now president george h. w. bush the man and his mission. >> i don't think you will ever find a more thoughtful or consider rat person than george bush. >> president bush, he's probably the most complete person i have ever met. >> if you look at his history, he was a member of congress, he is smart, he's humble. >> he was chairman of his party. he was ambassador to the u.n. >> he is funny, he is spontaneous. >> he was second to china before we had an embassy and he was director of central intelligence. >> i remember when we first started the campaign for president in 1979 george had this speech that he would give about the obligation and the promises and the rewards of public service. he would go out and say my father inculcated into me a sense of public service. i said george, don't say inculcated. people don't understand what that means. the average voter isn't going to get it. >> as vice president for 8 years anz as president of the united states george bush's mission was to make sure everyone got it. >> my friend

if you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, it's harder for you as george h. w. bush learned. he only got in through the vice presidency. he didn't make it directly to the oval office. so it's been very tough for a republican to connect to working class voters when they come from a background that smells of money. >> i agree. i don't think you have the right candidate yet, steve. if i were on that side, i would be thinking, i'm looking for mr. goodbar, too. and i don't see the guy i'm looking for tonight. do you, steve? do you find the guy you're looking for tonight? >> when you look at the race or the president's approval numbers, both parties have a floor of about 47%. i think the republican nominee starts off at 47. i think the president starts off at 47. we're going to be competing over a very, very narrow electorate. and i think that, you know, half the country has the other half of the country totally tuned out. we'll see where all the arguments fall. i think you bring up a great point with fdr. there's a famous photo op where the queen and king of england comes to visit

history of success in this country, you mentioned him dividing the vote between bill clinton and george h. w. bushe election with less than 50% of the popular vote. go back to 1968, 1972, the alabama governor, segregationist george wallace, divided the democratic vote, giving democrats richard nixon, for two terms before he resigned and bull moose party of teddy roosevelt and the frustration of voters is understandable and i understand what john huntsman is saying and people vote for people and they think they'll do what they say when they get to washington, especially, republicans. you have one party to grows government, the democrats and other party that limits the rate of growth of government, the republicans. they are disgusted with both sides and a third party i don't think is viable. >> rick: congressman sestak, perot caused george h. w. bush the election and look at ralph nader in 2000 and say he cost al gore the election. a third party candidate from the left could certainly do a lot of damage. perhaps even to barack obama. do you see it happening? >> well, i have a little different take a

ron now we are getting it keep back in 1991 when then-president george h. w. bush was considering appointing him to a government position. many of the people interviewed said that you would be perfect for the job because of a driven and hard-working but a few questioned his basket and morality and they said he would twist the truth to achieve his goals unit through a freedom of information request by the wall street journal led to the release of that information. and brazil may become the first country to take quitter up on it offered to send your content. brazilian officials want to log twitter users from morning driver to a police roadblock, read our tracks and drug driving a checkpoint. how about to the lethal we may allow country ought pacific center of chip tweets that mike break laws. a spokesperson said that request was filed on monday. and in concord is about to be hit with more hundred and 50 layoffs. bank of america is cutting those jobs as the shutdown of its offices trees seem craig shows at the scene from the campus. >>reporter: is that as employees of

government in the late '80s as he was being considered by president george h. w. bush for a position on his export council. in 1985, the apple co-founder was also the victim of an extortion attempt and a bomb threat. the fbi files also reveal that jobs dabbled in drugs in the '70s and '80s. the files were released after a request under the freedom of information act. >>> you might call it anti-apple, unhappy with apple's business practices, protesters hand-delivered a pet twigs a quarter million signatures to the apple store in new york city group is part of an international movement outraged by working conditions at fox con, a taiwanese tech manufacturer that supplies -- that is apple's main supplier. the petitions come a day after hear, infull traited computers at fox con, exposing employee e-mails and passwords a recent "new york times" article documented cramp living conditions, excessive work hours and seven-day workweeks at that folks con facility. after the article came out, apple ceo tim cook told employees in an e-mail the claims are patently false. >>> the se

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george w. bush and george h. w. bush.u look at evan bay and birch bayh, al gore and al gore senior and now mitt romney, it seems mitt romney is afraid of make waves inside the party the way george romney was unafraid of doing t >> i think that is exactly right. the problem for him politically, he comes across this is why people describe mitt romney as being robotic or scripted, that he has a hard time connecting with people that he is so careful and controlled, then we have seep recently the few times he does go off script, all the comments he made about his wealth and his time at bain have not gone over well. i think it is a conundrum for them that is campaign deepens. do you present him, try to make him more of a sort of off the cuff pandering is let him open up a little bit, let his hair down or do you know that's not where he is comfortable and try to keep him in this bubble? as you know, in the heat of the campaign, presidential campaign it is very difficult to keep someone inside the lines like that it will be inter

you can watch the special, president george h. w. bush, the man and his mission, right lower on fox news cham, it airs this sunday, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. set your tivos. >> death threats are being made once the daughter of one of belgium's leading politician, it comes after the daughter-father duo with this ad, showing the woman wearing bikini and birka, ad trying to convince woman to take a stand against islam. many muslims are not amused. greg palkot spoke to the girl and her daughter and he's live in london with more. >> reporter: megyn -- megyn, this is an antiislam campaign, having to do with that poster, it features ann sofie dewinter, daughter of felice dewinter. they iso she is in veil and bikini, slogans say freedom with islam -- freedom or islam, you choose. the father said he's not using the daughter, but both have admitted that she has already received hate mail and death threats on her facebook site. here's their reaction to that. >> it doesn't scare me anymore. >> really? >> no. >> you don't think they're serious? >> i don

the fbi investigated him in 1991 before president george h. w. bushointed him to white palace council so it could give his business expertise. several people who knew steve jobs questioned his honesty and they said that he twisted the truth and distorted reality to achieve his goals. >> turning to technology, you may see the apple i peppery in a few weeks. let's let's get details from rob nelson. >> watch for the ipad 3 next month. the website says apple will unveil its in a few weeks and is expected to look a lot like the ipad 2 but at a faster processor better display and improved graphics. now you can make a video call using your big screen television. the set top box skype and can be mounted to your television. >> easy set up. the price, while still a little higher than i would like, is cheaper than we've seen in the past with other competitors. the video quality is acceptable. >> is $250. tesla unveiled its all electric suv minivan, a nation. the side door opens up and leaves and a space to stand up inside the car. coming this summer at $50,000 t

jon: george h. w. bushdent, america's 41st president has led an extraordinary life of service. >> even when he jumps out' an airplane he makes a cause out testify to help institutions like the m.d. anderson cancer center. if you're an old guy, you don't have to sit around, drooling in the corner! >> jon: president george h. w. bush, the man and his mission. join us for a special fox news presentation, sunday, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >> jenna: i like that, jon, just because you're an old guy, you don't have to sit in the corner drooling. jon: i have wanted to parachute my entire life, he's 80! jenna: and he's done it a few times, i ai

fbi released secret files on apple co-founder steve jobs investigated 1991 former president george h. w. bushport marijuana and lsd interview said it would be perfect motivated and worked hard all their questions morality willing to twist the truth to achieve his goals served of the council of 1990-1993 might remember he passed away in october guys in tuxedos february what else can that be? chicago auto show preview show room decked out with familiar cars you love and concept vehicles you can only dream about. to that pretty good going to charity tradition but not just for the guys batt but my father loved cars and of my father sel it was very much i guess like going to comiskey park the time to go to the other show a pleasure and privilege to be here tonight $11 for adults of the show runs february 19th tom skilling has the seven day forecast >> we checked the weekend 8 up that made logical winter began none have had some of the 30 degree temperatures until this weekend radar is lighting up with the cold air comes in context snow on the way largely a let the facts now with the heavier totals

. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi is praising former president george h with w bush calling hima strong -- george h.w. bush calling him a strong -- [ unintelligible ] >>> world financial markets breathing easier after eurozone finance ministers agreed to bailout greece, again. the 170 billion dollar deal broke early this morning in europe. the plan is wildly unpopular in greece where there has been widespread rioting over harsh austerity measures. banks and funds that hold greek bonds agreed to a 75% loss on their investment. u.s. banks owns much of that debt. >>> planned and premeditated. offs in mexico say sunday's prison riot -- was a massacre and chance to escape. 44 s were beaten or knifed to death part of the -- same gang killed by rivals it was a chance for a massive jail break by 30 members. of that rival gang. officials say attack had help from guards and possibly over top prison officials. the warden, three-1v=w penitenty officials and 18 guards have been suspended. authorities are offering $800,000 for information leading to the recapture of the escapees. >>> skiing i

he was being considered by president george h. w. bush for a position on his export council and a bomb threat in 1985 against am, months before jobs was fired and somethi most people in his inner circle knew, he was a very complex person with a tendency to distort reality in order to achieve his goals, according to the fbi file. steve jobs died of cancer last october. >>> today was another big day for apple stocks, thanks in part to rumors of an ipad 3 release date. the ipad 3 already here according to a lot of internet reports buzzing. when will we get our first look at the new ipad 3? apparently during an event in san francisco next month. apple is expected to start selling its new tablet the following week. as mentioned, the company's stock approached $500 a share today, making the company worth as much as google and microsoft combi combined. >>> two investment groups are hammering facebook tonight as the company prepares for its ipo. they say ceo mark zuckerberg has too much power and have gone so far as to calling facebook a dictator

it's the first of either saint george h. w. bush edited into a homoerotic video. it was a splendid stuff but it was serrano did the crucifix. as you know, when you do something like that, somebody did a play in which jesus was gay and having an affair with judith iscariot. corpus christi it's called by terence mckellen on broadway a few years ago. and catholics held a placard on the sidewalk. if you have done that play about mohammad you would have had an entirely more motivated crowd waiting for you outside the stage door when you look any evening and that is why people don't do that kind of point about mohammed. i was at a conference in copenhagen a year and a half or so back with a fellow called -- he's not a right wing baca only thing. is a conventional year old lefty. and like many your left these of his generation, he has the right to insult everyone. every tradition in sweden where he lives of what they call roundabout dog. people put up this art at traffic rotaries of various odd kinds of dogs. it done one of mohammed. had just done a drawing of mohammed a

he worked in the office of national drug policy in the george h. w. bush administration. he has worked on the hill -- communications director for richard armey when he was majority leader. finally, we will hear from will marshall co-founder of the democratic leadership council in 1985. the dlc created the progressive policy institute in 1989. he was its founder and has been its president continuously since then. he is a graduate of the university of virginia. he has worked for the governor of north carolina, jim hunt, and other politicians at the statehouse. ppi has been closely associated over the years with many new democrats, meaning moderate democrat, initiatives, especially those of bill clinton both before and during his terms as president. with that, i will turn over to tevi troy. tevi. >> thanks for that nice introduction. it is a pleasure to be able to work here with chris. he was one of my first bosses when i worked at the american enterprise institute. i just read david brooks' book "the social animal per "he talks about an intersection not far from here. he sa

east, this weekend a special look back at the life and legacy of our 41st president, president george h. w bushallied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq and kuwait. >> he was talking about what an awful decision it was, that he was the one who had to give an order which would mean a lot of troops would be killed, and that was an agony. >> our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we're going to cut it off and then we're going to kill it. >> this brutal dictator will do anything, will use any weapon, no matter how many innocents suffer. >> he had an instinct for when was the right time to be tough, and when was not. and part of the coalition that he built included the arabs. this was not just american foreign policy. saddam was a nasty piece of work. heather: where is saddam now? fox news senior political analyst brit hume hosts the man and his mission. bill: check it out sunday night. prosecutors painting a chilling picture of a honeymoon scuba diving death. why they say the suspect's facts simply do not add up. heather: a new warning about the dangers o

there is no man who enjoys one more, so i will say she is written one of the great books for george h. w. bush policy planning president clinton the current president obama's administration as well as secretary hillary clinton with madeleine albright everybody's here. nonpartisan also speaking only for himself but for any of the previous administrations accept the truman administration is the only one you feel confident to speak for such as the german u book that's going to start in the administration we are looking forward to that very much. dennis, let me start by asking about the view from israel with everything happening including the hamas reconciliation and cerium and iran being the great extension threat. why is it that israel can't do what seems to be a relatively obvious and easy thing to position the soulful for the coming crisis which is cut a deal with the palestinians. >> well it's always easier to say cut a deal with the palestinians than it is to cut such a deal with the palestinians because ultimately it takes to to be a will to do anything. you're asking a question of itself i

. >> is he george h. w. bush? can this guy sell anything?entitlement reform, deregulation, supply side tax cuts, let's start with those four. remember reagan had the four pillars of wisdom and just kept talking about it and talking about it? this is a skill that mitt romney needs develop and communicate over and over again. not 59, just four, maybe five, that's it. 9-9-9, remember how simple and size that was? >> yes, we do. >> romney needs to capture the marketing. herman cain was a great marketing guy. >> wasn't 9-9-9 to get that guy in run. >> say what you will it helped his campaign. >> it did. >> let's say romney has this 20% across-the-board tax cut, okay? pretty good pro-growth plan. the 20% solution what did you say? the 20% solution? what did you say? the 20% solution to create another 20 million jobs. something like that something like that >> that's good, kudlow. we can tell you. worked for the great communicator. yes, we are. >> what do you figure -- larry, what do you figure his income level is going to be on redoing, like, mort

there was a shift under george h. w. bush and the more so under clinton and served as the arms control negotiator on of missile defense. we can talk more about that if you like and what happened and why there wasn't a lot of progress with the russians on that. when president obama came into office he requested a review of the entire program, the politics, the policy, the technical capabilities, future plans, and the congress had basically mandated that the administration provide them with report on our approach with an year. this was actually then the first comprehensive review of all aspects of our programs into a published unclassified open report, and that came out in february, 2010. it's on the web, ballistic missile defense report. anybody can read it. when we came into office, what we inherited was a proposal from the george w. bush administration to put some interceptors, ten interceptors in poland, and a radar, sophisticated radar in the czech republic, and sort of other capabilities. and it was basically justified as

he worked in the office of national drug policy in the george h. w. bush administration.s worked on the hill for -- he was communications director for richard armey when he was the majority leader. finally, we will hear from will marshall. will was co-founder of the democratic leadership council in 1985, and when it created the progressive policy institute in 1989, he was its founder and has been its president continuously since then. he is a graduate of the university of virginia. he has worked for the governor of north carolina, jim hunt, and other politicians at the statehouse. he and ppi have been closely associated over the years meeting many -- with many new democrat, a leading moderate democrat initiatives, with bill clinton, both before and during his terms as president. so i will with that turn the lectern over to tevi troy. >> thanks, chris. for that nice introduction. i just read david brooks' book the social animal, and there's a section where he talks about an intersection not far from here and he says there is a think tank on every corner, and he calls it th

president george h. w. bush unilaterally eliminated about 5000 of our tactical weapons.we kept a few of them, and they take on relatively speaking, an increasing importance as the other numbers come down. the ones that we have committed to our nato allies, and the few others that we keep nondeployed and reserved. that could be used on aircraft if we so needed, that type of a capability. so this posture review, this process that's going on i will have to consider those weapons as well. and then, of course, there are the stored weapons, the backup weapons that have been mentioned. and it'll be important to see whether the military commanders believe those weapons plate any operational role at all. if they don't, then the number that you need can be determined strictly in terms of maintenance considerations and reliability and so forth, and without considering operational factors. and george w. bush administration, their posture actually gave these weapons something of an operational role. and that hasn't been officially reviewed since that time. so, all of these questions

george h. w in 91. and george w bush hurricane katrina gas prices rose after hurricane karina to $2.98. after a year they were pitting $2.93 after hurricane katrina hit. treasury secretary timothy geithner out recently saying there could be a case made to drawdown on the spr in some circumstances, but he's saying, no, no short term fixes needed just yet. even the international energy agency is saying they don't see a disruption of supply and no short term response plan is needed, so wall street is saying keep the powder dry for now. merrill lynch is saying you could see $200 in oil, 200-dollar oil in the next five years. keep the powder drive, don't hit the panic button just yet. jon: elizabeth mcdonald -rpbgs fox business network thanks. jenna: young people using free tpo*epb apps to hide text messages from their parents. could there be dangerous consequences to this. we'll talk about that after the break. rain bringing the daytona 500 to a screeching halt. that doesn't look good. no good driving conditions there. nasca