can t find work. this is a business. it truly is. it s the business of survival. reporter: so far, congress has failed to extend benefits for 99ers without a way to pay for it. and some, like doug ras holtz-eken, economic policy director to john mccain s presidential campaign, argue the money would be better spent on training programs. the longer they re unemployed and their skills are getting worse, the harder it is to find a job. reporter: in fact, rosen tells us he s been rejected by perspective employers because he s been out of work too long. how do you deal with that? you either curl up in a ball, which i did for a period of time, or you continue to fight on. and you just keep pushing and keep putting the resumes out there and hope that eventually the economy is going to catch up with me and say, okay, we now need you. reporter: mary snow, cnn. cnn s mary snow joins us now live. mary, extended benefits has been
struggles to make single digits. dallas-ft. worth could get one to three inches, but at least the super bowl is over. ed lavendara is back in his back coat in oklahoma. ed, is it feeling like winter now? they ve been bearing the brunt of this storm, but not as bad in the northern parts of oklahoma where in places like tulsa, they ve gotten 12 inches of snow again this week. so this is another brutal storm. really, it s been the story of temperatures and just how frigid cold it is. also the story of how dangerous it is on the roadways. check out the video of a poor guy we saw a little while ago on the streets of downtown oklahoma city. he kind of walks around and falls down. that s actually interesting. state officials have saying they ve had reports of 80 injuries, many of them people slipping and falling on the roads. not quite a laughing matter. i did that last week, as a matter of fact, and it took about a week to get the soreness out of my neck. very dangerous situation
unemployed for three years. he says his six figure salary is a marketing executive became a casualty of the recession in 2008. making things worse, he told us, his nest egg vanished. turns out, it was part of bernie madoff s ponzi scheme. unemployment is a disease that does not discriminate. it doesn t just hit those that have not graduated high school, that don t have college educations. rosen has been able to recoup some of the money. he s had to scale back on medicine he needs for an existing condition, hoping vitamins will help him stay healthy. while he looks for a job, he brings people like himself together with the american 99ers union. an umbrella group for american who is have exhausted their 99 weeks of federal and state unemployment insurance and can t find work. this is a business. it truly is. it s the business of survival.
tomorrow democratic lawmakers on capitol hill will once again take up the battle to extent unemployment benefits for the so-called 99ers. those who have exhausted their 99 weeks of federal support. mary snow has the story of one man with a personal stake. zb . democratic congresswoman is leading the effort to get 14 more weeks of benefits for 99ers, citing their situation. we ve met them here in recent months on the verge of homelessness because they can t find work. lawmakers will be joined by one 99er who inspite of his impressive resumé still can t find work. on the outside looking in, it would seem this philadelphia suburb would equal a comfortable life. and it s that reason why greg rosen wants people to hear his story, and he s going to d.c. this week to tell it. i m the cautionary tale to america. you look at my home. sure. you look around, it looks like he lives well. rosen is 43 and has been
reporter: so far congress failed to extend benefits for 99ers without a way pay for it. and some argue the money would be better spent on training programs. the longer they re unemployed and the skills are getting worse, the harder it is to find a job. rosen has been rejected by prospective employers because he s been out of work too long. how do you deal with that? you either curl up in a ball, which i did for a period of time, or you continue to fight on. and you just keep pushing and putting the resumés out there. and eventually, you hope the economy will catch ul with with me and say, okay, we now need you. and wolf, 99ers say they need immediate cash to look for a job for basics like putting the gas