it is. i think if you were to tie a thread to all of them, i think the bottom line is that i think many hospitals are feeling the pinch of very high wage and benefit packages. they want to make cuts, chop from the top. reporter: we asked this uc professor a labor specialist what s going on. ironically, this is a nurses strike over healthcare. i think what rankles many of the nurses is the ceo of sutter earned $4 million in 2009. and that differential between the administrative costs and what the nurses actually see is something that i think has stoked the fires a bit. reporter: now, for the record, i spoke with sutter officials today. they said one, they are not going to comment on how much their ceo makes. but they said regardless of that, it s not relevant to labor negotiations. it s a tough time for labor right now. they may not get the sympathy from people on the outside who are also hurting right now. reporter: it is a tough time for striking nurse because
followed by a state dinner later tonight. as this visit begins, a new poll shows many americans still don t know what to make of china. 42% have a favorable opinion of the country. china is trying to change that with a new image-boosting ad campaign. showing stars like yao ming and jackie chan. can the visit bring the two nations closer? here s karen travers. reporter: the obama administration rolled out the red carpet for chinese president, hu jintao. last night, the ceremony was a rare honor for a foreign leader. it starts a two-day visit that includes an oval office meeting and two dinners with mr. obama. beyond the pomp and circumstance, there s substance. and three, key issues on the agenda. first, national security issues, including north korea s nuclear prom. and u.s./chinese military relations. second, human rights and military reform in china. president obama is a nobel peace prize winner. the chinese are keeping a nobel peace prize winner in prison. the long
president obama officially welcomes china s president, in a lavish ceremony this morning, followed by a state dinner later tonight. as this visit begins, a new poll shows many americans still don t know what to make of china. 42% have a favorable opinion of the country. china is trying to change that with a new image-boosting ad campaign. showing stars like yao ming and jackie chan. can the visit bring the two nations closer? here s karen travers. reporter: the obama administration rolled out the red carpet for chinese president, hu jintao. last night, the ceremony was a rare honor for a foreign leader. it starts a two-day visit that includes an oval office meeting and two dinners with mr. obama. beyond the pomp and circumstance, there s substance. and three, key issues on the agenda. first, national security issues, including north korea s nuclear prom. and u.s./chinese military relations. second, human rights and military reform in china. president obama is a nobel
poll shows many americans still don t know what to make of china. 42% have a favorable opinion of the country. china is trying to change that with a new image-boosting ad campaign. showing stars like yao ming and jackie chan. can the visit bring the two nations closer? here s karen travers. reporter: the obama administration rolled out the red carpet for chinese president, hu jintao. last night, the ceremony was a rare honor for a foreign leader. it starts a two-day visit that includes an oval office meeting and two dinners with mr. obama. beyond the pomp and circumstance, there s substance. and three, key issues on the agenda. first, national security issues, including north korea s nuclear prom. and u.s./chinese military relations. second, human rights and military reform in china. president obama is a nobel peace prize winner. the chinese are keeping a nobel peace prize winner in prison. the longer china represses freedom, the longest it will miss out on opportunitie