dr. calvin butts, pastor of the abyssinian baptist church. years ago, when promotional development in harlem was sparse his church stepped in and developed $600 million worth of property. landmark deals with pathmark grocery, starbucks others. in the process, the church helped start the modern-day harlem renaissance. >> pelley: unemployment has been over 8.5% for over two years now. what do you tell people who can't find work? >> keep looking. we have to be the ones. if you find a minister, a clergy person who tells people anything other than what is hopeful and encouraging them keep going, get away from that one as fast as you can. we have to encourage people to continue to look, retrain, go to school or start your own. do whatever you need to do in order to survive. if we ever stop, if we ever give up, we're lost. >> pelley: but unemployment has never lasted so long for so many people in this country. never in our history. there are a lot of people, reverend, who don't see hope out there. >> well, that's my job. i have to continue to foster, especially this season, that hope springs eternal. >> pelley: as a job creator, let me ask you. how do you create jobs in this country? >> well, there's one way that we have f