i remember being in the room when he endorsed george w. bush for president when he was then governor of texas and there was no question who had the greater stature at that point. everyone in the room was looking and i'm sure george w. bush would say the same thing was looking up to colin powell in that room. >> you know, john, it's interesting that you say that, because my first memory of colin powell is when he was working in the reagan administration, and he came in to work on the national security staff. he was very young in his career then but even then, he was larger than life. he really had a presence, a charisma about him i heard from his long time chief of staff peggy safrino who just sent me a note that said that they are all heartbroken understandably. he touched so many lives and my phone is just, you know, being inundated with texts of people from the pentagon, from the state department, former white house people, former central intelligence agency officials who worked with him over the years are just absolutely in shock over this.

he joined the george w. bush administration, the very first choice of george w. bush for his cabinet because powel has the international respect that nobody else in and around george w. bush had. but he never really fit in. in the first eight or nine months of the bush adminirationpowell lost fight after fight when dick cheney and donald rumsfeld and others who were called the neoconservatives were really running the administration. there was a good bet that powell was not going to last until the end of the year. but then september 11 happened, powell decided to stay, but he is still very isolated. they basically saw him as a milk carton. they put him in the refrigerator and when they needed him, they would bring him on the shelf. they brought him off the shelf in 2003 to talk at the u.n. because there was no one else in thedministration who could give the attention -- get the attention and respect and colin powell gave that talk which was from a to z false. he was the only one in the administration and a year and half later, he is gone. he is complicated because

so i think that the years later when he became, when george bush george w bush went to him a secretary of state. it was no secret that that bush, one of his liabilities and his campaign was that he didn't know much about foreign policy or national security. and so pell, who at the time, as you said, was really the pulls for years was the most admired person in the united states. and he brought pow in on the campaign trail really to sort of give him sort of foreign policy credibility. but power was not part of the inner circle. he was not part of this group noticed the vulcans who were basically rumsfeld cheney condi rice, poll for whips. and so power came began as an outlier. and his role was very different than it had been when he was a general. he was the diplomat. he was not independent and he was not making military strategy. so, as the bush administration started to in the summer of 2002 started to make its plan for invading iraq. he went to bush and he said, look, you know, i've looked at the plan for this. i don't think it's right. i don't think you have enough troops and i don'

a long time republican working for reagan, bush junior and george w. bush when he announced his support for barack obama in the final weeks of the 2008 campaign. he is survived by his wife, since 1962 and three children. bill mentioned a statement from former president george w. bush. i want to read it. laura and i are deeply saddened by the death of colin powell. he was a great public servant during vietnam. many presidents relied on his counsel and experience. national security advisor, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state. he was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. he was highly respected at home and abroad and most important he was a family man and friend. laura and i send our sincere condolences as his family remembers the life of a great man. we expect a statement from president biden. white house press secretary jen psaki likely to address it during her briefing today. >> dana: thank you for getting us started. >> bill: we'll scan the u.s. and the world. chris wallace, than

and that did not work out terribly well for him. >> we do know the bush family, george w. bush, they have latino representation in their family. there is hispanic representation there. as a route leading up into the 2020 election in the candidacy for donald trump, did it seem -- to be worried is not a good word but looking at some of these inroads that republicans were making with hispanics over the years? was there any fear that could have eroded because the messaging coming out of the trunk campaign? >> among republicans of the fear? yes i think they did. we know by now donald trump started his campaign by descend on the golden escalators talk about mexican rapists, murderers, thieves and that caused quite an uproar for all of the right reasons. and, from the get go therefore hispanic republicans were put in the position they were on the defensive, they were at great pains to justify their support for this man who started his campaign in this way. so even a lot of trumps hispanic advisors in august of 2016. i don't if you guys remember this there is one day when he flew t

it's been nearly 20 years since george w. bush opened the u.s.ary prison at guantanamo, where 779 men, in total, have been held, womanly without ever being charged. they were tortured, held in isolation and stripped of their rights. president biden is the fourth president to oversee guantanamo which is based at u.s. naval , base in cuba. today, 39 men remain, including at least 10 who have already been cleared for release but remain locked up. the military prison is only one part of the history of guantanamo. in the early 1990's, the u.s. held over 12,000 haitian asylum-seekers at guantanamo. on part of the base, the u.s. set up the world's first detention camp for refugees with hiv. now the biden administration is , considering once again holding haitians at guantanamo. nbc recently reported that the biden administration is advertising for a new contract to operate a migrant detention facility at guantanamo with a requirement that some of the guards speak spanish and haitian creole. today we look at the life and , legacy of michael ratner, a tra

general powell served under president george w. bush and was the nation's first black secretary of state. he passed away this morning as walter reed with complications from coronavirus. i'm harris faulkner. condolences filling up social media from all corners of the political landscape. many remember him as an american hero and calling it a sad day for our nation. earlier today defense secretary lloyd austin offered his own heart felt reaction. >> i lost a tremendous personal friend and mentor. i feel as if i have a hole in my heart just learning of this just recently. first african-american chairman of the joint chiefs, first african-american secretary of state, a man who was respected around the globe and who will be quite frankly it is not possible to replace a colin powell. >> harris: loved and respected by so many. robert will key former trump secretary who served with general powell in the bush administration and family friend of the powells is standing by. first david spunt is reporting live from the white house. >> colin powell'

bush and president clinton. today president george w. bush said he was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. in his entertstatement, preside biden called him a friend and talks about what the nation lost today. >> he would want to be remembered as someone who cared about america more than life itself. and god love him, we're going to miss him terribly, terribly. terribly. >> the nation's first black defense secretary lloyd austin also paid tribute today. >> the world lost one of the greatest leaders that we have ever witnessed. alma lost a husband and the family lost a tremendous father and i lost a tremendous personal friend and mentor. he's been my mentor for a number of years. he always made time for me and i could always go to him with tough issues. he always had great counsel. we will certainly miss him. i feel as if i have a hole in my heart. >> cnn special correspondent jamie gangel is here with us now. jamie, we're getting reactions from so many across party lines. political response

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it worked very closely with him when i worked with president george w. bushion when it was with the joint chief and went on as chief of staff to george w. bush. and colin powell was the real deal. grounded, had the ability to speak truth to power. was a wonderful listener. he empowered everyone. he lifted every one up. and his work in the military is legendary, his work in the white house is legendary, it is a national security advisor in his work as secretary of state, he proved to be one of the greatest diplomats in the world. and greatly respected. but what he actually did even beyond that was amazing, because he was the ultimate point of light in terms of making a difference. he led america's promise and the little red wagon campaign, he mentors literally hundreds of people and just on so much, and he and alma, the prime definition on what it means to be a supportive couple, they were a great complementary to each other, and you are going to miss him. and i respected colin powell very, very much. i'd great conversations with him when i was chief of staff

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it look like at the time that he went ahead and submitted his resignation and there was no way george bush the first bush president would not be reelected, he invaded iraq, his approval rating was at 80 and no one saw a parole coming in to the election or bill clinton winning and here's the irony if he had not resigned he had lived long enough for bill clinton's inauguration bill clinton would've had that appointment so how would've the supreme court interceded and decided the election for the second george bush versus al gore and what a difference that would've made. you can see the consequences of politics in her government and the importance of both and how that reflects on the performance, is clarence thomas he was then appointed to replace thurgood marshall most think is judge higginbotham and a great advocate of civil rights and justice and those sorts of things i could go on and on the armand might want to speak to this as well. i just what to remind everybody of the great audience that we've got feel free too post any questions on facebook or youtube, whatever you are watching we w

during george w bush's presidency. it was a tenure during which powell did the one thing that ultimately damaged his reputation. arguing for the invasion of iraq in 2003 before the un security council acts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. the evidence of powells case turned out to be false. powell accepted responsibility for helping to lead the country into what he later called an unjustified war. deeply regret that the information, some of the information that all of it, some of the information i presented with from multi source was wrong. and it is a lot on my record. but yeah i, there's nothing i can do to change that blot overtime powells regret turned into disillusion would the republican party. he endorse democratic presidential candidate brock. obama in 2008. the visibility of inspire because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across america. he gave similar reasons for backin

reporter: it was under george w. bushhat power became the first african-american secretary of state. the former president released a statement saying he was deeply saddened by the u.s. war hoes death, going want to call him a great public servant, starting with vietnam. power was arguably the most respected and celebrated american in uniform at the time he retired. >> he gave the state department and the very best of his leadership. his experience, his judaism. he gave us his dignity and the state department loved him for it. reporter: condolences came from both republicans and democrats. gop senator and former governor mitt romney says powell's legacy of service and honor would long inspire. power was also remembered on an international scale. germany's foreign minister heiko maas paid tribute to a transatlantic bridge builder, and former british prime minister tony blair, who joined bush in the iraq war, said powell's life stood as a testament to putting aside partisan divisions in the interest of his country. delano: f

during next administration president george herbert walker bush made him chairman of joint chiefs of staff, highest military position in the defense department. again powell was first african- american to hold the post. operation desert storm in 1991 made powell an even more familiar face. >> our strategy to go after this army is very simple. first we will cut it off. >> reporter: when he retired from the army powell wrote his autobiography and shared america's promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building character in young people. there was speculation he might run for president but his wife alma was against it. powell was called upon by george w bush. >> i am honored to be given the opportunity to return to public service as a 65th secretary of state. >> reporter: initially opposed to the idea, powell agreed to go along with the bush administration's plan to forcibly overthrow saddam hussein. using his greatest asset, his popularity with the public, he went before united nations and the world to build a ca inding >> sadm sseiand his regime are concealing efforts to produ

military when president george h.w. bush named him chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> our strategy to go after this army is very very simple. first we're going to cut off and then we're going to kill it. >> powell became a household name during the first gulf war. his policy of overwhelming force against iraq became known as the powell doctrine. >> i express my sincere thanks to each and every one of you for being here to share my final day in uniform. >> after a distinguished 35 year career, powell retired from the army in 1993. ten years later, the united states would become involved in another gulf war, and powell, again, played a key role. >> my colleagues, every statement i make today is backed up by sources. silent sources, these are not assertions. what we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. >> then secretary of state powell made a case in front of the u.n. security council arguing that iraq posed a great threat to the world because, he said, they had weapons of mass destruction

military when president george h.w. bush named him chairman of the joint cheechs of staff. >>> our strategy to go after this army is simple. first we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it. >> reporter: powell became a household name during the first gulf war. his policy of overwhelming force against iraq became known as the powell doctrine. >> i exmy sincere thanks to each and every one of you for being here to share my final day in uniform. >> reporter: after a distinguished 35-year career, powell retired from the army in 19893. ten years later another gulf war and powell played a key role. >> my colleagues, every statement i make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. these are not assertions. we're giving you facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. >> reporter: then secretary of state powell made a case in front of the u.n. security council arguing that iraq posed a grave threat to the world because, he said, they had weapons of mass destruction. the following month the u.s. invasion began.

that of ronald reagan, that of george h.w. bush and that of george w. bush. my first memories him bret date back to 1989 early part of 1990 when the u.s. invaded panama a conflict many will not remember to take down the corrupt criminal dictatorship of manuel nor weighing go whose administration down there had declared war on the united states, big mistake. powell came to the white house to brief. skepticism about the utility of american military force was very much invogue. powell's briefings were absolutely dazzling, convincing authoritative, crisp, clear, very much like powell, the man himself. and it really sort of put to rest the doubts that had begun to grow. he later was major architect of the gulf war which jennifer had described which as thunder russ military success for which colin powell i think deserves a great deal of credit. he planned it, he defended it, he was a big part of it. later he came to controversy as we all know over the iraq war and his speech at the u.n. claiming that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. it should be reme

>> one wedding, president george h.w. bush's daughter was married there in the chapel, evergreen chapel, one wedding. >> and saul from facebook asks, what was the biggest surprise you ever had while working at camp david? >> the day the sprinklers went off when president clinton was chipping golf balls behind aspen. the sprinklers go off, i didn't witness it, but secret service are watching nearby. he moved, the sprinklers went off again, and he threw his clubs into the golf cart, he drew over to the drive range, the bags weren't secure and the clubs fell all over the asphalt. it's humorous, but you can deal with the frustration of someone dealing with that. i tried to make light of it on the night he left camp david, it was a poor attempt at humor. you learn the balance of when to be serious and not too serious and when not to be too humorous. i learned not to try to be too humorous. that was the funniest time. fortunately i had no serious incidents during my time. there were tough things going on in the world. i left the month

george w. bush did it, george h.w. bush did it. every vote for every republican president helped do this, and every voter who did not turn out for democratic candidates for president helped bring us to this point. democrats never won presidential elections on the issue of the supreme court. democrats won presidential elections because of barack obama's unique charisma and his soaring rhetoric. democrats won the last presidential election not on charisma or soaring rhetoric, but on fear. fear of another four years of donald trump. if democratic voters cared about the supreme court in the same way that republican voters do, then the democratic candidate would have won all of the last three close presidential elections and you would have exactly one republican appointee on the supreme court tonight, clarence thomas. we'll be joined in a moment by harvard law professor lawrence tribe with his analysis on what to expect from the supreme court and what the "new york times" is already calling a momentum term of the court. before that term

-- george h.w. bush carter went to the opening of the george w. bush library and gave a speech praising pepfar. there you had two presidents, carter had been really tough on george w. bush. went to the coretta king funeral and they talked about it and acknowledged it. they understood they were part of this unfolding experiment. i think it was quite real. george bush and bill clinton as the odd couple, but ford and carter were first. this close fought campaign in 1976. happy birthday to the man from plains. final point, his best book, i think, is about running for the state senate in georgia. it's called turning point. and it's this picture of what it was like in a red/purple state before we used those terms. >> you talk about the final score. it's not even the top of the ninth that matters. it's how the game ends. you look at george w. bush. we rightly talked about all the failings of his foreign policy, but history is showing us now you have to balance that with a 20 million lives in africa that he save

i think the george w. bushof evangelical christians would see as the high point given he was one of them. george w. bush had a testimony. write inscriptions and hymns into his speeches, and then track that line to donald trump. what does donald trump mean to the evangelical church and what does all of that mean for our politics? >> you ask a good question. he was a huge factor. something of an inflection point, because i think he normalize the mode of discourse, destructive and embraced by a lot of the evangelicals, a lot of evangelicals, not all, but a lotfeature. trump didn't come out of nowhere but he was the product of these currents. he won in 20916 primary and amplified all of the worst tendencies. his mode of politics, cruelty, dishonesty, pathology, conspiracy theories, that was definitional to who he was and over time it became definitional to what the evangelical political movement was. so its affect on politics is very, very bad. martin luther king said that the church shouldn't be the servant of the

bush and george w. h but for him to rise up and become a friend of a president from a junior officer to a friend of a president told you about the power of the person. >> one of the things that general powell never forgot was that he knew that he was breaking ground, that he was an african-american that was making history and he did it in a very kind of understated way. he didn't jump up and down and make a lot of noise about it, and -- and one of the things about being in weese and black professional circles is that it's a small circle. it's very intimate, and so there are many different occasions whether people are rubbing each other, ribbing each other about which fraternity or sorority you're with or what school he went, to i mean, his connection to the community was always very strong and he never lost sight of that, one of the things that i -- i had an opportunity to do which was about three years ago to the day is interview powell with secretary albright together about a 90-minute university at cr

george w. bush just releasing a statement minutes ago. kumasi: speaking up by not showing up. parents say they are not playing games with today's threat. the statewide set out with major money impacts at play. reggie: but the rainfall down. the slick streets in wind chill wipers -- windshield wipers are going. we are live near one problem spot, the blackouts reported across the bay area. good morning, it is monday, october 18. you are watching abc 7 news, live on abc 7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. drew is here this morning. we have to get used to this rain. drew: it was such a nice site last night. we're going to get a brief break today, then more rain is coming our ways we had to tuesday night. here is live doppler 7. what is left of the cold front that moved through the overnight, one loan cell. i'm going to zoom in here, you can see an isolated shell -- cell pushing off to the east. some ret -- wet roadways, but that is it. we are seeing some residual fog from this front, santa rosa down

he was the first african-american secretary of state serving during the george w. bush administration and prior to that, the first african-american compare of the joint chiefs of statue for perspective george h.w. bush and why not and he was also national constitute advisor from if the ronald reagan. next in an stanley cup from 2020 with david rubin toone stein, he talks about his upbringing, military career and serving four perspectives. >> i'm david rubin tine and we're here apt mount vernon, george washington's home and we're here with another famous general, colin powell. thank you very much for coming today. >> thank you very much, david. i've been here before and i've been here with you many times before. david: as we sit here today, this incredential house. it was thought over 100 years by the mounts vernon ladies association. that i have bought it and now they operate it but they have no men on their board. can you imagine how this could possibly happy? gentle powell: they have demonstrated that to us for the fast couple hundred years almost now. and they've don

donald presidents joe biden, donald trump, presidentsjoe biden, donald trump, barack obama and george w bushed the us dialogue with the taliban, but months of diplomatic talks failed to prevent the militant group from seizing power in august. in his resignation letter, zalmay khalilzad acknowledged that the political arrangement between the afghan government and the taliban did not go forward as envisaged, and he was saddened for the afghan people. zalmay khalilzad is paying the . .,�* disasterous exit from afghanistan. it was he who was the architect of the trump administration's peace agreement with taliban, an agreement that was reached of course without the involvement and the cooperation of the afghan government. it led to the taliban agreeing to hold the fire on departing us troops, provided they made a complete exit from the country by may of this year. that deadline of course later extended. but throughout all negotiations, mr khalilzad was seen as relinquishing leverage, of offering concessions to the taliban, not least over their demand that 5000 taliban prisoners be released from

george bush, vice president bush and every foreign policy speech the first question he me when i wouldraft a speech is as the state approved of this? that was his first question. listen to this story all three of you but jamie next. we'll stay with ronald reagan for amoment . this story was told to me by dick allen who was ronald reagan's first national security advisor. the year is 1977. reagan is now a former governor. he has lost the presidential nomination to gerald for and so far there's no one who's going to run for president but paying close attention to world affairs and dick allen reese them on foreign affairs so reagan says would you like to hear my story of the cold war and dick allen says of course governor and ronald reagan puts this down in writing and i'm quoting from rick. this is reagan speaking. some people think i'm simplistic but there's a difference between being simple and being simplistic. my theory about the cold war is that we win and they lose. how do you ... how do you operationalize that? here's richard nixon and henry kissinger and jimmy carter i think it w

he served under ronald reagan and george herbert walker bush and then served under george w bush, reaganerbert walker bush over the end of the cold war and the two at the age of terror and of course the central role colin powell played in front of united nations making the case that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. he also has of course a political legacy arguing increasingly during the obama administration and ultimately endorsing president obama that the republican party had strayed from its original principles and he became quite vocal about that at the end of his life. >> he was widely respected on both sides of the isle. as you know, that is very difficult to do. how was he able to do that do you think? >> you are right, gayle. he was one of a dwindling number of what we used to call wise men. those were people particularly coming out of the foreign policy arena. there used to be more of a consensus in american political life where republicans and democrats kind of believed on the same set of basic principles. that was largely because it was focused on common enemy of russia du

unlike a lot of folks that are to this day, george bush is like, well, we were heroes in error. that's the line that i always remember. we were heroes in error about the iraq war. powell said we were wrong and was quite honest about that, and i also think, michelle, wheng about the trajectory of misinformation, his endorsement of barack obama in 2008 was such a huge moment politically, for the same reason you noted. this is a repository of trust, and also kind of presaged a certain political tendency of a certain kind of republican towards the democratic coalition that we now associate with donald trump in some ways started before that. >> well, i think you have a divide among the people who are in the george w. bush administration, between those who had a really sort of, i don't know, reverence attitude towards authority, overly reverent attitude towards authority, and that carried over to the cia or the state department, all of the institutions that were demonized by donald trump, and then you had people who, i mean, long before you had those pictures of a muscle bound donald

a 4 star general. powell was ronald reagan's national security adviser in the 1980s in 1989, george h. w. bush made him the pentagon, top military officer, chair of the joint chiefs of staff. i will do it at a broken united states directly to do and what the bush administration wanted. the invasion of iraq in january 1991 in response to his invasion of kuwait several months earlier. and with unrelenting, overwhelming use of military force. the powell doctrine was born. you have to kind of a clear understanding of why they're being committed for what purpose. and it can't just be was seen all this terrible stuff because the gulf war turned power into a hero. many wanted him to run for president, but he refused. instead, powell broke the color barrier once more, he was the 1st african american to serve as secretary of state during george w bush's presidency. during that tenure, powell did one thing that ultimately changed his reputation. he argued for the invasion of iraq in 2003 before the un security council acts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their

democrat never accepted that george w. bushy always talked about what happened in florida. if you really want to move our country forward, look at it comprehensively and see what both sides are doing. will: georgia diverch's race stacey abrams challenges the race in that as well. brian: that's laudable they understand that. ainsley: i don't think jon stewart is a trump fan. >> there is no doubt that the united states mainstream press has this coordinated effort against donald trump for over 5 years. the question is do they want them back for their own ends and own means. they need him back for their ratings. they hate him and want to defeat him but they need him. i would be very curious to watch their positioning. brian: joe biden won't take any questions. won't dominate the news cycle. he does not press even his own side to come across. dolls not go to the media and say i'm disappointed in joe manchin. i'm disappointed with the squad. he just goes to the beach and doesn't take any questions. so there is a huge void here. ainsl

he went on to serve with president george h.w. bush sr. as well as george w. bush. so that was the republican party to colin powell. and obviously the republican party has morphed since then and has taken a different turn. >> well, general, we thank you so much for joining us to share your knowledge about the person you knew, colin powell. our hearts go out to his lovely wife, alma and the entire family, and i think will you agree with that. thank you. >> absolutely. thank you, don. >> and up next, we're going to set the record straight on colin powell's death and what it tells us about why vaccinating everyone is important to protect cancer patients. >> i have multiple myeloma. and i've had it for almost two years now and i think august, and i have taken all the medication and exams they want me to and i have never given up a day of work. go bowling. did you know some deodorants may not last all day? secret works immediately! and is designed to last for up to 48 hours. with secret, keep it fresh. available in over 10 amazing scents and aluminum free. secret. >> tec

ford at treasury, member of president reagan's counsel on productivity, a member of president george hw bush export council and as a member of president george w. bush's commission tous strengthen socil security. closer to home he served on the reagan foundations board of trustees for 26 years and was personally responsible for some remarkable achievementsac during that time. as the chairman of the investment committee he's overseeing our endowment fund one that's nearly quadrupled. when he's not busy securing the foundation, his other job involves serving as the chair man of an investment firm based here in los angeles. he is kindly agreed to act as the host this evening and has the honor of introducing our featured speaker. ladies and gentlemen, mr. jerry. [applause] good evening. i want to thank john for those kind words and on behalf of my fellow trustees, thank you all for being here. it's an honor to welcome you to the latest installment of the reagan foundations speaker series, a time for choosing. as most of us know, is a phrase made famous byt the pivotal 1964 speech as has been sai

national finance chair the republican national committee george bush finance chair who does he supportingto them. great.ha what good does that do he is already on my public list of endorsements. a lot of union support me because i am for raising the minimum wage he is against it is against paid sick days. he's against paid family medical leave if you felt him but we will lift up workers in virginia make them the best so the amazon workers in northern virginia went to unionize. >> so you wouldn't want to support employees? >> everybody makes their own decision they have to do their own organizing. i'm the governor of everybody. >> virginia is for lovers. >> the climate change question we arere low on time. virginia under pays flood insurance but overpays in home prices dealing with climate change, who should be paying more when it comes to flood insurance? government? nmwill tear taxpayers? how do we pay for the adaptation? so we have to go to work now to address those and then to prepare for raising c's so that clean economy act is unworkable and then to brownout or blackouts because they

you get appointed by george bush to be the chairman of the joint chiefs. did you think that was going to happen? >> i was just an immigrant kid. i was not expecting that. i fell into a great relationship with an only frank but with vice president bush but especially reagan. we were having a meeting in the situation room. i was chairing the meeting because frank was not there. the president was not there. you have the major cabinet members there. i am presiding over it which i do regularly. suddenly frank walks in and sits down at the other side of the table behind him is president reagan. i am wondering what happened. frank scribbled a note out to me. he passes it to me and i open up this little piece of paper note. it says you are now the national security advisor. nobody asked me, frank! i was not interviewed! that was the end of it. i did that for two years. the president and i formed a great relationship as i did with vice president bush. i came to the end and frank has gone off and thought i can get back to the army. not so fast. i stayed for a while

george w. bush'sdirector, and happily the host of "deadline white house" right here on msnbc. john meacham, let me start with you. how will he be remembered? >> as an icon of the post-war, post-world war ii america, both at home and abroad when you think about it. he had opportunities. he rose on his merit in a world that was in many ways made possible by the activism of so many of the powerless and the dispossessed who put pressure on the american government to acknowledge civil rights and president truman desegregaing the military in the wake of world war ii. and he proved that given what lincoln called an open field and a fair chance, people could rise, and i think that's the story at home. the story abroad is, as you say, he fought in vietnam. he presided over -- it was a critical element at the fall of the berlin wall, the end of soviet tyranny. he was the architect in many ways of a remarkably successful war in 1990, '91. tried to establish a post-cold war order, and is an emblem as well of the

who was critical to george bush. everybody united around voting rights. >> we were there with him for that. voting rights is something that everyone wanted. >> exactly. >> what is so egregious of what happened yesterday is senator manchin met with some of us and said, i will come with a bill that'll be bipartisan. i can come with a compromise. he sat with seven other senators and crafted this freedom to vote bill. >> which can i just say for middle america for me and people who are conservatives slash conservatives/moderate. it's a really good bill. manchin comes in and he puts together a bill that's really is a compromise solution to voting rights. >> he does this. >> he acts on it. let me give us a bill. he says give me time. we said fine. yesterday, not one senator on the republican side, not one, no, nada, one, voted everyone to go forward to debate. it was not the bill. we won't let you debate the bill as you say standing in the schoolhouse door to block even the discussions around it. >> people don't want to de

this is after barack obama, the candidate he endorsed after serving in the reagan, george h.w. bush, and george w. bush administrations, became the first black president of the united states. here it is. >> we now have a man who is president who is african-american. but let us not rest on that pedestal. let's recognize we have a long way to go. >> do you feel like that you in some way contributed to where we are now, that moment, this new president? >> yeah, i think i did. but i'm not bragging about it because hundreds of thousands contributed. i contributed in a visible way by becoming the first secretary and first national security adviser and chairman who is black but i was given that opportunity. i'm more impressed by those who came before me who could have done the same thing i did but they didn't have the opportunity because of racism and segregation and jim crowism. but they still fought. >> mm-hmm. and listen, we have something new tonight about what colin powell said. this may have been his last interview. speaking openly with bob woodward about his health struggles. in an