facebook.com/thekellyfile. up next, "hannity" with george bush 41 and 43. welcome to this special edition of "hannity" on the campus of texas a&m university at the george bush presidential library. for the entire hour we'll be interviewing president george w. bush. his brand new book "41, a portrait of my father." we're going to take a tour of the museum as the show continues. glad you're with us. mr. president, great to see you again. >> sean, thank you. >> you call the book a love story, a personal portrait of an extraordinary man you're blessed to call dad. >> yeah, it is a love story. i mean, you know, people pick up this book, buy this book they expect to read an objective analysis of george bush are going to be disappointed. those who really want to find out what he's like from a person

who was president just like he was president who happens to be his son, then i think they're going to find an interesting book. >> your dad never wrote a personal memoir. >> right. >> was this for him for that reason? did you want to do it because you felt you wanted to -- >> well, there's a lot of reasons i wrote it. but yeah. i mean, i want people to -- first of all, he hadn't gotten a lot of attention. one reason is because he didn't write his own book. he's a modest, humble man. he's not a chest thumper. and therefore a lot of people haven't analyzed his presidency. but they're going to start. and i wanted to be a part of the initial wave. >> you're in a special club. john quincy adams never wrote about his dad. >> q and w. >> there you go. and that was part of your motivation. >> it was. david mccullough's daughter told me her dad has always wished he had read a book by john q about his father. i said sounds like a good idea.

so started a couple years ago. >> you talk in the book only two times in american history have both parents been there for their son's inauguration. >> correct. >> and only one time have both parents been there when they finished the presidency. >> exactly. john kennedy's mother and dad were alive when he was sworn-in. yeah. basically it's a loud shout out to how blessed i am. to be able to have your parents alive during the presidency. and of course have them to thrive after the presidency. after all this is a guy who jumped out of a helicopter on his 90th birthday. >> i saw the video. >> unbelievable. >> you voted yes on that. your mother was a little suspicious, some of the doctors didn't think it was a good idea. >> he said what do you think, i said jump. after all it had to have made him feel very young. >> yeah. you had a tough go of it. you tell a story in the book, and i think it kind of describes how close the bush family is, back in november 2012.

your dad had a bad cough. went in the hospital. >> yeah. >> december he had pneumonia. so you, laura, the girls, your daughter jenna is expecting. >> right. >> going to the hospital, go to see your dad. >> right. >> you write in the book, no crying. >> yeah. i said i don't want the last image of us to be as weeping around him. his last image. get over there it's an icu unit at methodist hospital. trying to comfort and he leans over and rubs jenna's stomach and said there's death and then there's the beauty of life. and we all wept. i gave him a kiss. i thought it would be the last time i'd see him. i underestimated him. as well as misunderestimated him. thank you for remembering some of my great --

>> we all have them. don't worry. i've been in the business for a long time. you tell the story in the book about you hold dad, shout out in the sky. this is interesting to me, he signed up for the navy on his 18th birthday -- signed up for the military on his 18th birthday. my father did the same thing, right from world war ii. it was that generation. he goes to war a fighter pilot, we have the video he was rescued, shot down. two other men lost their lives. you tell a story he never forgot them. >> correct. >> and thinks about them all the time. >> that's true. >> what does that tell about him? >> well, it tells he's a loyal man who's got a huge heart. and he rarely talked about his experience. i'm sure your dad didn't either. >> never. >> these are men who grew up very quickly and who, you know, if you'd said you're a hero to your dad or my dad, a lot say i

was just doing my duty. sense of duty was powerful. it was an extraordinary experience for an 18-year-old kid. it had to have been. and i think it speaks to a lot of the decisions he made in his life such as foregoing wall street to go to odessa, texas. >> risk taker. >> absolutely. and the truth of the matter is my brothers and sister and i benefitted from his example. >> interesting anecdotes you use in the book. you were a pain in your dad's neck a little bit. >> yeah. >> you stole toy soldiers. >> yes. >> out of a store. and how did your father handle that? >> he handled it -- there's a line you don't cross, but he handled it with grace. yeah, he saw me playing with some soldiers. i was 5 or 6 years old. he said where'd you get those? of course i balked. i didn't have a very good

answer. it wasn't well scripted. the next thing i know i'm marching into the store, apologizing to the store owner and returning these pathetic little toy soldiers. and that was it. there was no yelling, screaming. >> lesson taught. >> yeah, lesson taught. >> and then you urinated in the hedges. >> yes, i did that as well. >> and then you had a little too much to drink after a tennis match and knocked over a garbage -- you were a troublemaker. >> well, i was, you know, testing his patience. >> there's a line you use about his parenting. >> yeah. >> and that is -- >> i love you. nothing you can do to make me not love you. stop trying. that one? >> yeah, that one. >> yeah, it's the one i used on our girls a lot. it's not one of my favorite pieces of advice for parent it basically says, look, just love your children. and if you love them, there's a good chance, better than even chance --

>> but in the case where you came home and you'd been with one of your dad's friends and you knocked over the garbage can. >> yeah. >> he didn't yell at you. he didn't say a word to you. >> that's right. so when you admire somebody -- he had earned my admiration over the years by being such a great father. and, yeah, i came in drunk. mother gave me a scolding. and then said you need to go see your father. i defiantly charge in the room and he's reading a book and he kind of lowers the book and takes off his glasses and stares at me. glasses back on. book up. i mean, it was such a childish behavior didn't deserve a word of his. on the other hand his actions sent a clear message. and as i put in the book, i slunk out of the room. i felt terrible because i had -- i did make an ass out of myself. >> it's very interesting because you kind of compare and contrast parenting today. and i -- you know, i think the word helicopter parent would

probably accurately describe me. that's very different the way you describe your dad just the fact he wouldn't talk to you was enough to change your behavior. had a big impact on you. >> well, but you have to earn that respect to begin with. in other words, it wasn't just happenstance, it was that over the years, you know, he earned all our respect. look, i wasn't around a lot of the time when my brothers were growing up. i'm seven years older than jeb for starters. but i'm confident he handled them the same way he handled me, which was, you disappointed me. >> you said he didn't hug you. never said he loved you. didn't need to. >> yeah. well initially. toward the end of his life of course he's always saying i love you. if he really wants to get you, he says i love you more than time can tell. which are some of the last words you heard from robin before she died. >> you talk about that in your book no crying in front of

robin. when you wrote that said that to you because she was 3 years old, had leukemia, kept going back and forth to new york, your mom and dad. >> yeah. >> when i heard he said that and then no crying in front of dad, i saw a similarity. >> well, we're all from the same gene pool. that had to have been a very tough period for them. their marriage became stronger because they're two extraordinary people. and as i put in the book, they both went three-quarters of the way. i asked mother one time, i said how's your marriage? i've never seen mother and dad fight. ever. yell, scream, holler. they needle each other in a friendly and loving way, at times. but never a harsh word. and so i said how'd this marriage happen? and she said we both went three-quarters of the way. >> good answer. >> interesting answer. willing to put self aside.

>> at the george bush presidential library, when we come back more with p. george w. bush, we'll talk about his brother jeb, isis, other news of the day and of course the great influence of his father. >> dad had always been reticent to talk about himself. he struck just the right tone. i may not be the most eloquent, but i learned that early on eloquence won't draw oil from the ground. and i may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. i'm a quiet man. but i hear the quiet people others don't, the ones who raise the family, pay the taxes, meet the mortgage. and i hear them, and i am moved. and their concerns are mine.

>> he built to -- i will keep america moving forward. >> keep america moving forward, always forward, for a better america. for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light. this is my mission and i will complete it. >> the crowd exploded. poured on to the stage with the rest of our family join mother and dad for the balloon drop. i can't remember another speech so perfect for the moment. dad had moved seamlessly to a candidate in his own right. like many others who cared deeply for george bush, i was so,as my personal financial psychic, i'm sure you know what this meeting is about. yes, a raise. i'm letting you go. i knew that. you see, this is my amerivest managed... balances. no. portfolio. and if doesn't perform well for two consecutive gold. quarters. quarters...yup. then amerivest gives me back their advisory... stocks.

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[ gunfire ] dad first heard about the shooting shortly after air force two lifted off from ft. worth. dad took a moment to process what he'd learned. gathered on one of the flight cards. he thought first about the president as his friend. then he turned to his responsibility. he scribbled a reminder. he wrote the word uncertainty, which he knew the country would be feeling. he knew how important it would be to present stability. >> i can reassure this nation and a watching world that the american government is functioning fully and effectively. >> and we continue at the george bush presidential library. as you can see behind me that is a big piece of the berlin wall.

we continue with george w. bush talking about his brand new book "41, a portrait of my father." i was shocked to learn that your dad tried to set you up on a date with trisha nixon. >> yes, i was a little shocked. i know. i was shocked he called me and asked me. so i'm at moody air force base in georgia. and said you're not going to believe this, dad said he wants me to go have a date with trisha nixon. i was a little reluctant to do it at first. a lot of my pilot buddies heard about it and started needling me. you're making it up. i said i'm going. just to prove them wrong. and i go. and i went upstairs, trisha was very polite and very lovely. i was a little bit of a swash buck buckler. i spilled the red wine on the oak table, fired up a lucky strike. anyway, didn't work out well. >> looking at your dad, the one thing that struck me as you read the book in total is all of the things he did. >> yeah. >> he ran for congress, lost

congress, became a congressman, then was urged to run for senate. u.n. ambassador at the time richard nixon appointed him. head of the rnc when richard nixon had to resign. he wrote him a really fascinating letter the day before he resigned on august 7th, he resigned on august 8th. >> correct. >> saying for the good of the country and the presidency. >> yeah. >> he was there for watergate. he was there for almost every big moment in the last two generations of history. >> yeah, he was. you know, prepared him to be president. >> yeah. >> i tell people george bush was the best one-term president we've ever had. nobody knows it. this book is a way to start letting people know that. >> we often hear the story the day president reagan was shot by

hinkley. your dad approached differently. he said no. the next cabinet meeting the next day he would not sit in the president's seat. >> right. >> even though he was sort of filling in. what does that tell you about him? >> that he's got good perspective. i mean he knew his job. and he wasn't going to try to change it. that he's a humble man. didn't need people thinking he was something he wasn't. i'm confident those decisions you mentioned were never in doubt. there's no question in my mind he wasn't going to ever think about landing it. and they became best of friends. >> yes. a very close friendship. i'm not surprised. they're both funny men. they both love the country. you know, it wasn't necessarily

deemed, you know, that that was going to be the case. but dad worked hard as did president reagan. president reagan an easy guy to like. >> it was funny because you would think when your dad's president i would have thought that you would have sought out his council and his advice. >> yeah. >> you tell a story in the book where you say that, well, if i would have asked him a policy question, he would have asked to be briefed on something so he can give a strong opinion. but when he offered you something very different because he knew the pressures of the office. >> he offered me love and humor. he would call me and say, son, you did a great job. wonderful speech. and it was so uplifting to hear somebody you admire and love say that to you. he would interject humor. in other words, he would send an e-mail to andy or josh and read this is from your dad. and all of a sudden they'd read some funny story or something li

on saturday the president calling on asian nation to join the u.s. at confronting the world's biggest challenge including climate change, pofs and violent extremism. let's listen in to the president. >> this was not a good old chin wag. i really love that expression. it was a productive summit. i want to thank tony for his leadership and the people, he really did shane throughout this process with their hospitality. this is the final day of a trip

that has taken me across the arab pacific. a trip that comes against back drop of america's united strength. the united states is in its longest stretch of private job growth in its history. over the last few years we put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined. and this growing economic strength at home set the stage for the progress that we have made on this trip. it has been a good weak for american leadership and for american workers. we made important progress in our efforts to open markets to u.s. goods and to boost the exports that support american jobs. we continue to make progress toward the trans pacific partnership. our agreement with china to extend visas for business people, tourists and students will boost tourism, grow our two economies and create jobs for americans and chinese alike. we also agreed with chain to

pursue a bilateral investment treaty, as well as agreeing on an approach to the information technology agreement that is estimated would support some 60 others american jobs. and here at the g-20, china committed to greater transparency on its economic data, including its foreign exchange reserves. this is a step toward the market driven exchange rate we've been pushing for because would it promote a level playing field for american businesses and american worker. near brisbane, all the g-20 countries are work pougting people back to work including a new initiative building infrastructure. our nations made commitment that's could bring another million women into our collective work force. we took steps toward strengthening our banks, closing lap holes. these were all very specific

provisions. thees these were not just goals that were set without any substance behind them. we had made very concrete progress during the course of the last several g-20 sessions. in preventing companies from avoiding the taxes they owned, their home countries including the united states, and making sure we have a financial system more stable and that can allow a bank to fail without taxpayers having to bail them out. meanwhile the breakthrough the united states achieved with india this week allows for a resumption of talks to a global trade feel would may not more growth and prosperity for all of us. this week we tack historic steps in the fight against climate change. the ambitious new goal that i announce in the beijing would double the pace at which america reduces its carbon plags, strengthening security and pointing us on the path to a low

carbon fought. combining with china's commitment, china committed to slowing and then peaking and then reversing the course of its missions, showing no excuse for other nations to come together, both developing and nondeveloping. the $3 billion contribution to the green climate fund that i announced yesterday will help nations deal with climate change, reduce their plags and invest in clean energy. i want to commend prime minister abe for their $1.5 billion pledge to the fund. and following the steps we've taken in the united states, many of the g-20 countries agreed to work to improve the efficiency of heavy duty vehicles, which would be another major step in reducing emissions. finally, i'm please that had more nations are stepping up and joining the united states in the effort to tend ebola epidemic in west africa. coming on the heel of our global health security agenda in the united states, the g-20

countries committed to helping nations like those in west toovg build their today pass toy prevent, detect and respond to fought outbreaks before they become epidemics. so from trade to climate change to the fight against ebola, this was a strong week for american leadership. the results will be more jobs for the american people, historic steps toward a cleaner, and healthier planet and progress toward saving lives, not just in west africa but eventually in other places. if you ask me, i would say that's a pretty good week. the american people can be proud of the progress we've made. i intend to build on that momentum. when i return home tomorrow. and with that i am going to take a few questions. i've got my cheat sheet here. and we're going to start with matt from reuters. >> thank you, mr. president. some of your g-20 leaders took

an in your face approach with president putin. >> i'm sorry. with presi >> with president putin. >> okay. confrontational approach to him. you had brief discussions with him at apec. how confrontational or not were those encounters? did you have any further exchanges with him here? what progress did you make with him on the ukraine issue? and of course you've just met with leaders. did you agree on further sanctions. on a domestic subject, are you prepared to state unequivocally that if congress does pass a key stone pipeline bill, that you would veto it if it come to your desk? >> i had naturally sell interactions with president putin during the course of the apec summit. and then hear at the g-20. i would characterize them as

typical of our interactions, which are business-like and blunt. my communications to him was no different than what i've said publicly, as well as what i've said to him privately over the course of this crisis in ukraine. that is, russia has the opportunity to take a different path. to resolve the issue of ukraine in a by a respects ukraine's sovereignty and is consistent with international law. that is our preference. if it does so, then i will be the first to suggest that we roll back the sanctions that are frankly, having a devastating effect on the russian economy. if he continues down the path that he is on, violating international law, providing heavy arms to the separatists in ukraine, violating an agreement that he agreed to, just a few

weeks ago, the minsk agreement that would have lowered the temperature and the killing in the disputed areas, and providing us a pathway for a diplomatic resolution, then the ice laying that russia is experiencing will continue. and in my meeting with european leaders, they confirmed their view that so far, russia has not abided by the spirit or the letter of the agreement that mr. putin signed, or agreed to. and that as a consequence, we are going to continue to maintain the economic isolation while maintaining the possibility of a diplomatic solution. it is not our preference to see russia isolated the way it is. we would prefer a russia that is fully integrated with the global

economy. that is thriving on behalf of its people. that can once again engage with us in cooperative efforts around global challenges. but we're also very firm on the need to uphold core international principles. one of those principles is that you don't invade other countries or finance proxys and support them in ways that break up a country, that has mechanisms for democratic elections. at this point the sanctions we have in place are plenty good. we retain the capabilities and we have our teams constantly looking at mechanisms in which to turn up additional pressure as necessary. with respect to key stone, i've

said consistently, and i think i repeated it but i guess i have to answer it one more time. we'll let the process play itself out. the determination will be made in the first instance by the secretary of state but i won't hide my opinion about this. which is one major determinant about shipping to world markets, not the united states, is does it contribute to the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change. i've got to move on, man. other people have questions. jim acosta. cnn. >> thank you, mr. president, wanted to ask you about the climate deal that you agreed to

with chinese president xi. on that front, also, adding in your expected action on immigration. you're taking executive actions on a multitude of fronts and wanted to ask you, sir, what is stopping a future republican president or even a democratic president from reversing your executive orders and are you expanding the powers of the presidency in bases could potentially back fair on your agenda down the road and on the battle against isis, your join chiefs chairman deempsey is in iraq now. but last week he said he could envig a scenario in which ground forces could be engaged alongside iraqi security forces. i know you've ruled out the possibility of having u.s. ground forces engaged in combat going house to house and so forth. as you think on that change, and mate general dempsey be able to convince you otherwise? >> with respect to the climate agreement, the goal that we've

set, a 26 to 28% reduction by 2025, we shaped that target based on existing authorities rather than the need for additional congressional action. and i want to be clear here that that is based not on particular executive actions that i'm taking but based on the authority that has been upheld repeatedly by this supreme court for for the epa, the environmental protection agency, to shape rules, to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases. obviously it is supplemented by a bunch of stuff we're doing that nobody suggests isn't in our authority. the doubling of fuel efficiency standards on cars. something that we negotiated the car company, and with labor

groups. and is working really well, and we're selling a lot of american cars domestically as well as internationally. and there are more fuel efficient cars and more popular cars. with respect to executive actions generally, the record will show that i have actually taken fair executive actions than may predecessors. nobody disputes that. what i think has changed is the reaction of some of may friends in congress to exercising what our normal and frankly, fairly typical of exercises of presidential authority. you are absolutely right that the very nature of an executive answer means a future president could reverse those. that was extra when i came into action when president bush had a

bunch of executive actions that he had signed. it was part of may authority to reverse them. that's why, for example on, immigration reform it continues to be may great preference to see congress pass comprehensive legislation because that is not reversed by a fought president. it would have to be reversed by future congress. that's part of the reason why i've argued consistently that we're better off if we can get a comprehensive deal through congress. that's why i showed extraordinary congress trying work the a bipartisan deal. when the senate produced the bipartisan deal and why i waited for over a year for speaker boehner to call that bipartisan bill in the house. as i've said before, i can't wait in perpetuity when i have authorities that at left a for the next two years, can improve

the system. can allow to us shift more resource to the border, rather than separating families, improve the legal immigration system. i would be derelict in may duties if i did not tray to improve the system that everybody acknowledges is broken. with respect to syria, i would expect him to always do this. to give me his best military advice and to not be could not strained by politics. and he has not advised me i should be sending u.s. troops to fight. what he said in testimony, what i suspect he'll always say, is that yes, there are circumstances in which he can envision the deployment of u.s. troops. that's extra everywhere, by the

way. has his job. there are always circumstances in which the united states might need to deploy u.s. ground troops. if we discovered that isil had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then yes, you can anticipate that not only would chairman dempsey recommend me serving the ground traps to get the weapons out of their hands but i would order it. the question ends up being, what are those circumstances? i'm not going to speculation. aware moving forward with outstanding allies like australia in training iraqi security forces to do their job on the ground. my thing has not changed currently. ed henry of fox.

>> thank you. one question, i promise. >> that's great! >> at your town hall a few days ago you said governments need to be held accountable and responsive to the people. i wonder how you square that with your former adviser claiming you were not transparent about the health law because in his words, the american people, the voters are stupid. did you mislead americans about the taxes about, keeping your plan, in order to get the bill passed? >> no. i did not. i just heard about this. i get well briefed before i come out here. the fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that i completely disagree with, in term of the voters is no reflection on the actual process. we had a year-long debate, ed. go back and look at your

stories. the one thing we can say is that we did not have a lengthy debate about health care in the united states of america. or that it was not adequately covered. i would just advise every press i've led here, go back and pull up every clip every story, and i think it is prayer to say that there was not a providing in the health care law that was not extensively debated. and was fully transparent. there were folks had a disagreed some of these various positions. it was a tough debate. the good news, and i know this wasn't part of your question, but since some folk back home had a don't have health insurance may be watching, open enrollment just started.

which means these did not take advantage of the market places the first time around, they have another chance to sign up for affordable health care. they may be eligible for a tax credit. so far there were over half a million successful logins on the first day. healthcare.gov works really well now. want.2 people used the window shopping function. there were 23,000 applications completed in the first eight hours and tens of thousands more throughout the day. health care is working. many more are eligible and contrary to some of the predictions of the naysayers, not only is the program working but we've seen health care inplaying the lower than it's been in 50 sear, which is contributing to us reducing the deficit and has the effect of

making premiums for families lower than they would have been. all right. kristin welker. >> thank you, mr. president. i would lake to ask you again about syria. when you were recently asked about the u.s. campaign against isis, you said, quote, it's too early to say whether we are winning. you went on to say this will be a long term plan. there are now reports that you have ordered a review of your entire syria policy. i would like to put the question to you. are you currently recalibrating your policy in syria and does that include plans to remove president bashar al assad? and was it a mistake to not focus on him initially? thank you. >> we have a weekly meeting with my centcom commander, with may

chairman of the joint chiefs, with all our diplomatic personnel related to the region as well as may national security team and secretary of state, secretary of defense, intelligence team, to assess what kind of progress are we making, both in iraq ander is a i can't with respect to isil. i will be having weekly meetings as long as this campaign lasts because i think it is very important to get it right. we have not had a comprehensive review of syria. we've had a comprehensive review of what are we doing each and he have weak. what is working, what's not. some of is it very detailed at the tactical level. some of it is concept you'll. we continue to learn about isil, where its weaknesses are, how we can more effectively put pressure on them. nothing strard, nothing of the

sort you describe has taken place. certainly no changes have taken place with respect to our at tad toward bashar al assad. i've said this before but let me reiterate. assad has ruthlessly murdered hundreds of thousands of his citizens. as a consequence, has completely lost legitimacy with the majority of the country. for us to then make common cause with him against isil would only turn more sunnis in syria in the direction of supporting isil, and would weaken our coalition

that sends a message around the region. this is not a fight against sunni islam. this is against any strain had a are willing to behead innocent children or mow down political prisoners with the kind of wanton cruelty that i think we have very rarely seen in the modern age. so we have communicated to the syrian regime. when we operate going after isil in their air space, they would be well advised not to take us on. beyond that, there is no expectation that we are going to in some ways enter an alliance with assad. he is not credible in that country. now, we are looking for a political solution eventually within syria. that is inclusive of all the groups had a live there.

the sunni, christians know and at some point the people of syria and the various player involved, as well as the regional players, turkey, iran, assad's patrons lake russia, are going to have to engage in a political conversation. and it is the nature of diplomacy in any time, certainly in this situation, where you end up having diplomatic conversations potentially with people that you don't lake and ja regime. >> just to put a fine point on it. are you actively discussing ways to remove him as part of that political transition? >> no. major? >> thank you, mr. president. as you well know, the continuing

resolution expires december 11th. the ebola outbreak, iraq and syria, not to mention the day-to-day operations. what are the odds the company will see itself in a shutdown scenario? how much do you fear the government will shut down and to what degree is your anxiety about this or your team's anxiety about this influence the timing of your decision on immigration? >> i take mitch mcconnell at his word that there is no arraign for the government to shut down. we traveled down that path before. it was bad for the country. it was bad for every elected official in washington. and at the end of the day, it was resolved in the same way that it would have been resolved if we hadn't shut the government down. so that won't be productive. and it that leader mcconnell and

speaker boehner understand that. this goes to a broader point that i've made previously and i'll reiterate. it is in the nature of democracy. in our system, you can have a congress of one party and a president of another and they disagree on some really fundamental issues. and the question then is, how do you deal with that? here are the issues we don't agree on and we'll fight like heck for our position and then we'll work together on the issues we do agree on. that's how it has always been. that's how it was with ronald reagan when he was dealing with the democratic congress, there was no point that the democrats say, well, because we don't

agree with ronald reagan on yyz issue, we cannot work with them on social security reform or tax reform or other issues. okay. we'll fight on that. we'll join together on that. and as a consequence, the country will make progress. and i would expect that same attitude in this instance. i understand that there are members of the republican party who deeply disagree with me and law enforcement and the evangelical community, and a number of their own republican colleague about the need for immigration reform. i get that. there's nothing wrong with them arguing their position and opposing legislation. but why this he would shut down

the government makes as much sense as my decision to shut down the government if they decide to take a vote to repeal health care reform for the, is it 53rd or 55th time? i understand there's a difference there but let's keep doing the people's business. i think the main concern was making sure we get that right. that's what we're focused on at this point. any executive action i take is it operates where it is deploying resources, et cetera. how are folks processed. what priorities there are. i want to make sure we've dotted our is and crossed our ts.

>> in 2010 when asked by immigration advocates, providing legal status, you said, i'm president, i'm not king. i can't do these things just by myself. in 2013 you said i'm not the emperor of the united states. my job is to execute laws that are passed. what has changed since then? since you've had a chance to talk since july with your legal advisers, what do you now believe are your limits so that you can continue to act as president and not as emperor or king? >> actually, may position hasn't changed. when i was talking to the advocates, their interest was in me through executive action, duplicating the legislation that was stalled in congress. and getting a comprehensive deal

of the sort that is in the senate, for example, there are certain things i cannot do. certain limits to what fall within the realm of prosecutorial discussion in terms of how we apply existing immigration laws. what we've continued to do is to talk to office of legal counsel that is responsible for telling us what the rule are, what the scope of operations are. and determining where it is appropriate for us to say, we won't deport 11 million people. on the other hand, we have severe resource constraints rate now at the border. not in apprehending people but in processing. having enough immigration judges and so forth.

so what's within our authority to do. reprioritizing since we can't do everything. it is on that basis that i'll be making a dig about any executive actions i will take. i'll repeat what i said before. there is a very simple solution to this perception that somehow i'm exercising too much executive authority. pass a bill i can sign on this issue. if congress passes a law that solve our border problems, improves our legal immigration system, and provides a path way for the 11 million people who are here, working in our kitchens, working in farm, making beds in hotels, everybody knows they're there.

we're not going to deport all of them. we would like to see them being able, out in the open, to pay their taxes. pay a penalty. get right with the law. give me a bill that addresses those issues. i'll be the first one to sign it. and metaphorically i'll crumple up whatever executive actions we take and we'll toss them in the waste basket. we will now have a law that addresses those issues. >> yes. >> would you tell us what they are? >> no. it was a good tray though. jim and i go way back, although he was famous. i was not. he used to be a broadcaster in chicago so i used to watch him on tv. you've aged better than i have.

yeah. all right. people of australia, thank you again for your wonderful hospitality. >> and we have been listening to president obama just wrapping up a news conference. and he is wrapping up this week-long trip to the asia pacific region. it included stops in china, myanmar and australia. he took news conference to address a number issues. let go through. this first he said it was productive. the president said. he talked about the tar i have deal that we have signed with the chinese. and then some trade agreements that are in the works with india. climate change very important to the president during this trip overseas. in particular, what the chinese as they try to curb carbon emissions. that was about a 26% reduction. and then again, the ebola

crisis, talk about the fact many countries are coordinating their efforts to help west african countries deal with the ebola crisis and try to get crisis frankly, uncontrol. when the q & a began, a couple interesting points came up. he was asked about the key stone pipeline debate that was happening in washington, d.c. will he try block anything with regard to the key stone pipeline. we're waiting to where a what the senate will do. he said let it play out is what the president had to say. there's also the issue of vladimir putin. that has been a big source of contention among many of the leaders. all of them focused on vladimir putin and his actions in ukraine. the president was very clear in saying that actually needs to stop. our white house correspondent for fox news channel ed henry asked him about the jonathan grabber scandal that has been breaking out this week when

president the has been away. this is m.i.x., economists and professors that have come out with some insulting comments and the understanding of the health care law. and the president saying, we stepsively debated everything in the health care bill. not just missing, making the point that we did indeed look at every single part of that health care bill. he talked about syria as well as the potential government shutdown. so once again, a live news conference from the president. here in new york, we'll return to regularly scheduled programming after a quick break. people with type 2 diabetes

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