giving every moment of our time figuring out how we're gonna restore for them the american dream. >> joe carbonehing called the workplace. it's the state unemployment office in southwest connecticut where people get job training and placement help. carbone has a reputation for innovative job programs, but he has never seen so many people out of work so long. >> there is no comparison to being unemployed for six months and being unemployed for 99 weeks. your needs change in a drastic way. >> and what is the change? >> the change is the mind. that two years of unemployment erodes your self-confidence, your self-esteem. it separates you from your profession, your education, whatever you might have done previously. there's all sorts of things. it causes divorces. it causes problems with children. >> what's insidious is how hidden these people are. carbone's territory has some of the richest towns in the nation. the commuter lines are arteries to the heart of corporate power in new york, but a lot of people walking around in suits haven't had a job in years. >> my job is to get people into a career.

. >> reporter: joe carbone runs the workplace, a job training center in bridgeport, connecticut. >> i unemployed once for eight and a half months. i used to drive 20 miles to do a little grocery shopping so i wouldn't meet anybody who would look at me and ask, "did you get a job yet?" i know what it can do. >> reporter: given the empathy that carbone and his staff convey, it's no surprise that the unemployed flock here for emotional support. >> i've been on the internet daily, all day, eight hours a day. i can't find anything. >> reporter: these folks have all been unemployed long-term, and, as you may have noticed, most are 55 and older. there's been lots of talk about the improving jobs picture of late, and especially today when the official unemployment rate dropped to 7.5%, the lowest since 2008. our own more inclusive measure of the un- and under-employed is down to 16%, the lowest since we started tracking it in 2010. but the reality is brutal for the more than four million americans who remain out of work six months or more. for those 55 and older, it takes about a year on aver

carbon copies, right? majority of voters don't want their governor, but home state voters are always tough on their own. that's not a surprise there. but hillary clinton, double digit leads, joe biden, deficits. >> you're getting no big send off for either of these two very popular governors this their own states for 2016, especially when you match them up against hillary clinton, who has a double digit lead and is over 50% against both of them. so hillary clinton is a very different hillary clinton than she was 20 years ago as first lady and maybe even as a senator from new york. the last chapter in her has been secretary of state and she's ri riding that right now. we'll see where that one goes. but no send off from the local folks for either of these two governors who are very popular, but not necessarily for 2016. >> not surprising she's ahead in new jersey, but having a double digit lead. very surprising. lee, mark, we've got a lot more on this poll, exclusive polls today. we're going to do a deeper dive in fact on this and the state of play in both governor's races. we have that on our website and we'll also have that later in the show, but up next, obama on the record.

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