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The jaws next to -- okay. >> that's very funny. >> watch it long enough to see the nugget of food in the baby's mouth. >> that is cuteness overload. >> st. louis returning back to norm normal. what it's like being inside when a twister struck. >> really unbelievable. >> and also smart is the new rich. today personal branding, you've been out of work six months or longer, called a 99er, 99 weeks of unemployment insurance. how to brand yourself from someone who's been out of work for six months to someone about to get a job. ooh, a brainteaser.

Still a lot of work to do i want to be clear. we talked about the people who have been out of work for a long time. what does this report mean for you if you're a 99er. action on the front end and people recently unemployed are getting jobs but for people out of work a long time, still very difficult. the average length of unemployment is now 39 weeks. that's up. the last report it was 37 weeks. now it's 39 weeks. so the length of unemployment got a little longer so if you find yourself out of a job a long time, still difficult out there. i want to be clear out there. >> a lot of states are cu...

Nobody will ever attack his government paycheck the way kyl attacked a measly $400 a week unemployment benefit. out of touch senate millionaires and millionaires will never have to face heart breaking decisions like the 99ers have had to make including my next guest who had to sell a set of her deceased husband's golf clubs and a gold ring that he gave her just so she could survive. joining me now is gerry dipietro a 99er who lost her job as a business manager in 2008. she has put out 450 applications trying to get back into the work force. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, ed. ho...

Taking home almost $140,000 bucks a year for the rest of his life. hold it right there. so he served 18 years in a job and he's going to get $140,000 bucks every year for the rest of his life. most people work like 45 or 50 years in a career. he worked 18. look what kind of numbers he's taking home. nobody will ever attack his government paycheck the way kyl attacked a measly $400 a week unemployment benefit. out of touch senate millionaires and that wlaes they are will never have to face heart breaking decisions like the 99ers have had to make including my next guest who had to sell a set of ...

This is the state of emergency for everyone. and it needs to be address the right now before millions of unemployed people fall into the ranks of the poor. >> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. this is a story that i have told the audience of "the ed show" for months that i would not let go. for some it's already too late. that, of course, was congresswoman barbara lee of california. god bless her for doing what she's doing, speaking about long-term unemployment in this country. you and i know them as 99ers. today lee and congress man bobby scott, both democrats, propo...