that is syndicated columnist mark shids, and "new yorkum times" cst david brooks.o both of you. so these two articles of impeachment, david, how strong a case have the democrats made with this? >> well two, things. one, i think they made a strong case. i think there was clearly a campaign thave a quid pro quo with ukraine, and it's clearlyff an impeachablese. as for the articles of impeachment, i don't like them. abuse of power? what is that? that's not a criminal thing. it's a vague construct. same with obstruction of congress. these are both extremely vague constructs and i think they leah away fro actually happened, what crime was committed and what should the punishment be and they'll lead to a debate over these vague concepts. the concepts should hug closely to some sort of criminal concept that's in our court system, so we all have a history about it and know the structure of it, and these waft away from it. i think they make the case, but i don't like the way nay framed it. >> woodruff: mark, too vagueon and nooint? >> too vague? no. judy, i think the best c

mark shields and david brooks break down a week that brought us even closer timpeachment., much more. >> woodrf: for a second raight day, a general strike brought much of france to a halt. the streets are filled with protesters denouncing president emmanuelle macron. as nick schifrin tells us, it's macron's ideas on reformingon sacrosanct secof the french national retirementsy em that have sparked outrage across the country. >> schifrin: in the city of light, dusk arrives early, in a cloud of tear gas. protestors have shut down parisr and much oance. phalanx of police arge at demonstrators, and show little restraint. police have arrested hundreds. in a nation founded on revolt, demonstrators have held up the ag-- and much of paris' public transit and schools-- for two days. hundreds of thousands of protestors from all walks of life are united by opposition to proposed pensions reforms. >> ( translated ): retirees areo hereh are here. this shows that we are all affected by this bad proposal, and are all here to say tha we don't want it. >> ( translated ): i demonstrate for

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mark shields and david brooks analyse a historic week in washington., director greta gerwig discusses the latest film adaptation of the classic novel "little women." >> woodruff: a new investigatioe s the rapid growth of for-profit prisons being used to house immigrants.am as wilrangham explains, ile it has generated tremendous profits for tas industry, itlso caused hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and mistatment in those cilities. >> brangham: that's right, judy. since president trump took office, thbusinessusing immigrants has exploded. according to a new investigation by "usa today," 24 centers and 17,000 new beds have been added in the last three years. while these private companies are meant to save money and operate more efficiently, e team at "usa today" documented poor conditions, over 400 case of sexual assault or abuse, and at least 29 deaths, including seven suicides. alan gomez is one of the many reporters who worked on the series, and he joins me now. alan, welcome back to the before we talk about the growth of this industry that you doc

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joining us are david brooks. maria teresa kumar, republican strategist alcardenas, and betsy woodruff swann of the daily beast. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. i hope you have been enjoying your thanksgiving weekend. but the house judiciary committee beginning the formal prosof drawing up charges against the president, the white house faces a new deadline. committee chairman jerrold nadler has given president and his lawyers until 5:00 p.m. on friday to decide whether to take part or not. he's called it a sham, a scam, and a hoax. the republican strategy has been focusing on the process, delegitimize it, and scare newly elected democrats in swing states to vote against it. delegitimizing it makes it easier for many senators, like john kennedy, to vote to acquit the president in an impeachment trial. republicans are quick to point out that weeks of impeachment

coming up on the newour: mark shields and david brooks reflect on a packed year of political news.ew film dramatizes the relationship between the two living popes. and, poet ada limon reminds us of language's capacity for alance, mystery, and rad hope. in dallas, two programs are trying to shift the conversation around juvenile justice. as john yang reported this summer, one brings young people intoe he kitchen. her aims to address trauma through art. here's reprise now of that story, which is part of our occasional series, "chasing the dream," on poverty a opportunity in america. >> yang: it's a friday night in downtown dallas, and cafe momentum is buzzing. in the dining room, waiters thread their way between tables. in the kitchen, workers chn out dishes. watching over it all, executive chef and founder chad houser. >> say, "you know, we will have a table for you in about 15 minutes." >> yang: but cafe momentum is far from an ordinary restaurant. all the waiters, and a lot of e kitchen staff,ave recently been relsed from juvenile detention in dallas county. they're here on year-l

bet city woodriffe swan of the daily beast and david brooks, new york columnist.l, david, we just got an example here. we look at the, i mean, we're having an asymmetrical argument. democrats are trying to have a conversation about what the president did and republicans are having a completely different conversation. as we couldn't even agree on the same set of facts. >> i sort of think the democrats should either hold us up or go big. hold this up means we will impeach them. send it to the senate, get it done as quickly as possible. going big with saying this is not a trial, a political process. the jury is in four states in the mid-west. we will 'get local people to try to explain to the people in those four states why this matters to them and ship whole numbers. those are the two options. i think they should hold it up. it's completely unmovable on this. >> you know, betsy, this is not a split decision organically. the republicans spent millions to get this split decision. >> and house democrat you can leadership is cognizant of the fact based on the leadership

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liz: "new york times" conservative columnist david brooks tells pbs, quote, that the articles of impeachmentre vague. to him they seem amorphous, not concrete abuses of power, that he can see that are criminal that meet the level of criminality threshold. impeachment is underwater with voters. "real clear politics" average of seven major polls look at that, a little over 47% oppose. a little over 46% support. so, you know, democrats have talked so authoritatively that the facts are there, that the facts are uncontested. watch house speaker nancy pelosi doing just that. >> quid pro quo, bribery, bribery, that is in the constitution, attached to the impeachment proceedings. >> you yourself accused him of bribery. why did you decide not to make bribery one of the articles of impeachment. >> i myself am not a lawyer. sometimes i act like one. not as often as i act as a doctor. i practice medicine on the side without benefit of diploma too. liz: correct me if i'm wrong, the witnesses that the democrats brought forward, did any of them raise their hands yes, we have evidence of bribery? >> that is

a new new yorker piece about hid david brooks called his book the most important religious book of our decade. and this book spends time sort of speaking to christian conservatives and saying that the republican establishment has betrayed christian conservatives, that it has not protected them from the ideals of the enlightenment, from capitalism, the lgbtq agent which is what he callsle and they should make like st. benedict who is a sixth century monk and -- and they should police in little arcs in the bar barrett of the -- how people should live and his experience living with benedictine commune in italy. one of the first things i do to critique dreher's argument is to note that medieval months did not monks did not call what they're were doing living in arcs. they called what they were doing living in tabernacles which is different, dwelling pace among the people. and monks in establishing monasteries war not interested in homogenous voters and reconciling a diversity of experiences that people came into the monastery with, instead of streamlining them and making them all one they

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career and offered his thoughts on leadership in a conversation with new york times columnist david brooksrtion of the program. >> the girl was preparing for battle, covered by their shields and they were so terrified they could hear each other's teeth chattering. have you felt that kind of fear in the course of your career either in the battlefield or someone else? >> absolutely. you're trying to overcome it. there's things you can do to overcome it. your body and mind will help you get through that. it will slow things down but the most important -- there's nothing strange about fear. it's going to be there. it's part of the fight. the first time i got shot at, i couldn't taste for three days, it scared the hell out of me. but i think you're well enough trained that what really drives you forward is because you're probably going to be very tired. i cannot even explain to me to you how tired he would get. some of you have been there and you know what i'm referring to. the fear will be the coupled with the fatigue that goes beyond words. there's going to be also almost a kind of doom and e

general mattis will be in conversation tonight with david brooks political and cultural commentator and currently a commentator on cbs news hour and all things considered and meet the press the author of on paradise drive. march 2011 he came out with his third book social animal. which was number one new york times bestseller and the latest will not stop flying off the shelves published in april. please help me to welcome to the to the stage. [applause] >>. >> the first time i have ever seen an author work the crowd before the event. [laughter] that the campaign has begun. [laughter] there are many surprises i loved reading your book. and there are many bet the first was that you are hitchhiking around the west at age 13. give us the basic facts about your family but give us the emotional tone. what kind of house did you grow up in quÉbec's military quick. >> no. i was not brought up in a military family at all. we liked being outdoors we would go camping on weekends. my mother and father traveled the world as young people my father was a merchant marine for 15 years my mother was in th

. >> let me get on my it and saline back and welcome david brooks to the party. >> it's getting hot in it's just gotten amazing. >> you guys realize this is weird, right? >> it is super period. >> the awkward silences. >> oh. >> ah, let's reflect on that. >> i did want to let this moment -- >> sit. >> -- sit. >> i mean, what can you say? >> that's how they know about the martians who landed here. actually i'm making a joke. >> okay. >> i'm going to end with my bad holiday joke. >> are you saying the cow industry had beef with oprah. >> this is a holiday where you say look, let my full report go. i'morome on, come on. >> wait, wait. >> this is ending toxic masculinity right here. >> looking forward to more awkward pauses and awkward hugs in to 20. that does it for me. i'm going to see you back here at 11:00 a.m. eastern. "hardball" is next. >> fighting the freeze, let's play hardball. ♪ >> good evening. i'm jeff bennett in for chris matthews. new evidence continues to bolster the case against the president as he awaits his trial in the u.s. senate. "the new york times" is revealing stun

david: sort of look the other way? brooke: who knows? ntly said he's eager to talk to the media next week. think we may not have heard the last from mr. carlos ghosn. brooke: it is interesting that he did not go to france because he's also under pressure in -- in france, of course. they are not too pleased about the way he handled the finances, so if you are really not fleeing justice, why not go to france? it will be interesting for this man who flew around constantly as a ceo all over the place to stay in one country indefinitely. that is a little tricky. brooke: and he will probably have to because lebanon does not have an extradition treaty to japan. for your point, he can go to davos, he can't visit the united states or anywhere else. it will be interesting to see what happens. we want to bring in now kathryn rooney vera, bulltick head of research and strategy. great to have you. happy new year. last day of trading, lastly of the year. what are you looking forward to in 2020 given what has happened in 2019? it was a pretty good year

i'm delighted to invite david to brookings. david was appointed assistant secretary of state by donald trump. he previously served in the air force for 35 years, beginning as a linguist in 1980, retiring as a brigadier general. he was the advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and served as the defensive attache in beijing. he recently served as the director of the china strategic focus group in hawaii from 2017 to 2019, where he was an abject's -- adjunct senior fellow. david, thank you for your service to our country and the important work you are doing now. as you can see from his background, he has been at the forefront of managing policy questions that shape the future of these relationships and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy to china and is preoccupied with keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole, where we have a huge number of relationships, partners, allies, and interests that go beyond simply the question of china. assistant secretary stillwell and i were here at the

david: thanks to brooke sutherland reporting on fedex. now we go to london to talk about the pound and what the pound has done. it was doing terribly well when boris johnson got elected and then we got the news of the hard brexit. not doing well now. >> we had the pound on the day of the elections with boris johnson, it got one of its highest level since early 2018. since then, it has been quite a move. it has fallen 3%. right now it is probably the biggest selloff in over a year this week. it mainly boils down to this. yes, he has the majority, but what you will do with it? it brings back the risk of a hard brexit the end of 2020. david: what are we expecting out of the bank of england? it is hard for mark carney, who is a lame-duck, they are talking about a possible replacement. how does the bank of england respond? anooja: just right -- just like setbackd, gilts faced a , that is completely wiped out. even on the day of election traders were paring back. there was a 30% chance for 25 basis point rate cut in 2020. now that has gone up t

david: especially because we have seen the chinese government put their thumb on the scale and have a local competitor against a local competitor against u.s. competitor. brooked to do that in the past. that gets back to the question of profitability and can you keep a healthy growth margin. david: you have to grooved -- you have to give china credit. they have doubled down on electric vehicles. the entire auto industry is transforming to electric vehicles. brooke: exactly. this is why this is so important to tesla and a positive to see the factory getting up and running and positioning tesla to meet the demand. tax exemption does help because they have been caught between the trade war and questions of whether the vehicles would meet market share because of the extra tariffs. to get that up and running is a positive. you'll still have that battle of the bulls and bears over tesla profit. david: many thanks to brooke sutherland of bloomberg opinion, and thanks also to michael mckee for joining us for the hour. 10-year german bunds yields hit their highest since july and what could be a breakout. that is next in today's technically speaking. if you're heading

before i hand the floor over to david, further notes from me. brookingsdiscloses the participation of its scholars on political campaigns. workings scholars do that work in the runtime and other own premises. we disclose this on the website. you can see their affiliations. as of now we have scholars advising campaigns and some have been on leave serving in the trump administration. seeing them serve in the presidential parties going back to the ford campaign. david, over to you. >> good afternoon. it's great to be here. i see a lot more friendly faces than i thought. two i would like to call out, ryan recruited me for this duty, which i'm grateful for. bob is in the back there, the dcm in beijing when i was there in 2011, 2013, who taught me more about china than i have learned before or since. great to see you both. i hope i don't disappoint bob. the topic today is on the idea of pluralism. that you know, in this job as i approach this job, i have had to think through intellectual trappings for what we are doing here, what i'm trying to accomplish and wh

wsoe look a of the most significant economic stories of the 2010s with david wessel, th director of the hutchins center at the brookings institution, andatherine rampell, an economics writer and columnist for the "wasd ngton post." lcome to both of you. david, you and i did sit here 10 years ago. things were not looking well. thgeey wering better, but we weren't sure. >> that's right. it's really remarkable. i don't think either of foresaw what happen in the 2010s for really the decades of thehree lows. we had very low unemployment start of today, it's a 3.5%.0%. it's been very low inflation. in fact, ilation is so low that the fed is struggling to try and get it up to its target. and partly for that reason, interest rates have been very low at the beginnithe decade. the congressional budget office has predicted that the yield on 10 ye treasuries, which is kind of a benchmark, would be 5% rage in the 2010s. today, it's 1.9%. nobody would have predicted this. and it means it's good for people who borrow, including the federal government.it s not so good for people who save having very low interest rates. an it makes the

david: joining us -- vonnie: joining us as bloomberg opinion columnist brooke sutherland. mr. saying boeing might have its own ideas but the plane is not going up to the air until it is safe to do so, underline what michael o'leary said yesterday that it would be one of the safest planes when it finally gets into the air, which should be better for boeing long-term. brooke: it should be. it will be harder for boeing to convince the public the plane is safe. the general public may not know what has been done with the plane. when you see 346 people died, and we live in the internet age where people can screen for flights based on their aircraft model. the real news today for boeing is the pushing out of the deadline. this is something the company has repeatedly had to deal with. they have set goal posts and they missed them. the most recent update from boeing was they thought the faa might deliver leniency to start delivering the max by the end of 2019 even though they cannot technically fly them yet. the messaging today basically said that would not be the case and the reason t

david barlow started his legal career as an associate at the law firm then known as lord bissel and brook in the chicago office. just a couple of years ago, david joined sidly and sus tin in the chicago office and became a partner in 2006, remained a partner at sidly until 2010. at -- during much of that time, i was an associate at sidly in the washington, d.c., office. i got to know david again through this process, this time as a lawyer, as a professional, and although we worked in different offices as part of the same firm, we knew the same people. and the network of lawyers with whom i worked quickly identify david barlow as one of the lawyers in the firm who could be trusted with anything. one of the lawyers in the firm who, even as a young associate, could be given any task and any lawyer giving him that responsibility could do so with the full assurance that the lient would be well served, that no -- client would be well served, that no ball would be dropped and every stone would be turned over in an effort to properly handle the case. mr. barlow worked on a wide variety of litigat

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david: there is applicable aspect to it as well. you found an intellectual, rudolph brooke how, who said, reportedly, that politics is nothing but medicine on a large scale. explain that connection between politics and medicine? dr. farmer: this is a 19 december tree german figure who some kit -- a 19th century german figure who some consider the father of medical anthropology. he had been reactionary as a young and privileged man who want into medicine. study sent to silesia to typhus outbreak and that converted him, that expense of being around people living in dire poverty. and facing both poverty and disease. that changed him. he became a scholar and physician that to this day, he is admired. david: he also became reacquainted, at duke, with haitians caller: through a nun. -- dr. farmer: yes, i wanted to do a big story for duke publication about the mistreatment of migrant farmworkers by the growers particularly, and their bosses. there was no united farmworkers chapter. there was a friend of united farmworkers chapter. it was one of the people involved, was a nun named

brooks and vince gill, guys from oklahoma. i started meetin' all these people from oklahoma. i started really lookin' at the people even my favorite guitar player that i grew up with, david t.alker, was born in oklahoma,ople timmy b. schmit from the eagles. oklahoma is a state of great things. [smith] so you have a connection to oklahoma-ish. [mo'] it's a connectio but i kinda like had to dig and build it. [smith] right, i'm a littlrried you wrote the song basedipn what you read on wia. (audience laughs) this is actually, this has stuck with me. [mo'] no, no i know people and the people were in the area, i'm thinkin' like. garth brookslike, and vinc, those are some of the most down-to-earth, shameless, good people i've ever met. you know, oklahoma, you know? shameless, good people so i go,r met. we write tg. and there's also, the gap band is from oklahoma too, just so you know that. ♪ you dropped a bomb on me baby ♪ (laughs) so ere's all that good stuff. [smith] there's good things in oklahoma. i agree. [mo'] charlie's from oklahoma. [smith] i get it. i get it. [mo'] uncle charlie. [smith] so this is a record that actual, i don't think of you as a political-- [mo'] oh, i'm

i'm bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and it's my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east asian pacific affairs. david stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by president trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a korean league west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a brigadier general he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u.s. focus group. he was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. as you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u.s. and china friendship. working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. where we have a huge number of relationships, partners, allies, and interests that go well beyond simply the question of china. assistant secretary still well and i and many years together at work together at the mount fuji dialog in tokyo tokyo. with thinkers coming together to disc

brooks' sandwich house is an since 1973 run by scott and his twin brother david. place.modest buy a hop: where you burger all the way and eat outside. i missed that treasure until three weeks ago when a friend lunch. me there for scott spotted me as we came in and told the cashier, our house, not e on the because scott was a fan, but because he was a nice guy. was holding down the fort hile david convoe lessed from an injury, that's what brothers like scott do. i could not know then that scott us all just n from 17 days later. 'm grateful for that brief meeting and for the opportunity to commemorate him to the history of our nation. and his wife and child should not be mourning him this day. are.we all scott alan brooks, rest in peace. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous could be sent to address the house for one minute -- consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman

david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. on the brief today, kevin cirilli from the white house on the house moving forward to impeach the president. brookeedex and how low it can go, and from london, the pound's to news on brexit and the bank of england. let's start with kevin cirilli. where are we at this point? kavanaugh: right now the house is -- kevin: right now the house is going through the conversation they are having on the floor of the house of representatives ahead of the historic impeachment vote. a handful of democrats expected to break from the party and vote with republicans against impeachment. from there, a quick trial in the senate. mitch mcconnell saying he is anticipating a quick trial. here at the white house, it is business as usual. we aren't dissipating the vote to happen between 5:00 new york time and 8:00 new york time.