i want to conclude today with president george h. w. bush, who's obviously the namesake of our library here in texas. here he is campaigning. bob, you're of course on board that trip. and giving the usual high sign and smiling to supporters. another picture of him, by the way, this is not the magellan he is on, he is on a c x x business car, the podium is provided by the white house. you can see his supporters right nearby. here is another photo of him. now, we're moving to the president, or close to the president, back in 2005 we were able to, the union pacific graciously painted a locomotive, he was the 41st president, in the colors of air force one. here's mr. bush. they're on the lower right. and this is during the presidents funeral train. you will see that this is the outpouring of emotion, it was really amazing, i expected it but i was still overwhelmed by the grieving and the support that president bush had as he traveled from houston to college station, which is about 90 miles, here is a picture in napa soda, texas. it is a little b

these countries were targeted by the george h w bush, or george w bush, the senior vice president of ronald reagan and bribed with hundreds of millions of dollars. and these monies were given the countries in exchange for their acquiescence and their submission to american military and economic and political objectives. no ring of nato military bases is being formed around russia. the u. s. and nato have over 600 military base as well to wide. russia has just 18, but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning this russian soviets into this dangerous bo, you man, that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy to create this image. it soviets as out for world conquest, which was not the case then for now with nato should have died, but they will give it meaning. it is about infected, created by nato, nature's business machine. because you must remember, if nato disbanded shareholders in the united states and elsewhere in lodge obs companies would lose millions and millions, they'd only have one yacht instead of 2 yards each. there. oh dear, wou

president george h. w. bush's daughter was married at the evergreen chapel. >> sault from facebook asks what's was the biggest surprise you ever had while working at camp david? >> the day the sprinklers went off on president clinton. i -- the sprinklers went off. secret service were watching nearby. he moved to a different part. the sprinklers went off again. he threw his clubs into the golf club and went off into the driving range. the bag wasn't secure and all the clubs fell out over the asphalt. it's humorous. but you can understand the frustration. i try to make light of it that night when he left at camp david. -- it was a poor attempt at humor. you learn the balance of one to be serious, and not too serious. and not to humorous. i learned not to be too humorous. that was the funniest time. fortunately, no serious hint sedans during my time. there are tough times going on in the world. i left the month before 9/11 occurred. there is a whole -- we spent a lot of time describing what that commander went to. li

nonetheless, through very effective in securing the presidential victories of ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. 40 years on how big is the gap between american perception and we'll reality. well to discuss that i'm now joined by lou sheen. an anchor with china state run see on channel. she had a great pleasure for me to talk to you. i'm such a big fan of your work. thank you very much for making the time for me. thank you for the invitation. yes, i come from c g t n. we call ourselves the international television of china. i mentioned you're working for a state run channel without any judgement. i myself work for a state funded channel. and in fact, the, a great value in, in a national effort to try to shape global story. but i noticed that when you talked to some of our western colleagues, they, they're always a bit skeptical. it's not condescending. all of your affiliation is this, your affiliation somehow. who influences the quality of your work? you have, have any, anything to say that i the reason why i have to correct people almost all the time, including my colleagues from our team, for

and white house counsel to george h. w. bush, where he was in charge of the administration that nominated justice thomas. among many other goals he also served as ambassador to the european union and of the u.s. special envoy. currently he serves as a founding partner of c. boyden gray and associates, he's a key participant at the work of the gray founder, -- around 2015, to encourage debate on constitutional and practical questions related to the proper role of administrative agency between the constitutional separate powers. please join me welcoming c. boyden gray, thank you so much for joining us this evening. [applause] you have no idea what an honor this in. i am overwhelmed by this reception, and by the person who is being honored. the two people being honored. the first being the justice, for his commitment to constitutional originalism and to liberty, and the rule of law, and to judge silverman, who is getting the first first principles award. i have often wondered whether they were secretly meeting every day over the la

legislative office to help work on all these investigations of the cia and that way i met the director george h w bush who had come to head the cia. he had been the ambassador to china. came to head to cia and i established my relationship with bush. i was 26 years old at the time and that relationship was obviously. pivotal in my life because he eventually made me attorney general. he served in that role for a year if i recall. yeah, he was in that role as a head of cia for one year and during this time. the cia was under investigation by six committees and one commission. this was for alleged. excesses during the cold war things like attempted or successful assassinations and things like that. and so he had to defend the agency during the time where everyone was trying to tear it apart. and he did such a great job in that one year and he won the respect of the agency professionals who are the old-time cold warriors in those days? that they named the cia campus and building after him. it's the george hw bush intelligence center. so that's the kind of impact. it could have even just one year in the jo

i was listening to him and he started to speak and he said abdul says george h. w. bush't much of a leader. george h. w. bush says bob dole isn't much of a a leader. this time i agree. neither of them as much of leader. that's kind of a great line and i think you can only find that through c-span so i really would not of had this book had it not been for c-span's i thought it was kind of appropriate to dedicated to c-span. >> something i've never said out loud is my favorite part of watching c-span is during a senate vote, you get to see all the interactions on the senate floor and that's a lot of fun to watch. i spend hours watching them i'm afraid. in "the great american political trivia challenge" you have a whole section on lyrical insults. >> yes. >> why did you include that? >> because i i find them absolutely fascinating. politicians are very good in terms of being able to somehow sometimes to be very creative and turns of the way they insult people. i find that fascinating. there's some overlap between that and presidential campaigns. i remember watching the hous

of the presidents that had been assembled by reagan and then by george h. w. bushand by clinton on how to exercise this. the white house staff knows how to do it, it is a considered process, it is a delivery process, the white house knows this intimately. and people know how to do it. the harder part is making they decision. ronald reagan, in 1987, in july was about to have a surgery in his eye. the positions that clearly he is going to have to have anastasia, it was on his face. president reagan had no qualms about transferring paper. as it turned out he did not have to go under anastasia. but, the white house staff, i think, and the president supporters are fairly really out of it. what you are finding is that transfers of power are rare. they are highly scripted. and, they are very brief. we have all seen photos from the white house chief of staff right beside the presidents bad, waiting for the doctor to say that he is conscious, so the president will sign the papers presenting power. they won surgery i had, i am not sure that i, just as soon as i awakened, i s

applause] >> joining john on stage are my friend jean becker, former chief of staff to president george h. w. bush and first lady barbara bush, louis picone, historian and board trustee for the grover cleveland birthplace memorial association and author of grant's tomb, the epic death of ulysses s grant and the making of an american pantheon, and nicola longford, executive director of the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza. and nicola, thank you so much for welcoming so many of our guests the other day to your wonderful museum. please welcome us and our panel as we continue the morning's program. [applause] >> well, yeah, thank you so much, stewart. as stewart mentioned, he and i have had the chance to work [noise] in the past, both at the red cross. stuart was just an absolutely remarkable head of the reagan centennial in 2011. he has saved me from one disaster after another, whether at the red cross or at the reagan library. wonderful to be with you all this morning. you know, i had a little trepidation when stewart told me that what he wanted me to discuss at his panel is death, destruction, tr

who is george h w bush, his secretary of state the the key key moment in europe was baker saying, me say i got a truck. what we would like is there real knighted germany? russian people couldn't sam better than anyone. what a re or nighty germany a would and still in terms of fear. so go to workshops and what's, what's the quote for this quinn? this a very bitter quid. and the promise was made. james baker slippery lawyer from texas . how about how about nato would never move one inch to the east toward, towards soviet, toward the soviet union at the time. now, why was that not put in writing? i asked one of got a bunch of associates at the time. his name was cove, eileen, and i said why was that not written down? and he said the usual excuses while he the germans more on board yet true. the wash or pack still existed. true, but they looked me straight in the eye and he said, mr. mcgovern, we trusted you. that's what's missing now. and that's the great, great tragedy of what happened when things could have been much different. esther got a bit shots left the scene and instead in came

nonetheless, through very effective in securing the presidential victories of ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. what are your thoughts on how big is the gap between american perception and what will reality? well to discuss that i'm now and join by luc sheen. an anchor with china state run see on channel. she had a great pleasure for me to talk to you on.

nonetheless, through very effective in securing the presidential victories of ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. what are your thoughts on how big is the gap between american perception and we'll reality? well to discuss that i'm now joined by luke. she an anchor with china state run, see on channel. she needs a great pleasure for me to talk to you. i'm such a big fan of your work. thank you very much for making the time for me. thank you for the invitation. yes, i come from c g t n, we call ourselves the international television of china. now i mentioned you're working for a state run channel without any judge. i myself work for a space on the channel and in fact, the great value in, in a national effort to try to shape global story. but i noticed that when you talk to some of our western colleagues they, they're always a bit skeptical. if not understanding of your affiliation is.

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and george h. w. bush is on how big is the gap between american perception and global reality? well, to discuss that i'm now joined by lou sheen. an anchor with china state run see on channel. she has a great pleasure for me to talk to you on such a big fan of your work. thank you very much for making the time for me. thank you for the invitation. yes, i come from c t n. we call ourselves the international television of china. i mentioned you're working for a safe run channel without any judgement. i myself work for a state funded channel. and in fact, the, a great value in, in a national effort to try to shape global story. but i noticed that when you talked to some of our western colleagues, they, they're always a bit skeptical. if not understanding of your affiliation, is this, your affiliation somehow? who influences the quality of your work? you have anything to say on that. i the reason why i have to correct people almost all the time, including my colleagues from our team, for instance, is because i believe this is part of the essence to news perception to shape people's

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but nonetheless, through very effective in securing the presidential victories of reagan and george h. w. bush, 40 years on how big is the gap between american perception and global reality? to discuss that i'm now joined by luke sheen, an anchor with china state drum tv on channel. she has great pleasure for me to talk to you. are you big for out of your work? thank you very much for making the time for me. thank you for the invitation. yes, i come from c g t n. we call ourselves the international television of china. i mentioned you're working for a space channel without any judgement. i myself work for a space on this channel. and in fact, the great value in, in a national effort to try to shape the global storage. but i noticed that when you talked to some of our western colleagues, they, they're always a bit skeptical. it's not condescending, all of your affiliation. if this, your deletion somehow influences the quality of your work. you have, you have any, anything to say. i the reason why i have to correct people almost all the time, including my colleagues from our teams, for instance,

donated with private money, gifted to the president at camp david, in 1991, during president george h. w. bush. >> how do presidents fit at camp david? you talk about fdr. but they don't ride to camp david anymore, is that correct? in the talk marine one. >> they prefer to bring them in by air force one. they started, and weather permitting, they would fly in on marine one. this could be by motorcade. >> camp david is a presidential retreat, yet we know that presidents often find themselves working at camp david. tell us a little bit about how it functions as a white house in the maryland mountains. >> thank you. i think most people recognize, no matter who is the president, you are always going to get critiques. about what you do when you are off-duty or how you do your job, but you need time off, we all need time off. in addition to a second home that some presidents hat, some do not, camp david provides that peaceful getaway for family, friends and if needed for staff and leaders. it's been a great balance of history, presidents go there to get away, the reagan's went there most of the time

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of the presidents that have been assembled by reagan, done by george h. w. bush and by clinton, on how to exercise the 25th amendment. the white house staff knows how to do it. it's a concerted process, it's a deliberate process, the white house -- imminently involved and people know how to do it. the harder part is making the decision. ronald reagan, in 1987, july, was about to have a surgery, the physician wasn't clear whether he was going to have anesthesia or not. it was one of these kangaroo spurts on his face. and president reagan had no qualms about transferring power. he prepared the paperwork, as it turned out, he did not have to go under anesthesia. but it's the white house staff, i think, and the president's supporters were very, very -- so what you are finding ways that the transfers of power were rare, they are highly scripted, and they are very brief. we've all seen photos of the white house chief of staff right beside the presidents bed, waiting for the doctor to say that he is conscious, so the president will sign the papers, presuming power. the

george w. bush or george h. w. bush or ronald reagan, all those presidents believed in the rule of law. of that was procedures around documents. so, we don't know all the details. we have now seen what was part of the search warrant. but no president even richard nixon, didn't think about this. for donald trump to take classified information, top secret, maybe signals intelligence, which is the most sensitive information that we have, and around potentially nuclear weapons, it's hard to fathom. i mean, even for me, who thinks there is no bottom for donald trump. even this, to me, is surprising. and so it is a complete lie. and again, this is where donald trump stands apart from every former united states president. okay? every single one. and my guess is, every single one in the future. knock on wood. so, listen, this is an old standby. obama did or clinton did it or which did it. it's complete fairytale. and it is very malicious. because i think a lot of his base will believe it. but the fact that the matter is, presidents and their administration are under very strict guidelines with

george w. bush when, excuse me george h. w. bush when he was the attorney general for him. he wanted his candidate to win reelection, he was rooting for that and believed that was part of his job as a member of the cabinet. now on the issue of the muelle investigation was a political operative, kind of a boy scout. bill barr was very firm in his belief that finding donald trump guilty of obstruction of justice was a, impossible because he was a sitting president. but accusing him of obstruction of justice even though mueller found copious evidence of it, enough that we get you and me indicted, bill barr felt strongly that mueller could not accuse him even of that based on the evidence in the investigation because under barr's thinking those crimes were part -- they were irrelevant because there was no central crime. in other words, his view donald trump cannot obstruct an investigation and commit a crime if there is no underlying crime. if there is no main crime. he didnt'collude with the russians there was no evidence of that. there was no evidence that heat engaged in the

george w. bush or george h. w. bush or ronald reagan, all those presidents believed in the rule of law.around documents. so, we don't know all the details. we have now seen what was part of the search warrant. but no president even richard nixon, didn't think about this. for donald trump to take classified information, top secret, maybe signals intelligence, which is the most sensitive information that we have, and around potentially nuclear weapons, it's hard to fathom. i mean, even for me, who thinks there is no bottom for donald trump. even this, to me, is surprising. and so it is a complete lie. and again, this is where donald trump stands apart from every former united states president. okay? every single one. and my guess is, every single one in the future. knock on wood. so, listen, this is an old standby. obama did or clinton did it or which did it. it's complete fairytale. and it is very malicious. because i think a lot of his base will believe it. but the fact that the matter is, presidents and their administration are under very strict guidelines with what happens with record