david brooks: yes, my small violin for the davos elitists.rosstalk] david brooks: i would say a couple things on foreign policy. the first, one thing that's i think that's been undercovered that has been truly terrible, maybe the most terrible thing for me, is the decimation of the national and national security staff, some of the intel staff. these are career people who are patriotic people who work like 70-hour, 80-hour weeks. they serve every president. and they have expertise. you take all those people. a lot of people showed up and they were asked to go home and we don't know if you're ever coming back. and so who's going to run our foreign policy? get somebody who -- people who don't know anything about intel? you can't learn intel by sitting on a college campus. you have to be in the intel community. and so i worry about the decimation of our human capacities. i have some hopeful thoughts about just the vibe about russia these days. russia has -- they're winning very gradually the war in ukraine, but at tremendous economic cost, human

still to come on the news hour, david brooks and jonathan capehart offer their takes on the end of the administration and amanda gorman shares her new poem about the california wildfires. >> this is the pbs news hour. geoff: countries and businesses around the world will be watching to see just how quickly president-elect donald trump new tariffs after he takes office on monday and how steep they may be. special correspondent catherine rand paul reports on how some companies are already preparing >> this is one of our newer products. >> when donald trump won in november, his first call was to china. >> called our major supplier and found out how many more pair we could make before chinese new year. >> trump has threatened 60% taxes on chinese made goods, which might include all the shoes his company sells. >> we import and distribute around the united states men's and boys shoes. >> he says shifting production here is not an option given labor costs. >> there's a lot of labor in the making of shoes and there's no factories here to move production back. >> stopped getting up early was r

david brooks and jonathan capehart offer their takes on the end of the biden administration. and amanda gorman shares her new poem about the california wildfires. >> this is the pbs news hour from the david m rubenstein studio in washington, and the u.s. walter cronkite school of journalism at nona -- arizona state university. >> countries and businesses around the world will be watching to see just how quickly president elect trump imposes new tariffs when he takes office and how steep those tariffs may be. pbs special correspondent in washington post columnist catherine rappel reports how some companies are already repairing -- preparing. >> this is one of our newer products made with our new comfort technology. >> when donald trump won in november, rick's first call was to china. >> called our major supplier, found out how many could take before they close for chinese new year. we bought 30,000 pair that day. >> trump threatened 60% tariffs on chinese made goods. which might include all the shoes his company sells. >> we import, distribute around the u.s., men's and boys is

and david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines. >> this is the pbsour from the date m. rubinstein video in weta in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> president-elect donald trump was sentenced today in new york city months after a new york jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts false fight business documents to cover up an extramarital affair. but the judge granted him an u unconditional discharge a sentence that afirms he is a convicted felon but faces no further penalties, fines or any time in jail. our reporter was in court and joins us now. so william, tell us a little bit more about this unconditional discharge. how did the judge explain his rationale for what some are call ago lenient sentence? william: on one hand this wasn't a surprise. the judge had telegraphed this in a memo earlier. but this is a relatively rare situation to have a defendant convicted of 34 felony conviction an face no jail time, no penalties, no fines, no probation. merchand described that on one hand this was a

david brooks and jonathan capehart. good to see you both on this friday.rump received the first ever criminal sentence for a former or incoming american president, so-called unconditional discharge in his hush money case. we are in an era where the word unprecedented has been worn down to a close shave but what should we make of the fact that donald trump will be the first president to take office with a criminal conviction? >> donald trump wanted the whole thing wiped out. in our country the presidency under the constitution as interpreted by the supreme court has protections. we don't want to live in a society where presidents face possible prosecution for the things they do in office or on the periphery of the office. i thought making him a felon, he cannot hold a gun and there are a few restrictions there but not sitting in jail struck me as a balance between the needs of the system and the needs of our democracy. geoff: donald trump is vowing to appeal the conviction. but there are people that look at the case and say that donald trump walks away with

that is new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington is acting on his campaign promises at the quickest pace in recent memory. what to the past few days suggest to you about how the next few years might go? jonathan: all the things he's doing, from the pace to what he is specifically doing, he told us. he told us how these first few days are going to go so that is not what is surprising. what is surprising to me is the level of meanness in some parts, smallness in some parts, but also aggressiveness and other ways. i'm thinking about his moves on immigration, his moves of snatching security details from pompeo and bolton and dr. fauci. i mean, this is -- it is startling. but politically i understand why he is moving so quickly and broadly, because the clock is ticking. his term is four years on paper but the way politics runs in this town and in this country, he has maybe a year and a half, maybe two, if he wants to get over the finish line a lot of these things. there are two specific promises he did not keep. he did not end the war on

david brooks scored the only goal in bournemouth�*s 1—0 win at the vitality stadium.oo dissimilar from last year. i don't think it is too dissimilarfrom last year. it is kinda one of those things especially the home games where we can turn anyone over. if especially the home games where we can turn anyone over.- we can turn anyone over. if you look at the — we can turn anyone over. if you look at the goal-scoring - look at the goal—scoring records, it is an ongoing challenge, players cost a lot of money. you have to develop a way of playing to score goals. but it comes down to individuals in the final moment of truth comes. arsenal leading by 1—0. leeds lead at the top of that ship has been cut one point. burnley had put themselves level with lead, a diving header as blackburn's 15 year wait for victory over burnley goes on. sheffield united are also a point off the top after ending a three—game run. middlesbrough missed the championship at the top four, they drew one all. norwich were one — zero down at the 90th minute but staged a comeback to win 21. the file is mad

david brooks, my photojournalist, is going to show you the activity there. that seems to be where the activity is concentrated on the water now, just across. we are on the virginia side, just across the water from us is joint base anacostia-bolling. that is an air force base that is just across the river there. that appears to be the area of the water where this crash occurred. now, from what we know now, it does not relate necessarily to the base itself, this accident. what we're told by a u.s. defense official is that this was an army blackhawk helicopter out of fort belvoir, virginia, that had a crew of three people on board. american airlines has told cnn that the passenger plane that collided with that helicopter had 60 people on board and a crew of four. some additional information. our colleague gabe cohen has from a law enforcement source that they are basically they have every available agency working on search and rescue operations right now in this area behind me. that source telling gabe cohen that basically they are painting a grim picture of wh

new york times columnist david brooks criticized the democrat's approach, saying, quote, tim kaine tried to play the moral. disqualification game, dwelling on hegseth various adulteries. with democrats having failed to defeat donald trump. with this strategy, i admire their capacity for persistent losing, unquote. what's your response? he's saying you should have taken him on more on his policy ignorance and less his personal life. >> well, look, i don't tell david brooks how to be a journalist, and he's never said in my seat. here's my experience, jake. i've watched republicans grapple with donald trump cabinet nominees, and the only way we get votes against them from republicans is either by showing complete lack of qualification or deep moral and character failings. we were able to get a couple of votes during donald trump's first term against betsy devos for secretary of education. she was qualified for other things, but she was an enemy of public education. and so some senate republicans voted against. we were able to basically muscle matt gaetz out of the running for attorney gener

david brooks scored the only goal in bournemouth�*s 1—0 win at the vitality stadium., but their fourth in a row could mean more to arsenal, who dropped two points in this evening's meeting at the amex. it'll be liverpool who perhaps benefit most, with arsenal now four points behind the leaders having played two games more. craig templeton reports. remarkably, arsenal haven't played outside of london since november the 26. since then, they have won seven times, but can they do it a bit further afield? bukayo saka was key to most of those winds, but he is out injured until march. luckily for arsenal, this is his replacement. 17 years old, second premier league start. 1-0, second premier league start. 1—0, arsenal. living a teenage dream. unlike their opponents, brighton have no winds since november. with finishing like this, it is not hard to see why. but they were handed a lifeline in the second half. penalty was given away an unusualfashion. ezra made no mistake. 1—1. brighton came closest to winning, but the strike was dragged agonisingly wide. so, and happy travels

. >> this morning, david brooks is writing. >> the. >> new york times about. >> the. >> next four yearsany of the trump's cabinet picks, david writes, quote, they are self-identified disrupters. they aim to burn the systems down. disruption is fine in the private sector. if elon musk wants to. >> start a car. >> company and it. >> flops. >> then all that's been lost is investor. >> money. >> and some jobs. but suppose you disrupt and dismantle the defense department or the judicial system, or the schools. where are citizens supposed. >> to go? >> as we've seen over and over again down the centuries, there's a big difference between people who operate in the spirit of disruption and those who operate in the spirit of reform. if i were running the democratic party. god help them. i would tell the american people that donald trump is right about a lot of things. he's accurately identified problems on issues like inflation, the border, and the fallout from cultural condescension that members of the educated class have been too insular to anticipate. but when it comes to building structures

. >> david brooks wrote a column for the new york times about the confirmation hearings, saying, quote, in our culture, you don't want to focus on boring policy questions. you want to engage in the kind of endless culture war that gets voters riled up, unquote. brooks was basically saying that it would have been more effective if democrats had gone after hegseth. when it comes to exposing his policy ignorance, in brooks view, instead of focusing on issues like women in the military or his past, all these allegations about his past. what do you think? >> well, the statements that he's made does show his ignorance of the military. he will be secretary of defense in charge of 3 million people. to denigrate the service of women and women in combat, women who have had children. to denigrate lgbtq service members who, as we know because of don't ask, don't tell really hurt the military. it hurt our access to foreign language speakers. it hurt access to mission critical service members. so it showed a lack of knowledge about why you want to value the men and women who are already serving, and

we're going to i'm going to step out of the frame of the camera and let our photojournalist, david brooks, go straight ahead past me in the water, just slightly to our right. this is the first time we've actually been able to get a decent view of boats in the water. we can see at least four where you see those kind of spaced apart flashing lights straight ahead. david's going to go in as close as he can there. that's our first look at actual boats in the water that we can discern from the vantage point where we are, which is daingerfield marina, just south of reagan national airport on the virginia side. also, you know, again, they are pouring every possible asset into this area for search and rescue. over to the right of these boats is one of the main staging areas near joint base. joint base anacostia-bolling, which is an air force base in southeast washington, d.c. that's a staging area. but again, our first look at boats in the water over here to the center. now, again, we don't know if that is the location of the downed plane and helicopter. we you know, we just we do know that accor

the point jake -- david brooks about that. this is a true power and politics. you will leave office and people can overturn the laws it is whether you change the way people think. reagan did it, thatcher did it in the uk and trump has done it here. >> absolutely. you can count on a couple of hands the leaders that have the kind of magnitude and impact that this president returning in the face of everything that we have watch over the last four years. an extraordinary political story i think kids will be studying it for years to come and we get to watch it here live over the next 24 hours. our special coverage continues. it will get underway in a few minutes. we will sneak in a quick break. don't go anywhere, we will be right back. >> i wanted to see the trump inauguration tomorrow but since go to the rally. a lot of excited people gathering inside and outside of the capital one arena here in washington, d.c. this is a victory rally ahead of tomorrow's historic inauguration back on capitol hill, and scrambled to put the finishing touches on president trump swear

david brooks, inaugural addresses are typically heavy on poetry, light on pros.specifics about just a series of actions he intends to take. it almost had the sins of a preemptive state of the union address in many ways. what you make of that? >> you took the words from my mouth. it was the most state of the union-y inaugural address. usually the kind of stuff we hear and instead i have executive orders on protecting the southern border. not stupid. not a stupid strategy. and americans are distrustful. i think they may be fed up with lofty words. a lot of the posts are more -- if you face a distrustful country, giving them concrete things they can applaud out, probably the right thing to do. when he did get a little 19th century-ish. railroads, selling the frontier, william mckinley. but that is donald trump's mentality. those were the years we became a big superpower. those were the years we were not yet global. it was also the massive immigration that made this country what it was. the final thing i will say is the one word not mentioned, which could be with thi

. >> meanwhile, this morning, david brooks is writing the new york times about the next four years intified disrupters. they aim to burn the systems down. disruption is fine in the private sector. if elon musk wants to start a car company and it flops, then all that's been lost is investor money and some jobs. but suppose you disrupt and dismantle the defense department or the judicial system or the schools. where are citizens supposed to go? as we've seen over and over again down the centuries, there's a big difference between people who operate in the spirit of disruption and those who operate in the spirit of reform. if i were running the democratic party. god help them. i would tell the american people that donald trump is right about a lot of things. he's accurately identified problems on issues like inflation, the border, and the fallout from cultural condescension that members of the educated class have been too insular to anticipate. but when it comes to building structures to address those problems, well, the man is just hapless and incompetent. so writes david brooks this mo

david brooks said these people want to dismantle these institutions, but why? is happening in our culture and society? i think people are overwhelmed by modern technology. could i ask you to commit to having many different, in your publication, having as many different psychologists and psychologists trying to explain? there's many different categories. host: we are just about out of time for this segment, but i think i understand your question, you want mental health professionals to explore the trump support. guest: well, i think that there is an extra rational sort of dimension to the maga movement. i don't know that it is something i would pathology eyes. what's complicated by all of this is there are legitimate grievances about the direction of our political economy and the direction of our government that are, you know, i think the trump movement is a symptom. i don't know that there is a sort of simple, straightforward psychological diagnosis that would explain it all. there are series about how the authoritarian personality works and how authoritarian m

david brooks said these people want to dismantle these institutions, but why?s happening in our culture and society? i think people are overwhelmed by modern technology. could i ask you to commit to having many different, in your publication, having as many different psychologists and psychologists trying to explain? there's many different categories. host: we are just about out of time for this segment, but i think i understand your question, you want mental health professionals to explore the trump support. guest: well, i think that there is an extra rational sort of dimension to the maga movement. i don't know that it is something i would pathology eyes. what's complicated by all of this is there are legitimate grievances about the direction of our political economy and the direction of our government that are, you know, i think the trump movement is a symptom. i don't know that there is a sort of simple, straightforward psychological diagnosis that would explain it all. there are series about how the authoritarian personality works and how authoritarian mov

. >> and i can't imagine david, that garth brooks ever saw he perform there and performing such a beautiful, beautiful and powerful and powerful song. >> hallowed be thy name. i think to come thy will be done. on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our trespasses. as we forgive those who trespass against us. >> and lead us not into temptation us not into temptatit deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. >> amen, amen.

we're also seeing other city leaders expecting the da, brooke jenkins, to be here, city attorney david chu, as well as members of a local union who are spearheading today's press conference. now, this all comes as fears heighten within the city's immigrant and migrant communities. here in the bay area, there are videos shared on social media of targeted operations in san francisco. a viewer shared this one, reportedly from sunday. now, two days prior, a leader from a local union says that federal agents showed up to multiple buildings but made no arrests because they did not have arrests or search warrants. nbc news has learned i.c.e. arrested 1179 undocumented immigrants in one day. roughly half had criminal records. in addition to being in the country illegally. nbc news's gabe gutierrez saw one enforcement operation in another major city, chicago, where agents arrested a man named christopher lara from mexico. he says he had a criminal record, including convictions for home invasion and aggravated battery. he does have serious charges and convictions, so i understand he has a daught

prince harry was not in court — but his barrister, david sherborne, gave this statement to the reporters gathered outside. at her trial in 2014, rebekah brookss editor of the sun, we ran a clean ship. now, ten years later, when she is ceo of the company, they now admit, when she was editor of the sun, they ran a criminal enterprise. farfrom being relics of a distant past, many of those behind these unlawful practices remain firmly entrenched in senior positions today, both within news uk and other media outlets across the world. wielding editorial power and perpetuating the top —— perpetuating the top —— perpetuating the top —— perpetuating the toxic culture in which they try. it's no surprise that the senior executive and editors refused to turn up to give evidence. the of these key individuals to come and answer questions under oath spoke volumes in itself, but their collective silence is deafening. that is prince harry's barrister, david sherborne speaking the in the last hour. live to our correspondent rich preston outside the court. a full and unequivocal apology, and we had tom watson speaking earlier outside the court. and speaking ou

and david wellings of the brook administration. doug, let's start with you.g to be the most trying issues? maybe first what we have to deal with is what happens to the debt ceiling this year and how quickly you think that can get resolved. >> well, i think there are three big ones that are just sitting out there we know we have to get past. one is the debt ceiling. the second is funding the government for 2025. still haven't done that. and the third will be what happens to the jobs act. those are three very big legislative lifts. i think first will probably be funding the government. they can push the debt ceiling off until late spring, early summer, and probably will. they probably won't get the tax bill done very quickly. i think the early indicater is the speaker election on friday. can they manage that process in a way that quickly elects a speaker, or is it going to be a protracted issue? there's nothing about their attempts in december that leads me to think this white house, house, and senate team is really up yet to the management of these three big i

david wessel is a senior fellow in economic studies at the brookings institution.me back to the program. >> good to be here. geoff: so president trump speaking to the davos elite, among other things, he blasted european regulation and trade policies. your assessment of his speech and how do you think it landed in the room? david: well, it seemed like a speech designed to appeal to an american audience, our tough president telling our allies what they need to do. he was giving instructions left and right. it was typical trump, a bit of hyperbole. he accused canada of running a $200 billion to $250 billion trade deficit with the united states. the actual number is $45 billion. and i wasn't in the room, but i can't imagine -- i don't think they were surprised, but these are the people who prosper from globalization. and he was basically making the case, america first. geoff: the carrot-and-stick approach that he thinks will help solve inflation and also fund his massive tax cut telling business leaders, manufacture your goods in the u.s., or else, or else pay this tar

we're also looking for those who have refused to hi david, that weapon time that munition to the new administration. right. brooks have been set up throughout the city. let's cross to the certain capital of damascus. now it's russell said, is standing by for says a restful festival for the sitting on these latest strikes. in 11th the indies. this is us, the continuation of the ongoing is rarely strikes since the fall of this average game on the, on december 8th, when this average itself just hours after that this man has started to conduct extensive strikes across the country in the capital of homes to the cost of cities, the northeastern, so these are the apple. so this is the latest air strikes that are conducted by israel. and they say that they have targeted a minute to the facility, which is a research facility that they have coming. but as of now that i'm not much of the details, whether this was a defense factory or munition depos. however, whenever it is rather takes all these that is that it, that it protects that they say, well, we are doing that just not to not these weapons to fall in strong hands. bu

david sillito, bbc news. as prince harry said in his statement, the truth has been laid bare. it was notjust the unlawful accessing of private information but also a widespread corporate cover—up. rebekah brookstioned by name. she was accused of lying under oath and running a criminal enterprise. there were questions also for the metropolitan police. the commission was asked what he was going to do regarding a criminal investigation and questions for the prime minister about whether he is going to clean up this culture. let's turn to washington now ahead of another busy day in the first week of donald trump's presidency. my my colleaguejoins us my colleague joins us now. another few busy days based on what president trump has done so far. he spent the first few daysin so far. he spent the first few days in office signing more executive august. the latest one calls for an end to diversity policies within the federal government and in the private sector. the administration has ordered that federal employees working on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes must be put on paid leave later today. this order claims that the programmes undermine national unity as they "deny, discredit and under

david chu. our former city attorney and general manager of the puc dennis herrera. joaquin torres. brook jenkins. public defend are. sheriff and i think cisneros was here and greg wagner and lots of excellent, excellent department heads. so i want to thank them and their staffs for being here. and watch that madam clerk call your next item or do i just go? mr. president. introduction of the mayor item 5. >> great. >> earlier today i know many of us were out in the plaza and heard your remarks and congratulations mr. mayor and you have come by to share words with us and we are grateful, welcome mr. mayor. >> thank you, president. >> is this on? i was told there is a lot of seat nothing this room so i'm standing because it it is a new day in san francisco. i want to commend every single supervisor here today. we have 5 new ones. and we have 6 that have tremendous experience. that are we are going to lean on in the coming days, weeks and months. president. bestowod you a unanimous vote. i -- don't know when that left happened? but what i will tell you is that -- i see a bright future for ou

david mentioned the outcome -- some of the building happening in the midwest related to the chips in science act investments. in -- and at his speech on his economic accomplishments at the brookingsnstitution president biden spoke about signing the chips in science act. here's a portion of that from december. let's go to anna in california on our line for democrats. caller: thank you for letting me give my opinions. i think this was an incredible presidency that biden gave us. we -- coming out of a pandemic, a world pandemic, we have done better than the entire rest of the world. right here in the united states, every single month that joe biden was our president, our job grew. every single month. we have come out of an incredible situation. the way misinformation and hatred and angst informed our people of just lies, i am really scared. i am really sad. for our country. do you think jimmy carter and joe biden would ever want to change the name of the gulf of mexico? would ever want greenland? thank you, joe biden. i am. host: let's listen to the clip of joe biden talking about the chips in science act i referenced earlier during his speech at the brookings institute in december.

david mentioned the outcome -- some of the building happening in the midwest related to the chips in science act investments. in -- and at his speech on his economic accomplishments at the brookingstitution president biden spoke about signing the chips in science act. here's a portion of that from december. let's go to anna in california on our line for democrats. caller: thank you for letting me give my opinions. i think this was an incredible presidency that biden gave us. we -- coming out of a pandemic, a world pandemic, we have done better than the entire rest of the world. right here in the united states, every single month that joe biden was our president, our job grew. every single month. we have come out of an incredible situation. the way misinformation and hatred and angst informed our people of just lies, i am really scared. i am really sad. for our country. do you think jimmy carter and joe biden would ever want to change the name of the gulf of mexico? would ever want greenland? thank you, joe biden. i am. host: let's listen to the clip of joe biden talking about the chips in science act i referenced earlier during his speech at the brookings institute in december. >