on our broadcast here tonight. jobs. and tonight the news is the best in months. is it any kind of a turning point. fever rising. protests over health care. organized protests and genuine anger across the country. the lesson plan for america s schools during swine flu season. what to expect this fall. and making a difference in the great outdoors. also tonight, a troubling development in the death of a famous tv pitchman. development in the death of a famous tv pitchman. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. because we are in a recession, good economic news is hard to come by these days. but as one economist put it today s numbers show we are going from massive job losses to just big job losses. the unemployment rate is 9.4% from 9.5%. 247,000 jobs were lost in july. but the good news is that is about half of the job loss from the month before. add the fact that stocks hit a new peak for the year today and the white hou