bill clinton read multiple mysteries. mysteries were something that presents have read. it's not like watching tv with was but it is something that can get your mind off your problems. >> i worked on capitol hill and iul watch a lot of murder she wrote in my husband said watch murder she wrote so much and i said becausese for one hour if o who did it and on capitol hill he never sold from the one hour and you certainly don't solve them in that year or a decade but i found something that one hour and it's comforting. the last question before good of audience because i'm sure there'll be a lotot of questions about the breadth of your book and a numberr of different meda that you cover in thet book. you say in the book the presidency is one of the last institutions in the country to embrace cultural shifts that are taking place. do you think this latency, do you think that's beneficial or harmful to a large republican democracy? is this a good thing or bad thing and should the president be more responsive? stay with the president are the establishment. i don't care if you a

bill clinton was just known as a vacuum cleaner. he he he watched everything, but he also read everything. and he would read multiple mysteries a week. but he also read serious policy tomes. and people were often surprised at what he read. and then but george w bush is a good example. and so bush is a guy who goes to yale and harvard business school, but then he goes to texas in the middle and he loses a race. in the late 1970s where he's depicted as this pointy headed northeastern ivy league intellectual. george w bush. that's how kent hance i amazing to watch some of the videos if you watch and you can find them on youtube of that campaign. and bush is almost unrecognized able as a candidate from what you see later on. and that's why because of that race, because after bush loses to kent hance, he says, i'm never going to be out country to get. and he puts on the hat and the leather jacket and the boots, and he's reading books all the time. he's a huge reader. karl rove said in the 35 years that he knew george w bush, he never saw

the color and bill clinton talked about the past. yes, we had neutral trust for decades.did not try to cross each other. reagan said famously in the 1980's it begins with trust, china violated every major trust that we have placed on them. and now our approach has changed even from the reagan formula to this trust. much of the system and the economic problem right now is not necessarily caused by the up and downs of the global economy, but a systemic institutional problem. china does not have property rights protection or label -- labor laws and the party bureau decides economic policies. the united states is different. that is why our economy has some setbacks and make some progress, but is also part of the global free-trade system. that is why china's economic problems are different in nature and scale than the united states. eventually i think the two sides must figure out one thing that is very important, which is not -- we are not of equal into -- institutional virtues. china and the united states have recognized the competition is not just for economics it is also a

you also think of bill clinton in the 1990 to campaign. he's kind of an unknown, he's young, pictures of him as >> approachable and safe from the perspective of the baby boomers with 480 movies when he was present which is 120 per year. serving as president and difficult time for this country, he did not find any way this movie watching and he just sat and watched movies and there was nothing broader about it. his presidency has not been portrayed while. >> this year the white house historical association is honoring the gerald ford white house with the new book out about gerald ford from richard norton smith. i went to the ford library last week and i was lucky enough to go there and see the exhibits and hear an excellent presentation. when i read your book, really ford, political culture is not kind to gerald ford, tell us about that. >> there are two things going on. what is he had some well- publicized stumbles where he fell. they were really his fault. he was trying to help betty on a slippery floor. regardless, the stumbles led to th

that is more than any democrat 2 had received says bill clinton. you can see the strategy was effective at some level but it c still was only 43%. the thing that carried him to d victory in 2008 was his appeal to the american dream. he had made the argument that was just a little change in ca priority, all those different people who were hurting could d be helped. in that campaign, after the republican convention there was a brief period in which mccain and palin took the lead. obama would go on to win a en decisive victory but only after the economic -- the depths of the economic collapse came clear. at that point, llobama's messag that we have strong arguments for government acting. and in taking those actions, we can continue the american dream for all. that message was what carried him to victory. he also had a very strong performance. as is evident if you've ever . studied obama for even a few minutes. he is very good with words and argument. these strategies would not works as well after he was president. in particular, there is a little ugli

applause] - i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear-- - during his presidential campaign, bill clintonosexuality in the u.s. military by a stroke of the pen. - literally, banner headline, clinton to sign executive orders allowing gays to serve in the military. - the limitation on open service was not enshrined in the law. it was enshrined in military regulations. therefore, the commander in chief could end it. he was elected, took office, and the issue immediately overwhelmed him. he was dealing with very powerful political forces who were opposed to change. - i actually went to washington and lobbied strom thurmond. here i am, you know, a guy that appointed me to annapolis. i'm now, you know, out of the marines. and i'm a lawyer. and i'm going to speak to him about something which he strongly opposed. - homosexuality is incompatible with military service. - i went back and i said, you guys, we're never going to get this thing done. - and then the shit hit the fan. - mr. secretary, you've been in office only two days, and yet the halls of the pentagon are just vibrating with this tensi

that's more than any democrat had received bill clinton. so you can see, the strategy was effective at lauer at some level, but it still only 43%. the thing carried him to victory in 2008 was his appeal to the american dream. he had made the argument that was a little change in priority. all those different people who hurting could be helped in that campaign. after the republican convention, there was a brief period in which mccain and palin took the lead. obama would go on to win a decisive but only the economic, the depths of. the economic collapse became clear. and at that point, obama must message that we strong arguments for government acting and in in taking those actions we continue the american dream all. that message was what carried him to victory. he also had a very strong debate perform. and as is evident, if you've ever studied obama for even a few minutes, he is very, very good words and argument. these strategies would not work as when after he was president. fact the in particular a little in the reaction to him obama would

they included david axelrod, valerie jarrett and all of bill clinton's, almost all of bill clinton's former white house chiefs, erskine, john podesta, panetta was on the phone. so is bill daley. anyway, the point of this, the it was secret was because obama want to be accused of measuring the drapes in the oval office before he was elected. but he knew how important it was to figure out who his white house chief would be unlike some other. and he and so erskine bowles, who was on this phone call call marvelously and i'd kind of unforgettably the first thing he said was listen leave your chicago friends at home they will only cause you grief. well everybody on the call was from chicago practically david axelrod, valerie jarrett bill daley and all the rest he did not take that advice. needless to say he appointed rahm emanuel who was i think a good at the time for the for the first part of the obama but my point is is is once again that presidents often learn the hard way that you have to empower a white house chief obama understood this i think from the beginning and that was one of th

they included david axelrod, valerie jarrett, and all of bill clinton's, , almost all of bill clinton's former white house chief come erskine bowles, john podesta, leon panetta was on the phone, so with bill daley. anyway, the point of this come the recent industry was because obama didn't want to be accused of measuring the drapes in the oval office before hene was elected. nightingale how important it was to figure out who is white house chief would be. unlike some of the president. and he, and so erskine bowles was on his phone call marvelously and kind of unforgettably, the first thing he said was, listen, leave your chicago friends at home. they will only cause you grief. well, ed wood on the call was from chicago practic, david axelrod, valerie jarrett, bill daley and all the rest. he did not take that advice, needless to say. he appointed rahm emanuel who was i think a good choice at the time for the first part of the obama presidency. my point here is, is once again that presidents often learn the hard way that you have to empower a white house chief. obama understood this i thi

bill clinton was just known as a vacuum cleaner. he watched everything, but he also read everything. and he would read multiple mysteries a week, but also read serious policy tones. people were surprised what he would read. george w. bush is a good example. bush is a guy who goes to yale and harvard business school. but then he goes to texas and loses a race in the late 1970s. he is depicted as this pointy headed man. >> and yes, it is amazing to watch some of the videos as you watch and you can find them on youtube of that campaign. and bush is almost unrecognizable as a candidate from what you see later on. >> and that is why because of that race. after bush loses, he says i'm never going to be outcountried again. and he puts on the hat and the leather jackets and the boots and he's reading books all the time. he's a huge reader. they said in the 35 years they knew george w. bush, he never saw him without a book in his hand, but he didn't put the book in his hand on the campaign trail. and he presents himself as this cowboy with a

he previously president donald j ciampa barack obama then-president bill clinton and george bush for the "washington post." welcome backer mr. baker. chris with both as an author, political commentator and documented filmmaker. one of his books the presidents gate keepers explores the evolution of the white house chief of staff responsibilities in the past 50 years from nixon, to the obama administration. his most recent book the fight of hi' life inside joe biden's white house examines internal power struggles and policymaking in the first years the biden presidency. welcome mr. whipple. they are joined on the stage which jesus. professor james from the more steam school of law. needs no introduction. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> think your present opposed everything to everyone for joining us today. this plenary discussion in my distant was colleague. we have spent a lot of time over the last day and a half examinepresident obama's electi. his media coverage but his communication strategy. we have just had two fantastic sessions this morning on foreign policy, u.s. transatla

and bill clinton also in attendance there today, they will be, at least, attendees are expected to include vice president kamala harris, her husband, jill biden as we mentioned, the former figures lady, secretary of state hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, melania trump, as we just saw walk in a moment ago, the governor, brian kemp has arrived with georgia's first lady marty kemp. mayor dickens of atlanta also expected. none of them are expected to speak. this is going to be, we are told, a focus on the family, and her memory, juan. they are going to reflect on mrs. carter's taste we are told for simple elegance over modern glitz, and it will very much be, juan, a personal message about the former first lady. >> i think all of us could be honored if our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren chose to speak at our funerals and i think that's what we are going to see today is family speaking about personal love. the kind of love that mrs. carter demonstrated when she went to visit her husband of 77 years while he was in hospice, he went into hospice in february and still s

the color and bill clinton talked about the past. yes, we had neutral trust for decades.did not try to cross each other. reagan said famously in the 1980's it begins with trust, china violated every major trust that we have placed on them. and now our approach has changed even from the reagan formula to this trust. much of the system and the economic problem right now is not necessarily caused by the up and downs of the global economy, but a systemic institutional problem. china does not have property rights protection or label -- labor laws and the party bureau decides economic policies. the united states is different. that is why our economy has some setbacks and make some progress, but is also part of the global free-trade system. that is why china's economic problems are different in nature and scale than the united states. eventually i think the two sides must figure out one thing that is very important, which is not -- we are not of equal into -- institutional virtues. china and the united states have recognized the competition is not just for economics it is also a

anyway so the two were sentenced to years of hard for anti-state activity and bill clinton. his former aide in the white house and post-white house years also for about ten years. douglas band. i spoke with him for about 3 hours about this episode. they borrowed a plane a private jet from the hollywood mogul steve bing, and flew into north korea upon kim jong il's request that bill clinton and no one else come and then will release the us detainees at the time i won't say what kim yo jong was asking for, but she was at the time she had she was about 21, about to turn 22 quite young. but a hot summer day in early august 20, 19 when the plane touched down was there. she came straight douglas band completely, ignoring the much more famous celebrity and former president clinton and said, give it to me now, doug band. we want to see the detainees first, make sure that they're in good and so on and that the banquet was sort of managing the whole event, issuing orders, directing traffic and so on. and a participant in dinner, she did not sit at the table with her father, but the am

it is not a perfect economy the likes that bill clinton could run on in the mid-90's.t is peculiar. a lot of people are in a bad mood. host: to what degree does policy decision factor into inflation such as pandemic spending as it was in previous administration and the more spending we saw from this administration for infrastructure and the like? host: jerome -- guest: jerome powell was a trump administration pick and he took rates down. there was a freefall feeling in the spring of 2000. the argument was he kept them there too long and that was a visionary. the stacker step of waiting, before hiking out of the interest-rate policy, combined with fiscal policy and ppp. we nationalized business interruption insurance. there are companies who took that money to protect their payroll and within six months were having a gangbusters year. you follow the rules and you did not have to pay back a loan, it was forgivable. on top of that, the biden administration followed through with infrastructure spending and fiscal stimulus. i don't think this is a function of $2000 checks b

in the rear of public appearance and 99 year old was joined by his successors, joe biden, and bill clinton and all 5 living. first ladies was learned. carter re defined the role of the modern 1st lady. i spent most of her life working on humanitarian projects. the rest. your team's in india have freed all 41. construction workers were trapped in a collapse tunnel in the himalayas. the workers had been there since november 12th, when a landslide caused a section of the himalayan highway tunnel they were building to collapse as after 17 long r d was days. the search and rescue mission is hailed as the success of the work is have been rescued. the states and doctors have examined the old of them have been sent to us. the 41 men survived for over 2 weeks and the collapse tunnel things to supply of oxygen and food provided to them through narrow pipes that rescuers manage to get through. yeah, i did. it was a very challenging task on the work and struggled inside the tunnel non stop for more than 16 days and outside the whole country was struggling with the box and look through out the rescue o

the 99 year old was joined by his successors, joe biden, and bill clinton and all 5 living 1st ladies. rosalind carter read upon the world, the modern 1st lady and spent most of her life working on by the tearing projects since the almost terror attack on israel. on october, the 7th, there have been discussions in germany about how the public and the cultural world has responded. some german say the some say germans are showing enough empathy and that anti semitism is making a comeback. internationally recognized german jewish pianist, ego 11, put together a show at the berlin ensemble to show solidarity with the victims of the attacks that it was an evening at the berlin ensemble patch and bowl to show is an accusation. why are you silent? why is there so little solidarity in germany in the face of him, off terror? on stage prominent artist, raise their voices. demand behind the event is ego or livid. the german jewish pianist either the, those who spread hatred of jews are showing their faces. and how would you but where are the others? they are shockingly oppressively to few aspect

the 99 year old was joined by his successors, joe biden, and bill clinton and all 5 living 1st ladies. rosalind carter read to find the role of the modern 1st lady and spent most of her life working on humanitarian projects . and german, chancellor of schultz says he will stick to his plans to monetize germany's economy . despite the looming budget crisis, is cabinet is facing a whole of 60000000000 years and it's budget after a ruling by germany's top court earlier this month regarding the use of emergency funds. sports now in germany's footballers have reached the under 17 world cup final. in indonesia, their semi final match ended 3 all in normal time with argentina equalizing in the 97th minute. despite the set back, germany held their nerve in the ensuing penalty shoot outs. they'll play france in the final where they will be appearing for the 1st time since 1985 all the players could barely contain their joy after that victory. here's what they told, dw, after making the final billing. amazing right now. so very crazy game. and when independent issue though, so last was, so now

that time when bill clinton allocated 2.4 billion dollars annually to help the zionist regime. and then george bush increased this number in 209. 3 billion dollars a year in aid to the zionists in the last one barack obama increased this number again. 38 billion dollars a year means 10 million dollars a day to contribute to the war budget of the zionist regime for 10 years from tax revenue. seyyed mohsen hosseini khabari sedavasima. more than 100 civilians were killed in israel. among them were 14 american citizens. you all know that these mental and emotional injuries never go away. therefore, in such a situation, we must clearly and clearly emphasize that we stand by israel, we stand by israel and we will gain confidence. israel has everything it needs to guard and arrest, defend itself and will be able to respond to this attack. the loss of innocent lives is painful. israel, like any other country in the world, has the right and indeed the duty to respond to these barbaric attacks . just now, for the third time , i spoke to prime minister netanyahu on the phone and told him

it is bill clinton from hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. it is spreading on social media right now. this is the former president speaking at a campaign event for his wife in new jersey. a crowd member yelled, "what about gaza?" this is what bill clinton said regarding his record on the israel-palestinian conflict. >> i killed myself to give the palestinians a state. i had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of gaza -- [ applause ] wait, wait. all of gaza, between 96% and 97% of the west bank, compensating land in israel, you name it. then, when mr. fiad was the prime minister of the palestinians on the west bank, we had all the muslim countries willing to normalize relations with israel if they'd recognize the palestinian state. did i agree with the israeli policy? no. my whole life i did that. >> wow. >> david, therein, and nobody understands this on tiktok, obviously, nobody has this context. i bring it up for a good reason. if you're the israelis and you look at what happens the day after, how you bring peace to the la

bill clinton's turn. charlie, this follows in nixon and ford but i would argument that is a key difference of the entertainment in chief in the age of cable television. clinton accepted the invitation to appear on the program out of sheer desperation. it was july 1992. he was way behind in the polls and his campaign was hemorrhaging money and struggling to raise money. he was willing to try anything. he went on talk radio. he went on all sorts of daytime shock -- talkshows. he accepted an invitation by mtv to participate in this town hall conversation in a program called choose or lose. it was on this show he seemed to get his groove back. according to one observer, clinton was, quote, quick, not slick. pathetic and not condescending. imaginative and not worry. his presence uplifted his campaign. it abated the elitist news programming of network broadcast television but it had real conversations, as they were framed for this idea of authenticity. real conversation with the voters. there is a difference bet

and bill clinton, an old living of 1st light, rosel in content, redefined the role of the model, the 1st lady and spent most of the life working on too many, terry and colton. hong kong last been hearing the final documents. and a lot of my case against some of the cities most prominent pro democracy activists, they were arrested 2 years ago under a suite big national security law, imposed by the aging of to the 2019 antique government protests activist could face life in prison. and they thought was foreign ministers meeting in brussels for a 2nd day with the israel from us war in focus. and also we discuss and strengthening defense cooperation with ukraine as it continues its efforts to repel russian aggression on the bathroom. the night to allies were also pushed forward adults on sweden's bid from membership turkey. as total sweden expects to roger 5 sessions for the scandinavian countries within weeks for your clients for minnesota is a tentative adults and brussels is pushing nato members to ramp up the delivery of width and some emission and supplies is also expected to discus

and in atlanta, georgia, president biden and jill biden, bill clinton, and former secretary of state lary clinton joined other current and former leaders to pay tribute to rosalynn carter at her memorial service. all living first ladies were there. 99-year-old jimmy carter, who is now in home hospice care, was also in attendance. rosalynn carter was active throughout her husband's political career, acting as adviser and strategist. she's also remembered as an advocate for mental health care and unpaid home caregivers. this is her son james earl "chip" carter iii. >> mom was always well-informed on the issues of the day. in the white house, mom asked so many questions that finally he said, she should attend cabinet meetings. so she did and caught a lot of flak for that. amy: we'll have more on rosalynn carter and her mental health advocacy both as an advocate and an inpatient, later in the broadcast. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. h

bush in 2003 or 1993 with bill clinton or 1995 with bill clinton, these are numbers that go to the heart of people's ability to see president biden as the president. two thirds of the american people think he lacks the stamina and mental acuity to be perfective in the oval office and recorders of americans the keys do. all to be president including 69% of democrats and those numbers are not going to get better, they are going to get worse. paul: one of the complications for republicans is some of the challengers to donald trump want to make the argument that donald trump is a loser, not electable. these polls show trump is beating biden by less than some of the others in these polls but that removes or makes it harder to make that argument that trump can't win. >> the electability argument is not enough against donald trump but it is clear the republicans would be advantaged if they had somebody new. one pole where trump was ahead by two, desantis was up by four. biden, nikki haley, 8 and a generic republican up by 16. there is a fundamental problem president biden has. donald trump and

the 99 year old was joined by his successors, joe biden, and bill clinton and all 5 living 1st ladies. rosalind carter read to find the world. the modern 1st lady answered most of her life working on some military and projects. the german chancellor will show it says he will stick to his plans to modernize the country's economy. spite aluminum budget crisis is cabinet is grappling with a 60000000000 euro hole in its budget. following a ruling, germany's top court this month regarding the use of emergency funds. the chancellor is facing heavy criticism from his political opponents. no easy dice of a trunk full of the opposition made sure of it. do you think i knew the power that you have? no idea how to drive this country forward in the coming. yes, but the indigenous on this comes off to jeremy's top court, ruled the government's budget unconstitutional. it had moved left over emergency funds from the curve of 19 pandemic to a fund to count to climate change. the quote me that was the legal why one angle of michael was in power. germany introduced the so cool that break it's enshrined

william mckinley was the first president elected in the 20th century, bill clinton was the last. wilson, harding, coolidge, truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan, bush, bill clinton, how about that, 18. could have missed to them out. i missed johnson, missed mckinley. ashley: thanks very much. warren and ashley, see you next week. "varney and company" is just about done. five seconds to go. coast to coast starts now. neil: a stubborn stock market rally that's more surprising as we wrap up another week. consider this, if i were to tell you the start of this horrific israel hamas war that oil prices would be lower in the only bear market we would be seeing would be in oil you would probably think i was nuts but that is just the start of it. today, all of it. welcome, i am neil cavuto. much more on a war that won't end. a rally that can't cease because of that. i have no idea but good to see you. what's going on. i know your views and concerns for this market but early on you were not connecting what was going on half a world away with what's happening at

idea, at one time even vladimir vladimirovich spoke about this at the beginning of his speech to bill clintonceived by the american, so no, no, no, no, no, that was then, then nato told us, no, no, no, we are without you, yes. that’s why now we really stand at the forefront of the fact that war is on their agenda, but it’s unclear who will fight with us or with china, and it is not clear, that is, or rather, it is completely clear, that this war cannot be effective, certainly victorious for the west, and in connection with this we return to the fact that we will probably in the near future bury globalization in the form how it arose in... the years, in the nineties, indeed for the united states, trump’s more reasonable policy, the creation of such , maybe several models are closed or such a multipolar model, this is in the field of economics, in the field of politics, by the way, tomorrow awaits us absolutely interesting event brix summit, when virtual, virtual, and just about gases, once the brix summit stopped the war in 2013, when the united states deployed its army to strike syria, then t

dismantled the enforcement power of the us to maintain international peace and security. for example, bill clinton was very open about the fact that he wanted to and in fact did go to war in the former yugoslavia in 1999 without security council authorization, because he wanted to show the world that he could do just that, that the us and the west could act unilaterally without security council authorization, and so the us, the un has been systematically undermined as a force for for peace and security, and i think most of the world understands that by now. well, richard falk, um, your perspective uh at this point in time, i mean at least 12,00 people have been killed in six weeks, the death toll um will definitely rise as many are still buried under rubble, your perspective and and what will it take for the so-called international community um to intervene, to stop this? well, it's uh very difficult to say because the horror show. in gaza has gone on now for sufficient length of time and it's the most transparent genocide in history because of the tv imagery and the worldwide coverage, there is,

continues to actually blow up our debt and our deficit while democrats, including under president bill clinton, president barack obama and now president joe biden are the party that actually has reduced deficits. in the case of president clinton turned a deficit into a surplus. every single time the republicans gain control of the house and/or the senate, what they do is they jam big tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off and the well connected down the throats of the american people as they did with the gop tax scam where 83% of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1% here in america and we settled our children and grandchildren with $2 trillion worth of unnecessary debt. that's the republican record on fiscal responsibility. the same thing was done under president ronald reagan and the same thing was done under president george w. bush. that's their record. so we will evaluate any legislative proposal on the merits but there is deep reason to be concerned because my republican colleagues don't have a record that indicates any seriousness with respect to fiscal responsibility. >> can you talk

first lady jill biden, vice president harris and second gentleman doug inhofe, former president bill clinton hillary clinton, along with every other living former first lady, laura bush will be there, michelle obama, melania trump. even at that, the most moving image we expect to see today will be of president carter himself. 99 years old, in hospice care since february, he is making a rare public appearance to honor his wife, a woman he called an extension of myself. over their more than 77 years of marriage, the two did everything together, what a great picture of them there, often sitting close to each other, his arm around her, or you can see that wherever they went, holding hands. in her final hours, the two had their beds positioned so they could be face to face. rosalynn carter was much more than the wife of a former president. although history will remember her for helping elevate that position. she carved out a unique role in american life, spending decades as one of the nation's leading advocates for mental health and women's rights. her combination of tenacity and southern charm e

william mckinley was the first president elected in the 20th century, bill clinton was the last.ennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan, bush, bill clinton, how about that, 18. could have missed to them out. i missed johnson, missed mckinley. ashley: thanks very much. warren and ashley, see you next week. "varney and company" is just about done. five seconds to go. coast to coast starts now. neil: a stubborn stock market rally that's mrp