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david brooks and ruth marcus give their take on national gun debate., much more. >> woodruff: in the aftermath of the school shooting in florida, ths been discussion about a number of ways to prevent a repeat of these tragedies, from arming teachers, to stricter gun laws, and addressing people with mental and emotional problems. but preventing violence by using mental health records is more complicated than many realize. for example, posting a disturbing message on social media does not necessarily mean an indidual has a mental health concern, and someone treated and agnosed for a specific illness may never turn up in the federal ecckground system. to help lay this out and lk at some of the challenges, i'm joined by dr. jeffrey swanson. he's a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at duke university. professor swanson, thank you for joining us again on the "newshour". just to -- i want to clarify something going in. you were just reminding us thata the vastjority of people who have mental and emotional chlenges don't turn out to be violent. i

you both. >> woodruff: now, to the analysis of marcus and brooks.w that's "rk times" columnist david brooksd "washington post" deputy edorial page editor ruth marcus. mark shields is away. thwelcome to both of you o friday night. let's start, pick up where we ft off, david, listening to the last conversation about the mueller investigaon. there have been a flurry of indictments, some guilty pleas. what's it all add up to now? >> i real will have no idea. gates san interesting storya because heaccess to the administration during the crucial period of the transition and dring the campaign, a does he have some witnessing of collusion? i guess that's the million-dollar question. i remain a skeptic about that just because i think they're too incompetent to have colluded, but it could be. but the other interesting things to mow big this investigation is. 19 people, the charges are on. so do they stay with russia, go to some of the broader financial issues that have been alleged with deutsch bank? to me just the scope of the investigation is interesting because where it could go and for the increa

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i hate to pick on david brooks because he is a good one, but i remember in the example that always stuckith me, the 2008 democratic campaign. david brooks promised us that illary would beat barack obama because the democratic contest always comes down to omeone who is favored by the educated public, the democratic college graduates, the democratic working-class, and the person favored by the working class always wins. it is such a stupid analysis that it is difficult to believe that anyone ever said hat. i mean, if in baseball you ffered a comparable analysis of why one team would win the world series, you would be laughed off the stage. it is true that baseball analysis in the 1960's and 1970's relied on generalizations of that nature in which you take -- the problem with a generalization of that nature is you take seven or eight contests and draw a generalization about how they came out and then say that that generalization have to hold in all -- have to -- has to hold in all future ontests. it's such obviously flawed logic that it's difficult to believe that anyone would believe this.

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so before i take my seat, i want to read an excerpt, an op-ed from david brooks in this week's "new york times" that i considered to be earnestly naive, but something i hear in san francisco all the time. "but there are some of us -- i'm quoting -- that are uncomfortable with the whole identity-politics drill. we believe that while racism is the central stain on american history, racial conflict is not inevitable." he goes on to say, "so by reducing inequalities -- show me any place in america that's done that -- by integrating in daily life, san francisco is one of the most segregated cities in terms of housing and schooling -- we can etch endly make our humanity more salient and differences less so." he continues, "we believe that america has made strides in this direction." i don't know where. that's my editorial comment. "and it's everyone's responsibility to make racial diversity a creative spark and not hositility." earnestly naive. san francisco is on the verge of permanent racial hositility. and without equity metrics, what's left of communities of color in this count yy will not

you read the angry posts from david brooks. it justify what is he has been saying.en down this road before. the democrats control the senate and white house. then sandy hook. 20 children. nothing was done. vegas. bump stocks. nothing was done. the kids are making this different. they are passion aate. can they make a difference? can they get some change on the ar-15 style rifle or perhaps readdress bump stocks? >> i think something that is interesting and politicians should pay attention to is these kids will be voters. if not in 2018, 2020. i think they have more of a voice obviously more so than any of the children from sandy hook or the survivors from there. parents had to speak for them. these kids will be voters. they are constituents that will have their voices and they will be at the ballot box soon. this is the next generation. these are the constituents. these politicians need to please to keep their jobs. that is something we need to pay attention to and able to mobilize in a way that no other generation has been able to as columbine did not have the power

another how, you know, a guy i have great respect for is one of the leading conservative columnists, david brooksalks about this in srebl moral fabric. and it's being ripped apart. and it has real consequences for us. >> they say you're right. trump and the nunes memo, you're right. but what's tearing us apart is the russia investigation. they needed to do this because they exposed how wrong the russia probe is. they say that's the problem. do you agree? >> no. i don't agree at all. look, one of the things -- i've been around so long. i helped right the act that everybody talks about. no one knows what fisa means. it means the ability to go into a court, tell a judge about something that is highly classified, knowing it doesn't have to come out in court, let him make the judgment in camera, about whether eye wiretap could be had or not had, et cetera. this whole thing is about getting the intelligence community accountable and have the confidence to tell a select group of men and women in the house and senate all that was going on. they, in turn, could use that information if they needed to in a

david brooks promised us that hillary would beat barack obama the democratic contest always comes down to someone who educatedd by the , the democratic college , the democratic working-class, and the person favored by the working class always wins. it is such a stupid analysis that it is difficult to believe that anyone ever said that. i mean, if in baseball you offered a comparable analysis of why one team would win the world series, you would be laughed off the stage. it is true that baseball analysis in the 1960's and 1970's relied on generalizations of that nature in which you take -- the problem with a generalization of that nature is you take seven or eight contests and raw a generalization about how they came out and then say that that generalization have to to -- has to- have hold in all future contests. i find this to be generally true of all talking head analysis, and that is why i want to go back to "face the nation" interviewing the newsmaker rather than another journalist. the liberal analysis and conservative analysis of the facts to be filled with such obvious, silly gen

the first supported by bill o'reilly and conservative writer david brooks and given lip service by donald trump rejects multiculturalism and denigrates the idea that it decries identity politics and said america doesn't need to change. instead, solidarity requires the submission of many groups as a dominant culture. some outside of that paradigm are required to participate in miss america as long as they uphold rather than challenging hierarchies and norms. marco rubio, ted cruz and fox news would lead us down that path. barack obama and hillary clinton are considered public enemies number and football player who is call attention to inequality. the other narrative that is symbolized in the figure of the first black president, the multiracial president told us that it entails relinquishes dominance in one group. it said we must make change to realize the promise of america. which path do we choose? i don't know the answer to that one. thank you. i want to leave time for questions and i have to follow-up with some of what you said and the work you have done. one of the things that struck m

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both mark shields and david brooks are away this week and wo thank yoh for being here.i am going to ask you in a, mome ramesh, about ronan farrow's reporting, but i want to startith our lead tonight and that is this extraordinary set of documentsehat have com out from the specialounsel robert mueller indicting 13 raindividual russian opeves in a systematic effort to overturn or affect the outcome of the election in 2016. what do you make of it? >> well, i think that one of ths thhat gets ignored is just how much a surprise this was. this did not leak before hand which is impressive since so many things do lak in washington, d.c. it shows you that robert mueller is running a very tight ship ad he knows things that the press doesn't know, he knows things that the people eat's investigating don't know that he knows. that's something that we all have to ke in mind as we follow the twists and turns of uhis story. >> woodruff: do think, david corn, that we are now -- that theres any dou in people's mind that the russians were doing everything they could to affect the outcome?

, how, you know, i guy i have great respect for is one of the leading conservative columnists, david brooks. and he talks about this invisible moral fabric. and it's being ripped apart. and it has real consequences for us. and so -- >> they say you're right. trump and the republicans, the nunes cabal, however you want to define them, they say you're right. but what's tearing us apart is the russia investigation, and they needed to do this to expose how wrong the russia probe is. now, i don't know that they achieved it. that's for you to judge. but they say that's the problem. do you agree? >> no, i don't agree at all. look, one of the things that -- i've been around so long. i helped write the act that everybody talks about. no one know what fisa means. it just means the ability to go into a court, tell a judge about something that is highly classified knowing it doesn't have to come out in court, and let him make a judgment in camera with just the parties to decide whether or not that information could or couldn't be used, a wiretap could be had or not had, et cetera. and to turn this into

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david brooks in the new york times in january opined about how democracies perish. vox brought together 20 of america's top political scientists to discuss democracy. they were scared. if current trends continue for another 20 or 30 years, democracy will be toast. and then finally, from the boston globe, a toxic collection is damaging the seed corn of democracy, young voters. the statistics that support those headlines are equally distressing. most americans have little knowledge of national, state, or local government. a 2017 survey indicated only 26% of americans could name the three branches of government. there is a declining acceptance --citizenship disposability citizenship responsibility. in 2016 u.s. voter turnout was 55.7%, which ranked us 28th among 35 developed, democratic countries in the world. local elections are even more distressing. between the beginning of this century and 10 years later, the number of persons in the 144 largest metropolitan areas of america who voted in local elections declined from 26% to 20%. between the beginning of this centur

david: brook sutherland and michael mckey. brook, we'll start with you. it's interesting, there seems the sales were above what's estimated but were knocked on the e commerce. brook: that's the only number that matters for wal-mart investors is how are they competing with amazon and they can't afford to lose momentum and it will be troubling and we'll see the comments they make for the explanations for those numbers and the trends they're seeing. it sort of had been the moment after the holiday season where people took a step back and said maybe retailers aren't necessarily in this apocalypse and maybe they can fight off amazon. any step back will be trouble. michael: to be their they were up 24% and then 34%. did we think they'd keep increasing 50% quarter after quarter? brooke: you have to look how fast amazon is growing and how much the share is taken of that market. you kind of do need to see them keeping up that momentum if they're really going to be a real competitor to amazon. alix: affected tax rate, 24%, 26% and isn't as great as they expected. s

congressman brooks, thanks for coming on. >> thank you. david: i don't think he is inside the beltway. kind of thinks outside the beltway. president trump focusing on trade, welcoming a decision with both republicans and democrats. here is what he had to say at this bipartisan meeting. >> i want to hear from both sides. we have a lot of great representatives, both democrats and republicans. i want to hear from both sides before we make the decision. david: and gary and james are back with us to react. james, first to you. this was another one of those open mic negotiation sessions between president and democrats and republicans together. it really showed his negotiating skills. i wonder why he doesn't do more of this? >> i think this is a this good r mat for him. this is the not fun part of the agenda taxes on trade. we've seen all wonderful results started to occur from cutting taxes on business. i don't don't know why he would want to raise them on consumers. david: gary the market turn around when he was talking. was that coincidental? >> i d

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david lee miller in jerusalem. thank you. >> eric: for more on this let's bring in peter brooks, a former caa officer, also senior fellow withitage foundation. peter, always good to see you. >> good to be here. >> eric: this is a bold and brazen move by iran, apparently 1e7bding sending a drone into i. what does this signify? >> it's a problem, obviously. the question in my mind as a military analyst is was this a local iranian commander? was this a mistake? is this national iranian policy? israel responded in a reasonable way. the iranians may decide to retaliate at some point at a time of their choosing. >> eric: iran has been poking and prodding israel, besides calling for it to be wiped out the map. israel responded by bombing depots in syria when the missiles come in from tehran. don't you see a little poke that they're perhaps testing israeli defenses? it's pretty stunning for iran to actually violate israeli sovereignity and air space. >> i agree with you. the question i would like to know is more about the drone. was the drone on a reconnaissance mission? was it armed? it didn't seem to matter to israel. they violate

david cay johnston and many other authors. later in the march it's the virginia festival of book in charlottesville and national black writers conference in brook run, new york. in april -- brooklyn, new york. in april we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival, and we'll be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about upcoming book fairses and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv.org. .. welcome our guest tonight to the stage. i'd like to take a minute to share some information about our upcoming programs. this season, we will host a number of exciting speakers and engage in conversations including february 5th a sweeping historical discussion how the right to bear arms from america's founding until today. on february 7th, a retrospective commemorating the constitutional legacy of the late justice antonin scalia two years after his death. on february 21st, a special members program on the role of dissent throughout american history. on march 20th, an exclusive book launch with national constitution center president and ceo jeff

david trachtenberg. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you, michael. pleasure to be here at brookings. very much appreciate the invitation. good to see so many people out here on such a dreary morning. thank you for making the trek out here to participate in this. it is really good to be here. it has been awhile since i have been here. always appreciate the opportunity to come back. one correction i would note to michael's very generous introduction, that is my title which was indeed principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy has now been changed, it has been shortened by one word, thanks to national defense authorization act which was signed into law a couple months ago or so. the word principal has now been dropped from all deputy undersecretary titles because there's only one deputy undersecretary. so now i have a better chance of fitting my title on a business card. so as deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, again, it is my pleasure to be here and to talk about this very critical, very critical issue, the nuclear posture review. as you all know, each post cold w

david track tenburg. >> thank you have much. thank you michael. it's a pleasure to be here at brookings. i appreciate the invitation and it's good to see everybody out here on a draery morning. thank you for making the trip to participate in this. it is really good to be here and it's been a while since i've been here and i appreciate the opportunity to come back. one correction i would note to michael's very generous introduction and that is my title which was the indeed the principal deputy under secretary defense for policy has been changed to -- it's been shortened by one word thanks to the act signed into law a couple of months ago or so. the word principal has been dropped from all of the deputy under secretary titles because there is only one deputy under secretary. so now i have a better chance of actually fitting my title on a business card. so as the deputy under secretary defense for policy, again, it is my pleasure to be here. and to talk about this very critical, very critical issue, the nuclear posture. as you all know, each post war president has early in his first term co

brooks focuses on rapid changes in popular culture, and the growing political unrest caused by the vietnam war. this is about one hour. david: in november, we opened the exhibit remembering vietnam. by opening in 2017 and continuing through 2018, we mark the 50th anniversary of the height of america's war in vietnam. in 1967, hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops were on the ground in vietnam, while at home, anti-war sentiments became more vocal. there was a large cohort of the baby boomer generation that entered the culture during the summer of love. to learn about these events, we now turn to today's guest, victor brooks and his book "1967: the year of fire and ice." mr. brooks is an internationally recognized author with 14 books on history. his passion for these areas of research dates back to his childhood when the brooks family visited gettysburg and europe. in addition, dr. brooks is a professor and received an undergraduate degree in history from lasalle university and earned his masters and doctors of education degree from the university of pennsylvania. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome victor brooks. [applause]