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[0:00] ion dollar every single day last year.

[0:03] And keep in mind, Brian, General Motors

[0:05] is asking for at least $9 million, $9

[0:08] billion more, perhaps as much as $16

[0:11] billion more. And many believe there

[0:12] will be more after that. Brian,

[0:14] >> staggering figures. Phil Leau in the

[0:16] White House briefing room for us

[0:17] tonight. Phil, thanks as always. And

[0:19] with us tonight, as he often joins us

[0:21] for a little perspective on all of this,

[0:22] CNBC senior economics reporter Steve

[0:25] Leman. So the Feds said today 250 banks

[0:29] are on the troubled list. A 100 banks

[0:31] may close this year. What era is this

[0:34] we're living in, do you think?

[0:35] >> Brian, this is an era where my man Phil,

[0:37] who wants to be writing about autos out

[0:39] of Detroit, is in Washington, which is

[0:41] the most important place for the auto

[0:42] industry right now. We're in an era

[0:44] right now where the economy is about to

[0:47] suffer its worst downturn since the

[0:49] 1980s. The banking system, the worst

[0:51] downturn since the Great Depression. and

[0:53] all the stuff we're talking about with

[0:54] the budget are so that the economy

[0:56] doesn't get down to where the banks are

[0:58] right now. It's a time, I think, when

[1:00] Americans have really had to question

[1:01] what what they think. When you have a

[1:04] business not taking care of itself and

[1:06] the government having to take care of it

[1:08] all, it's a castor oil I don't think

[1:09] most Americans want to want to drink.

[1:11] >> And back to this question I hear

[1:12] everywhere I go, how are we paying for

[1:14] it? Are we literally printing money

[1:17] today?

[1:17] >> Not not yet. That is not as I understand

[1:19] it at the moment the intention of the

[1:20] Treasury. They're going to issue a whole

[1:23] lot of debt. You talking about 1.75

[1:26] trillion this year and then trillion and

[1:28] trillion. I don't know about you, Brian,

[1:29] but I missed the point when we got from

[1:31] counting deficits in billions to

[1:32] trillions. That is now the unit of the

[1:35] deficit. 3.65 trillion of deficit over

[1:38] the next three years. That means selling

[1:40] bonds.

[1:41] >> Always good to always good to see you

[1:42] despite what you often have to report

[1:44] around here, Steve. Steve Leman from

[1:46] CNBC. Thanks. And we have some news

[1:48] tonight about the news business,

[1:50] specifically the death of a major

[1:52] American newspaper. The Rocky Mountain

[1:55] News has been serving its readers since

[1:57] the Civil War, but after tomorrow, it

[2:00] comes to an end. The latest victim of

[2:01] the collapse in the newspaper business.

[2:04] Our report on this tonight from NBC's

[2:06] Lee Cowan.

[2:08] >> After almost 150 years in print,

[2:11] Colorado's Rocky Mountain News is

[2:13] printing its own obituary tomorrow, its

[2:16] final edition.

[2:17] It's very rare for you to be able to

[2:19] play um the music at your own funeral. I

[2:22] kind of like to do it well.

[2:23] >> It's been a rocky goodbye for the

[2:25] Rockies. Faithful readers even protested

[2:27] the publication of Pink Slips, but to no

[2:30] avail.

[2:30] >> It's sad when her voice goes silent cuz

[2:34] we're a family, you know. Now I am going

[2:36] to cry.

[2:38] >> The news is grim at newspapers all

[2:40] across the country. The recurrent

[2:41] headline,

[2:42] >> you first and foremost have what amounts

[2:44] to a bubanic plague of declining

[2:48] revenues

[2:49] >> falling at a faster pace than at any

[2:51] point in the last 37 years. And a San

[2:54] Francisco Chronicle, the 12th most read

[2:57] newspaper in the country, either its

[2:59] 1500 employees must agree to deep cuts

[3:02] or its printing presses will grind to a

[3:04] halt, too. You cannot keep cutting these

[3:07] newspaper staffs and expect to have a

[3:10] product left that people are going to

[3:12] want to buy and then you just sort of

[3:13] get into an accelerating

[3:16] death spiral.

[3:17] >> The list is long. The Chicago Tribune,

[3:20] Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star

[3:22] Tribune, and the Philadelphia Enquir

[3:24] have all recently filed for bankruptcy.

[3:27] The Detroit News and the Detroit Free

[3:29] Press now only offer home delivery three

[3:31] days a week. Even the mighty New York

[3:34] Times is making cutbacks to save off

[3:36] defaulting on millions of dollars in

[3:38] debt. Circulation has fallen too, about

[3:41] 2% every year for the last several

[3:43] years. So much so, there are only about

[3:45] 10 cities left that still have major

[3:48] competing dailies. The worry, when the

[3:50] cats away, the mice will play. And

[3:53] without a good, strong local newspaper

[3:56] to try to keep folks clean, you've got

[3:59] trouble. A vanishing and valued ritual

[4:03] disappearing in black and white. Lee

[4:06] Cowen, NBC News, Chicago.

[4:09] >> And by the way, it was the Rocky

[4:10] Mountain News that won a Pulitzer for

[4:12] its writing and photography of a

[4:14] memorable story called Final Salute back

[4:16] in 2005. It chronicled the story of

[4:19] America's war dead. The images were all

[4:22] the more striking because they were

[4:23] seldom seen in this country during the

[4:26] height of the Iraq War. And just today,

[4:28] in fact, we learned the Pentagon has

[4:30] reversed its ban on coverage of our

[4:32] returning war dead. The ban, which

[4:34] barred pictures of flag draped coffins

[4:37] as they arrived at Dover Air Force Base

[4:39] in Delaware, has been in place since the

[4:41] first Bush administration. The latest on

[4:43] that story tonight from our Pentagon

[4:45] correspondent, Jim Mclashesky.

[4:49] It is the most solemn of military

[4:50] ceremonies the American people are not

[4:52] permitted to see. the arrival of those

[4:54] flag draped coffins carrying America's

[4:57] war dead back home until today when

[5:00] Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted

[5:02] the Pentagon's 18-year ban on the

[5:04] ceremonies at Dover Air Force Base and

[5:06] gave that decision to the families of

[5:08] the fallen.

[5:08] >> We should not presume to make the

[5:10] decision for the families. We should

[5:12] actually let them make it.

[5:14] >> To join Chief's Chairman, Admiral Mike

[5:16] Mullen. It's something Americans should

[5:17] see. is an extraordinarily

[5:19] extraordinarily wellrun, dignified,

[5:23] respectful ceremony.

[5:25] >> The ban on media coverage was ordered by

[5:27] the first President Bush after an

[5:29] embarrassing shot on split screen TV

[5:31] showed him bantering with the press

[5:33] while Americans killed in Panama arrived

[5:35] at Dover.

[5:37] While banned in the US, allies like

[5:39] Great Britain permit such coverage, and

[5:41] Canadians line their so-called Highway

[5:43] of Heroes to pay tribute to their

[5:45] fallen. Critics claim the US ban was an

[5:48] attempt to hide the human cost of war,

[5:51] including the nearly 5,000 Americans

[5:53] killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[5:55] >> I think it was designed to conceal the

[5:58] pain that goes with the war.

[6:01] >> But not all families welcome the news.

[6:04] John Ellsworth's son was killed in Iraq.

[6:06] He fears media coverage during such an

[6:09] emotional time will only add to a family

[6:11] stress.

[6:12] >> That should be a a private moment. Uh

[6:16] there are other opportunities for the

[6:17] media to be involved.

[6:18] >> Ultimately, however, it will be up to

[6:20] the families to decide just how to honor

[6:22] their loved ones with or without the

[6:25] media. But for the first time in 18

[6:28] years, they will now have a choice. Jim

[6:31] Mlashky, NBC News, the Pentagon.

[6:34] And a program note here. The Secretary

[6:36] of Defense Robert Gates will be David

[6:38] Gregory's exclusive guest this Sunday on

[6:40] Meet the Press. When we continue here

[6:43] tonight, our special series on making

[6:45] sense of this economic meltdown.

[6:47] Tonight, who is actually hiring? Where

[6:50] are the jobs out there? And later,

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[9:16] Overberman tonight only on MSNBC.

[9:21] >> We're back and now to our series of

[9:22] reports in conjunction with our friends

[9:24] at CNBC on this economic meltdown.

[9:26] Tonight, the topic is jobs. And we have

[9:29] another grim new number. 667,000

[9:33] Americans filed for firsttime

[9:34] unemployment benefits. Just last week,

[9:37] that's the highest number since 1982.

[9:40] Though it might not seem that way for

[9:42] the newly unemployed. There are

[9:44] businesses that are doing well and

[9:46] industries that are hiring out there.

[9:48] That report from CNBC's Sue Herrera.

[9:53] Jim McFarland's shoe repair business in

[9:55] South Lakeland, Florida is thriving

[9:58] despite a troubled economy.

[10:00] >> Instead of going out and buying a new

[10:01] pair of shoes, they're going to bring

[10:02] them in and and get them uh get them

[10:06] repaired.

[10:07] >> It's a trend that helped make mechanic

[10:09] Roger Payne of San Antonio a small

[10:11] business success story.

[10:14] >> Being a mechanic, you always kind of

[10:16] dream about doing that, you know, having

[10:18] your own shop.

[10:20] Payne quit his job at an auto repair

[10:22] shop and opened one in his own backyard.

[10:25] >> Business is really good right now. I

[10:27] don't know if it's luck or what, but it

[10:30] worked.

[10:31] >> I'm happy.

[10:33] >> Beyond individual businesses, there are

[10:35] actually sectors of the American job

[10:37] market that are growing rapidly and

[10:39] hiring aggressively. Healthcare is one.

[10:41] >> There are a lot of different ways to go

[10:43] there. You can become a nurse. You can

[10:44] become a health service administrator, a

[10:46] healthc care aid, an orderly. They are

[10:48] fairly secure because there's going to

[10:50] be high demand for quite a while.

[10:51] >> Accounting and some technology sectors

[10:53] are also flourishing. More than 55,000

[10:56] employment ads are posted on dice.com.

[10:59] It's a technology jobs website where

[11:02] software engineers, system

[11:04] administrators, and help desk jobs are

[11:06] in demand. Another growing field,

[11:08] education. Adult education is the one

[11:11] area that's showing a lot of growth

[11:13] because people are retraining.

[11:16] >> Despite these pockets of optimism and

[11:18] opportunity, many people still face a

[11:21] job market full of uncertainty. I think

[11:23] we're in for 2 years, maybe even 5 years

[11:26] of dislocation and change.

[11:27] >> Can I help you?

[11:28] >> Meanwhile, experts predict businesses

[11:30] that survive now will thrive when the

[11:33] economy turns around. I

[11:35] >> that's good news for successful

[11:37] entrepreneurs like Roger Payne.

[11:39] >> She's not going to be cranky when it

[11:41] slows down. I can come in and see her

[11:43] >> instead of being gone, you know, 10

[11:45] hours a day.

[11:46] >> Who's getting some side benefits that

[11:48] are priceless?

[11:50] >> That's good.

[11:51] >> Sue Herrera, CNBC New York.

[11:55] One of the most anticipated comebacks in

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[12:04] Tiger was bested by South African Tim

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[15:13] In depth tonight, a very troubling

[15:15] troubling development overseas. The

[15:16] economic downturn that has hit Russia

[15:19] until recently. As you may know, they've

[15:21] been enjoying almost unprecedented boom

[15:24] times. That is until now. And the

[15:26] concern now is a political shift and the

[15:29] shock waves that could easily hit the

[15:31] US. More from NBC's Jim Meda just

[15:34] outside Moscow.

[15:36] >> It's called Electrastall or Electric

[15:38] Steel about 50 miles from Moscow. named

[15:41] for its heavy machine factory. Since the

[15:44] 30s, the town's been a symbol of steady

[15:46] work and good life. But today, much of

[15:48] the plant is idle. Hundreds have been

[15:50] laid off, like Yuri Maslo, who's never

[15:53] seen it so bad.

[15:55] >> No one knows what's going to happen. He

[15:57] says everything's just shutting down.

[15:59] >> The pain felt in hundreds of one company

[16:02] towns like electric steel is spreading

[16:04] across Russia. The economy boommy when

[16:06] the price of key exports like oil and

[16:08] natural gas was high contracted by

[16:11] almost 9% just last month. Since the

[16:13] fall, stocks have dropped by 80% the

[16:16] ruble off 25% and unemployment up by the

[16:19] same.

[16:20] >> There was roughly a trillion dollars of

[16:21] value destroyed in the Russian equity

[16:23] market. Uh and uh it's been a tremendous

[16:25] disappointment.

[16:26] >> And increasingly it's middle class

[16:28] Russians who are taking the pain to the

[16:30] streets. It started as a small protest

[16:32] by car dealers in Russia's far east

[16:35] after the Kremlin raised duties on

[16:36] foreign cars.

[16:38] >> But last month, flash protests by

[16:40] opposition groups swept through Moscow,

[16:42] moving by subway, scuffling with riot

[16:44] police.

[16:47] >> For many, the chance of Russia without

[16:49] Putin were shocking. During eight years

[16:51] of now Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's

[16:53] presidency, Russians like Dmitri

[16:55] Samaran, a Moscow car dealer, willingly

[16:57] gave Putin a free hand to rule in

[17:00] exchange for prosperity, sacrificing

[17:02] personal freedoms to be part of a new

[17:04] resurgent Russia.

[17:05] >> People are getting less and less happy.

[17:07] That's a very, I think, very bad signal

[17:10] for the government.

[17:12] >> Now Samaran sitting on $4 million of

[17:14] foreign cars he can't sell and blames

[17:16] the crisis on the man he once voted for,

[17:18] Putin. Meanwhile, the Kremlin says some

[17:21] Russia analysts is trying to buy time,

[17:23] pumping billions of dollars into

[17:25] bankrupt factories while cracking down

[17:27] on anti- Kremlin protests, hoping that

[17:30] somehow this global crisis solves

[17:32] itself. So do the people of Electric

[17:35] Steel, but they worry about more unrest.

[17:37] Here they know their Russian history and

[17:39] living in the shadow of Vladimir Lenon

[17:41] don't want another revolution. Jim

[17:44] Satum, NBC News, Electric Steel, Russia.

[17:48] And back in this country, Cleveland

[17:49] Hardaway Judkins was an honored guest at

[17:52] the White House last night, though you

[17:54] may know him by his other name, Stevie

[17:56] Wonder. It turns out when Barack and

[17:59] Michelle Obama were dating, Stevie was

[18:01] one of the things they both loved. So,

[18:03] last night was payback in a way. The

[18:05] president presented Stevie with the

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[18:09] saying, quote, "Had I not been a Stevie

[18:12] Wonder fan, Michelle might not have

[18:14] dated me, we might not have married. The

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[18:21] quote. We're back with more right after

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[21:22] >> We want to end tonight with a story from

[21:24] a school in Washington DC. Tonight, the

[21:26] school community is gathering to mark

[21:28] Black History Month at DC Prep. The

[21:31] school serves 740 students in

[21:33] Washington. It was created six years ago

[21:36] to bridge a big educational divide in

[21:38] that city to offer educational

[21:40] excellence to grades preK through 8. A

[21:42] student body 98% African-Amean. But the

[21:46] story tonight is about the magical power

[21:49] of a mirror on the wall.

[21:52] >> You guys are super smart.

[21:53] >> It was a simple thing, a competition for

[21:56] the best bulletin board during Black

[21:58] History Month. And because of the

[22:00] profound impact that the election of

[22:02] President Obama has had on this school,

[22:05] one teacher had an idea among all the

[22:08] prominent African-Ameans put the

[22:10] president at the kids level.

[22:12] >> Oh, Barack Obama.

[22:13] >> Then put a mirror there with the words

[22:16] now. Do you see what you can be? He did.

[22:19] It had the intended effect.

[22:21] >> I thought of the kids. We always tell

[22:24] them to dream big. And then the mirror.

[22:26] I said that. Okay, let them look.

[22:29] in the mirror and see that, okay, this

[22:33] is who I am now, but

[22:36] no matter what, I can accomplish

[22:38] anything despite who I am.

[22:41] >> And the kids, these four year olds have

[22:44] so far seen an astronaut, a singer, a

[22:47] boxer,

[22:49] >> and more than one police officer staring

[22:52] back in the mirror. One parent was so

[22:55] moved by the experience, she decided to

[22:57] go back and get her high school diploma.

[22:59] Even though it was designed to let the

[23:01] little guys dream of big things, just

[23:03] like the president did.

[23:05] >> Looking into the mirror, they see

[23:07] themselves. And they don't see Barack

[23:10] Obama. They don't see Maya Angela. They

[23:14] don't see Oprah Winfrey. They see

[23:15] themselves. And if they see themselves,

[23:19] they can just decide that, oh, I can

[23:23] accomplish anything I dream. I can be

[23:26] any one who I want to be.

[23:29] >> This one little boy, he passed and he's

[23:31] like,

[23:32] >> I want to be an astronaut.

[23:34] >> And that just hit me. That hit

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