and so relieved. two years in prison is too long. reporter: convicted last month of crossing the border illegally and spying and sentenced to eight more years. early today they were returned from iran s capital with the help of the swiss ambassador to iran. they are leaving right now, and i am very, very grateful for this. it has been a long time for them as we have done a lot of work. reporter: the families released a statement reporter: the release comes just a day before iran s president mahmoud ahmadinejad is to address the united nations. but eight days after he told nbc news exclusively their release was imminent. translator: i think these two will be freed in a couple of days. in a couple of days? translator: yes, in a couple of days. reporter: tonight, the two will rest in oman, finally reunited with their families. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. and loved ones here in bay area are beyond overjoyed, as well. many of them worked tirelessly over
you just feel bad resolve or the energy weakening. i don t ever feel resolve. that s never. but there are days. i don t sleep. i don t sleep at night. reporter: jim sciutto, abc news. you could feel the love in that image, can you not? those guys getting off the plane, incredible. so exciting. and that humanitarian gesture that president ahmadinejad wanted it to have in terms of u.s./iranian relations. they re home. bottom line. more middle eastern news. there could be a showdown at united nations tomorrow when the palestinians are expected to ask for statehood. president obama has failed to talk them out of it. in his address at the u.n. yesterday, he argued only direct negotiations with israel can achieve that end. the united nations the united states will veto the palestinian bid while working behind the scenes for an alternative. now to a big question on capitol hill. how much would you pay for a muffin? well, believe it or not, you re already paying 16 bu
5,000 hospital nurses and 800 at children s hospital oakland say management has been cutting support staff and over loading their ability to care for patients. the hospitals want to take away their paid sick days. we don t have the ability to stay home and be paid when we are sick. it is encouraging us to come to work sick and expose the very fragile population in a way that was not good for everyone. we had double-digit losses for a four-year period. we announced the financial turn around plan. it has been key to get really a grip on our salary costs and our benefit costs. another 17,000 kaiser permanente nurses will be striking and they are also holding a one-day strike. all of the hospitals shipped in hundreds of substitute nurses all-around the country for this. you have to adjust because they don t know how to run a company here yet. yes, it concerns me a little. i don t think i am concerned. . kaiser hayward hospital says the replacement nurses have been tra
amy hollyfield is live at the childrens hospital in oakland. what about people with procedures today? they don t have the staff for those emergencies. this is just one hospital. this is happening all over the bay area. they have brought in temporary nurses. this is a massive strike. preparations have been going on for days 23,000 nurses expected to strike in northern and central california from kaiser, sutter medical center and children in oakland. it will affect 34 hospitals. the main issue is proposal to get nurses to pay more for healthcare. in any contract dispute each side has a talking point and counterpoints ready to go. i am very concerned about the agenda. they re here for patients, they talk about being here for patient safety. it s clear they are not. any organization that relieves to have 34 hospitals on strike at the same time does not care about the patient safety or care. it s always about the patients. that s why i come to work with back injury because it
his death still calling himself an innocent man. that wouldn t be unusual except seven of the nine witnesses who helped convict him agreed. all seven say he was not the man who gunned down the off duty police officer in 1989. six say police threatened them unless they identified davis. supporters who note there was no physical evidence linking davis to the murder called for a last minute reprieve. there is too much doubt for the the execution to continue. reporter: the hopes were dashed tuesday when the pardons and parole board rejected his cle mency bid to the relief of the victim s family. it is time for justice today. mix fail was shot to death while rushing to help a homeless man who had been attacked. day rice is the latest in a series of executions, some of which have raised serious questions. lawrence russell brewer. then there was cleave foster in alabama and dwayne buck in texas, both spared execution when the supreme court stepped? he we just thank god for