CBS Evening News - 2008-02-01
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[0:01] [Music]
[0:02] tonight the president sees troubling
[0:04] signs for the economy serious signs that
[0:08] um that we uh that the economy is
[0:10] weakening according to the latest
[0:12] figures thousands of jobs lost I'm Katie
[0:16] krik also tonight remember what they did
[0:18] at the State of the
[0:21] Union they applauded the president's
[0:23] Crackdown on earmarks but how many of
[0:26] their own pet projects did they fund
[0:28] will follow the money
[0:31] and Steve Hartman gets just a little off
[0:33] the top don't worry about it and he's
[0:36] very
[0:40] grateful this is the CBS Evening News
[0:44] with Katy
[0:46] kurick good evening everyone one by one
[0:49] the numbers are pointing to an economic
[0:51] slowdown and today the numbers came from
[0:53] the labor department they show the
[0:55] unemployment rate actually fell a bit as
[0:57] workers left the labor force some
[0:59] perhaps giving up on finding a job but
[1:02] here's the really troubling number the
[1:04] economy lost jobs for the first time in
[1:06] 52 months here's Anthony
[1:09] Mason for the sputtering economy
[1:12] January's job losses are an ominous road
[1:15] sign it's very unusual for the economy
[1:17] to lose jobs it only happens during
[1:19] recession so the fact that we lost jobs
[1:20] is very symbolic it suggests that the
[1:22] economy is in recession the economy did
[1:25] add service jobs and jobs in the retail
[1:28] sector but that growth was offset by
[1:30] more job losses in manufacturing and
[1:33] construction last month President Bush
[1:35] has avoided uttering the RW but today he
[1:38] used his strongest language yet there
[1:41] are certain certainly some troubling
[1:43] signs there's serious signs that um that
[1:47] we uh that the economy is w