george w. bush barack obama screamed oval office. yet both men ended up in the exclusive club of two-term presidents. using a combination of pitch-perfect messaging, carefully crafted strategy, and a team of rivals that only lincoln would love, they won clear and decisive victories over big-time opponents like john mccain, mitt romney, and al gore. now, they made missteps, sure, but 43 and 44 are famous for absorbing the blame for the team, learning from their losses, and moving on. in doing so, this compassionate conservative and this audacious change agent have become textbook cases of how contender becomes a winner. ♪ - my initial reaction was don't underestimate this man. he is a very, very quick study and he's much, much smarter than what you think. and if in fact you go into this political campaign season underestimating him, you're gonna do so at your own peril. - the narrative about george w. bush was that he was somebody that people would want to go have a beer with. - i think in order to b

kansas, the projected winner is texas governor george w. bush. texas, george w. bush is the winner there. >> every election is good television because it is the suspense program. the election of 2000 was something more than that because in addition to the suspense -- and the suspense was enormous, maybe more than we've ever had before on television because of how close the race was. >> we're going to now project an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. >> it's really hard to cover an election that close and feel the pressure of, a, getting it on quickly, and, b, getting it right. >>> missouri could turn not just the senate election, but the national election. >> there's a bunch of poll closings ready. this could be a real turning point. >> an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. >> that is a very, very, very important state for al gore, and now the pressure is on george w. bush. >> florida is called

george p. bush, the nephew of george w. bush, that bush gave information of who he thinks this uncle, george w. bush might be voting for. come back. >>> voters head to the polls in six days, six, six long days. hillary clinton goes west today trying to flip arizona from red to blue and also nevada. donald trump is all about florida. i want to bring in senior media correspondent of cnn's "survival" brian stelter. and tom bianco. >> it's the dallas news writes it be george p. bush who says he's the only member of his powerful family who will be voting straight ticket republican. and his grandfather and uncle, both presidents could potentially cast ballots for hillary clinton. george p., you're looking at him there, he's an elected official. he's endorsed donald trump. his grandfather has indicated he's going to vote for hillary clinton. we had no inclination of george w. might. he later told the associated press. i don't know how they voted. i'm speculating to be honest. i've got to say, you float that out there, tom lobianco,

herbert walker bush was dean afterrerson who happened to be president and george w. bush was douglas mcarthur who happened to be president. when you claim back inside, what you find is that george h.w. bush was willing to be impeached by and willing to unilaterally exert force -- american military force to remove saddam where kuwait even in the face of an active negative from the congress. he made up his mind that this was the thing to do, and that sounds -- if i describe that to you but didn't show you which one, you would say, that's w. it was the father. the father was more hawkish than the son and, ultimately, they had at least one conversation at camp david in late 2002. president bush 41 wrote a note saying you've made the right decision. it's impossible to say what would president george h.w. bush have done on the day after the attacks of september 11, but i will say this, the reflexive mythology is not true >> rose: exactly. what if we learned in the interim time about -- because especially maureen dowd was fixated on it >> she is the poet laureate >> rose: sa

guest: in 2000, it was a very close election between al gore and parts of the bush. -- george w. bush. there was a dispute about the count in florida, looking at particular ballots in certain counties. what we saw after the election there weress where recounts over contested votes that ultimately ended in a supreme court decision that stopped the recounts. that's very different from what we're hearing today. today, we've heard from donald trump about the idea of a rigged not abouthere it's contested ballots after the election in certain areas, but the entire political system. it's about the entire media being stacked against one candidate over the other. combined with allegations of voter fraud without any evidence that has happened. --re are two very different two very different kinds of issues. recountt gore ended the -- they are different. more about the people involved than the actual voting process. caller: exactly. then, it was about how you count the votes. there were ballots were you cannot see exactly who someone voted for. today, there is one aspect of the voting process

bush, he was a creature of -- george h.w. bush, he was a creature of congress, he had strong personal relationships on both sides of the aisle. in one key instance, it didn't ay out well for him, when he agreed, a conversation with the hofede the ways and means committee, agreed to ways taxes. george bush made that decision knowing it would cost him the election and it did but it was the right thing to do for the country. so i think there are examples of where a president, again, sets the tone by being willing to take some political risks and develop relationships to get big things done. but i think one of the things that i would say that has been disappointing about president obama, he was a member of the nate and it is pretty well known, reaching across the aisle was not a strong suit of this white house. there was a lot of contentions around health care reform and other issues. but building personal relationships, i think that's an mportant thing to watch for. too, what is the extension of the olive branch to congress, arti

george w. bush, the president elect -- well, i cannot even say that. the george w. bush campaign team was operating in arlington, virginia, in offices that were acquired by dick cheney, the candidate, acquired by him and paid for privately. there were no government resources. people like me, who had worked in previous transitions, were called up. i was never expecting to go back to -- into the government. i had my time working for ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. but i had been in personnel and management administration. i had been director of white house personnel. i understood how the process worked, i knew how to offload people, how to onboard people, and the critical connection between security and personnel management and administration. so i was asked to come help, and it was a very dramatically different experience, because you were kind of operating in the shadows, you were trying to be ready and have things ready to go if the decision was going to be that it was george w. bush to become president of the united states. but if he did not, then all of those

george bush who i think is one of the finest vice presidents this country has ever had, george bush and i have crossed the country and had in the last few months a wonderful experience. we have met young america we have met your sons and daughter. >> mr. president. i'm obliged to cut you off there under the rules of the debate. i'm sorry. >> all right. [ applause ] >> perhaps i should come out that the rules under which i did that were agreed upon. >> i know. >> thank you mr. president. thanks to the panel. we thank you and the league of women voters asks me to say to you don't forget to vote on november 6th. [ applause ] >> cspan's washington journal with news and policy issues coming up every morning. we'll take a look at the recently released jobs numbers and the streets.com economics columnist. also congressional reporter for real clear politics looks at senate toss up races heading into he election day. cspan's washington journal beginning at 7:00 eastern saturday morning join the discussion. >> leading up to the 2016 election road to the white house rewind brings you coverage of p

george w. bush voting for hillary clinton. let's go "outfront." i'mish erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump on the rise. donald trump about to speak live at rally in pensacola florida. as a slew of new polls show trump ahead in some key states just six days till election day. in poll of fours stay state, trump leading in nevada by six. major turnaround from two weeks ago. florida within the margin of error. and pennsylvania, trump central trails by four. but that is down from the 12 point lead by clinton from a month ago in nbc news poll. right now live pictures of las vegas, hillary clinton rallying supporters trying to win the state of nevada. sunland surfati at the trump rally in pensacola. tonight back to florida where we show him down but within the margin of error. >> he's shifting attention back to battleground states and key battleground states like here in florida a critical must-win state for him where he's looking at the polls and you can say that his schedule really reflects the urgen

a pick for transportation, secretary elaine chow, former labor secretary under president george bush. of senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. georgia veteran tom price and is trump's pick for health and human services secretary. in the meantime, trump tower here in new york has become quite the place to see the once and future leaders of american politics and the republican today they included former vice president dan quayle who paused to speak with reporters. this morning, a few minutes after a fox news segment on flag burning, donald trump tweeted about flag burning. allowed to burn the american flag. consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. more on this topic later, but for the record, that will be unconstitutional and revoking citizenship for descent would be the stuff of fascism. nobody in the united states can citizenship. carrier announced they would the workers, at their indiana base, that they plan to idle, moving their operations to mexico. this reverses a decision by us we will be in fact, trump said it himself on twitter tonight, a big >>> let's ta

wasn't george w. bush's style, to say i want to make sure i have all of their appointments in place, and that the briefing books are here -- anybody who does george w. bush erows knows that he is a lead and a man of principle. he empowers people to do their jobs. he considered it my job and the job of staff, the job of clay johnson to figure out what the details were. what i do recall him saying very exclusively is, i want these people to be prepared as possible to deal with a crisis should one have it on the first day of the next administration. order and a a tall major undertaking in any administration. host: in fact, there was a threat on the inauguration. mr. bolten: there was. concernedrticularly during terrorist attack the actual inauguration. it is a moment of really extraordinary peril in this ,ountry if you think about it because so much of the government actually moves. in other systems, a few people at the top move around, but most of the government remains in place. in our system, the top few tho

then george w. bush came promising a humble administration to focus on [ inaudible ] and 9/11 happened. i'm sure president obama will say for all you planned for this job, it's the unpredictable that will dominate your days. >> let's not forget that transition in 2000 from president clinton to president george w. bush. that was also extremely historic and smooth transition as well. you were there. >> there were some bumps in that transition. there was childish behavior, people saying they took "w"s off the keyboards and the computers. >> that was on president clinton, some of his junior aides. >> not saying it was president clinton. given the personal animosity between president obama and donald trump, you cannot forget that, you cannot wipe that away on this day, but the professionalism of the president and again, i think the example of george w. bush to president obama is the example he's going to follow as he hands over to donald trump. understanding the moment we're in. there are still many problems

but barack obama is showing the same character of george w. bush and george h.w. bush.alked to somebody very close to president obama last night after the meeting who told me we may not agree with him on anything, but we owe him silence. >> this is not the guy president obama wanted to be president but the fact of the matter that he's dealing with is that he is. let's help him succeed. what you're seeing the problem that a lot of people are having over the last couple days is not necessarily what donald trump may or may not do as president, but the cover he's given some people in the country to go out and behave the way we've seen them behave and some of these reports out of schools and in towns where people of color, muslims, are being threatened under the name of donald trump. >> they don't know what they've got. they're very shocked. they met for about 90 minutes. then they spoke to the cameras. both were positive about the meetings. president obama even coached his successor and longtime adversary about the job. >> we talked about organizational issues in setting up

i've admired george w. bush's behavior immensely, but remember, he left the office with very low popularity. i'm sure that helped him stay quiet. i think kennedy made a very good point, which is that so far the president-elect has indicated that he wants to throw away the rules of deportment, so it doesn't shock me that president obama would say he's not going to abide by the same rules. >> gary. >> but this is about the leader of the free world. this is not about apple. >> indeed. >> and arguably we have the most divided -- we have the most divided country we have seen in decades. and when you're going to have the media, you know, dribbling to the hoop every day trying to destroy this president, you can't have the ex-president also doing the same thing. we've got to move forward, not backwards. and if he's out there every day -- by the way he's basically telegraphed that he's going to be after maybe a little bit of a vacation, if he does that, we're not going to get anywhere. going to continue to move backwards a

george bush legacy was aids in africa i find myself defending president bush polities think his legacy will be years down the road? will he come out positive for negative in history? >> this is an author also presenting here who just wrote a book about miracless in medicine. book about one of the things george to be a bush would tell us he was not worried about hiss legacy i've been told reporters that and say that b is baloney but he said last year i read three books about george washington and if historians are still analyzing the first president and the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worryy about because he will never know. he has done an amazing job as post president one is very respectful of his successor to be silent be he has created an amazing institution that the bush library with uh pepfar program even democrats would say that is amazing it was very bold and 2003 but it isar credited with saving a generation in africa not only the humanitarian obligation but was also national-security because connolly's a rice said we are about to have a failed state all across africa because the

it goes back to really 1988 when lee atwater was working for george h.w. bush.hat was a time that you saw -- did you see today, brian, dan quayle went into trump tower? >> yes. >> it was almost ironic, because in 1988, george bush said that campaign -- i think he was talking about veteran of wars was defending dan quayle about the draft ordinance. he said quale didn't burn his draft card and he didn't burn the american flag. george bush went to flag factories to try to get a constitutional amendment against flag burning. that was turned down by the senate 51-48. >> michael, you sent out today on your terrific daily twitter feed the picture of the oval office during a transition of a much different kind after the death of jfk transitioning to lbj. the power and glory that comes with it, that's the ball game. when do you think things will start to get more serious in trump world? they faced real constitutional questions as the first president-elect with so many foreign and domestic business entanglements, to name another area. >> well, you can only hope, and i thi

he has appreciated george w. bush. he studied george h.w. bush pretty closely as well.those cases you had in the bush example former presidents who stayed out of the way not because they didn't believe strongly about what was happening but because they think that second-guessing a sitting president from a former president's position is ultimately corrosive to the republic in some way. >> you talk about george h.w. bush and george bush staying out of the way. did jimmy carter and did bill clinton stay out of the way? >> well, jimmy carter wrote a letter to the members of the u.n. security council during the first gulf war asking them to vote against george h.w. bush's proposal so no is the answer there. and president clinton is as ever his own category. he was so involved in the 2012 campaign, there were moments you remember where it seems as though obama hired clinton as a defense lawyer. >> so it sounds like -- and i summarize in saying in the last 20 or 25 years former democrat presidents get involved and republicans seem to stay out of it. >> that has been the patter

bush family? that may be the biggest unknown of those four. george p. bush, jeb bush's son, george p. he land commissioner in texas, says he's voting the straight republican ticket. he's going to vote for donald trump. he also said last night remarkably that he may be the only bush who votes for donald trump. he said out loud that his uncle george w. bush and his grandfather, george h.w. bush, could potentially vote for hillary clinton. there's one person, one reporter, who knows the most about this on earth. it is cnn special correspondent jamie gangel. the biggest news there is the possibility, george p. brought it up, that george w. could vote for hillary clinton. >> let's take a step back. he was answering a question and he said potentially. then a reporter followed up and he said i was just speculating. okay? there is no gambling. george p. so here's what we know. george p. is voting for trump. his grandfather, we confirmed several weeks ago, has privately told several people he's voting for hillary. we know that. i reached out to president george w. bush, 43's folks. they said he

david in 2001, 2002, and president bush 41 made a note and said, "you made the right decision," and i do not think -- it is impossible to say what would president george bush have done on the day after the attacks of september 11, but i will say this. the reflexive mythology that he opposed the ground war is not true. i do not believe it. charlie: what we learned in the interim time, because everyone, wascially maureen dowd, fixated on it. jon: yes, with the shakespearean dynamic and brilliant at it. son.ie: the father and to read.s wonderful all i can say is my search of the documents, my interviews suggest that no one -- this is an important point on this. how to protect them, from friends of ours who are quite aged and used to hold great power in foreign policy. let you think about that. all of the way to people who have explicitly criticized the second iraq war and used 41 as ram againstttering 43. none of those people, none were able to say to me, george herbert walker bush told me this. not one person, not one document. not one. charlie: to say that his son made a mistake? witness.e is not one not one. and i went to them all. he criticizes him.

but, i don't know which george bush thing i'm listening to. was this mr. bush that supported mr. meese, called james watt an excellent secretary of the interior? provided by support for some of these people, supported the nomination of robert bourque to the supreme court of the united states. we've had dozens and dozens of officials in this administration who have left under a cloud, have left with a special prosecutor in their arm. this isn't the kind of administration we need and one of the reasons our selection of a running mate is so important and is such a test of the kinds of standards we'll set is because it tells the american people in advance of the elections just what kind of people we're looking for. i picked lloyd bentsen, mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal about the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of people we will pick to serve in our administration. [ cheers and applause ] >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask th

another call from carly fiorina and three other congratulatory calls from george h.w. bush, george w. bush, and jeb bush. still no names released on cabinet members there the trump administration, though there is lots of speculation. they continue their furious around the clock pace. the team expected to make an announcement today or tomorrow. the bets is on reince priebus for chief of staff. but steve bannon's name is coming up. he is expected to be a major player. >> the thing about steve bannon people don't understand is that in this campaign, he's been the general, and he's worked very closely with reince priebus and the rest of us as part of that small core team. we couldn't have done it without priebus or bannon. i can say that unequivocally as the campaign manager. >> there are strong signs that action on health care could be a first priority for the administration, but whether it's outright repeal or replace or an amendment of obamacare remains to be seen. >> it would do what obamacare doesn't do, let you guy health insurance across state lines the way you can buy a

bush administration. conversely, george w. bush eight years later would bequeevept barack obama two wars and the greatest recession since the 1930's and yet he did maybe the most spectacular job of transitioning between two different party presidents of any president to date so -- and the obama people have been very complimently of that, even if they would maybe have preferred the other way around. peace and prosperity and a crappy transition. >> in the clinton white house, it would be interesting to see if the bill clinton people are being picked over the obama people or a view of let's start fresh. that's one thing to look at. >> very good point. >> this was addressed in the first panel but are the people wanting to come in wanting to blow up some of these agencies that trump has expressed saying we don't need them. cat: let's talk about the other transition that might occur that does affect the white house as well and that is the possibility that the senate could go back into democratic hand. what are some of the tips that y

> former new hampshire governor john sununu was named white house chief of staff two days after george bush accepted the presidential nomination in 1988. he knows firsthand what lies trump administration. >> so i feel a little sorry for them for perhaps underestimating how much work there is to be done in the next 70 days. >> he says that donald trump needs to quickly decide who will fill six positions. >> the chief of staff, advisor and legal counsel. in terms of the cabinet, it's the secretary of treasury, the secretary of state, and the director of the personal chemistry amongst that group, the president with each of those six and those six amongst themselves. >> they'll have just ten weeks to flesh out an agenda, make key appointments and hire thousands of personnel. >> the hardest thing for private sector people, focused people to

-- and george w. bush douglas macarthur, who happened to be president. when you actually go inside, the events from august 2 from 1990 until 1991, what you find -- in fact, i was so struck about this so there is a whole chapter of this -- george herbert walker bush was willing to be impeached and to unilaterally exert american military force to remove saddam from kuwait even in the face of an active negative from the congress. he made up his mind that this was the thing to do, and that sounds -- if i described it to you but did not say which one, you would say, oh, that was w. it was the father. the father was more hawkish than the son. ultimately, they had at least one conversation at camp david in late 2001. president bush 41 made a note and said, "you made the right decision," and i do not think -- it is impossible to say what would president george h. w. bush have done on the day after the attacks of september 11, but i will say this. the reflexive mythology that he opposed the iraq war is not true. i

george bush got 44% of the latino vote and he won. you know how much donald trump has nationwide right now? he has 18% of the latino vote nationwide. that's what he has in most of the states except for florida. in florida he has 30% support of latinos. romney had 39, he still lost florida. >> different latinos have different experiences. one of the big questions for both campaigns, how many of those voters are voting for trump? how many are voting for clinton? he is touting on the trail he's been endorsed by the cubans.

dick cheney when he in effect ran legislative affairs in much of the federal government in the george bush administration. >> and, eugene, i want to get real quickly of you, how much of a role do you think donald trump's children are going to play on this administration? >> as you know, they're already on the transition executive team which is not that big of a surprise considering how prominent their role was in the actual campaign. on friday, they're vetting business structures and it will allow them to completely take over the business trump organization. while some of them are more apparent, such as jared kushner, his son-in-law, the trump brand could take quite a bit in this cycle. >> eugene scott, thanks for being here. >> as donald trump heads to the white house, we talk about his kids poised to take over that

i mean, this-- this is a real challenge for george bush. trying to explain thousand in [ laughter ] speaking of-- you know who's campaigning in burbank today? lloyd benson. yeah. now, okay. [ applause ] he came here for two reasons. to get votes for dukakis, of course, and he likes to hear those words, "the kid on the ticket." [ laughter ] burbank has some older people living here. there's some, um, uh-- [ laughing ] you like to see struggle, don't you? yeah. are you-- are you gonna vote soon? >> yes. >> next tuesday, is it? >> tuesday. >> yeah, some important initiatives on the california ballot. they're weird to understand. but the oil companies are spending a fortune, for example, uh, for mission for drill oil on the beach, and, uh, they're also-- the insurance companies are also spending a fortune to continue drilling in our wallets. did you know that? [ laughter ] if those words would have come out right, they would-- [ laughter ] if you'd like to go on a scavenger hunt, is a joke. [ laughter ] did you know that because of the number o

both george w. bush and george h.w. bush sending their best in fact george h.w. bush he and his wife really wish trump well as he guides america forward as our next president. his family is in our prayers. and by the way, he did not vote for trump noted george aged -- george w. bush. life is are they changing for the running mate of mike pence. our station pennock the secret service has already started stepping up security at his mansion. airspace around his home. airplanes, helicopters and drones cannot get within 1 mile of it. he will stay governor until he is officially sworn in. >>> if polk county family lost their home to a fire in months. jackie kelly shows us how it turned out to be the surprise of a lifetime. >> reporter: it devastating low. >> i pulled up to the red light and bam. the accident left sherry with injuries and cost her her car. weeks later a fire destroyed her home. >> it is hard when you look around and you see everything you own. >> local charities helped with a place to live. >> what has it been like not having a car? >> horrible. members.

one of the things that george w. bush would tell us in that last year was he wasn't worried with about his legacy. i would tell the reporters that, and they would say, oh, that'sat bo lowny, of course he is. last year he read books about george washington, and if historians are still analyzing the first president, then the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worry about because he'll never know. [laughter]analyzin and he moved on with his life. you know, he's done an amazing job, i think, as a post-president as well. one, has been very respectful of his successor, being very sigh leanlt -- silent, but he's gone on to create such an amazing institute at the bush library. the pepfar president, the president's emergency plan for aids relief, is even something that democrats will say that was amazing. it was very bold back in 2003 to go forward with that. it is credited with saving a generation in africa, and that budget just because he felt -- that wasn't just because he felt a humanitarian obligation. there was also a national secur

some part of the impression of george h.w. bush will always be part church lady, right, because of dana carvey doing george h.w. bush talking about what would be prudent at this juncture and then tina fey created sarah palin. there was a nationwide poll that found that the 86.9% of americans believe that sarah palin actually said, i can see russia from my house. sarah palin never said, i can see russia from my house. tina fey said that and sarah palin on "saturday night live" and it stuck so effectively that sarah palin will never, ever live that down even though she never, ever said that. but if sarah palin was ever mad about that, we've never seen evidence of it. she took it in stride. she's been more than a good sport about it. >> at a rally in north carolina this week, you said that you like to visit the, quote, pro-america parts of the countries. are their parts of the country that you consider unamerican. >> oh, you know, that was just my lame attempt at a joke but, yes, new york, new jersey, massachusetts, connecticut, delaw

one of the things george w. bushwould tell us in that last year was that he wasn't worried about his legacy. i would tell the reporters that reporters would say that's baloney, of course he is but he would say to me, last year i read three books about george washington. and if historians are still analyzing the first president and the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worry about because he will never know. he moved on with his life. these done an amazing job i think is a postman as well. one, he's been very respectful of his successor, but he's gone on to create such an amazing institute at the bush library . the program, the president's emergency plan for aids relief is something democrats will say that was amazing. it was bold in 2003 to go forward with that. it is credited with saving a generation in africa and that was just because he felt a humanitarian obligation. there was also a national security component because one of the things that condi rice and colin powell came to him to say was we are about to pass failed

george bush got personally involved.president that's willing to lead, and spend political capital can make the change. a president who wants to go down and dictate, which i really do believe obama went down trying to tell them this is what we're going to do, and you either take it or leave it, they won't respond to that. >> hmm. >> george bush showed how it could be done and i think that's a model even when it's your own party down there, go down there and work with them to find -- >> yeah. >> -- where the sharp edges have to be removed. >> governor very quickly, i want to show you the names that have been floated for donald trump's cabinet picks. here are just some of them, rudy giuliani, newt gingrich, you see general michael flynn, you see jeff sessions, who is an early supporter, reince priebus, ben carson. do you think that there will be a woman in donald trump's cabinet? >> oh, i'm sure there probably will. the most important appointments he has to make is his national security adviser, his chief of staff, and his

george bush could call reagan. clinton could look back and talk to carter, of course obama could call clinton and in fact j.f.k. used to call ike and nixon could call ike and he also would talk with the old guard of his party like barry goldwater. donald trump arrives, his own man, getting there by intuition. i'm worried he doesn't have anyone he can talk to as an equal on the phone. >> hugh hewitt, robert costa, our thanks to both of you gentlemen as always. thank you both so much. look at who you could run into if you're out for a walk in the woods in chappaqua, new york. margaret wrote, i heard a bit of rustling coming towards me. as i stepped into the clearing, there she was, hillary clinton and bill with their dogs doing the same thing i was. i got to talk to her and hug her and explained to her that my most proudest moment as a mother is i got to take phoebe to vote for her. i'm not one for signs, but i think i'll definitely take this one. hillary clinton spotted on a walk in the woods. the photo credit, form

and that wasn't george w. bush'style, to say that i want to make sure they've got all theirappointments in place , that the briefing books are here and that the diagram of the west wing, anybody who knows george w. bush knows that he's a leader and a man of principle. he empowers people to do their jobs and considered it my job and the job of my staff, the job of clay johnson to figure out what the details were but when i do recall him saying very explicitly is that i want these people to be as prepared as possible to deal with a crisis should one happen on the first day of the next administration and that is both a tall order and a major undertaking in any administration. >> in fact, there was a threat on the inauguration. >> there was. we were particularly concerned about a terrorist attack during the actual inauguration. it is a moment of really extraordinary peril in this country if you think about it . because so much of the government actually moves. in other systems, there's a few people at the top that move a

bush but there was tension between those george h.w. bush people to clear out the desk and actually a little bit more difficult to go from republican to republican sometimes than democrat to republican but the best of both men from now to the inauguration and then the fisticuffs will break out soon after everyone is sworn in and the capitol is cleared but i hope we focus on the fact that the peaceful transition of power is the great glory. it's the best cliche we have. >> i think all of us couldn't agree with that statement more. the fisticuffs will get under way after the inauguration at some point. a number of democrats, minority leader pelosi and bernie sanders, hillary clinton's rival in the primary and then became one of her top surrogates. talk about the fact they want to find some chon ground ommon gro things like infrastructure projects, a jobs bill, potentially. how long do you think the goodwill will last and do you think they can get that? americans want to see progress. they want to see legislation. they are sick of a gridloc

same data, same economic news, interpreted differently. 2000, george w. bush is elected. wall street runs something called the homelessness rediscovery index, arguing the newspapers would be interested in the polite of homelessness. there was an upward spike in the stories. if anybody had any doubt about liberal bias, wikileaks put it to rest. you have major outlets, "washington post," "new york times" colluding with the dnc and hillary to get her elected. people like dan emilbeck asked the dnc for a column he was doing call the ten most outrageous things donald trump ever said. they gave him ten of them and he used eight of them. are you kidding me? we have four years if not eight years.

bush 43 administration. in the campaign in which george w. h was elected in the blessing was that a large portion of the country thought that george w. bush was stupid. the reality is that he's exceptionally bright policy person. i spent my career in government policy and george w. bush is one of the sharpest policy minds i've ever encountered in decades. but that was not the reputation he had. we had a political necessity to run a campaign that was chock-full of substance. that would have been george w bush's instinct anyway. we ran a campaign that was disciplined and setting out in one month it would be to health care policy in the next month would be tax policy and the next month with the energy and environmental policy. there were speeches that went with that. fact sheets that well with that. with the end of the campaign we post a 300 page book of campaign speeches and policy papers that were the governing agenda for the first hundred days that mac was talking about. so that made the conundrum period you're talking about much easier for ou

it's a pleasure to be the idea the publicity tour for george w. bush, and his book decision points are never imagined i would have an opportunity to come as an author myself and some really grateful for the opportunity and that everybody came this morning. so henry was my first dog i own as an adult. my husband and i got him in scotland when we lived there but it's true i met my husband on a plane. and we moved to england but we both wanted a dog. whenever have even known about that breed. we found out about them in switching on the trip we took and i fell in love with these dogs. so henry the recent deal between difficult time in abou with here this book because of a natural long form writer, the first book in the good news is that was i thought it was the only book i would write in a book that was a chapter about dogs. because i love dogs and wanted so much to include that part of my life in the book but it needed, i needed to cut it down. like a bad the dog chapter and the editors and i promise you want to do will be a dog book. now we have this one

compared to trump's 43% the last time california went republican was ben george bush defeated michael due could cass. >> 39% of votes in santa claira county have not been counted -- -- many races still not settled and votes by mail ballots keep coming in. local electionion officials say it will probably take them the full 28 days allowed to count and certify the results. >> a muslim woman wearing a head scarf at san jose university was attacked. police say he she was walking in the parking garage when a man came from behind, pulled on her head scarf, choking her, causing her to lose her balance. that man ran away after the attack police say it is not clear whether the woman was targeted because she was wearing the head scarf. >>> an attack happened on a park and ride at 4:00 monday morning university police say the victim was using a portable toilet located near a bus stop when a man forced the door open and attacked her. the the man road away on a bicycle the suspect is described as a man in his 30s or 40s with a thin mustache and two braids in his hair he was wearing a pea coat, dar

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one of george w. bush great legacy what he did to combat aids in africa i find myself defending president bush in those terms so what do you think his legacy will be years down the road?ms. we'll people come out positive for negative in history class. >> this is an author also presenting as an infectious disease dr. things for that i and also from denver bat one thing he would tallis in the last year she was not worried about his legacy they would say baloney. but he would say last year i read three books about george washington historians are still analyzing the first president and the 43rd doesn't have a lot to worry about because he will never know. i think it'd and amazing job as post president he has been very respectful of his successor and has been very silent but up at the far program -- even democrat said that was amazing was very bold it is credited to saving a generation invi africa that wasn't justt because he felt a humanitarian obligation also in national securitybl component because connolly