claire shipman, i have known for a while. what is your definition, now, of success? >> i am most proud of having achieved a life between a balance of a career and the four kids i have, and my husband, too. it is having work that i find interesting, and that satisfies me professionally, and also having time for a life. having achieved that balance, and setting out to achieve it, is what i feel is really a success. >> if you turn the clock back 10 or 15 years, when it was a woman's obligation or duty to get a job, get on a treadmill, are those is familiar to you? >> very much so. my mother, if there is one thing i remember, she died when i was 20, she wanted my sister and i to work. that is what she wanted for us. she wanted us out of ohio, where we grew up. i never heard anything about having a family. i never had any doubt that i would work. i never thought it would be an issue. i thought i could achieve what i wanted to achieve. i woke up at age 35 and i thought something is missing. i am glad i caught it when i did. >> we're talking now about the job, a partner, a

claire shipman is here. they're called the 99ers because all benefits run out after 99 we weeks. and they're ranks are growing. >> reporter: their ranks are growing. and their anger and frustration is growing. this bill will extend the 26 weeks of benefits. if you've been out of work for 2 years or more, if you're a 99er, there's no hope in sight right now. president obama, in a rose garden offensive, surrounded by unemployed americans. >> they're not looking for a handout. they desperately want to work. just right now, they can't find a job. >> reporter: almost 15 million americans are out of work. but most striking, almost half of that number are the long-term unemployed. a level that hasn't been seen since the great depression. the hardest-luck cases, the so-called 99ers, who exhausted the maximum 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. today's legislation does not extend that limit. is there a solution for the 99ers? michigan senator, debbie stabenow, has become a tireless advocate for the unemployed. >> these are people who paid their taxes and followed the rules. they're in a si

but as claire shipman reports, those wrestling profits also create some political headaches. laire. >> indeed, good morning, george. well her history at wwe certainly something of a mixed blessing on the campaign trail, especially in light of a new lawsuit being filed with the widow of a wrestler who died tragically in the ring after an accident. martha hart said the company is still exploiting her husband. >> reporter: the body blows. the crazy stunts. but everyone knows professional wrestling is all theater, right? not always. two huge names in wrestling, women, are engaged in a real life, real consequences smackdown. lind did mcmahon, co-founder with her husband vince, wwe, now a candidate in connecticut. >> we produce a good form of entertainment and we're the best in the world. >> reporter: martha hart, the widow of owner hart who died in the ring in 1999. he fell 80 feet when his body harness malfunctioned. >> this is not part of the entertainment tonight. >> reporter: martha sued then for wrongful death and is suing for what is illegal use of her husband's pictures. >>