. >> the nurses union is calling for more security at napa state hospital after two more attacks. latest happened in a secluded area the campus. one person is hospitalized in serious condition with four skull fractures. last wednesday a custodian was also beaten unconscious. a nurse tells abc news that the same patient is responsible for both attacks. a person was booked into jail for felony battery. it comes less than two months after the murder of a psychiatric technician by another patient. >> it's dangerous. we are losing control. we have lost control. >>> napa state hospital says security measures were stepped off an a technician was strangled in october. >> developing news, federal judge in virginia has rejected a key position of the obama administration's health care law as unconstitutional. they ruled the federal government does not have the authority to force people to buy insurance. the new law has a mandatory insurance requirement with a penalty for those refuse. the judge is the first to strike down the law. it's been upheld twice before. several other lawsuits have bee

. >> the nurses union is callg for more security at napa state hospital afterwo more attacks. latest happened in a secluded area the campus. one person is hospitalized in serious condition with four skull fractus. last wednesday a custodian was also beaten unconious. a nurse tells abc news that the same patient is responsib for both attacks. a person was booked into jai for felony battery. it comes less tha two months after the murder of a psychiatric technician by another patient. >> it's dangerous. we are losing ctrol. we have lost control. >>> napa state hospital says security measures were stepped off an a technician was strangled in october. >> developing news, federal judge in virginia has rejected a key position of the obama administration's health care law as unconstitutional. they ruled the federal government does not have the authoritto force people to buy insurance. the new law has a mandatory insurance reirement with a penalty for those refuse. the judge is the first to strike down the law. it's been upheld twice before. several other lawsuits have been dismissed an

the nurses union hopes today's visit by incoming state senator and assembly member will lead to new membersf hospital staffers. package bombs exploded at the swiss and chilean embassies causing two serious injuries. investigators see similaritiless between these and bombings in greece last month. here's t. j. winick. >> italian authorities are conducting checks at embassies across rome after package bombs exploded at two separate embassies. witnesses say they heard a blast shortly after 9:00 eastern time. one person was wounded. three hours earlier a package bomb exploded inside an office in the swiss embassy seriously injuring a staff person who opened it. he was taken to the hospital with hand injuries. no claim or responsibility for anarchists responsible. still they believe the motive is international which would distinguish bombs from the fake device discovered on a city subway car earlier this week. growing concerns of attacks around the holidays following a suicide bomb in sweden. authorities warned of a small arms attack in a city in mu buy, india. what we have seen recently is incr

the nurses union hopes today's visit by incoming state senator and assembly member will lead to new membersf hospital staffers. packe bombs exploded athe swiss and chilean embassies causing two serious injuries. investigats see similaritiless between these and bombings in greece last month. here's t. j. winick. >> italian authorities are conducti checks at embassies across rome ter package bombs exploded at two separate embassies. witnesses say they heard a blast shortly after 9:00 eastern time. one person was wounded. three hours earlier a package bomb exploded inside an office in the swiss embassy seriously injuring a staff person who opened it. he was taken to the hospit with hand injuries. no claim or responsibility for anarchists responsible. still they believe the motive is international which would distinguish bombs from the fake device discoved on a city subway car earlier this week. growing concerns of attacks around the holidays following a suicide bomb in sweden. authorities warned of a small arms attack in a city in mu buy, india. whate have seen recently is increased focus on t

the nurses union hopes today's visit by state senator and assemblyman michael allen leads to more safety measures for hospital staffers. >> officials in oakland believe going after motel owners will help combat the city's prostitution problem. john russo named three motels yesterday in a lawsuit that accuses them of turning a blind eye to prosecutors and clients. calls the hotel magnet for a human trafficking and other crimes. face a choice: clean up their priorities or risk being shut down by the city. >> showing up with five young girls, all underage of 18. that should signal something, that there's something wrong. >> how old if you have a girl in the back of the car. you left and i can't pay attention 24 hours and the girl might be in the room. >> that businessman told abc 7 he doesn't rent rooms by the hour and a pimp recently broke his car windows because he refused to rent a room to the man. san francisco mayor gavin newsom says he will delay his swearing in as lieutenant governor if the supervisors don't approve a successor he approves. the meeting is january 4th and newsom is su

unions, but especially by seiu, the building trades unions and the state firefighters. we have several unions who are also supporting similar independent expenditure campaigns, including the nursesnd a series of radio ads and asked me which related tv advertisement. that really it's spent about $9 million. the asked me campaign on tv spent about $2 million. they had a hundred million dollars during the summer and advertising to have meg whitman. i want to show you one of those sad and if you can hunger with this, we're going to show you and not the california working families put forward, which was called crumble. crumble. maybe we can start it again and pick up the sound. >> over six years coming huge losses from failed -- for 28 years, she didn't bother to go. no government experience at all. but then says ebay qualifies her to be governor. what is the record as ceo? overhead standing up 2000%. fees hiked six times in six years. huge losses from failed vergers and after she resigned, the new ceo cope with men's spending and lowered fees. california is in crisis under meg whitman, it could crumble. >> so in addition to the paid media, they said, it's very important for us to en

unions, but especially by seiu, the building trades unions and the state firefighters. we have several unions who are also supporting similar independent expenditure campaigns, including the nurses union and a series of radio ads and asked me which related tv advertisement. that really it's spent about $9 million. the asked me campaign on tv spent about $2 million. they had a hundred million dollars during the summer and advertising to have meg whitman. i want to show you one of those sad and if you can hunger with this, we're going to show you and not the california working families put forward, which was called crumble. crumble. maybe we can start it again and pick up the sound. >> over six years coming huge losses from failed -- for 28 years, she didn't bother to go. no government experience at all. but then says ebay qualifies her to be governor. what is the record as ceo? overhead standing up 2000%. fees hiked six times in six years. huge losses from failed vergers and after she resigned, the new ceo cope with men's spending and lowered fees. california is in crisis under meg whitman, it could crumble. >> so in addition to the paid media, they said, it's very important for

unions, but especially by seiu, the building trades unions and the state firefighters. we have several unions who are also supporting similar independent expenditure campaigns, including the nurses a series of radio ads and asked me which related tv advertisement. that really it's spent about $9 million. the asked me campaign on tv spent about $2 million. they had a hundred million dollars during the summer and advertising to have meg whitman. i want to show you one of those sad and if you can hunger with this, we're going to show you and not the california working families put forward, which was called crumble. crumble. maybe we can start it again and pick up the sound. >> over six years coming huge losses from failed -- for 28 years, she didn't bother to go. no government experience at all. but then says ebay qualifies her to be governor. what is the record as ceo? overhead standing up 2000%. fees hiked six times in six years. huge losses from failed vergers and after she resigned, the new ceo cope with men's spending and lowered fees. california is in crisis under meg whitman, it could crumble. >> so in addition to the paid media, they said, it's very important for us to enga

unions. especially by seiu and the state firefighters sprayed we had unions that were so -- supporting similar campaigns including the nurses union and a series of radio ads. that independent expenditure spent about $9 million. they asked me to spend about 2 million. we had $11 million or more spent during the summer in advertising. i want to show you one of those ads and if you can help me with this, we will show you an ad that we put forward. we can started again and pick up the sound. >> for 28 years, she did not bother to vote. no government experience. she thought her time at ebay qualified her to be governor. her record was spending. huge losses from failed mergers. the new ceo cut spending and lower fees. california is in crisis. under meg whitman, it could crumble. >> in addition to the media, it is important for us to engage in grassroots activity. there were a couple of things simultaneous to that. we put together a program that was called wall street with men. -- whitman. our ad program on the internet looked a lot like "the wall street journal". we engaged in some earned media and online media that supplemented

the stray problem and crowd already-packed shelters in martinez. a strike is canceled for two south bay hospitals. the union with voicational nurses and housekeepers and food service had planned to strike at the regional medical center and at good samaritan hospital at 6:00 this morning. both sides agreed to head back to the bargaining table and delay that until next friday. sticking points are staffing levels and patient-worker ratios. >> the wrecking ball will tear through the terminal. first will begin demolishing the terminal and the hub will be replaced with a modern building that connects eight counties through 11 transit systems as well as future high speed rail. construction on the new terminal expected to wrap up in 2017. in the meantime, a temporary terminal is power on main street. caltrain will kickoff the toy drive and collect new unwrapped toys and books for salvation army from 5:00 to 6:00 tonight in the lobby of the san mateo county transit district headquarters. 1250 san carlos avenue. caltrain holding the toy drive instead of the annual holiday train cut because of budget issues. >> we were talking about trains a

the october murder of psych tech donna gross. this unit met last week with a union representing nurses at napa state hospital. >> they've heard what is going on. security here is nonexistent. they want to hip make sure that no more fatalities occur. >> union representative mindy muse took a tour of the unit. the section housing criminally insane and most-violent patients. >> and my first walk through i was assaulted by one of the individuals. >> the grounds of the section is also where patient massy strangled gross. abc 7 news learned massy failed a contraband drug test but given a grounds pass allowing him to roam freely. >> do you think massy should have been given a grounds pass? >> no. no. >> mary has been a nurse at napa state for four years. she and others spoke to administrators on the request to take their last names off badges. workers say it puts them at risk. >> there have been some staff have been contacted by past patients because they had enough information about the exemployees and were able to contact them. >> hospital officials declined a request for interview but wrote in an e mail there is focus being given to a

. >>> some unions in california are trying to help meg whitman's former maid become a legal resident. the california nurses association is one of them. it's having an auction to raise money for the nikki diaz defense fund. among some of the items for sale, the tiara used in campaign ads against meg whitman in her bid for governor. the "sacramento bee" reports that the items are for sale on ebay, which of course meg whitman used to run. >>> she went to the dmv for a license and wound up getting a nasty letter. now amber yust is suing. she has completed several years transitioning from a man to a woman. she went to the dmv in san francisco to file a document about the change. well, soon after, she says she got a letter allegedly from the clerk who helped her. >> essentially telling me that i'm -- what i'm doing is evil, what i am is evil, that i'm going to hell, that i should die. >> it's inconceivable that they would allow someone who discriminated against to continue to have access to private information. >> no one at the dmv is commenting. >>> medical marijuana providers say they plan to file a federal la

the break. >>> >>> a one-day strike is canceled for two south bay hospitals. the union representing vocational nurses 6:00, but both sides agreed to head back to the bargaining table, sticking points include staffing levels and patient worker ratios. more local news in half an hour. "today" returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. see you back in a bit. >>> 8:30 now on this friday morning, the 3rd of december, 2010. the star of three men and a baby has a new concept we're going to be talking about in just a bit. >>> and "today's" military families and homeless children in new york city. >> remember the toy drive runs until december 22. for details including how to donate online, head to todayshow.com or amazon.com/today. >>> coming up, we have got a mother/son team, they're going to be here to reveal -- you know one of their restaurants, four stars from the "new york times," it's unbelievable. they're going to reveal the secrets of one of their signature dishes there, 100 layer lasagna. >> that's big. >>> also ahead, kids helping kids, we're going to talk about a new program that gets tee

the latest traffic information from them. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some unions right here in california are trying to help meg whitman's former maid become a legal resident. the california nursesssociation is having an auction to raise money for the nikki diaz defense fund. among the items for sale, the tiara and other items used in the campaign ads against whitman for governor. the "sacramento bee" reports the items are for sale on whitman's old website, ebay. >>> federal transportation officials are providing an additional $600 million to california for high-speed rail construction. the funds are part of a redirection from wisconsin and ohio to states more eager to build rail lines and california is getting the biggest chunk, $624 million. construction is expected to start in 2012 and service between the bay area and l.a. could start by 2020. >>> muni is working to give travelers a smoother ride. in the past year, several lines have seen an increase in short turns or switchbacks due to delays in traffic jams. and those riders are often forced to get off the train before their destinations. muni policy changes would prevent a train from being turned around mid route unless an

the soviet union. but in that area. i think today it would probably be in belarus, but i'm not sure. and then my grandmother was a nursewith the czarist armies, and she started this westward track like so many other russian emigres from the chaos of bolshevism. and she went to warsaw and italy and paris and, finally, my parents separately ended up in new york in the '30s, and they met at international house at columbia university. it was just before the war engulfed europe, but it had nothing to do with them coming over together from the old country. it was a meeting of two refugee immigrants in new york. c-span: do you remember when you first got interested in the foreign service? >> guest: oh, precisely. i wanted to be a journalist when i grew up, and i was, i was always interested in it. but i first heard about the foreign service from the father of one of my closest friends in high school, david rusk, whose father had just become secretary of state. and who thought this was a great and honorable profession. and dean rusk was a great figure in my life when i was a teenager. and so he always mentioned this. but i wor

the united states and soviet union blogger code destroyed intermediate-range and shorter range nuclear armed ballistic missile in ground launch cruise missiles, which have a range between 55500 kalama nurse. hav in fact, most of russia's tactical nuclear weapons havesed very short ranges are used fordo homeland air defenses are borde devoted to the chinese border or are in storage. nuclear attack on nato countries is effectively deterred by nato convention superiority. our own tactical nuclear forces, french and british nuclear arsenals and u.s. strategic forces. in short, russian nuclearn our weapons do not threaten our. strategic deterrent. our nato allies that northern s.t.a.r.t. treaty. it's important to recognize that the size differential to train nuclear arsenals did not come to pass because of america's inattention to f this point. bus during the first bushh admin is command ration, our national command authority with full participation by the military deliberately t made its decision to reduce the number of tactical nuclear weapons we deploy. they did this irrespective of russian actions because the threat of massive ground invasion in europe have largelyo evaporatedf due to the