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Conan o'brien, it should be a high time, put on the tuxedos as well. dana milbank was not invited because's sourpuss. we are gonna get a new look at where the nation's unemployment rate stands. wednesday, get new payroll numbers from paycheck from adp. on friday, the latest unemployment report from the labor department. although the unemployment rate has dropped, youth unemployment is still very high in this country. right now the unemployment rate for people under the able of 25 is 16.2%. that's about double the national average. but there's a new program in massachusetts that's helping young...

Graduating in irastate. a lot of them are looking for people with more experience. these are recent college graduates and this would be kind of right up my alley. they are having the same problem. >> past two months it is 8 introduce . last week i went on one and week before i went on one. it now has a 16.2 unemployment rate . many of those who do find a job get entry level positions. is this that forces young people to delay getting married and buying a house and getting a car . experts say recent grads are

Young people in this country. the current unemployment rate for people 16 to 24 is a whopping 16.2% that is more than double people 25 years of age and over. that is just the tip of the iceberg. peter doocy is live in washington. peter, why is it so much harder for young people it find jobs than anybody else? >> reporter: we asked some recent college graduates who are still without work. one 23-year-old named evan mccann who graduated from iowa state with a degree in finance four months ago, said he only received replys from a handful of 135 or so applications he submitted on linkedin. but emp...

Hurts workers of all ages? >> reporter: gregg, it hurts young people because they get a late start on adulthood. no job means no money to buy things and that is what hurts everyone. >> you're saying to this generation, you're going to be years behind where you should be and that forces young people to delay getting married. delay buying a house. delay buying a car. and, as we know, those are some big drivers of the economy. >> reporter: right now the unemployment rate for 16 to 24-year-olds, 16.2%. it is more than double the overall 7.7% rate. i spoke this week with evan mccann who graduated f...

Swimming while juggling is a feat within the feat he takes credit for innovating. >> it exhausts you, especially being in saltwater and waves hitting you in the face and knocking you over. you feel like you're in a washing machine out there. >> there's thousands of jugglers. but to come up with swimming and juggling at the same time is what i think is amazing. i'm proud of him for that. >> after ten months of training, joe juggles through the quarter mile swim, 16.2 mile bike ride, and 4 mile run. finishing the mulletman triathlon in 1:57. ahead of 2/3 of the competitors, none of whom were jug...