corporate greed and d.c. dysfunction grows as the government releases what is expected to be another dismal jobs report. a bizarre twist. the parents of a missing kansas city baby deny police accusations they have stopped cooperating with investigators. a decade old war in afghanistan. as one former commander warns, we're still a long way off from winning. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, october 7th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we begin with the u.s. economy. this morning, the labor department releases its employment report for last month and the news is not expected to be good. economists predict that about 60,000 jobs were added in september, not enough to lower the employment rate which is expected to remain at 9.1%.

unemployment has topped 8% for the past 31 months, the longest stretch on record. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> hi, good morning, betty. >> reporter: this will probably be the fifth month in a row for very sluggish job growth. remember, the economy needs to add more than a hundred thousand jobs a month just to keep up with population growth, so 60,000 or so jobs is going to put a lot of pressure on congress to take action. today's report is expected to show employers added only about 60,000 jobs in september, with unemployment stuck at 9.1% for the third straight month. >> i'm upset about unemployment. it's very, very hard right now. >> reporter: the frustration can be felt from wall street. >> show me what democracy looks like! >> reporter: to d.c., where hundreds say they will occupy freedom plaza just blocks from the white house, through the weekend. >> where are the jobs? where are the jobs? >> if congress does nothing,

then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> reporter: thursday, president obama warned republicans to pass his jobs plan or risk voter backlash. despite the president's tough words, republicans are not backing down. they insist they will vote only on parts of the package. >> so, mr. speaker, no! we're not going to bring up the president's bill in whole because we don't believe in raising taxes and in more stimulus spending. >> reporter: president obama is demanding answers from lawmakers who oppose the plan. >> i want an explanation as to why we shouldn't be doing it. people really need help right now. >> reporter: nearly one-third of unemployed americans have been out of work for at least a year. now, it's the economy that keeps employers from hiring and fed chief ben bernanke said just this week, the recovery is in danger of faltering and add in europe's debt crisis and the stock market and, betty, this economy could have a tough time avoiding recession.

>> difficult to hear but thank you, susan, joining us live from washington. it is the high unemployment rate that, in part, has triggered the ongoing rallies against wall street. yesterday, the president said he had been paying attention to the so-called "occupy wall street" movement. >> i think it expresses the frustrations that the american people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the great depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country, all across main street. >> those protests are growing in scope and intensity and have spread from coast-to-coast. what started out as a demonstration against corporate greed has now expanded to demands about unemployment and economic inequality. >> how is this happening? we're supposed to be the richest country and it's becoming a third world country. >> incomes haven't gone up. nothing makes sense any more. we have to realize that the bottom line has to have a

humanitarian focus as well. we are not all expendable. >> reporter: during an afternoon march in los angeles yesterday, police arrested 11 protesters who entered a bank and then refused to leave. well, a bizarre twist in the case of a missing missouri girl. the parents of lisa irwin say the 10-month-old was last seen monday night and was possibly snatched from her crib. police have been searching for the infant since then, but they now have stopped looking and say the parents have stopped cooperating with the investigation. >> they live in a house. they intimately have information of what has been going on. they know the child. they were maybe one of our best bets to help find this child so, yeah, our door is open and it doesn't help the investigation. >> on thursday, both the family and police made conflicting statements over the parents' cooperation. >> we have never stopped cooperating with the police. we have been cooperative from

day one and we continue to assist the police with the investigation. the main goal has always been to find lisa and bring her home. >> police say they have no suspects in that case. overseas this morning, a pakistani official said president obama's public criticism of pakistan hurts the war effort in afghanistan. speaking at the white house yesterday, mr. obama said pakistan's ties to terror puts relations with the u.s. at risk. >> there is no doubt that there's some connections that the pakistani military and intelligence services have, with certain individuals, that we find trouble and i've said that publicly and i've said it privately to pakistani officials as well. >> but the president did stop short of threatening to cut u.s. aid. today is the tenth anniversary of the u.s. war in afghanistan. and in a cbs news poll, we asked americans if the war has been mostly a success.

39% said yes, while 50% said no. 62% said the number of u.s. forces in afghanistan should be decreased. and there are 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. almost 1,800 have died in the war and related operations. president obama has said the u.s. has largely achieved this objective there and the withdrawal of most american forces is expected to be completed in 2014. a former commander of coalition forces in afghanistan disagrees with the president's assessment in afghanistan. retired army general stanley mccrystal says the u.s. and its nato allies are just halfway to reaching their goals. mccrystal also said the u.s. lacks knowledge of afghanistan to help bring the war to a successful end. many u.s. troops have served more than one deployment over seas. jessica komari has the store i didn't of one such marine in southern afghanistan. >> reporter: sergeant christopher sullivan is on the front lines of the war in

afghanistan. this is his second employment employment there. he also did two seven-month tours in iraq. the 25-year-old is on a mission. >> i was a freshman in high school when they flew the planes into the towers. i wanted to sign up and do my part, especially since, you know, i love my country, i love america, i love the life i've been given. >> reporter: sullivan is now stationed at this small base in southern afghanistan. just two and a half years ago, this was taliban territory. they controlled the area from the helmand river behind me. all the way down south. but since then, the u.s. has increased the number of troops here. the surge in troops helped drive out most of the taliban in this area. but the marines here are still vulnerable to the taliban's most effective weapon. this here is what is left of a truck that was hit by an ied, an improvised explosive device. it's one of the biggest threats to u.s. and afghan forces. >> you see the plume of smoke come up and you hear the explosion and you knew someone was hit. >> reporter: during his last

deployment, sullivan was nearby when an ied killed his best friend. >> called his zap number. first number of his company and the last four social security number i heard that and instantly, my heart crumbled. >> reporter: sullivan says he is prepared to keep fighting the war, now ten years old, with no end in sight. jessica komari for cbs news. just ahead on the "morning news," congresswoman gabby giffords makes a triumphant return to washington. plus, postal system has a new idea. eaaaahhh!!) i guess so. well, with the chase freedom card, you get 5% cash back on up to $1500 worth of purchases. and new categories every 3 months. and 1% on everything else. so that "man, this must be my lucky day feeling" can go on and ooooonnnnn! no, you look good, you look good. get your cash back.

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gabrielle giffords made a rare visit to washington. yesterday, giffords attended the navy retirement ceremony for her husband, former astronaut mark selly. she smiled as vice president joe biden presided over the ceremony. she now returns to her rehab from the gunshot wound she suffered in january. on the cbs "moneywatch," stocks in asia climbed this morning. ashley morrison is here with more on that. >> reporter: new action by some of europe's biggest banks to shore up the debt crisis helped ashawn market. japan's nikkei ended up. today, wall street gets a september jobs report. thursday a jump in retail sales pushed stocks higher a third straight day. the dow jumped 183 points to close back above 11,000, while the nasdaq was up 46. the american dream of owning a home has suffered its biggest drop since the great depression. new census figures show the rate

of ownership has fallen from 66.2% in 2000 to 65.1% last year, the biggest decline since 1940. and this is despite record low interest rates. a 30-year fixed is now below 4% for the first time ever and a 15-year fixed is down to almost 3.25%. the problem with the housing market has little to do with mortgage rates, though. the bad economy is leaving many would-be buyers on the sidelines and lending standards have been tightened to the point where many do not qualify. we should find out today how excited consumers are for the new iphone 4s when apple, at&t, verizon and sprint begin accepting preorders. the smart phone goes on sale in stores a week from today. the cash strapped postal service has a new plan to bring in more new revenue and if it pans out, you will definitely notice. they want to increase the volume of junk mail that crams your mailbox every day, kicking off a

new promotion to entice marketers to mail more catalogs, credit card offers and other sales pitches. you may think it's junk mail, betty, but that is not what the post office calls it. >> more junk mail, really? >> between that and my bills, it's all i get. >> maybe we should move. don't tell anyone where your address is. thank you, ashley, joining us live in new york. well, it is official, folks. hank williams jr. and "monday night football" have gone their separate ways. williams sparked a controversy by comparing president obama to hitler during a tv appearance on monday. in response, espn pulled his famous "are you ready for some football" opening to their monday night broadcast. now, espn says the song is gone for good. but williams said he decided to leave because espn stepped on his first amendment rights. straight ahead, your friday morning weather. in sports, the empire strikes out in the baseball playoffs. >>

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minnesota down to oklahoma and even in parts of texas. and scattered rain showers are coming into the pacific northwest. in sports, the two national league divisional series will be decided tonight. philadelphia hosts st. louis in game five and milwaukee hosts arizona. in the american league, the tigers got back-to-back home runs in the first inning to jump to a quick lead. yankees had the bases loaded several times but could not get a key hit in late innings. detroit beat new york 3-2, winning the series three games to two. the yankees are so good that i'd be lying if i said it didn't give me a little extra satisfaction to be able to do it here in the fifth game and i don't mean that disrespectfully, i mean that respectfully. >> it's a really empty feeling. an empty feeling for everyone in that room. and it hurts. >> detroit starts the american league championship series against the rangers in texas on saturday. well, it was opening night of the national hockey league season.

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here is another look at this morning's top stories. today marks the tenth anniversary of the war in afghanistan. almost 1,800 americans have been killed in that war. and the september jobs report will be released this morning. economists expect employers added about 60,000 jobs last month and that unemployment will remain at 9.1%. with so many people out of a job, it's hard to find a now hiring sign in many places. jim axelrod found one, though, in kentucky just south of louisville. >> reporter: at the zappos distribution center in shepherdsville, kentucky, you'll find some of the most relieved workers in america. had you started to give up a little bit? >> it was very hard. kind of depressing. >> reporter: relief is what happens when you find a job in a town where the unemployment rate

is 10.3%. the online shoe retailer is bucking the national trend and hiring 3,000 workers for its busy christmas season. so far, they have received 44,000 applications for jobs starting at $8.25 an hour. anita young started last week. she had been out of work for a year and a half. what would happen if zappos didn't hire? >> we would still be eating ramen noodles every night. that was my meal. it was getting very bad, very bad. >> reporter: you hear that a lot from the people on the floor here. they would have taken any job. but a job here at zappos, even a temporary one, for them, that is like hitting the employment lottery. number 6 on fortune's top 100 companies to work for list, workers are treated to lunch every day and the vending machines don't require any money. so there is such a thing as a free lunch? >> right. at zappos, there is. >> reporter: but more important, says recruiting manager melissa

weary, the temporary jobs can become permanent and that is what happened to 2,000 of the temp workers last year. >> if they come in the door every day and they are here every day, they have a positive attitude, their manager would recommend them to come back in the future. >> say it like you mean it! >> touchdown! >> reporter: vernon o'brien got a job at zappos. he had been looking for six months, worried with the holidays approaching. >> i guess it is expected that you're supposed to -- for your grandkids and your kids be, you know, the christmas santa claus? >> reporter: you're supposed to provide? >> right. >> reporter: but in this part of kentucky at least, santa will be coming and you can bet he'll have a great pair of boots. jim axelrod, cbs news, shepherdsville, kentucky. >> i'm betty nguyen. and this is the "cbs morning news." news." in one day, kin's health with significant improvement in 2 weeks.

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>> reporter: 33-year-old hollywood music supervisor ryan gaines lives, works, and plays in a world transformed by steve jobs. he loves how jobs' inventions look. >> they are sleek. they look like the future. >> reporter: how they operate. >> he has made everything much more simple. >> reporter: child's play even. >> easy. >> reporter: at echo school in culver city, california, the macbook and ipad are the new textbook. >> we do lots of fun stuff on ipads and we trace a lot of stuff. >> we use these things every day and we kind of just take it for granted. >> reporter: so does sharon ann lee. apple's flow seamlessly through her life. her children play on the ipad on the way to school and she exercises to itunes and her office is anywhere, like this coffee shop which could pass as an apple store. >> steve jobs is really being considered the thomas edison of our time. i just felt like our culture had experienced a great loss of innovation. >> steve jobs went to the outer limits of computer technology

and truly inspired not only my generation, but the entire world. >> reporter: there have been almost 3 million tweets about jobs' passing. condolences have poured into apple stores in hong kong, beijing, london. in tokyo, a candlelight vigil steve jobs would have appreciated. >> everything has been changed as a result of apple and steve's vision. i believe the wheels he set in motion can never stopped. >> reporter: jobs wants the world to think different and because of him, the world does. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> he will no doubt be missed. coming up on "the early show," a preview of the jobs numbers due out this morning. we will see if the experts think the economy is headed for a double dip recession. also, advice on keeping a happy and long-lasting marriage. we will hear from the author of the new book "the secret lives of wives." and a conversation with the queen of soul. aretha franklin during her recent trip to new york city. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday.

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