PBS NewsHour

Amid Attention From Obama, GOP, How Is Midwest's Economy...

Clip: 08/17/2011 | 11m 55s

On the last day of his bus tour through the Midwest, President Obama's aides said he will outline a national jobs plan after Labor Day. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the economy in Midwestern states with Iowa State University's David Swenson, Dee DePass of Minneapolis' Star Tribune and Micheline Maynard of Changing Gears.

Aired: 08/17/11

Rating: NR

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