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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, proposed legislation that ...

Linsey davis has more on these so-called 99ers. >> reporter: banks may be optimistic but dawn rainer is not. >> i'm two months behind on the mortgage. i have enough to pay the utilities for maybe this month and then i have absolutely not a penny left. >> reporter: dawn is a 99er. one of 1.5 million americans who have been unemployed for 99 weeks or more and have run out of unemployment benefits. the tax bill recently signed into law doesn't extend unemployment benefits beyond 99 weeks. in rallies and online the 99ers are organizing. the websites are part support group, part petition to congres...

Rescue. been some engine problems with that freighter that left it stranded off the coast of alaska, and now it got some tough weather they have been dealing with as well. we'll tell you what's been happening there. hello there. i'm t.j. holmes. glad you could start your day with us. let me tell you what else we have. mexican police say they arrest ad hit man in the drug wars there. this is a hit man like one probably you've never seen before. also out of work? also out of benefits. a so-called 99er telling her story and there could be millions more like her. we now know which two teams sh...

Outraged. >> right. thank you so much for the conversation this afternoon. thank you. still ahead here on "the dylan ratigan show." >> thank you. >> what's it like to be a 99er in this country? today we're talking to one of the millions of americans who are now called, so-called 99ers. folks who can still not enjoy the job. whose 99 weeks unemployment have run out. did our ancestors invent civilization as a way to brew beer. they may have been forced to choose between free booze and free love? we'll explain after this. also introducing the doughnut burger. it's less healthy than it sounds....

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