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how about you? >> oh, i'm a bears fan. >> she's a chicago boy. i'll give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who's over in afghanistan. let's get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. ou...
Looking for a job. thousands are coming forth putting that forward. he's put together in congress resumes for america@mail.house.gov. he wants to submit to the congress the names of people and the resumes looking for jobs. we seem not to have a plan yet to reinvest in and reindustrialize america. we are missing that great society dream, all of these vacant houses for example, if that were a plan for trades for training, fixing up these houses and weatherizing them and use brick masons and glazers you could put thousands if not millions back to work to offset the damage done by the banker polic...
They don't make much money at this. the median family income is about $36,000 a year. you heard the numbers gary was talking about there. while they do take some very low wage jobs from citizens by working for even less, it's worth noting that they often take those jobs from earlier waves of illegal immigrants, too, anderson. >> what about the notion they depress wages for u.s. citizens? >> that's a great question. that appears to be true. again, it's primarily in certain jobs, in certain places. not necessarily across the board. for example, 17% of the people who work in construction are beli...
>> what about the notion they depress wages for u.s. citizens? >> that's a great question. that appears to be true. again, it's primarily in certain jobs, in certain places. not necessarily across the board. for example, 17% of the people who work in construction are believed to be illegal immigrants and pugh says that's up 7% from 2003. look at that. 10% to 17%, a big jump in a short period of time. 40% of brick masons, for example, and 37% of drywall installers are now here illegally, or at least believed to be. those are jobs that not long ago were held by u.s. citizens who today could prob...