mark shields, david brooks.f: finally tonight it's been a big week for the latest advances in tech. a major gathering in las vegas is closely watched each year for a preview of the practical, the fanciful, the inspirational, and the sometimes puzzling devices heading to market. but there's a big change afoot in that world. special correspondent steve goldbloom explains. >> reporter: you may have noticed #ces2015 trending this week on twitter. that's the consumer electronic show, and it's more or lessc over 150,000 people from more than 140 countries are here to participate in the world's largest tech gathering. for nearly 50 years, c.e.s. has served as a launching pad for the tech industry, unveiling everything from the vcr and dvd to the xbox and blu-ray. but things are a little different this year. the conference is still a platform for major announcements like innovations in driverless cars. however, the headline this year is how everyday products are becoming more and more connected. chris anderson is the c.

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that plays into what david brooks is saying.hat is the failure of his presidency and his reelection. he thought maybe he could overcome that. the partisan divide. which has actually become worse. ezra klein has an interesting piece where he says we are not like a family or business and government. we are kind of like football teams and we just keep -- and each other to we just keep -- and we just keep bashing each other to score points. he was wistful that that was not something he could of congress to get out of that. >> you wrote that he has given up on this idea. that he could somehow, after winning in 2008, that he could somehow finding the common ground. do all of this. he was so discouraged that he had gone back to maybe were his roots where and competitiveness was. i add to that this notion that he was enormously depressed not to be able to participate in the midterm elections and carry forward things he believed in. he was left to be the person nobody wanted to talk about except the republicans were running against him.

that's syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks.o good to see both of you. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: so before we talk about politics i want to ask you about what i discuss with marcia coyle earlier, mark, and that is the supreme court announcing it is going to take up the same-sex marriage question. thoughts? >> well as marcia pointed out, along with the affordable care act, which the court is also considering, the two big ones, but judy, david's made the point before about the velocity with which this issue has moved. on may 6, 2012, joe biden, the vice president of the united states said he was comfortable with same-sex marriage and it upabsolutely exploded. how could he do this? he put the president in a terrible position. that was three years ago. now rob portman announcing he was going to run for republican he would have been the first republican candidate to endorse same-sex marriage. this issue moved so fast. 36 states. there's a little bit of anti-climactickic feel even though it's of great importance constitutionall

i only have time to say thank you john thank you david brooks, mark hall person, doris kearns goodwiner isaacson, david sanger. thank you all for being here. the debate begins for someone who is in command of a table there's nothing more attractive to that idea than me. thank you very much. it has been really interesting conversation to see. barack obama that wethere almost unleashed and expressing the competitive juices that is always had there to feel like that he's on the field and he's giving it his best. so an interesting say and i'm thankful and appreciative of all of you showing up here live at 11:00. good night. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org announcer: major funding for a salute to vienna was provided by trafalgar. announcer: explore the world... meet local people... uncover hidden treasures. journeys of discovery open your eyes to new possibilities. trafalgar, proud sponsor of a salute to vienna. additional funding was provided by the vienna tourist board. announcer: explore new worlds and new ideas through

i only have time to say thank you john thank you david brooks, mark hall person, doris kearns goodwiner isaacson, david sanger. thank you all for being here. the debate begins for someone who is in command of a table there's nothing more attractive to that idea than me. thank you very much. it has been really interesting conversation to see. barack obama that wethere almost unleashed and expressing the competitive juices that is always had there to feel like that he's on the field and he's giving it his best. so an interesting say and i'm thankful and appreciative of all of you showing up here live at 11:00. good night. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: the following kqed production was produced in high definition. >>> calories, calories, calories! >> wow, it rocked my world! >> it just kind of reminded me of boot camp. >> i don't know what you had but this is great! >> it almost felt like country club food to me. >> don't touch it. it's hot! >> i gotta tell you, you people

advocates who have continued to push this forward and one of the most dedicated advocated help with david brooks and the rest. this is really a historic moment and i'm looking forward to this meeting along with the members of the puc commission. i know and that you are dedicated to making this happen. i'm looking forward to a date when these rates can be set so we can move this thing forward before the end of the year. so director kelly, we are going to be watching you along with your staff and working together to get this program implemented in a timely manner. when i say timely manner, i don't mean december 31, 2015. a lo

here to explore character is david brooks. [applause] >> thank you. i am the anti-climax. the only thing standing between you and the metro. not to let you ride the metro. hisses from the audience. there has been a lot of topics the last couple of days. there is one that is undergirding it, who we are and how we behave and whether we have character or not. the way i frame this, we have two sets of virtues. the resume virtues and the you e.g. virtues. the resume ones are the skills you have good at business, accounting, the eulogy is what they say after you are dead, courageous, brave, honest, capable of great love. we live in a society where everybody knows the eulogy version is more important, but we talk about the resume more. we talk about public life more than private life even though if you don't have that private solidity, your public life falls apart. we are to morality what the victorians were to sex. we cover it in euphemism. we understand the character's destiny. whether talking about ebola trade policy, where it falls apart you have your scandal watergate, your

joining me are david brooks, andrea mitchell helene cooper and rich lowery. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." good morning. france's leadership has declared that the country is at war with radical islam. after three days of horrific terror attacks which brought fear and despair to the city of paris. 17 civilians are dead, 12 at charlie hebdo, four shoppers at a shupupermarket and a police officer. an alleged female accomplice is on the run. she wasn't part of the attacks, contrary to some reports out there. overnight a german newspaper, which printed cartoons from charlie hebdo, was targeted in an arson attack. no one was injured. two people have been arrested. this morning, a video has emerged appearing to show amedyhmed coulibaly. there's a massive rally today taking place in the french capital part what have the prime minister has called a "cry of freedom" with up to a million people attending along with dozens of world leaders. nbc's chief global correspondent bill joins me now. tell me about this atmosphere. >> reporter: good morning. from the ve

capitol and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> ifill: plus, islamic state militants threateno kill two japanese hostages unless paid a two hundred million dollar ransom. >> woodruff: and, a california public school shifts its focus to life lessons, preparing students to go on to college and careers in medicine. >> we have kids that go to every major hospital in oakland and they a

joining me with insight and analysis on this busy morn rg david brooks of the new york times, nbc's andreal helene cooper of the new york times, and rich lowry of national review. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> good morning. france's leadership has declared that the country is at war with radical islam. after three days of horrific terror attacks which brought fear and despair to the city of paris. 17 civilians are dead, 12 at charlie hebdo, four shoppers at a supermarket and a police officer. all three attackers are dead as well. an alleged female accomplice is on the run. she wasn't part of the attacks, contrary to some reports out there. overnight, a german newspaper, the hamburg morgan post which printed cartoons from charlie hebdo, was targeted in an arson attack. no one was injured. two people have been arrested. this morning, a video has emerged appearing to show ahmed coulibaly. the supermarket gunman is pledging support of assistment nbc news has not verified this video. there's a massive rally today taking place in the french capital, part what have the prime minis

and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the week's news. >> ♪ every day ihrow a little

that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. david, with the gloomy outlook we heard from domenico and congress then thornberry saying this is a poke in the eye, what can we hope to get accomplished? >> as you heard the administration talk about the speech, what's interesting to me is it's not that legislative. a little more rhetoric this year and less laundry list. they want to show the country that they get the middle class and want to take credit for the economy. as for the policies, you can pick the six pieces of legislation most likely to pass or the six where your party has a 70-30 proposing advantage and put the other party in a difficult position. they're going for the 70-30. they're saying do we tax the rich and they're going to hit them with that try to score political points. >> ifill: senator leader mccome said today this would be the president's final act this speech tonight. is it? >> hardly his final act, gwen, but it is probably his last chance to set the agenda barring a crisis in 2016 because a year from now we

that's syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks.tlemen. we have something to talk about. mitt romney announced he is not running, mark. what do we make of this? and especially the part of his statement where he said he expects the next generation of republicans to produce the nominee. >> well if you're very sensitive to jeb bush you might think he was talking about people who were baby boomers. but that's falling in the same generational grouping slightly younger than romney. i was surprised as were most of my republican source three weeks ago, when mitt romney said he was going to reconsider. i was surprised, as they were, today when he announced he wasn't going to run. i think what he got is he got a lot of good will and the respect as he is respected within the party, but not a stampede of people signing up and wanting to jump on board either as committed supporters or contributors or fundraisers. and i think he, being what he is, a professional man who makes hard, severe judgment based on facts, he made one about himself and did

advocates who have continued to push this forward and one of the most dedicated advocated help with david brooks and the rest. this is really a historic moment and i'm looking forward to this meeting along with the members of the puc commission. i know and that you are dedicated to making this happen. i'm looking forward to a date when these rates can be set so we can move this thing forward before the end of the year. so director kelly, we are going to be watching you along with your staff and working together to get this program implemented in a timely manner. when i say timely manner, i don't mean december 31, 2015. a lot of reach has -- research has been done. thank you very much for vig this joint meeting with us and looking forward to the dialogue to have our cleanpowersf launch for our great city. thank you. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, commissioner breed. i appreciate the work that you've done with the mayor's office on helping move this forward and i agree, december 31st, is way too late and my comment was suggesting that we get to the summer to get to the launch. i know that is

victory lap, next to last state of the union speech and joining us judy wood rough, mark shields, david brooks and we'll all talk about what we saw in the speech tonight, david. >> it's one of the better state of the union speeches. a nice mix of rhetoric and policy. some uplift, some aggressively uplifting. 60% of the country still thinks the country is on track. he was pretty celebratory, a little off kilter with the move. the middle class economics, a three-part vision giving people security, competitiveness and skills. i think interesting throughout how we praise policy. so in 2008 i thought it was a very liberal speech but this as a speech i thought was very well crafted. >> what tid you hear? i heard a stronger speech at the beginning than the end and i thought he really exploited the advantage he has. i didn't think it was a victory lap as much as a victory stroll, and he is playing to his strengths right now. the republicans are enormously divided. you've got mitch mcconnell taking credit for the economy and john boehner saying the economy is in worse shape than it was. the republican

victory lap, next to last state of the union speech and joining us judy wood rough, mark shields, david brooks, and we'll all talk about what we saw in the speech tonight, david. >> it's one of the better state of the union speeches. a nice mix of rhetoric and policy. some uplift, some aggressively uplifting. 60% of the country still thinks the country is on track. he was pretty celebratory, a little off kilter with the move. the middle class economics, a three-part vision, giving people security, competitiveness and skills. i think interesting throughout how we praise policy. so in 2008 i thought it was a very liberal speech, but this as a speech i thought was very well crafted. >> what tid you hear? i heard a stronger speech at the beginning than the end and i thought he really exploited the advantage he has. i didn't think it was a victory lap as much as a victory stroll, and he is playing to his strengths right now. the republicans are enormously divided. you've got mitch mcconnell taking credit for the economy, and john boehner saying the economy is in worse shape than it was. the republi

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. >> and you hit on it david brooks hit on it earlier today. the people who at brandice university.ed -- people who have been disinvited to speeches they were going to have on their campuses. aline more with the -- >> hold on, hold on, bob, i'm not talking about you. i'm talking about the left. >> go ahead, and then these same people want to go ahead and wear these pins and tweets tweets, i am charlie, you're not, you're more al qaeda than you are charlie. bob, you take on muslims, but where are the people in charge. >> you didn't really mean that. >> i'm talking about the people who kill free speech. to have them thrown off campus rather than hearing the first amendment free speech that they have to deliver. >> okay. >> i was just trying to prevent backlash. >> backlash? >> yes. >> let me get dana in here, a, christian ammanpour referred to terrorists as activists. which i can't believe but cnn reporter chris cuomo referred to the black french terrorists as african-american. is this what happens when political correctness is so ingrained in your head that you make idiotic -- >> rem

some ways we have saved the best for last and you will be the richer for staying and hearing from david brooks. his best-loved work plumbs humanity. the washington ideas for them has considered these with some of the sharpest minds around. it is fitting we conclude with a look inward. here to explore character is david

syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. so, gentlemen, as we wait for the president to come into the house chamber, what are you expecting tonight, mark? >> i'm expecting high drama great theater. (laughter) >> why are we laughing? i expect pride and the question will be how enthusiastic the democrats are and how much the president offers an olive branch across the aisle. >> ifill: david the white house has been signaling what they will be talking about the words middle class have been coming up. >> yeah, those people get too much attention. it's very much we get you. so they want to talk about community colleges, tax increases for the rich to pay for the stuff, they want to show we understand, we're with you and you can trust us. so they're going heavy on the middle class and picking a lot of issues, more to frame debates than past legislation. >> woodruff: they have been trickling out, mark, what the president will talk about. we know he'll talk about taxes and some of the things david just mentioned. >> there was a time

syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. so, gentlemen, as we wait for the president to come into the house chamber, what are you expecting tonight, mark? >> i'm expecting high drama great theater. (laughter) >> why are we laughing? i expect pride and the question will be how enthusiastic the democrats are and how much the president offers an olive branch across the aisle. >> ifill: david the white house has been signaling what they will be talking about the words middle class have been coming up. >> yeah, those people get too much attention. it's very much we get you. so they want to talk about community colleges, tax increases for the rich to pay for the stuff, they want to show we understand, we're with you and you can trust us. so they're going heavy on the middle class and picking a lot of issues, more to frame debates than past legislation. >> woodruff: they have been trickling out, mark, what the president will talk about. we know he'll talk about taxes and some of the things david just mentioned. >> there was a time

here to explore character is david brooks. [applause] >> thank you. i am the anti-climax. the only thing standing between you and the metro. not to let you ride the metro. hisses from the audience. there has been a lot of topics the last couple of days. there is one that is undergirding it, who we are and how we behave and whether we have character or not. the way i frame this, we have two sets of virtues. the resume virtues and the you e.g. virtues. the resume ones are the skills you have good at business, accounting, the eulogy is what they say after you are dead, courageous, brave, honest, capable of great love. we live in a society where everybody knows the eulogy version is more important, but we talk about the resume more. we talk about public life more than private life even though if you don't have that private solidity, your public life falls apart. we are to morality what the victorians were to sex. we cover it in euphemism. we understand the character's destiny. whether talking about ebola trade policy, where it falls apart you have your scandal watergate, your

here to explore character is david brooks. [applause] >> thank you. i am the anti-climax the only thing standing between you and the metro. not that any of you actually ride the metro. listen, there's been a bunch of topics the last couple of days. there is one its undergirding it, which is who we are and how we behave and whether we have character or not. the way i frame it a few times, is we have two sets of virtues. the resume virtues in which michael the eulogy virtues. the resume virtues are the virtues you bring to the marketplace, the skills you have, but it business or accounting. the eulogy virtues of what they talk about after you're dead. what you're capable of great love. we live in a society where everybody knows the eulogy virtues more important but we also talk about the resume virtues a lot more. we talk about public life a lot more than private life even though i would say they don't have the private solidity, then your public life falls apart. we are to morality with the twins were 26. we just overcovered a euphemism and yet we under

david brooks in "the new york times." michigan, democrats line. caller: good morning.i would like to start off by thanking you and all the fine people behind the scenes that we don't see that bring us this great program. freedom of expression is one that we are different but you have to be careful with. we can't start riots we can't defame people. you have to be wise about it. it makes it rough when we all have the exact same rights in this nation. it does make it tough at times because one person sees his rights and another sees his. well, they both have the exact same rights so you can to step on one and they can't step on the other. we have to be smart with freedom of speech. that is what we have an educated nation for. i have to make a comment on this big push about reading the constitution. that is why i vote democrat. they are big on education. they can read on their own. thank you very much. host: thank you randy. tweet from senator mark kirk, who says "terrorism should never silence free speech here. retweet to join me." the two brothers have apparently taken h

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