it s a pleasure to be here. lets take stock of this vote. dean heller from nevada says he will vote yes. a couple of other yes, rob portman, pat toomey, john mccain, have you been in contact with these senators? are they giving you any senators? do you expect this to pass? we ve been working hard at the human rights campaign and coalition for months and months to show elected officials in washington this is a no-brainer for american public. the american public supports this with more than 70% of the vote. if you look at the polling in 50 states, a majority of support in all 50 states, missouri the lowest at 62% support. incredible bipartisan support. unlike any other issue, i don t think you can find another issue that has such incredible bipartisan support. it s such a common sense american value. judge people based on their work performance not on who they are, how they are born.
adults need 7 to 9 hours and we are recommending that adults take that 7 to 9 hours because it really affects work performance and driving performance and cant can make you ill. gregg: why aren t people sleeping? reporter: the study came out that said that workers, people who are 3 out of 10 workers are not getting enough sleep. day shift workers get more sleep than night shift workers. gregg: right. reporter: if you are on the night shift, try to maximize your sleep time during the day. in addition, you may need to take time off from that evening schedule, if you can. people who work more than 40 hours a week, most americans are working more than 40 hours a week. heather: yeah. reporter: that s a major reason we are not getting sleep. heather: that would make sense. what if you can t get 7 to 9 hours a night? what can you do to compensate? reporter: take naps during the day. 20-minute power nap goes a long way in the lunch hour. the best time to take it is 8
president obama arriving in france for the g-20. the big story is greece, gamble with the global economy, and how could it cost the membership in the eu on this american morning. good morning to you. it is thursday, november 3. welcome to american morning. ali velshi is in stormy france. bad weather there. we will be talking to him in a few minutes about the g-20 minutes. stormy weather and stormy politics. up first, the scandal dogging herman cain s presidential campaign. growing larger this morning. associated press reporting that there is a third woman who accused cain of you wanted sexual advances when she worked for the national restaurant association. reports says she considered filing a complaint bunt didn t. cain for his part trying to stay on message. here he is facing reporters at an event in northern virginia. will he me say one thing. i m here with the doctors and that s what i m going to talk about. don t even bother asking me all the other questions th
halfway around the world, thousands of michael jackson fans are attending a tribute concert in wales today. the pop icon s three children are attending it also. several of jackson s siblings are performing. it comes as jackson s physician stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the singer s death. for the first time this week, we heard dr. conrad murray s interview with detectives. everything happened very quickly. just about the time i was gone and i came back. so i started immediately to perform cpr and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. testimony in the trial resumes on monday. a dramatic rescue at sea. a small plane ran out of gas while flying from monterey, california, to hawaii. the pilot notified the coast guard they was in trouble about five miles from show. a rescue team coached him how to safely land the plane right there on its body. a rescue chopper pulled the pilot to safety. archbishop desmond tutu is celebrating his 80th birthday with a lot of laughter,
want to break the addiction, you re not alone. space and technology expert daniel seeberg talks about this in his new book called the digital diet. i really do want to talk about this, hit send, but can t get a good signal in here. see, that s exactly the truth. we should tell people, texting my kids or someone calls and asking me about something coming up, and whatever it is. it s a problem that so many of us have. it is. here s the bottom line. i love technology, always have and covered it for many years and started out as a very young geek obsessed with all sorts of gadgets and video came and that sort of thing. a couple of years ago it became too much for me, and i realized that it was affecting my relationships. really. affecting my personal live and my work performance and productivity, getting too caught up in the gadgets and not spending enough time in the real world. that s what addiction means. when it becomes a problem and affects things in your real life.