spearheading this effort is actor john ratzenberger.e's a senior fellow for the center for america. >> it's great to be aboard. >> we were in detroit working on an education special and talking about getting kids trained for these jobs that are available. especially in detroit hit so hard by the manufacturers, the auto manufacturers taking a big blow. what do you see as the central problem here? >> 80% of manufacturers report that there's a shortage of skilled workers. these are people, tool and die makers, lathe operators, people that actually can make and fashion things out of wood or metal, tin, doesn't make a difference. to make a raw product and make it into something else brought us to the dance. built our civilization. america was not built by actors and sports celebrities, even though we may think they were. if we disappeared overnight, it would be sad for our families, but the nation would get on just fine. but if you lose the carpenters, the truckdrivers, the welders. >> the roofers, as you mentioned in one interview. >> the r