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And expensive, and won't be fooled by appearance if it doesn't taste good. we won't buy it. the hours off in the afternoon may no longer facilitate an enormous meal and nap. but they prevent people from eating at desks in cubicles. it's a food and lifestyle issue. their priorities are different than ours. when i got home i checked on the italian life expectancy, in italy it was 82.09 years in 2011 compared to 78.64 in america. and our rate of obesity is double italys of 17.2%. that's according to the u.n. report. the explanation from my italian friend was confirmed by dr. kenneth thorpe the ch...

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...

Is. at 14.5%, that's unprecedented. it is quite high. it is about double the official unemployment rate. it was 14.2, when president obama took office. i am noticing that it was 17.2% in october of 2009. so is there no reason to say, well, we have come down, it is way beyond where it needs to be for us to see a true recovery? >> yes. it has improved. i mean thas improved. but it's still quite, quite high. and the other thing that is really important about it is that this concept of the long-term unemployed, which we haven't seen these kind of number, frankly, ever. 43% of the 12.8 million peop...

That diverts you from the big issue. there is only one issue. not iraq. not afghanistan. jobs. jobs. jobs. >>neil: you think mitt romney is the best for that. why? >>guest: he is a businessman. there will be more input from the business sector if he is president to figure out how we create jobs not in the public sector but in the private sector. the public sector jobs only exacerbate the issue, you have to race taxes. this number came from him. we bought 1,000 ships a year during world war ii. and we had 1,000 people in the bureau of ships. in the 19 80's we bought 17.2 ships a year and we had...

>> reporter: at sun coast community high, they're proud of being ranked ninth in the country by "newsweek" magazine. >> what sun coast offers that is so different is the unique atmosphere. everybody is so -- so willing and so ambitious to work and to succeed. >> reporter: but even in a school with 100% graduation rate, where college admission is virtually guaranteed, students are painfully and personally aware of the challenges. >> the economic times has definitely, like, completely changed my mindset about college. >> reporter: ashley is a senior who plans on being the first in her family to ...