among them, young veterans aged 20 to 24. a staggering 30% of them are unemployed.icture is not getting better. >> we're scheduling interviews for that today. >> reporter: marines corps lieutenant colonel ken crabtree, a financial specialist, is leaving the marines later this year and already he's looking for work. >> with the current economy, i definitely don't want to leave the chance i'm just going to fall into a job. >> reporter: understandable anxiety for all veterans. last month the unemployment rate for male veterans who served in the current wars, was nearly 12%. much worse for female veterans, 21%. the national average is 8.5%. so crabtree's first stop, like most here, learning to write a resume that highlights military skills that will interest a potential new employer. >> it's a process. >> reporter: former the marines kevin smeegle runs veteran job fairs for the chamber of commerce, he says vets must be savvy. >> they need to start thinking about where are the jobs, not just thinking about going to their hometowns, but where are the states where there's

among them, young veterans, age 20 to 24. a staggering 30% of them are unemployed.t getting better. >> we're scheduling interviews for that today. >> reporter: marine corps lieutenant colonel ken crabtree, a financial specialist, is leaving the marines later this year and already he's looking for work. >> with the current economy, i definitely don't want to leave it up to chance that i'm just going to fall into a job. >> understandable anxiety for all veterans. last month the unemployment rate for male veterans who served in the current wars was nearly 12%, much worse for female veterans. 21%. the national average is 8.5%. so crabtree's first stop, like most here, learning to write a resume that highlights military skills that will interest a potential new employer. >> it's a process. >> reporter: former marine kevin smegel runs veterans job fairs for the chamber of commerce. he says vets should be savvy. >> they need to start thinking about where are the jobs. not just thinking about going to hair hometowns, but where are the states where there's low unemployment.

young veterans is on the rise. the bureau of labor statistics says among veterans aged between 18 and 24, one-third of them was out of work during the last few months of 2011. they are putting their dreams on hold as well. about 77% of those people have delayed a major life changes such as buying a house or going back to school because of the economy. the maker of a hostess cupcakes faces tough times. it is preparing for another bankruptcy. i will have details in the next album. that is business news. live that bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:36 32 degrees. >> still to c marijuana bust in seat pleasant maryland. paula and loaded to lead to the find. >> and more of the weather in texas that left major roads flooded. >> what about our weather? looks pretty clear [ toilet flushes ] i come in peace... i come in peace. ttvwkun+og#wvs#q'ppu;v?2v.ac=u0l4(p/wlÑkñ0k9%"@n+fg@ú"ox@ but you go in pieces. [ female announcer ] you can't pass mom's inspection with lots of pieces left behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. tt>fb@u!÷#w9"qqú a'pv,p&

if you have a combat veteran in your household or your family, perhaps they can tell what you happens over there. what happens to young men who volunteer for duty at 18 years of age and find themselves in withering daily combat, fighting an insurgency in an unforgiving place. sometimes over multiple combat tours. while that's some of the context of what the u.s. marine corps is dealing with right now, it doesn't begin to address or explain the pictures that the u.s. secretary of defense today called utterly deplorable. it's a web video showing american marines urinating on the bodies of the enemy and providing commentary along the way. it is a terrible and potentially disastrous image for the u.s. around the world. we begin tonight with this widening problem for the pentagon. our correspondent there jim miklazewski on duty tonight. jim, good evening. >> reporter: brian, the marine corps has one word for this video, disgusting. the four marines in the video have been identified. two are in custody at camp lejeune in north carolina. the other two were previously assigned to other units. tonight, one of them may even be back in afghanistan. the video first posted on

age of 25. this was a very young group, lots of church youth groups here from all over the country. these youngsters were walking across long side the veterans of the prolife movement. >> reporter: ann marie castro grove isn't just march fog life. >> my child would have been 2 years old this year. >> reporter: she has come all the way from minnesota. she is marching for the child she aborted back in 1983. >> abortion does hurt women. it takes the life of an innocent child and wounds its parents. we need to get the message out. >> reporter: the prolife message was amplified by house speaker john boehner, who delivered the opening remarks on the national mall. >> when we affirm the dignity of life, we reaffirm our commitment for liberty. >> reporter: from there, thousands marched up to the under the circumstances supreme court, the place where abortion was legalized 3 years ago. >> when you think of the 53 million babies that have died since 1973, it is just horrific. >> reporter: even in the cold, the rain, the mud. >> yes. and our opponents wouldn't be out here. they can't suffer anything. >> reporter: we did find one pro choice advocate, wa

veterans plaza. >> our temperature right now is 17 degrees. that temperature is too young to vote. >> you know it's bad when the temperature is below the voting age. >> hey, you need to layer up this morning, no matter how old you are, especially young ones waiting for the bus this morning. convince them to wear their warm winter hat and their mittens. yes, layer up with your warmest winter gear. >>> right now it's only near 10 degrees in the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge into the mountains. blue ridge east, generally low to mid teens. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county in the low to mid teens. upper teens in washington, near 20 and by the bay. as we take a look at what's withbeen happening, the view from space. we've had clouds closing in from the south and west. those begin to move in. right now mostly a clear sky this morning. you should be able to see a few spraeks streaks of light. a meteor shower going on right now, so take a peek at the sky, and you might be delighted by streaks moving through. by 9:00, the low 20s. upper 20s by noontime. during the afternoon, clouds closing in, and we may get a little abo

veterans and active duty servicemen. representative paul has inspired me at a young age to go out and make a difference and i hope that he will inspire many others to the same. thank you for your time, and god bless. [applause] >> good evening. my name is brandon thomas and i'm a grain merchandiser and i pretty speech tonight but i think i'm just going to shoot from the hip. i agree with the previous speaker who came up and talked about michele bachmann. i do hope that all the candidates can come out and beat obama, but i'm not optimistic. i think he had a lot of tricks up his sleeve and a lot of media support out there and, you know, we are still in a television age and they can influence a lot of people who don't pay attention. i think the key believe to be in obama is having a consistent constitutional conservative who has a record of its third year record like dr. paul of being consistent and saying what he believes his actions kind of follow what he says, and i think that he's probably the only one who really as the apparatus and can contain and support to go out here and get the nomination to win the general electi