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Virginia and get jobs as part of the super pac stimulus package. im just trying to think. >> interesting thing to note, the trend lines for kids being employed, 16 to 19 year olds being employed in the summer. year 2000, 50% of them had jobs. in 2011, only 30% of them had jobs. young liam may not have a summer job by the time hes 16. >> you know what would be interesting to know, and obviously this doesnt solve the problem or scratch the itch for these families, but are they getting internships,...

According to one new poll. shannon bream has details from washington. what else are we learning, shannon from these new numbers. >> reporter: these numbers come to us from generation opportunity, a nonpartisan group aimed to veitch out to young voters that 18 to 29 group. theyre crunching official government data. theyre finding this. 1.7 million people in the age group were not factored into the unemployment numbers because they simply have given up looking for work. if they were factored in, u...

Afford to work for free and dont have the kinds of personal connections, the kinds of networks to get these positions will be left out and will be all the poorer for it. >> susan has a question. >> my question is, when i went to school, i did internships. i did an internship after school as well, all unpaid, and that was kind of part of the experience. what youre talking about, though, is when you hear people interning in their mid to late 20s, it seems like there is a difference between the two...

>> just going back to the boon as its progressed, it used to be the companies were hiring full-time, in full-time positions, 60 to 70% of their interns. you did one or two internships. you often did it for college credit, as you were saying, in schools that were heavily involved in an education component. recent graduates are finding virtually no entry level positions available to them. were finding people in their late 20s, 30s, 40s transitioning their careers doing anything they can in the job...

And gives you a well-rounded background and comprehension overall, for an i.t. role specifically, i think the more current and recent certifications are really what employers are looking for. >> now, tyler, i assume youre still in touch with a lot of your buddies from the service. are people angry and frustrated that after doing such duty for so long, you know, defending american interests overseas, theyre having such a harder time getting traction in jobs back home? >> i do believe that people ...

good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. it is 8:00. thanks for waking up with us. lets get you caught up on some of the news. 33 years to the day etan patz disappeared, someone has finally been charged with his murder. pedro hernandez was arraigned yesterday on a second degree murder charge. this was a man identified as hernandez. he confessed this week to strangling the boy and putting his body in the trash. >> in the years following etans disappearance, hernandez had told a family mem...

Nailed it. thats the problem with all of these government programs there isnt a profit and loss. there is no accountability system, right? in the private sector is you invest money and report to somebody who says i want a return on thane vestment. well, you dont have that here. there is no return on investment. if anybody looked at this they would dismantle and shut this down faster than your head could spin. >> when you are in college, you go out to these internships and oh my god now im actual...

Postings of those jobs. well give credit to those companies that want to come on board. >> we did that, went online, searched summer job banks. in new york it was thin. throughout the entire state we only saw 10 jobs or internships. >> part of what were doing is reaping out to local elected officials, nonprofits. we have, for example, the ywca. we have many, many nonprofits as well as others already involved with us. thats the whole purpose, to get this information out now. typically these stude...

race on the garden state parkway in new jersey. the police were allegedly leading. >> up first, ready to kick the reelection campaign into high gear. the president and first lady will hold the first rallies next week. in virginia and ohio. if the presidents two-day, three-state college swing this week is any indication, the administration is trying to stirrup a youth movement. its using the federal student loanish issue to o do it. >> congress needs to act right now to prevent interest...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the secret service prostitution scandal that exploded in colombia may be just the tip of the iceberg. allegations have now surfaced of similar misconduct involving heavy drinking, a strip club, escorts on a previous presidential trip, this one to el salvador. reporter chris holmsby broke the story and he joins me now. chris, what happened in el salvador just prior to president obamas trip there in march of last year? >> reporter: we just flew to ...