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[ male a announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy you can get your flu shot. and you'll get a bonus. you get 10% off your groceries. [ male announcer ] save 10% on your groceries when you get a flu shot. that should make you feel better already. safeway. ingredients for life. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> lie and eight in ht, this is to attack washington weekly weekly -- live and in hd this is " washington weekly". >> a key vote on obama's jobs bill. here is more on what the bill includes. >> for president obama, putting people back to work is high
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priority. it is something he says his $47 billion jobs bill will do. >> economists say we can grow the economy as much as 2% and as many as 1.9 million workers. >> he has been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and ritter, and in his weekly address. -- twitter and in his weekly address. the bill will cut petrol taxes come to extend unemployment benefits give companies tax credits for hiring and providing money to keep public workers on the job and reinvestments in the building schools and roads. it would start in 2013. the political stakes for obama is high. no president since roosevelt has been elected with an unemployment rate above 8%. chances are slim that the entire
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package will pass in this political climate. even if it survives the senate, it faces a tough road in the house. >> we do not think a doubling down our policies, which have already proven to fail, is the right way to go. >> republicans say it will do little to create jobs. >> he is doing the same thing he did before and expects to have the same outcome. >> wheat want to help small businesses grow. getting certainty on our -- we want to help small businesses grow and get certainty. >> some of the bill's provisions like the payroll tax for employers with at jobs. how many is the question. >> [unintelligible] things you can do to boost that temporarily could boost jobs next year. >> temporarily, analysts say is the key word. >> the economy is suffering after the financial crisis.
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it takes a long time to heal. there is nothing on the congressional calendar that can change that. >> thanks for that report. tomorrow, many will be offer for columbus day. there will be a special event at 11:00 a.m. at the columbus felton. -- felton. fountain. 10 students will be welcomed at union station that will be in town for a ceremony. the air from the credit scott king women's young leadership accounts -- the students are from correct the scott kingretta scott king women's young leadership program. a store is open for the
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first time in d.c. and is hiring dozens of d.c. workers. mayor gray was so anxious for people to know, that he held his biweekly news conference in front of the store to hear from employees like tracy henderson. >> i was unemployed for a year. i am very grateful for hiring me. >> the d.c. unemployment rate is at 11.1%. >> we have had no problems staffing it. we have a great group of associates joining the store. >> they want to make it d.c. friendly. they asked d.c. employment services to find workers. and now hiring sign brought women like these to apply online. this mother of seven had not worked in four years. >> they are now hiring. i applied. the next day they called me back. >> this woman last worked in 2009. >> i had no doubt. i knew this was my season.
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>> throughout the day, a steady stream of would-be workers approached. the mayor talked about what workers need to keep a job. >> job skills, showing up every day, showing up on time, having a good attitude. >> abc7 news. >> the grand opening is set for this saturday. still to come on "washington weekly" a look at stores that should make headlines this week, including a high-profile republican debate. how this one will be different from the others. and any new toy but it costs and why it is the best in the world. >> i am steve rudin in the weather center. we have some changes in t
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about a variety of economic and occurred -- security issues. they will hold a formal state dinner. the top contender for the republican nomination will square off in a debate, and this time it is being hosted at a college in new hampshire by bloomberg. they will focus on the economy. mitt romney, rick perry, newt gingrich, herman cain, michele bachmann, and others. and tomorrow night, rosie o'donnell's talk show will premiere on oprah winfrey's network own. the washington redskins had a bye this week. they welcome the philadelphia eagles to town next week. and one team comes home when the
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chicago fire comes into town. and the washington redskins owner is making headlines for a new purchase. a spokesperson has confirmed that he has bought a seven million-dollar yacht. it is among the biggest in the world. here is a look at the big boat in what redskins fans are saying about the extravagant price. >> i think it is ridiculous. >> it is said to be among one of the 100 largest got in the world. it now belongs to the redskins owner daniel snyder. a spokesperson confirms that he and a group of investors bought the super got for personal use. they will not comment on the price tag but the estimated value is $70 million. it has a spiral staircase, a library, a gymnasium, and can accommodate a crew of 18 and 60 passengers. >> they should have some ultimate in the board. -- fans aboard.
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>> it measures 80 feet long. the that can cover most of the football field. >> -- the ayacht can cover most of the football field. >> he should use the money to make the team better. >> i think it is a little bit too much. i think the fans could use a break in their ticket. >> of this say they are happy for snyder and it is has money to spend -- his money to spend. >> it is unclear where the yacht will be docked. abc7 news. life is short. still to come, the legacy of
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>> lots of love for steve rudin today. >> some nice weather and tomorrow, we will keep it going. after that, back to school and back to work. and downhill from there. but what is going on outside right now. it is quiet. i wonder what is going on that second floor. the light is always on. take a look at what is going on. 63 degrees reagan national airport. the winds are calm. some of fog may be developing as we move through the early morning hours, especially in the shenandoah valley. look at the high temperature today, 82 degrees. a morning low of 49. 62 at george washington university. 64 here./
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culpeper at 57. need 60's in shipped -- mid 60's in cocteau at this hour. comfortable temperatures. this pressure is overhead, and it will slowly moved off to the east. in its place, an era of low pressure. unsettled weather, clouds and -- an area of low pressure. unsettled weather clouds and showers. high clouds moving into the mid-atlantic. quiet in dry for the remainder of the night. high pressure moves out of here. to the south of us, through the overnight hours of monday into tuesday, the heavier rain moves up to the north.
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from the south to the north. the outer banks of north carolina the heaviest bands. we could see as much as an inch of rain. made 40's out in the suburbs. that is the overnight lows. 78-83 degrees tomorrow for a daytime high. here is the extended outlook. high temperatures only in the upper 60's on wednesday. it will feel a lot different and look a lot different outside with the cloud and the reign as we move through the upcoming weekend. -- rain as we move through the upcoming weekend. the sunshine will come back. try as we can wait it out. perfect. still to come, ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, won't you
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steve jobs passed away this week we have realized it is the passing of a true innovator. here is a look at his legacy and the lessons he left for all of us. a self professed, apple junkie, here is the report. >> lesson 1, falling your gut. jobs was a college dropout but he dropped in on classes that tickled his fancy. he never let focus groups decide his business, opened the first apple stores despite predictions of doom. and here is an iconic ad campaign. >> where some people see crazy we see genius. the people that are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. >> to change your world, he said he must never fear failure. >> the penalty for failure for
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going and trying to start a company of the value is nonexistent. >> when he said those words, he had no idea he would be fired from his own company a few years later. the shame was painful, but only for a while. >> the heaviness of being successful is faced by the lightness of being a beginner again. it was one of the most innovative times in my life. >> embrace competition, it only makes you better. that is a lesson 3. just think of how much we all had gained after his clashes with bill gates pushed both apple and microsoft to new levels. they both seem to appreciate that fact in the end. >> what was your relationship like? a cat fight? >> we kept our marriage secret forever in a decade now. [laughter] >> as a perfectionist he taught his troops, do not settle. most companies sell quantity he
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says quality. >> we call it the ipad. >> the first mcintosh to three years to perfect because he had to have the front looks like a human face . >> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. if you have not found it yet keep working and do not settle. every morning i ask myself, if today was the last day of my life -- laugh -- life, what i want to do what i am about to do today. >> jobs died wednesday.
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