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On Thursday's show: What will the job market look like in Houston next year? The Greater Houston Partnership unveils its jobs forecast for 2024.

>> good morning to you. it is 21 after the top of the hour. he just finished a contentious bat overly the fiscal cliff. reports show that he will begin to push for immigration reformerly lir this month. a record number of people trying to buy guns in december. the fbi says they did nearly 2.8 million background checks this month. people could be worried about gun control laws in response to the sandy hook tragedy. over to you. >> thank you ainsley. employers are heading into the new year with cautious optimism in career builders 2013 job forecast over 60 percent of employers say they are actua...

Thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> heather: so i will begin off the very top and ask about this plan. everyone agrees that we should support our veterans. but will this bill pass and will it work? >> nancy? >> i think it might pass, but unfortunately, i don't think it will create jobs. this type of approach, what it does is at the margin t might push an employer to hire a veteran if they have one of those rare job openings that we're seeing, but it's not going to create an additional job opening. so i don't think it does anything to change the very anemic job forecast that we're seeing...