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CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Thank you for taking ten minutes for commercial free current events. I`m Carl Azuz. First up, jobs in the U.S. The

government`s monthly unemployment report came out last Friday. It`s significant for a couple of reasons: one, it`s one indication of how the

U.S. economy is doing. Two, it`s the final government jobs report before November`s midterm elections. That`s when Americans vote on all seats of

the U.S. House of Representatives, and a third of those in the U.S. Senate. And the recent cnn/ORC poll found that the economy is the biggest issue on

the ballot.

Democrats and the president are generally celebrating the report. Republicans are generally saying it`s not good enough. Will it matter in

the midterms?

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JIM ACOSTA, cnn CORRESPONDENT: Escaping the gloom and doom in Washington, President Obama toured a steel plan in Indiana to shine a light on the

revived U.S. economy.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: This progress that we`ve been making, it`s been hard, it goes in fits and starts, it`s

not always been perfectly smooth, or as fast as we want, but it is real and it is steady and it is happening.

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ACOSTA: The new numbers are encouraging. 248,000 jobs created in September, and an unemployment rate at 5.9 percent, the lowest level since

July 2008. The president thanked workers then patted himself on the back.

OBAMA: It`s also got a little bit to do with some decisions we made pretty early on in my administration.

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ACOSTA: But the president isn`t getting much credit. Before the latest jobs report only 42 percent of Americans said they approved of Mr. Obama`s

handling of the economy.

THOMAS PEREZ, LABOR SECRETARY: We have undeniable unfinished business, and that`s why no one is spiking any footballs here at the Labor Department or

the White House, because there are still too many people that need work.

ACOSTA: Republicans argue that`s because government regulations are holding back job growth.

REINCE PRIEBUS, RNC CHAIRMAN: We need to start growing America`s economy instead of Washington`s economy so that working Americans see better wages

and more opportunity.

ACOSTA: Queue to midterm elections, a little more than a month away. The president wants voters to approve his economic plan, which includes raising

the minimum wage and passing immigration reform by keeping Democrats in control of the senate.

OBAMA: I`m not on the ballot this fall. But make no mistake, these policies are on the ballot.

ACOSTA: One reason why Americans are not feeling the recovery yet, is wages. American take home pay is only up a meager two percent over the

last 12 months, and until that number changes, President Obama may not get the credit he wants for the improving U.S. economy. Jim Acosta, cnn, the

White House.

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AZUZ: A U.S. Marine may be the first American military casualty in the war against the ISIS terrorist group. Corporal Jordan L. Spears was aboard an

NV-22 Osprey, an aircraft like this. Last Wednesday it was taking off from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf when it suddenly lost power. It

didn`t crash into the water. The pilots were able to get control before that. But because it looked like it was going to, Spears and another crew

member jumped into the Gulf.

The other service member was rescued, Spears was lost at sea. Because his squadron is supporting the U.S. operation in the region, which includes the

war against ISIS, Spears could be classified as a casualty of the war.

Doctors have been saying for years that if you take a hit to the head in sports, especially football, but also soccer, basketball or anything else,

get it checked out.

Last year an Institute of Medicine study found there`s still this culture among athletes that they don`t report possible concussions. They want to

keep playing, they don`t want to let their teammates down.

Recent tragedies remind all of us of the importance of playing smart.

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ANDY SCHOLES, cnn CORRESPONDENT: In just the last week, we`ve been reminded how dangerous youth football can be. The games are supposed to be

about having fun and school spirit, but right now three different communities are in morning after death on the field.

16-year old varsity line man Tom Cutinella was involved in the collision during the third quarter of Wednesday night`s game in New York`s Long

Island. According to authorities, he got up after the hit, but then collapsed from a serious head injury. Cutinella was rushed to the

hospital, but died after emergency surgery.

STEVEN COHEN, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: The game involves contact, and it was the result of a freak football play.

UF: Parents put their kids to - into sports, thinking that they are going to be all right, and so it`s just a scary thing.

SCHOLES: Cutinella`s death follows two others in the past week: in Alabama, 17-year old DeMario Harris Jr. died Sunday after collapsing on the

field Friday following a tackle, the cause of death was unknown, and in North Carolina 17-year old Isaiah Langston died after collapsing during his

team`s pregame warmups. His cause of death is also unknown. A death among high school football players are rare. Last season of the more than 1

million players, there were just eight football -related death. Not all of the deaths were contract related, but some were result of a head injury.

Concussions are a growing problem in the game. All football players including high schoolers have a 75 percent chance of suffering a

concussion, and players who suffer a concussion are twice as likely to receive a second one.

The dangers of head injuries are starting to resonate with parents, participation in both pop warner and high school football has decreased in

the past five years.

And many states and leagues have adopted rules where players have to sit out after a hard hit, they`ve also tried to provide better helmets and take

a padding along with more education for coaches, but we all know in football, once the play starts on the field, anything can happen.