Feb 21 Watch Protests, Violence Spread in Libya as Gadhafi Clings to Power Violence spread to Tripoli, Libya's capital, as longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi fought to hold onto power. Simon Israel of Independent Television News reports on the turmoil. Then, Jeffrey Brown talks with Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle and Libyan-American activist Najla Abdurrahman… Continue watching
Feb 18 The Doubleheader: Medicaid Shortfalls, Public Unions and Spring Training By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYD7FGIDL0] It's always a pleasure to have the boys of spring and summer -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- back in action together. In this week's Doubleheader, we discuss the massive… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Boehner’s ‘New World Order,’ Wisconsin Protests Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jim Lehrer, including the House's spending deliberations, Speaker Boehner's willingness to lose a few battles, fights over government funding and the future of public employee unions and… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch A Month Into ‘Arab Awakening,’ Governments Now ‘Afraid of the Public’ Jeffrey Brown examines the broad themes in the regional upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa with Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars, and University Of Maryland professor Shibley… Continue watching
Feb 11 The Doubleheader: Mark Shields Responds to Reddit Questions By Kwame Holman [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9YY0e2WKEY] How the tables have turned. Last week, David Brooks wound up answering questions solo when Mark Shields was held up. This week, the situation was conveniently reversed, allowing Shields to answer questions posed to him by the… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP Candidates’ Plausibility, Egypt’s Bottom-up Revolution Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's news, including the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the candidates eyeing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in… Continue watching
Feb 04 The Doubleheader: David Brooks Responds to Reddit Questions By Hari Sreenivasan We run a tight ship here in public media land, but nevertheless Mark Shields was late to the party Friday. He missed the bus or boat or whatever, but New York Times columnist David Brooks fielded questions by himself… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Egypt Stance, Debt-Limit Fight Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's political developments, including the most recent unemployment report, the U.S. response to unrest in Egypt and the brewing fight in Washington over government debt. Continue watching
Jan 28 The Doubleheader With Shields and Brooks: Egypt, SOTU and Reddit By Hari Sreenivasan We're back. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCgN00F_JY] It's 2011, and we're bringing our brand of political flavor to new audiences around the globe. Unfortunately tonight, many of our Doubleheader devotees in Egypt will not be seeing our work. President Obama called for Egypt… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama ‘Recalibrating’ Stance on Egypt, State of the Union Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's top developments, including the Obama administration "recalibrating" the U.S. stance on the growing political unrest in Egypt and the president's messages in… Continue watching