
Brooks and Marcus on U.S. pandemic preparation failures
Clip: 3/27/2020 | 12m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Brooks and Marcus on U.S. government's pandemic preparation failures
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including whether Americans are ready for the mounting coronavirus crisis, why the U.S. government wasn’t better prepared for the pandemic, the significance of the $2.2 trillion economic relief package and the status of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
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Brooks and Marcus on U.S. pandemic preparation failures
Clip: 3/27/2020 | 12m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including whether Americans are ready for the mounting coronavirus crisis, why the U.S. government wasn’t better prepared for the pandemic, the significance of the $2.2 trillion economic relief package and the status of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
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