Welcome to the center for American Progress, i am the executive Vice President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you could join us today. In our recent report reviving antitrust, it highlighted the idea that the economy has grown more consolidated with more power being concentrated in the largest firms in america. This is in no small part of the conservative assault on both government and the middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts, but in antitrust enforcement practices of the department of justice, the federal trade commission, and at a wid range of deral regulators and in the halls of congress, where the view that big meant more efficient, has dominated for far too long. Since the early 1980s, conservative legal thinking embodied in robert bork and antonin scalia, has sought to dismantle the ability of government to protect consumers, workers, Small Businesses, the environment, people of color, basically all of us ordinary folks, from the abuses of m
Reporter the whom who was carjacked is shaken up but okay. Goodyear police need your help identifying this person of interest. This is a sketch of a suspect. Detectives say he wasnt wearing any pant whence he approached 2 teenage girls. They think he was buying a newer model black crossover suv. If you think you might recognize this man, youre asked to call police. A Mesa Police Officer accused of 2nddegree murder on job is speaking out for the First Time Since shooting an unarmed man. Derek staahl has more. Reporter derek rails ford was fired from the force after a preliminary investigation. His enattorney argues he never a man was pointing a rifle out of a 5th floor window. The suspect was Daniel Daniel shaver. Transcripts show shaver did not follow commands about where to put his hands. Hes a begged officers not to shoot him. In the end, officer mitch railsford pulled the trigger. They later learned he was not armed. Cant wait until you see the gun, because its too late. Attorney ar
For the first time, we are hearing from the former Mesa Police Officer charged with seconddegree murder. He was back in court this afternoon. Police say he shot and killed Daniel Shaver after reports shaver was pointing a rifle. It turned out shaver was not armed. We spoke with the officer as he was leaving the courtroom. This is been a very traumatizing and stressful event in my life. However, process and just have to wait this thing out. His attorney argued his client did not get a fair preliminary hearing because certain evidence was excluded. The judge is expected to rule in the next few weeks. The former owners of an unlicensed daycare in phoenix will spend the next few decades in prison. Ryan reid was given a 35 year prison sentence. Years in prison. In 2012 police say reed abc 2 you will girl who died in their care. Clement witnessed the abuse and did not tell any one. A new poll out in the tightly contested sheriffs races creating a lot of news. It shows pile using his reelecti
This is cbs5 news. Right now at 6 30, were tracking three developing stories. A suspected impaired driver accused of running a red light and killing a woman is be ran the red light, he hit a car. That pushed a car into a semi. The woman died. A Valley Family pleading to the public for help in finding the person who killed their loved one. 10 years ago, 27 year old Jermaine Johnson got into an argument with people he barely knew. A short while later, they shot him in an alley. The shooter has never been finding a man who stole a 7,000 ring from a jc penneys. The man walks into the jewelry department, asks the clerk to see the ring and as soon as its handed to him, he takes off. Another make over might be in sky harbors future. Airport officials are looking to extend the Train Service over to the rental car area and add gates to terminal part of a nearly 1 billion plan. The funding will come not from taxes but parking and other passenger fees we all pay at the airport. Officials say the
So theres been a concerted effort in ac 21 to continue to focus on these issues. The labeling issue is a challenging one because historically our labeling has been for either nutrition or because of a known hazard or something that requires a warning. I think its fair to say that this isnt about nutrition and at least from my perspective, its not about any kind i have safety hazard. This is more about consumers right to know. Candidly i think the debate is a 20th century debate in the 21st century. There was mention of bar codes and other ways, necessarilies in europe is currently using a ur code. It could be Something Like a bar code that would allow folks with smartphone or the ability in Grocery Stores to have reading devices that would allow folks to have all the information they need and want about a product without necessarily creating a label that might accepted the wrong message about the safety of the product. We are engaged with the fda in discussions how we might be able to