Nov 08 Watch At Oil Spill Commission Hearing, ‘Rough Day’ for BP, Halliburton, Transocean The lead investigator of the national oil spill commission said there's no evidence of BP trading dollars for safety, but a long list of errors by the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon rig's operation were aired at a new… Continue watching
Nov 05 Shields and Brooks on Obama Overseas, Olbermann, October Classics By Hari Sreenivasan In the sport of politics and the politics of sport, as we say, we talk in this week's Doubleheader about President Obama's trip to Asia and whether it can be effective spurring job growth considering how central issue was… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Brooks: Obama’s Reelection Hopes Face Danger in Midwest Columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze this week's top news with Jim Lehrer, including whether outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's decision to run for minority leader makes her a political liability for the Democrats, what John Boehner's… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on Trouncing of Democratic Moderates Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Judy Woodruff about moderate Democrats' widespread losses on Tuesday, and how President Obama will have to change his administration's political strategies with the House headed for GOP… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Shields, Brooks on Campaign Spending Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New Times columnist David Brooks discuss the debate this election season over campaign spending and the role of outside money. Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Shields and Brooks Foresee Republican House Takeover Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks give pre-election analysis and predictions in the closing days of campaigns across the country, saying it's likely that the GOP will regain control of the House of Representatives. Continue watching
Oct 22 The Doubleheader: Shields, Brooks on Anita Hill’s Voicemail and NFL Tackling By Hari Sreenivasan Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks stopped by the newsroom for yet another edition of The Doubleheader. We talked about Anita Hill and the latest developments in a saga that began, oh so many… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch Shields and Brooks on Campaign Cash, Juan Williams Firing, Early Voting Pitfalls Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks give their takes on the week's top news, including tight midterm races, the likelihood of Republicans making major gains in Congress and NPR's firing of analyst Juan Williams. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Tea Party’s Message, Obama’s ‘Shovel Ready’ Jab Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top news, including the Tea Party's message in the midterms and a New York Times profile of President Obama. Continue watching
Oct 08 The Doubleheader: Bewitching Ads, Perfect Games, Political Hoop Dreams By Hari Sreenivasan The sport of politics and the politics of sport is what we are all about in our Friday night check-ins with Mark Shields and David Brooks. On this webisode of The Doubleheader we start the conversation with the new advertisements… Continue reading