jones. you can't imagine what it is like to not have water to do anything except flush the commodes and put out fires. >> and it's friday, mark 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, losing 7 points to cl