lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. look what others aredoiung. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by bnsf railway. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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: the november jobs report came out today, and it showed new job creation and a surprising drop in unemployment. it also gave president obama some progress to point to as congress battled over bills to help those working and those out of work. this morning, we learned that our economy added another 140,000 private-sector jobs in november. the unemployment rate went down. brow