with five months to go, will the state s new health exchanges be up and running in time for open enrollment. this is nightly business report for wednesday, may 1st. tyler, the calendar changed and so did investor sentiment. the old saying sell in may, go away. did wring true on wall street. stocks fell sharply on more evidence of a slowdown in economic recovery. nasdaq fell 29. sfrp & p 500 down 14. big driver for today s sell-off. disappointing data on jobs, specifically the payroll firm adp reported 119,000 private sector jobs remember created, far less than what economist s expected. march s numbers revise downward as well. causing concern about friday s big government report on payrolls and jobs. the institute for supply management s read on u.s. manufacturing in april showed modest growth, but dropped to the slowest rate of growth so far this year and construction spending during march fell 2%, largely because of a pullback on government spending. meanwhile, the fe
bangladesh that has now killed more than 400 people. ifill: spencer michels has the story of a california oyster farm and the high-stakes battle over whether to keep it open. the repercussions extend far beyond this spectacular pacific coast enclave to the restaurants of the bay area and all the way to washington d.c., where politicians of both parties are joining in the fight. woodruff: and two years after the manhunt for osama bin laden came to an end. margaret warner talks to two women from the c.i.a. s sisterhood who helped track down the world s most wanted terrorist. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: more than two years ago, the people of b.p. made a commitment to the gulf. and everyday since, we ve worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we shared what we ve learned so that we can all produce energy more safely. b.p. is also committed to ameri
the fed sticks with the easy money policy and calls out congress for weakening the economy. we ll talk with former fed governor randy cross. testing, testing. with five months to go, will the state s new health exchanges be up and running in time for open enrollment. this is nightly business report for wednesday, may 1st. tyler, the calendar changed and so did investor sentiment. the old saying sell in may, go away. did wring true on wall street. stocks fell sharply on more evidence of a slowdown in economic recovery. nasdaq fell 29. sfrp & p 500 down 14. big driver for today s sell-off. disappointing data on jobs, specifically the payroll firm adp reported 119,000 private sector jobs remember created, far less than what economist s expected. march s numbers revise downward as well. causing concern about friday s big government report on payrolls and jobs. the institute for supply management s read on u.s. manufacturing in april showed modest growth, but dropped to the
coincidence yesterday. i m at my desk reading about the nfl bans on players who participated in the scandal. what you see is the nfl is taking all of the fun out of the sport, i can t believe this, we re not children. literally, as i m reading that story the headline comes across and there is silence. on the one hand the nfl is trying to act for people who are competitive, violent, want to win now. so it s trying to take care of them in some ways, in another you see the depth of the problem. for me this is roger goodell s number one issue. rugby is a contact sport. those guys hit like nothing. they have no padding. they don t wear helmets. jim, i want to call your attention to a tweet from randy cross, he said where seau s death had anything to do with depression, it s a giant ticking time bomb. the nfl makes billions of dollars in revenue. do you think this is a ticking
p.j. crowley. a lot going on there. we know that we have two cabinet level secretaries there to talk u.s. strategic china dialogue. in the middle of this i think many would call a human rights crisis. how do you think we ve played our hand thus far? i think we have stood up for human rights and the secretary of state before arriving in beijing put down a very solid marker that this case, the chen case, was important to the united states. understand a couple of things. this is a broad important relationship between the united states and china, it s always going to be difficult and complex on a good day. then you throw something like this into the mix and it can have the potential for tensions although, up until today, it appeared the united states and china had worked constructively, intensely, to try to resolve this. go ahead. p.j., it sounds like someone is doubling back on the original agreement and/or the terms were not fully understood. chen guangcheng saying he felt