, and if san leandro doesn't have a pediatric unit, no matter when your child goes to the emergencyroom, if they have to be admitted, it will require transferring them to another place. >> kaiser released a statement today, reading in part, "kaiser permanente is not closing speed 46 in san leandro. our primary care pediatricians and pediatric offices will be available in san leandro,çó hayward andi] fremont." >>> laid-off teachers who worked for the new haven school district are getting their jobs back. it's reported this week that 24 teachers will be rehired, in addition to the 29 teachers who have already been called back. most will fill positions that opened up through retirement and resignations due to cuts in state funding the district has also increased class size, reduced the instructional year, and added furlough days for all of its employees. >>> republicans say they can come up with a plan to resolve the nation's looming debt crisis. ahead why gop leaders set tomorrow afternoon as their deadline. >>> and airlines are getting a temporary break from paying certain federal ta

. >>> bay area nurses take a stand against plans to shut down a pediatric unit. >> hi, there, everyone. on the coast, low clouds and fog sat there, so temperatures subsequently in the 50s. numerous 80s inland. t >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> urgent weekend talks to avert a federal default lasted less than an hour today. congressional leaders met with president obama briefly today, and just a few hours ago senate and house leaders met again but the meeting elbowed with no deal. yesterday house speaker john boehner broke off talks with the white house and today tempers continued to flair. >> listen, it's time to get serious. >> they have to ask themselves, can they say yes to anything? >> the nation's borrowing powers will expire unless congrats the debt ceiling by august 2nd. >>> budget cuts coming to california courts. $350 million have been slashed from the court system, amounting to about 15% of its budget. trial courts, appeals courts, and the california supreme court, will be affected. the plan includes a delay in most new courthouse construction and

one nurse said without a pediatric unit, families will suffer. >> not having a unit in san leandro decreases -- very difficult for many of our families. >> reporter: nurses say they received report from congressman heath starks at today's meeting. >> >> california public utility commission is looking for someone to take over as safety director. the person tapped for the job will oversee a larger job of inspectors and have increased oversized power. the current direct will step down next month to take a job as an administrative law judge. >> >> more than 1,000 california firefighters tackling a wildfire outside of san diego. the blaze on the indian rosier vision has burned through 9,000- acres of thick brush. 30% contained. no homes or structures are threatened. flames broke out near a military shooting range that was the scene of a small fire earlier this year. >> >> it could last forever, skiers and snowboarders hit 1 last time this summer. the sierra's season owe fix fictionally comes to an end, today, july 23rd. one of the latest dates resorts have stayed open. hundreds took advantage of

without a pediatric unit. rses showed up to ask for support support the unit and their jobs. one nurse says families throughout the east bay will suffer. >> not having a unit in san leandro decreases access for the families, and it's a long way for people from fremont to drive to oakland, or santa clara to visit their children. very difficult for many of our families. >> the nurses say they received support from congressman pete stark at yesterday's meeting. >>> the bickering in washington could cost airport employees their jobs and passengers money. funding for the federal aviation administration officially ran out this weekend. while flights will take off as scheduled, future construction projects at 19 airports across the state are now up in the air. oakland international was set to receive nearly $3 million for improvements such as pavement work along the runways. >> there are projects that are mid-construction projects that are in mid-improvement. now they stop, they're not going to be delivered on time. >

kaiser permanente will move from hayward to san leandro in 2014 without a pediatric unit.urses showed up at a town hall meeting in fremont this morning asking for support for the unit. one nurse says without it, families throughout the east bay will suffer. >> not having a unit in san leandro decreases access for the families and it's a long way for people from fremont to drive to oakland or santa clara to visit their children. it's very difficult for our families. >> the nurses say they received support today from congressman pete stark at today's meeting. >>> candlelight is providing the inspiration for a fundraiser under way right now in san francisco's hayes valley. at lotus blue design store 10% of the sale of these unusual multilayered votive candles will go to help people with cancer. cancer survivor lee rose says she was undergoing chemotherapy in 1998 when she discovered the beautiful effect of combining a votive candleholder with a simple candle. since then, her business which she calls glassy baby has raised more than $600,000 for those touched by cancer. the fu

inside the pediatric unit, she didn't even have to wait. she knew her intuition was right.n trouble. >> four nurses came in, the doctor came in, they were holding her down, and she was screaming at the top of her lungs and i was crying, she was crying. >> reporter: sure enough, the doctor and daniel green, the physician's assistant working on norah, told her it was her hair wrapped around three of her baby's toes. doctors told kimberly the hairs were likely in norah's socks and got there in the laundry. >> threads of hair were wrapped so tightly around her skin it started to erode into her skin and her whole toe was red and angry-looking. >> reporter: kimberly showed me these pictures taken at the hospital after the hairs were removed. apparently she got there in the nick of time. >> if she would have waited much longer she probably would have lost her toe. >> reporter: at first this mother thought, what are the chances of that? turns out, pretty high, according to the doctor. >> he said it was very common. and they have a name for it. hair tourniquet syndrome. which i didn

represent just 1% of all the hospitals in the united states, but we're responsible to train over 40% of all the pediatricians and 45% of all the pediatric specialists that take care of the kids. >> kids like max who need specialized care who need doctors trained through the graduate program which is currently on the chocking block because of budget cuts in washington. what we hear is there's not enough sick kids or kids don't make it long enough for the research to be done. my response is there's one. max is mine. we'll do whatever we can do. >> fortunately, the pages are privately insured, but it is expensive. >> our insurance premium is more than a mortgage and our car insurance combined. it's a stretch for us to do it, but that's the level of care that max requires. >> that kind of care might be at risk for kids who rely on medicaid. >> there are about 30 million children who are now covered by medica medicaid. it's the most common insurance for children. and we see a lot of parents who have either lost their job recently or are having a hard time find ago job who then come to us with the medicaid insurance and it's critical for us t

>> in a handful of cases across the united states, morbidly obese children at risk of serious health problems were taken away from their parents. a harvard pediatrics expert thinks this is a good idea. he says the services that child support services typically provide, such as in home support, parenting, counseling, and financial assistance may address the problems of childhood morbid obesity. but if none of this works, then foster care is a viable alternative. the question for today's stream team is this. should morbidly obese children be taken from their homes, taken away from their parents? lisa bloom is an attorney and the author of "think straight talk for women to stay smart in a dumbed down world." and the director of psychiatry. thank you all for coming and being part of the stream team today. lisa, i'd like to start with you. do you support this recommendation? do you think this is a good idea? >> if all else fails, yes. parents are entrusted to protect the health and safety of their children. we wouldn't allow children in a home that keeps a loaded gun on the table. we don't let parents smoke frequently in front of their children. a morbi