her name is barbara bush. [laughter] she is pretty tough. a lot of you were at the reception and asked about my brother. he's staying out of the limelight. marvin is doing really well, since you asked. thank you for asking. [laughter] in reality, george and his wife are doing very well. they have opened up their library. i'm very proud of my brother for all sorts of reasons. and very proud he has maintain a posture of not chirping on the sidelines even when it must've been pretty easy to do. [applause] the final part of the family update is that my life's hope has come true. i'm a grandfather. [applause] i have a 22 month old munchkin. i secretly call her 41. last week they were in texas and brought prescott walker bush into the world. you will be happy to know i will not spend much time rehashing the results of last november. let me say that we got beat because our brand is perceived to be tarnished and reactionary rather than hopeful and positive. increasing numbers of americans are defaulting to a false choice of economic security from go

. >> she pulled a barbara bush on me. it's very clear in talking to both of these people that there was a long process which they're still going through of getting over this campaign. i was in park city, utah with them. he's now tipping his toe back into public life by having this big conference with democrats, republicans to talk about ideas. and i think that this was such a tough race for ann romney. and she said it's harder as a mother to go through it. if you were to watch your child take what she called the abuse you take running for campaign, she clearly wants no part of it and doesn't want her children to go through it. >> when you were asking about the irs scandal, he clearly seemed to be suggesting that that or any number of things would have changed the election. >> he's a numbers guy. he's looked through all of these numbers. it's clear to me that with a tweak here or there, he could have you won. he understands that what the problem the republicans have had with young voters and minority. it seems to me if he

he has a new caregiver called barbara bush. she is helping his recovery quite a bit. [laughter] my brother has been out of the limelight and keeping a low profile. since you asked, marvin is doing well. thank you for your concerns about them. [laughter] laura are doing well. they have opened up the presidential library. place. great they continue to do their work. i'm proud of my brother. i love the fact that his favorite rating is 50%. higher than the current occupant of the white house. [applause] politics things go up and down, but over time people begin to make their assessments quietly in their own ways. i think history will continue to be kind about my brother.

bush, barbara bush was instrumental in helping get out of the chinese conflict because they were ready to ship him straight back to china. because the media got ahold of that. >> it was so bad for china they had -- and i think the fact that vice president of this country and his wife, who was on the board, went to bat for him as well. once somebody defects you really can't expect that country to let him back in. >> i know that. >> he was lucky he was able to go back. it was so hard on him not to have that close contact with his family although he hadn't had a lot of close contact because he only went home once a year. >> defect in to the embassy, that was really disturbing and the issue of propaganda, give people the wrong idea of what other countries are like. how worse can start. his life was in danger. it was a very stressful part of the story. the only thing that helped me is how did he survive when he was still alive? a happy ending. >> is a tribute to the man and his book and his life and his determination to achieve all that he did. he is wonderful experience. >> why wouldn't yo

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his parents are former president george bush and barbara bush and also the younger brother of george w. bush. he was the state's first conservative republican governor. >> thank you all. , councilman. thank you for inviting me. it is a joy to be with you all. i thought i would start with a quick bush family update. my dad is doing better. late last year he announced he to puthe told everyone the harps back in the closet. he decided he would get well out of the icu unit. he is getting stronger every day. has a and everyone who bush as their last name, we are incredibly happy about that. the family says he has a new caregiver. her name is barbara bush. [laughter] she is pretty tough. a lot of you were at the reception and asked about my brother. he's staying out of the limelight. ,arvin is doing really well since you asked. thank you for asking. [laughter] and his wifeeorge are doing very well. they have opened up their library. forvery proud of my brother all sorts of reasons. and very proud he has maintain a posture of not chirping on the sidelines even when it must've been pretty eas

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reading and writing, they held a father's day letter-writing contest to promote former first lady's barbara bush'sliteracy. what's the idea? >> the idea is to get dads and grand dads to get involved in the joy of reading. there have been really cool essays. one i most appreciated was a guy who went through his adult life being functionally illiterate, not being able to read. graduated from high school and college, got a job, was a photographer, and he wrote a letter about the joy -- the importance of reading, the shame that he felt, and the joy of overcoming that. >> your mom on the issue of whether or not you should run for president said you probably shouldn't run, the nation's had enough bushes. she said you'd be the best. what about your dad? has he offered advice? does he think you should run? >> i think we have a split ballot amongst the bush sr. family. pretty sure that's the case. >> our thanks to governor bush. and you can see more of our interview at abc news.com/this week. now we honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week the pentagon released the names of three soldi

>> never bet against barbara bush.former president is the one on the right side of that family dynamic. >> no one wants to close the door. anything that jeb or other potential candidates do keep the door open. at some point you have to start running. you have to start putting a team together and in place. >> the most interesting conversation was not between clinton and bush but clinton and christie. shameless plugs. >> justin rose. i was at the u.s. open over the weekend. great match from a good brit. >> you keep going. >> my shameless plug is a happy birthday to my husband. he is 55 today. happy birthday, honey. >> congratulations to my sisterer who graduated from portland state yesterday. >> putin/robert kraft. whose story is more accurate? did robert kraft give it to him or did this thing get taken away? >> i am going to go with kraft on this one. you never know about putin. >> he has three rings but vladimir putin, is that the best place to give it? >> putin gets what putin likes. >> it gives more meaning to the te

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bush was instrumental, barbara bush was instrumental in helping them get out of the chinese consulate. because they were ready to ship them straight back to china. >> it was because the media got hold of it -- >> yes. >> and made it so bad for china that they had to. >> yes. and i think the fact that the vice president of this country and his wife who is on the board of the houston ballet went to bat for him as well. >> you know, once somebody defects, you really can't expect that country to let him back in. >> no, i know that. >> even the eight years, he was lucky -- >> he was lucky he was able to go back. but i just thought it was, you know, so -- it had to have been so hard on him not to have that close contact with his family. although he hadn't had a lot of close contact because he only went home once a year. >> you know, on that point -- [inaudible] defecting and being held at the embassy, that was really disturbing. i mean, the whole issue of propaganda and giving people the wrong with idea of what other countries are like, you can really see how wars can start. and his life wa

rand paul takes the dais and looks over a crowd where nose rings i guess are replaced by i guess barbara bush'sls. is that right? an. >> you know, i think he would hope to see a more diverse crowd with people ho aren't just white and old. it was interesting to see him speak at a fund-raiser in iowa actually. tan connects to what's happening now with the immigration debate. he's actually a really good salesman of immigration reform. he got up to speak after two very nativist people who opposed any immigration reform, grassley and king. and he said you know what? you may not like it, but we're not sending these people back. we have to do something about it, and we have to be more respect it will about the way we talk. we need to have our party look more like the way the country looks now even if it's not how we in this room look. the room was totally silent. it was interesting to see him sell it to a white crowd. >> that's amazing evidence that she's talking about there, that he's talking about basic common sense. we need to have a party that looks like america. we cannot physically depart 11 mil

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don't want to mess around with barbara bush. >> you don't. >> i wouldn't either. >> former presidenteorge w. bush said his advice to his brother is run. >> really? >> look, we're talking about having trouble recruiting senators. talk about your party having -- who's their candidate still? do they have an array of candidates? >> i think jeb wants it to be jeb. i think chris christie is interested. it's a long way to go. marco rubio, a lot of people are talking about marco rubio, robert. but, you know, one of the top radio guys out there this weekend, pinned a pretty rough op-ed saying because of what you've done on immigration, don't bother showing up. >> it will be interesting to watch him run this gauntlet as immigration reform progresses, not just through the senate which there are many tough votes to come, but when this gets pushed over in some way for the house to deal with, i think it's going to be a very interestiinteresting thing to watch. >> i don't think he can do it. i don't know what the democratic issue would be that fires up the democratic base in iowa as much as immigra

if you ask barbara bush, she would say yes. host: anthony joins us from washington, d.c.. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: good morning gentlemen. my comment is talking about comprehensive immigration -- some of the same people in the gang of eight, especially on the republican side, they were against the health care act. if you are talking about comprehensive immigration, that is 20 million more people -- a lot of it low-wage employment. how will this work? we basically do not have health care for them. a lot of low-wage employers do not offer health care. host: we will get a response. jim manley? guest: the fact is that the issue relating to health care it relates to immigration reform was some of the toughest parts of this process, especially in the house. the house and senate republicans have made it very clear that they do not want to have these 11 million immigrants to have access to healthcare. amongst the fights going on, especially on the house side, is whether they can even enter into these exchanges with their own money. again, it is a scare tacti

we heard from barbara bush who said she does not want him to run for president. >> jake, massachusettskly. president obama headed up to campaign. vice president joe biden was there and we've seen michelle obama involved. how worried are democrats in washington and the white house about this race right now? >> i don't know they're worried. remember what happened last time they got complacent. the special election in january 2010 and scott brown beat the democrat and that caused huge problems for the obama administration for there to be a republican in what was previously a safe, democratic seat. that's why you hear vice president biden saying yesterday don't take it for granted that african-americans and latinos are going to turn out. that's a small percent. but 10% of the voting public in massachusetts last november was either african-american or latino and every vote is going to count in this special election in june, especially considering the republican candidate's last name is gomez. john? >> they have a turnout operation right now in the massachusetts senate race that they did not

always complained that when your husband was elected, people said to you, are you going to be barbara bush or hillary clinton? >> i would like to be laura bush. >> there's always that they goes on. i read that best truman relies the comic and after eleanor roosevelt, eiffel like munro. -- i feel like munro coming in after. -- cat, both of us have written about -- you have written about the. martha washington. we know she was active politically and in terms of policy. lobbying for the benefits of the veterans

he has a new caregiver called barbara bush. she is helping his recovery quite a bit. [laughter] my brother has been out of the limelight and keeping a low profile. since you asked, marvin is doing well. thank you for your concerns about him. [laughter] george and laura are doing spectacular. they have opened up the presidential library. if you ever get to dallas, you need to go and see it. it is on s.m.u.'s campus. it is a great place. they continue to do their work. i'm proud of my brother. i love the fact that his favorite rating is 50%. a little bit higher than the current occupant of the white house. [applause] it proves in politics things go up and down, but over time people begin to make their assessments quietly in their own ways. i think history will continue to be kind about my brother. the last thing about the bush family, and i have to do this because for about 10 years, i was desperately wanting to have grandkids. it was an obsession of mine. everyone would come and show off their pictures on their iphones. it was driving me nuts. if you want to see the pi

always complained that when your husband was elected, people said to you, are you going to be barbara bush or hillary clinton? >> i would like to be laura bush. >> there's always that they goes on. i read that best truman relies the comic and after eleanor roosevelt, eiffel like munro. -- i feel like munro coming in after. -- cat, both of us have written about -- you have written about the. martha washington. we know she was active politically and in terms of policy. lobbying for the benefits of the campans she had been to with for eight long years. the revolution. a rowl adams probably break their upbringing civility breaker for bringing in the civility. dolly madison was a figure in american politics. people to have a good sense of. >> i have to say something else about martha washington. she was a very nice lady. mary washington not so much. [laughter] that she not disagree did not have a taste for the role. she said she felt like a prisoner. a state prison. she and knowledge to ride away there is something going on at she understood the american experiment was more than just politics o

if you ask barbara bush, she would say yes. host: anthony joins us from washington, d.c..o ahead with your question or comment. caller: good morning gentlemen. aboutment is talking comprehensive immigration -- some of the same people in the gang of eight, especially on the republican side, they were against the health care act. if you are talking about comprehensive immigration, that is 20 million more people -- a lot of it low-wage employment. how will this work? we basically do not have health care for them. a lot of low-wage employers do not offer health care. host: we will get a response. jim manley? guest: the fact is that the issue relating to health care it relates to immigration reform partsme of the toughest of this process, especially in the house. the house and senate republicans have made it very clear that they do not want to have these 11 million immigrants to have access to healthcare. amongst the fights going on, especially on the house side, is whether they can even enter into these exchanges with their own money. again, it is a scare tactic by republicans

always complained that when your husband was elected, people said to you, are you going to be barbara bush or hillary clinton? >> i would like to be laura bush. >> which you are and have been wonderfully. there's always that they goes on. i read that betsy truman realized that coming in after eleanor roosevelt, eiffel like munro. -- i feel like munroe coming in after madison. cat, both of us have written about -- you have written about the martha washington. we know she was active politically and in terms of policy. lobbying for the benefits of the veterans she had been to camp with for eight long years. the revolution. abigail adams probably a row break their upbringing civility a role breaker for bringing in the civility. dolly madison was a figure in american politics. people don't have a good sense of. >> i have to say something else about martha washington. she was a very nice lady. mary washington not so much. [laughter] she would not disagree that she did not have a taste for the role. she said she felt like a prisoner. a state prison. she acknowledged right away there is something

we're very excited to have our two very distinguished guest here governor bush and governor barbara to talk about immigration reform reform, state and local impact and what everyone to talk about. as many of you know, we were founded in 2007 by former senate majority leader tom negative all, bob dole and george mitchell as a place for rigorous analysis and negotiation and respectable dialogue. we have multiple projects to combine politically balanced policymaking with the active advocacy and our region in february we launched the immigrati task force wir by govr barber, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and former secretary of hud henry cisneros. we hope to work to many of the issues from the large immigration debate and we hope to host many events like this to key advocacy groups and policy-makers and academics and hopefully congressional members of the toughest issues of immigration refer we live for it to having any insights from the governor today from their unique perspective i will now turn over to the author of rising from katrina who will moderate today's discussion. t

barbara boxer. how she used to cry during the bush years. oh, my god they're spying on us. what obama is doing. thank god they're spying on us. these people are total and utter frauds. they're not remotely progressive. all they are is yes we're part of the establishment and we're here to protect it at any costs. i think i'm pretty clear on that. let's go to our panel. ana, wes jayar i just had an event the other day. someone was telling me about how great barbara boxer is. all right. al franken, oh he's going to be so progressive. great to have him in the senate. he's out talking to minneapolis press saying i'm on the committee on privacy rights. i've really looked into this. this thing rocks. we need it. we need it! by the way you know, all of these guys, admitted there's something positive the government did they leak it right away, right? where is your leaks on how great this program is and how many lives are saved and how many terrorists are thwarted. where? nowhere. >> one act that thwarted. that pakistani fella in new york that was planning to blow up the subway a few years ago who didn't

barbara starr, thank you. and now "outfront" press secretary for george w. bush ari fleischer and cnn national security analyst and former cia operative. ari, the taliban spokesperson said, look, this prisoner exchange is the first step in any peace talks between the taliban and the united states. let me just ask you this point blank. should the president be negotiating with a global terrorist entity? >> we do need to talk to the l taliban as far as the withdrawal process and as part of the process of bringing the afghani society together once america is go gone. we need to do it recognizing the governing state is not the taliban. the governing state is afghanistan's government. a bit of a different issue. talking to them, yes. a direct exchange for hostages, of our hostage, a serviceman, in exchange for five at guantanamo? no. not as a direct matter. there are other ways of accomplish these things. it becomes part of the murky, tricky diplomatic world we all live in. as a direct exchange, no. >> bob, the democratic senator, robert menendez, told the hill and i w

i can tell you in the bush white house, i was chief of staff, and there was nothing i knew that the president didn't know. except maybe once or twice when barbara wanted to order broccoli i didn't tell him. >> i guess in terms of measuring -- targeting -- the irs targeting something we've all -- we've seen that in a prior administration, i assume that would be something that would be a red flag to a chief of staff? >> look, you do not keep your president in the dark on something that's important. unless the president tells you, i don't want to know about these things, which makes it even worse. the president had to have an inkling that something like this was happening. or else he had a culture in his white house that is unacceptable and should be unacceptable to the people of america. the president can't say, don't tell me anything that's going to cause a problem. because the president then is part and party to a process there that's improper. the president probably had an inkling, he may not have known who was being told to do what. he had to have an inkling there was some thrill shenanigans of this nature going on. >> you would not expect he

barbara and ventura counties, have passed measures banning or requiring voter approval before any new onshore facilities to support offshore drilling can be built. it's why in 2008 then republican governor schwarzenegger told president bush and congress to oppose new drilling off the west coast. even the pentagon has expressed concerns with new drilling in the area. mr. chair, californians have spoken loud and clear. we do not want more drilling off our shores. i urge my colleagues to join us in striking these harmful and necessary provisions from the bill and support the capps-brownley-lowenthal amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. hastings: i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. hastings: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, when juan first sailed up the santa barbara channel in 1542 he noted a massive natural oil slick. that's how vast are california's petroleum resources.