of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the legacy of our health care's industry was the finest philippine nurses. the san francisco bay area philippine american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of nurturing and a passion for life. >> representing the philippine nurses association of northern california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is a story tha

this morning members of the california nurses association ready to march in support of the movement. and most pro testers were still aleap. -- asleep. nurses went on without them. they marched down california street to wells fargo bank. >> this is decent paying jobs, housing. those are the priorities for four. >> the nurses association came with an issue to rally around. attacks on wall street called transaction tax. >> this is a tax on wall street. it's a.05% tax on sales of bonds and stocks. we want that to go to the general fund helping provide health care and education. >> and other unions rallied in l.a. and trance. the g 20 meeting is being held. in that meeting a tax will be on at jenda. england has a similar tax called stamp duty. wall street opposes this tax, so does tim geithner, president obama does not support it. >> if the united states did this people would go to other markets and trade there. and so if you're going to do it, have you to do it everywhere. >> and with a g.o.p. controlled house it would be dead in the water. >> you can't quiet them. you can't tear gas them

the oakland teacher's association. california nurse's association just to name a few and even the port oakland can be affected. >> there was some reference to the november 2nd action. >>> oakland police moved in and cleared the tents out of the ogawa plaza but the results after protest pressured the mayor and they started reappearing a few days later. there are several events starting at 9:00 a.m. assuring there will be a large demonstration here at the plaza and late in the day there are planned events for 5:00 p.m. and a lot of those events are being put on by labor organizations and of course we will have coverage throughout the day, reporting live, kraig debro channel 2 news. >>> today's general call for a strike is getting a mixed response from downtown business owners. many of them are closing, however the port of oakland will remain open despite the closure of one terminal. all city offices will be open and oakland schools will be open even though teachers are putting in for a day of leave. >>> we have been asking you on facebook

the filipino nurses association of california, northern california chapter. no womens' network. the literacy initiatives international foundation. the filipino-american art's exposition. philippine news. the san francisco manila sister city committee. last but not least, the bay area fashion week. we congratulate all the awardees that the certificates of recognition from the office of the mayor, and where most honored to be part of these excellent milestones through our partnership with these organizations. thank you for bringing fame and glory for the filipinos to our community through your work in through your contributions. like modern heroes, you have become the torchbearers for all filipinos. shining your light in who we are, what we're here for, and who we can become. may you all continue to highlight our values, the richness of our culture, and the honor of our people. we only have one wish for all of us global filipinos -- [ speaking foreign language] wherever we are and wherever we go, let's always remember that we are filipino. [speaking foreign lang

supporters like the san francisco labor council, the interfaith coalition, the teachers' union, the nurses association, a number of other organizations around the city. i want to commend the mayor for doing what this resolution urges which is that we have a discussion about how we can use the space and minimize the health and safety concerns and not use any kind of force to dislodge the occupation because that will only lead to tensions that would make it difficult. i think the mayor for coming. i think it is significant that the mayor has made these that an it is worth mentioning. thank you. i also want to thank the promise of a been going above board and working around the clock and make sure that this area is safe. supervisor kim has played a large role. there are a number of members that were there and is prevented any real action from happening. the presence of ourselves with the interface organization, all work together to prevent what happened and i want to thank the mayor for not moving forward with the rate. -- the raid. thank you for your consideration. [applause] >> we have a role within th

the american association of cardiovascular rehabilitation. the american college of preventative medicine, the american lung association, the american nurses association. those nurses have held those babies. how much time remains on our side? the presiding officer: the senator's time is five seconds. mrs. boxer: i hope we will resoundingly vote down the paul resolution. pyrite the senator's time is expired. who yields time? mr. paul: i rise, mr. president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from kentucky is recognized. mr. paul: i rise in support of clean air, clean water, electricity and jobs. interestingly, the other

the strike day is supposed to be for everyone, the teacher's strike is supported by the nurse's association and they are actually not telling people to miss work but they are saying there are events planned between 5:00 and 7:00 and on into the evening and they are encouraging people to attend. we know some longshoremans told us, they had heard from some of their terminals. >> our seven marine terminals, we have heard from one of them they decided to shut down in recommends to the november 2nd action. >> police officers said not only are you not allowed to do that but your days off have all been canceled and it sends a message, we are part of the establishment. >> so the police union, the oakland police officers association is issuing an open layer to the public calling on the mayor to be more decisive and you heard him refur to the point that they were let down within 24 hours. a lot of businesses have complained and their business has been down since the encampment has been there. i just got done talking with occupied oakland and they denied it was the case and they said they didn't belie

. >> reporter: the came nurses' association is also supporting the strike and is encouraging its members to join its noon rally at both stages, a labor rally scheduled for 5:00 p.m. you can probably see not only at 14th and broadway, but the gathering directly in front of frank ogawa plaza. we'll have reporters all over this. so tune into the news at 5:00. reporting live from oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the traffic and buses are being diverted in the downtown area because of the march and protest there. the main protest there as we saw in kraig's report is frank ogawa plaza. that's normally a busy bus transfer location, and ac transit buses are being rerouted. police say they are -- they will not bother the protesters as long as the demonstration remains peaceful. >> the oakland police department is prepared to respond to protect life and property. the oakland police department will continue to place the highest value on policing in a manner that is both constitutional and ethical. >> the police -- the oakland police department has been under intense scrutiny for the t

i'm joined by randy howl with the california nurses association. thanks for meeting with us. this financial tax so important? >> reporter: the financial tax is so important to us and the 99% of america. it's going to generate $350 billion a year to go back into the general fund to provide healthcare for all and dignity, jobs, to provide quality public education, to provide a healthier environment, to keep people in their houses, to keep people in their jobs, to stop these furloughs. >> reporter: let me ask you this question. there are two democratic congressmen who have introduced legislation yesterday, it hasn't gained a lot of support and this kind of legislation hasn't gained support in the past. so why now? why do you think it will make a difference? >> it has not gained a lot of support in that 1%. it's very popular in the 99% of americans. we just need to get word out and what exactly we're going to do. once the 99% of us get united, it's -- "occupy" is everywhere right now, as you know, and we are in it for the long run. >> reporter: also, you guys are in front of well

one point eight billion dollars over the next decade and here's a chart this is from the national nurses association the church shows how a national single payer system would not only replace all the jobs lost in the last year the bush administration the two point six million jobs and medicare and. it's over here and. look at the economic stimulus the citi group bailout cost us three and this is for a national health care program the secret to our cost is three hundred fifty one billion they made for america. this is two hundred thirty billion causes one hundred sixty eight billion edgy cost is one hundred fifty billion to cover every single american with a national health care program cost sixty three billion dollars i wouldn't say it is and i do that and i think no one first first we'll go back go back to that chart if you go back really quickly i am not in favor of any of those bailouts and i'll sure as heck not in favor of any kind of health care plan that forces me into contract b. of the barrel of a gun it's just wrong you know i'm talking about national. analysts that the heritage foundation

welcome michael whitely lighting excuse me national policy director for national nurses united in the california nurses association michael welcome thank you tom great see you again thank you great to have you back with us and so first of all tell me what is happening tomorrow tomorrow we're going to be in front of the treasury department as you said to demand that president obama support a financial transaction tax we're going to have nurses from all over the country we're going to have union members are going to community folks we're going to have occupiers there and we're going to be a law for you at square there we're going to be in front of the white house and we're going to be in front of treasury putting these guys on the hot seat they've got to decide which side they're on yellow street or main street there you go and these guys being president obama and timmy geithner. hearing are why you know you know some people look at those and they go ok the v. major proponents the largest organization in the loudest group they're calling for a financial transaction tax or what used to be called a step tax security t

>>pam: the california nurses association is joining the fight. >>reporter: 8/ma put on a dramatically choreographed dance performance that was somewhere between art and entertainment. a performance that left the smelling crowd marched to the streets. but as the evening fell, it was clear turmoil and confrontation was still part of the occupy oakland movement. >> san francisco public works crews removed dozens of camps in two cities today. >> we shamed them into not taking our stuff by simply chanting shame, shame, not your job go home. >>reporter: the department of works of arrived and ask them to take down their tents. >> they had no legal right to touch eighth hint that was not theirs--touch a tent that was not theirs. >> both camps were attacked at the same time it was a split of the movement. people did not know where to go. >>reporter: while the crew is left the two main tents they did ask people to remove dozens of tents from this grassy area an area considered to be a health hazard after feces and trash were left here. dtw put up the sign

examples of it i just met yesterday with a wonderful woman donna smith who works for the california nurses association who are fighting for medicare for all she has given up she was on her way from new york to washington to take part in it called big peaceful nonviolent protest against the health interests that are still trying to undermine the reform health reform of last year there's a remarkable young man you should have on your show. who twenty three years ago from mississippi unemployed journalists who are year out of morehouse has decided that that he can't just sit by and do four jobs trying to make ends meet he's out now organizing what's called us uncut to to lobby the government and the banks for the banks to pay their fair share of taxes all over the country they get no waves from the media they get no mainstream it to note no attention from the mainstream media but all over the country people are filing standing up we just have to make sure they get they get some some of the the attention that they deserve from the media that's the only thing i know organized people is the only answer to o

the california nurses association says that money could be used to provide health care and education funding. >>> in oakland, protesters were apologizing today after their plan general strike turned violent early this morning. ktvu's rob roth tells us how the majority of occupy oakland wasn't responsible for the confrontation and they want people to know that's not what their message is about. >> reporter: within a few blocks of san francisco ogawa plaza supporters of occupy oakland were cleaning up a mess they say they didn't leave. walls scared from graffiti from last night's riot. >> what i was worried about is the small shop owners when they got here, i just didn't want them to see this when they got there. i wanted to clean this up. this is our community. >> reporter: this is hard work in many cases people paid for the cleaning supplies out of their own pocket. this college student says she spent $25. >> i feel like the immature actions of a few are making the most of us not look very progressive. >> reporter: almost everyone here says that the an a anarchy and violence was caus

ans the the tists, the american nurse association, and the national association of clinical nurse specialists and five other amazing groups. in closing, i'd like to thank -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. woolsey: thank you. i'd like to thank chairman klein, ranking member walberg, i mean chairman walberg, ranking member miller, and -- for their work on this legislation. it has been truly a gift to work in a bipartisan manner. thank you, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman yield back the balance of her time? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent at this time that all members have five legislative days to insert extraneous materials. i believe we have members of our -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. does the gentlewoman wish to reserve the balance of her time? ms. woolsey: i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record a manager's joint statement of legislative

the california nurses association says that money could be used to provide health care and educationding. >>> in oakland, protesters were apologizing today after their plan general strike turned violent early this morning. ktvu's rob roth tells us how the majority of occupy oakland wasn't responsible for the confrontation and they want people to know that's not what their message is about. >> reporter: within a few blocks of san francisco ogawa plaza supporters of occupy oakland were cleaning up a mess they say they didn't leave. walls scared from graffiti from last night's riot. >> what i was worried about is the small shop owners when they got here, i just didn't want them to see this when they got there. i wanted to clean this up. this is our community. >> reporter: this is hard work in many cases people paid for the cleaning supplies out of their own pocket. this college student says she spent $25. >> i feel like the immature actions of a few are making the most of us not look very progressive. >> reporter: almost everyone here says that the an a anarchy and violence was caused b

we know the o.t.a., the oakland teachers association, the cna, the california nurses association and the alameda labor council are just three of the union groups taking part in this. we don't know what to expect. we'll be monitoring that for you. keep it right here on ktvu channel 2. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. >>> b.a.r.t. is increasing security due to the planned strike in oakland. there will be extra officers at b.a.r.t. stations and even more officers riding on b.a.r.t. stations all over the entire bay area. there's one surprise involving b.a.r.t. security. the group "no justice, no peace" has cancelled plans to occupy b.a.r.t. stations today. no specific reason was given. >>> the oakland school district plans to keep all city schools open today. however, many teachers will be out of the classroom. they will be marching with the "occupy oakland" protesters. those teachers are putting in an unpaid day to support the movement. there will be a lot of substitute teachers in the classrooms today. >>> the "occupy walnut creek" protest will

associations between the two, which can be the result of numerous other confounding factors. still, previous studies including a decades long look at almost 90,000 women in the harvard nurses healthhave found an association between drinking sugar sweetened beverages and the risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. many scientists point out the sugar drinks create a spike in insulin. this latest study will give more ammunition to health officials who often urge people to cut back on their intake of those drinks. robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back here tonight, colleges putting a new twist on night school. these classes don't even get going until after midnight. man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.

the other depending on which outcome you project to a >> line a health economist for the american nursing association. recent research has shown about half of the private health care plans in the united states refused to credential unearthed practitioners and other registered nurses. and this is despite a finding last year from the institute of medicine in the advanced practice in this debate registered nurses provide high-quality care. can you tell us what are you doing at the association to work with member companies to encourage them to accept advanced practice registered nurses into their private networks, and what if anything you may be doing with state legislatures to convince them to eliminate the barriers to practice of advanced practice nurses? >> i can't speak frankly to the specifics what each of the member companies are doing but i can speak to the philosophy that we have a system which is to enhance frontline care. if we are going to be able to treat the numbers of people we have to treat only going forward basis, we can't possibly train enough physicians fast enough in the primary care

. -- for the american nurses association. recent research has shown about half of the private health plans of the united states refuse to credential nurse practitioners and other registered nurses and this is despite a finding last year from the institute of medicine that registered nurses provide high-quality primary care. can you tell us, what are you doing at the association to work with member companies to encourage them to accept advanced practice registered nurses into their private networks and what if anything you may be doing with state legislatures to convince them to eliminate various advanced practice nurses? >> i can't speak frankly to the specifics of what each of our member companies are doing but i can speak to the philosophy we have is a system which is to enhance frontline care. if we are going to be able to treat the numbers of people that we need to treat going forward, we can't possibly train enough physicians fast enough in the primary care environment to do that. we are going to have to look toward nurse

peter, a health economist for the american nurses association. recent research has shown about half of the private health insurance in the united states refuse to credential nurse practitioners and other advanced practiced registered nurses and this is despite a finding of last year that the institute of medicine that advanced practiced nurses are providing high quality of care. what are you doing to work with member companies to encourage them to accept advanced practiced registered nurses into their private networks? and what, if anything, may you be doing with state legislators to convince them to eliminate of advanced practice nurses? >> the -- i can't speak, frankly, to the specifics of what each of our member companies are doing, but i can speak to the philosophy that we have as a system, which is to enhance front line care. if we are going to be able to treat the numbers of people that we need to treat on a going-forward basis. we can't possibly train enough physicians fast enough in the primary care environment to do that. we're going to h

there is a california nurses association tent there 24/7 for medical care. i happen to be there the that kind of support for such a big, social movement. the broader community comes in all the time of the nation's of all kinds to support the encampment. it is inspiring for the broader community, and there have been teachers and students showing up wanting to know how they also can get involved. the activities at the site are tremendous. it is like going to school in social change. the general assembly's are exciting. all of our voices are heard in making a collective decision and consensus does happen. it is amazing to see it with a couple hundred people. the group is very technological flat -- technologically savvy and in touch with occupations all over the world. that is exciting to see as well. it is because everybody is engaged in the same questions. i would like to leave you with one observation -- a man came to general assembly from a silicon valley company, says we are all talking about it around water coolers, and the group asked why, and he said because we are for social ju

climbing up on top of the trucks and there is you can see union groups shouting into bull horns and it's loud. these are folks from fdiu. we also saw folks from california nurse's association and have seen city workers wearing name tags with and communication workers denouncing the phone company they work for. most people are not the kind of protestors we're used to seeing in other rallies but ordinary workers many of them out here representing groups from young people to senior citizens. these are people who are dressed in their ordinary clothes taking the day off from work to come here to shut down the port of oakland this evening. >> and we have mark matthews there. it's not been business as usual. mark? >> and it has not there. is a second wave here. another many thousand now. the crowd we're estimating had over 10,000. let me show thu direction. there are trucks lined up as far as you can see. can we just settle down? just settle down. a little bit of excitement here this, crowd has been peaceful except for this guy behind me. let me show you what happened this morning. protestors claimed they'd shut tount port saying nothing was moving. you can see trucks were backed

the same system. another thing, when people listen to music together, oxytocin is released, a chemical associated with bonding and trust. is what mother's release when they are nursingnfants. prolactin is another hormone that women excrete. we also believe that prolactin is also excluded when people listen to music. chemically, that seems to be what is going on. you were also talking about dance and music. music activates the cerebellum, which is responsible for your ability to move, your limbs, parts of your body, to maintain a steady gait. it is almost automatic, when music comes in at a student -- certain polls, neurons are going to fire in synchronization with that polls. even kids move to music. one of your more recent records, you took some children's folk tunes and you rearranged them. we were talking about kids moving. do you have any of those candy? -- handy? >> yeah. i will play a little bit of an old appalachian folk song. what i tried to do is -- and the melody is there, song is there, but i tried to bring the rhythm into a more contemporary context. this has more of an r&b, hip-hop feeling to it. ♪ [applause] >> there is an obvious way that lyrics tell

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the same system. another thing, when people listen to music together, oxytocin is released, a chemical associated with bonding and trust. is what mother's release when they are nursingnfants. prolactin is another hormone that women excrete. we also believe that prolactin is also excluded when people listen to music. chemically, that seems to be what is going on. you were also talking about dance and music. music activates the cerebellum, which is responsible for your ability to move, your limbs, parts of your body, to maintain a steady gait. it is almost automatic, when music comes in at a student -- certain polls, neurons are going to fire in synchronization with that polls. even kids move to music.

to be a nurse and taking out loans that, you know, associated with that potential income salary, and you're actually just going to be just drawing blood, there's a problem with that. >> smith: theainful employment test, if passed, will apply only to for-profit schools and some vocational programs at other colleges. >> the for-profit colleges, i think this makes them very nervous. they're worried. because they know that many of their members are charging a lot of money, that many of their members have students who are defaulting en masse after they graduate. they're afraid that this rule will cut them out of the program. but in many ways, that's the point. >> yeah, exactly. it's the largest accrediting body, so it took the hit because it's so big. it has 1,600 schools. >> smith: back in his west coast offices, clifford is feeling the pressure from regulators as well. today, he's having to calm a nervous investor. >> you know, it's a bump in the road and unfortunately, it's a slap in the face to george and jennifer, and the people who have been working so hard. >> smith: his chancellor university-- the school purchased with help from jack welch-- has come under scrutiny. >> chanc

fewer nurses, longer waiting times in emergency departments, and less access to the newest treatments. >> reporter: the cuts will happen unless congress intervenes. the american hospital association to stop the scheduled medicare payment cuts but pete with the national taxpayer union argues lawmakers need to make good on the promise to fix the deficit. >> renigging now would almost certainly result in a downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. >> reporter: he says medicare spending is out of control and even with the 2% cut the program's overall budget will continue to grow. but the doctor says other hospitals with more privately insured patients can shift costs around. his facility doesn't have that option. that means tough choices ahead. >> we'd have to make some decisions and unfortunately that would affect patient care. that would affect the elderly patients in this neighborhood, the people that go to work every day, the working core. >> now, doctors could face a double whammy. physicians are slated for a 30% cut under the medicare program on january 1st of next year unless congress acts. congress are you teenly addresses each year but with all of the partisan division and bicker