dr. meredith and others, created the largest studdy of its kind, interviewing with peer research and other innovative methods 400 workers in one neighborhood but though it was focused on chinatown, i know we know it's a citywide issue and even the national employment labor project and supervisor campos laid out shows that this is the national epidemic of wage theft and that we lose millions of dollars each year to our local economy unless we improve the protections and enforcement for workers. lastly i just wanted to say that a number of workers testified at the hearing and have led much of the earths to create better policies -- efforts to create better policies in the city. the chinese progressive association often kind of repeat along with my colleague in my office, lynn chow chin, they say we have to hold government accountable and that local government has to step up for better enforcement of our labor laws. so i would just say that this report and the action research that leads to the hearing and hopefully it will lead to bet wither policy and better -- letter policy and better legis

she took part in the final leg of the historic march and rally organized by james meredith in the summer of 66. >> dr came. at the last night. dr. king was there $18 talked. and it brings tears to my eyes even now. >>reporter: once back home in san mateo she joined those trying to tee segregate the school including elinor. >> spl that was if there. >>reporter: she has written a book detailing some of the projects an programs. >> she is the kind of person who continues to say what are we going to do next. >>reporter: one of the latest efforts is fighting on behalf of gay and lesbian for example by protesting against the pl baptist church. to celebrate her activism she was given a unique present for 75th birthday. >> i thought of how can i create a gift that sort of helps her legacy live on. >>reporter: he's created a non-profit foundation in her honor and developed a fundraiser cupped for equality as in coffee cup. >> 112 million americans every day purchase cup of coffee. think about it. how much change do we do if everyone just gave up one cup. >>reporter: and if instead they donated the coffee mone

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dr. nancy is here as well. >> meredith, thank you. >> tara, things have been tough in the house. yeah. it came at a time that it was a blessing actually. we didn't know where to turn. we didn't know what to do. we looked at alternative schooling for him. yeah, medication was a last resort. we had applied to this program and this one day when we were at our wit's end we got a reply to an e-mail survey we filled out saying we were chosen. >> you never know if things will work or not, chris. it's been three weeks. how is alex doing? >> it's improved a lot. it's a lifestyle change for us. changing the behaviors. you know, i say to tara that, you know, i haven't raised my voice in five weeks. >> alex likes that. >> absolutely. >> i think the key is it's the subtle change we have seen. it wasn't a step change. it was more subtle but it has improved. >> alex, are you seeing changes? are you feeling better? >> yeah. better by a lot, i guess. >> really? in what way? >> i'm not getting as mad. i can tell when i'm mad. i can tell how mad. i know how to calm myself down and my parents help m

meredith, back to you. >> thank you very much. dr. gail saltz is a psychiatrist and "today" contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> the question is, how could a mother do this? what must her mindset have been to take her life and the lives of three of her children. >> we don't know several possibilities. obviously was there mental illness involved, depression, drugs and alcohol involved? obviously with a violent incident you think about that. also, this woman had an 11-month-old. up to a year, a woman can suffer postpartum depression. we have seen with cases like andrea yates -- >> who drowned her children in a bathtub. >> exactly. that a woman can become even psychotically depressed and do something terrible. >> why would she have let the 10-year-old boy out of the car? >> without being in her mind i can only guess. however, when you see something where a woman has separated out younger children and kept them with herself, it may be a feeling those are still part of her, babies, still really here. as opposed to a 10-year-old being more ke fined, an individual, feeling that's a se

meredith? >> kristen welker, thank you very much. emily fennel is with us from the ucla campus along with her surgeon, dr. azare. was such a wonderful image to see you hold your daughter with both hands. it's been a little more than six weeks since the transplant surgery. muin this >> right now, i can wiggle the fingers and after i'm in hand therapy for a couple of hours in the morning i can pick up different objects with it. >> do you have any sensation yet in the hand itself? >> not yet. i won't have sensation for probably close to a year. the nerves take the longest to regenerate. so sensation will come back last. >> reporter: this all happened so quickly for you, em. did you have time to think about the repercussions or the possible risks involved to seriously consider? because you're on the anti-rejection meds you run the risk of even a slight infection could be fatal. did it cause you hesitation in making the decision? >> absolutely. i started looking into the program last summer. i looked into all of the immunosuppression drugs. i discussed it with the family. one of my sisters is a nurse, so i got her op