the history museum where linkedin is right now hosting the event. good morning i'm kristen sze. >> and shim cheryl jennings. aim i had -- -- amy the president is talking about jobs and the economy? >> reporter: yes dozens of supporters were here line being the streets. they let out a happy cheer when the president waved at them there were a couple of protesters, one shouted down by this crowd of supporters. i want to take you inside. linkedin has gathered 300 of its members to be here at this town hall-style meeting. they asked for members to submit questions and they chose the most popular ones. here's a look outside hours before the event. i understand the president is entering right now. we have a camera in there. we want to be able to show you and listen in to the president. sounds like the crowd is thrilled to see him. 300 people gathered from all across the country. they took all of the questions, they chose their most popular ones. then they pulled people to come and ask questions from online and also interest the crowd. we asked a pew people

it is sponsored by linkedin.hite house said they are having linkedin sponsored because the president can ask questions to a broad set of people. some are members of linkedin and some questions will be submitted on line. linkedin is also streaming this web cast. on friday the linkedin ceo said they were getting one question every five minutes submitted to the web site. there will be a lot of questions about the american jobs act. that is what the president is going to be pushing. few will be talking about what it can do in the consequences if congress doesn't pass this. the event is expected to get underway at around 11:00 a.m.. >> we talked about how guess before his arrival, there were demonstrators both for and against president obama and some of his plans. have you seen anyone out there today? >> we have not seen any protesters out here today. it will be interesting to see if the president prez's complete. the last time the president was here was in the spring. i was sitting next to the white house reporter wh

linkedin has gathered 300 of its members to be here at this town hall-style meeting. they asked for members to submit questions and they chose the most popular ones. here's a look outside hours before the event. i understand the president is entering right now. we have a camera in there. we want to be able to show you and listen in to the president. sounds like the crowd is thrilled to see him. 300 people gathered from all across the country. they took all of the questions, they chose their most popular ones. then they pulled people to come and ask questions from online and also interest the crowd. we asked a pew people outside, what would you ask the -- a few people outside, what would you ask the president? >> anxious to see what is going to happen. >> reporter: what would your one question be for the president? >> great question. probably what is his message to young entrepreneurs who want to build something for themselves mere in the valley? >> reporter: if you had -- one question for president obama, what would you ask him? >> how do you really think your economi

he is at a town hall meeting sponsored by the social networking site linkedin. as you can see, he has just left -- you can just see him a few minutes before, shaking hands as he left the town hall meeting. he spoke about an hour answering questions from linkedin employees and also from people who asked questions online. stephanie chuang is there live with how mr. obama is pushing hard to reconnect with his base. stephanie, is it working? >> reporter: you know, it seems to be. most of the people here are supporters and so excited to see him and at one point this parking lot was completely packed. a good number of folks, now chanting because they see some people leaving. and the president may be leaving at this moment. the police have blocked off the roads over here. the activity is coming out. we see some activity coming outside here. people getting pretty crazy, as he pushes his message on jobs creation. [ cheering ] a crowd of about 100 onlookers cheered as president obama's motorcade arrived this morning. he hit the social media trail again using an old platfo

-- in town hall is being held at the computer history museum in mountain view about a mile from linkedin headquarters. the visit to silicon valley is an important one for the president, especially after another company he once touted, sol linda is now belly up. nbc bay area scott budman is in mountain view with the very latest. >> good morning. the big move of the day for the president, come back to the stronghold here in silicon valley where he has gotten so much love and let's be honest, money in the past. the president reeling when it comes to jobs because of what happened at solyndra. the fremont solar company that went bankrupt and put 1100 people back on the street. so, what does the president do? he comes back here to silicon valley to try to make amends an an event inside sponsored by the job creation website linkedin, the president expected to really talk about technology and the importance of using it to step up your networking and get jobs. strangely enough this is the the one area where that message suspect are really all that necessary. the rest of the country struggling to

today's linkedin event starts at 11:00 and people can see it live on linkedin and on the white housesite. >> thank you. >>> with some insight we have cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman joining thus morning. silicon valley is such a beacon of job growth. i imagine that's part of the draw of politicians to be there today? >> it is about job growth and about the way that the president understands that in 2012 the metric for him is about employment. if he made a meaningful dent in unemployment. they understand that they are not going to bring back manufacturing jobs in the next 12 months. but they do believe in the white house that they can promote innovation, the one thing that the united states has that no one else has and that's the reason the president is making stops in these places in silicon valley to talk about innovation and also to promote his jobs bill. he thinks that's the winning hand. the problem is these companies themselves don't hire that many people and the real jobs you get from innovation is years away. so this is a risky bet. >> so there's still a lag in silicon valle

we're told that they are either linkedin employees or members of linkedin who submitted questions and all those questions were chosen by linkedin itself. some of them will be asked by audience members and some of them will be asked by the ceo of linkedin who will be there with the president. >> jessica, we know that obviously mr. obama, he relied quite a bit on social media and turned to social media quite a bit in 2008. is this a sign do you think he's planning to do the same thing for 2012? >> absolutely. that's one of the tricks of campaigning these days. he'll be doing it but the difference is this time around so will the other guys. so he doesn't necessarily have the only advantage -- he has an advantage but not the only one. the other piece of it is fund-raising. as you mentioned, he had four fund-raisers yesterday. he told people to shake off the d doldrums, don't give up. they have to stand up and fight. sources tell me the campaign manager has been telling their top fund-raisers to expect this quarter they will raise $55 million and there on his west coast swing trying to get

in mountain view at the computer history museum to put on a town hall meeting in connection with linkedin that will focus on putting america back to work. at the town hall meeting the president will take questions of job creation and the economy from a live audience and questions submitted by linkedin members across the country. if the meeting is expected to last an hour into should be getting underway at 11:00 a.m.. >> stay with kron4 for live coverage of the president's bay area is it. we're also streaming on the left at www.kron4.com. >> the concern of climate change to the streets of san francisco today. >> a couple of members of dozens of local environmental agencies charged together to join the was is a similar rallies worldwide. >> stocktaking carpet out of the air and putting it into the atmosphere. >> right at the moment, and called for a recall of china into lake carbon levels are high. >> it is pessimism and hope that environmental leaders expressed. >> the science is getting darker all the time. >> it is amazing how first the opposition is. it is funded by the fossil fuel indu

president obama spoke to an audience of 120 million linkedin users. is here to show us why it was a rivetting question and answer session. >> it's a big venue but it hosted a intimate town hall meeting for the president. it made for interesting, sometimes unexpected face to face exchanges. >> reporter: president obama came to the town hall meeting prepared to take questions from the linkedin audience. he gave the president chance to answer critics who call his plan to raise taxes class warfare. >> would you please raise my taxes. >> we benefited from someone making an investment in us.

today the president will attend a town hall meeting hosted by linkedin. that's at 11:00 a.m.nd then the president will depart for more fundraisers in southern california. >>> and the federal government is on the brink of yet another government shut down. the issue this time, billions of dollars in disaster relief money. the house and the senate are trying to come to some agreement before fema runs out of money. >>> and nevada i don't have brian sandoval says reno is starting to heal after the deadly plane crash at the reno air races. hundreds of people gathered to sign a banner of support for the 70 people who are still recovering from their injuries. they also dedicated an oak tree in a city park as a way to remember the 11 people who died. the cues of the crash remains under investigation. >>> the police in sparks november, nevada remin on alert following the fatal shooting of a hell's angel leader. and he was killed "inside howard county" the nugget casino on friday night. the police say the deadly gun fire came between a fight between the hell's angels an a rival motorcyc

president, i don't think this linkedin thing works. we've been posting for years and everyone's still unemployed. (laughter) this is like going to a craigslist town hall and having people get up "do you know any online sites where you can gate hand job and a gently-used futon?" (cheers and applause) "is there any way i can get?" my assumption is they're applauding the hand job and not the futon. (laughter) it was a little different for the president last night as he held a $250 a person fund-raiser at the hollywood house of blues. (cheers and applause) this is the trouble with these hollywood events. (laughter) , there's always a chance mel gibson's going to show up! (cheers and applause) it wasn't me, it was the beaver! listen, how bad can the economy be when a nut can spend $250 just too yell (bleep) to the president. (laughter) unless the president is using his falling poll numbers to fund raise. yeah, for $250, you can yell stuff at him. for $500 you can give him the classic psychohand shake. pleasure to meet you. (bleep). maybe he

today he will -- he will appear at linkedin. he will be taking questions live via the website and from the people that there at event. live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> right now we want to get back to that breaking traffic story. stretch of 880 shutdown after a high speed chp chase. sue thompson is there live. are you seeing drivers being diverted off the freeway? >> reporter: yeah. oakland police as well as california highway patrol are out here. they are doing the best they can to try and divert drivers and get people off of i-880 way is happening now is northbound and southbound i-88 in front of the oakland coliseum is shutdown. basically, it is a parking lot on the freeway. officers are doing their best to try to divert drivers off of some of the side streets around here. chp tells us that they were pursuing a stolen vehicle this morning out of hayward around 3:30 this morning. that car wound up on 880, crashed into a fence near 66th avenue near the oakland coliseum. what cph he will -- chp tells us the driver

what's different today with linkedin? >> reporter: hi there, chuck. president obama will be taking questions from an audience. there will be a live audience. he will also be taking questions folks have submitted before hand, so that will be sort of a nice back and forth, according to the administration. what's interesting, chuck, we will hear him talk about jobs, the economy. his jobs plan. as you say, the focus of this trip not events like this, really the fund-raising. he will be attending seven different fund raisers over this three day trip in seattle, san jose, san diego, los angeles, and denver. the tickets for these events range from about $100 on the low end to $35,000 on the higher end. they're trying to make up for a little bit of lost time here. you remember over the summer, they had to cancel 10 fund raisers for the president due to the debt ceiling debate, really trying to get back on track in that regard. that is really the main focus of this trip. the other focus is rallying his base. president obama won krar overwhelmingly in 2008 and

next question was submitted to the linkedin group -- it actually comes from a linkedin employee named theresa sullivan. it's a two-part question. first, do you think our public education system and our unemployment rates are related? and second, what, if any, overhaul in education is necessary to get americans ready for the jobs of tomorrow, rather than the jobs of 20 years ago? >> there is no doubt that there is a connection, long term, between our economic success, our productivity, and our education system. that's indisputable. when we were at our peak in terms of growth, back in the '60s and the '70s, in large part it was because we were doing a better job of training our workforce than anybody else in the world. now the rest of the world has caught up -- or is catching up. they're hungry. and as i said before, we are slipping behind a lot of developed countries. so our proportion of college graduates has not gone up, while everybody else's has gone up. our proportion of high school graduates has not gone up, while everybody else's has gone up. and if you've got a billion chinese

and a live audience made up of linkedin employees. and questions across the country. >>> he and the u.n. welcomed libya's new transitional government and promised the people they will support the government. >> today, the world is saying with one mistakable voice we will stand with you as you seize this moment of promise and reach the freedom and dignity and opportunity you deserve. >> the white house announced this afternoon president obama will meet with palestinian mahmoud abbas tomorrow who is pushing to be recognized as a full u.n. member. >>> today, protesters against that were arrested for blocking a street. president abbas will formally request membership friday in a speech to the general assembly. the u.s. and israel have announced strong opposition to that plan saying palestinian state hood should come from direct negotiations between palestinians and israelis. many other members of the yen have expressed support for the palestinian's president's bid. >>> a big week for president clinton opened his global initiative with a f

i appreciate linkedin helping to host this. and those of you viewing not in this circle, but around the country, maybe around the world, i appreciate the chance to share these ideas with you. look, we are going through a very tough time. but the one thing i want to remind everybody is that we have gone through tougher times before. and the trajectory, the trend of not just this country, but also the world economy one that is open, linked and one that offers greater opportunity but also one that has some hazards. if we don't prepare our people with the skills that they need to compete, we are going to have problems. if we don't make sure that we continue to have the best infrastructure in the world, we are going to have problems. if we aren't continuing to invest in basic research, we are going to have challenges. if we don't get our fiscal house in order in a way that is fair and equitable, so everybody feels like they have responsibilities to not only themselves and their family, but also to the country that's given them so mu

linkedin is presenting a town hall meeting starting at 11:00 a.m.. if the focus is putting america back to work. after monday's event the president is headed to seven california from for fund-raising events in san diego and los angeles. >> stay with kron4 for live coverage of president obama is bay area visit. among miscommunication with piccinni causes an evacuation. >> this is was scared an entire community, natural gas escaping into the atmosphere. >> the sound and smell alerted hundreds of neighbors. firefighters saw this and thought that it was a major gasoline. contra costa county firefighters and police evacuated eight churches full of people, and golf course and about 50 homes. many of a neighbor's voluntarily took off. >> will grab everything it took off. it is distilled-- it is the fear factor. >> piccinni were trying to empty a gas pipe so that it could be replaced. they said they did notify nearby residents. mahmood those who got a phone call said the message was confusing. >> they said they were checking new-line the did not say they wer

right now the best career networking site on the planet is linkedin. stock will rise 50% by april fool's day. >> brenda: matt, are you linkedin? >> of all the social networking sites, i believe this is the worse. you have a ford pe ratio at 211. people say it's overpriced. no way. >> brenda: let's link in to neil cavuto. take it away. >>> you know, maybe the president should skip the speech here and skip out over here to the national labor relations board. hi, everybody. glad to have you. i'm neil cavuto. forget the lawsuit against the nonunion jobs in south carolina. this week the nlrb, delivering a triple whammy to businesses everywhere in america with three rulings, effectively making it easier for unions to organize in the workplace and harder for private employers to challenge those moves. so will that mean it's going to be a very tough jobs market for an already very tough jobs market? charles payne, adam, charlie, and kristen. charlie, what say you? >> it's pretty disheartening because the unemployment news, as you know, is not getting any bette

and among the job-hunting tips we got from linkedin, social network your way to some contacts. for example, there are some 1,400 job openings as of right now on google. go on line to try to find one, you may find your next gig. reporting in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> today the president gave the country an idea of what he will be talking about thursday night in a nationwide address. he will lay out his plans to combat unemployment which is about 9% or higher in much of the country. he expects congress to play ball. >> we're going to see if we've got straight shooters in congress. we're going to see if congressional republicans will put country before party. [ cheers ] >> we'll give them a plan and then say, do you want to create jobs, then put our construction workers back to work rebuilding america. do you want to help our company succeed? open up new markets for them to sell their products. you want -- you say you're the party of tax cuts, well then prove you'll fight just as hard for tax cuts for middle-class families as you do for oil companies

let me take you to the town hall hosted in conjunction with linkedin. let's listen in. >> thank you. please have a seat. thank you. thank you very much. that's a nice crowd. i have to say, jeff, you warmed them up very well. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you so much for your hospitality. let me begin by saying how excited i am to be here. every time i come to silicon valley and this region, i am excited about america's future and no part of the country better represents i think the essence of america than here. what you see is entrepreneurship and a forward orientation and optimism and a belief that if you have a good idea and you are willing to put in the sweat, blood, and tears, not only can you succeed for yourself, but grow the economy for everybody. it's that driving spirit that has made america an economic super power. we are in a period of time right now that the economy is struggling and a lot of folks across the country are struggling. part of what i hoped to do is have a conversation with all of you. about how can we continue to spark

the next question was submitted to the linkedin group, it actually comes from a linkedin employee, teresa sullivan. a two-part system. do you think our public education system and unemployment rates are related? what if any overall and education is necessary to get americans ready for the jobs of tomorrow rather than the jobs of 20 years ago? >> there is no doubt there is a connection long term between our economic success, our productivity, and our education system. that is indisputable. when we were at our peak in terms of growth in the 1960's and 1970's, in large part it was because we were doing a better job in training our work force than anywhere else in the world. now the rest of the world has caught up or is catching up. they are hungry. and as i said before, we are slipping behind a lot of developed countries. so, our proportion of college graduates has not gone up, while everybody else's has gone up. proportion of high school graduates has not gone up while everybody else's has gone up. and if you've got 1 billion chinese and indians and eastern europeans, all who are entering i

now, people have already submitted questions through linkedin for the president this morning. he will be here. there will be some employees and members and they will have the opportunity to interact with the president. grace? >> i bet they will have fire in their bellies as well, too. >> reporter: absolutely. >> thank you, stephanie. >>> this morning, oakland police are looking for a driver tied to a deadly police shooting. cops say a passenger in the car ran after police pulled him over during a traffic stop near cherry and 100th avenue yesterday. police caught the suspects and say they struggled with him and he threatened them with a gun. that's when an officer shot him. the driver, however, got away. >>> the patient who died in an east bay hospital as a result of what police are calling a, quote, medical error has now been identified. the america mcchrystal says the coroner identify -- the "mercury news" says the coroner identified her as 66-year-old judith ming. she was admitted to alta bates summit medical center for cancer treatment and was given the wrong medication. >>

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linkedin is presenting a town hall meeting starting at 11:00 a.m.. the focus will be putting america back to work. >> the president will be heading to seven californians more fund- raising events in san diego and los angeles. >> stay with kron4 coverage of president obama as the town hall meeting. >> an officer involved shooting tonight on cherry street. the officer stopped to man, one of the passengers got out and iran. the suspect dropped drugs during the police. the officers caught the man, a struggle and shooed into one of them shot and killed the man. a loaded gun was recovered from the scene. if police are still looking for the driver of the car. an investigation and the death of a cancer patient saturday morning was given a fatal dose of medication. maureen kelly explains how a labor dispute between the hospital and its nurses may have played a part in all of this. >> i felt like perhaps i could have prevented this, if i was there. >> this oncology award honors with 27 years on the job says she was not at her post if when the female cancer pat

it's sponsored by social media giant linkedin. he shared the stage with linkedin ceo in mountain view, california. what asked what we can do as americans to help the economy, the president made another push for his jobs bill. >> independent economists have estimated that if we pass the entire package, the american jobs act, we would increase gdp by close to 2%. we would increase employment by 1.9 million persons. and that is the kind of big, significant move in the economy that can have ripple effects and help recovery take off. >> president obama went on to field questions from the audience and online from linkedin members across the country. >>> also, in florida, herman cain taking the top spot in the republican straw poll. take a look at numbers. drew 37% of the vote. that's twice as much as rick perry. mitt romney came in third with 14%. the victory didn't come as a surprise to cain, because he says voters are starting to recognize his 999 tax plan. he explained it this morning on "american morning." take a look. >> my plan is

before heading to southern california, president obama held a town hall at linkedin headquarters in mountain view. >> it will provide tax cuts to not only small businesses but every middle class family, that means they will be able to spend it on products and services that provide incentives for businesses to hire folks like you. >> president obama also wants the jobs plan passed to help people refinance their plans. the white house expects congress to vote next month. you can watch the entire town hall meeting with president obama, we posted it on our website, www.kron.com. >>> more bay area news still to come a bake sale at university of california, berkeley tomorrow. how organizers say your race will determine your price. want to spend the night on alcatraz island, we will tell you about new changes and new video from the east coast earthquake and worries about damage to the washington monument. and a reminder tonight, tune into kron 4 on saturday, october 8 for a blue angels special. a one hour program at 3:00 p.m., featuring the best view as they fly over the bay area, again, saturday,

he is set to hold a virtual town hall meeting at linkedin headquarters in mountain view on monday. and the economy. he will take question from the linkedin users but he won't be the only candidate pushing a political agenda online. house majority leader eric cantor and budget committee chairman paul ryan will take part in a live discussion on facebook monday as well. the event is part of a republican effort to have more online presence this election season. >>> look for showdown at the united nations for palestinian statehood. president obama addresses them in an hour but the palestinians upped the ante with israel and u.s. is caught in the middle. scott goldberg has more. >> reporter: the issue the united nations hasn't been able to solve for decades is landing this week at the doorstep. mahmoud abbas comes to new york ready to ask the u.n. security council to recognize palestine as independent state. something israel opposes and the united states is threatened to veto. >> at the end of the day peace has to be made between the parties that it can't be opposed from the outside and

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and so about 250 people expected to be at the event at linkedin.e're told that some of its memberships will be asking some of the questions, also the ceo of linkedin will also be handling some of the questions to the president. this is a jobs bill that remains up on capitol hill. it's still a lot of resistance. not only from republicans but also from some democrats, as well, and one of the big issues is how to pay for all of this. the president believing that the up ter tier americans, those making more than $250,000 should bear more of the burden. republicans don't want any kind of tax increase dog during these times. and so the president really doing the sale job out on the west coast. today he started yesterday in washington state, today in california and then he'll wrap up in colorado. >> dan, here was -- we're going to take a side bar if you don't mind. lady gaga attending an obama fund-raiser actually tweeted she was hoping to meet him to discuss bowling. do you know if they actually met? >> reporter: well, what would a west coast be without

territory in silicon valley to talk about the economy and jobs at a town hall-style meeting with linkedin> that's a nice crowd. >> reporter: but he might have been surprised how nice. take this question. >> would you, please, raise my tax? [ laughter ] >> reporter: obama's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans has sparked cries of class warfare in other parts of the country, but here in the 300-person audience at the computer museum in mountain view, the idea was chuckled at and applauded. >> we're talking about going back to the rates that existed as recently as in the '90s when, as i recall, silicon valley was doing pretty good. >> reporter: the question came from doug edwards, google's 59th employee, who got wealthy from stock options. >> i have benefitted from so many government programs, from college loans... >> reporter: obama took a series of questions from linkedin members, some of whom have been unemployed for months. >> what would be your statement of encouragement for those who are looking for work today? >> when the economy gets back on track, in the ways that it

will be in the bay area today hosting a town hall event on the professional social network site linkedin. >>> how about some d.c. deja vu? the federal government could shut down thanks to another budget face-off. i'm sure you've heard about it. lawmakers are butting heads over spending cuts and paying for all the damage from recent storms, tornadoes and wildfires. >> can we once again inflict on the country and the american people the spectacle of a near government shutdown? i hope not. >> i'll give the senate democratic leader credit. everybody knows we're going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that the president declares. and that fema certified. >> funning for government agencies is set to end on friday, the end of this fiscal year. the senate majority leader harry reid has said fema could run out of money today. >>> what's happening with perry? two states, two republican straw polls and the presidential front-runner did not win either of them? herman cain won the florida poll on saturday. he blew everyone away with more than 37% of vote. perry was second with just over 1

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he will have a town hall meeting with linkedin and that will focus on putting america back to work. the meeting is expected to last an hour and should be getting underway at 11:00 a.m.. >> stay with kron4 for live coverage of president obama as bay area did it in this discussion of his job as planned. still ahead, a decision 2012, the results of florida's gop straw poll are in. will also you were top republican candidates stand at this moment. a man confined to a wheelchair struck and killed and a hit and run crash. we will tell you got this san jose sharks ticket holder in hot water and it assures that caused the problem. we >> another busy political saturday. results are in from the florida gop straw poll. rick perry came in second in demit romney. parry and romani leader crossed paths in michigan. >> their race for the white house keep up as several hopefuls the campaign trail. but romney stopped in michigan highlighted his family roots and will give some a major boost. >> if i am lucky enough to become the nominee i think we could take michigan. during his speech perry says he k

he has an entry on linkedin. january 20 09d to the present, president of the united states. >> that always looks good. >> lit really get you ahead. >> i have to link him in to boost mine. marla over to you. >>> 5:25. still to come on today in the bay, we continue to follow the developing news out of iran involving the release of those cal grad hikers. the latest coming up. >>> plus we're learning more about the woman who found michelle le's body over the weekend. her amazing story next. >> reporter: i'm bob redell live in san jose, a man accused of killing a popular radio host expected to go before a judge today. that story coming up. >>> with just two full days of summer left, looks like today is going to be the hottest day of the summer so far. i'll let you know how high temperatures are expected to soar in your city coming up. >>> again, spare the air, we encourage commuting.he dayerre day there were so many cars on the road, tremendous problems for 880. i've already got something to tell you about that commut

today he will be at linked inin pitch his jobs pro -- linkedin to pitch his jobs proposal. he'll be taking continues from people at the event. aim -- amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> president obama will get competition from three republican leaders holding their own town hall meeting on jobs at facebook in palo alto. facebook will host a live discussion and question and answer session with house majority leader eric cantor. house majority whip kevin mccarthy and paul ryan. the three are collectively as the house republican young guns. facebook event scheduled at 3 p.m.. >> 4:30 four. oakland police investigating the death of a hospital patient who received a deadly dose of medicine from a replacement nurse. members of the nurses union are blaming hospital management. the union nurses held a candlelight vigil in memory of the patient who died at alta base summit hospital. a strike last week led to the lock-out of regular nurses and the hiring of replacements to fill in until tomorrow. >> reporter: the nurses say they serve patients in the oncology unit here. they were stunned

monday the president will take part in a linkedin town hall meeting at the computer history museum in mountain view. >>> today a top silicon valley executive is in the nation's capital. google's ceo eric schmidt will answer questions from senators about the mountain view company's dominance in the internet search business. the purpose of the hearing is to explain the power of google serving consumers of threatening competition. senators are trying to determine whether google has been unfair in competing with other search engines and how the company's actions may affect people who use the internet. >>> and the top two execs of fremont-based solyndra are expected to plead the fifth. both are scheduled to appear friday before a congressional committee investigating the solar company's sudden shutdown. the federal government pumped more than a half billion dollars into solyndra which closed its doors you may recall, last month. we also have learned california helped the company with a $34 million tax break just last november. >>> time now 5:13. adoptions on hold at a bay area shelter. the

at a town hall event hosted by linkedin which he recognized as helping people find work. >> there are perils, as well. if our kids aren't properly he had indicated, if we don't have an infrastructure that is world class, if we're not investing in basic research and sigh events, if we're not doing all the things that made us great in the past, then we'll fall behind. >> reporter: the president also heard from those looking to land a job. >> and my fear is that the longer i'm unemployed, the harder it is going to be for me to get employed. it seems that now a days employers are hiring people who are currently employed because they're in it touch with their skill set. what programs do you think should be in place for individuals such as myself to keep in touch with our skills, be in demand, marketable and eventually get hired? >> i find myself displaced. and not only that, i look at the statistics for unemployment, 16.7% for african-americans. my question would be, and not just for the african americans but follows other groups that are also suffering, what would be your statement of enc

the next stop, linkedin, for a town hall to tout his americans jobs act. >> what can we do as american citizens to unite yourselves and help the economy? >> and my fear is that the longer i'm unemployed, the harder it is going to be for me to get employed. >> reporter: but the highlight of the day game from former google employee, doug edwards. taking a page out of the warren buffett playbook, he asked the president a question that grew chuckles and applause. >> i'm unemployed by choice. my question is, would you please raise my taxes. >> reporter: to which president obama responded. >> let me talk about taxes for a second. i made this point before but i want to reiterate this. so often the tax debate gets framed as class warfare. >> reporter: now, the president will leave for denver tomorrow morning for his seventh and final stop. he'll be speaking at an area high school. >> thank you, george. >>> up next, take me out to the ball game. world series champs set a new record at at&t park. and it prompted their management to send an e-mail out to fans. >>> also, running for cover. there's

then on monday, president obama plans to be in mountain view for a town hall meeting at linkedin. meanti meantime, on the republican front -- >> with 986 votes, 37.1%, herman cain! >> who? a big upset in the gop straw poll today. businessman her man caine wound up with almost twice as many votes as second-placed texas governor rick perry. >> we've got an immigration crisis. we've got a foggy foreign policy crisis. we've got a moral crisis. >> the poll results were also disappointing for michele bachmann, who came in last, and for governor rick perry, who did beat mitt romney but came in a distant second as we mentioned and had said this morning that he was pinning his hopes on this florida straw poll. the poll prides itself for having picked the gop nominee every year since 1979. >>> the two uc, berkeley, graduates released this week from an iranian prison spoke out today before heading home. shane bauer and josh fattal reflected on their release two years after they were taken into custody. and nbc's francis coe reports. >> reporter: americans shane bauer and josh fattal spoke ou

on monday, the president is scheduled to hold a social media town hall focused on jobs at linkedin. combined with other fund-raisers this week, the president is expected to haul in $8 million for his re-election campaign. not bad for a three-day visit and for a president facing his lowest approval rating since taking the white house. >> the two former uc, berkeley, students held in iran for more than two years are on their way back to the united states on the. shane bauer and josh fattal gave a brief press conference in oman before heading home. they were joined by sarah shourd who was arrested with them but released for medical reasons last year. the three were hiking along the iran/iraq border when iranian guards arrested them saying they illegally crossed the border and also accused them of spying. after two years in prison in iran, both say therrellishing their new freedom. >> we'll never forget the excitement of seeing our loved ones waiting for us at the foot of the plane. the joy of embracing them all after so long will stay with us forever. >> we stayed up all night with our

president obama held a town hall meeting at linkedin headquarters on monday.elded questions from the audience and talked about his jobs bill that he said would help the middle class and get people back to work. >> it will provide tax cuts to small businesses and almost every middle-class family. that means that more money in their pockets and that means they will be able to spend it on products and services which provide additional incentives for businesses to hire people like you. >> president obama also wants the jobs plan passed to help people refinanced their homes and also get lower rates. the white house expects congress to vote next month. if you want to see the entire town hall meeting with president obama, we have posted on our web site. >> www.kron4.com> we will be right back as the kron 4 news continues. the world according to gary coming up after the break. here is a live look from san francisco. sunshine and traffic starting to back up on the james lick. a programming reminder, the blue angels fleetweek special, saturday october 8th. we will be ai

that is being sponsored with linkedin, group. >> talk joe, glad to have you here. >> interview: glad to be here. >> reporter: he is here to make money, whats does he have to accomplish. >> interview: besides fundraising he has targeted a couple of companies because he wants to connect his appearance there with what his advisors believe will be the answers to the job issues which will be instead of trying to create manufacturing jobs, to promote innovation potential and that's clearly aligned with technology. look for him to talk about how innovation is important to the future long-term job security of this country. >> reporter: so the president is here to pick up millions of dollars in california, but we talked earlier about how the smaller donations aren't coming in like they did the first go high pressure round. do you think his campaign is worried about that? >> interview: it is a bit early, we're 14 months out from the election, the small donations aren't there yet, but the way he beat hillary clinton was through small donation, not just because when he raised money, but when peo

it is hosted in conjunction with linkedin, a career-based networking website.on employees and people look looking for jobs upped their profiles. it's part of a three-day west coast tour that includes seven fund-raisers where the president is expected to raise millions of dollars for reelection. today's town hall is set at the computer history museum in mountain view, california. that is where kristin well ker joins us. social networking and an opportunity for the first time for people to ask the president questions about his jobs plan live. >> that's right, tamron. it highlights the president's emphasis on technology and also will be a chance for him to talk to

the president will take the questions from the linkedin users. he won't be the only candidate pushing the agenda online. house majority leader eric cantor and paul ryan will participate in a live discussion on facebook as well. it's part of the republican effort to have more of an online presence this election season. >>> look for a potential showdown at the united nations today over the palestinian statehood. president obama addresses the general assembly in a few hours but he finds himself at the heart of the middle east conflict. palestinian upped the ante and the u.s. is caught in the middle. scott goldburg has more. >> the issue, the united nations hasn't been able to solve for decades is landing this week at the doorstep. >> palestinian president mahmoud abbas comes to new york ready to ask the national security council to recognize palestine as independent state. something that israel opposes and the united states threatened to veto, at the risk of doing damage to the image at the arab world. >> at the end of the day, peace has to be made

he led a town hall meeting with 300 linkedin employees. it was for the most part a pretty friendly crowd. many supported his proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. >> we're talking about going back to the rates that existed as recently as in the '90s when as i recall silicon valley was doing pretty good. >> at the end of his west coast visit it's estimated the president will have raised $5 million for his reelection campaign. >>> an ambitious proposal to cure california of its overcrowded prisons goes into effect october 1st. the plan is part of a federal court order that would transfer thousands of inmates from state prisons to county jails. the realignment process also includes increasing the number of prisoners released on probation and parole. advocates of the plan say the candidates for release are serving time for non-violent, non-sexual crimes. >> women and men who do not pose a great risk will be able to be kept on the community level and can spend time with their families. this is a crisis. so relinement is certainly

. >> reporter: obama took a series of questions from linkedin members, some of whom have been unemployed for months. >> what would be your statement of encouragement for those looking for work today? >> when the economy gets back on track in the ways that it should, you are going to be prepared to be successful. the challenge is making sure you hang in between now and then. >> reporter: obama used the opportunity to promote his jobs bill which would extend unemployment benefits but not all in the audience agreed with the president's approach. >> the jobs act is just redoing what's been tried in the past and we know it doesn't do anything and it surely doesn't sustain anything. >> reporter: critics call the counsel hall more of a campaign stop. and speaking of the campaign, mr. obama is expected to raise more than $5 million in a series of fundraisers before he leaves the west coast. in mountain view, len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> the president tonight is in southern california. he arrived in san diego about 3.5 hours ago for a $5,000 per plate fundraiser lunch. then headed north to los angeles