before i he let you go, george h. w. busht to the white house yesterday to give his 5,000th point and the imagery of seeing president obama with former president bush and the camaraderie, what does his legacy look like now? >> even ronald reagan looks like a liberal compared to the republicans today and to george bush jr. george h. w. bush came to the presidency as maybe the most qualified, the longest resumÉ of anyone to begin work. you know, it is all in historical context. if you say would you take the current tea party republican party or would you take george h. w. bush's republican party i think most people would say let's go back to a reasonable time. >> michael: he gave us clarence thomas but also david suter. >> and the cap and trade for the ozone. >> michael: and he's being wheeled into the white house. he was the one who came up with the americans for disabilityies acts some progressive things. >> you might disagree with the ideology or the issues, but it's impossible to say that he wasn't someone who committed his

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why you're seeing form er president george h. w. bush with a shaved head! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the 41st president shaved h head to show solidarity with >>> former president george herbert walker bush, he was sporting a bald new look. look at this! >> he saved his head to show solidarity with a 2-year-old boy named patrick battling leukemia. he made the decision after seeing members of his secret service team who shaved their heads. patrick is the one of one of those secret service members. >>> the giants look anything but like the defending world champions tonight. >>> the long suspender cables may be as grateful as a harp, but engineers don't want them producing any music. that's what can happen when strong winds allow them to have i brat -- vibrate. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have

. >> george h w bush is having will -- is heading back to the white house. and mrs.obama are hosting them for the light of hope foundation award winner. it honors volunteerism. it is 1000 points of light during his 1989 inaugural address. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, apple launches an investigation about how a woman was electrocuted using her iphone 5. >> hollywood in shock over the star.of the "glee" clues about what might have ha >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> today and not topsy will help determine what killed "glee" star. the 31-year-old had a history of substance abuse and checked himself into rehab back in march. it is not known if his death will impact production of glee which is set to resume this month. >> chris brown is that to be in a courtroom in los angeles. they have questions about whether he served all of the hours of community service he was supposed to in richmond which is his hometown. he is already on probation for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. recenthad several incidents involving the law. >> new at noon, 250 su

republican presidents george h. w. bush, george w. bush both reduced the u.s. s(ockpile. it's expensive to mainta. so this is really going at the loose kes in russia as well. and with richard lugar no longer in the senate it's very difficult. >> a united states senator. >> right. it's very difficult to get anything through the u.s. senate. so the president is acting unilaterally here, and i think the russians with this jus( a@stalling tactic.@ o,the ssiansn't@ke the fact we're building sel. th el tha('sa reasonnot kis(anwha('shappening there, what's happing other parts of the world in north korea. you want to talk about@recing nuclear weapons,i think the other cotries is a smart one. >> not only is lugar gone but senator john kyle is also gone, and he's the one that pushed -- he's the republican that pushed the start treaty through last time. arizona senator replaced by jeff flake. so that means he can't really go to congress with anything. anything he can do is going to have to be done unilaterally by the president. and if he wants to do it like eleanor said there are pl

. >> former president george h w. bush is getting attention for efforts to lit the spirits of a two-year old boy. the 89-year-old former president shaked his head in support patrick fighting leukemia. george and barbara lost their daughter, robin, to leukemia 60 years ago in april. he is the son of a security staffer of the president and the secret service detail also shaked their head. they are now raising money for patrick's treatment. >> next on abc7 news, the wedding have it face that has gone viral and a couple inviteees will >> this afternoon at 4:00, a woman comes back to her home to find it empty because of a bank mistake and it was not her bank. on abc7 news at 5:00, something women are doing to keep their relationships strong. you will not believe what they are buying. >> finally, a suburban chicago couple's unique wedding invitation has gone viral. the couple wanted to reflect their personality in the invitation and they added options to their rsvp card to people that were going to attend like "yes" or for those

assistant attorneys general for the civil division in the administration of presidents reagan, george h. w. bush, clinton and george w. bush. now i will turn to b. todd jones who i have known for a long time. we worked closely together as members of the minnesota law enforcement community when he was in his first stint as u.s. attorney for minnesota when bill clinton was president and i was county attorney. for the past two years b. todd jones has been doing the impossible, killing two crucial federal law enforcement positions as acting director of the atf and u.s. attorney for the state of minnesota. i see anthony back there. it hasn't been easy. todd has his wife margaret and is a father not just any but four other children and a good one at that. we welcome anthony here today representing the family. b. todd jones has an impressive background that has him well prepared to lead the atf. at the university of minnesota he entered the u.s. marine corps where he served on active duty as judge advocate and infantry officer from 1983 until 1989. two years later he was called back to active duty duri

george h. w. bushnd barbara bush were both saluted for the points of light organization the president started. it's now the largest volunteer service organization in the world with four million people putting in 30 million hours of service every year. it was a gracious day, all about the volunteers and a tribute to 41, who, true to form, and in classic modesty, tried to cut off the thunderous ovation he received. he is 89 now. he survived a big health scare last year. and while his legs have quit on him and his voice isn't as strong, it was a familiar-sounding former president who took to the mic briefly. >> like coming home for barbara and me. the rest of you coming to this magnificent house and be greeted by this superb hospitality knows no bounds. thank you all very much. >> by the way, his son, neil, says they are calling dad gq instead of 41 these days because of the expressive sock choices he has been making. points of light honored one volunteer on each day of his existence. today they handed ou

me with president george h. w. bush and president george w. bush and send me the photo in record time. she was amazing. and this was election evening, 2004, very late at night. might have been early in the morning and we had just learned that president bush was ahead mathematically to win the election and so the family decided it was time to celebrate. >> host: how often were you alone with the family, just you and george bush family? >> a lot. especially family gatherings, holidays, every christmas i was invited to camp david to photograph the family, the best thing was my wife was with me at the same time so she could be with me and i could enjoy the holidays with her and i would photograph the family around christmas time. there's always a huge family portrait which was important to get everyone together in one shot. >> host: unlike herding cats. >> yes because the bush family is large and like any family they were very busy doing things like waiting for a photo. >> host: here you are easter in crawford, texas. >> gu

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earlier this week former early president george h. w. bush urged lawmakers to "keep a benevolent spirit as they debate the issue." concerns of fraud are hanging over california's new health care exchange program before it started to take patient the insurance commissioner and groups say the exchange is falling short in screening potential counselors. commissioner jones says the change "lacks a plan for investigating complaints." the spokesman for covered california counters that the exchange has made consumer safety a top priority. >>> texas governor rick perry says a controversial abortion bill is constitutional and will stand up to legal challenges. bill passed the texas senate last night as opponents and bakersfield the capitol rotunda in austin. the highly restrictive measure would ban all abortions after 20 weeks and require that the procedures be performed only in surgical centers. >> there are those that felt very strongly that this bill went too far. most texans don't. most texans do believe that five months in the womb, that that chi

former president george h. w. bush is supporting a young cancer patient with a bold new look. has shaved his head in solidarity with patrick. the two year-old boy in this pope, who is battling leukemia. bush made the decision not to say members of the secret service team shaved their heads. >> thank you for joining us. dr. phil is next. >> announcer: today on "dr. phil." she loves her new body. >> lost 100 pounds. i'm hot. >> announcer: but her husband -- >> she's not the woman i married. she's half the woman. >> announcer: liked the old one better. >> makes me feel like i'm not sexy. >> dr. phil: she says you have needs you're not meeting. >> announcer: if he doesn't want her -- >> i kissed another man. >> announcer: will she find somebody that does? >> dr. phil: you're feeding off attention from other people that wouldn't give you the time of day before you lost weight. >> dr. phil: let's do it. why don't we stop all the drama, stop all the fighting and let's get you better. >> here we go. have a good show, everybody. >> dr. phil: if i can help get this family back on track,

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in a discussion on the doctoring financial regulations and later george h. w. bushhonoring the poems of life foundation. certain to be a topic on "washington journal", i guess include norman ornstein and a scholar at the american enterprise institute. later, bernie sanders joins us and he will be followed by jon barrasso. finally, we will talk about wiki leaks. like tomorrow and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later in the week ben bernanke. then he will travel across the capital to testify at a senate banking committee hearing. watch out at 10:30 a.m. eastern also on c-span3. a natural resources subcommittee on wildfires in the south and southwest. congressional members talked about their states battles with out-of-control wildfires and the need to pursue methods of prevention rather than the current model of suppression. members also expressed condolences for the 19 we firefighters who lost their lives in a central arizona wildfire last month. this is just over two hours. >> the gains may actually help us get this hearing rolling along and i hope that th

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among the americans you point out that used illegal drugs, president obama, president bush, george h. w. bush, and also bill clinton. using these are people that have acknowledged drug use and have gone on to do great things and you point out as you just did they were not caught up in a network of police of arrests that connaughton times the real success in america. >> guest: that's right. >> host: when you look at the use of illegal drugs, again, not for the legalization per say, but for education. and you talk about the idea that people should know what is in a cycle active drug before they get involved. one of your arguments that i found is that most people that use illegal drugs are not act by your definition it doesn't interfere with parenting or work or relationships. most americans if they heard this they would say you are taking away all of the height and fear that we want our children to hear that it might be better to see to children don't do drugs. even if your argument is true there are people who deutsch illegal drugs and don't suffer consequences. why isn't it better given what

[applause] host: george h w bush at the white house yesterday.he homecoming of sorts is what he had to say. very interested in watching -- if you are interested in watching the whole thing, go to c-span.org. here is from politico this is one of her top aides. the capitol police spokesman chez wast javier san arrested on thursday after an investigation. he was arrested for theft, allegedly stealing less than $1000 worth of goods. s political reporting on that. and political news this morning, here is from "the new york post" -- eliot spitzer 48%, anthony weiner 25%. virginia governor's race for this november, mcauliffe raised nearly $2 million in june -- mary ellen, detroit, michigan, an independent color -- caller. what are your thoughts on changing the filibuster? caller: i do not think it is going to happen. there will never be any results between democrats and republicans. never. host: what do you mean? caller: the abortion issue will always keep us divided. i am a strict conservative. i will not even vote unless i find a conservative to vote

. >>> president obama will host former president george h. w. bush and his wife barbara.e calls the project the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. >>> more wedding licenses are being issued now that gay couples can get legally married. in contra costa county, the clerk's office gaye out 33 offices. after july 1, the county gave out 64. so far this month, there have been 260 marriage licenses approved in the county. the prop 8 ruling is cited as the big reason. time now is 7:55. >>> it's going to get a little cooler by midweek. rosemary joins us with a look at how it's all shaping up for us. >> yes. we do have a cooler pattern working its way towards the bay area. today, you may not notice it so much, just a few degrees of cooling expected for some of our locations. tomorrow, a better cool-down. then tuesday will be the coolest day. meanwhile, it's going to be a great day to head out to the ballpark. 68 degrees at game time. and northwesterly breeze at 15 miles per hour. 74 in hayward. upper 80's for concord. 89 for antioch. upper 70's for santa r

former president george h. w. bush of one of his secret service agents identified as patrick, lost his hair as a result of his leukemia treatment. you may remember george and barbara bosh -- george and barbara bush lost a daughter to that disease when she was only 4. now back to cheryl. that is some support. cheryl: can't get enough of that picture. thank you so much. investors withdrawing $43 billion in the past month from bond mutual funds, the largest monthly outflow we have seen ever. concerns over everything from the fed to the economy, even china has investors flocking to catch with the bond profits. jason fried of investments is here and has $22 billion under management. what do you say to clients and investors? they are already on the side lines. are they knew to the sideline? why are they making these movies and not taking advantage of the equity market? >> you have to look at this reaction to the fed's announcement and what is going on in the market's near-term/long-term framework, a near-term basis feels lik

federal law enforcement in minnesota have major successes and tom who was appointed by president's george h. w. bush and his son george w. bush also serving two terms under republican presidents specifically rebutted the allegations in the former fbi letter and he said this. one year in minnesota is hardly long enough to learn how to shovel snow much less learn what mr. jones's reputation is among local state and federal law-enforcement officials. the special agent in charge of the office from 2007 to 2011 told the associated press he had a good relationship with the jones. we were in sync. didn't experience anything like the behavior described. when he had an issue jones was attentive and sensitive to it and responded to it. anyone involved in law enforcement knows there will be disagreements, there will be issues. people have different interpretations of decisions, there are outside forces at work. in this case todd jones was supervising tweet to major offices at the same time for two years and it is my belief the atf deserves a permanent head and i hope we can go forward with this hearing and the

quacks george h w bush is visiting the white house today. he is there for a with president obama, recognizing a milestone created by resident bush when he was in office. today marks 5000 awards given. we will hide love -- like coverage. in the meantime, a look at wastd abuse in afghanistan construction. we talked to the special inspector general about what he found. we take a look at how your tax dollars are being spent. aday we want to look is on $34 million military headquarter. john sopko, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction. let's just begin with the command headquarters in afghanistan. how did it begin? guest: we opened up the investigation in february 2010. the army put the request in that to build a command structure in southern afghanistan. within months the decision was made the army would not be in camp leatherneck, the marines would be there. the marine general took a look of the plans and said i do not want it, i do not need it, i will not use it, stop it. he said that in may of 2010. then the process just

. >> president george h. w. bush is returning to the white house today to join president obama and a commitment to volunteerism. the president's will recognize the 5000 daily point of light award. but a senior created the award more than two decades ago to honor volunteer service. the two will be joined by bush's wife barbara, son neil and other relatives are expected to accompany bush. son and former president george w. bush will not attend the ceremony. >> texas governor rick perry is expected to sign into law a controversy all enriched restrict abortion bill sometime in the next few days. amid widespread protests, the texas senate passed the legislation late friday, the house passed last wednesday. critics say the bill will not effectively shut down most clinics that perform abortions in the state denying access to many in rural areas. nonetheless, gov. perry says women in texas have options when it comes to medical issues. the measure allows abortions after 20 weeks unless the health of the woman is in immediate

george h. w. bush comes to the white house today for a ceremony president obama is having to recognize the 5000 daily point of light award. the program created by the former president bush more than two decades ago honors volunteer service. the awards come from the description in the 1989 inaugural address of american serving each other as 1000 points of light. turning to capitol hill, senate democratic leader harry reid considering rule changes to filibusters. all 100 senators have been invited to a close-door meeting to seek a compromise on how to approach those nominated to serve in senior positions in the president's administration. the senate begins at 2:00. watch live on c-span 2:00. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. uponrlier someone touched the idea that women could not really predict their role in entering into the white house, but i did find one political that maryho commented started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor, young man and no idea of being called to the presi

the experimental aircraft will try to land on the uss george h w bush today off the coast of virginiathis is not remotely piloted. you realize on an automated computer system to complete its maneuvers. landing on an aircraft maneuver is considered a difficult maneuver. is being described as an historic event in aviation. veterans of president obama's campaigns are signing up top helping a potential hillary clinton presidential campaign. the super pack says it hired a democratic firm to oversee grassroots organizing and recruitment. the group does not have direct ties to the former secretary of state but trying to lay the foundation of supporters to help mrs. clinton if she runs for president. she has not said whether she will seek the white house in 2016 but as the early front runner among democrats. found film says he footage showing president roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair depicting a secret that was hidden from the public until after his death. said he found the clip while conducting unrelated research in the national archives. could notal archives say for certain if othe

george h. w. bush was there. he did a wonderful job. of course is going on in age, but he is a great guy. barack obama did a wonderful guy with the entire program. unfortunately tonight to we're witnessing how very -- the very, very worst thing that can happen . his minions have now decided that they will try and rip apart country. i'm very sorry to see that. have a wonderful day today. >> thank you. that event with george herbert walker bush wearing his red-and-white striped socks that he has been known to wear, as he calls them, the crazy socks. you can see at event along with president obama from the east room of the white house available in our website. another tweet. quoting senator reid commander will show you what he said. the senate meeting ends after three and a half hours. we had a very good conversation. pope -- votes are set for 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. no questions. the following the tweeds from congressional reporters and members of congress in attendance. so far to we have been able to track. lisa from riverview, mich

way, among the americans you point out here use illegal drugs president obama, president bush, george h. w. bush, and also bill clinton. you say these are people who have the knowledge to drug use and got to do great things. the point that is egested that there were not caught up in a network of police arrest at can oftentimes derail success in american cahuenga. when you look at the use of illegal drugs, your point again naturalization%, but for education. and you talk about the idea that people should know what is in a cycle active dry before they get involved. and one of your arguments that i found, most people use illegal drugs are not addicts. it does not interfere with parenting, work, or relationships. i think most americans, if they heard this would say cod that you're taking away all of the hype and fear that we want our children to hear. even if your argument is true, there are people who do illegal drugs and of suffer consequences, why isn't it better give all you said of the police and networks of crime among why would you say it's better to say to kids don't do drugs. >> on a profes

george h. -- i should say george w. bush and the current leader has some words of praise for president bush the 43rd. plus an international incident over jlo. the singer jennifer lopez sparked controversy wishing somebody a happy birthday. it's all coming up from the jilszs of fox news on this monday fox report. with tums freshers. concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ fast heartburn relief and minty fresh breath. [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you h heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums >> shepard: president obama has now arrived in tans knee a the final stop on his week long tour of africa. received a warm welcome at the airport this morning. ♪ ♪ as you can seeed site of a terrorist bombing some 15 years ago. 1998 a blast tanzania and simultaneous one in nairobi, kenya. killed it 4 people and injured thousands more it was al qaeda's f

take the fords, take barbara and george h. w. bush, some of these couples have been married for decades before they went into the white house. how many senior presidential aids say they knew the president well before he got into politics. there comes with that type of influence, role as a counselor or confidant. even though bess truman was not a political activist, she was the opposite. harry truman was not joking hen he called her the boss. he said later in life, i never made a serious decision without consulting beth. i did two oral history interviews two years ago, they were both speech writers for truman. they would sit down and truman would have these check sessions where they will go through a speech. truman will say check, i like that and don't like this. whenever they finish the long session, truman will say the same thing. i will take this up tonight and run it by the boss and we'll finalize it tomorrow. there's that personal role which we're all talking about. secondly it's a social influence role. we don't have a monarch. t

on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. 23 years ago, president george h w bush across the country, every day, americans were finding ways to serve each other, and give back to their communities. often with few resources, and little recognition. president bush knew that their good works were valuable. the people they helped. award, the daily point of light award, to recognize americans to serve their neighbors and communities in innovative ways that inspire us all. for the rest of his presidency, nearly every single day, president bush gave someone a daily point of light award. after he left the white house, he kept going and going. in between skydiving and other activities. he kept going. [laughter] it should come as no surprise. we are talking about somebody who has served his country in such extraordinary ways. jump at do a parachute just a of 85, not parachute jump, but another parachute jump, this is somebody was not going going to slow down anytime soon. today, we are extraordinarily honored to be joined by the family that helps build the points of light fo

in '92, george h. w. bush lost the 96, and 2000, al gore lost. in 04, john carey lost and in 08, mccain lost. you go on and it's interesting because each one of these people come it is kind of curious and interesting factor. it goes back to an experience in vietnam. all of those that have experience in the world in world war ii or vietnam when they wanted to salute the for the dutch have a convention baseline here and ready to serve you. that didn't play with the american people at all and maybe that is something about the mood of the people not wanting military experience. who knows. but that is a curious set of facts. >> let me try to cheer you up by making two observations. i wish it was my idea but it's not. there are a number of historians who for written books and they point out that when it comes to their leadership at the strategic level, they try to experience and acknowledge the military affairs. they are not with the quality decision making. one example i would use, remember, look at the military and the sort of foreign policy grasp of

george w. bush and barbara bush and members of the family for an event to honor the winner of the 5,000 daily appointed white award. as you might remember from the george h. w. bush administration the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the world and recognizes individuals who are making a difference through service and volunteer some. the president very much looks forward to this event and he has a very high regard for the president and george w. bush former first lady barbara bush and the bush family. so i know that he and the first lady are looking forward to this event and an opportunity to be with the former president and first lady. >> [inaudible] >> as you know one of the principles of ramadan is the principal in this conflict and it seems the detainees are being strapped down and having inserted into them against their will, so they are being forced into a conflict situation. >> i don't have anything new for you on our position. the president doesn't want these individuals to die. he is understanding of the circumstances are down this issue. he believes very stro

republican party runs people for president who don't put a fire in the belly of the base, people like george h. w bushbama, and romney against obama. they lose. they win people running like reagan, george w. bush, when he ran as a small government constitutionalist, and i think that rand paul could do the same thing. he could unite tea parties, social conservatives, of which he is one, could unite a lot of small government people, unite all the people, many of them are democrats, independents or young people who detest spying that governor christie supports. that could be enough to overtake mrs. clinton. >> demagogued to death, you know that. what about social security? he wants it prieftized; right? there's a a kiss of death many american politics. >> i'm not here to defend the candidates, but here to defend the idea a small government republican can win because when the republican party runs big government republicans who don't put a fire in people's belly, they plews. >> all right. you make the assumption that america has not changed that much. i would argue that america has really changed a lot, a