of the hour here. a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. also a newly released unemployment number and a syrian defector talks about the blood shed back home. want to begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill where the house we know has just pass this had jobs act to help the startups and small businesses. so specifically, what does this do going forward? this is a combination of about the six measures, brooke. it s a package of six measures that some of which have actually passed in the house before. but this package you summed up well. it s aimed at helping small businesses in a variety of ways. cutting through red tape, helping it small businesses and allowing them to attract new investors, making it easier for them to go public. the thinking is by helping small business, it will help create jobs and help to boost the economy, if you will. the vote broad bipartisan support was 390 to 23. there s more to it up here than just that. through this vote, it does allow bo
collapse, and black friday gets ugly. very ugly. and the weather may get unpredictable. let s begin in cairo with cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman. ben, you ve been covering the pro military rally there. can you compare for me in terms of numbers and demonstrators that rally to what we ve been seeing in tahrir square since saturday? that pro military rally was maybe one-tenth as many people as are here at the moment. but they say they represent the silent majority. now they want their voices heard. they ve watched tahrir become a political stage, and with so many groups coming out and calling for the military to tep down, other demonstrators are trying to reach the interior ministry. they say the army and this police are the two main pillars. they say the place to determine in the future is not in the streets and in the squares. the elections are due to begin on monday. can you give me a quick update on the three american students? the release is ordered
recovered from their wounds, thank god, don t forget the guys in the field. private, where were you wounded. i was wounded in the chest, i took a ricochet to the chest. do you think your efforts there were worth it. yes, every effort is worth it. reporter: air assault. pfc, where were you wounded. i was shot in the head. reporter: how are you feeling. feel all right. reporter: how do you feel t today, how do you feel about the effort you guys did over there. i believe we made a big difference not only paoeut fighting or your country, we were fighting for theirs too. comraderie, you fight for your brother. reporter: one more, what about you. lower back. reporter: what happened a gunshot or explosion. a gunshot wound. reporter: seeing everyone coming home today, how did that make you feel. it feels great to know that everybody went over there as one team and we did leave some guys behind but we all came back and accomplished the same mission
for veterans between 18 and 24. you would think after handling one of the toughest assignments in life, fighting a war, that getting a job would be easy. but it s not. veterans are finding that what they did over there, whether it will saving lives as a medic or transporting heavy artillery doesn t phi them for a job as an emt or a truck driver at home in civilian life. chairwoman of the veterans affairs committee says vets are afraid to list their military experience job applications for good reason. employers are not exactly aoeg tore hire them. many vets don t know how to play up their skills. murray finds that more than sad. if we don t make sure that we help those men and women who are coming home today, get a job, help with their physical and mental injuries, our country will have on its conscience a
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last