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Long term unemployment: The other ‘99ers’

Though the jobs report released by the White House on Friday touted promising economic statistics, the number of long term unemployed Americans is still staggering. Melissa Harris-Perry, along with The WorkPlace's Joe Carbone and Melanie Douglas-Seawright, and comedian Elon James White, discuss the issues involved with many Americans who need a job in order to qualify to get a new one, leaving the unemployed in the dust.