the george w.dation board of directors, donald l. evans. [applause] >> good morning and welcome to the george w. bush presidential center and to the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas. i'm proud to be here with all of you here today as we dedicate this beautiful building to the american people. two years ago, we broke ground on this site and the hard work of many people is realized in the building behind me today. of course, no one has done more to make this place possible than president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. [applause] i've had the honor of calling them my friends for more than 40 years and i've been privileged to witness firsthand the instead resolve and principled leadership of president bush. those who come here will learn about that leadership and about a consequential time in american history. researchers and scholars will study the presidential records housed in the archives. students and museum visitors will learn about the modern american presi

george w. bush presidential library. brianna, is there. you've had a chance to take a look at this facility. what was it like? >> it was fascinating. what i was struck by going into it at the beginning was that it was a brief moment in the bush president that was pre9/11. it was still at a time in september of 2001 where they were still experiencing firsts. it was the first state dinner to honor the then president of mexico. it was six days before 9/11. you're confronted with the the twisted hulk of the south tower, a piece of the south tower from the world trade center. what employees told us, was believed to be the point of impact. from there obviously, the bush presidency was defined and his controversial decisions that were made after that regarding the war on terror and invading iraq. one of the more interesting and interactive parts of this whole display is that decision point theater where visitors get advice from advisers. they might get some input from the press and get to make decisio

the george w.ush institute advisory board, dr. condoleezza rice. >> good morning. mr. president and mrs. obama, president and mrs. carter, president and mrs. george h.w. bush, president and mrs. clinton and president and mrs. bush, i have the honor of introducing a number of global leaders, national leaders and texas state leaders who have come to join us on this momentous occasion. as your name is called, may i ask you to stand, and may i ask the audience to hold your applause so that we can acknowledge our global leaders together. president of the republic of georgia, mikael saakashvili and former president of spain, president agnar, the former president of ghana, the former president of south korea lee myung bak and mrs. kim, former president and mrs. lourdes rodriguez deflores of el salvador, former prime minister silvio berlusconi of italy, former prime minister tony blair and mrs. sharri blair of the united kingdom, former prime minister and mrs. john howard of australia, former prime ministe

george w. bush's library and museum on the campus of southern methodist university. so much more than that. at its most fun, today was a wonderful opportunity to observe the hilarious challenge of watching everyone obligated to speak at the dedication to come up with positive things to say about george w. bush. president obama tried complimenting his personal attributes like sense of humor. >> to know the man is like the man because he's comfortable in his own skin. he knows who he is, doesn't put on any pretenses. takes his job seriously but doesn't take himself too seriously. >> president carter went with a self-deprecating joke about the election which was uncomfortable because it meant president bush probably shouldn't have been president in the first place. >> in 2000, as some of you may remember there was a disputed election for several weeks. finally, when president bush became president, they had the inauguration in washington's own schedule. i think my wife and i were the only two volu

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it was george versus george. and the georges were george washington, george iii and george w. bush.if you did like the top but you asked for more. so here's more. so i kept on working and eventually evolves into the book that we have coming out in the next couple of weeks. and what really struck me when i stood my research and nationally was a quote from washington where he said the foundation of her empire was laid not during a gloomy age of ignorance and superstition, but during an epic when the mankind was redefined in this auspicious period the nazis came into existence as a nation, and their citizenship not be completely free, and happy, the fault will be entirely their own. wow. i saw that as a personal challenge to each and every one of us to learn about this auspicious period and understand what was happening in that epic to see when the founders got together after the revolutionary war to write the constitution. who was at the front, the front and center as the president of the constitution convention, but george washington, the commander in chief who had led them through t

[knock on door] george: kramer, open up. i know you're in there. hey, george.th you? it's only 4:00. huh? i've been walking around all night. i've been thinking about alison and me... and you. oh. come on, george. please. give me another chance. [sighs] i know i'm gonna regret this. all right. thank you. i'm gonna make you both so happy. ok, all right, i'll see you later. peterman: elaine, where's susie? i want her to head up our new fingerless glove division. oh, but i thought i was in line for that assignment. mmm...nah. all right, then, i was gonna wait to tell you this, but... last night susie... she took her own life. [cries] [knocking on door] we're taking george back. what? he's gonna make us very happy. elaine: look at this turnout. where did susie find the time to meet all these people? my little funeral's not gonna come close to this. oh, my god! susie? but how-- i'm not susie. i'm elaine. but i've been calling you susie. oh. hadn't noticed. excuse me. i guess i never met susie. suze? i actually had a little thing with her for a while. her, too. what

george washington mother was orphaned at 13, george eskridge took her in any of her firstborn son after him. the thank you for coming today. [laughter] >> he's quite right, but logan beirne is also descended to distinguish forbearers who have relationship to george washington. as most of you know, george washington purchase a page in the french and indian war. those probably his first real military experience. one of the officers serving under him was officer dandridge, who said lineal ancestor of trent i believe on his mother's side and date after you import battle, one of the few 101. he turned over his sash of general braddock to his trusted and decorated officer and we have that here today, which we will award to logan burn. [applause] which makes logan burn an appropriate author. >> it's funny because our families go back a long way to colonial virginia. in fact, has started a revolution. so are we sure this is safe? said ancestry and heritage comes in this book quite a bit, might be the revolutionary heritage, but i'm also fascinated that each and everyone of us has a rich family

george w. bush. i am at the george w. bush presidential center. i had the pleasure to serve with the bush administration the last two as his press secretary. many think of him as straight forward unapologetic. those are true as his press secretary i got to know him in a more personal light. tonight i will show you. up first the importance of sticking to principles. >> mr. president? >> welcome back to the oval office. >> it's a little erie. it feels like i should be preparing you for a press conference. >> exactly. >> i see you still have a clean desk. this is a good policy. >> yes, it is. >> it is erie in a sense. we made sure that the oval office looked exactly like it was during our presidency. including the flowers. >> we want people to come in here and get a sense of the majesty in the office. this is the only office in a museum where the visitor can sit behind a desk and play like you are making a phone call and have their picture taken. i think it's going to be a real attraction. >> the

bad guy doesn't make him a bad traitor but i would use him as an indicator of anything other than george soros now the other concern out there is this our bitcoins killing gold price the use of bitcoin seems to have increased dramatically in spain italy greece cyprus and elsewhere in southern europe over the last two weeks this is most likely driven by increased concerns about the future value of the euro historically these kinds of concerns would have had investors headed for the safety of gold instead the value of big points a shot up in relation to the euro and remember during the cyprus crisis there was a one point three million dollars purchase on mt gox for bitcoins and that's the thing is like you know they have capital controls they have people at the airports looking to see if you have more than a thousand euros cash however if you have a thumb drive. you can cross the border or you can keep a big coins in a mind a wallet and you know if you just memorize the address you can walk around anywhere in the world with millions. million five million twenty million dollars in bitcoin a

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because it was -- that was the part of george w. bush's personality. george h.w.lite one, says the right thing. what he thinks somebody wants to hear on television. that was never barbara bush. >> god love her. that's what we love about her. so refreshing. wish there were more people like that in politics today. >> she is. >> that's definitely the cutting line that -- that we would see from him, from president bush from time to time, too. you know, what president bush also really hated was psychoanalyzing that kind of language. i wouldn't read too much into that except that it was a really good line. >> well, fair enough. sara, i've been taken aback as i've been thinking abili ining bush legacy. we talk about the presidency. iraq, that's going to be a discussion people are going to have for a long time. when i was listening to reince priebus talk about what we thought was the problem with the republican party, i couldn't help but think, oh, he wants bush 2000. >> it's true. the president has always taken a long view certainly on policy, but also on politics. he un

max foster where the concern trolls they cut and paste are a concern for your well being oh my god george soros is selling his paper gold just like he did last year and the year before that and the quarter before that every other quarter before that of course he is and was buying the paper gold right back after the headlines concern trolled you into selling your real gold and in the meantime having sold your real gold you are now no longer a hedge against inflation deflation confiscation stacie or max they're so concerned for your well being they're only telling you this because they're worried about you gold bubble scene turning to bear market by soc gen on recovery investors are unlikely to resist gold holdings because inflation has remained low signs that the economy's improving may spur the federal reserve to curb stimulus and the dollar has strengthened soc gen said today in a report oh this is a financial narcissism because the dow jones is hitting all time new highs but that down jones is the inflation the money printing eighty five billion dollars a month by ben bernanke is being

george w. bush center, headed by mark langdale and jim glassman and my long-time pal, donny evans. much to the delight, much to the delight of the folks who worked on this project, we have raised enough money to pay our bills. >> we have -- we have over 300,000 contributors from all 50 states, and laura and i thank you from the bottom of our hearts. this is the first time in american history that parents have seen their son's presidential library. mother, i promise to keep my area clean. barbara bush taught me to live life to the fullest, to laugh a lot and to speak my mind. a trait that sometimes got us both into trouble. dad taught me how to be a president. before that, he showed me how to be a man. and 41, it is awesome that you are here today. >> i welcome, i welcome my dear brothers and sister, as well as in-laws, cousins, nephews, nieces, uncles -- all of you for joining us. our family has meant more to me than anything, and i thank you for making it so. not so long ago, this campus was h

george let me go to rachel first let me go where is radiators ok. where were the personal responsibility in all of this i mean if there was nobody willing to take on loans that they couldn't afford to pay that or take on mortgages that they couldn't afford to pay. there wouldn't be a crisis i mean if it's banks where they're saying to people look i want to force this loan upon me when the people said look i really can't pay that i really shouldn't be taking that because it's out of my need but i should really show you where you're going to be right all the way around why there's no other way for the making of this one isn't it the other way around these banks these people could not pay these alternately you know they knew what they know nancy your question go ahead but the banks knew it the banks knew no but you know what it's where well that's fine the banks can try a con if they like but and then they get you but then they get bailed out person then they get away. and and to get bailed out because people were too stupid to say look i can't take th

hey, george. i remember that tune. george? george. hmm. what's that ticking? [clock ticking] uh-oh.whoa! whoa! whoa! whoa! fire in the hole! oh! i can't believe the lumbar yard wouldn't pick this up. uh! ugh. ok. agh! conrad: you want it back the way it was? yeah, that's right. you know, i don't get you, seinfeld. you want something one day, the next day you don't like it. i mean, come on, man make a decision. [ring] one second. hello. jerry, you got to help me. i threw my back out. so just lie down. i am lying down. i am trapped under a funky mattress. you got to go get a doctor or at least come over and roll this thing off of me. all right. i'll be right there. uh, conrad i got to go. stay. go. whatever. hey, kramer. what's going on? i told my chiropractor how great swimming in the river made my back feel. he recommended it to all his patients. yegh-gh-gh! step aside. [splash] he just sunk like a stone didn't he? sir, i'm sure it's not a bomb. oh, yeah. don't be so brave, george. you mess with them and they're messing with you. all right, boys, send it in. steinbrenner: what-- wha

yes or no george those go ahead george yeah but who paid that though again who paid the price for this the people who pay the price are the homeowners because they were foreclosed upon they got kicked out of their homes but the banks didn't pay any price for that they they made enormous sums of money on all these loans they made enormous sums of money on securitizing these loans and then after the bailout they continued to earn enormous sums of money for these decisions those people that clinton supposedly helped well they lost their homes i was thrown out on the street but the bankers they did very nicely thank you very much fred you said something earlier in the program i think it's really interesting because capitalism fred you said something earlier in the program you said real capitalism how would you like to see it in america go ahead. i would like to see the a ray of moral hazard that i would like to reconnect the disciplines that capitalism grew up with we should get rid of deposit insurance it was a win when deposit insurance was started in the one nine hundred thirty s. f t y

>> the george w. bush presidential library and museum sits on 23 acres of the southern methodist university campus. inside the complex, a treasure trove of more than 43,000 artifacts from the bush presidency. ( laughter ) >> jon: basically the hard rock cafe of catastrophic policy decisions. ( laughter ) now, i guess this is-- as good a time for bush to open up a library as any time. >> as time passes and passions cool, mr. bush has froan more popular. >> a perfect example for george w. bush is his father george herbert walker bush, who looks far better 20 years after leaving office. >> jon: right. ( laughter ). because he's being compared to george w. that's why he looks better. i'm sure-- listen f-1 of g.w.'s kids becomes president in 2032 and somehow for snow reason invades the moon, i'm sure we'll look back at w and go he wasn't so bad. a lot less moon deaths in his presidency. any library will have to grapple with the decision made by this president-- iraq, katrina, the financial crise. >> visito

>> it was george versus george versus georgia was the title. i think it was washington, a room at three and george w. bush. >> that's right. i was comparing the three. the u.s. for more. here is more eventually it evolves into the book we have coming out in the next couple of weeks. what really struck me initially was a quote from washington where he said the foundation of our empire was laid not during a gloomy age of ignorance and superstition but when the rights of mankind were better understood and more completely defined in a suspicious period the united states came into existence as a nation and citizens should not be completely free the fall be entirely their own. i saw that as a personal challenge to each and every one of us to learn about this to understand what was happening to see when the founders got together after the revolutionary war to write the constitution, who was french and center of the president of the constitutional convention was george washington the commander in chief who led them to the struggle to define what it mea

did george w. bush damage the dynasty enough to keep jeb bush from running at any time and now his mother doesn't want him to, either. >> if you believe barbara bush, that's absolutely extraordinary. look go back to the 2000 republican primary election. how often did they mention george w. bush? it was as if george w. bush were dead and ronald reagan was the immediate past president. they all talked about being reagan republicans. nobody but nobody, even to this day talks about being a george w. bush republican. forget what the liberals say. forget what us professor say look at what members of his own party say or more to the point don't say. >> michael: allan lichtman you know so much about the subject. it's a pleasure having you on the show. up next the face of facebook is sticking his nose into the immigration debate now and we'll look to mark zuckerberg and the tech industry's political push. and the silver civil rights push continues. we'll be right back. very, very excited about that and very

we should get one for elaine, too, right, george? george? what about the week after? no appointments at all? what? well, can i-- can i talk to her so i can apologize? forget it. i can't believe this. i make one innocent comment about some lunatic in pennsylvania and i'm cut off. this woman is insane. what's with you? what? you were too close. i was all scrunched in. hey, you scrunched me. i sat down here first. [door opens] hey. i saw dimaggio in the doughnut shop again. uh-huh. yeah. joe dimaggio? this time i sat down across from him, and i really watched him. i studied his every move. for example, he dunks. joe dimaggio dunks his doughnuts? that's right. now i know it's not him. joe dimaggio could not be a dunker. oh, he's a dunker. why couldn't he be a dunker? and nothing diverts his attention. like i'm sitting in there, you know and i start banging on the table so that he'll look up. i'm sitting there, and i-- he wouldn't move. then i started doing these yelping noises like, yow! yow! uh-uh. no reaction because the guy is so focused, you see he can just block out

george jones an artist.ayers go out to nancy and his family and his command before the creator, this time, the possum will show up. we leave you with a bits of the george's performance on this show from 2009. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ all you want to sit around pout. ♪ now i got i am taken out. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i am long, gone. ♪ going to leave you anyhow. ♪ well i vehicle in the dog phonehouse so dog gone long. there is something wrong. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i'm long gone daddy. going to leave you anyway. ♪ there's a reason no one says "easy like monday morning." sundays are the warrior's day to unplug and recharge. what if this feeling could last all week? with centurylink as your trusted partner, it can. our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and dedicated support, your business can shine all week long. you know it even after all these years. but your erectile dysfunction - you know,that could

jones doing what george jones can.ries. he drove the tractor downtown. he finished the lawn and drove it to downtown nashville and sold it for $25. he did have the demons but the last years of his life, miss nancy came in there and i wrote her an e-mail today that you, miss nancy, sweetheart, you gave some wonderful years to my friend's later life. and, yeah, he had demons. we all have demons. but she kind of got him straightened out a little bit. and i think it added to his life-- >> brown: that's his wife. >> absolutely. >> brown: you know, we're all used to these days to the crossover stars, musicians doing a lot of different genres. he really-- he kind of bucked that, right? he just stayed with the style that he himself loved. >> absolutely. he was flattop a flattop guy and black suit and white shirt and black tie. and he just-- you know, he just stood up there and sang like george jones. i've often said i thought george jones was what-- to country music what frank sinatra was to pop music or tony bennett or johnny

look, george... i'm really enjoying spending time with you but i'm not sure this is going to work out. at some point, you're going back to your job at tyler chicken and your 3-legged dog willie. willie. yeah. and i'm still going to be here. well, what if i told you i'm thinking of moving here. george, no offense... but this city would eat you alive. is it wrong to buy an entire outfit to match your mani-pedi? shop like a fashionista. not if you find something amazing for less than the price of it. save like a maxxinista. designer brands at t.j. prices. t.j.maxx. need a good reason to change shampoo? i'll give you 5. l'oréal creates total repair 5 with ceramide. it fights 5 of the top hair problems. it targets weak, limp, lifeless, dull and straw-like hair. my hair feels stronger with a healthy shine. l'oréal's new total repair 5. marjorie, i can't stand you. you're too perfect. even the inside of your dishwasher sparkles. okay. so i'm the bad guy for being clean. you said it. ladies, let's not fight

father and son, george w. bush's confidence simply from one and what was about his faith that he said got him through so much? he did explain this president's success. finally, today's republicans are animated by the tea partiers, still angry at the big spending of the bush years. past of the history, foreign wars and what about religion out right? is today's g.o.p. indebted to the group that w brought to the dance. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. today "the washington post's" bob woodward and "the new york times"'s and cnn's gloria borger and "time" magazine's michael duffy. first up, so much of our politics and supreme court rulings were shaped by the george w. bush presidency. the president talked about how he saw it in his dedication. >> future generations come to the library setting this administration, they will find out we stayed true to our convictions. when our freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to keep the american people safe. chris: today a special extended

the polling surge for george w. bush to the president's actions of the aftermath of what was the most traumatic events of the bush years. >> 9-11 as the most defining moment of their lives like pearl harbor or kennedy assassination. people will remember 9-11 and recall george w. bush in my opinion did a good job of uniting the country. >> there is much more to the bush 43 legacy tax cuts no child left behind the war in afghanistan and a major push when henry kissinger told nixon history would be tighter to him than his contemporaries. nixon replied that depends on who is writing history. >>> it is 6 minutes to the top of the hour. what do you get when a cat dresses up like a shark? we are going to tell you that coming up next. also we want to talk about our question of the day. we told you about a west virginia lawmaker who wants to make sue dents wo-- students wo to earn their free school lunches. do you think students should have to work for their meal? we will have some responses next. mmmmmm. is this the way you

(nrator) george las' "arican graffiti" was a massive surprise h.t cost less than $1 million, and earned over $55 million. any time a film comes along that is different, there is a risk. the risk is nobody's going to get it, or the other risk, which is the good side is, the studio is behind the curve and this film is in advance of the curve, with the audience, and it was a surprise. that's what happened with "graffiti." the audience was more ready for the film than universal in 1973 thought they were. (george lucas) it was an exercise in learning the craft of storytelling and the craft of character development. but even then i pushed the envelope very far and it was so far out the studios didn't like it. they didn't want to do it. "this is just a musical montage, it doesn't mean anything." but it was as straight and as conservative as i could get at that time. when you read the script of "graffiti," at the top of every scene was the usual things. "exterior parking lot, mel's." but then there would be the name of a song that george was playing when h

george jones an artist.ur prayers go out to nancy and his family and his command before the creator, this time, the possum will show up. we leave you with a bits of the george's performance on this show from 2009. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ all you want toound pout. ♪ now i got i am taken out. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i am long, gone. ♪ going to leave you anyhow. ♪ well i vehicle in the dog phonehouse so dog gone long. there is something wrong. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i'm leaving town. ♪ i'm long gone daddy. going to leave you anyway. we do not. i'm angry. leavitt that. ♪ john: who cares? a slightly different code means you have been struck. 13,000. john: government mess. >> obamacare is working. >> this is a simple, strong, good thing. john: and then there is free-market. >> my cell phone, my e-mail address. >> the long-term players in the medical business need to be pushed to a new way of looking at things. john: well will be the new way? government? free-market? and what happens when the conflict? >> thereof the crimina

welcome to "up close with 43" george w. bush. i am at the george w. bush presidential center. i had the pleasure to serve with the bush administration the last two as his press secretary. many think of him as straight forward unapologetic. those are true as his press secretary i got to know him in a more personal light. tonight i will show you. up first the importance of sticking to principles. >> mr. president? >> welcome back to the oval office. >> it's a little erie. it feels like i should be preparing you for a press conference. >> exactly. >> i see you still have a clean desk. this is a good policy. >> yes, it is. >> it is erie in a sense. we made sure that the oval office looked exactly like it was during our presidency. including the flowers. >> we want people to come in here and get a sense of the majesty in the office. this is the only office in a museum where the visitor can sit behind a desk and play like you are making a phone call and have their picture taken. i think it's going to be a real attraction. >> the last day of your presidency i was there. i came in to

george villagos grew up working in his family's suburban chicago shoe shop.learned the craft of building and repairing shoes from his father, an immigrant from greece. >> the first time my dad brought me to the shoe repair, he said by the end of the day, you have to have all of these shoes polished and at the time i didn't know what he was trying to do, but he was trying to scare me, because he didn't want me to get into the shoe business sglcht it is a lot of work, you know. the kids get dirty, you know, and it is not easy. >> after college, george started a career as a teeacher and then soon started to daydream about being his own boss and going into the shoe business like his dad. >> going into the business, you had to buy shoes that would be resouled, because he wanted the shoes to last. >> george realized that a well made pair of american shoes was hard to come by. >> i went to nordstroms and barney's and everywhere and it did not exist. >> so george set out to revive the craft of shoemake ing ing i united states. paying special attention to sourcing all