Jonathan Capehart

Welcome back to The Weekend.

I'm Jackie Alemany, along with Jonathan Capehart and Vaughn Hilliard, who's in for Eugene Daniels, who I am aware is watching us from a couch or

from

somewhere in Michigan.

Welcome to the weekend.

I'm Jonathan Capehart, along with Jackie Alemany and Vaughn Hilliard, who's in for Eugene Daniels.

16 days until election day, and we begin this morning with the powerful message of yesterday's No Kings events across all 50 states in Washington, D.C.

It was the fourth round of nationwide No Kings demonstrations, but this time, the focus was on getting people to the polls to vote early for this year's midterms.

[upbeat music] Welcome back to The Weekend.

I'm Jackie Alemany here with Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart.

And grab some piping hot matcha, because we've got a lot to get to.

We begin 17 days ahead of the midterms, with prices not only rising, but a president bragging about people benefiting from those prices.

[rock music] Welcome to the weekend.

I'm Eugene Daniels, along with Jonathan Capehart and Jackie Alemany.

We begin with a massive demonstration of democracy in action.

As they have many times this year, another round of No Kings events are set to take place today nationwide, this time with a focus on mobilizing communities to vote early in the midterms.

Still to come on the NewsHour, the controversial language that President Trump has been using while stumping for Republican candidates.

Jonathan Capehart and Matthew Continetti analyze the week's biggest headlines.

And a new exhibit explores the connection between black women and the works of William Shakespeare.

This is the PBS NewsHour from the David M. Rubenstein Studio at WETA in Washington, headquarters of PBS News.

From the White House press secretary's exit after just five days on the job to President Trump's renewed feud with Ukraine's president, we turn tonight to the analysis of Capehart and Continetti.

That's Jonathan Capehart of MS Now, and Matthew Continetti, a Wall Street Journal opinion columnist and scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

David Brooks is away this evening.

Good evening, gentlemen.

Yes, they should be required, especially because this is something involving the people's house, involving the White House, something that is a pet project of the president.

And the other thing that I forgot to mention is, you know, right, yes, private entities have always given money and helped support, but the question, particularly with this White House, what are they getting in return?

Jonathan Capehart, Matthew Continetti.

A big, beautiful ballroom-

There's a, there's a segment on Friday nights with David Brooks, and for years it was Mark Shields.

Now it's a journalist named Jonathan Capehart, so that's a tradition Friday nights.

And then I- you can find me watching Washington Week following that.

So I love not going out on Friday nights.