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a man in florida is taking his love of barbie to a whole new level. you got to see this. stan the barbie man. practically redefines avid collector. look at his house. cnn affiliate wfts says stan's collection of 2,000 barbies is worth more than $80,000 and managed to get the sixth barbie ever made and paid just four

bucks for it. $4. stan says the trick is finding a good deal. i could not sleep in that house with all of the eyes from every corner from barbie watching everywhere. >> he said he had a friend who said what if they all came to life and were banging on their boxes to get out. who would you let out first? wonderwoman. thanks for starting your morning with us. >> we have more coming up on "cnn saturday morning." starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm brianna keilar in for randi kaye. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with good news for the northeast. that's very good news. air travel getting back to normal after a winter storm canceled almost 700 flights across the region. other flights arrived at newark an average four hours late. new york's laguardia and logan airport in boston also had

significant delays. >> that blizzard dumped almost two feet of snow on parts of massachusetts and connecticut. where's the storm now? what's in store for this weekend for the rest of the country? >> let's go to the cnn weather center and meteorologist alexandra steele with more on that. >> what a storm it was. look at these numbers in connecticut. another connecticut storm with two feet of snow. in staffordville, 23 inches. worcester with 22 inches. boston, 12. new york had 4. it's over. area of low pressure moved out to sea. dry skies and sunny skies. temperatures in the 40s and even in the 50s. here's our next storm though we're watching. chicago, rain day for you. but in the northeast today we're going to have a beautiful weekend in both boston and new york. today 50s. new york, tomorrow 50s as well. today in the 30s in boston. tomorrow upper 30s.

temperatures really mild. then on tuesday we're going to watch that rain move into new york. wednesday we're going to watch sunny skies again. so really beautiful week ahead. we'll have all of that snow begin to melt with temperatures well above the freezing point. here in the west the next system. denver, colorado, 6 to 12 inches coming in for you. that whole system pushes eastward for the week ahead. >> all right. meteorologist alexandra steele, thanks. in the northeast one town has a lot of cleaning up to do after this week's winter storm. we'll take you to coastal massachusetts and tell you how this home ended up tipping off its foundation and onto the beach. a surprise jump in the number of americans hired last month sent the unemployment rate falling to its lowest level since 2008. it is now at 7.7%. >> 236,000 americans got jobs according to the latest report. one of the brightest spots was construction hiring. 48,000 jobs added there. >> those jobs are a sign of a

broader recovery. low mortgage rates are helping people buy homes so builders need to hire which means more people have jobs. >> the unemployment rate is dropping. those looking for work for the longest time are now feeling the pinch from washington. >> the mandatory spending cuts that began a week ago are cutting into long-term unemployment benefits. >> emily schmidt is in washington live with more. how big is the impact here? >> brianna and victor, good morning to you. we're talking about an impact of 10% of jobless benefits. we're talking about federal unemployment payments. they start when state benefits, which can last up to 26 weeks, run out. those long-term unemployment benefits can provide an average of $300 a week for the next 47 weeks. it's a safety net congress has authorized since the economy weakened in 2008. so now with the forced spending cuts that went into effect march 1st, people are going to see the smaller unemployment checks in

just the next few weeks. the national employment law project says there's more to it than that. budget cuts will impact funding for state agencies making it tougher for the same group of people to find jobs and have the claims process to get money they are counting on. >> we can expect and understand what their response would be to getting those smaller checks. are we hearing their reaction? >> we talked to one person who is a philadelphia grandmother. she's worked for 30 years. she's been out of work since last march stretching every dollar to make ends meet while she's looking for a job. now she says she's looking at $200 less a month because of these cuts. she says that's not going to be enough to cover the basics anymore. she's so frustrated by these cuts from washington. she feels that this shows congress just not looking out for people like her. >> and are there concerns about the larger impact that these cuts could have on the economy? the recovery is in progress but it's obviously, you know, pretty

fragile as well. >> you know, it depends on which economists you asked. we talked to one who said we haven't seen a situation like this for long-term unemployment since the great depression. he says these overall mandatory budget cuts only going to hurt the economy more. we had another perspective who said these cuts are just a part of finding a long-term budget solution. listen in. >> i think to solve the deficit problem everyone is going to have to get their ox gore to an extend. these extended unemployment benefits are a subsidy. we need to cut all subsidies in the federal government frankly if we're going to get this deficit down. >> you see that philosophical divide but while this larger debate continues, here's reality. up to 3.8 million people without jobs are now facing larger money worries because of the much smaller unemployment checks. >> thanks, emily, for that. defense secretary chuck

hagel is not letting a deadly attack in afghanistan keep him from personally thanking u.s. troops there. nine people were killed, 14 others were hurt in a suicide bombing at the afghan defense ministry in kabul. hagel was at a briefing at a military base a mile from the blast. he was not injured. the taliban is claiming responsibility and says it's a message for hagel and for the u.s. he once sat side by side with osama bin laden and served as the mouth piece for al qaeda making threats against the u.s. >> now he's facing u.s. justice in a courtroom in the heart of new york city not far from ground zero. that's where he has been. let's go to cnn national correspondent susan candiotti in new york. susan? >> reporter: good morning. for years his video messages spewing hate and dire warnings to americans after 9/11 finally brought sulaiman abu ghaith to america inside a courtroom.

sulaiman abu ghaith entered the room looking differently than the al qaeda spokesman so often seen next to his father in law, osama bin laden. in new york federal court, he looked older, balding, his dark beard now gray. gone was the fiery rhetoric. he quietly said yes when asked whether he understood the charges and left to to his lawyer to enter his plea, not guilty. behind the scenes, abu ghaith is talking to investigators. prosecutors dropping a bombshell revealing he made a 22-page statement after his arrest, possibly powerful evidence. >> prosecutors always want statements from a defendant so the fact that he gave such an extensive one has the potential to be extremely incriminating at a trial. >> reporter: what did he tell investigators? they aren't saying. he was arrested overseas february 28th and flown to the u.s. from jordan march 1st, a full week before his arraignment.

abu ghaith has mostly been under house arrest in iran since 2002 and experts say likely not actively involved in al qaeda operations. bin laden himself bragged on tape the 9/11 plans were so secretive abu ghaith didn't even know about them. >> he points to his spokesman and says we didn't clue him in. so surely a defense lawyer will be using that in the future case. >> reporter: despite ongoing criticism from republicans that abu ghaith should be treated as a combatant and tried in guantanamo, the administration stands by its decision. >> this is somebody who will be held accountable for his crimes and that will be done in accordance with laws and values of this country. >> reporter: some 9/11 families say they are glad someone so prominent in al qaeda is being prosecuted. >> let's get trials going in new york city. all of the people affected that day can see the trials and that's where they should be in new york city. >> reporter: that's where abu

ghaith's trial is about a mile away from ground zero where jim's son and thousands of others lost their lives. victor and brianna? >> susan candiotti following the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. thanks. you know that violent storm in the northeast we told you about? it knocked two homes along the massachusetts coast off their foundations. >> take a look at this. that's a how the teetering on the edge of the atlantic ocean. there was a second house that tipped over into the sea overnight gone. at least ten others are in jeopardy. >> this is plum island. a popular vacation spot long been threatened by coastal erosion. let's get to john atwater. what are they doing to keep homes still intact safe from more damage? >> reporter: not much they can do. since the last time we talked it's gotten worse.

the tide is coming in. we're an hour away from high tide. you can see that second house that collapsed there and the waves just battering that deck. in the foreground here the waves have already carried the staircase. you see that white railing there. carried it this way. so the problem right now, this debris that's being swept out to sea being brought back in and then hitting some of these other homes that are compromised. one of the compromised homes right in front of us here you can see the foundation it looks horrible and this has been battered storm after storm this winter and we're seeing another high tide here with the waves just rolling in. now, we told you before we're at a home that is secure here. it was more recently rebuilt. we're on the deck here. you can see a number of news crews here trying to capture these images. i want to bring your attention to this home. this is the one that came off its foundation yesterday and right now as we approach high tide the waves are just rolling right in. you can see down at what used to be the first floor and the waves are just coming in and as they go in, they are carrying out

chairs, tables, wood. there's metal coming out of that house. obviously a lot of personal belongings here. a very sad story. the problem all this debris that's coming out and hitting other houses down the coastline. just behind the house you can see a backhoe there. what they're going to do is start trying to dismantle these houses to try to limit the impact on others. >> john atwater, thanks for that. a tough go for those people there. >> lifetime of memories gone. they are safe. wow. >> we've got a lot more ahead this hour. >> here's a look at what's coming up. she's a successful mixed martial arts fighter to set her sites on the ufc. one problem. her opponents and the organization say they didn't know she was born a ban. she explains why she doesn't think she did anything wrong. >> if i'm convicted, that's

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at this hour we're supposed to have a bit of a fly by. there's no chance at all that the asteroid will hit us. the closest it will come to our planet is the about 604,000 miles away. that's pretty far away. 2.5 times the distance from the earth to the moon and nasa says you can see the asteroid in the night sky with a high powered amateur telescope but it will be harder to spot once the sun comes up. >> not really that close of an encounter. >> a scientist might tell you that it's close. >> next week this comet will be visible with the naked eye. look for it in the northern hemisphere tuesday just after sunset. it's been visible with a telescope for a while now in the southern hemisphere and

scientists say naked eye comets happen once every five to ten years. >> thousands of people are packed into austin, texas, this weekend for the first leg of of the south by southwest festival. i haven't been. i'm catching on. >> huge party with a purpose. music, film, technology, they take center stage. >> covering all of the fun for us this morning is our entertainment correspondent, nischelle turner, who always gets the great assignments. there were a record number of film submissions this year, huh? >> reporter: 5,700 submissions plus. a little over 5,700 films submitted for the festival. 250 were selected. you talked that i always get the good assignments, i got another good one yesterday. i sat down with the -- i'm kind of rubbing it in. i'm twisting the knife there.

i sat down with the stars of the new movie. the three of them together in one room is crazy. i can only imagine what the set was like. let me tell you a quick bit about this movie. this movie was an ageing magician act on vegas. they are the bigwigs in town and then comes jim carrey who does the crazy stuff like walking on hot rocks and he sleeps on hot rocks instead of just walking over them. and olivier is steve's assistant, jane. so it's a crazy comedy. it also has a little bit of heart. this movie is full of glitter, spray tan, fake hair, and i'm not talking about on the women. watch this. >> i liked it because for the first time it wasn't the woman in the movie having to do the wig and the tan and the glitter.

>> the men got silent. i tend to think maybe there's something you took. >> for once i didn't have to shave my chest. i let it grow. >> i finally did. i had to shave it. i shaved it this time opposed to pulling hair out. >> we're glad about that. we all love you for taking one for the team. >> i took it for the team a few years ago. i would never do that again. i would not do the waxing thing again. >> reporter: kelly clarkson. that's what i wanted but i didn't. >> you were talking with the cast of "drinking buddies." what's on tap? what are you going to drink? >> reporter: water for me. i'm a light weight. in college they used to call me two can sam. two san cans and i'm done.

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wedding bells are ringing for michael jordan and his fiance. the nba legend who just turned 50 applied for a marriage license in west palm beach, florida. tmz reports the wedding date is april 27th. this is his second marriage. he led the bulls to six championships and majority owner of the nba's charlotte bobcats. >> and lebron james is on a

mission for a ring of his own. last night he led the miami hatd to the 17th straight win. the win actually means that miami is the first team to clinch a playoff birth and the streak ties the clippers to the longest this entire season. >> all right. good for them. america's open house closes its doors. rand paul goes on and on and on and we make up a word. here's a look at the week that was. >> a real life filibuster on the floor of the senate. >> what the who? it was a nonevent until ron paul's boy, rand. >> the white house is forced to shut down white house tours. >> this is going to cut into joe biden's balloon animal business. >> it's a windy, snowy, rainy mess in the northeast right now. >> biblical end of days is here. >> a fantastically long filibuster. no more tickets for white house tours and the clever name for some wicked weather. >> virginia, washington, d.c.

being hammer by another massive winter storm. >> this wasn't just any storm. >> they were calling it the snowquester. >> maybe not. >> washington, d.c. was expecting snow as well. >> that clever word play combining snow from the storm and you get the rest. >> this is fantastic and ridiculous or fanticulous. >> this was just the beginning of what would be -- >> remarkable 12 hours and 52 minutes. >> in that time he talked, drank, ate, invoked "alice in wonderland." even managed to get jane fonda into the conversation. >> are you going to just drop a drone missile on jane fonda?

>> it's so disrespectful. >> easy, jane. >> starting this weekend all white house tours are canceled. >> wait. what? >> the tours are being canceled until further notice because of budget cuts. >> prompting people to ask -- >> really? is that the only way to save money? >> tonight the markets make history. >> yep. the dow rallied and then the following day -- >> the dow hit a second record high. >> nothing short of remarkable. >> a positive way to look at it. >> keep the party hat handy. >> and then there's this. >> it only took wall street and financial industry 5 1/2 years to self-repair the gaping wound they self-inflicted. >> speaking of jon stewart, he's heading out on hiatus. >> we'll be off for 12 weeks starting in june. >> he's not taking the summer off to lounge around. >> to direct his first movie. >> not to take a job --

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six passengers aboard royal caribbean's "vision of the sea's" cruise ship are back on land. they became sick with a stomach virus and responded well to over-the-counter medication administered aboard the ship. small pocket knives now allowed on airplanes. tsa announced the change this week. not everyone, especially those who work in the airline industry, are on board. >> now myself on the flight attendant with alaskan airlines and that is one of the airlines that also was opposed to this years ago. we're expecting more airlines to join in this chorus with us today as alaska airlines ceo at the time remarks that in 2000, a passenger had a 2.5-inch knife and attacked a crew member. he said a weapon such as a pointed tip could cause great

harm on crew members and passengers in the cabin. the story was the same seven years ago as it is today. >> delta ceo richard anderson said friday he also objects to this decision. loaded guns will soon be allowed in south dakota schools. the law was signed by the governor on friday and allows school boards to establish school programs. they allow certain employees and volunteers to carry guns. all need to complete a training program. several other states allow teachers to have loaded weapons in the classroom. the california animal sanctuary where a woman was killed is set to reopen tomorrow. on wednesday a 350-pound africa lion killed dianna hanson at project survive cat haven. the lion escaped an enclosure. a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the lion to get hanson. egyptians are taking to the streets in several cities today. several buildings in the capital

cairo were set on fire including a policemen's club and headquarters of the egyptian football association. a court ruling upholding death sentences and prison terms for 40 defendants in a soccer riot case sparked the violence. now let's talk about this case that millions of people are following. the jodi arias trial. she's charged with premeditate the murder of her boyfriend, travis alexander. jurors grilled her about why she told so many lies. >> after all of the lies you have told, why should we believe you now? >> lying isn't typically something i just do. i'm not going to say that i've never told a lie in my life before this incident but the lies that i've told in this case

can be tied directly back to either protecting travis' reputation or my involvement in his death. >> arias is 32 years old and she could face the death penalty. let's turn to cnn legal contributor paul callan for analysis. this trial will be remembered for moments. this was a huge moment. what do we learn from the jury about their thought process from the questions they asked? >> this is shaping up to be one of the most bizarre murder cases in american history. she's been on the stand now for over 17 days and arizona has this strange procedure where jurors are allowed to ask questions of the defendant. and i think it's a fascinating procedure. actually, for lawyers it's scary. as my wife was saying when i was leaving today to come to the studio, why don't they let jurors ask all of the questions in these cases and she'll put me

out of business completely. when you think about it, the jurors are the audience that the entire trial is being played before so why not resolve their questions? they propounded over 200 questions for jodi arias and they're perceptive questions and they indicate a high degree of skepticism of the arias defense and she's been trying to answer them over the last couple days. been fascinating to watch. >> 200 questions and the one that stands out is why should we believe you. you talked about this not being very common. it is rare. we don't see it very often. how rare is it that the jury has the opportunity to question the defendant? >> there are only three american states that permit it. arizona, kentucky and florida right now where it's mandatory if jurors ask questions they have to be asked by the judge. now, the questions go to the judge and he can rephrase them to make them legally proper and then they get propounded to the

defendant in the case. it's very, very rare. and, boy, they were spot on with some of the questions they asked her. one that was most fascinating to me which was, victor, that her whole defense has been that she doesn't remember stabbing him to death and one of the jurors said to her, were you in fear when you were stabbing him to death? she started to say -- to recount her feelings while she was stabbing him and caught herself and stopped so it would indicate that she did remember the stabbing. they also asked a csi question that was great. the claim in the case by prosecutors is that she stabbed him first and then shot him to finish him off. 27 stab wounds and a shot to the head. she finished -- she was asked the question by the jurors why did the bullet casings have blood on them because that would indicate stab first, shoot at the end, which is a

contradiction. they are very percent perceptive questions by the jury. >> talk about this on the other side. >> all i can do at this point is say what happened to the best of my recollection and if i'm convicted, then that's because of my own bad choices in the beginning. >> my own bad choices in the beginning. is that a confession? >> well, she certainly has confessed to this murder. >> a confession to premeditation. >> well, she's confessed to it by i think indicating so many bizarre things that one could only draw an inference of premeditation. so that answer is like a lot of other answers. for instance, she's always been asked by the jurors, you know, when do you decide to lie and not lie because she admitted she was deliberately lying about a lot of things. she said i only lie to protect

travis alexander's reputation. and that's why she lied about so many things before the case and during the case. and she's blacked out then anything that has to do with stabbing 27 times and finishing him off with a shot to the head. she can't remember any of that. the jury was trying to figure out, why do you remember certain things and not other things? when do you decide to lie and not lie? she says i only lied to protect his reputation. it is such a bizarre defense that it makes me think the lawyers had nothing whatever to do with it. it must have been jodi arias' idea. >> 17 days on the stand. paul callan, thank you so much. >> nice being with you, victor. >> likewise. seven days dominated by ballet brutality and dunkin' donuts heroism. here's your week of crime in 60 seconds. in russia a dramatic development to a plot right out of a ballet. 29-year-old dancer admitted that he was behind the acid attack on

a ballet director in january. despite the confession, he said the attack was not intended to the extent that it happened. a 59-year-old man who spent 22 months in solitaire confinement was awarded $15.5 million this week for his suffering. he was arrested in new mexico for a drunk driving incident but was never tried. and his attorney said the county forgot about him. while in jail, he developed fungus on his face, tooth decay and significant weight loss. in a statement on thursday, the county says it regrets the harm that he suffer during this period and don't miss with dunken. man who tried to rob a dunkin' donuts drive-through was expecting cash but got a full space of hot coffee. cops in connecticut are still looking for him. that's the week of crime in 60 seconds. mixed martial arts is known as one of the most intense and

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whether you're a fan of mixed martial arts or only just heard about it, you may not believe this next story. take a look at this first round knockout that's making headlines. >> fallon fox escaped and both back on their feet. >> good throws and reversals by both fighters. >> these girls are getting right into it. fox down to the knees.

that's it. fallon fox, holy cow. >> what a beautiful knee. beautiful clinch right to the chin. >> that was fallon fox kneeing erica newsom in the head to advance to the women's tournament last saturday. it took fallon 39 seconds to win the match and nicknamed the queen of swords. the 37-year-old fighter is on a roll. 3-0 in amateur fights. 2-0 professionally. it's not her undefeated record that has everyone talking. the headline is the fact that fallon was born a man. fallon kept her history private until breaking the story to "sports illustrated's" loretta hunt this week explaining how in 2006 she went through hormonal therapy and gender reassignment surgery. fallon and loretta joining me now for more on this. first off, guys, thank you so much for talking to us about this topic and i guess, you know, to you, first, fallon, there's been some criticism.

people, including some of your opponents, who say it's not fair that you fight women when you were born a man. what do you say to your critics? >> i say that it's completely fair. the medical community stands behind me on that. there's no unfair competitive advantages, which is the argument some who oppose my competition have said. >> when did you -- sort of give us an idea of when you started with the mixed martial arts. was this before or after your gender reassignment surgery? >> i started training in 2008, which is about two years after my gender reassignment surgery. my first mma match was about a year and a half ago. >> so you've only ever trained and you've only ever been involved in the sport as a woman. are you surprised by some of the reaction that you're getting both some of the negative and the positive?

>> it doesn't surprise me that much. i think that some people have a tendency not to pay attention to science in general, which is the way that we find out about the world around us. it's just a thing that happens to human beings. i think for the most part the reaction has been positive. it's just some people, some in society don't get it yet. that's what we're trying to do right now is inform people and let them know about transgender athletes. >> loretta, you broke this story. it sort of interesting because this is an issue that has come up in other sports, right? talk to us about the mma and whether fighters are required to notify if they are transgender and how that compares to other sports. >> right. well in terms of mixed martial arts, this is our first known case of a transgender athlete essentially coming out and revealing her medical history. in terms of fallon having to notify her opponent, at this

point the state commissions and they all have their different set of rules per jurisdiction are essentially racing to accommodate and bring in some sort of transgender policy, specifically florida and california where her licenses or either active or pending. fallon at this point would not have to tell her opponent she is transgender and in terms of what rules are in place in the coming months, i suspect she will have to let the commissions know and they will test her appropriately. >> what do you think ultimately may happen here? >> i think it's going to take a couple months. fallon is in a tournament and she's moved to the semifinals with her win on march 2nd so she's active right now in florida. her license is under review due to a discrepancy she put on her application. i'm told that her license is active. it's not frozen in any way.

however, the florida boxing commission starting next week is going to investigate and look at some type of transgender policy to bring in. i think it's going to go through a process that's going to take about a couple months and once that policy is in place, i believe felallon will be able t fight. >> this is something that's very personal for you to talk about. why did you decide at this point that you wanted to discuss this and share this with the world knowing full well that you would get a lot of attention. you were obviously prepared for that. >> right. i didn't plan on coming out. there was a reporter that contacted me and was digging. apparently he was told rumors that i was transsexual is the terminology that i like to use. i pretty much had no choice because he was digging around and asking people about me. if it wasn't for that, i would have preferred to keep my personal medical history to myself because that's what it is. it's a matter of my personal

medical history. and i don't think that anybody should have to reveal their personal medical history if they don't feel that they want to. >> so you felt forced to do this. this obviously must have been a very difficult process to go through and obviously one that i think probably a number of other transgender athletes have had to go through as well. have you talked to any other transgender athletes to get a sense of this unique experience that's been forced on you? >> recently i've been in contact with a few transgender athletes. we haven't really talked at length about the situation though. >> what are you looking forward to here as you wait for a couple of months. i guess it's wait and see for you. what are your expectations? >> my expectations are for the commissions to accept me as a female mma fighter. i'm pretty sure they will. they have no legal standing to bar me from fighting, and i

don't think that's their bend. i think they are looking to try to allow me to compete and to set standards in place for other transsexual mma fighters in the future. >> there are a number of other organizations who have those standards in place as well. the ncaa and olympics among them. fallon fox and loretta hunt, thank you both for being with us. we appreciate it. in the next hour, we'll talk to fallon's opponent there you saw there, erica newsom who she knocked out in a matter of seconds. jon bon jovi is on nra's enemy list. find out when the rocker talks gun control and music in his home state of new jersey in our exclusive interview just ahead. [ male announcer ] the lexus command performance

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when traveling to other countries and other cities, the best way to get a taste of the place, i found, is through the local food. cnn ireport and travel and

leasure magazine have finally released the definitive global list of 100 places to eat like a local. here are some highlights. >> i feel like there needs to be a drum roll. we've been working on this list for the last several months. great input from around the globe including cnn ireporters and i love the fact that one of the places that got included is a place that i have learned to love because i was introduced to it by a local. a place called the yna in the yucatan peninsula. they have a twice fried pork taco that is worth traveling all of the way to mexico for. pair that with a juice and you are set for the day. >> that sounds delicious. i can't wait to see the whole list. there are some elements of this list that came from some expert chefs. they weighed in. give us an example of that. >> we couldn't resist reaching out to our favorite foodies which are chefs in our world and one person who we absolutely had

to talk to was danny myer who is the king of the burger because he has taken the nation and world by storm. he recommended a pub called o'connell's pub in st. louis for what he says is the juiciest cheeseburger in the country. if you're a cardinals fan, it helps because they play the games right there at the pub so you get your burger and your cardinals game all in one. >> sounds so good. quickly, we know that ten cnn ireporters made the list. give us a sample of those. >> ron nichols gave us his place in san francisco called swan's oyster depot. this place is a hundred years old. six brothers run it and they are all about banter and good humor and you order a crab louie and a pint of anchor steam and all is right with the world. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. it's my pleasure. check out the whole list in our april issue of "travel and

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means a lot of you are out of the best opportunity for wealth creation right now. jobs market is improving. the u.s. economy added 236,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. that's the lowest since december 2008. 4.8 million americans have been out of work for six months or longer. 8 million of you are working part time because you can't find a good full-time job. and the kind of jobs we are adding, well, they're not the same quality as jobs we lost. median household income is falling and expiration of the payroll tax holiday is squeezing middle class paychecks further. the prices for gas, groceries and college balloon. so this recovery may not be working for everyone. those that can afford a house are doing better than most. it begs the question. are we one america with two economies? former "the new york times" columnist bob herbert is here

and will, two americas, two different economies. >> we're one america. united by a rising standard of living. you're asking two questions. is the recovery good and benefiting everyone? the answer is no. are we two americas? that leads to conversations about inequality and we have inequality and it is rising and capitalism is causing that inequality but that's a meaningless measure of how we're doing over the long run. everyone is getting wealthy day by day. everyone's standard of living is rising. >> you measure inequality through consumption and not through wages. >> the middle class has a greater gap, that middle class has more options than louie xiv. this was a luxury item.

everyone has this now. >> we'll argue about this. i want to show a clip from something that went viral this week on youtube. it shows how people think wealth is distributed in this country versus how wealth is actually distributed. >> this isn't even close to the reality. here is the actual distribution of wealth in america. the poorest americans don't even register. >> the video goes onto explain that poorest americans don't register on this chart. richest americans are off the chart. if we really are two economies, what are long-term ramifications and do you buy will's argument that are standards of living is rising. >> do we remember the great recession? standards of living are collapsing for a lo of people in this country. i speak on college campuses and

say to kids, is this the kind of country that you want? the kind of society you want? a society in which a small percentage of the population is doing extremely well and nearly everyone else is either struggling to stay afloat or absolutely inking. i'll give you an example. if you take college graduates, four-year degree, say from 2006 until now, only a little more than half of those kids even have a full-time job at all and many of those jobs are jobs don't require a college education. that's why so many people move back home with their parents. when i was 22, 23 years old, if i was moving back into my family home, i would not have considered my standard of living to be rising. >> this video did go viral and what bob is saying now forces you to constantly evaluate yourself compared to someone else. there's a static pile of money and wealthy got to it first and hogging it.

that's nonsense. wealth isn't static. it grows. it grows with everyone. can it do better with the poor? yes. not because you need to take someone else that did really well. we need to figure out how to rise this. >> it's the middle class. it's the middle class moving far more to have more in common with the poor than top 1%. >> i disagree it's about comparing yourself to someone else. if you take youngsters that i'm talking about, forget comparisons with the people who are rich, these are kids who can't afford to get married, can't afford to have that first child or afford to make a down payment on that first home. it's not about a comparison. it's about their quality of life. >> let's not talk about kids for a minute. let's take a postwar perspective about productivity and earnings. companies raking in huge profits and productivity gains are unbelievable. gap between hourly compensation and productivity is biggest in decades. is this how capitalism works?

your wages are static for my lifetime but the productivity of companies can do so much more with so much less. >> bob and i had this debate in the past. we don't disagree. when you look at post-world war ii economy, you look at a transitional economy. from agriculture based economy to full industrial based economy had a full spectrum of jobs. we're transitioning out of that. we have to educate people for a new economy. that's the whole point here. you cannot remain stuck in the past. it wasn't ideal and it won't remain. >> there was a fed report this week of the beige book report that noticed there are shortages of skilled workers in different districts in the united states. workers feel like they get up to speeds on skills, they invest in those skills and economy changes faster than they can keep up with their skills. >> there are shortages of skilled workers. if you filled all of those shortages tomorrow, we would have an employment crisis in this country. we shouldn't get diverted on that track. the problem is that we do not

have an economy that works for the vast majority of americans. we have an economy that works only for a favored few. we need to have a conversation. we need to figure out how to remake this economy into one that benefits everyone. >> bob is reengineering it in reverse. you can't engineer economies. that's what 300 million people are doing on a daily basis. you can adapt people within the economy. >> we have seen how well the free market has worked. >> we'll leave it there. i know argument. coming up, at the same time the stock market hitting record highs, woulder talking about raising the minimum wage. is now the time? two american economies. is raising the minimum wage the answer for anyone left behind? . try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air.

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union address. tom harkin introduced the legislation. >> the harsh truth is that minimum wage has become a poverty wage. a poverty wage. for tens of millions of workers and their families. this shouldn't happen in the richest nation on earth. >> harkin's bill would gradually raise the minimum wage to 10.10 an hour. it would tie the minimum wage to inflation. harkin says it would give 30 million americans a raise. here's what we know. 3.8 million hourly workers earn at or below minimum wage. 49% are adult women. a quarter of them are teenagers. 59% have a high school diploma or less. 7% have a bachelor's degree or higher. progressives say it lifts families out of poverty. the problem is you can't find studies to support any position.

so much conflicting research on this. don peoples is the ceo of peoples corporation and member of president obama's national financial committee. i'll start with don. you're a businessman. you say raising minimum wage won't hurt job creation. is it a risk worth taking in this economy? >> absolutely it is. we have to have americans who are willing to work and work hard to be paid a living wage and happier more secure worker is a better worker and less turnover is better for business as well and they'll spend more money in the economy. >> how do you know small business will turn around and raise prices. >> i have run a small business. the better we pay people in reason, the more productive they are. i have run a small business for 30 years and i found that to be the case across the board. minimum wage is not a job killer. increasing the minimum wage is good for the country. >> a higher minimum wage hasn't been shown to reduce poverty.

we're the richest country in the world and it's the right thing to do. >> it's the right thing to do. intentions are great. i think you have to look at the evidence. the evidence shows that if you look at the 28 states that raised their minimum wages between between 2003 and 2007 there wasn't an reduction in poverty rates. how will businesses react to this? don mentioned you could pay workers more and get less turnover. if that's such a good idea, government doesn't need to mandate that. businesses are going to do that on their own. when you talk about the kind of businesses that hire minimum wage employees, we're talking about restaurants and grocery stores that have 2% or 3% profit margins. they can't just absorb it. raising prices in an economy like this could mean less sales. they look for other options and that means providing the same product with less service and that means employees. >> i want to bring in something that the former chairwoman of the president's council of

economic advisers wrote this week in "the new york times." she says there are better ways to help the poor. a more generous earned income tax credit would provide more support for the working poor and be pro-business at the same time and prekindergarten education has been shown in rigorous studies to strengthen families and reduce poverty and crime and calls hike in the minimum wage a half measure. don, i'm going to give that one to you. there are some economists who say, well, i wish everyone earned more money but there are better ways if you are talking about a poverty reduction program, there are better ways to do it than this. >> there are better ways and more ways to be more effective. this is one step in the right direction. there is a role for the government. it negotiate s for people who can't negotiate for themselves. the average worker is not free to negotiate. we need to look at education and other areas to lift people out of poverty. a living wage is important in this country. >> it's part of a suite of tools

that we need to help the poorest workers in america. >> when you have one of the top economists for president obama saying the minimum wage is not an effective way to reduce poverty. we need to pay attention to that. she's right on the earned income tax credit. one thing not mentioned in this debate is for a single parent family for two children, the minimum wage is above $9 because of earning tax credit and many states above $10 an hour. i would prefer president obama to use his bully pulpit to use it on the federal level than use it to raise minimum wage. it will reduce employment for groups like teens who have seen unemployment over 20% for more than four years. >> the earned income tax credit. just one or two word answer from both of you. do you think it's likely we could see minimum wage -- the president in his second term, michael, you first, do you think he can get it through? >> it's tough to do it in two words. i'm not sure they want to get it

through. th i think we'll continue to hear about it. >> what do you think? >> i think he'll get it through. there's enough support in the congress to get it through and he'll get it through quickly. >> all right. nice to see both of you. have a great weekend. the cost of tuition is going up. a college diploma doesn't guarantee a good job anymore. i'll tell you why none of that matters right after this. well, almost. splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® makes the moment yours™. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. our financial advice is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings retirement advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa.

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how many times have you heard this lecture from me that you need to get a college education? you need to make sure your kid gets a college education. i've been tolli intelling you tt public colleges for cost reason. more than 70% of college students enroll a public school. enrollment up 30% in the last

decade but costs are going up fast. the average tuition at public universities rose more than 8% last year. that's a record. it's up 44% since 2002. i don't think anyone is saving 44% more. the reason support from states and local communities is shrinking and now that support is at the lowest level in 25 years. schools have turned to higher tuition and fees to make up the difference. that means you pay for it. the diploma isn't worth what it once was. getting a degree helps your chances of getting a job. it's not necessarily the job you thought you would get. more than one-third of college graduate who have a job are working in jobs that don't require more than a high school diploma. a college degree is still worth it. without a college degree you cannot compete. you're not going to be able to compete and you probably know by now it's a buyer's market for employers. they have got a lot of bright kids to choose from. scott gerber is author of "never get a real job."

you say the liberal arts colleges in particular are failing students. why do you think kids are graduating with four-year degree liberal arts and not ready here? >> there's a huge skills gap in america. you have students graduating in majors that maybe 10 or 20 years ago were viable but today are not. an english major doesn't get the same quality of graduation to employment that predecessors did. >> highest paid english degree holder is someone who writes for technical material for science, technology, engineering and math. >> we need to put practical parts of education into liberal arts system. if you come out with an english major, you know how to start a tutoring service whether that was your dream or not. >> i said before that every college should have required entrepreneurship. when i went to college, you were required to take a library course, right. think how things have changed. so what about entrepreneurship course. you are not necessarily going to get that employer who will hire

you for 30 years or invest in your training. >> the first thing is to say that in the national survey with buzz marketing we found over 50% of young people never received any entrepreneurship education courses period. over 90% said this is something we found to be viable. there was no access. that's a huge problem. >> we give people as much student aid as they can hold for whatever major they're going to have. in florida, governor rick scott is proposing freezing tuition for some in demand majors and let tuition rise for other ones. should the government be doing more to steer people in places that the american economy needs? >> i think that there are some element to that we should take on. for example, if we know there's a better return on investment than others, we should say for the economy and for the good of the culture in general we should start to educate people about the advantages of having these incentives to go toward stem and chemical engineering and entrepreneurship versus majors

like journalism and others that aren't as viable. >> what was your major? >> i was a film student. i'm not a business guy and here i am as entrepreneur. >> i was french. bottom line is you have to go to college. bottom line is you have to go to college and really amp it up. up next, how did this little refrigerator, that one right there, end up causing all of this? find out after the break. [ female announcer ] this is your moment. the delightful discovery. the sweet realization that you have a moment all to yourself.

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