they go into business. they go into communications. they re not necessarily just philosophers. but rubio s underlying premise was right. he was right. we are in need of skilled workers desperately in this country and there are jobs waiting. we need skilled manufacturing jobs, skilled working with your hands jobs, no question. welders, plumbers, all of those are ladder jobs that you can start and then you can become a business owner. and so i think that s what he s talking about. a very valid point. but the statistic, though not true. dana bash, christine romans, thanks to both of you. it was a polished performance at the debate for jeb bush. and while many agree he delivered his best performance yet, he may have been overshadowed by senators marco rubio and ted cruz. today bush is back on the campaign trail in iowa where he s meeting with veterans right now. these are live pictures out of johnston, iowa. he ll soon be serving them coffee. he s talking to them right now. let
running. it s not about, oh, no, the poor tradesman. they re going to be fine. they re going to be great, in fact. it s the rest of us who rely on their work. we re going to take it in the neck. those are jobs that can t be outsourced, by the way, and they re also called ladder jobs meaning you can start, move up the ladder, own your own business and actually employ people down the road. when it comes to salaries? plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, make about $50,000, electricians $51,000 and construction laborers, $33,000. if you move up in the trade, you can make well over six figures. up next, we ll tell you why women may hold the key to creating most of the new jobs over the next five years.
absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. that s right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what you get for the money. i think for many families, they re starting to make tough decisions about what kind of schools they ll send their children to, whether or not that public university that seemed less desirable before is now maybe a good bargain. yeah, you don t need to spend thousands of dollars because state schools can do that for you if you re motivated. l. zchl l.z, here s the question. ki
their work. we are going to take it in the neck. i so agree with him. christine romans joins us from new york. have you ever looked for a great plumber? they are hard to find and they made good money. welders make great money by the way. peel don t realize that. there is this big push by president obama and the rest of our lawmakers. go to college. get a college degree. how do you get beyond that? and how do you try to convince kids to go to vocational schools of which you don t have enough of in this country. we don t have enough vocational training and high schools have been deemphasizing it. my electrician did go to college and has a lot of other electricians that did work for him. i call it a ladder job. a lot of the jobs on the lower end of health care, they are not ladder jobs. you are not going to climb up them. the skilled labor jobs are ladder jobs. you can be a boss and hire other
jeannie, happy doomsday to you. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. that s it for us. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. good morning to you. i m carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanctions for some nations and help for others and a controversial suggestion for israel. this just in to us. the number of people filing for first-time unemployment claims is down again. the second straight week of sharp drops. four years into the job and four days after his arrest on sex crime charges, the head of the international monetary fund hands in his resignation. dominique strauss-kahn made the decision from his new york jail cell. he has been in custody since the weekend, accused of s