it was easy for me to step up to the plate. i m concerned for mire children and grandchildren, can t keep spending ourselves into the debt situation we have right now. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. woodruff: from port-au- prince, jeffrey brown previews his coming stories about haiti, one year after the massive earthquake. thing from the minute you get out of the airport there is still the very large tent camp that you see and as you travel around the city you see from all over the place. lehrer: and we have a story from louisiana public broadcasting about testing oysters after the oil spill. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: auto companies make huge profits. last year, chevron made a lot of money. where does it go? every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. the economy is tough right now, everywhere. we pumped $21 million into local economie
i am proud to nominate heather to now serve as deputy director of the office of management and budget. and she understands the relationship between numbers on a ledger and the lives of real people. as we make cuts that are necessary to reign in the decifit i want to make sure i ve got heather there so that we re meeting our fundamental obligations to our people and to our economy as well. so give heather a big round of applause. thank you. [applause] and finally i m nominating katharine abraham to the council of economic advisers. [applause] katharine brings a wealth of experience as an economist, as a commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics during the clinton administration. i am confident she is going to provide the kind of
deteriorate, which you have heard some rumblings on that front. jenna: a quick final question. we re hearing about new additions to the economic team, overall. how does that change the dynamics? you know, it may change it some, just because the personalityies i think bill daley coming in as chief of staff, he s an old friend from chicago and he s a very sensible guy, he has private sector experience and government experience, and i think he ll set the tone of the staff. but with gene sperling, katharine abraham, heather ingerbottom, their focus remains given to them by the president, get people back to work and get the economy growing. so that s not going to change, but the dynamics may be different. jenna: so you like these guys? i like them a lot. jenna: that s good to hear. mr. goolsbee, thank you a lot, great of you to join us. great to see you. jenna: we sure you have a lot of questions overall
and that will help us grow the economy. it will help you grow your business. overall, the decline in the unemployment rate is positive news, but it only underscores the importance of us not letting up on our efforts. so i m looking forward to working with heather and gene and katharine and jas kwr-pb and everybody at the white house, we have one focus, and that is making sure that we are duplicating the success of places like thompson creek all across the country. we want businesses to grow, we want this economy to grow, and we want to put people back to work. and i want to promise everybody at thompson creek and across the country, we will not rest until we have fully recovered from this recession, and we have reached that brighter day. thank you very much, everybody! [applause] jenna: president obama, with a few comments about the economy, also the introduction of key members
through until they get to that vul vote. new republican rules will say that no bills can pass to add to the nation s blooming decifit but they re making an exception to their own reform with this repeal bill because of the ways the numbers are figuring out. it s a developing story, one full of process, procedure, and pomp and circumstance, right gregg? we ll keep you up to date on what s happening on capitol hill. we did get mixed news on the economy today. the unemployment rate dropping, but there are many challenges remaining for those looking for work and that s part of our big story today. hi everybody, we re so glad you re with us on this friday, i m jenna lee. gregg: thank you for being here, i m gregg jarrett in for jon scott, we are in the fox news room and we are awaiting a statement from the president on that monthly jobs report, the labor department reporting the nation s unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% in the month of des, the lowest level in 19 long months. b