david brooks, writing about stupidity. the column was written at the end of the first week of the new trump presidency, and in it, david brooks wrote, we're going to have to learn a lot about stupidity over the next four years. it was, for me, the most welcome entry i've read in the new york times in a while, because one of the words i have been using to describe donald trump's actions and statements since he first started lying about president obama's birth certificate in 2011, is stupid. and it was a lonely position in the world of political commentary. then, to use the word stupid, when most of the political media was still awed by donald trump's completely fraudulent image as a successful business person, and they all believed that it's impossible for a successful business guy to be stupid. david brooks wrote, i define stupidity as behaving in a way that ignores the question, what would happen next? donald trump appeared to ignore that question when he threatened massive illegal tariffs against canada and mexico over t

david brooks and jonathan capehart discuss the weeks' political headlines. a d.c. hibit showcases the history, the struggles and triumphs of black travel in the u.s. >> this is the pbs newshour from the david m. rubinstein studio in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journal from arizona state university. geoff: president trump plans to fire the governing board of the u.s. postal service and place the independent agency turned control of the commerce department, a move that could be the first step in privatizing a service established 250 years ago. the white house initially denied that an executive order to make that change is in the works. but late today, president trump admit had that he's considering it. jacob bogage broke the story for "the washington post." thanks for being was. >> hey, greet hear from you, geoff. thanks for having me. >> what are your sources telling you about what the administration is planning and what it could mean for the u.s. postal service? >> step one is to take it out of independent status and embed it insi

geoff: and david brooks and jonathan capehart give their takes from elon musk's expanding influence to the white house targeting associated press. >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by friends of the "newshour" including jim and nancy and robert shiller foundation, the judy and peter bloom upholding freedom for deemses -- democracies at home and abroad. >> a proud supporter of public television on a voyage with cunard, the world awaits, diverse destinations and immerse and british style. all with cunard's white star service. >> fostering and informed engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the "newshour". this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour," a wave of resignations is shaking up the u.s. justice department as president trump gave orders to drop the case. seven officials have quit and adams is facing calls to step down. amna: one of new york's top federal

david brooks and jonathan capehart. great to have you here as always. let's start with ukraine.ed donald trump to handle global affairs like his predecessors but he has adopted russia's false propaganda on ukraine calling zelenskyy a dictator saying that ukraine started the war and rhetorically turning against the democracy that was invaded in favor of the invader. >> this is pretty revolutionary. you can say goodbye to nato built around article five are we promised to defend each other. i think the bigger story is a shift in values. american foreign policy in western foreign policy has been about human dignity and human rights. we banded together to promote those causes. donald trump does not see the world that way. he sees the world as a way where ruthless mafioso's can do what they want. i think in donald trump's world there are three ruthless countries, russia will have had gemini over its region and we will have had gemini over our region on china will have had gemini over its region. anything that gets in the way as being eliminated. some of that is international alliances

david brooks and jonathan capehart, always good to see you. >> thanks, amna.the future path of cuba has been in the headlines lately. can music by the gateway to closer relationship with americans and cubans? that's the hope of a group of high profile musicians who have been forge ago bond between young students on and off the island. jeffery brown has the first of three reports from havana for our canvas coverage and art in action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy. ♪ >> on a roof top turned stars in havana, the stars of a youthful new orleans brass band. >> followed by those of cuban teens, members of a group called primera linea, means first line. a battle of the bands, not really. more a blast of joy an connections. [speaking in spanish] >> every time we hear about them we hear their music and it helps us teach them about what we do, so they can learn as well. are they're so energetic and passionate about it. that's what i love. i love to see people who are passionate about what they do, like what they love. like how i do. >> troy anders bett

. >> david brooks and jonathan capehart give their takes on the weeks headlines from elon musk's expanding influence, to the white house targeting the associated press. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by. friends of the news hour. including jim and nancy build there. and the robert and virginia schiller foundation. the judy and peter blum kovler foundation. upholding freedom by strengthening democracies at home and abroad. >> cunard is a proud supporter of public television. on a voyage with cunard, the world awaits. a world of flavor, diverse destinations, and immersive experiences. a world of leisure. and british style. all with cunard's white star service. ♪ >> the john s and james l knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the news hour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the news hour. a wave resignations sha

david brooks is away. are making quick progress of their city goal of the deconstruction of the administrative state. we have takeovers in the hollowing out of major government agencies, offering severance agreements, pausing edible grants and loans. are those shock waves being felt across the government signs of a super committed new administration shaking up the status quo, or are we witnessing the full assault on the limits of executive power? >> both. donald trump campaigned, he told us what this is what he was going to do. project 2025 is all about doing what is happening right now, so they are trying to deconstruct as steve bannon said the administrative state, and as i said last week, president trump and elon musk are taking a wrecking ball to the federal government by sowing chaos and confusion and fear, but he is following through on what he promised to do. geoff: how do you see it? >> i think jonathan is right. this was a promise he made to, promise kept. what is important to understand about tru

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"the wall street journal," and david brooks, a conservative "new york times" columnist, wrote about stupid said stupid is not knowing what comes next. taking gaza, the united states taking it, that means we have to wipe out hamas. hamas still has lots of soldiers and lots of weapons. you want our soldiers to go down in those tunnels and find hamas? i don't and nor do our soldiers. that's not what america first was supposed to be about. he brings up things with no thought about what's going to happen. take that land, the palestinians land and put casinos on it and bars and gambling halls and strippers and hookers, that's going to be wonderful? i got news for you. hamas isn't is going to take it. the palestinians aren't going to take it. donald trump is getting us into real trouble. host: let's hear from memphis, democrats line. hi. caller: yeah. i have two questions and then i will hang up. guest: it's good to hear from the 901. caller: yeah. memphis is the only county to have two -- what can you all do about all these lies being told? trump come out and lies about who -- the lying got to s

calls was to sfpd and as we heard from chief scott district attorney brooke jenkins, public defender manu raju and our city attorney david, we have a firm commitment here that our sanctuary city is here to stay because sanctuary city is not in conflict with a safe city as julian gardner just said as well. and we are going to maintain that and continue to commit that to our neighborhoods, to our community because without sanctuary city we cannot engender a sense of trust and without trust we cannot ensure public safety here in san francisco and that is our commitment. and thank you all for being here again today. >> and from district six, matt dorsey, thanks to everybody. i'm supervisor matt dorsey and it has been my honor to serve this city 14 years of which in a san francisco city attorney's office that fought again and again successfully to uphold our city's sanctuary city policies. and for those who look at sanctuary three as an ideological issues, i want to just remind everybody about the important principles that underlie it. the federal government is responsible for immigration, not local governments. who said that

brooks had been serving a 12-year prison sentence for assault. all of the charged officers plead not guilty and some have been released on bond. david? >> david: stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> tonight, the menendez brothers calling into a podcast from prison, just one month from their sentencing hearing. and what they reveal. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, in an extraordinary move, the menendez brothers calling into a podcast, tmz's two angry men podcast. erik describing the terror behind bars. >> i've faced a lot of bullying and trauma. there was -- it was a dangerous environment. >> what happened to you? >> i was picked on, bullied violently, and it was traumatic. and it was continual. and, you know, those are things that a lot of inmates in prison go through, when they're not part of a gang structure. >> reporter: and erik says he didn't fight back. >> i'm not going to fight back. i'm not going to, you know, engage, and i had no one to really turn to for help. >> reporter: the brothers served 21 years of their sentence in separate prisons. erik describing how he felt when he learned his brother lyle had been attacked.

brooke jenkins is here. treasurer jose cisneros is here . the city administrator carmen chu, police chief bill scott right down here in front of us ,deputy police chief david lazar right here. also fire commissioners with us today president marcy frazier is here. vice president paula collins is here. commissioner steven kodjoe is here and commissioner ami morgan is here. you know we have some former fire chiefs with us today as well. >> and i want to give them a special shout out. >> paul tobacco is here with us today. welcome back, paul. >> we're hoping to have fred post still with us today as well. i guess he didn't make it but he was a chief here in the city from 1988 to 1992. >> also sandy tong predecessor is here today. janine nicholson is here today and the longest tenured chief in the history of the san francisco fire department. >> joanne hayes. >> why and i have the honor to emcee her swearing in january 16th, 2000 four. >> welcome back, joanne. and now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the presentation of colors by the san francisco firefighter veterans association on the drums today firefighter ben o'leary from station two and on

brooke jenkins is here. treasurer jose cisneros is here . the city administrator carmen chu, police chief bill scott right down here in front of us ,deputy police chief david lazar right here. also fire commissioners with us today president marcy frazier is here. vice president paula collins is here. commissioner steven kodjoe is here and commissioner ami morgan is here. you know we have some former fire chiefs with us today as well. >> and i want to give them a special shout out. >> paul tobacco is here with us today. welcome back, paul. >> we're hoping to have fred post still with us today as well. i guess he didn't make it but he was a chief here in the city from 1988 to 1992. >> also sandy tong, dean's predecessor is here today. janine nicholson is here today and the longest tenured chief in the history of the san francisco fire department. >> joanne hayes. >> why and i have the honor to emcee her swearing in january 16th, 2000 four. >> welcome back, joanne. and now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the presentation of colors by the san francisco firefighter veterans association on the drums today firefighter ben o'leary from station two

brooke jenkins is here. treasurer jose cisneros is here . the city administrator carmen chu, police chief bill scott right down here in front of us ,deputy police chief david lazar right here. also fire commissioners with us today president marcy frazier is here. vice president paula collins is here. commissioner steven kodjoe is here and commissioner ami morgan is here. you know we have some former fire chiefs with us today as well. >> and i want to give them a special shout out. >> paul tobacco is here with us today. welcome back, paul. >> we're hoping to have fred post still with us today as well. i guess he didn't make it but he was a chief here in the city from 1988 to 1992. >> also sandy tong, dean's predecessor is here today. janine nicholson is here today and the longest tenured chief in the history of the san francisco fire department. >> joanne hayes. >> why and i have the honor to emcee her swearing in january 16th, 2000 four. >> welcome back, joanne. and now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the presentation of colors by the san francisco firefighter veterans association on the drums today firefighter ben o'leary from station two

brooke jenkins is here. treasurer jose cisneros is here . the city administrator carmen chu, police chief bill scott right down here in front of us ,deputy police chief davidht here. also fire commissioners with us today president marcy frazier is here. vice president paula collins is here. commissioner steven kodjoe is here and commissioner ami morgan is here. you know we have some former fire chiefs with us today as well. >> and i want to give them a special shout out. >> paul tobacco is here with us today. welcome back, paul. >> we're hoping to have fred post still with us today as well. i guess he didn't make it but he was a chief here in the city from 1988 to 1992. >> also sandy tong, dean's predecessor is here today. janine nicholson is here today and the longest tenured chief in the history of the san francisco fire department. >> joanne hayes. >> why and i have the honor to emcee her swearing in january 16th, 2000 four. >> welcome back, joanne. and now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the presentation of colors by the san francisco firefighter veterans association on the drums today firefighter ben o'leary from station two and on th

brooke jenkins is here. treasurer jose cisneros is here . the city administrator carmen chu, police chief bill scott right down here in front of us ,deputy police chief davidlazar right here. also fire commissioners with us today president marcy frazier is here. vice president paula collins is here. commissioner steven kodjoe is here and commissioner ami morgan is here. you know we have some former fire chiefs with us today as well. >> and i want to give them a special shout out. >> paul tobacco is here with us today. welcome back, paul. >> we're hoping to have fred post still with us today as well. i guess he didn't make it but he was a chief here in the city from 1988 to 1992. >> also sandy tong, dean's predecessor is here today. janine nicholson is here today and the longest tenured chief in the history of the san francisco fire department. >> joanne hayes. >> why and i have the honor to emcee her swearing in january 16th, 2000 four. >> welcome back, joanne. and now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the presentation of colors by the san francisco firefighter veterans association on the drums today firefighter ben o'leary from station two