still to come on the newshour, david brooks and ruth marcus weigh in on this week's political headlinesd we remember our cofounder and longtime coanchor robert macneil. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of realism at arizona state university. geoff: on monday for the first time in american history, a former president will be tried in a court of law. it follows the judge in donald's new york hush money trial again denying his request for a delay. mr. trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to prevent news of an extramarital affair from becoming public. >> we will make america great again. >> eight years ago, donald trump, the real estate mogul turned presidential candidate, was about to deliver a titanic political upset. it was the fall of 2016 and despite trailing in the polls hillary clinton, the republican nominee was all confidence. >> when we win on november 8. we are going to washington, d.c. and we will drain the swamp. >> but a month before election day, his campaign was sent to rai

david brooks and jonathan capehart, the associate editor for the washington post.both. thank you for being here. david, if someone had arrived in washington today from outside the beltway, and had seen what went down which was a bipartisan group of people voting on something they agreed upon and that thing moving forward they would think -- that is ostensibly what governing looks like but here it is viewed as unbelievably unusual. david: kudos to speaker johnson. to his credit, he has hung in ere and he has bobbed and weaved to keep his job but in the end i think he did the right thing for the country and the world. and it was a test. it is important to respect democracy. when you have a broad majority of people, not only in the house but also in the country, including 69% of republicans that think vladimir putin should not be allowed to take more land in ukraine, and this broad majority, democracy should prevail. the problem in our country is that over the last few years, angry minorities have ruled. william: on this issue of this angry minority, that has always b

david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the shington post.ee you both as always. i want to pick up from that interview. you just heard the senator say he is open to conditioning aid to israel and under those conditions as he laid them out, this is a close advisor of president biden saying -- after the killing of the aid workers, does this feel like a tipping point when it comes to president biden's relationship with leaders in israel? >> we have seen this coming. how many weeks have we sat here on a friday night talking about how while the relationship between the nations is firm, the relationship between the leaders of those nations, there is daylight coming in there and the president and the administration would say, don't do this, prime minister netanyahu and the prime minister basically saying, hold my beer. but the killing of the seven aid workers, the president went to world central kitchen's meal station in ukraine -- he is the owner of restaurants that the president goes to. this is someone he knows who has struck him personally. ther

and, david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on this week's political headlines. ♪ >> this is thedi gatson washington d.c. and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. william: on capitol hill today -- one of the most significant votes of the year. in the house, the leaders of both parties worked together to oppose the most fiery voices in their caucuses, pushing aid for ukraine and other allies over a key hurdle. lisa desjardins joins me now. >> william, this was a massive win for ukraine and a loss for those who fear more involvement there. but it was also a day where we saw the house move away from the most conservative and liberal voices -- a rare day to see that action at the capitol is not always about the shouting. you could have missed it -- looking at the silent capitol steps and gray sky this morning. but inside -- a defining day for this congress -- and u.s. allies. >> now is the moment. history has its eyes on this chamber. >> today we are at an inflection point. >> there is a lot at stake in this moment. correspondent: the

david brooks and jonathan capehart will be here. and spending four decades together. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the waller cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> this week, jews around the world are observing passover. the festival of liberation that marks the historic exodus from ancient egypt. joy is tempered with loss and trauma. they will celebrate while displaced from their homes. their loved ones still held captive by hamas. alli rogan has more. >> in the rugged hills of israel, this man patrols his town where no one lives. >> lebanon is so close but this town of 2,000 had to be evacuate ed under government orders. david moves around in a golf cart. he says it's faster when the rockets crash. his town is nothing of what it once was especially now at passover. >> it's very sad. it shouldn't be this way. it's very apocalyptic. >> since october 7, israel's northern border is an undeclared second front line hezbollah fires rockets and missiles weekly into

david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines.ician jon bon jovi on the new docuseries capturing the highs and lows of his grammy award-winning band's four decades together. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: this week, jews around the world are observing passover, the festival of liberation, that marks the historic exodus from ancient egypt. but this year, joy is tempered with loss and trauma. more than 160,000 israelis will mark the holiday, while displaced from their homes. still, others have empty chairs at the dinner table. their loved ones still held captive by hamas. ali rogin has more. ali: in the rugged hills of northern israel, metula's mayor patrols his town where now, no one lives. >> this is lebanon. ali: lebanon is so close, that this border town of 2000 had to be evacuated under government orders. david azuli moves around in a golf cart. he says it's faster to escape when the rockets crash. >> t

new york times columnist conservative david brooks that reagan's view that less government equals more freedom government is the problem. it became the organizing conservative principle of the. nicholas lehrman, who writes for the new republic talked about how reagan's ideas became unassailable in politics for again for nearly a generation. so we know that this speech is incredibly important because it was a foundational statement. and i want to give one more source and a very unlike buckley one on the importance of reagan's ideas in the 2008 campaign. then senator barack obama irritated the clinton campaign in massive way when he noted that reagan changed the trajectory of america, a way that bill clinton did not. he irritated clinton campaign most of all because, it was quite clear that obama was right that reagan changed things in a way that later democratic presidents before obama did not. well, was about reagan that changed things more. anything else? it was the force, his rhetoric. the great historian wilentz has said of reagan that above all reagan supporters, unlike that what r

this was david brooks from the new york times individuals who said in any other scenario, we'd be openo it, but not this year because the risk of donald trump being elected is just too great >> so michael what where is this energy do you think going to go? i mean, to the extent that no labels had an argument, right. it was that people are unhappy with a trump-biden rematch. we can see that in the polling and in the numbers. now, they will not have this no labels option. >> what >> happens in your view at this point to those voters? i mean, are they going to robert f. kennedy jr. and what is the biden campaign imperative here >> i'm sure the biden campaign is thrilled with this news because the perception is that that donald trump has a ceiling. is it 44, is it 45 is at 46% of the vote. and therefore that any gain by a no labels candidate would have been to the detriment meant of president biden. so i'm sure the biden campaign is ecstatic with this. i would also think to your point that robert f. kennedy jr. sees this as opportunity, where will the so-called kasie double-haters go in th

know some people will step up, i hope that you're right and people will think about, you know, david brooks'll be thinking about doing the right thing as its own reward. one day if things go a certain way in this country people will be raising statues to mitt romney and six other republicans who voted to convict and the rob portmans, the larger group, they'll be lucky if they're forgotten, right, so i'd like to think that people are drawn into politics to do the right thing. careerism is put second. but, you know, i don't see a lot of people on the hill right now who are willing to challenge what's called the authoritarian consensus of the moment. >> but, it's just of the moment. and, you know, jeffrey, what i find so shocking, i guess these people didn't grow up reading history. i guess they didn't study history. i guess they don't understand the long arc of history. you know, we still remember for all the great things eisenhower did, we still remember that campaign stop in 1952 in wisconsin, a state he was going to easily win, where he could have condemned joe mccarthy after joe mccarthy

w rk times, white house and national security correspondent david sanger, along with th wilson center's mary brooks, penned new cold wars, china's serussia's invasion and america's struggle to defend the west. that book also comesut in april. and catholic university professor and russiaexpert michael kimmich has penned a study of the russia ukraine war. i's titled collisions the origins of the war in ukraine and the new global instability. and finally, two other notable books we want to mention that are coming out this spring in may, former university of kentucky swimmer riley gaines will release her book. it's about her work to keep trans women from competing in the women's divisions of sports. the book is titled swimming against the current fighting for common sense in a world that's lost its mind. and wnba star and olympic gold medalist brittney griner is publishing a book about the ten months she spent in russia's prison system. ms. grinder's book entitled coming home, is being published in may as well. and that's a look at some of the upcoming books this spring. we should note that all of thes

new york times, white house and national sury correspondent david sanger, along with the wilson center's mary brooks, penned new cold wars, china's rise, russia's invasion and america's struggle to defend the west. that book also comes out in apri and catholic university professor and russian expert michael kimmich hapeed a study of the russia ukraine war. it's titled collisions the origins of the war in ukraine and the new global instability. and finally, two other notable books we want to mention that are coming out this spring in may, former university of kentucky swimmer riley gaines will release her book. it's about her work to keep trans women from competing in the women's divisions of sports. the book is titled swimming against the current fighting for common sense in a world that's lost its mind. and wnba star and olympic gold medalist brittney griner is publishing a book about the ten months she spent in russia's prison system. ms. grinder's book entitled coming home, is being published in may as well. and that's a look at some of the upcoming books this spring. we should note that all of t

>>, my david truman and prince george's county executive angela also brooks talk about matters important to you. >> have already voted once in congress to codify roe v. wade. >> 425 news, the baltimore sun present the maryland u.s. senate candidate forum. this is your voice, your future. >> good evening and welcome to your voice, your future, maryland u.s. senate candidate forum. in preparing this forum, both campaigns are good to know opening statements. the debate topics include the economy, the budget, foreign affairs, crime and, law enforcement education at reproductive rights. all questions are directed to both candidates they have one minute to answer 30 seconds for rebuttals. a quick test to determine who gets the first question and who goes first in closing statements. you can see the coin flip on foxbaltimore.com. joining me my colleague at fox 45, mackenzie frost, the baltimore sun, jeff burger, and the university of baltimore schaefer center's dean. they are the panel will ask the questions this evening. allow me to introduce the candidates. prince georges county executive ang

. >> brooke: court is back in session today, first witness is david pecker, from "national enquirer." he says he worked with former trump attorney michael cohen to bury negative stories before the 2016 election and testified about a catch and kill deal he made with a trump door man about exclusive rights about a story he had about trump, the story was proven to be false. pecker never published it. prosecution still has to prove the former president was directly involved in the plans. jonathan turley says they have no case. listen. >> jonathan: this case is becoming inkocomprehensible, th newest theory, we have another dead misdemeanor. the misdemeanor is that trump conspired by promoting his own election unlawfully and they don't explain where the unlawful part is. >> brooke: we're still waiting for the judge to decide if former president trump violated gag order that prevents him from talking about people in the case. prosecutors are saying they violated that and are asking to hold him in contempt of court. >> carley: big day for the former president at supreme court, as well. >> bro

>>, my david truman and prince george's county executive angela also brooks talk about matters importantyou. >> have already voted once in congress to codify roe v. wade. >> 425 news, the baltimore sun present the m

david, that our top story this morning, no charges yet for the protesters who shut down the golden gate bridge on monday. there was a district attorney, brooke evidence is needed before she can move forward with the case. almost michael thomas live near the golden gate bridge with the details. michael, what are you learning? >> hey, good morning. everyone will really this decision by san francisco da brooke jenkins to not pursue the charges comes as a surprise for many because california highway patrol did arrest numerous protesters for numerous offenses on monday for shutting down the golden gate bridge and really causing havoc. and we've got video of what that scene looks like monday morning at around 08:30am, when pro-palestinian protesters took over the bridge, stopping traffic both ways in total chp arrested. 26 protester for false imprisonment, unlawful assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime. protesters use pipes, chains and locks making things difficult for law enforcement to get them off of the road and get traffic moving. and despite the havoc that it caused, san francisco da, brooke jenkins says there was no clear evidence to ch