george h. w. bush grew up with a sense of loyalty and duty part of his legacy as the example he set in life. and the movement in which volunteers become points of light by helping people in ways government doesn't. for a world long on edge with fear of war between the super powers managing the peaceful end of the cold war may be his most notable achievement. now president george hw bush a man and his mission. >> i don't think you will ever find a more thoughtful or consider rat person than george bush. >> president bush is probably the most complete person i have ever met. >> if you look at his history, he was a member of congress. >> he is smart. he's humble. >> he was chairman of his party. he was bams dorr to the u.n. >> he is funny. he is spontaneous. >> he was second representative to china before we had an embassy. then he came back and he was director of central intelligence. >> i remember when we first started the campaign for president in 1979 george had his speech he would give about the obli

this guy makes george bush look like calvin coolidge. >> mike, can i add? he left obama with a trillion dollar deficit and an economy -- >> that's fine. >> on the brink of an epic meltdown. please continue. >> but hold on a second, though. you can't keep saying -- >> separate them. >> you can't keep saying well, i came in this house four years ago. there was mud all over it and boy, it was really messy. and then you go around and you dig in shovels and throw in a lot more mud. he's got the responsibility -- >> the reason he says this -- >> as president of the united states to clean it up and he hasn't done it and spent more money in every category at a faster clip than any president in the history of the planet and his defenders that keep going back and blaming george w. bush, for his spending now, for -- look at his budget where it goes ten years from now. it is mind blowing. it is eye popping. it is bankrupting this nation. >> he used to confuse me to hear him blame george w. bush, months and years after he got the job, but i understand it now.

for spending that george bush did in 2008. spending your see what he projects to 2020, it is sickening. >> yeah. the constant, you know, line of attack on george w. bush does not resonate i don't think with a lot of people. the restaurant metaphor, i think the obama administration, what they're saying with the restaurant metaphor what the president is saying, if you don't expand the menu and buy the shrimp with the steak, the the people in the kitchen would lose their jobs, it's the only restaurant in town and then the whole town goes down, so let's expand the menu and -- which is what they're not doing, by the way, but that rhetorically i think is where he's going. >> like jeffrey sachs said four years ago, god bless jeffrey sachs for getting it right, al they're doing with the spending, buying all the lobster and steak and buying all the cotton candy available at golden corral, all they're doing is reinventing a bubble that will burst. >> true. >> and jeffery sacks said it four years ago. jeffrey sachs, supporter of this admi

bush 2.0. you vote for mitt romney, you get the policies that george w. bush was advocating, that's the point. since we are not getting it, i don't think voters will. >> jessica yellin, gloria borger, thanks. >>> next, we will deal into the romney and obama economic plan. >>> and a week of wrenching testimony wraps up. the prosecution isn't finished with the sex abuse case against the former penn state football coach, jerry sandusky. our cloud is not soft and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. verizon. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my

the george bush story ran eight years ago. cbs news six years ago. not something i think about every day. it is e v to write that. that is not the case. >> this is a partisan town and i will ask a partisan question. you have painted going back to the nixon years as the icon of the liberals, the person who has got it in for the republicans. if i am an average guy who heard that all my life than i see that that campaign in september you are running a story about george bush, and his record with the texas national guard. i have to say maybe those conservatives are right. he really has it in for republicans. going in you knew good and well that would be the charge. why did you go ahead and say we're going to do it anyway? >> because the story was true. one can talk till the cows come home, the story of george bush -- not something i contend or speculation or doubt about fact. he got in the air national guard because of his father's position. he got the champagne yet of the air national guard. finally when he was supposed to be on duty he disappeared for

to president george h.w. bush barbara and members of the bush family, it is a great privilege to have you here today and to president and mrs. bush, welcome back to the house that you called home for eight years. the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we're just temporary press -- temporary residence. we're renters. we are charged with the upkeep. but we also leave a piece of ourselves in this place. today, with the unveiling of the portrait of the president, they will take their place alongside the men and women who built this country and those who worked to perfect it. it has been said that no one can truly interested and would dislike being president will they sit behind that desk and feel the weight and respon

it is hero eck and decisive and with bush it would have been he was a war criminal and back to the days of henry kissinger targeting village. >> remember when george w. bush made the dead or alive comment about osama bin laden just days after the 9/11 attacks and he was la mbasted. >> they did the same thing with ronald reagan. a cowboy. the new york times which almost never finds anything to criticize this president about in the lead editorial on thursday said that his ability to decide like cesar thumbs up or thumbs down on the coliseum is too much power for a president. so at least we know according to the new york times where the line is with this president for too much power. >> does this kind of leak,. >> doug: did i, have any effect on national -- does this kind

president george h.w. bush, his life story in his own words, the white house days, and the wartime attack that nearly cost him his life. >> i wasn't afraid to die. maybe i was scared when all this was taking place. >>> and chaz bono on a cause that is close to his hot and his new life as a sangle man. >> i'm not the most outgoing fella. i can't just walk up and start chatting up a girl i find attractionive. >>> and a steaming best seller goes main stream. the real life of 50 shades of gray. this is "piers morgan tonight." the man of the hour, scott walker, saying his victory is a triumph for the middle class and his state. and now the guessing game begins in earnest. should the g.o.p. print out romney-walker bumper stickers. and later george herbert-walker bush. he talks openly in a new movie about how his life has changed. but we begin with scott walker's rise in the republican party. welcome and congratulations, governor. >> piers, good to be with you. my voice is hoarse but my spirits are high. >> last time

that obam in during all the years of george bush's big increase in spending, which were george bush'st two years in off the, he spent, i mean, huge increase in spending as you can tell from that chart. obama was either complicit in or did not make opinion on all of those spending increase. you had the pelosi house and the reid senate and that's really where the spending took off. once obama came into office, he spent on obamacare, he pushed in the $862 billion stimulus. dodd/frank and all sorts of ores and still proposing stimulus. he's no different than george w. bush. they both ruined the economy in my mind. it's not liberal or conservative. it's economic policies and spending is the problem. >> more spending, the stronger the economy. i want to ask if you agree with that formulation. >> no, i don't. correlation doesn't prove causation. there was a lot going on. i agree with art on one thing. clinton was a great president. but i don't agree on all the particular policies. it wasn't the spending cut. one of the things that we were the beneficiary of was the fruits of the technology o

george bush one, and bill clinton and george bush two. you gave an overall solid b to george herbert walker b. an uneven c to bill kline and a failed f to george walker bush, why? >> because i think george bush firsthandled really brilliantly the disintegration of the soviet union. and the military phase of the gulf war. but i don't think he deserves an overall a because he really didn't seize the opportunity particularly in the mideast to give the peace process a breakthrough push which he could have done. and he didn't seize the moment, articulate a vision for the future for which is moment was right and which the world was expecting. and that gradually slipped into a kind of imperial posture particularly in the defense posture statement that his staff developed for him. and then of the authors of that defense portion later on resurfarced in bush two administration. clinton did pretty well on some issues. in particular in terms of american appeal to the world, american identification with global issues, and he certainly was energetic and

george bush loved looking at the pretty girls. barbara bush loved dancing with warren beaty. no problem with that. they came and were respected. the office of the presidency is above all that. and he didn't use it as a political tool -- >> who would you get if you were casting a movie? who would you get of all the people you worked with or seen to play george bush sr.? >> you know, i don't know. i have to think it through. i don't know right off the top of my head i don't know. and if i did name somebody i would lose five more stars. >> i was thinking clint eastwood. >> at what age? they are about the same age. >> there is a certain dash of hollywood movie star to the younger president bush. >> really? >> yeah. >> when he watches that tonight he will be -- maybe he will come back and do a detective series for me. >> that would be fantastic. it's a great documentary, it's a movie. it's very revealing and surprising. and you just -- overall he comes over as a good chap who put service to his country before his own interest and for that he should be greatly appreciated. it's a p

of earlier, they hosted a private lunch for president bush, his wife, and former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and michelle obama accompanied by the 43rd president of united states, george bush and laurel bush. -- laura bush. chief"]l to the [applause] >> and good afternoon. i'm the chairman of the board of the white house historical association. we are honored to be a part of today's historic ceremony and to have played a role in arranging the magnificent portrait about to be unveiled. the white house historical association was founded 50 years ago by first lady jacqueline kennedy if the two specific missions. the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished group of american that have inhabited it. in this regard, this is an exciting time as we mark her 50th anniversary, campaign for white house history. we have just launched the new david rubenstein national center for white house history. next year, to the south, we will o

other than george bush, capitol hill clinton, george h.w. and ronald reagan no president in modern history has changed deportation through executive action except all of them. they may be what you call situational or until i saw this on fox news. >> let me play this for the audience so they understand and fully grasp here the magnitude of what he did on friday. let's play this. >> jon: there's a gotcha coming! i bet it's a big one. >> this notion that somehow i can just changes the laws unilaterally is not true. the fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that i have to enforce. i think there's been a grit disservice done -- great disservice done to the cause of getting the dream act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow by myself i can go and do these things. it's just not true. >> jon: oh, (bleep). um, wow that was just nine months ago. the president publicly admitting he's not allowed to do the thing he just did. that's -- game over fox. kudos. i'm sometimes a little bit hard

and later george herbert-walker bush. he talks openly in a new movie about how his life has changed. but we begin with scott walker's rise in the republican party. welcome and congratulations, governor. >> piers, good to be with you. my voice is hoarse but my spirits are high. >> last time i spoke to you it was all pretty tense and you talked honestly about receiving death threats and how nasty the whole thing had got. how do you feel now it's all over? you are still getting threats, apparently. it's been a pretty brutal campaign. >> it was. and the thing when i walked out on the stage and saw the supporters the first thing i thought was thank god it is over for my wife and sons. i asked for the job. they didn't ask for it. it was a relief it was done for them. and in our case there is a few outliers out there. but most people in our state are ready to move on and move forward. i spent two days criss crossing the state. >> let's listen to your victory speech from last night, a little clip from this. >> tonight we tell wis

the last head on the left is george bush. george bush's head appears in a couple beheading scenes. it is not a choice. it is not a political statement. it is maybe one of the heads we have around. >> of course, you did. the producers claim they used a lot of prosthetic body parts and that only after the scene was shot that somebody pointed out, of course, whoa, that head looked like dub yaw. what a coincidence. they said in the d common -- dvd commentary they said "we meant no disrespect to the president and apologize if anything we did or said suggests otherwise." >> lies. >> it is lies. hbo said the whole thing was unacceptable. meanwhile they showed a preview of season three of "game of throwns." that's already 10 times better than "game of throwns." i won't get into how boring "game of thrown" is. we will talk about it. let's 2 to you, chris. are you buying that this was not a political statement? actually hilariously they are apologizing not because of the political statement, but because they brought it up in the dvd commentary? >> what a complete and total bunch of crap. th

when you're about an endorsement of george h. walker bush or george w. bush endorsing romney or when you see bill clinton supporting president obama, does it affect you? let's hear from a caller in las vegas. caller: good morning. i don't like the idea because it can cloud a current president's record. at the same time, it can help his record. coming from previous president bill clinton, before george w. bush had a very good record and backing obama, so it could be in 50-50. he on romney's side, if tours the country with george w. bush, he might as well and i've been run for president, because george w. bush still has a very negative rating around not just our country but around the world. . that's a host: let's hear from a republican. john is in new york city. caller: first, i want to say that i registered as a republican only so that i could vote in the primary for ron paul. presidential endorsements are great. they provide [unintelligible] i was a little confused about what i thought about romney, thinking that he would be a better candidate than he is

george bush was an honorable and decent man h wars to fight, the war on terror knocked him off of hisnt spent an enormous amount of money and i used to say that george bush spent money like a pimp with a week to live. but now you have president obama in office and that line just sort of becomes, you know, now he looks like a tea toddling activist. i come to with you the 17 seconds or whatever left i have to talk to you as not a religious person but as a fairly devout conservative. america came, was allegedly came at a crossroads during the progressive era as well. america was told everything had changed, the old assumptions were gone, the old ideologies that undergirded american society were no longer relevant and we had to embrace a new time of expanded role for government. the progressives actually made the argument that government could take the place of god, that government in fact eventually was god, that committed the christian heresy of the idea of what the philosopher hagel called the god state that, the state could do all of the things that god would do, if god actually exist

you know when george bush said thanks for letting me bring my rowdy friends. the people who you brought, the people there to witness the portrait unveiling, the people who came with george w. bush to this event today included his wife, obviously, family, karl rove was there, colin powell was there, condoleeza rice, donald rumsfeld. absent without any explanation as to why was his vice president. no dick cheney. and it's not like vice president cheney is in seclusion after his heart transplant. this is him post heart transplant. he is giving speeches. he has been doing specifically political speeches. he's been making public appearances and public comments. he is preparing to host a fund-raiser for mitt romney this summer. but as every other boldface name from the george w. bush administration showed up for the comedic stylings of gw 43, there was no vice president cheney. mr. cheney, if you'd like to talk about it any time. i'm happy to have you here. please call me. >> this is very interesting pal an intrigue about who turned ut and who didn't turn up today. y

portman has a problem, george bush. i think somebody to watch would be bobby jindal who is vetted and out there and has a terrific record. at the end of the day you don't want the vice presidential choice to draw the spot light. >> do you see him as formidable? >> bobby jindal? >> no, portman. >> i think either portman or ryan allows democrats to make a strong argument about the economic past or future. i think both of those would be very interesting for democrats and allow a lot of clotter. >> i always say that you are smart to ask and i would be very dumb to answer. >> we have a rich tradition recently of people answering. >> i have a tradition of avoiding those questions. i think it will be a lens to look at governor romney the type of decision he makes. this will be his first decision as potential president. >> when will he make it? >> we can rule out donald trump. >> can we? >>> next up the items on our list and that is bush back at the white house. the portrait unveiling. this is a rare moment of bipartisanship in

i'd like to point out that george bush's brother -- jeb bush's brother george bush presided over this country for eight years where there was negative job growth. mitt romney's challenge is to say what he would do differently from george w. bush. his policies mirror bush's, which is lower taxes for the rich, less regulations. >> are you forgetting something in your acrimony against jeb bush? not jeb bush. have his brother. that he lerred your tax rates and my tax rates and everybody's tax rates, personal income tax rates? are you forgetting that? >> john owe. >> it didn't translate into jobs, and that's what we're talking about. >> how can you look at the country and not think we're in decline? look at europe! >> decline means an irreversible, continuous state that leads to ruin. spangler. >> oh come on, you think we're there? >> it's a long-term process. >> it took rome about 500 years to actually evaporate. 500. >> a couple hundred. did the soviet union evaporated in, what, two years? >> you're comparing us to the former soviet union? >> i think europe and the united states are in i

took us that you know the economy george bush had rough it would be of forty percent right now we have to wrap it all right after. little. comfort is the least you have. money is the last that you need if you travel this way. language is common. to. the. emotions are intense. and experience priceless. if you're followed up on my desk. are sort of a throwback and archaic part of. it goes back to a time when people would lie down in their forces in the wild lands and pick up these future dates important to mention the sheriff from prosecution. what company may follow suit. when they go out there. and have to hope that nothing. we're chasing killers and you gotta keep that in mind others that to me a dollar bill the rest. will not superhero they can be killed to you know they shoot me in the head i'm going to die. and. once you've hunted never go back to hide anything else. go back there's rides long liberal joining me. our friend just got chambers editor with red alert politics and judson phillips associate director of the tea party dot net and founder of tea party nation if the

many people say, george bush came to rio in 1992 so he should be recognized for that.was not going to come to rio unless the water down the climate convention. they were aiming at the original plan, 20% reduction in greenhouse emissions in 15 years. george bush said, "i am not going" anjali got a much watered-down target of stabilization of 1990 levels by the year 2000, and it came down and signed it. his actions were predicated on american concern about the environment. since then, we have gotten into recessions. but i think we have not recognized to have got people like the koch brothers, these right-wing think tanks, competitive enterprises that are all now pushing a radical right- wing agenda funded by fossil fuel industry and rich people to say, this is not true. which is undermining scientific credibility. june 7 this year, nature is filled with articles from scientists who have looked at the ecosystems of the planet. we are in deep trouble. we are facing an absolute crisis. but countries like canada and the united states, which are in doubt with huge resources,

george herbert walker bush. this is the 41st president of the united states as you've never seen him before. he tells his story in his own words in a revealing and deeply personal new documentary. let's take a look. >> i've seen what crosses that big desk. i've seen the unexpected crisis that arrives in a cable, in a young aide's hand. and so i know that what it all comes down to this election is the man at the desk. and who should sit at that desk? my friends, i am that man. >> the film is called "41." it's produced by jerry weintraub. good friend of the president for over 40 years. jerry, it's -- i watched it this morning. it is a fascinating documentary because you just can't imagine, there are so many things about this man that you don't know. and as i was watching, i was like i didn't know that happened to him. i didn't know about this. i see all sorts of stuff. pictures, images, revelations from his own mouth which are really startling. >> but you know why you don't know? most people don't know all about i

they took office really particularly admiring of the george h.w. bush administration, people like -- and said so and in that first year when you had people in the streets of tehran, they couldn't have been more distant from it. a couple years later in tunisia and egypt, they begin to see more the value of promoting democracy. >> rose: do you think they have changed that compared to what they might have done at the time when people were in the streets of tehran. >> i think so. i think they would not acknowledge that but i think they would, yes. >> rose: what would one person think has a presence more than any other in northern policy today. >> i think the closest person to him i think is the deputy secretary, the deputy national security advisor dennis mcdonau. it may be the other way around, it may be that obama talks to him about what he wants more than everyone else. >> rose: you have a quote i think that if dennis calls and speak it's clearly that he is speaking for the president. >> right. this was in originally obama's national security advisor was

took us that you know the the economy george bush era it would be a forty percent right now we have to wrap up what will more rubble right after the . wealthy british sign off on. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. well go back there's a nice lone liberal rumble joining me are francesca chambers editor with red alert politics and judson phillips associate director of the tea party dot net and founder of tea party nation if the supreme court strikes down obamacare later this month a lot of americans are really going to be in trouble this specially if mitt romney gets elected president november here's why in a speech in florida yesterday ron told the crowd that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of americans with preexisting conditions who have not been continuously insured here's his car. so let's say someone has been continuously insured and they develop a serious condition and let's say they lose their job or

bush family. president george w.h. bush, who turns 88 next month, arrived in a wheelchair.was a chance for the 43rd president to honor the 41st. >> i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love, and that would be number 41. >> reporter: george bush joked the exclusive collection now starts and ends with a george w., referencing himself and george washington. >> when the british burned the white house in 1814, dolly madison, famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now, michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. >> reporter: mrs. obama told him not to worry. >> and i promise you -- i promise, i'm going straight for -- >> reporter: president obama said his time in the white house has given him a deeper understanding for the men who came before him. and for today at least, that understanding seemed mutual. norah o'donnell, cbs news, the white house. >>> i'm glad they could laugh about it. there could have been awkward moments there. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more from jan crawford'

the george bush story ran eight years ago. cbs news six years ago. not something i think about every day. it is e v to write that. that is not the case. >> this is a partisan town and i will ask a partisan question. you have painted going back to the nixon years as the icon of the liberals, the person who has got it in for the republicans. if i am an average guy who heard that all my life than i see that that campaign in september you are running a story about george

>> greg: everybody has a prosthetic head of george bush under their head. i do. >> bob: i have prosthetic heads of you. >> greg: people who watch the show, this is actually a fairly boring show. >> bob: which show? >> greg: "game of thrones." the head was supporter of ned stark, hero of the show and the person who beheaded him was king jaffrey who is a jerk. so in a weird way people trying to mock george bush actually saluted him. >> dana: put the shoe on the other foot or head on the other body. if it had been president obama can you imagine what we would all be hearing now? hbo wouldn't just be apologizing. >> andrea: if anyone threaten the president the secret service show up. >> dana: but president bush lets this roll off his back. he'll roll his eyes about it. >> andrea: accept it's a prosthetic head. he doesn't have a back. >> eric: did this guy look like bush? the actor? >> greg: ned stark? no. i think it was sean beam. >> eric: had long hair and -- >> greg: supporter. all right. the real crime -- >> bob: culture is going on. and none of the rest of