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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. thank you. >> woodruff: more americans went looking for work in march, and more people found it. the labor department today reported a net gain of 192,000 jobs, although many were in lower-paying industries. revised figures also added 37,000 more jobs in january and february than first estimated. the unemployment rate for march was unchanged at 6.7%. economics correspondent paul solman goes looking for trends inside the numbers in just a moment. on wall street, the jobs report failed to stop a sell-off driven by slumping tech stocks. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 160 points to close at 16,412. the nasdaq fell 110 points to close at 4,127. and the s&p 500 was down 23 at 1,865. for the week, the dow and the s&p gained a fraction of 1%; the nasdaq fell a fraction. army officials at fort hood, texas, now believe an argument mos

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still to come on the "newshour"... the south braces for more twisters after a night of destruction; white house adviser tony blinken discusses the new u.s. sanctions against moscow; plus: charges of racism against an n-b-a owner... searching for new ways to measure the nation's and fresh evidence that high school graduation rates are on the rise. severe storms lined up again this afternoon across the south, and a tornado damaged some homes in tupelo, mississippi, but there were no initial reports of injuries. that's after at least 16 people were killed in three states on sunday, 14 of them in arkansas... >> oh wow, guys. >> woodruff: the sky over mayflower, arkansas, went from light to dark in an instant last evening. these storm chasers got too close for comfort to a half- mile-wide tornado. >> my ears are popping, we're in it right now, we're in the tornado" >> woodruff: from there, the twister moved down the road to nearby vilonia, north of little rock. >> as i was driving back i saw nothing but black, it was huge a

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for all of us here at e pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshourhas been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. that's inspired work. >> 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.  >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and susie gharib brought to you in part by. >> thestreet.com. featuring stephanie link who shares her investment strategies, stock picks and market insights with action alerts plus. the multi million dollar portfolio she manages with jim cramer. you can learn more thestreet.com/nbr. >>> heading to the hill, general motor will take a massive recall related charge in the first quarter. the announcement comes a day before its ceo faces congress. how did gm get to this point and what happens next? >> i think this extraordinary commitment is still needed and will be for

for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is "nightly business report," with tyler mathisen and susie gharib. >>> whipsaw day on wall street, stocks rallied out of the gate then dropped mid-day only to bounce back by the close. what is causing the volatility and will there be more to come in the months and weeks ahead. >>> and a singular goal, safety, mary barra answers questions since the first heated congressional questions.

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for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. that's bae systems. that's inspired work. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> 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  >>> this is "nightly business report," with tyler mathisen and susie gharib. >>> the bulls get trampled, the dow drops more than 250 points the nasdaq has its worst day since november 2011, the reason? nobody can explain it. >>> here come the banks, j.p. morgan and wells fargo report earnings tomorrow and what they say could determine how the selling continues. >>> game changer, now that the curtain is

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for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshourbeen provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> 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  . >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and susie gharib. >>> criminal investigation. citi group is reportedly the subject of a federal probe, making this its second setback in a week. and should investors be concerned? >>> class divide. google's long-awasted stock split has arrived and it is not without controversy. what the change in shares means for investors. >>> plot twist. shares of barnes & noble plunge. but there may also be

and that's the newshour for tonight. on thursday, journalist carlotta gall on the relationship between pakistani intelligence and the taliban. i'm judy woodruff, we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> 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  report" with tyler mathisen and >>> spring ahead. the private sector added more than 190,000 jobs las

. >> hello, welcome to the newshour at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. our top stories - families show their anger over the south korea ferry sinking. new tapes reveal confusion and chaos as the ship went down. >> hungry and desperate - the u.n. says a palestine refugee camp in syria has run out of food. >> hello, from london all the news from europe, including - ukraine and russia blame each other for a gun battle leaving at least three dead. >> home soil - journalists held hostage in syria get the presidential treatment in france. >> it may be known for beaches, bic eenies and football, brazil's government is helping people with low income enjoy artistic and cultural events. >> new tapes reveal the confusion in the south korean rescue. families upset with the way the rescue has been handled have been involved in angry confrontations with police. 244 are missing. over 80 dead. >> op a day when -- on a day when christians celebrate resurrection, this was the service on the shores of jimmedo -- jindo. >> salvation army accused the cann teen to pray for th

. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm laura kyle in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. >>> separatists in eastern ukraine say they'll swap international observers for prisoners in kiev. >>> afghanistan's election commission says the presidential race will go to a second-round run-off. >> i'm in london with more news from europe, includiing tens of thousands of pilgrims gather at the vatican ahead of a ceremony to declare two new saints. >>> and remembering those from tena men square. a new museum opens in hong kong. >>> pro-russia gunmen holding a group of international observers captive in ukraine say they are willing to carry out a prisoner swap. the self-proclaimed separatist leader in slovyansk says he'll trade the international observers for kiev political prisoners. eight observers have been missing for 24 hours. they are held behind he is barricades in a building. russia says it will do all it can to secure their release. moscow has been accused of coordinating the kidnapping european leaders will meet on

or tweet us back at newshour. ♪ >>> join us tomorrow on-air and online.espite all the headlines about the brutal drug war in mexico, foreign investments in parts of that country is surging. martin fletcher reports on mexico's increasingly promising economic future. >> invested half a billion dollars in this division.

still to come on the newshour: racist comments get a pro basketball owner banned from the game for life; a new push to curb sexual assaults on colleges campuses; iraq struggles with violence ahead of critical elections; the supreme court weighs whether police can search cell phones without a warrant; and one woman's fight to preserve egypt's antiques. >> ifill: the national basketball association took it's toughest steps ever against a team owner today, coming down hard on donald sterling, the billionaire owner of the los angeles clippers. commissioner adam silver

that's it from the newshour from me and the team.hanks for watching. >> you're watching al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz. >> a chinese ship picked up a signal from the floor of the indian ocean. the crew reportedly heard a ping matching the black box frequency. the source has not been determined. >> turn out in afghanistan was large as they voted for a new leader. there was an upsurge of violence notice lead up to the vote. >> full support for the middle east

still to come on the newshour: a big day at the supreme court: justices uphold a ban on affirmative action; and hear arguments over one startup's vision for the future of t.v.; plus, the effort to bring extinct species back from the dead; vice president biden visits ukraine; an update on the more than a 200 school girls abducted in nigeria; and is $15 an hour the minimum wage needed to live in an expensive place like seattle? >> ifill: affirmative action made its reappearance at the supreme court today, as the justices weighed in on a michigan ballot initiative that banned public colleges from using race as a factor in admissions. for more on the court's reasoning, we turn to marcia coyle of "the national law journal," who was at the court today. constitutionality or the merits of race-conscious admissions, but it was really about who should make the determination about those merits, and he said that there was nothing in the constitution or the court's earlier decisions that allowed the judiciary, give it the authority to take from the voters under their own state laws the right to debate,