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and what we heard from barbara bush herself about another bush possibly running. abc's jonathan karl now. >> reporter: there's no hiding from it. that's his brother, that's his father and if jeb bush is elected president, it would be three straight republican presidents from the same family. so today as he gave his first big foreign policy speech he wanted to make something clear. >> just for the record i love my brother. i love my dad. i actually move my mother, as well. hope that's okay. and i admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions that they had to make. but i'm my own man. >> reporter: as if to underline that jeb acknowledged his brother got some things wrong. >> there were mistakes made in iraq for sure. >> reporter: but he's also had to work to get his own family on board. or at least mom, who once said -- >> there are other people out there that are very qualified and we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: via skype the other night, she said she changed her mind. >> look who i've got with me tonight. >> reporter: the bushes are now on

two years ago, after being asked whether the former florida governor should run for president, barbara bushously said, "we've had enough bushes in the white house." but now, skyping to a dinner last night for her son's supporters -- >> look who i've got with me >> there he is! >> yeah, there he is. mrs. bush says she's changed her mind about continuing the family dynasty. jeb bush asked if he could have that one in writing. >>> next, to a departure of a different american institution. those mail trucks that have dotted every american zip code since 1988 they are about to go the way of the pony express. the postal service says the aging trucks are increasingly inefficient and unsafe and with the explosion of online shopping, deliveries, they are just too small. >>> and, as those old trucks today are out there delivering millions of valentines, who penned the most romantic letter of all time? ♪ gonna stick by you ♪ >> a new poll says it's this letter, by johnny cash, to his wife, june, on her 65th birthday. cash wrote, "you still fascinate me and inspire me. you influence me for the better. y

barbara bush change of heart, listen. >> what do you mean too 'bushes?g about. i've changed my mind. the voice of god there. you don't see barbara bush. in the bush family that is the voice of god. there is a part of jeb bush's march to run. he says he is still exploring. he is hiring staff. there is the good house keeping stamp of approval for mom. she is probably now will say not much bush i am guessing the next appearance she will say we have had enough clintons. >>> i don't know if you have gotten a coveted ticket to the "snl" 40th anniversary, the reason i bring it up, one of the biggest arguably the greatest what is the word i'm thinking impersonation, thank you, of tina few of sarah palen. it's brilliant and spot on. she appeared on "saturday fight live" last night. let's take a look. i want to see what your reaction is. >> i'm just curious, jerry, how much do you think lorne michaels would pay me if i were to run in scent 16? >> run for president, sarah, i don't think there is a number too big. >> okay. hype thettic ally what if i were to choose

you may remember first lady barbara bush said a couple years ago her son jeb is most qualified to be t but the country has had enough bushes. now mrs. bush has changed her mind. she has a right to do that while he's yet to announce a candidacy, jeb bush formed a super pac and hired staff in early primary states. so there you go. >> how about that? >>> as we have been reporting on the fox news channel all day today, there was another attack in copenhagen. seemingly, the target was another cartoonist. another strike against free speech. there is a massive manhunt now underway in the country to try to get that gunman. officials call it a terror attack coming up with the very latest on why these are happening, will there be more and what we can do to stop them. >>> also why a tribal leader in iraq is predicting a, quote, collapse within hours at the hands of isis. i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem.

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>> i worked for barbara bush's husband, george h.w. bush, i got to talk with barbara lots of times.and she says what she thinks. and it is pretty hard to change her mind. if she has come around to thinking her son jeb could run for presidency and could be a good president, that's exactly what she believes, and i don't think all the calling from jeb could have changed her mind but she is very honest. she calls it like she sees it. i think she thinks her son would make a great nominee, and a great president. >> msnbc contributor jimmy williams, joe watkins, thank you to you both. >>> up next following developing news south of the border, including new details on the scary scene in northern mexico. this is some video of the aftermath of a fatal collision between a passenger bus and freight train. >>> also an update on the snow in the south. after the break. no matter who you are, if you have type 2 diabetes, you know it can be a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine ... what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbe

after barbara bush said this to nbc news two years ago. >> there's other people out there that are very qualified. and we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: last week she insisted she changed her mind, skyping into an event while her son was speaking. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: today jeb bush acknowledged mistakes with his brother's iraq policy, but he credited his brother for the surge in iraq calling it one of the most heroic acts of political courage by any president. peter alexander, nbc news, chicago. >>> there is a lot more ahead here tonight. cars flying off the road all over the place as tens of millions deal with conditions they rarely encounter. we're behind the wheel with the surprising things you should and shouldn't do when you lose control. >>> and later, we're along for the victory lap today after an upset victory. the new queen of westminster takes new york. >>> when so much of the country is sitting at below freezing as we mentioned earlier, getting , as we mentioned earlier, getting from point a to point b can suddenly become a death defying feat. you may only have a s

what does barbara bush really think about jeb? the former florida governor sat to tackle at least one of those questions this week during his first big pre-campaign foreign policy speech. >> just for the record one more time, i love my brother, i love my dad, and i admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions that they had to make. but i'm my own man and my views are shaped by my own thinking and my own experiences. gwen: clearly this declaration happened for a reason. what it was, john? >> i life my brother and my dad too g. mine, as well. >> usually in politics when you have to declare you're your own man, it's a problem because somebody suggesting there's a rasputin or puppet strings but in this case his father and brother were presidents and he's trying to rush out from under their shadows. president george w. bush is still not popular and the iraq war with which he's associated is unpopular. also people don't want to think people are skating into the white house on a famous name and jeb bush wants to rattle

barbara bush repeatedly has said it's time for somebody new. i don't see how that's not the first argument, your own mother thinks you guys should stop running. let it go. >> although maybe you can be related. how many people had a mother who's like, i can't believe you're marrying this guy, i can't believe you would ever do -- and it's like, thank god i didn't listen. >> she's been there though. she knows exactly. this is not someone fwr the outside. the first lady and mother of a president. >> she says she's come around on it. >> after he said he was interested. who knows, it's -- it's -- i assume that that will not determine the republican nominee, what barbara bush thinks of her son as president. as a voter, i would leave that out there, you know, that even the mother -- the person the head of this dynasty, so to speak thinks we've had enough of a dynasty. >>> first lady and mother of a president. >> right. >> she knows what she's -- she said she's come around, and after she said she was interested and to go out there for a year. who knows?

barbara bush saying quote: jeb, it's mom. listen what do you mean too many bushes? rollins is a fox news contributor, a former 1984 campaign manager for the reagan/bush team. good morning. >> how are you? bill: you know her quite well and her perspective is so unique. >> she's not only the first lady, but she's the mother of a president. she's seen it from the inside and it's not "west wing" like on tv, it's a very tough job. she saw her husband do a very effective job and then get chastised and rejected by his own party, 29% of republicans did not vote for bush when he ran for re-election. saw her son get into office, do a lot of meaningful things and really go out as a chastised president at the end of the day. do you want that for your children, is the premise. bill: so she understands the burden. >> she's obviously a good political spouse and she'll do what's right. i think her earlier comments were truthful comments, she would have preferred him to live a different life having been a governor, and i think she likes the role of being a grandmother and not necess

. >>> apparently first former lady barbara bush is doing just that in jeb bush running for president. and jeb mentioned a couple of years ago that his mom insisted that there was enough bushes in the white house already. she appears and says that our problems are so big, it does not matter what your last name is. apparently saying jeb, go right ahe ahead. >>> still ahead 16 million people. that's how many are expected to be impacted by another major snowstorm. we will take you to battered boston as crews work around the clock ahead of the next blizzard. >>> plus, how the compelling dash cam playa del carmen a key role in the trial for alleged killer chris kyle. ♪ 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500, its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment expert, maybe it's time for bny mellon

we think of barbara bush locking like a granny with her little fake pearls and stuff. but she was really good friends with scaasi and had very fancy dresses whereas laura bush doesn't seem to have been particularly interested. i mean, she wanted to look appropriate and everything, but it wasn't an interest of hers. >> i just always think of her as being so mild and seeing photos of her wearing soft colors and it's relatively demure. nothing that's going to shout out because i think she just has a very gentle, mild presence. >> no fake cowboy looking like he sometimes would put on. >> there was an interesting color shift, though. >> yes. >> that went on because she was very taupe. and sort of beige when they were running. and when she came in and -- and the beautiful red dress. and michael faircloth tells a story about coming to see the first lady's exhibit and mrs. bush asked him to look at the exhibition and see what color had been used recently so they didn't repeat a color. he didn't see red and red was a favorite color of his and it's a gorgeous color on her and so

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barbara bush was very understated. she made sure everybody knew that her pearls were fake not real. sensibility of how to connect with everyday people. is that going to be able to translate when they say i spent $10,000 on a rolex? that's half a person's salary yearly. his father his brother, they've been able to connect with the average joe drinking a beer. i don't think that's going to be their problem. their problem is are they going to address the policy issues that americans care about. immigration, small business going down the line. i don't think the fact that they come from money is what makes it difficult for the american people to identify of them. >> i want to know why everybody in the bush family is painting pictures of their pets. look at this. that is not barney obviously. they love painting. thank you guys both for your time and thoughts. >>> coming up we will introduce you to a leading climate change denier who just happens to have an extremely lucrative relationship with the fossil fuel industry. that's next. everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store.

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the former fist lady and first mom, barbara bush, skyped during her son's fund-raising event saying she's changed her mind about a comment she made a few years ago when she said there had been enough bushes in the white house. she also talked about the two big passions in her life. >> and i may be almost 90 years old, but literacy is still my passion. except for one thing. look who i've got with me tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> there he is. >> former president bush 41. their son, jeb, has yet to officially announce he is running for president. >>> and finally, a lesson in persistence from a preschooler with big plans for a fairytale ending to his trip to disney world. he's 5-year-old parker. he tracked down every single princess, got down on one knee, and popped the question. the princesses all declined the proposal, primarily citing his age. some thought he was overly aggressive. just kidding. he moved on to everyone's favorite, tinker bell. she was thrilled and parker finally, finally got a yes. for those keeping score at home, disney is the parent company of abc news. >> did you

apply today at discover.com >>> barbara bush is giving in. lady made headlines a while back when she poo-poo'd the idea of jeb running for president in 2016 telling nbc's the "today" show there are other people out there that are very qualified. we have had enough bushes. not exactly a ringing endorsement from mom. now barbara bush is pulling a 180, making a surprise video appearance in florida late last night at an event where job was speaking. she tried to set the record straight. jeb, it's mom. according to reports she put in. listen, what do you mean too many bushes? i changed my mind. now word that it was george h.w. bush who is the most eager to see his son run. the sun he saw way back as a president more than george w. his name could haunt jeb's campaign and joeshlg w.'s name came up. jeb asked how he would have handled iraq and afghanistan differently replying with this. >> i won't talk about the past. i will talk about the future. if i'm many the process of considering the possibility of running it's not about relitigating thinking i

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barbara bush repeatedly said it is time for somebody new in the country. i don't see how that is not the first argument, let it go, it -- >> it could be related. how many people had a mother, i can't believe you are marrying fat guy, i can't believe you would ever do -- st. got i didn't listen. >> who knows exactly not someone from the outside. first lady and mother of a president. she says she has come around on it. to go out there for all year who knows? i assume that will not determine the republican nominee but as a voter i would leave that out there, the head of this dynasty we had enough of a dynasty. >> let's go back to the midterm election. it wasn't that long ago. it was the origin night for democrats, no way to spin it. everyone thought would be a bad election and was the worst election than anyone thought. two questions i want to pose to the group. what happened? and second does it matter? what impact does it have on 2016? what happens? >> the republicans got more votes. you are absolutely right. democrats got wiped out at every level. longest t

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barbara bush on jed -- "i change my mind."barbara bush cleared the path for another fun to run for president. i've changed my mind, she said. her announcement came via skype to supporters of her family literacy foundation. while her son, jeb bush, sat on stage gladly welcoming her approval he said, can i get that in writing? " we will go to jean on the republican line. caller: hello. while you protect about journalism, i've not heard anyone mention intimidation. intimidation from the government. i think it does happen. it has always happened. i don't just mean this in ministration. presently, this in ministration tops them all. the wanted since i can think of it is bob woodward was talking about something that recently happen. i don't remember what it was about. all i remember was that he said, this is madness. then, about one week after, he retract or he said. the reason i noticed him is because he is very well known. but, i heard it many other times in the news where a reporter would say one thing, or pundit would say one th

barbara bush and her husband appeared via skype at a literacy event sponsored by her foundation. hes had been in the white house. when she retracted that statement jeb bush asked if he could get that in writing. it was a surprise that he appeared and now he appears to have mother's backing. >> you always have the right to change your mind. 50 shades of grey is tying up the box office so to speak. >> nice. >> this racy romantic drama took in more than $81 million in north america since friday. that already makes it the highest grossing president's day weekend opening of all time. the movie earned a staggering $158 million overseas. 50 shades is also the highest grossing valentine's day motion picture on track to gross more than 90 million by the end of today. only one other movie did better in a february premiere and that was passion of the christ in 2004. i would like to know the break down. more women? more couples. >> that is domination by 50 shades at the box office. >> i'm going to go see it. anybody able to see it yet. >> no thank you. >> you're not going nora. >> no thank yo

remember these comments from barbara bush? i'm talking about but i changed my mind. >> she changed her mind because a few years ago she said no more bushes in the white house. donald trump says the last thing we need is another bush in the white house. what do you make of the change here? >> it's important he has his mom's support certainly. i have spoken with jeb bush and met with him. they're all coming to new hampshire and there's an opportunity for the people of new hampshire in particular to go meet these people and have the true and tested open town halls, going to the diners grabbing a beer, that every man approach really works. that grass roots effort so i look forward to being there and working with them and vetting them. >> so jeb bush appears to be ignore conservatives on a couple of issues they care about and go around them and basically run a general election campaign during the primaries. will that work? >> he's raising a ton of money. walker is going after a different group. obviously marco is going after a diff

barbara bush and her husband appeared via skype at a literacy event sponsored by her foundation. >> ie got listening. >> there he is. >> you may remember she said last year enough bushes had been in the white house, but she retracted that statement. jeb bush asked if he could get that in writing. >>> "50 shades of grey" is tying up the box office. this racy romantic drama took in $81 million in north america since friday. that already makes it the highest grossing president's day weekend opening of all time. the movie earned $158 million overseas. 50 shades is also the highest valentine's grossing on track to gross $90 million by the end of today. only one other movie did better in february and that was "passion of the christ." i would like to know the breakdown. more women, couples, who went to see this movie? >> that is domination at the box office. . >> i'm going to go see it. >> no, thank you. >> you're not going? >> no. >> i'm going. >> i'll go with you. >> what's up with that? that's okay. one of tv's biggest stars. >> dylan mcdermott is in the green room. did you see "50 shades

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many were pastors who focused their ministries on the poor. >> and then former first lady barbara bush her mind about her son, jeb bush running for president. speaking at a charity event last night jeb mentioned a couple years ago his mom insisted there had been enough bushes in the white house already. suddenly there was mom. appearing on the ballroom's video screen via skype and told the crowd, quote our problems are so big, that it doesn't matter what your last name is. >> a woman has a prerogative to change her mind but rarely on a big screen in front of a whole crowd. >> moms get special. >> that's true. >> thank you for sharing your day with us. happy valentine's day to you. we want to get you to some of the breaking news now. >> that's right. there is much more still ahead. pass it now to our colleague, fredricka whitfield. >> thank you so much. good to see both of you. it is the 11:00 eastern hour. i'm fredricka whitfield. the news room starts right now. >>> this breaking news we continue to follow that we'll get to in a moment happening in the newsroom isis forces making stunn

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we just -- >> barbara bush herself said herself, there is a lot more families that people could be picking on. >> the thing about the bushes though, people talk about clinton fatigue which i always thought was made-up during the impeachment. but apart from all that, it's early but she has 60%, 62% of the democratic party saying that they're in favor. bush doesn't have anywhere near that much. i think the republican party -- there's going to be more bush fatigue inside the republican party than you might suspect because george w. bush left office with a lot of people on the right wing of the republican party really disliking him. all the t.a.r.p. >> have you noticed jeb is already running away. >> now he's running to the right of his brother. >> he was quoted as saying don't you have a brother? don't you have a dad? so he's trying to carve out that he's his own man. but good luck with that. >> i know mitt's running to the right of him if he runs. we're here to talk about hillary clinton, aren't we? >> and hillary's not saying, don't you have a husband? she's -- she's proud of her husband's

. ♪ ♪ >>> jeb bush's mother barbara bush, has given her son her blessing to run for president.said i could. >> here's what people are talking about. of course, it's freezing frigid weather. it's ice cold. oh my gosh. in the northeast it's just ice cold. i read that officials are worried all the snow and freezing temperatures could put a strain on hospitals. not now but in nine months when every woman in boston is giving birth at the same time. we can't go outside, brian, let's do it! >> welcome back to "morning joe." top of the hour. katty kay and mike heilemann are still with us. "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner and in washington senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico michael crowley. good to have you on michael, steve. >> good morning. >> how are you doing this morning. >> immigrate. how are you? >> nothing to blurt out at the top of the hour? >> we begin in libya on the rising threat from the other spreading islamic state. >> we'll start there. the north african country is asking the united nations security council to lift an arms embargo so the country

. >> barbara bush skyped while his son was speaking to make sure she changed her mind about a bush inhite house. >> we had enough bushes. >> if america needs you, as long as you can help. >> he galvanized the donors. >> he can send a until to everyone who rivals. >> the latest poll shows bush and wisconsin governor are the front-runners. and the race is wide open as for a republican side. hillary clinton leads both jeb bush and scott walker in the battle grounds. >> the growing backlash over a new policy. iran iranian science and emergencying sources. good morning to you. # at the university of massachusetts, the are forced by federal law to turn away students for a run of graduate and science programs. >> it's 100% not okay. >> the university said it's following a 2012 federal law that blocks iranian nationals from getting a visa study in the u.s. if they plan to work in the nuclear or energy fields. part of sanctions from preventing iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >> they are preventing people who want to study sciences and they presume they want to do something negative. it'

last friday barbara bush skyped while his son was speaking to make sure she's changed her mind about another bush in the white house. >> we had enough bushes. >> our probable -- if america needs you, as long as you can help. he galvanized republican donors. >> he can send a signal to everyone who he rivals. he'll have the money faster and sooner than everyone. >> the latest poll shows bush and wisconsin governor scott walker are the earp republican frontrunners. the only two in double digits in three key states. and the race is wide open as for a republican side. as for a general election matchup, hillary clinton leads both jeb bush and scott walker in the crucial battlegrounds of iowa and new hampshire. willie? >> only 21 months until election day. a friendly reminder. >> the growing backlash over a new policy at the university of massachusetts at amherst. iranian nationals are banned from studying science and engineering courses there. good morning to you. >> this is the new admissions pol a si at the university of massachusetts. the school said they are forced by federal law to tur

a new nbc poll showing that jeb bush and scott walker are the lead republican candidates for 2016? tell us about that. >> barbara two big takeaways. one, yes, two republicans who are getting double-digit support in the states of iowa new hampshire and south carolina. another big takeaway from all this is how wide open. seven different republicans getting double-digit support in one of these states. we haven't seen this kind of log jam when looking at a poll in a very very long time. on the democratic side it's interesting. there isn't that much of -- hillary clinton is blowing, blowing through her entire field. but it is fascinating. if you're trying to pick two republicans standing out, all three states jeb bush and scott walker. >> all right. you have a great presidents' day. going home now? >> i am. go home and rest. >> thanks for coming to see you. >>> for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. >>> the pope is reaching out to help the homeless near the vatican. the unusual step he's taking. we'll attack youtell you about it. >>> and tom kierein back