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Shields and Brooks on 2017’s impact on American life

Mark Shields and David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week in politics.

12/29/2017

PBS News Hour

Shields and Brooks on 2017’s impact on American life

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Mark Shields and David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week in politics.

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks sit down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss President Trump’s first year in office, including the state of political polarization and what Americans can do to repair divisions, trust in democratic institutions like the press and the reckoning in American society over sexual misconduct and racial discrimination.

12/29/2017

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