ray suarez talks to paul egan of "the detroit news." >> woodruff: we look at the state of u.s. intelligence after the botched attempt to blow up an airliner. >> we find those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehrer: paul solman reports on why small businesses aren't increasing their hiring. >> woodruff: plus, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: more americans losing jobs, and even more giving up hope of finding them. that was the gist of december's unemployment report. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the labor department numbers today fell well short of hopes in some quarters that the economy might have added workers at the end of 2009. instead, 85,000 americans lost their jobs last month, led again by hits in the construction and manufacturing sectors. the unemployment rate held steady at 10%, but that's because more than 660,000 people gave up looking for work. president obama cited the numbers this afternoon, as he announce

to fill us in on the events and outse the courtroom is paul egan, who covers fedel cour for "the detroit news." he talked to rayuarez late this afternoon. >> suarez:aul egan, welcome, whawas abdulmallab eventually charged with, whatre the multipleounts? >> well, the mt serious count is attempted use oa weapon of ss destruction. that's a charge that cries a maxim penalty of life in prison. he's also charged with attempted murder and attempng to blow up an airplane, taking a destructive devi upon an airplane, and two cots of using destructive devi to helcommit a felony. >> suaz: and how did he plead and dihe enter that plea on his own or wast done by his lawyer? >> he stood muteoday. anwhat normally happens at an arraignmentappened today. the judge ented a not guilty plea on his behalf . >> suarez: this is a yng mawho has only beeseen in old phographs nce his arrest. descri for us his appearance, his deanor, what did youee today in cour >> wel the thing that struck y the most when you first saw hiwas how young he really looks. he looks, most peoe i spoke to agreed, looked coiderably younge