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Came in and killed her. 66-year-old veteran, killed her. and that is happening all over. we are going to stop it. we are going to have a wall. and i'm really good at walls. what i do great. i build. what i do better than -- that's why with the infrastructure of the country falling apart. we are spending money all over the wall. i was going to have a list of dumb things the country does. one is a washer. a screw, a washer and extra grip. it was a two cent washer by the time it went to south carolina to texas it cost $988,000 to have it delivered over a long period of time. there are so many thi...

Like you said salespeople in all areas of the dealership we are hiring. >> reporter: one of the things we wanted to look at was pre recession numbers. how many folks did you have to layoff? everyone was hit hard. >> we laid off almost 200 people. before the recession we were almost at 1200. we got down to a low of about 830 people now we are back to about a thousand. >> reporter: that is certainly good. andy thanks very much. in 2007 back in the good old days about 1.1 million people worked at new car dealerships in the country. in 2009 that number dropped to 755,000, and in 2011 the projectio...

Projected to happen in 2011. when you look at the big picture the numbers are not quite as rosey. in 2007 this industry employed about 1.1 million people. in 2007 that number dropped to 750,000. for 2011 we are looking at about 988,000 jobs. we are still not back at that 1.1 million mark yet but the numbers are rising and we know that is good news in a tough economy. gregg: live in los angeles, casey, thank you very much. fox news has been reporting from across the nation, showing you where the jobs are, who is hiring and how to get retained to find a new job. all you have to do is go to foxne...