coming up, neil bush's thoughts on his mom, dad and whether one of his bros is running for potus. >>here is neil right there in red. neil. ♪ >> we are here today with neil bush, the chairman of points of light which is working with bloomberg to recognize the most community-minded companies. how long have you been chairman of points of light? >> about seven years. >> we're going to play some bags while you talk. you can be red and we will black. seven years, what would you say has been the transition them in america in service? >> there has been a big trend. you're just going to fire away? a significant trend in terms of corporate -- >> wow. >> corporate service. companies are recognizing more and more if they allow their employees to go into the community. to allow their employees to -- >> whoa! who taught you that? >> this is for the win? >> this is round one. >> my point is that companies that allow their employees to go into the field to work in their community and allow them to direct funds to causes they care about, the more likely they are to attract and retain better employees

>> i went into the index and looked up all the neil bush references when i first read it. >> did you know about it? >> i didn't know that my dad and a boat ride with george w. brought up the idea. i think as jeb is considering whether he will run are not, he is taking into consideration family concerns. jeb has had that experience. >> just to clarify, you read for the first time in there? have you talked about it to him? >> i live across the street from that. i said dad, i learned you were actually saying that -- my father was in the unique position of being the president. i was part of a company that went belly up. he had to sit on the sidelines and watch as the political machine in washington just crucified me. >> it was also the political machine in little rock. >> possibly. >> here is a question now that you opened the door. i know you don't know the answer on whether he is running or not. how much have you talked to him about it? >> very little. >> your brother, the former president, has talked about it to him. >> i don't think jeb is actually seeking counsel from people. my mom

on christmas day, he was visited by barbara bush and one of his sons, neil bush.e're told this isn't nearly as serious as his stay two christmases ago. but clearly he's not ready to go home just yet. >> okay, ryan, thank you. >>> now, to the secret service. already under institute security breach. tonight there's a new concern over a report in the "new york times." some of the cars in the presidential motorcade driven by volunteers. with little or no emergency training. here's jim avila. >> reporter: the president on the way to work out this morning in hawaii. his presidential suv buried in the middle of as many as 20 imposing secret service black cars and local police escorts. also in the middle of the pack, rolls the lowly white house press corps van. driven by, well, just about anybody. a volunteer picked by the white house, who is screened for a clean criminal and driving record. untrained drivers like 24 year-old natalie tyson identified by the "new york times" today as the volunteer press driver in san francisco this fall. she posted her picture next to the

neil bush, the son of, had been chairman of points of light and supported david purdue. he put out a statement asking for the ad to be taken down. >> michelle nunn is the daughter of sam nunn, former georgia democratic senator. david purdue is the cousin of the former republican governor of georgia. >> she lost the election. this ad was effective. >> grimes lost the election, as well. is there any connection? >> they both lost the elections because they were democrats running in republican states. who is to tell at this point? the democrat allison grimes comes from a very prominent political family. the hope by the democrats was that these attractive, poised, very accomplished women would, with a political pedigree, be able to blunt the republican wave. it did not work. >> we will come back to more of these in a second. i noticed that you have a son named hugo, who has done an app for you. >> he is my middle child. he just graduated from high school. he did it on his own. it was a surprise to me. at this point, it has 10,000 subscribers. it has a little pinocchio game wh

neil: now that he has all his rino competition -- >> i don't think jeb bush will resonate. don't know why. neil: you think christie will? so you're not sucking up to your friends anymore? >> no. but it's a great criticism, neil. when i'm on the radio, the team on the morning show, we're laymen, regular people, it's the lessonners who are smart. neil: you're not laymen. you're invited to the 40th reunion. >> i thought they would forget about me. neil: best years of that show. so you're not a layman? let's dispense with that lie. >> i listen to my listeners. they call. they know. neil: brilliant done, by the way. >> they call. and i'm going -- one guy, we call him the professor. he calls and says the whole field will kind of destruct, self-destruct. it will be in complete disarray. who will come to the forefront? chris christie. neil: why do they say that. >> you have rand paul and ted cruz -- neil: why can't they coalesce around a scott walker. >> because edges across as being anti-worker. he's antiunion and anti-worker. that will be a problem. neil: that's an interesting arg

neil: and he was presupposing bush was in. >> i think he was presupposing. don't think he will win. neil: who do you think will win? >> jeb has a lot of negatives. i don't think it's the common core stuff. it's the wall street -- >> it's the common core. >> common core will be a big issue. >> in a general election, here's where the problem is. jeb was on the board of barclays. although, he just resigned as i said he would before the end of the week. on the board of lehman brothers. neil: you're not committing to who you think it will be? >> john kasich. smart guy. will he run? >> rand paul has a lot of people behind him. neil: he's all over the map. >> but a lot of people like him. a lot of people in texas. neil: you think he could surprise people? >> when was the last time the republican party did not elect the establishment choice? >> and he's definitely the establishment choice. neil: who is the establishment choice? >> who is the establishment? >> he's the clear establishment choice. old money throughout wall street. i don't think you can underestimate hi

neil: that would apply to jeb bush and mitt romney. it would apply to chris christie. >> it would apply to all of them. find a millennial republican out there, and try to match a candidate to them. you can't right not. >> you look at a guy like christie. ken says he's a loyal guy. unfortunately, he's backing the wrong horse. christie's public demeanor is so far off the map for international and foreign politics. it's the wrong direction for us to be going. i'd rather see a romney or jeb bush. i'm not sure the country is ready for bush number three in the white house. >> at the same time chris christie would have probably done a much better job than obama. neil: they all sort of gravitate around -- with a lot of kicking and screaming, they gravitate around one person. dubai that hadley? do you think there's more dust up in the ranks that we're being told. like we're not being told about the dust in the liberal ranks, some who are disenchanted with hillary clinton. both parties have their serious family food fights. >> that's exactly rig

neil: great discussion. issue two, jeb bush's latest presidential push. i'm not sony. s to release an e-book from his days as florida governor. >> who is going to read it? neil: that doesn't exactly have best-seller written all over this. what do you make of this? >> he's causing himself more problems than he can imagine. it's like we said before. whatever said in email can be interpreted to however people want to interpret it. neil: he doesn't have a couple of embarrassing ones, people won't be interested. >> people will make it into interesting things. what about the emails that you deleted? will we see those? >> i think this story goes nowhere. they make a big hullabaloo from some emails. he gets to frame issues he wants to talk about. his position on immigration reform. why he supports the core education packet. and he can answer questions about, you know, his -- involvement with venture capital firms. he's saying, listen, i'll modernize myself. >> i think he's crazy pants for doing this. stone cold crazy pants. they'll find something. someone was cute as she was wa

neil: all right. rinos rule and party rebels drool. look at this latest cnn poll. jeb bush the favorite. rand paul ted cruz very far behind. how the establishment could be winning out early on. i'm mad at the former senator -- >> again? neil: yeah. because he's done fox and friends flawlessly. he just steps in here and frankly -- >> well, if you need a vacation neil. let me know. neil: that's not going to happen. you see this guy? i can make life very difficult for you. >> i know. you have in the past. neil: yes, indeed. what do you make of this? besides mitt romney wasn't even included in this poll? >> name recognition is what's paramount. people are putting up. name recognition the bush, jeb bush in particular governor of a big state, early in the process you'll see things weed out a little bit differently. neil: i don't mean to drag on this, but why was romney not included. >> good question. i'll call him and let you know tomorrow. neil: the way rinos are reading it -- >> you mean, problem solvers. neil: this isn't fox and friends here. >> this political division is one of the reasons

neil: outside the mainstream to dimension jeb bush? >> i could deal with that he will never sell me on crisscross the. key is we can very insecure. neil: you're not going after the fact? [laughter] >> no. neil: i thank you were. you never liked him. >> i thought he was all about himself. you can tell those that are narcissistic. they put themselves out there and the staff and telling them how awkward he looks when he calls out the guy in the audience. neil: if you do that with a farmer? you will get a pitchfork always good to see you making his fortune in the buffalo area. that says something. has shoveling snow. [laughter] >> we were stuck three days by wife was stranded at her cousin's house and i was stranded with my dog from monday through thursday. neil: that for the office does not sound like bad bad idea. but now in the meantime with about health care this is not entirely crazy but don't laugh with those louisiana liberals to be with those 30 democratic senators are now out of power that voted for obamacare. so that could explain

neil: very good from afar, far from good in the race. >> i'm a journalist, i like to define my terms, mitt romney is not running if jeb bush is running,. neil: i don't buy that any more. >> you think they go toe-to-toe. neil: yep like christie. >> rumble, rum bem i rumble in - catfight in the country club. neil: i would avoid a catfight. >> you think that elizabeth warren will run but not hillary clinton. neil: i don't know what to tell you, i know that barack obama was running he was the a gifted oedorate or. someone emerges who will look like a same able alternative. >> hillary could run with the i'm going to be first female president of the united states, i am that tough chick. neil: every prominent female who does that -- >> that is not enough. >> here is where your analogy with obama does not work. neil: oh, really? okay, make your final shot and then final appearance. >> when "newsweek" mattered, barack obama of the on the cover, about 3 dozen times we don't see that type of prom prominence, among any of the lefties. neil: you did not see that for bill spadea. >> he is not a -- bill clinton. >> he is not a lefty. >> neil, you rea

neil: you guys say -- like i say i'll run for president, my kids say, really, dad, stick to the prompter. if jeb bush steps in, would that dissuade your dad? >> i don't think so. neil: let's talk about new york and real estate. you know real estate better than any of us in this city. russia is in a workers' womp of trouble. they're in the top top end in trouble. >> not just the russians. a lot of people from asia, from china. a lot of people from central south america, a lot of those people coming into new york. obviously, new york is susceptible to russian money. the oil prices won't help that at all. neil: who takes their place? maybe asian money? the asian money is hiccupping. >> we'll see. you have to believe the oil prices will be at the prices they're at forever. i'm not sure i necessarily believe that to be the case. neil: interesting. governor cuomo is getting set for what we're told is a low-key second inauguration. what do you guys think of him dealing with him. your father is critical of him on how slow he is on fracking. a lot of his screw-ups, your father is quite vocal about it. he has

. >> president george herbert walker bush recovering from his health scare this week. his son neilbara spent christmas with the former president in the houston hospital. paramedics took him there tuesday after he was short of breath. the 90-year-old former president has parkinson's. a spokesman says mr. bush is in great spirits and in the hospital as a precaution. >>> meanwhile, president obama and first lady spent part of their christmas thanking america's military. they visited an oceanfront marine base in hawaii where they're vacationing. the president says the military sacrifices are paying off. so much of the world he says can enjoy peace and prosperity. >> now, a christmas miracle involving a boston terrier. the dog survived a 15-story fall from a condo balcony in sacramento. sam is 13 years old. and doesn't see very well. his owner says the dog became disoriented and fell off the balcony but managed to land dead-center in a hot tub. sam has a fractured pelvis and ribs. but the vets say he will be walking around in a couple weeks. he may be 13 years old. pretty lucky after th

yesterday, he got a christmas visit from wife barbara and son neil bush.ars ago, he spent christmas in the same hospital being treated. >>> up next, many travelers this holiday season are welcoming the low gas prices across the country. some places under $2 a gallon. how long or how low will it go and how long will it last for? i'll talk with an oil expert after the break. and it's been ten year since the indian ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 people. we'll take a look at what's changed in the region. and what hasn't. next. ould be ould be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody know

bush, as you know, is 90 years old. his wife and son neil visited him on christmas day. the former president is being kept in the hospital, we're told, as a precaution. >>> meanwhile, the christmas message from the vatican had a somber tone. pope francis addressed about 80,000 people and he spoke of sadness throughout the world. making specific reference to the violence in the middle east and elsewhere. francis also spoke about the world's children who are mistreated. for everyone he offered, quote, may christmas bring them hope. >>> and in her recorded christmas message, britain's queen elizabeth praised doctors and medical workers fighting ebola in africa. she called their sacrifices selfless. the queen has been delivering her christmas message since 1952. >>> and president obama spent part of his christmas thanking u.s. military members. mr. obama and the first lady took time out from their hawaiian vacation to visit an oceanfront marine base. the president says much of the world can enjoy peace and prosperity thanks to the military's many sacrifices. >>> and listen t

neil telling michele bachmann that republicans are wasting time suing president obama over his executive action. >> george bush thing. waste of time. waste of time. >> so what we need to do is defund the executive branch, number one. neil: wait. think about what you're saying. congresswoman. david: next up, the biggest rivalry, cavuto versus imus. neil blindsided him on the second best clash of 2014. >> you have an iphone six? let me see it. bring it over here or i'll beat your fat ass. >> come on betelgeuse. let's get it on. >> there's been a new tray of doughnuts out in the greenroom. >> there's vials outside. you want me to bring some in for you? >> oh. david: i would have loved to see that. here it is the cavuto clash you said was the best of 2014 with the drum roll. neil clashes way lawyer representing an illegal immigrant drug smuggler who is suing us by getting roughed up by a border dog. >> if i broke into your house and i tripped and broke my ankle on your stairs on the way up to empty out your wife's jewelry chest, do i have a legal right to sue your ass? >> no. >> of course not because i broke into

welcome everybody on neil cavuto and talk about climate change, only this president bush has more americans hot and bothered. to hear ted cruz tell it we get the shaft. ed henry on how the white house is responding to all of this. hey, ed. >> reporter: they are trying to jump on this as the president obviously in desperate need of some legacy items. he's had trouble spots, problems all around the world so they greeted this jubilantly today when alan gross this american aide worker was freed. you see critics as you noted marco rubio but democrats like bob menendez saying there was a high price here in terms of swapping three cuban spies. the white house insists that was not a direct swap. i'll get into that detail in a minute. that to is the president of the united states yesterday for the first time in decades, an american president having a phone call with the cuban president. he spoke to the dictator raul castro. the president insists that some five decades of u.s. policy has failed to isolate cuba. it hurt the cuban people. again, even some democrats like bob menendez in the president's

welcome everybody on neil cavuto and talk about climate change, only this president bush has more americansand bothered.

neil: what these guys are saying, liz, as you know, that your dad and president bush were surprised themselves to see the degree to which the cia overstepped itself. to your dad's credit, president bush, they stand by the cia. they say they do a whole lot more good than harm. and this is a great danger and threat. back to -- if you don't mind my money nerd, this is about cutting the cia's budget, setting the tone to have people think ill of the defense establishment, and cutting a lot of funds going forward to say, well, this is the hell they wrought on you. >> look, i think that is certainly part of it, neil. i don't think you can discount that. i think it's more than that though. because this is something that you saw from the very first days of this president's presidency, when he came into office and said he would begin to prosecute these cia officials. and, you know, first of all, the -- the notion that somehow the president, the vice president, that they were unaware of the program, weren't briefed on it, is flat wrong. and they've said it's flat wrong. they were involved in this program

bush is waking up at the hospital. he was with his wife barbara and son neil after experiencing shortness of breath.d a terrific day and is in great spirits. doctors hold him as a precaution. >> one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. it has been ten years since the powerful tsunami devastated the coast of indonesia leaving 230,000 people dead through out 14 countries. m memorials taking place in indonesia, thailand, sri lanka were the hardest hit. >> sony's controversial film "the interview hits theaters with packed crowds. we have a look at how it is received. >> the interview has been at the center of controversy for weeks as we know. first sony pulled the film after threats of violence from north korea then the studio agreed to release it on-line and through independent theaterings. this morning we know it brought in nearly $1 million on christmas day opening impressive for a title only playing in 300 theaters nationwide. the hype surrounding the film is what brought them out to see it. >> that's part of it freedom of speech and the bickering back and forth. >> and fans in los ange

bush 43. >> talk about your brother. jeb, sure. >> i'm teague teasing you, neil or marvin. >> neil is actually a letter writer.id i a charity for points of life which is one of the things your father did during his presidency. >> is he a good man. jeb is wrestling with the decision to run for president. he knows what it's like. he has seen his dad, seen his brother. there is no pressure anybody can put on him. i'm confident as he travels around the country he is hearing people say you ought to run. i'm sure he is flattered by that but only he can make the decision and there is nothing anybody can say to him to help him better understand the decision making process i don't know when he is going to decide. i don't know if he he is leaning one way or the other. i do know. this he would be a really good president. >> how would he be a different president from president bush 41 or president bush 43. what's his personality? how is it different? >> people are going to have to assess that themselves. he got out of the university of texas in two and a half years with a five beta phi beta kappa. governor of a big state.

neil cavuto. maybe ann romney had it wrong when she told me we'd have to see what her husband would do if jeb bush for president garnering 90%, bush way back at 10%. no other candidate reaches double digits. which brings me to my friend anthony, a big romney backer last go around. anthony, i have to ask you, are you ready to suit up for another? >> if we're playing rotisserie presidential baseball, romney is

neil: wait. think about what you're saying. defund the executive action. congresswoman, if democrats had told you, we'll defund president bush laugh at them. so you should have. i think democrats will be in their right minds to laugh you out. defund them. >> the house has the power this isn't a small power. we can do this, but we can do something further. i hear your frustration. neil: all right. >> what we can do further is impeach the elected officials. neil: rome is burning and you're smiling. david: we still get emails about that one. neil's clash with a lawyer suing us who was roughed up by a border dog by breaking into the country which led to this. neil: if i broke to your house and tripped on your stairs on the way up to empty out your wife's jewelry chest, do i have a legal right to sue your ass? no. of course not. because i broke into your house. >> well, there are rules that that's right. (?) because you were in my house, you can't sue for whatever condition the house is in. neil: i'm a legal american who broke into your house, i can't sue you. you're telling me, and i'm not perry mason, this guy who broke into th

neil: well, order smorder. the president said he's happy. happy to rip up his executive order if congress will give him a new order. bushr said he's got a better idea. what would that be, ed? >> well, i think there are three things that need to be done. first, we need to move towards a skills based system of handing out green cards. second, we need to figure out a way to regular lieize the people here illegally. i propose a v visa. then we have to find a better way to enforce border control. i suggest we do that through employer enforcement, primarily by punishing people who hire illegals, but allowing them to have safe harbor if they do appropriate checks with the government. neil: don't we already that have, if a that if you think of hiring an illegal -- >> we do. it's the e-very fewverify. unfortunately, it's not particularly effective, but it's the right way to go. the reason, again, we're sort of jumping ahead. the reason it's important to do that, remember, not all the people coming into the united states are coming across the border. a large proportion of the people who are here as undocumented immigrants came in

bush. you don't know? >> i think i'm too young. >> is he on fox news? >> he is on fox news. >> this is still -- >> oh, neil?> nobody, close. >> will you get serious. >> o'reilly. bill o'reilly. host of fox news o'reilly factor. >> very good. >> he has a nice tie in that picture, actually. >> excel let me threads. >> he's been number one for over a decade. you're obviously a huge fan. >> a congressman, upstate. >> that's rob lowe. >> rob lowe. he's the guy in the commercials for direct tv. >> i'm sigh per creepy rob lowe and i have cable. >> i like rob lowe. >> rob lowe plays kennedy in the movie killing kennedy. >> okay. >> do you see where we're going with this? >> they made bill's book, killing kennedy in a movie and rob lowe plays kennedy. did i just blow your mind? >> that's crazy. >> would war 2. >> you going to check it out. >> i will. >> you got nothing else to do, do you. >> i don't. >> do you plan on reading "killing kennedy?" >> no, but i might now. >> there's a barnes and noble right. >> he probably got really rich off of that mo. >> thanks, excellent work, appreciate it. >> i'm going to start wa

bush. it's magic. i tell you. that's it for us tonight. stay tuned for cavuto. good night from new york. neiltin, ain't karma a bitch? your evil empire is collapsing fast. his russia ruble is toast. his country's live blood is slipping away. his billionaire buddies are losing their shirts. what is a thumb your nose despot to do? not much. not even jacking up interest rates to 70% from 10.5% has made the russian ruble any more attractive or putin's position any less precarious. the ruble is still tanking. his market is still tanking. his economy is still tanking. my buddy steve moore is right, putin himself could

bush did for katrina. but let me finish. but he goes on nbc and he says things like i'm sorry, this insurance policies canceled. neilthe bottom line is that it could be reductive here. anyway, the chicago council approving a 13-dollar minimum wage and keep in mind the national average is $7 and 25 cents. and so they're saying it's a good place to start. >> this remind -- reminds me my 10-year-old. [laughter] and that's what this is. [inaudible] and that's what it is, we are going to keep giving if they keep annoying us and if we keep caving. >> your is the main reason they are pushing for it. they won a narrow differential between unskilled laborers and high skilled laborers. and so you're going to hire them before unskilled. >> these jobs are entry-level jobs. and they are being smart about it and saying that wal-mart is blowing their stocks on dividend increases and that's not fair, it should raise the wages for the workers which is a powerful argument. >> membership is on the decline, they are losing their voice in the white house so they need more members. >> when you see them replacing workers and health care a