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Lansing, michigan. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: it's great to have you. i just mentioned that, there was an item in politico yesterday that said michigan's candidates side stepping granholm where they look at your poll numbers and because they are low, they're not looking for your help right now. we're talking about the democrats who are running for your job. >> actually that article was talking about both democrats and republicans. they're not talking about it because they know that the past eight years has been the toughest period of time for michigan. frankly it's been th...

Friday is the big day. we'll learn whether one employment improved at all in july. with very little time to improve the outlook president obama is acknowledging a tough economic road ahead. >> we have to grow faster than we are. we have to make sure we deal with the long term unemployment that's out there which is a huge problem. >> that was the president, of course, in michigan on friday. here is mitch governor jennifer granholm in michigan today. thanks very much for joining us. let's talk about the economic growth, the overall growth slowed and only improved by 2.4%. that's a very slow grow...

Right for america and for these jobs. and i can tell you in michigan, we are grateful. and in auto communities across the country, people are grateful. >> even with the success of the bankruptcy process that's been undertaken for general motors and chrysler, your state, michigan, still has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. i think it's around 13.2%. what do you want to see from washington to reduce that unemployment rate, to help recovery in the state of michigan? one of the things that he has done, that the president has done and that washington must continue to do in this...

Before. as a result of the tough invest mants we made and the tough sacrifices made by all, we have an industry that looks fundamentally different in its progress than we did just a year and a half ago. >> we certainly do, but, kyra, let's not forget taxpayers poured $85 billion in to save them. >> how many jobs does the administration say were saved or created by the bankruptcy somewhere. >> great question. they say 55,000 u.s. auto jobs have been added this year. michigan has an astonishingly high unemployment rate, 13.2, second highest in the nation, down a little from a year ago, but when ...

Choosing a replacement for the late senator robert byrd. and on the bottom with, pirate attacks around the world are down nearly 20% from last year. the international maritime bureau says the drop is due to beefed-up patrols. jenna: new numbers on the employment picture right here in the u.s. jobless claims coming in at 429,000. that's, in fact, the lowest level of americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits in nearly two years. but the jobless rate remains stuck at 9 and a half percent. this as president obama makes a renewed push to promote the effects of the stimulus plan. the pre...