give and anonymous. it has been tough this year, hasn t it five fewer day and that is $22.7 million dollars. that is what five fewer days are. those are huge numbers you can raise. what is some of the most significant work the salvation army did this year? helping children to make sure families have a gift on christmas morning that there is a nice meal for them. and in some cases, with homeless children and families to they can sure there is a nice, decent safe place for every child to stay. i remember going to head quarters and learning that
thank holiday and frigid weather keeping peopled in. we hoped to raise 150 million in the red kettle effort. we started five days short because thanksgiving was five days closer to christmas eve. and that represented 22.7 million from those five days. if you are wondering where the change you toss in the red kettles to provide 58 million moles for homeless people and assistant for drug abuse and after school programs. you can host your own red kettle campaign. and you can text the word kettle to 8008 listens. and when you do that you will donate $10. and anchorman two having a fabulous woke week in the box
speaking of weather, have cut into the amount collected by the organization s red kettle campaign. and a later than usual thanksgiving has reduced the number of days which the campaign can receive donations as well. we knew that we were going to have a problem this year because of the five fewer days. and we knew exactly how much money that was going to be represented, 22.7 million, and so from the very beginning we have said to people, you know, it is important that we get the kettles out there and that everything everybody be told that it is important to go on and give. people interested in helping out can host their own on-line red kettle at on-line red kettle .org. and you can text the word kettle to 80888 and let me make sure that s at the bottom of the screen. it should be. we will do that for you later, before we get off this half hour to donate $10. we need it up for to you do it. drama on the high seas. caught on tape, two men
we knew exactly how much money that was going to be represented. $22.7 million. from the very beginning, we ve said to people, you know, it s important that we get the kettles out there and that everybody be told it s important to go and give. folks interested in helping out can host their own online red kettle at online red kettle.org. you can also text the word kettle to 80888 to donate $10. time to tell you about a great story. linda is an international acclaimed photo journalist. her career has enabled her to enjoy living her life and the american dream. but linda believes in using her success as a platform to help people, particularly children. so, for this christmas season, here s a look at how linda is helping kids see their sights or set their sights, i should say, on some day living beyond
discouraged and given up since the president has been in office that unemployment rate would be 10% if those people were still looking for a job. even worse, 22.7 million people that are unemployed. if you include people who would like to work more, they need more work in order to really pay what they need to. alisyn: even the number of people that found jobs was described as ho-hum. explain the dow s reaction? it s pretty simple. investors are looking at what the fed is doing. fed has said they are watching unemployment. as long as unemployment remains high they will pumping money into the economy and keep interest rates are low. when interest rates are low investors go into stocks. you can t make money in bonds when interest rates are low. by definition they are not getting paid for it. investors look at this unemployment report, it s not