we see that with george w. bush when he takes on and richards -- richards in texas, a popular governor. a charismatic governor. of george w. bush's father by saying he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. people do not think george w. bush can win, but he wins. he does his homework, he focuses on certain issues in terms of education reform. welfare reform. he pulls the upset, then gets reelected in a landslide. they underestimated him. i think bill clinton would later observe during bush's first term , of office and is talking to other democrats, that democrats underestimated george w. bush at their risk. at their risk and everything. but, why is it that he is able to get the nomination? somebody, there is like john mccain who wanted to be president. mccain would try to get the nomination in 2000. mccain has all that experience. what does bush have going for him besides the family name?

i want to be president. >> reagan has fended off george bush to bring his white house dream one step o reality. >> thank you very much. >> the primary had had become quite bitter. quite divisive. >> the untold secret of reagan/bush relationship was that reagan didn't much like george bush. >> but guess who he picks as his running mate. >> george bush has more foreign policy experience than reagan, is more moderate than reagan. so picking him made sense. >> he was competitive. he would always come down to the station that made the most sense in terms of winning. >> i pledge to you, to restore to the federal government, the capacity to do people's work without dominating their lives. >> reagan was all about limited government, lower taxes, strong economy, strong defense. he was a real authentic conservative. and we had come to believe that reagan was the leader of our national movement. >> we'll make america great again. >> president carter seems to have the nomination in his grasp. or so he thinks. >> senator kennedy won a lot of the primaries at the end. the big states. california. bu

george herbert walker bush, george w. bush, john kerry all members of that secret society. i think what is interesting about bush's image in the public though was, here is a person from such an elite background, such opportunity who, basically growing up in texas, develops a kind of style that makes him able to relate to people that you would normally think individuals born to that class could not be able to do that. that is part of his background. we know of course he makes an early run for congress, he loses that first election. he goes to work on his father's campaign. things like that. he is going to go into business, part owner of the texas rangers and things like that. but when you think about texas politics, he pulls off a stunning upset to start his victories in texas, then to the white house. mr. reverley: well, and to put that stunning upset in context, but for bill clinton defeating george bush the elder in 1992, almost certainly the case that george w would not have had a clear pathway to high level elected politics. that it would've been difficult and unusual f

assistant secretary pres for george w. bush he's co-founder of more sports and he's now by the way a registered independent you left the party few years ago it left me ok let's get into that what's biden's greatest strengths he's not trying. and he's not any of the others larry i mean it was a moment i think this past weekend when everybody kind of look to their 'd left they looked around they look here around the table tonight bloomberg you know had his moment he was gone and they said well who's left correct i think i asked a lot of my friends there were participating the democrat primary a question that i think president obama was asking people president clinton will ask him people what the heck are you doing what the heck are you thinking i think pete and they may be getting out early and timely was thoughtful i think it was courageous and something that the republicans couldn't bring themselves to do in 26 to narrow down to one alternative candidate so i think now you have a had all had not ok the conventional wisdom is th

there were people saying george bush is going to replace dick cheney approaches the heart attack inside our own west wing people are saying that i don't i don't see it actually happening it's so much easier to stay with the status quo when it's not here now ok let's. stay on base with a little bit. trump babbling. but. not well ok this is one of those occasions maybe one of the only occasions. where there is no joking to be had playing politics is not lying well accusing democrats of warning to kill thousands of people is not flying well you gotta go with straight talk and you know one minute he's saying there's no coming the next minute you know getting to know what he was getting back and forth just play it straight on this one this is not a republican versus democratic issue and the president's inability to just say look this 5 years doesn't pick parties ok just pull this together and i actually don't do it as a country yeah i actually don't think i would have even had him go to the podium this is a moment where this is this is the most right now where you have all these diffe

but george h.w. bushd himself to me when he wanted to learn about what hiv was because he wanted to do something about it. david: as you look back on your career, what would you say are the characteristics that make somebody a leader? dr. fauci: one of the things i tell people, because i feel it strongly, is if you are leading an organization of some sort, that has a purpose or a mandate, that as the leader, you have to articulate to the people you are leading exactly what your vision is and where you want the organization to go, because i have seen issues in which there was not good leadership, where an organization is almost rudderless. they don't know where they are supposed to be going. you don't dictate to people but if you let them know what your vision is, hire the best people, and don't get in their way, that is the quality of a good leader. david: let's suppose i get an infectious disease and want to be one of your patients. how do i get to be one of your patients? just call you? how does somebod

attend, and senate leaders and congressional leaders will attend as well as the incumbent president george bushng right now, president bush and the men running to replace him together at the white house talking about the nation's financial crisis. >> and the word gets out in the media that obama seemed supremely presidential in the white house and john mccain did not. >> the world economy fell apart in that campaign. and he somehow as a junior baby senator looks more presidential handling it than a legendary war hero in john mccain. >> i think from that point on, we wouldn't have said it to each other, but i think in all our minds, we knew that the odds were almost impossible. >> mccain resumes campaigning the next day. and the first presidential debate will go ahead as scheduled. >> before the first debate i was a nervous wreck. i turned to obama and i said, how are you feeling? and he said, just give me the ball, man. i'm ready. you ever wish you weren't a motaur? sure. sometimes i wish i had legs like you. yeah, like a regular person. no. still half bike/half man, just the opposite. oh, so t

on the george w. bush they join me in studio give me the layout or what. biden versions trump tell you what the fun part is for biden right now for the next however many we've got left he's going to be up against bernie sanders and the american people are going to think he's a moderate all right because he gets the ender's over here on the left you get trump over here on the right and by june they'll say that job very moderate sensible guy in the middle and then trump will come in and try to paint him in a corner he knows how to get under he does know that and so will the whole i'll take him behind the woodshed and i can you know beat is behind all the stuff that's very effective he can get trump rattled he can get trump not the trump is never on message but he can get. try and find information. he has made a fool of himself did me and sure did you know and we have that i mean i don't think most people want to dig dirt on the presidential kids whether it's a biden or a trump for that all right presidential nominee who has so i think you have to be very tho

it told you george h w bush was going to be the nominee. you're not a threat to the guy. also showed this might not have been as strong a candidate as we thought. george h w bush until that point had the highest gallup approval rating in american history. this is the gold standard in social science because the question has been asked identically word for word the same way since george gallup was calling people in the 1930's. do you approve or disapprove of the job harry s truman, linda johnson, ronald reagan, is doing as president? after the gulf war, george h.w. bush was at 90%, it was unheard of. there was some rally behind the flag. there's another good social science question. the right track, wrong track question. is the country headed in the right direction or the wrong direction? if it is the wrong direction, that is not a great number for an incumbent to be reelected. even when bush is at 90% those numbers were about 45-45. the board torn on that. george h.w. bush, when pat buchanan comes out of a tv studio and he is getting a third of republican vote, it suggeste

the sense, this divide, and i thought about george w. bushnd i thought ai mean, new york cit state, we're not places where you could find a car full of, you know, george w. bush voters, but i do not remember anyone ever blinking or flinching the entire duration of that city, my hometown city now, rebuilding after 9/11. and i just -- there is no, you know, similar dna that we have seen yet in donald trump and new york city is his hometown. >> yeah. i was thinking back to 9/11, and i have no recollection of george bush politicizing in any way. he always talked to all americans. he always said this was a challenge for all americans. he didn't put it in terms of red and blue. i mean, president trump does politicize it. and he does seem to regard states as red or blue states and they deserve more aid if they support him and his asking for respect and gratitude from the governor's. i don't remember george bush ever asking for gratitude of anything he did around 9/11. and in fact, it's also just -- the kind of spitefulness spites himself, right? ame

bush and president clinton and george w. bush and president obama is president trump answers the question until this something i think we believe it. it's where we stand for this crisis. i'd like to talk about what we heard this morning and we complement those professionals who were there. doctor anne schuchat at the center for disease control said 30 years working with infectious diseases. i believe she is virtual respect here for truth telling and confidence. for preparedness and response at the department of health and human services advised the fbi and the department of defense to write the legislation that set up the agency. he is the newest one of the four in terms of coming to the government that he has been ahead of the cancer center in in texas one of the most respected institutions in the world so those are the professionals that they heard this morning. what's happened at home here in the united states is we had slightly more than 100 cases detected and about half of those are americans wh were travelingd had to be

i find this entirely credible because -- george w. bush -- george h w bush was a very good man. i have heard a lot of his speeches. they did seem to be composed in hat fashion. [laughter] dr. rowland: if peter robinson were here or any of the great reagan speechwriters, what they would say is their method of writing a speech was to find out what reagan wanted to say, to go back to the mother load to mine from things reagan had said before and that is how they put together his speeches because reagan was his own best peechwriter. i think you would say exactly the same thing is true about president obama. i'm thinking now of the race speech. if you think about a difficult political situation, the race speech is about as difficult a campaign situation you could ossibly be in. talking about the most impossible issue to talk about. he had been given instructions. he gets the speech draft. david axelrod, it is his memoir have a story from, talks about how obama had stayed up until :00 or 3:00 in the morning and then he sends a draft to axelrod. axelrod responds, this is why you should

even when bush is at 90% those numbers were about 45-45. people were torn on that. george h.w. bush, when pat buchanan comes out of a tv studio and he is getting a third of republican vote, it suggested bush might be vulnerable in november, and he turned out to be. peter: in 1996 seven states participated in super tuesday. bob dole clinched it. steve forbes and pat buchanan had to drop out. do you know why it dipped to seven states? and where were you at this point in your career in 1996? covering super tuesday? carl: i was covering the clinton white house. we were going around the country, talking about the bridge to the 20th century. the fiscal conservatives in the senate had the bridge to nowhere. this was the bridge to the 21st century. we scratched our heads and so did the audiences but the economy was doing great and bill clinton was a great campaigner. dole wasver -- dole -- never much of a threat to him. at some point bob dole, here's a legitimate war hero. and clinton is going around telling all these whoppers and being glib. dole gets mad. where's the outrage? well, th

and i sat down with george w. bush and with bill clinton and all of them have said i am not an anybody's corner i don't have a personal relationship with this president. that's for sure. >>host: new york you are on book tv. >>caller: it is ronnie from chappaqua. it's so good to see one c-span. i have been watching those press conferences following your work and have read your books so to think about what has been your greatest challenge as a journalist what is happening to the first eramendment and was the greatest challenge moving forward? >> thank you for that. the greatest challenge is the ground we have lost and those press conferences they used to be because in this press secretary in the next president of watching what this administration is doing are getting away with. i and the american public i'm surprised they haven't jumped up and been very upset because it's not about us. so now that's a double negative so what will go forward to see the evolution of things changing but we will still continue to do our job

was a very george w. bush moment. so he may be president next. deal know the story. very quickly. o have a conference at your presidential library on comedy in the presidency. this pretty bull thing to do. so he bites will ferrell the more michael to come out of the library in dallas. and there sitting around backstage before the gone. an sentiment is pretty easy for y'all. this agreement mr. president. i give you your teacher e. [laughter]. and i look at each other in the state should we tell him. mr. president we made that up. english was crushed. because they thought is that it. and then he said we didn't make this. you underestimated it. [laughter]. so what did you say it was pretty. tim: when i was trying to say in my louisiana language in my native tongue was. jon: with a simultaneous translator. tim: one of the songs that i notice when i think that no matter what audience i am singing to come is what i do a song live like you are dying. and then some really one of the songs that i feel like an very privilege didn't last to be the vessel for that song. i don't feel like that

and i sat down with george w. bush on several occasions i sat down withth bill clinton, all of them have said that i am fair but tough. i am not in anybody's corner voting fair but tough and i don't have a personal relationship with this president, we recognize each other, that's for sure i don't have a personal relationship with him. >> iranian in new york, you are on with april ryan on book tv. >> hi aprilil it's knee from new york, i watched the press conferences and following your work and read your books, i would like for you to answer and think about what has been your greatest challenge as a journalist considering what's happening to the first amendment and freedom of the press and what's the greatest challenge moving forward. >> the greatest challenge, thank you for that, the greatest challenge moving forward is the ground that we have lost i don't believe we will get a back meaning i don't think we will have press conferences the way they used to be because the next press secretary in the next president are wa

president george w. bush could not help himself at the time. >> what is it like to be called out by the president at a press conference like that? >> you have to go with it. do you make a scene? your people did this. or you just go with it and tried to make light of it and move on. you are trying to fade in the background. how do you fade in the background when you stick out like a sore thumb. the president of the united states recognizes the african-american reporter is in the african press corps. what do you do? do i stand up there? you try to figure out your battle. pick your battles and learn how to fight another day. if i make a scene in any room, i am thrown out. i cannot ask the questions necessary. >> has it been different covering this president as the other three that you have covered? >> what did you think? yes, of course. you can see it. you've got tape of it. yes. most definitely. has it been different? he has a different type of president. he has a different person. he is not the traditional pre

had problems speaking we can agree peter that george george w. bush looks like you know more rater george w. bush will take in order to joe biden ok let's go to jan that's going to jenna new york what was going to go no no listen heard it was that he couldn't speak don't. go ahead. jason is absolutely wrong here if you want to suggest that debates don't matter ask mike bloomberg what happened in nevada i mean look mike bloomberg should have never agreed to be on the stage oleta who was. very much if this isn't a valid debate look no but look at debate that proves that debate elizabeth warren became the defacto moderator of that debate debates do matter if it's a it's an unscripted moment anything could happen on the debate stage are you going to write or for a presidential debate for a major t.v. network and look if you think debates don't matter look back at the august 2015 debate where meghan kelly went up against donald trump he ended up winning that he won every debate since that he became the nominee because of it so debates do matter they might

ejector of what's going on in our country in the number of cases during the 20 years ago during george w. bush's presidency they came up with a protocol for public health emergencies and the core principles were the 1st credible show respect and promote action our current president has done none of those things he has repeatedly told the public there is nothing to worry about initially on january 22nd the 1st time he spoke out about this somebody asked is this a pandemic and he said no. he had health officials telling him and this is where the president should rely on the professionals who have been studying this their whole professionals who understand the numbers that are coming out of other countries but that is not what the american public has heard from him has been absolutely mixed messaging minimizing the problem we're trying to reassure stock the stock market and stock investors 'd not letting the public know what actions to take not. primordial what should be right he was still traveling during all this time claiming it's not as big of a problem these are huge missteps like that i think

we had national emergencies that were enacted when jimmy carter was president and george w. bush was president that are still in effect today. shouldn't there be a mechanism to re-look at these and update them in this ever-changing world? we have ceded our power in terms of how taxpayer dollars are spent back in our communities. you know, we rely too much on the administration, whoever that may be, to make those decisions. i think we are closest to our own districts and constituencies to know what works best in our own areas. there is another area where i think we need to reassert our authority. again, this is not about power for the sake of grabbing more power for the house of representatives, for the congress, this is about making sure that we are covering the people we represent. again, i think in the house of representatives, we are the most direct link to the people of the country. >> let me turn to billy house, bloomberg news. >> a lot of these executive actions can be voted against in congress. but the veto was always there. that seems to be one of the main problems to any

george h.w. bush. reagan turns out to be a more interesting character in a good way and and now weird with anybody recognized. he was nuclear abolitionist that's why he was so keen on star wars defense and the shield to shoot down every missile coming this way. he may have been two or three people who believe that the program was about he's doing incredibly provocative thinks his first year and with the nsa then you really think were trying to launch our first strike and america reacts accordingly and he is horrified so that's not what he meant so there are transcripts of meetings that we need to reach out to these people by the time that happens gorbachev is in the soviet union and for the first time in 1985 that first it is very tense so they decide that it's just the two of them and their translators. and at one point reagan says if the united states are to be attacked by aliens in the united states would russia contort offense and gorbachev says absolutely i said on - - reagan that i feel the same

. >> did you see this as a psychotherapist during the george w. bush administration or the reagan administration? the obama administration? >> all of it but it was under control to a certain degree. parents said they would rather marry a different race religion and a different political party. it has become two worlds. and the guy who was really nice on the west coast a trump supporter and had to take that off of his profile because no woman would go out with them. he had been in the military and and to say we will kill him and strangle him. how can you do this? and he said i think we have a chance will you talk to her? [laughter] and was very thoughtful is someone votes for trump so we had a long conversation and somebody who you agree with didn't treat you well someone who didn't? but this is the basis to me. so the chemotherapy test when you buy on the hospital bed getting chemotherapy you do not ask the person who was standing next to you getting you through it and you both came to this understanding. and that is what matters for me. >> that rick p

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there were some emergency things nancy pelosi and george bush worked out back then, things like tax cuts. there's always been talking about that in the administration. there's been some talk on capitol hill but even if you days ago i spoke to the finance chairman and asked him are you considering a big payroll tax cut for example and he said not yet. i think there will be a lot of talk about that and also about congress's own security. we have two members who are not showing up this week. ted cruz saying he will self quarantine in texas so he won't be here voting. congress is supposed to be here this week and then out next week and then come back for a few weeks, it's a real question if they will continue their normal schedule, the normal routine. if you think about it, members of the senate, they are sort of the target demographic for people who shouldn't be on airplanes. haveare older folks, some do underlying health conditions. they go to 435 districts and fly back and forth this week. millions of americans come every year. right now they -- there are no major changes to the schedule.

george w. bush not trump. when donald trump goes around hollering about like take news it is of the enemy of the people. i have no interest in taking any of his bad faith or bull ship these doing from his or anything worth listening to to integrate. but taking them vacuum, i think is detrimental especially if your political reporter and trying to do it well. to blend this widespread distress on media on donald j trump. it is not his fault and start his stupid minions. they're just exploited an incredibly to where so many people by the mainstream media whatever that means. like when i was growing up, it was not the daily caller or infra wars who molested my trust in the national political press . those in terms of the map of the iraq war of the regurgitating him critically on all of this it bush administration that help get hundred thousand people killed. that was the washington post the new york times, it was the paper of record. so when i think about not take news of what everyone a college, that reporting in

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president george w. bushouldn't help himself at the time. >> what's it like to be called out by the president at a press conference like that. >> you have to go with it. it can be ugly. do you make a scene? no, your people did this. or try to make light of it and move on.you are trying to fade in the background. how do fade in the background when you stick out like a sore thumb. what do you do? do i stand up there and say no,. you've got to pick your battles and learn how to fight another day. if i make a scene in any room. i'm drawn out. and i can ask the questions necessary for certain communities. >> has it been different covering this president as the other three you've covered. >> i wanted to ask you what did you think, yeah of course. you can see it. you've got tape of it. most definitely. has it been different? he's a different type of president. he's a different person. he's not as he says, the traditional president. he is not. in any way shape or form. he is a ruthless businessman whose become presid

it is the economy stupid, george w. bush, that was down the gulf war, you could go on and on, nationbuilding, here at home it was barack obama slogan but it could have easily been donald trump and of course in each instance what we find is they run on the slogans and everybody's like oh my god it's terrible and then we end up as a middle each specialist i tried to return to focus on my end of the world and we end up in the middle east, donald trump has been no different than that. i think the other point to make, is that the t american public is fairly constant. the only thing that really changes is interest and engagement on particular issues so for example do the american people think it's great to be in afghanistan in the i long-runnig and obviously not hugely successful work. very low numbers of support. during the obama administration when obama decided we need to get up troops just as we are drawing down troops in iraq, he gave a relatively rare speech to george w bush. a relatively rare speech talking about the import