And david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The u. S. Economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. Todays Labor Department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 7, to 6. 7 , largely because many people gave up looking for a job. Paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. Wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. Dow jones industrial avg. Down the Dow Jones Industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to close at 16,437. 18. 48 at 4174. 67 the nasdaq rose 18 points to close at 4174. For the week, the dow
Right about anything everything all the time. That would be unreasonable. Second, what you describe as the arrogance of the intelligence community, that is the appropriate place for politicians to be talking about oversight. To be discussing the mechanisms of oversight that already exist inside a free market or a free country like the United States. If they think there is insufficient oversight, then there is a legal redress. That is a good debate to have. A debate that should be perpetually be happening. When it comes to what i described as the arrogance of the media, i dont by any means mean the whole media. You know exactly who i am referring to. There are huge elements of the british media who are completely outraged at the snowden allegations and the way in which the Guardian Newspaper in particular was willing to set them out and are angry about how the guardian did not face the wrath of the law that an individual citizen would have for that level of disclosure. There is quite im
A lot of whining. Im sure some cursing. And some latenight fever tweeting. All the characteristics i would note we would want of a commander in chief. And the latest thing he seized upon is when people vote against him, they are stealing the election. Martha brandnew polls have donald trump leading in new york. Trump taking a shot at cruz over his new york values comment. He does not like new york, and he does not like the people of new york, and that came out loud and clear. All you had to do was forget about this word. His word were new york values. Am i right . So we have a rigged system. In colorado they were going to vote. You saw whats happening in colorado. Its a fix. Because we thought we were having an election, and a number of months ago they decided to do it by, you know what. They said well do it by delegate. Bill byron york, how are you. Good. Bill trump pushing the argument washington works against you and does what it wants. This is a comfortable place for donald to be.
Speculation. I chose not to do this. Theres good reason for that. Therefore, i should not be back in october paul ryans name came up as a potential considered, period, end of replacement for the retiring House Speaker john boehner. Story. I just think it would be wrong a gop colleague quoted ryan as to go any other way. Saying i love you guys but not so let me say again, i am not going to be our partys nominee. Enough to be your speaker. Paul ryan then tweeted, i will but ill also be clear about not be a candidate for speaker, something else. Saying he liked his current job. Not running does not mean that in a statement paul ryan said, im going to disappear. While i am grateful for the when i accepted this encouragement ive received, i speakership, i did so on the condition that i would do things will not be a candidate. Differently than they had been a few weeks later he took the done in the past. Job. So well see if speaker ryan can for one, i made it clear that shut down all the pre
Soup cans are stolen in a brazen grab. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. You know its a strange president ial Election Year when a man not even a candidate in the race had to come forward today to say count me out. Speaker of the house paul ryan tried to stick a fork in some growing speculation, saying he wont accept the republican nomination. Donald trump is best positioned to win the delegates needed for the nomination, especially when he wins big in new york next week. But the math is still challenging, and the path uncertain. Which is why the republican establishment has been talking up speaker ryan as its potential white knight. With late details, heres nbcs peter alexander. I do not want, nor will i accept the nomination for our party. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan today tried to put unrelenting 2016 speculation to bed. To be the president , you should actually run for