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Then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. it turns out i'm scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. wall street is feeling good about today's new jobs report from the labor department that shows the economy added 209,000 jobs in july, the unemployment rate narrowing going down to 4.3%. the dow ticked above 22,000 and 80 points earlier in the day litting a new record high. right now it's up 39 points as we approach the are closing bell. the high markets and job numbers have president trump claiming a win as his legislative agenda in congress has come to a screechi...

Regulators say about half doesn't go to charity, however, but rather to the professional fund-raisers and telemarketers they hire. >> there's many cases where there's a fund-raising contract where 85% to 90% of the money is going to the professional fund raising company. >> reporter: to test that we examine's california's registry of trusts. in many cases charities raised thousands but got little back. some actually lost money. two campaigns in 2014 for the covenant house raised $66,000. but they got billed for $209,000. they said it used a telemarketer to convert current donors to ongoing mon...

Raising money is expensive. whether you're prompted by compassion or taxes, experts say only give when you're ready and not when the phone rings. this now empty arizona office is typical of boiler rooms around the country where telemarketers raise money for charities which sometimes get little or nothing of what you give. >> there is many cases where there is a fund-raising contract where 85 to 90% of the money is going to the professional fund-raising company. reporter: to test that we examined the california registry of charitable trusts a listings of many national campaigns in hundreds of c...

Campaigns in hundreds of cases. they raised thousands, but got little back, some lost money. example, two campaigns at the cove flint house raised a combined $66,000, but the campaign cost $209,000. that year, 24% of charities took home less than 20 cents on the dollar, and 21% lost money all together. >> it is our standard for reasonable. >> over the last three years, only 22% of all charities met that standard, keeping 65% and paying the fundraiser 35%. >> so the campaigns that we referenced were designed to attract supporters, not raise

Regulators say about half doesn't go to charity, however, but rather to the professional fund-raisers and telemarketers they hire. >> there's many cases where there's a fund-raising contract where 85% to 90% of the money is going to the professional fund raising company. >> reporter: to test that we examine's california's registry of trusts. in many cases charities raised thousands but got little back. some actually lost money. two campaigns in 2014 for the covenant house raised $66,000. but they got billed for $209,000. they said it used a telemarketer to convert current donors to ongoing mon...