BILLINGS - Unemployment rates are at 4% in the Treasure State and, at the same time, businesses are struggling to hire enough staff.
After looking at job listing posted on indeed.com, in just the past 24 hours, there are 26 postings for jobs at local restaurants, nine open positions working in warehouses and five separate driving positions all in the Yellowstone County. We ve had very few applicants, that s for sure. We ve even put some money into advertising on Facebook and putting our sign out on the door, Brendan Holsten, Manager for The Burger Dive, said.
Holsten says even when he got applicants they didn t show up for the interview. But he says he might know why.
outfront story one, breaking news. mitt romney winning the indiana, north carolina and west virginia primaries. now, this was widely expected. more on that in a moment, but also indiana, richard lugar loses his job. after serving in the senate unchallenged for 35 years, he lost in today s primary. the tea party backed richard mourdock. the key to mourdock s success, linking lugar to moderates and the president. i have worked with republican senator dick lugar to pass a law. what i did was reach out to senator dick lugar. if i m interested in figuring out my foreign policy i associate myself with my running mate, joe biden or with dick lugar, the republican. that did not help. the other big reason is out of state money. they poured in more than $4 million. the national anti-tax group spent millions of dollars in an attack ad against lugar. he said that s why he s lost. it s not just happening in indiana, but centrist republicans facing tough challenges from more cons
al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this
after the kentucky derby. this morning, the search for his killer. look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely vice president joe biden giving us a couple of hints that the white house view of same-sex marriage could be evolving just as a key vote on the matter comes up in the battleground state. this is cnn breaking news. up first we begin with breaking news. a chilling video just released by al qaeda. on it, u.s. hostage warren weinstein, begs president obama to agree to his kidnappers demands or else he will be killed. he was abducted last august in pakistan. the 70-year-old maryland executive has a bunch of health issues, including heart problems. here s part of the video militants posted online. i d like to talk to president obama and ask and beg him that he please accept and respond to the demands of the mujahadin. if you accept the demands, i live. if you don t accept the demands, then i die. it
plus, a rare interview with former president george w. bush. i want to stay connected to the veteran community. whoo! i m not going to be a very public person. this is a rare interview for me. his remarkable mission for wounded warriors and keeping america great. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. two big interviews tonight. the first with ted turner, a tv pioneer. but also a very outspoken man. i want to anyway what he thinks of television, america and his life today. plus a rare interview for president george w. bush. if anyone knows about keeping america great, it s a former president. tonight he talks about the cause close to his heart. counseling veterans. after 9/11 millions volunteered. and they said, i want to serve my country. and i m i don t view it as anything personal. i view it as that we were all serving together. we were all part of a great cause, the cause of securing our country and the cause of liberty. an exclusive interview with pres