who was unemployed. you would not talk that way about unemployed people if you knew them. now, is should give every middle-class american a lot to think about the results of this last election. this is your first chance to observe what you can expect in he next two years. the majority leader -- the minority leader in the other body said, my number one priority is to prevent barack obama from having a second term. not public policy, not jobs for people, not health care for people, but political games. and that's what this is all about. the experts agree, two out of every threpeople who get unemployment benefits are in the middle class we are not talking about people who weren't trying or weren't working or doing their part as americans. while the republicans were bankrupting the country to help the rich with one hand, giving tax breaks all over the place, the republicans were using the other hand to push the unemployed middle class of america out of their homes and never dealt with the foreclosure issue t

everyone is talking about the 2 million newly unemployed. what about the people that have not gotten benefits since march? how are we supposed to survive? guest: i am sorry that is happening to you. it is wrong that we are not trying to find a way to help people who have been chronically unemployed. it is criminal. this is not what a just society does. we have denigrated people who have been unemployed for a long time and treated them as if they do not want to be employed. we do not include them in the unemployment statistics and say they have stopped looking for a job. it is as if this is a choice. their productivity, what they could be contributed economy is lost. they are losing skills over time that will start to affect their ability to ever be employed again over time. it is a terrible problem that thousands are facing with demagoguery. they should be facing courage, compassion, and leadership. i understand the frustration. i understand the problem. we need to put people to work. we need to find them good jobs. that must be the first go

who was unemployed. you would not talk that way about unemployed people if you knew them. now, this should give every middle-class american a lot to think about the results of this last election. this is your first chance to observe what you can expect in the next two years. the majority leader -- the minority leader in the other body said, my number one priority is to prevent barack obama from having a second term. not public policy, not jobs for people, not health care for people, but political games. and that's what this is all about. the experts agree, two out of every three people who get unemployment benefits are in the middle class. we are not talking about people who weren't trying or weren't working or doing their part as americans. while the republicans were bankrupting the country to help the rich with one hand, giving tax breaks all over the place, the republicans were using the other hand to push the unemployed middle class of america out of their homes and never dealt with the foreclosure i

right now he is unemployed. every month, he has only a few days of work. being the head of the family, he has to bear a lot of stress and depression. we need his few days of work to support the whole family. this is very difficult. because of the stress and pressure, he is very irritable. he has become very unhealthy. we are not the only family that is experiencing this in the chinese community. there are many families like us. they do not have work. they do not have the ability to carry on their life. they need government subsidies. they are a burden on the government. we do not want to depend on the government to support us. we want to support ourselves. we need work. i hope this party hiring of i hope this party hiring of local people

. >> on the campaign trail, republicans call the unemployed lazy.boy, you haven't met an unemployed person or you would never say that a second time to them. >> tax cuts. steny hoyer said democrats will get to vote this year on just the middle class cuts. nancy pelosi and the president say we need you to lead on tax cuts. gop congressmen seek to eliminate ethics -- well, the office of ethics. no, ethics. >>> with matt taibi, john stewart is hateful and crazy and national public radio is the nazis. glad to see the tone improved. >>> and no touching. the california county d.a. who says he will prosecutor any tsa screener who goes too far. >> we could prove the elements, that it was inappropriate, done with a sexual or lewd intent, that problem would be prosecuted. >> for those who think this is like a police pat-down. >> i'm going to place my hand on your hip and the other on your inner thigh. >> the tsa versus the usa over t&a now featuring the aclu. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >>> there's no reason for it. one year $65 billion, a

self-centered and un-american to treat unemployed americans like road kill. so i guess what i have said on this program in the 20 months of being here on msnbc with "the ed show," i guess we could say it's been validated tonight. do you than we have never done this? we have never had unemployment this high in america and denied benefits to unemployed people. this is new territory for america. this is your heartless lawmakers at work. you know the republicans, you know what they could have done? they could have said, we've got the holiday season coming up and there's going to be a lot of people out there who weren't going to have a very good holiday season. we'll extend this into the new year, but we're giving you a warning we're going to cut it off from there. no, they couldn't do that. they couldn't do it. there's a new poll out quinnipiac poll out today saying that for the first time the majority of americans are against the afghan war. where's the republican party on that? they can't get enough of war. but when it comes to unemployed americans, when it com

of the unemployed, 46% have been without a job for six months or longer. and even worse, 31% have been jobless for a year more. natacha braxton is one of the faces of long-term unemployment. she has been out of work for more than two years, and looks every day for a job in financial services. >> i get a call back every two weeks or so, you know, and then a second interview. but, then i get a response like they hired someone from within, or whatever the situation is. it's just been really ridiculous, crazy, unbelievable. >> reporter: braxton has been using the jersey city-based employment agency express to help her find a job. the agency's owner, deidra viney, says extreme unemployment is new for her firm, too. >> from our standpoint, it's tough sometimes to place them because now you've got a huge gap in your employment. when i'm sending out their resumes to my clients, they say "so what has she been doing for two years? know what i mean? are her skills fresh?" >> reporter: achuthan believes it will take an extended period of robust economic growth before

republicans, they won't give a dime to the unemployed. they are laser focused on making the bush tax cuts permanent. >> we're willing to start talking about getting an extension of some kind. >> okay. >> so that taxes don't go up on anybody. >> i am not for raising taxes in a recession especially when it comes to job creators. >> let's make sure that we extend all the current tax rates for all americans. that will begin to reduce the uncertainty. >> you know, i predicted two week going to come up with the proposal, let's not pay anything to the treasury. making the rich richer has left this country on the brink of economic disaster. "the l.a. times" reports according to an analysis by edward wolf from new york university. own about 85% of the wealth while the bottom 40% own almost nothing and in that bottom 40% not only have assets they, have negative net wealth. now is that fair in this country? when does the greed stop? now gallup data shows 18% of americans said they have been, well, at times over the past year's it's been awful tough

it's not just the homeless and unemployed. some clients are former donors. sacred heart hopes to feed 4,000 this thanksgiving assuming they get enough turkeys. they are about 2200 short. you can help out by logging on to sacred hart.org. >> thousands of people stopped by for a food drive. this weekend's event netted food banks about 11,000 bags and 1400 turkeys. still not too late to pitch in. the person on the right is not a turkey. drop by your safeway and buy a bag. it will help local families in need. >> thank you everyone. >> well, the temperatures, they are dropping. check out these chopper pictures. you can see a light dusting of snow and we can expect to see more as the mercury drops even further later this week. a heavier dose of snow in the sierra where a winter storm warning is in effect again. the snow plows are out in full force and the ski resorts, obviously they are cheering while we're chilling. getting cold out there. >> such a beautiful sight all of the beautiful snow. jeff ranieri, he's more skating than skiing. >> maybe. i think that's a

right now he is unemployed. every month, he has only a few days of work. being the head of the family, he has to bear a lot of stress and depression. we need his few days of work to support the whole family. this is very difficult. because of the stress and pressure, he is very irritable. he has become very unhealthy. we are not the only family that is experiencing this in the chinese community. there are many families like us. they do not have work. they do not have the ability to carry on their life. they need government subsidies. they are a burden on the government. we do not want to depend on the government to support us. we want to support ourselves. we need work. i hope this party hiring of local people -- this priority hiring of local people will materialize. we think it is a good plan. i hope this plan will help us non-english speakers. supervisor avalos: janine carter, willie radcliffe, evonne elobos, andrea crimstork and mike theerio. we'll stop right there. thanks. if we can just stop for a second. gentlemen and folks in the audience, we cannot

on the campaign trail republicans called the unemployed lazy. you have never met an unemployed person or you would never say that a second time to them. they say unemployment benefits spoil out of work americans. they get lazy and sit around the house and wait for their unemployment checks. those checks aren't that big in the first place and secondly, people don't like to be unemployed in this country. people look for work and they're looking for work and they're now being told, you've been out of work for two years, we don't want you, we want somebody who already has a job over here. some republicans question the constitutionality of the unemployment insurance program. the health and welfare of the american people is unconstitutional, according to some people. fortunately, the american people don't feel the same way. a recent poll showed that 86% of americans believe the unblowed really want to work. that's what the people think. that's not the political rhetoric of people running for election. but that's what the people really think. the elect

who was unemployed. you would not talk that way about unemployed people if you knew them. now, this should give every middle-class american a lot to think about the results of this last election. this is your first chance to observe what you can expect in the next two years. the majority leader -- the minority leader in the other body said, my number one priority is to prevent barack obama from having a second term. not public policy, not jobs for people, not health care for people, but political games. and that's what this is all about. the experts agree, two out of every three people who get unemployment benefits are in the middle class. we are not talking about people who weren't trying or weren't working or doing their part as americans. while the republicans were bankrupting the country to help the rich with one hand, giving tax breaks all over the place, the republicans were using the other hand to push the unemploy middle class of america out of their homes and never dealt with the foreclosure iss

who was unemployed. you would not talk that way about unemployed people if you knew them. now, this should give every middle-class american a lot to think about the results of this last election. this is your first chance to observe what you can expect in the next two years. the majority leader -- the minority leader in the other body said, my number one priority is to prevent barack

individuals to remain unemployed. >> there are many people that suggest that it's a disincentive and i have no doubt that for some people it may be and that gets to the issue of how much is the benefit. >> one government watchdog group estimates 15 million people are unemployed nationwide and only 3 million job openings. >>> san francisco would become the first city in the country if it passes a controversial new regulation to be proposed tomorrow that would require drug companies to take back old medicines. the reason, to stop pollution. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live tonight in san francisco now with more on this. john. >> reporter: under the plan pharmacies would have to provide a bin, a locked bin for their consumers to put in medicines that had been used and all of it would be paid for by drug companies. people told us getting rid of unused medicines is confusing. >> i recently had occasion to have to dis depose of -- dispose of some of those things and i didn't know what the best way to do it was. >> i think it's an important problem. a lot of people are d

no doubt the union construction trade has a vast number of unemployed a vast majority it -- of unemployed. a vast majority gave up looking for work. a union member asked me to pay her back dues so she could go back to work. union and san francisco residents are spread out across san francisco. the proposed mandate would not only supports the coffers of the trade union -- likewise it would increase the dollars for residents of san francisco, like ex-offenders caught up in the cycle of recidivism and hopelessness. these are projects that would generate thousands of jobs. they would create a work force for people desperately needing to work. west point, chinatown -- the list is extensive. people can use and prosper with mandated local hiring. speaking of 50/50 hiring, that is good when the job starts, but of the job goes on, no one make sure people are keeping their jobs. no one checks to see who got laid off or if the quota is right. i am on a job like that right now, and the work goes on every day like no one cares. regardless of if the law passes or not, who will check on that? and we hav

unemployed have already collected 319 billion dollars in this country. why not reallocate stimulus money -- if we are going to help already this much, just keep it going. >> why not help by letting somebody create a job so they don't have to be unemployed any more. i think charlie is right. somehow redisputing wealth creates more? we know stimulus before this stimulus hasn't done much to bring down unemployment. government spending is productive? i'm most offended by this notion that if you oppose more unemployment benefits, you're a big jerk, an ah you don't want more government redistribution of wealth. i want the economy is succeed and grow but it doesn't have to happen as government entitlements. >> if you believe christian's numbers you have to hold them accountable for the fact they told us if we spent 800 billion dollar we would have 8 1/2 unemployment around this time last year. >> we never said that. >> they said it, warren said it, the president said it. they said 8 1/2% unemployment this time last year. >> what we were telling you was we were

this group has not been mentioned, i represent the unemployed.i have been unemployed for almost a year and i would like to get a mayor appointed as soon as possible. the situation will get worse. this is a beautiful experience. this is the first time that i have been here. i think that we are working as a team and i loved the idea that the public is involved and i support this. i hope that we do this soon. thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. i think that the three supervisors have to find the situation pretty well. there is an adequate process in place for selecting the idea of the community as a whole. i think that public comment is appropriate. i would say that if you want to have a process that is in accordance with the sunshine ordinance, he should give the full three minutes that the shunned sign ordinance normally allows -- the sunshine ordinance usually allows. this is something i will not forget what dianne feinstein said on the momentous occasion, she chose her words and spoke with great gravity and clarity. this is the to the to in

unemployed, and great, young men are obvious recruits for al qaeda bj unemployed, angry, young men are obis records for al qaeda. -- more obvious recruits for al qaeda. along with their camera shy western advisers -- the word from the west, the yemeni president, is we will work harder to improve people's lives. >> corruption, unemployment, these are the things that will bring them down. these are the things that we need to pay attention to. >> what about al qaeda? >> that will not work overnight. >> the problem for long term strategy is that it takes awhile to figure out whether or not it is working or not. analysts are thinking very hard at the moment about what they will be doing now if al qaeda in the arabian peninsula had brought down an aircraft over the weekend. their problem is there are no good alternatives to what they're doing at the moment, and what they're doing it at this moment may not work. bbc news. >> the british prime minister david cameron and the president of france, nicolas sarkozy, were at a summit meeting in london, and they talked abut nuclear warhead testing. b

the unemployed man was found guilty of killing two men and taking $160,000 in june last year. one of the men operated a mahjong parlor in central tokyo. the defendant dumped the bodies in yokohama port. prosecutors said the defendant deserved a death sentence for what they called a cold-blooded crime. they said the man killed one of the victims with an electric saw while he pleaded with his life. >>> in a lay judge trial, six randomly chosen citizens serve along side three professional judges to determine guilt and sentence those found guilty. >>> japan's space agency has confirmed that most of the particles brought back to earth by the unmanned probe hayabusa are from the itokawa astroid. it marks the successful attempt to bring back astroid particles from space. the high bayabusa returned home a seven of year journey in june. scientists collected particles from the unmanned probe and have spent months examining the tiny particles which are 0.01 millimeters across. the researchers say that the ratio of iron and magnesium in the mineral are similar to that of meteors that have

. >>> getting unemployed veterans back into the workforce was the focus of a job fair event in san jose today. organizers gave a special stickers with the american flag so veterans could wear them and distinguish themselves. they met with employers ranging from high-tech to agriculture. basher one in four veterans under the age of 24 was unemployed. >>> football players are dedicating their game tonight to a teammate of theirs who is in a coma after being shot over the weekend. 14-year-old malik grayson has been on life support since saturday. his football coaches describe him as a good athlete and they will be wearing his number on their helmets for the remainder of the season. >> it has been a hard time for our committee and our organization and our program here we are trying to rally our children. continue to give them some level of guidance and support. >> police have a 17-year-old in custody in connection with the shooting. >>> a judge today delayed a competency hearing for phillip garrido in the jaycee dugard kidnapping case. the judge says the court- appointed psychiatrists need

is heartless, especially at christmas time to cut the benefits of people who are unemploy unemployed through no fault of their own. they can find the money to increase the deficit to give the financially elite their money, yet they can't find the money for the poor people and middle class families? i think that this has to become a class warfare thing and they are distracting things like sarah appeal tweets and people who will are iing second amendm rights but they won't help the poor and middle class families. thank you. host: scott in annandale, virginia, on the line of republicans. extend unemployment insurance or reduce the deficit? caller: do both. that is what the republicans are trying to do. we should be extending the the unemployment benefits. but i think that it is important that on a tough call like this that the house republicans and spat republicans -- senate republicans take a tough stand. i really don't even think it is a party issue. i think both parties should be taking the same stance that we need to begin rein being in the deficit -- reining in the deficit and the

i had been unemployed for a year. i recently got a seasonal job for the holidays, $8 an hour in retail. the whole time i was on unemployment, i was asking and seeking for some kind of training that would help me get a better job that would help me get by while i was in school. host: you are going to georgia state now? caller: yes, sir. host: thank you for calling in did any final comments? guest: once again, we are not training people to whom we give unemployment and welfare. we are not making serious as it -- efforts either through government programs or subsidy of private programs to do that. the programs we do have are not tied to the needs of an employee years. the beauty of the german system is that the employers have a considerable voice in what the training is. you are training for real jobs, not hypothetical ones. but even if you don't do that, there is a lot of skill or programs that train people in computer skills, which train people in foreign laing bridge -- languages, critical foreign languages. mit has a

so we harvest does time, these skills of mostly unemployed people. we have everything from ceos to unemployed people writing us, saying none of that time. because everybody realizes that they've got time. and together, without the government, without the states in the cities and the panels and the committees, we can change everything with our time and our skills. and that's what we like to do with we've got time. [applause] >> thank you. congratulations. i think actually when i get fired, there will be an opening. >> your lifetime. >> alla time to help a new can job. one of the things that was done this evening as you surely know, was the solicitation for ats. and things that can be done with time. here, how this microphone. and arianna and i went through some of these ideas. and just to get a sense of this, should we repeal the intended use about these ideas. the intention that the selection of ideas is to create a custom page on the "huffington post" and watch what we called the adopt an idea program, where the ideas from this particular gathering

he is unemployed. each month, he has only a few days of work. this is not just limited to him. his friends are also like that. when people do not have work, they have to move to another city. some of them even had to move back to turn up. -- move back to china. the chinese progressive association main goal is to pursue back wages for workers. in the past few years, there are a very small amount of workers coming to our association to ask for back wages. but recently, there are more construction workers to come to complain to us. some of the bosses hold their workers from $5,000 to tens of thousands of dollars. do you know why they continue to do that? it is because they do not have any job opportunities and they have to work for unconscionable employers. so these employers continue to deprive them of their wages and also their opportunity to work. to provide employment opportunities for local workers is reasonable and logical, because it local citizens do not have any work, the government would not have any tax revenue. also, the citizens would not have money to consume, and th

she shares her experience with us today. >> my name is angel garland and i have been unemployed skin since january of 2010. i was a special investigator, contractor working on the opm contract. >> i thoughtly get another job but what i do is such a specialized thing not that many agency tass do special investigations. >> i drop my soon off in the morning, take him to school, some home and do on-line classes and search for jobs all day, all night. it is very competitive and very tough. my son's birthday is coming up on december 1 th and i'm thinking i want to give him a great party, probably won't be like last year it's the most heart breaking thing because he sounds so cute, like mommy, come here. come here and he will say look at this. i want this for my birthday. and it's hard when i know i won't be able to give him everything he wants but i'm trying. i actually became a beauty queen this year. having low self esteem so i wanted to make myself feel better and more confident. miss maryland east coast usa. i felt great that day. i felt you know what i am not going to let this get me

i was unemployed for four months looking for a job and the renewable energy market was a lot bigger than just about any of the other markets i was looking into. >> it's so exciting to know that so many people can be touched in so many different ways by one industry and one dream. there are people who are working who wouldn't be working. >> what big oil is saying is that clean energy kills jobs, that's a fallacy, it's not true. clean energy has had ad jobs for my firm. it's added jobs in record numbers here in california. and these are good-paying jobs. >> a lot of the people who are working out here stay at the hotels, go out to the restaurants, and shop in the stores show that really makes the local people very happy. >> not only do we have the wind farms but we have actually got manufacturing here for the wind turbines as well. so the wind companies are our biggest employers for the area. >> they are mass caraiding this as a jobs issue whenin fact, what it would actually do is undermine the most dynamic section of the economy because clean tech jobs are growing at a rate 10 times faste

from ceo's to unemployed people writing us saying i got time because everybody realizes that they'vegot time, and together, without the government, without the states and the cities and the panels and the committees, we can change everything with our time and our skills, and that's what we want to do with we've got time. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> congratulations. >> i think you're actually when i get fired, we can -- >> you'll have time. >> yeah, i'll have time, and you can have my job. one of the things done this evening as you surely know is the solicitation for ideas, and things that can be done with time. here, have that microphone, and arianna and i went through some of the ideas, and just so you get a sense of this, should we reveal the inteppedded use of the ideas -- intended use of the ideas? it was to create a custom page and lawmpleg the adopt -- launch an idea where people from this gathering and others can be gathered will be posted on the huffington post and we'll use our joint flashlights, the tv show, and afnl the huffington post and other appearances t