george h.w. bush: there's a couple of other ones. this one is about george. it was the wild youth days. ms. rachel and george, november 4th, the day he was reelected it. things will be different. he knew exactly what he meant . and he will be different. national process already focused on his potential. in the end of the polls look good, he'll be in a different league tomorrow pretty stuff enough to withstand the pressure. this project, he should win today. there's no question in my mind it will become a major political figure in the country passion is carrying this place pretty space will and is 648 is an oppressive man. takes this from his proud dad. it's a nervous wreck time here at 10000 memorial . didn't sleep a wink last night. i tossed and turned and he got up and back down and chocolate tylenol pm and nothing helped and i'm very tired. and five mm will run, i was put sadie on a leash and secret service guys and how are you separated i said i'm one pathetic nervous wreck. [laughter]. and i will tell you. that day was the happiest just political day in

george w. bush had gone to george h.w. bush and said if you don't toughen up you're not going to win this race so go ahead with the willie horton ad. >> and ultimately successful. they reached the white house, and interesting to note we were talking about just before we started we were doing this program live on the 20th of january, 2014, and it is today exactly the 25th anniversary of the bushes coming into the white house. the bush years and we have in each of these programs a still of the important things that happened during those four years in the white house just to put it on the record books. and they include his no new taxes pledge, the savings and loan crisis also happened during that time period. of course the first iraq war which was known as desert storm, tiananmen square and the end of the cold war. what was happening domestically during that time period? >> a lot of social upheaval. jeffrey alluded to it in the changes in society and role of women. hillary clinton becomes the first lady later but the first lad

don't dare criticize george h.w. bush ever. >> don't dare criticize george bush ever. >> when she came to the white house she told her press secretary anna perez that there were three areas where you better keep hands off, her fella, her family and her dogs. and that pretty much followed through. she was very -- very concerned and reacted sometimes very quickly. if there was criticism of george bush, who she always called george bush, and the children. >> we are going to invite you as we always do to participate in our discussion tonight and there's three days you can do it. we have a conversation under way on c-span's facebook page and you can join that, we will work some of the questions in and comments into our discussion tonight. you can also tweet us using the handle @firstladies and finally call us. if you live in the eastern or central 202-5 # 5-3 # # 0. mountain, pacific or farther west 202-585-3881 and throughout the 90 minutes we will try to get as many comments from as many different media as we can in our prog

he was assistant secretary of state for international organization when president george h.w. bush was in the white house and when his son was all he was under secretary of state for arms control in the national security as well as ambassador to the un for president george w. bush. and most recently national security adviser to president donald trump but they working relationship ended in acrimony and accusations up to 17 months trump tweeted bolton services were no longer needed in the white house bolton insists he quit his recent book the room where it happened the white house memoir caused controversy as bolton portrays a president driven only by his desire for reelection. in this interview we go beyond this latest well covered controversy to explore what was the truth of his

and george h.w. bush with more conservative staffers because bush itself was a little less clear of his position. so they really weren't clear where they would go. >> related to that. and it's been talked about but it has been difficult and those variables that you mentioned if there is chaos in the agency going on and related to that and cabinet secretaries you happen to disagree with the president. we have seen that in the trump administration so can you give us some historical examples that is how they have experienced with the national security advisor in the nixon administration kissinger who is the national security advisor and also remember now that the foreign-policy very young and aggressive and rogers who is the secretary of state and yet they were close friends but rogers was in part because nixon recognized so with our national security advisor similarly you had this issue and the secretary of state. and then working together the first day of the carter administration he is briefed on the comm

she was 92 years old and had been married to george h.w. bush for 73 years. we talked to her in 2013 about her life before being married as well as her public and private life after marriage. >> barbara bush, with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared? >> the answer is did i feel prepared? yes, i really did. first of all, i wasn't elected so it didn't make that much difference. i did notice, though, the difference between being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge because the vice president's wife can say anything. nobody cares. the minute you say one thing as president's wife, you have made the news. so that was a lesson i had to learn. pretty quickly. but i felt very prepared because we had lived in washington off and on. our -- my father-in-law had been a u.s. senator. although we lived in texas, i think i was very comfortable. i had a wonderful, loving family, and so did george. and i think we fe

. >> he served as deputy attorney general under george h.w. bush. >> bill barr believes that these checks and balances that have affected and limited other presidents shouldn't apply to his president, donald trump. and he is working hand in hand with donald trump to realize that goal. >> even many conservatives who had high hopes for barr have said that he has been more focused on helping trump than justice. >> there was no collusion. there's no collusion. >> as he said from the beginning, there was, in fact, no collusion. >> it started with the mueller report, led by former fbi director and longtime prosecutor robert mueller. the special council indited 34 people, including senior trump associates, during his 22-month probe into alleged ties between the trump campaign and the russian government during the 2016 election. before the report was released to the public, barr misrepresented mueller's findings in a four-page summary. >> barr said as the president often said, no obstruction, no collusion. what mueller said was, i can't prove collusion and

bad george h.w. bushe was just there eight years before and he really had an influence on his son's life. this is a story that needed to be told. and that you george w. bush agreed to do the book i'm not sure if he would say yes or not. he took the meeting and i was shocked at the beginning of the meeting he said this is a story that needs to be told and you're the guy to do it. he put his feet up on the desk and took the unlit cigar and started talking about his dad. and i realized there was so much to him it was a mystery about his father like his early years when he went to war as an 18 -year-old world war ii and then to realize there was some purpose that he was spared and his friends were not. he decided to forgo a family wall street and then went to odessa became a husband at 21 and a father soon after and lost his second child, a daughter before he was 30 amazing years assured early into manhood. george w. bush really hadn't talked it was a lot about it. is a wonderful privilege to get this in the

but george h.w. bush, i had the honor and the pleasure to encounter him a few times. i used to teach at texas a&m at the george bush school of public service. he would come to my classes. and he always struck me as one of the most decent individuals to occupy the white house. and the most -- i had no idea that he had this sense of humor and this capacity for humor. but not long after he left the white house. about the time that his presidential library was opening and school was opening at texas a&m, he gave a closed-door address to students at texas, closed door in the sense that the press was not allowed. one of the things that presidents often have a hard time with, and george h.w. bush had this problem, when the press was around, he had to act presidential. and so he -- lyndon johnson had the same problem. once he knew there were no reporters and cameras, he could let himself go. and he did an imitation of dana carvey imitating himself. and i have to tell you, this audience of students, these are undergraduates. and they had no particular opinion of george bush one

george w. bush, his father, george h.w. bush, president elect of the time, barack obama, former president clinton and carter. bob is first up from illinois. good morning. >> good morning. i've been voting straight democrat since 1972. south side of chicago, hometown, i got a photograph of my late wife when he ran against bobby at a fundraiser. i'm a little discouraged from what i'm reading in the news, i hope it doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors, i'm just hoping it doesn't come back to president obama but if it does, is there anything after who will write a book about obama and even when trump is out, write a book about trump unbiased? there's so much bias in the news today, he spent his terrific. we all love c-span but i'm afraid history will bend a little bit in different directions from different presidents. >> thank you. kate brower. >> there are stories to look at the trump presidency fairly. i think there is certainly a degree of liberal bias but i do think sometimes when you are jus

. >>> up next, a look at the life of former president george h.w. bush after he left office. his post-presidency chief of staff jean becker worked for mr. bush up until his death in 2018. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve plea berg at the library's public affairs staff, and first of all before we start, jean's going to, i think, give us a wonderful, wonderful presentation about george h.w. bush. we'll have question and answer after weekends awards and becaus filming tonight, please, use the microphones that we will place, i think one right there and one over to the side there, and that's so your question doesn't get lost on c-span. i want to welcome all of you, and let you know how much we appreciate you all being here tonight. especially knowing that the democratic party's done a little bit of counterprogramming. [ laughter ] of course, we've got another, another 15 months-plus to get our fill or probably more than our fill of 2020 presidential campaigning. here we're going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 198

saturday, featuring books written by former presidents including jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and barack obama. what saturday august 8 as we feature books written by former first lady's including president carter, barbara bush, hillary clinton, laura bush and michelle obama. binge watch book tv all summer on c-span2. >> this week on q and i, we look back to our conversation with representative john lewis from 2012. back in 1961, washington d.c., black people and white people couldn't be seated together. >> seated together in a restaurant. protesting the decision of the united states of the supreme court, trying to make it real. >> join us sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern on you and i, as we look back to our conversation with representative john lewis. >> florida senator, marco rubio talks about u.s. china relations and coronavirus pandemic, this was hosted by the hoover institution. hoover institution is one of the nation's leadinges

speaker, 30 years ago this sunday, president george h.w. bush signed the americans with disabilities act into law and ushered in a new era of equality and justice for people with disabilities. this law was ushered through congress with the great leadership of people like senator tom harkin, congressman tony cuelo, our current majority leader, steny hoyer, congressman jim sensenbrenner, and countless others who rallied behind this cause, including from the private sector people like justin dart. this was an extraordinary grassroots effort from around the country. the a.d.a. guaranteed that the one if four americans living with a disability have the right to learn, work and live in their communities free from description. as someone who has -- discrimination. as someone who has lived with a disability from the age of 16, i've witnessed the transformation we've made into a more accessible and inclusive society. in fact, without the a.d.a., i quite possibly wouldn't have the privilege of representing rhode island's second congressional district in t

. >> i have heard people say that it's not unlike when george h.w. busheinberger and others that had been caught up in the iran scandal because there are those who thought, including the prosecutor ken walsh, that george h.w. bush at the time was protecting himself or could've been interpreted that way. >> as i said, there have been not good pardons before. i think the degree to which president trump is trying to undo the work of the special counsel and the degree to which this was specifically in aid of donald trump and liability potentially criminally or otherwise for donald trump, takes it a step beyond. by the way, the fact that other people engaged in bad pardons or questionable pardons does not mean that what this president does should be celebrated. >> were you surprised that the former special counsel robert mueller came out so forcefully and publicly writing this op-ed saying that stone's conviction still stands and rightly so? >> i was. bob mueller is a very quiet person, is not a public person, never was. his fbi director certainly wasn't a spe

tonight, featuring books written by former presidents including jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. watch saturday, august 8 as we featured books written by former first ladies including rosalynn carter, barbara bush, hillary clinton laura bush, and michelle obama. binge watch book tv all summer on c-span2. earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi and other democratic members held a news conference to argue for passage of more economic aid due to the coronavirus pandemic. this is half an hour. social distancing is good. >> so good afternoon. it's been two >> social distancing, that would be good. so good afternoon. it's been two months, i believe, and about 10 days since we passed the hero's act on the democratic side. that was our position. it's been carefully vetted in the democratic caucus and moved through the ways-and-means committee and we took the position that it was a challenge that we needed to get out immediately. cares act helped to mitigate circumstances for people in acrossf wage replacement the country. t is clear that

it also made george h.w. bush a trusted aide in a way that may not have happened.but on the other side even with him in place it could not stop the chaos with the national security council which ultimately got us the scandal which almost toppled the reagan presidency. i think sometimes leaders are great with a vision. but even nancy reagan said that her husband was no manager. you really need the president to have the ideological or policy direction was some ability, not complete ability but serious ability to manage. reagan was better one than the other. >> that initial crisis of reagan being shot was very informative you mention george h.w. bush. one of the things he did he was effectively acting president but he refused to have helicopter landed on the lawn during that time. i later saw bush was not trying to bring power to himself in a circumstance and others people thought, david was in the situation room and kept excusing himself, was unclear why that richard allen was a national security advisor and thought he was leaving the room to leak to the press. >> we

chairman, i served as attorney general under president george h.w. bush, and after that i spent many years in the corporate world. i'm almost 70 years old -- i was almost 70 years old and slipping happily into retirement. i had nothing to prove and no desire to return to government. i had no prior relationship with president trump. let me turn briefly to the several pressing issues of the day. the horrible killing of george floyd in minneapolis understandably jarred the whole country and forced us to reflect on longstanding issues in the nation. those issues obviously relate to the relationship between law enforcement and the african-american community. given our history, it's understandable that among black americans there's some ambivalence and often distrust toward the police. until the last 50 years ago or so our laws and institutions were explicitry racist, explicitly discriminatory. it was not until the '60s that the civil rights movement finally succeeded in tearing down to jim crow ediface. the work of civil rights has rightly focused on reforming

well, for clinton and for george h.w. bush, they did it on the way out the door, but gerald rd did it while he was still hoping to have a future career. some people arguablysay that's what helped end his career. n az: so we heard attorney general barr also mention this is all, of course, perfectly legal, it's beenhe president's powers. there have been a lot of debate around presidential powers recently. of all the experts you talk to, where does this fit in to those theories of presidential power? >> founding fathers put this power in the constitution, alexander hamilton, particularly, because they wanted to make sure the justice system wasn't overly harsh. they also wanted to have a place for potential political there were is not in either ofth ose contexts. let's look ats how hardit to get a commutation or pardon. look at how many of these requests are pending. over 13,000. those are procesbid a small office of the pardon attorney. just under 2 dozen people work there processing those claims, but the white house can interced

chairman, i served as attorney general under president george h.w. bush, and after that i spent many years in the corporate world. i'm almost 70 years old, i was almost 70 years old and slipping happily into retirement. i had nothing to prove, and i had no desire to return to government. i had no prior relationship with president trump. let me turn briefly to the several pressing issues of the day. the horrible killing of george floyd in minneapolis understandably jarred the whole country and forced us to reflect on long-standing issues in the nation. those issues obviously relate to the relationship between law enforcement and the african-american community. given our history, it's understandable that among black americans there's at least some ambivalence and distrust towards the police. until just the last 50 years ago or so, our laws were -- and institutions were implicitly racist, explicitly discriminatory. it was not until the '60s that the civil rights movement finally succeeded in tearing down the jim crow edifice. our laws finally came to embody

robert: peter, you covered president george h.w. bush and homeland security.partment of now, we're seeing d.h.s. evolve intohi som new? peter:ne thi that's important here is to remember to listen to what the president he's using this -- he's framing this in very overtly partisan terms.ng he's u terms like democrat cities and he makes the direct connection to ben b saying if biden wins then all of america will be unsafe like these cities. president bush wou - not- if he were trying to establish control of cities who were having trouble with crime or out of control protestors,ld he w not talk about the political affiliation of the mayor or s governor he trying to work with. and he would not make it aro coation. he wants to say these democrats are ruining our citie and we have to vote out at least joe a biden itery open political argument. i heard the press secretary t refer democrat streets. i wasn't aware that streets in america were democrat or republican. i thought they were american streets. that's the way they're talking about this is

he was assistant secretary of state for international organization when president george h.w. bush was in the white house and when his son was and was under secretary of state for arms control in the national security as well as ambassador to the u.n. for president george w. bush. and most recently national security adviser to president donald trump but they're working relationship ended in acrimony and accusations of the 17 months trump tweeted bolton services will no longer needed in the white house bolton insists he quit his recent book the room where it happened the white house memoir caused controversy is bolton portrays a president driven only by his desire for reelection. in this interview we go beyond this latest well covered controversy to explore what was the truth of his policy advice and positions and whether he has any regrets did he really encourage the trumpet ministration to take on the whole world at the same time as president trump stated or is he just misunderstood we find out as john bolton talks to. 0. i. still both and thank you very much for talking to al jaz

is in the bipartisan spirit of what this country's foreign policy was basically from you know george h.w. bush held with her bill clinton and so i think of the alliance should be strong joe biden they should they should believe joe biden when he says that. to me it's been good talking with you fascinating come back again as we get closer to the election and we'll see. we'll see what happens on election night tim miller well it's like you know much thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either d w news you can follow me at t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then apply. to the point of strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. the coronavirus threatens our health also science and sound our economies so when it comes to the other huge challenge climate change also if we look from the karuna come to me join me in my guess sometime a point shola. to the point. up next a quantum d.w. . getting into the top in opera is not for the faint hearted. a fantastic voice al

looking back at your experience in 1992, taking out george h.w. bushow, do you see a way for trump still to win this election? do you think he's finished? >> no, i'm not smart nuf to do that, maybe henry can. most important number when an incumbent is running is right track number. an average of 23. he's got every one of those. for him to win, he would either have to change the number or penetrate -- have people that think the country is off on the wrong track to vote for him. both of these are highly unlikely but it's the only way he can possibly come back. all of the people on the right track are voting for trump right now, all 23% of them. the challenge is he's running for re-election in a country that is not very pleased with the way it is right now. that is a very dangerous position for an incumbent to be in. >> henry, let me bring you. i'm interested in your perspective. you've looked closely at the trump base, trump voters. we put the stat up there, suburban women, gap trump is facing in the polls. i'm curious, demographically where do you see d

is in the bipartisan spirit of what this country's foreign policy was basically from you know george h.w. bush held with through bill clinton and so i think that the alliance should be strong joe biden they should they should believe joe biden when he says that. to me it's been good talking with you fascinating come back again as we get closer to the election and we'll see. we'll see what happens on election night tim miller was like talking like you know much thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the news you can follow me of t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then of course. entered the conflict zone with syria charlie my guest this week is involved with minister of foreign affairs and international trade cboe cecil more. as a former army chief you was also the face of the military coup that 1st tells em on babatz of power. zimbabwe ever be able to see change the political and economic. conflicts of. interest to the future. i was issued when i arrived here i slept

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you had a unique perspective on your deputy national security adviser in the administration of george h.w. bush as the cold war was winding down and as the goal for took place. and then you were director of cia, the final couple of years of that administration. if you put yourself back in that situation at the end of the administration, looking forward to the post-cold war period, what would your perspective? what did you think that world would look like and what did you think at the time america's role would be or should be? >> ivo, most intelligence officers are generally pessimistic by nature. in fact, the "washington post" at one point called me the eeyore of national security, able to find the darkest lining in the brightest cloud. but as i stood at the windows office at cia when asked director in december of 1992, i was really optimistic about the future. we, the united states, dominated the world and a comprehensive way militarily, lyrically, economically, culturally. i think as i say in the book, unparalleled since probably the roman empire. we were actually making some progress on midd

is in the bipartisan spirit of what this country's foreign policy was basically from you know george h.w. bush held with or bill clinton and so i think of the alliance should be strong with joe biden they should they should believe joe biden when he says that. to me it's been good talking with you fascinating come back again as we get closer to the election and we'll see we'll be able see what happens on election night tim miller but let's i thank you so much thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the w. news you can follow me at brant goff t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow gives another day we'll see the boy. oh boy. spain has seen 20000 covert 1000 related deaths in both people's. how did it comes of. such patients away. don't treat residents of the old people's home. on monday some nonstop paris. and many others want justice morrow to politicians. focus on. w. . dreaming of a future planning a career a thing of the cost. young people in the age of covert 19 faced on presidents of uncertain.

is in the bipartisan spirit of what this country's foreign policy was basically from you know george h.w. bush will do it through bill clinton and so i think that the alliance should be strong with joe biden they should they should believe joe biden when he says that. to me it's been good talking with you fascinating come back again as we get closer to the election and we'll see we'll be able see what happens on election night tim miller but a lot of talk tonight you know much thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the news you can follow me of t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then of course. go after a couple. digitalisation in the pandemic. and online payment system has gone from wonders motorcycle taxis back on the road after months mom drives. now the customers pay for. the ride without. power for. 30 minutes to. equal india. in a country's economy grow can harmony 6 people plant when there are do ours look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many

. >> for both george h.w. bush and eisenhower those that turned out to be the right person for their moment. if you don't agree with george bush ideological to think he's the right person in the class with the soviet union. actually we are in the room we wrote the book or some of those that you cite as resources. tell us about the process you followed to get up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning and right. >> in my head all this time i remember talking about these ideas and the challenges to the office and the conversation and the responses to it and you might have mentioned those women candidates you decided to run as a reaction to president trump. working on the book to open the aperture. to get bigger and bigger of anything that i'm looking at so for me to have the effect of the political future and always to be alive. i kept that with me that was about 300 pages long which how i thought they would work one of the ways i forced myself was the podcast i did originally about campaigns and then presidential moments fro

is entitled to gather information in their own personal style -- ronald reagan had his style, george h.w. bush his. one not saying there is any that is right or wrong. i think the presentation of intelligence to the president has to take that style into account. what i am talking about here is not does the president read lengthy briefing papers, does he get into movies, that type of thing. the question with donald trump is whether he gets it at all. i think he is uninterested in learning. i think that facts that are inconvenient for him often don't stick, despite peden tellings. so can he say that he was never briefed on it or that he thinks it is fake and can get away with it? we will see. maybe he will. tom: john bolton, in conversation with us yesterday, particularly timely. i should point out that his book, i believe i saw yesterday, has sold over 700,000 copies, which is a real shock, particularly to his detractors, of which there are many. we have much more coming up here. we need to do a data check to bring you up to speed on how we look on jobs day thursday. i want to point out the vix

george h.w. bush had his. i'm not saying there's anyone that's right a wrong.resentation of intelligence to the president have to take that silent to account. what i'm talking about here is not, does the president read lengthy briefing papers? does he get into the movies? the question for donald trump is whether he gets it at all. mention --s a uninterested in learning. the fax that are inconvenient for him often don't stick. despite repeated telling. can he say that he was never briefed on it or that he thinks it's fake and get away with it? we will see. maybe he will. nejra: that was former u.s. national security advisor john bolton. coming up, jobs day. what can we expect? more on that, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> it will look good but it will be in the rearview mirror. it will be a debt cap bounce. it's clear that the high-frequency data and everything we are seeing says we hit a wall because of the spike in cases. krugmanhat was paul speaking exclusively to bloomberg on the u.s. jobs report, laid out in -- out later today. expected to see further impro

>> i do, but i'm old enough to remember when mike due cab else led vice president george h.w. bushy 17 points. so four things quickly. will the progressive left cast a protest vote like many did when hillary was running? i think not. will the democrats become complacent? very little signs of that. they seem as committed as i've ever seen them in my life. third, will the press fall for russian interference again? is you know, we fell into this in 2016. it was a bunch the e-mails through wikileaks, and we let it dominate the campaign. fourth, though, voters. voters themselves, a lot of voter suppression in the last election. vote can go to vote.org and check their status. every voter can do it. go to vote.org and make sure you're registered. if not, get registered. >> especially at a time when so many are concerned about coronavirus and whether or not they will get sick, to go ahead and actually vote in the booths and polls, many will be turning to mail-in ballots. the president has made his stance on that very, very clear. david, let me move on, though, to another major issue, that

hayne al-jazeera joe watkins is a republican political strategist and former white house aide to george h.w. bush he doesn't think many of trump's supporters will be swayed by. i think to the degree that this election is about president trump and dislike of the president it becomes hard for joe biden to win on that alone because he'll have to show that he has policies that people that more americans like than dislike americans i think especially the president's base likes the idea of lower taxes and less regulation like what he's done with regards to the trade agreements that like what he's done with regards to foreign policy and i think that he'll continue to hammer home that before the pandemic he had helped build a very strong economy and that he's best position to return the economy to strength and joe biden is going to have to disprove all that it can't be the fact that you don't like donald trump that can't be the reason 'd and the reason alone for people voting for joe biden and that's so that's the case that joe biden has to make is that you need me not only because you don't like preside

ronald reagan had his style, george h.w. bush had his.aying there is any one that is right or wrong, and i think the presentation of intelligence for the president has to take that style into account. what i'm talking about here -- does the president read lengthy briefing papers? does he get into the movies and that sort of thing? the question for donald trump is whether he gets it at all. i think he is uninterested in learning. i think that facts that are inconvenient for him often don't stick, despite repeated tellings. so had he said that he was never briefed on it or that he thought it was fake and will get away with it -- we will see. yousef: that was john bolton speaking to bloomberg earlier. let's get back to market action, with quite a rally in the european session more so than it was in the asian section -- session. overall the optimism around improved economic data and positive vaccine development trouncing the growing web of people that are getting infected with the coronavirus. the ftse 100 up 1%, similar gains as well on the

for a president running for re-election, the comparison that starts to jump out right now is george h.w. bush the last president to run for re-election and lose. he's our last one-term president. and it was this point, middle of july 1992 when bill clinton zoomed ahead of bill clinton in the polling. bill clinton had a big lead and he never lost that lead. so right now, i look at trump's numbers and i'm seeing something that much more resembles bush '92 than any of those three presidents after him who won a second term. yes, still time left. i think it's significant this large biden lead has been in place for a while now. >> steve, is there any one or two of those cross tabs inside the nbc/"wall street journal" poll that jumps out to you? i'm looking a at women, for example, where joe biden has a 23% lead on the president of the united states. is there something in those numbers that tells you more than that top line national referendum number? >> yeah. i guess the way to look at it is to say where is the movement here? if you look back in 2016 when trump was just able to get elected, where h

george w. bush, bill clinton and george h.w. bush. binge watch booktv all summer on c-span2. >> hey, everyone, thanks so much for being here. i'm a bookseller and events host at book line which -- brookline which is in brookline, massachusetts. we could be anywhere. and i wanted to get started by thank everyone for being here this evening, everyone who is supporting these amazing journalists, writers as well as our bookstores by purchasing their copy of the book through us or by choosing to pay your way after the event. every event really does make a difference, especially in times like these. we can't understate how much we appreciate it. just a few things about sort of how the event is going to go tonight and the platform. you can see the chat function as we've been doing, throughout the event, you know, it's not a disturbance if you have any thoughts or anything, if you want to just give a shout-out. feel free to. not a disturbance at all. i, of course, encourage everyone to be kind and respectful, but hopefully that should go with

when friends of george h.w. bush vetoed a bill ending requirements to bring employment discrimination suits, mr. lewis rally support for the survival. it became law as the civil rights act of 1991. he won authorization for the construction of the national museum of african american history and culture on the mall. when representative paul broun proposed eliminating funding for certain aspects of the voting rights act, mr. lewis denounced it as shameful. onra and interference -- russian interference in the election, mr. lewis called it mr.gitimate, and boycotted trump's inauguration. " to our phone lines and talk to mike, who is calling from akron, ohio. caller: good morning. in reference to the loss of a good leader, that is part of life. i have seen pandemonium. i have seen people fighting for their lives in reference to their innocence. society there was unrest. to have a civil-rights leader like this is part of nature and it is something we have to contend with, but his works will live on. thatsee an internal work

in 1989 it was used by president george h.w. bush in st. croix in the aftermath of hurricane hugo and again in 1992 when the governor of california asked for assistance in the riots which followed the beating of rodney king. it has not been used since. nor did president trump use it earlier this summer here in washington. all military personnel used here this year were national guard, the authorization of which was not needed under the insurrection act in this federal city. . this house approved an amendment to the national defense to orization act substantially weaken operations of the military under the act.rection let me be clear. over the last 200 years, this used sparinglyen and only under extreme circumstances, which is only appropriate in a country which the civil control of our military. our armed services have a primary mission to protect us enemies without our country. they should rarely be used to do for people within our own country. this amendment forbids our they're called out under the insurrection act, to participate in sear

interesting is joe biden to be elected, he would be the first insider from washington elected since george h.w. bush1988. david: ok. thank you for joining us, professor lara brown george washington university. and the author of an upcoming book, "amateur hour." coming up, we will speak to donna shalala about the fight against the coronavirus in her state of florida. that is next on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ evision and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. florida is really putting the coronavirus with record numbers of both cases and deaths now, after having been one of the first states to reopen. we now welcome congresswoman donna shalala. give us the latest from your perspective on what is going on with the virus in your state of florida. donna: very nice to see you again, david. it is simply out of control. we opened too soon, we didn't have the discipline that you had at the beginning where you close everything down, and then you gradually open safely. the governor put enormous pressure -- and he had pressur

tonight we're featuring books written by former presidents including jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and barack obama. and watch saturday, august 8th, as we feature books written by former first ladies ine choosing rosalyn carter, barbara bush, hillary clinton, laura bush and michelle obama. binge watch booktv all summer on c-span2. >> during a virtual event hosted by the commonwealth club of california, former defense secretary robert gates took a critical look at the use of u.s. power around the world since the end of world war ii. here's a portion. >> how the united states had gone from if a position of supreme power, probably unrivaledded since the roman empire in every dimension of power in 1993 to a country today beset by challenges everywhere. and i thought about how did we, how did that happen, how did we get here x. so i began looking at all of the major foreign policy challenges we've had since 1993 and talking about what we had done and what we had not done that contributed to that decline in our role in the world and in our power in the world

former white house staff analyzed his cartoons during the presidencies of george h.w. bush, bill clinton and george w. bush. including barack obama's 2008 election. the university of virginia miller center posted this hour and 15 minute discussion. >> we are going to get started here with round two of presidents on whom oliphant was able to bestow his gift. on a country who is able to