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Have come to feel like -- call it vocational consolation prizes and we're simply not celebrating their contribution. that's why you have a skills gap right now at the same time you have unemployment. >> according to the department of labor, skilled labor like plumbers and steam fit ters, will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available between now and 2018. skilled labor workers, a 29% bump. the problem, finding people skilled to fit the job and a number that will retire soon. this job bright mike way out to capitol hill where he testified about a skilled crisis. >> we need a pr campaig...

>> absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. >> this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. >> that's right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what ...

At the same time as you have unemployment. >> reporter: according to the department of labor, skilled labor, like plumbers and steam fiters will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available by 2018. skilled construction workers, a 19% bump. the problem, finding workers with the right qualifications to fill the jobs and an aging workforce that will retire soon. >> all my other suits are made out of rubber. >> reporter: this problem brought mike all the way to capitol hill where he testified in front of the senate commerce committee about the skilled labor crisis. >> we need a national p.r...

jeannie, happy doomsday to you. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> that's it for us. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. good morning to you. i'm carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanctions for some nations and help for others and a controversial suggestion for israel. this just ...

>> there's a category of work, though, in our work force that's critical and those jobs have come to feel like, call it vocational consolation prizes and we are simply not had cret bratsing their contribution. that's why you have a skills gap right now at the same time as you have unemployment. >> reporter: according to the department of labor, skilled labor like plumbers and seam fitters will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available by the year 2018. skilled construction workers, a 19% bump. the problem, finding workers with the right qualifications to fill the jobs and an aging wor...