bush was a navy guy. except the winter storms played havoc and forced them to the ship tied to the dock, the soviet cruise liner. and this was the stateroom where they had all their meetings including press conferences and owl of the bush aides were we wearing the seasickness patch. the fascinating thing about malta, in the american accounts this was the end of the cold war. the supplements documents show it ended at least a year earlier. at malta, bush finally realized the war is over. he meets him first hand and they have an series of conversations, what struck us was the missed opportunity theme, everything on the table. the soviets said, let's get rid of tactical weapons on navy ships. they had a memo from the general, don't even raise nuclear arms control. it's off the table. several years we would be rai raising it because it's in our intere interests. the beginning of american diplomacy on germany unification. you see bush speaking in double negatives to gorbachev, you cannot expect us of disapprov

and bush himself holds back. here at the luncheon, at the comment that house on governor's island -- we have a bunch of other photographs that show the huge mob the huge mambo press, the three famous photos of them in front of the statue of liberty and so forth. but we love this picture because here's gorbachev trying to engage george bush. he has been elected president. he saying, come on come away in here. and bush wouldn't -- endless, nope. wouldn't be pretty. and he doesn't engage. and bush, nope. wouldn't be prudent. he doesn't engage. of documentedries meetings. the basics are pretty straightforward. the bush administration was a hostile takeover from the reagan administration. they throughout the priors. they brought in people who thought reagan had gone way too far with this arms-control star -- stuff and the embrace of gorbachev. one of the first must do president bush is "getting ahead of gorbachev." whole thing is about how the rest of the world thinks that he is way ahead of us. even here in america,

bush is beyond that.bama or compare himself to donald trump. he recognizes times changed, it's their role now to do as they see fit, they're the president. he accepts, just as a given that because he did something one way does not mean his successors must do it that way, i think that's how he -- why he is so differential. that's why he respects their right to govern as they see fit now and he's not going to criticize. >> the fact of the matter is, the bushes are on far better terms i assume it seems with president obama than they are with president trump. the way candidate trump treated jeb bush in the primaries. i can't imagine that would soon be forgotten? >> there's no doubt about that, and bush 43 just adores michelle obama. they developed a great friendship. i think what's happening is, george w. bush is comfortable in his own skin, i was a co organizer of a c-span poll, i noticed president's day came out, george w. bush got an upward tick. gosh, compared to donald trump george w. bush looks good, bu

bush. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> howdy. welcome everyone. i am david jones, the ceo of the library on dacian. it is my honor to welcome you and invite you in welcoming the 41st president of the united states and mrs. bush. applause] david: please be seated. on behalf of president and mrs. bush, thanks to all of our david: please be seated. on behalf of president and mrs. bush, thanks to all of our guests for being with us tonight. a special welcome to those of you watching us on live streaming. we are delighted that our audiences keep growing for these events. with people watching us all over the world. we welcome your feedback, those of you out there. let us hear from you. due to the great demand for seats tonight, it won't surprise you this is a hot ticket. we also have a crowd gathered in the overflow auditorium right next door. and governor bush just went in and said hello to them. he reminded them he will be back. we will take our speakers over and say hello to the folks in th

he's on a book tour because of his artwork and i think actually the bush former president bush spoke happy to hear. >> ari, i want to play for our viewers what former president bush said when asked about the media. >> i consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. i mean, power can be very addictive and corrosive and it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere. one of the things i spent a lot of time doing was try to convince a person like vladimir putin, for example, the notion of an independent press. >> obviously, ari, when he was president, i'm sure there was tons of stuff that the media did that he didn't like and to hear him make this very full throated defense of the media i thought was interesting. >> well, this is what you have as a luxury of a former president. i think all former ptzs can easier say that now. people in office would say there's a lot of information unfair or wrong or bias. so when you're a former president, you just stick

bush and texas land commissioner george p. bush. marc welsh, the dean of the george bush school of government and public service will provide a proper introduction to our speakers. mark and i had two of the three entities here at the bush center. the third being the presidential library and museum which is headed by warren finch, who is with us tonight. warren? nice to have you with us. [applause] david: a quick word about logistics tonight before we get started. following the remarks and the interview portion of our program, our speakers will be pleased to respond to your questions. we ask that you write questions on cards when you check in this evening. if you don't have one and would like to ask a question, ask one of the roving bush school ambassadors that will be walking the hour and circulating to collect your questions. without further ado, please welcome the distinguished dean of the bush school, mark welch. [applause] mark: thank you, david. i'm afraid the distinguished guy couldn't make it. [laughter] mark: you got me. tha

bush: this plan is just right. the agenda i have set before you tonight is worthy of a great nation. america is a nation at peace, but not a nation at rest. much has been given to us and much is expected. let us agree to bridge old divides. let us also agree our goodwill must be dedicated to great goals. bipartisanship is more than minding our matters, it is doing our duty. no one can speak -- [applause] pres. bush: no one can speak in this capital and not be on by history. so many turning points and debates in these chambers have reflected the conscience of this country and when we walk the statuary hall and see those men in women of marble, we are reminded of the courage and achievement. yet america's purpose is never only found in statues or history. america's purpose always stands before us. our generation must show courage in a time of blessing as our nation has always shown in times of crisis. and, our courage to gather the greatness to serve our country. this is a privilege and responsibility we share. if we

bush: i make this pledge tonight. my team and i are ready to work with the congress to form a special leadership group to negotiate in good faith, to work day and night, if that is what it takes to meet the budget target and to produce a budget on time. we cannot settle for business as usual. government by continuing resolution or government my crisis will not do. i ask the congress tonight to approve several measures which will make budgeting more sensible. we could save time and improve efficiency by enacting two-year budgets. [applause] president h.w. bush: 43 governors have the line item veto. presidents should have it too. [applause] at the veryw. bush: least, when a president proposes to rescind federal spending, the congress should be required to vote on a proposal in that of killing it by inaction. [applause] president h.w. bush: and i ask the congress to honor the public's wishes by passing a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. such an amendment -- [applause] such ant h.w. bush: willment on

bush and mrs. obama did not try to an explicit policymaking role, they provided scenes, they the were important in that regard wanted their comments incorporated, but delegated them o trusted aides and sort of strayed away from these -- the policymaking, even though mrs. bush did testify on really the hill. mexico next, linda on the hurley, ent line, mexico. caller: my comment, when i watch reminds me sort of dignified, , better want to know what your guest thought? this, obvious rd similarities, mrs. kennedy and mrs. trump obviously have similar fashion taste and mrs. trump was said to have channeled that during the inauguration right on with this quiet perception of someone who is very private, that is exactly right. ut i think that overall, this is a little bit oversimplified because really mrs. kennedy, you suchto think about it, was a strategist, no matter what was oing on in her marriage or happening in the kennedy administration, she knew the value of her public appearances, knew people want

bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. the speeches, which are not considered state of the union addresses, focus on policy priorities of the new administration. we began with ronald reagan, speaking before the congress on february 18, 1981. [applause] members of the congress, i have the high privilege as a distinct honor of person she the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you very much. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you very much. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you all very much. mr. speaker, mr. president, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, and fellow citizens, only a month ago i was your guest in this historic building, and i pledge to you my cooperation in doing what is right for this nation that we all love so much. i am here tonight to reaffirm that pledge, and to ask that we share in restoring the promise that is offered to every citizen by this last best hope for man on earth. all of us are aware of the punishing inflation that has for t

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bush got beat. out of the blue, out of the very back of the field came this guy john mccain who was not a crazy person or obviously eccentric or a foal lige total lightweight. john mccain was the only threat george w. bush hadn't cleared out of the field. john mccain not only won new hampshire, he won by a loat. he beat george w. bush in new hampshire by 18 points. uh-oh. the next big primary was in south carolina and that was worrying to the bush campaign because south carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. john mccain the not only a veteran but a legitimate nationally famous war hero. john mccain had been sort of favored to win in south carolina because of those things and that would have been one thing if it was a oneoff, if that was the one state he was goi to get but in context because john mccain just upset bush in new hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrati

at key points, baker was conducted by bush and there is no doubt in my mind that bush was aware that baker did not think invading iraq was a good idea. charley: because baker is different, unconventional, campaigned differently, transitioned differently, taken his -- because trump is different, unconventional, campaigned differently, transitioned differently, taking his first two weeks differently, that he will do good things? >> baker strikes me as a deal maker and he is optimistic, always looking for possibilities. he sees possibilities with trump there are possibilities to reset the foreign policy areas that baker was critical of and i think that he is not one to the door isat slammed on trump and compiling a new record. i think that he is interested in the ways he can reset foreign policy. he is a pragmatist and she is a realist and it is hard to see diplomacy getting a big boost. >> does he understand the relationship between vladimir putin and donald trump? >> we did not talk extensively about that and he did make a point to say to me that he has anded with vladimir putin so ha

he and bush went back decades. bush was the godfather of his daughter, as he reminded me.bled him to seamlessly work in a chaotic moments, when the cold war was coming to an end and the soviet union was breaking up part. he said that the test of the relationship is if the president defends you, even when you do something he doesn't like. that is where rex tillerson is going into this new relationship with trepidation. >> did jim baker have any imports with bush 43 in his closeness to the family? it was baker who helped in the efforts with the court case that got the presidency. >> a good question that we are still unraveling. in the podcast i did, he is very antiwar and he mentioned vietnam and iraq in the interview and he was cautious, unlike brents go croft, who came out and baker made it clear in a baker-fashion, not causing an open rupture with bush. in hindsight, it is clear he was opposed to the invasion of iraq. he has maintained a closeness and i think that he has always identified as being bush's friend and confidant. i think both of the bush sons need to be loyal

as president bush -- george w. bush said earlier today, we go to other countries, urging leaders to have freedom of the press in their country and then we denounce the press in our own country. it's not a good thing. but you mention the word science, we have a couple more questions, but i want to take the opportunity to say this -- i have said from time to time that i have three or four answers to all of our problems. science, science, science and science. science whether it's about our good health. science whether it's our competitiveness in business and in our economy. science to invest to protect our country. science to again protect this planet which is god's creation. when my republican colleagues say to me, faith or science, take your pick. i say science is an answer to our prayers. that's why some of the evangelicals join us in our protection of the planet because they believe, as do i, this is god's creation and we have a moral responsibility to protect it. so whether it's our health, our national security,

bush happened to be right about that. have seen no evidence of any criminal conduct. 1803 what we're see serious policy issues that the american public have a right to get to the bottom of. so what we need a third way, not a special prosecutor, not a congressional investigation, we need independent investigation, the kind conducted on 9/11 and others times in the history. where you get people not related to congress, justice department, let them probe this to the depth, if they see evidence of crime then you can have a special prosecutor. i doubt we'll find evidence of crime, but there surprise make american uncomfortable about skpan and campaign and administration of the russians. >> who picks the -- >> we do it when there was consensus. i think pressure has to come from the people and the media. we need an investigation. i think that's clear. i think the two things clear we c not get it from congress or independent prosecutor because there's no evidence of crime. we need a bipartisan commission to look at this from an a

[applause]rescott please join me to welcomeig governor bush and commissioner george p. bush. [applause]sh and his s >> thank you very much for the introduction but the fact is in front of my parents make seto k.. and for your leadership i hope you are excited you are running the show here at the foundation for also my mom and dad for making impossible for me to be here, you know what i mean. [laughter] and i am here because in some small way, i will get to emotional but i want to honor the greatest man alive [cheers and applause] i am finished with that. i am glad i got that out of the way. out of th and real professors who know how to be a professor that i thought we would be 15 or 20 students for a rookie like me to show up by made it clear i would not grade any test laugh laugh i just have the fun part to interact as far as i am concerned there all brilliant but the professors have the duty to do their job better known fefe are here tuesday and to be recognized for the great work and great schools don't exist unless you have extraordinary students.e] i only three mind them

bush. >> they did do that,. >> but look, i don't think donald trump want advice for george bush.e blamed george bush for horrible things running against his brother i don't think the president thinks highly of the bush family or what george w. bushhinks about him. melissa: they will be back in a just a moment, shares of weight watchers soaring after-hours following fourth quarter earnings of 2016. the company ended the year with 10% more subscribers than the prior year. the company is confident they will deliver higher growth in 2017. looks like oprah has been a little bit of the growth. melissa: how a new stuffed toy may be poising a privacy risk for children. david: like the "twilight zone." president obama planning to discuss a new health care plan in tonight's address. congressman mark sanford proposed his own replacement plan. he will break down the details coming next. you don't want to miss. what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. th

montgomery and bush. what is happening there, amy? >> a, reggie. you can see behind me, they're making repairs here on bush street. this intersection is creating a slowdown as people navigate around it. they've closed montgomery. montgomery is closed for fear these wires could come down again while they're working on it. muni has gotten the wires back up. they still have to test them. what that means right now for you is that the bus lines, the 30 and the 45 lines from cl columbus and green to market and kearney are using hybrid diesel busses. no electric busses on those lines as of right now. i asked the spokesman, what happened? he said, well, it appears that a truck carrying a dumpster hit the wires. they'll have to investigate it once the repairs are made. that could take a while. now, the focus is on getting this repaired so they can open all of this back up. what you should expect is for things to not be normal on this monday through this financial district area as of right now and probably througho

when bush reversal here is how abc covered bush. president bush made antiabortion conservatives happy today. cbs, today with a stroke of a pen president clinton clived on campaign promise. george bush, this is president bush's first day of the office and did something to quickly please. democrats do what is called honoring a promise. this is the liberal mindset of most people in journalism. they will tell you they are neutral. i will tell you it seeps through every day. >> i think a very important point how stories are framed, the way the sides are portrayed. >> this question is about journalistic integrity along the lines with what was mentioned earlier about journalists and pundits on the same stage. wrote this week about western institutions that we are the last defense against trump was the title. the kansas city star reports that in december right after christmas one of the individuals who was thought to be one of the contacts in the russian dosier was killed. do you see it as your job in the media to, for example, go out and l

president bush 41 will do a coin flip at super bowl vl. former first lady barbara bush will be. there bushs in their 90s were released from the hospital. mrs. bush with a bout the bronchitis and mr. bush with treatment for pneumonia. >>> the secretary of defense making first trip overseas. what's his agenda in seoul? we are live there next. >>> good morning. time for money reports. reports overnight say google and apple and microsoft leaders are drafting a letter denouncing the travel ban. >> i think what is different here he is they are trying to involve a range of companies. consumer product goods and manufacturing companies. they don't want to make it just tech versus trump. they want to involve lots of u.s. companies in this who are all very supportive of immigration and immigration is important to businesses and the core values of the company. >> you heard that core values of the company. a phrase we heard a lot over the past few days. corporate america trying to uphold values and avoiding the wrath of the twitter act or regulato regulatory. they have the most to gain, goog

bush administration did not survive. but i think it's fair to say they also reinstated that rule because it was plainly the right thing to do. it's such a serious thing. it's such a fundamental thing in terms of who we are as a country that we've got a justice department that is independent. we've got federal law enforcement that is independent, that has loyalties only to the rule of law and that operates independent of partisan meddling. they screwed that up in the george w. bush administration but in 2007 the rules were back in effect, in 2008 we had a presidential election, in 2009 eric holder came in as the attorney general, eric holder right after he started as attorney general reiterated that that post-watergate rule would stay in place and the obama administration as well, they were not going to mess with it. only the president, the vice president, the president's counsel and that counsel's deputy, only they can contact the justice department on a pending matter or a current investigation. as far as we know in the

host: george herbert walker bush was the u.s. ambassador during the last year of the mix and administration. james is in mexican area and -- in michigan. to get theanted ambassador's take on the piece that c-span ran a few minutes -- a few moments ago with nikki haley. the president has asserted his intent to break up nato or his cast us well on it as somewhat passÉ. i would like to get the ambassadors take on that. guest: thank you very much. i believe alliances are very important. strength ande our reduce the burden on us if we were to do things only by ourselves and have no allies. alliances need to adapt to circumstances. i have taken his comments about nato as an indication that he would like to see it reformed to focus on current threats, particularly the threats of terrorism. to help us stabilize areas to the south. and it was created to deal with the soviet threat to now it's a global situation that has been mccomb -- the, more complex. they want to do their share. expenses70% of the that all nato countries do. i think th

he did work for jeb bush. he clearly worked and helped george w. bush become the president. but i think he's always identified as really being george h-w bush's friend and kf dante. so you know, i think both of the bush sons seem to be loyal to the family partners like baker but you know, they both obviously wanted to be their own men when it came to their political career. so you know, i don't know. i think at key points along the way baker was conducted by george w. bush. but there's no doubt in my mind that george w. bush was well aware from the very beginning that baker didn't think invading iraq was such a great idea. >> does he think donald trump has some, because he is so unconventional, because is he so different, because he campaigned differently, he transitioned differently, he's taken his first two weeks differently, that show out of all that difference maybe some possibility of doing good things? >> well, you know, again, baker struck me as the sort of classic almost con again tal deal make. and he's a very optimistic guy which is to say he's always seeing what a

bush george w. bush weighs in with a rare televised interview, opening up about division, the media, and some of president trump's most controversial policies. it is day 39 of the first 100. i am sandra smith and for martha maccallum tonight. it is the interview at the center of speculation, former president george w. bush sitting down with nbc's matt lauer to offer observations about his own time in office and for the first time, reacting publicly to president trump's executive order on immigration. there are no questions tonight about whether some in the media have been too quick to characterize mr. bush's comments come as a personal slight to the new presidency. here are some of those comments. >> did you ever consider consider the media to be the enemy of the american people? >> [laughs] i considered the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. i mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive. it is important for the media

critique them from a law perspective and could you start off by telling us how it all began in the bush administration how you get into the business of foya what you thought you were doing then and came to do it and take us through the bush administration before the content of this book. >> thanks for inviting me to do this and thanks to hoover institute for sponsoring it. i don't get have much invitations to speak at the hoover institute. thank you. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] so yeah we did a lot of i was as you said a law attorney in the national security project. i started at the aclu in 2002 even beef that i was in pro bono work for a aclu in weeks and months after 9/11. and then this national security program at the aclu existed until 1990 and then shutdown because everybody thought television the -- end of history right, and resurrected after 9/11, and i started working in that -- in that group which became formalized as national security project and rage from government surveillance to ideological exclusion. exclusion of foreign psychological is particular because of th

when president bush the elder, a true american hero and patriot, and his wife barbara bush came out fort did not toss. do you know president bush as well as anyone, what were you thinking at the time? >> ten days ago, seven days ago, he was in the icu at methodist hospital in houston, and i thought joe buck's had the best line. there is no tougher man in that stadium. 18 years old joining the united states name, it became the youngest officer shot down over -- ended the cold war that we are just talking about without a shot being fired. great american. >> bill: ricky gets credit, but bush was in office when the berlin wall came down. both is all about bush the other. we preach it when he, as always, john. who is the judge that blocked the refugee order? we've been investigating, and it waters is 300 times. a special "watters' world" up ahead. it's time to shake things up. with the capital one venture card, you get double miles on everything you buy, not just airline purchases. seriously, think of all the things you buy. great...is this why you asked me to coffee? well yeah... but also t

of president bush 43 and neil bush and everyone else.d they were very emotional. afterwards, i asked luke bryan. what was it like being on the field as you knew the next person up was the former president? and there was thunderous applause. here's what he said. >> it was something that i'll never forget. especially when a secret service man got me off the field. but, you know, with what they're dealing with health-wise, i think it was an honor and a privilege for america to see them. what a beautiful family, in my opinion, what a beautiful family. and for them to be here together, it was a special moment. i was glad i got to witness it. steve: in 2002, george h.w. bush was the first president in history to do the coin toss and of course it was in houston. and i understand then he went to a number of other games. he just really loved doing it. ainsley: at the party i was last night, brian, people were saying my gosh. wasn't he just in the hospital last week? you know, we've been talking about it. but for a lot of folks that don't watch th

number two, what president bush is saying, i think the mistake made in the bush administration and karlthat they didn't answer the press, that they just took all their blows from the press and were silent on the deal. this, therefore, led the american media to get the impression out there that bush lied on iraq and all that sort of thing, which was not true. so you really do have to get out there and be very aggressive and present your case and challenge the media which is what president trump is doing. again, he said in that tweet, the fake news media, not the media, is the enemy of the american people. there's a considerable difference there. >> he pointed his finger at us, "the new york times" and others. john and i are fascinated by the "wall street journal" poll, lowest historical approval rating this early in their presidency. the numbers paint a different picture about how people feel about how things are going, their feelings about the president have actually gone up. let's show that. also, they feel like this is an administration that better understands what it's like to be the

bush appointee confirmed 99-0 by the senate. i am one of those who is incredibly concerned that we may have a situation in which we have a president who completely ignores a judicial order that he disagrees with you that would present a constitutional crisis. host: the you think that's what he will do if the ninth circuit rules against him? guest: i hate to say this. we have not had a such an -- situation like this in american history. andrew jackson or richard nixon and watergate. when the supreme court ruled against him, even though it was clearly doing him in, he turned over the tapes in a week and left the white house. i hope that i am wrong. far, his words and attacks on the judiciary deeply concerned me. host: congressman randall boyle is our guest. phone lines are open if you would like to call and ask a question. he will be with us for the next 25 minutes or so. thomas is in cleveland up worst on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. the mastery of what donald trump is doing is he is going to win anyway. if it's

bush in new hampshire by 18 points. ah-oh. the next big primary that year was in south carolina, and that was seriously worrying to the bush campaign, because south carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. john mccain is not only a veteran but a nationally-famous war hero. he was pretty much guaranteed to win in that state because of those things. but in context, because mccain had just upset bush in new hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that, that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrative, upending expectations, the bush campaign absolutely knew that, so they went into win at all costs mode. in south carolina. that jones, iii, runs it as if it were still 1927 with only one policy change -- other races are now welcomed at its campus, but no interracial dating or marriage is permitted and no homosexuals. and in what many see as the epitome of religious intolerance, the school's leaders have described claeks as memb -- catholics as member

george bush, the first george bush. he carried himself in a very respectful way. and i think that carried a long way with the people. i'm sure history will show that a lot of the other presidents may have gotten a lot more done. but i think respect and class goes a long way with the people, the way you carry yourself in office. host: i am checking twitter feeds. here are a few. "towards washington set an example to the nation with term limits and the transfer of power by not running for another term." from steve -- fdr is a winner in my category. from paul -- "reagan was my favorite, he brought hope and pride back to americans." "arthur -- he is easily forgotten. not really, but i thought i'd give him a shout out since he is so easily forgotten." we are talking that your favorite president, and why. first in the hearts of this country. george washington. i can't understand why lincoln is up there. more human lives lost in this was at the helm. most people don't realize but the succession of the during acy occurred time when he was president-elect. he was elected b

let's talk about president bush if we can very quickly.president trump and just want to get your take. you heard some of what he said today. i thought what was striking was about the media. he had his own run-ins. the media is indispensable. what did you make? >> it's interesting. he's very -- he's made a point not to criticize his successors. and i thought it was an interesting moment. he called trump out on two or three things, incruding this media question. and he made the point which i think we would all agree with, it's difficult for america to defend a free press around the world when we're attacking it here at home. i thought it was a good point. i don't often agree with george w. bush. today i was like, you go. >> i think there are people finding new appreciation for george w. bush as we witness the real partisanship. your take on what he said today. and i thought it was striking the sort of difference in the way he views the russia issue and the way the trump administration views it. he said yeah, i think we all need answers. and

administration saying that a boss kneeian prisoner had rights in court which president bush disagreed with. >> the supreme court decision, we'll abide by the court's decision. that doesn't mean i have to agree with it. it's deeply divided court. and i strongly agree with those who dissented. >> tonight, the judges also cited japanese internment and the court upheld the actions and still retained the constitutional role of reviewing them. those precedents show that federal courts routinely review the constitutionality of actions taken by the executive to promote national security, the judges wrote. now here's the second reason trump lost this round. persistent questions over whether this travel ban is a muslim ban. tonight's ruling does not resolve that question. the judges say, though, it is a real question. now that's bad for trump because the constitution cares about keeping government out of religion. founders put it first in the bill of rights. that's why it's the first amendment and these judges wrote trump's own statements show his intent to implement a muslim ban and raises sig

bush. drawn scrutiny for his time as a division leader at bush's department of justice's civil rights division, where he oversaw a senior official who hired conservative lawyers who actively opposed to the division's mission, including the prosecution of ting rights -- including voting rights violations and abuse. we will have more on alex acosta later in the broadcast. on capitol hill, president trump's nominee for u.s. ambassador to israel, david friedman, was repeatedly interrupted by jewish and palestinian protesters thursday as he testified to the senate foreign relations committee. >> it is a great privilege to address this committee that has done so much to advance america's interest around the world. that. friedman also said refugees don't have a connection to palestine. >> you promote racism, illegal settlements? we will not be silent. you do not represent us and you will never represent us. amy: david friedman has no diplomatic experience and worked , as a bankruptcy lawyer for do

bush chose one of the lawyers who had advised the bush camp on the florida recount in bush v. gore. talk about chutzpah. ultimately john roberts did very well at his confirmation hearing. he did get confirmed. the vote was 87-22 which is narrower than most votes historically but not bad. then, perhaps a little high on life over how well that went with john roberts despite how bold that ck was mbe a little overconfident, maybe feeling too many of his oats, we then got the harriet miers disaster. what was that about? president george w. bush after his success with john roberts he nominated his old buddy, his old friend from texas whom he had brought to washington to work in the white house counsel's office. nobody had any idea why hemiers than the fact that he liked her and they went way back. that was greet with bipartisan bafflement. conservative groups ran ads going against it. that nomination lasted precisely 24 days before it was withdrawn. and less son learned apparently, we got samuel alito. ultimately when the vote came for alito there were 42 no votes against him, all from de

bush signed with sharon, why not reaffirm it? the obama administration did not and that was the beginning of the deterioration with the relationship between those two countries was over the refusal to reaffirm that. will that letter it should be stated precisely doesn't talk about building in these settlement clusters or blocks tomorrow morning but it says the long term is a deal where -- that these population centers will be part of israel probably but it says there has to be agreed with the palestinians and basically implies although doesn't explicitly state the idea of land swaps. now netanyahu i'm sure would like to operationalize that letter and say if we're going to already, why not build there tomorrow? and so we get at that in our transition paper seeing that might be a way but i would like to emphasize and not be misinterpreted that this requires strong u.s./israel coordination. there's a precedent. i go back to the bush era between condi rice and sharon who basically said every step of the way of the barrier israelis ca

bush appointee, confirmed 99-0 by the united states senate. i am one of those who is incredibly concerned that we may have a situation in which we have a president who completely ignores a judicial order he disagrees with. >> you think that's what he'll do if the ninth circuit rules against him and the supreme court gets deadlocked on this. >> i hate to say this because we haven't had a situation like this ever before in american history, some people bring up andrew jackson, but not even andrew jackson. not even richard nixon in watergate. when the supreme court ruled against him in a unanimous decision he had to turn over the tapes, even though it would clearly do him in, nixon turned over the tapes and within a week had left the white house. i hope that i'm wrong. but i have to say that thus far trump's words and attacks on the judiciary deeply concern me. >> congressman brendan boyle is our guest, democrat of pennsylvania. phone lines are open if you want to call and ask a question. he'll be with us for about the next 20, 25 minutes or so.