kaiser patient shirley smith says she's been happy with the provider for a quarter century. she has noticed a need for more staff in certain departments recently. >> i think it would be helpful to the patients and to the people who work here. >> the strike is set to go on through 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. a kaiser representative says the strike won't affect patient care were the all the hospitals will stay open today. as for bargaining, workers out here tell us they look forward to going back to the table with kaiser right after today's strike. back to you. >> thank you. >>> another occupy oakland demonstration is planned for monday. now city of oakland has a new plan to avoid a repeat of the violent clashes that erupted between police and protesters i've the weekend. some oakland streets looked like a battle field saturday after protesters tried to break into the old kaiser convention center and laid siege to city hall. when it was over, oakland police arrested 400 people. now the city says it will try to get stay away orders against 100 protesters who have been arrested

he pleaded guilty to second- degree murder in the death of shirley smith. he was convicted of another murder in a killing 2008. the maryland court of appeals overturned the conviction last year. eight maryland state prison inmate faces 20 years of incarceration after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the murder of a cell mate near cumberland. the sentence bush's his expected release date back to the year 200055. -- the sentence pushes his expect to release back to 2050. >> a man is in police custody. police were trying to take shershallan bond-brooks into custody when another man manuel imel attacked one of the officers. authorities were trying to arrests brooks for disorderly conduct. >> a warning for elementary school. there have been several reports of scarlet fever. jennifer franciotti is live at george washington elementary school with more. good morning. >> scarlet fever is caused by the same bacteria that causes strep throat. health officials are sending a letter home and warning parents the types of symptoms to watch out for. three kids in

shirley mclane is joining the cast of "downton abbey." she will play the mother of lady grantham. maggie smith'sracter is about to get, quote, a wonderful combatant. >>> lots of heated but cordial discussion in our newsroom today over this next item. a study from the u.k. that says women are better at parking than men. they studied surveillance film and watched how people parked. they say while it takes women longer on average than men to park, women are also better at finding empty spots. this is tough to take for a lot of people. i would remind you, this is a british study. they drive on the wrong side of the road to begin with and your results may vary. >>> up next here tonight after a break, loving helpers for wounded warriors. chelsea kinte tells us about want one making a big difference. told me i have an irregular heartbeat,r the day my r c tells us about want one making a big difference. l t one making a big difference. int want one making a big difference. n tells us about want one making a big difference. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by

smith, by the way. he runs things around here. there we go. we have people voting over there. 29, 30. right, shirley? >> yes, sir. >> he's 30. and we're expecting a lot more. you heard otis smith, after breakfast we'll get a bunch more people here voting because this is a bell bl wetter county probably where the decision will be made. >> there's a slot machine in las vegas called big bertha, those big slot machines, that's what they call them, seriously. that's a common name i guess. >> same thing. >> thanks, don. >> same concept. >> slot machines, counting votes, gambling, politics, thank you. we'll talk to you later. >>> newt gingrich has been surging in the last few days in south carolina. making this a real horse race. cnn political editor paul steinhauser with the cnn election express in downtown columbia, south carolina. paul, thanks for joining us. what are we hearing from the candidates about what they expect today? >> you know, gary, i have to say i think don lemon had a lot of cups of coffee. no quail hunting here. we're at the university of south carolina campus downtown. expectations, newt gingrich very happy. he