Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the conundrum for Republicans trying to pass a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in the face of different factions of opposition, the White House budget blueprint offering sweeping cuts, plus the continuing allegation of a Trump Tower wiretap.
The ACA is very redistributionist.
The budget and healthcare is robinhood in reverse.
Donald Trump is like Jimmy Carter in that the Democrats didn’t know what they wanted and he floundered.
$6 billion cuts from NIH
They are investing in hard power against threat and fear.
This is a man who says what he means and means what he says. But now we’re parsing his statements and talking about what is literal and figurative.
Talk radio was impressed by his force, about how he doesn’t back down.
Shields and Brooks on immigration ban court defeat, Democrats’ confirmation hearing opposition
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the decision by a federal appeals court to deny the Trump administration’s request to reinstate an immigration ban, President Trump’s comments attacking judges and the contentious battles in the Senate over Cabinet nominees.
Lamar Alexander limited questions of Betsy De Vos to 5 minutes.
Shields and Brooks on Trump’s unprecedented transition
President-elect Donald Trump made headlines this week for his reference to a possible arms race and his involvement in U.S. foreign policy prior to taking office. Judy Woodruff speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about whether Mr. Trump’s strategy is to keep people “off balance,” as well as potential conflicts of interest within his Cabinet.