bun definition. sexual harassment is unwelcome verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment. in 1990, 6,000 charges were filed. 20 years later, nearly twice as many. it s not just happening at work or associated with politicians. it s even happening in schools. 48% of seventh to twelfth graders experienced some form of sexual harassment either in person or electronically through texting, e-mail and social media. rick newman is with u.s. news & world report, joining us from washington, the vice president of education and employment at the national women s law center. let s talk first about the statistics. the fact that we are now talking about sexual harassment from lockers and lunchrooms all the way up to a presidential race. absolutely. unfortunately it s the case. the study released just this last week showing that nearly half of boys and girls experience sexual haras
sharon bialek here this morning with her skoir. guilty of the charge of involuntary manslaughter. a jury decides the fate of invi conrad murray. what s next. it s a roar. oh, my god. and way too close for comfort. storm chasers catching amazing video of a tornado on the ground in oklahoma on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it is tuesday, november 8. welcome to american morning. first, shocking accusations against herman cain. this morning the washington examiner is raising stories. a fifth woman said he asked to be set up on a dinner date with another woman after a speech he gave. this after accuser number four came forward and didn t hold back. her name is sharon bialek. she s a single mother from chicago who worked for the national res straugs association back in the 1990s. she was laid off and met with herman cain to ask for help finding another position. with glory yad aia allred by he giving a detailed account of
in america officially is 14 million people. the situation is getting dire. but i want to give you a bigger perspective. it s hard to live in the moment and make decisions. let s go back to the beginning of 2009. that s when president obama first took office. we were losing in excess of 700,000 jobs in the month that he first took office. through 2009, things looked to get substantially better. according to experts, the recession ended in 2009. 2010, boy, we were building in the beginning of the year and then started to lose jobs again. and then we started to get the shaky job creation record at the end of 2010 and into 2011. look at august. there s supposed to be a bar, either a yellow one that said we created jobs or a red one that said we lost jobs. but there s nothing there because we had zero jobs created. ken rogoff former economist for the imf. what does this mean? have we stagnated? clearly we re stagnating. the employment numbers have been getting weaker and weaker
and at 3:00, we ll talk to general russell honore. plus fredricka s interview with tiger woods. i m alina cho. see you in one hour. your money starts right now. i m ali velshi. no economic issue is more important to americans than jobs. here is the latest. we had a jobs report come out for the month of august, no new jobs were created in america in august. the unemployment rate, which was 9.1% before we got into this remains at 9.1%. stubbornly high. the number of unemployed people in america officially is 14 million people. the situation is getting dire. but i want to give you a bigger perspective. it s hard to live in the moment and make decisions. let s go back to the beginning of 2009. that s when president obama first took office. we were losing in excess of 700,000 jobs in the month that he first took office. through 2009, things looked to get substantially better. according to experts, the recession ended in 2009. 2010, boy, we were building in the beginning of the
even falls, with forecasters predicting potentially catastrophic flooding. i m al wli velshi. raging floodwaters from hurricane irene washed him away, but a new jersey man lived and now telling us how he survived mother nature s wrath. in just a few hours the government s new jobs report. will it be welcome news for you, your job, and the recovery? we ll break it down on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is friday, september 2nd. jobs day, september 2nd. welcome to american morning. it s our super bowl, carol. it is. we re going to stick jobs news in between weather news. weather and jobs. that s right. it continues. weather reports, weather issues it continue to dominate our news. getting uneasy in the big easy this morning. we re taking a look at what s causing all of the stress. it s a tropical depression that is forming in the gulf of mexico. and new orleans could be in for a very rough weekend. flooding in new orleans. never want to have