they wake up the aisle. >> you see bill clinton, vice president mike pence, the former leaders, dick cheneyavanna guthrie, very close to the dole family. she will be speaking leader at the world war ii memorial. tom hanks, who has been so active in helping create that world war ii memorial. of course, democratic leaders, with whom he worked closely, schumer and pelosi, speaker of the house. >> kelly o'donnell joining me from the cathedral. kelly, you were so close to senator dole, covering his campaigns. talk to me about what is so memorable to you about covering this remarkable man. >> what an extraordinary life. and what an example he offers. and in so many ways, andrea, when we look at the life of bob dole, it encapsulates a time in our history where there are many lessons. he served his country in world war ii. he did so heroically. he was injured and i was always struck in the times that i covered him and the times spending time with him in the year since, by how those injuries never left him. he carried those wounds of war all through his daily life. he experienced pain and hardship,

he said in that rich, dick cheney, baritone, he says, john, i got us into some trouble. i say oh. he proceeded to tell me that the president and ms. bush had decided to leave washington right away to go to the funeral of john paul the second. the president had been scheduled to speak the next night at the radio and tv correspondents dinner in washington. as my colleagues also know, the president has to give a funny speech. cheney says i have to go there tomorrow in the president's stead. i have to say funny things for 10 minutes. and then he says, i don't do funny. i said, well, sir, you will do a fine job up there. just let me call my colleague matthew and the next day or so we will get a speech ready for you. the lesson is, number one, he was very funny. he has very good comic timing. number two, generally, if you work in white house speech writing, you have to be ready for anything at any time. tamara: indeed. carolyn, i think you also wrote some speeches for those terrible, wonderful, whatever you want to call them washington dinners. >> they are terrible. no doubt. [laughter]

. >> reporter: that was cheney back in 2010 talking about her father, dick cheney. the former vice president shaped her political views. >> everything about liz cheney is baked into what her father did before her. >> reporter: liz cheney was born to dick and lynn cheney in 1966 in madison, wisconsin. she attended colorado college as an undergraduate. then, before going to university of chicago law school, she worked for the state department for five years. later, she ran for the senate. >> today, i am launching my candidacy for the united states senate. >> reporter: in her 2014 run, she spoke out against same-sex marriage, despite the fact her younger sister mary married a woman. >> i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> reporter: she has since changed her position. >> i was wrong. i was wrong. i love my sister very much. >> reporter: liz cheney ended up dropping out of that senate race. but in 2016, she won wyoming's house seat and quickly became the most powerful woman in the house leadership. her place in history is still being written, though.

has david never heard of dick cheney, does he not know how often the bush family relied on raw power intimidation to get its way. as long as the warrior jesus dominates the gop brutality will be admired over benevolence, propaganda over discourse, confrontation over conservatism, to humanization over dignity. abu ghraib. who was president when that was going on and who was the vice president? it wasn't donald trump or mike pence was the establishment we have known for decades is losing power and being replaced by smarter better people. i like to think of mike pompeo as secretary of state versus anthony blinken. enough said. not only is the gop getting smarter, it's reach is broadening at now appealing to minorities once thought safely in a democrat camp in previous years. in 2020 trump put together the most diverse gop coalition in 60 years. of that authoritarian. hispanic voters in texas and florida flocking to the republican banner, republicans also made huge inroads with suburban women in virginia who are concerned about what their kids are being taught in the schools and then vil

has david never heard of dick cheney?s he really not know how often the bush family relied on raw power and intimidation to get his way? he goes on. as long as the warrior ethos dominates the g.o.p., brutality will be admired over benevolence, propaganda over discourse, confrontation over humanism, dehumanization over dignity. two words, david. who was president when that was going on? and who was the vice president? hint, it wasn't donald trump or mike pence. the establishment that we've known for decades is steadily losing power, and being replaced by smarter, better people. i like to think of mike pompeo as secretary of state versus antony blinken. not only is the g.o.p. getting smarter, it's reach is broadening. minorities once thought safely in the democrat camp, at least they were under previous years, in 2020 trumpet together the most diverse g.o.p. coalition in 60 years. how is that authoritarian? voters from texas and florida are flocking to the republican banner. republicans have made huge inroads with suburban

as a speechwriter for bush and dick cheney, he was part of the three-person team responsible for all of the major addresses. including the historic speech to the joint session of congress after september 11. i'm filled our moderator for the evening. tamra has been been a correspondent for npr and cohost a podcast. it is the top political forecast in america. they focus on the response to the covid-19 crisis, chronicled the top administration from day one, -- trump administration from day one, from early morning tweets into executive orders to investigations. she covered the final two years of the biden is in c and the presidential campaign covering hillary clinton -- the obama presidency and the presidential campaign covering hillary clinton. >> i thought it would be fun to get to know you better, let us start with cody. what is the springsteen thing? >> nonsense. it is true, but it is like i just listened to him all of the time. the easiest things to write were speeches at auto plants. bruce springsteen is america's greatest poet. >> yes. why do you tell us about the time that vice

people -- obviously we can't comply with this, you can't allow -- the country does not belong to dick cheney'st belongs to americans purdue cannot allow them to eliminate our civil liberties. but our congressional republicans defend a new? they're about to win a big election.th who is saying no, we're not going along with this? >> hopefully there will be some congressional republicans, but this is one of the problems with this committee. the authorizing statute for the resolution for the committee said 5 of 13 had to be appointed after constitution with the minor league leader of the house. nancy pelosi refused kevin mccarthy's nominee to the committee, particularly jim jordan because she knew they would be effective in exposing the sham of the committee. now we don't even have a ranking minority member on the committee to give equal time for the questioning -- >> tucker: why comply? if it's totally fake, then why would the rest of us have any kind of obligation to play alont t' with this? >> congress has the power. two issue criminal content and normally those don't go anywhere in such charad

in brief, george bush, dick cheney, the rest of them, obama, they are all guilty of violating the u.s. constitution. have you ever seen a big writeup about it? occasionally just for fun i write about it, but occasionally for fun i have brought it up at talks at law schools, good law schools, faculty seminars. people listen and say, kind of interesting, , let's go on to te next topic. okay, i'm sure you can find plenty of analogs right where you are. well, that's what gramsci called hegemonic common sense. it's just hoping to us, yes, working of criminals. we don't have to pay attention to the constitution. we can kill anybody we like. i mean, let's go on with that. suppose that i ran right now was carrying out a global assassination campaign in which the leaders sat down every tuesday morning, read a little bit of the islamic equivalent of st. augustine, just war, and then judiciously decided who they're going to assassinate today. namely, of the many people around the world who they consider might be a threat to them, which ones should we assassinate today? how would the australian p

. >> not just dick cheney, the war on terror. that's hard stuff. >> it was easy. she trust the media coverage that she's getting to an interview. with a profile seat so she will it was set up to say how she redecorated the vice president's office. i think she has good style. so some of the news that we see our ideas from local pundits of all stripes saying what do you think she should do. i would be so embarrassed of this is happening. this is but i put say, they don't come to be for advice i just give up for free on here. and her situation, the only way to get out of it is to show what you are doing. •-ellipsis job your -- how hard your job is. do a good job in the good media will follow. shell and not tell. she's right, it is hard. shell and don't tell. i did not note that. i'm not john with, what can i say. cubby up next, the story that is infuriating parents everywhere. as a professional bull-rider i'm used to taking chances. but when it comes to my insurance i don't. i use liberty mutual, they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. w

[laughter] shout out to dick cheney. that people are coming to you not to solve a problem, it's because they heard your lap and fought a donkey had his leg caught in a trap. what do you think, joe? >> look, look, look, you don't go after kamala, all right? you come after me. the big guy. that's why i got into this business, and that's why am ready. got to be ready to take the tough problems and blame somebody for them. who gets the blame? donald trump. i'm ready. global warming. the unvaccinated. see what i mean? i'm always ready. you've got to be prepared in this job. when that phone rings and wakes you up at 4:00 p.m., you've got to be ready to go. come on, man! [scattered applause] >> greg: kat, you know what drives me crazy, it's that everybody in the media is offering advice. like this didn't ever happen with trump, no one was ever trying to help trump whenever there was something going on, but for some reason it's like everybody has advice for joe because joe is having a hard time. >> yeah -- although sometimes adv

bush and briscoe croft and jim baker were a remarkable team that had the benefit of working with dick cheney and colin powell and the spectacular team that made a difference but it came because clinton had a vision but did not allow himself to be stuck on stupid. he was always invited to other solutions or better way of debating it and he did not count his chest and say i did it. he went overboard saying -- could have been we did it. >> i will narrow the question to you because andrew card opened the door. what struck me in the book, you and i both served as administrator, lack of appreciation for humanitarian leadership and crisis response, you were there at the time and extended and mobilized these tools and became administrator. talk about the innovation we saw from bush 412 usaid and humanitarian leadership. >> the dean of the bush school is a friend of mine, a friend of all of us and he was a great president but we need to talk about mistakes. he didn't do anything about the reconstruction of afghanistan after the russians left. in the introduction i said i need to check this out to mak

i had to give him my reasons why give it to dick cheney number one wyoming, three electoral votes haven't964. let's go to a state. >> pete: but a governing choice. >> he made a governing choice. >> pete: thanks a lot. merry christmas. united states to see you in person. >> you bet. >> pete: up next, christmas shopping. work emojis and president fauci? i know that will make will cain smile? won't it? don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪ trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next. start a new day with trelegy. ♪ ...feelin' good ♪ no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase

. >> brian: if it was dick cheney saying it or key staffer saying it, the white house has to addressk there has been a phone call or visit already? >> >> i suspect there has been conversation between the white house chief of staff and the chief of staff for the vice president. but, this is highly unusual. i don't remember this happening under president trump, under president obama, certainly didn't happen under president bush. i don't remember it happening under bill clinton bush 41 or ronald reagan. we are seeing something play out here that's highly unusual. i think it goes cailee's point. she would be getting criticized if she were competent and take immigration. rather than be involved in the real immigration problem, the problem that representative cuellar was calling her about mainly 2 trillion coming across our border straining state and local resources stretching them to the limit and beyond, instead what she says her problem, her responsibility is to deal with the immigration, the thrust from immigration coming from the triangle. >> guatemala, honduras and nicaragua not to c

. >> i'm trying to think about my trips with dick cheney when he was vice president.there were certainly a lot of opportunities for the press to do it, and it is part of the culture, but much more importantly she has a point on the substance of what she was doing in europe. she was september to europe to have some very important meetings with allies about a lot of the problems on the world stage, and that was the thing that people talked about the most. having said that, if you are somebody who is prone to click bait which is what kamala harris is, you've got to expect that that is going to happen and kind of role with it. >> reporter: you're at the white house and something she says every day of the united states. she's grateful he was vice president, gets the role, appreciates and understands the role and he's extremely supportive and influences a great -- that has influenced a great deal what this experience has been for me. there's been talk of dissatisfaction among time biden with team hair. they said that about clinton and gore and bush and cheney and obama and

know i'm no fan of the wyoming congresswoman's politics, or of her father, former vice president dick cheney. still, i was stunned how quickly republicans were willing to cast aside a political dynasty in service to trump's big lie about the election. last but not least is the full-on republican embrace of kyle rittenhouse. i will admit i'm still coming to terms with his acquittal, but even if you see the case differently, i'm not quite sure what makes rittenhouse qualified to serve as a congressional intern, a position he's been offered by several republican lawmakers. perhaps in the case of florida congressman matt gaetz, he's hoping rittenhouse can help him find a few good defense lawyers of his own. elise, what should we add to the list? >> for the gop, i mean. >> how much time we got? >> yeah, how much time? we have so many. i think, really, the covid antics, just not taking covid seriously, and you see so many lawmakers who are, you know, they're still refusing to get a vaccination and their fines go up and up and up in the halls of congress, and then just the message that that sends t

we are already seeing mike pence, dick cheney, bill clinton. they're all there, gloria.ou did with bob dole in recent years that was so moving. >> it was moving because i was doing a documentary on people who were almost president, who made it to the final two, and what that felt like to lose in front of the world. there's nothing like it. i met him. he was severely disabled. he said it really hurts, and he talked about the races as if they were yesterday. he said, you know, bill clinton beat me, but he beat me fair and square, and i had been advised to go out there and be the hatch etdman against bill clinton for the republican party, and he ree fused to do it. one other thing, he gave up his senate seat when he ran, so he didn't have anything to come home to like john kerry could go back to the senate. so for him, it was deciding what he was going to do next, and we all know that towards the end of his life, the world war ii memorial became his big cause. and i asked him, is that going to be your legacy? because of course he's still such a legislator that we don't see

he's a long time reporter, was at "the washington post" for a while, wrote about dick cheney, one of the nation's most respected journalists. and he's kind of pivoted off of being a national security officer for a while to be a full time national democracy beat at the atlantic. bart wrote one of the most seminal pieces on this topic before the election, in fact before i think it was apparent on what happened. it was published in september 2020, so that's two months before the election. it was in the atlantic where he's a correspondent for the atlantic, and the piece was called "the election that could break america." and basically it's always risky to write about the future if you're a journalist because the future is unwritten. you don't know what's going to happen, and you could end up looking very, very silly. i myself have made predictions about the future that end up being silly. bart wrote a piece that was the opposite. it was remarkably prophetic because it basically laid out a blueprint for how trump with sufficient allies in the republican party across the country could atte

the 1996 race for the white house, side by side with the likes of former vice president pence, dick cheneyy would have relished. president biden and dole's daughter, robin, were among those who delivered eulogies. >> we serve together for 25 years. we disagreed, but we were never disagreeable with one another. not one time that i can think of. i found bob to be a man of principle, pragmatism, and enormous integrity. he came into the arena with certain guiding principles that began with devotion to country, to fair play, to decency. to dignity, to honor. to literally attempting to find the common good. >> i will miss him so much. i think i will still talk to him every night. i love you, dad, and i promise, you will never walk alone. >> after that service, the dole family led by his beloved widow, elizabeth, went to the world war r memorial here in washington, the memorial that bob dole had championed. there, the actor, tom hanks, spoke of dole's legacy as a wounded war hero, who fought to make sure that his world war ii comrades were never forgotten. >> but it was bob dole who willed this m

administration, the pences will be there in addition to dan quayle, the former vice president, dick cheney bush administration of course. then we expect to hear comments from members of both sides of the aisle. we'll hear president joe biden will speak to this audience, as well as former senators pat robertss and tom daschle, who was the democratic leader at the time when bob dole was at the top of his conference. just in a matter of moments we expect the family to arrive at the capitol. then the casket will be brought down the steps behind me into the hearse that will take them about four miles up to the washington national cathedral. he dedicated his life to service from world war ii, his time in the house and senate, and after he left in 1996, dedicating his time to help veterans and the disabled an the like. a lot of people here will be giving moving tributes not just today but in the days ahead. >> we will bring you that live as we see it. it begins in the next hour. we'll bring you the full ceremony. >>> first, inflation spiking to a 39-year high. we'll get reaction just ahead from w

president bush and brant and jim baker were a remarkable team and had the benefit of working with dick cheney and colon powell. a spectacular team that made a difference. the president has a vision but did not allow himself to be stuck on stupid. he was always looking to learn, always inviting people to offer other solutions or a better way of debating it. and he didn't practice bragadocia. he didn't bang his chest. in fact, he went overboard and said you did it, when it could have been a we did it. >> i'm going to jump in and narrow the question for you because andy really opened the door. so, what struck me in the book, obviously, you and i both having served as administrator, is a lack of appreciation for what happened in that bush presidency for humanitarian assistance, leadership and crisis response. and obviously, you were there at the time. and then eventually sort of extended and mobilized the tools when you became administrator. if you would, talk a little about the innovations we saw from the bush 41 team with respect to usaid and humanitarian leadership. >> well, let me tell you an

the letter you mentioned from dick cheney and other secretaries of defense about ten president trump's efforts and worried of what it could yield. betsy, obviously there is a lot to go here. one of the generals we should mention is charles flynn, you should tell the audience who his brother is and the role he plays. tell us what's next? the critical ig report and they're looking into what happens there. what are the next steps that could happen at the pentagon as a result of this explosive? >> it's important to have clarity of charles flynn. charles' brother is michael flynn. i want to be crystal clear, this report does not insinuate, suggest or hint of their relationship between those two men. the report does not mention michael flynn. this is a report why a person who's not holding act and comfortable and serious major allegations. i believe the author of this report believed that michael flynn was shaping charles's decision making. this report does not signal that relationship was made. at least in the four corners of the document. in terms of what's next, i expect the january 6th c

christian, as you know, i spent the first 14 months of the bush administration as dick cheney's domesticeen the track record for the entire career of kamala harris, from being district attorney, attorney general and now the vice president of churning through staff and having management issues. the vice president'sjob is to be management issues. the vice president's job is to be seen and not heard and what we are hearing a lot of right now is dysfunction, backbiting, fighting and the thing that i find most shocking is on the staffers are saying it is racism and sexism by the biden white house. that is not a road you want to go down when the vice president is saying things, or her staff anyway, that are contrary to the message of the president and what he is trying to articulate to the american people. to articulate to the american --eole. �* ., to articulate to the american neale, �* ., ., to articulate to the american --eole. �* ., ., , people. before i let you go, let us talk about a _ people. before i let you go, let us talk about a bob _ people. before i let you go, let us talk about

i'll put it this way, there's a reason why kamala harris is a less-popular vice president than dick cheneyd: oh, boy, [laughter] that's a tough comment. finally getting back to the money. you look at the nomination of professor omarosa, whose going to be in charge of all of the banks in the united states. not only local banks but foreign banks that have branches here. she had a plan to essentially de fund all private banks, put american capital in the hands of the federal reserve, have all of these government lending institutions come in and take over for the private sector. now, she pulled her nomination out by herself but there's still this sort of dark cloud hanging over the banking community that god, maybe we would lose all of our capital if somebody like her gets into one of those regulatory positions. is that why the banks are trying to make friendly with this administration? >> oh, certainly. i mean, biden made his entire staff walk the plank for nothing no one who understands washington thought this nomination was ever going to be confirmed and yet, still the white house officiall

i believe it's dan quayle sitting next to dick cheney having a chat as everyone gathers.of both parties senior standing, presidents and former presidents, senior leaders of the senate here to honor a man who at one time in his career was a controversial partisan back in the 70s when he first came on the scene as gerald ford's running mate. but over time his wit, which was extremely sharp and anyone who knows him, he was very witty and funny came to be used in ways that might needle or even prick occasionally but he was seen as a much more benign figure and was quite effective leader as senate majority leader in 1984 and 1994. it is also heartening, dana, he lived so long. he had a very long and ultimately consequential life and lived to the ripe old age of 98. something that we can be grateful. >> bill: back in february he was diagnosed at stage 4 cancer. you mention how long his life was extended there. it is remarkable when you think about those devastating war wounds he suffered as a young man in northern italy about a month before the war in europe had concluded. and

we have seen former president bill clinton there, seated next to former vice president dick cheney ande. >> -- not so tired or weary, his understandings no one can fathom. he gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. young men stumble and fall. but those who weigh upon the lord will renew their strength. they will soar on wings like eagles. they will walk and not faint. the word of the lord. >>> president biden expected now to deliver the eulogy for his longtime friend. someone he remembers as a war hero. a member of the greatest ge generation. working together on capitol in that small for two decades. let's listen to president biden. >>> reverend, clear gee, distinguished guests, among the many memories from 50 years of friendship one that's especially captures what bob dole was as a man and in my view as a patriot. we were on our way to the 50th anniversary of d-day we started in italy, much has been written about his time in enzio but to be there with him felt significantly different. he was on a mission in the mountains nazi gunfire and mortar fire, the man w

one of the big reasons is that senator dick cheney talks about this all the time.aying inflation causing households to spend $3500 more for 2021. just out, add that up it is a real concern that translates to votes not only from manchin but there are other moderate democrats who fall under his umbrella. while he is take the heat from progressive side, there are other moderates who i think are ready to vote against that effort right now. stuart: if you had to handicap it build back better could be done before christmas or highly unlikely not to be done by christmas? >> put it this way, if i had the candidate casino 100-dollar chips, i had to put my money down, i would put 70 by christmas and 30 by christmas. might go 80-20 at this point because i think the, then once you get into the new year, stuart. it is another bag of tricks because you're talking an election year and you're talking about inflation that potentially still in there until mid 23. stuart: if it is key laid until next year the real chances of getting something are fading quite rapidly? that is where y

brian: now ask yourself, if you asked dick cheney, joe biden is vice president or mike pence, are youn such a letdown. she was on the threshold, the launching pad, to take over in four years for president that even describes himself as a stop -gap, as an interim president, as a transitional figure, and she's been so horrendous and lazy and would not even understand the issues and this was a layup. are you going to run? we don't talk about it. my goodness, why not just slam that door open. ainsley: i bet they don't though because he doesn't know, i don't , i think he's looking at her poll numbers saying maybe she's not the right one next time. brian: but ainsley she already said he's running again. of course we're going to be running again, we're so busy governing, we're not focusing on re-election but we're running. ainsley: she said i don't think about it. who doesn't think about that when you're vice president you don't think about that? am i going to have to go through an election again in a few years steve: here is the thing. that is not true because if you live by re-election, yo