when george h. w. bush was president, 80% of americans were for stricter gun control. when bill clinton was president, 70%. that has gone steadily down. in the obama years, we are in the low 40%. a little blip after tucson. but that is why the president is trying to remind people of newtown, because that is the only thing that can generate a level of public support. >> dealing with background hunters are sending e- mails saying we are not going to hunt in your state. we are going to boycott your state. you will never convince them that the federal government is not out to take their guns. >> i doubt that will make a serious dent in the sporting world of colorado. if you really think that citizens of this country can beat the united states army of the comes to that, come on. >> one thing about all of this is that it stirs up statistics you did not know, at least i did not know. of the 30,000 gun deaths in the united states, a a 20,000 are suicides. people are using guns to kill themselves. australia, when they took away guns, the big change was in suicides. also of your

and former president george h. w. bush presents an updated edition of his correspondences in "all the best, george bush." my life in letters and other writings. and in the secretary, a journey from beirut, state department correspondent for the bbc presents a firsthand account of hillary clinton and her tenure as secretary of state. and the first woman president of everybody matters, mary robinson talks about politics and foreign policy. look for the titles and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> this book is about liberals, not democrats who are often not that much different from republicans in many respects. this book is dedicated to that peculiar brand of american who self identifies as a liberal, lives life as a liberal and wishes more of us in america would live like liberals. you like michael moore. think of the masters degree and wearing a headband at your local whole foods store. you get the picture. [laughter] they dominate professions and leave a very large cultural imprint upon

degeneration that was in command, the george h. w. bush generation in command after world war ii was not a generation on the whole that was going to deliver decriminalization. instead it was the generation of his son and a number of other esteemed leaders, that generation that delivered sodomy reform in america, and we will see the same thing in same-sex marriage. in that case that generation of ruth bayer ginsberg are not going to let very true form, at least for the country. refer california, certainly massachusetts, but not the country. instead, it will be a generation that follows us. when they take power there will deliver either same-sex marriage are universal civil unions or some other alternative that we can ill conceived at this point. >> we in this collection of programming related to the same-sex marriage to be with jean robinson. in 2012 he presented his book, believes in love, straight talk about gay marriage, an audience in cambridge, massachusetts. >> i what sub be honest about the fact that god believes in love. straightfor

amazing defeat thanks to the fantastic leadership of ronald reagan and then the human body of george h. w. bush to do the right thing rather than do the thing that might make him look popular. these are the kind of leadership skills that are necessary today for our country to get to be effective a strong leader must adhere to basic principles and be humbled in accommodating in pursuit of them. there is no greater example of that than the man for whom this library is named. almost six years ago -- [applause] almost six years ago senator ted kennedy stood here and praised the former president with whom he had engaged in so many political battles. he called ronald reagan a good friend and a gracious folk. he wanted to defeat his opponent, but he didn't want to destroy them. president reagan took office with two evil empires in his sight. one was a soviet union and the other was a federal government in treating ever more into the lives of its citizens. he brought down the former and helped renin the latter by doing what might be considered unthinkable today to get he embraced his adversaries. two p

guest: she began protective duties on george h. w. bush casa day tell. r that, she became an administrator. -- bush's detail. after that, she became an administrator. she has gone along and not rocked the vote. there was no indication that she ever came out with any real improvement. i believe that the secret service does need tremendous reform. all you have to do is look at the fact that you had intrusion of the salahis at a state dinner. then the colombian prostitution scandal, which i broke in "the washington post." beyond that in my book, i go and -- i go into other examples about a culture within the great -- we are secret service, we're the best, we do not need more money, we can cut corners. when pressured by white house staff, either bush or obama, at event, will let people into those event without screenings. what could be more scandalous people ontoetting an airplane without screenings? they also do not keep up-to-date with the latest of firearms. at their training center, in maryland, which i visited, they will have members of congress out to l

in 1993, george h. w. bushwon a majority of it in a race where he only got 38% of the vote because of ross perot. that was before he realized the trade table wasn't just full of ryan glock's position. in 1996 bob dole lost to bill clinton badly but he carried the asian vote. things have been on a decline ever since then. the point that mitt romney managed to win only 26% of the asian vote. there are pockets of asian supporters in the republican party. vietnamese, filipinos. of a full-court press was made to appeal to the asian voters not only in english but the native languages and also to appeal to the basis of educational choice and opportunities and small business with the exception in nevada the asian vote collapsed. now, micro targeting. we've heard from michael barone about the incredible efforts that the obama administration did to go into the microtargeting. one example of how they were added, a friend of mine a democratic lawyer in fairfax virginia showed up to the precinct before the election, she was

george w. bush -- >> but ask what your country can do for you. >> okay. what does george w. bush say? >> [inaudible] >> what does george h. bush say?s. no new taxes. >> what does our main man, barack obama, say? >> yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! >> very good. >>brian: ladies and gentlemen, a two-year-old. that's incredible. >>anna: we've got to get this kid on the show. >>steve: he got a little hung up on what john f. kennedy said but he knew exactly what bill clinton said. >>brian: unbelievable. i don't know if he know what bill clinton said. >>steve: he knew the line. >>brian: he even knew how to count. incredible. >>anna: 6:34. to your news headline. senate majority leader harry reid con conceding duet on the democrats -- con seethe defeat on the democrats plan on assault weapons. many lawmakers and gun rights advocates plan to fight those regulations claiming provisions violate their constitutional right to bear arms. >>brian: he spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. this holocaust survivor and rabbi walking out of a prison -- walking out of prison in new york yesterday after a judge over