mary kay henry is the president of the service employees national union and union strength added to thisnt. where do you see the impact on capitol hill? and in the white house? >> well i think the impact is being felt all across this nation, andrea. it's the top of every news segment. we are seeing editorials. the internet. when there's that kind of public outcry and clarity about something is really wrong in this country, it has an impact on members of congress and the white house in thinking about how we collectively address this as a nation. so i think what the occupy protests have done for us as a nation, is clarify what is wrong with our economy so that we can take action. at the policy level, and convince business leaders all across this country that now is the time to respond to this emergency and get america back to work. >> and here is what treasury secretary tim geithner had to say about occupy wall street protests. >> people want to make sure that the government w, washington, i doing something to make it better and part of that thz the want to see us deliver much better prote

mary kay henry, president and service employees international union. civil rights activists and immigrations advocates joining hands together in alabama this week to stand up against this terrible racial profiling that's happening where students are pulled out of classrooms and asked about documents and that, in my mind, is part of what we talked about today, which is that there's a sort of attack on people to distract us from the real problems and the need to address the 1%, 99% and get america back to work. we are joining hands for good jobs now, everybody has to pay their fair share. no more cuts and every immigrant needs to be a citizen in this country. >>> azs of course, passed the harshest anti-immigration law including requiring documentation for children enrolled in school. or their parents i think it is. that has scared, we've covered it on the show. it produced a situation which you have kids kept out of school. the obama administration's justice department has sued under federal law and i think a federal judge has enjoined sections of it, pa