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Jobs-driven economy. one of the things weve done recently is found an apprenticeship program that succeeds. the origin of that program is south carolina. there is a way for us to create a partnership program throughout this country and put people back to work. >> 16 to 24-year-olds, unemployment is really high. it used to be kind of easy to get a job back then and among minorities its even harder and higher. >> yes. 16 to 24-year-olds, 16% unemployment overall. over 30% for minorities. the fact ...

A 123 awarded 249-million-dollar grant from the obama administration in 2009 and already received 133 of it when it filed for bankruptcy. it was later bought by a chinese firm. and he is being hailed a bridge builder for the nypd. chief philip banks the iii just named the chief of the department. thats the agencys top breaking uniform position. chief banks is previously the head of community affairs. speaker for the hailed apprentice program. congratulations. pattie ann? >> ainsley some new deve...

Apprentice program here at fox news, were putting together a special series celebrating hispanic heritage month. this week we traveled to mexico city to bring you the story of a most remarkable man, a senior researcher at hewlett packard. he brought his beautiful mind to america where hes achieved success of a highest order, but he never forgot where he came from or the kind of world he wants to leave behind. once again, alicia acunia has his story. ♪ . >> i was born here in mexico city. its f...

Fox news in conjunction with the ails apprentice program is showcasing some dynamic people, reminders of what we all can do. this month, every friday morning at this time ill be here with the "fox & friends" team and heres some of what youll see. barbara smith conrad will be up first. she was born in center point, texas, in the segregated south. her home was filled with hope and music. in the 1950s, barbara decided she wanted to do what was unthinkable then! attend the university of texas in aus...

I think if i were advising romney and i certainly dont support romney, i would do as harold said. i would take him on the substance of the issues. for example, joe, yesterday hes in new york talking about some apprentice program with donald trump. well, everyone does the tabloid analysis of that. what i would say is fine. explain to me what all your companies mr. gingrich and mr. trump, how many people out of these communities have you hired now? show me your employment role in diversity. bring ...

and snail mail? about to get even slower. time to play reporter roulette. kate bolduan on capitol hill, democrats have taken another shot, extending the payroll tax cut before it expires at the end of the year. heres my if to you. if congress doesnt get it done, they cant compromise, your paycheck could be a lot lighter next year. whats the difference in this version of the plan today? >> reporter: in this version of the plan, this is now the kind of newest proposal to come forward, th...

Saying we have 15 million people unemployed in the united states, about 3 million jobs unfilled, those people are not equipped for those jobs so thats why youre retraining people? >> thats why were retraining people and putting more recruiters to search for the people had that have those skills. i think thats one of the things the country needs to do more of, invest in training programs. its one of the reasons that germany has done so well over the years. they have a very formal apprentice progr...

seeing the release of dominique strauss-kahn. >> thats right. in fact, were waiting for the former imf chief to walk out of jail. a judge agreed to free him on bail yesterday. thats the same day a grand jury indicted him. in order to get out of jail strauss-kahn will post bail of $1 million and a $5 million insurance bond and forced to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and guarded around the clock. >> strauss-kahn had been under suicide watch or has been and could be walking out o...

T.j., this is an apprentice program. so these folks would get this application, take a test and then they would be interviewed for this job and they will select 100 people. four years where they will have school and a job, working during the day. 16.50 an hour starting salary. a lot of these folks have told me, this is my shot at getting a job right now in this kind of economy. the line just opened up. they just opened the doors to get those applications. t.j.? >> ines, we get a sense but all th...

Someone inside that the doors are about to close and that the facility is essentially allowed in just about everyone it can at this point. it sounds like you have a lot of people still in line. >> reporter: definitely. some people have left already because there was an announcement saying there are only 50 applications left. the probability is that you guys arent going to get in through those doors, tony. so, yeah, this is really dwindling down. >> one last note. how much do those jobs pay? >> r...