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$2,000 per day. that's a fox watch across america. i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report. disappointing jobs numbers for june. hitting some people harder than others. construction workers facing even higher unemployment than the national average with the weak economy grinding projects to a halt. today the president signing a monster transportation bill from congress bridge projects and lawmakers say it will create up to 3 million construction jobs. as we told you off the top of fox report tonight, the government reports our economy added just 80,000 jobs last...

>> construction sector is the hardest hit with unemployment peaking at 27.1% since february 2010. and was still well above the national average at 12.8% last month. the numbers are improving but simonson says the reality is some 750,000 experienced workers have left the field in the last two years. >> they're finding job jobs in other industry, not in construction. maybe truck driving, manufacturing services or they're going back to school. retiring. >> reality because employment in the field has essentially been stagnant for much of the past two years. experts say construction demends on over...

Reasons the numbers are improving. in march construction sector unemployment was 17.2% according to the bureau of labor statistics. it jumped in april to 14.5%, and then 14.2. in june it was 12.8. the chief economist of the associated general contractors of america says, it is not because they're finding construction jobs. >> they're finding jobs in other industries, not in construction. maybe truck drivering, manufacturing services or else going back to school and retiring. they're just not being hired in construction. that is a potential problem for the industry. >> reporter: the 12.8% figur...

And upper midwest and portions of the northeast and far as the southeast. many of the lakes and rivers, we are not seeing them freeze over . it is impact being outdoor activity. we want to point out it takes five inches of frozen ce and that will be the atv approximate to go over that safely. six inches was ice is needed for a person to walk over that safely . it is not ice, but laking snowfall in the northeast and uma, boston we received a inch of snow . typically 12.8. >> it is milder in the nation's capitol and talking about 60 plus degrees. and a big announcement out of happy valley. he ...

High departures. and upper midwest and portions of the northeast and far as the southeast. many of the lakes and rivers, we are not seeing them freeze over . it is impact being outdoor activity. we want to point out it takes five inches of frozen ce and that will be the atv approximate to go over that safely. six inches was ice is needed for a person to walk over that safely . it is not ice, but laking snowfall in the northeast and uma, boston we received a inch of snow . typically 12.8. >> it is milder in the nation's capitol and talking about 60 plus degrees. and a big announcement out of ...