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
Hold a conference on capitol hill to talk about energy priorities. She will also take questions from reporters. She outlined her plan at the annual meeting of the National Association of regulatory utility commissioners. Here is a bit of what she had to said. In our report, we declare five principals in addition to energy i am trying to make this release symbol for everybody for the morning fog of monday. Energy is good and then there are five principles. It is in our National Interest to make energy abundant, affordable, colleen, diverse, and secure. I have even put them in alphabetical order for ease of memory. [laughter] no acronyms this morning, alphabetical is good. Lets talk about abundance as a standard of living rises, demand will continue to rise and anyone who has experienced a black out, it is amazing how this blackout last out last night ties into everything i have to say this morning. [laughter] anyone who has experienced a super bowl black out or a gasoline shortage does
Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan with the the western edition of the broadcast. With the election nearly five weeks away, donald trump is opening a new line of attack on Hillary Clinton, targeting president bill clintons past infidelity. Trump tells the New York Times clinton is nasty but that he can be even nastier. Heres errol barnett. Reporter following a slew of bad postdebate press, donald trump has been on the attack. In an interview with the New York Times, trump said, Hillary Clinton was married to the single greatest abuser of women in the history of politics, and is an enabler. Were all here together. Were going to take our country back. Reporter he also blamed the media. The news anchors and the corners and the lobbyists who are used to getting their way are trying to do everything they can to help crooked Hillary Clinton. Reporter during the first president ial debate, trump struggled to respond to clinton when she repeated words he used to describe former Miss Universe a
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