campaign until the dwi story broke. - a reporter from a local television station learned that george w. bushn arrested 24 years ago driving while under the influence. - on thursday it breaks that george w. bush had gotten a dui 20 years before. - how much did you have? - how many beers? - yeah. - [chuckling] enough to have beein violat. i can'remember how many beers. it was 24 years ago. - of course the news spreads like wildfire. it looked like a goldfish bowl when you sprinkle the food in. and all the fish come, you know. [laughs] the press was just surrounding me. - we had a big lead in maine, like eight or nine points. and we dropped ten points in four days. - come election day, win or lose, at least it's over. ♪ - but we are now able to make the projection in the state of florida. abc news projects that al gore wins the state of florida and its 25 electoral votes, give him the first big state momentum of the evening. d - peter jennings s al gore won florida. and i'm like, "it's over. ank you, lord. we won - we're sitting at 300 congress, the headquarters. and they call florida while the

george w. bush went on to win the presidency. >> the president-elect, george w. will become the 43r president of the united states. >> narrator: as john mccain returned to the sena, to many republicans, he was an outsider. >> it had been bad for the republican caucus. he had been booed at one point when he walked in. he really felt like these are not the guys he was comfortable with. they didn't have that much in common. he was really a bitter man t se days. >> he was angry for the way he was treated. he was angry because his staff were not ask to be part of the new administration. he was angry, because he thought george bush aying to the most conservative elements within his own party. and for all those reasons, he felt alienated. >> narrator: mccain positioned hitelf as the voice of diss in bush's republican party. >> mccain came out of th2000 campaign drawn to the idea that he had become a brand. he represented something to the american public of independence, pragmatism, bipartisanship, and he moved very aggressively to maximize t leverage of the brand legisla

poppy bush. george h.w. bush was the chairman of the republican national committee from early 1973 until just after nixon resigned in the fall of 1974. and when he was head of the republican party in the summer of '73 right after white house counsel john dean started testifying about nixon before the senate watergate committee, right after dean had started basically spilling the beans on not only the crime but the cover-up and the nixon enemies list and all the rest of it. that summer, july 1973, republican national committee chairman george bush set out on a listening tour. he traveled to four states to assess the mood of the republican party when it came to watergate. how were the party faithful feeling about watergate? how was the party coping? how was this playing outside washington? we know that did he this and we know what the results of the listening tour were because george bush wrote this memo about it. date, july 2, 1973. memorandum to general alexander haig, white house chief of staff. from george

america he'd run a positive campaign. >> we were running negative ads against george bush, george bush was running negative ads against john mccain. >> governor bush's tax plan isn't true, and mccain knows it. >> it was the fight of the century. >> the war of words between george w. bush and john mccain is heating up even further as they battle for votes in south carolina. mccain is accusing the bush campaign of making misleading phone calls to voters. >> governor george w. bush still denies anyone in his campaign is making negative phone calls. but mccain's supporters are pointing to a conversation videotaped on saturday between governor bush and a supporter in south carolina. they claim it shows the governor promising more negative attacks on mccain. >> you all haven't even hit his soft spot? somebody needs to. >> the phone calls went out all over south carolina, do you know the mccains have a black baby? >> john and cindy had adopted from one of mother teresa's orch orphanages, in bangladesh, a baby daughter, a person of color. and people were getting calls that they were saying she

new hampshire was a state where george w. bush was campaigning vigorously and trying to win but john mccain carried new hampshire. that meant that george w. bush had to saddle up and buckle his cinch a little tighter and go to south carolina and win there to win the republican nomination and the presidency. they had a strained relationship at the beginning. after that, it became a relationship of, i'm going to say, first, convenience. they worked together on things they agreed on. a second one, they worked with each other to meet the terrible challenges that the president was facing in iraq. john mccain was very supportive of what george w. bush was trying to do with regard to the surge. that did make a difference. general petraeus had the courage to go ahead with the surge and put petraeus in charge of it. and john mccain was right there with the president making sure that general petraeus got the support he needed and the surge worked. >> andrew card, former chief of staff for george w. bush. thank you for sharing your stories o

while george w. bush was president he might not have been universally popular but it wasn't the singular obsession of the country to dissect george w. bush every second and it wasn't with barack obama either except maybe over at fox news. jeremy's report is very important because he's identifying something that i've seen over the course of the last two years, doing focus groups with lord ashcroft polls and that's just the rupture that this election has had on friendships, on family, how people feel very silenced about their political views especially if they are a trump supporter that they can't necessarily share those views because of the judgment that they will receive and the negative judgment that they will receive. so at this point it really seems

barbara bush was known as the enforcer. george w. bush looked at her portrait and said, if you look carefully you can see her eyes move. i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. >> she planned it. >> she did. i'll never forget a few years before her death the bushes asked me to do a find razor in kennebunkport -- fundraiser in kennebunkport. i walked her to her car and as she was getting into the core she said george and i are coming tomorrow. tell me about the format. >> i said i would speak about 40 minutes and take 10 minutes of question. she said make it 30 minutes with no questions. we talked about presidents and their first ladies and roles. we've gone back to james monroe. let's talk about presidential families and what role they play in keeping, evolving or changing the president and the first lady. >> i will let mark answer this question. this is a huge factor to be able to -- i think we heard being able to engage the community where a presidential site is for people to have that feel to be connected. susan is alwa

in this case, president george w. bush. indeed, the white house staff secretary, is essentially the inbox in outbox for the president of the united states. now, that's not to say that is not a very important position but it does not get involved in much policy in the senate current task force is to evaluate the qualifications for judge kavanaugh, not to relitigate every political and policy disagreement from president george w. bush's eight years in the white house. as my democratic colleagues keep pointing out judge kavanaugh has described how his time as staff secretary was a formative experience for him. well, justice kagan said the same thing about her time as solicitor general but in the case of justice kagan the democrats refused to request for records.le on top of the undisputed relevance of solicitor general's material judge kagan, however, backed by judicial record. in other words, unlike the more than 300 opinions that judge kavanaugh altered and the hundreds more opinions he joined in his 12 years of service on t

and george w. bush. mark is commentator for abc news. good morning america, and this week. and, finally, our third panelist is stewart mc-lauren, he's president of the white house historical association. his 30-plus year in washington has been in senior roles, georgetown university, red cross and motion picture association. he also worked with the reynold reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming today's panel, anita, mcgriebride, mark updegrove and stewart. >> thank you very much. and i'd also like to recognize the wife of our other board member barrett that couldn't be here today. wonderful board members. and these men and women give extraordinarily guidance and governance to our organization. founded by miss kennedy 1961 nonpartisan partner to the white house and we are honored to be conceiver this site summit this he can would. today we'll talk about presidential legacy and commemoration. and let's st

and he ended up building a good partnership with george w. bush, particularly with regard to the tough challenges we had with the battles in iraq. you remember senator mccain was not -- it wasn't like he was a lap dog for george w. bush. president bush. he was a challenge. i remember being challenged by john mccain many times on policy and other things, and doug certainly witnessed it a lot. he also would step up and help make things happen for the better. and he was a big advocate of the surge, which president george w. bush wanted to put in place, which was controversial at the time and proved to be exactly the right thing and senator mccain was a huge advocate for that. but beyond that, john mccain really did invite people to be a part of the democratic process and he did work across the line. i was struck with the unbelievably remarkable relationship that he had with joe lieberman. it was fun to watch because here they were. they didn't agree philosophically on a lot of things, but they certainly agreed to the value of having a democracy where

and george w. bush." mark is a commentator for abc news, good morning america, and "this week." and finally, our third panelist is stewart mclaurin. his 30-plus career in washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, the american red cross, and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming me -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark updegrove, and stewart mclaurin. [ applause ] >> thank you, bob, very much. and i would also lake to recognize gael west on our board of directors and teresa barrett, the wife of our other board member, john barrett, who couldn't be with us today. wonderful board members and anita is on our board. and these men and women give extraordinary leadership, guidance, and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, non-partisan partner to the wh

kofi annan tried to prevent this — the invasion and toppling of saddam hussein by george bush and tony without the support of the un security council. kofi annan later called it illegal. i think, as secretary—general, i did everything i could, conscious of what the results would be, you know, and being powerless to stop it.

there's a slip. >> george bush was the single least popular sitting president in history. %. and we were the third term of the bush administration. >> just this morning, senator mccain said that actually he and president bush share a common philosophy. that's right, colorado, i guess that was john mccain finally giving us a little straight talk. >> senator obama wants to run against george bush, he should have run for president four years ago. >> one of the things that was the key to us was to be able to regain the mantle of the maverick. and one of the most critical decisions that john mccain had to make was who was going to be his running mate. and we had a lot of good options, at least we thought we did. >> when rick davis called me and said john wanted to put me on the short list for vp, honestly my reaction was, are you kidding? i think john felt there would be a big message in this, which is this is going to be a bipartisan ticket, unprecedented. >> you may ask, what's a democrat doing here supporting a republican for president? >> john wanted to take joe lieberman. s

that was the way it was with george w. bush. but president george w. bush has great respect for the work that john mccain did and the leadership he gave. i know the whole bush clan and the entire bush political family really respects john mccain for weather did for this country. as a unable aviator, as a prisoner of war, as someone who defended democracy and worked pore democracy and served this country so well in the house and in the senate. but more than that, being a real conscience for the tough things that have to be considered when you're in government and he also had the courage to look for compromise. he was not a zero sum game person. he would look for common ground and try to define it in such a way could you find a way to stand on it with him. that was important. >> that was so important that he worked across the aisle. teddy kennedy, joe biden and others could disagree on policy but they could come together and try to legislate. i'm also struck as i bring in robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post" and, of course,

when you covered george w. bush. when you covered george h.w. bush and ronald reagan they knew who you were. they wanted to know a little bit about you whether they did it in the background or whether they did it up front. by asking you question, they knew a little bit about who you were. and where you were coming from. and would kind of play to that a little bit. i see this now, and it may have a little bit to do with who gets into journalism today. it's an interesting question with me because, i remember the days when i wanted to be a journalist. i really wanted to be a novelist. i like to write and i was going to write this great novel. i found there was a way you could make money writing, i was going to write the novel on the side. but you like people. you like being around people. you wanted to build a relationship that way and write about it. telling people the story. so when you become a political reporter, you go out there and you become a political figure you write about who you are. you want to find out something about them personally.

and george w. bush also had sharp elbows but he worked with john mccain and they came together and did some remarkable things. and i was impressed with the leadership that they both had. i was respectful of how they respected each other. that was very important. john mccain was someone who grew up in a military family. he understood the role of respect and he did show great respect to people. but he also had the courage to be a maverick. and there aren't a lot of people that do that. they kind of follow the false expectation that you have love everybody. he didn't love everybody. but he respected everybody. and he found a way to work together. i was glad to hear joe leiberman's name mentioned the other day. clearly he had a remarkable relationship with john mccain that -- i think they could have been a ticket to run for president and vice president. they were so close. and there was great respect for both of them. and joe lieberman's relationship with john mccain was something to witness in the senate.

mcbride is here was senior president bush's close personal aide. in george h to be bush's diary which is tape-recorded, it's like listening to dana carvey. [ laughter ] dana once said that the key to doing george hw bush was mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. when i was listening to the diary, he would be bellyaching about the press in very specific terms like judy woodruff did this. pam donaldson did this. i begin to worry that as president the man who won the cold war had simply watched television all day. when i realized that part of what happened was that he had everything in his briefcase, he had the white house news summary and the tape recorder. he would be on marine one or air force one and pull everything out and start looking at this end be reading a transcript of everyone who had been attacking him all the time. he would react to it that way. how many of you love being criticized? maybe you are better than im and to me that is the importance of the work that you do. you humanize people who are at risk of becoming monumental. the greeks were right

thousand and seven two thousand and eight this never happened at a hillary clinton rally at a george w. bush rally at a john mccain rally at a bernie sanders well it started with donald trump and he egged it on we remember he actually said you punch him out op pay your legal fees i wish i could go down there i remember the day when he just punched people in the face he stirred up this violence and he is still doing that you just cannot blame it on anybody else other than well first all the people in the rally go along with him but donald trump who is egging egging them on so let's keep the focus on third point as you know i don't know how these people voted before is a lot of reporters i know don't even vote because i don't think they should i think they're wrong the question is not how they vote the question is what they write and what they produce on the air and i think you've got to say it is wrong if they call out donald trump for not telling the truth well that's the that's the way the game is played that's their duty to do so that doesn't mean they hate donald trump it just means their

and george w. bushlso had sharp elbows but he worked with john mccain and they came together and did some remarkable things. and i was impressed with the leadership that they both had. i was respectful of how they respected each other. that was very important. john mccain was someone who grew up in a military family. he understood the role of respect and he did show great respect to people. but he also had the courage to be a maverick. and there aren't a lot of people that do that. they kind of follow the false expectation that you have love everybody. he didn't love everybody. but he respected everybody. and he found a way to work together. i was glad to hear joe leiberman's name mentioned the other day. clearly he had a remarkable relationship with john mccain that -- i think they could have been a ticket to run for president and vice president. they were so close. and there was great respect for both of them. and joe leibieberman's relationp with john mccain was something to witness in the senate. i

. >>> hasta desafÍo al presidente republicano george bush por su estrat estrategia en y rairaq deja aon con obama. regresÓ al senado donde su voz y voto eran contundentes tanto aÍi que impidiÓ se de rogara el obamacare en fu reci reciÉn al presidente trump. en julio del 2007 recibiÓ un devastador diagnÓstico detrÁs de un tumor izquierdo un tumor canceroso agresivo y cobrÓ fuerzas para escribir un libro sobre sus principios polÍticos. pero el hombre guerrero que sobreviviÓ en vietnam y gano batallas en el senado perdiÓ la lucha contra el cÁncer. >>> mccain representÓ por dÉcadas al estado y arizona ahÍ mismo estÁ vÍctor hugo rodrÍguez, en phoenix con una persona que conociÓ muy de cerca al senador mccain. vÍctor?. >>> asÍ es felicidad, bueno la gente estÁ muy conmocionada en arizona y en todo el paÍs por el legado que deja el senador mccain estamos con tommy espinoza usted tuvo la oportunidad de bautizar a su hijo lo conoce desde 1982 el legado que deja mccain >>> para nuestra comunidad el paÍs y el mundo tenia un corazÓn muy grande por los inmigrantes. mucha gente no lo entiende que e

something's happened. - george bush is the president-electof he united states.won the state of florida. - it was just too much rthat the ballots were counted. the state of florida. - officials decided to count all of the ballots by hand.ti - with plar attention, of course, to those ballots that the machine e.had counted as "no v the punch hole is called a chad. there are categories that were not counted as votes, the dimpled chad and the pregnant chad. - you had ballots y,that were designed poo and so people thought they were casting their vote for al gore, but they cast their vote for pat buchanan instead in because of the way the matched up on the ballots, the notorious butterfly ballot. - in 2000, a lot of people that were, you know, in their 50s, 60s, whatever, they had grown up thinking ralph was this american hero, ian american icon for safety and health and everything, and they were disappointed in him. - gore would have won decisively if nader hadn't entered the race. - really? - of course. what nader people would have voted for bush? - did you thinto yo

couldn't head trump statement that quote there was no longer a nuclear threat from north korea to george bush saying mission accomplished on that aircraft carrier after the invasion into iraq. president trump's tweet on june thirteenth the day after the summit where he said that north korea no longer pose a nuclear threat to the united states was clearly wrong and that's why it's taken so many people aback and it was after that tweet that you had a number of leaks about north korea's production of fissile material and all the rest of this word showed that that north korea was just continuing along its path of building up its arsenal so clearly the president was wrong in that and i think that's almost a universal assessment from people not only in the intelligence community but analysts everywhere because north korea still is a threat how does the intelligence community stay balanced through all of this where one government we two governments. well larry you know you have to look over the last six or seven weeks and you've got to say they have there's there's the president and his secretary of

tim mcbride was here and he was president senior bush's close personal aide. in george h.w. bush's diary, it's a tape recorded diary like listening to dana carvey. dana once said the key to doing george h.w. bush's voice was mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. but when i was listening to the diary, he would be belly aching about the press in very specific terms. like, marine dowd did this, judy woodruff did that, sam donaldson did this. i was beginning to worry as president, the man who won the cold war had watched tv all day. what i realized, somewhat in consultation with tim, part of what happened is he had everything in his briefcase. so he had the white house news sum entry the tape recorder. so he would be on marine one or air force one and pull everything out and start looking at this and be reading this great transcript of everyone who'd been attacking him all the time. so he would just react to it that way. that's the reality. how many of you all love being criticized? maybe you're better than i am, but, you know, it's just -- and that -- to me that's the importance o

, bill clinton, george w. bush, barack obama and today donald trump and i'm sure we will get to this, but today is more of an adventure than ever. >> ron. >> i'm ron nessen and i covered the white house for nbc news and then i changed sides and became president ford's press secretary. >> richard. >> i'm richard benedetto, i covered the white house starting with ronald reagan through george h.w. bush, bill clinton and george w. bush. >> susan. >> so i'm susan page, my first campaign was in 1980, i covered president carter's final campaign trip and then i covered the white house and national politics since then. >> well, i have served president clinton as martha said, for two years at the state department in '93 and '94 and then went to the white house in 1995 and spent four years, which is comparatively a long time for a press secretary to be there, but i had an extra bonus year my last year because of a certain intern at the white house. >> i remember those days well, as much as i may try to forget them, i just sta

going back to the 2000 campaign against george w bush for president, it was one of the times when heiple, during the primary in south carolina when there was a big controversy over the state house flying the confederate flag, john mccain called it, as he saw it, a symbol of racism and intolerance. and he basically, his political advisers told him, you know, you can't do this, this is a big mistake. john mccain then amended his position and said he could understand both sides of the flag debate. he thought that was something that hurt him. years later, or put it this way, after the campaign he came back to south carolina and apologise to voters and said, idid carolina and apologise to voters and said, i did not stand on principles, idid not said, i did not stand on principles, i did not stand for the truth. i apologise for that. i just think thatis apologise for that. i just think that is a remarkable anecdote from his career, because how often do you see a politician, after a race has been won, and they lose, to come back and apologise for not speaking the truth? i think things like

george bush -- george w. bush gave her the medal of freedom.had her sing at his inauguration. i mean, she's just a universal icon, but she was always a friend of poor folks and people who were seeking justice. when angela davis, probably the most controversial woman of her moment, was arrested, ultimately cleared, aretha franklin said, i will bail her out and was willing to put up a quarter million dollars to bail her out. people were shocked by that. but she said, listen, she's a friend of black women, she's a black leader, and that became a part of the legacy as well. >> van, you just mentioned george w. bush. we have some sound. this is the impact she had. when you cover politics, you're around a lot of celebrities and politicians. watching the face of the president of the united states, for example, whether it's george w. bush or barack obama, we have both. you understand when they understand they're in a special place because they're around famous people all the time. they're around celebrities all the time. they're themselves the presiden

tim mcbride is here and he was senior president bush's close personal aide and george hw bush's diary that is a tape recorded diary like listening to dana carvy. mcbride screwed it up -- no. dana wants says the key to doing george on hw bush's voice was mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. but when i was listening to the diary, he would be belly aching about the press in specific terms. woodruff did that. sam donaldson did this. i began to worry that the man that won the cold war had washed tv all day and when i realized in consultation with him that part of what happened was that he had everything in his briefcase. so he had the white house news summary and the tape recorder. and so he would be on marine one or air force one and pull everything out and start looking at this and be reading this great transcript of everyone that was attacking him and he would react to it that way. that's reality. how many of you love criticized? you all humanize people that on are monumental and less accessible. characters is what it is. you are custodians of the means that we can access a usable path.

." [♪] howie: tributes are pouring in for john mccain from george w. bush to barack obama.rom liberal and conservative commentators after his death yesterday at 81. i knew him well but i'm not here to lionize him. from the keating five that inspired his campaign for campaign finance reform. it's a fact many republicans have been upset over his acrimonious relationship with president trump and casting that no vote on repeal of obamacare. he had a wicked temper which i and other journalists felt when someone displeased him. he said i shouldn't have expected anything better from you. i spent days and days on his trait talk express. he was a presidential candidate with no money and he spent hours a day talking to reporters on his bus and drinking coffee with styrofoam cups. people said it was like having sex with a scorpion. you never knew when you would get stung. but we got to know the real man who denounced communists in the back of the room. but the press liked him better as a maverick taking on the gop establishment. this navy pilot as everyone knows was tortured during hi

on of the george w. bush under thetion -- george w. bush administration, they were focusing on those high profile rates. rounding up dozens and some cases over 100 workers at a time and arresting all of them. under his administration, the last year of the administration they ran about 503 audits of employers. president obama came into office in they changed that and pushed that over 2000 audits of employers every year. under the bush and administration, one company was barred from getting federal contracts as a punishment. under the obama administration it was over 700. -- under trump, they are going after workers, has beener -- ice arresting more of them throughout the country whether they are working or not. they also increased dramatically the audits of these employers. under obama, it was about 2000. 1500 to 2000 a year. in the first half of fiscal 2018, there are already over 2200. the number could be double what it was under obama, which was quite a bit more than it was under president bush. we are seeing a gradual increase in the

mccain asked george w. bush and iend.k obama to give juleweljew eulogies. 's most frequent guest. national security analyst fran esident , president george w. w.h's homeland security advisor, she worked with senator m as a on immigration reform. fran, let's start with you because i have heard you say fr that senator mccain was always one of the first people you alled for advice. so i'm wondering what you fr learned from him and when was he last time you called him for advice? nk likee, interestingly, i think like many, what i learned from him was country comes first. interestingly, it was may of 2017, i was asked, invited down to washington to be interviewed dir the fbi director's job. and there had been a good deal inessratchiness between the senator and the president. friend.m an incredibly loyal friend. toi wouldn't go down without talking to him. i wasn i'm not sure i wanted to go down at all. he was i called his ranch, i got a hold i told i cindy and i talked to him and told him they wanted me to come ngwn and i said what should i go. id the senator sai

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president ofthe election of bush for 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 the years, but in this case the '80s should be identified as the reagan years. >> they called it's reagan revolution, and i'll accept that. but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery. a rediscovery of our values and our common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will 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. so with that faith in ronald reagan as he's our conservative warrior. the fact that he raised

but whether it was george w bush or obama or president trump, he has always stuck to his guns, alwaysiticise his oversight and also show support for the other. —— criticised his side. when i worked for george w bush, senatorjohn mccain was a constant thorn in our side foursome of the priorities we wa nted side foursome of the priorities we wanted to accomplish, but he always did it on principle. it was never to spike —— spike the party or the president, it was what he thought was best. he was a shrewd negotiator and had opportunities to negotiate on behalf of resident bush with senatorjohn mccain, the one thing that comes to mind is principle. you didn't have to agree with him but you can lightly agree to disagree and walk away from the conversations and walk away from the conversations and tried to find a way to get common ground, which was why he was such an effective legislator, finding that middle ground to advance the aims of what was best for the country. what was he like in person, way from the spotlight and away from the cameras? he was a very feisty person. certainly there is

. >> in 2000 mccain lost a fight to george w. bush but in 2008 he secured his party's nomination to face democratic candidate barack obama. despite the hard fought campaign he famously defended his opponent. >> he is an arab. he is not -- no. >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he is a decent family man, citizen that i happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign is all about. >> in his final memoir he mourned the loss of civility. >> i would like to see it return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations. i would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. >> mccain never considered himself a hee ro but for many h was the definition. >> john mccain and everybody like him is an american hero. john mccain celebrates for a lifetime of service to his country. >> mccain's voice will be missing from the conversation. many of his political friends and foes are reacting with respect. they said america's prayers are with them. former p

he lost to george w. bushut turned out the press like him better as a maverick taking on the gop establishment. he got four more negative coverage running up against obama in 2008. many stories questioning his temperament and the endless media access quickly faded. this navy pilot as everyone knows it was torture during his five and half year captivity in vietnam. he became an eloquent voice as a lawmaker against american forces employing torture techniques. he was above all, a fighter. john mccain will be buried in annapolis near his beloved naval academy. driving from north carolina podcast and top official under reagan and george w. bush. we know where the press is because this morning is new york times front page a symbol of courage, the "washington post" front page always a fighter. as everyone is talking about, the late centers achievements and so forth. let's talk a little what you know john mccain. the man, the character for lack of a better word. ng was john mccain was without fault. he had faults, as

he was running against george w. bush who had all the money and all the endorsements what he said, washington is corrupt, too much money in washington my campaign by taking on the establishment will show what you is possible in washington. where weigh can break down the fact that money has influence on all pieces. it's extraordinary he was in the senate and saying that all of his colleagues were corrupt. that he himself had been corrupted be money. the fact that he ten was able to take that long shot campaign was evidence ha is that it was paying off with the voters. >> brennan: as you say, the senator was front about his own flaws. it wasn't something he tried to hide. >> he was. this was something that when, i don't know, millions of interviews i must have done witm in new hampshire, in 10 0 he did the same thing he would be frank about is his feelings. being caught up in campaign finance candle motivated him to be ferocious. this is why when people talk about his character and discipline and honor it is endurable chara

just in the past minute george w. bush sent out a statement, remember george w. sh ran against john mccain in the gop primary in 2000. and butted heads with him numerous times when i covered the bush white house. he said this some lives are so vivid it's difficult to imagine them ends. some voices so vibrant it's hard to think of them still. john mccain was a man of deep conviction and patriot of the highest order. he was a public servants in the finest traditions of our country. and to me he was a friend whom i will deeply miss. laura and i send our heartfelt sympathies to cindy mccain and the entire mccain family. obviously president obama has put out at statement. joe biden. what you are seeing, judge, is reaction to the death of a man who was unique in washington. and, you know, i think there are going to be a lot of people who look back at his life and all he did for the country, serve the country, not himself. judge jeanine: ways so striking is all of the things, are all of the things he accomplished. there were 233 bombing missions -- there were 23 bombing

president george w. bush and here is a part of president george bush's state of the union address just months after the nine eleven attacks the axis of evil speech listen to the message for those countries whose those u.s. allies who he feared would dare not to fall in line with u.s. policy take a listen but some governments will be tempted in the face of terror and make no mistake about it if they do not act america will to. bush's words are very similar to the text that we're getting now from the white house about the european union and these iran saying sions i mean do you agree with their. absolutely and i don't think it's particular surprising mindful of the fact that trump is now increasingly surrounding himself with people who are either serving in the bush administration or who are of the very same mindset john bolton of course was a she figure in the bush administration pompei you know is someone who very much shares the mindset of bolton so despite the fact that shrum campaigned on a platform of rej

she didn't think we should be in that war in the first way but the idea that she was threatening george bush at the ranch again is just not true. all right guys we're going to discuss a lot of things rooms of time. jen are you concerned about the man and for trial. well personally i'm not concerned i'm concerned for paul man afford himself look if you look at these cases when they are brought to trial on a federal case of this magnitude the prosecution rate is quite high it's somewhere in the ninety seven percent range i think paul man of four is in a heap of trouble but i think what's at stake here i think this special counsel's office really did hope that there would be some sort of courthouse steps plea deal where a man of court would say ok ok uncle i give in i'll tell you that trump was colluding with the russians and i think with the evidence has shown us after two years of the special investigation is that there will be no courthouse steps plea because there is no russian collusion as hard as that is for a liberal systemic so i think here you see paul man of fort did apparently some v