on set, travis davis. a progressive policy organization. before his current job he was unemployed for more nan a year and suffers from depression. on skype out of oakland california is david blue steen. a psychologist and professor, he looks at the intersection of mental health, and work, and recently testified before congress on a law that would prohibit discrimination against the long term unemployed. and out of washington, d.c., omar ucif, he is a recent grad who has been unable to find work, thank you for joining us. david, right now, this more than 92 million americans out of the labor force, and a number of studies are showing a corelation between unemployment and depression. what's the state of mental health as related to the people out of work? >> it is a great question. the state of the situation in my view is dire. the research evidence is very clear that unemployment especially unemployment for six months or more, is causally related to mental health problems. so the mental health -- some indices of mental health among the emmyed

northwest at fso, travis is gusting and davis point 22 and port chicago out of the west and i think iaw them and that's not something that has been happening, it is a rather cool breeze for some. tough call, i may change these on the fly based on what i am seeing here. fog sun still warm hot inland and a little breezy at times, no doubt picking up but i think we might shave off a couple of degrees, after that it does look cooler as we head into the weekend. >>> sounding off, one thing the surgeon general says we need to do because of this disturbing trend, plus ride remembers getting tickets, the glitch that has them on the hook for unpaid tolls. . >>> now to our continuing coverage for crisis in had the middle east. flumes of smoke after a new round of israeli air strikes, they have called up more than 16,000 reservests and that raise is the total to 16,000. israeli soldiers were killed just yesterday. and the prime minister said he will not accept a cease-fire unless the deal allows him to destroy the tunnels that are used to carry out deadly attacks inside of israel. >>> meantime h