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that's washington post columnists ruth marcus and michael gerson.h mark shields and david brooks are away. we welcome you both. so this has been a tough week for news both in this country and overseas, but let's start, michael, with ferguson, missouri, the aftermath of the shooting of this young teenage black man. it's only been two weeks since it happened. are there already lessons that come to us from this? >> well, we're two weeks out but we still don't know some of the basic facts and we feed to take it seriously. it's hard to interpret events when you don't know all the facts. so put that aside. but there are some context issues that surround this that we do need to take seriously. one of them is really this was a police force that was in over its head, five different agencies trying to cooperate, not cooperating very well. we have serious questions about the militarization of police, and that's a serious set of issues. i think it also makes the point that that trust between a community and a police department, which is so essential, can't be s

i'm fortunate to be able to introduce your wonderful moderator, ruth marcus. ruth joined the "post" in 1984 and is now one of our most distinguished columnist ins. she is known for doing the hard reporting before offering her opinions, but she has strong opinions, too, and over the course of her career, she has covered every institution, it seems, in washington, from the supreme court to the white house to the congress to the justice department. and she's also deeply experienced on the campaign trail, has cover misdemeanor campaigns of every type and few know washington as well as ruth. so you couldn't hope for a better journalist to moderate this panel. well, you certainly couldn't ask for a nicer person. so i'm going to get out of the way and i'm going to turn it over to ruth who will introduce the panel and thank you again to everyone for coming. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you, marty. marty talked about making people feel old and i don't actually have a lot of opportunity to do that these days so i would like to trump marty by saying that i was

i'm fortunate to be able to introduce your wonderful moderator ruth marcus. ruth joined "the post" in 1984 and is now one of our most distinguished columnists. she's known for doing the hard reporting before offering her opinions, but she has strong opinions, too. over the course of her career, she's covered every institution it seems in washington from the supreme court to the white house to congress to the justice department, and she's also deeply experienced on the campaign trail. has covered many campaigns of every type and few know washington as well as ruth. so you couldn't help for a better journalist to moderate this panel. >> you might. >> what? >> you might but you got me. >> you certainly couldn't ask for a nicer person. so i'm going to get out of the way and turn it over to ruth who will introduce the panel. thank you to everyone for coming. >> thank you so much. thank you, marty. marty talked about making people feel old, and i don't actually have a lot of opportunity to do that these days, so i would like to trump marty by saying that i was going

wall street journal" and peteru] br of the "new york times" in addition to michael gerson and ruth marcusn we thought nothing else could happen the governor of texas finds himself indicted by grand jury, what street this about, ruth? >> about a very complicated scenario involving a local prosecutor looking at his effort to -- special prosecute tore oust the local prosecutor that was investigating his use of cancer research facility and institute that might have been giving special contracts to supporters of his. in other words, politics as usual. the part that's not usual or that's becoming uncomfortably usual is the criminalization of politics. we've seen this before in texas and elsewhere with the indictments of tom delay, not a fan of tom delay but his indictment was wrong i said it at the time. his conviction since been overturned. indictment of kay bailey hutchison that was rejected and indictment of rick pear, you would know better than me, what does lyndon johnson saying from the grave. i think he's laughing about the notion that trying to get rid of political opponents or intimida

joining me for our daily fix, "washington post" correspondent karen tumulty and ruth marcus. welcome both. we've all covered capitol hill at various times and we all know what we're talking about here. the legendary stories about don't get into an elevator with senator so and so. you know, and these were the same senators sitting at the clarence thomas hearings in 1991 ou covering that. >> exactly and saying, we don't understand what this issue might be and how could it possibly be, they wondered, that she could have been subjected to this if it were true and then followed him to another job. every woman in that room, i believe, understood what anita hill was up against and also understood when they read senator gillibrand's recounting of her episodes. understood immediately that that was accura there seemed to be some doubting, pardon the phrase, thomases out there, but i don't think they were doubting thomasinas. >> when you hear someone saying to her, don't gain any weight. you'll look porky. this right after she had a baby no less. touching her. touching her waist. >> i t

louis american" and radio host for wgnu and ruth marcus. welcome all. first to you, mayor, you have been in situations. you've had police shootings in baltimore no doubt. what could take a week to even get the most preliminary autopsy information to the family? >> i think this -- what's going on right now is a case study in what not to do. and i really hope that others are taking a look at this. it's a breakdown in relationship between the police and community. it's very clear that there is a history of distrust and the way that they've handled it has just exacerbated that fact. >> and, liz, tell me about the community's reaction and what you are hearing from your listeners and readers to the way they've handled this to the lack of any information about the shooting itself. and what seemed to me to really spark outrage on friday was the local police chief unilaterally releasing that video of the confrontation in the convenience store which he then indicated may or may not have been related to the death of michael brown. >> i think what i'm hearing from

. >> liberal washington post columnist ruth marcus dubbed it a shockingly skimpy indictment. >> i bet the old uber-liberal side-boob gazelle is still on board. "rick perry's epic mugshot will change everything you thought you knew about winning the internet." that doesn't even make sense. and yet i want to click on it. i don't... why would i? national opinion aside, what exactly is the democratic prosecutor trying to do here? >> the judge who appointed the special prosecutor and the special prosecutor himself are bush-appointed republicans. >> jon: what is happening here? wait a minute. i get what's going on here. it's the ole switcheroo, democrats are defending perry because they really want him to run for president because he will lose in an albeit entertaining fashion, and republicans are okay with this indictment because that means he'll lose, albeit in an entertaining fashion. you know what, to hell with the professional politicians and pundits. it's going to be john q. six pack the plumber that ultimately decides perry's fate. >> this is going to help him politically. talk about

the liberal washington post comments ruth marcus dub dollars it a shockingly skimpy indictment. and tv liberals, commentators agree. >> it was the stupidest thing i've seen in my entire career. i hope some judge throws it out right away. >> i look at this grand jury indictment and it doesn't make any sense to me other than it's to try and embarrass him politically as he gets ready to run for president. >> that was joe trippi, second who is gearing up to run again in 2016. even if the charges are thrown out, this tarnishes him, right? unless perry runs as the guy who beat his unfair rap and it helps him. for now, mainstream media are laughing this indictment out of court, the court of public opinion. >>> coming up, don lemon goes toe to toe with a rap star in ferguson. our video verdict is next. sweater, extra sweater oh and this is the xfinity tv go app. he can watch live tv from over 50 channels and xfinity on demand movies and shows wherever he wants. have fun, make some friends. alright? did i mention his neck pillow? (blowing) ♪ >>> time for our video verdict to determine wh

i'm fortunate to be able to introduce your wonderful moderator ruth marcus. joined "the post" in neap 84 and is now one of our most distinguished columnists. she's known for doing the hard reporting before offering her opinions but she has strong opinions, too. over the cors of her career she's covered every institution it seems in washington from the supreme court to the white house to congress, to the justice department and she's also deeply experienced on the campaign trail. has covered many campaigns of every type and few know washington as well as ruth. so you couldn't help for a better journalist to moderate this panel. >> you might. >> what? >> you might but you got me. >> you certainly couldn't ask for a nicer person. so i'm going to get out of the way and turn it over to ruth who will introduce the panel. thank you to everyone for coming. >> thank you so much. thank you, marty. marty talked about making people feel old, and i don't actually have a lot of opportunity to do that these days, so i would like to trump marty by saying that i was going to m

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elizabeth drew and ruth marcus, as well as ken hughes.hey discuss president nixon's fall from power and the white house tapes that provide new insights into his presidency. that's all tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. and on c-span, coverage of the annual western conservative summit with remarks by south carolina senator tim scott, faith and freedom coalition founder ralph reed, and others. here is a preview. >> the middle east, the bloodiest and most dangerous and most unstable region in the world, is in flames from tripoli across the horn of africa all the way to the mediterranean. in syria a blood thirsty despot and dictator that this president drew a red line and said if he crossed it, he would pay, and then retreated at the behest of vladimir putin, that dictator has slaughtered 160,000 of his own innocent civilians in order to keep power while this administration sat in the cheap seats and watched it happen. catholic priests and evangelical ministers have been beheaded by al qaeda terrorists who were seeking to