organizations in five key cities around the country. >> glenn: got it? labor unionl-cio. labor workers, union members, afl-cio members. are you a communist? do you believe that the best thing that can happen to this world is the destruction of the united states of america? because that is who your labor union and richard trumka is in bed with. when will you hear that? we on this program predicted death panels would result from government healthcare. we have didn't talk about them as death panels. it was the complete lives system. we talked about it in a completely reasonable and rational way, complete lives system was proposed by white house advisor ezekiel emanuel. we showed you the charts. it shows in a shortage of cash or an emergency who would get treatment and who wouldn't? not the old people, not the very young. we talked about it extensionively on the program. sarah palin coined the phrase "death panel" and did it on facebook. the left said fear mongering, told you not to listen. here is paul krugman this weekend on abc news. listen. >> if the commission isn'

the process. this was an intensive process and every unit signed off. someone was excluded? >> good afternoon, supervisors. supervisor elsbernd domino union was excluded from the process. the process began at the labor unions. we have worked for nearly 12 months on the negotiations. labour would like this to go to this. >> was this agreed to buy at the bargaining unit? >> police, fire, service workers, management. >> we are not here to solve internal problems. our job is not to placate the internal issue. >> it is time to hear it out. >> we will be entering into the bargaining. this makes it fairly clear what they are. this is also what the number of bargaining units are. the changes greatly reduces the number of potential that can be challenged and indeed will be in a very unstable situation. this is very outdated and now conflicts with state law. the credibility and responsibility to our labor partners, they are also on board and they deserve to benefit from the change that will be brought to. if we knew that one week would take, and this is before the other labor issues. >> i am wondering if i could get some information about what the harm would be. what would be the heart of waiting? >> it was a

hats off to the team and our partners, the labor union, folks in the front line doing the streets weeping. and pass off to our -- hats off to our guru. the park scores have also improved. we are seeing that trend now for five years. one of the big passions was parks, of course, passing those has helped substantially to move us in the right direction. there was a major reorganization last year, and they said this is going to turn back the clock. we had to make some tough decisions, but we proved again that the commission, we can move at a different direction. we saw the highest scores in five years in the quality of our parks. 90 parks got a score of the highest number we have ever gotten. one of the things i am very proud of, a number of years ago, we had a weekly videos for some of the lower part scores, the f's, d's, or c's. we went from 66 parts that received the lowest and is now the 14 parts that are receiving failing grades. there were as much as 66 just a short time ago. real progress, to very important reports -- two very important reports. i wanted to highlight that this week. an

although we ran a very good campaign, and i'm very appreciative to all of the people here, from the labor unions -- especially 1021 -- who helped us -- [applause] thank you. through the business community, we were supported by democrats, republicans, and greens. we got great support from the other hospital. many people from ucsf are here today, our sister institution, all of home relief help us, but that was not why we got 84.3% of the vote. we got it because the people who work here, the care that is provided, and what people know about san francisco general for over 100 years. [applause] that is something that we can be very proud of, just walking around today. and i'm sure that many of you have noticed that, that it is, for us, like a homecoming of all sorts. my first day in san francisco general hospital was as a medical intern. i still remember the exact date -- june 21, 1986. right here in the mission emergency room. and at the same time with pat carr, who is here, who was starting as a nurse in the emergency room at about the same time that i was. we are all family. jane o'connell is here

. >> in alameda county the labor unions headed out to knock on doors and meet voters face-to-face. pete stark facing a re-election challenge himself rallied volunteers with an anti-republican pep talk. >> the program that they are out is to embarrass the president, to calls the democratic program to fail. we can't let that happen. >> now for carley fiorina, the pressure is on with just two days left in this election season. she's trailing barbara boxer in the polls, the most recent one shows her trailing with 41% to boxer's 49%. reporting in walnut creek, abc7 news. >> thank you. and california voters will start going to the polls in a little more than 48 hours to decide who will be the next governor. polls show democrat jerry brown with a ten-point lead over republican meg whitman. he believes his 8 years of governor and experience as attorney general give him the edge. supporters rallied for him today. >> i'm ready. one thing i know, i know where all the bodies are buried over there under the capital. i know where all the skeletons are, as a matter of fact. in fact, i created some

presented his deal to a democratic congress, they did not want it because of the auto industry and the labor unions. obama, not because of ego, but because of politics, try to get more -- >> margaret wanted to talk about india. >> and he did not get eight pit the end result was the same. he feel that he should not have failed. he set himself up for failure. >> i agree, you don't want to lose face when you are in korea. charles, even you must appreciate the warming of relations with india. the india trip was a great thing, and that is one path forward -- >> so you read my column in which i praised his actions? >> i did not read your column, but nina told me. [laughter] >> as moynihan said, "i read it, but not personally." >> let me say one thing about korea. i agree that he probably should not have gone into a meeting where there was not going to be a deal. but you seem to like the deal that the bush administration negotiated i don't think that kind of deal is feasible in the current economic times. >> speaking of the bush administration, former president george w. bush comes out of retirement with

how do you balance the needs of labor unions and strong properties? >> i am from labor but we need to do more local hiring in san francisco and any city with major projects on the line. there is a way to strike a balance, with working men and women having a place at the table as we move forward. a number of percentages are there people are considering. supervisor campos: anything else? i wanted to ask you something many people have been thinking about. we had the tragedy that happened down south with the gas pipelines and explosions. do you have any thoughts about this? we in san francisco are doing what we can to make sure this doesn't happen. we recognize there are other agencies, federal and state, with a role in that. do you believe the san francisco pc can make sure we are doing everything we can to prevent it. >> i have a lot of thoughts about that. my heart goes out to the families at san bruno. this is the infrastructure that needs to be replaced. the puc needs a broader relationship with the state puc. i think we have to enforce the law and ha

freedom coalition, susan b anthony and others, if they can become a conservative analog to what the labor unions and civil rights organizations have done to turn out minority and union households this has huge long-term implications for our politics because this constituency, as i said, is bigger than either of those constituencis. and my view is the 20 years from now, you're going to have the social conservative equivalent of an nra or an afl-cio or an afscme. and there are going to be contacting and turning out and not registering millions but tens of millions of voters. what does that mean long term? what that probably means you have more democrats are going to go, we better figure out how to appeal to those voters. if they keep kicking away those voters 78-22 it will be hard for them to win statewide races as glen pointed out in the heartland and in the south. do you have a follow-up. >> if i could. there are a number of prominent evangelicals, say the more thee logical side than political said warn against coming into the tea party ideology in terms of things like, albert moler talked about

he will be under tremendous pressure from the labor unions and from the auto industry. i think a trade agreement that he can pass without democratic votes but with the republican votes and really get a bipartisan across the aisle win this early is essential for his own best interest. >> bret: steve? >> talk about a place where there is common ground and demonstrate if there is a new president obama that we're seeing hit the action. i think this would be an opportunity and it look like he's missed it temporarily. >> the troubling aspects are the complaints from the south korea side they weren't provide u.s. demand in enough time to go over there and think about how they could reach a compromise. if that is true, that is a de stating report, that if they didn't get them in time and they didn't know the details of what they'd be asking. that is why it fell apart, and that would be a problem. >> bret: in the meantime, charles, u.s. is starting to affect china. in what is called manipulation of the currency but they're accused of manipulating the own currency with a federal

this is the labor union rally in d.c. response to 8-28. tides center. soros group. o.s.i. donated to the ruckus society, environmental justice group known for their agresstive tactics. remember, the guy i told you about last night causing all the riots in seattle? then o.s.i. donates several groups trying to get me off the air. faith in o.s.i. you have sojourners, of course. they're calling for my head. media matters. all of them out of the pocket of george soros. mark my words. i believe i said this for two years on inflation. massive inflation will come. you are beginning to see it now. staged demonstrations and riots in the streets. you will see them here. what you are seeing today in the u.k., students demonstrating in the streets. that is a demonstration, by the way. they will come here, too. what are they rioting about? that they're cutting services at school and raising tuition. they will come, be orchestrated and funded or exploited by soros-like groups. if you're watching this show, and george soros is the puppet master so i'm sure he is having somebody else watch

democrats to demonize china on trade and jobs issues because they play to their base which are the labor unions and it's always easy for republicans to demonize china on security and foreign policy issues because they play to the defense industry which is building weapons to combat that threat so both sides have a good reason to demonize china neither side has a really good reason to praise try to work constructively with china that's the administration's job and they're fighting both fronts they're fighting both democrats and republicans and they're fighting uphill on both fronts now i want to bring up another issue now we have senator lindsey graham who was discussing iran and iran also is everyone's favorite bad guy these days and he said that we should not just neutralize their nuclear program but we should sink their navy destroy their air force deliver a decisive blow to the revolutionary guard. in other words neuter that regime i mean not to me just feels like a little bit of irresponsible dangerous language don't you think it's very responsible because we don't have the capability to do

you have the labor union saying it's unacceptable. someone on the right saying tax increases are in here. we can't go for that. what's likely to happen, some set of proposals that do not get the 14 votes necessary, but nonetheless, get the ball rolling on a discussion that is likely too proceed for a couple of years and not be resolved until after the next presidential election, in my view. >> all right. john harwood, cnbc's chief washington correspondent on capitol hill. thanks very much. >> reporter: you bet. >>> staying on the tax front, the tax adviser to president obama signaling the white house may bend on the bush tax rates saying that extending the rates for the wealthy may be the only way to ensure the middle class keeps their tax relief from the last ten years too. here's what david axelrod told the "huffington post." we have to deal with the world as we find it. i don't want to trade away security for the middle class in order to make that point. john boehner's spokesman this morning says he's happy that the white house agre

and this idea of these big organizations aligned with democrats, the labor union and the trial lawyers and big corporations being aligned with the republicans leaves the american people with no one who's really representing that and i think that is a real pity and it was a shame that they attack each other and don't take shared blame. >> i want to get another quick piece of sound in and i'll ask you for your reaction. it was president bush talking about the tea party. a lot of people suggesting that he sort of was the impetsmpetus the formation of the tea party. here's what he said. >> did you give birth to the tea party? >> i don't think i was that powerful. i think what gave birth to the tea party severe frustrations in the system in general. again, i understand kind of perceptions, the purpose of this book is to state reality. >> did he, do you think, chris, in way give birth to the tea party? there are a lot of republican critics who felt that the republicans had gotten away from their fiscal austerity and i'll ask you about this, too, but what was behind a lot of this. >> sure, th

equity community the element, which is important to me, that balances local hiring with the needs of labor unions. there is tremendous diversity with asian-pacific islanders, latino, african-american, and labour representation with the team proposed to us. i appreciate that. i think the mayor's office has assured us that residents will be appointed as quickly as possible after november 15. i am taking that commitment from their word that it will happen as soon as humanly possible. i wanted to say that some of the applicants i know personally and have had tremendous experience, decades of experience, in communities of color. i give props and respect to community organizing from the district larry del carlo represents. there has been a shake up in housing of the last few years. i close friends -- the agency has turned more toward a developer of housing for more middle-class people and away from one that looks out for the interest of renters in low and -- low-income and immigrant communities. mr. del carlo has lots of experience in the school district and would bring tremendous experience on to the

seven of the city's labor unions have not agreed to some tough measures including a pay freeze as either a 5% pay cut or 12th furlough days per year. the layoffs include 14 fired for jobs, the city faces a $5 million deficit this fiscal year which could balloon to more than $13 million. if the union doesn't agree to take back by december the ninth pink slips will be sent out and be effective in january. a lot picture the store would total about 4:30 p.m. it's a live picture from me to so low refinery in avon he conceived a large plumes of black smoke and there's been flare-up in flames coming from the plant. we were told by has not officials that people with respiratory sensitivity should be careful until they get the matter under control. this is not a call for shelter in place at this time however, as you can see from the large smoke there is concern by residents in the area of north concord, avon and vine hill because they're obviously singapore into the air. it has met teams are on the scene. crews on the scene to work on it we will stay in touch with the issue in keep posted on deve

the labor unions had to make very tough concessions. >> yes they did. >> and i think that's why they're make some progress. >> but the republicans were ready to throw them under the bus, john. you know that. this has been vilified by the right wing talkers as government motors and it's a success story about how government can get involved and help business in this country. >> ed, i think that i came on this show and was in favor of it many years -- a couple of years ago. so i'm kind of not pure on this one when it comes to conservatives. >> okay. all right, darrell issa. this is a comment that he made on "good morning america," ripping on president obama when he was talking about possible investigations coming up. here it is. >> his administration received $700 billion worth of walking around money in the stimulus and used it just that way. a great deal was used for political pay back. his administration has a lot of explaining where the $700 billion went, where investigations that should have gone on, particularly into a.c.o.r.n., an organization that he had passed. should do a lot to

the $60,000 project is being funded by one company and the union is providing the labor. that union is providing san francisco residents with free apprentice training. >>> we have an update on the breaking news we brought you a few minutes ago. it turns out everything is okay at the hillsdale center. there was a report of a gas smell in the mall. the fire department is there checking things out. we did get a call from a shopper who said they are being evacuated but the late word we have right now is that pretty much everything is okay at that mall. >>> san francisco mayor new some is speaking out about the cable car stabbing tonight. what message he's sending to tourists. >>> plus -- >> reporter: find out how facebook is changing. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty in san francisco where thousands of jellyfh have washed ashore mysteriously. we'll tell you why scientists believe we're here coming up. >>> fake is changing things that could affect the way you send e-mail. david stevenson has more. >> reporter: gasia, facebook has about 500 billion worldwide. today only a small po

the labor unions saw this coming early. they have poured money in to try to save democrat seats. and it hasn't been any secret to the news media or the democratic incumbents that this would be a hard year for them because the president's policies are unpopular. >> woodruff: we just heard tim kaine, the chairman of the democratic party, say that what voters have faced this year is a choice between the president's policies and what the republicans are putting forward. how do you see this? >> i think that's very fair of tim. tim and i served four years together as governors. i have great affection for him and respect for them. this, more than any mid-term election that i can recall in my 40 years of politics, is a referendum on the obama policies. if the republicans win the kind of victory that some people talk about, it will have been a repudiation of the obama policies. all this spending, all these gigantic deficits, all this debt, taxes, the american people not only disapprove of that. they know it's not helping the economy. >> woodruff: and yet we also see the polls show that vot

the book. fichlt union leaders told a large labor crowd that the attack on the union in san jose have awakeen aing giant and ready to fight in future budget battle and certainly a budget battle is just around the corner and the cheers you are hearing from this crowd are those who support the union and the labor issues in san jose, this is abc 7 news. >> all right thank you scene 8. when we continues here ton tonight, did the tea party candidate knock off the senate majority lead internevada? and has the witching hour arrived in delaware? latest in all the national races next. >> plus proposition 19 that would legalize marijuana. experts0l say it could turn the state fiscal problems completely around. we have the latest election numbers and live analysis on what and live analysis on what happens if it latest on public instruct head to the brake. tom has 51 percent of the vote over larry with 49 [ male announcer ] weome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, yore free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. suze sz. >> th

as critics cartels us official say city services and jobs will have to be cut across-the-board if labor unions did not take pickups are for. >> the numbers are stark santa clara faces a $5 million deficit this fiscal year it could lead to more than $50 million the next fiscal year according to sec officials. that means cutting fire up to 14 firefighters would lose our jobs. the doors closed indefinitely to libraries. the senior center and a teen center with the cutbacks will mean limited at were spirited city manager office at all told 81 people was our job affecting customer service every department for public safety to electrical repairs. including a freeze on pay increases agreed to buy a contract to a taking a 5 percent cut in pay or to offer rug the year. pink slips " december 8th the no agree is reached last in the first of the year. in santa clara kron 4 news. >> storm tracker 4 radar sing a few light showers for the bay area right now pushing to the north bay. we sit a little bit of rain and santa rosa and not much else anywhere else. in the evening will see increasing showers expected

i am executive director of the san francisco labor council. we represent the union that supports the librarians. we at organized labor usually never fail when we listen to the workers first and make sure their needs are taken into consideration and we do not stray when we are diligent in those matters, and we are here today on behalf of the labor council -- i'm here on behalf of the labor council to support the library commission, and we urge you strongly not to win one of these buildings -- not to landmark these buildings. thank you. >> building and constructions trades council. i am sometimes accused of coming before you only because of the work, and that is really not the case. i make it in principle not to argue on behalf of projects are non-union, and this has been a mixed bag for us. any gains we would make our marginal at best, so i'm here to argue on a different basis. as a san francisco resident and someone who raised his family here in san francisco. you have heard how a library has preserved appleton woolford libraries whenever possible assiduously, but t

some of the city's 10 labor unions have not agreed to cap measures to cut the deficit is a city services including a freeze on pay increases agreed to a contract and taking a 5 percent cut in pay or to offer low days for the year. if no agreement is reached by december 8th the layoffs began after the first of the year. in santa clara craig kron 4 news. >> storm tracker 4 radar couple scattered showers right elbow showers will pick up for the evening. we'll talk me out on future cast in just a few minutes. 24 hours and some apparent missile launch was spotted in southern california we still don't know exactly what it was or who was responsible. there is no missing at these pictures were taken from a television station helicopter at sunset. they show a fiery red trail heading into the sky. the question is to launch it. there's to missile launch sites in the area planning at the air station and an air force base. both sides denied there was any missile tests. the helicopter cameraman's as the launch appeared to originate here just north of catalina island. that could indicate the missile wa

trouble with song groups reportedly planning to stage riots and initially members of the country's largest labor union a flocked to the streets of rome protesting again. the silvio berlusconi government rest is happening in need is more european countries will be on able to handle that debt problem on and is expected to get a bailout of a bra hundred billion u.s. dollars this weekend portugal and spain insist they remain solvent an economist mark its capital your biggest economies won't be able to pay for others' debts. the german taxpayer is no longer willing at least is very very becoming very reluctant to bail out countries like greece where the example of very bad governments and we are no longer willing as an either to bail out our land to fuel the ailing banking sector i think this is a general incentive this umbrella which the. heads of government have created in under the minutes of the president of the european central bank. that everybody wants to be protected and the more it's raining cats and dogs the more they want to be protected and the portuguese. prime minister and the finance ministe