six that was a group of campaign advisers that worked for george h. w. bush in 1988 and so you see all of these little for sayings and phrases that occur at fox but more than that the way the network operates is more on the structure of the political campaign. it starts with a meeting with roger ailes news meeting and everyone marches in lockstep. there is a sense of mission and purpose that flows in from the top and you see all the attribute that come out of the political world. >> host: how do you see on the air what you see as a reflection of dictating this agenda as being a republican agenda? >> guest: what you see is unique and better in terms of television -- >> host: very well produced. >> guest: he is a television genius and his ideas for picking the talent that speaks authentically through the screen is a testament to his talent. but the way that it manifests itself is that fox drives these narrative storylines that come out of the political world. in 2008 with the rise of barack obama you solve them pursue the storylines through the first term of th

bill clinton and george h. w. bush. both of them wanted to balance the budget but neither had a plan to balance the budget. they might cut the deficit in half between four years. ross perot appeared on larry king and basically said everybody agrees we ought to balance the budget, these people -- we need a businessman to do and do without breaking a sweat. within seven weeks he was leading the presidential race and saw people in both parties, take this issue of balancing the budget for more seriously in the next years, ross perot had his quirks and all that but the message and popular support was overwhelming, if you have reformers within each political party who hammer home this message, we have 80%. >> mayor bloomberg runs as a third-party candidate. he then forces, senator clinton and governor chris christie, to work more in the way you talk about bill clinton and george h. w. bush, when confronted with a credible threat from the center. the center forces the two sides to come closer to the middle. >> a challenge with

h w bush, his longtime runs. -- friend. chili?u call that he was the greatest george. he commented on those relationships and the results they got. one journalist wrote that strauss always radiated an ability to mend the fence. he could seal the deal. all of that, of course, was true. there were also less charitable assessments, like the former texas senator who once claimed, "his vocabulary was insufficient strauss describe robert ." he is best described by his own definition of the l -- himself. doer, ae, a worker, a putter-together. he had in his office, a letter signed, next to the photos of his children and grandchildren. it was a gift. it cant in gold letters, be done. more than anything else, that was strauss' true believe. they believe that it can be done. this grandson of an actual horse faith had an unshakable in the art of the possible. he had faith in people and the relationships and goodwill that he built with them. whether that person was a businessman or a politician from across the aisle. he had a profound and abiding faith. it was mentioned by secretar

his father is george h w bush, and was president in 1988. his older brother, two-term president george w. bush. republican consider jed the more articulate and moderate and more of a middle of the road than libertarian rand paul and more viable than chris christie. >> not running has generated more interest than if i was running. >> he appears to understand that someone needs to heel the frack to us g.o.p. to win the white house. >> we need to elect candidates that has a vision that is bigger and broader and candidates that are organised around winning the election. not making a point. winning the election should be what we are about. >> when bush was moved out of the florida governor's office in 2007, he joined the bored of directors for continuate health care, representing hospitals and physicians. he joined lehman brothers as an advisor in their equity group. he has stayed involved in discussions and conferences about education, and has taken a strong stand on immigration, supporting comprehensive reform and speaking compassionately about

i think the first reset was brief because obviously president george h. w. bushdid a lot with president yeltsin, but that was very much when the focus and, of course, general scowcroft was the national security adviser -- with best focus was on disarmament, arms control issues, denude keel are rising ukraine and making sure after the collapse of the soviet union then the clear weapons are safe. there was probably not enough attention given to helping out the camino, new russian government financially, economically. i know president nixon himself was in favor of that. that was a time to improve relations with russia focused on concrete issues. then the new administration came into office and had a much more ambitious agenda for its own reset. clinton himself, he says that clinton was the russian and. clinton himself was interested in russia. i think he and those around him really thought that they had eight years, at the maximum allowed to refashion russia and turn it into a democracy and market society that was clearly over ambitious. you cannot remake a society

is interesting is when we look at the last say 15 years or so of that policy, what we see is george h. w. bush followed by bill clinton, followed by barack obama. he and even though you might think of them as very different ideologically committee actually were part of a continuous thread from the standpoint of some of the issues we are talking about. >> in terms of the unlikely coalition in these agreements we have activist groups aligned to the bankers that were in the process of creating megabanks through the movement. so the point about the mergers activists would show up and testify on behalf of a bank of america merging with nationsba nationsbank. so this isn't the usual role that you would imagine an activist group taking through a bank merger. so you have unlikely partnerships precisely because they struggle to the partisan lines and were extremely durable and it made it very hard for any party to deviate from the agreement. >> an interesting coalition because as you point out there are a lot of voters in the discussion. they are clearly a lot of those but in general, the democracies s

hundred guns unless you want to use it to danger we sow in kosovo because the warm milosevic george h w bush warned tempting to want and don't be nasty to the costs of oz always going to have to do something and eventually maker was obliged to do it and then there is also are not good so i think it's not in anybody's interest to the stage to be making military threats will make the ministry movements which could in the backline but jonah mean nobody's making nature presents hundred fifty troops to iraq in the capital of ukraine through trade. my next if you currently have fifty thousand is a russian troops in high readiness and on the ukrainian through two new engines operating a special forces operate in maths and one is the message and to contain a message to put in is in no. a walk. well i think that mrs was quite clear it is. we are serious about collecting defense all of the nato member states. is it written up i'm so so far with in august and the was no atmosphere is human nature presents a bid to reduce them to the churches of the member states will be precisely the reason you are tal

last two assignments were partly the result of a typical strauss wisecrack, which he made to george h w bush. the two of them were adversaries, but they were also really good friends. strauss told president bush he had voted against him in 1988, and he would do so again. not easily offended, president bush felt it was important to demonstrate to soviet officials that work opposition should no longer be considered treasonous in their country. it should be viewed instead as loyal opposition. to use a british phrase. that was bob, our loyal opposition. he could make you laugh with his sharp wit. he could also make you cringe at his acerbic tone. often times at the same time. he was particularly irreverent during gridiron club dinner's. for instance, about president carter, he said, he prayed a lot to read but in fairness, you would too if billy was your brother. [laughter] about the second president bush, he said george w thought that fettuccine alfredo was the president of italy. [laughter] about me, he said jim baker doesn't understand a lot about the jewish heritage. he thinks that a matt so

but i think there's also a great deal of good will about george h. w. bushbush family name. i think people are very fond of the bushes generally. >> a lot of people say the good will towards george h. w. is because of the mistakes george w. made. >> i think generally, there's a great deal of good will toward both the bushes and the clintons, surprisingly, with all we've been through. that's why i say there's a reflex when you talk to people and say this next election could be clinton versus bush. at first they recoil and go oh, my god, not again. we don't need more dynastic politics. but then they think about it for a beat and go, you know what, that would be a pretty great race. very high level, both very substantive, both respectful of each other. kind of a post-partisan hew to it. the debates would be fantastic. represent broadly the middle of america. >> it's interesting, too, because that was always -- you've got to go way back 20 years, sort of an obscure political history story, but george w. bush and jeb bush were on the ballot the same night in 1994

bush says he will decide by the end of the year. he is the second oldest son of george h the few bush -- each w -- george h. w. bush. he ultimately would base his decision on whether or not a candidate can run with an optimistic message, hopefully with enough detail to give people a sense it is not just idle words and not get back into the for text. bush's extended comments came as many of the republican party's and powerful insiders become the behind the scenes campaign -- back to the phones, we will go to john who is an active form of -- active member of the military. caller: good morning. i want to weigh in for just a moment. of ave this mentality perimeter-based security. matter if he is operating a -- as long as you have a full base and don't have people within that permit or with the capability to respond, you will always have these types of problems. we need to transition to the idea that responsible, trained people are capable of responding to a threat within the perimeter. do not allowtions soldiers to carry weapons in certain facilities. placess one of the first they would go to shoot out. we need that sam

that could go on with george h. w. bush. we have a fundamentally different view on what constitutes a vibrant, strong, growing america. we know for us to be a leading economic power in the world we cannot and a second-rate infrastructure that is less reliable, it takes more time to get products to market in other countries. we know that refusing innovation will put us behind other nations who are making massive investments in this area. you think china is not investing in infrastructure? other major countries not investing in infrastructure? what do you hear most when you hear about why china is going to lead? they talk about the massive investment in infrastructure they have made. look, we know we have the most skilled work force in the world. we know that we have to ensure that no one who is working full-time has to raise a family in poverty. it is basic. it is time to restore this basic bargain. there is nothing radical about it. it is just straight forward. as i said, it is the history of the journey of the country, this

at that time it was george h. w. bush. wait a minute. what is going on here? the only vote to raise the minimum wage when a republican is in the white house? i don't get this. it is not about who is in the white house. it is about the working people of this country. where is the bipartisan spirit? it is gone, and america is paying a heavy price. minimum wage stock at $7.25 with inflation eating away every day and it. let me read you just two stories -- two or three stories about workers. a single mother who testified in march before the senate health committee. she struggles to support her sons with a minimum wage job and fast food. she has trouble getting in her pants, shoes, clothing, things that kids need. she says, my boys ask, why isn't there enough money? you work, and you work really hard, mom. she said, i don't have a good answer other than i don't get paid enough. she is right. she does not get paid a fair minimum wage. nbc ran in a story of a man who works three jobs, two of them are overnight. he works three jobs, two of them are overnight jobs. a m

you mentioned the reunion that george h w bush is gathering. the takeaway is you have jeb bush, george w. bush's brother considering a presidential run. the big question has been what about the bush brand? what about the potential drag it could have on jeb bush's presidential campaign? there is indication it is not as bad as it was. we see the bush image has certainly been better received than it was at the end of george w. bush's administration in 2009. host: one of the looming questions is where the barack obama library will go. talking about the development that could impact if the obama white house decides to have his white house -- his library in chicago. up speculation is it could potentially go to hawaii, where he grew up. guest: there is a big behind-the-scenes battle unraveling right now, playing out behind the scenes. certainly president obama spent a lot of his early life in hawaii. obviously chicago was a place where he built his political career, where his early years in politics were formed. there is no sense of oneness will come t

his father is george h bush and jed's older brother is g w bush. republican operatives and fundraisers considered jed the more articulate and moderate of the brothers and see jed as a more middle of the roe candidate than rand paul, and a more viable candidate than scandal-plagued new jersey governor chris christie. >> not running has generated more interest than if i said i was running. i'm not that smart, i promise you. >> he understands that someone needs to heal the g.o.p. to win an election and recapture the white house. >> we need to elect candidates that has a vision that is bigger and broader, and candidates that are organised around winning the election, but not making a point. winning the election should be what we're about. >> when bush was moved out of the florida governor's office in 2006 he joined the board of directors for tenuate health care, a $15 billion company. and joined lehman brothers as an advisor. he stayed involved in national discussions and conferences about education, and has repeatedly taken a strong stand immigration.

look at successful presidential candidates like george h w the whole came through a very tough primary. who came h.w. bush through a very tough primary and bill clinton and obama. it is something about being a challenge in developing a message and finding out how to connect with the different constituents. >> will have more fun with these odds. i did say john kasich. we'll see if that is right. john and david, thank you very much. when we come back home obama's asian trip at the end of affirmative action. ♪ >> welcome back. we had across the pacific where our margaret has been following president obama on his four country visit throughout asia. margaret, one of the sources of great tension is china and japan over the islands that the president called a rock. with thems to side japanese infuriating the chinese. was that his intent? >> it was intended to side with the chinese. up for some question. the chinese know this is where the u.s. stands. it is one thing for them to say and another for the president to say. the president is charged to stake out a position where he shows the u.s. has stored in the reg

. >> about -- [indiscernible] h, clinton dodged a flying shoe while speaking at the mandalay bay in las vegas. controversial stuff. if you remember, george w. bush in two shoes thrown at him 2008. almost an initiation to the presidential office. >> she is ready to be president. >> that was serious stuff. they could have hurt her. >> the woman was arrested. >> where does this come from? did we identify the woman? do we understand her politics? >> the little reporting i have seen says we do not know exactly what her motivation was. >> curious. it turns out not just politicians get shoes thrown at them. >> there goes, woah. dodged that one. d.c., strange to things happen. his shoesne throwing at peter cook. the next name in the news, bond king bill gross has enjoyed several decades in the limelight as one of the best-known bond investors in the business. he founded and still runs pimco, home of the world's largest bond trillion dollars in assets. that money comes from pensions, endowments, pretty much anyone with a retirement account. recall in january when il's bond kingdom was shaken when pimco's ceo mohamed el-erian left look ugly. here is mr. g