as we first told you last week, rowe the former host of dirty jobs has come under fire for narrating a walmart ad pledging to buy more american made goods. we will build things and build families and build dreams because work is a beautiful thing. now, to understand some of the outrage over rowe s role in that commercial, you first need to know more about how rowe got to where he is today. what is this? mike rowe doesn t mind getting dirty. the former host of the discovery channel s hit reality show dirty jobs has pretty much seen it all. welcome to hell. from working at a sewage treatment plant to drilling for oil to caring for camels. 98.6. this camel s a person. all in the name of showcasing the grimiest, slimiest, not to mention smelliest jobs in the
about? we have to start somewhere and you re absolutely right. you know, you break it down even simpler than that. $30 a month, if every american spent on american made products, a million jobs and listen. ideally, to spend the shopping list on american made goods would be a perfect world. even half that, half that creates over a million dollars and we have to focus not only in the holiday season but all year around. i fully agree with you. we have to reinvest as any good company would. david, i visited a great company based in ohio, manufacturing, still done in china. may make beautiful products. they are a private company, family owned mostly that s made a company wide decision that their priority is on keeping jobs in the ohio river valley and placed it above profit. it would be more profitable for them likely to move their manufacturing to china or elsewhere. that s not going to be
in the last two years, 13 governments in the european union have either collapsed or been voted out of power. today, french president nicolas sarkozy is caught in a runoff with francois hollande that cast him his job. under sarkozy, france s unemployment climbing to 10%, while economic growth ground to a halt. also today, greece, a national election taking place in a society crushed by debt. greek unemployment now at 21%. up from just 9% before bailouts and austerity brought protesters to the streets. and as no other network can, we brought together cnn s best from around the world. veteran business correspondent john defterios from abu dhabi, he ll break down what you need to know. jim bittermann is live from paris at the headquarters of now defeated french president nicolas sarkozy. he just conceded to socialist francois hollande. matthew chance is in athens at the center of an election that also took place today, greek voters deciding whether they are willing to accept tou
poverty and into the middle class. so they re now in a position to start buying american products. that means they ve got more money to spend. we want them spending money on american-made goods that american businesses can put more americans back to work. now, the good news is already our exports to the western hemisphere are up by 46% since 2009. i want to repeat that because that s obviously important to tampa. tampa s one of the biggest ports in the country. and a lot of the business being done here has to do with trade between us and latin america. so the fact that it s gone up 46% since 2009 is a big deal for tampa. in florida, exports to this region are up nearly 30%. we now export more to the western hemisphere than to any other region in the world. and those exports support nearly
one website we should tell you about, it s now trying to helping keep the economy to keep shoppers to those that are selling at home. here is more on that story. reporter: that is right. basically the website is out to make it easier for shoppers to buy products made in the u.s.a. because it isn t easy to know. digusout.com 75% of their merchandise is made in this countries. consumers can order online or at least learn the name of brand goods sold at their local stores beverages and beauty products. the idea of this being, increased dand for american made goods will create more jobs and small and family businesses and make the economic recovery a boost. gregg: all right. claudia, live in los angeles, thanks very much. when it comes to buying american