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according to the most recent numbers released this year, it hasn t gotten much better. the rate for whites remains at 8.7% while african-americans are at 15.6%. so what can be done to close this gap in the national urban league has come up with a 12-point plan which they say will help put urban back to work. marc morial joins me from washington to discuss this plan. hey it, rand i, how are you. i m fine. i m interested in this plan of yours. why now? why hasn t someone done this before? well, we issued six of the 12 points over a year ago. and added six additional points and we think that there s been some reluctance to have more of what i call a targeted approach to areas of high unemployment. there are 474 counties in the united states where the poverty rate is higher than 20% and has