Woodruff the economy added more jobs than expected in november, and the Unemployment Rate dropped to a four year low. Good evening, im judy woodruff. Brown and im Jeffrey Brown. On the newshour tonight, paul solman breaks down the latest report. And we debate the benefits of extending Unemployment Insurance amid washingtons fiscal uncertainty. Woodruff then we turn to the Supreme Court which agreed today to take up the issue of gay marriage. Margaret warner looks at whats at stake with marcia coyle of the national law journal. Brown Hari Sreenivasan reports on the threat to the shellfish industry from coast to coast, as Ocean Temperatures rise and the waters are more acidic. This is a very dramatic change that has not been seen in the worlds oceans for more than 50 million years. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and gwen ifill sits down with Michael Beschloss, whose recent foray into the twitterverse has opened up a new way to view history in the dig
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. Brown more people found work in november and more people stopped looking for work. As a result, the number of new jobs came in better than expected today and the rate of unemployment was the lowest since 2008. Newshour economics correspondent paul solman begins our coverage. Reporter washington brightened yesterday when the annual switch was flipped; the White House Christmas tree, relit. And this morning, more holiday cheer, it seemed, in the form of the monthly jobs numbers. 146,000 new jobs were created last month, according to the survey of employers; unemployment dropped again, to 7. 7 , according to the survey of households. Both numbers better than expected in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and fiscal cliff anxiety. So it looks like sandy will not affect the numb
President. Betterrnors make president s . Our phone lines are open to you. Republicans can call at 2025853881. 5853880. At 202 if youre outside the u. S. , it is 2025853883. You can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. A very good saturday morning. We want to start off with those comments by wisconsin Governor Scott walker. He made them to the Washington Post tv website. We will play you a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] historically americans like to see chief executives become the top cheap executive top chief executive. As governors we have to make decisions that are similar to what the president makes. I dont think any republican should get ahead of the curve and Start Talking about a future election. 2014 is the time we have a for us tois the time show we can lead. Host that was scott walker. We want to hear from you. Do governors make better presidency echo our phone minds better president s . Our phone lines are open. This is from the left or center
The. Not when it is sucked up by the School District itself and so until we shine a light on return on investment for these expenditures i think we will continue to live in a world where we spend more money per kid but dont get the results. Talk about student voucher tell us how you change your thinking on this interesting topic. This topic gets people really riled up if you want to have the debate just bring up the word voucher. I am a democrat and have spent my entire life when i asked my dad the difference he said democrats care more about the people that have less than republican make more money and i said i made democrat and i have been ever since. So when i got to washington d. C. I had clear views about what education reform should look like right to allied with the vouchers because the democrats think they are bad because you take the money away from the pork that needed them or let the core that need it the most but when i arrived in washington there is a publicly funded Vouch
Its a financial calculation. The one thing we talked about in the book and i dont know how it is for many people but the founder of paypal scholarships he recruits the top students in the country like harvard doesnt he pays them to work with him and the other students. They get paid to go. They make a deal where teal and the company get a percentage of what these young people make as a result of this experience. Its investing in Human Capital and its an interesting idea. One and it do to david wants me to tell quickly, after graduate school i went to law school harbor golf school. I lived in the dorm and it became known as the College Proctor which is kind of funny. People were disaffected and wanting to leave college and i told them they were probably better off to stay. One of my freshman graduated in medical school and became a proctor. He one of them was a entrench a tent and couldnt talk him into staying said john asked me to talk to this young man bill gates. I talked to him and