>> sick days are a big sticking point but they also want to take charge nurses out of the bargaining unitnd that's something we do not want because that is one less protection for our patients because if you have charge nurses that are not in the bargaining unit, we can't advocate for our patients at the bedside so it's important that our nurses stay at the bedsides also. >> as i said it will start at 7:00 a.m. they have made arrangements for replacement nurses and several will be here over the next few days. reporting live in oakland ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they are being accused of roughing up occupied protesters this morning and we are still watching the situation live. several demonstrators are claiming they were injured during confrontations. coming up, we will get a live report from tara moriarty in berkeley as the city is moving in on the occupied encampmentpment. mayor jean quan is conceding she may not be able to stop anymore port of oakland shut downs. she said they will have to a sign at least 500 police officers to help and that is still not enough. protesters could still sne

this bill is not about the number of days before an elecon or the size of a bargaining unit. his bill raises the issue of whether you truly believe in collective bargaining. and what this bill does is say to the minority of employers in america, and i think they are the minority by far, who would choose to subvert an election process, who would choose to intimidate and coerce their workers into voting against a union, this bill gives them the road map of exactly how to do that. it is a subversion of the american middle class because it's a subversion of collective bargaining our grand fathers and grand mothers stood on picket lines to fight for collective bargaining. the people of ohio stood on election day to fight for collective bargaining. colleagues, let us together stand today against this legislation and for collective bargaining and the american middle class. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. kline, is regnized. mr. kline: mr. chairman, at this time i'm pl

this is our bargaining unit. and that's the goal here is to destroy the ability of this law to function. and you cannot have the situation where that exists in this country because this law is not only important to employees in the workplace, it's important to millions, millions of americans who are in the middle class in this economy today. these are people who are there because of the collective bargaining rights of people over the last 75 years in this country to bring the benefits, to bring the wages, to bring the job security, to bring the health care benefits, to bring the pension benefits, and protections to middle class families. we have seen as the unions have declined, so have the wages, so have the benefits of workers to their own productivity. the american worker continues to increase their productivity. they are the most productive workers in almost every sector of our economy in the world. and yet more more of their productivity is being siphoned off by the 1% if you will. by the employers who decid

but after many years and attorneys' fees, the court forced them to recognize cna the collective bargaining unit for nurses. there have been several strikes over the years by nurses and other health-care workers, and in fact, our contract expired 4.5 years ago, but we have been unable to reach an agreement. the nurses on the bargaining team were told by an attorney that it was ideological and not financial and that the ceo at the time, a doctor, said at an employee reform -- at an employee forum, that he supervised. i urge you to insist on a community benefit agreement as advocated, which has mechanisms to keep sutter accountable and helps ultimately our patients. thank you. >> i am michael, and i am talking about a proposal which has been made by the older women's league, which i am a member of. cpmc's proposals to build a giant new hospital on cathedral hill has dangerous implications for decades for the survival of st. luke's, for the housing in the tenderloin area, for unionized nurses, for long-term care, for charity care, and most of all, for poor, minority access to health care. we have s

. >> it's very important that those nurses stay in the bargaining unit also. >> reporter: dr. steve p o'brien says sutter nurses are among the highest paid in the bay area. he says sutter is not asking these nurses to take a pay cut or give up their health benefits completely. the doctor says they just need to consider making a few concessions in this economy. >> we're actively seeking bargain days with our nurses to have ongoing die leg. when that will end, that will depend when they are able to come to the table with reasonable expectations and reasonable suggestions. [ chanting ] >> reporter: hundreds more nurses will gather for a rally here at 4:00 p.m. we're told mayor quan will be out here to support them. the strike is supposed to last 24 hours. but hospital management says the striking nurses can't come back to work until christmas. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and the hospitals affected by this lockout are -- >>> mayor quan admits it will be difficult if not possible to free vent further port shutdowns. she said preventing this would require at least 500 o

the city says it immediately inviting the 11 bargaining units back into mediation to see if they can come to some sort of agreement and those discussions could change the actual ballot language, which doesn't have to be turned in until early march so the complex and emotional measure does move forward june, before voters. the council, by the way did vote earlier in the session not to declare a fiscal state of emergency in part because of the revised costs. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> and thank you, thousands of employees there are fighting for their livelihoods worried about a plan taking a bite out of pay and benefits. and today they let county officials know it. >> i live paycheck to paycheck. >> despite often emotional pleas contra costa supervisors may impose a new contract with pay and benefit reductions. >> i ask you not impose on us and i thought the war was in the middle east. not here in contra costa county. >> people will lose $400 to 600 n -- $600 a m. >> under the proposal, 4700 will make 3.2% less. >> if there is a pay cut i will lose my hoax we'll have no medical. and w

over a hundred take aways to sick leave, to our benefitsment taking charge nurses out of the bargaining unit which would affect patient care negatively. >> but sutter says its nurses are among the highest paid in the country. with the current economy, they say it's time to rein in nurses' compensation. >> we're not trying to decrease their pay. we're trying to slow down the increase of that and to look at how can we structure your benefits package in a way that's negotiable, a way that it's still great benefits, but is more consistent with what everybody else x people like our housekeepers. >> administration is going to take cuts in their retirement and in their pay, then they would have a right possibly to say you can get a cut. but they're not doing that. they're making millions and millions of dollars and we are not. >> they're hoping their time on the picket line pays off. they say that would be the best holiday gift they could ask for. >> it would be a beautiful christmas present. we get a contract. we get what we have. we don't want anything else. we just want to keep, maintain what we

and positions such as this are being, sutter wants us to be pulled out of the bargaining unit so we woulder have that voice. we're being asked to give up all of our sick time. that would force nurses to come in and work sick. because the first seven days of being ill would no longer be paid leave. there are many other issues such as this type of situation that we're facing. >> let me jump in, if i may because i have to get, due diligence here, cnn, sutter. let me just read this. they say we remain committed to providing our nurses competitive wages and benefits while also doing our part to make health care more affordable for our patients. the union demands new costly benefits such as health care for life that will increase costs at our hospitals by tens of millions of dollars each and every year. what if they don't budge? you've been an rn as i mentioned for more than two decades. do you walk away? >> no. we won't walk away. those are the types of thing that we negotiate for. they're, there's nothing there that's set in stone. what we've asked is, even with this last timering with met on

. >> a bargain hunter's dream but can you really find treasure in a storage unit?leigh: i'm leigh glaser. we have some clear sky out there right now. it's starting to get a bit on the chilly side. temperatures drop something some locations into the 30s. we get a brief break on the wind tonight but more is expected tomorrow. i'll look at the forecast coming >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> we have some break news from the peninsula. all northbound lanes of highway 101 are shut down in burlingame, pedestrian walking alongside the freeway was struck and killed. no word when the lanes will be re-opened. >> collisions between cars and deer along i-280 have become a focus for researchers at uc davis. >> the most recent accident last september killed a driver. now state game ward 's started the process of tracking deer. here's the details on the efforts. >> from dawn dusk, kristin and her team have been tracking deer. >> it does look incredibly like -- it is a tranquilizer dart begun and delivers a flying syringe. >> as the die wind-day w

bargaining chip for moscow. dozens of british m.p.'s across the political divide have united in london calling for a review of what they see as a one sided extradition policy with the u.s. drawn up in the chaotic aftermath of nine eleven he decrees that washington can demand anyone's extradition without proof and britain is obliged to a bay with all its he's out of it reports patience is wearing thin. all take and no give that's the growing feeling in britain's parliament against america's controversial extradition treaty it was signed in two thousand and three in the post nine eleven panic and makes it far easier for the us to take people from the u.k. than the other way around now forty five m.p.'s from the three main parties have crossed the political divide and joined forces they finally forced a debate and parliamentary vote on what they called an injustice was a mistake in the first place despite history i think it was a mistake it's not a level playing field even with a partner like america we need to make sure that we of being equal and we are being fair to our citize

international political discourse and international law that a bargain was never the war if it is really the policy pursued by the united states and western europe to try to cut off. exports then that is an act of war. who are it once you respond to. people you know every day you know states i'm in washington every day u.s. government officials and people of influence are talking about u.s. and israeli military strikes on iran this is happening context of constant threats against iran you do have a real threats which of course widely you know you know. which for bids in eat you would know. from attacking you know the member state without going through a solution of the u.n. security council and of course none of these voices are talking about getting u.n. security council approval for ducking iran because they know that they could never get it. while we are always easier to know your take on our stories and today we're asking why the deadlock in the strait of hormuz will lead to take a look at the psywar now about over a third of you think it'll have no serious consequences being just another move and a long game while

bargain with the state's attorney's office. >> i'm an investigator from the gang intel unit. received information reference a homicide. i can't make you no promises, you understand what? i can't tell you you are get out of jail but based on the information you provide, the state's attorneys or prosecutor will be advised you have cooperated with an investigation. that's fair, correct? >> yes, sir. >> because if i tell you i'm getting you out of jail, i'm lying to you and i don't want to start off, like, lying to you. ultimate goal here is for everybody to go home. why is he talking to me about it? everybody says i want to go home. why do you want to talk to me in reference to the homicide? >> well, because the person who told me these things, i believe he is very credible because he has been here on triple homicide and he was bragging about one he got away w i be honest with you, i was gonna give this inform together proper authorities and been thinking maybe there would be some consideration shown for me cooperating, i'm not going to lie. >> and that's fair to say. how i came to you? i came to you professionally, i to

. >>> a narrow foil passage way in iran emerging as a bargaining chip in a war with the united statesmore on the options in place to make sure it does not hit your wallet. >> if you drive in the district you are probably not surprised the hear the city hands out a lot of parking tickets but the actual number may be shocking. we've got more on that when we check out some of the other stories making headlines stay with us 10 minutes after 8  [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then drive, it's never been easier to get the all-new passat, the 2012 motor trend car of the year, for practically just your signature. that's the power of german engineering. visit vwdealer.com. >>> temperatures in the 20s this morning police believe they know the where abouts for a

some will try to cut a plea bargain with the state's attorney by providing information that helps law enforcement. that's where investigators for criminal intelligence unit or ciu come in. >> i'll put 1,500 people through the receiving room a day. the staff i have on all three shifts, everybody takes it down here as what can we do to help out? we call them. if we have the time we'll go search for information. there's a certain way we talk to people do find out if they have anything to offer us. >> the bottom line is we don't lie to them. we don't tell them we can do something for them when we can't. >> remember our motto. come again and bring a friend. >> but finding and grooming good informants isn't easy. not when the average candidate is either a drug addict or career criminal. and female inmatescan be the toughest to recruit for very different reasons. >> women have a different set of circumstances. than men. yes, murder is murder. possession is possession. >> hey! >> but when you deal with people that take care of children, you know, when you deal with a mother, a grandmother, it's a little bit different. they are less likely to talk than the men. b

the recall movement, and afc wisconsin being one of those units, said don't vote for this guy because he will make changes to collective bargaining were warning that. the first recall scott walker website was put up november, 2010. this has been plotted out all along the way and they have used the hype and attention to move forward on it. this is about having a new election. in our state you don't need a reason. in our case we will be given an opportunity to to re affirm that positive message to the voters in the next election. >> a couple quick questions. one, have you endorsed yet or do you intend to endorse soon for president? >> i have not and manically because they recall. i want to stay focused on the recall and getting my state work again and tackling that. i know each of the mainly candidates, i know governor romney and speaker gingrich. i think the world of both of them. i think they would be an exceptionally better choice than the occupant in the white house today. both of them need to focus on getting this country working again by getting government out of the way. >> two questions. how about those packers and the badg

bargain in a federal court in alexandria today. he is 24-year-old jabar a akmed arrested in september. prosecutors say he produced and uploaded a propaganda video to youtube on behalf of ashirr tieba. the united states has designated it as a terrorist group since 2001. >>> a virginia man helping with produce an internet video for a pakistani terrorist group is expected to enter a plea bargain in federal court in alexandria today. 24-year-old jar al-med woodbridge was arrested in september. prosecutors say he produced and uploaded a propaganda video on behalf of lakshirr ateba. >>> other top stories we're following for you now, an attempted carjacking in montgomery county. it happened on pender place in rockville just after 5:00 this morning. police say the suspect pulled out a knife but the victim was able to get away. no one was hurt in this one. >>> and in virginia the shooting death of a man in leesburg is under investigation. the 39-year-old was found inside his home in the 800 block of bale mount terrace after 10:00 last night. he was pronounced dead on the 16. no word on a motive or suspects. >>> the search, meanwhile, continues for a robber who targeted a d.c. postal worker. this happe

aid from the united states china is always very helpful in terms of trade investment as well as economic and military a so having an ally like china will help too much strengthen the bargaining power of this of this closely to see. just a professor of political science at hong kong city university thanks for your input . and still to come ashore early we continue our look at the year's most significant events today focusing on japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami as seen through the eyes of our correspondent on the ground. suddenly the tempo changed when there was this is an explosion and then the fool's explosion and this reacts is in in fukushima one morning the happening very quick succession and suddenly. everyone was very scared so. several of the news crews were. just on the packed up and left and the woman that really difficult for me was i was on my own i didn't have anyone else to consoles. and i just realized at that point ok i'm going to get out. with this is. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and seven on our t.v. . turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe a suicide car bomb exploded outside

united states here and if one or the other sort of buckles and gives in. opening that route just for thirty million dollars or whatever it's going to really weaken the bargaining positions of both of them the pakistani foreign minister as well that washington would be responsible quote if the war on terror was lost and quote i was in response to america's plans to phrase that seven hundred million dollars in aid do you agree that washington's actions threaten the security of the region well it certainly threaten the security of this are very government and i think that's been a problem for quite some time in pakistan is that this government has sort of gained a reputation for being washington's top it and. for being willing to. point. one policy for. guaranteed money. this looks like just where it stands right now ok jason did so it's good to get your views on the program news editor from the online campaigning website antiwar dot com joining us from michigan tonight thank you thank you for having me. let me bring you up to date on more world news from around the world headlines making news this french courts found president jacques chirac guilty of diverting

bargain if you will. there was real tension between the united kingdom and france and germany.enter a fiscal union. so in some ways the fact they're going to do this in a separate treaty without actually, you know, distorting the european treaty itself in many ways given we couldn't get the safeguards, perhaps it's a better outcome. >> stock futures are out today after we lost 200. so i would say this deal was positive but not a home run. this is read my lips, no new taxes moment. when you hear never, that just is kind of striking. >> it is, brian. you can't imagine why he would even consider it at this moment. as he looks across what's happening. thanks so much. we appreciate it. >>> coming up next, a "morning joe" tribute. a special one today to mr. herman cain. great prices. i just wish you could guarantee me they won't be beat. oh, actually... then i'd be like, you rule! and my kids would be like, you rule! i'd be like, yes, i do rule! ohh! that rules! oh, load up the sleigh; this is going to be a great christmas. yeah. ring dinga-ding, ring dinga-ding, ring, ring, ring me

united states is a progression on that side. they are working wine into their meals and celebration and more and more. and champagne has a distinct place in the american psyche. >> and bargaince bubbles are cashing in and everything produced outside of champagne is called sparkling wine and includes bottlings made here in the american vineyard and one south california store saw an increase for people shying away from the big ticket french brands. >> more than the middle class ventured in an experiment. and since the 2008 economic turn down they moved away. >> plus we as wine merchants and perveyors support the smaller brand and we make good champagne for less money. >> they are still not in prerecession levels. the region getting a boost from shipments to asia. people in hong kong and china like the bubbly, too. and i the toast a glass of that delicious champagne to you tonight. >> thank you very much. cheers to you as well happy new year. >> holidays are the time to be with family members. if you are one of our brave servicemen or women over seas, that's not always possible. we'll talk about the efforts to make it easy for troops to phone home for the holidays. [ woman ] m

., and the united states postal service, the holidays are their super bowl, with their time to shine w the rise of online sales, the greatest race this time of the year it is not about bargain shopping, but getting those presents where they need to go for the holidays. >> only two weeks left until christmas. >> reporter: if you think santa and his elves have it tough, welcome to federal express where it's a nonstop 24/7 push to get those presents down the chimney or at least through the front door. >> santa only comes once a year. i'm here every day. >> reporter: does he every check in on you guys? >> oh, yes. definitely. he makes sure we deliver on time. >> reporter: all kidding aside the days ahead look like the busiest in the history of fedex. busiest day of 2005, december 12th, saw 9.8 million shipments. the busiest day of 2008, december 15th, 2008, 12 million shipments. three years later, december 12th, 17 million shipments are expected all over the globe. >> online shopping is the biggest reason we're seeing so many packages. also, people like to ship their packages for they're traveling for holidays. they don't want to carry them on the plane. >> reporter: in fact, t

bargains are happening today. >> we will check back in with you, thanks, gil. >> those would be the professional shoppers there. >>> it is 5:02 now. this may be monday. but the stock market in the united states and europe has the day off since christmas fell on sunday this year. overseas trading has been light today. japan's nikeii index gained 1%, and the main markets in the philippines and india were also up slightly. bullet but it was a down day for the bench marks in taiwan and thailand and most other asian markets are off. >>> if you're worried about the economy, you're not alone. a new survey fines 57% of americans say the economy is the most important issue facing the country right now. and unemployment is the country's biggest economic problem. according to 51% of those that were surveyed. >>> a 22-month-old san jose boy survived a 20-foot plunge out of a second story window. and somehow, he got away with only minor injuries. it happened yesterday morning, christmas morning, at an apartment complex on alden way on the city's west side. the mercury news says lupeda cortez's family called 911 after she locked herself in a room with her son nathan. when police got to the room, th

bargain that guarantees you'll get someone bad. you have a stockholm syndrome where embracing obama even though he has destroyed the civil liberties union -- movement in the united states. host: we have a tweet. guest: that is exactly right. that is the case of katz. you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy. that becomes a self-filling fact. i was called by the head of a school district and he said i wanted to ask your opinion about putting video cameras on school buses. you have thousands of tapes. he said, we will only put a tape in one camera and the kids will not know which one. that is the that is the chilling effect. what the constitution is trying to prevent it -- the chilling effect, if you feel you may be under surveillance. every year i asked my students to do an exercise when they go home for the holidays. i tell them to put a tape recorder on a table when they are having breakfast with their relatives and say this is an assignment. no one will listen to this but me. can i put this on? watch what happens. people will be coherent and there will no longer talk about who is fat or who was sleeping with who. there is an immediate change. host: i

united states is also a progression on that side. they're working wine into their meals, their celebrations more and more and champagne has a distinct place in the american psyche. >> and a bargaince bubblies cashing in. everything produced outside of champagne simply called sparkling wine, includes bottles made right here at american vineyards and one southern california store has seen an increase in the number of people shying away from those big ticket french brands and buying local. >> once upon a time, you had more of the middle class would venture into an experiment with them. but since the 2008 economic turn down, they've moved away and we don't see those buying anymore. plus we as wine merchants promote and support smaller brands we make equally good champagne for significantly less money. >> keep in mind, while sales are improving, they are still not at pre-recession levels. the champagne region also getting a boost from shipments to asia, of all places, specifically china and hong kong where brand names there are selling extremely well. heather, the only thing i have to say, cheers. >> heather: cheers to you, too, and happy new year. >> you as well. >> gregg: a little

united states did. we had closed our missile headquarters in turkey and greece in exchange for a bargain that was reachedritical and i knew that adlai stevenson was upset about it. early one day the president called me at home. he said, will you tell your leader that i did not leak that story. there is a rumor around that i am the one who leaked it. tell him i did not leak it. i called the governor and i had his number. i got him on the phone in five seconds. he picked up the phone. he said i cannot talk to you now. i am on my way to "the today show" to be interviewed. i said give me one second. the president just called me and told me to tell you he did not leak that story. the governor did not say anything. 50 minutes later i turn on the show and he gave jfk holy hell about the episode and got it off his chest. later jfk wrote him a letter apologizing saying he did not do it but he made it clear that what adlai stevenson contributed to the cuban missile crisis solution was indispensable. >> we have about 25 minutes left and our callers have been patient. damascus, maryland. bill, thank you for calling.