i want to bring in zane asher. spent some time in one brooklyn community where people are struggling but determined to change their fortunes. >> yeah. i went a community that desperately wants in on this economic recovery. we know that the s&p 500 is up 18% this far and jobs coming back at a rate 200,000 a month. you go to this community i went to and think say when i get rejected from a job is it because of my name? absolutely heartbreaking. i did speak to one guy who is trying to change that, martin allen who spent 30 years in jail for robbery. he said i made some mistakes but it's my job to help young black and women get to work. take a listen. >> reporter: stocks hitting record highs and housing in recovery and unemployment falling but much of black america is feeling left behind. >> what we see every day is people struggling to put food on the table. >> reporter: at 13.7%, african-american unemployment is more than double the rate for whites. martin allen is trying to change that in his low income brooklyn com

let's get to zane asher for this.had to use a crane to rescue 60-year-old ayman ayman -- amanda knox. she came okay but others have not been so lucky. >> reporter: it was a terrifying scene, a sinkhole suddenly opening up in the middle of a busy street in toledo, this chefr lay malibu swallowed in a hole 10 feet into the earth. the driver, 60-year-old amanda mosq knox trapped beneath the concrete. slowly, she was able to work her way out to safety. surprisingly knox was not hurt but taken to the hospital as a precaution. what caused this sinkhole? authorities suspect a whater break below. it's the string of accidents. over the past few months there have been several cases of sinkholes opening causing incredible damage. one in orange county, florida, that sucked a man from his home and killed him. his brother talked. >> couldn't get him out. i tried so hard and tried everything i could. >> reporter: in jackson, mississippi, a 6-year-old boy had to be rescued after he rode his bike into a sinkhole. >> the child probably

zane asher is here. i have read about this. explain it to me. >> reporter: it's crazy.ace to act like a credit card. all you'll have to do is put your face into a camera. the program has a program that takes all your biodata to what you look like. it's a european company that claims it can even distinguish between identical twins. it also claims it can reduce transaction times from 30 seconds to about 5 seconds. you think about how many seconds it takes to swipe your card, type in your pin, confirm the amount that, kind of thing. with this technology, the cameras start recognizing you as you're standing in line. by the time you get to the counter, it already knows who you are. if there is any uncertainty about your identity it, will ask you about a backup plan. customers would have to pay about $2.50 a month. >> call me old fashioned. i'm a credit card and cash kind of gal and i'm a little worried about privacy. what about those concerns? >> reporter: i did speak to someone and they said their main concern was hacking. imagine if someone links into the database and alon

i want to bring in zain asher. zane recently spent some time in one brooklyn community. you saw this firsthand. you saw how people were stuck in it right now but really looking for a better tomorrow. >> i went and found a community that desperately wants in on this economic recovery. we know the s&p 500 is up 18% so far this year. we know jobs are coming back at rate of 200,000 a month. you go to places like this and they will say to you, when i get rejected from a job, is it because the name on my resume was javon that it wasn't even looked at? absolutely heartbreaking. i spoke to one guy trying to change that. his name is martin allen, spent 30 years in jail for robbery. said i made some mistakes and it's my job to help young black men and women find work. >> reporter: stocks hitting record highs, housiing recovering, unemployment falling but much of black america left behind. >> what we see everyday is people struggling to put food on the table. >> reporter: at 13.7%, african-american unemployment is more than double the rate for whites. martin allen is trying to chan