employed or underemployed employed or underemployed i should say the discuss what of his sleeve we're joined live from washington. is the press secretary at the progressive change campaign committee deal very good even if you think speed of the program given the latest data for august is this the season of the mentioning the situation with jobs because of the state but. in the position to deliver or is it just going to be told . well we we really hope he's in the position to deliver we've got a jobs emergency right now in this country you mentioned twenty four million folks unemployed or underemployed in this country what the president's got to do tonight is go big or go home i mean the reality is that we've got to have a massive direct government investment in job creation if we're going to get through this the current jobs crisis here in this country but as you propose it to include provisions for the rich to pay their fair share only by the droll the republicans of course the dead opposed to tax hikes for the rich you're right republicans are opposed to it but the good thing for th

classed as an employed or underemployed i should say they discussed what a barber might have of his sleeve we're joined live from washington. press secretary at the progressive change campaign committee feel very good evening to you thanks pete on the program note given the latest data for august there's a certain urgency is never mentioned in the situation with jobs because understatement is a bar in the position to deliver or is it just all going to be talking about their well we we really hope he's in the position of the leader we've got a jobs emergency right now in this country you mentioned twenty four million folks unemployed or underemployed in this country but the president's got to do tonight is go big or go home i mean the reality is that we've got to have a massive direct government investment in job creation if we're going to get through this current jobs crisis here in this country but if you propose it would include provisions for single rich to pay their fair share on the ballot to draw the republicans of course they're dead opposed to tax hikes for the rich. you're

a large number of people out of work, people underemployed, we have to do more. we can't let loose the idea of pushing for more jobs to be created. >> use a technically, a lot of communities will say that we are in recession. >> what the president will tell us on thursday is that he is putting forward a bold proposals. >> when you say bold proposals, you have been at this for the better part of three years. what more is there? >> we can't give up and go back. some of these ideas have proven to work, and i know that they will help provide assistance to lower the unemployment rate and add jobs. we have gridlock in congress, a congress that wants to undermine, shaking our very being and causing us to lose out

times are so tight that the underemployed, 11 million people in this country -- >> underemployed.nd up to $5,000 a month? >> reporter: if you work hard, you make your money, you're a good rabbit. >> okay, thank you so much, chris. >>> and now, we turn to the toughest anti-immigration law in america that went into effect today in alabama. a crackdown so severe it's been described as the arizona law on steroids. police have broad new powers to stop and detain anyone they deem suspicious and even use their children in classrooms to track them down. abc's steve 0 sosunsami is in birmingham tonight. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: across alabama today, demonstrators were furious, calling this the arizona law with an alabama twist. >> to me, it says that our government promotes racism. >> we have to move. we have to leave everything. >> reporter: it was approved by the state legislature and widely backed by voters here. the police can check for papers, detain undocumented residents without bail and the public schools are now forced to share with authorities the citize

twenty four million folks unemployed or underemployed in this country what the president's got to do tonight is go big or go home i mean the reality is that we've got to have a massive direct government investment in job creation if we're going to get through this the recurrence jobs crisis here in this country the good thing for the president and progress is that the american people are behind it when you ask folks what they want this country to do they want massive investment in job creation the way we're going to pay for it is by ensuring that the richest americans are paying their fair share you know right now while republicans are fighting at every opportunity you know to ensure that some of these huge corporations don't have to pay their taxes the american people want the wealthiest one corporations to pay their fair share and that's how we're going to pay for what really needs to happen and it's vestment in infrastructure development making sure our crumbling schools are better and can provide for american children and at the same time create jobs that's really what we need to

. >> the president wants to provide more work for the underemployed, especially the underemployed in the house of representatives. >> republicans like eric cantor are threatening to hold victims of hurricane irene hostage. >> second wind, big time. >> the white house may have to think bold now. >> a congressman who says he won't even bother to listen to the president's jobs plan. >> there's no reason for him to call a joint session of congress. >> delivering a speech in front of a joint session of congress, i would respectfully say isn't work. >> by 8:35, every single republican presidential candidate had sounded off. >> mitt romney led the charge. >> it's been three years, and he's out. >> and will rick perry blow mitt romney away by the end of the hurricane season? >> rick perry makes his debut on the national debate stage. looks like rick perry is running to be the president of texas. >> palin plans a labor day weekend blitz. >> she's been an unpredictabiliunpredictable character. >> sucking wind, big time. >> we are talking about sarah palin. >> jonathan capehart. >>> zero. that'

people are underemployed. we have to do more. we cannot let loose of that idea of pushing for more jobs to be created. >> a lot of communities in america have suffered long-term unemployment see no prospects whatsoever. they say that we are in a recession. >> the president is putting forward some bold proposals to boat.ift everybody's >> you have been at this for the best part of three years. what's more there is in the toolbox? >> we cannot give up, we cannot go back. some of these ideas that he has have proven to work. i know they will provide assistance so that we can work that unemployment rate. we have gridlock in congress. you have a congress that wants to undermine, shaking our very being. causing this -- causing us to lose out more. people are not able to understand that the debt ceiling has to be addressed. all that has reverberations. there are consequences for those bad actions. the public is saying no, we want jobs. enough of this nonsense. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> happy labor day. >> in one more econ

over at the data wall for us. >> you hit the nail on the head when you talked about people being underemployed. all of these politicians in the republican debate and the president's speech are going to talk about jobs. the question is what kind of jobs are they talking about? almost 7 million jobs lost in the recession proper. but a job is not a job is not a job. this number was going on before the recession. the biggest growth was over $70,000 a year. look at the jobs that increased there. down in the lower wage, 20,000 a year, that was growing too. middle wage $35,000 and up, that wasn't growing much before the recession and this is about half of the country. look at what happened during the recession because this is where the jobs were lost. we moved to those two years, and the middle falls to the bottom. massive losses here. not so much in the higher wages, not so much in the lower wages, this one fell way down, and since the recovery's been underway, very little progress in regaining that ground. the lower-wage earnings have come up. that's where the jobs have been. many of the jobs we've

he's got a master's and yet they are both underemployed. when they lost an income, they also lost their home. >> we're stuck. we lost our home. we're here with my parents. we can't afford rent. >> you'll have to bring them back and possibly change their outfits. >> reporter: something they never anticipated in their 30s and not the future they dreamed of when they married. the cranes' situation is not at all unique. almost 6 million americans ages 25 to 34 are now living with their parents. that's up 25% since before the recession. new census figures show young people are the biggest losers of the economic recession. in skyrocketing numbers, young adults are struggling to find work. the worst rate of unemployment since world war ii. of those aged 16 to 29, only 55% have jobs, down from 67% a decade ago. despite the fact today's grads are trained for a tech-centered world. >> they are computer literate and ready to go. if we can't harness their abilities into our labor force very soon we are going to pay the price big time. >> reporter: ther

we have two million underemployed or unemployed construction worksers. they should be building schools, fixing highway hoys and are jobs that could be created if congress approves the program. others are not as attractive. paying people more in unemployment insurance will not create jobs. it will make people feel better but it will not add to the workforce. i would say in terms of providing tax credits for business, that has a mixed record. during the carter administration, they tried a version of this, of giving business tax breaks for hiring folkes, and the weight of evidence is is it did some good but the bang for the buck was not terrific. so none of these ideas are really new. some are better than others, but none of them are going to really all by themselves pull us out of this recession. >> susan: and them it's one thing to propose ideas and it's another thing to get democrats and republicans on board to come together to approve them. do you have any confidence that they're going to pull together? >> well, here the story is actually more positive

seven trillion dollars out of this economy there are twenty five million people unemployed or underemployed so yes we need to be pretty aggressive as for the president again look i'm glad he's talking about jobs he should have done it before but even when he says i'm going to be bold and take a firm stand he does seem to say to the other side would you like my firm stand upright throw in some things that you like to is that not too firm for you so i think we've reached the point where we have to say look this is the beginning this is just the start if it passes if it doesn't pass then it's clear that republicans want to so the country are out for as they are electoral cancer's next year to be trees a very small business update stay with us. thanks matt between russia and ukraine is reaching a breaking point here on lower prices moscow says it's ready to negotiate but the basics of the agreement will not be changed. we are ready to discuss different ways to cooperate with ukraine including ukraine joining the customs union or our investment presence in ukraine's economy and in its gas transp

. >> whether they were unemployed, underemployed, they had a tough time before this. so now this catastrophe leaves them with basically nothing. >> reporter: the president's challenge now is not only to help this community recover from irene, but also much like the rest of the country, to put people back to work. his other task, to keep their confidence. mr. obama won new jersey in 2008, but his approval rating has been dwindling. now the stricken people of patterson just want to see something done. >> it will be a week tomorrow. basically, it's very hot. the water -- i have a lot of mold. >> again, that was nbc's kristen welker reporting. >>> here in california, the state supreme court is set to hear arguments this coming week on a key issue in the battle over same-sex marriage. the court must decide if state law allows supporters of prop 8 the right to appeal a federal court ruling that found the ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional. the key here is who is allowed to represent prop 8 in court. governor brown and the state's attorney general have both said they

can't tell if you're underemployed or unemployed. caller: i am underemployed. host: go ahead. guest: caller: i was on wall street making a six-figure salary. and the only job i could get -- i'm here. host: you've got to stop listening to the television and just talk to me on the phone. caller: thank you very much. i am underemployed. i was on wall street making a six-figure salary. i am no longer there. i am lucky to have a job at 40,000. host: what do you do? caller: i'm working for one of the large banks that you are constantly beating up on the news. it's unfortunate. but things have changed for us out there. the dodd frank bill in new york state, we are now paying a mortgage tax on home equity lines of insurance. there are people who still need that line of that equity line just to pay their bills. even if they don't use it they're paying the mortgage tax. the president is just not doing enough to work with businesses. we constantly hear on the news shows and on the money shows how companies have the money, they are not putting it back into the businesses, they are not hir

supporting those unemployed and underemployed people, supporting struggling small businesses in a difficult economy, and i support the small businesses versus more chain stores that seem to be coming into the store fronts, but i try to be sympathetic to local businesses because they make up the diversity of our local neighborhoods. those are some of the challenges that face our businesses. >> are there other issues specific to your district? how do you balance the needs of the issues in your district against the needs of the city as a whole? >> i know that our district has a higher proportion of seniors than some other district, and there is a brand new senior complex and wraparound community services complex called the institution on aging bridge housing complex, but it is going to concentrate a lot of the senior services and nonprofits. about 180 units of affordable senior housing in our district. i am actually a baby boomer, at the edge of the baby boomer, and i know that baby boomer era. there's this huge boom in a population of seniors in our city that will grow. i think by 2020, 60% o

. >> whether they were unemployed, underemployed, they had a tough time before this. so now this catastrophe leaves them with basically nothing. >> reporter: the president's challenge now is not only to help this community recover from irene, but also, much like the rest of the country, to put people back to work. his other task? to keep their confidence, mr. obama won new jersey in 2008, but his approval rating has been dwindling. now the stricken people of patterson just want to see something done. >> it will be a week tomorrow. basically, it's very hot. the water, i have a lot of mold. >> reporter: now power has been restored to most of the people here, save a few, and the folks who do have power say they will be watching the president's jobs speech this thursday quite closely. kate? >> kristen welker in new jersey tonight, thank you. >>> the president's jobs plan has taken a beating from republican candidates on the campaign trail, everything from leaks about what's in the plan to the timing of the speech itself, but after months of focusing their criticism almost

underemployed and economists to go well that's sad that obama's proposal to stimulate the economy you know if you think. there's too much too much emphasis on the president for that matter too much and put emphasis on the government we have too much presidency worship in this country and everything is the president and the barack obama is probably going to propose keynesian solutions that is more government more government spending more inflation and more so-called government jobs government stimulus government payments to the labor unions to build bridges and build roads but all of this is we always have to keep in mind there are two sorts of jobs there are real jobs in the private sector for people to work that actually benefit society and people are willing to buy their products and where they improve the economy and then there are parasitical jobs and jobs which are government jobs and actually surprise from social well being so what obama is going to try to do maybe he's come to his senses in all have some good things to say i don't think so but you can't rule it out probably wha

every day we do have to live with fifteen million unemployed people a twenty five million on the underemployed people we live with a situation of one in eight of our people one in five or six in many disturbed populations economically disturbed populations on food stamps we live with an illiteracy rate that is not the envy of the first world and we live with a high school dropout rate many parts of the country that it's mother heard of in the developed world so i think we should be a little careful about saying where shangri-la of political correctness when we want something and we need something and enough people get behind it we can get it done but i'd be the first to admit your question has a real basis you know unfortunately it's a good question and that is we have been alarmingly and shockingly poor at moving mountains when it comes to the structural changes our economy or our economic misadventure absolutely screams out for us that was not found wealth economist with the new school in new york i'm not going to do it for now not for more of the stories we covered go to our t.v. dot com sl

seven trillion dollars out of this economy there are twenty five million people unemployed or underemployed so yes we need to be pretty aggressive and as for the president again look i'm glad he's talking about a jobs he should have done it before but even when he says i'm going to be bold and take a firm stand he does seem to say to the other side would you like my firm stand by throw in some things that you would like to is that not confirm for you so i think we've reached the point where we have to say look this is the beginning this is just the start if it passes if it doesn't pass then it's clear that republicans want to sell the country out for their electoral chances next year turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe the first funerals have been held in the early two days after a massive briefcase bomb exploded outside the city's high court twelve people were killed in the blast and dozens more wounded indian authorities detained three men for questioning in the continuing investigation into the explosion the court thought it was the first major attack in i

during august that's worrying news for a nation with twenty four million plasters employed or underemployed i spoke to the congress lou rockwell and told me the proposal to stimulate the economy is an artificial fix. because too much too much emphasis on the president for that matter too much simpler emphasis on the government we have too much presidency worship in this country and everything's the president of barack obama is probably going to. keynesian solutions that is more government more government spending more inflation and more so-called government jobs government stimulus government payments to the labor unions to build bridges and build roads but all of us as we always have to keep in mind there are two sorts of jobs there are real jobs in the private sector people do work that actually benefit society and people are willing to buy their products and where they improve the economy and then there are parasitical jobs sort of enter our jobs or government jobs and actually surprise from sort of the world so what obama's going to try to do maybe he's come to his senses and i have som

seven trillion dollars out of this economy there are twenty five million people unemployed or underemployed so yes we need to be pretty aggressive and as for the president again look i'm glad he's talking about jobs he should have done it before but even when he says i'm going to be bold and take a firm stand he does seem to say to the other side now how would you like me to take that and would you like my firm stand to fight throw in some things that you like to is that not confirm for you so i think we've reached the point where we have to say look this is the beginning this is just the start if it passes if it doesn't pass we have a radical right wing congress and the president and the democrats need to get even tougher if by some miracle it does pass then could tell us what you're going to do to build on this going forward but let me go back to i want to play a sound bite i thought the president at the beginning of his speech when he was talking about rebuilding america when he was calling on congress to pass the jobs bill let's let's play that really quickly. pass this jobs bill and we

during august that is worrying news for a nation with twenty four million classed as employed or underemployed so if more insight into a bomb is proposed jobs act and what it might entail let's go live to albany usa we're joined by economist rockwell lew very good evening thanks for being with us lou rockwell from the what was it were you from the little bit of a mrs institute think tank i just wanted to get that out to tell our viewers to give you on the program now given that quite frankly disturbing data from last month what is on the table for america tonight. well barack obama is probably going to propose more keynesian solutions that is more government more government spending more inflation more so-called government jobs government stimulus government payments to the labor unions to build bridges and build roads but all of this is you know we always have to keep in mind there are two sorts of jobs there are real jobs in the private sector where people do work that actually benefit society and people are willing to buy their products and whether you're improving the economy and then ther

during august that's more good news for a nation with twenty four million classed as an employed or underemployed get more insight into a bomb as proposed jobs act and find out what it might entail going to your can talk to max fred wolf you just sitting around. capitals get that right very good evening should could see it made a promise is gonna cut it this time all they want. well i think that the public is sort of fed up with promises and rhetoric and this is where the rubber meets the road you're seeing a president and president obama whose numbers keep going down and in fact in the latest polling that we got just a few days ago have reached new and troubling lows especially before what's guaranteed to be increasingly hot and divisive and nasty and expensive presidential cycle that really has already begun but will shift into high gear in the near future we saw as zero jobs created so no loss no creation in august in two thousand and eleven august that's the only the second time that's happened in the last time that happened was nine hundred forty five we have youth unemployment in the united

us to increase our economic activity is to reduce the number of people who are unemployed and underemployed. i am hopeful this plan will be a start of the effort to do that. host: did the white house reach out to house democrats prior to the speech? guest: not that i'm aware of. they may have reached out to the leadership. not to members of the rank-and- file. we were given the text of the speech when we got into the chamber last night. there was some additional detail that was distributed to our offices while the speech was going on. there was no advance effort about talking points. host: how would you describe your relationship with the white house? guest: it is cordial. there are pieces of the white house's agenda that i did not subscribed to, but others i enthusiastically support. host: talking about the president's job proposal last night. green bay, wisconsin. hi, liz. caller: hi. i would like to find out the names of the senators and congressmen who were not standing and applauding our presidents's comments. americans are waiting for something to happen. i would like to say that it i

unemployed in america and 15% of people who are in poverty conditions and millions of people who are underemployed. that is the dominant issue. >> geraldo: i agree and the economy affects all of us. thanks. mort zuckerman, ladies and gentlemen. >> coming up at the bottom of the hour, jermaine jackson is here to talk about the trial. and n save you mon. [ woman ] you should try this instead. thank you, yeah... now she should be an allstate agent. shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. oh, man. mr. clean is dominating the competition! mr. clean is tackling mess like some sort of mess tackler. oh, and what's this? [ sniffs ] that's the scent of gain original fresh. that counts as a performance enhancer. i am complaining to the cleaning products athletics board. did you just make that up? yes, i did, and i'm the president. you're losing it, buddy. maybe you should hit the showers. mr. clean already did. they're spotless. i bet. [ male announcer ] introducing mr. clean with gain original fresh scent. victory over dirt's never been easier or smelled so great. i didn't want them to have

now the 11 million underemployed are also showing up. times are still tough for many. cuomo, abc news, new york. >> what a great idea. if you need extra cash. if you are wondering what cities these are in, new york, boston, chicago, l.a., orange county, california, and also the san francisco bay areas, as well. if you are in one of the areas task rabbit. >> sounds like it is growing. >> in boston, maybe the red sox need extra jobs, free time. oh, just, kid the team. i kid beantown when we come back, "the skinny," demi, ashton and their tweets. we'll talk about it in the "the "r"r"r"ú he had escaped in -- in attack in times past, he had continued to be tracked by u.s. officials and now he has been killed. our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been tracking him for years and filed this obituary. >> reporter: the united states had been seeking to kill or captural alacki for years. >> he's a terrorist. probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland. >> we want to neutralize him. >> reporter: born in the united states, new mexico, in 1971. he went

and if you count all the people who are underemployed, in other words, they're working but they're making a poverty wage, you're talking upwards to 30 million americans. we have 46 million living in poverty. people have had it. people have absolutely had it. and they're not going to take it anymore. and you see now the seeds of this revolt that's going to take place. nonviolently across the country. the reason it will be nonviolent, the reason it doesn't have to be violent is because there's millions of us and there's only really a few hundred of them. so it's -- it's not really a fair fight. >> well, you know, michael, it's going to be nonviolent as long as the police around those protesters stay nonviolent. i'm going to talk later in the program as i did earlier this week about some of the police brutality that they've had to suffer in trying to express themselves on this issue. and michael, is it your sense that what you have there, and what you have going on in the country, is basically a cry from the heart? it's not so much specifically about we want to change this clause in this bil

class, and to help us create jobs, so that the 25 millions americans out there that are either underemployed or not employed can get back to work. >> one of things we saw, but ohio, indiana, other places, is that labor aside -- where were it's clearly the policy dispute, politically you've been the ones that have been the backbone in terms of resources in helping to even the plays field. when is look at the ten largest contributors to what was in the given political landscape, only two of the top ten -- three of the top ten, forgive me, were supported quote liberal or progressive side, all thee of them were union. seiu, afscme, and the nea. also were conservative groups looks the chamber of commerce, crossroads, and in many ways, aside from the policy difference, i would suspect, and i'm subject to conspiracy sometimes, that they want to try to break the unions, because it also stops the resources of the opposition. >> absolutely. they attack us in 20-some states that we have to defend ourselves, and you use the resources up to that you would use to educate. they try to get you to eat them u

out of every four people in the workforce is looking for a full-time job, meaning unemployed or underemployedthese are devastating numbers. >> reporter: they are devastating numbers, which are devastating people. >> today, we risk a generation that becomes discouraged and marginalized, a lost generation. we haven't seen that since the great depression. >> and it's like when people talk about oh, this is rush-hour traffic. if i'm going out, i'm not thinking about it's rush-hour traffic, because i'm not in the working environment anymore. >> reporter: she hasn't been in more than two years, bartering for food and rent, volunteering at church to help keep up contacts and help keep her humanity. at least she's not living in her car anymore. are you hopeful at this point? >> i'm hopeful, and you know, i'm here for a purpose. i don't know what my purpose is yet, but some day it will come, and i realize i have a lot more talents than i ever give myself credit for. >> reporter: a silver lining in a dark, dark cloud. spending time with her it's remarkable how she's able to keep her head up and there a

this a plan that is going to help the american people, the 14, 15 million people unemployed, the underemployed those whose homes are underwater is this going to get our economy back what he outlined tonight? >> way he outlined it is not going to effect a result if you start with small business tax relief his ideas may be different than ours. if the sense is we have to provide incentives for entrepreneurs, small businesses to tart creating jobs again that is something we can embrace too. when we were talking about the stimulus bill, several years ago, we republicans, we said we didn't support it. none of us voted for it. the reason was, we had an alternative that was squarely based on trying to deal with small business people trying to get them back into investment and job creation. those are the things we believe in. not if he sits here and preaches pass the bill, pass the bill, o by the way i'm taking it to every corner of the country if you don't. >> sean: i was happy with the fact that the republicans, you guys did keep a lot of your promises. repeal health care, you voted to do that. i wis

people would say, yes, right, the experience people have 25 million unemployed americans and more underemployed would be a lot of people would say it's shocking we're a couple years out of a recession, they disagree with that. technically speaking a lot of data have not shown we are falling into another recession. a lot of very influential people -- >> george soros thought we were back in one. >> and mohamed, one of the most influential bond managers in the country own a lot of u.s. debt at pimco and thinks we are in a financial crisis and one thing that could turn the tide and gridlock issues would be resolution of the european problem. if you had real resolution there, that would be significant and turn around people's sentiment and sentiment really and trust and confidence is what this is all about. that could prevent a recession. >> australian markets are down. >> the problem, erin, if we hit a double dip recession, i pray that would happen because american finances are just clawing out of the last financial meltdown with the housing crisis. if we had a double dip recession right now, we co

they are mostly young, overeducated and underemployed.eaderless group is asking people to head to wall street, set up camp and stay put for two months and repeat one simple demand. the group has not decided yet. striking teachers in tacoma, washington are defying a judge's order to return network. the judge warns he may consider legal sanctions during a hearing for september 27th. nearly 2,000 teachers walked out tuesday after stalled contract negotiations. classes are cancelled for monday. >>> america's war vets are being hit especially hard when it comes to finding a job. the unemployment rate for men and women returning from afghanistan and iraq is more than 11%. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr shows us how a former marine is helping to fix that problem one crop at a time. >> i'm a city girl tell me what this is. >> all kind of edibles growing. right here is curly dog. kind of sour. you can cut this raw in a salad. cook it. >> reporter: after serving in the marine corps reconnaissance unit in iraq, mike haynes returned home in

you got millions more underemployed. and the president doubles down on the same policy. you've worked in the white house. is there not one single person in the white house that is going to the president and saying, class warfare is not the answer, the same thing that you tried in 2009 didn't work then, i guess not going to work now? where's the advice the president is getting? >> apparently not. in fact, you watch these guys on sunday morning on the talk programs. david plouffe -- who incidental doesn't he look like eddie munster? all of them are out there saying we can spend our way to prosperity. we've tried it, it hasn't worked, try it again is their response to it. i did think axelrod had a good comment e. said this is a titanic struggle. >> sean: he did say that. >> the obama presidency is going down with the passengers in the west wing on it. you just steered it into an iceberg. >> sean: in the same interview, he also said it's not a referendum on the president. i'm, like, of course it's a referendum. he's right that it's a choice election, but similarly a referend