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Poppy, good to see you. this is, man, you talk about undertaking, this is quite an undertaking. >> huge. exactly. and, you know, its funny, i didnt ever remember filling out one of the census forms, but i will this year. every ten years youve got to count the population of the united states. this years census is really unique. theres a lot of challenges, so lets go through some of them. first of all, were coming off the worst economic downturn in modern history, that has pushed a lot of people o...

We thought you might enjoy a little good news on the economy tonight. how about that one. personal incomes rose in november at the fastest pace in six months. that is with an up tick in spending. and that isnt the only thing lighting up the holidays this season. >> reporter: this year, the long shod does of winter are matched by the long shadows of a recession. emotions running from serene to distressed. >> i noticed a lot of people getting one present for one person. >> its affecting a lot of p...

Hi, my name is staff sergeant kiana anderson here in afghanistan. i want to say hi to my kids back at home in lawton, oklahoma. i love you all an miss you all. happy holidays. >> happy holidays for sure. the rough economy hasnt stopped many of you from lighting up your trees, your houses and more with thousands of christmas lights. the greener, safer l.e.d. lights are a big holiday hit although they are more expensive. >> reporter: this year, the long shadows of winter are matched by the long ...

Lean. half implemented l.e.a.n. or plan to do so. critics say that it eliminates jobs and he says that the workers can be cross-trained to do other jobs. >> we do not want to lay people off because l.e.a.n. has been effective. thats not going to help our company or our community. we take those people and train them to do something else. and some manufacturing should be done in china. but too much manufacturing is being done in china that could be done more effectively in the

70s we were going to make our products in america, and were still committed to that. weve never sold one string that we didnt make here in new york. >> reporter: ded a ario is a number of manufacturers that has adopted the toyota waste reduction strategy popularly known as l.e.a.n. that popular relies on automation. more than half surveyed have implemented l.e.a.n. or plan to do so. the automation eliminates jobs, says some. he says the replaced workers can be cross trained to do other jobs. >> ...

Ali velshi has a stir. >> reporter: for someone who runs a guitar string business is a bit of a tinkering. he cut inventory, streamlined factory floor operations updated technology and saved jobs at his long island based company. >> we made a commitment we were going to make our stripgs in america. we are still committed to that. we have never sold one strings we didnt make here in new york. >> reporter: a growing number of manufactures that has adopted the toyota waste reduction strategy popula...

>> reporter: for someone who runs a guitar string manufacturing business, jim is also a bit of a tinkerer. over the past two years, hes cut inventories, streamlined factory floor operations, updated technology, and saved jobs at his long island-based company. >> we made a commitment in the 70s we were going to make our products in america, and were still committed to that. weve never sold one string that we didnt make here in new york. >> reporter: hes one of a growing number of u.s. manufacture...

Were still committed to that. weve never sold one string we didnt make here in new york. >> reporter: he was one of a growing number of u.s. manufacturers that has adopted the toyota waste reduction strategy, popularly known as l.e.a.n. that relies heavily on automation. he says the replaced workers can be cross trained to do other jobs. >> we do not want to lay people off because l.e.a.n. has been effective. thats not going to help people embrace l.e.a.n. and its not going to help our company o...

Are over there fighting. there is no ifs, ands or buts about that. thats whats happening right here today. operation gratitude, theyre putting together 100,000 different care packages that are going to go out and get to the troops fighting on the front lines just in time for the holidays. about 1,000 of these go through the assembly line an hour, if you can believe that. spence miller, retired navy seals joins us and you got one of these packages while you were fighting in iraq. >> yes, i did ge...

Time, like yourself. >> i think time is sometimes more important than money because you get to come out and just with a group of great americans that really want to give back to the troops overseas fighting for us. >> absolutely. thank you so much for joining us. that you for your service to our country. one of the things about the items that are going in here, its stuff that they need. were talk being sun screen, hand sanitizer, chap stick, things you dont really think about. so this is a much ...