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Combination to the millions of americans still trying to find work. for many its a race against time as a key life line is about to run out. casey stegall has that story live in los angeles. hi, casey. >> jail oh, good to see you. you may remember it was in 2009 that the federal government created these emergency extensions to help tide over unemployed americans until the job market stabilized. what happened? the feds added 73 weeks of additional benefits to the already 26 weeks that most states...

Ben tit system going down. whatever the reason for that. unemployment in california is at 11 percent a three year low that prompted the government to cut off long-term benefits and leaving one million people who depend on the safety net with something nothing. job numbers are discouraging to say the least for our nations chronically unemployed. they have been without a job for more than six months now . only adding insult to injury, a lot of peoples checks will be running out soon. back in 2009,...

Jobs numbers on friday. many people out of work on the verge of losing a variety al lifeline, unemployment benefits which have been extended by congress several times are now being cut off to the long term unemployed in high unemployment states like california. casey stegall is live in los angeles with the latest on this. >> reporter: you may remember it was back in 2009 when the federal government created these emergency extensions to help tide over unemployed americans until the job market sta...

The junior senator from west virginia tomorrow? >> yeah. i think if you look back over the last two years, the m.o. of the white house is, they always gear up and theyre really ready to fight as soon as they know theyre going to win. so when outcomes are indeterminate, when it looks like things are hanging in the balance, you get a lot of sort of very quiet, diplomatic soft shoe approach from the white house. when they know they have the votes, when they know theyre going to win, thats when you ...

Left for their vacation for easter and did not extend unemployment benefits. the advocates want another extension are very concerned this has left 212,000 people out in the cold last week. thats how much people lost benefits because congress went home for the break without acting. overall advocate for the unemployed see there are a million people at risk of losing benefits in april unless congress does something. the senate didnt because there was one republican senator, tom coburn, we have to f...