mark shields and david brooks break down a busy week in washington. risks that illegal tiger trafficking poses he endangered species. and, much more. >> woodruff: the u.s.-china trade war intensified today, as the trump administration increased tariffs on imports from china. as nick schifrin reports,ne china's totiator left washington without an agreement. to schifrin: on a sunny friday arning in washingn, the trade war escalated wiandshake. the top chinese and u.s. negotiators ended theith round of talks corally, but the two countries are in economic conflict. today, the u.s. increased tarifffrom 10% to 25% on $200 billion of chinese exports, including seafood, luggage, purses, and parts sold to u.s. companies such as circuit boards, microprocessors, and machiner and the u.s. is threatening to go even further and impo tariffs on all cell phones, clothing, and laptops made in china, and exported to the u.s.s innse, the chinese foreign ministry vowed "necessary countermeasures," and spesman geng shuang asked the u.s. to give a little. >> ( translated )

mark shields and david brooks analyze the week in washington.s, gloria and emilionestefan heir shared life in the music business. for many years, both political parties have agreed to exempt some health care workers from providing care and performing certain procedures they ject to on religious or moral grounds. that can include abortions and sterilizatio. but as amna nawaz tells us, president trump has gone further than his predeceors by issuing a complex and more comprehensive rule allowing for these exemptions. >> nawaz: judy, the president announced the new rule tied toon the na day of prayer. conservative groups welcomed what they call "conscience protections." but, women's groups, l.g.b.t.q. advocates and others are warning the rule could reduce services and lead to discrimination against transgender patients and others, and potentially harm patients if providers refuse to deliver certain care, or treat people. under this new rule, hospitals, clinics and other institutions must comply with 25 laws that are part of this in order to receive

david brooks, mark shields.nk you. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: finally tonight, o for the millioviewers around the world addicted to "game of thrones," winter iswe coming thiend. jeffrey brown is here to look at the television phenomenon as it concludes its lo run on sunday night. it is srt of our regular a and culture series, "canvas." >> brown: dragons, white rglkers, and ravens. yens and lannisters. seven kingdoms, and one iron throne to rule over them. to follow every reference, you'd have to be tuning in regularly to the vast fantasy woof hbo's "game of thrones." but the thing is, millions of people have. npr television critic eric blggans: >> this is a moderkbuster, so 17, 18, 19 million people watching on a single nr ht is a lot r modern tv ecosystem. >> brown: add many more throug streaming and online services, and this "game" became an international phenomenon, turning its cast, many of whom have grown up before audience's eyes, into celebrities, and inspiring board games and product placement; tou

that's syndicatecolumnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks.lo to both of you. urso we are trying to workay through a conversation with each one of these candidates. mark, there are, now, as we said, 23 of them. we talked to eric swallwell tonight, kirsten gillibrand last night. i'm not going to say they are one issue candidates, but in his case you heard hi talk abo gun control, kirsten gillibrand emfa sighs women's issues. what are you hearing fro is it smart for them to easy on one issue or not?ll >> wind out whether it is. it just strikes me that abortion as an issue has been -- kirsten gillibrands probably most prominently identified -- is an issue where those who seek serious and large change find themselves on the political defensive, and i think it's fair to say that it's hard to imagine anybody running a winningon na campaign on enlarging and making statutory abortion legal in all circumstances or, for that matter, a democratic party which is essentially unwelcoming to those people who have reservations or are pro-life, but agree on ev

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that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks.tleman, hello. so you listened to the conversation of congresswoman gabbard, david, to you first, how much of a role is fore tn policy goi play in this election? >> at this moment i don't think a primary will. i was a foreign correspondent in the early '90s covger europe, africa and the middle east. i remember when the clinton campaign started, suddenly all my stories disappeared. new yorinton cam people said, something is happening right here. right now the focus of the voters' attention is the crisis right here. i think that's the way it is. it could change wite h reign policy crisis. right now this is a domestically focused nation. >> woodruff: congresswoman gaard, you heard her s mark , she's ver oy focusn the world. she said mistakes have been made. is that a wayto capture voters' imagination? >> if david is right and ais crisoes develop, and i think we can see crises brewing at this point. george h.w. bush, i think it's fair to say in 1988, his own military experience were strong

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shield the country from u.s. sanctions that is washington reiterates its threat to hit companies working with iran with financial penalties and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany with military parades and ceremonies were bringing some of the highlights. good morning welcome you're watching a weekly here on r.t. international. now russia is mourning for the 41 people killed in last sunday's playing tragedy moscow sheremetyevo airport the passenger jet was engulfed in flames while making an emergency landing. to be out. of the plane took off at around 6 pm local time was banned for the northwestern russian city of man's just under 20 minutes later though the pilots alerted air traffic control they were returning to share a mess of witnesses later said that the aircraft had been struck by lightning at half past 7 it made an emergency landing but hit the runway hard bursting into flames that banged along the tarmac but it was quickly consumed by the fire which claimed the lives of dozens of people who were trapped inside 78 people were on board the plane at the time of the crash more than half of the victims

shield law that protects journalists and their sources. since then the police commission and officer's union have weighed in as well. mark matthews spoke with the chief and mayor this afternoon about whether she still has faith in the police department's ability to lead. >> police chief bill scott says it will be the city's department of police accountability that will conduct the investigation. >> there were issues in this investigation. those issues have to be addressed. >> reporter: the investigation will be into what led to the police search warrant raid on the home of freelance journalist brian carmandy. >> to restore the pick trust because of the way this investigation has been handled thus far. >> reporter: police were looking for evidence of who leaked a police report on the death of public defend jeff adachi. california law protects journalists from search warrants that are armd imed at revealing sources and the outcry has pushed the mayor to call for this investigation. the head of the police union is calling for chief scott to resign. initially, chief scott said that the raid on the journalist's home was legal

shield the country from u.s. sanctions as washington reiterated its threat to hit companies working with iran with financial penalties. and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany with military parades and ceremonies we'll bring you some of the highlights from thursday's commemorations. here watching the weekly here on our t.v. international a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thank you for joining us this hour. russia is mourning the 41 people killed in last sunday's plane charged at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the passenger jet was engulfed in flames while making an emergency landing. to get out. the plane took off at 6 pm local time and was bound for the northwestern russian city of more months just under 20 minutes later the pilots alerted air traffic control they were turning to share melt of a witnesses later said the aircraft had been struck by lightning at half past 7 it made an emergency landing but hit the runway hard bursting into flames as it bounced along the tarmac now it was quickly consumed by the fire which claimed the lives of dozens of people trapped inside 78 people w

shield the country from u.s. sanctions that is washington research threat to hit a new companies working with iran with financial penalties. and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany with military parades and ceremonies will bring you some of the highlights. hello there good morning the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last 7 days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now russia is mourning the 41 people killed in last sunday's plane tragedy at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the passenger jet was engulfed in flames while making an emergency landing. i. am. going to be out. on the plane took off at 6 pm local time was bound for the northwestern russian city of moments just under 20 minutes later though the pilots alerted air traffic control that they were returning to share a matter of up witnesses later said that he aircraft had been struck by lightning at half past 7 it made an emergency landing but hit the runway hard bursting into flames as it bounced along the tarmac was quickly consumed by the fire which claimed the lives of dozens of people who were t

shield the country from u.s. sanctions it comes as washington reaffirms its threat just penalties on any companies that continue to work with tehran. and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany with military parades and ceremonies we'll bring you some of the highlights from thursday's commemorations. this is the weekly here on r.t. international welcome to our round up of the headlines that shape the week. investigations are continuing into what caused this last sunday's plane tragedy and moscow leaving 41 people dead the airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at sherman to the airport in the capital just to warn you the following clip contains some disturbing images. to get out. the plane took off just after 6 pm local time and was heading for the city of mormons in northwest russia just under 20 minutes later the pilots alerted air traffic control they were turning to share mehta witnesses later said the aircraft had been struck by lightning at half past 6 it made emergency landing but hit the runway hard bursting into flames as it bounced along the tarmac it was quickly consumed by the fire which cla

shield the country from the u.s. sanctions it comes as washington reaffirms its threat to slap him with them and either company's big continue to work with to iraq. and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the copy i capitalized the not rich a laser not naughty germany with military parades unceremoniously we'll bring you some of the highlights from those days courage. to. a warm welcome to you you're watching the weekly here and i see international bringing you all the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shape the week but 1st the u.s. secretary of state might pompei over has canceled his visit to moscow shojo for this monday and that's according to a state department official cited by the media instead he will go to brussels to discuss tensions with iran however pompei owes trip to salt she to meet top russian officials will still go ahead. and secretary plans to meet russian president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov that this tuesday. well several days ago minister lavrov and secretary pompei o held talks on the crisis in venezuela it happened on the sidelines of an arctic council meeting in finland and comes after an alleged c

mark. why do americans pay the highest healthcare costs in the world and the highest drug prices? >> well, in large part because the system has grown up that way, and consumers have been shieldedr health services. and now they are starting to see it. over the last 15 to 20 years, deductibles have increased. out of pocket costs have increased. individuals are now seeing the true costs as they start to have to pay a part of their healthcare bill and they don't like what they see. they don't understand it. and so they look to the insurance companies to solve it, but again, we're just financing the investment. we're not setting the prices in the institutions. >> sounds like there's a longer term solution, and maybe endemic in the industry problem that needs to be fixed. but you know, mark, since you are here, i want to talk about your new book if you want to hold it up. >> right here. >> you call yourself a radical capitalist. what do you mean by that? >> well, let me start with the notion of why it isn't working. i think that's the way to think about it. first and foremost, we have two economies in the united states. we have a wage economy and a wealth economy. the wage economy f