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Propping up the collapsing real estate market. the unemployment rate in the buffalo area is 8.6%, lower than the national rate of 9.9%. but perceptions remain bleak. 54% of all new yorkers say the economy is getting worse. only 12% say its getting better. up-state, the split is 59% worse and 10% better. for baker, the billboard has become a cause until he lands a job. >> you know, trying to resign your direction and, you know, re-establish your confidence as a person and small business owner. >>...

Said. >> our point is that theres -- we need to talk to the folks with boots on the ground, little guys that sh the five, 10, 15 and 30 employees struggling day-to-day and the overwhelming difficulty in the country. >> reporter: difficulty in the country. jeff had a job a small business owner, ran a textile firm in buffalo. the recession knocked him out of that and he hasnt found work. he said the website that goes with that billboard has gotten a lot of traffic but he hasnt gotten a call about ...

Who have been running things, whether its corporate america or washington america, get them out. lets try something different. >> the numbers -- the numbers on the economy cooked now, baked as you say, for the fall? people say by april, people make up their mind about the economy. look at this number. 81% dissatisfied with the economy. >> right. >> people think it is still a recession. even if the economy creates enough jobs to even knock that number down to, say, 9% or 8.5%, will that influence...

Said, pushing stimulus, propping up the collapsing real estate market. the unemployment rate in the buffalo area is 8.6%, lower than the national rate of 9.9%. but perceptions remain bleak. 54% of all new yorkers say the economy is getting worse. only 12% say its getting better. up-state, the split is 59% worse and 10% better. for baker, the billboard has become a cause until he lands a job. >> you know, trying to resign your direction and, you know, re-establish your confidence as a person and ...

Over the last three months not a single one of it has changed perceptions in the way people feel about the economy. and i have to say if they -- if it hasnt happened in the last three months then i tell you it is hard to imagine that unless something dramatically happens, youll have to see job gains of 500,000, 600,000 in a month in these last three, four months before november so i have a feeling that it does feel like its cooked. look this thing -- the only thing that ill say is that the repub...

Publics heard about over the last of the six weeks since we went in. over the last three months not a single one of it has changed perceptions in the way that the people feel about the economy and i have to say if they -- if it hasnt happened in the last three months then i tell you it is hard to imagine that unless something dramatically happens, youll have to see job gains of 500,000, 600,000 in a month in these last three, four months before november so i have a feeling that it does feel like...

Less prone to clogging. if or when they plug the leak they will still have to worry about the crude caking up the bottom of the sea. thats where most of us get our shrimp and oysters from. people are already lining up to grab as much seafood as they can. restaurant owners are worried about where the next shipments will come from. >> -- already more difficult. do i expect shortages? it possible the restaurant may not have oysters from time to time this coming summer? yeah. we worry about that. >>...

President obama partnered with afghans to secure parts of central helmand that had remained under the control of the taliban. with additional arriving forces, well reinforce ongoing efforts to secure kandahar, an environment that is uniquely complex and will require a unique solution. this effort is being led by the afghans, and will focus on the complex political and governance aspects of kandahar. these dimensions are at the heart of the problem, and their solution will ultimately be decisive....

Saying that people were optimistic as any time since september of 2008. that was true about the labor markets, true about the perceptions of the housing market. in the last three days, we checked investor confidence, its been falling sharply. we are going to be watching it in the next coming weeks. that stock market fall gave more than heart palpitations, it gave them pause about the strength of economy. >> gregg: i think alcoholic bewl stocks jumped that day. >> juliet: top officials saying the...

You need to look at the profile of a terrorist, what he or she looks like. clearly when someone leaves a country, one of the consistent facts is that people go to this area to be trained to be terrorists. you need to look at, thats something thats obvious. the next thing going where they are the pashtun, dont recognize a border between afghanistan and pakistan. so when we do things in afghanistan, they often will do raids and go into pakistan. we need to figure out how to get where theyre at. th...