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Number is 53.6%. when you look at that. that is the young work force. those are the ones that are supposed to rev up the economy and expand and great thinkers of the future. they are simply sitting on the sidelines and buried in debt? >> so what is happening, as you point out, unemployment rate is b 11 years was 41%. right now this is an election year issue. it's becoming an issue for the congress and white house and for republicans from both sides of the aisle because interest rates and student loans are set to double this july if the government doesn't move to stop it. but then the argument ...

Mississippi. al, flooding in four states. difficult situation there. what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest i'm standing in vicksburg. this is the mississippi river. it should be beyond that building but now overrun its banks obviously. in some places, the mississippi is six times as wide as normally would be. in vicksburg, flood stage at 53.6 feet. the record flood stage will be 56 feet, we expect by sunday. they will be at 57.5 feet. this is pushing south. it had a devastating effect economically and psychically on these folks in these states. for example, a lot of riverside gambling has...