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2012 - 13:30   ET    ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: For more
than a week, two of the busiest ports in this country have been
effectively shut down. I'm talking about the ports of Los
Angeles and Long Beach, right near each other on the California
coast. As we zoom in, you can see just where they sit. And they
are basically closed by a strike of warehouse clerks.  What does
that have to do with things you want, perhaps even for the
holidays? Some retailers are saying some of the hottest holiday
items might not make it to store shelves because they can't get
unloaded from the cargo ships because of the picket lines and
the strikers. And it is costing this economy in the United
States up to a billion dollars a day. It's a lot of money. It's
a lot of frustration.  You know what? I'm sure the strikers
aren't enjoying what they'r