consumer market is sovereigned last quarter and this -- softened. >> when you see who is buying what, and where. >> the bottom was a year ago, the first quarter of 2009 and the consumer in the u.s., drove much of the business last year, which is opposite of what the gdp was doing last year and this year i think it slowed off a little bit and the rest of the world picked up and china is strong and latin america is very strong and, middle east is strong. >> what would you say to president obama, about helping other companies do what you are doing today and that is, meaningful job hiring? >> i think the most important

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101019:07:30:00

-- it's just like the oil spill. you know, at a certain point someone along the chain knows it. whether they've made it a priority, is another question. >> if they don't know it, they should know it, and consumers should know it. this bill empowers consumers. just before we came on air, i spoke with congresswoman maloney's office, she's planning a federal piece of legislation that mirrors this, that gives consumers the tools to decide not to buy slave made products. >> i think one of the things i've seen, it's a little more complicated than that. it's a function of the company saying, we don't control it. and what we have said with the bill is, okay, some of you say you don't control it, some of you are prepared to use your influence, we want to engage the consumer by disclosing the policy that the companies have, i believe the consumer will say, i want to buy the product of the company that's doing the right

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101019:19:34:00

we have to revamp our system for test drugs. >> so what is the best advice for the consumer if they have questions or concerns about the drugs that they've been prescribed? >> two things. be honest with your doctor. if you feel any type of symptoms or side effects, report them. let the doctor figure out if they're due to medicine or an underlying disease. be honest. tell the doctors all the medicines yur taking. tell if you're on any kind of special diet. the only way they can figure out if something is going on is if we're honest with the doctors. got to be. >> arthur kaplan, thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> nearly 5,000 rape kits have finally been pulled from storage in california and they've been shipped now for proper testing. they sat completely untouched for years. because of a backlog at the los angeles county police department. it's expected to take another eight months for the testing of the kits to be completed.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101019:18:27:00

tornadoes that happen in this country and 60% of all hurricanes. if you think about what crash testing did for automobiles, and how much better our automobiles are these days, that's what this lab hopes to do with homes. they want to build a better mouse trap wchlt the stuff out there and testing like this, to see a home blow away with 100 miles an hour winds, we should be able to survive our home if it makes up 80% of all the tornadoes and 60% of hurricanes. >> you talk about it and we see it there in the video. why aren't we seeing homes built with the standard? >> reporter: "a", people don't really know it exists. if you think of what happened with automobiles. the automaker said, let's just put it in there. this is going to be another, you know, bang to lure the consumer in to buy the vehicle. and it has been. that's a huge reason. >> but we know there's some

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101019:11:38:00

younger people are less cynical, people here are less cynical than when i went to school when we were trying to get the people's republic of cambridge and trying to in still a sense of communist in america. they're excited here. >> the kids are excited. there's a lot of bad economic news right now. it seems to me this reset we had in 2008 in the long run, is a great thing for this country. it is a wake-up call. i think you will see that seriously as the end of that baby boomer ethos, where you spend money you don't have, you focus on vacations, spend your weekends at the malls, do all these things mindless and consumer driven, i think you're down there, you will see kids part of a new era. >> yes. you will see kids, one of the saviors of this country, people

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20101016:15:45:00

backwards. [ talking over each other ] >> tracy, i don't interrupt you. >> oh you do. >> there's no question green energy is in the future. no question there's a huge market for it. >> wayne, we've had tax break after tax break and gm a lot for things that are renewable energy, solar, wind, anything gm got a lot of breaks and 50 billion dollars. then it comes out habit this electric car isn't what we thank you is that the right use of taxpayer money? >> well, of course it isn't. it is all in the execution. i mean, you say they built -- it is going to cost $41,000 it cost more to produce that's for the consumer. compared to a prius probably $15,000 that does the job. it is in the execution. the fact is that gm has lied to the federal government public.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101016:12:50:00

how does this bode as we launch into the historical holiday spending period? >> already we're talking about the holidays, right? people were out in september and buying the big ticket items, cars, appliances, furniture. great. the stock market was that people had money, they went out and spent it. that's all fine and good. but the overall outlook for holiday sales is very soft with sales coming in flat to growth of 2.3%, which is a bullish estimate from the national retail federation which would be about $450 billion in sales. the bottom line is that the consumer is not in the game about 100%. overall expectations, as i say, pretty soft with a primary influence. 60% of consumers survey say the primary influence of where they shop is going to be still very price conscious. >> and psychologically, for this week alone, the market being up over 11,000. normally 10,000 we all get excited. >> whether or not that's sustainable is questionable. i think the market got ahead of itself.

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