doug -- george h. w. bush, my angelo, warned of the -- pick a favorite, charles. >> these are wonderful guys and women. lewis is a national hero. to me it is a little self indulgent -- indulgent. to me it is like the president and senior staff gets to hang a medal around his childhood heroes. i guess as a president you get perks like air force one and this one. to me, it is a president who indulges himself in thanking people always liked. i did not begrudge it to john lewis. i did not want to be a -- to the party. >> you really think george h. w. bush was a childhood hero? >> he was a hero. >> he needs balance so he obviously has to have a republican. >> could you -- would you turn it down? no, i did not want them at all? >> my chance of being awarded the medal of freedom by barack obama -- it is not for posthumously. >> it reminds me -- america just loves awards. the average fifth grader, has a trophy case. >> the wonderfully gifted and wonderfullyyo yo ma the medal of freedom? >> these are people who are acc

doug -- george h. w. bush, my angelo, warned of the -- pick a favorite, charles. >> these are wonderful guys and women. lewis is a national hero. to me it is a little self indulgent -- indulgent. to me it is like the president and senior staff gets to hang a medal around his childhood heroes. i guess as a president you get perks like air force one and this one. to me, it is a president who indulges himself in thanking people always liked. i did not begrudge it to john lewis. i did not want to be a -- to the party. >> you really think george h. w. bush was a childhood hero? >> he was a hero. >> he needs balance so he obviously has to have a republican. >> could you -- would you turn it down? no, i did not want them at all? >> my chance of being awarded the medal of freedom by barack obama -- it is not for posthumously. >> it reminds me -- america just loves awards. the average fifth grader, has a trophy case. >> the wonderfully gifted and wonderfullyyo yo ma the medal of freedom? >> these are people who are acc

former senator fred thompson of tennessee mced and speaking were former president george h w bush and former basketball player gerry west. >> we will talk a lot about regans legacy coming up within the next hour. >> even his harshest critics have to admit he could deliver a heck of a speech. >> some of the masters of political speeches over the years. >> also ahead, an off season celebration for the giants. why a lot of the fans were not allowed into the party. >> well, what a weekened across the bay area as we see record temperatures, being set throughout the region. a good 10 degrees warmer this weekend. all time records, we will have more of those sizzling details coming your way in a few minutes ,,,, francisco giants fans converged on a-t and t park yesterday to >>> taking a look around the bay, we see temperatures already near daytime highs, warmer yet through afternoon ,,,, california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives

among the recipients, former president george h. w. bush.was awarded that medal a few moments ago. president bush is not only honored for his term in office but what he's done since that time, including raising money for "katrina" victims. poet maya angelou. basketball star bill russell and cellist yo-yo ma. >> things are changing quickly. >> and we can certainly use the rain and it's on its way. a live shot right now. outside we go. this is from -- can you help me out joey -- south beach. looking towards gray clouds. current it was as you head out the door in the 50s, upper 50s throughout the bay area and the heavy rain is moving in tonight overnight. we'll see scattered showers on friday and much cooler temperatures after that cold front moves through. here's a look at satellite radar image. low pressure giving us this wide, cold front. that's going to bring this cool and unstable air all the way through friday but the front is moving in tonight. that's when we'll see some of the heaviest rain as indicated by yellow. north bay is where we

among the recipients, former president george h. w. bush.s awarded that medal a few moments ago. president bush is not only honored for his term in office but what he's done since that time, including raising money for "katrina" victims. poet maya angelou. basketball star bill russell and cellist yo-yo ma. >> things are changing quickly. >> and we can certainly use the rain and it's on its way. a live shot right now. outside we go. this is from -- can you help me out joey -- south beach. looking towards gray clouds. current it was as you head out the door in the 50s, upper 50s throughout the bay area and the heavy rain is moving in tonight overnight. we'll see scattered showers on friday and much cooler temperatures after that cold front moves through. here's a look at satellite radar image. low pressure giving us this wide, cold front. that's going to bring this cool and unstable air all the way through friday but the front is moving in tonight. that's when we'll see some of the heaviest rain as indicated by yellow. north bay is where we ge

the campaign and the bipartisan commission on presidential debates and i covered clinton and george h. w. bushght years and i knew him very well and if they approved of my being fell moderator. it was very scary to me because it was a town hall format and we had not had one of those before. they were panels of reporters asking questions of the candidates. there were no film site could go back to look at to see how you do this. so it was on the job training buy i was seen by 91 million people. i go overseas and people still remember me because they were watching. their bread soup to was sole the director could spot me and a crowd. of buy was in a dark suits and like the candidates that would be hard. i do love red and they asked me. >> host: 1996 was the year that you felt things started to go south that abc tell me about that time. >> guest: do you want to make me cry again? >> host: we have to issue. >> guest: you are trying to make me cry. there were two people at abc that i think began to put the knife into me. one of them was a white woman who was executive producer of my we can show. the

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i covered clinton, and i covered george h. w. bush for eight years. i knew him very well.ved my being the moderator. it was very scary to me because it was this town hall format. we have not had one of those before. they had all been panels of reporters asking questions of the candid it. so this -- there were no films that i could go back and look at and see how you do this. so it was really, you know, on-the-job training. i was seen by 91 million people. i go overseas, and people still remember me overseas because they were watching. well, the camera and the director could spot me in the red suit. >> host: in the crowd it. >> guest: right. if i was in another dark suit it would have been hard. they ask me to wear that. >> host: in 1996, that was the year you felt like things started to go south at abc. tell me about that time. >> guest: you want to make me cry. >> host: i think we have some tissues. >> guest: don't try to make me cry. no, there were two people at abc that i think began to put the knives and me. one of them was a white woman who was executive producer of m

. >> in this book a story about how the elder president bush, george h. w. bush went to the cia in 1975. do you want to tell us briefly historic and what the real story was? >> what do you mean what i feel the real story was? [laughter] tell the false story in god's truth. >> god's truth, now you're talking. george herbert walker bush came to congress and i think 1966 and i've been elected in 62. he came in with a wonderful group of people and then have answered in the congress with him. he at some point ended up i think running for the senate, and then he went over to china as our representative. he wanted to come back, and he told president ford that he wanted to come back and serve in an executive position. and i was chief of staff of the white house, and periodically i would be asked by the president to send in a group of names to be attorney general or director of cia are some of the cabinet officer, department of housing and urban development, or what have you. and so the staff in the white house would produce these documents, here are six or eight names of

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i had covered clinton and i had covered george h. w. bush for eight years so i knew him very well.and they approved by being the moderator. and it was very scary to me because it was this town hall format, and we hadn't had one of those before. they had all been panels of reporters asking questions of the candidates. so there were no films i could go back and look at and see how you do this. so it was really, you know, on-the-job training. but i was seen by 91 million people, and i go overseas and people still remember me overseas, because they were watching. the red suit was so the cameraman and the director could spot me. >> host: in a crowd. >> guest: if i was in another dark suit by -- like the candidates it would would have n hard.

former president bill clinton and george h. w. bushl serve as honorary chairman for the national sued ford civil discourse. the nonpartisan center says it will focus on research and education and policy about civility in this course. anti-government violence is spreading, a leading oil company bp to announce that it is very likely that some of their employees in libya will be evacuated in the coming days. protesters are clashing with police and demanding the ouster of muammar quaddafi. and in egypt, two naval vessels are expected to start their passage through the waterway early tomorrow. they're expected to pay the fee of $290,000 for the crossing. if it makes the passage, it would mark the first time in three decades the iranian military ships have troubled the canal that links the red sea to the mediterranean. israel has made it clear that it sees the passage as a provocation. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning it is "washington

during the last two years of the george h. w. bush presidency and the first years of the present clinton administration there was a great deal -- richard holbrooke who we have mentioned several times wrote on the first page of this memoir about dayton between 1991 in 1995 the international response to this catastrophe was at best uncertain and at worst a polling. why did it take so long for the u.s. and europe together to intervene with decisive force in bosnia? >> well i think first of all let me say, thing from listening to president clinton you all know how fabulous it was to work for him. every day it was exciting and you can see how his mind works and how dedicated he was to what he was doing and it was an honor and a pleasure to be able to work with you mr. president. i think the hard part has to do with the fact that, as he said, that we were so focused on the cold war and fighting the soviet union. the other part is that there had been the gulf war. there had been a war. we had one it apparently at the time in a way that tired

george h. w. and w. bush he regrets not leaving office after the abu ghraib scandal not because of the torture that went on there but because it became a distraction and he's uploaded hundreds of pages of primary source material and documents onto a website where readers themselves have to pore through them if they feel so inclined so going to tell all that's really more of a blame all vindicate rumsfeld in the u.s. and worldwide earlier i caught up with anika sparing from the young turks from our studio in los angeles and i first asked her you know despite the fact that we may have expected rumsfeld to be unapologetic can we still be disappointed. you know i think it's ok for people to feel disappointed about it if they do feel disappointed however i for one felt absolutely no surprise when i heard that he was unapologetic and combative that's what he's known for it's donald rumsfeld i knew that he was going to own up to anything the one thing that did surprise me though is the fact that he did have one regr

after that, former president george h. w. bush and john lewis received the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. recently, former president jimmy carter sat down at the lyndon johnson presidential library in texas to talk about his presidency and the situation in the least. he commented on his work with the carter center. this form as an hour and 15 minutes. -- this forum is an hour and 15 minutes. >> my name is tom johnson. i'm a friend of the lbj family. 16 years ago, the first harry middleton lector took place in this auditorium. the next day, ladybird johnson, who established the lectureship to honor the man who was then library director, wrote to him to express her pride and her gratification that the event had been "a watershed day in the life of the lbj library." she was moved by what she felt was the chemistry that the speaker had created between himself and his audience, which was heavily composed that day by students. contrary to the fog of cynicism and gloom we have seen as a country to have been wrapped in

during the last two years of the george h. w. bush administration and the first two years of president clinton's administration, there was a great deal of uncertainty about how to proceed. richard holbrooke wrote on the first pitch of his memoir about dayrton, the international response to this catastrophe was uncertain. why did it take so long for the u.s. and europe together to intervene? secretary? >> first of all, let me say that from listening to president clinton, you all know how fabulous it was to work for him. it was every day exciting and you could see how his mind worked and how dedicated he was to what he was doing. it was an honor and pleasure to be able to work with you, mr. president. i think the hard part has to do with the fact that, as he said, we were so focused on the cold war fighting the soviet union. the other part is that there had been the gulf war. there had been a war. had won it apparently at the time in a way that tired of people out. at the same time, there were many other things going on. one of the hard

bush of ministration. i mean george w., not george h. w. there was, i think, a significant shift between george w. bush's first term and second term on the unilateral verses multilateral dimension. obama has to some extent continued the multilateral condition. i think the top in negotiating with north korea, iran, we need a combination of unilateral and multilateral. dna the multilateral because you need other countries to be part of the equation. for example, with ron if we are going to have a carrot and stick the character being engagement and the state being isolation and sanctions we need the international community to stand with us. in general we have got them. the sanctions that are being applied are biting a run in a way that they have not, but you also need the unilateral. at the end of the day to run is scared of the united states. pyongyang is scared of the united states. so if there is going to be a deal on the nuclear issue in either country that ultimately requires an understanding between the united states and the government of iran and north korea that deals with their security issue

for the president and 1982, he served as a national security adviser for then vice-president george h. w. bushe was appointed as ambassador to south korea where he served until 1993. after which, he left government service and took on the position as chairman of the korea society. he currently holds a position of chairman emeritus of the korea society. donald gregg is a great friend and son of williams college. he has been here many times, given lectures, classism in our winters that the term. i have met him once -- class's in our winter study term. one that shows as the true brett of his accomplishment in international relations, it turns out in a 1995 book by tom c, there is a character, and ambassador to south korea character, but that character's name is gregory dawdled. it is believed it is based loosely on our own donald gregg. i learned his middle name is finney. for those of you who are historians of williams college, it is true there is a long-term ancient connection between the families that shows the depth of his association with williams college. tonight, ambassador gregg will spea