and right now, i am officially unemployable. >> 17-year-old jeffrey crick is the latest generation of> pretty impressive voice for a 17-year-old. >> he's got the pipes, man, i tell you what. i think he's going to go far in this business. >> how big of a business is this? >> it's gotten so big now that there are companies that make these costumes that actually have the licensing from elvis presley enterprises and speaking of elvis presley enterprises, they have pretty much taken a firm hand on the entire industry. >> what about you? is this something that would be yur career forld be my career, absolutely. 100%. >> eventually, you'll be able to grow your own side bars. right now, you're a little peach fuzz. >> i'm a lot older than he is and i still can't grow them. >> first place winner, mr. doug church. >> he still makes a lot of money for a lot of people. >> reminds me of michael jackson and his music will live forever. that story after this. i have the worst cold with this runny nose. i better take something. dayquill cold and flu doesn't treat your runny nose. seriously? alka-seltz

figures show the official unemployment rate has fallen to a six-year low of 5.8%.espite the improved job growth, the white house council of economic advisors acknowledged wages remain stagnant. >> you would always love to see more job growth, but 229,000 jobs per month in 2014 is the fastest pace since the late 1990's. it is consistent with a rapidly declining unemployment rate and what we really want to see is a translating to even larger gains in wages. >> a detroit judge has approved the city's effort to restructure finances and shed around $7 billion in debt under its bankruptcy filing last year. the plan includes cuts to retireee pensions for city workers at around $660 million in funding from state and private sources. detroit council president brenda jones said the city's next phase of recovery should focus on community improvement. employust empower and the long-suffering people of detroit. work through a plan of adjustment after bankruptcy, a plan for our people is critical. this,le we celebrate let's refocus our efforts on getting citizens back to work, m

lighter green is marginally attached and this dark green line that's at the bottom is the official unemployment rate that's 5.8%. >> that's correct. that's the one that we typically feel comfortable using. because of the great recession and the lagging growth we had with the jobless recovery and pothole recovery. we have 9 million americans making up that part-time for economic reasons group. >> they're full time if they could get full time work? >> that's rights that's right. >> they live in communities where want demand for products in the community aren't buying as much because they're concerned about stagnating wages and the job prospects still, hours. one of the big problems with that, too, is when you get full-time employment, you get a whole slew of other benefits for individuals. >> you're likely to be an individual that creates the underlying demand. the property is demand versus capacity, right? >> right. >> in economic-speak we're over capacity? >> that's right. another interesting piece that came out in this household survey today, people talked if you look at the household survey a

. >> reporter: what's more, the official unemployment rate excludes seven million part- timers who sayy want a full time job but just can't find one. and it turns out that the government actually understates the number of part-timers. >> the way we think about "do you work full time?" is "do you usually work more than 35 hours a week?" if you work 20 hours in one job and 15 at another, that adds up to 35, let's call you full time but we'll call both of those jobs part-time. >> reporter: take alex stipula. >> i work three jobs. i work as a prep cook at a restaurant. i work at pt crystal engraving glass and crystal, and i also work at club cafe, checking i.d.'s and kind of like a bouncer, and i make $10 an hour at all three of them. i don't get any benefits. >> reporter: stipula is one of 1.2 million americans working only part-time jobs, almost none of them with benefits. and yet they're all classified as full-time because they work 35 hours a week or more in total. >> i work seven days a week. >> reporter: dan stillwell works at grocery store g.f.s. marketplace. >> i work 28 hours a we

. >> the french economy is flat lining, an official data shows unemployment is at an all-time high. french woes are also weighing on the eurozone as a whole. >> most forests only know france's sunnyside, but for citizens, the overall situation is getting worse. some analysts say french products are simply too expensive, so more and more companies are losing orders and forced to lay off workers. and france is part of the general trend of high unemployment in the eurozone. in october, average eurozone unemployment was stable at 11.i percent. -- 11.5%. it is highest in spain. overall, young people are hardest hit by the lack of jobs in the eu. almost one in four under the age of 25 is out of work. the eurozone has launched a number of initiatives aimed at creating work for young people, but so far, with little noticeable success. eurozone joblessness is lowest in germany and austria. >> we are on to mexico now, where the country's president is trying to push through important reforms that would overhaul the country's security forces in response to growing public outrage over corruption

data for last month show another drop in unemployment. officialst the department of labor say nonfarm employers added 214,000 jobs. analysts had been expecting 230,000. still october was the ninth consecutive month when new openings exceeded 200,000. that's a level economists see as representing solid growth. businesses created jobs in industries including health care and food services. the unemployment rate was down one tenth of a point at 5.8%. the number of people working part-time because they couldn't find full-time positions was almost unchanged. policy makers at the federal reserve revised up their assessment of the employment situation last month. economists are trying to figure out if the latest data will prompt them to raise interest rates. here's one view from michael feroli at jpmorgan chase. >> in terms of the job growth number, we thought it was a solid number, consistent very much with the trend we've seen over the past year or so. we had 214,000 jobs created last month, which is, again, slightly below expectations. but i think in a

a bridge district official says unemployment is down and people returning to the workforce are more and mass transit. >> united airlines is suing to storm a travel website from offering hidden city tickets which allows users to book flights that stop on specific cities if lay overs and only use that leg, for example, a person could book a flight from san francisco to new york with a lay over in chicago when they really just wanted to play to chicago. the site says they can claim you money. most airlines ban the practice but there is not much they can don't united and orbit them of interfering with their business. no comment from skip lab. >> a possible child abduction in san francisco has parents on alert and details police want you to hear. >>> a look at abc7 from the camera showing the embarcadero. well keep up the picture throughout the entire break and later, spencer christian with the "give where you live," in the "give where you live," in santa it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a

we got the official unemployment rate down to 5.8%. yes, but if you look in the african-american community, the unemployment is 10.9%. if you look at american teenagers looking for work, 18 point 6% of them cannot even find a part-time job. -- 18.6% of them cannot even find a part-time job. what our answer for them? what are we doing for them when we add 5 million additional workers to the labor pool and allow them to compete openly with americans for jobs? what are we doing for their jobs prospects? the unemployment rate among black teenagers, according to the latest jobs report, who cannot even find a part-time job is 32 .6%. they are out there looking and cannot even find part-time work. what is our answer to them? you know we are living in a part-time economy. you know wages are stagnant. a world of jobn insecurity now. the president says he is concerned about inequality, rising inequality, because the stock market is hitting record highs every week. your fortune is invested in the stock market, you are doing really well, but wages

and instead, though the official unemployment numbers have been shown to come down. but when you cook the books by not including the massive millions of americans to are adults, who could work, who are not institutionalized, and they have given up hope of finding a job they tried so long, they are not counted in the unemployed. they are unemployed, but they are not counted as unemployed because they have given up looking. they have lost hope. that is absolutely tragic. mentioned article from september previously, but this report from cns news, september 5, says a 16 rd 92,269,000 americans, and older, did not participate in the labor force in august as the labor force participation rate matched a 36-year he low of 62.8%. according to the bureau of labor statistics. well, the article goes on to mention that that has happened ix times in the past year, and again that matches the all time high of nonparticipation matching that set during the may lays -- may lace days of the carter -- may lays days of the carter administration. back then there was double-digit inflation,

. >> i feel sorry for the workers and have you more unemployment happening, it's not good. >> officials at the crisis ministry food pantry, say that closing discounts food markets in areas that are considered food deserts is dangerous. >> for people that have access to places like bottom dollar, they get savings and they are already working on a limited budget for food. >> losing the bottom dollar stores forces them to move to more expensive corner stores or travel far for a super market. >> hope they don't close down. >> aldi has not said if they will take over the bottom dollar locations. when they do close, the brand name will be retired. in hamilton township, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >>> all right time for the "action news" traffic report, as we look live at 95 it's wet and very congested, especially on the southbound side from past wide haven to the betsy ross bridge, we have the accident involving the fire truck partially blocking the on ramp, the northbound is blocked up as well with the normal vool you moving slower than normal because of the wet conditions, a

unemployment is officially at 36%. some figures by local labor organizations put it as high as 80%.ou have hungry, angry people who are unemployed and are killing themselves. thise ground, we know that war against terror in has been failing from year to year. the number of civilian casualties reported -- >> we're just lost dr. hakim again. i think it is worth continually going back when we get him. kathy kelly, if you could continue his thought. concernsalong with the of civilian casualties and the mothers who weep and say, i can't feed my children, and the thousands of children that are on the streets as child laborers -- 6000 children in kabul alone -- i mean, amnesty international has reported the war was displacing 400 people every day. there are squalid, richard refugee camps people are facing with a very cold winter. $58.3ntagon has requested billion for fiscal year 2015 alone. these resources go to the hands of war profiteers and weapons makers and enormous expenditures by the pentagon. i just read about november 23 request and the pentagon for $7,800,000 to beef up the condo

the administration is celebrating week of the unemployment, the official rate it down to 5.8% now.you look in the african-american community to rate is 10.9%. if you look at american teenagers who are looking for work, a team .6% of them can't even find a part-time job. what is our answer to them and what are we doing for them when we add 5 million additional workers to the labor pool and allow them to compete openly. the unemployment rate according to the latest jobs report who can't even find a part-time job is 32.6%. they can't even find part-time work. what is our answer to them? so you know that we are living in a part-time economy and the wages are stagnant in america. we are in a world of job insecurity now and you know the president says he's very concerned about inequality, rising inequality. the stock market is hitting record highs every week. so if if your fortune is invested in the stock market, you are doing really well. but the wages are stagnant. and you think there's a connection between stagnant wages and high profits and rising stock prices and now they just might

labor department officials will be introducing jobs data for october. in september, the unemployment rate fell to 9.8%. its lowest level since july 2008 and on saturday, china's trade figures for october will come out. exports jumped more than 15% from a year earlier. >>> i'll have more next hour. for now, i'll leave you with a check on markets. >>> markets around the world l follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the companies at the forefront of change. >> up to the minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business news and insight every day. here on "newsline." >>> candidates in the u.s. midterm elections are making their final appeals to voters. one day before polling stations open. president obama's democratic party is fighting to defend its majority in the senate. 36 of the 100 seats are up for grabs. all 435 seats in house of representatives are in play and voters in 36 states will choose their next governor. obama made stops in connecticut and pennsylvania. >> you've got to grab

this, tyler are huge, and they are suffering from high employment, unemployment, high crime, and high poverty, and all of this as officials intend to auction off bonds to raise money later this month. >> a human tragedy there, morgan, with 11,000 individuals who lost their jobs so far this year from the shut down of those casinos, very, very sad in a very stressed city as well. let's lock in the vote on atlantic city, and the question we asked can ac get itself together? 36% say, yes, it will over time. 64% of you say, no, it's a lost cause. kate rogers now for a market flash. kate? >> tyler, check out the biggest percentage loser in the s&p 500. the independent oil and natural gas company will reduce spending from 50% to 550 million in 2015 citing decline in oil prices. the stock currently trading down about near 12%. back to you. >> thank you. >>> check out this frozen water fountain. it is so cold, the water is freezing as it comes out in that city of if thes, kansas city, and this november arctic blast hitting large parts of the u.s., here to tell us more is whether channel's carl parker. >>> so looks a lot more like

state officials say california added more than 41,000 jobs, that is more than any other state in the country. the unemployment rate is the same. that is down from 8.6% a year ago. the job growth in october follows a loss of 10,000 jobs in september. here in the bay area the unemployment rate in all nine counties is well below the state average. and look at marin county. that's the lowest at 3.9%. the highest unemployment rate in the bay area is solano count tip at 6.3. >>> new at 10:00, it was a night to remember local homeless people who died in alameda county during the past year. they held a vigil at st. james episcopal church. it coincides with national homelessness awareness week. >> it seems that nobody cares, we want to make sure that we're very intentionally focusing on the fact that we care about him. >> reporter: it is working with elected officials to expand housing opportunities and several warming centers will be opening soon. >>> claiming responsibility for a mass shooting at a high school. the trail of tweets that has police narrowing in on a suspect. >> it's not often people come to you on twi

official government numbers out on friday changes to the unemployment rate affected than this coming his wife year and stay here suspended indefinitely from the nfl released by baltimore ravens two months ago after the justice of him hitting his wife fiancee than an elevator here is video of that vintage video originally he has defended restaurant to games and then to now part of the video came out in a rage public >> : and 42 level here bay bridge to meet all clear now all the clothes are gone the a lot of close clear morning. sunny skies will be warm this afternoon will be right back >> : all right give you a final track of the forecasts are local live from our roof over in san francisco blues guys out there a top mark top its hotel barely moving the winds calmed down a little bit slightly breezy earlier not so much now temperatures climbing make up the '50s for most of the bay area of low 60s oakland 61 at the moment the check and bay 62. rv doing its job there. >> : it will look like noontime widespread sundays all the all of their only green or sing along the waterfront that dis

unemployment. economists say the country likely added more than 200,000 jobs last month but also pointing to some weaknesses in the labor market. >>> the ebola outbreak in texas has officially ended. as of midnight, it was 21 days since anyone there got ebola or was in contact with someone who had the virus. health official os were monitoring 177 people in texas after that liberian ebola patient died in the dallas hospital and two nurses became infected. >>> meantime, a hospital in switzerland has been given the green light to begin clinical trials for an experimental ebola vaccine. it was developed in canada and the second vaccine to be tested. the first injections are scheduled to begin on monday and results are expected in december. >>> a mother and her boyfriend are in custody this morning for the death of a 3-year-old boy in chester county. jillian tate and gary fellenbaum are charged with killing scotty mcmillan. it happened inside a mobile home in west tellen township. the boy died on tuesday. >> gary fellenbaum and jillian tate tied the boys up by their feet and beat them. while they were doing, they were laughing. >> for someone to do something like that to a child

unemployment and all these kids are reading. it's pretty terrific and their scores go up. even scarier is the fact in some states government officials plan prison construction based on third and fourth grade reading levels. which is sad and dragging the country down. if it is the greatest city in the world where we producing so many kids that can't read text that has to be one of secretary and when we are voting. berlin, stockholm, new york. somebody told me they are allowing $6 per kid for library books. kids need to read because there is nowhere kids can meet so many different kinds of people and learn their different stories and begin to understand who these people are and accept who they are as they can and books. books are presented in compelling ways. the common core has to be stories in my opinion. as they said my writing to rear begins like this. i'm in a mental i am in a mental hospital outside of cambridge massachusetts. i'm working my way through college. i work as a patient. james taylor was a patient when i was there. he wrote fire in the rain at the hospital. the poet checked in regularly when i was working there. he'd

officially on? joining me now is neera tanden. here is a question, you know, the stock market 17,000, gas prices are down, unemployment is down. real -- you talked about the real challenge in the show on issues, minimum wage ballot initiatives succeeded, sick days, paid sick leave. they succeeded on the ballot. democratic candidate did not fare very well at all yesterday. i think the real challenge is that democrats have not put issues on the table to really attract people. your right the broad numbers are better, the country is moving in a better direction. people are still struggline ini wages are still stagnant and costs are going up at the same time. there's a squeeze. you see increasingly republicans and democrats aware of this squeeze i think for 2016 democrats and republicans are going have to put forward bold ideas to solve them. >> and let's talk a little bit about 2016. exit polls show your old boss, hillary clinton, trailing a republican candidate. break this down for us. how can a potential hillary clinton for president campaign overcome these numbers and the dissatisfaction with the democratic party we saw in many

officials say there are several reasons for the shortage, more pay, training and the lower unemploymentng to raise teachers pay and are called guest teachers. they can attend training sessions that were previously only for full timers. >>> workers are upset that construction companies are not using local workers. the demonstration is near the 1 south market construction project in san jose. workers say developers are making money as property prices increase. but they are keting their own cost by bringing in workers from the central valley. >>> a weekend ceremony in sacramento, it was a milestone in the creation of that city's new sport as i rena. it was a -- sports arena. the new home of the sacramento kings is being built on the site where california's first masonic lodge was organized in 1850. yesterday, dozens of masons marched in the ceremony. this one dates back more than 200 years. the kings say this historic site will help create a bright future for the city. >> the arena will have 150, 200 event night as year. hotels, great restaurants, living space, office space. we think we ca

officials. a texas congressman thinks the president's plan is offensive to black americans. >> it is so offensive to the african-americans and hispanic-americans who have an enormously high unemploymentate. this president has come in and said, you know what, for political gain i am going to give 5 million people the authority to work here, even though that's illegal i'm going to do it. and that's going to leave 5 million people out in the cold. >> and it gets worse. alabama congressman mo brooks thinks that president obama can face jail time for his executive action. at some point you is to evaluate whether the president's conduct aids, abets or entices foreigners to unlawfully cross into the united states of america. that has a five-year in jail penalty associated with it. the rhetoric and comments are outrageous. republican reaction is petty and childish, name calling, threats and talk of a government shutdown or impeachment. it does nothing to help this country. so america, it's going to be fun to sit back in the lazy boy and just watch the republicans reel and run this country legislatively. it's easier for them to target president obama as a political enemy of the country and tr

unemployment. and all these kids are reading. it's pretty terrific. and their reading scores go up. even scarier is the fact that in some states government officials plan teacher prison construction based on third and fourth -- future prison construction based on third and fourth grade reading levels which is really sad, and it's dragging this country down. that kind of thing is obviously dragging this city down. if this is the greatest city in the world, if this is -- i'm not saying it isn't, if it is -- why are we producing so many kids who can't read? how can that be the greatest city in the world? that has to be one of the criterion when we're voting, let's see, for lynn, stockholm, new york, how are they doing in reading? somebody was telling me what they're allowing $6 per kid for library books. is that what it is? something like that? are you kidding me? come on. that's insane. kids need to realize because there is nowhere, not on tv, not right now, knot no the -- not in the movies, not in newspapers where kids can meet so many different kinds of people and learn their different stories and begin to understand who they are, who these people

unemployment. and all these kids are reading. it's pretty terrific. and their reading scores go up. even scarier is the fact that in some states government officials plan teacher prison construction based on third and fourth -- future prison construction based on third and fourth grade reading levels which is really sad, and it's dragging this country down. that kind of thing is obviously dragging this city down. if this is the greatest city in the world, if this is -- i'm not saying it isn't, if it is -- why are we producing so many kids who can't read? how can that be the greatest city in the world? that has to be one of the criterion when we're voting, let's see, for lynn, stockholm, new york, how are they doing in reading? somebody was telling me what they're allowing $6 per kid for library books. is that what it is? something like that? are you kidding me? come on. that's insane. kids need to realize because there is nowhere, not on tv, not right now, knot no the -- not in the movies, not in newspapers where kids can meet so many different kinds of people and learn their different stories and begin to understand who they are, who these people

unemployment. it's pretty terrific. and reading scores go up. even scarier is the fact that in some states the officials plan construction based on third and fourth grade reading levels which is really sad and it's dragging the country down into that kind of thing. if this is the greatest city in the world, if this is -- i'm not saying that it isn't but if it is why are we producing so many that can't read and how can that be the greatest in the world? that has to be one of the criteria when we are voting with say berlin, stockholm, new york, how are they doing on reading. somebody was telling me what they are allowing $6 for kids for library books is that what it is, something like that? kids need to read because there is nowhere not on tv or in the movies, not newspapers where kids can meet so many different kinds of people and learned their different stories and begin to understand who they are, their diversity and accept these people are and how they live as they can and books. they are full of diversity and presented in compelling ways. stories, you know, the common core has to be stories in my opi

officials oppose it. >> here is the single best chart, for those of you on radio, i will put this out on bloomberg radio plus. the structural unemploymentueger has spoken so much about -- it is cyclical. something changed, something broke five years ago. professor krueger, what broke five or six years ago? >> it was clear we had the worst financial crisis since th e great depression. the problem was that growth was so slow afterwards that we had a large number of people who were unemployed for a long period of time. the longer they're unemployed, the harder it is for them to get back to work. employers do not give them a close look. clients, their skills tend to erode, and we have a long-term unemployment now. about one third have been out of work for half a year or longer and i think increasingly we will see them throughout the labor force. >> william mcnabb, to bring you in with vanguard, philadelphia has been a test tube for the challenges we have in inequality. is philadelphia doing better, the focus of the mid-atlantic states doing better? >> it is sort of a tale of two cities and it is how you want to look at it. on the downside,