14.6 million americans have been out of work. they are out of work now. half of them, almost, have been out of work for more than six months. this is this continuing debate in washington about extending unemployment benefits for people very much split down party lines, but when you look at the maximum amount of help that people can get, it s 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, almost two years of benefits. once those max out there is not a life line and no more unplimt benefits for them. at the end of this year, 1 million americans will be in this situation, having exhausted the 99 weeks of benefits. we talked to people in new york. every time i go on an interview, it s aumz the same old story, don t call us, we ll call you. i ve had unemployment insurance to help me so far, and pretty much exhausted two extensions. my benefits ended like about a
thank you. maybe i ll do that. all right. thank you very much. thanks, don. bristol palin and levi johnston, engaged again. it was news to mother. mother of the bride. sarah palin. we ll have the story behind the story coming up.
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here s what authorities are saying. she was abducted by three aunts when she was a year old. two aunts were arrested. the girl somehow wound up in phoenix, and that s where reporter steve kuse picks up the story. i m sure its good news for the family, but what a turn of events. reporter: this is incredible, don. she is amber rose nicklaus, kidnapped before she was a year old. the family didn t know she was alive or dead. the case breaks wide open. just yaefd, police raid this place yesterday in phoenix. officers go inside, raid the home and find a woman trying to hide amber in a shower in one of the bathrooms under a pile of towels and clothes, different things like that, and this has been judge a huge breakthrough through investigators working on
this for several years. it was a combined effort 29 the missing persons, los angeles sheriff s office and the fbi here. three aunts kidnapped amber back in 2003 at a chuckie cheese in norwalk, california. one of the biggest questions people are asking today, is how did people conceal amber s identity for so many years. it turned out they changed her name, changed her birth date, and modified a ton of documents and even kept her out of school. the neighbors in this area also know the people who lived in this home and who worked out of here and they can t believe this would happen in their own neighborhood. police, of course, as you might suspect, very happy about this turnout because most missing persons cases don t turn out this well. they don t. thank you. again, a very intriguing story there, and i m sure we ll be following this one as well. let s move on and talk about