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>> once schools reopen thursday, every student will have to get their temperature taken to make sure they're well enough to go to school. and a major announcement later today from the nation's largest retailer. walmart says it will hire more than 100,000 military vets over the next five years. the hiring program officially kicks off on memorial day, may 27. the company says it will hire every veteran who wants a job, provided he or she left the service within the last year without a dishonorable discharge. and apple might not be waiting too much longer before releasing another new ipad. th...

Sure they're well enough to go to school. and a major announcement later today from the nation's largest retailer. walmart says it will hire more than 100,000 military vets over the next five years. the hiring program officially kicks off on memorial day, may 27. the company says it will hire every veteran who wants a job, provided he or she left the service within the last year without a dishonorable discharge. and apple might not be waiting too much longer before releasing another new ipad. the ipad 4 came out last october and now there's word the ipad 5 will be released in march. it's b...

America would be so much better off. >> well, look, you're talking here about the question of protests and right now in the streets, right here in new york city, right, americans are protesting on the questions of economic inequality. we have 40,000 troops coming home. 40,000. and the unemployment rate for veterans in this country is outrageously high. on the one hand, you know, richard and i were sitting here thrilled about the possibilities, about what it may mean for this war to be ending. on the other hand, what do you see as the domestic economic implications of this return of our veteran...

The right equipment? >> well, i think we have to -- >> it's just not putting somebody in a uniform on the street, it's boots on the ground in urban neighborhoods. they have to be trained and equipped. >> right. there are a number of steps. we have to certainly first support the hiring of state and local law enforcement officials. the cops hiring plan has a -- hiring program, we have a fiscal year 2011 request for $600 million. that's up $297 million from this year. so that's the first step, to get these people on the force. but the point you make is an excellent one. and that simply having the...