the firing line," his enemy more of "firing line" the show and autographed by bill buckley to david brooks. don't know how that happened but david's got some explaining to do. one last point about bill buckley rod mentorship as a magazine article. i've happy to have with us to rich lowery, the editor of "national review." my last question for christopher. -- [inaudible] -- the convention and writing of obituaries that many will be pre-written. that seems rather more bid -- morbid but is a fact of the business. is that something that bill buckley would do from time to time? >> no. >> ah-ha. >> so, for example, the obituary in there of dwight eisenhower was written as eisenhower was dying, and hillsdale -- >> a few places i should mention, "national review" opened the digital archives for me so i could research the pieces the hoover institution maintains the firing line archives in kaz and i relied on their sin cynthia such knopp sid hillsdale college has the works of buckley and they are in pdf form so you can see the type manuscript that went off to newspapers and there are instructions in

line which was his memoir of the firing line, the show and it is autographed by bill buckley to david brooks. i don't know how that happened but david got some explaining to do. one last point i would make about bill buckley's mentor ship as a magazine editor, i'mgrateful to have with us today rich lowry, editor-in-chief of the national review . [applause] >> my last question for christopher. okay. one, too. one of which is a practical question. it is often the case in the writing of obituaries that many obituaries will be prewritten . that seems rather morbid but it happens to be a fact of the business. is that something that bill buckley would do from time to time? >> for example the obituary of dwight eisenhower was written as eisenhower was dying . there are a few places i should mention, national review opened up its digital archive to me so i can research all these pieces . the hoover institution maintains the firing line archives in california and i relied on their synopsis and translated various episodes but hillsdale college, on his website had the complete works of william f buckle

i agree on that. >> sreenivasan: david brooks,an mark shields, thank you so much.the vice presidential debate on tuesday and two more presidential debates to come, check out watchthedebates.org. where you can interact wither every presidential debate since 1960. >> senator , you're no ted kennedy. >> i almost resent vice president bush. >> binders of women. o i opposed the death penalty all my life. >> sreenivasan: now, the latest addition to the newshour t bookshelf. it's a closer look at the roots of the islamic state in the wakh of 9/11 and the people affected by its spread in an unstable middle east. jeffrey brown has that. >> brown: lawrence egbert lawree >> brown: lawrence bright went to thailand. his 2006 book the looming tower on the growth of al-qaeda and events leading to 9/11, won thee pulitzer prize. now he's pulled togetherhe writings from the "new yorker" magazine, the product of many years of reporting in a new book titled "the terror years: from al-qaeda to the islamic state. larry wright. >> it's good to be here. >> brown: there is a sense of wanti

mark shields and david brooks analyze a full week of news. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: 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. >> woodruff: call it an "october surprise:" today's f.b.i. statement about hillary clinton's e-mails roiled the presidential race, just 11 days before the election. donald trump pounced. the clinton camp demanded more information. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: hillary clinton landed in cedar rapids, iowa to campaign, but was greeted by the news that the f.b.i. is reviewing newly found e-mails

mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze another packed week of news. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: 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. >> woodruff: the republican nominee for president is under siege tonight: more women have come forward to say they were fondled or groped by donald trump. lisa desjardins has more on the day's events. and warning to our viewers: some details of this report are explicit. >> reporter: the first new accusation appeared on "the washington post's" website. in graphic terms, kristin anderson described sitting next to

then, mark shields and david brooks analyze this week full of election news. plus, garrison keiller hands over the reins: musician chris thile re-imagines the classic public radio variety show, "prairie home companion" for a younger audience and a new era. >> this show is a place, has been one of america's most consistent sources of good things for 40 years. i feel like it's imperative that it continue. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: 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. >> woodruff: the presidential campaigns focused on state

david brooks calls it essential reading for this moment in history. i'm pleased to have j.d. vance at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: you should have been here earlier so thank god we've got you here. tell me what drove you to write this. >> so i started writing it as a third year student in law school and why there was no more people like me at yale law school. i was the only working white class person i knew or at least was open about it and it seemed to me not just that i was relatively low income relative to my peers but that i had this sort of cultural outsider attitude that was very very unique. that i was not just lower income but i actually felt like a cultural outsider. that was is first time i ever felt like that in my life so i started to wonder what was it that made me different. and i decided to start writing to answer this question of why there weren't more kids like me, more kids who lived a charmed life. >> rose: did you feel like you were living in a world where people looked down at you or something because you were qualified t

david brooks had an interesting column yesterday or today, but he said felt that trump might just walk away and you know in one sense america is a land that immediately forgets losers, you know, whether it's carry or gore or romney, they're sort of forgotten the next day, if trump loses who spends his whole life sort of living by the pathology of win at all costs, i don't know. and i think if mrs. clinton wins and becomes president ma'am clinton there's going to be the hostility still for her and hard for her to get things done in the first term. one of the paradox with her is she is very good at working with people and the republican senators respected her so i think for all of the baggage around the clintons there's been a sort of piece of her that's been hidden for some time. >> thank you very much. the author and historian as we've established tonight. coming up tonight polls in battleground ohio opened today an we were there for that. what a busy day for early voting means for both campaigns. this is the 11th hour on msnbc. >>> tomorrow president obama officially begins his last 1

regular "newshour" contributors syndicated columnist, mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks and amy walter of the "cook political report." we're at third one and it will all be over after this, david? do you expect them to go high or low? >> promise this will be over? no, i expect her to go high him to go low. he's behind so he's got to try some desperate move. the quick for her to see if she can be strong enough to rebut whatever he says while still projecting some sense of positivity that will attract. my big question, do we want to take a shower after this is over. feel better about our country or worse? >> woodruff: low or high, mark? >> i think, donald trump won the nomination, going away, prevailed in the debates by exposing and playing to the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of his opponents. he has to conclude -- he rattled them. he bullied them. he has to say that hasn't worked with hillary clinton. after 26 debates with barack obama she's far more formidable than anybody's he's faced. i think he's going to -- >> woodruff: that's the challenge. your home always told y

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david brooks recent piece on kaepernick telling high school athletes to shut up and play." most writers escape criticism and there is no really long-term effects to their career, unlike the athletes they cover or critique. how do you feel about how these are being reported? >> definitely that starts with you, benjamin. how do you feel like this has been reported? >> well, like we talked about before, a lot of it is shut up and play. i had a conversation we mentioned earlier about high school players emulate and even we've seen peewee teams take a knee. do they know why they are doing what they're doing? i had a conversation with a former nfl quarterback who coaches a high school team in texas. he's white. really want to know how to explain this to these kids. his kids are taking a knee. it opened up a door for his kids to be open with him about their fears, about their frustrations about what they're seeing on tv, and allow him as a coach to step into their world. those are some of the things that aren't being reported. the fact that a white coach who is an ex-nfl quarterba

our regular newshour contributors: syndicated columnist mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks, and amy walter of "the cook political report." in another unprecedented turn: donald trump staged a surprise appearance little more than an hour ago with four women, three of who whom accused bill clinton of sexual assault or harassment. in response clinton come pain says we're not surprised see donald trump continue his destructive race to the bottom. friends. the moral equivalency wars are in full -- i don't know, sway, david? >> this could be one of the most historic and repulsive debates to the american political history. we've entered reality tv show of the bottom level. and so i'm expecting a traffic accident frankly what trump did will backfire badly as more republicans flee from him. >> woodruff: how much of all this stuff will come up tonight? >> the fact that i can't let my fourth grader watch a presidential debate tells you all you need to know about where we are in this campaign and what i expect from it. i think donald trump's before he had this press conference my thoug

david brooks is away. gentlemen, welcome.here was a lot of news that we learned about late this afternoon that has to do with this campaign. but, mark, i want to start with a question about georgia. you heard to some of the voters, the fact that a state where mitt romney won by 8 points four years ago, where it's close, but uphill for hillary clinton, but close because of what we talked about. >> the interviews defined the enthusiasm gap. it isn't just on one side. it's both sides. it's minimal excitement. and for hillary clinton, i think what came through in your piece is it's not a question of the percentage of the african-american vote, trying to get 30% of the white vote, it's numbers. you can get high percentages but if you don't get numbers in the turnout, georgia could move, if not this time, eventually into the category of virginia, north carolina, state states the changed, colorado, nevada. >> woodruff: michael. i think republican furor is the exact example. when barack obama won the first term, it's the first time v

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woodruff: and for more on tonight's debate, we are joined by syndicated columnist mark shields, david brookslumnist for the "new york times," and amy walter of the cook political report. we will show you when we say your name. (laughter) >> looking better, already. >> woodruff: all of you are looking really good. so, mark, given this atmosphere, what are you expecting tonight? >> it amazes me -- i mean, just to review -- donald trump won 41 contests. he won every big state save that of john kasich's and ted cruz's home states. outpolled nearest by 2 to is as the anti-establishment candidate, the candidate of change, the candidate of the forgotten and overlooked americans, taking on the established wi wisdom of the conservative in this country and he dropped it all. he's just been in the weeds and terrible stuff. he's allowed himself to -- to become the issue in the campaign instead of making change his opponent who says he's been in the arena 30 years. i don't know what to expect. ben carson said it well. the election is about the voters. if anything, the trump campaign has not paid it about

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david brooks recent piece on recently telling is gladly to shut up and play. criticism and there is no long-term effects to their career, unlike the athletes they cover. have you about how these are being reported? >> that starts with you. had you feel it has been reported? before,we talked about a lot of it is how we play. i had a conversation about high school players in the late. -- emulate -- we have seen peewee teams, do they really know what they are doing? in middle school and high school team in texas, he is calling me saying i want to know how to explain this to these kids. they are taking a knee. it opened the door for his kids to be open with him about their fears and frustrations, about what they are seeing on tv, and allow him as a coach to step into their world. i think those are some of the things that are not being reported. coach, hehat a white says he is coaching majority black kids, he is able to have that honest conversation with them about their feelings, about their older brothers who are locked up or had experiences with the police. he's

columnists in the new york time today, paul krugman, david brooks, they write 750 words twice a week. so this was greater frequency, greater length plus they are also immortal. after the constitution was ratified, george washington had to pick a first treasury secretary. he first asked robert morris, who had run the finances of the country during the second half of the revolution. morris was the richest man in america but he didn't want to do public service again. he wanted to make money. so he recommended alexander ham hamily ton saying he was dam sharp. washington knew that already. hamilton had been on his stuff. he becomes the first treasury secretary of the united states september, 1789 when he is 32 years old. now, we come to what he did at the climax of his life. the problem that he faced was debt. wars cost money. the united states had no money. we had gone through the war. 8 1/2 year war, longest war we fought until vietnam. longer than the civil war and our portion in world war ii put together. we couldn't pay for it. the government under the continental congress and the art

tom: david brooks, on the grace of the moment -- brooks on what is needed within our middle ground.just defined, but they are dead and gone, aren't they? marty: it is going to be very interesting to find out where they are in the republican party, that is for sure. tom: i looked at harry reid's comments about mitch mcconnell. it looks like gridlock forever. i saw no ground being given way there. marty: for the senate and the house, it is questionable who can really govern in that environment. francine: i know it is something every time i ask when you come on. i actually ask it every day. as we get closer to the election, is it every day less likely that donald trump can regain ground in the polls? marty: i think that is absolutely true now. the last bloomberg poll showed him losing ground in areas where he had been ahead. as our story said at the time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to figure out how he can possibly make up that ground in the short time left. now that he has lost his ground game manager, it is difficult for him to make up that ground. francine: what can hilla

david brooks recent piece on recently telling is gladly to shut up and play. another one recently telling high school athletes to "shut up and play." most of these writers escape criticism and there is no long-term effects to their career, unlike the athletes they cover or critique. how do you feel about how these are being reported in the media? dave: that definitely starts with you, benjamin. talked aboute we before, a lot of it is "shut up and play." -- wea conversation mentioned earlier about high school players emulate -- we have seen people he teams taking peeweewe have seen teams taking any, and do they really know what they're doing? in middle school and high school team in texas, he is calling me saying i want to know how to explain this to these kids. his kids are taking a knee. it opened the door for his kids to be open with him about their fears and frustrations, about what they are seeing on tv, and allow him as a coach to step into their world. i think those are some of the things that are not being reported. the fact that a white coach, he is in

david: she made it up. >> came from brookings. most people on the right would say $3 trillion. vid: left-wing economist who doesn't believe in power of tax cuts said it would add 6 trillion and she says it will add 20 trillion. >> i don't know how you get there. there would have to be massive reduction in growth rate to get to calculation but so far out of the mainstream nobody would take that seriously. david: i think she made it up. i think she totally made it up. people not at home with pens and piece of paper. this adds up to this. she knows that people just, these numbers go right through people consciousness when they listen to this. >> sure. david: she also said, this ask an incredible thing, i couldn't believe it when i heard it, that president obama cut the deficit by 2/3 as president. now we just had the fiscal deficit listed. they have fiscal season, 2016 just ended. the 2016 u.s. budget deficit was $587 billion. look at the bottom line there. that is a 34% increase over 2015. how can she say that there was 2/3s decrease? >> goes back to absolutely worst time in 2009

brooke? >> nick paton walsh, thank you so much outside of mosul. i want to bring in aaron david distinguished scholar and vice president at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and the author of "the end of greatness, why america can't have and doesn't want another great president." he was a middle east negotiator in democratic and republican administrations so aaron, appreciate your always valuable voice, welcome back. >> pleasure to be here, brooke. >> let's springboard off of nick's point about the potential for these people, the 1.2 million left in mosul, some being used as human shields according to this u.n. report. how could they get out? do you think a human karen corridor could be a possibility? why would you believe isis if they agreed to it? >> i don't think isis will. intercepted communications that the iraqis are monitoring indicates that isis fighters are being instructed to fight to the end, fight the death and i think the real concern here is the humanitarian catastrophe in terms of the numbers of civilians that could be killed. once the city is b

david murphy. >> we begin with break news from center city. an apparent smash and grab burglary at a high end clothing store. it happened at boyds philadelphia. and bob brooks live from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: sara and rick, hard to keep things quiet or secretive when are you on chestnut. but this is where it happened. boyds right behind me, the front display window is smashed out and they have boarded it up. starting to paint it white right now. we just sort of got here to the scene and we are piecing it together and we heard from police that at 4:30 this morning they got the call about this. they found a

thousands of op-ed writers that plant the flag of shut up and play like brent must berger or david frost and -- brooksh-school athletes to shut them play and most of these escape criticism and there is no long-term effects to their career unlike those that they critique so how do you feel these are rewarded? >> this starts with you benjamin. >> talking before that lots of it is shut them places as we mentioned earlier with a high-school players, we have seen pewee teams do they really know why they're doing what they are doing greg side had a conversation with nfl quarterbacks with tough high-school team in the state of texas so how do we explain this to the kids? they have open-door for his kids to be open to allow him as a coach to step into the world and that is what is not reported but the ex nfl quarterback to have that on this conversation with them. with the older brothers that are locked up to have experiences with the of police to have the the at that point. when it comes to journalism that everybody has an opinion and they stay on their side. what is missing in journalism is a willingness to

david murphy. >> we begin with break news from center city. an apparent smash and grab burglary at a high end clothing store. it happened at boyds philadelphia. and bob brooks live from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: sara and rick, hard to keep things quiet or secretive when are you on chestnut. but this is where it happened. boyds right behind me, the front display window is smashed out and they have boarded it up. starting to paint it white right now. we just sort of got here to the scene and we are piecing it together and we heard from police that at 4:30 this morning they got the call about this. they found a mannequin from the front display lying right here on the sidewalk and noticed that a lot of the display items in the front here had been knocked over and a car bumper lying here on the sidewalk. at this point we haven't been told what is stolen from boyds, we went in and tried to speak with management and they declined to comment. i see a lot security cameras around here. we'll dig around and see what we find. maybe someone can show us a better picture of what was going on down here. but it looks like a smash and grab here at boyds philade

david chalian, cnn's political director. so here you have the addition of four states that are potentially hillary clinton friendly. >> and all the moves you just went through, brooketowards hillary clinton's direction, utah is about a third-party candidate evan mcmullin but it's away from donald trump is the way it shows that. my big take away is that hillary clinton number 307. you only need 270. right now every state that is leaning her way or solidly in her camp today's snapshot. he's got such a big hole and some states like florida and nevada we move because we see it trending clinton. that's mission one. he's going to have to start and bring those back into battleground territory. >> when we talk about the ruby reddest of red like arizona, they voted republican for everyone but clinton in '96. the chalian cheat sheet, sir, what are you watching for? >> the first thing i'm watching for tonight is the trump rattle. how is he going to try to rattle hillary clinton? he did the press conference with bill clinton's accusers, what does he v up his sleeve? what is the surprise that he'll shake her confidence. that's the first thing. the second thing is clinton on def

david chalian, cnn political director. as i mentioned, first debate he goes after the miss universe, second not just paul ryan, he's effectively declared war on the entire party. >> no doubt about it, brooke. donald trump is completely severing himself now from the republican party in a way that is astonishing four weeks out. you know, we have never doubted that donald trump has 35% or 40% of the country, perhaps, in his corner. that's not how you win an election and i thought his debate performance and his approach sunday night, you said scorched earth, no doubt about it, continuing now we are in the second day after the debate, he continued it in pennsylvania yesterday, he's continuing now. he's made a very clear indication of what his strategy is right now. it's no longer about trying to reach out in any way and grow his coalition, it's just basically taking his people, his supporters, and just saying the heck with the rest of it, we're going to march my way. and he no longer seems to care at all about what ramifications that may have for the republican party as a whole. >> there was a quote from bill kristol of all people that said "trump is right, paul ryan proves the republican part

david chalian, cnn political director, hello, sir. >> hello. >> so hearing trump acknowledge yes he needs florida to win, it's a significant admission coming from a man who doesn't always acknowledge things. >> that is true, brookegnificant admission and it also perfectly describes the state of the race where we are right now because if hillary clinton was on that same fox and friends show and asked that same question she could honestly say no, it's not a must-win for me, it gets at how narrow donald trump's path is, he is right to acknowledge it. he can't win this race without florida, it's not feasible so it shows you what a narrow path he has there. >> so the path referring to the electoral collegeman, you have to get to 270. trump's campaign released a electoral map and here you have it. you have campaign manager kellyanne conway e-mailing supporters saying it's this map that shows where trump currently stands spels the possible path forward for the win so when you look at this it puts trump at 266 while clinton claims 193. can you -- how do you read this map? do you think this is accurate? >> um -- no. i don't believe that wisconsin anthonimy, the two states in theupper midwest are battlegrounds, they're le

bruce riddell from brookings as well as clara walker was the only person i can think of a beer who wrote a book with 70 whont ghani and david work tirelessly at the pentagon for many years aon afghanistan. now you, many people have said as long as pakistan has at best and ambivalent posture towards this position, seeming to want to keep the conflict going, even as it nominally cooperates with us in others, there really is no hope. as long as there is a section -- ashe for the telegram long as there is sanction for insurgency will live on and there will not be a prospect of stopping this conflict. that is just the provocation. i want to put the more general subject of pakistan for you to address as you wish. how should we think about pakistan's role going forward? >> in the discussions which led to this paper, i think the pakistan aspect was the most difficult. in fact it is the only part of the paper where the authors were not able to come to a complete consensus and where it signals that there was some differences. on the afghan parts of the paper, which is about 80% or 90% of it, i think everybody manifested what you have