how do you knowl for george bush and will vote for george bush?u know i voted for george bush? you did, didn't you? it is the first time i voted. but you did? yes, i did. this man, the texas governor, is responsible for some of the highest execution in his state. i suppose he was. i did not really keep up with it. i did not really keep up with it. i did not vote. i was a non—voting person until george bush was running for the us presidential election. and i decided to go and vote. but you don't see any conflict in that and you're otherwise pro life stance? -- your. no, idon‘t. you're otherwise pro life stance? -- your. no, i don't. you say you are a christian now and you never were before. do you think abortion is incompatible with christianity? abortion is killing. and in the ten commandments it says thou shalt not kill. and so i agree with the ten commandments and all the teachings of the catholic church. specifically the catholic church? well, with each church that agrees that abortion is wrong. the church of england, for example, says when the

i think george w. bush did everything he did to not look like a wimp, not look like a wimp. lissa: graded his intelligence, george w. bush. >> they did do that,. >> but look, i don't think donald trump want advice for george bush. he blamed george bush for horrible things running against his brother i don't think the president thinks highly of the bush family or what george w. bushhinks about him. melissa: they will be back in a just a moment, shares of weight watchers soaring after-hours following fourth quarter earnings of 2016. the company ended the year with 10% more subscribers than the prior year. the company is confident they will deliver higher growth in 2017. looks like oprah has been a little bit of the growth. melissa: how a new stuffed toy may be poising a privacy risk for children. david: like the "twilight zone." president obama planning to discuss a new health care plan in tonight's address. congressman mark sanford proposed his own replacement plan. he will break down the details coming next. you don't want to miss. what if technology gave us the power to turn

george w. bushad the luxury of watching his father's administration where there were a lot of leakers. then he hired a staff that was much more team-oriented. and jen's right about that. we had each other's backs. we were a family. i was very proud to watch staffers clash with each other to get their position to the president and not a word ever got out. and that's served the president well, so he could hear unvarnished opinions from two different factions in an oval office, yet nobody turned on anybody because it served the president well. i was very proud to be part of an operation like that. i hope the trump people get there, because it's going to make the day a much easier day. it's much harder if you are worried that the people you're working with are going to leak to somebody outside. you never want a white house that runs like that. >> it's never the press people who are leaking. because it's against their own interests, too. so that would be a surprising turn of events. >> jen psaki, thank y

going to bob jones university probably did help george w. bush win that primary in south carolina, that all white republican primary in south carolina. and it thereby helped him put away john mccain and win the presidency. and forever george w. bush will have to drag that hard as part of his legacy because it wasn't like he didn't know what he was getting into. it wasn't like he didn't know he was going a school that had an enforced apartheid regimen where the school literally regulated who you date by race. he knew exactly what he was doing when he went to bob jones university. it was a well-known thing about that school. when george w. bush's dad had been vice president, the reagan administration had, in fact, gone to court to defend bob jones university and specifically to defend its right to ban interracial dating among its students. even while it still got tax exemptions from the irs as a school. >> bob jones university is a fundamentalist christian college that believes the bible prohibits interracial marriage. interracial dating is forbidd

one of the scandals of the george w. bush era is that they let that rule, they let that post-watergate reform slide. do you remember there was a scandal in the george w. bush administration about them making federal prosecutor jobs, u.s. attorney jobs, making those jobs into political plums they handed out. remember the phrase loyal bushys. in the george w. bush administration one of their big scandal was they fired perfectly competent prosecutors and replaced them with political hacks who they liked. raising clouds of suspicion that those loyal bushy very republican favorited new federal prosecutors would pursue criminal investigations and prosecutions that were favored by the white house for some reason. it's funny. it hasn't been that many years, given what happened in the george w. bush administration, everything from iraq to torture to everything dick cheney touched, i mean, all the rest of it over the years it's been interesting to see how this one particular george w. bush administration scandal, the u.s. attorney scan

that is george bush defending press freedom.t as donald trump has been saying he will not come to the white house correspondents association dinner this spring. what is the political impact of this? reporter: you have to remember that george w. bush had a very internationalist foreign policy. he viewed american democracy as setting an example to the world that the spread of democracy with help ensure the spread of democracy. that is a different view than what donald trump is taken with his economic nationalism and america first foreign-policy. you are seeing george bush raise the banner of anti-trump views, in a subtle sort of way, but it is there nonetheless. you can imagine that donald trump will not take kindly to this criticism. i would not be surprised if i see a response at one point. keep -- he might bring up that he be george w. bush's brother in the campaign last year. >> thank you for joining us. during his speech to the governors today, mr. trump said his government would increase spending on law enforcement. the pres

[applause] mark: please join me in welcoming jeb bush and his son, commissioner george p. bush. [applause] [applause] mark: please join me in welcoming jeb bush and his son, commissioner george p. bush. [applause] jeb: thank you. thank you, mark, very much for that exaggerated introduction. the fact that it's in front of my parents makes it ok. david jones, thank you for your leadership. i hope you're excited as everybody is that you are running the show here at the foundation. i want to thank my mom and dad for making it possible for me to be here. you know what i mean. [laughter] jeb: and i'm here because i wanted to, in a small way, monitor -- i will get emotional about this, but -- i want to honor the greatest man alive. so -- [applause] jeb: i'm finished with that, so -- [laughter] jeb: glad i got that out of the way. i want to point to the professors, the real professors that actually know how to be up -- be a professor. we had a little bit of a crisis that we thought we would be 15 to 20 students. and that is relatively manageable for a rookie like me to teach a class. wh

bush and texas land commissioner george p. bush. marc welsh, the dean of the george bush school of government and public service will provide a proper introduction to our speakers. mark and i had two of the three entities here at the bush center. the third being the presidential library and museum which is headed by warren finch, who is with us tonight. warren? nice to have you with us. [applause] david: a quick word about logistics tonight before we get started. following the remarks and the interview portion of our program, our speakers will be pleased to respond to your questions. we ask that you write questions on cards when you check in this evening. if you don't have one and would like to ask a question, ask one of the roving bush school ambassadors that will be walking the hour and circulating to collect your questions. without further ado, please welcome the distinguished dean of the bush school, mark welch. [applause] mark: thank you, david. i'm afraid the distinguished guy couldn't make it. [laughter] mark: you got me. tha

george bush, this is president bush's first day of the office and did something to quickly please. democrats do what is called honoring a promise. this is the liberal mindset of most people in journalism. they will tell you they are neutral. i will tell you it seeps through every day. >> i think a very important point how stories are framed, the way the sides are portrayed. >> this question is about journalistic integrity along the lines with what was mentioned earlier about journalists and pundits on the same stage. wrote this week about western institutions that we are the last defense against trump was the title. the kansas city star reports that in december right after christmas one of the individuals who was thought to be one of the contacts in the russian dosier was killed. do you see it as your job in the media to, for example, go out and look to see if these individuals may be the hotel staff, for example -- they may not be institutional to vote for those issues. >> i think it is our job as the media to report the truth and to report good stories. and i think if the fundame

george bush said i respect the court's ruling and don't agree and interesting to go back to the days and never thought george bush would be more gracious given those human rights abuses and the reason they cited that case which is significant, back then filing that case, the president claimed the authority to be able to detain people outside of the courts to be able to strip away the constitutional rights. and also, claimed that this was an unreviewable decision. when the supreme court looked at the case, the supreme court found very clearly and i think created a seminole decision that said actually the courts, the courts' i don't know to review only of these things so it's harkening back to the days and, frankly, at the center for constitutional rights we feel like we have seen eight years of george bush in about 20 days of donald trump so it's actually quite good to be able to have this type of ruling that reminds not just us but i think reminds the executive branch that they can't just jam this stuff through. >> interesting. you are saying for checks and balances the speed of this

now george bush is a good man. put was the globalist flag in the ground. that was the beginning of it all. after reagan we have had bush, obama --bush ii, [boos] we needed a force of nature to take the ship back. as donald campaign, trump over and over again. ran, we thought he could win. another good man. here he is. he is doing a debate. do you remember the second debate? i am an actor and i'm sitting at home. i see that debate. this, talkinge about benghazi. at that moment, mitt romney was not able to go -- this was on cnn, by the way. the media. i will tease you for a moment about cnn. who is the parent company for cnn? who is it? time warner. his time warner the parent company? remember that. here she goes. she holds it up. candy, get the paper. instead of mitt romney looking at her, looking at the president, you guys rehearsed this. wait a minute, the american people knew. they were misled about benghazi. we cannot mislead them any longer. that is the stance that should have been taken at that moment. her some reason, the elites are afraid to rock the

george w. bush new book. but first, out of touch liberal hollywood elite spewing hate and attacking the president at the oscars and a pretty disgusting display. that is tonight's opening monologue. yes, another self-congratulatory award show as if they are not enough. so-called tolerant liberal celebrities gathered last night at the oscars all patting themselves on the back and predictably bashingbr donald trump.ig it did not take long for host jimmy kimmel to go after the commander-in-chief. watch this. >> this broadcast is being watched live by millions of americans and around the worldad in more than 225 countries that now hate us. i think that is an amazing thing. i want to say thank you to president trump. remember last year when it seems like the oscars were racist? [laughter] we are at the oscars, the academy awards. you are nominated. you got to come, your families are nominated. some of you will get to come up on this stage tonight and give a speech that the president of the united states w

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bush. he clearly worked and helped george w. bush become the president. but i think he's always identified as really being george h-w bush's friend and kf dante. so you know, i think both of the bush sons seem to be loyal to the family partners like baker but you know, they both obviously wanted to be their own men when it came to their political career. so you know, i don't know. i think at key points along the way baker was conducted by george w. bush. but there's no doubt in my mind that george w. bush was well aware from the very beginning that baker didn't think invading iraq was such a great idea. >> does he think donald trump has some, because he is so unconventional, because is he so different, because he campaigned differently, he transitioned differently, he's taken his first two weeks differently, that show out of all that difference maybe some possibility of doing good things? >> well, you know, again, baker struck me as the sort of classic almost con again tal deal make. and he's a very optimistic guy which is to say he's always seeing what ar

george bush, the first george bush. he carried himself in a very respectful way. and i think that carried a long way with the people. i'm sure history will show that a lot of the other presidents may have gotten a lot more done. but i think respect and class goes a long way with the people, the way you carry yourself in office. host: i am checking twitter feeds. here are a few. "towards washington set an example to the nation with term limits and the transfer of power by not running for another term." from steve -- fdr is a winner in my category. from paul -- "reagan was my favorite, he brought hope and pride back to americans." "arthur -- he is easily forgotten. not really, but i thought i'd give him a shout out since he is so easily forgotten." we are talking that your favorite president, and why. first in the hearts of this country. george washington. i can't understand why lincoln is up there. more human lives lost in this was at the helm. most people don't realize but the succession of the during acy occurred time when he was president-elect. he was elected b

he used to be a member of president george w. bush's senior staff. as for joining george w. ior staff. as forjoining us. what do you make about the way donald trump has handled this? particularly the kind of advertorial approach towards the judiciary? i think the president is right on merits, he has because additional authority to absolutely within the best interests of our national security under the costa jewish and act. the court is mentioned the evidence. —— the constitutional act. this is where i disagree as a lawyer. they can't give the evidence that the president has because they aren't cleared to see the kind of classified information that the president has. could it have been handled better in the rollout of the executive order? there's no doubt. could it have been communicated that at the public by the authorities who are charged with carrying out the work. but the president isn't wrong on his merits and actions as president. it does seem that it has become this battle between the executive arm and the judiciary. possibly some people might say it didn't need to have

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as president bush -- george w. bush said earlier today, we go to other countries, urging leaders to have freedom of the press in their country and then we denounce the press in our own country. it's not a good thing. but you mention the word science, we have a couple more questions, but i want to take the opportunity to say this -- i have said from time to time that i have three or four answers to all of our problems. science, science, science and science. science whether it's about our good health. science whether it's our competitiveness in business and in our economy. science to invest to protect our country. science to again protect this planet which is god's creation. when my republican colleagues say to me, faith or science, take your pick. i say science is an answer to our prayers. that's why some of the evangelicals join us in our protection of the planet because they believe, as do i, this is god's creation and we have a moral responsibility to protect it. so whether it's our health, our national security,

he had 3 million something, and george w. bush -- i'm telling you the numbers. 3 million deportations, 3 million something, and george w. bush had 2 million something. >> so now tell me that barack obama was more committed to border enforcement than donald trump. >> you tell me what you make of those numbers. you said he stood by -- you said he stood by. i'm just telling you the numbers on deportations. >> i'm suggesting to you that barack obama's border security was something that in my judgment was dangerous to this country. and i continue to stand by that. and, you know, i'm married to an immigrant wife. so this notion that everybody that is committed to border security is somehow racist or hates other people is a disgrace and it's just not true. i'm committed to doing everything i can to see freedom for all people in the world. i want to see immigrants come here legally and be part of the greatest enterprise in freedom in the beginning of the world. >> look, i just want to be clear, congressman. >> -- look on this on a reasone

george bush said we need a budget year. he goes to the democrats and say we will not put all the sacrifice in the middle class. the rich have to pay their share. bush ultimately agrees. the entire congressional right-wing caucus revolt against him and since then witt said we will never make a deal like that. that's the worst thing any president has ever done. no new taxes is our religion. that is it now and forever. i think that's an important context not because i'm trying to point the finger but that tells you those are the circumstances under which you have to and usually will act. i think that shapes the politics of long-term debt. when you have one party that refuses on principle to a seed to any increase of any kind, and obama tried in every possible way to get into trade higher revenue for spending cuts, he went to john boehner in private, in public, commissions, super commissions. every other way. it's just religion in the republican party. i don't see how it's incumbent on the democrats when you look at the united s

reagan was when elected and when george w. bush nixon and george w. bush was elected, goi the angry. this man is, he is hitler as hitler could be. that, why do you say diana? caller: because of what he's doing. specifically? sepre-- this is white supremeacy in a way i hoped i would never see. host: what specifically, diana? caller: everything. policy toward immigrants, toward refugees and people iving here for 20 year, contributing to the economy, country.children in our to his attitude toward women, minorities, toward other faiths. evangelical right wing propaganda machine that has been that is totally disrupting what america is. host: all right. focusing on foreign policy priorities right now, asking viewers to let us know what you like this administration to focus on. republicans s, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. 202-748-8002. and love to hear your overseas,ve if you are outside the united states, 202-748-8920. athleen in washington, rolling bay, washington, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hi. wondering how bannon and steven miller are

john mccain was the only real threat that george w. bush hadn't cleared out of the field, and john mccain not only won new hampshire, he won it by a lot. he beat george w. bush in new hampshire by 18 points. ah-oh. the next big primary that year was in south carolina, and that was seriously worrying to the bush campaign, because south carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. john mccain is not only a veteran but a nationally-famous war hero. he was pretty much guaranteed to win in that state because of those things. but in context, because mccain had just upset bush in new hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that, that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrative, upending expectations, the bush campaign absolutely knew that, so they went into win at all costs mode. in south carolina. that jones, iii, runs it as if it were still 1927 with only one policy change -- other races are now welcomed at its campus, but no interracial dating or marriage is permitt

i wonder if he would have done the crimea move under george bush or ronald reagan. that frustration is part of what we're seeing now as we try to figure out how to respond to the alleged invasion of our election system. >> do you believe that this president, though, has the appetite to really push back against russia? we have not seen him really say that so far. >> well, i think we'll have to see what he does, not just what he says. you know, i think the history of the last eight, maybe even 12 years with with vladimir putin is that he only responds to pretty serious actions. and it's not particularly moved by words. he's a trained kgb agent. if you read that book "the news are" it will show you the personal preoccupation he has with eliminating radical islamic terrorists and some bad things that have been allegedly done at his behest like poisonings. we have a serious character on our hands we need to deal with forcefully. >> that's a good deal. there are a lot of conspicuous and certainly shady circumstances surrounding a number of folks that have gone against vla

george bush said interest rates are going up, we need a budget deal. he goes to democrats and said the rich have to pay their share. bush ultimately agrees. the entire congressional right-wing caucus revolt against him. since then, they have said we will never make a deal like that. that is the worst thing any president has done. no new taxes is our religion. that is it now and forever. that is an important context, not because i'm try to point the finger, but that tells you those are the circumstances under which you have to, and usually will have to act. that shapes the politics of long-term debt. thatyou have one party refuses on principle to secede to every revenue increase, and obama tried to get them to trade higher revenue for spending cuts -- she went to john boehner in private, in public, super commissions. it is just religion in the republican party. i do not see how it is incumbent on the democrats, when you are looking at the united dates being one of the lowest taxed countries in the advanced world. in fact, if we were simply an average tax

what was his view of george bush? >> well, every time he referred to me called and not cowboy. u know, that cowboy. in that tone of voice.not cowboy. he just could not get his, he thought bush was playing unfair. that is the thing that was so weird. as he thought it was unfair. we didn't follow the template that we had followed before. and there is a lesson to be learned here. this is the lesson for going forward. they base how vulnerable we are and what they could get away with by what we had done in the past few years. look at what we have done in the last eight years. and ask yourself, what is isis and al qaeda thinking now?and i am not, you know i am not - i just do not think we can treat, i am going to make a comment here that might anger some people. we are seeing increased attacks because we been trying to manage it like a problem. we have quit trying to find and kill those people who are going to destroy us. and we are trying to figure out some way to live with them in our midst. that is not going to work for these guys. it might work for 99 percent of every other - i me

george w. bush george w. bush weighs in with a rare televised interview, opening up about division, the media, and some of president trump's most controversial policies. it is day 39 of the first 100. i am sandra smith and for martha maccallum tonight. it is the interview at the center of speculation, former president george w. bush sitting down with nbc's matt lauer to offer observations about his own time in office and for the first time, reacting publicly to president trump's executive order on immigration. there are no questions tonight about whether some in the media have been too quick to characterize mr. bush's comments come as a personal slight to the new presidency. here are some of those comments. >> did you ever consider consider the media to be the enemy of the american people? >> [laughs] i considered the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. i mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive. it is important for

it was unanimous from a panel of judges appointed by presidents carter, george w. bush and president obama. the original ruling blocking the travel ban came from a judge appointed by george w. bush. here's what president trump said to reporters. off camera so audio only. >> it's a political decision. we'll see you in court and i look forward to it. -- >> thanks, guys. >> the latest from pamela brown. >> this is a huge blow to the trump administration, anderson. the government failed to prove prove why this is urgent as a national security adviser. the judges said, quote, the government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order has preponderance traited a terrorist attack in united states rather than presented toed explain the need for the executive order. the government has taken the position we must not review its decision at all. we disagree. basically the court is saying while it does give deference to immigration and national security issues it has every right to argue this case. in the end the judges said the government

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president of the election of bush with the american people was we want more reagan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states, in two days he leaves office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s. you don't always identify a president with years, but reagan should be identified with the 80s. >> they called it the reagan revolution, and i'll accept that, but for me it always seemed like the great rediscovery of our values and common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future should always be ours. once you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it will end. >> the very firmness of his rhetoric enabled him to be a pragmatist. with that faith in ronald reagan, the fact he raised taxes and appointed two pro-choice supreme court justices, that he signed and abdic

george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 with a gains in public persuasion -- with big gains in public persuasion. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on c-span.org. >> next, a debate on the obama presidency with jonathan chait and matt welch. in new york city hosted this 90 minute event. >> as a tradition of the soho forum, we begin with a warm-up act from a great libertarian comic. back by popular demand, dave smith, whose podcast, part of the problem, here he is, libertarian comic dave smith. [applause] back by popular demand, dave smith, whose podcast, part of the problem, here he is, libertarian comic dave smith. [applause] >> thank you, gene. how is everyone? what a great event. libertarian comic even sounds boring to me. as soon as i heard that intro, i was like, that sucks. i have to come up with a better thing. is he going to talk about the budget the entire time? obama, the great debate ab

george w. bush reveals his thinking on the trump administration. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> and good evening to you once again from our headquarters here in new york. as we begin week six of the trump presidency, the commander in chief just hours away from a critical speech to a joint session of congress. a live look at the white house and capitol hill. they will be busy places by this time tomorrow night. early reports on the speech indicate the president will look to refocus his presidency on pocketbook issues and health care. more talk on that later. and like a lot of what this administration has been trying to do lately, just about anything is a better distraction than the constant questions and suspicion over russia and vladimir putin. that topic, russia, dominated the headlines today despite the president detailing his new budget proposal including a big bump-up in defense spending. and already there is at least one republican calling for a special prosecutor. >> you can not have somebody

. >> aren't you happy that president george bush and mrs. bush will be tossing the coin? >> we are. >> a beautiful thing. >> you enjoy the super bowl, as well. >> rooting interest or no? >> my family is divided, so -- >> fair enough. as the country is these days.

. >> tonight, the first addresses to congress from presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. announcer: watch c-span as president donald trump at delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. : this congress is going to be the busiest congress with had an decades. announcer: live on c-span and c-span.org on february 28 at p.m. >> vice president pence was in brussels for meetings. he met with donald tusk for a news conference. topics included the cease-fire between russia and ukraine. this is 15 minutes. pres. tusk: mr. vice president, dear friends, let me first of all thank you for this meeting. we all truly needed it. much has happened in the last month in your country. many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and about our common security. for us to pretend that everything is the way it used to be. thank you for being so open and frank with me, mr. vice president. today i had words which are promising of the future. words that explain a lot

george w. bush. of the party in the sense that he is out there as a republican president, doing the same sort of things that go counter to what the party is advocated. host: d you think they are happy for him to be out there, to suck a lot of air out of the room, so they can do work on capitol hill while most of the media and press are responding to donald trump? guest: that doesn't work. when you come out of that room, what is waiting for you? cameras and photographs. the president just said -- is that where you are? is that what you believe? and that takes you to a whole different rabbit hole that you don't want to be in. you can see the paint expressions on the faces of the members or the quick walk buys of the camera banks because they don't want to stop and talk about the latest tweet or musings of the president. so that aspect of what is going on right now on the hill is something that a lot of members are having to adjust to. some not as well as others. others are still getting into it. we ne

remember when george w. bush said i can see through his soul or something like that. >> woodruff: trying to get close to -- >> yeah, trying to get close to russia and putin. george bush did that. i don't think it worked. hillary clinton with barack obama tried to smooth things out with russia. new administrations do. this it's logical as to why they want to do this. there are instances where our interests align with russia and those where they don't. the question is can we help steer russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something in a country that alliance with our interests. i'm not going to hold my breath on that. >> woodruff: if this president were to relax sanctions -- >> i don't support that. >> woodruff: -- against russia, would you support legislation to prevent it? >> no, i think the advantages were overdue. i think president obama should have done them a year ago. >> woodruff: so you support them to keep them strong. >> yes, i support sanctions on russia. turning domesti

president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara were able to be there for the coin toss. and there was a forced fumble in the beginning of the second capping a 71 yard drive for the game's first points. on the next drive, julio jones put atlanta in a good position with the toe-dragging catch along the sideline before austin hooper hauls in the touchdown pass from the nfl mvp matt ryan extending the atlanta lead to 14-0. new england falls into the early hole and things get worse as tom brady's passes are intercepted and returns 86 yards for a pick six in the patriots' next possession. and kevin coleman for a 6 yard score. the pats fans are absolutely stunned. while most were watching and up counting new england out before halftime, the patriots began chipping away at the 25-point deficit and ran into the biggest comeback in super bowl history. they got down to the last minute in the fourth quarter. the patriots just eight points back on the final drive kept alive with this miraculous catch by julian edleman managing to come up with the bag after being deflected and bobbled

george w. bush's 33% of the hispanic vote but he could do more. it will be interesting. >> it takes many drafts and rewrites and collaboration to make a good, unifying speech. it didn't feel like that happened at all during the inauguration. it felt like the first draft someone else wrote. this could be much better. it could if they are listening. >> is this about the deconstruction of the administrative state or working and sticking together, congress and white house. >> i hear about deconstruction, we have to go to break. mark halperin, when you talk about spending $55 billion in the biggest beaurocracy in the world, the pentagon, that's not deconstruction. when you're talking about infrastructure, which i'm sure he'll talk about and i hope he talks about tonight, that's not deconstruction. this president is not about tearing down, this is a president who thinks big. people talk about andrew jackson, they need to go back and look at ken burn's documentary on roosevelt, as far as somebody who loves

george w. bush was at plus 32. remember, george w. bush won a contested election. bill clinton, plus 17. won with only 43 pi% of the votn the ross perot year. ronald reagan, plus 37. when you see donald trump at minus 15, and we know this is the stuff he pays attention to this -- he pays attention to this. how much does this drive what he thinks about the efficiency of the staff? >> i think he pays attention to this stuff, but he is also a guy who survived and thrived in the general election to be president of the united states even though his negatives were extremely bad. i'm not sure that's his most important metric. the other thing i would say is the ability of this white house and some of the knives out means that we should be really kashs about who is leaking what and why and so some of the stories i want to be very critical or skeptical about or healthily skeptical about, but flynn himself walked back his denials of this story. i think that's a really important element of this. this one the pr

and if you asked president bush george w. bush and had him here, i think he would acknowledge yes, that was painful but we needed to have that discussion. >> one thing that struck me, was that the post and the times, although competitors stood together with the publication of the papers. i'm wondering whether you have that unity of effort. you have breitbart for instance, right now, joining the trump chorus to crying leaks to the media. is the press position weakened about the press is splintered? >> it's an interesting question. because you have a group of loyalist out there. i think the times -- just to wash the times and can the post in the past couple of weeks there's been no cooperation between the two groups, but there's been. >> common cause. >> a remarkable amount of incredibly good journalism by both organizations. while they remain competitors with a widen group, that's been a good thing. but you cannot work in convert. >> you cannot work in convert. >> but what you can do, this is effo evidence in the last month, th