shields and dave brooks are here to analyze the week s news, those are and it s friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week s news. those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. the u.s. economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. today s labor department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. the unemployment rate did fall from 7, to 6.7%, largely because many people gave up looking for a job. paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. dow jones industrial avg. down the dow jones industrial average was down slightly,
and david brooks are here to analyze the week s news. those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. the u.s. economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. today s labor department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. the unemployment rate did fall from 7, to 6.7%, largely because many people gave up looking for a job. paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. dow jones industrial avg. down the dow jones industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to close at 16,437. 18.48 at 4174.67 the nasdaq rose 18 points to close at 4174. for
ray suarez reports on the flood of refugees in neighboring jordan. brown: and margaret warner is on the ground in egypt. woodruff: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the debate over military action. brown: and gwen ifill gets historical perspective on how past presidents flexed their war powers. if we go through american history, presidents, even to this day, have an amazing ability to change americas minds on foreign policy when they have to. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs st
of refugees in neighboring jordan. brown: and margaret warner is on the ground in egypt. woodruff: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the debate over military action. brown: and gwen ifill gets historical perspective on how past presidents flexed their war powers. if we go through american history, presidents, even to this day, have an amazing ability to change americas minds on foreign policy when they have to. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. tha
bank transactions and more privacy tools keep all of that data secure. but hari sreenivasan dissects new revelations saying the n.s.a. can crack those codes. woodruff: and we return to syria, starting with two looks at its impact on the middle east. ray suarez reports on the flood of refugees in neighboring jordan. brown: and margaret warner is on the ground in egypt. woodruff: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the debate over military action. brown: and gwen ifill gets historical perspective on how past presidents flexed their war powers. if we go through american history, presidents, even to this day, have an amazing ability to change americas minds on foreign policy when they have to. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 ye