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president and cleave employment analysts at randstad and ellen gordon reeves is author of "can i wear my nose ring to the interview." we'll get to that great title in a moment. but joannie, where are the jobs available? i know the statistic, there are more than 3 million open jobs in america. where are they? health care? >> everybody is looking. they want to know where the jobs are at. there are a lot of sectors hiring. health care is a lot sector, engineering, information technology, accounting and finance. of there's lots of job opportunities in this sector. but, of course, you nee...

Put together about $20 million to start, to try to help meet the goal the president says we should meet. we need 100,000 more teachers in sign technology, engineering, and mathematics in the stem field. >> i just called it s.t.e.p. it's stem, of course. >> they believe they'll be able to recruit, train, and report 10, 20,000 of that 1,000. so that we'll meet 20% of the nation's goals from this single commitment, if we get it done. and i'm excited about it. it's really important. because we know that we don't have enough teachers in these fields, both in secondary schools and in four-year schoo...

Applies to where they go to school and, you know, the last kid you showed us, that was a very rich school district. he had all these courses offered. but the kid from middle-class america, he didn't have the chance to take those courses. >> yeah, it's really interesting. and most american students actually won't take calculus and physics. even if offered, they opt out. most industrialized nations don't let you opt out. in the united states, students are allowed to choose. and usually they choose not to. that wouldn't be a problem except we have 2 million jobs according to the secretary of educ...

the killing of osama bin laden, new details. we have correspondents covering all angles. they'll join us at the top of the hour. but first politics. ron paul wants president obama's job. he announced his intentions earlier today and plans a news conference at the top of the hour. the republican congressman joins newt gingrich in the gop race for the white house. a long time political observer, broadcaster and businessman has a new book, fail up, lessons from building successes from failure. tavis, welcome. >> good to be on. >> i want to talk about your book in a little bit, but fir...

President obama's 2012 budget calls for $4.3 billion for recruiting and training teachers and principals and a portion of that will go toward recruiting teachers in the so-called stem field, science, technology, engineering, and math. the goal is to get 100,000 new stem teachers in schools over the next decade but that could be easier said than done. >> you really think she is right? yeah. she is. >> reporter: after 31 years as an engineer gary is starting a new career -- math teacher at faith christian academy in poughkeepsie, new york. >> i was very comfortable where i was. i loved my job. b...