. >> lehrer: and paul solman reports on getting and paying jobless benefits in florida. >> my benefits are on hold until they can get confirmation from the employer which could take three to six weeks. i said look, you know, i have a family, this is a family of five. how is it that we have to wait this long for these benefits. >> brown: then, a debate about who should own the rights to gene research. >> lehrer: and the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by:

. >> ifill: paul solman explores small community banks versus institutions deemed too big to fail. >> size does matter but you don't need to be a large institution in order to be successful as a financial institution today. >> lehrer: and we get an update on the deadly wave of bombings in iraq from rod nordland of the "new york times" in baghdad. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

on paul solman's "making sense page," find more from businessman jack stack. he explains why manufacturing is not just about efficiency, but innovation too. and we launch a brand new feature on "the rundown" called "newshour connect." we'll check in regularly with our pbs colleagues on issues in the headlines. first up: immigration reform. we turned to reporters from kpbs in san diego and arizona public media. here's an excerpt: >> the update now actually is lawsuits. the mayor of phoenix had hoped that the city council would join him in a lawsuit to try to get the law overturned. five of those city council members have said they are not interested in that. >> it's caused a lot of concern, immigration rights groups, human rights groups, civil rights groups are kind of circling the wagons with the sense that they need to give all their support to their counterparts in arizona to help them but also as a safeguard so that this kind of legislation doesn't inspire laws in other places like in california. >> sreenivasan: that's "newshour connect." you can find it, a

our story comes from newshour economics correspondent paul solman. it's part of his ongoing reporting on "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: meet 28-year-old josh bartlett-- west virginia native, now a restaurant manager in fort myers, florida. he lives in a condo he bought in 2005 for $210,000 with a mortgage of $190,000. and what's it worth today? >> $45,000. i can go across the street, pay cash, and never have to worry ever again about a mortgage payment. >> reporter: across the street, around the corner. with a 60% vacancy rate, bartlett could buy at least four units in this development for what his place cost. but as for never worrying about a mortgage payment again, well, it's not as if he's sweating over his current obligations. >> in december of 2007, i made my last payment. every previous payment was on time, and i told them that if they didn't adjust any kind of rates, any kind of principal, that they would not see another dollar from me. >> reporter: and that that was the last time you made a payment, december 2007? >> yes, sir.

. >> lehrer: and paul solman reports on getting and paying jobless benefits in florida. >> my benefits are on hold until they can get confirmation from the employer which could take three to six weeks. i said look, you know, i have a family, this is a family of five. how is it that we have to wait this long for these benefits. >> brown: then, a debate about who should own the rights to gene research. >> lehrer: and the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is 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. >> lehrer: the u.s. economy showed new life in numbers today from the labor department. employers, public and private, added more than 160,000 new jobs. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: by any measure, more americans were working last month. private employers added 123,000 jobs, and temporary hires for the u.s

first, paul solman reports on florida's real estate crisis, the high cost of foreclosure. >> reporter: do you feel bad? >> absolutely. i cried every night. how can i not pay these people sfwhak this is my home. it's hard. >> reporter: but finally you had no choice. >> no. it's been hard. >> ifill: then, we look at how the sluggish economy is costing individuals their american dreams, and what they want the government to do about it. >> lehrer: plus, ray suarez looks at poland two days after the plane crash that killed 96 people, including the president and other top government officials. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foun

newshour economic correspondent paul solman has the story. it's part of his ongoing reporting on making sense of financial news. >> that's george bailey. that's him when he was 12. >> reporter: an on-line video gone wildly viral, with more than half a million hits in its first two months. a mash-up of "it's a wonderful life." >> enter the martini castle. joy and prosperity may reign forever. >> reporter: george bailey and his small bank versus mr. potter. >> a lot of those people are.... >> foreclose. >> these families have children. >> they're not my children. >> reporter: the on-line video also cuts in clips from the current evening news. >> so what you're saying is those 14 are too big to fail. >> i don't think that i want to use those words. >> reporter: but this video, brain child of among others money manager turned political activist rob johnson doesn't just sit there. it wants us to do something. >> move your money. >> reporter: move your actual money, that is, out of the "too big to fail" beely moths and into smaller community instit

that's on paul solman's "making sense" page.ondon. we keep up with jim lehrer on the road talking about his new novel. his latest dispatch comes from new york city. plus on "art beat," jeff talks to the executive director of the newly opened tribeca film festival about the changing business of movie-making. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening when we'll have an interview with white house economic adviser larry summers. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservemore.com. >> this is the engine that connects zero emission technologies to breathing a little easier, while taking 4.6 million truckloads off the road every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the national science foundation.

paul solman and economist simon johnson blogged the goldman sachs hearings today. politico's andy barr explains why arizona's new immigration law is restarting a much larger debate. plus, jim lehrer sent a new dispatch from his cross-country book tour. you can watch his interview with our pbs colleagues at wttw chicago. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

. >> now, economics correspondent paul solman looks at what drives people's behavior in the modern workplace. it's part of his ongoing reporting of "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: a candle, box of tacks, book of matches. an old puzzle with a strangely relevant economic message. objective? fix the lit candle to the wall so no wax hits the table. economics? the faster you do it, the more money you make. punchline: conventional economics is wrong, because the greater the monetary incentive, the longer the solution takes, a solution you'll see in a bit. relevance? executive pay and wall st. bonuses, which might not enhance, but actually retard, high performance. or so says writer dan pink, once al gore's chief speechwriter. pink's first book, "a whole new mind," made waves by arguing that skills linked to the creative right side of our brains dominate today's global economy instead of left hemisphere thinking: >> logical, linear, sequential, analytical, s.a.t. abilities, spread sheet abilities. and today those abilities are essential but they're not enough and it's now abilities c

last night economics correspondent paul solman showed the impact there. he visited jason welsh, a golf pro who bought this house a decade ago for roughly $100,000. he renovated it, added a pool, hiking his mortgage to $240,000. >> this was quite an undertaking. we had to put in a retaining wall. >> today given the decline in prices in that neighborhood, the house would sell for possibly $100,000. welsh hasn't made a payment in six months. while he's asked the bank servicing the loan to lower it. he made the bank an offer of $150,000 saying he would rebuy the house for more than it's worth. but the bank refused and welsh faces foreclosure or a short sale. the bank plans to sell the house for far less than what welsh is offering. >> i call and try and get help. they just say i don't qualify. and they're willing to sell it to somebody else for $100,000 out from underneath me. just upsetting. there's supposed to be help out there and there is none. >> suarez: bill is a banker in fort myers. his bank was not involved with welsh's case. he said some borrowers a