but today, we've also got the seiu. they went ahead, snarling traffic at los angeles international airport, in the middle of the thanksgiving day rush. but you know what? airport employees say they don't even support the seiu. so what is up with this? we are going to ask the seiu president live a little later, who exactly she's prep accidenting. and a cease-fire in the middle east, but questions still abound. will it hold? did israel get the short end of the stick in my own take, israel should have gone ahead and finished the job of pummeling the hamas terrorists. that's next up on kudlow. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from heartburn 2 or more days a week, why use temporary treatments when you can prevent the acid that's causing it with prevacid24hr. with one pill prevacid24hr works at the source to prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day and all night. and with new prevacid24hr perks, you can earn rewards from dinner deals to music downloads for purchasing prevacid24hr. prevent acid all day and all n

the seiu, other labor groups had a meeting with president obama last week. can you gather what is talked about regarding the fiscal cliff? >> for what mary was saying, it really seemed like revenue was going to be a part of it. they are trying to stick from to the $250,000 threshold of the tax cuts. that is different from what happened in the 2010 lame-duck, when president obama compromised. it seems the approach is different this time. they're not going to cave on revenue. the republicans will really have to make some concessions on revenue in order for democrats to come to the table with any entitlement cuts at all. >> i thought she was very good at sticking to that talking point of prevent -- revenue and remaining firm. at the same time, i thought it was interesting that she never said the president assured us that ultimately he will not make these changes in entitlements. we talked about the cpi concept that was in the talks last year which cut social security benefits. we do not know ultimately what the president will do. he does not report to us. my se

in protest, the seiu brought in 1,000 union members. not airport workers to protest and shut down if you will the two main entrances to lax, the third busiest airport in the country. that caused thousands of people to stress out and some to miss their flights. they estimated unsuspecting travelers trying to catch a plane protest added 90 minutes. the union said the vote was illegal and aviation safeguard is not paying a living wage under the city ordinary ordinary. most workers got a raise. but it's good for the union. people missed their flights, the union spokesman told them it was an fortunate inconvenience. here is the explanation and company response. >> they serve the public and they are proud about the job. fortunately, they have been forced to take extreme measures because otherwise nobody is listening to them. airport is not listening to them. mayor of the city is not listening to them. they need extreme action. >> the employees in a majority voted they did not want be part of the seiu anymore. we don't have a dispute. the empl

dicen que te lo van a dar supuestamente manana, despues dicen el jueves y asi nos estan trayendo" seiuescab enterprises en el departamento de trabajo... ...la relacion extramarital ...la relacion extramarital en la que esta involucrado el exdirector de la cia, david petraus es investigado por el fbi, pues se quiere saber si se puso en riesgo la seguridad nacional, en caso de que la mujer posea informaciÓn clasificada. desde tampa florida, yidel tejada con mas informacion. yisel..buenas noches. gracias, el escándalo amoroso que sacudió al gobierno estadunidense y le costo la renuncia al director de la cia david petraeus se dio a conocer después de que una mujer de tampa, florida dio aviso al fbi tras recibir correos electrónicos amenazantes enviados por la supuesta amante del general.. veamos.. la residencia de jill kelly, de 37 años de edad, la mujer quien fue identificada como la víctima del ciberacoso que originó la resignación de david petraeus, esta tarde estaba rodeada por los medios de comunicaciones.kelly de orig, reside en tampa, junto a su esposo y tres hijas a traves de un co

dicen que te lo van a dar supuestamente manana, despues dicen el jueves y asi nos estan trayendo" seiu queja contra escab enterprises en el departamento de trabajo... noticias washington trato de contactar a la empresa escab enterprises, pero hasta el momento no hemos recibido ningun comentario...el reciente cambio de hora significa que la oscuridad llega una hora antes a la region... con la disminucion de visibilidad en mente, los oficiales de seguridad estan instando a los conductores, peatones y ciclistas de la region, a obedecer las senales de transito y tener especial cuidado en las interseccion es... la iniciativa es parte de la campana de educacion publica patrocinada por los gobiernos del distrito de columbia, maryland y virginia.. la nueva campana sera lanzada el proximo miercoles en el condado de loundoun, virginia... ...el pasado sabado se llevo una caminana para recaudar fondos para la asocacion americana del corazon.. miles de personas se dieron cita en el estadio de los nacionales para ser parte de esta noble causa.. en todo el pais, mas de un millon de personas participa

at 6:00 this morning, seiu members blocked the gates to the port, preventing trucks from dropping off or picking up loads. many drivers are independent contractors, don't get paid unless they deliver. >> i'm not really happy, what can we do. >> it is a short week already only two days to work then we are off thursday and friday because of the holiday. so, not good. >> reporter: and you lose how much? >> about $400. >> i feel bad about that but i feed to fight for my rights i've been working here a long time and i earn my money. >> reporter: she works as a custodian at the airport run by the port of oakland. officials say some make as much as $90,000 a year with full benefits and the port canned afford that any longer and -- can't afford that any longer. and needs employees to contribute. >> that allow people to retire at 50 and receive paid medical care for them and their dependent the rest of their life. those many programs are no longer sustainable. >> they have plenty of money in reserve, plenty of surplus money to just say we tone want to give you any of that, -- to say we don't w

at 6:00 this morning, seiu members blocked the gates to the port, preventing trucks from dropping off or picking up loads. many drivers are independent contractors, don't get paid unless they deliver. >> i'm not really happy, what can we do. >> it is a short week already only two days to work then we are off thursday and friday because of the holiday. so, not good. >> reporter: and you lose how much? >> about $400. >> i feel bad about that but i feed to fight for my rights i've been working here a long time and i earn my money. >> reporter: she works as a custodian at the airport run by the port of oakland. officials say some make as much as $90,000 a year with full benefits and the port canned afford that any longer and -- can't afford that any longer. and needs employees to contribute. >> that allow people to retire at 50 and receive paid medical care for them and their dependent the rest of their life. those many programs are no longer sustainable. >> they have plenty of money in reserve, plenty of surplus money to just say we tone want to give you any of that, -- to say we don't w

butt port has been taking money out of our pockets now for about a year. >> reporter: members of seiu 1021 and the port have been deadlocked over a new contract for more than 200 clerical workers, electricians and other staff. shutting down shipping terminal wases a necessary step even if it means some truckers were caught in the middle. we're told port operations could be back up and running by 7:00 tonight. port officials and union leaders are scheduled to meet at the end of this month. >> workers from oakland international airportal took part in today's strike. many of those on the picket line were food and beverage workers who participated withforce, security electricians and maintenance workers. >> nurses at bay area hop hospitals are striking trying to push a new contract offer. it's the seventh strike in three months. nurses picketed at 10 hospitals across the bay area. two in san jose run by healthcare corporation of america. the other eight are sutter hospitals. nurses say the last offer has been on the table now for the past four months. the key issues are healthcare for par

howard was on the staff of seiu local 50, and as an organizer and community representative wa one of the first in the country to unite lgbt and labor struggles and educate both movements about the other. he retired in 2001 but he remained active until the very end of his life. and one of howard's greatest achievements was actually the formation[jdf of an organizatn that united both lgbt and labor movements he founded gay and lesbian labor alliance with international secretary treasurer of the office and travel)!:::op employees union, y wolfer in the mid-1980's. that evolved into pride at work, an lgbt labor associated affiliated with afl-cio and howard served as vice president until before his death. howard is preceded in death by his parents and his older brother john of denver. he is survived by his sister barbara, nieces linda, gwen, the social movements that he led and those that continue to howard was that unique individual that remained true to his beliefs throughout his life. and i think that those of us who know him can fairly say that he certainly made the world ah nj be

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seiu is hoping other unions such as teamsters will join them today and not cross the picket line. occupy oakland has plans to help them maintain a line here at the pore. the goal is to stop work here -- here at the port of oakland they say they will get started in 30 minutes. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> there's another strike for in morning, nurses at 10 sutter health hospitals plan to protest what they say are cuts to standards and benefits, 1500 nurses will hold a one day strike another 3300 will strike for two days. we have a full list of locations on abc7news.com. click on see it on tv. >>> we continue to follow breaking news redwood city, crews on the scene of a water main break nascent water gushing too the streets on brewster and warren, near the san mateo county government center. two homes are flooded, crews are using pumps to remove water from the base s of those two homes. police are diverting traffic. fire officials tell us the water came from an eight inch main,. >> san jose diocese says the pastor of st. francis cabrini school is stepping down as it released copie

among them mary kay henry internationale president of the service employees international union, the seiulcome to the program. >> thank you. >> eliot: is this cliff, we prefer to call it a slope on this show, is it being overrated? is there hysteria being created to get a compromise around the wrong issues? >> yes, i completely agree with your discussion that you just had with congressman defazio. this conversation needs to be how increased revenue helps us spur economic recovery by getting americans back to work, and job creation has to be our number one priority. this discussion of cuts to programs that elders count on in our country, we need to get off this table so we can focus on a robust economic recovery once and for all. >> eliot: i'm one that agrees that down the road in the long term, maybe even in the medium term we've got tough issues we got to deal with. >> yes. >> eliot: but right now we have a crisis of job creation. it's a growth crisis. look at europe and understand that you embrace austerity as an answer you push yourself further and further into the abyss. i'm mystified

seiu is hoping other unions like the teamsters will join them and help stop the flow of work. occupy oakland has put out a plea for supporters of that movement to come out and join them. this is scheduled to get started at 6:00 this morning. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> another strike set for today, starting 7:00 this morning, nurses at 10 sutter health hospitals plan to protest what they say are cuts to patient care standards and nurses' benefits. 1500 nurses will hold a one-day strike. another 3300 will strike for two days at eight sutter hill hops. the hospitals are hiring replacement workers. we'll have a full list of those locations on abc7news.com. see on it on tv. >>> catholic diocese says the pastor of cabrini school is stepping down as it releases copy of a letter that allowed a registered sex offender to volunteer at a children's event. >> reporter: the diocese of san jose won't say why father lieu vu is stepping down one month after an incident that left parents outraged. during the school's festival fundraiser a group of parents noticed that mark gurries, registe

about 220 members of seiu including janitors and clerical workers have been negotiating for a year. they say the port has not been up front. >> the port is addressing financial sustainability across the company. we have $850 million in unfunded liabilities and capital budget needs. >> reporter: picketing at the airport last night continues today as travelers gear up for the thanksgiving rush. operations there have not been affected. at the port, it is a slow day. >> i will stay here for a couple of more hours and then go home. that's all i can do. >> reporter: and some of the truck drivers i spoke with this morning tell me they are losing about $300 to $500 a day just sitting around. they will be glad when it is over. the strike will end at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you very much. we move to another strike. this morning, nurses from ten local hospitals are on strike. that includes san jose nurses. 1,500 nurses in the good samaritan and regional medical center taking part in a one-day strike. they have been negotiating since may. in

the seiu, actually, doesn't make it to the top spenders but had an 85% success rate because what do they do? they focused on getting out the vote and organizational ground game. >> ground, ground. >> look at the up ins and it's astonishing and i'm reminded of the moment on fox news and election night when karl rove was contesting ohio being called, by fox news, for the president maegyn kellys goes bak to to the guy whose called and said they're not listening to karl. that could have been the motto for the election, they're not listening to karl. >> i have a quasi countervaluing view, he said we levelled the playing field. no, they didn't. they tilted the playing field. if i was karl rove, and i'm glad i'm not the argument the $350 million they spent may -- was a point or two, so barack obama going into the fiscal cliff, everything else, instead of winning with 52% of the vote he won with 51, 50%, whatever. they forced the seiu and other groups to spend tens and hundreds of millions of dollars, too and it what's disproportionate about it, it was a couple of what i call venting billionaire

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> dramatic home video captured a pretty close call in texas. a small plane clipped an suv as it was coming in for a landing. a student pilot was at the helm. his wife was recording the lesson when it happened. the plane's landing gear was ripped off. part of the suv's roof collapsed but nobody was hurt. the couple in the suv describes the scene. >> it was like a hawk with the talons copping in scooping up the car and then the talons breaking off. >> i saw it about a second before it hit. i was opening my mouth to go duck, the next thing you know there's shattering. >> the suv was on an access road next to the airport when the plane clipped them. the faa is investigating. >> the 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild dog exhibit at a pittsburgh zoo was killed by the dogs. the medical examiner's report released today says the little boy was mauled after he fell into the exhibit. it happened yesterday. the boy's mother placed her son on a wooden rail so he could see better when he lost his balance. witnesses say he bounced off a net to

these are members of seiu local 1020. >> christie, if you can hear us, we might want to get you on a stick mike and continue this but this wind is just dominating. we'll work on getting better audio and check back where you can see the picketing is under way. we'll keep you posted on that. >> a lot of activity out there so we'll continue to follow that story. >>> new video to show you in redwood city. a water main break buck ed the intersection of brewster avenue and warren street. it's close to el camino real. water from an eight-inch line flooded two garages. no other damage has been reported. the busted pipe also causing a five-foot sinkhole on west 11th street near york street in pittsburg. crews have shut off water in the neighborhood while they repair the water main and try to fill that hole. >>> right now we have breaking news out of israel where a man armed with a knife and an ax attacks a security guard at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv this morning. the guard was slightly hurt in the leg but was able to fire a warning shot into the air and they were able to catch that suspect

members of seiu local 1020 started a picket line at the oakland airport yesterday. they'll expand it here today. that happening during the busy thanksgiving travel week. this involves electricians, plumbers and others. the workers are saying that they want the port to come back to the table to negotiate a contract. they have been without one for 17 months. they say the port hasn't been up front about its finances, that some of the leaders here are spending when they are being asked not to spend or ask for money. the port denies that saying that it is having its financial challenges. still, union officials say that they can shut down the shipping operations this morning. they plan to have workers at the gate within the next hour. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> it is 5:06 right now. meteorologist christina loren, correct me if i'm wrong, i believe you were quoting some singer, carpenter, miss carpenter earlier. >> i'm a big fan. not a fan of cleaning the carpet by any means, let's not confuse the two. i was saying it's only just beg

i wanted to thank his former seiu local 250 ac activist colleagues kathy lip scom for watching out for him so long but other activists like tab, eileen, his susan, carl, and the whole pride at work community for really making sure he was cared for in his last days as well. i wanted to say that i had tremendous respect for him as an organizer but especially as a person with a long view of movement building. and i wanted÷apx? to ask if i cd also be added on the in memoriamium for howard but also for farley. he had a wonderful memorial last night in the green money. listens of 91.7 fm and the staff and all the volunteers from that great radio station as well. thank you. >> clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor mar. mr. president, seeing no other names on the roster that concludes roll call for introductions. >> president chiu: colleagues, why don't we recall supervisor olague's item which is item 16. madam clerk, did you call that item? >> clerk calvillo: yes, mr. president. it is now on the floor. >> president chiu: supervisor olague. >> supervisor olague: there were a few -- this is int

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these workers are represented by the seiu the clerical and us towed y'all workers for the port of oakland, up -- upset about what the port wants them to contribute to their retirement they say they don't think the port is bargaining fairly the port says it is. this strike blocks independent contractors so they are losing money as they stan here unable if get in. workers say they realize that but -- but feel like this is worth it. >> only two days to work and then we off thursday and friday because of the holiday. not good. >> reporter: you lose how much? >> about $400. >> this is a small minor of people losing money. they are trying to take a bunch of money from us. they all knew we were striking. we had a strike vote. weeks ago it was approved by members by over 90%. this has been a well publicized strike. >> reporter: there's also a large group picketing at the oakland airport they started there last night, plan if go throughout the day, they want you to -- plan to go throughout the day they want you to see them, they have no intention of keeping you from getting on to your holiday dest

. >> reporter: but members of seiu called this action a shot to protest what they consider unfair labor practices at the port of oakland. >> the idea of shutting down the port was to let them know we're serious. we don't feel like they've be taking us seriously. long shoreman at the port honored the strike so ships had no one to unload containers. port officials called it an unfortunate disruption. >> after about 8 months of association we reached a tentative agreement with which their membership rejected. >> reporter: back out here live the picket line is breaking up. union officials say they could be back at the bargaining table a couple times before the month is over. we're still gathering reaction to this late development. we're putting that together for 6:00. >> the port of oakland operates oakland international airport. workers there began picketing the 3:00 a.m. this morning hoping to capitalize on the holiday traffic. many of the picketers are food and beverage organizers who participated in solitarity with the janitors, security, electricians and maintenance workers. >> very fr

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> there's still a lot of uncertainty in new york city following the devastation from superstorm sandy. >> at the same time we're also hearing stories of human kindness. tonight on "rock center" with brian williams, we'll see how "30 rock" star alec baldwin is helping his neighbors. natalie morales has the story. >> reporter: after sandy struck much of the lower part of manhattan, it was plunged into darkness. alec baldwin and his wife moved to a hotel to weather the storm. but soon returned to their apartment to help their neighbors. >> in the building we live in, which is a 12-story building with a pent house, in the village they have a lot of elderly people, with no elevator service. as you can see, there's no power here in the east village anywhere. so in our building, you can assume that people who were elderly can't go up and down the stairs to get meals, water, any prescriptions. even if they could get them. walk their dogs. so we volunteered to come today to stand by for a couple of hours, especially during the mealtime, and

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> d.c.ice were out in full force for the am georgetown halloween festivities. they made their presence felt early and often to keep things from getting out of control to avoid a scene like this one last year what a shooting marred the celebration. audrey barnes is live right now. >> reporter: you can see over my shoulder that there are a lot of police out here. they are determined to stay ahead of any troublemakers. here is the real story of georgetown halloween. all the revelers determined to have fun, under the watchful eye of d.c. plays who want to make sure that all the visitors get home safely. >> happy halloween. >> the party atmosphere was in full force in georgetown. people wearing costumes. >> aim bumblebee. >> do you have any special super powers? >> not tonight. >> happy halloween. >> first timers said it was definitely worth the trip. >> we hear that people wear a lot of cool costumes and everybody is really friendly so we decided to come and check it out four ourselves. >> d.c.

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> starting today, it's going to cost big bucks to have bags on your spirit airlines flight. they are going to charge $100 for passengers who check their bags at the gate. they are known to charge a lot for bags to make up for the cheap flights. it makes you pay $35 for a checked bag. >>> investors on wall street are watching the presidential election closely today, real closely. let's check in with cnbc. we have more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> hello to you, keith. stocks are higher today. investors wait for the outcome of the election. i's expected to be a close call. the nasdaq is higher by a half percent. real estate data provider says home prices jumped 5% in september compared with a year ago. it's the largest year over year increase since 2006. it's more evidence of the housing recovery. checking your price at the pump this election day, aaa says the national average for regular gas dropped another penny to $3.46 a gallon. apple gained out of the gate after the ipad mini was practically sold out.

the poll it does in partnership with the daily coast and the services employee international union seiu ugov was third. ipsos/reuters and purple strategies round out the top five. bottom of the list includes famous ones. rasmussen, gallup, npr, national journal. last place, "associated press" poll conducted by g.f.k. larry sabato tell us what happened. some pollsters thought turn huff out in election would look more like 2004 when bush won than 2008 when obama won. this caused them to overestimate romney's likely vote in the swing states. they were wrong. those who rejected electorate in 2008 were right. lesson learned all around. poll aggregator real clear politics was not part of the study. but it correctly predicted every state with florida still undecided. the biggest money loser in the general election campaign was casino mogul sheldon addleson who spent $53 million on the romney effort as well as funding senate and house races off. of his candidates lost except one. nevada senator-elect dean heller defeated addleson foe shelly berkeley, a democrat. forbes put it in perspective. $5

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> hello, everybody. welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. already dark out there. 52 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 9 miles an hour. we continue with clouds and showers. 51 in fort belvoir. 50 out towards camp springs. prince george's county, seeing shower activity. also down to waldorf, in la plata. this shower activity continuing to move out of the region. most of the night tonight should be back on the dry side. once again, some of the heavier showers along 301, and back towards the west along

there's other groups supporting the afl-cio, seiu, afscme, if you will, so they're no strangers at organizings, getting community people, if you will. for example, the demonstration here, well a local minister leading some of his church groups. there's no aneck dote. they bussed in 250 to 300 folks. they -- we had a nice demonstration here, loud, noisy, if you will, and it was a road show. they're moving on to other wall martz in the area. >> but the point is they're not walmart workers. is that what we're seeing? >> exactly. however, among the folks you sea demonstrating there were wall matt employees from other stores. >> okay. >> we talked to a couple of them after the demonstration was over. >> thank you very much. see you later. >>> we go if there to california, where we talk you outside the walmart walkout there? >> greg fletcher we've already spoken to and member of the our walmart movement. he was scheduled to work yesterday and today, but instead he has decided to protest. he joins us from the walmart store in paramount, california. good to join us once again. how many workers are jo

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> in less than 24 hours, the polls will open on election day, the presidential race likely to be decided by a few battleground states, including, of course, virginia. >> latest polls show them in a virtual tie in the commonwealth. julie carey is in fairfax where mitt romney was making his final pitch today. julie? >> reporter: well, in the quiet you see outside the patriots center right now is not representative of what it was like most of the day. it was busy and it was noisy. mitt romney supporters seemed determined to show there is not an enthusiasm gap on their side as they hope to put virginia back in the republicans' column tomorrow. this final day of campaigning brought mitt romney one of his largest and loudest rallies in virginia. >> if anyone wants to know where the energy is, if anyone out there that's following american politics wants to know where the energy is, just come right here in this room and you'll see it. >> reporter: and their cheers grew louder when ann romney asked this question. >> are we going to be neigh

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> it's a ballot question that hasn't gotten much attention this fall. question 1 in virginia would put limits on the power of eminent domain. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey tells us what virginia voters need to know before tuesday. >> reporter: you'd never know dale swanson's secluded six-acre property is next to the spitz'll vania mall. and on may 5th, 2005 a planned mall and road expansion suddenly shattered the tranquility here. swanson was stunned to find bulldozers outside tearing up her property and her private road. >> they cut down trees. they bulldozed trees down. and the biggest thing is they destroyed my road. >> reporter: years later swanson is still fighting to be reimbursed for the damage. the experience has made her a fierce advocate for question 1 on the virginia ballot. the constitutional amendment would only allow eminent domain powers. the taking or damaging of private property when it's for public use, not for any kind of private gain or even economic development. attorney general ken cucanelli is one

seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> apparently the presidential candidates have a reason to keep a close eye on the state of the skins. that's because the skins have historically been a reliable predictor of who wins the white house. in 17 of the past 18 presidential elections, if washington wins their final home game before voting, the incumbent party wins the white house. if they lose, the challenger wins. only time that didn't happen was in 2004. they face the panthers today in what you could call a must win of must wins. at this point they are 3-5 after last week's loss to the steelers and the skins were never in that game. that's the first time this has happened all year. skins only won one game at fed ex field in three tries this season. >> want to be 4-5. we just want to still have that chance, that fighting chance, and i feel like we have that opportunity here. we just have to, you know, take advantage of our opportunities. last week we fell short of that, and what better way to get the taste out your mouth than going out here this sunday and coming up wi