Is changing its mind on a major policy about using fake names. Anne makovec with the petition handed over to the social media giant. Anne. Reporter and the activists lobbying facebook for this change said just this morning that facebook apologized to them and committed to changing its controversial policy requiring users to use their real names. This was an effort led in large part by a drag queen whose name is michael williams. I havent identified by that name in over 27 years. Reporter she is known as sister roma but last month she was locked out of her facebook account as were many of the friends and told to log in with their legal name. Its part of the terms and conditions which Facebook Says helps keep the Community Safe by Holding People accountable. They picked on the wrong group of people. Reporter last month, a group of drag queens met with facebook representatives to try to change the policy with no luck. Today, sister roma and San Franciscos supervisor david campos came back
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We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for friday, october 3rd. Good evening, everyone, and welcome, nearly a quarter million jobs were added to the u. S. Economy last month and that clear sign of Sustainable Growth sent stocks sprinting higher today. Here are the numbers from the Labor Department, 248,000 was the number of jobs added. The nations Unemployment Rate fell to its lowest level since july of 2008, edging down two notches to 5. 9 , on wall street, dow shot up 209 points, the first, enough to close back above 17,000, nasdaq up 45, s p added 21, its best day in several months. The jobs data pushed the u. S. Dollar index to a fresh fouryear high sending the price of gold among other things sharply lower for the first time this year, crude oil closed below 90 bucks a barrel for the first time in a year and a half. Wrapping up the past five sessions though, the major stock averages ended lower for the second straight week, all three indexes were down a half
Is being treated at a hospital in dallas. A man contracted the disease in liberia, flew to the United States and became ill. Now, the scramble to figure out if he infected others. Another security flub with the secret service. An Armed Security contractor with assault convictions was allowed to ride in the elevator with the president. This is an agency that can never make a mistake and yet theyre happening. Protesters in hong kong preparing for rallies as china celebrates its national day. How long are you going to stay . Forever. Jets have midtheir first raids in iraq. An armed pickup truck was hit. President obama facing a blistering backlash after appearing to blame the Intelligence Community for missing the rise of isis. Dont say we underestimated. He did, the administration. Underestimated. Police search for a man accused of killing a trooper say they found two pipe bombs in the pennsylvania woods during their manhunt. New video showing the collision between a spokane bus and a ca
A National Security priority for the United States. Gwen this week that alarm hit home. Our Health Care Infrastructure in the United States is well equipped to stop ebola in its tracks. Gwen the ebola crisis. How much of a danger . And finally, good economic news. As the nations jobless rate drops to its lowest point since 2008. But one month away from critical midterm elections, will it matter . Thats our friday focus. Covering the week, Carol Loennig, National Reporter for the washington post. Peter baker, chief White House Correspondent for the new york times. Michael duffy, executive editor of Time Magazine. And contributing correspondent john harwood of cnbc. Award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by we asked people the question. How much money do you think youll need when you retire . Then we gave each person a ribton to show how