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Which was hard-fought, and i was proud of the primary we ran, because it was about issues. senator sanders and i got together, came up with a plan to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for any families making less than $125,000 a year thats the vast majority of families. if youre over that, well make it debt-free. pay what you can afford, but i dont want to see young people and their families going into debt. i view this as an investment. and thats why were going to make it easie...

There. we need to fill those jobs. we can create the programs for k through 12 and partner with businesses to generate the workers that they need. and basically tech is the future of work. and new yorkers are the future of tech. >> theres also that gap, though. there is a need. there are about 500,000 jobs across the country waiting to be filled. we also see people straight out of college, time and time again you see theyre moving back home because they cant afford to live on their own. theyre w...

Ten minutes till the#shp &c@ top of the hour. president obama taking steps to grow the middle class and spur job creation. the president announcing $600 million in competitive grants to help people land good-paying jobs. the first program puts $500 million toward a job training competition which is designed to encourage colleges, employers and industry to work together. the second puts $100 million in grants to expand apprenticeship programs. this as new jobless numbers are set to be released at...

Man made problems are susceptible to man made solutions. >> the justice department says 17 states are currently attempting to increase access to this drug. president obama and vice president biden announced $600 million in new grants for job training programs. nearly $500 million will go toward developing ways for businesses and educators to help train potential employees. another $100 million will go toward expanding apprenticeship programs. a missouri mayor is hearing some major backlash t...

Of 8.7 million jobs. last month was a tough weather month. there were roughly 7 million people who were out of work for at least part of the week because of the weather. so we are still seeing that progress notwithstanding that. undeniably, we have more work to do. thats why the presidents budget outlines additional investments in infrastructure. additional investments in skills such as growing our apprenticeship programs, because there is a bright future in this country for people that want to ...

To train todays workforce, weve got to make sure that were doing everything we can to expand apprenticeships and im going to call on american companies all across the country, particularly manufacturers to set up more apprenticeship programs. weve got to make sure that once folks are through training and get a job, that the hard work pays off for every single american. >> i talked about this in my state of the union. you know, income wages have not gone up as fast as corporate profits and stock ...

Into apprenticeship programs and learns how to do very sophisticated manufacturing and they dominate large parts of sophisticated manufacturing. its really different than our models. and my question, lets take unemployment compensation. i would be eager to support extension if we attach some kind of learning and training program so that people were not just being sustained but they were taking the time when they didnt have a job to actually substantially increase their potential job capability. ...

And high levels of long-term unemployment didnt show up on the dol numbers because the way you show up is by applying for unemployment insurance. louisiana went right to work in 76. they had a 33% union rate in construction then. by the time 29 years later after hurricane katrina, they were down to 3%. and a group of unemployed people decided to build power to bargain with the state for a path way back into that iconic american construction job that was a path and a career ladder to the middle c...

where are those jobs? let me show you how it breaks down. of the 243,000 jobs that were created, 257,000 jobs were created in the private sector. thats where everybody wants them created. you subtract the jobs that were lost by the government, 14,000, and you end up with that number, 243,000. lets talk about this with diane swonk, a chief economist, and with will cain and my good friend richard quest. what a treat to have all three of you with me in the studio. diane, these numbers are...

it is the number one hurdle in this economic recovery and everyone knows it. this country has got to get people back to work. welcome to "your money." im ali velshi. the latest jobs report is excellent, period. heres the breakdown. in the month of january, we created 243,000 jobs. take a look at this. from january of last year all the way, we had great job creation for the first few months of last year. then it cratered in the summer. still not a lot of jobs but it cratered and weve be...