. >> david brooks looked at the survey that he did and he wrote, a smarter look at america's give vied. he said we sometimes think of this as a populous moment, he said, but that's not true. my first big take away from hidden tribes is that our political conflict is primarily a rich, white civil war. it's between privileged progressives and privileged conservatives. >> that's right. >> well, explain. >> yeah, so what we have essential on the wings on the two most -- on the most extremes of the ideological spectrum, the progressive activists on the left and devoted conservatives on the right are both more likely to be white than the other groups and they are also higher income than the other groups. as well, they are more engaged in the political process, so they are more likely to vote than any other segment and they're also more likely to be active in social media, their voices are more likely to be heard. so what we ultimately see, and this is sort of one of the core insights of our study, is that there's this perception in america right now that america is deeply, deeply polarized.

host: david brooks looked at the and he wrote a smarter look at america areas divide. sometimes think of this as a populist moment he not true.hat is my first big take away from hidden tribes is our political is primarily a rich white civil war between progressives and privileged conservatives. right. that's host: explain. guest: what we have are essentially on the wings of the most, the most extremes of the ideological spectrum the progressive activists on the devoted conservatives on the right are both more ikely to be white than the other groups. they are also higher income than the other groups. they are more engaged in the political process. they are more likely to vote segment and more likely to be active in social edia and voices more likely to be heard. what we see and this is sort of of -- the kerr insights core insights there is a perception that america is polarized. nine of 10 americans say that is the most polarized in their life times and we have 50-50 divide red versus blue and cosmopolitan rural, liberal versus conserve active. is that re suggesting per

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that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks.lo to both of you. it's friday. so we do have the president, it seems, out on the campaign trail every single day, jetting out to whether it's tennessee or pennlvania or anoer part of the country, today, mark, he's in ohio trying to energize the republican vote, the base, trying to get the.m out is it working, do you think? >> republicans feel it's working better than it did two or three weeks ago, judy.in but i what is remarkable about it is how constant it is.t you said anergizing the base, it's about inflaming people. donald trump's mesage is never about coalition, reaching across a divide, trying to list a majority. it's always about coming back to it's us against them and we may not be perfect, but, boy, those other guys are really bad, and i think that's the message. it's going to be a referendum as it is every midterm on the president, an his members right now are just about the same point where barack obama's wee in 2010 where they suffered enormous defn eat, whell clinton in '

mark shields and david brooks break down political divisions in america. our fall films series showcases an intimate look at alzheimer's. >> woodruff: for more than a week, thousands of migrants, erfugees, and asylum seekers fleeing central a have been part of a now well-known "caravan", making its way through mexico toward thu.s. border. it's become a focus of president trump, as he seeks to stop the caravan's progress. many of these travelers are escaping rampant violence and economic privation in their homelands. >> schifrin: every night they come together, feeling safer in a large group, searching for some sleep. this is the central square of mapastepec, 70 miles north of the mexico/guatamela border, an thoes are worn from the walk-- many have already been or the road 500 miles. they've picked up friends along the way, and take a quiet moment to themselves. 23-year-old karla cruz might keep in touch with her boyfriend back home in honduras, but her hopes are northward,e u.s. she's brought onlyrrhat she can and fills a bag that was her blanket. she joke

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the home side went in front through summer signing david brooks.ternational‘s first premier league goal. this is already bournemouth‘s best start to a premier league campaign, but they were pegged back in the second half when patrick van aanholt equalised for palace. roy hodgson‘s side let the game slip away, though, when mamadou sakho flung out an elbow in the box in the dying minutes. that gave junior stanislas the chance to score from the spot, which he did. 2—1 it finished. we won in midweek, won in the ca ravelle we won in midweek, won in the caravelle cup, we won in midweek, won in the ca ravelle cup, and we won in midweek, won in the caravelle cup, and i was pleased with that but today it was important to get back to the performance levels i know we are capable of. there is a great spirit in the team, and that showed. we are pleased with the start of the season, we have got some big results, the latter taking the game is on to another level. but we know we still have more to do. i cannot fault the players' performance, thought it was good es

david brooks in his column say that culture is more important than economics. is that why this nationalism of trump's, the concern about the caravan, all that stuff, is that outselling people's basic concerns about their social security when they retire, their medicare, obamacare every day of their lives? >> yeah, that's a good part of it. i also think there's an economic discussion. "the wall street journal" two saturdays ago, chris, reported that the lower 10% of the country is experiencing some wage growth, something that is also happening is by cutting the illegal immigration at the border, he's taking the slack out of the african-american and hispanic-american labor markets and those markets have tightened and also allowed for increase in wages. >> why not trickle down? you're arguing basically scaramucci, you're selling trickle down. that means if he gives huge tax cuts to the mar-a-lago crowd, it will trickle down to the american people. >> my peace on the increase of wages is from the immigration. i'm not selling trickle down. i'm not one of those trick

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we're founded on that premises and you should see david brooks jump out of a cake. we do this together sometimes. we're founded on a premises that we're all created equal and yet the man who wrote that was a slave holder and it took us 90 years to adjudicate that and in my native region in the last half century we've lived under legalized apartheid. women have not yet voted for 100 years in this country. 2020 will be the centennial. 50 years ago, african-americans couldn't vote in my native region. three years ago gay americans couldn't marry. three years ago. people say the issue on gay rights is moving so fast. i've never heard a single gay person say it's moving too fast. never. so the journey is one that is difficult but has taken place, winston churchhill once said the journey is toward the bright sun lit uplands. and i think that ultimately you have to have intellectually honest parties who are willing to call them as they see them as opposed to reflexively taking a position one way or the other. you have to have a free press, free opinion, but also people who

the home side went in front through summer signing david brooks — it's the wales international‘s firstt they were pegged back in the second half when patrick van aanholt equalised for palace. roy hodgson's side let the game slip away though when mamadou sakho flung out an elbow in the box in the dying minutes. that gave junior stanislas the chance to score from the spot, which he did. 2—1 it finished. manchester united manager jose mourinho says some players care more than others at the club after their failure to win any of their past three games. mourinho was speaking before united play valencia in the champions league on tuesday but it looked like business as usual for the players this morning. it's the worst start to a season for united in 29 years, and mourihno, well, he denied that another loss would lead to him losing hisjob and says it's everyone's responsibility. everybody in the club has a role to play. everybody has a role to play. the kit man has a role to play. the nutritionist has a role to play. i have a role to play, everybody has a role to play. when we win we all win,

conservative columnist david brooks said, there is an invisible, moral fabric that holds up society,hat is made up of decency, honor, giving hate no safe harbor, treating everyone responsibly, making sure you understand that a community is bigger than you, you owe something beyond just yourself. that's what built this country. that's who we are. whether you came here for days ago or came here when had 50 years ago, that is who we are. you cannot define an american based on their race, their religion, their ethnicity, you cannot do it. it's the only country in the world based on an idea, the american idea, basic fundamental decency. and it is being shredded. it is being shredded. the reason we have been able to leave the world is not because we are the most powerful nation in the world, as the power of our example. that's why we built the greatest alliances in history, literally the history of the world. that's why we have been secured. that's why we have grown. my god, think of what is going on now. as george will and other conservatives said, these ideals have been shredded, they ha

joshua king got two—goals, david brooks and callum wilson one—each. watford 8th.roper performance for us. but we have room to improve. and girl from today. that's a really good sign and i think watford are a good sign and i think watford are a good team. even with ten men they made it difficult for us. we were pleased with a clean sheet and there isa pleased with a clean sheet and there is a lot to be happy about. let's take a look at the day's results then. huddersfield town are still looking for a first league win of this season after a 1—0 draw with burnely. another miserable day for crystal palace. keep an eye on match of the day tonight for glyfi sigurdsson's strike in everton's 2—1victory over leicester city who were down to ten men when wes morgan was sent off for the second time in three league games. that result at the bottom of your screen but if it stays that way, and then you really do have to doubt whetherjose mourinho has much longer at manchester united. top of the table then. most of these of the top or point run sunday. the big ones manchester cit

joshua king got two—goals, david brooks and callum wilson one each. watford eighth. howe? i don't think it was a proper performance. i had to be please with the result. but we still have room to improve. that is a good sign. i think watford are a good team. they made it difficult for us. but we we re very made it difficult for us. but we were very professional, please with the clean sheet. let's take a look at the day's results then. huddersfield are still looking for a first league win of this season after a 1—1 draw with burnely. wolves are now unbeaten in six league games after a 1—0 win over cystal palace — palace are yet to score at home strike in evrton‘s 2—1 victory over leicester city who were down to ten men when wes morgan was sent off for the second time in three league games. manchester united the comeback of the day. stunning stuff at old trafford. top of the table then. manchester united should be there up to eighth. that is incorrect. i should tell you that manchester united are up to eighth. that result just came in. most teams in action later on sund

[applause] david brooks is a conservative columnist bud wrote under this president and republican party, these values are being shredded. our democracy is under assault. our institution is under attack. we have a president to put his own interests before the ideals of the country rather than asserting our values. the republican senate knows better. [applause] this is not your father's republican party. every time our administration is in trouble, i get to capitol hill, because i respected. -- respect it. many whok you'll find will say negative things about me because i have never misled them. but they know better. the reason why we have to reelect joe, remember i say this, you will see about seven u.s. senator's slip overnight. look, folks. unlike any other country in the world, america is about ideals. that is who we are. [applause] think about this. what americafine is based on race or history, ethnicity, they can't do it. i can define every other country that way. we are the only country defined by our ideals. [applause] , askrny as it sounds have that, they will say because of the c

.>> you should see david brooks in front of a .... with the premises we are created equal, and yet, the man who wrote that was a slaveholder. and it took us 90 years to adjudicate that. and in my native region within the last half-century we have lived under legalized apartheid. women have not yet voted for 100 years in this country. 2020 will be the centennial. 50 years ago, african-americans could not vote in my native region. years ago, the americans could not marry. for years ago. people are saying, the issue of gay rights is moving so fast. i've never heard a single gay person they that their human rights are moving too fast. is always a boring heterosexual pundit who says that. the journey is one that is difficult but has taken place, winston churchill once said that the journey is toward the bright sun --. i think ultimately you have to have intellectually honest parties willing to call them as they see them as opposed to reflexively taking a position one way or the other. you have to have a free press. free opinion, but also p

two for talamo to —— two goals for talamo cinema for david brooks. hard for us. it is a different pace, different strength. at the end i missed a little bit of the energy. being aggressive in the missile area. we laid expensive price. keep working hard. for us to restrict them anyway that we did, defensively, we were very good. i thought it was a much better away performance than the watford game, which we did really well in recently. a of positives against it. huddersfield's misery continues. they are stuck to the bottom after a 3-0 they are stuck to the bottom after a 3—0 loss to watford. goals from roberto and gerard for watford. it is their best ever start to a top—flight season. is their best ever start to a top-flight season. defensively today, this was not the performance which we wanted to have. we looked solid, stable, compact. there are real problems especially in the transition. we were not aggressive enough. we did not shuffle and make it tight enough for them, and they look very strong. but can be wolves 1-0. look very strong. but can be

conservative columnist david brooks says there are many folks on the alt right who are attacking thesealues, and he says they are quote, being dissolved so they can make room for their individual selfishness. folks, i respect my republican opponents. you noticed any time our administration would have a dilemma in the house or senate, i would get sent up to the house and senate. it's because i never once misled them or lied to them in the years i was there, and i respect them. they have a different point of view. i respected, though -- i respect it, though. and they knew that although we disagreed significantly, if we didn't turn this into personal invective, if we didn't turn this into questioning motives, we could get through the most difficult times. that we had to get through. but it seems lately that many of my republican colleagues, and there are still have a lot of friends in both parties, that my republican colleagues seem to have lost their nerve. no, no, i'm not trying to be a wise guy. they are spending more time protecting the white house and choosing party over country than

host: david brooks looked at the and he wrote a smarter look at america areas divide.es think of this as a populist moment he not true.hat is my first big take away from hidden tribes is our political is primarily a rich white civil war between progressives and privileged conservatives. right. that's host: explain. guest: what we have are essentially on the wings of the most, the most extremes of the ideological spectrum the progressive activists on the devoted conservatives on the right are both more ikely to be white than the other groups. they are also higher income than the other groups. they are more engaged in the political process. they are more likely to vote segment and more likely to be active in social edia and voices more likely to be heard. what we see and this is sort of of -- the kerr insights core insights there is a perception that america is polarized. nine of 10 americans say that is the most polarized in their life times and we have 50-50 divide red versus blue and cosmopolitan rural, liberal versus conserve active. is that re suggesting perception

and david brooks had an amazing piece yesterday and his takeaway, quote, the conflict is a rich, white civil war. it is between privileged progressives and privileged skeftd conservatives. does that make sense to you? >> it does. there's more narrow political causes. but i wouldn't overdo it. we elected a democratic govern nor of virginia last year. moderate. i think voted for bush in 2004. in a lot of these congressional districts these are -- the democrats i think luckily or intelligently, elected moderately reasonable conservatives. so i don't quite buy that everything is so polarized that nothing can be done. moderates organize better in both parties. you dent get a choice of two extremes and we could end up with surprising number of moderate democrats, fairly moderate democrats perhaps, at least in the house this year. it's stale highly polarized moment and trump makes it even more so. it's hard to know what will happen. steve was right to be cautious i think. there's a lot of cross cutting currents in the polls and feels to me like '94 and 2010. you have a bit of a bear market ra

republican's message to argumen david brooks, because he writes in "the new york times" this, the democratic campaign is inadequate to the current moment. it offers no counternarrative to trump. little moral case against his behavior. no unifying that a lot over the last couple of days and we'll see it over the next 15 days. i mean, sorry, no argument against ethnic nationalism and politics. you can't beat something with nothing. >> you can beat something with something that counts in the specific district. they say you know, i do a town meeting, standing in a super market, people are not talking about donald trump, they're talking about what's happening on their farms. they're talking about health care. they're talking about the cost of education. they don't want me to talk about donald trump. those are the districts where you have to focus on constituent issues, not donald trump. >> the ebola issue was not as divisive. that was actually a health care fear. that wasn't necessarily a dev e divisive racist issue frankly. the democrats versus 2016 or 2014 in the midterms have put up better ind

david brooks wrote this fantastic piece, and his biggest takeaway was "our political conflict is primarily a rich, white civil war. it is between privileged progressives and privileged conservatives. you could say that tribalism is the fruit of privilege." . there's a risk right now that the center on both parties could lose and we could only be left with extremes. >> i agree with that 100%. the danger for american democracy is profound. if you look at these elections what we're -- half of the democratic gains in the house of representatives, and i do think democrats take the house, half will come from california and the new york metropolitan area. the blue wave is on the coasts. in a lot of way it's a replay of the presidential election of '16 where democrats won the popular vote, the big states. but we not only are not going to take the senate, i think we're going to lose seats. in the last two weeks -- >> we being democrats. >> yeah, excuse me. montana, north dakota, missouri, even indiana, the situation has seriously deteriorated. so here we go again, electoral college, republican. the

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and the hosts are already one nil up, thanks to an early goal from david brooks.k from a surprise four nil loss away at burnley last time out in the league. palace looking for a third win of the season have their star man wilfried zaha up front. great britain are hoping to have a women's football team competing in the olympics in tokyo in two years time. fifa have accepted an application from all four home nations to nominate england to try to qualify. the agreement only applies to the women's team and not the men's. team gb comepeted at the home olympics in 2012, but not in rio two years ago. in the women's champions league, chelsea have been drawn against italian side fiorentina. the blues were one of eight seeded teams for the draw in nyon earlier. glasgow city will face barcelona, who have england s toni duggan amongst their ranks. holders lyon will face dutch champions ajax. tyson fury and deontay wilder appeared to have to be separated at their press conference in london earlier, as they announced the staples centre in la as the venue for their world heavywe

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david: brooks, always great to have you. we are just minutes away from economicest read on growth.ta will be joining us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is bloomberg daybreak, alix steel is also day. let's get a check on the markets, it's red across the board. there is disappointment over google, our so that amazon, bringing down the s&p 500. let's slip on over, we are seeing strengthen the u.s. dollar, and there is risk trade-off with investors moving into the japanese yen. david: and we have the gdp numbers out, 3.5, 3.3 with the estimate. last quarter was 4.2. the survey was at 3.3, and this gdpa surprise to the number. we see s&p futures coming off the lows. carol: and i'm seeing slight reaction in terms of the bond market, the 10 year yield is at at 281. the two-year is we are seeing an uptick but barely. david: this is good news for the administration. mick mulvaney will be on later on and they have been saying that tax cuts would lead to growth. you think about the midterm elections in being out there on the campaign trail, do people have a job? do they feel confident? and

tom: david brooks wrote an essay on an incredible poll.feature this morning. in the poll, here is the morning must-read. "86% of conservatives think it is more important for children to be well behaved. only 13% of progressive activists agree. 2/3 of americans are the exhausted majority." is the exhausted majority going to show up to vote? kevin: that is the biggest question mark. i grew up in this world. brooks hits this on the head in terms of the divide between the working class . you have liberal elites and working class, and that is going to be the giant unknown as we head into this. i am biased toward pennsylvania, but this is the microcosm of where this country is at. tom: take the next 20 days off. kevin: no, i live for this, really! as welling through this is the president of the united states. here is president trump. threatrump: the biggest is the fed because the fed is raising rates too fast. it is independent, so i do not speak to them, but i am not happy with what he is doing. tom: president trump. trish regan. it is also goo

. >> mel brooks, david bowie, art carney, muhammad ali. >> but the weirdest thing about this story...y solid. nothing's going to fall off. >> ...is how the square from the burbs ends up with both. >> i can only imagine this driving around the streets of new york. >> will this two-for-one strange inheritance -- >> i've got $150, can get a $175? once, twice. first piece sold. >> ...ultimately add up? [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ]

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david brooks, the columnist had a piece on saturday taking place after the confirmation of brett kavanaughaking a look at the politics, particularly the state of u.s. politics as it played out over the process and he has this thoughts saying what we saw in the hearings was the unvarnished tribal is asian of national life. ofthe heart -- tribalization national life. these narratives were about what or what did not happen at a party 36 years ago. there was nothing particularly ideological. nothing that touched on any of the great national disputes. it reactions to the narrative have been determined almost entirely by party affiliation. those who support democrats asey'sing bl narratives. i can think of few exceptions. these hearings were a devastating blow to intellectual humility. he talks a little bit about the divided politics of the united states, particularly after the kavanaugh confirmation process and we want to get your thoughts on the state of u.s. politics after what you have seen play out the last few weeks and with the confirmation of brett kavanaugh last week. 202-748-8001 for r

and we have recruited the journalist david brooks to join us and to interview grass roots change makers, all around the country, to draw out, from those leaders, making an impact in their communities, the themes that unite us as americans that can help us re-weave our social fabric. in the years to come, you can expect from the aspen institute more focus on children and youth and families. more focus on community, more focus on bridging divides, and more focus on results. now -- thank you. [ applause ] >> part of what we do with the atlantic media, which is so valuable in a democracy, is to find those speakers that have the most compelling idea, the most impactful thinkers. i hope you leave this convening with one of those voices echoing in the chambers of your mind, as you go back to your day to day work and lives. a single idea expressed in its finest and purest form can change lives. and the affective experience of hearing something radically new can re-make our assumptions about this world and our place in it. i had precisely that experience this summer, when the atlantic and the as

they have encouraged mob rule. >> david, a mob. >> yeah. >> that's not by accident, brooke. yeah, that is language that they believe is going to help energize their team. you've got to remember, for the last year and a half in american politics, since president trump has taken over, we have seen a fired up democratic party. we've seen it in their turnout numbers, in primary season this year. we've seen it in special election results throughout the last year and a half of the trump era. and what every republican strategist has expressed that they were concerned about is complacency on the republican side. so getting the huge partisan battle of a supreme court confirmation, especially one as contested as this one was, in the mix and being victorious in that, and then just making it a pure partisan fight at the end there, as you heard all of those republicans do, they're hoping that brings republicans into the enthusiasm game, even if they can't overtake democratic enthusiasm, at least get them a little more jazzed about the election than they had been. >> i think people are pr

a couple callers on hold, let's hear from them before we move on to couple other geraldine brooks books. david from rochester, new york, you are on the air. good afternoon. >> caller: thank you. yes, i haveav a question, listening to, i'm interested in how historical novelist works like a historian in many of the same ways, you unearth new facts, you go where the facts are, and i'm just wonderingri did any historical novelist influence you when you started out being a historical novelist, and what books for historical novelist do you like today that you enjoyed reading. >> that's a wonderful question, thank you for that question. it's true, we do work like historians. to me, i think of it as following the line as far as it leads and it's when that line starts to become faint and fade until it's undisturbed, that's when you have to take the leap into imagination. i try not to take that leap until i have to. i've been inspired by so many wonderful writers, in the past i think the one that set me on the track to doing what i do the way i do it is the british writer mary wren alt who wrote about t

let's hear from them before move on to a couple of other geraldine brooks books. david, rochester, new york, you on the air. good afternoon, good afternoon. thank you. yes, i have a question can listen to you i'm interested in how you are historical novelist, books read like a historian. in many ways you unearth new facts. you go where the facts are. i'm just wondering, what, did any historical novelist influence you when you start out being historical novelist and what books or novelists, historical novelists do you like today that you enjoy reading? >> guest: that's a wonderful question. thank you for the question. it's true, we do work like a story. >> to me i think of it as following the light of an actor following as long as it reads and its win that line starts to become faint and then fades. that's we have to take the leap into imagination but i try not to take that leap into an absolute have to. i've been inspired by so many wonderful writers. back in the past i think the one that set me on the track to doing what i do the way i do it is the british writer mary

. >> all right david wessel from the brookings institution. >> the hutchins center at brookings. >> thisd well informed. >> i know. i was kind of looking at becky and andrew >> i was going to ask you guys which one of the three of you was he talking about >> he was staring over all our heads as he said it. >> people do that. they come in and are nice to us. >> they say things like good question >> i feel good i did it thanks, david. >> you're welcome. >>> okay coming up, some more good questions hopefully. plus cnbc unveiling this year's start-up 100 list today. it's an exclusive group of fast-growing new ventures. we're going to be talking about one of the brands, third love, that made the cut. its ceo will join us live next hi, kids! i'm carl and i'm a broker. do you offer $4.95 online equity trades? great question. see, for a full service brokerage like ours, that's tough to do. schwab does it. next question. do you offer a satisfaction guarantee? a what now? a satisfaction guarantee. like schwab does. man: (scoffing) what are you teaching these kids? ask your broker if they offer awa