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Welcome back now to our ongoing series, jobs wanted. new jobs numbers set to be released tomorrow, theres a new movement that focuses on factory workers and training. it goal is to raise the skilled labor workforce by ten million before 2020. the average factory worker is close to retirement age and there are not enough students to fill up the jobs. spearheading this effort is actor john ratzenberger. hes a senior fellow for the center for america. >> its great to be aboard. >> we were in detroi...

have a significant effect for our economy and for middle class families all across america. what these independent experts have also said is that if we dont act, the opposite will be true. there will be fewer jobs, weaker growth. so as we look towards next week, any senator out there who is thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to sdmran exactly why they would oppose something that we know would improve our economic situation at surnl such an ur...

up of mostly 20-somethings, theyre angry about fat wall street paychecks, war, environment, you name it. the protests have been going on for three weeks now and now have spread to other cities. americans absolutely fed up with congress. new numbers leave no doubt that a washington post/abc news poll found just 14% of the public approves of the job that congress is doing. congresss lowest rating ever. amanda knox says right now, she just wants time with her family. knox is home in s...

theyre investigating the cause. 11 of the 28 people in the mine shaft survived. few chinese mines adapt to regulations and accidents are common in the country. in the michael jackson involuntary manslaughter trial, prosecutors focused on three of murrays girlfriends. the married doctor had conversations with three women he was dating on the day jackson died. prosecutors are trying to use the womens calls and text messages to establish a time line leading up to the singers death. thos...

The s&p 500 giving up 24. the nasdaq sliding 55. uncertainty was the word of the day. investors are watching events in europe and on capitol hill with no signs yet of a quick resolution to economic crisis on either side of the pond. commodity prices and related stocks plunged as more signs of slowing economic global growth slowed fears of a drop-off in demand. gm slipped as factory workers ratified a four-year contract that increased a signing bonus and profit sharing. american express said it w...

Before it was over. why the early exit, he was asked. >> i dont know how hes going to conclude, but i got out before they asked for money. >> got out before he asked for money. smart man. ever heard of fact checking? its something that nikki haley is treating as a new concept president for the past few weeks, haley has been pushing for reforms that would require some sort of drug testing. why not, haley insisted workers at south carolinas nuclear sites are drug tested and fail. >> we sat down an...

Interviewed, half of them failed a drug test. >> half failed. well, quite a startling statistic. only problem, theres no evidence to back it up. since being consistently pressed to back up that statement about half the nuclear factory workers having drug problems, haley finally responded in an interview with the associated press. "ive never felt like i had to back up what people tell me. you assume that youre given good information. and now im learning through you guys that i have to be careful ...

pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet its a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. petersburg, florida. these are people who used to have solid, middle-class jobs. whats more, almost half of americ...

call." "american morning" continues right now. >> im ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. >> im christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. >> should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this "american mornin ...

longer the elephant in the room, governor rick perry announces hes joining the republican party for president. >> he may be the republican front-runner but he was not feeling the love at the iowa state fair. he got heckled and laughed at over three words he said, words he may come to regret on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ing. >> oh, thank got its friday. >> wait a minute. ive got to move my stuff. >> good morning. happy friday to you. its august 12th....