and i can tell you that, because i had worked for then vice president george h. w. bush. we have never written it for him. reagan, and reagan alone, would have insisted on delivering the speech, once he had seen it, over other objections. george bush, vice president bush, and every foreign policy speech, the first question he would always ask me when i drafted a foreign policy speech is, did the state approve of? this that was his first question. so jamie, you listen to this story. all three of you, but jamie next. we will stay with ronald reagan here for a moment. this is a story, i think it's a famous story. it was told me by -- who was your predecessor, who was ronald reagan's first national security adviser. so, the year's 1977. reagan is now a former governor, he has just lost the republican presidential nomination to gerald ford. and so far, there is no inkling that he is going to run for president. still, he is playing close attention to world affairs. and -- stopped by himself, and reach sin on world affairs. and then, reagan says, would you like to hear my theory

george h. w. bush and bill clinton. in 1991, 12 days after leaving forces against iraq, george bush went before congress to talk about the hard work of freedom. in 1995 at the university of texas in austin, bill clinton talked about race relations and the opportunity to improve them. here's president bush and president clinton. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members of the congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] mister president, mister speaker. and members of the united states congress, i come to this house of the people to speak to you and all americans. certain as we stand at a defining our. halfway around the world, we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and send. we know why were there. we are americans. part of something larger than ourselves. for two centuries, we've done the hard work of freedom. tonight, we lead the world in facin

ronald reagan would not have gone the nomination without direct men, because with john connally, george h. w. bush getting thousand dollar contributions. he was getting hundreds of thousands ten 50,025 dollar contributions campaigns made all the difference. >> what makes a direct mail letter? talk about when you've written. >> we'll direct mail used to be until recently the second largest form of advertising in the country. television, number one. now it's number three, because of the internet. number internet's number, one television number. do directory mail number three. i recognize that early. on i recognize when i write a letter goes 2 million people, i don't write it to 1 million people. all right to one person, that one person that i'm writing that letter to. and i have a conversation,. >> well for most of my political life it was my parents, my mother and my dad. they didn't give every time, they occasionally would give. in order to write to someone always gives, or never give. you have a conversation with them, bill buckley famously said he was a conservative but not of the breed on satur

we would not have written for anybody else, that we had worked for vice president george h. w. bush and we never in it for hair -- him. reagan and raegan lowe would've insisted on delivering the speech. george bush, vice president bush and every foreign policy speech the first question always ask when i drafted a foreign policy speech is -- has he approved this? that's the first question. all three of you, but jamie. next we'll stay with ronald reagan here for a moment. this is the story. quite a famous. story told to me by allen, who is ronald reagan's first national security adviser. the years 1997 and raegan is now a former governor has just lost their are public and presidential nomination zero for. there is no inkling that he's gonna run for. president still he is paying close attention to world affairs. and allen stops by his house in the palisades, and brief him on world affairs. and then arrogance as we like to hear my theory on the cold war? and -- of course. governor than ronald, reagan up with a stand and writing for. me quoting from this. this is reagan. speaking some pe

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. >> next week on speeches that defined the president, saying george h. w. bush leaves the gulf war and -- confronts race relations. a reminder that all of the speeches that we have been showing at this hearing and all american history tv programs are available to watch online at c-span dot or slash history. >> if you are enjoying american history tv then sign up for a newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule of upcoming programs, like lectures in history, the presidency and. more sign up for the american history tv newsletter today and be sure to watch american history tv every saturday. or anytime online, and c-span.org slash history. sunday night on c-span's q&a, the chief white house correspondent james rosen, author of the rise to greatness 1936 to 1986 talked about the first of its two part biography of the late supreme court associate justice, antonin scalia. >> scalia recoil from the excesses -- in the late. 60s the unrest and the taking of the law into their own hands. the silencing of debates. and all that shaped him. in

this president, just george h. w bush. as a what kind of a delusional world or a living in the i think that's why he said he might have deduction. this is like stockholm syndrome. i mean, you, you know, your, your worship your oppressor. okay? cuz that's what it sounds like. you're gonna learn. it's really interesting in the article, obviously it's political, okay it's, it's a, um, a, a, uh, an oregon propaganda, oregon of nato and of the western alliance. i mean, it, 1st and foremost, it's no surprise that political always breaks the stories. okay. because they're dismissed in order for, for brussels. but what's interesting in the article to me anyway, and you as a journalist, there are, there is no public opinion polls. there's no, you know, average mr. and mrs. europe in there. it's just all political functionaries, think tankers and all of that mean you don't get and you don't. there's no gauging of public opinion, but of course i don't care about public opinion or you don't care about democracy. they don't care how th

he was the assistant attorney general under president george h w bush.was later appointed to the united states court of appeals. he was twice considered for nomination to the supreme court. >> i felt i had a profound obligation to the country to speak and to explain all of what had happened. >> well known in republican legal circles, on january 50 advised vice president mike pence to defy former president trump's plea not to certify the 2020 election results. >> judge, thank you for being with us here today. >> he spoke about it in dramatic testimony more than a year later before the house january 6 committee. >> donald trump and his allies and supporters are a and present danger to american democracy. >> challenging trump so publicly thrust them into the hot heights of american politics where he has been ever since. you have been saying for months that americans of lost their moral compass. what brought you to that conclusion? >> for almost 250 years, judy, there was all but a consensus among the american public on the fundamental values and principles

i was thinking, joe manchin george h. w. bush, bush 41.ting that loss was for a man who was so proud that he was going to be a one term president, he couldn't believe he had lost to bill clinton. and yet, famously, but no t left in the oval office for bill counted on january 20th, 1993, on the day of president clinton's inauguration. he gets into the oval office and finds a note. incredibly gracious note. part of it is, you will be our president when you read the snow. i wish you. well i wish your family well. your success now is our countries success. i am rooting hard for you. good luck. thank, george. and that is a reminder of who we are and who we are supposed to be, and how this is supposed to go. and donald trump does represent a deviation from history. but doris, it seems to me we have to confront the fact that still, all these years on that, there is a large segment of the population who is saying, we want to pat, and we wanted again. >> and that is the reason why the real battle to be fought here, and this is what you are talking

and then there was neil, bush the son of george h. w. bush and, brother to george and jeff. ng his father's administration, neil bush wound up getting sued by federal regulators for his alleged role in a banking scandal. >> and the president son, neil, must explain at a public hearing why he approved $45 million in loans for a business partner. >> i've got nothing to hide. i've cooperated fully, will continue to do so. my view is the sooner the better. >> neil busch eventually settled that case out of court, and then there where the clinton siblings. bill's brother, roger clinton, and hillary's brother, she iurato. both of whom got caught in alleged pay to play scandals during the clinton administration. roger carson was a musket of congress, but he was never charged. >> and more accusations this morning against the former presidents brother, roger clinton, in a scandal surrounding his last-minute pardons. the new york times reports roger clinton and his business partner's are accused of promising a texas businessman diplomatic passports in exchange for $30,000. >> only yeste

i didn't get my butt kicked as a first term incumbent like george h. w. bush did by a guy who, quote, never left his basement because people hate to be so much. that's the reality, though. and if you don't let people hold on to that, why not nominate me again? >> yeah, and look, chris, to some degree those who are trying to take this away from donald trump had presumed that by now the republican electorate would be in this position, presumably after 22 watching candidate after candidate that trump supported losing, they figured the dirty work would be done for them. i'm sure ron desantis, i'll beat trump, i'll be the winning donald trump, i just win big in florida. now to open the pages of the des moines register or look at it online and see that that doesn't matter presents them with an entirely different strategic problem. you know, brian kemp attackers in georgia by going at it frontal-y. the election was fair, and little trump lost in georgia. it's really hard to start the path here for saying this guy is a loser, i can be the winner. if you are allergic t

george h. w. bush did not have a speech in the top 100, but barbara did.so we kind of kick this off, you know, commencement speeches are not usually very memorable. first ladies give a ton of these and don't capture a whole lot of attention except for the city where they happen. this one got worldwide attention. not just a controversy but because of the message. to put this into more context, she was the last of the world war ii generation first ladies. then we got to baby boomers and hillary clinton. she was really dealing with some general issues. so tammy and anne, i don't know who wants to start first, but why do you think this captured the attention of people after they were not real excited about having people -- somebody who they believe got to where she was simply because of who she married. >> go ahead if you would like to start. like to start. sure, no problem. so i thi >> no problem, short. i think there are a couple of things about the speech that make it worthwhile. well, there are a bunch of things that make it worthwhile, but i think one of

donald ayer, deputy attorney general under george h. w. bush and the u.s. d a new piece for the atlantic arguing that taking this case to federal court, quote, wood -- on george's right and obligation to defend its own laws and choose its own presidential electors. donald ayer joins me now. mr. ayer, it's great to have you on the show. -- why is it important for this case to remain in georgia? and what is the probability that it stays in georgia? thanks for having me, ayman. >> i think you have to understand what the purpose of the removal statute is, which has been on the books for over wild in hundred years. the purpose of it is to protect the conduct -- the important conduct of federal officials, in the performance of their jobs. so, the statute has been interpreted and clearly applied multiple times, as-limited by two sets of circumstances. first of all, the actions that are charged must, in fact, be taken in the course of performing your job. it is not enough that someone is, in fact, as mark meadows is, a federal official. the conduct actually has to b

this is the house banking committee with neil bush, the son of former president george h. w. bushestifying about the business he was involved in. silverado sadie -- savings and loans and how we got positions -- how he got a position with that company. [video clip] >> mr. bush, did you ever use your position on silverado's board for personal gain? >> never. i didn't have an ownership interest in silverado and i did not benefit in any way. >> why do you think you were asked to be a board director? >> i was in the oil and gas business at the time and still am. mr. kennedy's family is in that business and denver's economy is dependent on the oil and gas economy. at the time, they didn't have anybody with that kind of expands on the board. the board was aging. two gentlemen that aren't here today that i have a great deal of respect for, they were both well respected businessmen who had been on the board for many years and served on many boards and were happily -- highly regarded. i think they wanted to dilute that with youngblood and i was invited to participate or my unique vantage po

george w. bush, six trillion dollars added to national debt. 105% increase. bill clinton, 1.4 trillion. george h to be bush at 1.5 trillion. back to ronald reagan, 1.8 6 trillion. factoring some other things as far as what that is in dollars today. usa today is where you can find out and get a sense of how administrations have added to the national debt. when it comes to economic leadership, the nation's economic leadership and your degree of faith in it. rob in michigan, republican line. caller: good morning. i have no confidence in either side. i do think the analysis over the last 20, 25 years really demonstrates this. it is hard to believe during the last 20 years how well things have went that we cannot live within our means. there is no will among politicians to do it. you look at spending as it relates to the war, obama goes ahead and puts in another entitlement program without addressing the current entitlement programs. the fact we are giving living wage during the covid crisis at a point in time when people are not producing anything, it is your responsibility. i have no confidence eit

george w. bush, six trillion dollars added to national debt. 105% increase. bill clinton, 1.4 trillion. george h to be bush at 1.5 trillion. back to ronald reagan, 1.8 6 trillion. factoring some other things as far as what that is in dollars today. usa today is where you can find out and get a sense of how administrations have added to the national debt. when it comes to economic leadership, the nation's economic leadership and your degree of faith in it. rob in michigan, republican line. caller: good morning. i have no confidence in either side. i do think the analysis over the last 20, 25 years really demonstrates this. it is hard to believe during the last 20 years how well things have went that we cannot live within our means. there is no will among politicians to do it. you look at spending as it relates to the war, obama goes ahead and puts in another entitlement program without addressing the current entitlement programs. the fact we are giving living wage during the covid crisis at a point in time when people are not producing anything, it is your responsibility. i have no confidence eit

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