ma shields and david brooks. hello to both of you on this friday evening.talking about the report. what did you make of what some of those florida voters had to say? in particular and thinking of thyoung black ma who said he vis niant this he is not variant the siesta about joe biden. >> -- very enthusiastic about joe biden. >> i thought it captured the complications of biden and trump. 50 million votes cast in florida psince2 1d the difference between the two parties, 200 of 1%. it has consistently voted about 3% more republican than the country, that is why it is soon important tod trump. african-american women are the most loyal,ns important tuency of the democratic party and african-american men arlagging in their support and i think lambert expressed that and it was captured well. >> david, what did you take away from the report and with the votersaid? >> the young woman from cuba expressed the apocalyptic fear that so many trump supporters articulate, the idea that if joe biden wins either he is going to make some fundamtal change and destroy the coun

mark shields, david brooks. we'll see you next week. >> thanks.he week comes to a close, we again remember a few remarkable americans who have lost their lives to covid-19. margie kidd was in her 40s when she went back to school to become a teacher. she had a gift for holding the attention of her kindergarteners and first-graders in ridgeland, south carolina, and regularly said that learning should always be fun. she'd wake up early, by 6:00 a.m. each day, and send silly memes to her daughters and grandchildren, along with messages of love and advice: >> just remember what i taught you-- to become a better woman, you must believe in yourself, you must do better and you must help others. >> woodruff: margie was 71 years old. domenic parisi started cutting hair in sicily when he was 1 by 20, he had moved to the u.s. and opened a barber shop. for nearly a half century, generations of new jersey families came to domenic for haircuts and good conversation. among his many regulars was president richard nixon, who came to domenic for close to a decade af

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the 29—year—old's absence is yet another blow to the welsh, with midfielder david brooks is also injuredrrell are both suspended. ramsey's injury has left manager ryan giggs admitting he faces a juggling act. england will be without ben chilwell and kieran trippier for their nations league match against denmark tomorrow. tripper‘s been given a leave of absence to attend a personal hearing in relation to betting charges, while chilwell has pulled out with injury. striker harry kane has been cooked declared fit. —— declared fit. gareth southgate denied there's a problem. he would have started the last game without enough training time. he was obviously fine during the game, so he's fit, available and ididn't the game, so he's fit, available and i didn't really understand the stories that are being want run, and that's not the conversations we've been having with spurs medically and it's not something that's really affecting us. manchester city's lucy bronze is back in the england women's squad for the first time in almost a year. lyon forward nikita parris is also in the squad for the frie

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that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks.to to both of you. after another news-filled week, mark, you just listened to the report from wisnsin, yamiche's report. what is your sense of voters'ke n how the president has handled coronavirus and how it's affecting their vote.t >> well, it's od, judy. this is an area where joe biden has a decisive margin over donald trump. one of the misleading impressions about wisconsin, why it is important, is tht every democrat since water mo mondalen 1984 has carried it up until hillary clinton. the margins were incredibly thin. trump carried it by eight-tenths of one percent in '16. it is the ultatimate eground state and as of this evening is not encouraging for the president. >> woodruff: david, what did you hear from the voters thallt you where the election might be headed? >> the power of polarization, in yamiche's report. threpublicans thought t pandemic news not serious, the democrats thought it was serious. it's an objective, scientific medical thing, it's not a matteo inion, yet one's

mark shields, david brooks, we thank you both.. ♪ judy: again, this week we remember five extraordinary people who have lost their lives this pandemic. up every day by 5:00 in the morning, don spent decades in the corporate world before retiring to pursue his true passion, art. he moved tomorrow thursday vineyard and opeerdragonfly ga many of his oil paintings were inspired by his love of sailingh per the of two plans many summer vacations sailing uand down the northeastern coastline on his boat called thego pend when he and his wife retired tol ida, the 75-year-old became an avid golfer, even hitting two holes in one. those who knew 63-year-old juana, said her personality was like magic. her sisters spoke of her giggle and at smile tould light up a room. called peppa, by all who knew her, she was a nurse practitioner serving nashville for 30 years. a beloved daughter, sister and h ther, peppaften shared a favorite quote wr sons. what we achieve inwardly will change outwardeality. andrew mcbride ii was just 14 when he was left to

mark shields and david brooks weigh the changing supreme court and share what they're looking for on election night. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the p newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects . >> ft.idelity wealth managem >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> financial services firm raymond jas. >> johnson & johnson. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> thiprogram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to ur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the presidential campaign is coming down to the wire: one last weekend, only three days left to win hearts, minds, and votes. white house correspondent yamiche alcindor has been f watchingl day of rallies, and has this report. >> alcinr: the last friday before election day, and the candidates are trying to make every minute

thank you both, david brooks, mark shields. thanks, judy, thanks. >> woodruf how serious has the ndemic's impact been on the performing arts? there's plenty of data. third-quarter employment rates of 54% for dancers, and 52% for actors. a 33-fold decline in consumer spending on the performing arts. many companies have announced they will remain closed for he-person performances for foreseeable future. but, as jeffrey brown found, there are glimmers of hope, and pockets of movement, where the show-- even in new ways-- is going on. arre's a look, for our ongoing and culture series, "canvas." >> brown: on a recent indian summer evening, in an urban new york city field next to a cemetery, the thrilling sound and movement of flamenco dancer li tirado performed for a small, socially-distanced audience. arts and dance, known as"f baad!", an organization that presents work al artists, especially women, people of color, and l.g.b.t.q. artists. dancer and choreographer arthur aviles is baad!'s co-founder and served as the evening's m.c.

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the 29—year—old's absence is yet another blow to the welsh, with midfielder david brooks is also injuredes a juggling act. england will be without ben chilwell and kieran trippier for their nations league match against denmark tomorrow. trippier‘s been given a leave of absence to attend a personal hearing in relation to betting charges, while chilwell has pulled out with injury. striker harry kane has been declared fit. spurs bossjosie spurs boss josie marriner spurs bossjosie marriner is supposed against him starting tonight but gareth southgate denied there's a problem. he would have started the last game but hadn't had enough training time. he was obviously fine during the game, so he's fit, available and i didn't really understand the stories that are being run, and where that's coming from is not the conversations we've been having with spurs medically and it's not something that's really affecting us. manchester city's lucy bronze is back in the england women's squad for the first time in almost a year. lyon forward nikita parris is also in the squad for the friendly against german

so without further ado, rabbi jonathan and david brooks but thank you so much. >> host: david really didn't? >> i will do some questions in a back-and-forth conversation. i was like to start out with the most broad first question. and that is, you have written 30 books. this is a person called morality, what took you so long? [laughter] some sense morality is a subject of all of your books. but why, what subject in this broad topic grabs you right now? >> guest: what happened, david? what happened is for the first time i became aware of the extent to waste western liberal democracies, america especially had just lost the plot. it seemed to me that the kind of free societies that were primed and conceived by john milton and john locke on the 17h century and by washington and jefferson and the who wrote the federalist papers, the more like glee, they understood that you could not have a free society. that was not also a moral society. a society which people accepted collective responsibility for the common good. in which they say in effect we are all in this together. that was an absol

david brooks who was an off at columnists. he is the author of several books most recently the second mountain. i am getting handed over to the rabbi in one second. after a couple of minutes we will open this up to q&a. if you have a question you can go ahead and write in your question in your ask the question box. without further ado. rabbi jonathan sacks and david. i will do some questions we can have a back-and-forth conversation. >> i like to start out with the most broad first question and that is even had written 30 books. this is the first one called morality. what took you so long? in some sense morality is the subject of all your books. what is a subject in the broad topic right now. what happened david. >> is the first time i became aware of the extent to which western liberal democracy they have just lost the plot of morality. the kind of free society that was conceived in the 17th century in by washington and jefferson the wisest of them all. they understood that you could not have a free society they accepted the

mark shields and david brooks weigh in on this uncertain time so close to the american election. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. the engine that connects us. ♪ >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering lands designed to help people do more of what they like. how our service team can help you find a plan that fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. >> raymondjames. johnson & johnson. ♪ >> fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: president trump is being taken to walter reed national military medical center in bethesda, maryland, tonight after testing positive for the coronavirus overnight. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany said he's experiencing "mild symptoms," and was being airlifted t

mark shlds, david brooks,thank n election night next tuesday. >> woodruff: once again, remember a fewhe many extraordinary people who have lost their lives in t covid-19 pandemic. 47-year-old heidi hussli always knew she wanted to be a teacher. her sister said heidi was fearless and pushed others to be the best version of themselves while studying abroad in germany during college, heidi fell iven ith the country, the language, and her future husband of 24 years. wentn to become a germ teacher in wisconsin, sharing her passion with her students-- among them, heson. cassie martinez hated cities and was most at home ithe outdoors. born and raised in san diego, she and her boyfriend of eight years road-tripped to countless national parks alonghe pacific coast, from canada to mexico. her friends knew her as kind and sympathetic, always there as a shoulder to cry on, but also blunt and honest. when cassie passed at 29, she had landed aew job, on her way to becoming a dental hygienist, and her boyfriend was planning to propose. linda eawood's family calledhe their "north star." every holiday

the 29—year—old public absences another blow to the welsh with midfielder david brooks also injured.as left manager ryan gates admitting he faces a juggling act. ingle will be without ben chilwell for their nations league match against denmark tomorrow. and given a leave of absence to attend the personal hearing in relation to betting charges while chilwell has pulled out with injury. manchester city prospect lucio bronson is england's women squad for the first time in almost a year. nikita paris is also in the squad for from the against germany on the 27th of october. the ceo british gymnastics has said that she will stand down from her position in december. her decision as part of a retirement plan and not as part of a retirement plan and not asa as part of a retirement plan and not as a direct consequence of allegations of bullying within the sport. she does pick up our sports editor. i'm devastated about the fa ct editor. i'm devastated about the fact that our athletes have felt they had to come forward. you know, i feel the athletes have been so brave in speaking out, but at the

i really love -- when david brooks came on, he said it was going to happen. look, the more the merrier we got to get this, i wish the president said the following, that regeneron needs more people who are willing to be in the trial. that's what regeneron needs. it is not that they don't have -- look, first 200,000 go to the government, free. but you need to have more arms that's what i put -- it is arms. you need more arms to inject >> you do. you do back to lilly, we should mention it, again, this is the competitor so to speak to the regeneron cocktail that the president took and it does seem to have similar impact the combination therapy significantly reduced viral load at day 11, meeting the primary end point of the study so far at least. earlier time points during the course of an infection as well day three, one higher viral loads typically seen it did what it is supposed to do reduced the viral load, reduced the likelihood of somebody having go to the hospital. and that is a good thing and that is something that may be available sooner than the vaccines

when david brooks calls this the age of disappointment for so many people.age of trump. it's sort of, oh, that person is on that side. i'm on this side. i can't trust that person anymore. how do you begin to rebuild that trust that has eroded? >> well, that's exactly right. and just to get through life in more ways than we think, we depend on trust. every simple transaction, every process we go through every day depends on the ability to trust other people around us. we've got to do something about it. there are a lot of things we can do about it. this, for example, is one reason i'm a big fan of the idea of national service. not forcing people to serve and certainly military service isn't for everybody. but when i tong hink to my time the military and learning to trust my life to people i had just met, people who were sometimes radically different from me in terms of their politics or where they were from or their background. it's a reminder that when people are brought together with a difficult challenge and an urgent mission, they can form those bonds of

we turn once again to david wessel, director of the hutchi center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. so, david, welcome back to the "newshour". tell us what the overall projections are right now about what happens to the economy overall, if we don't see a sort of relief package in the foreseeable future. >> well, the economy was fueled by the care cares act which pasn march. the third quarter will show a big increase in growth. but without stimulus, that's going to level off and we'll level off with far fewer people working than were working before the pandemic. a couple of my colleagues at brookings estimate that with a $2 trillion package is roughly where mnuchin and pelosi are talking, we could get back on the pre-pandemic growth path by the end of 2021 or early 2022. but without any more fiscal stimulus, they estimate that it could be several years, perhaps a decade, before we return to the pre-pandemic growth path. so this is really a moment where it really matters. >> woodruff: help us understand, david, what sectors of the economy -- we heard some of this from lis

we turn once again to david wessel, director of the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookingsnstitution. welcome back to the "newshour." tell u what the overall projections are about what happens to the economy overall if we don't see any sort of relief package in the foreseeable future. david: the economy was fueled by the cares act, which passed in march. so the thirduarter that ended at the end of september, it will show up big when the government comes out with numbers, a big increase in growth. but without stimulus, that will level off and level off with far fewer people working than before the pandemic. a couple of my colleagues at brookings estimate with a $2 trillion package, which is roughly where mnuchin and pelosi are talking, we could get back on the pre-pandemic road path by the end of 2021 or early 2022. but without any more fiscal stimulus, they estimate it could be several years and perhaps a decade before we return to the pre-pandemic growth package -- path this is a moment where it really matters. judy: help us understand what sectors of the economy. we heard