PHILADELPHIA - Under pressure in this sluggish economy, President Barack Obama put the focus on jobs Thursday.
He gathered economists, business and labor leaders at the White House to talk about putting people back to work.
The White House has been more focused on health care and Afghanistan in recent weeks.
Democratic lawmakers say a second bailout aimed at job creation may be needed.
Earlier on Thursday, unemployed men and women from our area headed to the nation's capital.
They joined people from across the country in calling for aggressive action to create jobs and extend unemployment benefits.
Fox 29's Steve Keeley was in Center City where they boarded buses Thursday morning and filed this report for the Fox 29 News at Noon