More of their essentials at walmart, according to the companys results for the three months to the end ofjuly. The worlds biggest retailer is using its reputation for lower prices to attract consumers looking to buy anything from food to school shoes. Walmart s net income for the quarter jumped by about 33 to nearly 8 billion. Lets get more now with Michelle Fleury in new york. Great results then for walmart others rivals havent fared so well. Whats the secret . Imean, i mean, they are known as a low cost grocer, the worlds biggest retailer proving once again their ability to attract shoppers at a time when they are facing a great deal of pressure financially in terms of higher prices, but in terms of higher Interest Rates which have made Lending Conditions tougher. I think that really has helped walmart through this. They are not onlyjust appealing to their traditional customer base, but they are also appealing to those more affluent customers who are being more cautious and turning t
Format familiar to doctor smith by, we like a lot of audience participation. As you listen to the presentation here for a few minutes we will invite you at the end to come to the microphone, ask any questions you might have so that will help you understand, we would like to do that. He will speak in a few minutes about his book, give you a broad summary of the things he has done which means it is impactful, different aspects and have a question and answer session. I would like to introduce doctor carter smith who teaches criminal Justice Administration at middleton state university. He was in the u. S. Army cid for 22 years, 15 of that he served in Fort Campbell, kentucky where he identified a growing gang problem in the early 90s and later started the first gang and extremist investigation team, carter his interviewed gangs by several news sources, has appeared twice on the Popular History channel game land theories and has authored and coauthored three books and many other articles a
It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Cspan, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announces his appointment of Lieutenant Governor tina smith to replace senator al franken, who amid allegations of Sexual Misconduct. The minnesota constitution assigns me the responsibility to fill the upcoming vacancy in the United States senate. I have given this important decision the most careful consideration. First and foremost, i want to appoint the person who i believe best represents the people of minnesota in this senate. I selected our outstanding lieutenantgovernor tina smith. [applause] i have worked with many superb Public Officials during my 40 year career. Tina stands first and foremost among them. Shes extremely intelligent, quick to learn, always open to views. Others she generally likes people and people like her. She has impeccable integrity in the highest personal and professional standards. She will be a senator of whom all minnesotans can be proud of. She hass m
Respects to a fallen hero. Hundreds of people lined the highway in South Lake Tahoe to honor a firefighter. A tree fell on Michael Hallenbeck killing him as he fought a fire in the El Dorado National forest. People saluted as the procession went by. The family grew up here together, they played together, went to high school together. We lost a member of our family. Important to show our support. And we all want to pay our respects and honor this fine young man. Firefighters from across the state attended to show their support. Today firefighters are reinforcing containment lines around the jerusalem fire in lake and napa counties but the windy weather could hamper the efforts. The fire is 33 contained. It burned more than 23,000 acres since sunday. Evacuations remain in effect. 50 structures are considered threatened. So far no homes have burned. We may be heading into a weekend warmup but winter is coming and it looks like its going to be wet. Roberta gonzales in the Weather Center wi
Columnists and oil explorers, his colleagues craft words that fly on paper from the forest. And translate and politicized, publishing it in academic journals and political tracks. They reject the idea of linear progress from underdeveloped to developed, measured by accumulation of material wealth. Good and harmonious life should be the goal and mission of every human effort. Such a life emergence from ongoing reciprocity and solidarity in the Human Community and between the Human Community and biodiversity experience, western development destroys these relationships imposing itself by blood and fire. The constitution of ecuador gives rivers, and to evolve and explore biological creativity into the future. Unprecedented in my knowledge across constitutional law. How that will play out in the struggle over what happens in the amazon, they were politicized and any judges who stand up for the forest and rivers find themselves out of a job soon but Legal Framework is present. And in the ama