>> 275 including cheney, condoleezza rice, petraeus, everybody other than president bush who chose not to be interviewed. it was a great thing on the record, and we understand that it's history in a time to document what happened for the record. >> why days of fire for the diet l? >> he refers to 9/11 as a day of fire because the title was eights years of crisis they confronted, war and natural disaster and financial collapse. really, eight years of cay days of fire, and it was for them and the country, and the one we need to look back at and figure out what happened so we understand what's happening today because we have the same issues. >> peter baker, days of fire: bush and cheney in the white house. you're watching booktv.org on c-span2.