CBS Evening News - 2009-12-03

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[0:00] Tonight,

[0:02] [music] help wanted. With unemployment

[0:04] rising, President Obama appeals for

[0:06] ideas for putting Americans back [music]

[0:08] to work.

[0:09] >> I am open to every demonstrably good

[0:12] idea.

[0:13] >> I'm Katie Kurrick. Also tonight, this

[0:15] time they were invited, but the state

[0:18] dinner crashers are no-shows as Congress

[0:21] investigates the White House security

[0:23] breach. And boy meets girl.

[0:26] >> It was good at [music] first, and then

[0:27] what happened? An alarming increase in

[0:29] violence among teenage couples as

[0:32] technology makes abuse easier than ever.

[0:40] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie

[0:43] Kurrick.

[0:46] Good evening everyone. First thing

[0:48] tomorrow, the government will put out

[0:49] the latest unemployment numbers, and

[0:51] they're expected to show the country

[0:53] lost another 130,000 jobs last month.

[0:57] Since the recession began two years ago,

[0:59] more than 7 million jobs have vanished.

[1:01] That's more than seven every minute.

[1:04] Today, President Obama called business

[1:05] and labor leaders to the White House to

[1:07] ask for their help. Our Chip Reed is

[1:10] there tonight. And Chip, did any good or

[1:12] new ideas come out of this summit?

[1:14] >> Well, yes, they did, Katie. President,

[1:16] for example, said he liked the idea of

[1:17] using public schools to teach students

[1:19] during the day and to train workers on

[1:22] new technologies at night. And he's also

[1:24] looking at some ideas, a variety variety

[1:27] of ideas on tax breaks for small

[1:29] businesses to help them expand. Critics

[1:32] though say this job summit was really

[1:33] about public relations, a way for the

[1:36] president to get out ahead of

[1:37] unemploymen

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