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You for joining us. president trump touted a new coal mine but in other parts of the country, coal miners are seeking training in new careers that have more potential for job growth. i traveled to eastern kentucky to see how one man is looking to transform the region and perceptions of it with computer coding. take a look. >> have you been laid off from a job in the mining industry? >> reporter: rusty and his business partner created a company they call bit source and put up a help wanted ad on the radio. >> we have a career opportunity for you. >> reporter: that's a way to reach them. >> th...

Federal money in apprenticeship has a $27 return. that's real money. i was in coal country, kentucky, not far from where you were and we were looking at an investment we made. it's a company called bit source, it was a startup, they do computer coding and there were about a dozen displaced coal miners and my feeling about that is anybody who is working hard we're going to fight to make sure they have the skills to compete. they lost their jobs, they weren't coming back and rather than making a promise we couldn't keep, we invested in them. we subsidize their wage for a period of time and it's ...

Ah, i don't even know what it means myself. >> this is very interesting because you're taking those -- you're taking survivors of domestic violence, survivors of human trafficking, and you are teaching them one of these most elite skills in america right now. that's computer coding. it just doesn't seem to fit together compared to what other ngo's and cbo's are doing across the country. >> that's very much on purpose, richard. we think everyone else is underestimating these human beings. we want to give people the opportunities we think they deserve, and they're doing incredible things with th...

Trains survivors of human trafficking and violence against women and they teach them the skill of computer coding. jessica, thanks for being with us. we talked about economic empowerment of women. what does your organization do to try to even the playing field? what does any candidate do? >> well, it's breaking the cycle of victimization. we are partnering with shelters and service providers that refer survivors to us who are bright and capable and asking those what's next questions, looking to rebuild their lives, and we take them through a software school, a training program that teaches the...

Poverty and the republican ideas to move people up the economic lad ladder. that's a message that's important in arkansas. >> governor, inside the state of arkansas you all have done something fascinating which is mandate computer science in your classrooms and you've seen incredible numbers of students go up in coding, especially with women, especially with minorities. why dual think that was so important? >> my grand daughter inspired me to do it. she was 11 years old and built a mobile campaign app for my campaign in a said hey this ought to be in every school. whenever you look nationally ...