CNN State of the Union December 8, 2013 17:24:00
Kind of just let 2 million families -- >> it should be extended in my view. the 7% unemployment rate is about where the unemployment rate is in the typical recession. it's still very difficult. if you consider the people who were under employed and given the low wage growth, i think the economy is much too weak at this point. the way the current emergency iu program is structured it does phase out as unemployment rates come in, then people get less emergency ui. it happens state by state. the way it's structured phases out. >> there's still unemployment benefits. this is just extended unemploy...