PBS NewsHour

Would President Obama's Plan Create 'Right Kind' of U.S....

Clip: 09/12/2011 | 11m 30s

Flanked by workers in industries he says would be helped by his jobs plan, President Obama announced Monday that he was sending his American Jobs Act to Congress. Gwen Ifill discusses the plan's scope and expected effectiveness with Dartmouth College's Matthew Slaughter and the University of California, Berkeley's Robert Reich.

Aired: 09/12/11

Rating: NR

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