bush in mr. bush's new book. if mr. mcconnell does end up denying this, he will have to effectively call george w. bush a liar to do so. as the courier-journal puts it in their editorial unless he is prepared to call a former president of his own party a liar, mr. mcconnell has a choice, he can admit that he did not actually believe the iraq mission was vital to american security regardless of what he said at the time, or he can explain why the fortunes of the republican party are of greater importance than the safety of the united states." again, that's mr. mcconnell's hometown paper. the initial reaction on our staff to finding this thing about mitch mcconnell in george w. bush's book is right at the beginning of a chapter. sort of a showcase moment in the book. the initial reaction of this was, ooh, george w. bush is throwing mitch mcconnell under the bus using and abusing mcconnell to show that he, george w. bush, didn't bow to craven politics of people like mitch mcconnell. but with mr. mcconnell -- so if you think

bullock tested bush early on when he game governor. bush was a new man on the block. bullock wanted to take his measure. he tested him a lot. they had a weekend and a weekly breakfast where bullock, laney, and bush would meet in the speakers quarters or the governors mansion. after the first visit to the governors mansion, they insisted they not do it there. the food was too healthy. during the weekly breakfast, bullock announced he was blocking an initiative. he said govern on then, i'm just going to have to f you. with that bush got up, walked over to bullock, hugged him, and made like he was going to kiss him full on the lips. bush said if you are going to f me, you got to at least kiss me first. [laughter] >> it is the only occasion -- and i've known bush since he was 26 and i was 22. it's the only occasion that i'm aware of bush used the f word. taken back, he lost composure and fled the room. lady roared with laughter. it was one the last times he felt he needed to take it to the governor. all right. the chapter on the supreme court decision is one of the best c

bush, and laura bush.we pray that this center will be an inspiration for those who choose public service as a life's location. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in the context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the history, for the very future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center, and your holy name we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration of your words. what a wonderful crowd for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the groundbreaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas. [applause] >> what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joined by more than 3000 friends, supporters and the bush-cheney alumni. [cheers and applause] >> i would also

bush. -- of tv interviews for george w. bush. nbce'll be a special on tomorrow, a one-short interview with matt lauer -- one-hour interview with matt lauer. >> the main purpose is to have a data point for future historians. i do not care about perceptions at this point " in time -- point in time. i served. i gave it my all. i am a content man. book has been part of the transition process and to private life. it is a way to put the reader into the environment in which i had to make decisions. >> the book is called -- host: the book is called "decision points." the former president will also appear on the oprah winfrey show and will have a number of other appearances on the fox news channel, including an interview on friday with greta van susteren. whether the rest of the country is ready to connect with mr. bush again remains to be seen, but after nearly two years of silence, he is imposing from self-imposed exile to defend his record and begin the process of defining his legacy at the moment when his successor is on the ropes. as

bush not much better. in fact, over the duration of his presidency, while a lot of jobs were created in the housing bubble. they were lost by the time it was over. >> i remember when bush started, we had 4% unemployment. about 6.8 at the end of his term. you know, bush did inherit kind of a dream of any president in terms of you had a surplus. you had a much stronger global economy that you were dealing with. we were in pretty good shape in terms of our relationships around the world. he that had luxury of saying, gee, what will i do with all this money. well, i'm going to get into a couple of wars, give big tax breaks. now, we're having the same conversation about trying to give tax breaks and cut the deficit. >> there's a policy debate and then there's a leadership style, jimmy, which is bush, i'm doing this, i will always believe on wednesday, whatever i believed on monday no matter what happens on tuesday. so you could throw katrina out, do whatever. we're at war, i don't care. and then you've got bara

now, bush feels like he's pretty much untouchable. republicans are attacking nadler for calling bush on the carpet. fox news favorite congressman peter king in new york jumped to bush's defense right away and he told politico, quote, jerry and i are friends, but he's entirely wrong on this. there would have been lives lost and bush deserves credit fwhar he did. king went on to say that, bush should get a medal for authorizing waterboarding? now, republicans don't care if waterboarding is legal or moral. when this story comes up, their first reaction is to praise the former president, make liberals look like they're nothing but a bunch of damn terrorist sympathizers, well psycho-talking michele bachmann played that card and played that garbage over and over on "the o'reilly show." >> bush is right, bush did the right thing, all right he protected us. he had to dunk these three guys and he did and he got information and we captured a whole bunch of really bad, bad people from it. if you hear the left this is the worst thing the united s

bush for violating anti-torcher laws. this after the release of mr. bush's book decision points. news anchor geraldo rivera. do you think this will end, this stupid, dopey stuff? you know, look, bush says and i believe him that his guys -- woo,. >> john woo. said. >> bill: it produced actionable intelligence. the far left is never going to give it up. >> well, what politician also never give up, bill, is that successive administrations always want to investigate the prior administration. that's the kind of cancerous tradition in american politics. it's very, i think very counter productive. in this case the aclu is probably right on the law though even though as a matter of public policy and national interest they are wrong. i mean, under -- what is it 18 u.s. code 2340 torture is against u.s. law. under the obama administration with eric holder as the attorney general, they have made a finding that waterboarding equals torture. so, when george bush said damn right whether they should waterboard khalid sheikh mohammed and abu and the other guy, he was making admission he was comp

bush got his people to give him legal opinions he wanted. mr. bush's advice for mr.ane, buy the book. >> he obviously doesn't know. i hope he reads the book. that's why i have written the book. they can draw whatever conclusion they want. >> yeah, that's why he wrote it. mr. bush suggesting the so-called techniques saved lives. >> if it's legal, president bush, if an american is taken into custody in a foreign country, not necessarily a uniform -- >> look, i'm not going to debate the issue. >> is it okay for a foreign country to waterboard an american citizen? >> just read the book. >> then bush writes mcconnell asked him to bring troops home from iraq before the 2006 midterms to help the republican party out. instead the president increased the number of troops as part of the surge. his decision to be what he characterizes as a pro-life president came from an experience with his pro choice mother. mr. bush detailing, thanks for this, barbara bush's decision to show her teenaged son the remains of her miscarriage. >> no question that affected me, my philosophy that w

now are disowning george bush because of things like medicare part d. or his spending ways which of course they have to do because they have to justify how is it that we have such a problem with the deficit and the debt now when we didn't have a problem with it during the eight years of the bush administration when the debt ceiling was raised five times when the national debt went from four trillion to ten trillion when we went from projected surpluses to massive deficits they have to turn around now and make it all about bush as opposed to it being part of the broader conservative ideology and its failure to be able to govern yeah but they're talking a bush in terms of money nine in terms of i guess you know the war on terror guantanamo bay detainees interrogation enhanced interrogation techniques and bush doesn't really seem to be sorry about that either let's play a little clip for us from his interview last night. why's waterboarding legal in your opinion because the lawyer said it was legal so it didn't fall within the to torture act i'm going to o

if you're talking about spending, i mean, i should tell you, i think that bush had some-- president bushsome notable achievements. 2003 tax cuts. two great additions to the supreme court. extended the internet tax moratorium whiches i was a fan of. but on the spending, you have to say he dropped the ball there and as someone working on the hill at the time, he had republicans on the hill to work with him and even nondefense, nonhomeland security spending was rising rapidly and you saw what happened. ultimately, he took his share of gdp. took government spending from roughly 18% up to almost 21%. >> and just refused, well, until, i guess six years into his term to veto any bill and what republicans sent him in terms of spending. the question, are you going to pay for guns or butter and he just said yes. and i think you know, people wanted those vetoes, but he also, i think, it's fair to say in his last year, you look at bear-stearns and then you look at the end of the year and you're bailing out general motors, this is an extreme economy and set the table for barack obama's stimulus and o

bush's new book shows bush's personality driving everything. what's obama's personality tell us about where he's heading, what he's likely to do, if he's likely to change? and finally, cause for war. president bush's new book insists he was right to fight the iraq war because it prevented another 9/11. is this an argument he can win? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today "the washington posts" bob woodward, author of "obama's wars. bbc's katty kay. nbc's andrea mitchell. and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, president obama called it a shellacking. several times this week he tried to show he got message. here he was wednesday -- >> i ran for this office to tackle these challenges and give voice to the concerns of everyday people. over the last two years we made progress but clearly too many americans haven't felt that progress yet and they told us that yesterday. as president, i take responsibility for that. chris: he may not be showing it there but the president does hold a strong hand because his personal popularity

president bush 41 and they all call her mother and barbara bush. either one of these men without coming to understand, you know, the kind of really the profound way that their love for each other held all of them up at the most difficult points in their personal and professional lives. i think the fact he was following share some of these things is what makes the book such a treat. >> speaking of books that are a treat "18 acres" one excerpt that comes to mind is you have got a female republican president making a surprise pick of tara meyers, a feisty new york attorney general and a democrat to form a unity ticket and you write, melanie, that it's chief of staff, disliked everything about tara, she was loud, tacky and rude. she seemed to calculate the least presidential approach over to situation and pursue it with vigor. any roots in the role you played for the mccain palin campaign? >> i had so much fun drawing on the entire he can spain of my professional experience for these characters and i will plead the fifth on what was based on reality an

bush's new bush coming out, david letterman.ent as a punching bag for the past couple of years. you can tell, the writers were just salivating for this moment. >> i'm about to go into some of the mistakes he made and run the sound bites, i'm wondering how difficult is it in a statement of just words to say, you know what, i'm sorry, that was a mistake. i don't understand how hard it is. >> it's difficult for george w. bush, it's difficult for barack obama. i think one of president obama's biggest mistakes over the past two years and a lot of democrats are sitting home defeated this morning, all across the country, over 600 or 650 democratic candidates lost across the country, the state and federal level because barack obama couldn't admit, in the middle of a health care crisis, that he had just misread the tea leaves, he was wrong. so they kept pushing it and kept pushing it, despite every morning, people like barnicle were saying, he's taking his party over the cliff. i guess it's hard for these guys to admit they screwed up, m

bush, and laura bush.we pray that this center will be an inspiration for those who choose public service as a life's location. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in he context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the hitory, for the very future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center, and your holy name we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration of your words. what a wonderful crowd for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the grodbreaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas. [applause] >> what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joied by more than 3000 friends, supporters and the bush-cheney alumni. [cheers and applause] >> i would also like

bush.ame time, you're both selling books about the same time n your book you criticize the former president for his compassionate knit conservative team. explain that. >> i think gorge -- george bush will go down as one of the great presidents in history. his fight against islamic terrorists in the west is some of the important work of the 20th and 21st century, to date. there are issues dealing with the budget i disagreed with. the fact of the matter is that republicans in control of congress in the mid 2000s spent too much money on programs, whether medicaid part d or no child left behind, programs cost too much money. >> sold in the name of compassionate conservatism. >> yes. i will tell you, i think those were wrong. we have a chance now as we go back into session, in january, to redo a lot of those. i think the american citizens sent a clear message. we don't want you spending all of the dollars on the plam plams -- programs we don't necessarily want. >> what should snb. >> i don't. yo

bush. going to take you to texas where president bush goes on the record about his new book "decision point." the former president has been quiet since leaving office. but not anymore. you're going to get the inside story on the bush white house. then president bush takes you to the site of his future presidential center. tonight he gives you a sneak peek at artifacts that will be housed in the presidential museum, including the famous ground zero bull horn and a gun found on saddam hussein when he was captured. first, here is president bush on the record. >> nice to see you. i'm feeling good about life. thank you. >> you look like you feel good about life. new book. things look great. >> i spent a lot of the time in the post presidency writing the book. i'm happy with the way it came out. i hope people read it. >> it's interesting. you are in an exclusive club of few people and expresidents. interesting that you have a rear-view mirror. happy to be out of the white house, happy to be in re

bush. it was after barack obama was elected president but before obama was officially sworn into office. despite some stiff competition on the show i feel safe saying that lame duck watch was the best we ever did in terms of using musical interludes on this show. it was "hail to the chief" followed by a quack. do you remember? ♪ [ quack ] >> people would come up to me on the street and do that. quack! i loved it. it still stuck in my head two years later. it was our way of watching underreported things the bush administration was going. it's the old congress coming back to washington for one last hurrah before the new congress that was just elected gets sworn in. this is a new lame duck period. it's time to bring back the lame duck watch, right? the problem is the music. we cannot use that great little musical animation anymore. we can't use it because that is "hail to the chief" which is specifically for the president and so it made sense for watching a lame duck president. it makes no sen

bush, mr. vice president, and my fellow members here, i could not be more delighted to be with you, and more honor to serve as the chair of the george w. bush institute board. on behalf of my fellow institute of board members, the advisory board looks forward to continuing the great work that has already begun under the excellent leadership of jim glassman. i want you to know that the institute looks forward to continuing to be a place where smu students feel welcome to, where they can participate in the work of the institute, and where faculty from smu, from around the country, scholars and practitioners from all over the world, can come together to explore powerful ideas, and to find ways to put them into action. the hallmark of the presidency of george w. bush was the fundamental bedrock belief in the inherent works of every individual. and because every individual is worthy, every individual deserves to live in freedom. the president and mrs. bush believed that america had a special respons

bush interview.ith fox news analyst, radio talk show star laura ingraham who joins us from washington. also the author of the big best seller "the obama diaries." laura, did you learn anything from that interview? >> well, i'm not sure if i learned anything all that new. i had a chance to read most of the book already. but what i take away from that interview is kind of what i took away from the whole presidency. number one, president bush is enormously likeable. is he congenial. is he a patriot. he loves this country. there is no doubt about it he wanted us to take that away from his book and i think most people will. what i also noticed though, bill, is that he still doesn't understand how important it was, and you tried to get him in on this, how important it was for him to prop up his popularity in order to not only help his party but to help the nation. we don't have to remind everybody by the time he left office discretionary spending had gone through the roof. he added over $2 trillion to the

el senador kennedy, como lo dice el presidente bush, lo fue a ver para convencer al presidente bush quena victoria sobre el tema de inmigraciÓn. cosa que se me hace muy cÍnica. una movida muy cÍnica, respeto al senador reid por su posiciÓn, pero eso fue polÍtica dura, politica sucia y los que pagaron fueron los inmigrantes. >>secretario, estas son palabras muy fuertes que usted estÁ haciendo aquÍ en "enfoque". el senador reid, acaba de ganarle a sharon angle con el 9o% del voto hispano. ha prometido reforma migratoria, hizo, tratÓ de pasar el dream act aquÍ, dos semanas antes de las vacaciones, para las elecciones. Él puede mostrar con hechos, que ha tratado de hacer, que por cierto, muchos republicanos, no sÓlo no ha tratado de hacerlo, sino han sido los que han bloqueado cualquier intento de reforma migratoria. >>lo que ha hecho el senador reid es empezar una pelea, empezar una bronca con los republicanos, echarle la culpa, ganar tÁcticamente el voto, pero perder estratÉgicamente en lo que se refiere a inmigraciÓn, pero parece que no le importa, porque lo que le interesa son los votos

bush or the other guy? he got elected. the government takes steps to scare us away from cigarettes. >> but the first time ever, it was a tobacco products are addictive, in the bluntest of firms, that tobacco can kill. >> if you did not already know that cigarette smoke is bad for you, the federal government will hammer the point home by notifying you on the package that cigarettes are addictive and can give you lung disease. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this, i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public health in all of human history. the amount of suffering it has reduced is a great. i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it has spread over to things like obesity, eating, how you sneeze on your sleeve or in your hand. i object to that, but on smoking,

bush or the other guy? he got elected. >> for the first time ever, they will say that tobacco products are addictive, and they will say in the bluntest terms that tobacco can tell. -- kill. >> the federal government is going to hammer the point home by notifying you on the packets of cigarettes that they're addictive and can cause cancer and lung disease and can harm your baby. is this big brother, charles? >> it is, and on this i am completely inconsistent. as a physician, i saw the victims of tobacco. the public campaign against tobacco started by the surgeon general in the early 1960's has cut the rate of smoking from 42% to 21%, in half. it is one of the great successes of public help in all of human history, and the amount of ffering it has reduced is great but i think as a result of the prestige of the success of the anti-smoking campaign, it spread to things like smalt and obesity, how you sneeze on your sleeve and your hand. i object to that, but on smoking, i am a hard line. i would abolish it if i

bush why comedians miss george bush because. oh my god he just gave them so much material they all announced it when obama was elected that they have they're really going to miss the guy but when it comes down to the people you know and some of the people you spoke to on the street they say well it seems like an outdoorsy guy i mean is it more about you know i don't know him seeming like a likable character rather than an actual leaders someone that can be president the bottom line is you know and i was speaking to somebody earlier and they put it best george w. bush is like the uncle that everyone loves the party is always more fun when he's there he's very relatable he's charming no one that i spoke to mrs george w. bush's policies nobody was willing to say he did a great job as president he was the best president we've ever had no one said that they just said what a cool guy i can relate to him you have to remember this book decision points is very honest as far as his personal life is an honest account of his drinking of him

in the post bush years would have been otherwise and. it actually. divides the republican party at the same time so if this point time you can cut both ways for the republican party well i would i would tend to argue that what we know is we know we know about the short term in the short term you're going to have much more energized republican turnout on tuesday and that's going to help the republicans and to a large degree the tea party folks get some credit for that whether down the road it creates friction within the party or make some point makes the republicans less electable in some places we'll see it's interesting to note however that frankly the matter wing of the republican party has been shrinking for years so the notion that that that they are a competitive part of the republican party just frankly isn't true. the republican party's future is being able to convince mainstream american voters who voted for ronald reagan who voted for both bushes that the republicans can offer fiscal conservatism in a package that they find acceptable certai

well, it's the bush exit strategy. we'll get to his answers and dark spots in his presidency, katrina, torture, the collapse on wall street all on his watch. you're watching "hardball," on on msnbc. senator-elect joe manchin is planning to switch parties. fox news and others on the right speculated that he could jump ship and become a republican after winning a close race in which he ran away from president obama in washington on many issues, but his spokesman says the popular governor is a lifelong democrat and he's not switching. "hardball" back after this. our professors know. because they've been there. and they work closely with business leaders to develop curriculum to meet the needs of top businesses. which means when our graduates walk in the room, they're not only prepared... they're prepared to lead. devry university's keller graduate school of management. learn how to grow the business of you at keller.edu. sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reser

year the bush administration. it created five trillion dollars in new deficits and then republicans come through this tea party thing talking about fiscal responsibility it's a joke the whole tea party is a joke you know and they it once people start to really mean. we've just we just bought the same thing we just bought the same thing that we didn't like for eight years that made the republican party only likable by twenty percent of the american electorate ok and once people realize that that's what they've bought again they're going to be very upset so you know you guys are probably going to win some sense to this a lot and maybe even enjoy it while the last you know that's that slow down a little bit gentlemen i'm going to go fill first go ahead fill and then we'll go to peter in orlando go ahead phil. look as i said in the opening but apparently some folks weren't listening this is a clear open repudiation a rejection of both bush and obama fiscal policies with the exception of the only genuine supply side th

bush? will a record that includes iraq, katrina and wall street's collapse be overshadowed by the construction at southern methodist university? among those celebrating, dick cheney. also, lisa murkowski took her best shot against sarah palin. now that the alaska senator leads joe miller in the vote count, she said palin lacks quote leadership qualities and curiosity that are needed to be president.{ and let me finish with some counterintuitive advice for the national football league. if you want to cut down on head injuries, consider ditching the face mask. >>> we're joined by two incoming members. congressman-elect steve sutherland of florida and karen bass, congresswoman-elect. mr. sutherland, you're in the midst of orientation. what have you learned in the last 48 hours that you department know? >> i'll tell you, we're busy learning the lay of the land. even the floor plans are all new to us. we're learning about our budgets and how to go about hiring our congressional staff which will

bush and wife barbara. good night. >>> tonight president george h.w. bush and barbara. hear his comments about president obama and her candid message for a prominent republican. a moving, revealing hour with a few special guests too. >> i poured vodka in the fishbowl and killed my little sister darla's goldfish. >> larry: next on "larry king live." what a great pleasure to welcome to "larry king live" for the umpteenth time the bushes at the as tonya hotel, in houston, texas. president george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states and barbara, the former first lady who didn't wear her suspenders. >> oh, darn it. >> larry: you should have. how are you feeling? >> very well. >> larry: what was wrong? >> i don't know. but may i give you some advice? never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. they'll tell you. >> larry: but you were taken to the hospital. was it an emergency? >> mm-hmm. but i feel great. that's it. >> larry: you're not going to tell me what was the matter? >> tell him. >> you mean when i had -- >> the -- >> oh, no, i'm not going to tell him that. w

bush--- ---hoy a estado el dia bastante fresco... y el resto de la semana?... vamos con ariel rodÍguez quien nos presenta el pronostico del tiempo, adelante ariel!! ---en nuestro pais, el sistema de educacion esta condenando, asi como lo oye, a miles de estudiantes a no poder ejercer su carrera y vivir en la pobreza...---carlos botifol nos explica mas. hispanos a una vida de pobreza. >>> para la educadora mirla urza, la desigualdad es una de las grandes injusticias. >>> tu código postal determina la calidad de educación. >>> y donde viven tantos hispanos los retos son grandes, con escuelas con menos recursos, donde muchos de los chicos se atrazan y abandonan sus estudios. >>> el factor que es más importante que es predecir si un muchacho va a ir a la universidad es si sus papas fueron. >>> una organización presenta estudios para proponer soluciones. >>> los padres son importantes y tienen que involucrarse, y es un tema de tener ese mecanismo. >>>periodista: pero concientes que un buen profesor puede cambiar la vida de un alumno, esta

bush, and laura bush.r shared commitment to our country, and to the tenants of democracy. we pray that this center will be an inspiration to those inches public-service as a life's vocation. moreover, we pray that those who study and learn in the context of this great institution will have a deeper appreciation for the history and the future of the united states of america. god bless us now, and bless the very fabric of this presidential center. in your holy name, we pray, amen. >> please welcome the chair of the george w. bush foundation board of directors, secretary don evans. [applause] >> mark, thank you for the blessing and inspiration. what a wonderful crowd, for an incredibly joyous occasion. good morning to all of you. welcome to the ground-breaking ceremony of the george w. bush presidential center on the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas. [applause] >> it is pretty good. what a thrill to be here on this historic day, joined by more than 3000 friends, supporters, a