Dan ashley tonight. Im carolyn johnson. Its part of a black friday protest against the giant retailer on behalf of walmart workers. Allen wong was there and joins us live from san leandro. Allen . Reporter that protest died down significantly since those five were arrested. Right down there in the middle of the boulevard, but here is what it looked like around 4 30. Police arrested the protestors. The walmart, many are former and current employees complaining of low wages and poor working conditions. Its way bigger than walmart. Like im saying we have fast food strikers here, we have bart team here, Teacher Union here, its about worker thats shop at walmart and pay them and dont know theyre not treating their workers fairly. We offer competitive wages, Health Benefits starting at 18 a paycheck, we know these are quality jobs and are proud of what our owe a. Associates continue to do. Demonstrators may have blocked some traffic but it hasnt stopped shoppers from buying on black friday h
Realize in the short term deal with the crisis that families are having, rebuild our economy. The budget we will have come to the floor proposed by mr. Ryan will take us in the wrong direction. With that, thank you, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until n prom and First Lady Michelle Obama are attending a Memorial Service in texas this afternoon for the victims of last weeks shooting at Fort Hood Army base that killed four people, including the gunman and wounded 16 others. President obama among those delivering remarks this afternoon. That will be live on cspan3 as well beginning at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Lawmakers yesterday questioned the head of the u. S. Agency for International Development about the organizations funding of a social media platform in cuba, reportedly designed to stir political unrest, while administeror down played the report saying the p
Remember you. Fair, balanced and still unafraid. Breaking right now, chaos in california. Nearly 1,000 protesters swarming outside a trump rally in san diego. Inside thousands more there to protest. Will . Just in the last couple of seconds you see that officers here are arresting one gentleman who has his head shaved there. They are going to be probably taking him back into the Convention Center we have seen this happen a couple times here in san diego. Let me set up up for you. Throughout the course of the afternoon, there have been a
couple thousand protesters out here for a long time. Panel over to where this guy was just arrested. For a long time, a lot of the protesters were unionized, organized labor. About an hour ago, hundreds of the Union Members actually left. And they were, like i said, quite organized. Leaving behind a number of protesters who were here for a have a right of different things. We start to do smell a lot of pot in the air. Started to see more people with the
So, it is extremely important to me that the hospital provide direct benefits to the residents in the tenderloin like me. I also just want to really thank again the supervisors and cpmc for listening to the residents of the tenderloin particularly around traffic and pedestrian related issues. As you know, safe passage is a movement in the tenderloin thats included as part of the Development Agreement and, so, were really excited to partner with cpmc and the city to create a visually designated safety route for kid in the tenderloin. I also want to just ask the supervisors to continue to work with cpmc to provide a mechanism for Community Groups and Coalition Groups to monitor and enforce the agreement that weve come to and also just want to urge cpmc to finalize the contract with the nurses of cna. Thanks. Thank you. Let me call up a couple more names to hopefully line up. James tracy, lawrence chung, manny flores already spoke i think. Dr. Eugene [speaker not understood]. Jim lazarus,
St. Lukes hospital in the future. I applaud you for all the work youve done and thank you. Thanks. Next speaker. Good evening. My name is karen makely and ive been a pediatrician at st. Lukes for 14 years. Im happy to return here today representing the st. Lukes medical staff and my pediatric colleagues throughout the cpmc system to endorse this new Development Agreement. Throughout the years weve experienced dramatic changes in our neighborhood. Our patient demographics and our available resources. One thing, however, has remained constant. Its the dedication of physicians, nurses and our employees to provide patients with the highest quality medical care available. This has endured since the hospital first opened its doors 100 years ago, more than 100 years ago. Just as so many of our patients are living day to day and check to check, working for a better tomorrow for their families, we have grown accustomed to an uncertain future. This agreement is a commitment to all. To the young