. >>> abc's cokie roberts joins us now. good evening. what are your memories of the american president? >> he was such an incredibly decent human being. and that was true throughout his life. we talked about how his mother called him don't brag, which is hard for a politician. but he took it to heart and he really was really self effacing always and put other people first mimp last saw him this summer when i went up to kennebunkport to do an event for the barbara bush literacy program and i had my 13-year-old grandson with me and we went in to see president bush who was in a wheelchair and not able to speak that well. but had such a sense of human interwas so kind to my grandson that he said to me later, he said i think that guy still has his humor with him. and he just always tried desperately to do the right thing. and there were times in his political life that he did things you and i might have said were not up and up always which happens in the course of a campaign. but by and large, the words i use to describe him is just incredibl

cokie roberts, you know scenes like this well. >> they are quite something.es, it is a time of mourning but it's also a time of seeing each other, people who haven't seen each other in a long time. they're happy to greet each other and happy to say someth g something -- each one of them will say something about george h.w. bush. they will say, you know, some moment that he touched them. there's president carter, 94 years old himself. but that's what struck me so much, george, in all these eulogies, all these days, every single one somebody had something to say where george bush had touched them personally. >> he was a man who reached out. he's an old-fashioned politician, a networking politician who tied people together with that habit he had of writing letters every single night late in his study. mark, you studied the president well, you know him well. that is also the sign of a bygone era. >> he was the guy who would reach out with a note or a call of encouragement when you needed it. he was somebody who cared, and frankly, that skill happened to be what w

. >>> we also want to bring in abc news political commentator cokie roberts in d.c. cokie, i imagine in the coming days there will be many comparisons made between the style of george h.w. bush and the style of our current president. you knew bush senior. what are your observations this morning? >> well, they couldn't be more different. george h.w. bush was a great respecter of american institutions including the congress, even though he had a congress that sent him a lot of bills that he vetoed, though he was very proud of the americans with disabilities act which he worked on with the democrats, but i last saw president bush a couple of months ago, and i said to him, you know, your mother always said don't brag, and he said, right. and i said, donald trump's mother didn't tell him that. >> we talk about president george h.w. bush as this transitional president. the end of the cold war between reagan, between, you know -- before clinton, but in hindsight what will be his signature achievement, do you think? >> well, i think the end of the cold war has got to be the

my question is for cokie. earl you you alluded to the fact that when you're interviewing someone you have the answer. you've done the research, you have an idea of what to expect. in all the interviews that you've done, have you ever had an experience where you asked the question and the answer that you received was quite different from what you expected? >> sure, all the time but you still need to know the topic, be able to -- it's kind of like saying to your old uncle "tell me the one about." and you'll get the best from somebody because you know that he tells a good story about the one about but often when you're on that train of questioning -- you don't know everything going in, you wouldn't learning anything, but you learn a tremendous amount, you're often surprised and sometimes unpleasantly so. >> you're up, sir, welcome. >> my name is paul st.lair, director of the george w. bush home in midland, texas. our goal is to talk about the bush family during their ten years in west texas and my question is for

>> how about cokie? >> will, at 1st i want to say what great job they do it really is terrific. and what you have online historically is really valuable to those of us who write history. and, it's not all rosy glasses. it is truth. and, you keep doing that more, and the education of your rangers and other people is just phenomenal. so thank you. and the park service has been under tremendous financial pressure over the last several years. so, that is really, you're doing it under difficult circumstances. >> one of the panels have a comment? >> we are going to do it. so let's just do it right. >> okay. >> and that's also be open to recognizing the that interpretations change over time. hopefully not quickly and hopefully not profoundly but the other sensibility of 2018 is not for sensibility of 1865. >> except for james buchanan. [ laughter ] >> as in pennsylvania. >> you notice there hasn't been another president. >> my name is michael lynch i work for the abraham lincoln library museum in eastern tennessee, not the one in springfield. i guess this question is primarily directed

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cokie roberts, you're here with me right now.d family serving their father right up until the end. >> right. and mother. they were really at his side throughout this time of sickness of both of the bushes and right up to the end. in the summer of course president bush was at kennebunkport. all of the family was there but especially his daughter doro. so having these five children have made a big difference in their ability to be surrounded by loved ones. >> that motorcade will set out on a 45-minute drive to ellington air force base in texas. amy robach is there. >> reporter: that's right, george. final security preparations are under way right here at ellington air force base as guests have starting to line up, go through security sweeps, to pay their respects to the bush family and to the late president bush. preparations have been going on here for several days actually. there have been rehearsals throughout the morning and they began yesterday when air force one landed here at ellington air force base from washington to carry

i think cokie is right. he's concerned about public opinion.why i said earlier -- he played another card. >> i'm looking at it from the perspective of the integrity of our election process. just yesterday, general mattis said the russians tried to muck in our election in 2018. >> this time. >> 2018. there are two remaining chapters. one of them is who conspired with the russians who stole the dnc e-mails and mr. podesta's e-mails to leak them, put them out, distribute them. that's the collusion, the callrom t legal ever you wt perspectivtrying to obstruct this investigation? i mean, i think mr. mueller still has a lot to say. i hope that the senate will protect him so he can finish his job. >> by the way, there's no -- i'm willing to bet you there is no chance that this president tries to fire bob mueller. if he hasn't done it already, he's not going to do it now. he's not going to do it when you have a democratic house. >> he's trying to undermine. >> listen, in the clinton administration -- the clinton administration attended to undermine ken

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he said okay cokie, i know i can pass this test. so we went to people, waiting in line to go through the capital. they were here in washington, here in the nations capital. we asked many of them, this is questions on the citizenship test, and none of them got them at all, and my role is to play the right answer. it was instructive. each of these people, very fine people up here now are trying to remedy that, in one way or another, and they are going to talk to us about what the organizations are doing. the first, irani is going to give us an overview of where we are. for those of you who do not know about the research it is the gold plate. it is the place you go for the most accurate, most thorough research on all kinds of topics. and the is in charge of the digital part of it basically, and basically everybody does everything. but, he has something to share with us. it is about what is happening in terms of civic engagement and civic education. solely. >> thank you that was so nice, and thank you david, it is amazing, this is a big

further problems and i think russia is also aware of that and that hence wide today in today's meeting cokie and russia were agreed on some of the key things in being a territorial integrity or or animation of terrorist groups yes the russian government does not recognize wife egypt a terrorist group but it also does not want to make sure there's no one to take a position where it will confront would toki on a hard level tookey has been a key ally in syria for russia given the fact that we also have done the s four hundred deal as well as the energy related project of turkey and russia has ricky is already a key ally for forward the russian government sought the russian government will ensure and give assurance to turkey that assad regime does not take such risky steps that will turn the situation on the ground into a more complex and more. you know to escalate the tensions as far as took his position on assad turkey i mean. i think was misread when it comes to his position he's he's put his or his position on assad is that if assad is elected in a fair free elections and and all the parts s

we speak to award winning hip hop artist and activist cokie all this more coming up in part two going on the ground. in a world of big partisan mob and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. ninety seven miss doing drugs my nephew still in drugs my sister just spent doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are dead. to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. the war on drugs. there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. sins for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up in issue in way and say by day as you're walking out of this it's

we speak to award winning hip hop artist and activist cokie all this more coming up in part two going on the ground. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. you know world's big partners through the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses. to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back the last twenty four hours of mainstream media were filled by juries i'm a consistent voter for bombing iraq syria and libya and voter again strengthening the military government laying a wreath to remember one hundred years since armistice day joining me now is hip hop artist and activist loki let's take the political must as mistresses have been commemorating. the point with world war one is i feel that th

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the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman did play a role in the death of journalist jamaal should cokie the senate is expected to consider a resolution to restrict u.s. support to the saudi military campaign in yemen. russia is warning the u.s. not to pull out of a three decade old treaty on nuclear weapons. the kremlin says if president trump withdraws from the landmark agreement on intermediate range missiles, russia will target countries where u.s. missiles are deployed. the u.s. says it will pull out of the treaty and 60 days if russia does not stop alleged violations. in the ukraine, petro poroshenko is pleading for punishment over last week's navy clash, telling while the west makes strong statements come a russia's vladimir putin asked. >> it means the new block of thetions against russia, absolutely increase the presence in the black sea would be very much welcome to invite the nato vessels and keep the stability. >> so far russia has not been severely punished for firing on ukrainian navy ships off the coast of crimea. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter