george bush walked to one side of the room and shared a toy chest where the kids get their choice when they came in it was very humanizing. man she became first lady mrs. bush elected and the press to have a long history of working on capitol hill to be her press secretary and gave the advice, if i said it, said it. that means if i said something to be favored to not interpret what i am saying and i meant it if somebody needs to interpret it i will do that. please don't do not do it for me. that's is an interesting approach many people will spend things the way that they want them but mrs. bush obviously felt very strongly she bled represent herself. no regular press conferences but press opportunities and mrs. bush got along well with the press but something in her memoir she said it something that everybody in public life has to understand that the press has the last word. she held occasional press meetings in the family quarters people would be invited and everything was on the record. the reporters have mixed feelings about her and sometimes they found her very outgoing and colorfu

george bush instead of barbara bush. that she hadn't had any really significant accomplishments on her own, and that they had been taught to do something quite the opposite. mrs. bush reacted with really, you know, very good humor. she said well, even i was 21 once. they're looking at things a certain way and i'm looking at them in another. there are some historians who feel that maybe this reaction camouflaged irritation but i did not get that sense at all when i interviewed mrs. bush. mrs. bushels said to me, when this whole hubbub occurred there were many wellesley graduates they would never give money to the college and we wrote hundreds of letters, please don't stop giving. this is just the opinion of some. in fact, over time, as the issue was discussed, things began to turn. and i just want to quickly share with you a quote from erma bombeck who wrote a very serious column about the wellesley speech. and she wrote, if the wellesley students can't imagine what barbara bush could contribute to their education, imagin

he talks about how george h.w. bush's foreign policy is very appealing to him and he admires. >> charlie: what does he admire. >> he has said he admired the way the firstush handled the collapse ofcommunism. and the changes in eastern europe. he had said that. he praised skullcroft bush's national security advisers. at one proint in the campaign he actually says my foreign policy is a return to the foreign policy and he kind of mixes some ideologies here because it's a return to kennedy, to george h.w. bush and even in some ways ronald reagan. he was really hinting that a modesty, modesty in foreign policy, he's down playing of ideology and down playing of adventures in the world. and that helped him, i think, both politically but it helped him. both were associated with the catastrophe in iraq. so with that authority he gets into office and what does this mean? he has, he faces a country and the world where the united states is militarily overstretched in the middle east. economically in very dire stratits. the -- you're

george w. bush made a decision when he first came into office that he was concerned about the fact that iraq was firing regularly at the united states and united kingdom aircraft that were supporting the united nations no-fly zones, and patrolling in the northern and southern portion of iraq. those planes were being shot at almost every day. the only country in the world that was shooting at american and british aircraft. over 2000 times they were fired on. the joint chiefs of staff advise me and the president that they were concerned about the fact that eventually one of our planes, a british plane or our plane, would be shut down and the troops would be killed or taken hostage. third, the united states department had listed iraq is on the countries on the terrorist list. so there were a series of things like that by way of background. next, the united states intelligence agency spent a great deal of time, and determined that they were convinced that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruc

vilifying george bush actually got two people go ahead george bush got two people there about peace prize al gore when he defeated theoretically more votes in two thousand and brock obama i mean that was it was a real sense that there was so much relief and so much anger george bush that he gave it to two different people the one who really deserve the nobel peace prize who didn't get it i'm sure he is i doubt is bill clinton and he did make war you kosovo but that war was seen as a no other humanitarian intervention but clinton has probably done more for peace than any. president jimmy carter really carter you bring out jimmy carter. ok but i mean if i go into. places. i've done if i go do you ok go ahead go ahead to go ahead and i'm going to deserve the peace prize this guy impose sanctions maintain sanctions in iraq madeline albright his secretary of state defended the killing of a least a million iraqis because of sanctions saying it was unnecessary imposed a no wallsten on iraq destroyed virtually everything so softening the concrete for bush and cheney to take away he deserved the p

george w. bush what do you think is the shortcoming? on what issues? >> guest: i am 78 years old. i live day third of our country's history. almost every republican president was considered not very swift. dwight eisenhower played too much golf and had poor syntex. gerald ford case and played too much football without a helmet. didn't matter he had gone to yale law school or was the world's leading expert in the u.s. budget having served on the appropriations committee. >> host: and the best athlete in the white house. >> host: they contended he was a stumblebum. ronald reagan, characterized as an amiable dunce. and then people read his letters and saw that this man was knowledgeable and while not a micromanaging, a strategic leader. and a superb and i lease successful strategic leader. george w. bush was described as not curious, not knowledgeable, end he had gone to harvard business school and yale and was clearly is an intelligent human being. i didn't know the man, worked with his father in cong

anything to that point and he was in it just like you pointed out this thank goodness he's not george bush and just hoping that a war is a preemptive war is coming out of washington would slow down or maybe come to an end i mean it was it was it a an award of hope because it certainly those hopes have been our encounters right now i mean with. tomahawk missiles being fired and who knows what in libya today i don't think it was an award of hope it was an award of wishful thinking and an award of sycophancy i mean if you look at the list of nobel prize prize winners. you have had a lot of u.s. presidents on the list the award has been pretty painted i don't know whether you're aware of this but in one thousand nine hundred eighty six someone suggested that old hitler for the peace prize this was of course not taken up but he was suggested it might have to mount gandhi never was awarded the peace prize so it is a pretty there's a there's a very interesting norwegian jury is frederick have from a loose written a book on. nobel peace prize and he says that the peace prize for truly from the beg

policies i think george bush wanted to drill in many of these places like anwar he wanted to expand drilling in a lot of areas and he should be criticized for not drilling you know is ok if you're an addict to you know making profits on oil. oh it's a patriotic i don't have a problem with me profits but i don't think that when you make the types of profits that you just reciting the government should be subsidizing these these companies in any way and i think that's one of the reasons that you even have speaker of the house banner kind of backing off because of just what you said people who are suffering the reason high oil prices we know now are leading to what high grocery store prices and so to answer your question directly it don't look everybody wants to make a profit everybody wants more assets than the. do they have liability but when you have a kind of profit there's no sense in having these oil companies subsidize the way the way they are and i do disagree with this president not being energy. friendly because one of the criticisms i have of him is that he's certainly very

and we sometimes have confused it with dictation and i was particularly critical of george w. bush in that respect but at the same time, america is a leading light in the world. in the second world war, when america fought nazi germany, america was a liberator, and also, with the communist america has regimes, been a force for freedom, individual freedom, and very much a mired, and even germany, after the collapse of the regime, america has been very supportive, not making the mistakes of the first world war, imposing rather harsh terms of punishment, and germany became one of the most faithful allies. aboutce we're talking being a liberator versus an occupier, and since you mentioned a minute ago that you were very outspoken and very critical of george w. bush, i am wondering where the spread of democracy is concerned, how you would assess president obama. he has been sending more troops to afghanistan, pakistan, etc., and even more aggressive than george bush, who you were very critical of, so i am interested in that. >> let me leave afghanistan out of it, but when you take the a

george bush was a lot more unpopular than lyndon johnson ever was. george w. bush had the lowest public approval ratings of any president. he had a hostile congress in 2007. and a pretty bad situation in iraq but he had a surge plan he believed in and stuck with and kept it going and now we are going to put iraq probably in the win column whereas if we did what people in congress wanted to do in 2007 including our current president and just left iraq would have gone in the lose column. but because george bush stuck it out that one is going to be a victory. lyndon johnson had more advantages in 1968 than george bush did in 2007 but he just gave up on it and that is why vietnam ultimately went into the lose column. call me crazy but in my opinion when you go to war, winning is better. in any case, just to end with a little story. in 1968, jack fern from nbc suggested they produce a program showing that while tet had been portrayed as a military defeat it was actually a great victory. senior producer robert northshield told him they were not going to produce a sho

bush. at the end of the interview, there is a blackberry message from george w. bush st. "where are you -- saying where are you? she says he has the most annoying habit of smacking his chewing gum. betty, good morning. caller: good morning. i think president obama has really been doing a good job. we had so many people unemployed and having a very difficult time whenever he came in office. unemployment is down. look at the people we have from every place in the world in america. it was announced on your program. how many millions of people from mexico do we have living here now? i just think he has had a terrific job to tackle. all the republicans have done is, one after the other, is talk about him something terrible. rachel on msnbc, i think she comes on at 8:00 p.m., just a week ago friday was telling that we are more in debt now than we were after tehe election. the republicans have come in and they have taken away from another of states. the middle-class people and the retired h theave lost -- the retired people have lost so many benefits. it is really difficult. peo

george w. bush failed. after 9/11. i will get to that in a minute. before i get to that i want to leave you with a thought about what kind of war we are engaged in right now. what was the proper response to 9/11? but before i get to that one dimension teddy roosevelt. it is not a happy comparison but there are comparisons to osama bin laden and teddy roosevelt falling away. they're both from upper-class families who volunteered for war. in osama bin laden volunteering for the war against the soviets in afghanistan. he fought quite bravely against the soviets almost suicidally so in 1985. he set up a camp outside the soviet garrison to attract enemy fire which was a strange thing to do from a military perspective but this is a guy who wanted to die--who wanted to martyr themselves in a fight against the soviets. in 1997 i produced a television interview with ben watson in which he declared war against the united states for the first time to a western audience. who are you trying to attack? he said es

and housel static is the point i was making was that union aspect of george herbert walker bush k about. with an household staff members that george w. bush was especially close to? >> guest: i did not any particular staff members, no. but the staff that he knew when his dad was present as you say was almost like sort of as a reunion with the bush family when, after the clinton period, bush the son came back and, of course, then the father would come back and visit. that was would've enhanced the whole notion of the bush family knows the household staff at the household staff like the bushes, in some ways because they were so predictable. that's very important consideration with the household staff. some presidents were late and some presidents like lyndon johnson would say, i'm going to 50 people for dinner in two hours. take care of it. the bushes were much more willing to give people notice and understand in some things could be done because it was asking too much. they also are careful in length staff take time off for the holidays. resident reagan did that. felt that the sta

of. >> host: let's go back to george w. bushnd the household staff because, again, the point i was making was the sort of reunion aspect that george herbert walker bush talked about. >> guest: right. >> host: were there any household staff members that george w. bush was especially close toking? >> i didn't find any -- close to? >> guest: the staff that he knew, his staff was with president, as you say, it was sort of like a little reunion with the bush family when after the clinton period bush, the son, came back. and of course the father would come back for a visit, so that sort of enhanced this whole notion of the bush family knows the household staff. and the household staff liked the bushes in some ways because they were so predictable. that's very important to have consideration for the household staff. some presidents were late, some presidents were, like lyndon johnson, would say, well, i'm going to have 50 people for dinner in two hours, take care of it. the bushes really were much more willing to give people notice and

brock obama i mean that was it was a real sense that there was so much relief and so much anger george bush they gave it to two different people the one who really deserve the nobel peace prize who didn't get it i'm sure easy as i doubt is bill clinton and he of course did make war in kosovo but that war was seen as a no other humanitarian intervention but clinton has probably done more for peace than any. president jimmy carter you mean carter no you bring out jimmy carter of peace prize ok but i mean if i go in john places turn off it i don if i can go to you ok because i had i had to go ahead and clinton deserve the peace prize this guy imposed sanctions maintain sanctions on iraq madeline albright his secretary of state defended the killing of for at least a million iraqi children because of sanctions saying it was necessary imposed a no wallsten on iraq destroyed virtually everything so softening the country for bush and cheney to take away he deserved the peace prize give us a break ok don what about it what about former politicians foreign policy is look at jimmy carter because jimmy

and then george bush was appointed by the supreme court as president and all of a sudden what we see is that all these jobs in the u.s. are vanishing two point nine million actually almost three million and all these jobs being created outside the u.s. are suddenly appearing so the corporations are just basically moving these jobs offshore now there are a variety of reasons why they do this was number one our laws have been changed over the years to to make it possible to make it legal to make it fairly easy to do but in addition to that you know it allows it increases productivity it increases profitability there's a whole bunch of stuff here's what a few of these so-called american corporations have done individually first up oracle back in two thousand and one oracle was creating slightly more jobs in america than overseas but in two thousand and ten are more jobs are being shipped off sixty six thousand of them created outside the united states only thirty nine hundred here or thirty nine thousand here what about g e that so-called all american corporation defense contractor and

ronald reagan in the recession and he wanted to cut taxes we had an economic boom george bush nearly two thousand the taxes and we had another boom we got us out of the early two thousand recession this is standard milton friedman adam smith type economics and that's what we need to get us out of this more spending which is the left in this is the nature of this morning there were there this is morning the breasts are raised her credit and the sun came up those two are not necessarily correlated and you and i both know that under ronald reagan taxes on people who make more than a million dollars a year were higher than they are right now and you and i both know that those that those tax cuts are not what led to that expansion and so you're just you're trying to create a cause that he that's time actually true and so go back and check your facts because this is we actually have important choices and front of us that we need to make as a country and it's important to keep those facts straight out chris well if eric is right and i think i'd be on the wrong or on the right track excuse m

caller: first, in remarks on the comments about how foreign powers were thankful to come in after george bushst bush stood up for us. in the national defense security team, if an american citizen goes to mexico, we have all heard on tv what we have to put up with a good to mexico. you are allowed so many days. if you do not leave, you go to jail. yet we cater to all of the people coming over here better than we do our own american citizens. i am not proud of the way that the republicans acted in the past few days, but you guys are all about security. host: what is your question? caller: what is it -- when is the national security defense team going to stand up for our security and defense and not other people's ? guest: i never had a time limit when i went to mexico. no one told me i needed to leave in a certain number of days. host: santa rosa, california. caller: hi. congratulations. host: next caller on the independent line. caller: your guest there has got a nice way of handling everyone that has been talking to you. i came from mexico. i served in the u.s. navy. i have seen it be deferre

powell for the book, and he said that he did discuss some domestic issues -- ronald reagan john, george bush the sun, she mentioned how in the case of the l.a. riots at after the famous incident with rodney king he did try to explain to president bush the father why so many people were upset in the african-american community by the traffic stop and the sort of thing to exploit in that situation profiling, but he felt it was something president bush didn't understand what he tried to keep out of the domestic issues. now, if we fast forward to condoleezza rice, she also tried to keep out of domestic issues. she was of course very much an expert on foreign affairs and international relations. but she was by her own comments and president bush almost like a sister to president bush, she was very close to him. she accompanied him and his wife to can't david to their residence in crawford and was with them on lots of social occasions, so there was a real connection partly because president bush felt for civil she worked for his dad which he valued very much, and also, during the campaign since the

they are accompanied by former president george bush. it began on monday. road 30 miles on the second leg of the trip. today mr. bush and veterans are finishing up with a 20 mile test. the former president appeared on good morning america with sergeant self whose legg was amputated. >> yesterday i crank it up and admittedly i am about to receive medicare. but i am riding pretty good . this guy is on my back wheel for miles. one legged. yeah, with one leg. >> for most of the riders, mountain bike riding is a key to the rebillitation. you can see the entire brew on abc 7. >> amazing stories coming out. next at 5:30. old east bay tadium is about to get a new name. >> a java jolt for coffee drinkers . what is behind the sudden spike of a cup of jo. >>> and officer that is worn in today as san francisco's new police chief. we'll have a live report. >> cool air mass taken over the country. it is 46 in minneapolis and look to the southeast and east coast. we have the warm weather and they are bumping in to each other and creating severe weather. the whole area cou

>> ever president in modern times, going i think in model reagan -- ronald reagan -- george w. bush, we're going to make a switch grass into oil. this was not much better and i stopped paying attention. >> the gas tax -- you have to have a big revenue jump on energy or nothing good happens. >> charles has been talking about this or as long as i have known him. >> 1983, my first piece on that i have given up. >> i guess i've been around longer. richard nixon was the first on this. >> you are right. >> it might have been the same teleprompter. [laughter] energy independence, nationalism has become some of the underlying premise -- >> i would make two points. it looks as if the president's policy on oil is a drill in brazil. second, he said that we would cut oil imports by one/league starting from the day of my swearing in. why did he take that day? today we import 9.7 million barrels because of recession. he has not lifted a finger. the man is hope and change. [laughter] >> no comment. >> they want to shut the government down and turn you into their scapegoat and to say is that tea pa

under george w. bush, down to 35%, where it is. becky, what is this historically low? why is it so hard for the congress, when they get together, to actually raise the top rates back up a bit for the rich? >> because the tax code is a mess right now. if you look at all the deductions that have been taken, if you look at all the loopholes that people and corporations can slide out of, it's a complete mess. chris: why do they need a lower rate besides? >> why not get rid of loopholes and create a rate? 47% of americans don't pay any income taxes at all. chris: the poor people? >> sometimes, yeah. but if you're looking at a system where half the people don't have any skin in the game, you're talking about -- chris: go ahead, joe. >> wait a second. you know, the big items in this budget are the entitlements like social security and medicare, and everybody pays those taxes. in fact, they are quite regressive, because the poor pay the same rate as the rich. >> which i agree. but why don't they do means testing on that? >> means testing wouldn't be a bad idea. the thing is th

it's inconsistent it certainly looks weak you can look back at his predecessor george bush who set up kuantan the mo organize the commissions put things through acts of will as executive never really even caring about what congress had to say until the supreme court top of the whole house of cards and force them essentially to go to congress with obama with obama we just don't see anything right that kind of resolve or decisiveness and we see incredible indecision and weakness in the face of domestic political opposition on this issue and it really is it seems to me that obama's domestic political advisors have told him oh this isn't a good issue for you. just let the republicans have what they want even though you think is a matter of principle it's wrong so it makes him appear indecisive and weak i think . and you know i also have to wonder in terms of the military commissions there has been a lot of legal opinions out there flying around saying that well you know these military commissions are very new they have a far smaller success rate than it comes to civilian courts on this ca

president george w. bush made a decision when he first came into office that he was concerned about the fact that iraq was firing regularly at the united states and united kingdom aircraft that were supporting the united nations no-fly zone and patrolling in the northern and southern portion of iraq. those planes were being shot at almost every day. the only country in a world that was shooting at american and british aircraft. over 2000 times they were fired on. the joint chiefs of staff advised me in a president that they were concerned about the fact that eventually one of our planes, a british plane or airplanes will be shut down and the crews would be killed or taken hostage. third, the united states department of state had listed iraq as one of the countries on the terrorist list so there were a series of things like that by way of background. next, the united states intelligence agency spent a great deal of time and determined that they were convinced that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destr

. >>> acentúo el debate de ciertas manifestaciones son efectivas en sus memoria george bush escribe,acar las masas las calles en el pasado como el locutor conocido como el piollin, villano por su ausencia va invertir su capital político por una reforma migratoria y qué podría lograr si lo intentan. >>> no controla la cámara de representantes, y al no controlar la cámara de representantes es literalmente imposible, que pase cualquier cosa que parezca, o se vea como reforma mi dpgratorimigratoria. >>> en los Ángeles, carlos botifoll. telemundo. >>> hacemos una corta pausa, en instantes, en méxico, asegura que el papa lo sanó de una enfermedad que parec >>> el primer paseo de los recién casados fue en un convertible que les prestó el príncipe carlos, que lo recibió como regalo cuando cumplió 21 años >>> mientras en londres continúa el júbilo por la nueva pareja real. nosotros regresamos con juan pablo ii y concretamente con un hombre que tuvo un contacto muy especial con el durante una de sus visitas a méxico y que asegura que el papa lo sanó de una enfermedad que parecía incurable. raú

president george w. bush made a decision when he first came into office that he was concerned about the fact that iraq was firing regularly at the united states and united kingdom aircraft that were supporting the united nations no-fly zone and patrolling in the northern and southern portion of iraq. those planes were being shot at almost every day. the only country in a world that was shooting at american and british aircraft. over 2000 times they were fired on. the joint chiefs of staff advised me in a president that they were concerned about the fact that eventually one of our planes, a british plane or airplanes will be shut down and the crews would be killed or taken hostage. third, the united states department of state had listed iraq as one of the countries on the terrorist list so there were a series of things like that by way of background. next, the united states intelligence agency spent a great deal of time and determined that they were convinced that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destr

she was clueless of protocoal and was at the mercy of a staff that spent eight years loyal to george bush. >> you didn't know what to ask. was no playbook. everyone was new. everyone was coming in their own. was there once a rule that said this is the way it is down. >> reporter: rogers threw more than 300 events in her 14 months at the white house. but when she walked in the state dinner for the indian prime minister, she had no idea all that work would be overshadowed by two uninvited stars. >> mr. and mrs. salahi. >> reporter: from the real housewives of d.c. they mingled with guests. >> i was with them all of the evening mmpb we had a brilliant program. >> reporter: that said, what are your thoughts now that that night won't will remembered for any of that. it's the salahis walking down the receiving line. >> i think a less mature person might be resentful for me. the question d we get the job done? i believe we accomplished that. >> reporter: the rogers prohinted from testified at a congress hearing. >> i feel bad for the agents. they do their job and these go think it's a game. it's

we visited then president george w. bush at camp david. >> you never feel very far away from the job. it follows you wherever you go. i do feel somewhat out of the bubble. >> chris: of course, our most unforgettable sit-down ever with former president bill clinton. >> so, you did fox's bidding on the show. you did your little conservative hit job on me. what i want to know. >> wait, i want to ask a question. >> it was a perfectly legitimate question. but i want to know how many people in the bush administration you ask this question of? >> chris: the answer is a lot. most of all, we want to thank you for tuning in over the years. and for sending us notes, telling us what you like and what you don't like. we read them all. be sure to watch next week, as we begin year 16 with an exclusive interview with republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann. that is it for today. have a happy easter and a great week. see you next "fox news sunday." go washington capitals. captioned by closed captioning services, inc

the same respect i gave to president george w. bush. george w. bush took us to a war that cost us $4 trillion. $4 trillion in debt to china. it is time for the politicians to get off of their backs, stop lame excuses and start working together. host: brenda on our line for others in virginia. caller: i think it is ridiculous what they are doing. host: what who is doing? caller: having trials at guantanamo. host: i agree that these people are foreigners, and as much as i despise their actions, i cannot condone our government putting the trials at guantanamo. host: we've got a twitter message -- be sure to send us to term messages at c-span-wj. "the new york times" on the need editorial has this headline. administration gives in to baseless arguments. they write that there are many who continue to power, who view terrorist as much more fearsome than homegrown american mass murderers and the american jury system as too soft to impose needed justice. that is the lead editorial in this morning's "the new york times." back to the phones. ohio on our lin

i'm using it in the way that people like george w. bush, barack obama or even dave petraeus would have used it which is this is a way of describing this kind of mission of armed nation building that we're involved in. it's been described in some ways as armed social work. and i'm trying to really tribe this phenomenon to the ordinary reader who might have this idea when they look at the news and they see lots of what journalists call the bang bang from places like iraq and afghanistan and show them another picture of what goes on, the sort of three cups of tea side of the war, that is what the military calls the nonkinetic side of things. and what i really wanted to get at was the experience of people who are really kind of getting their hands dirty doing these kinds of things; rebuilding schools, digging wells, building roads. fundamentally nonmilitary missions in places like iraq and afghanistan. >> host: so is the u.s. military currently building schools, building roads, doing nonmilitary functions? >> guest: you'd be surprised to see t

you worked in the george w. bush administration. what was in your head at that time? >> it depends on what the time was. i thought at the time there is no better job than being a mayor. there's no jobbery to make up every day and see something that is broken or see a family that needs help and go solve it. if i had enough time, i could have done something for every citizen of indianapolis. mayor bloomberg had really long days, and so did the rest of my friends who were mayors. it is a very motivating thing. it is not like giving speeches and pontificating. you can actually go out and do it. i determined i wanted to be the best mayor ever. we had a fair amount of success in many ways. i then ran for governor and lost in a campaign that was really not very good. i managed to raise a lot of money and do nothing wrong that i manage to pull out a defeat. i ran against a really nice guy who was very popular. we are salonga quite well. i was running on a platform of change -- we get along quite well. it was a very acrimonious primary, and that never healed over. one of the t

whether barack obama is able to follow his own line on foreign policy or the course laid out by george w. bush that's next on r.t. . world. removed the latest in science technology from around. we've got the future covered. came. along welcome to cross talk i'm people of all feel bomb a doctrine is there such a thing over the past few months we've seen the u.s. waffle as change rages across the arab middle east and some western backed dictators remain firmly in power while the same time forced regime change is happening in libya all in is this a new doctrine or just muddling through. can still. discuss whether there's an obama doctrine i'm joined by phyllis bennis in washington she is project director at the institute for policy studies in paris we have on this album marty he is a libyan political analyst and another member of our cross talk e-mail and hunger all right phyllis i'd like to go to you first you know we're both americans and we're used to having presidents having doctrines when it comes to foreign policy and we had harry truman he had a universal policy you know universal doctrine

george h.w. bush read my lips no new taxes that was one of the things that got him defeated by bill clinton in ninety two when a president makes that makes claims like this and doesn't follow through. it's bad for the american people if you're going to say that and that gets you will work to then the american people have said you said you do it now do it and he's not what's happening is he's getting sucked into the political world that military industrial complex that machine that keeps these wars going on and on as as well as the u.n. you would the u.n. is based in new york but they don't really care what the american people think it's definitely become never ending like he said you know he said i probably didn't mean it you can look at george bush an example. i'm fortunate the american people are getting used to this these days broken promises michael thank you so much for joining us thanks for having me now coming out we have our friday fireside chats and it's time for happy hour tonight obama's tr

. >> whether you like it out nor, george bush gave us president obama and i'm not happy about it.have a disaster on our hands. we have a man right now that almost certainly will go down as the worst president in the history of the united states. >> alan: conservative tea party members were outnumbered by hundreds of union supporters angry over a bill -- excuse me -- that passed the wisconsin legislature restricting collective bargaining. >>> she told the crowd that she had come to support the state governor in his efforts to curb the unons. >> courage is your governor and your legislators standing strong in the face of death threats and thug tactics. courage is you all standing there with them. [chanting] >> alan: that was sarah palin at a madison, wisconsin, rally. the tea party members were outnumbered by unon members. >>> up next, clouds are coming in tonight. will we see any reason? leigh glaser has the forecast coming up. >> mike: the sharks' run for the stanley cup continues. and you can counseled on the -- count on the series will be physical. >> alan: leigh glaser here. i

reports millions of dollars have flowed to syrian opposition groups since 2005 when then president george bush effectively froze political ties with damascus. the information comes from diplomatic cables provided by ikileaks. the group has funneled money to a channel which has ramped up coverage of recent protests. just this weekend, there were more demonstrations against assad. witnesses say security forces opened fire on protesters at a funeral killing two. >>> and now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a homeless man is under arrest for starting a massive fire in the lone star state's capital. residents raced to hose their homes and evacuate as a thick blanket of smoke covered the area. the fire scorched 30 or 40 acres as well as damaging several homes. it's currently contained but firefighters are still battling to put that blaise out. >>> an emergency landing in new orleans led to one unusual fender bender. engine problems forced a pilot to put his plane down on a grassy median. after touching down, the wing clipped a passing minivan with three adults and t