unemployment has ge up. the budget deficit is 32% of gdp. >> i just get sick of it. i know people who are like my dad's friends and my dad, they do not pick up a newspaper because it is too depressing. >> the bailout will give dublin some breathing room. it will be attached to conditions that the eu and imf will monitor the austerity program. financial experts are optimistic. >> in light of what arlette has done to fix the public finances and the banking system, we are beginning to see the benefits. it is a young population. ireland can grow. >> what happens if the young and educated are the strongest irish export? we asked students how many see their future and outside ireland. the student union predicts many will leave. >> i would love to come back and i want to live here. i have to wait and see. if i can get a job in new zealand, i will come home. >> most do not see signs the situation will improve soon. >> that is our "in depth". thanks for joining us.

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details on where the temperatures do go once ge get through the weekend coming up. >> corruption in maryland. a county executive and his wife hauled off to jail. that's our big story this morning. >> executive jack johnson and his wife leslie johnson, a newly elected county council member were arrested at their home. >> federal officials ushered jack johnson out of his prince george's county home. his wife, leslie, concealed her face from cameras, with a coat. the two are accused -- >> these investigations include allegations that investigators have been paying off people in return for actions. >> an affidavit filed in court alleges f.b.i. agents have been monitoring their movements through wire taps and other movements as far back as 2007. investigations including payments to johnson for $1,000 in one instance and $5,000 in another. today agents allegedly interrupted a $15,000 payoff. >> jack johnson was allowed to leave that interview and then made a series of telephone calls to his wife. >> those calls include johnson instructing his wife to destroy a $100,000 check. >> leslie johnson ask

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