bush and laura bush. families ando help veterans affairs secretary david chilton answering questions about the v.a.. this is one hour. mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. albiet, briefly. i want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. i want to thank david shulkin for being here. he is the secretary of veterans affairs. >> she felt a little out of these because of the eighth and eighth. candies outtion is these that better transition so they are talking about the transition here we have a lot of veterans today. i wish you would stand up so we can recognize you. families. [laughter] maybe we should get in everybody. time thatple all the we are of course it nations with that million dollars here in the face of danger. it is a tremendous national at folks have a phd in life without having going to college. they have seen a lot they learn teamwork, discipline, deals. they've been un

laura bush. [applause] mrs. bush: thank you everyone. thank you very much. hank you, everybody. thanks to eric eversole, thank you all for hosting this at the u.s. chamber of commerce today. i would like to recognize meg cabot at the department of veterans affairs. thank you for joining us today, and thank you for your commitment to serving our military spouses and families. plause -- [applause] a special thanks to walmart and the boeing company. thank you for your generous support of the veteran community, and thank you for sponsoring the bush institute's stand to. and to all the veterans and active military here today, thank you for your selfless service to our country. [applause] mrs. bush: as many of the servicemen and women gathered here today know, you aren't the only members of your family who served. your spouses served, as well. while our servicemen and women are deployed, their spouses are the ones taking care of everything at home. they care for the children, they manage the family finances, and they pray that their husbands or wives in uniform return home safely. mas

bush and first lady laura bush. the event also included david chilton answering questions about the v.a. and care it provides to veterans. posted by the george w. bush institute, this is an hour. [applause] mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. albiet, briefly. i want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. i want to thank david shulkin for being here. he is the secretary of veterans affairs. couple hours, he will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and .emocrats president trump will find the bill, which will give you some .ools to reform the v.a. if anybody can reform the v.a., you can. you are a strong leader and we are lucky to have your service for our country. [applause] mr. bush: a lot of times you hear people gripe about the v.a. , and i am sure there are flaws in the system, but it is important for our citizens and veterans to know th

bush institute. this is an hour. [applause] mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] it's nice to be back in washington. albeit briefly. laura and i are honored you all came. i want to thank the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our vets. i want to thank david shulkin for being here. he's the secretary of veterans affairs. it's really good you are here, mr. secretary. especially since in a couple hours, you will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing. passed by republicans and democrats that president trump will sign the bill which will give you some tools to reform the va. if anybody can reform the va, you can. you are a strong leader. and we're lucky to have your service for our country. [ applause ] you know, a lot of times you hear people gripe about the va. and i'm sure there are some flaws in the system. but it's important for our citizens and our vets to know the vast majority of people who work for the veterans administration care deeply about helping

reagan was a radio broadcaster in nearby illinois, local hero in george bush is from texas, less tiesto new england than he does to any prep school, ties to iowa more than any prep school then new england so he beats reagan. tom pettit of nbc says we witness the political funeral of ronald reagan. five weeks later, he scores an enormous come back in the new >> i am paying for thiss microphone, even though, and that begins, that strips the beginning of his comeback against bush. but he goes to detroit if the party is still divided and so he needs to pick bush to unify the party as they always have. always have, nixon picks agnew to unify the party, both practice perfection in the 40s, 50s, 60s into the 70s it unifies the party but goes through 30 primaries, the nomination. the street fight of his life to be george bush to get that the nomination. >> this leads to voodoo economics. >> reagan pushing -- radio commentaries about it, and the 80 campaign is really the devil and bush because he can't match it. came up with his own tax plan but it is more focused on business unless the indivi

for example that george bush wanted to show his fur, george w. bush, -- george h.w. bush that he could do something wrong or there was lot of oil there and we could beat opec if we that go oil. or look at the position of iraq. touches our friends, israel and jordan and saudi arabia and also touches or enemies, syria and iran. what a beautiful place to hold, with all that oil and so toe show the world what we can do. democracy was an afterthought. it really wasn't an afterthought. it was in the forefront of the global war on terrorism. now, i'm not saying the other factors didn't matter. think they did. i'm not giving only one cause for the invasion. but there was the belief, extraordinary, totally mistaken, that we could democratize these countries and that in doing so, we could create the same kind of peaceful attitude in the arab middle east that weed a created with the european union. now, you're asking yourself, how do i know this? well, i think i know it because the ideology is very easy to see how it went from the university seminar rooms into the white house.

bush improving this? thinking we know the history.and again, there's almost an internaintro struggle as peopleo make sense of what they feel about the u.s. >> i wanted to raise yesterday supreme court decision to hear arguments regarding the immigration been. this was covered in the survey. disapprove of the administrations immigration restrictions is quite pronounc pronounced, unsurprisingly 77% opposed in opposed in turkey, 73% internation, 96% from jordan. what would be the impact of the decision to allow portions of those bands to stand, depending a full hearing later this year? >> i think it's understandable that people would be against a band like that which targets muslims. although it is worth noting, and here's that is interesting public leadership divide. many arab governments supported trump's man on the muslim ban or whatever, even countries that claim to speak for muslim like saudi arabia. and for right of complex reasons which we don't get into right now, but i think that part of it is interesting, even though you have v

he's the inheritor of the bushes, too. of h ww's, as far as the coalition they put together to win the nomination. >> i don't think that trump with a he was comfortable be described as an inheritor of george w. >> , there's a lot of things trump is not comfortable with. [laughter] it's obvious. there are certain type of republican primary voters and the issues may change and they may change their philosophy somewhat but essentially, the republican primary voters voted for richard nixon in the republican primaries in 1960 is very similar to the republican primary voters who voted for richard -- donald trump in 16. >> the silent majority concept? >> yes, that was coined by richard nixon. reintroduced by donald trump. >> you think then that when you look at people like paul ryan, when you look at people like mitch mcconnell, are they the true inheritors of the reagan legacy or is it someone else? am i missing someone else? >> i don't know if there's anyone inheritor but i will tell you one thing. i saw mike pence give his spe

. >> reporter: somebody cut off 18 bridges off her bush -- ranching off her bush -- branches off her bush. >> it was disappointing that someone would destroy something of such beauty, and that was enjoyed by the entire community. >> reporter: not far from her house, rod discovered half of his tree was missing, branches stolen. >> what's going on? is this a prank? >> reporter: they have no idea who is hyped t all suspect the thief is a shady florist, or someone making their own northern arrangements. -- florin arrangements. >> people try to save money, i know they're probably trying to put things together for graduations or weddings, this is the season. june. >> reporter: he is now doing his best to salvage his camille bush. for the homeowners, their gardens are priceless. i wanted to show you one home ownership actually installed a surveillance camera pointed at his camille bush in light of the recent theft. the neighbors say they wish that whoever took these plants, just asked for them instead of stealing them, and are asking for awareness. >> it's hard to imagine, it's come to a se

president bush went to canada. president george h.w. bush went to mexico. i think we have plenty of friendly country he could have gone to. he went to saudi arabia. >> why do you suspect this? >> i am looking into it. >> i want to clear something up. what advise and you said, he needs more sleep. are you concerned about his health or not? >> i am concerned about his fitness for office and that's really is a question and i think as i started to say and we got into repable a in into -- i said if you want to go work in the white house, know your blood type because he will throw you over board in a second or under the bus. >> that's right. >> do they have the confidence to say to the president some of these things -- bringing the country together which is what we all have a responsibility to do. unless you have the facts and not just to say it. >> right. >> not to in flame the situation. >> correct. >> i am sorry, can you say anything more about the comment that you made about saudi arabia and what you are looking into. >> i don't know, i just think it is a str

bush about 87 million. million.ton $167 george w. bush $320 million. $500 stimate is between million and $1.5 billion for doesn't takema, it into fact he doesn't have to provide an endowment. saw presidential libraries were getting more, passed an act that said, if you give us a presidential us an , have you to give cost.ent to defer the that was raised to first 40 and $100 million, you give $60 million for the national archives. of : that is also the cost the things you talked about running the paper or running the records, but some other communications issues, as well? guest: supposed to go to maintenance of the building. we're spending 10 to 15 million are r on renovating what now sometimes 40, 50, 60-year-old buildings. anthony king about clark about it. now is the time to ask your questions or stories about presidential library. robert is up next. go ahead. caller: my question is, if impeached, does he still get a library? host: i think we lost roger. he was say figure donald trump is impeached sdshgs he still get library? guest

was lower under obama than it was in bush's final year.shadi: which is an important point to emphasize because it's hard to process, how could that be? but even in the case of, say, jordan, it's only a 1% increase but u.s. favorability went up 15% under 2015 to trump. so you know, pretty much the same. but it shows that at least in places where there's strong anti-american sentiment that's been there for a long time, do people really care that much if trump was elected? they might not like him but for them, their lifelong experience with u.s. policy is a very negative one and they're very skeptical that anyone can really change that. i think the obama years really underscored that point because again, i mean, the cairo speech was quite well received but then people didn't actually see significant changes in policy. also if you look at turkey, it was in one of the years under bush, there was 12% approval of the u.s. it dropped down under obama to 10% in 2011. and jumps up and now it's at 18%. so depending on what years you look at, again, u

. >> host: jenna bush hager and barbara pierce bush have a new book forthcoming which is called "sisters first: stories from our wild and wonderful life." why that title? >> guest: why the title? because we are sisters first, and with a play on being first daughters, but we've been so lucky and allies to have a twin which meant we always had a partner and everything that we were doing. so whether it was out of the ordinary experience growing up in texas, everything was more fun because there was someone with those to make it more magical. as bing for starting with someone who is also going to the same experiences with all parents that understood what life was like. so i guess above everything we feel like we are sisters first and then we are daughters and we all play roles in life that we started off entering the world together as sisters. >> guest: makes you want to cry. >> host: your city use the word ordinary. what you like ordinary? >> guest: it was. it's a funny, people come up to both of us all the time and say you of so normal on tv. it's sort of a strange thing to hear because we

bush. what happened was when president bush went away and president obama came in, everything that just been sitting there for eight years, pop back to life. if you recall in the first year in december of 2009 president obama's first term we had the copenhagen. which collapsed. which was a big event which had been lying there ready to go. the other thing that president trump did as he made it very clear, that the united states is not going to fund the green climate fund. that was agreed to. that was proposed by secretary clinton in 2009 and copenhagen. it was confirmed in 2010 at in cancun. the green climate fund is meant to raise a minimum $100 billion a year starting in 2020 from developed countries to help the developing countries pay for the cost of reducing emissions and adapting to climate change. the congress has made it clear they're not going to fund the climate fund. president trump wasn't breaking any new ground. what he was doing was, he was putting the developing countries on n

bush and barack obama. that's all i want. >> we don't need to talk about the past. we need to fix the future, and this is getting worse and worse and worse. we're just pointing fingers at obama or bush and that is not going to work for this president. >> jeff, do you not see a difference with a president actually benefitting financially from a fundraiser? personally benefiting for him and his family? >> well, anderson, barack obama is just signing a book contract for how many tens of millions of dollars because he was president of the united states? and i worked for ronald reagan. ronald reagan benefited from the same system. i mean, if we're going to have a revamp of the system, let's be honest and say, what, hillary clinton -- >> that wasn't -- you can quibble with should the president make millions of dollars but he's not doing it while he's president of the united states. donald trump is president of the united states and he's making money. >> i want the same standard for everybody. everybody. did the kennedys make money from their various properties? when jfk w

main branch that was cut. >> reporter: somebody cut off 18 branches off her bush last month, worried the bush will never fully grow back. >> it was disappointing that someone would destroy something of such beauty and that was enjoyed by the entire community. >> >> reporter: he discovered half of his tree was missing, branching stolen. >> what's going on? is this a prank? >> reporter: they have no idea who is behind this. all suspect the thief is a shady florist, or someone making their own floral arrangements for personal gain. with clippers and a truck. dana says she's not surprised, saying they run wholesale $7 a bunch. >> i know they're trying to put things together for graduations, weddings, this is the season, june, yeah. >> reporter: he is now doing his best to salvage his bush. for the homeowners, their gardens are priceless. the last homeowner installed a surveillance camera. that is pointed directly at his tree. neighbors say they were just hoping to raise awareness about the recent thefts so all can be vigilant and look out for one another. >>> the police have released a b

now i reviewed you told bush jim moore. welcome to on contact today we discussed the assault against girls and women with feminists mary lou singleton and maya dillard how do you create accommodations for transplant ball at the same time that we don't overly or unnecessarily and framed on the rights of others and when man or children or parents i think children should be able to do whatever they want that how what does it mean to live as a boy or live as a girl other than sex is something. wrong with chris hedges. patriarchy across.

we have music from bush tonight.he great jim carrey is here. [ cheers and applause ] freshly released from tonight's season premiere, the bachelorette rachel lindsay is here. [ cheers and applause ] earlier tonight rachel met all 31 of her hand-selected suitors. as they usually do, some of the guys tried to be creative at the top to make an impression. one of the guys dressed as a penguin. another one had a puppet. and then there's jonathan, who thought it was a good idea to do this. >> hello. >> hi. i'm jonathan. >> nice to meet you, jonathan. >> so good to finally meet you. >> i know. you too. >> i heard you're looking for a man who could make you laugh. so i wonder if i could have you do something with me. >> let's do it. >> could i have you open your hands for me and hold them out like this? >> okay. >> hold them a little further. then could i ask you to close your eyes for just a second? >> oh, no. scared. i'm ticklish. >> i wanted to make sure you had at least one good laugh tonight. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: befo

was lower under obama than it was in bush's final year. shadi: which is an important point to emphasize because it's hard to process, how could that be? but even in the case of, say, jordan, it's only a 1% increase but u.s. favorability went up 15% under 2015 to trump. so you know, pretty much the same. but it shows that at least in places where there's strong anti-american sentiment that's been there for a long time, do people really care that much if trump was elected? they might not like him but for them, their lifelong experience with u.s. policy is a very negative one and they're very skeptical that anyone can really change that. i think the obama years really underscored that point because again, i mean, the cairo speech was quite well received but then people didn't actually see significant changes in policy. also if you look at turkey, it was in one of the years under bush, there was 12% approval of the u.s. it dropped down under obama to 10% in 2011. and jumps up and now it's at 18%. so depending on what years you look at, again,

bush and former first lady laura bush. they discuss how to help veterans and their families transition to civilian life. the event also included david shulkin answering questions about the v.a. and the carriage provides hosted by the george w. bush institute. this is an hour. [applause] mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. albiet, briefly.

bush and first lady laura bush. the event also included david chilton answering questions about the v.a. and care it provides to veterans. posted by the george w. bush institute, this is an hour. [applause] mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you.

bush league diplomacy. how the neocontives are putting the world at risk, and failure of intelligence, the decline in fall of the cia. his articles and op-ed have mend the "new york times," harpers, foreign policy, the baltimore sun and be "washington post" and the lives in bethesda, maryland. his book is very interesting. i was once recruited for the cia i found this very interesting. so thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's nice to be back here gene. especially when it's not raining. i was here three years ago with national insecurity and this is a wonderful festival and just a wonderful event. i'll start with may 8th, 2017, which is a very important date for two reasons. one reason, that's when the book came our and it was important to me because i had to submit it to the cia for review as part of my contract with the cia. it took them 11 months to review this book. now, i know they're slow reading, but i think that goes beyond the limits. and raises a real right to speak or freedo

think ultimately this president is going to fire rob rosenstein, who he and i served together in the bush administration, but rob is certainly under investigation right now, and quite frankly, one of the reasons this investigation is spinning out of control. the appointment of bob mueller was not appropriate under those circumstances. >> i just want to make one thing crystal clear right now, the reason he could be a witness, part of the issue, and the president brought this on himself, he said the reason i fired the fbi director was russia. did the president tell you he was going to fire the fbi director because of russia or was it because of your memo about the clinton administration? he could be forced to asked that and be forced to answer, couldn't he? >> and the first thing i would ask is who asked you to write this memo? there's a lot of questions surrounding that memo in the first place. i agree with the substance of that memo, i think that jim comey stepped out of bounds with his investigation. >> the last point that matthew was making right there, that bob mueller may not be the b

nobody worships george bush. and i don't say that in a bad way. john: the way people worship obama. >> the way they worship clinton. have you people writing sex dreams about obama and clinton, i promise you no conservative ever had a sex dream about george bush or ronald reagan. john: go back to the french revolution, the american revolution wasn't a mob? >> not at all. what do we celebrate in our revolution? the declaration of independence, that was after years of appeals explaining to the world using god as our ultimate judge, we deserve independence now. it was the most thoughtful. they were the biggest chatterers about a revolution, writing tracks, and christian ministers were giving sermons. the french revolution were running around. john: the boston tea party. >> glad you mentioned. that it was not celebrated for 50 years, highly controversial at time. benjamin franklin demanded we repay the india tea company for the lost tea and paul revere and sam adams were very careful to replace the lock that was broken. paul revere punished one guy too

there is this idea that somehow those of us who thought, not myself, but people who thought in the bush era, we hate this, this is not what we wanted, they're nostalgic actually for a time like that. - you know, to me, and the budget is a good example of this, to me it just feels like he's turning over the supervision and mechanics of government to right-wing ideologues. i would be surprised if president trump actually knows the basics of what's in the budget that has been proposed on his behalf. - you think it's staff driving this as opposed to his vision top-down. - no doubt. - let me make the counter case to you, mr. secretary, that there were things about the obama years that needed to be fixed, that is the case that was made during the campaign, it's the case that's being made now and this budget and the policies that have been put into place or have been articulated since inauguration day are really an attempt to rescue the country from the brink, that was the argument that mr. trump made during the campaign. - well the argument that he made during the campaign was that there were

bush apriechl uving this? but we know the history. so, again, there's almost an internal struggle as people try to make sense of what they feel about the u.s. >> i wanted to raise yesterday's supreme court decision to hear arguments regarding the immigration ban. this was covered in the survey. disproval on immigration restrictions was quite pronounced. 96% for jordan. so from your perspective, what would be the impact for the decision to allow the ban to stand pending full hearing later this year? >> well, i think it's pretty -- it is worth noting there is a very public leadership divide. many reported immigrants supported trump's ban, even countries that claimed to speak for saudi arabia. on a variety of complex reasons we don't have to get into right now, but i think that part of it is interesting. even though you have very strong public disproval of trump's muslim ban, that doesn't necessarily filter up to the government and that's because most of these countries are not democracies. so i think when we're looking at this question

you know until two thousand and one you went through the bush years then you went through obama spiked a little bit with obama but then he made some pretty troubling errors there and you know and so now you kind of have this and every time a new president elected the kind of poll numbers oh shucks we don't know what that person's going to do share but now after kind of seeing the disarray and the donald's put on everything it's kind of thrown everything into the over the place i mean look the world's a pretty diverse place with a pretty wide spectrum of views and biases but you know ultimately you know the president seems to have accomplished something really unheard of that the entire her world is pretty much united in distress to get disliking you know these out of the barrel road to battle the media is definitely but a good step from the get but still it's his actions that are causing this what jumps out about these numbers is not just how universal they are but how on precedent they are i mean that is a really that's just yeah you have to remember that at all you know like i was sa

bush michael allen. with us from washington, mika, vice president for third ways national security program. and a former staffer in the house intel committee. steve, i want to start with you. and ask you how potentially dramatic jim comey's testimony could be in light of what he reveals, obviously a sense these interactions were going to come under scrutiny. for him to walk out of his first meeting with president-elect trump in trump tower in december and start taking notes in his car is a pretty extraordinary new detail. >> it is. he was obviously deeply troubled. i think what's setting up tomorrow is the most consequential congressional testimony maybe in a generation. you have washington, d.c., bars are opening up early for happy hour tomorrow. it's going to be an extraordinary event. and i do think how unusual it is, and, yes, it is unethical. we're a nation of laws. the only oath that the fbi director takes is to the constitution of the united states. we don't grant or make personal statements of lo

my precedent, george bush.e pardoned weinberger when weinberger could have easily pointed the finger back at bush. >> okay. i want to get jeffrey's take on your argument. >> respectfully i could not think alan is more wrong, and the simple response is watergate. i mean, under alan's theory -- let me finish, alan. let me finish. under your theory the president, since the fbi works for the president, he can tell them to do anything they want. well, in watergate, the president nixon and his -- they conspired, they made an agreement to stop the fbi investigation of watergate. was that a constitutional authority? no, it was a crime. several people went to jail, and the house judiciary committee voted to impeach president nixon over it. so, yes, he could have pardoned him but he cannot obstruct justice. >> you're saying impeachment is different than -- go ahead. >> impeachment is political. there is no judicial review of impeach. you can impeach a president for jaywalking and nobody can review that. i'm talking about

bushes. >> the 15-year-old bush, leaving her heartbroken, fearing it would never grow back. >> sdroigcommunity. >> bewilderment. >> how they were missing, a dozen branches stolen. >> what's going on? is this a prapg? >> could be a shea different floers or someone making their own arrangements for personal gain. a truck to haul away the greenery. one said she's not surprised, running the whole sail $7 a bunch. >> trying to save money, putting things together for graduations or weddings. this is the season. june. >> said he is now doing the best to salvage his the chamelia bush. >>> beware of coyotes. the activity in the presidio, dogs were attacked. now closing trails in the area because of the chi owe tees. this is going to go through when pup season ends in august or september. if you see one, turn around and go the other way. >>> good advice. nearly two-dozen horses are back where they belong this afternoon after breaking loose in the san francisco golden gate park. ran free for more than an hour. one of the handlers said the gate was open somehow and the horses just wandered. the h

bush spoke at the event. it's hosted by the george w. bush foundation. purpose is to create an action plan to approve the lives of veterans and the families. mr. bush recently published a book titled "portraits of courage" that shares veteran stories through his own oil paintings and his writings. larry: right now crews in idaho are starting to move a giant sequoia. we told you about that last week. the 800,000-pound tree grew from a seed sent by a natur the tree is being moved on rolling tubes to make way for a hospital expansion in boise. this move is incredible in its scope. it should be finished by sunday afternoon. alison: that is spectacular. another sort of history hitting the auction block this weekend. look at the first map that walt disney made of disney land. he called at it presentation map. it laid out his idea for what would become, of course, one of the most popular theme parks in the world. the map in fact was outdated by the time the california park opened in 1955. but it is part of a massive disney memorabilia on sunday. the opening bid

[applause] president bush: thank you. it's nice to be back in washington. [laughter] l bity briefly -- albeit briefly. laura and i want to thank you for having us here. i want to thank you for opening up the

tonight -- sophia bush, from "silicon valley," actor zach woods, comedian dan mintz, featuring the 8g band with thaddeus dixon. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, th meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic. that is great to hear, in that case, let's get to the news. the white house announced yesterday that president trump fired fbi director james comey. yet another long time dream that trump stole from hillary. [ laughter and applause ] "he did what? great. great." president trump said today that he fired fbi director james comey because he was simply "not doing a good job." you know, if i were you, i wouldn't put it out there that you can get fired for that. i mean, just say, like, i don't know. [ laughter and applause ] he was misusing taxpayer money. oh, wait, no that doesn't work either, i don't know. [ light laughter ] we'll -- we'll think of something. the white house is claiming fbi director james comey was fired, not because of the russian investigation, but

bush take the white house by sending protesters to florida to shut down the recount.lways looking to live up to his reputation as a dirty trickster, stone takes credit for bringing down new york governor eliot spitzer. stone was later accused of spreading false rumors about pat buchanan having an illegitimate child which stone denied. during campaign 2016 ted cruz blamed him for plant iing the fe story cruz had had five ex he tra marital affairs. roger stone also pushed the birther movement and painted hillary clinton as unwell. >> well, look, i don't know whether it's parkinson's or epilepsy or a brain tumor -- >> reporter: during campaign 2016 stone was sometimes referred to as trump's brain. >> roger's relationship with trump has been so interconnected that it's hard to define what's roger and what's donald. it will be clearly a trump presidency. i think it's influenced by a stone philosophy. >> reporter: despite that trump says he fired stone as his campaign adviser. stone says he resigned. though now stone is once again in hot water for possible ties to julian as

bush about 87 million. bill clinton $167 million. george w. bush $320 million. the estimate is between $500 million and $1.5 billion for president obama, it doesn't take into fact he doesn't have to provide an endowment. congress saw presidential libraries were getting more, they passed an act that said, if you give us a presidential library, have you to give us an endowment to defer the cost. that was raised to first 40 and then 60% f. $100 million, you give $60 million for the national archives. host: that is also the cost of the things you talked about running the paper or running the records, but some other communications issues, as well? guest: supposed to go to operation and maintenance of the building. we're spending 10 to 15 million a year on renovating what are now sometimes 40, 50, 60-year-old buildings. host: talking about anthony clark about it. now is the time to ask your questions or stories about visiting presidential library. robert is up next. -- roger is up first from virginia, line for republicans go ahead. , caller: my question is, if donald

bush pinning a purple heart on him. he calls it his finest moment as a u.s.soldier. >> when i woke up, my family told me that he pinned me my purple heart, and then when i got the pictures, it was like -- he pinned me and i never met him, you know. i always wanted toee just see him in person and thank him. >> reporter: cologne got that chance. >> hey, carlos. i remember him, he doesn't remember me. >> reporter: when president george w. bush made a surprise visit to this gym. >> i wasn't sure you were going to wake up. anyway, congratulations. glad you're doing well. >> when i saw him, i was like, awesome. i love him, man. like i said, if i could go again to war under his command, i would do it again. i'm very proud. >> they want to be looked at as somebody who got hurt doing a good job. >> reporter: it's been nearly ten years since their first meeting, one where a president bestowed an honor which would last a lifetime. >> you have the pictures, still? >> i have them in my room. >> you look a lot better now than you did. >> i've been working hard. >> you you'

and that is why we went to holly bush this morning.soning together there today was the spirit of holly bush. [cheers and applause] president johnson turned his energy. he expressed to the doubters, the draft card burners, the protesters -- say to them it's not absolutely essential. it's not a prerequisite. it's not required that you turn our country down in order to lift us up. narrator: the month of june was over. partialident saw fruition of his greatest ambition, the continual strengthening of his own people. in philadelphia, and the heart of an impoverished area, the visited the opportunities industrialization center. he had heard about the center for months, a community built werel where residents picking themselves up by their bootstraps and learning a trade. president johnson: i saw human beings who had pride in their eyes instead of fear. they had shoulders high engine up your the federal government did not do this. the federal government did not build the center. what else the center is the spirit and the breath of every human

bush picked to run iraq, l. paul bremer, gave him one. >> and those who were on high before, in particular the baathists... >> narrator: he promised to purge the iraqi government. >> ...will be removed from office. >> narrator: he also issued an order that disbanded the entire iraqi military. >> you had something on the order of 250,000 iraqi men, military age, all trained in using weapons. suddenly, they were all out of a job. >> narrator: the powerful message: saddam and his sunni-controlled army were no longer in charge. >> army was the central instrument of saddam's repression of the kurds and the shia. i think the decision not to recall saddam's army, from a political point of view, is the single most important correct decision that we made in the 14 months we were there. >> narrator: but on the ground, the american military commanders could feel the effects. >> the effect, frankly, was devastating. i think that's where the seeds of what became the sunni insurgency were largely planted. >> we had, you know,