bush was quite cautious.was really aware that even subtle messages from the united states could indicate all sorts of things. >> when the wall fell in berlin, the questions were numerous. i mean, right away, what's going to become of europe. >> bulgaria is under a state of alert this morning. anti-communist protesters set fire to the headquarters of bulgaria's governing socialist party and chanted "let the communists burn." >> tens of thousands of ordinary citizens stormed is the headquarters of the hated secret police tonight. >> the scenes in this moment are incredibly dramatic. people in the streets proclaiming freedom. some of that was liberation. some of it had a darker side. >> romania's dictator, the last hard line leader in the warsaw pact has been deposed by a popular jerusalem uprising. > romania was the most oppressive and most grotesque. the only way to overthrow this regime turned out to be by force. >> fierce fighting erupted in bucharest. the old guard is fighting the new people. all hell has b

bush as expected. >> bush wins south carolina.mont up in the green mountain state there for al gore. >> a big call to make, cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> about roughly quarter of 8:00 we and all the other networks call florida for gore. i remember saying how is bush possibly going, what's the path he could possibly take because he's lost michigan, he's going to lose pennsylvania. if anybody wins all three, it's over. >> you can bet that governor bush will be madder than a rained on rooster that his brother the governor wasn't able to carry the state for him. >> mr. bush says he is not yet ready to concede florida. that complicates the evening a little bit. >> the threat works called this thing early. the people counting the votes are coming up with a different perspective. >> george bush was a very confident man. i don't think bush ever doubted that he would manage somehow to get elected. >> some new returns came in, and suddenly the gore lead that was necessary to make this prediction evaporated. >>

bush as expected. >> bush wins south carolina. vermont up this the green mountain state for al gore. >> a big call to make. cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> the roughly quarter, we and all the networks call florida for gore. how is bush possibly going to take because he's lost michigan and is going to lose pennsylvania. if anybody wins all three, it's over. >> you can bet bush will be mad that his brother wasn't able to carry the state for him. >> bush says he's not yet ready to concede florida. so that only complicates the evening just a little bit. >> the networks called this thing awfully early, but the people counting the votes are coming up with a different per spect issive. >> george bush was a confident man. i don't think he ever doubted he would get elected. >> new returns came in and the gore lead that was necessary to make this prediction et. evaporated. >> with the networks give us, the networks take earth away. nbc news is now taking florida out of vice president gore's column. >> as the nig

bush.and when he looked me in the eye and said, florida's going to be bush/cheney country, i believe him. >> in texas, george w. bush, who was known as a bipartisan governor, at the time, the state house was run by democrats, and he had a very good working relationship with them. >> we poured our hearts and souls into this campaign, the organization, and the people are going to decide. >> indiana and kentucky, the polls now have closed in those two states. our projected winner is governor george w. bush, as expected. >> bush wins south carolina, vermont, up in the green mountain state, there for al gore. >> a big call to make, cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> about roughly quarter of 8:00, we and all the other networks call florida for gore. i remember saying, how is bush possibly going to, you though, what's the path he can possibly take, because he's lost michigan, he's going to lose pennsylvania. if anybody wins all three, it's over. >> you can bet that govern

bush. : there you go. pres. clinton: i am at all these reunions and i've kept up with a lot of my classmates. when i come home, i tried to see at least three of them every time i come home that we stay in touch with each other all her -- all of our lives. the ones who are disappointed are not the ones who are failing. the ones who are disappointed are the ones who did not do it do what they wanted to do. it does not take long to live a life and everything, if you fail to get started again, that is the deal. you are among the people since world war ii in america have largely had more options than any group of people ever in human history to choose what they did with their waking hours, that is what you do when you go to college. most people never have that choice. when you have that choice, you should take it. and most people are happiest doing what they are best at or what they think will be the best for people at large which is a speech you just gave us. you have a choice. if you had been born 500 years ago you

moments of the bush presidency. his advice to president bush and his role in those decisions is relevant. understates word its importance. it is critical to our judgments about his qualifications. perhaps maybe just by chance there is nothing in those documents. when judge kavanaugh was in the white house, maybe he was just a traffic cop as senator cornyn has claimed or an honest rocher, as the judge described himself at his confirmation hearing. true, whatthat is are they hiding? why do they need to conceal them? we should have the opportunity to determine whether judge kavanaugh truly was an honest rocher, just a traffic cop, just passing documents through his hands without any input, the best way to do it is by reviewing those documents. mr. president, judge kavanaugh made this point when he was an appellate court nominee at his confirmation hearing. he answered "that is done through an assessment of going back, in my case, 16 years of my career and looking at the kinds of things i have done in the staff secretar

president bush? pres. bush: i can think of three things that will be positively affected. first, the people who have joined the program, you have learned to respect some any -- somebody else's opinion, and hopefully the program has broadened your horizons. secondly, it helps the presidential libraries. otherwise, there would be atrophy. [laughter] pres. bush: who wants to go to the james k. polk museum? [laughter] pres. bush: but it means we are fulfilling, we are doing our duty as former presidents to try to leave behind a better place. thirdly, it helps our country. i know full well that the folks we will honor today and have in the past three classes are going to be leaders for the country. in all kinds of ways. america will be better for it. ms. streett: thank you so much. our first scholars question is going to come from stephen. >> hola. >> i am from new jersey and a lawyer in private practice. president bush, i am an immigrant, and i had the honor -- i am the son of cuban emigrants and i had the honor to serve in political campaigns and in administrations. my intere

>> shame on bush! shame on bush! >> signs the economy is in trouble just keep on coming. >> i see a great day coming for our country, and i'm eager for the work ahead. god bless you. and may god bless america. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> my fellow americans, major combat operations in iraq have ended. in the battle of iraq the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> today there's a total of 147,000 american troops throughout iraq. 42,000 in baghdad alone. that's 50% more than the entire u.s. force it took to fight and win the wore. but critics claim it's still not enough troops to win the peace. >> while the administration had thought about getting rid of zam, there had been very little thinking about what to do after he was removed. >> seven weeks after the war the u.s. military has still not been able to restore law and order to many areas of war-torn iraq. >> there was a sense that all we had to do was take a hammer and smash the totalitarian state and out of that democracy would suddenly bloom out o

laura bush. mrs. bush has been an ardent supporter of conservation for decades. she used her platform as first lady to visit more than 30 national parks and also served as the honorary co-chair of the national parks service centennial. she also practices what she preaches. she's been the visionary behind the wildflower prairie reservation outside of crawford, texas. she, it was also very natural that those efforts transitioned to the bush center and the creation of our 15 acre native texas park. i do hope everyone takes time to enjoy that while you're here today. the wildflowers are in bloom. she is also the founder of texan by nature, a non-profit organization committed excuse me, committed to prairie restoration efforts and teaching ing texans is importance of con serving our natural resources. it's mygreat honor to introduce one of america's most beloved first ladies, my friend, mrs. laura bush. [applause] thank you all, thanks everybody. thank you very much. thanks to brian. brian wears many hats around here and one of those is making sure the bush center loo

. >> george herbert walker bush him. you to help ?- was it difficult to prepare >> will you fix your tie, please? ♪ >> i don't consider myself a journalist. no one else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life and interviewing -- interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what makes someone to? -- ♪ david: george herbert walker bush asked you to help him in his campaign. james: i said, george, that's a great idea. except i don't know anything about politics. number two, i'm a democrat. david: he loses to carter. james: that's because you are in the white house advising. david: was it difficult to prepare reagan? james: the red light goes on, and he is perfect. david: your job was to go around and get the coalition put together. james: it was a textbook example of the way to fight a war. david: what was the reason you were so successful? james: lucky. >> will you fix your tie please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok

bush administration. ask the mandatory quorum be lifted. >> without objection. >> madam president, there are few responsibilities, i would ny none more important to the our duties in connection with the appointment of a united states supreme court justice. much is at stake in the nomination before the senate now to appoint judge brett kavanaugh as the justice who will replace justice kennedy. so much is at stake. the future of roe v. wade, affordable health care, particularly pre-existing conditions and the protection from them for millions of americans. i am not here to talk about judge kavanagh as a nominee, i am here to talk about how we reach a conclusion. as to how we vote, my colleagues and i. how we see and pursue the truth about judge kavanagh, his qualifications, his temperament, his integrity and intellect, who he is, and what kind of justice he will be. the best way to do it is to know what he has written and said. all of his writing and opinions, articles he has written -- these points are bas

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bush. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. good afternoon. it's an honor to be with you for the 2018 usglc summit. i'm president and ceo of psi and also honored to be the vice chair of the usglc board. so it's my great privilege to welcome you all this afternoon to this special luncheon program which is a celebration of pepfar. the president's emergency plan for aids relief, now in its 15th year of saving lives. and a tribute to thaez that made it all possible. so i remember the electric moment and smfr you may too when president george w. bush announced the concept for pepfar at thinks 2003 state of the un yo address. and this moment was because of behind the scenes work that we'll hear about from today's panel. tsz like washington 101. you'll not get this anywhere else. it's fascinating. my organization, ps achlt, like so many other pepfar partners around the world has been immensely proud to help deliver the legacy of impact across africa and the world. this imp

george bush doesn't care about black people. >> to say president bush doesn't care about black peopleing. i think what kanye west was saying is america doesn't care about black people. katrina is a symptom of a much larger disease. we have to et eradicate racism if we're going to have equity. >> what do you make of the comments made? there was a racial component to sol of the people left behind and left without help. >> my attitude is is this. the storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort. >> i don't think it's true the president was racially motivated, but i think he was clueless. >> the calvary is and will continue to arrive. there are those who will complain and have complained that it is too late. >> this is an administration that prided itself after 9/11 at anticipating problems, and katrina proved that was all false. >> shame on bush. shame on bush. sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. stadium pa : all military members stand and be recognized. sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform. no matter where or

bush and mrs. bush recall that when they came back to texas, and you saw them on television, they looked really relaxed. [ laughter ] like they were happy to be here. but, even before we were selected, the idea of being selected, i was just remembering -- i am a guy who grew up in a rural landscape, myself, and i remember, obviously, the president and mrs. bush were happy to be home. but, i also thought there was something about their connection to the landscape that was surrounding them. and i think that when mrs. bush said that she wanted the grounds of the presidential center to be not a setting for the building, but a gift of the texas landscape to the neighborhood, and to the city and the region, she partly wanted to give them a chance to be in that landscape, not just to have a park to use, but a sense of being surrounded with what has historically belonged here. so, i do not know if i gave away any secrets, except that the people who were behind this project had a very clear vision that they

bush, a compassionate conservative leader. a.a fresh start for americ - we were oumppent by the bush factor of a hundred, you know, they saturated the airwaves. - we had a pretty simple strategy. pick our spot to kind of ambush the frontrunner, george w. bush, beat him there, beat him in south carolina with veterans support and then run the table. - how you doing? - well, hanging in there. but, the people in newouampshire want to meet i would have as many as five town hall meetings in a day. thank you again. - lunching with you. - thank you. it's my honor to be with you. john mccain. nice to see you how are you? they expect that and that's how we did it. how are you, sir? good to see you. looking forward to seeing you tonight. - so mccain talking absst some processues that normally don't resonate in a presidential primary much, but talking about campaign finance reform and kind of replacing political bs with straight talk, he hit a chord. he really hit a chord. and then we got that rocket fuel. he hit a chord. he really hit a chord. - goor bush called me. i was in my hotel room that

bush. he was joined by democrats and legal experts during this hearing. morning to one and all on a beautiful summer's morning in washington dc. i had a joke, but i will skip it. it relates to d.c., but another time. i want to thank my dear colleague, our ranking member, outstanding leader on so many of these issues, ranking member -- hopefully chair soon enough -- you are underestimating us, you press people. ranking member of the judiciary committee, mr. richard durbin. also longtime judiciary committee member -- you are. no, i said no. i said, longtime member of judiciary committee. >> [applause] the leadership: conference on civil rights, alliance for justice, and people for the american way. thank you all for joining us. we have invited these legal experts to speak today, because what we are here to discuss isn't political. it is about the constitutional duty of the united states senate to advise and consent on the most important issues that ever comes before us, a nomination of a supreme court justice. in order to fulfill that duty, the senate must

bush."t philosophy, and it is about character, and george bush wins hands down on both counts. heers and applause] "and then we want you to tear apart bill clinton." bill clinton's fpeeign policy ence is pretty much confed to having had eakfast once at the international house of pancakes. [cheers and applause] and the cultural war for the soul of america, that was my add on to it. there is a religious war going on in this country. it is a cultural war as critical to the kind of nation we shall be asold war itself, for this war is for the soul of america. the agenda that clinton and clinton would impose on america, abortion on demand, a litmus test for the supreme court, homomixual rights, disction against religious schools, women in combat units, that's change, all right. but that's not the kind of change america needs. it is not the kind of change america wants. and it is not the kind of change we can abide in a nation we still call god'sountry. [cheers and applause] president bush called m

bush. he was joined by several legal experts during this half hour briefing. >> i had a joke but i will skip it. we are late in d.c. i want to thank my ranking , your, soon to be chair are underestimating us, you press people. undersecretary j durbin and longtime judiciary committee member -- you are. no, i said, longtime member of judiciary committee. brooklyn, newm york. -- danielship goldberg, alliance for justice and elliott mintzberg, people for the american way. thank you for joining us. we have invited these legal experts to speak today because what we are here to discuss isn't political. it is about the constitutional duty of the united states senate to advise and consent on one of the most important issues that ever comes before us, the nomination of the supreme court justice. to fulfill that duty, the senate must have the records spanning judge kavanagh's career as a public servant, including his time as staff secretary for the bush administration. this morning senator feinstein r

i called president bush. few minutes later, we learned the second plane hit the world trade center and we knew it was a terrorist attack. and then just a procession over the day and the next several months of decisions for the president of the united states. the united states had not been attacked on its own territory since the war of 1812. we had no structures or institutions for internal security for the country. it was flying without a compass. david: subsequently president bush decided to invade iraq to topple saddam hussein. so in light of hindsight, had you known there were no weapons of mass destruction, would you have still gone forward? condoleezza: i say to people what you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not yesterday. we simply believed as all the intelligence agencies around the world did, that he had weapons of mass destruction and was reconstituting them quickly, and it was on that basis that we decided that you finally had to do what the international community had been threaten

but his closeness to president bush, the last president bush.he bush stamp on three of the four names, thomas hardiman, raymond kethledge and judge kavanaugh. what do you make of that and that this could be a sign that this president isn't so fixated on family ties or bush ties. lou: none of the bushes were conservatives. that was a fiction that was manufactured largely by their campaign apparatus. and the burden of having served as the vice president under ronald reagan, he got man tell. but george h.w. bush was in no way a conservative of any time, nor in my opinion was george w. bush. neil: i was talking about the bad blood prepare them. i'm wondering if the president did go with kavanaugh, that's interesting. lou: it's interesting. but it's important to remember, this is a highly intelligent president who has demonstrated his adetroitness at shooting a nominee for the supreme court -- his adroitness in choosing a nominee for the supreme court. and the bush thing is overbaked by half. the president will be discerning and he'll make a decision

but his closeness to president bush, the last president bush. bush stamp on three of the four names, thomas hardiman, raymond kethledge and judge kavanaugh. what do you make of that and that this could be a sign that this president isn't so fixated on family ties or bush ties. lou: none of the bushes were conservatives. that was a fiction that was manufactured largely by their campaign apparatus. and the burden of having served as the vice president under ronald reagan, he got man tell. but george h.w. bush was in no way a conservative of any time, nor in my opinion was george w. bush. neil: i was talking about the bad blood prepare them. i'm wondering if the president did go with kavanaugh, that's interesting. lou: it's interesting. but it's important to remember, this is a highly intelligent president who has demonstrated his adetroitness at shooting a nominee for the supreme court -- his adroitness in choosing a nominee for the supreme court. and the bush thing is overbaked by half. the president will be discerning and he'll make a decision b

bush and barack obama. they share photos showing presidents in their public and private moments and the stories behind each scene. the it's an hour and -- it's an hour and 40 minutes. >>> good evening, everyone. how is everyone doing tonight? excellent. glad to hear it. my name is ava osmond and i am the education and public programs manager here and welcome to this evening's event photographing the president which is part of our public programming roster in support of our news exhibition, not an ostrich and other images from america's library. this exhibition tells a story of america's history through photography from the archives of the library of congress, many of which have never before been exhibited. through these photographs we tell the stories of the moments that shaped america's history, both the well known and the less well known. of course, nothing shapes the narrative of what america represents domestically and internationally like the president of the united states. tonight we are so lucky to w

neil: do you like the bushes, the bush family? >> sure, i like-- >> bush, sr.?e folks across the aisle, i debate folks across the aisle and across the nation and i have respect and consideration for all of them and i think that if we had more of that in our politics and focused on the issues instead of personalities we'd be better off, again, let's look at john tester. he took and attack with false information an admiral in the united states military and destroyed his character rather than allow someone to go through a hearing process, and the information that he put out there was proven to be false. that's not how we should be operating. neil: so you're offended by that, not as much offended by a president going after a 94-year-old president. >> i am offended by a sitting u.s. senator who release the false information about an admiral who was going to be considered for nomination and to destroy his character because apparently party bosses told him that's what his job was. neil: all right. mr. rosendale, thank you very, very much and we'll see how you do. and a

he worked for bush v. gore. i don't think it's crazy to say there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of pages that the senate judiciary committee is going to have to go over. that said, they want this done, and the majority rules. >> and grassley can make his certain rules in terms of how much paper is needed to be reviewed before they get to -- >> yeah. ultimately they'll make that decision. >> they have already laid out the schedule. they say they want the hearings to begin shortly after labor day and to have a vote by the first monday on october, which happened this year to be october 1st. it's going to have to be fast. but as you point out, mitch mcconnell controls the calendar, and if he has to sit all night to let the democrats talk, i think that's precisely what he'll do. >> why waste all these good minds and limit it to only two? let's bring in rick santorum and jennifer granholm, but let's add it to the mix. you don't have to go point for point with each other. we have a lot of people you can go

bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. sharon farmer, aaron draper, and lawrence jackson share photographs showing presidents in their public and private moments. we also see first families and white house staff and hear the stories behind each scene. the annenberg space for photography hosted the event. it's about an hour and 40 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. how is everyone doing tonight? glad to hear it. i am the education and public programs manager here at the annenberg space for photography. welcome to our event, photographing the presidents, part of our programming roster in support of our newest exhibition, not an ostrich. this exhibition tells the story of america through photography from the archives of the library of congress, many of which have never been exhibited. through these stories, we tell pieces of history, both well-known and less so. nothing has shaped america like the history of the president of the united states. tonight, we are so lucky to welcome three photographers who have worked as officia

bush has attributes. >> i came to understand after i left the white house that mrs. bush and mrs. reagan were not terribly close. but i have to honestly tell you i had no sense of that while i was working there. one thing you need to know about nancy reagan is she t -- treat staff professionally and does not gossip in that regard the first idea i honestly had was the first plane trip i took with george hw bush on the campaign and 88 he said sheila ride in the limo with me. and he said what is with the problem between nancy and my wife? i said what are you talking about? they just don't get along and i said i honestly have never saw that or you that in the subject never came up again. mrs. bush called me and told me i was so thrilled i was working for her husband and then gave me the list of instruction that i cherish in the most important is every time you go to a hotel you gather up all the shampoos and soaps and put them in a bag and bring them to her. take all the stuff to a homeless shelter. she had bagged this bag for one -- this big. she was extraordinary. i found bush one -

bush.ial slogan, a thousand points of life. >> and by the way, you know all the rhetoric you see here, the thousand points of light? what did that mean? does anyone know? i know one thing. america great again, we understand. putting america first, we understand. thousand points of light, i never quite got that. what the hell is that? has anyone figured that one out? put out by a republican. >> of course, a thousand points of light was bush's call for volunteer work and later became the name of his volunteer organization. now, several time with close ties to the bush family are jumping to the former president's defense. former special assistant, richard haas, called it truly offensive and former press secretary for george w. bush said the attack was uncalled for and rude and the former director for affairs, nicholas burns, said george h.w. bush is ten times the man and president that donald trump is. outfront now national affairs correspondent for the nation, walsh and a member of president

bush, from jeb bush and from george p. bush, the land commissioner in texas, the next generation of bushes, and the bush family has no be supportive of president trump on all kinds of fronts. on this oneli, the repn party, looks to me, will be very united. >> woodruff: which is significant, aimy. you said the republican partyso will cdate around him. >> right. >> woodruff: it looks like that was one of the aims of the president in this pk. >> that's right, which was to eliminate any defections from republicans and to make it harder for some of the red state democrats to have a good excuse for why thengy with respect g to vote for him. they can't argue he's not qualified or desn't have the s ecredentials. the issue democratll go after, abortion, guns and th affordable care act, where even some conservatives have said that kavanaugh isot conservative enough on those issues, democrats are saying he's too far out to have the mainstream. >> woodruff: surely, susan, the white house had in mind, fo all the talk we've heard, and w

bush was serious in naming a replacement in 2004 to dick cheney? >> guest: i think that they seriously considered it even more seriously than president obama did, because there was, there was thought of replacing biden with hillary. and someone who worked for obama told me that, you know, the only person who would have been less happy about that than joe biden would be hillary clinton. she did notwhbe want to be vice president. a lot of people don't want to be vice president. it's a difficult job. but i think that, i think that it's an incredible opportunity and especially for someone like mike pence who very well could have lost his race for governor of indiana. now he is in a position where he could one day be president, and his name is known nationally are. very few people knew who he was outside of indiana just a couple w years ago. so it's a steppingstone. but, of course, it's also infantizing too. i interviewed mike done lin who worked for joe biden, and he says the vice presidency makes you wonder or if you matter very much. and i thought th

bush. that means that he'll be seen as a bush guy and that has become something negative to this president in a lot of circumstances. we have the history of what he went through. he was picked in 2003. his nomination was essentially iced because it was so controversial. for three solid years, he didn't get a solid hearing until 2006. he was described as unqualified, one of the most partisan nominees. it was a hard thing for him to get confirmed a dozen years ago. how does that carry forward? >> it carries forward from crawford, texas. this just came out. president trump has that, president trump has made an outstanding decision in nominating judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. he will make superb justice of the united states. i don't understand. i'll be honest with you, i don't understand the nuance of this. he's cleared must we are the sxoet the whole legion of the asymmetric warfare that goes on between rights and left. democrats don't have the heritage society, the mechanism for

he was a bush appointee in 2006. he worked inside the bush white house. he was the staff secretary that worked in the white housese council. he looked into ken star and authored most of the starr report. tonight he outlined his approach to the law. >> my judicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must j be independent. and must interpret the law, not make the law the judge must interpret as written. informed by history the president made the decision, last night. hehe immediately telephoned bret cavanagh to say you're my choice to be the nominee for the supreme court. >> the other candidates got calls saying maybe next time. shannon, we found out why there was so much conflicting information. it is because of the speed of thehe nomination process and the late decision the white house prepared four background packagings on all of the understands candidates. theyey asked for background and what guests they would like to have at the nominating ceremony, should they be chosen. whenen those requests went out. some inquiries were made. how would you like t

bush and h.w. bush but a much larger role in the george w. bush administration. >> that's right. the george w. bush administration, he's staff secretary. all pieces of paper go through him. he's married in the white house. he's in the middle of things. he was technically in the george h.w. bush administration, but he was really a one-year fellowship in the solicitor general's office. of course, the solicitor general who appointed him, ken starr. who later became independent counsel. >> as i'm reading this 2009 minnesota law review, basically what it's saying is the president's job is so unique and so unusual, it's seemingly saying he's above the law or should not be indicted or even brought up for trial or criminal investigation. >> i think he is saying that. he's saying mea culpa. i hounded clinton to death ten years ago, but now i understand. >> but the caveat is what? >> there's one caveat, which is he's saying congress should pass legislation to make this law. he's not saying that the constitution inherently -- that presidential power prevents the way the question would come

bush and in that case george bush and jeb bush, why this is linked. because, like, they never supported him. he views them as the enemy. therefore, no matter what physical state they're in, decorated the resume, they oppose him, he will take their shots and others in the media will follow his lead. >> interesting you say team red versus team blue. i have friends that say on twitter that, you know, joe and i are good friends and he's always been a good friend. we're just on opposite ends of the political spectrum. because i'm a good friend i didn't write back and say, oh, have you become a liberal? because when people come up to me, so, i don't like your -- sorry. when did you become a liberal? because, again, transcripts are forever. i went back just to make sure. cleaning up my house. boxing things up. making a move, and i found some 1994 literature. it's shocking how much i've changed since 1994. fight to balance the budget. fight to reform entitlements. fight for a stronger military. fight -- you know -- of course, abolish department agencies, exce

bush. can you walk us through sort of how you get to the point of putting the words on paper and sort of that conversation? ou are talking directly with the president for instance it could be any number, the speech on katrina or the war in iraq or september 20, 2001 in that address to congress and the words that came out of the president's worth were "these demands are not open discussion. the taliban must act immediately. they will hand over the terrorists or they will share in their fate frfment this day forward any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the united states as a hostile regime. americans should not expect one battle but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have seen t may include dramatic strikes visible on television and combt operations secret even in success." how did those words ultimately get spoken inside of the capitol building? john: specific reference to that speech would have been direction we got from the president, from dr. ri

bush. i was, i went to a my goddaughter's wedding a few years ago up in massachusetts and we had the reversal dinner and everybody was a little worse for wear the next day and we went to the norman rockwell museum, which is wonderful. i kept looking at this attractive nice regal ladies and all coy think of was my god was she at the party last night? she looks really familiar and i realized, it was mrs. bush. and i almost, i almost pulled the president's grandson move. i thought ways going run over there and introduce myself. but there were armed men around her, so i decided that was probably not a good idea in my condition. i stayed, i left mrs. bush alone. and of course during the restoration my grandparents lived over at blair house which i went through this afternoon. i hadn't been there since i was 16 years old. my father took us over there one afternoon after listening to the watergate hearings for a while. we heard jeb mcgruder testify for an hour and had enough and went to blair hous

the goal was to get evangelicals to boat for bush and against same-sex marriage.and used it to divide. >> it's interesting because when you bring that up, it makes us think about what's happening with immigration right now. in this new administration. before i let you go, we have about 30 seconds left. you mentioned history will be maybe a little kinder to george w. we see his popularity on the rise right now. >> well, i'm not a psychiatrist, obviously. but when you look at his paintings of wounded warriors, you see a lot of pain. and i think that george w. bush understands the cost of the decisions he made. and i think that shows humanity. i thibelieve the last two years his administration showed that this administration could get better and. there were course corrections. they did better things than iraq. once there, they had to do something like the surge. i think the way in which they started to change surveillance, it showed a better administration. so in that regard, they learned in office. >> thank you so much. i look forward to the episode tonight. it's th

bush presidential campaign, and took a job in the white house and staff secretary for bush 43, and he later nominated brett kavanaugh to the circuit court. he is the consummate dc insider and the establishment favorite. some conservatives blamed him for saving obamacare, when he wrote an opinion in 2011 that his court didn't have jurisdiction to decide the issue. but his allies point out that he wrote that the affordable care act could be challenged as unconstitutional. get used to that sort of back and forth, it is a taste of what will likely come in a confirmation hearing. now imagine the weight of the moment, a decision that will affect some americans who have not been born, the next justice on the united states supreme court is to be chosen. and now, the president of the united states, with the person he plans to nominate.>> [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room of the white house, regarding one of the most profound responsibilities of the president of the united states. and that is the selection of a supreme cour

bush and bill clinton. first the top story, thousands of demonstrators hit the streets to protest the president's visit to england today where trump continue to challenge the global status quo. as we reported last night, president trump gave an interview with the "london sun" and he said treresa may's approach to brexit could put uk/u.s. trade could be in jeopardy. today he clarified things and shared his view on several international matters. >> i didn't criticize the prime minister. i have a lot of respect for the prime minister and it was a story that was generally fine. but didn't put in what i said about the prime minister and i said tremendous things and it's called fake news and we still have a lot of problems with the good old recording instrument. based on just trade in general and our other relationship would be fine, but the trade is a little bit tricky. we want to be able to trade and they want to be able to trade and i think we'll be able to do that, okay. i think she's doing a traffic -- terri

bush because this is a candidate who was appointed to the judgeship by president george bush. he also served in the inspector general's office partly under the bush administration. now, you know, you heard here in the speech he spent a lot of time talking about his family and how that kind of centered him in this area. he also talked about how he's going to separate the two ban branches or -- branches, or he does believe they're very separate. he's going to make up his own mind in his decisions when he does come to make those decisions. president trump, in his remarks, said basically that he reached across the aisle, that he had talked to many people about this. listen to what he had to say. >> i want to thank the senators on both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat, for their consultation and advice during the selection process. this incredibly qualified nominee deserves a swift confirmation and robust bipartisan is support. >> reporter: and judge kavanaugh says that he's actually going to start tomorrow, we do understand, up on capitol hillment but he says he's going

bush's party, or literally anyone in the bush family or like a 50-mile radius around the bush family is who the messaging is for. the president seems to be signaling that he believes that this base messaging will enthuse. turnout will perhaps keep moderate or bubble republicans at bay. it's sort of a veiled warning for folks like murkowski or collins who have big votes coming up. if george h.w. bush and john mccain are not off limits, nobody is off limits. the test is going to come down to november. right now the president feels like this kind of message, number one, he's shifted from governing to campaigning. he loves to campaign. he's back in it with both feet. number two, he thinks this will be effective. it's quite a gamble. the h.w. comments made a lot of republicans in congress uncomfortable. >> i'm sure uncomfortable, but dana, not a lot of public expression of that discomfort. republicans particularly with the midterms just four months away now, they made a calculation, have they not, that going after this president can be politically dangerous for them. >> sure, it can be po