mark lieberman, senior economist and managing director, thank you for coming in. >> tins of thousandsf people are still without power. crews are, world numbering around the clock to roughly 30,000 customers. they are trying to do as much as they can before a new storm hits tonight. in michigan, roughly 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power after sunday's storm. it could be saturday before everything is back up and running. and in canada, snow has hampered efforts to restore power to 100,000 customers. why oklahoma residents have a new fear. we have has tornadoes and hailstorms but never an earthquake. and a far reaching zeal has human rights activists worried. debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it "vertical farming." these fields grow on floors on at industrial park and farmer john adel and his staff agrees user. >> my

here is what economist mark lieberman had to say. >> we says hurdles going forward. at the end of the month 2.5 million people go off unemployment insurance. the program will end. that's money spent. it's spent every day by every recipient. plus the jobs have not necessarily been the higher paying jobs. in october, for example, half the jobs created were in the retail sector or a hotel tore restaurant personnel. not career jobs or the best paying jobs. the best thing we can say about the economy is it's improving. there won't be a particular date that we see a turnaround or a statistic. >> christmas has come and gone. the day after is the biggest draw, one of the top 10 busiest shopping days. retailers slashed prices. some stores opened early to give buyers a leg up on after-christmas bargains. the grinch who stole christmas are the shipping customers. thousands who bought gifts online are disappointed their packages ant arrive on time. robert ray is in atlanta where many packages are in transit. >> a busy holiday stephen and huge shipping problems across america as

economy is back, listen to what mark lieberman has to say. >> we face hurdles going forward. at the end of the month 2.5 million go off on unemployment insurance. the unemployment benefits program will end. that's money spent, every day, by every recipient. the jobs that we have been seeing is not necessarily the higher paying jobs. in october, for example, half the jobs created were in the retail sector or hotel or restaurant personnel. not career jobs or best-paying jobs. the best thing we can say about the economy is it's yofl. there's not a particular date or statistic that says it's a turn around. >> the day after christmas is a big day, it's one of the top 10 busiest. nationwide stores slash prices and to get rid of left over merchandise. some stores open early to give customers a leg up. now to the grinch who stole christmas for many families. thousands of customers bought gifts online to be disappointed when they didn't arrive in time. shipping companies are blaming the weather and a last-minute boom in sales. many of those pack ints are in transit. >> a busy holiday

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white house marked the newtown anniversary by pledging $100 million for improved mental health services and facilities. are we making any progress? for that, we turn to dr. jeffrey liebermanesident of the american psychiatric association and chair of columbia university's department of psychiatry. and paul barrett the author of "glock: the rise of america's gun" and a writer for "bloomberg businessweek." welcome to you both. dr. lieberman, since newtown, since aurora, virginia tech, since the navy yard shooting n each of those cases mental illness was traced on behalf of the part of the shooter is there anything that's changed in that time? >> well, you're right, gwen, it has been like a tragic deja vu all over again with the serial mass violence incidents occurring. and unfortunately involving disproportionately people with mental illness. but i do think there's reason to think this time maybe different. because in the wake of these series of mass swri lent-- violent episodes there has been a greatary tension, a greater debate and more legislative action to try and address the root cause of the problem, which is the inadequacy and lack of quality comprehensive mental hea