pleasure, hari. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: director danny boyle discusses his sequel to the hit '90s film "trainspotting;" and, one man's take on whether corporate sponsorships compromise the causes they purport to benefit. but first, to the analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. gentlemen, i'm sorry there is no news to talk about today, but let's see what we can find. mark, seriously, the move today in the congress and by the president to pull this healthcare bill, what is there to say? the republicans wanted, they said for months this is what was going to happen. >> first thing, judy, is, i think, a general statement. the republican party is a protest party. we have a protest president, a protest party. it's not a governing party. it showed itself unable to accept the responsibility and accountability of governing. this bill was not a bad bill, this bill was just an abomination. there was no public case that could be made for the bill, there was no public argument that could