i spent a day following the then first lady barbara bush around. not as a stalker, but as a member of the press corps. it was a big press corps, lots of people. the motorcade of us going and around and all these dignitaries in various events. at the end of the day, mrs. bush had a press conference at a hotel ballroom. the place was packed. i was taking notes for my humor column. when i thought it was all over, the photographer brought the press corps that had been with mrs. bush up on the stage. maybe two dozen of us. they put me right next to barbara rush, first lady of the united states, for this picture. this is a situation where i know in my mind to say nothing. i knew that in my mind. [laughter] your brain does not always tell the rest of your body what the plan is. there was kind of a quiet moment with these high-powered journalists and this room full of people. i planned to say nothing, but for some reason my mouth came open, and i said to barbara bush, first lady of the united states, who i had never met. i said, a shot at the same supermar

she played barbara bush in w. she was featured in pollywood and she's coming to us tonight from new york. thank you so much, miss burstyn for joining us in "the war room." >> thank you and please call me ellen. >> jennifer: all right ellen. i have to brag, ellen was born in detroit so she is a michigander. so we are sinal patco. -- we are simpatico. in addition to being a michigander, you're a political junky. what was your reaction when you were asked to do the show? >> i'm very happy to be on the show. it is well-written. my part is funny. it is a series show. but i get all of the good comedy lines. and it's very interesting to see all of the maneuvers and the behind the scenes dealing and what goes on in the political life. and it is just so well-written that i couldn't resist it. and i love my character. >> jennifer: your character seems very colorful. what a great thing to be able to play. so let's play a clip -- another clip from the show. i'll talk to you in a sec. >> okay. >> i saw the attendee list. why i

and statements from first ladies, rosalynn carter, barbara bush and laura bush. i hope you'll go on to the website nixonfoundation.org to >> and barbara bush begins her comments "i love pat nixon." >> that's right. so thank you all for coming tonight. >>> we had pulled into the area that morning around 9:30. >> former commanding officer of the "uss coal." >> i was turned back to my desk and doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 585 feet and quickly and violently thrust up into the right. it was almost as if we were hanging up in the air. we came back down in the water. lights went

i thought of my own mother-in- law, barbara bush. well my father-in-law was president during those early days, when people thought you could catch aids from touching somebody, barbara bush cradled hiv-positive babies and hud people with aids. she met with families lost loved ones to date and she visited the aids memorial quilt that was on the mall than like it is now. her graceful example challenge to all americans to confront hiv aids with care and compassion rather than fear and judgment. when you look around the world, you see that women are in the forefront of like changing progress. in afghanistan, under the taliban, women went underground literacy centers risking their own lives to teach women and girls to read. in burma, despite years of oppression, women remain steadfast in their dissent, inspiring the world with their bravery and courage in the face of brutality. and women have been central in the fight against aids, a disease that one newspaper compared to the black death of the middle ages. 10 years ago, hiv aids raged out

and statements from first ladies, rosalynn carter, barbara bush and laura bush. i hope you'll go on to the website nixonfoundation.org to see that video. >>

barbara bush complained that the reagans never invited the bushes to a state dinner the white house. al gore and bill clinton were rumored to have a certain amount of friction in their relationship. it is an inherently difficult relationship, and a i think presidents are interested in spite of the better angels of their nature in keeping the vice president somewhat humbled. so he may have been unique in his skill at keeping people humbled, but he was not unique in the desire. >> he was humbled, bill. you would have knoefler better. >> i don't think -- >> johnson was humbled when kennedy was vice president. >> oh, yeah. >> i was in the pentagon in those years. and i remember, i was served as the white house. that's how i met bill and all those guys. but i was told one day when lanny called and anything that the vice president asked for, i mean, i'm sorry, kenny o'donnell called and said anything the vice president asks for from the pentagon, you got to clear it here. anything, you know. a plane ride, an extra aides or what have you. i thought well, you know, when johnson becomes presi

. >> and barbara bush begins her comments i love pat nixon. so thank you all for coming tonight. >> the life of a sailor includes scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on the sails climbing aloft but by the end of the day you are ready for some rest. but you don't get a full eight ours sleep. on a ship like this it is four hours on and four hours off. >> this weekend the life of an enlisted man during the war of 1812. >> the sailor lived in fear of being whipped. it was carried by an officer in a bag and the thing a sailor never wanted to see was a petty officer who was getting ready for a flogging. it is a phrase we still use today don't get the cat out of the bag. >> also more from the contenders our series on key political figures who ran and lost but changed history. sunday, former new york governor al smith. >> you are an environment al historian. what does that mean. >> environmental history is a relatively new kind of history that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s which tries to see the role of nonhuman nature -- plants, animals, dise

. >> five of us want to welcome the former first lady barbara bush. >> does your husband ask you if it's but you know what? i love it, he loves it. >> this is "jeopardy." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "the five." >> let's do "the five" for 200. what is ballet? what is 9 to 5? what is the civil war? i had a great time. >> whoa! ♪ >> happy birthday, stimulus. >> oh, my gosh. >> happy new year, everyone! >> hi! >> sorry to say that. you probably can guess it's not halloween. today is mardi gras. >> what did you have to show to get them to eat. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> cinco de maya. >> por favo? i thought i was captain stupid. >> sorry, head to burp. >> it's not called the one. it's called "the five." >> can you model that for us? >> if there is any doubt in your mind that greg is sick, a sick individual. >> that is an outrage. >> we saw who the real dana perino is. a monster. ♪ ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> we missed it again. oh, no! ♪ ♪ [ cheers & applause ] >> bob: yeah! what a good year. it's great. there is a lot more coming up in the next segment. stick around. greg will talk -- yeah, that's the way he talks anyway. it was not

. >> barbara bush has still never forgiven me or anybody else associated with that cover. >> we won't either. thank you very much howard fineman and david corn. >>> coming back, president clinton is going all out for president obama. so it looks like he's doing kwoo it a job. with a big convention speech coming up. what's the big dog up to campaigning for obama this year or for hillary in 2016? or how about both of them? >>> also look who's back. dick cheney. picking sarah palin was a mistake, he says. picking him was brilliant. what's he want to be here? is he back to playing bigtime politics again? >>> the president is a muslim, a foreigner, a socialist. it never stops. where does this hate come from? >>> finally let me finish tonight with the news that bubba's going primetime. this is "hardball," the place for politics. car insurance comy they'll save you by switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or, "no comment." then there's esurance. born online, raised by technology, and majors in efficiency.

. >> jimmy: your grandma, barbara bush -- >> she is a firecracker. >> jimmy: -- is my favorite.hrough the -- >> is that she kind of thinks you're cute. >> jimmy: she does? [ audience ohs ] >> i don't, like -- i mean, i don't want to make my grandfather uncomfortable, because, at 88, that man looks good. >> jimmy: yeah, no. yeah, he does. yeah, he does. >> but she -- yeah, she -- >> jimmy: she does? i think she is the coolest, funniest person on tv. i see her when you guys do interviews. i love it. everyone just starts kind of filling up. 'cause i think my family is like this 'cause we're a bunch of mushes. >> we're criers except for my grandmother. do you have -- >> jimmy: yeah, grandma doesn't cry. grandma just disses on everybody. watch. here's a clip of the valentine's day. watch this. >> little did i know, it's only trying to keep up. keep up with barb -- barb pierce from onondaga street in rye, new york. >> aw. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> don't get me. why are we such criers? >> you know what? you could be speaker of the house. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy:

. >>> george and barbara bush will not be attending the republican convention in tampa next month.r the 88-year-old former president says he's confined to a wheelchair by a disease that's limiting his mobility and his ability to travel from his home in maine. back to you, soledad. >> i bet he would hate to miss that. one has to imagine at that age and his experience he'd love to be there. z, thank you. >>> well, the wildest drought in decades is now gripping more than half the country. 55% of the u.s. was in a moderate to extreme drought at the end of june. last time that happened was in 1958 when 58% was covered in drought. on top of that, 80% of the u.s. is abnormally dry. and it's really, really hot. 12 months from july, july 2007 to june 2012, the hottest on record. and that could mean more wildfires and emergency situations, and also it's the beginning of hurricane season. are you prepared? all of this brings us to talk about what fema is doing. and the fema director is with us this morning. let's start with the wildfires, if we can. what do you do at this point? they are burn

in fact, the grandchildren do as well, and what's really interesting is barbara bush says that the familywas drawn closer together. >> well, there are two things, joe. you're exactly right. one is he was -- president bush was known as half-half when he was a kid because he would always -- if he had a dessert, he would say have half with whoever he was with. and he always said his greatest achievement is his kids still come home. >> yeah. that's a big one. >> your piece says family matters, and that's a huge part. >> what was really interesting, the day we were arriving, the first great-grandchild was there, and that was the big event of the day, not parade. >> you can read the exclusive interview with president bush and mrs. bush in the sunday parade magazine. margaret murphy, thank you very much. coming up, new fallout this morning from j.p. morgan's trading blunber. business news with brian sullivan is next. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one

last december, president bush and i traveled with barbara, jenna, and her husband to zambia. we met a woman whose husband was hiv-positive. she did not know until she contracted the disease. when he died, she was shunned by her own family. they allowed her to stay with them. she was not allowed to sit with them or eat with them. plateven gave her her own and utensils out of the mistaken belief they could catch aids from her. then she was introduced to the faith-based organization that andided organization training for women. they taught her how to make beautiful purses, a few of which we boutght, out of recycled material to support herself and her children. as her finances improved, as she moved out on her own with her children. now she supports the family that once shunned her, extending to the emigres she received -- extending to them the grace she received. her story is a powerful testament to what we must do to remote the good health of women everywhere. the health of women affects families, communities, and countries. healthy mothers make healthy families. when a mother

bill clinton getting high praise from a former first lady barbara bush says she considers former presidents him family. even though he defeated her husband in the 1992 election. she says she thinks the democrat is, quote, a good fellow. the sentiments have been echoed by other members of the bush family as well. last year neil bush went as far as calling clinton a brother from another mother. and you know, obviously, her husband and bill clinton have done lots of great international work together. they have a history. >> brother from another mother. >> tyler perry film. >> let's talk a little sports now. new details disturbing details about the jerry sandusky penn state scandal. we're learning this morning that the late paterno negotiated a brand new 5.5-million-dollar retirement package in january 2011. same month he testified before a grand jury about the case. this despite the fact that he was already fired as head coach and that his contract did not expire until 2012. this week internal probe revealed paterno and other penn state officials covered up embarrassment to. "new york times"

former president george bush and his wife barbara will not be attending the republican national convention next month. his spokesman says it is because he has trouble getting around. he is confined to a wheelchair. the couple is convinced more than ever now that mitt romney and his wife are needed to help turn the country around. romney plans to campaign in the pittsburgh area today. it is 75 degrees on this tuesday. >> still ahead uncertainty for dozens of people after fire ripped through an apartment complex in woodbrige. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning, washington. 5:00 then on this tuesday, july 17. starting on a good note on the high weight. travel times in our favor on 95 395, in and out of baltimore between fredericksburg and springfield. -- it is 5:10. this is springfield traffic bogged down on 95. 66 eastbound as a broken-down vehicles between nutley street and the beltway in the center the road. steve rudin is in the weather center. >> looking at temperatures around 80 degrees already at reagan national. a little cooler off to the

that ban was lifted in 2010. 25,000 researchers, 2,000 journalists, barbara lee will be a speaker before george w. bush. there will be a lot of news coming out. it will be an exciting week. >> belva: we had different news in silicon valley. changes from google to yahoo, but we also started a new debate about the place of women in the world of high tech and business. >> i think we also started an interesting debate on new mothers in high-tech positions. marissa mayer announced she would move from one huge silicon valley company to another silicon valley company. she announced she will be a mother. the internet has so much to say about that. >> belva: who is saying that? >> everybody is talking about that. >> belva: for people who are writing on it or someone feeding them a line. >> everybody who has written about it mentioned it will be difficult. when you look at what marissa has done in pulling 30-hour workweeks with the showering and sleeping techniques, she will not have to do any less to be an excellent mother and ceo. she is kind of super human that way. she will use those super human abilities to

bush out there. if you have a chance to do mission work it changes your life and your heart. >> kimberly: wonderful family. >> dana: jenn and barbaraour years but he has been underappreciated for how much work he has done in aids and africa. i don't think anybody is more responsible, him and his wife than helping people with hiv and aids. he should be congratulated. my side of it. we're going to have a dunking. get dunked on the fourth of july special. there is the dunk tank. if you have a comment about it, please comment in the website or facebook. don't make it me, because i'm a liberal, okay? give me a break. i can't take it. >> dana: weigh in and let us know who you think it can be done. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to redeye. i'm filling in for greg gutfeld. let's go for a pre-game report. >> thanks, andy. >> top story, "new york post" reports that katie holmes fears she can't step outside without a scientology goon. and we have invited charles payne to weigh in because he has very heavy hands. according to a new york times article, polls show that americans under the age of 30 are inclined to support president obama but he may face challen

bush out there. if you have a chance to do mission work it changes your life and your heart. >> kimberly: wonderful family. >> dana: jenn and barbarayears but he has been underappreciated for how much work he has done in aids and africa. i don't think anybody is more responsible, him and his wife than helping people with hiv and aids. he should be congratulated. my side of it. we're going to have a dunking. get dunked on the fourth of july special. there is the dunk tank. if you hav

bush out there. if you have a chance to do mission work it changes your life and your heart. >> kimberly: wonderful family. >> dana: jenn and barbarar years but he has been underappreciated for how much work he has done in aids and africa. i don't think anybody is more responsible, him and his wife than helping people with hiv and aids. he should be congratulated. my side of it. we're going to have a dunking. get dunked on the fourth of july special. there is the dunk tank. if you have a comment about it, please comment in the website or facebook. don't make it me, because i'm a liberal, okay? give me a break. i can't take it. >> dana: weigh in and let us know who you think it can be done. we think it's bob. that's it for "the five." thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. >> john: is it a tax or a penalty? both sides can't seem to keep it straight. this is "special report." >> john: good evening. i'm john roberts in for bret baier. romney's campaign veered offmessage. every othe republican leader seized on the supreme court healthcare ruling. pounding the president's individual mandate as a massive tax increase on americans. but

bush and barbara won't be attending the convention in tampa next month.nt uses a wheelchair due to disease limiting his mobility. he attended every convention since 1980 when he was tapped to be ronald reagan's running mate. >>> torrential rains are hammering parts of china, toppling thousands of homes, reportedly killing at least 8. they managed to relocate 3,000 residents in one province. more teams are coming to help. >>> next week, summer olympic games in london bring challenges for athletes competing, especially for this woman who not only is the first female shooter to represent mal asia, she will be eight months pregnant when she does it. "the new york times" reports she had a few physical problems in training. she is just hoping, though, that the baby doesn't kick as she's pulling the trigger. >> all right, thank you. >>> happening now, the ugly truth behind the newest and nastiest presidential campaign ads. >>> more than half the u.s. wilting from the worst drought in years. >>> and we talk to the man with an amazing catch that saved a girl's lif

bush 41 and the family. they consider clinton a brother of another mother. and listen to this. >> is that so ridiculous our odd couple partnership, that barbara began to refer to me as her black sheep son, you know, the one that -- [laughter] strays. there's one in every family. gets the politics wrong and make some of the mistakes. chris: you got all in the book? >> yes. chris: how ike helped ronald reagan against richard nixon and some of nixon's own skull duggery. chris: welcome back. his book about the most secret club of the most powerful men of former presidents, there was one who was hardly a teammate. richard nixon. after nixon was pardoned, nixon went on an upstaging trip to china right near the new hampshire primary. ford was put in a position to having to defend the guy who had once again embarrassed him. >> he's going under the guidelines. >> you see no complications to foreign policy in his trip? >> none, whatsoever. chris: i remember reading that. he showed off, getting all the press attention, national news. at the very moment jerry ford was trying to run for president. >> at the same time jerry ford never apologized for the pardon. he knew e

bush spent time at his ranch over days in office. not to mention the 170 days in camp david. ronald reagan spent almost a year near santa barbara.iana bosh talked about something earlier in their time at the white house. deever found the president doing his schedule which didn't include any ranch time. deever said that was because of the press being critical of his time outside of warkds. his answer. you can tell me a lot of things and i'll do them. but you're not going to tell me the more i get to the ranch. the more often i get to the ranch, the longer i'll live. being on vacation doesn't mean the same thing to a president or presidential candidate to the rest of us fop have the job is to be always plugged in orç rey to take the call. the black briefcase with the launch codes never more than a few feet away from a president. which is why no one should begrudge mitt romney jet skiing or the president golfing. the health of the country is in some part a function of the physical and mental health of its commander in chief. if jet skiing are blowing off steam with a couple of beers in the clubhouse keeps them sharper

that was a great thing that president bush did, but it would not happen without a democratic congress. some of the people that work on that, barbara name mentioned? some of the colleagues that worked on that issue know what was the house and congress that made bad possible, and we worked on it made that possible, and we worked with him on the most unpopular -- made that possible, and we worked with him on the most unpopular bill, tarp, because we were told that if we did not, there would be no economy. mr. ben bernanke was asked and he as an expert on the great depression said if we do not act immediately we will not have an economy by monday. this was thursday night. republicans did not want to vote for that. they did not. it took democratic votes to make that happen. we had some republican votes but not nearly what would be expected for such a result. we worked with president bush in every place we could, that is why it is so odd to see even though you have differences of opinions that you do not decide you will find solutions to get results for the american people, recognizing we all have an obligation to get results and the jo

bush tax cuts prove that point. i would be happy to get that information to you. do not hesitate to contact my office a i am telling the truth. host: barbarasouth dakota. independent line. caller: good was just curious, e elected as a representative, senator, or congressman, i understand you are part of either the democratic or republican party, but once you are elected, is it not your duty to represent both parties, the democratic and republican, because you are our elected official? is it not your responsibility to look at both sides and take the best pieces from both sides and decide what is went to work best for the people that live in this country? host: thank you, barbara. guest: i agree with you. in fact, it is so positive that it is not newsworthy, but i was part of a working group for an all-of-the above energy plan. we were working together on an all-of-the-above energy plan. i know we can and should be working together. soon, you'll see congressman bill pascrell from new jersey. he is coming on after me. i've worked with him on issues related to campus safety where there have been fire problems. we can work together. i quote she

barbara lee we have supported global solutions, increasing funding for the bilateral aids efforts, making the first american contribution, congresswoman lee, to the global fight to footh aids, tuberculosis and malaria in 2000. working with presidents bush and obama to establish pepfar. i know it's a source of great pride to president george w. bush, the leadership he provided, the support he gave, and the pride i think he takes in pepfar. we salute him for that. president obama has continued that work. we're doubling the support for global health initiatives and doubling our investment in the global fund. these commitments and more have helped families in the united states and the vill as of africa and communities worldwide for these actions -- worldwide. these actions have saved lives and there's much more to do. with the international aids conference coming to washington, d.c., we have an opportunity to recommit ourselves to the cause of a world without hiv-aids. that is the challenge that is the goal. we can turn the tide together. after 20 years in congress nothing surprises me much anymore but one thing that does is that after all this time we don't have a cure, but we're hopeful. with the aids conference, when it opens its doors