that would be a great conversation to listen to. >> woodruff: david brooks, mark shields. ank you, both. mark and david keep up the talk opt "double header" posted in our newsroom purpose that will be posted it's rundown later tonight. >> brown: finally tonight, remembering a giant of country music: george jones. >> ♪ just because i ask a friend about her ♪ just because i saw her then went all to pieces ♪ she thinks i still care >> brown: it was that distinctive voice and the ability to convey heart ache and sorrow in song that made george jones a country music legend. he turned out number one singles in five separate decades and inspired generations of artists, including many of today's stars, to try and replicate his sound. >> well, i'd be lying if i didn't say i would like to be remembered. i hopi amnd i but a few anyhow. >> brown: jones began singing for tips on the streets of his hometown of beaumont, texas at age 11. he first performed at the grand ole opry in 1956, recorded some 150 albums in all. the hard times he sang about often reflected his own hard living. he g

david brooks, the criticism from republicans and president obama he wasn't taking entitlement seriously's talking about reducing the benefits of social security over time and here a key republican who had called upon him to do that this week and his response to the president's budget was the following. >> the budget really lays out a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. >> he is the head of the republican committee to re-elect republicans in the house saying we asked to you do this but now you've done it. why are you going after seniors? >> that was opportunism on stilts. i think he was more or less alone. i talked to house leadership people and they're still, we should do reform. and so i think what obama can did is the right thing to do. it was too small. essentially we have this widening inequality problem, we've got wage stagnation, 52% of the kids born out of wedlock to moms under 30, born out of wedlock, and discretionary spending, the domestic programs, health education, welfare, that's going down to eisenhower levels under this budget. so we should be more aggressive on enti

. >> suarez: plus, we get the perspective of mark shields and david brooks on terror's return to u.s. soil and the rest of the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the search for a second suspect in the boston marathon bombing is over tonight. that caps an extraordinary day in a locked-down major american city, one brother killed in a shootout with police early this morning and a new final turn tonight: moments after authorities lifted the lockdown of the boston metropolitan area this evening, there were reports of a barrage of shots fired in wat

technology allowed police and thpu t >> suarez: plus, we get the perspective of mark shields and david brooks on terror's return to u.s. soil and the rest of the week's news. nighrown: that's all ahead on s "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: it's been an extraordinary scene and it continues, as boston spent the day locked down by a manhunt for the second brother authorities believe was involved in this week's marathon bombing. that's come after a violent confrontation overnight that left the other bombing suspect and a police officer dead. kwame holman begins our multi- part look at today's evolvi

columnist for "the new york times," david brooks, washington correspondent and anchor for bbc world newsy, and nbc news chief white house correspondent, our political director, chuck todd who might have to take over at any time. thank you for being here. senators, let me begin with you and get reaction to senator rubio. on immigration what is the bottom line here? are there going to be poison pills that ultimately kill this legislation or do you see it surviving? >> it's something that might well survive the senate with a few republican votes that appear to be on it. it could get through especially if a few others join it. what we do not know are the details, the fine print of the bill. some have suggested it could be as long as 1,500 pages. i look forward to seeing it. >> what are you concerned about as you hear senator rubio? >> what i'm most concerned about is the fact that i think we need to undertake this in a step-by-step fashion. i agree with 70% or 80% of what they've been talking about. i think we're best served if we start with border security and move on to visa modernization,

. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and we remember jonathan winters-- the comedian who mastered improvisation and brought laughter to generations of fans. >> i think comedy and whether i think it's the rarest thing-- i'm sure others hopefully would agree-- that laughter is probably one of the rarest things we have. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> more than two years ago, the people of b.p.ade a commitment to the gulf. d everyday since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we shared what we've learned so that we can all produce energy more safely. b.p. is also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what

think it's serious stuff. >> woodruff: on that sobering note, we thank you both, mark shields, david brooks. and mark and david keep up the talk on the doubleheader recorded in our newsroom, that will be posted at the top of the rundown later tonight. >> brown: next, with tax day looming for millions of americans, a new investigation exposes the global use of off-shore bank accounts to hide trillions of dollars and evade laws. and again to hari, who has the story. >> reporter: uncovering the complex workings of offshore tax havens has lead to one of the largest crossborder collaborations ever between journalists. the international consortium of investigative journalists has been combing through more than 2 million files of financial transaction data for more than a year. it's taken this long becse the digital file size is 160 times larger than the state department cables publicked by wikileaks in 2010. a team of 8 of investigative journalists from 46 countries has collectively examined more than 120,000 offshore accounts belonging to individuals and companies for more than-- from more than

. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and we remember jonathaninters-- the comedian who mastered improvisation and brought laughter to generations of fans. >> i think comedy and whether i think it's the rarest thing-- i'm sure others hopefully would agree-- that laughter is probably one of the rarest things we have. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> more than two years ago, the people of b.p. made a commitment to the gulf. and everyday since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we shared what we've learned so that we can all produce energy more safely. b.p. is also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else.

really, isy change, in the acquisition of firearms, according to david brooks. >> i read the same piece. i would just add this. countryat how the change so profoundly on same-sex marriage. the country has changed on gun control. when george h. w. bush was president, 80% of americans were for stricter gun control. when bill clinton was president, 70%. that has gone steadily down. in the obama years, we are in the low 40%. a little blip after tucson. but that is why the president is trying to remind people of newtown, because that is the only thing that can generate a level of public support. >> dealing with background hunters are sending e- mails saying we are not going to hunt in your state. we are going to boycott your state. you will never convince them that the federal government is not out to take their guns. >> i doubt that will make a serious dent in the sporting world of colorado. if you really think that citizens of this country can beat the united states army of the comes to that, come on. >> one thing about all of this is that it stirs up statistics you did not know, at least

syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. >> woodruff: welcome, gentlemen. >> judy. >> woodruff: so let's start with gun control. david, the senate is going to let there be a debate and let there be a vote. republicans divided. it's going to move ahead. what does that all this mean. how did it happen? >> i would say the theme of the week, given the illusion that we live in a functioning democracy where things pass, where things move ahead. and that -- not everybody is happy but there is going to be i a vote. there going to be a debate. i think there is a reasonably good chance, that something significant will get through the house. -- excuse me, through the senate and go over to the house. and that will include some background checks, not on everything but on some of the commercial transaction. it will include a significant mental health element which i think has been overlooked it will include some of the gun trafficking laws. so it's not what the gun control people wanted. there's some of the private transactions, will probably be left out. but

. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we close with they of an expose of hidden off-shore bank accounts around the globe. >> the first consequence, i guess, is that a secret world is no longer secret, and it's going to send shivers through this world. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.

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e-mails. 50 cent in the club and at the bar mitzvah for the daughter of one-time defense contractor david brooks, and pay? in 1996 michael jackson did a private party for the sultan of bruni. the reported price tag? $16 million. no, you really can't beat it. back to the republican convention for a minute you know they didn't get lady gaga in tampa. they didn't get dolly parton. but they did get journey and the band reportedly made about $500,000 in the process. you might say, everyone won. sort of. jake? >> thank you, john. as for lady gaga's decision to turn down the rnc she wasn't alone. in addition to dolly parton the gop got pit bull. hell has no furgty like a john stewart scorned. the daily show host is mocking him for having his egyptian counterpart arrested. he made fun of morsi on his tv show so last night stewart stood up for his fellow comedian and took morsi to task. >> so he pokes fun at your hat and your lack of promised democratic reforms. what are you worried about? you're the president of egypt. you have an army. he's got a show. you have tanks and planes. we should know. we stil

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i guarantee you if he is up watching this right now, got a good david brooks column.e kind of excited this morning. people said this is kind of important to him. the fact all of these guys i'm trying to do something. in his mind, the white house is not totally out of bounds here. they say if we do this it will throw the republicans off and we have put something out there and this is something we would have agreed to any way in the larger context. understand, this president wants a grand bargain. he is going to give away the store in august of 2011. absolutely going to give away the store. he wants that grand bargain. and they view this as the best negotiating strategy and a lot of people disagree with him. they really want this. he genuinely want this. >> going on the lot and offering 26,000 he has the other side fighting against him now. not a bad strategy. he is the one looking like the grown-up here. the republicans are are fighting. they got to get their own leadership in line and i salute boehner for going out -- >> maybe the republicans don't want to throw the f

people like david brooks. david fromme, obviously.ts and people who write for the national review and so on and many, i think who write -- a lot of those kinds of people do support same-sex marriage inside the beltway. so it is a strange position from crystal but not the first or perhaps not the last. >> bill: one of the architects of the iraq war for sure. if he had his way, we would be at war against iran. no doubt about it. >> of course. >> bill: and north korea. you name it. >> syria too. >> bill: 1-866-55-press is our toll free number. on the issues we've been talking about. from immigration to republican party reform. oh really? we're going to get into all of that and more with michael tomasky. continue our conversation from the "daily beast" coming up here on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers

david brooks wrote about ted cruz -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> 206 communists in the stateou are a freshman you don't go in and take over hearings you hang around and learn how it is done. so i think he has made a lot of enemies, it doesn't help that he has a face that looks a little like joe mccarthy. i just find him a little off-putting. >> have you no decency at long last? >> stephanie: yeah exactly. he's a hot dog. >> a hot dog? >> stephanie: he's a jerk -- >> i thought you meant like a frankfurt frankfurter. >> stephanie: no. no. >> or a weaner. >> a weaner. >> stephanie: president obama did you see who the today show hired. the f-bomb s-bomb guy, a.j. clemente. today show alongside the first sitdown interview with former interviews a.j. clemente. president obama talked about life in the white house. >> we said to the girls if you guys ever decide we -- you are going to get a tattoo then mommy and me are going to get the same tattoo in the same place, and then we'll go on youtube -- >> dad, you are embarrassing me! >> stephanie: who said he isn't a problem solver. wood

brooke, that you mentioned. again, evidence of all the forensic teams that were here. and i want to speak to david. -- you've seen everything that happened. and a lot of people ran into your store just behind to get help. describe what you saw. >> well, basically after the smoke, you know, encompassed the whole area, my gm pushed all the staff and customers out of the store about 40 or 50 customers at a time. then a woman full of blood came into the store, passed out on the floor and people actually came in and helped her. and then at that point, you know, it just pretty much mayhem around. >> reporter: here you are right outside where the first blast took place. how is it going to be for you to sort of get back to business? and every time you walk out that door, you're going to see where tat bomb went off. >> it's true. well, first of all, we're hoping to open tomorrow. it's been a pretty tough week for our employees. a tough week for our, you know, our merchandise, we used to have our chocolate melted, a lot of things to do before we get open tomorrow. we hope this will be something we can rememb

brooke. >> uh-huh. no diaper and baby shower for me, guys. >> remember that night in new orleans. >> no, no, no, no, no. on that note, david, sabrina and tanya and paul, thank you. >>> three teenaged girls accused of running a prostitution house using social media. we're on the case. >>> the irs says it could read your e-mails without a warrant. >>> and in a fight between a gun and bat, bat wins. >>> plus madonna hitting back against international claims that she is a diva. >>> and republicans admit they need new faces, but apparently they include this one. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hour two, i'm brooke baldwin. beginning with breaking news in the world of weather reports of a tornado moving right now over alabama. chad myers you were talking last hour, one fatality confirmed in mississippi. what more do you know? >> that's right. we have dangerous situation for mississippi, alabama, georgia, and even parts of northern florida for the next few hour, even southern tennessee. we have a lot of moisture, a lot of humidity in the air and a big cold front to the west that's tr

year, the wall street coauthored by david al bright to assemble sufficient terrible for a -- material for one to two weeks. some of you may have heard of the brookings the low expectations the former white house official has for the next round of negotiations. he predicted there would be no agreement before iranian elections in june. commenting we have a long way to go before even a confidence building measure is possible. former e.u. foreign policy chief applying at the same event it would be difficult to resolve a nuclear issue at all with the syrian political crisis rages open. he did not rule out a narrowing of difference when the parties meet tomorrow. this is exactly what i would like to discuss next. where are we in negotiating necessary constraints on iran? by all accounts february 6 between the party technical ebbing perts were constructive. in a real sense these talks are beginning to resemble real negotiations. initial focus of the six powers is on halting the growth in iran's stockpile of 20% enriched uranium providing the fastest route to build nuclear weapon. iran's principle objective to establish the legitimate sei of -- and gain eno