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we get answers and analysis from dan balz of the washington post, alexis simendinger of real clear politics, michael scherer of time magazine, mark mazzetti of the new york times, and ellen nakashima of the washington post. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding a provided by... ♪[music] >> additional funding is provided by... the xq institute. newman's own foundation. donating all profits from newman's own to charity and nourishing the common good. the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you! once again, from washington, robert costa of the washington post. >> good evening. the stock market soared to a record-setting high, following president trump's confidence speech to a joint session of congress on tuesday. but it was news about attorney general jeff sessions and russia that dominated the week. the washington post, my newspaper, broke a story that sessions met at least twice with the same russian diplomat whose in

joining me to discuss all of that are dan balz of the "washington post;" and npr congressional reporteran davis. and we welcome both of you back to the program. dan, i'm going to start with you. we just heard lisa desjardins talk about this was a different tone coming from the president. you wrote about that today in "the washington post." it was a change from what we've been hearing. >> it was a dramatic change from what we've been hearing and i looked back to the inaugural address, which was described by so many people as dark or dystopian, the phrase "american carnage" being one that leaped out at people and has stayed with people, a very downbeat view of things in the state of the nation, the state of the world. the substance of last night was not significantly or materially different from what he's talked about all through the campaign and his inaugural address, but the tone was so much different. he talked about unity repeatedly. he talked about cooperating with democrats. he talked about a spirit of american renewal. and it was-- it was a speech that was certainly aimed at reassu

. >> we cover it all, with dan balz of the washington post, carol lee of the wall street journal, peter baker of the new york times, and ylan mui of cnbc. >> celebrating 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by... ♪[music] >> additional funding is provided by newman's own foundation. donating all profits from newman's own products to charity and nourishing the common good. the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you! >> once again, from washington, robert costa of the washington post. >> good evening. meeting new people isn't always easy. and that was apparent at the white house where president trump hosted german chancellor angela merkel for the first time. it began with a traditional photo op with reporters, with the two leaders notably did not shake hands. later, during a joint press conference in the east room, a reporter asked the president about remarks made by the white house press secretary, who suggested br

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. >> with us to share their insights nia-malika henderson, dan balz, peter taker of "the new york times." calm now on capitol hill, hours ago there was a dose of chaos. a driver slammed into a police cruiser sparking a chase in which shots were fired. a female driver now in handcuffs in custody. police right now say it appears to be criminal behavior, not terror related. it was an interruption to what's going to be quite a busy day here in washington. we'll bring you the latest if there's an update. we're waiting for sean spicer to enter the room. the president at this listening opioid event. let's start a conversation about the big things. the reception last night with senators. all members of the united states senate. not all came but he invited all 100. the health care debok counsel fresh in his mind. you heard the president at the top of the show, we're going to make a deal on health care. that's an easy one. i have to doubt it will happen very quickly. based on what. >> it wasn't easy. that was the whole problem. what's interesting to talk about it as if there was a deal to be made