bush: hi, i would like to introduce myself. i'm george bush. this is my wife, laura bush. i'm looking for some lone star lemonade. bush: where is your money? george w. bush: in my pocket. lemonade get the limited f first. that is for my wife. we are buying some lone star lemonade. good. one for me. senator, would you like some old star lemonade? lemonade.: very good george w. bush: who made it? how much do you charge? will you take one dollar? [laughter] laura bush: thanks a lot, you all. george w. bush: where is your mom and dad? >> can you believe it? george w. bush: how about this? >> we love to see under the entrepreneurs. george w. bush: you want some lone star lemonade? >> yeah. >> [indiscernible] >> what is your name? >> aaron. >> what is your name? >> eli. >> laura. george w. bush: laura is my wife's name. starhing i recommend, lone lemonade. this is what happens when you run into a guy like me. all these cameras and stuff. i know, hard to understand. a good man right here. you know him? >> can i get a picture of you with the girls with my own camera? george w. bus

bush. when we started the planning for the conference i communicated with jeff at the center and putting together this conference, i hope some representatives from southern methodist can join us. our three distinguished speakers have written extensive studies, professor of political science. she has written ten books on presidential decision-making, numerous book chapters, of course, the book that's particularly relevant to us today is the co-president cri of george w. bush and dick cheney. and she will be discussing that shortly. i'm appreciative of the doctor for bringing her wonderful students today. a wonderful applause to all of you. [applause] >> professor martha teaches in the president of political science, author of numerous works including a book that won the richard award from the american political science association group managing the president's message, white house operation. the author of a book that came out 2013, i believe, take up your pen, professor will be discussing t

gary bush -- governor gary bush -- governor bush: george scholz. gary: i know what he johnson is a good friend. we are going to give you a wall street pardon on that. governor bush: what knows that i am a dolphin fan. even though i miss lebron, i love the miami heat. anthony: we want to think of and are jeb bush for spending time today with wall street week. that is it for today. week at wall street -- at wallstreetweek.com. (applause) well god bless you! it's always a joy to come into your homes. and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man that was walking on the beach. god said, "son, you've been so faithful, i'm going to grant you one special wish." he was so excited. he said, "god, i've always wanted to go to hawaii but i'm afraid to fly. so my me a bridge across the ocean."

now, laura bush. this is 90 minutes. >> i'm here to voice my strong support for the courageous >> we talked to her recently. she talked about that day. i like to have you talk about how she responded to that and how it redefine what is her years of first lady would be. watch. >> i was on my way to capitol hill to brief the senate education committee on early childhood education. i hosted a summit on early childhood education that summer. i was going to brief that committee on early childhood education when i was getting in the car. my secret service agent said a plane flown into the world trade center. we assumed that it was just some strange accident. we knew the second plane had hit. >> how did you leave? >> the secret service came to get me and said it's time to -- at first they were thinking that would take me back to the white house. they had to regroup and figure out where i should go. womenner concluding off their high hills running from the white house. i know they were expected to have intere

bush: congratulations. [indiscernible] >> thank you. george w. bush: appreciate y'all. a lot. >> you are watching road to the white house rewind, american pastry tv's weekly look at presidential races. next, we continue with george w. bush on the campaign trail in in 1999.w hampshire he meets with voters, takes questions from voters, and learns about the town's pumpkin festival. george w. bush: really? lubbock, texas? nice to see you. >> it is a win tour. george w. bush: i'm out there working. i'm coming over. >> where are you tonight? george w. bush: there is a big event that i promised -- high-tech. governor -- i love my wife. i'm going to be with my wife. next thursday night, she is being honored as distinct was alumna from smu. >> allegations -- george w. bush: there will be plenty of debates. surely, those people understand that guy wants to be with his wife. you would like that, wouldn't you? that's what i mean. >> best of luck. god bless you. good to see you. thanks for coming. thanks. >> governor -- george w. bush: we will get a new one coming out. you need to g

bush. george w. bush: really? >> where they dedicated that portrait. george w. bush: lookout, i'm coming for you. logan? >> [indiscernible] >> i want a hamburger, well done. it has nothing to do with if it is cooked are or rare. come here, john. come on in. > this is> for your pancake. george w. bush: you have to get me some pancakes right now. >> you want some? george w. bush: i'm cooking some hamburgers. john, come here. is.n't know what the time >> tell him we all love him. george w. bush: nice to meet you. >> hey, governor, can i get your autograph? my dad, he is a democrat, i'm a republican. thank you, governor. george w. bush: thanks. your back again? what is the name of your school? devlin? that?ind of school is where is home? >> new york. george w. bush: you are long way from home. what about you? new haven, great. good to meet you. nice to meet you. 55th reunion. i'm out there with civilization -- i need to get up there sometime. >> you have to get up there to ski. unbelievable. george w. bush: nice to meet you. >> thanks. george w. bush: my running mat

the bush institute and the bush library. she was instrumental in the planning of the bush library and i think her touch can particularly be seen in the grounds surrounding it with its native grasses and native plants, something she has a great passion for. so i think she continues to lead a very full life, and as i mentioned earlier susan, continues to pursue some of the causes that were dear to her as first lady through the bush institute. ann: it was the nice things about being first lady in a way too is that, so you think you'll have just the brief period of time but your impact does continue and she actually has more room to continue to be involved in these policy initiatives, then certainly the former president does or would or has suggested he wants to, because he doesn't think it's the right for a president to be criticizing another one, but she and mrs. obama for instance have both been together in africa, have had a summit for first ladies of africa, they've worked together on a number of things, mrs. clinton, and s

bush and george w. bush, george w. bush learned from his father.his morning i think maybe it was ed rollins who talk about that and his press conferences and the way he handled the relationship with the media. george h. w. bush was are interested in relationships. he was interested in his relationships with people on the hill, with foreign leaders he would call foreign leaders just to talk to them, to establish a relationship so that when the time came that he needed to talk to them over a particular issue, ma that they already had an established relationship. and so he encouraged people to come to the u.s., foreign leaders, to come to the u.s. and one of the things he developed was he developed joint press conferences with foreign leaders, that all of his successors have followed. he did the same with the press. i think he thought of the press as a group that he needed to deal with and have a good relationship with, and he often thought of those in personal terms. you think of his relationship with "time" magazine that was a very close one. and, i

bush presidential center.applause] >> hello, hello, good evening, everybody, thank you so much rejoining us at the bush center. i hope for most of you is welcome back, we're thrilled to be here. i want to recognize first lady laura bush, gerald turner and dale turner -- thank you for being here. absolutely. [applause] >> we have been keeping a very busy calendar this year with our engage at the bush center sees, now we are hosting former chairman ben bernanke on november 16th. be on the lookout for that and karl rove on december 14th has a new fascinating book on mckinley even though it might not sound that way. plan on joining us for both of those. we also want to call your attention to our holiday season special exhibit called a season of stories:christmas at the white house 2003, opening on november 19th just in time for all your holiday visitors. the exhibit will feature a number of handcrafted decorations depicting beloved storybook characters that were displayed at the white house for christmas in 2003 a

including the bush library and the bush institute.e bushes continue to further the causes they began to take initiatives towards in the white house. >> they do that with the help of donors. >> yes. they raise money that goes into the bush institute and the bush library as well. >> in the case of laura bush, her husband is not going to be running for president again and she is not going to be running herself. those donors might gain if there were another bush, for instance, that might run for president. yes, i think that is possible. i think that they are sort of protected at this point from that. with mrs. clinton and the clinton global initiative, i think this remains an area that the public rightfully wants to watch for. those of us in journalism continue to try to track, because if she were to run again, those people who have paid her money for speeches or donated to her various causes have a relationship with her. >> everyone watching this program knows about the many challenges during the eight years of the bush administration. i

bush at the bush center in dallas. this is just under one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome margaret spellings, president of the george w. bush residential center. [applause]. hello. good evening everybody, thank you so much for joining us here at the bush center on the beautiful campus. i i hope for most of you it is welcome back. we are thrilled to be here. i want to first recognize first lady laura bush and gerald turner, gail turner, president of smu. this mighty university we are partnering with. thank you for being here [applause]. we have been keeping a very busy calendar this year with our engage at the bush center serious. where hosting former chairman of the federal reserve ben pataki on the 16th, as long as karl rove at december 14 where has a new book on mckinley. even though it may not sound that way. please plan on joining us for both of those. we also want to your attention to our holiday season special exhibit called a season of stories, christmas at the white house 2003. opening on november

bush center. [applause] >> hello, hello, good evening everybody, thank you so much for joining us at the bush center at the beautiful smu campus, i hope for most of you is welcome back, we are so thrilled to be here. i want to first recognize first lady laura bush and gerald turner. thank you all for being here. this year -- [applause] >> absolutely. we have been keeping a very busy calendar this year with our engaged at thear bush center series and we are hosting foreman chairman of the federal reserve benen bernanke, be on te lookout for that. so please plan on joining us for both of those. we also want to call your attention to our holiday season special exhibit called a season of stories, christmas at the white house 2003 opening on november the 19th, just in time for all of your holiday visitors, exhibit will have hand-crafted decorations, characters that were displaced at the whites house for christms in 2003 and we'll hope that you come and experience that. it'snd terrific for families, of

bush who put maliki in office in the first place. so does bush bear the blame?t earlier on in which he tells us what he thinks. >> if it were not for the american invasion of iraq and the subsequent disbanding of the iraqi army by the united states, there would be no isis. isis is a direct outgrowth of the american invasion. >> but clarke's former colleague sticks to his guns. >> if today you knew what we all know about what has happened in iraq, would you going back have invaded iraq? what's your answer? >> i think that the only meaningful way to approach that is to ask whether president bush knowing what he knew at the time made the right decision. and i think he did. >> tony blair hen he was prime minister of the united kingdom, was bush's most public partner on the iraq war. >> of course, you can't say that those of us who removed saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015. >> but blair still wonders, what was the alternative? >> we have tried intervention and putting down troops in iraq. we've tried intervention without putting in troop

hello, bush way down here. trump, carson, rubio, cruz, bush.e head into the fifth debate, just drop the remote. leave it right here on cnn tuesday night. bush is still way down here. you've got trump and now cruz has moved up into second place. ed o'keefe, you've spent a lot of time with governor bush, i'm new at this, but i don't think you're supposed to be going right now. >> he's in a sled ride right now. >> and with the debate tuesday night is? >> absolutely critical. every one of these has been for him because of how poorly he managed his expectations coming out of the first one. big, big sense in bush world that he cannot afford anything that resembles a gaffe. has to at least sustain himself, keep it status quo, find a way to point out that trump is someone he considers unserious and unqualified to be president. but absolutely, if we don't go anything that would upset the apple cart even more. he continues to be on this side. he saw a modest 1% improvement in that "des moines register" poll. he is sitting at about fourth or fifth place i

bush: thank you. well, how much were you paid to say that? [laughter] mr. bush: yes? how about a two-part one question. >> the first thing you already talked about, balanced budget, but i have a bigger question. i'd like to know how long it would take to resolve the $18 trillion. don't answer it yet. and the second question is, i we can ke to know how protect our borders better. i know there are a lot of things hat have to be done, but those are the two that truly interest me. mr. bush: sure, so the way to will e the budget, which get us towards the path of reducing the debt, rather than ust accepting the debt level, is to grow the economy at a far faster rate, have entitlement reform, reform our social security supplemental retirement ystem, cut back on discretionary spending in general, shift power back to the states, and the one reversal of that trend of shrinking government in my mind is, we need to rebuild the military. and whatever it takes to be able a secure america has to be the highest priority. now, we can reform the defense department. there are more civil

>> it's clearly a new jeb bush. and you can tell by watching him on the debate stage and on the stump. i talked to him some about donald trump. it's a subject that jeb bush seems now after several months excited to talk about and excited to hit hard. listen. >> this guy's not going to win the nomination. that's the basic point. he's not going to win the nomination because he's not a serious candidate. and all the other candidates seem to be intimidated by him but i'm not. he's a bully. he's not a serious candidate. we need to change direction as it rilts to national security. >> it's interesting. you saw his superpac backing jeb bush put out a commercial today, a video that has been on the air waves talking about donald trump, it says that jeb bush is the only candidate willing to stand up to the bullies. >> we don't usually see jeb bush doing interviews and people have been complaining. why does donald trump get so much coverage and press? he agrees to a lot of interviews. jeb bush i imagine is feeling he should do

bush there, correct? - right. - and santorum won the iowa and romney won new hampshire. - yeah, he won the big. - yeah, big. - so, who's going to win new hampshire? - i don't know, and i'm telling you i really admit i don't know. it is so hard to get a handle on what's happening and look, you have a lot of people supporting trump and he's, i hear that he's being supported by the tea party. the tea party hates government-funded, single-payer healthcare and trump is for it. the tea party hates eminent domain and trump is for it. - trump is for it, right. - there are so many things of trump's positions that don't correspond to the political positions of the group that's supposed to be supporting him. - except for two things. - i can't explain. - they want authenticity and the guy is nothing if not authentic. - well. - right, he says whatever comes to his head. you don't think so? - i don't think so. - you think he's inauthentic? - i think loud bs is not authentic and i grew up in new york (audience laugh and

when the time i was in the white house, the bush administration, president bush averaged 71% approval rating in the polls so my perspective is different and often a cycle to the presidency and work at the beginning of the administration is often different than working at the end, so we will probably tell you those were the good old years, that when you are running for your life on 911 they don't feel like the good old years and if you look at that-- any president we have every single day in the white house is hard and you can see the constant rain that goes on whether it is good times or bad times, so i want to start off of that with the campaign. i feel strongly that the policy making the bush campaign was actually much more serious than in most campaigns. president bush had a absolute rule that everything we proposed had to have a chance of becoming law, so there is nothing fantastical, nothing-- no plot taxes, gold standards or universal healthcare. they were all very pragmatic, that's not to say universally popular, but they were all things that with a little bit of effort could a

bush: absolutely. [applause] troubling that secretary kerry -- i haven't heard president obama speak about this directly -- but even when we have this extraordinary threat of isis and islamic terrorism, which should be the first priority of this administration, he continues to hold out hope that he can impose a solution on israel. it's mind blowing, to be honest with you, that they have such a warped view of how this works or this is legacy-building. what we need to do is create conditions where there is a willing partner in negotiation. if they palestinian authority had not had an election in a decade, they are not the legitimate elected regime. they can't speak for the palestinian people. they continue to incite the young people in their schools. there has to be a completely different kind of environment for serious negotiations to take place. and we should not impose that on israel. [applause] we have seen recently the u.s. engaging directly and indirectly in regime change. the dom, qaddafi, mubarak

it's a little bit hard to tell with jeb bush, but i think that in waterloo, iowa, tonight, jeb bush has just announced that he is going to pick a woman for a running mate. he's going to pick a female vice presidential running mate if he gets the republican presidential nomination. i think that's what he said. the caveat here is that it's jeb bush. and so sometimes, particularly when he thinks he's got something important to say, he kind of winds up to it and doesn't exactly execute right and it's sometimes hard to know what he means when he talks. but i think this is -- judge for yourself. he may have meant something else entirely but i think he said he wants to pick a female running mate. >> i think my dad loved ronald reagan that his loyalty was proven out. as a result, he was given responsibilities that allowed him to really add value to the relationship. that kind of relationship i think is really important. and should i be elected president, i would have my vice president, i think she will be a great partner. did i say that outloud? we always talk about this with one gender in mind

bush. being more assertive in their argument than those defending the intervention, marco rubio and jeb bush, primarily. >> john berman ended his piece with what is probably the biggest news. donald trump, under intense questioning, on the stage, to me with several follow-ups. he went to the spin room and said the same thing. he's giving up the biggest leverage anybody has in this race right now and saying i will not run as a third party candidate. how big is that, maeve, and why do you think he's doing it? >> i think it's huge. as we were talking about this morning, i don't know why he did that, giving up that leverage. but at the same time, you know, it's donald trump. he could go back and -- >> what? >> and find wiggle room somewhere there. >> he was very declarative. >> i agree. he could find wiggle room someday. you're moving into a political primary. you're not a real republican or committed to the party. it takes away a line of attack for the others if he sticks with it over the next

trump or bush?e to discuss cnn political commentator and anchor at time warner cable news earl lewis and maggie, let me start with you. other candidates decided it's not wise to go at donald trump. it seems that ted cruz in some way, ben carson hands off approach but jeb bush is taking the opposite approach and going after donald trump. is that wise? >> what choice does he have at this point? donald trump has been going at him for months and months and that's not helpful to jeb bush. jeb bush had to do something. there's two reasons why. jeb bush has been left on the ropes by donald trump after many debates and it's not just what donald trump will do with the debate and subsequent days. he'll use the megaphone he has. for jeb bush i think jeb bush believes that donald trump is bad for the republican party and he sees himself as one of the only people willing to stand up to him. i think what matters is what does that extend to. carpet bombing him with television ads by the super pac? we don't know. d

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and the bush family, i believe the american people care about the bush family, respect the bush family bush is just another person who i believe the americans, when it comes time to vote, are going to be looking for somebody who can lead this country and is not scared to take on the terrorists, to take on people like vladimir putin and lead this country forward and make us safe. >> all right. thank you both very much. >>> and if you missed the republican presidential debate on tuesday night, which had, among its highlights, some moments between trump and bush, you can watch it replay tonight right here on cnn, 10:00 eastern. >>> "outfront" next, an entire school district shut down by threats of violence, e-mails, charging students were being intok ti indoctrinated into islam by a teacher toto the nation's capitalut to support an important cause that can change the way you live for years to come. how can you help? by giving a little more, to yourself. i am running for my future. people sometimes forget to help themselves. the cause is retirement, and today thousands of people came to ra

john: the bush ads have run during a time of horrific media coverage of jeb bush.ry few good days in the media. to me, that overwhelms anything he might spend money on. >> how many times are they seeing jeb on cable, broadcast tv, digital, print? john: they have spent 31.7 million dollars, right to rise, so far this year. almost all of it on positive ads , but it hasn't seemed to do much good. is that wasted money? if bush were to suddenly make a comeback, will there be an argument that that was all a long-term investment on a slow burn? >> the reasonable counterfactual is, where would jeb bush be right now without it? mark: the super pac should have said we are giving this to little sisters of the poor in jeb's name. that would have gotten some newspaper coverage. >> i talked to murphy a few months ago, and he said throughout the year, we are not going to go after trump because we think this will be a two-person race when the dust settles between rubio and bush. they are getting pressure from establishmente an motive to stop donald trump. i asked paul the question

jeb bush has nothing to lose. nobody that is a donald trump supporter is going to vote for jeb bush. he is doing what he thinks is right and showing principled conviction and showing guts and leadership. and it's a wide open lane for him. nobody else is taking it on. so i'm very happy to see it. i also am very happy to see that he wouldn't answer your process questions. whether he's going to -- whether he prefers donald trump or hillary clinton doesn't have a thing to do with his qualifications to be president. >> wait a minute. the bush campaign is all over the newspapers talking about doing due dill yans whether they can back out of the pledge. you have to ask the question right now. he signed a pledge to support the nominee and his campaign is looking to get out of it. he should be willing to answer that question. >> he should have a campaign that shouldn't leak he is thinking about it. >> i'm a hell of a lot more interested in knowing what the paleo friendly liquor is he is going to stay on for christmas than

bush, nicolle wallace. nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd and steve kornacki. chuck, did this debate do anything to change the status quo at least at the top of the pack? >> if you're talking cruz and trump, not really. they had a bit of a bromance last night. when you look at sort of the third lane here, trump has his own lane and cruz is becoming the evangelical. the establishment lane where rubio is sort of the candidate on the rise, he took incoming last night. i think he handled himself well doing it. we were reminded he has got probably the wrong stance on immigration to -- for where this republican party is. he may be able to overcome it, but he'll have to. jeb bush had his moment with trump and chris christie had moments. the establishment lane got more crowded. that would be the one part of this that shook up. the top of the polls, cruz and trump one and two through the holiday break but there is a jumble now. christie could make a move -- the christie movement

it's not fair to jeb bush.p top, i have got no pony in this little race, all right? i'm just here to do an honest appraisal of what happened. jeb bush is a traditional politician who did a good job in florida. he doesn't feel it it all right? he doesn't feel the anger. he doesn't feel the frustration. you know what he does feel? he knows that he understands the issues and that he already performed well.5- and he can't believe he is losing to trump. he cannot believe that 29 people that you you saw think he is a nimrod or whatever. and he can't believe it. >> he attacks hillary clinton and president obama these 29 republican voters started turning the dials up big time for president bush okay. my broader point is yes we should be fair to president bush. his strategy of just saying i'm going to be taking on donald trump it hasn't worked as well donald trump. you got to put yourself in bush's shoes. the only thing he can do. and i agree working.w the only thing you can do is appeal to the american people and say,

a bush campaign send a fund-raising e-mail today from president george h.w. bush. it said in part, republicans must nominate and then elect the candidate who is ready to be the next commander in chief. having sat behind the oval office desk, i know jeb is serious about the tough challenges we face. as for the why, it's crunch time for the bush campaign to make a showing in the early states. while hillary is riding high, the bush campaign is in a far more difficult spot, but still hoping for help from an oval office alum. up next, how the death of several isis leaders impacts terror. we'll have an update from the pentagon. but first, the cnbc market wrap. >> we did have a mild rally, the dow climbing 192 points, the s&p up by 21, the nasdaq jumping by 66 points. oil prices bouncing back almost 3% today as winter temperatures finally take hold in the u.s. and amazon shares climbing about 3% to a new all-time high, up more than 120% this year, second only to netflix as the s&p 500's top performer of the year. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. that's ch

john: john kasich in jeb bush.uch more of an all or nothing for john kasich, jeb bush could go on a little longer. two,o you think, of those has a greater likelihood of a breakthrough? nicolle: jeb challenged trump to a debate today. think -- i don't think jeb bush could have imagined this is where he would find himself, four in the establishment line with the do or die day, but that is where he is. it's not an enviable position but he is making the most of it. he has shaken off all the kinks in his campaign he was suffering from a few weeks ago. he will see if you can write that to success. john: i have said for a while that jeff was done, but -- that jeb was done, but no doubt bush has shown greater improvement. kasich has been on a down slide, bush has been on the upside. not much in the numbers, but it feels as though jeb is freer now from so much of what was weighing him down, and that an ability tolock perform and find a moment where he could break. nicolle: and that is what he is desperate for, the moment th

bush: yes? how about a two-part one question. >> the first thing you already talked about, balanced budget, but i have a bigger question. i'd like to know how long it would take to resolve the $18 trillion. don't answer it yet. and the second question is, i we can ke to know how protect our borders better. i know there are a lot of things hat have to be done, but those are the two that truly interest me. mr. bush: sure, so the way to will e the budget, which get us towards the path of reducing the debt, rather than ust accepting the debt level, is to grow the economy at a far faster rate, have entitlement reform, reform our social security supplemental retirement ystem, cut back on discretionary spending in general, shift power back to the states, and the one reversal of that trend of shrinking government in my mind is, we need to rebuild the military. and whatever it takes to be able a secure america has to be the highest priority. now, we can reform the defense department. there are more civil

bush: how old are you? >> 18. mr. bush: go for it. [applause] >> i'm running on the promise to take care of our veterans. i'm wondering what you would do to take care of our veterans and fix the v.a.? mr. bush: first of all, that is fantastic. second of all, you have to work with the next president to give this is the federal government responsability. there is a veterans operation in every department. but to reform the v.a., you made a president committed to it. one, we need career souls servers reform -- civil service reform. it cannot be the economic entrance of the employees. it should be about the veterans. right now, it is about the economic interest. there was a hearing in congress and this guy had the gull to say i did not know you thought accountability related to firing. heck, i don't see it that way. there have been three people fired with the most egregious scandals that exist which is -- $140 million of bonuses for reducing rates without giving care to veterans. men and women died. veterans died. yet, there were bonuses g

rubio, cruz, christie, bush, kasich.f you add all their numbers up, it would be enough to overtake trump for first place in the state. but the key question, can all of that establishment support consolidate behind one of those candidates before primary day? remember, not included in that establishment lane is ted cruz. cruz is tied for the second-place spot, he is counting on iowa evangelicals to help him shift support from trump to capture iowa. snagging either iowa or new hampshire has been a must in modern republican politics. no one, no candidate in the modern era has ever won the gop's nomination without either state. >>> and joining me now is the publisher behind that searing trump editorial, joseph mcquaid of the new hampshire union leader. i'm sure you've read or heard the response from donald trump. he calls you a low life, he krits a number of examples, favors you asked him to do, and says in the end, this is what you chose to do. he calls you a low life. want to get your response to that. >> well, it's long ov

>> i love jeb bush. so i'm very glad to see this jeb bush who's willing to fight, who's willing to show the hunger, who's willing to show the thirst, the commitment to be in this fight. i never doubted it. i'm glad america is getting to see it. i think from a tactical point of view going after donald trump is brilliant for jeb, first of all because i know a lot of the people on that debate stage and frankly other than lindsey graham, jeb is the only one showing the guts to go after donald trump despite the fact i know so many other people on the debate stage think that donald trump is a bully and what donald trump is doing is hurtful to mark, hurtful to the republican party. yet they're not willing to take him on. jeb bush is doing that. it's brilliant. he has nobody to lose. nobody that's a donald trump supporter is going to vote for jeb bush. he's showing gutsz, he's showing lead errship. you know what, it's a wide open lane for him because nobody else is taking it on. so i'm also very happy to see it.

and where does jeb bush come from?ohn meachum will tell us how the bush family has had such striking success in american high politics until now. >>> then a nobel prize winner will tell us how his research into american death rates might explain donald trump's appeal. >> our country is out of control. >> but first here's my take. radical islamic terrorism, apparently the phrase, if you can actually say it, has mystical powers. at tuesday's republican debate, the candidates once more took pains to point out that they would speak the dreaded words that president obama and hillary clinton dare not. here's ted cruz in his opening statement. >> we have a president unwilling to utter its name. >> as it turns out, the first time i described the enemy as radical islam, was in a column i wrote just days after september 11th 2001. i used the exact phrase radical islamic terrorism in another column later that month 14 years ago. so having established my credentials, i can honestly say it gives one absolutely nothing in the way of

trump looked rattled in his exchanges with jeb bush. do you think bush got under his skin? >> no, not at all. i think he was -- he handled himself very well. i think if anything, watching jeb bush, governor bush, it was -- i sort of got the impression that he really doesn't want to be running for president. he sort of is like the little boy at the table eating his carrots and he hates carrots. and he has that look on his face all the time. and i just don't think he's enjoying it. i think a lot of the other candidates and i know donald trump is really enjoying the race. and i just don't think governor bush is happy. and. >> i have to say a lot of people thought jeb bush did himself a service last night. an unscientific survey said he came in third, the first time he has shown up in the top five and they thought his back and forth with donald trump really served him well. you didn't see that? >> i really think it's -- he really isn't resonating at this point in time. he's way down in the polls and i think going forward, he just is not what the people are looking for. and i th

this is bush and trump? i don't know. bush, remember back in the summer, he was the front runner.s hovering around 5% in public opinion polls. i'm not sure donald trump is entirely concerned about what bush will have to say. you know, bush coming after trump in a more forceful way could conceivably change the narrative. it is the dynamic between the two guys which is marred the campaign. trump has come out ahead so far. >> let's talk about rubio and cruz. a fist fight with these two with similar backgrounds. we have immigration concerns. we have rubio and his career supporting a pathway to citizenship in congress. then we have cruz, not exactly supporting that, but making the visa system a little easier. in this climate, where you have americans on edge about who the u.s. is letting into the country. do you think cruz and rubio are handling this the right way? should they own up to how they voted in the past and say the climate has changed? >> for rubio, it has been a problem for him among conservatives that he support the bill that provided a path to citizenship. he has distanced

bush made a rare visit to washington, d.c. earlier this year to talk about employment opportunities for post-9/11 veterans. he was one of the many featured speakers at the u.s. chamber of commerce' summit entitled "mission transition," creating employment opportunities for post-9/11 veterans and military families. the former president says one thing he misses is being commander-in-chief in the military and interacting with service members. this is just under 30 minutes. >> it's great to be back with so many friends the business community. together our organization is committed to one of the most critical missions facing our country, how to serve and care for returning veterans and their families. the bush institute's military service initiatives but at the u.s. chamber is hiring our heroes program have joined together today to address the critical issues around employment. thank you to your families, too. will everybody join me in giving them a round of applause? [ applause ] as president obama rightly said, our country can ne

jeb bush. right to rise usa is responsible fernando: the 2016 presidential election has already had its share of theatrics. listen to this exchange between gov. bush: if you think this is tough and you are not being treated fairly, what will it be like dealing with putin or president xi, for terrorism? this is a tough business. mr. trump: you are a tough guy, jeb. fernando: will style be as important as substance when it' s time for you to vote? maybe more than you realize, according to body language expert chris ulrich. chris: for both bush and trump, there' s some personal animosity. we have seen over five debates , the two of them kind of go at it. in this debate i think with trump, when he and bush are going back and forth, he' s much calmer in his body language. he' s this powerful entity and force. he' s grandiose in his body language. with bush, he' s much more nervous. he comes across as nervous, his facial expressions are nervous and where he gets nervous or when he gets angry rather t

. >> look what i did to bush. i haven't even started on hillary. >> and some of the candidates you saw last night are hanging on by a thread. tonight we're going to break down all of the big moments for you and tell you where the republican rivals go from here. and you aring looing live at the streets of baltimore. an uneasy calm after protesters took to the streets in the wake of a hung jury for a police officer remember chaed in freddie gray's death. i want to begin with two people who asked tough questions last night, that's hugh hewitt and dana bash. at least we are inside where it is warm. >> true. >> hugh, who do you think won this debate in your opinion and has it changed since last night? >> no. i thought chris christie won the debate and the silver went to jeb bush and there was a tie for bronze between marco rubio and ted cruz. i was in the green room with carly fiorina. she had a good night. she is the only one to bring up the person i can't talk about on your show. she went after hillary more than anyo

jeb bush is in fifth place.n the latest national poll of republican voters, from cn, jeb bush is in seventh place with only 3% of the vote. >> i wrant to say, if i don't win, i consider this a total and complete waste of time. >> joining us now, the special correspondent for "the daily beast" political reporter for the boston cloeb. the operation will be spending money on tv. the super pac back in the campaign tends to spend $19 million. the bush support won't have a tv campaign with it. >> right, right. he will have that. the point here, i think, lawrence, is that this bush campaign has squandered a lot of this money. they raised far more money than anybody else. certainly in the early stages of this campaign, and they spent a lot more. they burned through it. we're in a phase here. social media has kind of taken things over. and other forms of communication have taken things over. now i suppose by shifting this to the ground game. because the ground game is more important. you've got to get your caucusgoers ou

bush has to find a way to take down rubio. maybe he wasted all that time. on the other hand, he at least showed some gumption, at least showed some fight, showed he could deliver a few punches and he made himself more of the conversation. so he did accomplish something last night. it probably a little late because he does have less -- well, to use a certain person's word, energy around him than rubio and now christie who was credited at having a better performance than bush overall. >> the cruz/rubio thing had a moment that was telling, when rubio pressed cruz on whether or not at the end of all these punitive immigration reform measures there would be citizenship on the line. i want to play that exchange again because we learned something about ted cruz in that moment. >> does ted cruz rule out ever legalese -- legalizing people in this country now? >> i have never supported legalization and i do not intend to support legalization. >> that to me leaves the door open to legalization, which for ted cruz seems like a big moment. >> stop for a moment and think

i'm tired of beating on bush. i this george w. bush. i wish he were president right now.dn't tblb this mess. martha: graham was cheered for his answer. but he never gained the traction he would have needed since he kicks off the campaign in june. surge-style strategy on the ground. he ran a campaign he can be proud of. he stuck to his guns on every aspect of his belief that this is what need to be discussed. you have to give him credit for that. this is the compelling number of one issue for most voters now. national security. >> he felt that could be perhaps a fire wall for his candidacy and clearly that's not going to be the case. i think it was less than 1% on the national polls. what he would argue is you have to go by the states. go to new hampshire and move to south carolina. john mccain is the right-hand man as we know. mccain said we just lost our most thoughtful, fearless presidential candidate and mccain says the on one with a sense of humor. lindsey graham makes one less candidate for the republican nomination. martha: you could marriage the he got more attenti

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bush. but serious restraint between the front-runners, donald trump and ted cruz. their bromance still in full bloom. >> oh, yes. the big focus of the night was national security. so who is leaving las vegas the big winner? let's discuss. let's bring in cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson, amanda carpenter, a former communications director for senator ted cruz as well as kevin madden, gop strategist and an adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaigns. all right, guys. a lot happened last night. let's distill it down to a lightning round of who was the biggest winner of the night. amanda, go. >> let's say reince priebus. this was a great debate for the entire party. it was substantive. they kept to the issues which was remarkable given the big field. so i think everyone was very happy. except for maybe the question -- sorry, hugh hewitt -- whether he'd be willing to kill civilians, go to war with isis. that caused some heartburn among republicans. other than that, great nig