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george h w bush are companion versus in america's national hymn. he has called on us to choose the right over the convenient, the hope rather than to fear. our worst impulses but our best instincts. thank you very much. [applause] come up to the microphone and , we didn'tine up cry. this is one of my favorite pictures of president bush. he wore this one whole day. it is hard talking to him with an aardvark hat. how many university of missouri graduates do we have? into --has made it it into march madness. i have an adorable pair of tiger ears. i wore them to work. i'm in the middle of talking to president bush. he said you have to take those off. i cannot talk to you wearing those. while you ask your questions we will leave that picture up. >> one of the things i have always been fascinated by, he was a new england aristocrat. he went to texas and fit into the culture very well. i will ask you to talk a little bit about it. and the like the coasts midwest and texas are on opposite sides of. he came out of connecticut to texas and fit in quite well.

george h w bush was kind of like my dad. i had a close relationship with him. uld not --ibut then i felt e entire day. george w. bush was like my brother. bush ando see george say, what were you thinking? he would yell back, what were you thinking? we would have great conversations. the context was very different. george h w bush, truly the nicest. ronald reagan, the one who could translate very well. would make you feel comfortable. atrge w. bush, was very good making decisions and had the courage to make a decision and did not wring his hands in the process. >> of the three, who was the best painter? loved winstonush, churchill. winston churchill's bust was in the oval office. when he found out that winston churchill, after he left office, became a painter, i remember him saying, i think i'm going to become a painter. i remember thinking, right. you should want to buy one of his paintings or at least get him to donate one to a charity you can auction off. >> let me ask you about students out of harvard law school. harvard lawom school occupied a dean's office

. >> next, on the presidency, former president george h w bush's longtime chief of staff talks about the man she knew. jean becker worked with mr. bush starting shortly after he left the white house and up until his 2018 death. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve, with the public affairs staff of the library. first of all, before we start, jean will give us a wonderful presentation about george h w bush. we will have a question and answer afterwards. because c-span is filming tonight, please use the microphones that we will place, one there and one to the side. that is so your question doesn't get lost on c-span. i want to welcome all of you and let you know how much we appreciate you being here tonight. especially knowing that the democratic party has done a little counter programming. [laughter] we have another 15 months plus to get our fill of 2020 presidential campaigning. here we will take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. a president, who seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated became. i was struck

. >> george h w bush was thinking whether to run for the senate. rememberd -- how many the name of ralphie arber? texas crowded. who was liberal. the state was going conservative. george h w bush went in to run to his right. -- wanted to run to his right. know his opponent would be lloyd benson. >> he was what used to be called a tory democrat. theeorge h w bush went to advice.h for whom he had known back to the senate days of his father prescott who was close to l.b.j. who was a republican and he said, mr. president, do you think i should run for the senate or stay in the house and l.b.j. said i can't quite tell the story where we are sitting. george, the difference between running for that senate or the house is the difference between chicken salad and chicken -- say your lbjst accent was terrible. speaking of lady bird. >> i agree with you. >> barbara bush really liked lady bird. they had a good relationship and she credited lady bird with giving her advice of being first lady and finding a cause because you will have a big platform. lady bird in

learn more about george h w bush from his chief of staff. nation's passed on american history tv. an annualage days is event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military, from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the d-day 75th anniversary. next come on american artifacts, living-- we visit a american history camp to learn about the experiences of the army's parachute regimental combat team. u.s. soldiers who fought in the maritime alps of france in 1944. >> good morning. my name is matt holmgren. i'm part of a group represent the f company of the 517th parachute regiment. it was short for parachute regimental combat team. a world war ii unit that fought in italy, southern france. it is a largely overshadowed unit of a war because it was smaller, about 2500 men throughout the war. it was comprised of three smaller units. the 596 airborne engineer company. 460th air battalion. those three units together made that regim

just the people on the left, it was often held up as the standard or an explanation as to why george h. w. bush lost the reelection, i don't think there's anything to that. but he is someone who was solidified on the right after having been fairly popular in the past. but at a time that he was around in the reform party, he was being missed out by the current president, donald trump and rush limbaugh as well. >> how he goes from being somebody who's rejected and vilified and now being a prophet of what to come. >> buchanan there very interesting figure. he teams up with in the 1990 campaign. so you can and basically was richard nixon's first higher when the former presidential candidate was considering to run in 68. he wrote and he was there. he was not guarded as an old heartrate type of figure. but he became more cosmopolitan in their perspective willing that buckley denounced him as an answer some for some pieces that we can and have written and wrote a book about him. but many of these arguments are used against president trump by many of the same people of the intellectual descendents. the

>> i think george h w bush was the most intelligent. david: who was the nicest? >> ronald reagan. bush is nice all the time. ronald reagan, a fabulous communicator. very inviting. great understanding of how to verythings simple that are difficult. he could describe things well. and a joy to work with. please understand that people ask me frequently to compare the three presidents. i have to compare them in the context of who i was at the time. i was a young staffer for president reagan. working as special assistant to the president of intergovernmental affairs. governors with the was my primary job. ronald reagan was a governor and they were his friends. i was dealing with his friends. but every time i saw him come i felt i was going to see my grandfather. you know that if you disagree with your grandfather, you usually do not tell them. george h.w. bush was kind of like my dad. and when i would go see him and i had a close relationship with him, i could tell him that i disagreed with him but then i felt guilty the entire day. [laughter] george h.w. bush was like my brother. i cou

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. ♪ former president george h. w. bushn september 5, 1989, what many site as the beginning of the u.s. war on drugs. good morning, this is "washington journal." 30 years later, the fight against drug abuse continues with news yesterday from president trump of another $2 billion in funding for the opioid crisis. the first hour talking about the legacy of the war on drugs. what experience have you had with it? the numbers to call for those in eastern and central time zones, that is 202-748-8000. the mountain and pacific regions, 202-748-8001. we also welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan. and send us a tweet at @cspanwj. we will show you momentarily the news yesterday from the oval office from president trump. the reporting in the washington times, trump doles out nearly $2 million for opioid fight is their headline. we want to give you a chance to go back 30 years and hear that notable speech from george h. w. bush about the war on drugs. here is a bit more from that speech. [video clip] >> this is

investigators probing the recent suicide of four crew members aboard the aircraft carrier the george h. w. bushailors kid themselves in the same day. officials say they have not linked all four of the deaths. the first suicide took place on the 16th. orlando planning to offer where the 400 plant-based foods starting next month. for your west coasters, you will have to wait a bit longer for disneyland in anaheim, california will rollout their plan menu in the spring. also tonight, the the world's big food company nestlÉ getting into the awesome burger. look at the story, it is wild, a painting found hanging above a hot plate. in a senior citizen woman's kitchen near paris, the long-lost masterpiece likely from the 1200 by one of the greatest florentine renaissance artist ever. this is called christ mocked. again it was discovered in companion. here's what else is going on, usa today says u.s. taxpayers, you are seeing america's immigration system on the brink of collapse. we have brand-new numbers about border apprehension doubling last year end more than the last two years combined. the 2019 mi

the earlyned in 1990's, the late years of the george h w bush administration and the early years of the clinton administration is this laying down of infrastructure. a lot of this is happening below the political radar screen by and large, including young political aides like me. i was not working on tech at the time. i was like this information superhighway stuff, no one understood it. we were working on health care reform and other things that seemed more central. there were a few lawmakers, al gore being one of them newt , gingrich was another. they are keeping their eye on the ball and recognizing that you have to lay down the basic infrastructure and allow this internet backbone to become -- not regulated in terms of what sort of commercial activities could happen on top of it, but creating a network that the government is encouraging entrepreneurial action to happen. there is an important role of the government -- that the government plays. susan: you report in the book that al gore was on the board of apple and became a millionaire hundred in the process. how important is that fo

learn more about george h w bush from his chief of staff. nation's passed on american history tv. an annualage days is event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military, from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the d-day 75th anniversary. next come on american artifacts, living-- we visit a american history camp to learn about the experiences of the army's parachute regimental combat team. u.s. soldiers who fought in the maritime alps of france in 1944. >> good morning. my name is matt holmgren.

i recall william safire calling bill barr the cover-up general when he was george eight w bush's attorney general -- george h w bush's attorney general. it was because of him that iran contra was dropped because bush cobol in on those fiascoes. barrhould appear but bill again. break glass in case of fire. this cult of personality is going to keep chugging that kool-aid in support of trump and his sycophantic chimpanzees. he should have been impeached because of the mueller report but bill barr lied about the mueller report. the media is being played like a fiddle. of one of the networks, les moonves as, said during the campaign, trump was bad for america but he is good for the bottom line. host: let's talk to amy, who is calling from texas. she opposes the impeachment inquiry. good morning. caller: good morning yes, i do oppose it. i watched the hearing the other night and i was listening to the director of national intelligence trying over and over again to explain credible and urgent and he was either cut off, talked over. what he was trying to say was the witness, the whistleblower, nobody had seen the tr

primary challengers, adding it was nearly 3 million republicans who voted for pat buchanan over george h. w. bushn 1992 and ted kennedy won 12 primary contests in 1980. ronald reagan came within less than a million votes of gerald 1968, the76 and threat of facing robert kennedy helped force lyndon johnson to retire. it is unlikely wealth, walsh, or sanford will morph into a modern-day reagan, kennedy, or buchanan. there is no viable path for any .f them to win a primary i have never seen the party more united behind a candidate. from pratt,t up kansas, a supporter of this effort. caller: yes redye certainly have a kansas needs to republican presidential primary and also that to get their name on the ballot, any national officeholder should have a right to have all their records put in front of the public so you can make an honest judgment about it. host: what do you think about the challengers then? caller: i think there are three guys in the race right now who have a lot of good ideas and that is what america is about, keeping an open exchange about our government. were just all looking at the 9

i reported to two presidents in , george h. w. bushnd ronald reagan and i swore on the bible to protect my country from domestic and foreign enemies. this president has put on a private server to hide wrong doings of his own making. nancy pelosi is doing the correct thing, she is trying to protect our nation, our constitution. he puts on a private server in order to hide his deals with government of this country to put some dirt on biden. biden was a private citizen. was theof biden, which vice president of barack obama. this is wrong. this is a violation of our constitution. the deal that was made was passed by congress, congressional deal to save this country, which is being attacked by russia. to save this country already approved by the congressional action and this president wants to use that to put his own personal wrongdoings to find on biden. and reviewstand up the constitution like nancy pelosi is doing. host: we are basing the question on nancy pelosi's comments in terms of the tone on their approach of the impeachment and cr

george w. bush and a h writing, "she covered us for decades as a talented, tough and fair reporter. we respected her drive and appreciated her humor. she became a friend." and tonight, speaker nancy pelosi calling her "a trailblazer who forever transformed the role of women in the newsroom." and save the children tonight remembering a tireless champion for children. but to all of us here at abc news, she was cokie. she made us all better, her brilliant mind, her sharp wit, but above all, it was her kindness. so true. later tonight here, the interview we found today. cokie in her own words, on mothers and their daughters, and how she would like to be remembered. words we now all treasure. and we're going to share them with you a little later here. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the nypd officers attacked here in new york city. the shootout when police answer a domestic call. a police body cam image tonight showing the suspect with a gun in his hand. >>> also ahead, four hunters injured in two separate bear attacks just hours apart. >>> and we

joining me now is a man who h worked with john bolton in the george w. bush administration. he was chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. colonel, good to see you. if you didn't know what john bolton is about, donald trump is surprised by john bolton, he's about the only person in the world surprised by john bolton. john bolton has been exactly who john bolton is for 30 years. >> you just put your finger on it. i said john bolton wouldn't last very long when he was appointed. i didn't think he would last as long as he did, but you just put your finger on it. it's a reflection of the president and his ability to select people who were not just compatible with his views and personality but the strategies and policies he wants america to pursue, if yous as much a refl of trump's inability to get along with other human beings and to select people who are good for the job as it is bolton's irascibility, warmongering and noted penchant to be a hard nose character. >> well, if martians landed on earth and said earthlings what is this war hawk you speak of, you could dir

i've been through five different shutdowns since my time working in the george h. w. bush white house back in 1990. three shutdowns just over the last five years. none of them worked. i don't know anyone who likes them now because we find out that when you shut down government, taxpayers actually pay more, not less. it might seem like if you shut down government, that's good for taxpayers but it's actually bad for taxpayers. they foot the bill for backpay for federal workers for the days those workers weren't allowed to go to work. and they pay for other things, too, that they wouldn't have to pay for if congress did its job, got its spending bills done and didn't shut down the government. delayed projects, late payment fees, lost productivity, deferred maintenance. it all adds up. shutdowns also disrupt government services of course. and by the way, it's not just core government programs and services at the time. that continues. so even now, here we are nine months since the last shutdown. you have the agencies and departments saying, well, we'd like to be able to process