needs to know dick cheney. >> what he did today is rather stupefying. that story is next.

someone said, it's dick cheney's biography. i thought that was a good synopsis of what he did. , how muchother thing bush loaded to the -- bush loved the saudis. one of the saudi princes came to visit bush at his ranch in texas. he was very dear. he's walking and two of the saudi's wives are behind him. abdullaher when prince each to look at me like that." just totally in love. this was not good, but i thought it was cute. it was about when bush was talking about that we can't do anything to harm, not the ovaries, but a little bitty things. embryos.little he started talking about intelligent design. so i had him as curious george looking into intelligent design. i got into a lot of trouble for this one because i was saying that he was a monkey. well, yes, you can say that. this next thing was during hussein, his trial. he was getting ready for his trial. right before the trial, michael jackson had a trial, and he cannot innocent. -- and he came out innocent. here you have saddam hussein still in prison. one of his guys is sayin

that way, tim, because i really do believe we will be greeted as liberators. >> so what changed dick cheneynd why was george w. bush so determined to go to war in iraq? >> oh, my god. >> it's just one of those awful moments. >> 9/11 pushed him and cheney into a very dark place. >> i think it meant for george w. bush, i have to prove that we're a tough guy. i have to prove that we can reshape the middle east. otherwise, the rest of my administration, various terrorists groups and dictators are going to take advantage of me. >> richard clark was in charge of counterterrorism in the white house on 9/11. it was that very night, clark says, when the iraq war really began. >> on the night of 9/11, we all meet in the situation room in the east wing of the bunker and rumsfeld is there straight from the pentagon which is still on fire at the time. the president is there. and in that conversation, rumsfeld starts talking about invading iraq while the pentagon is still burning. the president, he said, you know, saddam, saddam. go back and look at everything and find whether saddam was involved. >> so

one of the things that made the post 9/11 theories of dick cheney and george bush so extremist is there is no more limitless power that a president han the power he can exercise during a theater of war. on a battlefield, there really is no law. everybody acknowledges that. terrorist say when men take up arms, law false. more is the ultimate expression of lawlessness in limitless powerful stuff on the battlefield, people shoot each other without having trials or due process. everyone agrees that is war to nobody thinks soldiers have to give opposing soldiers a trial before shooting them. that is what war is. what made these post-9/11 theories so radical is the assertion was made for the first time theaters of war were no longer confined to find a physical faces, the battlefield. it was now the case the entire planet was the battlefield. including u.s. soil. therefore, the limitless power that the president can exercise on a battlefield are now no longer confined to physical spaces. essentially the president is omnipotent everywhere because that is where the battlefield is found. what you

no one expected dick cheney would run to succeed george w. bush, and he didn't. the unique thing today is not that there's some amazing novel for a vice president foregoing the opportunity to go next in line for the presidency in his own party. that happens to a lot of vice president. it's not terribly unique that vice president biden would have been an older candidate for president. ronald reagan was 69 years old, and joe biden is fit as a fiddle and only three years older than that. neither of these things make today's decision unique. what makes today's decision unique is that it's about this -- what is unique about this decision today is unique to joe biden himself. joe biden is so universally well liked. you may or may not have voted. but no one of his political stature has built up move of a legitimate huge emotional goodwill. nobody has that reservoir of goodwill. nobody has anything like that, compared to joe biden. >> if you can't admire joe biden as a person, then you probably have a problem. you need to do some self-evaluation, because what's not to li

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. >> former vice president dick cheney and former deputy cheney and former deputy assistant secretary of state liz cheney discuss the book "exceptional" which looks at america's foreign policy and national security. [applause] please be seated. >> well, good evening to all. my name is john heubusch. i the only thing the executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation, i want to thank each and every one of you for coming out of this evening. if you would end on of our men and women in uniform who serve our cause around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands: one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thanks. please be seated. now play ball. before we get started tonight i'd like to recognize one person in particular in the audience. his name is ben sutton and he is one of our board of trustees members at the foundation. thanks for coming. [applause] no matter how practiced one might feel they are at introducing a f

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this time, i will make this to my friend, dick cheney. ter] you got the first one and you gave it away, don. ♪ dick: this time, i'm going to get the napkin. >> it is going to go to the cheney museum. don: old friends are the best friends. there is no question that we three have been friends for many, many decades. something, i suppose, exceeding 40 years, four decades. >> these are my two favorite people, as you can tell. don: as long as we agreed with him, he liked us. dick: don rumsfeld and i have been close friends for 40 years. he fundamentally changed my life, got me off the academic track and into politics and government. art is one of the more interesting personalities around. so i have lunch and somebody else paid for it. >> what does it say? dick: that is classified. >> this game had never been seen in the wild before. i was dying to see how people would adapt to it. ♪ >> the garage is a bit of a myth. it didn't serve much purpose, except it was something for us to feel that it was our home. we had no money. you have to work out o

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dick cheney's biography. i thought it was a good, you know, synopsis of what he did.this is another thing of how much the bush loved the saudis. one of the saudi princes came to visit bush at his ranch in te texas. it was very dear and so he is walking and two of the saudis wives are behind them and it says when prince used to look at me like that, so lovely. just so lovely. this is not very good, but i thought it was cute and i forget , it was about when bush was talking about that recants'' do anything to harm the national ovaries, but the little bitty things, you know,-- wet? >> embryos. >> and so he started talking about intelligent design is so h had him as curious george working into intelligent design becomi and i got in a lot of trouble for this one because i was saying he was a monkey-- well, guess you could say that. this next thing was during saddam hussein's trial and he was worried about, he was getting ready for his trial and right before the trial michael jackson had had a trial and he ha came out in the since and sove here you have saddam hussein it'll

dick cheney held there is the slightest chance a prep will be realized in the u.s. would act as if it were a foregone conclusion also the direct lineage from a 82 passenger he did not invent this he pulls upon the old german a rationalism continental air rationalism. after 9/11 kissinger was an early supporter to attack also somalia and yemen as well to contour to bush of revolution jews sweep away the notions of sovereignty and on august 22nd 2002 with laying out the case it was the only option he directly quoted kissinger there was a preemptive action and once it turned disastrous the metric of a with staffers citing his experience in vietnam for why the u.s. should not withdraw troops. i was spending time on your conservative is of but it is thought highly self-conscious senses that reaches well beyond republicans to capture the pragmatist and hillary clinton protested the invasion of cambodia recently praised kissinger calling him a friend that she relied on his counsel clinton said the famous surrealist sounds surprisingly idealistic ben said his vision is her

thank you. >> dick cheney. that is thinking outside of the box. >> you got to hear all of the names at this point. >> and stunning news. we have followed it this hour on capitol hill. kevin mccaringy and majority leader for republicans shocking his conference saying i am not going to be your speaker and i am withdrawing my candidacy. when we come back, we'll have the latest on the stabbing of spencer stone, today. one of the heroes of a terrorist attack. e? it's the brand more doctors recommend for minor arthritis pain. plus, just two aleve can last all day. you'd need 6 tylenol arthritis to do that. aleve. all day strong. 11,000 local activities right from our app. it's even harder to believe it took you this long to come here. expedia. technology that connects you to the people and places that matter. . . i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eli

asked if he'd have a a change of heart, cheney was like, "yes, every week." [ laughter ] actually dick cheney said that he would support donald trump if he does in fact win the republican nomination, but not beforehand. [ light laughter ] cheney's learned from [ laughter and applause ] [ gunshot ] >> steve: my face! >> jimmy: sorry, man! [ applause ] oh, and this week lindsey graham, i love lindsey graham, he qualified for the next republican debate when he managed to get at least 1% in three different polls. [ laughter ] this is the most relieved lindsey graham has been since every time one of his cats come home. he's like -- [ lindsey graham impression ] "general whiskers, where were you all day?" [ laughter ] meanwhile, wisconsin governor scott walker says that he thinks only 12 states will decide the presidential election. and if trump wins, those 12 states will include shock, confusion, outrage, despair, denial, anger, bargaining and finally acceptance. [ cheers and applause ] of course, people are still talking about the state department releasing over 7,000 pages of hillary clinton's e

a big give larry of hand. >> i will do a quick dick cheney. >> now is the time for questions. i am going to dispose of my prerogative as the moderator and go to the gentleman in the back who was the first to raise his hand. why don't you shout? >> [indiscernible] in the aftermath of charlie hebdo, is there any cartoon or line you see as too much or too little or has there been a cartoon you have seen that you kind of grimaced at? found in myhave long career, the only ones i really wish i had not drawn was when it was a positive cartoon about some politician because they always turn around and bite you on the butt. drawing something good -- like come i didn't do a bad cartoon about bush when he was at ground zero because it was the highlight of his presidency. with thetually came up line -- "they will hear us soon." that was his line. that is something no one fed him. i thought that was a great thing but it all went downhill from there. not that i did a pro cartoon about him. i did a pro cartoon once about jerry ford right after he took over after nixon. it was this cartoon --

with that, ladies and gentlemen, let me please ask in joining to the state vice president dick cheney, and former deputy of state, liz cheney. [applause]. >> thank you very much. it is a real joy and honor for us to be able to be back at the reagan library. as john mentioned, the whole concept of america exceptionalism is one that president reagan would not have even questioned. in many ways we were very inspired by pres. reagan, by the things he did and said, both during his presidency and before. his notion that it was critically important the united states lead the world is understanding that without us, there there was no one who would step in. his rejection of ideals and ideas of moral equivalent were at the forefront. you will see, when you buy our book, which i i hope you will do, that we open the book, the quote which leads the whole thing is by president ronald reagan. on march 23, 1983 he said it is up to us, in our time to choose, and to choose wisely between the hard but necessary tasks of preserving peace and freedom and the ten tatian to ignore our duty and blindly hope

dick cheney wrote that, of course, but he's evolved. >> host: and here's a picture of lynne and dick hool graduation, and that's your mother in the background. >> guest: yes. i remember that picture. she's trying to keep the light from coming through the door to the living room, so she's up there kind of holding it back. >> host: rita, daytona beach, florida. please go ahead. >> caller: yes, good afternoon, mrs. cheney. >> guest: good afternoon. >> caller: my mom, my mom passed away over 30 years ago, and she suffered from epilepsy, as did james madison. she was a very intelligent woman, and she also was a lover of history. she believed, as i do, that truth in government was very important, and for those interested in truth regarding the issue of iraq, i suggest they go online at center for public integrity.org which documents over 900 lies told by the bush/cheney administration. >> guest: i'm not going to go on that, because it sounds like propaganda. but i just will say that i think president bush and my husband did a fine and honorable job, and i'll further point out that when they

please come back for dick cheney next weekend. take you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span three every weekend, 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. visit c-span.org/history for more information flagler and now joining us on book tv, john given of the independent institute. first of all, what is the independent institute command what do you do for a living? apopka it is a think tank, and i just started my own. we work closely together. i am an economist and my focus is on policy flagler where are you based? >> guest: ii am in dallas, but we have a virtual think tank. abcawun,. >> host, you have written about healthcare for quite a while. your most recent book, healthcare solutions for america the affordable care act is now the law of the land. >> guest: it is. focuses on six big problems that are not going away and will requir

dick cheney endorsed kevin mccarthy for speaker. mr.ccarthy speaking out that he agrees with the former vp -- kevin mccarthy with that tweet responding to the endorsement from dick cheney. we will hear from eddie next in jasper, florida. a democrat. good morning to you. caller: good morning. we need a moderate. you look at the election today and people that are running -- democrat or republican -- either too far left or too far right. we need somebody that is in the middle that takes care of the people. host: ok. inin mississippi -- jd mississippi. what are your thoughts on this debate? caller: well, i think that the election of representative mccarthy to this bigger ship is going to be a great -- to the speakership is going to be a great boost to the candidacy for -- [indiscernible] host: why do you think it is a boost? thisr: it just continues almost comical congress that is in power now. and it will be good. people are starting to wake up to the fact that they are not representing the interests of the american people. host: all right

overpays him, the company is inefficient, it's sub contracts to cronies and funnels billions to dick cheneyds. i don't believe those things but even assuming that they are true, he is still able to get meals to troops, transport things for half the money than the government says and they say that if private contractors were replaced by government people, the army's total cost for the about 90% higher. so why are you so much more efficient? >> they believe in fighting isis and they are doing it to help the cause. and part of the reason we have a low overhead is because we fly people were specific training programs. we don't have to pay large salaries. that they, and they do it and they do a great job. without the overhead and government waste and without the politics, might i add. stossel: is this legal? >> we have not violated any laws according to the state department. it's a bit of a gray area but it is always a concern because you never know which way the winds are changing. stossel: you are not afraid of going to jail for this? >> certainly not. i was a prisoner of war for nearly six mo

overpays him, the company is inefficient, it's sub contracts to cronies and funnels billions to dick cheneydon't believe those things but even assuming that they are true, he is still able to get meals to troops, transport things for half the money than the government says and they say that if private contractors were replaced by government people, the army's total cost for the about 90% higher. so why are you so much more efficient? >> they believe in fighting isis and they are doing it to help the cause. and part of the reason we have a low overhead is because we fly people were specific training programs. we don't have to pay large salaries. that they, and they do it and they do a great job. without the overhead and government waste and without the politics, might i add. stossel: is this legal? >> we have not violated any laws according to the state department. it's a bit of a gray area but it is always a concern because you never know which way the winds are changing. stossel: you are not afraid of going to jail for this? >> certainly not. i was a prisoner of war for nearly six months.

it funnels of millions to dick cheney is his friends, i don't believe those but even assuming they are true,a hatatr they get meals to troop, and transport fuel and more things for half of the money that the government could do.government l -do. why are you so much more efficient? >> our trainers believe in the cause, they believe in helping persecuted people could they believe in fighting isis, they are donating their time. john: i assume the soldiers do too. >> they do, but part of reason we have ally overhead we fly people over a specific a training program, we don'ter have to pay large salaries. but they come and do it, they do a great job.ay without all offered head andat festivity -- government waste.ov and without the politics i might add. john: is this legal? >> we have not violated any laws according to the state department, it is a bit of a gray area, there is a concern you never know which way the wind will change.lw >> you are not afraid of going to jail? >> certainly not in 2011, i was a prisoner of war in libyaai . i will take the risk doing the right thing, and helping c

bob wells, adviser to vice president dick cheney. thank you, sir.lly. >> well now to a gruesome killing in connecticut. police obtaining an arrest warrant charging a 27-year-old with the murder of his parents. may have in killed his parents because they planned to quit him out of their will. the bodies were found outside a vacant home on thursday. investigators saying that they found dna evidence from the couple in kyle mavin's truck and in the basement of his home. >>> the state department releasing thousands more pages of e-mails from hillary clinton's time as secretary of state. but one major segment is being left out. a white house official says it will not release any e-mails sent between president obama and mrs. clinton. james? >> reporter: heather, greetings from washington where aides to president obama say he and secretary of state hillary clinton only exchanged a relative handful of e-mails and that they were, quote, mostly nonsubstantive because the president and clinton mostly conducted business in person or by telephone. presidential co

vice president dick cheney did not succeed george w. bush as president of the united states.president vice president al gore did not succeed bill clinton as president of the united states. the last time a vice president did succeed the president, who he served alongside in the white house, was george h.w. bush, who won one term as president to

needs to know dick cheney. >> what he did today is rather stupefying. that story is next. >> one nice thing about walter jones in north carolina is he just signs his name walter. 50i9s not like he's so well known that if you say walter everyone knows it's walter jones. but that's how he signs his name. walter. he had a legitimate, dramatic uncynical change of heart on a really important issue. he initially voted for the iraq war. almost a zealot on the issue. he was one of two members of congress who insisted the congressional cafeteria change the name french fries to freedom fries as a protest against france not joining that war. but within a couple of years, walter jones was openly and earnestly regretful about that vote in support of the war. he ended up sponsoring numerous pieces of legislation to try to end the iraq war. he's a far right conservative on a lot of issue, but he's an iconoclastic, interesting guy. he's nothing if not predictable. but even if you start with that understanding of walter jones. what he did is a surprise, even for him. it

, if i would have tried, even as deputy, if i had tried to call a field commander, going around dick cheney, who was secretary of defense, or colin powell, who was chairman of the joint chiefs, i would have had my head handed to me. probably personally by the president. that kind of interference was just unheard of when i had been on the nsc. and in the white house. >> what led to you say this about president obama and the military. president obama was quote deeply suspicious of their actions and their recommendations? >> i think this was particularly true in afghanistan. and i think there were people in the white house, and i don't want to name any names, who were constantly goading him and saying the military is trying to box you in. the military is trying to trap you. the military is is trying to bully. you, the military is trying to make you do something you don't want to do. >> was vice president biden one of those people? >> i think so. and i was told so. and i think -- but he was not alone. and you can argue with the options that they were putting forward as president bush did. can y

stop this president from getting his wishes >> representative, in the last 24 hours i've heard dick cheneyrsha blackburne, who i admire a lot. who are you supporting or who would you support? who could actually do this? because it's start to feel like mission impossible now. who can unite the gop? >> well, i think the person that will unite the gop is the person that says we're going to -- we're going to go back to a system of order within the house of representatives. absent that order and this is what the american people have been seeing. absent in order, a new order has materialized >> who can -- >> the freedom caucus >> with all due respect -- >> well, certainly dan webster can do it, i think there's probably 15 or 16 members that could do it. and it's not about the policy. the policy will marriage from the members. it's about making sure >> right. >> that these clocks are running on time and votes get to the floor will the court has been it's about the members. they'll get it >> well, hopefully we'll get it all straightened out because the longer lingers, it will help the issue. but i

an interview with playboy for 20 questions which whenever people give me crap about that, i say dick cheney alone. i think it shows sex and nudity isn't that exciting. we're so oversensitized with it and the internet and less is more, ladies. less is more. >> yeah, joe. >> i feel like i'm being ganged up on here. >> in your dreams. >> in the best possible way. >> ebo ni, playboy is trying to portray this as a victory. i have spit on me. playboy is trying to portray it as a victory, it's unnecessary because porn is everywhere. it's like a victory for chronic masturbators. >> i think they think they're taking the high road. playboy is not the first magazine you'd pick up anyway. they are a legitimate place to articles. really. >> i want to chronicle the man hours lost do you to the massive porn obsession in this country. how much time is lost because men are busy doing things -- >> am i the only one that thinks this is sad though? i like the playboy in the sense i think it was a really nice classy way to do nudity. >> it's the rotary phone of pornography. >> esquire gq, not playboy. >> it's t

, if i would have tried, even as deputy, if i had tried to call a field commander, going around dick cheney, who was secretary of defense, or colin powell, who was chairman of the joint chiefs, i would have had my head handed to me. probably personally by the president. that kind of interference was just unheard of when i had been on the nsc. and in the white house. >> what led to you say this about president obama and the military. president obama was quote deeply suspicious of their actions and their recommendations? >> i think this was particularly true in afghanistan. and i think there were people in the white house, and i don't want to name any names, who were constantly goading him and saying the military is trying to box you in. the military is trying to trap you. the military is is trying to bully. you, the military is trying to make you do something you don't want to do. >> was vice president biden one of those people? >> i think so. and i was told so. and i think -- but he was not alone. and you can argue with the options that they were putting forward as president bush did. can y