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To the Point

Labor Day, Unemployment and Obama's Jobs Plan

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 05, 2011 National
On this Labor Day edition of To the Point, we hear about President Obama's upcoming speech, Republicans' likely responses and what it's like to be unemployed. It's all about jobs...

On this Labor Day edition of To the Point, we hear about President Obama's upcoming speech, Republicans' likely responses and what it's like to be unemployed. It's all about jobs. Also, the US files mortgage lawsuits against Bank of America and 16 other major banks.

Banner image: Large crowds of people attend a job fair hosted by NASA July 26, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo by Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images

From this Episode:

US Files Mortgage Lawsuits against BofA, 16 Other Banks

Late Friday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency sued 17 of the nation's biggest banks , including Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, are banks that received TARP...

8 min

Where Are the New Jobs?

On this Labor Day, with unemployment seemingly stuck at 9 percent, all eyes are on Washington, which the Gallop Poll finds more confident about the economy than the rest...

43 min

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Karen Radziner, Caitlin Shamberg

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