mark shields and david brooks are here. we discuss the trump administration's controversial trade moves, and whcoarse and even racist language is finding a new place in american life then, reviving a town with a painful past. how montgomery, alabamais moving forward, without completely erasing its history of segregation. >> i just reminds us of the

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mark shields and david brooks are here. we discuss the trump administration's controversial trade moves, and whcoarse and even racist language is finding a new place in american life then, reviving a town with a painful past. how montgomery, alabamais moving forward, without completely erasing its history of segregation. >> i just reminds us of the battle and the struggles that we have to continue to fight, for equaliju and for equal ice, and that narrative needs to be told. >> woodruff: all that and mor on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ellular understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wireless plan. our u.s.-based customer service reps can help you choose a plan based on how much you use your othing more, nothing less. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoi support of these institutions: and friends of th

political partisanship in america has become what commentator david brooks calls "totalistic." partisan identity, he writes fills a void left when other , attachments wither away. communal, familial. this modern day tribalism divides society into us versus them, as we increasingly isolate -- we isolate ourselves from others who are not just like ourselves, wanting to talk only with those who mirror our political views. and wanting to listen to the same media sources that reinforce what we already believe. it is deeply troubling that oxford dictionary's word of the year for 2016 was "post-truth." this is the condition where emotion driven by partisan fact andsupersedes understanding. post-truth thinking, as michael hayden, the former director of two intelligence agencies, has pointed out, is contrary to the enlightened ideas prominent in the west in the 17th century. those principles value experience and expertise, the centrality of fact, humility in the face of complexity, the need for study and to respect ideas. your colby education strengthens , fortunately, those values. you

political partisanship in america has become what commentator david brooks calls total listed. fills a voidtity left when other attachments with her away -- wither away. tribalismn day divides society into us versus them, as we increasingly isolate ourselves from others who are not just like ourselves, wanting to talk only with those who mirror our political views. and wanting to listen to the same media sources that reinforce what we already believe. that deeply troubling oxford dictionary's word of the year for 2016 was post-truth. wheres the condition motion -- emotion driven by partisan identity supersedes depth and understanding. post-truth thinking, as michael isden has pointed out, contrary to the enlightened ideas prominent in the west in the 17th century. those principles value therience and expertise, centrality of fact, humility in the face of complexity, the need for study and to respect ideas. strengthensducation those values. you have surrounded yourself, as colby grad and historian doris perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. communit

mark shields and david brooks consider t aftermath of the historic summit with north korea and the justice department's scathing internal report. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> consumer cellular understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wirelesslan. our u.s.-based customer service reps can help you choose a plan based on how much you use your phone, nothing more, nothing less. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> financial services firm raymond jas. >> leidos. >> the ford foundation. working with vthisionaries oe frontlines of social change worldwide. >> a with the ongoing suppor of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the cobloration for broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: from north korea to immigration to yesterday's report on the hillary clinton mpemail probe, president tad a lot to say this morning. our newshour white house correspondt yamiche alcindor reports.re >> alcindor: pside

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mark shields and david brooks are here. we discuss the trump administration's controversial trade moves, and whether coarse and even racist language is finding a new place in american life. then, reviving a town with a painful

mark shields and david brooks are here. we discuss the trump administration's controversial trade moves, and whcoarse and even racist language is finding a new place in american life then, reviving a town with a painful past. how montgomery, alabamais moving forward, without completely erasing its history

mark shields and david brooks analyze the white house's role in the immigration debate and

. >> well, and we're going to talk about a david brooks column pretty soon, where david brooks says,nt, you have to choose are you a republican or are you a conservative? i can tell you, i saw a lot of good conservatives yesterday coming out, saying, you can't have a leader singling out an american company, saying they're going to destroy san american company with taxes. it's -- it is, it's un-american as so many other things that this president has done. but conservatives understand that. but willie, you know, there's always this interesting -- there's this tic that he has. oh, you can't believe what bad trade deals we inherited. well, actually, what he did was he walked away from tpp and we literal literally ceded asia over to china. china is thrilled by what's happened there. if you look at -- you know, he said, oh, we inherited a terrible iran nuclear deal. i didn't like the iran nuclear deal, but what did he do? he got out of it. so now we ceded all control of ir iran's nuclear development to europe. he's attacking mexico, he's attacking canada we're pushing our closest trading

. >> david brooks-- he was generally favorably about the book, but he said that the focus on relentless individual is that neglected, good. >> yeah, so i went to be very delicate about this i'm a big fandom-- fan of david i like david. i know david and i'm grateful for the call and david wrote about the book. david is flatly wrong in his reading of that part of my book. big part of my argument is about the importance of civil society, family and be dating institution and i did not advocate hyper locket individualism. i think a lot of ways locking in individualism as he described it is a problem and one of my favorite lines comes from the intellectual who said every generation western civilization is invaded by barbarians. we call them children. [laughter] anyone who has had a kid knows the fundamental wisdom of this insight because one of the things i think confines conservative of his insight human nature has os-- history. you took a baby from new rochelle and sent it back a thousand years to live in a viking village adopted by viking family it would be raised to plunder the english co

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david brooks is away. it's great to see both of you. thank you for being here. i want to ask you about something we just heard from james patterson, the writer, and that is, mark, he was talking about we need to take the people welect to office seriously. there is so much criticism of them, they have been run down by all of the flood of criticism that they gethe. said, when you go to the polls to vote, remember they're not silly, thy're not villains. what do you make of that? >> well, they have been run down in large part y people who have replaced them. that's been a recurring theme. particularly, among conservative insurgents but notsi excly, running against washington, ians.ng against polit i think mr. patterson's exposure to president clinton is probably, in part -- i mean, bill clinton, let it be noted, came to office at the time of the stee dst budgeteficits in the history of the country and courageously raised taxes on the richt 1.4% of americans and produced an economy that produced 22 million new jobs, after we had the lowest economic growth in 50 years

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david brooks called him the most important conservative columnist.you will hear from him tonight and we will have charles will speak and we will your questions from the floor so save of your questions, you're in for a real treat, charles krauthammer. [applause] >> thank you am a very honored to be here, thank you for being here. there are nice introductions and kind introductions. a nice introduction is where they say nice stuff about you, list your achievements, have it transcribed and notarized and send your mother a copy. a kind introduction is where they leave stuff out. despite your intentions that was distinctly unkind introduction because you included two things which i now have to explain. first there is the mondale thing. it is true. i was speechwriter for walter mondale and people ask me as you can imagine how you go from walter mondale to fox news. the answer is simple. i was young once. and then there is a psychiatry part, got to explain that. yes it is true that i once was a psychiatrist, technically i still am. in reality i am a psychia

it happened in south san jose at the shadow brook swim club. >> david louie is live from the scene toain exactly how this happened. >> reporter: well, kids as young as 5 years old were in the water at the time for a swim class. their parents nearby on the deck watching them. inside the building, someone accidently mixed two chemicals that caused an immediate adverse reaction. of t the secene was immediately declared a mass casualty incident. thr her three kids also began coughing. this was their week of swim classes. >> everybody started coughing at the same time. so i grabbed my youngest out of the pool. told the boys to run out. and everybody, i mean, at the same time, started running towards that way, the

it happened at the shadow brook sewilo club. davide has been following the story and joins us live with the latest. david. >> reporter: kristen and larry it's happening here at an outdoor community pool in the valley section of south san jose. 35 people in all were exposed to color even gas after someone mistakenly mixed two chemical agents used to sand advertise pool water. kids were in the water while parents were on the

david: all those that brooke mentioned are vertical.o it does not mean that it is a good idea. how often are these vertical mergers successful in practice? >> they are really hard to integrate. when you integrate horizontally, you arinhe same biness, have some idea what to do. when you integrate vertically, you are by definition getting into a new business. as tough as it was to get past the government, now the real work begins, and there will need to be some industrial logic. i don't think we will see companies merge just because we can. i think they will merge the cause they think they can make it work. of course, what ceos think they can make work and what actually works is often pretty different. david: what are we expecting next? cvs and aetnas already on the table, fox and disney. what are people talking about on the periphery? >> i think you have to change your calculus, when youth think about potential m&a targets, you have to think much more broadly. digitization of different companies. they are looking to get bigger in differe

david: and now they do not have a breaking up of the e.u. to worry about. brooke: for now. david: thank you very much to cameron crise and brooke sutherland. a reminder that you can find all of the charts we just used by v go.ng gt coming up, more on where we stand in the markets as we head into the second half of the year. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emma: this is bloomberg daybreak. novartis is to spin off its i care business as the new ceo refocuses on prescription pharmaceuticals. they will buy back up to $5 billion of shares using proceeds from its stake in the consumer health joint venture with glaxosmithkline. it is up for the final approval at the 2019 meeting. hyundai is denying declinedeports -- they to comment on the matter. was not looking for a deal until it finished its growth plan this year. unicredit is said to be selling at least 3 billion euros of nonperforming was not looking for adeals. the italian bank is also expanding a partnership to manage troubled corporate debt as part of its cleanup strategy. reducing $700 million of nonperforming l

it happened in south san jose at the shadow brook swim club. >> david louie is live from the scene to explain exactly how this happened. >> reporter: well, kids as young as 5 years old were in the water at the time for a swim class. their parents nearby on the deck watching them. inside the building, someone accidently mixed two chemicals that caused an immediate adverse reaction. of t the secene was immediately declared a mass casualty incident. thr her three kids also began coughing. this was their week of swim classes. >> everybody started coughing at the same time. so i grabbed my youngest out of the pool. told the boys to run out. and everybody, i mean, at the same time, started running towards that way, the exit. >> reporter: sky 7 was overhead as hazmat units began spraying water on 35 kids aadults exposed to the gas. it's believed that someone in the poolroom accidently mixed chemicals. >> we don't want anybody transported with the residue on them. we don't want to bring that chemical exposure to the hospital and create a problem at the hospital as well. they were decontaminat

it happened at the shadow brook sewilo club. david louie has been following the story and joins us live with the latest. david. >> reporter: kristen and larry it's happening here at an outdoor community pool in the valley section of south san jose. 35 people in all were exposed to color even gas after someone mistakenly mixed two chemical agents used to sand advertise pool water. kids were in the water while parents were on the deck when a yellow cloud tormd and caused immediate distress. irritated eyes and difficulty breathg. two others began vomiting. a fire department spokesman said it's believed one in the pump room accidentally mixed color even in the muriatic acid. >> the bi product of that can be color even gas. and again, the symptoms people reported were inconsistent o consistent with that type of exposure. based on the potential for that exposure to the color even it was recommended anybody reporting a symptom associated with transported >> sky7 was overhead as the hazardous material response was initiated. swimmer and bysta

david: unbelievable. melissa,. melissa: peter brookes, former deputy secretary of defense for europe and asia. what is reaction you just heard? >> there are number of things, melissa. the u.s. japan relationship seems to be in good shape. shinzo abe has same concerns about the abductees and north korean missiles. the president has concerns about trade. this is prosperous relationship between these two. that is good. japan doesn't want to be left out of it. north korea, secretary of state mike pompeo is actually holding a press conference talking a little bit about this. it seems positive. they seem to be ready for the, for the summit next week. of course i think that it's a good idea to keep expectations modest. this is a first visit. there is a lot of heavy lifting to do. melissa: one of the concerns though, prime minister abe, his focus is on those short-range, medium-range missiles. >> yep. melissa: kim jong-un isn't going to give up everything it wants. the president is focused on nuclear weapons. obviously that's a huge deal. he will not be left with nothing to defend himself and prop up

brookings institution here in washington. he has been our guest on "the communicators" thiek along with david mccabe ofxios. >> the american civilliberties union is holding their membership, and karen washington d.c. the event includes are marked by elizabeth warren of massachusetts and a series of panel discussions on media and rule of law. this is live coverage here on c-span2 and it should start hearing just a few moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> once again live from washington to see what the american liberties union is committing their conference. senator elizabeth warren and a serie

david: bank to -- great to have you with us. we welcome michael o'hanlon, a fellow at the brookings institution where he specializes in u.s.efense strategy and the use of military force. welcome back. you just heard juliette saly say it does not really commit to verifiable and irreversible. tohey know what they will be verifying? have they agreed on what denuclearization means? michael: they definitely have not agreed on that. that will be the last thing to go, in a way. that will be the final disagreement because as we are all aware, kim will not give up his nukes easily and may not at certainly not the warheads anytime soon. i think we will have to dance around that kind of in term. the short-term is more a tractable, to get a database from north korea about where its nuclear sites are, to agree on what kind of inspectors will visit those sites the way the international atomic energy andcy used to before 2003, then to actually verify that the , thatent, the centrifuges they have been shut down so they are not making more bomb grade material. over time, dismantle those production capabilities as well as capability for lon

david: is this likely to have an effect on tech company stocks? brooke: i think so. are already seeing this in semiconductor companies. if you look at genworth financial, gnc, -- gmc, the vitamin maker, china really save them from think wreps he or financial duress and without that -- bankruptcy or financial duress. alix: brooke sutherland, thank you very much. nathan sheets coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ two, down, back up! our phones are more than just phones. they're pocket-sized personal trainers. last minute gift finders. [phone voice] destination ahead. and discoverers of new places. it's the internet in your hand. that's why xfinity mobile can be included with xfinity internet which could save you $400 or more a year. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call, or visit a store today. alix: losing confidence. european confidence falling to an 8 month low. the ecb says protectionism is a key risk to global growth. no relief for emerging markets. dollar strength in a monster whammyeliver a double for the s&p asset class. alibaba scaling

david: it really is a family company, brian roberts' family -- father started a company himself. ceo, butis a fantastic not an owner. it is a very different mindset. brookeut disney has the advantage regulatory wise. bloomberg reported yesterday they are close to receiving antitrust approval, you might see that within weeks. that is a significant edge over comcast. the original reason fox went with disney over comcast was that fox felt like a deal with disney would be better odds of getting regulatory approval, getting over that hurdle will be a positive step. alix: at the end of the day, it is still a public company and there are still shareholders. if you have enough of a revolt in the shareholder base and a big group that say we do not want the deal done, does he listen to them? brooke: i think it certainly isn't pressure and a comcast lost $32 billion in value since -- that has got to be sending a message and to your point, i think you have to listen to that. alix: and look what happened to facebook where they had the certain type of voting shares and then there was a revolt and they did not want mark zuckerberg to make all decisions on his own. davi

david mercer i'll just second the pakis what amala. people in qatar have been out on the streets of the capital doha to signal their support for the country one year in so brooke aid imposed by neighboring countries began in the early hours of june the fifth two thousand and seventeen and saudi arabia the u.a.e. back rein in egypt cut all diplomatic ties with cutter they accuse the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim that doha strongly denies and issue demands including cutting ties with iran and shutting down. while qatar is refusing to give in to those demands and the country's foreign minister has spoken to al jazeera he discussed recent reports of threats of military action against oha from riyadh calling them on justified. do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia first for just that let us make it very clear that the purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimacy believe this behind this letter and threatening and violating the international laws by writing all the international norms and. most importantly its violating. g.c.c. charter which is

. ♪ david: as it prepares to exit the dow, ge continues the process of downsizing, with reports that it is to sell its factory power generation business. of --come brooke sutherland of bloomberg opinion. tell us what we know about this deal. it is not done yet. the process ofn selling something called its distributed power unit. this has been in the process for a while. details have been emerging. right now it looks like advent international, a private equity firm is in the lead. commons has been in the mix, kkr has been in the mix, polar -- kohler has been in the mix for this effort. it is not over until it is over. right now ge is making progress. david: how to they decide what they're going to sell and what they are not going to sell? the things that have the highest price are the things you want to keep his or the most valuable and the things you want to sell, you get low prices. brooke: that is the dilemma for the ceo and he is trying to balance the interest of investors, who would like to participate for some of these businesses that are in a cyclical downturn and creditors looking for cash to, in the door in order to justify ge's current credit