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about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasn t focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. i m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. let me bring in athena jones this morning from washington. good morning to you. the president last night, some in that room had been critical of him. did he tell them what they wanted to hear last night and what was the reaction afterwards? well, you know, it was a fiery speech and he really riled up the crowd all the way through. ....

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