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Especially if youve had a stroke. if fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. these may be signs of ttp, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition reported sometimes less than 2 weeks after starting plavix. other rare but serious side effects may occur. 21 minutes past the hour. christine romans is here "minding your business" this morning. many states across the country struggling. >> unemployment benefits, paid for out of state funds and federal f...

Closed, economists estimate how many filings they might have seen so they might be off of estimates here and well vet a -- well get a revision to the number as we always do next week. part of the concern, though, as jon mentioned, it is a tough labor environment out there, that means its tough to go ahead and get a job. if you look at the amount of people on unextended -- extended benefits or emergency benefits, that number continues to drop but thats not necessarily a good sign. congress went t...

>> that should be your motivation. >> think filing. theres $1.3 billion from 2006 that people didnt file tax returns on that by the way youve only got three years to collect that money. go file, go to irs.gov. if you learned less than $50,000, you can do it online for free in minutes. >> file electronically. >> how many are doing it? >> millions are doing it. also extensions. people say, you know what, david i cant get them done. fine, file an extension. if you think you owe money, get it done, ...

Care, they are still not getting a hope for bump. the conventional in washington, a win is a win. so far an exception to the win. >> people may see numbers and it goes over their head. how does the president speak to the people sitting around their table saying, i dont have a job, i cant pay my bills no matter what your report says or your numbers? >> reporter: theyre pointing to more numbers and more reports. the stimulus package $800 billion, passes in february 2009, going on for more than a y...

The rule is a little fragile because delta, american and jet blue are already asking for seven month extensions. >> i read that in the paper today. thats because of j.f.k. and theres sort of construction going on at the j.f.k. airport, isnt that right? >> yeah, but they overschedule there chronically anyway even with the runway in place. what weve got is chronic overscheduling. we have real problems that need to be addressed and none of the airlines have been willing to depeak their schedules in...

Restart and retool and try to begin again. i think at this point were at a point where there are so many people unemployed, we have over 200,000 unemployed here in the state of alabama. its very difficult to say, but some of the jobs will not return. >> yeah. you made me think of this last question before i lose you here. whats happening to the folks whose unemployment benefits are running out? what do they do? >> they are able to file for an extension. we have had several people here that are o...

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That, and that is something that has been quite controversial, because you remember a couple weeks ago, just a 30-day extension, that ran out. this would take care of it until the end of the year and also c.o.b.r.a. health insurance assistance, that would also be taken care of until the end of the year. its one of the reasons why republicans, some of them, might end up voting against this, because they say the right way to do it is three month as the a time. democrats, no accident it is december...

Vehicle to make that stand. you dont think thats a pr problem at the very least? >> i really dont. if its communicated properly, you know. theres an argument to be made that the extensions of the unemployment benefits keeps people from going out and finding jobs. there are studies that have been done that people stay on unemployment compensation and they dont look for a job until two or three weeks before they know the benefits are going to run out. >> congressman, thats a hard sell, isnt it? >>...

Infrastructure jobs, to put in jeopardy peoples unemployment benefits and their health care just was not exactly the right vehicle to make that stand. you dont think thats a pr problem at the very least? >> i really dont. if its communicated properly. you know, there is an argument to be made that these extensions of the unemployment benefits keeps people from going and finding jobs. in fact, theres a study -- there are some studies that have been done that show that people stay on unemployment ...