i knew president george h w bush very well. when president clinton came in i got to know him, not on a personal friendship where he would invite me over, but got to meet with him and i could talk with him and meet with hillary clinton when she was first lady, and then afterwards she became senator of new york, and then secretary of state, no doubt about that, eight years of that. and they went george w. bush came in, i had met him originally when he was a staffer at the white house with his father. and we struck up a very good relationship, and i think that was one of the reasons why he sent me to africa in 2002 for the purpose of determining the feasibility of developing a program that might transform hiv-aids in the developing world. so i got to be quite close with president george w bush, related not only to the fact that i knew his father, but the fact that he took a very keen interest in a global hiv-aids, and allowed me to be one of the architects of the program that is now transforming hiv globally, the president's emerg

president george h. w. bush didn't hesitate when it was his turn. president obama got an instant replay. when the camera found him again, a smooth. the question we had for the knicks today, with this moment staged? they wouldn't comment. but they agreed, it sure was fun. not to mention the cautionary tale to boyfriends the world over. david wright, abc news. >>> gma in the morning and david muir from texas tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a good evening. good night. >>> next at 6:00, making progress on the golden gate bridgement what still needs to be done for the historic closure to end in time for tomorrow's commute. >> a operate show by chris brown interrupted by gunfire inside a san jose club. the latest on the search for suspects. >>> while mental wealth workers al kaiser permanente are going on strike this week and what it means for patients. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> a live look at the golden gate bridge from sky 7hd the countdown is on until the new barrier is ready for traffic. ten until the bridge is scheduled to re

president george h. w. bush didn't hesitate when it was his turn. president obama got an instant replay. when the camera found him again, a smooth. the question we had for the knicks today, with this moment staged? they wouldn't comment. but they agreed, it sure was fun. not to mention the cautionary tale to boyfriends the world over. david wright, abc news. >>> gma in the morning and david muir from texas tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a good evening. good night. bergeron: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we dare you not to laugh. i'm falling! aah! ohh. [ possum squeaks ] [ cats growling ] [ man gasps ] welcome to... and now here he is the host of "afv"... all: tom bergeron! [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much!

for global affairs and a citibank and served as the director for legislative affairs for both george h. w. bush as well as george w. bush. the latter in the first two years of the tenure and also had a firm when he was kind of laying down on the job. a gentle man on the end is currently the president of the group, probably one of the most prominent lobbying firms in washington. he's the head of the legislative affairs in the last two years and the gw bush administration. he spent many years on capitol hill working both in the senate and where i had a chance to meet him mostly under good circumstances the chief of staff to newt gingrich. chuck to my immediate right is the current president of the capitol hill strategy and worked for members of the house. he had a long tenure on the ways and means committee which by the good fortune in the reality he was in the middle of a lot of issues that were on the front burner of congress. he was the director of the last two years of the clinton administration. so you see what we have is a panel of folks not only with a similar set of experiences but also d

george w. bush was not george h. w. bush. rand paul is still a work in progress.you can even hear the evolution in his thinking. but some of the things he has said worries me. but basically, i think that rand paul comes as close in the republican field or comes much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign policy outlook than any of the other perspective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign policy of the global footprint for the united states for the sake of a bigger government and rand paul wants it for the sake of a smaller government. >> host: did you interview any of these politicians at all? >> guest: we often meet with them. >> host: on or off the record of? >> guest: the best exchanges are off the record exchanges but it varies. but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with an interesting political figure, a governor senator prospective presidential candidate or some people of note and really get to pick their brains and see if they're capable of answering the following questions. most politicians will prep for th

the department of education and housing and urban development for president ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. he also served as a longtime board member of the young america's foundation. in 1978 when texas selected the governor the first republican governor in 104 years for he had been the executive director of the party for two years. i give you full credit. he also oversaw a coordinated election of all statewide republican candidates for the first time and texas has not voted for a democratic president now since 1976. think about it. how did that happen in november 1960 the democratic party dominated texas. we had the new u.s. vice president lyndon johnson from texas and the democrats held all 30 statewide elected positions. the texas state legislature had 181 democrats and no republican support. now everyone calls texas the red states. the book is interesting. i read it this weekend on the road traveling. and i love how it explains for many years beginning in the 1940s, the texas contests were between conservatives and liberals to gain control of the texas party, the liberals needed to dr

president george h w bush a difficult choice in order to solve the problem. you would have to compromise with congressional democrats and risk his future. he had promised americans no new taxes and was voted into office on a promise but it also promised to serve his country and he decided that was the promise that he would keep. both parties compromised in the ominous budget reconciliation act, which significantly raised taxes. the president to began the year with overwhelming national approval ratings ended it with far less support and quickly became the target of attacks. the budget deal acted on desperately needed reforms at the expense of the president's popularity. america's game was president bush's loss and his decision to put party -- makes him an example of a modern profile in courage. i know we wish that president bush could be with us today but we are so happy that lauren bush is here on behalf of her grandfather. lauren is a committed servant in her own right. she works as the ceo and is the chairman of the board of the sea foundation. the feet fo

people are still in charge and you think outside forces are in charge just ask -- [inaudible] or george h. w. bushhad all the power of the presidency and the people decided they wanted to get rid of them. and they could not maintain their power regardless of all of the power can when the people decided we want someone else. ultimately the people and the way people vote determines what's going to happen in american politics and provides a leveling factor and a change factor that can take care of the extremes. now, when this report came out from bpc of all of the things that should be changed, bpc took it to the capitol hill and start showing it to the leaders on capitol hill. one of the leaders it went to there you probably was senator mcconnell, the republican leader dick senator mcconnell said look, i don't have time to go through it all. will you take it to senator alexander, whom i listen to on these issues? he wasn't being rude. he was just being realistic about the kinds of pressures that a leader has. and the bpc staff said to me, well, you are close to alexander, which is true will you go w

george h. -- george w. bush fell into the same trap with no child left behind a very prescriptive attempt to fix schools from d.c. i think that what my colleague and i try to lay out in "room to grow" is a different way of thinking about the federal role and it is the an i think sys to devolve it out to those cloviser on the ground who can solve problems and as he says in his wonderful chapter, allow people to true trial and error figure out problems they face in their lowell area, their school districts and their particular school. have washington kind of retreat from that but bear in mind the need to create space for problem solvers to do their work. >> so i want to ask you. you have said some great stuff about this about leaving more space between the federal government for all sorts of -- or local governments for institutions that aren't the government and viewing instead of in modern political discourse, we tend to view this either the big federal government maybe a little bit government and everything else

george h. bush, president clinton and george w. bush. the second slide is the lossed over the last three decades. increasing from an average of $33 billion per year from 1995 to 2004 to doubling to $65 billion in the next decade. the federal government and insurers have bore the overwhelming majority of these losses. since 2011, $137 billion have been spent. $400 a house hold annually with over $60 billion spent on superstorm sandy alone. this low predisaster investment is an important factor. fema studies showed that every dollar invested in mitigation it saves the taxpayers $4 this recovery. these are the most preventable with predisaster mitt dpags and resiliency tools. building koez are the most effective mitigation measure we have. yet only 11 states across this country have adequate building codes in place. most of the states without proper building codes are directly in harm's way when it comes to hurricanes and other natural disasters. it seems to me that the critical question is what can the congress do. as a farmer firefighter

george h. at the bush clinton and george w. bush. the second slide is a representation of the average overall insurable loss over the last three decades. as you can see the spike in overall costs are dramatically over the last two decades increasing from an average of 33 billion per year from 1995 to 20042 doubling to 65 billion dollars in the next decade to the federal government and insurers have borne the overwhelming majority of these losses. since $211,137,000,000,000 has been spent $400 per household annually with over 60 billion spent on superstorm sandy alone. sadly the federal government invested only eight -- for preventive measures in every $6 for him $6 the number kerry. this low investment is important factor in fema studies have shown if her does that for every dollar invested in mitigation it saves the taxpayers $4 recovery. ironically the loss from these types of disasters of the most preventable with proper pre-disaster mitigation and resiliency tools like modern codes. building codes are the most effective mitigatio