america, which is drive our economy forward. right. and, jason, i want to kind of i was peering down at the numbers which are extraordinary and very positive news. the unemployment rate among african-americans is still more than 11% still 6.6 in the latino community. that s going trickle down you think, eventually to these communities that seem to be the last ones to get the good economic news? right. the united states has, obviously, a long standing problem with unemployment for minorities. you ve seen those unemployment rates come down. they ve come down in about the same way that the unemployment rate has for the population as a whole, but that shouldn t satisfy us. we need to do things like create jobs in areas like infrastructure is one of the steps we canould take to create more jobs in the communities. beyond the job market consumers have been getting a major break at the gas pump. gas prices are at the five-year
new. it was 20010 that outlined this exact problem. we have seen failed leadership there. if this is a venue you relieve the duty. this is really, are willy, really hard. it takes time to fix it. it breaks my heart vets are being treated so badly but suddenly it s a crisis. i am not a defender of president obama by any means. this is a long standing problem. let me ask you this. i get that. why didn t barack obama come out this week and say he knew about this. this is a severe backlog for
input from the press not do a mea culpa before the press about the problems he s been confronting with them. as you know congressman darrell issa had an interesting exchange with eric holder the other day at a house committee hearing about releasing records. right. listen to this. mr. attorney general, knowing the to and from i m not going to stop talking now. you characterized something mr. chairman, would you inform the witness as to the rules of this committee? is too consistent with the way in which you conduct yourself as a member of congress. it s unacceptable and shameful. all right. so obviously he s got the republicans have issues with eric holder. he s had a lot of issues with the republicans. but more from the democrats as well. nothing like republicans. there s been a long standing problem between eric holder and the republicans in congress. some of his friends say to me he s actually been surprised at the vitriol but it goes back to
this husband says that he had given or been asked to give this $5,000 in cash and, of course, they re saying that she was absolutely set up. that she was framed and in addition to that, a mexican official agreeing. so what exactly would she have to prove? reporter: well, what you ve got to remember is that mexican official who spoke to cnn who didn t want his name used expressing outrage and surprise that this case even has gotten this far, the mexican judicial system operates in many different pockets. local, state and international officials and don t always agree and there has been a long standing problem with corruption, bribes at every level of the mexican judiciary. officials have been trying to clean it up but according to the family and the experts, this is an example of how it just hasn t happened so far. casey wian, thank you so much. you ll be following it for us. still to come tonight, george zimmerman on the defense. a judge bars his legal team from
as you mentioned you just never know in mexico. and finally, casey, we were hearing today that, you know, this husband says that he had given or been asked to give this $5,000 in cash and, of course, they re saying that she was absolutely set up. that she was framed and in addition to that, a mexican official agreeing. so what exactly would she have to prove? reporter: well, what you ve got to remember is that mexican official who spoke to cnn who didn t want his name used expressing outrage and surprise that this case even has gotten this far, the mexican judicial system operates in many different pockets. local, state and international officials and don t always agree and there has been a long standing problem with corruption, bribes at every level of the mexican judiciary. officials have been trying to clean it up but according to the family and the experts, this is an example of how it just hasn t happened so far. casey wian, thank you so much. you ll be following it for us.