american journey. rushing through the early traffic and hurrying to their desks, dana shamly and barry freeman are hoping to prove their worth during a summer internship at the big public relations form ogilvie. they know just by being here they ve already beaten the odds. they told us here at ogilvy almost 500 people applied for ten spots. it was very competitive. we definitely feel very lucky to have been offered a position. this will not be your average internship. the new hit movie the internship pokes fun at adults stepping up the competition in this arena. but it s no joke. once the purview of the ambitious few, internships are being aggressively sought by grown-ups looking for career changes and younger and younger students, too. according to the website intern match. one of the things we noted in our report is that 50% of the students that do an internship are completing it by the end of their sophomore year. this isn t just something that
500 people applied for ten spots. it was very competitive. we definitely feel very lucky to have been offered a position. this will not be your average internship. new hit movie the internship pokes fun at adults stepping up the competition in this arena, but it s no joke. once the purview of the ambitious few, internships are now being aggressively sought by grown-ups looking for career changes and younger and younger students, too. according to the website intern match. one of the things we noted in our report is that 50% of the students that do an internship are completing it by the end of their sophomore year. so this isn t just something that juniors and seniors are doing. it s happening earlier and companies are recruiting earlier to try to stay a step ahead. reporter: the goals for a great men, make contacts, open doors, and spin that internship into employment. that s what she was after. how did you make that happen? i tried to make the best of my internship to try
tornado alley. they drove their vehicle right into the twister. this is what the specially designed vehicle looks like. looks like the batmobile. we re told the instruments on the roof were ripped off by yesterday s twister, a door and a hatch were torn open but everyone made it out safe and sound. i climbed around in that last year when they came by with it. i still wouldn t drive into a twister but it s a cool thing. especially designed for tornadoes and it still suffered some pretty heavy damage. all right ahead on early start, a senator sneaking into a war zone. john mccain s secret mission into syria, next. plus the rutgers athletic director accused of abuse speaking out this morning. hear what she had to say and why the school says she s going to keep her job. hey, look! a shooting star!
year. thank you. love you. how do the kardashians of the world pull it off? oh, you ! reporter: researchers say in the current media environment fame is self-reinforcing. once you re in the spotlight, attention begats attention and all the different forms of media from tv to magazines to gossip blogs end up competing with each other to fulfill the desires of a celebrity obsessed culture. of course there are exceptions to the rule. after all when is the last time you thought about this guy? but researchers say more often than not people who make it to the top of the fame food chain stay there. and that means actress lindsay lohan will continue to dominate tabloid headlines despite the fact that she has not had a hit movie since john kerry was a candidate for president. it s not my fault you re like in love with me or something. you re right, lindsay. it s not your fault. it turns out the blame lies with all of us.
raising somebody else s taxes. they are. not their own, but they say rich people. rich people, yes. raise that guy s taxes. and actually all the proposals to try to trim are still targeted at the wealthy people, even here in washington. and so in our poll when we asked, are you for a sliding scale on social security benefits or medicare benefits, typically the response on a straight question on social security and medicare cuts is, no, no, don t do it. but when we added what about a sliding scale so the wealthy get less, they were all for it. go for it. and it works, it always works, we know that. but perry, watching what the white house is doing, is there any penalty for them to be paid for not demanding that boehner and mcconnell come over to the white house and start doing like it movie dave .