goes through those courses are going to get a glowing report because why would the alcohol ed trags people say that people who went through the classes didn t do a good job. the prosecution is saying maybe that s not entirely the case. let s challenge this. the judge this makes me wonder about where the judge s head is, has gone along and said, sure, we need to challenge this. michael, maybe i think in a pretty straightforward way here. but if part of the determination was to find out whether or not lindsay had reported as required, why is there an issue about getting the records? shouldn t that have been taken care of before we get to court today? absolutely, it should have been taken care of, but there are privacy issues, and so the alcohol education class which isn t necessarily bound to the court wants to make sure that her privacy issues are protected. it should seem like it s one of
yes, a bail for continued bail, but it s also a violation of the court order. that is, to obey all rules, regulations of the court, which is one of the provisions that she was ordered to abide by once she pled in this particular case. in makes no sense not to violate a court order like that, because, quite frankly, you could order her to do 10,000 things as a condition of bail, and if she doesn t do any of those, there is no consequence. the consequence the people allege is that she is in violation of probation because she directly violated your order. your order was no alcohol, period. so the people s contention is, number one, there was alcohol in her system. and we have witnesses to prove the fact that there was alcohol in her system as a result of the bracelet going off. and not that it s a violation of continued bail, but it s a violation of your direct order. your direct order to her not to drink alcohol. well, that s a valid point. yes, miss holly. thank you, your honor. w
what the court said at that time. however, if that was said, that was at the time the scram bracelet was installed. a subsequent conversation was held more specifically at the time the scram bracelet went off. which was in chambers. and i remember very clearly about what would happen if we were to challenge the results of scram. i think that part of the problem is, is that it wasn t an indication of the court that there was going to be an absolute denial about why the scram bracelet went off, and i think that scram now has it s an issue as to whether it could just go off for various reasons or not. if you think that and what i m saying is that even if the only violation of probation and i can see where miss myers is coming from. the only violation would be the reporting. the other still has relevancy to the court. so there s not an admission that
8.6 million americans are in that situation. and when you take all these people together, when you look at the unemployed and the underemployed in america, you are talking about 16.5% forget the million. 16.5%. and what that means is that basically it s one in six people, tony, who are in the work force. one in six people who are in that situation, unemployed or underemployed. and check this out. those who are unemployed, the average length has gone up substantially. this is huge. i was looking at how this has changed 32.8 weeks. in may, it was slightly higher, 35 weeks. but a year ago, tony, at 22 weeks. so we re talking about a jump of ten additional weeks for the amount of time people are spending unemployed, looking for that job. and this is on average, which means there is plenty of people even higher than that. that s how bad it gets. okay. boy, that frames it up pretty dramatically. all right, josh, thank you. we have a lot going on today, in case you hadn t noticed. and h
lohan in court this afternoon. a judge could send her to jail for violating her probation. the american teenager and the jobs gap. good morning, everyone, i m tony harris. those stories and your comments right here, right now in the cnn newsroom. we are talking about a dangerous heat wave blanketing the middle east to the north atlantic from boston to the nation s capital. the worst is expected today. there will be triple digit record-breaking temperatures. the heat is especially tough for those working outside. it s tough. very hot, very hot. i have one more stop then i go home, take a how isser and relax. you have to. it is the dog days the summer and even the dogs are trying to stay cool. nicole collins and jim acosta look at what people are doing to