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We have roads closed there. police not able to keep up right now with all of the accidents. the schools are shut down again for a school system already out of snow days. a lot of places so far. oklahoma a focal point as well, expected to shatder some records today. the average winter in oklahoma city gets 19.1 inch of snow for the winter. this winter they re at 13.7 inches before today. they re at twice the normal rate. parts of oklahoma as t.j. said are going to be bracing for as much as a food of snow and everyone is told to stay off the roads and stay inside if possible. ed lavendera is live in oklahoma city this morning to let us know what it s like telling everyone to stay inside and there you are outside getting snowed on this morning. hey, ed. reporter: good morning, guys. i feel like i ve seen every snowflake fall here in the last week or so in oklahoma. preparing here in this state for another round of heavy snow. ....
And conservative that spoke at the values voters summit and ben who considers himself independent and phil garner, college democratic activist who considers himself democrat. let s talk a little bit about - j-o-b-s. my research shows unemployment rate for the youth is 19.1%. phil, that can t be good news for democrats for the midterms, can it? well, it depends on how you look at it. obviously there s a lot of anger over the economic situation with those in power right now but at the same time, if you look at the sort of messages and proposals that both democrats and republicans are offering, i think the democrat party is clearly the only party in this race who is going to be able to deliver on new jobs and i think they have a lot of great candidates out there who have a lot of experience in new jobs. in what? to spend more taxpayer money sf no, not at all. i think the real way we get the economy moving again is by creating small businesses and helping them grow. i think by targete ....
that dynamic has a lot to do with it. youth unemployment is 19.1 percent and the only thing on the youth s mind right now is jobs. i don t have a job. and the republicans are offering solutions to that job where the stimulus program did not work. you know, sam, two years ago president obama had a 66 percent edge among young people compared to 32 percent for john mccain but here is what a young student leader is quoted as saying in a recent article at colorado state university. people are angry about the budget deficit, health care plan, angry about this and that and i feel like republicans definitely have a chance of getting back on their feet. is there a palpable apathy, if not anger among young people? guest: there is anger across the board and we have seen that with the rise of the tea party but when it comes to election ....
The moment in the senate and that measure is expected to pass later this month after replacement is seeded for the late senator robert byrd. the latest jobless numbers are also expected later this morning that is big news today. the unemployment rate is forecast to tick up to 9.8% in june. slightly higher than may s 9.7%. on the high end of estimates, analysts predict employers cut 125,000 jobs in june and many of them census positions. gallup poll shows underunemployment fell. a new low for the year at 19.1% for the year approximate it meps those employed and working part-time but still wanting full-time work. this is a huge number. it s coming out at eighths this morning and we will go to it when it comes. huge for the fall. it could tell us whether or not this is a double dip recession or whether the economy is climbing its way out. most projections it s not a huge ....
Fell in june from 19.1 in may a new low for the year in may. unemployment includes the unemployment and those working part-time but wanting full-time work. john, as you said earlier we are looking at trend lines when we set our expectations for these numbers that we will see in less than 90 minutes now. as david was saying, a few months ago, everybody kind of thought that we were coming out of this slowly but the trend lined are in the right direction. now there s a question about whether they are headed in the wrong direction. i want to ask you, david. sure. we talked about, you know, the question of confidence and business confidence, right? there s no question but that a lot of executives, not only wall street ceos but ceos across the country, are not particularly impressed by president obama s leadership. that confidence throughout the country emanates to some extent from the business sector. when you talk to people in the world of business, why is it that they are so negativ ....