my name is john wang, i'm also a business representative for international brotherhood of electrical workers local 6. we represent over 2,000 members working here in san francisco. i'm here tonight speak on behalf of my membership. there were some of other local 6 members were here like to speak but after a day of work they need to get home and get ready for tomorrow. one of the members left me his note. he reads -- "my name is brett shamberry, an apprentice for i.b. local 6. when the economy was at its slowest, we apprentices were rotated in and out of work every two months but far better than journeymen out of work for up to two years. i'm a single parent and my son is a patient at cpmc for thyroid disorder. there were times when my insurance ran out because of lack of work. we would have to skip appointments and pay for his medicine out of pocket. my local and i need work not only for ourselves but our families. so with unemployment still around 30% for our local 6 members are struggling. some of them lost their home and we, the middle class, are in danger of falling below the pov

wang tao has been explaining the importance of the eurozone to asian economies. >> eurozone, and europe is john oppose the largest export destination. eurozone is also very important second only to the u.s., as our export market. >> time oppose a trade surplus in november, $14.5 billion. could any of that money find its way into the eurozone to help? >> i think the european problem, as demonstrated by the eu summit yesterday, is actually for eurozone leaders to solve. they seem to have made a very good, important step toward fiscal integration. as this moves forward, i think china would be interested in participating in a multilateral agreement. in a't think china is position to actually just go out and to make a bilateral agreement with the eurozone. >> mark bloomfield is the ceo and president of the washington- based american council. he says the challenges for eu leaders is there are -- is that they are as much political as they are economic. >> most western democracies today have an extremely difficult time dealing with tough political challenges. that is the overview. nine countries have t

wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a walnut creek school custodian has been charged with sexually assaulting two children. john astor was charged with 10 felony sex crime counts today. astor was arrested thursday at his home in walnut creek on a child under 14. neither of the victims were students at any of the walnut creek schools where astor worked. his bail is set at $1.5 million. >>> the manhunt for a suspected it car thief ended today with his arrest in oakland. around 11:00 this morning, police say they tried to pull over the driver of a stolen truck near the college campus. he took off, crashed the vehicle and then ran on foot. the driver surrendered after a police k-9 unit caught up with him. the suspect's name is not being released, but he is a parolee who is 40 years of age. the college was closed for winter break and no students were on campus. >>> there is an effort tonight to bring an arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration here to california. a petition drive is being launched to collect enough signatures to get a new -- a strict new immigration initiative on next november's ballot. here i

wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a walnut creek school custodian has been charged with sexually assaulting two children. john astor was charged with 10 felony sex crime counts today. astor was arrested thursday at his home in walnut creek on a child under 14. neither of the victims were students at any of the walnut creek schools where astor worked. his bail is set at $1.5 million. >>> the manhunt for a suspected it car thief ended today with his arrest in oakland. around 11:00 this morning, police say they tried to pull over the driver of a stolen truck near the college campus. he took off, crashed the vehicle and then ran on foot. the driver surrendered after a police k-9 unit caught up with him. the suspect's name is not being released, but he is a parolee who is 40 years of age. the college was closed for winter break and no students were on campus. >>> there is an effort tonight to bring an arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration here to california. a petition drive is being launched to collect enough signatures to get a new -- a strict new immigration initiative on next november's ballot. here i