"the new york times" columnist david brooks. >> david brooks, pleasure to have you on. >> good to bed the way he's been governing, the things he's passed, it's a hodgepodge of some things that seem hardcore republican economic agenda, repeal of obamacare, some of it is the trade protectionism he's always promised. is there a new conservatism developing? >> no, i don't think so. not in this administration. i think we saw glimmers of it in the campaign. and what trump understood that a lot of us didn't understand what debate we were having, we grew up in the debate of big government versus small government. whether you want to use government to finance equality or reduce government to enhance -- in the campaign, he said it's not our debate. as many people, including you, it's open, closed. between the headwinds blasting in their faces and closed waters, closed trade. those that feel it's pushing at your back with open trade and opportunity. he hasn't delivered on that. >> he hasn't helped the people in the office. people basically believed in the reagan of 1984, cut tax rates, reduce g

david brooks is editorial writer for the new york times and he was also a mainstay on p.b.s. news hour yesterday on meet the press he literally said i'm starting to get uncomfortable with the lack of evidence in this russian investigators yeah he said that at meet the press and meet the press so now what are they going to do they're going to smear their own editorial writer they're coming after you hey you know what i heard david brooks got into a cab and the guy spoke russian. yeah and you know they love the they're doing things like running around going no seventeen seventeen intelligence agencies all agree oh yeah the coast guard riyadh really agrees on that you know how much investigation is the coast guard done really they're talking about like you know the cia and then you've got dion sent on c.n.n. with wolf blitzer going you just came for a meeting of the cia did tell us about the link to the russian hacking into they they don't have any right now that's all and see there you can see wolf blitzer's heart just drop like what do you read how could there not been adam ad

mark shields and david brooks take on the week's news., an author explains why she went against her friends' advice and followed her boyfriend to a new city. but first, it was a shooting that captured the nation's attention last summer, as the country grappled with tensions over police shootings. and today, the jury reached a verdict in the trial of the officer. hari sreenivasan has the latest. >> sreenivasan: philando castile was shot when his car was pulled over for a traffic stop last july. his girlfriend was in the car, and live streamed the aftermath on facebook moments later. officer jeronimo yanez said at the time that he believed castile was reaching for a gun. castile's family and girlfriend disputed that. yanez had been charged with second-degree manslaughter and endangering safety. this afternoon, a jury acquitted him of all charges after five days of deliberations. soon after, his mother and sister came out and spoke to reporters. >> my son was murdered, and i will continue to say murdered, because where in this planet do you

joining me for insight and analysis are david brooks of the new york times, the cook political report amy walter, eugene robinson of the washington post and daniel pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday, it's meet the press. >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is meet the press with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and happy father's day at the dads out there. before we get to the main story, we want to update you on the progress of one father in particular. congressman steve scalise shot at the republican baseball practice wednesday, his condition improved from critical to serious after undergoing another surgery. the hospital says he's more responsive and now is speaking with his loved ones. all of us here offer our best wish for the a speedy recovery and those injured in that tragedy. now back to the main focus this morning. president trump has been in office for less than five months and his presidency is in parol. organizations reported this week mr. trump is under investigation

mark shields and david brooks analyze a week of news with potentially historic consequences. plus, it's a new season of summer tv. we find out about some of the best new and returning shows coming to the small screen. >> "master of none" is such a delicate little beautiful show. its a half hour, but it's so cinematic. >> 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. >> 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: reaction to the president's announcement yesterday that the u.s. will withdraw from the paris climate agreement has been unusually fierce, on both sides. and today, the white house stood firmly by his decision. >> thank you very much,

coming up on the newshour: mark shields and david brooks take on the week's news., the dangers of relying on statistics and numbers in medicine. but first, president trump hosted south korea's new president at the white house today. it is the first meeting between the two leaders, who are looking for a common approach to dealing with north korea. our william brangham has that. >> brangham: president moon jae- in arrived at the white house with tensions over north korea still running high. in the rose garden, president trump pressed again for ending the north's nuclear and weapons programs. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years, and it's failed. and frankly, that patience is over. we're working closely with south korea and japan, as well as partners around the world, on a range of diplomatic security and economic measures to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as north korea. >> brangham: the government of kim jong-un has already test-launched more than a dozen missiles this year, all in defia

mark shields, david brooks, we'll leave it there.nk you. >> sreenivasan: we hear a lot about how divided our country is along many lines: race, class and, especially now, our politics. but in our next "race matters" conversation, newshour special correspondent charlayne hunter- gault talks with the co-authors of the book, "third revolution: how a moral movement is overcoming the politics of division and fear," about their successful efforts in success in bridging those divides. >> reporter: in recent weeks, reverend william barber stepped down from heading the n.a.a.c.p. in north carolina to focus on what he calls a "national moral revival," updating the poor people's campaign started by the reverend martin luther king, jr. that linked the civil rights struggle for african americans to demands for equality for all poor people. >> there was this thing, if you will, called the white southern strategy. and the goal of it was undermine black and white fusion coalitions. what we're going to do is, we're going to figure out a way to talk t

that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks.come, gentlemen. so let's continue the conversation about james comey. david, we heard today what the president thinks of it. he said he thought the former f.b.i. director vindicated him, but he also was telling lies. what did you think? >> i think trump actually had some points. i think one of the things we heard on the criminal side, it was not a terrible day for donald trump. james comey seemed to suggest that there was no -- maybe cast some doubt whether there was collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign or at least a lot of conversations. i think what trump did with james comey clearing the room and asking him to lay off on flynn is scandalous, terrible, but not something that would rise to the level of impeachment. to me, on the criminal front, not a disastrous testimony for donald trump. on the moral front, kind of disastrous. the thought he lied is pretty strong. we know because of what comey said yesterday there's going to be a lot more investigations an

that's the power of and. >>> welcome back, david brooks is here.anielle plet eugene thomas of the "washington post." welcome to all of my guests. you heard all of the interviews, do you have any better sense of where the president is on this investigation? >> i'm getting more uncomfortable with this whole deal thinking maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves and i'm bothered by the lack of emerging evidence that there was collusion and coordination with the trump white house. what's happened is we've surrounded the president with this legal mine field, and donald trump being donald trump, steps all over the legal mine field and blows them up six ways from sunday. there is a lot of shade i behavior that don't rise to watergate level, and i'm just afraid we're being swallowed up by the politics of scandal when there is less and less evidence that there was collusion. it bothers me. >> i'm absolutely with you on that. i thought the most striking part was when david sekulow is that president trump is very clear with his use of social media. the problem

david david like david brooks of the "new york times." >> opening question where would this lead us? >> we are starting to waste tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer on this endeavor. if something there let's hear about it. let the investigation go forward. jim comey testified that the president was not under investigation. that the president said that comey had told him that three times in the letter he put forward when he removed mr. comey from his job. what are we talking about here really when the president is trying to move on with the policies and the solutions of the day. i think this is part of resistance and the obstruction. >> you talk about how much money is being wasted dallas woodhouse says politics and money should not matter this much. this is what happens when the government gets too big and too much control. yesterday chris wallace was questioning jay sekulow because ho is the president's attorney. because the president tweet i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told mee to fire the fbi director. witch-hunt. chris wallace was asking ja

joining me is david brooks, amy walter, and danielle pletka. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press. >> the longest running show in television his celebrating it's 70th year. >>> good sunday more and happy father's day to all of the dads out there. we want to update yo on the progress of one father in particular, congressman steve alise who was shot at the republican baseball practice on wednesday, his condition has improved from critical to serious. the hospital says he is more responsive and peaking with his loved ones. now, back to our main focus this morning, president trump has been in office for a few months and now they are under fgs for obstruction of justice. >> she was seemingly acknowledging that it was true, he said i am being investigating for firing the fbi director, that was not an acknowledgment that he was being investigated. another strange twitter turn. they are preparing for historical implications. they are increasingly developed on all this week punctuated by a frightening attack that shows how thin the line can be betwee

and david brooks, a columnist for the new york times -- you got a lot of praise from david brooks inis editorial. well worth reading. fantastic work. her second book "the yankee union prisoners and the collapse of the recently published by the university of north carolina press, and that is the subject of her talk this afternoon. .hese welcome lorien foote -- please welcome lorien foote. [applause] thank you sote: much, pete, for inviting me. thank you to the audience. you have had a long day. you have heard a lot of talk. i appreciate your here to hear this wonderful story. i have had several people at the conference asked me this individually. i have had several people ask me this. i will answer the group. i am not shall be foot's daughter. let's get that right out of the foote'si am not shelby daughter. let's get that right out of the way. [laughter] professor foote: one local south carolina newspaper put this this way -- they seemed to be everywhere. they actually cover the land like the locusts of egypt. the newspaper was referring to thousands of yankees who were sneaking into

. >> martha: we played the david brooks sound bite last night but when david brooks who has nothing nice to say about the president starts going i'm thinking there's nothing there may be. have democrats gone too far out on the limb counting on this story and wanting it to bring the presidency down? >> donald trump was clearly in his element last night, the campaigning is not governing. it's not going to be because of democrats, it's going to be because the republican caucus can't get its act together. donald trump clearly was in a place he was comfortable with, it still remains to be seen whether his agenda will get passed forward. he has his face, it's not enough to hold the house in 2018. >> martha: there was one issue that did dance around the russia story and headed to whether or not there were tapes. we all remember the back and forth from the president, maybe there are tapes, maybe there aren't tapes. here's what he said about this today, let's put it up. brian, why did he do this? he just opened up a huge can of worms, what does he mean by this? are there or are there not tapes? >

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david brooks, who despises competence has all the time, even he is getting suspicious of the whole enterprise, here's what he said. >> i'm getting more uncomfortable with the whole deal. think there may be getting a little ahead of ourselves and not bothered by the lack of emerging evidence about the underlying crime but there was actually collusion or coordination between the current white house. am afraid we are being swallowed up by the politics of scandal when there's less and less evidence that they actually colluded. maybe that will come out, but so far it hasn't and it bothers me. >> tucker: so what is this investigation about, and when, if ever, does it end? congressman trey gowdy just took over as chairman of the house oversight committee, also served on the house intelligence committee and he joins us. thank you for joining us. >> trey: i hope you're feeling better. spent feel vigorous. but i have lost track of the point of all this. what is the point of this investigation just to remind those of us were following at home? >> trey: for hyperfocus on collusion is not congress' fault,

if you could time find to read pickook in the next month, up a book by david brooks called the road toharacter. a very thought-provoking book. he calls out our current culture in a way that we needed to pay attention to. what is it that we are basically attaching ourselves to as far as the definition of success? it seems to be about congressman. maybe it ought to be about character. -- it seems to be about accomplishments. on you spending your time resume virtues or are you spending your time on what might be called eulogy of virtues. what people will say about you. where, in amate day few words, they are trying to capture who you work and what you did to make the world a better place. resume virtues or eulogy virtues. i fear our focus on resumes can be pretty overpowering. our current, competitive american culture, and we need to stop and think about that. i hope you will think about it right now. your resume will tell few handling those failures and tragedies that i talked about a minute to go. your resume will help you with relationships. whether they are romantic or with your famil

. >>> welcome back, david brooks is here., welcome to all of my guests, you heard all of the interviews, do you any better sense of where the president is on this investigation? >> i'm getting more uncomfortable with this whole deal thinking maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves and i'm bothered by the lack of emerging evidence that there was soluti collusion and coordination with the trump white house. we surrounded the president with a legal mind field, and he steps all over the mine field, but it is becoming an investigation about itself. there is a lot of shady behavior that don't rise to the watergate level, and i'm afraid we're being swallowed by the scandal. >> i thought what was most striking is when they say the president is very effective in his kruse of social media, and what is clear is that his use of social media got him into the predicament that he is in. the whole reason that we're having the discussion in the first place is the fact that he tweeted out the possibility that there are tapes of jim comey, the f

david brooks is not a trump supporter. is he truly a trump hater.oming on and telling you that there is nothing there maybe, just maybe et people in washington should understand this. there is no collusion. there is no obstruction. there was no communication. it's time to move on from this and i go back and i question. now that the democrats have said there is no collusion. have you got the mainstream media with the failing "new york times" saying it you have got republicans saying it what is bob mueller doing? i don't even understand what his role is anymore. everyone has said there is nothing here. so this investigation should end immediately. brian: he hired another democratic attorney. steve: let's see what happens. corey, what happens with healthcare? >> the senate will get a healthcare bill done. go to conference and the president will fulfill his promise to repeal and replace obamacare. steve: that was easy. ainsley: ready for that one. steve: corey, thank you very much. ainsley: head over to jillian who has headlines for us. short and sweet

what do you say to david brooks and others that are starting to question whether there's any there therewhat i would say is let's take this in order. first of all, we know that the russians tried to intervene in the election system. they hacked into the dnc and also used weaponized information. virtually every senator and democrat agrees with that. the only person who seems to reject that notion is the president. the second piece is we are still at the relatively early stages, i'm not going to give a percentage, as weal start to deal with those affiliates of the trump campaign who at least have been rumored or talked about having contacts with the russians. i would have expected to have more of that work done. but who could have ever predicted that the president himself would have gone out and fired fbi director comey, be launching these rumors at least he might be firing or potentially firing special prosecutor mueller? that has actually taken time away from the, further conversations with those trump officials who may have been involved with the russians. >> and final question because

even david brooks pointed out the other day he is no fan of the administration, we've gotten a littleing on here. >> that's a really good point. that's why we should default on things that are nonpartisan like the u.s. intelligence agencies the three of which have all agreed, the three leading agencies have all agreed that the russians tried to interfere with our election at the behest of vladimir putin. >> martha: i think that's clear, the question is still being figured out is collusion. that part of it is clear, and a disagreement with that? >> it's a great example to reference back to trump making a joke about hillary clinton's emails. the actual story there was a lot of americans were concerned about how hillary clinton hadn't turned over evidence in a probe of what she had done in terms of mishandling classified information. he makes a joke about it, the media takes it in autistic hyper literalism they don't understand the joke they don't understand how he communicates. it's one thing it to not understand how a very prominent public figure communicates even though we've all know

when you have people like david brooks who is the never-trump.more like russian collusion, you're really losing a lot of people. if you have any democrats are taking your advice, which i've had from day one, pick your battles wisely, if you keep ringing this gong and it's not based in reality, i am someone who still wants to know something happen, but all indications right now are pointing to know. whether those tapes exist, i think anyone who takes everything that goes on. i know people do this. it's bizarre to record every conversation you have it. but if you do, release it. if you've nothing to hive and you've done nothing wrong, great. i love to hear the tapes and what you talk about at dinner. >> kennedy: that's a good point to perhaps or other conversations at the president with james comey, that we are not aware of, in the context of those conversations would be a little bit golden. >> trish: absolutely i agree with you. if there's nothing to hide, and you have the tapes, then those could actually help the present quite a bit. if you got t

joining me is david brooks, amy walter, and danielle pletka.longest running show in television his celebrating it's 70th year. >>> good sunday more and happy father's day to all of the dads out there. we want to update you on the progress of one father in particular, congressman steve scalise who was shot at the republican baseball practice on wednesday, his condition has improved from critical to serious. the hospital says he is more responsive and peaking with his loved ones. now, back to our main focus this morning, president trump has been in office for a few months and now they are under fgs for obstruction of justice. >> she was seemingly acknowledging that it was true, he said i am being investigating for firing the fbi director, that was not an acknowledgment that he was being investigated. another strange twitter turn. they are preparing for historical implications.

>> very notable, david brooks, well-respected coal lumpist for "new york times," liberals you know what, there is nothing here. i went through this when republicans were completely obsessed with whitewater, where he believes there is less than met the eye, there is no evidence of conspiracy here with russia. he begun to see some democratic lawmakers begin to say the same thing. the firing of come my, it is clear to me, trump did it because in private comey repeatedly told him, sir, you are not under investigation. while all these media reports says he was under investigation. trump wanted comey to say publicly what he told him privately. and when he wouldn't, trump got rid of him. trish: by the way, how crazy is it, with all the things being leaked one thing james comey never bothered to have his friend leak is the fact that the president wasn't under investigation? that never surfaced. let's fast forward this now. you have special counsel. robert mueller, he is collecting -- by the way he is james comey's buddy. a lot of people think highly of mueller. he is james comey's buddy, one wo

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traditionally very conservative journalists, commentators, including people like george will and david brooks terrific being able to call this administration. i would not have expecteded that. i think they deserve a lot of credit for doing that. the other thing, ultimately, a lot will depend on republicans who control the house and senate. whether they actually step up and meet their constitutional responsibilities and obligations to look out for the best interests of our nation rath eth rather than operating the political operatives. we're not seeing that. over here. >> right here. >> could you comment on the ab lis ligs of cameras sometimes audio in spicer's press conferences? >> saves us from having to listen to it? i don't know. >> what's it going to do to "saturday night live"? >> yes, over here. >> got it. >> yes. we assume that everybody in washington is working for the best interest of the country, do you think mitch mcconnell in the thinks he is doing is working for the interest of the people? >> our founders didn't anticipate political parties when they thought about checks and bala

is that traditionally very conservative journalists and commentators including george will and david brooks have been terrific at being willing to call this administration in a range of areas where i would not have personally expected that. they deserve a lot of credit for doing that. ultimately it will depend on the republicans. will they step up and meet their onstitutional responsibilities and obligations to look out for the best interest of our nation rather than operating a political operatives and think it's that central to the success f a democracy? and at the moment we're not seeing that. yes, over here. >> yes, could you comment on the abolition of cameras and audience in spicer's press conferences? neal: save us from having to listen to it? i don't know. [laughter] [applause] sally: so what's it going to do o "saturday night live"? >> yes, over here. >> she got it. >> yes, given what you just said about and we assume that everybody who is in washington is working for the best interest of the country? do you think mitch mcconnell in the things that he is doing is working for the in

join us online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks.for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin tonight with a look at the trump administration's climate policy. we talked to amy davidson of "the new yorker" magazine and amy harder of axios. >> the president himself has not indicated that he cares much about the issue. and a lot of his top advisors don't as well including steve bannon and the white house and also the epa administrator. but the white house and thed entire administration is actually pretty divided on the e who supports staying in. you have ivanka trump and jared kushner who have really been pushi

join us online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks analyzing an extraordinary week in politics. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with our continuing coverage of former f.b.i. director james comey up coming testimony to the senate intelligence committee that takes place tomorrow in washington. we talked to john dickerson of cbs news the moderator of face the nation. >> we will expect a fact-based just the facts. there will be a lot of attempts to get former director comey to talk about russia and investigation into the collusion of russia metaling in the campaign, i think they'll stay away from that. there will be a mindy fection of every claim he makes about the nu