bush. - senator obama, i am not president bush. this economy and this country. - if i occasionally mistaken your policies for george bush's policies, it's because on tax policy, on energy policy, on spending priorities, uh, you have been a vigorous supporter of president bush. now, you've-- - obama did very well in the debates. that increased the perception that he was up to the job. [cheers and applause] - the 2008 campaign is a breakthrough campaign because of the sophistication with which it identified target audiences and specifically speak to their needs and their interests. [crowd chanting "obama"] - he is somebody who didn't look at a state like indiana and think, "this state has never voted for a democrat before" or "there could be some racism here." he thought, "these are people "who remind me of my grandparents. let's keep talking to these people." - hi, cindy? [camera shutters clicking] this is barack obama; how are you? - to flip a state like indiana, you had to have huge organization on the ground. every weekend, we se

bush same party. differences between the two parties and how should the two candidates, hillary clinton and donald trump, think about the differences and the type of transitions and how they should prepare? ack, do you want to begin that? mr. mclarty: i will -- mr. mclarty: i will take a first stab at that. i think the fundamental point i made aake is one we have couple times in our discussion so far. both the clinton campaign and the trump campaign have already established transition efforts in place. i think that reflects the environment we have talked about this morning. obviously as chris and others know with john podesta being the chairman of secretary clinton's campaign, he chaired the transition and worked with the first clinton white house. the trump people have also atablished, i think, creditable -- a credible effort. i think, martha, going through a change of party is, that is a very different dynamic. it will be very interesting. chris can speak to it probably ,ore knowledgeably than anyon

bush. -- george w. bush. there was a dispute about the count in florida, looking at particular ballots in certain counties. what we saw after the election there weress where recounts over contested votes that ultimately ended in a supreme court decision that stopped the recounts. that's very different from what we're hearing today. today, we've heard from donald trump about the idea of a rigged not abouthere it's contested ballots after the election in certain areas, but the entire political system. it's about the entire media being stacked against one candidate over the other. combined with allegations of voter fraud without any evidence that has happened. --re are two very different two very different kinds of issues. recountt gore ended the -- they are different. more about the people involved than the actual voting process. caller: exactly. then, it was about how you count the votes. there were ballots were you cannot see exactly who someone voted for. today, there is one aspect of the

walker bush." back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: tommy hilfiger is here, opened his first clothing store, people's place, as a teenager in 1969. 15 years later he launched his namesake brand with a men's wear collection. now encompasses men's and women's sportsware, kidsware, footwear and fragrance. last year, earned over 6.5 billion in global retail sales. hilfiger's book chronicles his personal and professional life, called "american dreamer: my life in fashin and business." i'm pleased to have him at the table. welcome, sir >> thank you, charlie >> rose: it's a remarkable story. it's also about your relationship within your family. as gayle king my colleague on "cbs this morning" had a wonderful interview with you and talked about your relationship with your father, both a challenge, inspiration and huge factor in your life. what was it like growing up? >> my dad had a high bar for all of us >> rose: and there were nine? nine children. but i was the first boy. so my father had dreams of me

bush. texas, george w. bush is the winner there. >> every election is good television because it is the suspense program. the election of 2000 was something more than that because in addition to the suspense -- and the suspense was enormous, maybe more than we've ever had before on television because of how close the race was. >> we're going to now project an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. >> it's really hard to cover an election that close and feel the pressure of, a, getting it on quickly, and, b, getting it right. >>> missouri could turn not just the senate election, but the national election. >> there's a bunch of poll closings ready. this could be a real turning point. >> an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. >> that is a very, very, very important state for al gore, and now the pressure is on george w. bush. >> florida is called

bush library in dallas.t's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> one of the most striking features of presidential transitions today is the bipartisanship that prevails among government officials in congress to direct the transition laws. the president and the white house staff who set the direction planning and departments and agencies that carry out the policy. it was not always the case. in 1952, president truman wanted to bring into the white house mostly republican and democratic presidential nominees to meet his cabinet and white house staff members. he met with a partisan divide. he had wanted them to come in because he found when he came into office that he was unprepared. he came in january 1945, roosevelt died in april and truman knew nothing of the atomic bomb so seared by that experience, he wanted to bring people in so that they were going to understand what was ahead of them. adlai stevenson accepted but general eisenhower turned down truman's invitation, in large part because he said he was running

clinton versus bush the father.e lowest participation was in 2000, the bush versus gore election of 2000. we have seen as low as 63%, as high as 70%. million out of the 8.7 million vote, that is 80% plus. i would love to see 100%, but i would be happy if we get at least 80%. that is why we encourage all of our voters to come and that there voices be heard. host: how has early voting day? do not have early voting as such as in florida. everyone votes in person between 7:00 in the morning at 8:00 at night. we have absentee voting. the numbers have been consistent with years past. in pennsylvania, we do not technically have early voting. we have in person voting from 7:00 in the morning until 8:00 p.m. host: are their systems in place if you need to keep a putting -- a polling place open because of turn our volume? guest: yes. there is a remedy for the county board of elections. it could be a party candidate who positions the core of commonplace, our course of first instance, where judges are prepared to make those det

governor bush.reason for the meeting was for me to get a better idea of him and for him a better idea of me. he talked about the style of management and drew a big ask for the governor and he said this is for the chief of staff. all of you are my senior staff and you will have direct access to me. that was important for me who had never been in government before. when we get to washington, there were certain individuals who had that same kind of access. soon he wasn't in a meeting and if i needed to see the president i got to see the president. president. there's a saying if you need to see the president, you get to see the president. there would be afternoons i would come to the governor's office and sat down on the couch and we would talk about policy, politics and what else, baseball. you don't do that with the president of the united states. those moments are so special. i've often heard president bush say the presidency is about decision-making. if you can't meet a decision you can't be preside

did president bush review the book before it was published? interesting, he came to nashville this spring and speaking at an event and before the event becky and i and one of our sounds graham spent time with him and, of course, the book was getting ready to come out and we asked him, do you g need to read this book, or do you want to read this book? he said, no. [laughter] >> there could be two reasons. the first is he trusts me. that's the first reason. the second reason is, you know, listen, he's been out of office for a while, a lot has been written about the bush presidency, he probably thought, you know what else could be said negative about me. what could al say that could possibly hurt me. i would like to think it's the former but you will have to ask him quite frankly. >> your book is entitled true faith and allegiance, can you speak about your faith and how it impacted your public service? >> yeah, these jobs are so difficult and often time lives hang in the ballots, certainly on recommendations of executions and decisions to sending

bush was asleep. he got up. he could not sleep.went into the living room, and he turns on his tape recorder, his diary, and says, "people say i am out of touch. i never thought i am, but, obviously, i am out of touch, because people just elected a draft dodger, and for him, it was the elemental question of service, military service. it was a defining one. thelie: back to the end of 20th century, because i have this quote in front of me from john sununu to you. bush nurtures the collapse of the soviet union. he kicks them out of kuwait, and he loses. mitterand loses. moroni loses in canada. the japanese prime minister loses. the australian prime minister loses. there is a next sailing of sorts on the part of the electorate when a dramatic shift occurs in international affairs, and they look to another party. jon: the governor is right. charlie: it was a sense of an order changing. jon: exactly. charlie: and how it shaped the world. jon: and how fast that happens. look at the summer of 1945. winston churchill was given the order of t

bush, aalized that mrs.an who had been an observer and participant of the highest levels of politics for 60 years -- had no reservation of expressing her opinion. jon: exactly. it would have been a graphical malpractice not to have gone. charlie: did she say, let me think about it? jon: there was some thinking. [laughs] when bush said that that she gave the diary -- charlie: with some distance between us and the time of the iraqi war. jon: conduct thereof. charlie: conduct thereof. jon: he supported something. he supported it because he thought, my son has backs that i no longer see -- has facts that i no longer see. jon: i believe it is more than that. itrlie: or that he looked at and said he should not allow the factions to continue? jon: whenever, he had been in this movie before. charlie: one of his achievements. jon: one of the myths is that george herbert walker bush was d natural scent, who happened to who happened to be president. when you actually go inside, the from 1990m august 2 until 1990 one, w

that was a rough thing with bush and clinton. and with mrs. bush, right? the wellesley graduate who didn't stay home and bake cookies. that was a big. >> that was nothing compared to what this is. >> oh, yeah. >> the bush/clinton race in '92 compared to trump/clinton in 2016 oh my god. >> true. remember ross perot was there. >> that's why clinton won. >> mark tywain says history may not repeat itself but it does rhyme. we have had popular millionaires shake it up before. >> donald trump cutting way back on his national tv interviews. we will tell you why that's happening. then it looks like california will vote to legalize pot on tuesday. the unintended consequences may be serious for poor people. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll go ahead and rip that out. it's going to cause a lot of problems. totally unnecessary and it triples the budget. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi® double cash card does. earn 1% cash back when you buy, and 1% as you pay. double means double. we ship

president bush talked to josh bolin and the chief of staff in december 2007. and talk to him about the best transition he could. it is important to do that. congress also acted, demonstrated that a transition was a different time period. the 9/11 commission recommended people be appointed earlier, that would require security clearances being done early. the intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004 made a provision for names to be sent in for security clearances after the convention so that once the transition began they would have people clear, and that became important because we obama people took advantage of that and put in 150 to 200 names so people could start. that was critical because you don't want to have a fragile period like that extended. you want to make sure things work fast and you have your people in place and -- >> host: you have a period, just national security is fundamental and sacred as safety and security of the american people and any transition of power, the financial crisis for major consideration in the transition you

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and then to bring president bush called.i used to work for him as his communications director but we both knew him pretty well and i was worried well woodsy in his face and after he is the chairman and and ready to go. we had a job to do my job is to protect you. so we take our cues from the guy at the top. so that was my day. and those that take off bad of dallas. my deputy arrives at the white house with the brand-new world and continues today. >> talk briefly about what every new cabinet secretary. >> akira the head of the attorney-general justice department? >> so what is involved? >> i had an advantage and with those major issues with that white house bureaucracy between the candidate so i had tremendous advantages. in terms department of justice you will meet new people but they all want to get a look at the boss. you have to project cummins from my perspective i am trying to time as much as i could to go to the various agencies engines with the dow apartment of justice. so typical of my relationship. >> final comments

george bush legacy was aids in africa i find myself defending president bush polities think his legacy will be years down the road? will he come out positive for negative in history? >> this is an author also presenting here who just wrote a book about miracless in medicine. book about one of the things george to be a bush would tell us he was not worried about hiss legacy i've been told reporters that and say that b is baloney but he said last year i read three books about george washington and if historians are still analyzing the first president and the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worryy about because he will never know. he has done an amazing job as post president one is very respectful of his successor to be silent be he has created an amazing institution that the bush library with uh pepfar program even democrats would say that is amazing it was very bold and 2003 but it isar credited with saving a generation in africa not only the humanitarian obligation but was also national-security because connolly's a rice said we are about to have a failed state all across africa because the

i've worked for governor bush.as curious to see what i would see when he got off the helicopter. he did not say a word to us. he just nodded and walkedhi right by us. he was determined he was ready to go. he knew he have a job to do. we have a job to do. he was ready to go. that was my day. i went home about midnight. hadk they took out --dash took off out of dallas. we arrived to a brand-new world. talk briefly what every new agency had you going and he worked with the justice department. and so what is involved in the first week.

bush, that bush gave information of who he thinks this uncle, george w. bush might be voting for. come back. >>> voters head to the polls in six days, six, six long days. hillary clinton goes west today trying to flip arizona from red to blue and also nevada. donald trump is all about florida. i want to bring in senior media correspondent of cnn's "survival" brian stelter. and tom bianco. >> it's the dallas news writes it be george p. bush who says he's the only member of his powerful family who will be voting straight ticket republican. and his grandfather and uncle, both presidents could potentially cast ballots for hillary clinton. george p., you're looking at him there, he's an elected official. he's endorsed donald trump. his grandfather has indicated he's going to vote for hillary clinton. we had no inclination of george w. might. he later told the associated press. i don't know how they voted. i'm speculating to be honest. i've got to say, you float that out there, tom lobianco, it's sort of a big deal. >> of the three bushes what makes george p. bush, he's got a future of

bush gave to bill clinton, that bill clinton gave to george w. bush.blicans, republicans or democrat, yes, there are partisan differences but you are the keeper of that amazing building and that building represents the job and responsibility you have to the nation and to the world. >> a few days ago, the president was ridiculing donald trump on the campaign trail, saying his aides took away his access to twitter and now he wants to have access to the nuclear codes. we will hear a very different genre from both of these men coming up in a few minutes. >> absolutely. that's important. look, we -- i remember covering the bush to obama transition. the clinton to bush transition was a little more messy, not between the two leaders but between the staffs. it was very different for george w. bush to come into the white house because he grew up in the white house. he was around the white house for years, eight years of the reagan presidency and four years of the george h.w. bush presidency. that was very different in terms of familiarity with how it works. bil

bush. i think she loved every minute of it. when i talked to her she said she would go back if she didn't have to have the responsibility. she loved the food, she always -- the white house chef told me she was always so compliment ricer didn't want anything changed. thought nance ya reagan had done a great job with the decorating and the one who just enjoyed it. going out for her daily swim at the white house pool and visit the florist and the resident staffers told me she was the most relaxed first lady. she was truly -- she has a very biting sense of humor, famously, but she was just fun and she joked around with people and she loved every mint of -- every minute of it. >> host: bill. >> guest: general grant's wife because she begged him to run again and he wouldn't do it. and he wouldn't tell her -- cigar smoke everywhere, she would get in private car to go to new york after the nation racing of his citior, the on the sofa and went. the second one was maimy eisenhower. she was -- a chara

president bush in those terms.what do you think his legacy is going to be years down the road? is he going to come out positively or negatively in history? >> thank you and everyone, this is an author who is also presenting here. he's in infectious disease author who wrote a book about miracles in medicine and is also from denver. one of the things george w. bush would tell us in that last year was that he wasn't worried about his legacy. i would tell the reporters that reporters would say that's baloney, of course he is but he would say to me, last year i read three books about george washington. and if historians are still analyzing the first president and the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worry about because he will never know. he moved on with his life. these done an amazing job i think is a postman as well. one, he's been very respectful of his successor, but he's gone on to create such an amazing institute at the bush library . the program, the president's emergency plan for aids relief is something democrats wi

bush and your love for ourst country.i had been asked to serve on the barbara bush literacy foundation. i was wondering if you would like to tell the great group of people what exactly what does the foundation do and how we can help improve the literacy of so many unprivileged kids because i don't know myself what we do i think this would be a great group to be involved with it. >> after barbara bush left the white house she continue to work on issues that she cared about the most which was literacy. in my circle of friends and in my family everybody knows how to read the thing that is frustrating and a little sad is that what you .-ellipsis it's 30 million americans but cannot read while in action while in society. has been the same for several decades. partly that is due to immigration flows and things like that but what is amazingg is that one of the things that they have done as they had teamed up with high schoolol students and you know they have to do volunteer work to get credits before they graduate, one of the pr

bush peace and prosperity. no wars. a surplus. 1.6 trillion projected as a surplus for the next five years and yet bill clinton did next to nothing to ease the transition to the w. bush administration. conversely, george w. bush eight years later would bequeevept barack obama two wars and the greatest recession since the 1930's and yet he did maybe the most spectacular job of transitioning between two different party presidents of any president to date so -- and the obama people have been very complimently of that, even if they would maybe have preferred the other way around. peace and prosperity and a crappy transition. >> in the clinton white house, it would be interesting to see if the bill clinton people are being picked over the obama people or a view of let's start fresh. that's one thing to look at. >> very good point. >> this was addressed in the first panel but are the people wanting to come in wanting to blow up some of these agencies that trump has expressed saying we don't need them. cat: let's talk about th

bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal about the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of people we will pick to serve in our administration. [ cheers and applause ] >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates i would like to thank all of you for joining us this evening. governor dukakis, yours is the first closing statement, sir. >> 28 years ago i was a young man just graduated from law school and i came to this city, came clear across the country to watch john kennedy be nominated for the presidency of the united states here in los angeles. i never dreamed someday i would win that nomination and be my party's nominee for president. that's america. that's why i'm proud and grateful to be a citizen of this country. 26 days from today you and millions of americans will choose two

bush at the george w. bush institute. these are great examples of using their platform during and after their white house years. there are many organizations that are here that have been supporting joining forces and the military service initiative, as well as service members and veterans and military spouses. so i thank you all for joining us today. and with that, i'd like to welcome to the stage dr. neill kerwin, the president of american university, to introduce our first distinguished panel. dr. kerwin became american university's 14th president in 2007. he joined au in 1975 as a member of the faculty, then became the dean of the school of public affairs. later the provost and then the president. he is a visionary and a great leader and was instrumental in encouraging me to develop this initiative as he watched with great interest the growing influence of the first lady in public policy, in politics and in global diplomacy. he came to have breakfast with me at the white house during the transition of 2009 to talk abou

we're going to say no to everything he wants. >> same thing happened when bush the first george bushin, the democrats in congress were determined to obstruc. they had 260-175 in the house, 55-45 in the senate. but george bush kept at it. he didn't take the first negative response as reality. you have to remember, congress was bitter at ronald reagan because of iran/contra. so, jimmy baker had to go up and break that logjam. george bush got personally involved. so a president that's willing to lead, and spend political capital can make the change. a president who wants to go down and dictate, which i really do believe obama went down trying to tell them this is what we're going to do, and you either take it or leave it, they won't respond to that. >> hmm. >> george bush showed how it could be done and i think that's a model even when it's your own party down there, go down there and work with them to find -- >> yeah. >> -- where the sharp edges have to be removed. >> governor very quickly, i want to show you the names that have been floated for donald trump's cabinet picks. here are j

bush. e live in san diego three years 9/11 have been takingg back to washington for the justice department that andit a dozen white house press secretary then we move to new york cannister working on a show '04 fox news called the five so henry was with me when you have a companion like that as a human or aid dog it was a nice complement one of the reasons we have such a good strong marriage is we have found they shared obsession for our pets and most people across america feel the same way about their dogs 67 percent of americans have a household pet and i found with common ground those that may not want to talk to a republican. [laughter] but when i go to the dog bark there is some rules fork humans and dogs humans cannot talk about work sore politics and the dogs cannot sitdown there is the story so these are photoshop. this was henry. he was arrested walking him off leash in washington d.c. tyd got a ticket was funny because the over criminalization of america you hear from the right to

bush's legacy.can people deserve credit in taking down these two political dynasties. they are the ones who made sure that jeb bush was not the republican nominee. and they are also the ones who made sure that hillary clinton is not our next president and we really need to credit them. this with a renunciation of bush foreign policy, i think. this is where we need to be careful about whether bushes really are done. there are couple ways that they could rise up again and one is that george p. bush is very popular office holder in texas and he is a rising star. >> he -- trump. >> he did. the other thing you will see a lot of bush getting back in with this administration. good to pay tension attention to foreign policy position. how many people who adopted foreign policy will get their way. >> architects of the iraq war end up in charge of foreign policy what was the point. >> exactly. down through the river nile looking for the weeds with the little basket with george p. bush in it. >> or chelsea clin

bush, george w. bush, and jeb bush. still no names released on cabinet members there the trump administration, though there is lots of speculation. they continue their furious around the clock pace. the team expected to make an announcement today or tomorrow. the bets is on reince priebus for chief of staff. but steve bannon's name is coming up. he is expected to be a major player. >> the thing about steve bannon people don't understand is that in this campaign, he's been the general, and he's worked very closely with reince priebus and the rest of us as part of that small core team. we couldn't have done it without priebus or bannon. i can say that unequivocally as the campaign manager. >> there are strong signs that action on health care could be a first priority for the administration, but whether it's outright repeal or replace or an amendment of obamacare remains to be seen. >> it would do what obamacare doesn't do, let you guy health insurance across state lines the way you can buy auto insurance and other goods a

] actually, bush said-- remember when bush was campaigning and he made that statement? no new taxes? bush now is getting off that position. he said, what he really said is "no nude texans." [ laughter ] [ applause ] did you go see madonna? didn't she do a concert here? >> i didn't see her. >> yeah. how many of you saw madonna in concert? yeah. [ laughter ] madonna fever is spreading across the country. i didn't see the show. is it a little bit suggestive? i saw some clips on cable tv and wow! shows were not that risque, right? at least when i was that young. the wildest thing i ever saw at a concert, i can still remember this day, singing without their cumber buns. [ laughter ] boy. we are in-- television is now what we call the sweeps months. do you know what that is? all the stations put on programming hoping to attract viewers and some of it is kind of tawdry. for example, a local station-- it was the cbs station here. do you know what they're doing? they're sending a reporter out and they're doing a thing called "search for sleaze." i'm not making it up. they're act

bush, jeb bush's son, george p.the land commissioner in texas, says he's voting the straight republican ticket. he's going to vote for donald trump. he also said last night remarkably that he may be the only bush who votes for donald trump. he said out loud that his uncle george w. bush and his grandfather, george h.w. bush, could potentially vote for hillary clinton. there's one person, one reporter, who knows the most about this on earth. it is cnn special correspondent jamie gangel. the biggest news there is the possibility, george p. brought it up, that george w. could vote for hillary clinton. >> let's take a step back. he was answering a question and he said potentially. then a reporter followed up and he said i was just speculating. okay? there is no gambling. george p. so here's what we know. george p. is voting for trump. his grandfather, we confirmed several weeks ago, has privately told several people he's voting for hillary. we know that. i reached out to president george w. bush, 43's folks. they said h

you were around president bush during the occupation after the war. did you feel like president busf was focused on the administration of post-invasion iraq? >> you know what?en thank you. i would encourage you to read his book, "decision points." there's an swire two chapter -- entire two chapters that deal with this, and i was also there and was a spokesperson for him when we did the surge which was to turn it around in which he did. >> just one question but in front of that, kevin sullivan's a good friend of might be -- >> oh, yeah. sully. >> he told me you were one of the nicest and smart best people -- smartest people he had the -- >> oh, i feel the same about him. o >> as a presidential spokesperson, what do you think of the relationship that donald trump has with the media, and what advice would you give him? hello, jackie. >> well, he didn't take any of my advice. [laughter] it's -- the relationship between a president and the press corps is always adversarial. it's is et up that way. that doesn't mean it isn'tia always mutually beneficial, ri

bush -- george w. bush would work with the other side. ted kennedy was a frequent guest at the white house, nancy pelosi was a frequent guest at the white house. despite -- despite public rhetoric there were conversations behind the scenes. drawing from an example, too, of how ronald reagan handled his congressional relations as well, i mean, it's very well known, you know, he and tip o'neill did not agree on policy but they had a lot of frequent interactions as friends and after hours friends. those things go a long way in being able to, on key legislative priority, trying to move the marker and trying to get something done. we know the example of course with j.h.w. bush, he was a creature of -- george h.w. bush, he was a creature of congress, he had strong personal relationships on both sides of the aisle. in one key instance, it didn't ay out well for him, when he agreed, a conversation with the hofede the ways and means committee, agreed to ways taxes. george bush made that decision knowing it would cost him the election and it did bu

bush's boxes. we are trying to be there their repository of information and best practices connecting people who have done it before with experts to map this whole thing out. if you go to our website, you can see the entire process mapped out and what the teams are to be doing literally today. presidentialtransitions.com. it leads to better results for the incoming president. a better ability to execute on their promises and much more planning along that inauguration so we can stay safe and prosperous. >> i will ask one more question. i will then turn it over to the audience for for -- for full q&a. note that everyone should have a booklet from the center that lays out what he's talking about, that's yours to take home. i want to ask this to all three of you with kind of a subquestion to you, david. the notion of the election being rigged, and the kind of poisonous political atmosphere we have right now what sort of impact is that going to have on transition on both sides if -- you know, a huge sec

bush's legacies was what he dide to fight aids in africa. what do you think his legacy is going to be years down the road? is he going to come out positively or negatively in history? >> well, thank you. and, everyone, this is an author also who is presenting here. he is an infectious disease doctor who has just written a book about miracles in medicine. so thank you for that. he's also from denver. one of the things that george w. bush would tell us in that last year was he wasn't worried with about his legacy. i would tell the reporters that, and they would say, oh, that'sat bo lowny, of course he is. last year he read books about george washington, and if historians are still analyzing the first president, then the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worry about because he'll never know. [laughter]analyzin and he moved on with his life. you know, he's done an amazing job, i think, as a post-president as well. one, has been very respectful of his successor, being very sigh leanlt -- silent, but he's gone on to create such an amazing institute at th

bush for service and mrs. bush for her work in promoting literacy. >> she congratulated bushes on the upcoming 72nd anniversary, amazing itself, which they'll celebrate in january. >> what's interesting, her politics are opposite, mostly on sis of the bush's. it's nice that we see this, you know, we can all come together moment. i don't know. maybe that's too deep here. nice to see we are the world. >> music unites. >> we are the children. >>> speaking of gifts, what about holiday giving ideas from queen bee? >> beyonce released a new collection of christmas themed merchandise to keep you cute and cozy, i guess, this winter. >> you guess. it includes hoodies available in christmas red and green. that sleigh all day, oh, funny, as well as sweat pants, two new t-shi t-shirt, and something we all need, underawwear. >> yes. and special edition wrapping paper with an all-over print pattern featuring pictures of herself and christmas stockings full of lemons. what could better capture the true spirit of christmas th

not only were former president bush and former first lady bush in attendance but also jenna bush in her new career as correspondent and jounlist. we're waiting to see how sasha and malia serve. bob woodruff has done the same thing by delivering first hand comments. bob's service of combat journalism ended the same way mine did, further intertwining how bob and i continue to serve. not only have i been a ben factor of that, i've seen the strides in research in the realms of mental health and traumatic brain injury that organizations like the bob woodruff foundation have been able to inspire. public service is not only a personal cause that they work tirelessly in in both their personal and professional lives and in fill-in tlopic areas, but it's also a family affair. they've motivated how i raise my young family today as i'm sure they've done for the entire american and world population. without further adieu i introduce first lady michelle obama, mrs. laura bush and bob woodruff. >> thank you very much, will. [ applause ] >> thank you, will. >> what an honor it is to be here today. i ha

bush. like all presidential administrations, it also had a checkered record of success. there were some successes. the strategic outreach to india. the aids initiative in africa. i'm going to go well beyond the first 100 days though. if you all remember back to 2001, president bush came into office, he wanted to be the education president. you probably all forgot that. foreign policy was not his forte. we're going to move into the war on terror and the foreign policy after 9/11. although the circumstances surrounding each presidential administration are unique, i think there are four broad policy lessons that the incoming administration can learn from the administration of president george w. bush. the first one is not to let ideology guide policy without examining the historical context and the current circumstances of whatever issue is in question at the time. hal brance has written a terrific book on grand strategy from the truman administration to the george w. bush administration. and

bush v. gore ended the recount that the supreme court acted improperly and stop the process too early but i think they are different. >> host: so as far as thisca election, the people more than the actual voting process.then >> guest: exactly. though then it was how do you count the votes. so there were those you couldn't see exactly who someone voted for or there were claims the voters were confused because appellate was constructed. today there was one aspect of the process that submerged. donald trump argued that would be able of voting fraud which is the kind of arguments we heard from many conservatives for over a decade now and that's why we had new voter id laws put into place in many states where there will be fraud. they will claim the identity and he's called on supporters to monitor on election day to make about o such fraud takes place. >> host: we heard about the infamous hanging chad and that is what you were referring to and now we have more of a paper ballot system in place to

bush is not bright. i knew different, the people close to him new different, but we had a political imperative to prove it. and so, it was a fantastic job to be in a campaign where we had to prove the policy of our candidate, political strategists were on board with that and the candidate was on board with that and we have -- we had a really substantive agenda when we came in. it was decided during the campaign that the united states would formally withdraw from the treaty that had been rejected by the senate. 90orget with the vote was, something to one or two or three. it put a punctuation mark on that and then to go forward with to address environmental and climate issues. how the trump administration now goes forward with that, because you are right in your question, this was not a detail-heavy substantive campaign, candidly on either side, although hillary clinton was backed up with volumes of policy stuff, she did not really campaign on that stuff. did not se to be what the american people were inte

president bush. >> oh, he was saying that about president bush. huh. >> bush, yes, exactly. this is all on tape. i'm just reading you the transcript. >> okay. so jeffrey, what you're saying, i think, is that there's long been violent rhetoric in politics. >> i think this kind of humor is disgusting, to be perfectly candid. and in that sense, i agree with bakari. but most assuredly, it happens on both sides, it's just that the outrage only seems to come