we saw himitted, gap, and cosco miss comps.me, it shows there's a strained consumer out there, regardless whether the s & p is 1.5% back to its all time highs. it will make an all time high in the next couple weeks with f we have a resolution, underlying the consumer in the states seemed tapped. >> we saw this the last time we had this debt ceiling issue. >> well, so we have all of the headline news things, that's not going to improve. one of the other things that could improve sentiment, one of them $8 be falling unemployment, rising participation, other signs of real economic strength. so consumers really need to see that. they need to see incomes rising, make sure the government is working. they don't have either. i don't see any reason why people should expect consumers to be out there spending like crazy. the only thing they are spending on, are those things where they think they are taking advantage of a discount they are getting right now. low interest rates, i run out and buy a car, things like section 179 deductions, t

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. >> dawn is just breaking on a are crisp morning in cosco bay. while many americans are sleeping steve trane is leaving shore. he is a lobsterman. now steve's way of life is threatened. joaltejolted because the ecologd the economy of maine is going different direction is. >> it's just, we have the oversupply and not the match. >> led to an explosion in the lobster catch. so many lobsters, prices plummeted. falling from $6 a pound wholesale in 2005 to about $3 a pound today. >> what will happen is economically as would lap in any industry, some people will survive, some people will not. people will leave the industry and try something else. i don't know what we have for jobs if people aren't fishing. why would you want to do that? it's a way of life. this morning when we were going out, the sun was coming up. you don't want to give that up. you get looked on it. you really do get looked on it. >> maine is launching another $2.5 million marketing campaign and new processing facilities like this may also help save the industry. >> it's amazing to se