. >> dr. bush, how did the juvenile justice system get started in this country? >> it got started right around the turn of the 20 century. the first juvenile court law was passed in illinois in 1899, establishing a separate court for juveniles and along with it came separate institutions for juvenile offenders. the system was so popular that it was copied by almost every other state in the union by the 1920s your texas adopted juvenile court law in 1907. >> and you write that the juvenile justice system has failed in this country. why do you think that it has failed? >> it failed because it failed to live up to its founding promise which was basically that it would establish a more protected system for youthful offenders. the juvenile justice system was founded on the concept that children were different am adult offenders, that there were less responsible for the offenses, and that they were more capable of being rehabilitated. so juveniles are supposed to be separated from adults and treated differently from adults. it's really failed to do that. today is very

dr. frankenstein, george bush who created this monster. >> reporter: now he's pulled two of his favoriteraitor" is about crook russian olig arcs and their duplicitous friends in western banking and intelligence. there's still plenty ofville andy out there. how would you describe what you're dealing with? are bankers the villains here? is corporateeth os the villain here? >> bankers will always get away with whatever they can get away with. an impartial body that examined the catastrophe after the fall oflyman brothers declared our banking system to be socially useless which is quite strong language coming from the right wing. >> you haven't been talking to anyone on the other side of the business, have you? >> george smiley said at the end of the cold war in a lecture to the trainees of the spy school he said now that we've dealt with the excesses of communism, we have to deal with the excesses of capitalism. i think what's we're dealing with at the moment. >> reporter: it's not that john le carre hasn't done very well for himself in the meantime, splitting his time between london and hi

how long will we know president bush was and what he really did? >> dr. brown? >> well, i will say this, most historians dislike political scientists like me. most of the historians i know think that 50 years is really a good time frame to start where you end up with more sense of an objective analysis. i think one of my favorite comments from a history professor that i had when i was at ucla and he said i want you in this course because we were talking about the 1970s. he said i want you to call me on when my memory intrudes with history and i think there is this problem for all historians who are writing, all political scientists, all ewaitevaluators your memory is still there. >> i write about contemporary history from the '60s onward and i believe historians can do a good job with the first take. some of the best books on the '60s were written soon after the c section. -- '60s. some of the best books were written 5 to 10 years after that happened. . .. >> so it's impossible to escape that. there's differences. some historians are quite comfortable studying t

bush presidential library is scheduled to open in 2013. dr. gerald turner, president of southern massive list -- southern methodist university. do you have a slogan truth will set you free? >> that was the model identified at the opening of the school when it was founded. that is the motto. >> what does it mean to you? >> it means the truth will set you free. the basic goal of the institution is to try to find the truth, whether that is in teaching or the human experiences. also, baycol is to find what is really there. >> -- the goal is to find what is really there. >> the toughest part of being a president -- when people say what is your job description? i say it is a coordination of incompatible forces. that is pretty much the case. if you are in business you have one basic goal. that is to make it quarter to quarter. you can be pretty focused about it. whereas here we have so many governments. the truth cell -- shall set you free, you have to get the best people you can get who can learn what we do know past and present, so the constituency

bush presidential library, scheduled to open in 2013. >> dr. gerald turner, president of southern methodist university. is it true you have a slogan, "the truth shall set you free. that is the motto. >> what's it mean to you? >> i think it means, if the truth shall set you free, the basic goal of the institution is to try to find truth, whether if our reserge effort, teaching, human experiences or whatever. >> what's the best part of a president and the toughest part of being a president? >> the toughest part of being a president, i say -- when people ask what's your job description, i say it's the coordination of incompatible forces. that's the case. if you're in business, you've got one basic goal, to increase shareholder value and make it quarter-to-quorter and so on. you can be focused about it. whereas here we have so many goals. the truth shall set you free, you've got to sponsor research, recrutement of the best students you can get who can come in and learn what we do know, past and present, and hopefully pointing toward the future. you

dr vanishes from site. a french t.v. crew that had been working on another story comes across as in the bush. the subsequent interview was a major scoop and the first time a european media has ever filmed the drug trafficker. in front of the camera escobar goes to some lengths to justify himself just so far as what. we have to realize that we're living through the cocaine period cocaine is inviting the world why because it's a drug that's less strong or less damaging than the all those there are drug addicts of because of a lack of education and discipline. it's the same with alcohol there's no difference between someone sleeping on the sidewalk because of drink or because of drugs. or the godfather goes on to pick up part of the american arguments against the cocaine trade like ok right now it's cocaine that's considered dangerous evil because the americans can't control it only goes it's the colombians of produce that that's the real problem. in that same year the median cocktail ships out three hundred kilograms a day of cocaine to the united states u.s. officials have had enough and again

bush presidential library in his own road to smu. >> this morning, dr. tantawi -- dr. hamid talks about what may be next for egypt. later, discusses federal funding for abortions. "washington journal" is next. "washington journal" is next.

dr. tom little, an opthamologist murdered in afghanistan last year. the last to be honored, former president george h.w. bush... >> not simply for the years he spent as our 41st president. we honor george herbert walker bush for service to america that spanned nearly 70 years-- from a decorated navy pilot who nearly gave his life in world war ii, to u.s. ambassador to the united nations, from cia director to u.s. envoy to china, to the vice presidency. his life is a testament that public service is a noble calling. this is a gentleman, inspiring citizens to become points of light in service to others, teaming up with a one-time political opponent to champion relief for the victims of the asian tsunami, the hurricane katrina. and then just to cap it off, well in the 80s, he decides to jump out of airplanes-- because, as he explained, "it feels good." >> holman: president obama awarded the medals-- the nation's highest civilian honor- - to the 14 men and women present. >> ifill: president obama said he would give chancellor merkel her award when she comes to washington for a state visit later this year. >> woo

bush in eight year, we lost 500,000 private sector jobs. we gave tax breaks to the very wealthy, gentlemen, we lost jobs. dr. steriling? >> wl, senator, there are a lot of factors involved. >> sure. >> the end of the bush year, we went io a recessions. when politician pligss brag about the job growth they've had, 90% of what they've talked about is the influence of demographics, and what we've dodged for several decades is when we moved into -- after 2008 and we have all these people starting to retire almost at the rate we're bringing people into the work force, it's going to dramatically decrease the amount of jobs. >> and i'm not arguing -- i'm just saying -- my only point was these things are complicated. >> as a matter of revenues, i have emphasized that it's something that has been hard to get into the budget calculus, but if we can figure out ways to get older workers to work, who i think are the largest group of potential workers, the most -- largest pool of underutilized human capital in our economy, people 55 to 75 to 85, it has a revenue effect right now we do not score. >> when we have such a -- when we talk

bush in eight year, we lost 500,000 private sector jobs. we gave tax breaks to the very wealthy, gentlemen, we lost jobs. dr. steriling? >> well, senator, there are a lot of factors involved. >> sure. >> the end of the bush year, we went into a recessions. when politician pligss brag about the job growth they've had, 90% of what they've talked about is the influence of demographics, and what we've dodged for several decades is when we moved into -- after 2008 and we have all these people starting to retire almost at the rate we're bringing people into the work force, it's going to dramatically decrease the amount of jobs. >> and i'm not arguing -- i'm just saying -- my only point was these things are complicated. >> as a matter of revenues, i have emphasized that it's something that has been hard to get into the budget calculus, but if we can figure out ways to get older workers to work, who i think are the largest group of potential workers, the most -- largest pool of underutilized human capital in our economy, people 55 to 75 to 85, it has a revenue effect right now we do not score. >> when we have such a -- when we

dr. rice is thriving. she has a book down which i would recommend to you. she's the chair of the advisory council for the bush institute. i work with her a great deal. she was a great secretary of state. as far as your comments about financial health, certainly with what is going on in the middle east there is not a lot of financial health of being pumped into the middle east in this movement towards democracy. i agree that they need to stand on their own two feet. one of the things that we absolutely can do that benefits the united states as much as it does these economies is to promote more trade between them and us. host: north carolina on our line for republicans. you are on a "washington journal." caller: i was brought up when jimmy carter was president. he was probably the most incompetent president. why went into the marine corps, my recruiter participated in desert one. i was in beirut in 1983-1984. i cannot remember any other time that we have had such an incompetent, inept president becomes to the middle east. he is not doing a very good job. i think he could be doing better, his administration of t

bush in eight year, we lost 500,000 private sector jobs. we gave tax breaks to the very wealthy, gentlemen, we lost jobs. dr. steriling? >> well, senator, there are a lot of facto involved. >> sure. >> the end of theush year, we went into a recessions. when politician pligss brag about the job growth they've had, 90% of what they've talked about is the influence of demographics, and what we've dodged for several decades is when we moved into -- after 2008 and we have all these people starting to retire almost at the rate we're bringing peoplento the work force, it's going to dramatically decrease the amount of jobs. >> and i'm t arguing -- i'm just saying -- my only point was these things are complicated. >> as a matter of revenues, i have emphasized that it's something that has been hard to get into the budget calculus, but if we can figure out ways to get older workers to work, who i think are the largest group of potential workers, the most -- largest poolf underutilized human capital in our economy, people 55 to 75 to 85, it has a revenue effect right now we do not score. >> when we have such a -- when we talk abou

bushes administration who are not friends of obama. he needs someone he can trust. and the neocons and israel would like nothing better than to put our president in an untenable position. guest: dr. brazinski has the ear of the president when it is necessary. he has been a friend of mine since 1954. i heard him the other day forecasting that this century would be bloodier than the last century. both of us were alive for 3/4 of it. i think what you're saying is true about muammar gaddafi. i think the president is getting everything that the cia knows. i do not think it is because the cia is disinforming him that you have not seen the results you seem to hope for. host: libya should be left in the hands of libyans, not the u.s., not france, or any other country. when will we learn? guest: bob gates got it right when he said that anybody wants a third military operation should have his head examined. iraq was the most unnecessary war of my lifetime. today, iran has more influence than we do. baghdad has less electricity than they did under hisaddam hussein. 65% of the american people are against it and most of our allies cannot wait to get out. host: good morning. caller: i wanted

dr. brown if you wrote president bush of his book what would be your study. >> i talk about his election campaign in 2000. and i basically see similar problems with him that i see with most of the modern presidents. and that is, quite frankly, their experience in politics is rather limited. and as a result, they may be sort of good at giving us speeches or making all the right moves or being in the right places for the photo ops but as i said, they seem to miss the politics around them either for their advisors, consultants, foreign leaders and what have you. >> and tevy is the author of the intellectuals of the american presidencies, philosophers, gestures or technicians. does president bush fit into one of those categories? >> my book is really about how intellectuals deal with the presidents and how presidents have brought intellectuals into the white house and the question of philosopher, jester or technician and what role do they play and it was written by ar-arthur schlesinger when he was advisor for kennedy. he also had a very -- sort of nba corporatized approach of intellectuals