george w. bush. george h.w. bush, rather, and then later in some ways, george w. bush whom you describe as the last reaganite. but a lot of the knocks own george h.w. bush were knocks you could have made of reagan, but he was sort of touch a hero that it was impossible to land those bunches and they all went to hw. can you talk about that transition? and i want to talk a bit about pat buchanan's campaign. >> it's so fascinating because once you realize what's happening, it's impossible not to see. so, you have these hard core conservatives, they call themselves the new right. they complain about reagan and complain about him from the start of his presidency. they're not able to make any headway because he's popular as i mentioned before. when george h.w. bush comes into office they're like, all right, this is our guy because-- this is our punching bag because he didn't have the conservative credentials. he was always suspect. he was somebody who had been part of the ford administration. they didn't like the ford administration. he was somebody who was seen as the m

it is when george h.w. bushaid the taxes i notut only lose it, but their complaints and gain traction. the same thing happened with debates over affirmative action. when george w. bush does not sign what was called or ends up signing but the right to write in 1991. ronald reagan had reluctantly advanced affirmative action policies during his presidency. but it's george h.w. bush who really takes it on the chin were advancing those policies or compromising any pragmatism from greg was part of his appeal. pragmatism and george asia w bush was a sign of heresy. it's those ideas that george h.w. bush was a heretic made it easier for pat buchanan to run in 1992. you may have forgotten that in 1988 pat buchanan wanted to run. float a traveling for a campaign in the spring of 1987 will he still part of the reagan administration he realizes very quickly he's just going to be a sacrificial lamb for the new right and he let pat roberts take that instead waits one more year. his run against bush instead of reagan, the same

they really just are the story of george h.w. bush. jim baker's first chapter in the book you will not be able to put the rest of it down. >> cell and or, you not only can comment or remember the bush 41 administration, but also someone who put the uniform back on during that era. so again, it is a fallacy that bush 41 was somehow afraid to use military force. >> it was a fallacy. we should george bush was quite the opposite he was able to control himself and who like to punch someone out or yell at someone. enough that he could get what he wanted done. without browbeating people and making friends with them. the only non- american the only non- participant in the bush administration hey wrote a chapter in said gorbachev said to him, if i did not trust george bush the snow would have not happened all of the transformation would not have happened and it could have resulted in a war. and gorbachev himself said because he trusted bush. that makes a big difference. it was not widely understood. i want to tell you a story located in latin an

but it is when george h.w. bush raises taxes that they not only it, but that their complaints gain traction. same thing happens with debates over affirmative action. when george w bush doesn't sign what was called or ends up signing what the right to write it, as opposed to bill in 1991. that is something you ronald reagan, had reluctant advanced affirmative action policies to his presidency. but it's george h.w. bush who really takes it on the chin for advancing those policies or for compromising any pragmatism from reagan was part of his appeal. pragmatism in george h.w. bush was signs heresy and. it's those ideas that h.w. bush was a heretic that made it easier for pat buchanan to run in 1992. you have forgotten that in 1988, pat buchanan wanted to run. he floated trial balloon for a campaign. in the spring of 1987. while he's still part the reagan administration. and he realizes very quickly that he's just going to be a sacrificial for the new right. and he lets pat robertson that role instead. and he waits for

and that way i met the direct your, george h.w. bush that would come to head the cia. i established my relationship with bush. i was 26 years old at the time. that relationship was obviously pivotal in my life. he made me attorney general. >> he served in that role for a year, if i recall. >> head of cia for a year. six committees and one commission. this was for alleged excesses during the cold war. more successful assassinations and things like that. had to defend the agency while everyone was trying to tear it apart. 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 war years in those days. they named the cia campus and building after him. george h.w. bush intelligence sector. j that is a kind of impact that you can have. you have become active attorney general. getting convinced to run for senate with the unfortunate death of the senator. it was supposed to be the dog days in washington. you had to deal with a very major issue early on. tell the audience about that story. that was a really compelli

george w. bush -- george h.w. bushn brother. later in some ways george h.w. described as the last reagan but a lot of the numbers, it's what he could have made over reagan but was such a hero that it was impossible to land the punches and they went to h.w. can you talk about that transition? that i want to talk about buchanan's rain. >> it is fascinating because once you realize this was happening, it is impossible notv to see you have these hard-core conservatives constantly complaining ou about reagan. they're not able to make headway. when george h to be bush comes into office, they are like this is our guy because is our punching bag because he didn't have to credentials, he wasec always pushed back, somebody who's been part of the ford administration, somebody seen as a moderate alternative to reagan in 1980, never trusted him so it forced him into a corner to make promises like we might. mentioned earlier, he raised taxes to the biggest tax hike in american history in 1982 and four but it's when george h.w. bush made the taxes that they notth only lose i

george w. bush at the time was being compared to reagan. everyone was talking about an heir to reagan, a real blow to george h.w. bush so mean. he wase talking about democracy and foreign policy and passes never 9/11, largest tax cut in american history here, is doing stuff that feels reaganite in his presidency. and one by one he disproved every part of the philosophy. the have collapse of the global economy, you take the idea of reagan 9 worst words in english language, i'mgo from the government and i'm here to help, and you super impose that over the hurricane katrina response. the debacle in iraq and afghanistan. by the end of his presidency, so much of what looks reaganesque, not looking so great in terms of its outcome. and so there is this sense that in some ways he puts final nail in reaganism, it empowers a more pailio conservative and libertarian, to surge the opposition to immigration reform. and continues to solidify in aftermath of his presidency there are a number of different ways he helps along the right that i'm talking about. the partisans through his failures. >> now, i'll end with a tea party. because, the

george w. bush even at the time was being compared to reagan part everyone was talking about how he was the heir to raggett which is a real blow to george h.w. bush, so mean. it was because he had that idea of compassionate to have conservatism he wanted immigration reform after 911 is talking a lot about democracy in foreign policy pretty passes the 4911 think the at the time the largest tax cut in american history. so he is doing stuff that feels very reaganites in his presidency. and one by one he disproves every part of the philosophy. you have financial deregulation and the tax cut to ultimately have the collapse of the global economy. you take that idea the nine worst words in the english language are i am from the government and i'm here to help. you superimpose that over the hurricane katrina response. obviously the debacles in iraq and afghanistan. and so by the end of hisre presidency so much of what looks reaganesque is policy platform in his approach not looking so great in terms ofso outcomes. so there is the sentence that in some ways final nail in empowers him to paleo libertarian right to surge. obviously the opposition to i

conservatives had against reagan they actually held against forged of view bush, george h to be bush rather, but a lot of the knocks on george h.w. bush that you could have made of reagan but he was such a hero that was impossible to land the punches and then they all went to h w. can you talk about that transition? s and then i want to talk about pat buchanan's campaign. >> is so fascinating because once you realize what's happening it's impossible not to see. so you have these hard-core conservatives who are constantly complaining about reagan. there are able to make any headway. but when george h toal be bush comes into office, this is our guy and our punchingbag, he didn't have the cursor on —- conservative credentials he was somebody who was seen as a moderate alternatives you reagan in 1980 and i never trusted his conservativism so he had to make promises like iread my lips and reagan raised taxes one of the biggest tax hikes in american history that but when h.w. bush raises taxes they not only lose it but then the gain traction same with the debates over affirmative-action when george w. bush does not sign or ends up sig

now it's obama and bill clinton and george h.w. bush. >> george h.w. bush took millions and millions of document. to form a bowling alley feesed together what was then an old and broken chinese restaurant. they put them together. and it had a broken front door and broken windows. other than that, it was quite sec secure and there was no security. >> the documents were taken to what was once a bowling alley and chinese restaurant, but is now a heavily secured government facility. today putting out a statement reports indicating or imply that the presidential records were in the possession of the former presidents or their representatives after they left office or that the records were housed in substandard conditions are false and misleading. details now on today's filing from jessica schneider who joins us from washington. walk us through the doj's response. >> well, anderson, they hit on two major points. in making the case that the supreme court shouldn't step in here to grant trump's emergency petition, because of course he is asking for very limited

. >> george h.w. bushllions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former chinese restaurant where they combined them so, they're in a bowling alley/chinese restaurant [ laughter ] >> seth: now, usually this would be the part of "a closer look" where i careful dissect that insanity but instead, i want to see what it would feel like to actually believe him. which brings us to a new segment called "seth takes donald trump at his word. ♪ [ laughter ] >> seth: you know what when you tell me george h.w. bush took millions documents to a bowling alley/chinese restaurant, i believe you. [ laughter ] i believe you, because i don't think you'd ever make something up like that and here's how i believe it happened george h.w. bush was leaving office and packed up millions of documents, loaded them into what was probably multiple trucks and then his family came out and said, "whoa, dad, what are you doing? and he said, "i'm in a super bad mood about only serving one term, get out of my way. and they said "you ca

then-president george h.w. bushmade public by october 26, 2017, five years ago. at least 88% of the collection has been released to the public since the 1990s. as for the remaining 12%, it was president donald trump who delayed some of it, citing national security reasons, while biden blamed the pandemic for slowing down the review process. the delay has prompted historians, transparency advocates, and some members of the kennedy family, to question the government's motives. quote, it was a momentous crime, a crime against american democracy, and the american people have the right to know. it's bizarre. it's been almost 60 years. what are they hiding? good question. his cousin, patrick kennedy, told politico that the records should be released not because of his family but because, quote, american citizens have the right to know about something that left such a scar in the nation's soul. for the good of the country, everything has to be put out there so there's greater understanding of our history, unquote. so many

also there was an important article about how he was engaged in the defeat of george h.w. bush in 1992. this is, i think he saw the way the wind was blowing. he may have had some knowledge that bobth michael was going to retire. he could see that all these democrats were on the brink of becoming republican and it would create a republican majority. somehow i see these events as being inter-related, and i was sort of right in the middle of it because i was working in the reagan white house and over at the treasury department where we were involved in raising taxesin and things of that sort, and i was one of the very few reagan people who survived the bush transition. i mean, he fired everybody just as if he was a democrat. a lot of people didn't forget that and it came back to haunt him in '92. anyway, that was all i had to say. >> this is great because, there is a a little bit of the counter factual that i point to in the book. partly the gap temporal integration pairly was this entrepreneur and gingrich too and he was a guy with a few too many ideas and he fills that vacuum bu

. >> george h.w. bush had been elected in 1988, saying read my lips, no new taxes but sat down with democrats in congress to agree a deficit reduction package which included tax increases that was extremely an popular in the republican party which helped him lose the election in 1992 to bill clinton. we're going through that to some extent. the uk is going through. a party, sunak will probably become prime minister tomorrow, america make a big speech bit tomorrow. cut taxes get the size of government down. believed in that supposedly all the political life. he will say the country is in a crisis, in an emergency, the main thing in the immediate future to restore order to the public finances. interest rates in the uk has shot up 200 basis points in the last couple months. in part because the markets are worried about the state of the deficit. owe will say i need to get the rates down, i need to get mortgage rates down, i need to get inflation under control. i need to demonstrate we're being fiscally prudent

through 1983 after several years ind private practice returning to government and president george h.w. bush administration serving as assistant attorney general to the office of legal counsel the deputy attorney general 77 attorney general of the united states from 1891 through 1993. returning to thehe private sector 1994 through 2017 and enjoy great success and earned enormous respect is or the nation's preeminent legal minds and i'm sure he did not have to deal with as many damn things in theen private sector. [laughter] in 2018 undoubtedly enjoying the fruits of a long career he answer the call once again one president 8 trump nominated him and senate confirmed him as the 85th attorney general of the united states. his book debuted last month that number one on "the new york times" bestseller list in has remained on the list for the last five weeks. i know tonight we will keep it on the list for the sixth week not only we buy it for yourself but for all of your friends and if you need any more reason to go out and get book, it is an incredible story of a great public servant so many less

f-18 fighter jets take flight off the deck of the "uss george h.w. bush" in the adriatic sea, taking the lead in nato exercises dubbed neptune strike in support of european allies. nato released this footage of american f-22 fighter jets in formation with italian euro fighters and polish f-16s, even mig-29s over the skies of poland. it coincides with two weeks of nato nuclear training drills while on grod weoine icst fwardroop near the ukrainian border. the 101st airborne division from fort campbell, kentucky now headquartered in europe for the first time since world war ii. with colonel edwin matthadess and brigadier general john lubas we board blackhawk helicopters to the edge of nato territory. >> why is it necessary to have the 101st here? >> we bring a unique capability from our air assault capability. it's also incredibly meaningful to us to return to europe after 80 years away. >> reporter: with the ukrainian border less than five miles away, we reach the forward operating site, where soldiers of the 101st and romanian troops unleashed a live fire

"george h.w. bush."we fly at dawn from the southern coast of italy to join the aircraft carrier and more than 80 allied aircraft in international waters for n.a.t.o. training. all set against the backdrop of russia's war in ukraine, and vladimir putin's repeated threats to fire nuclear weapons. the secretary general of n.a.t.o. has come aboard with a warning: >> there will be severe consequences. it will be absolutely wrong if i went in the exact way we will react, but russia knows that there will be severe consequences. >> reporter: for now, n.a.t.o. says its best weapon is deterrence. with an overwhelming display of fire-power from fighter jets and helicopters, to unparalleled surveillance, all within striking distance of the russian military, with tensions in the region at a fever pitch. this may only be combat training, but, if called upon, these fighters say they're ready to strik you're the secretary general of n.a.t.o. aboard a u.s. aircraft crrier. are you poking the bear? >> it's even more impor

evergreen chapel donated to private money, with camp david commissioned in 1994 during president george h.w. bush. >> how do presidents get to camp david customer could talk about fdr within driving distance. but present to circle do not drive to camp david in a morbid. >> we prefer to bring them end by the helicopter squadron eisenhower was the first to come in like that. and weather permitting they will fly in the talk marine one. they'll come up by motorcade from where ever their departure platform is. >> camp david is a presidential retreat. yet you know presidents often find themselves working in camp david. tell us a little bit how it functions as the white house? >> thank you. i think most people recognize no matter who is the president, there can be a lot of critiques about what you do when you're off duty for how you do your job. but the fact is you are always on duty. and you need time off, we all need time off. in addition to a second home some of us have been some do not, camp david provides that peaceful getaway for family, friends, and if needed for staff and for world leaders. it's

that way i met the director, george h.w. bush and became the head of the cia and established my relationship with bush and 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 was in that role for a year? >> yeah, head ovcia for one year and during that 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 he had to defend the agency during t the time reagan was trying to tear it apart and he did such a great job in that one year and won the respect of the agency professionals who were the old time warriors in those days they named the cia campus and building after him. it's the george h w. bush intelligence senter and that's the impact just one year at the job. >> you're at doj, you're the number two there. you become acting attorney general and attorney general gets convinced to run for senate wh

messaging this is what we are talking about tonight, critics warn it's worse than ford, carter and george h.w. bushthere messaging. former assistant u.s. attorney andrew mccarthy, retired nypd officer bill stanton economic growth -- joe concha and new york post john levine. crime hitting midterms hard. businesses fleet and other u.s. city and it's not chicago. more on this story we book last night. it's okay for the white house to pressure opec, delay cuts and oil production after the midterms? keeping gas prices low to do that, to keep democrats in power, why are white house officials dodging on this today? stunning revelation about decision making by fbi officials and the botched trump russia probe and the white house braces for possible charges against hundred biden. we got house price firesale breaking on the u.s. as mortgage rates rocket fire and house democrats are angry speaker nancy pelosi blocked a bipartisan band on stock trading and commerce. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ thanks for joining us friday night, we begin with stops ending down under pressure

. >> joe biden is the most experienced foreign policy expert since george h.w. bush>> biden is doing everything he can to reassure american global world leadership is coming back. >> he's thinking about how to keep everybody safe. >> not so much. >> there was the afghanistan pull-out. caving to china and of course the dangerous, never ending war in ukraine. biden has turned our country into a dormant for china and now it is all escalating. biden warns under his watch, we are heading to an armageddon. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since the kennedy. he's not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. what breaking new intel did the administration received that would lead us to believe armageddon was imminent? >> you have new intel? >> no, the president was speaking about concerns of putin's threat to use nuclear weapons just as he did at the un general assembly. you heard it over and over from the national security and you heard from jake sullivan, we are taking this and that's what the presid

i don't know if you remember george h.w. bush taxes, bam raises taxes all over the place liz truss doing same thing bush did under enormous pressure tells you these people are basically humans down deep unless inner core of strength like lady that the ofer was under enormous pressure said you turn if you like but this laid is not for you turning. reagan 1981-82 incredible pressure on him to reverse third year tax cut feldstein in favor bush disarmon bowl all wanted a regular to reverse third year of tax cut he held firm said ists elected to raise taxes liz truss i feel he will very sorry for her in a position she wasn't real capable of handling so that definitely the scapegoat in all of this. >> yes, she is. maria: i thought british wanted a growth plan you would expect that lower taxes at economic plan would have been a growth plan, so why did she bend? >> that is great -- >> i don't snow why she bened bended once she fired quasia chase race to get her to resign britain had 40% tax rate from 19897 till gordon brown in 2010, didn

think george h.w. bush to insufficient response to hurricane andrew. or any number of city lawmakers from bloomberg. and katrina to bush's doing a heck of a job and kathleen blanco who didn't even run for re-election. there are apgs comblik economic that come from the federal government. after hurricane sandy in 2012, chris christie famously embraced president obama and paid a political price. joining me a professor of political economy at stamford graduate school of business. among his field of expertise. voting and the politics of natural disasters. dr. malhotra which is more, the response? >> what we found, politicians are known for sending in the cavalry after the disaster takes place but really basically never prepares in advance and this creates bad incentives this goes against two benjamin frank lynn said an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. in this case it's more than the ounce of prevention. >> why do you think that's the case? >> i think there's one of many reasons. one is th

in '92, george h.w. bushtop reagan team member was indicted over the iran/contra affair. bill clinton took the white house. in 2000, in what was already a tight presidential race between al gore and george w. bush, news emerged that bush was arrested 24 years earlier for drunk driving. bush lost the popular vote although he ultimately won the presidency following a controversial supreme court decision. eight years later with the stock market taking a nose dive, gop presidential nominee john mccain insisted. >> fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> voters disagreed with the assessment and what was once a tight race became a democratic blowout with barack obama winning np in 2012 in what was more of a september surprise than an october surprise, audio tape of mitt romney surfaced, characterizing half the voters on government handouts. president obama went on to win re-election. in 2016, in what seemed like every event constituted as an october surprise, "the washington post" published a 2005 video of repub

. >> joe biden is the most experienced foreign policy expert since george h.w. bush>> biden is doing everything he can to reassure american global world leadership is coming back. >> he's thinking about how to keep everybody safe. >> not

. >> george h.w. bush. >> i liked president bush, i have so many handwritten notes from him, so many times we'd sit around the oval office and just telling jokes. and i'll tell just one, doing rapid fire, but i wrote the organic farm bill like this and he's planning on standing behind me, he says pat, did you write every word this have bill? i said, you're the one signing it, i've read about as much of it as you have. and he just cracked up. [laughter] >> bill clinton. >> i like bill clinton. we would sometimes argue. i remember one time we were just at each other and secret service they opened the door, and like this, and then three minutes later we were telling jokes to each other, which fortunately, the press wasn't there for those, and walked out with our arms around each other laughing our heads off. and i've always liked bill clinton and hillary clinton, felt very close to them. >> george w. bush. >> george w. bush it was interesting to know him, but he told me he knew of my friendship with his fathe

. >> in 19 # 81 george h.w. bushad the high rating after the gulf war and then the next year he lost. griff: in new york, the contentious governor's race, they're rolling out big names, but crime is an issue for voters. alexis mcadams is in new york with the latest. >> hey, griff, today is the first day of early voting here in new york and this morning, governor kathy hochul hitting the polls herself. the race is closer than expected in such a deep blue state. the quinnipiac poll shows that governor hochul with only a four-point lead. and crime is a hot topic. and zeldin blamed the crime. >> they want the boldness and understanding that this can happen for anyone. whether it's them, happen to any other people in their lives. they want to see d.a.'s enforcing the law and law enforcement to be supported and they want to roll back pro criminal roles like cashless bail. >> the governor says she's running like an underdog as her lead continues to dwindle, but she's energized by the polls. hochul talked to our local fox af

in '92, reagan's successor, george h.w. bushlection was days away from the vote, when casper weinberger was indicted over the iran contra affair. bill clinton took the white house. in 2000, what was already a tight race between al gore and george w. bush, news emerged that bush was arrested 24 years earlier for drunk driving. bush lost the popular vote, although he ultimately won the presidency, following a controversial supreme court decision. eight years later, with the stock market taking a nosedive, and recession wearing its ugly head, gop presidential nominee john mccain insisted -- >> the fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> reporter: voters disagreed with this assessment and it became a democratic blowout with barack obama winning. in 2012, in more of a september surprise than october surprise, audiotape of republican presidential nominee mitt romney surfaced, characterizing almost half the orders as dependant on government handouts. >> there are 47% of the people -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: president obama won th

. >> reporter: mike, when bill clinton defeated george h.w. bush1992 one year after bush had an 89% approval rating, the message was simple, it's the economy, stupid. many republicans are carrying that same messaged today. >> people are very upset about crime, education, parental rights, about the economy, gas prices. it's death by a thousand cuts for so many families who can't afford rent, gas, groceries, halloween candy. everything's so expensive, and the democrats own it. >> reporter: here's democratic senator chris coons on "fox news sunday." >> the folks who i've been campaigning with are running on our record. chair mcdaniels just said we're running away from it, but we're running on it because we've got real accomplishments to point to. >> reporter: inflation's been over 7.5% all year, mike, numbers in the seen in this country in 40 years. inflation peaked in june when gas was over $5 a gallon. the numbers have come down a little since, gas now $3.76 a gallon, still about 60% higher than when biden was sworn in. the latest inflation data say

george h.w. bush. i like president bush. we have so many handwritten notes from him so many times we sit around and you, the oval office, just tell jokes. i'll tell you just one. i know. that's i do in rapid fire, but i wrote the organic program that was big like this. he say, and same behind him. he saw his pat. you read every word of this bill. i said you're the one signing it. i've read about as much of it as you have. and he just cracked up. bill clinton. i like bill. and we would sometimes argue, will we? i remember what i would o each other and secret service. it opened the door. he goes like this. and then 3 minutes later we're telling jokes with each other, which for you, the press wasn't there for those and walked out with our arms around each other, laugh their heads up. but i've i've always like bill clinton and hillary, but i felt very close to george w bush. george w bush. it was interesting getting to know him. but he told me that he knew of my friendship as father. and so we we got along well, even though we d

and bill clinton defeated george h.w. bush the message was si simple, it is the economy stupid but bitter republicans are carrying that same slogan today. people are very upset about crime, education, parental rights, about the economy, gas prices its death by 1000 cuts for so many families who cannot afford rent, gas, groceries, halloween candy. and things so expensive. the democrats own input. >> democratic senator chris coons on fox news sunday. ask the folks who i have been campaigning with art running on our record for chairman mcdaniel temple running away from it but we are running on it. because we've got real accomplishments to point too. ask inflation over seven and half% all year, arthel. numbers not seen in this country in 40 years. inflation peaked at 9.1% in june when gas was over five bucks a gallon. the numbers have come down since. gas is now $3.76 a gallon. still 60% higher than when biden was sworn into office for the lives inflation data for september says inflation remains at eight-point to percent. it's on

in 1992, president george h.w. bushcords act that required all related documents be made public by october 26th, 2017. it hasn't all happened. the national archives say 88% of the collection has been released to the public. as for the remaining 12%, well, donald trump delayed some of it, citing national security reasons. last year, biden blamed the pandemic for slowing the review process. the delay has prompted historians and transparency advocates and members of the kennedy family the question the government's motives. when asked about the lawsuit this week, the white house declined to comment. joining us now is jefferson morally. he's the vice president of the mary ferrell foundation, the group suing for the release of the final jfk records. he is also the founder of the jfk fax blog. why are the files so important the get out there? >> this is about 5% of the government's collection of jfk assassination records that still contain redactions, nearly 60 years after the fact. and as you explained, you know, we're five y

f-18 fighter jets take flight off the deck of the "uss george h.w. bush" in the adriatic sea. dubbed neptune's strike in support of european allies. nato released this footage of american f-22 fighter jets in formation with italian euro fighters and polish f-16s, even mig-29s over the skies of poland. it coincides with two weeks of nato nuclear training drills currently under way. while on the ground we joined america's most forward troops near the ukrainian border. the 101st airborne division from fort campbell, kentucky now headquartered in europe for the first time since world war ii. with colonel edwin matthadess and brigadier general john lubas we board blackhawk helicopters to the edge of nato territory. >> why is it necessary to have the 101st here? >> we bring a unique capability from our air assault capabilities. it's also incredibly meaningful to us to return to europe after 80 years away. >> reporter: with the ukrainian border less than five miles away, we reach the forward operating site, where soldiers of the 101st and romanian troops unleashed a live fire assault

is what spawned the political philosophy of it's the economy, stupid, which ultimately doomed george h.w. bush to a one-term presidency learning more about what the biden administration is doing to try to drive down prices and avoid the same fate. fill us in. >> reporter: yeah, you know, for so much of this pressey, this white house has had to contend with ongoing warnings about the possibility of a recession and for the most part, white house officials here including the president, of course, has said we don't think that it's going to happen. last week interestingly we have, of course, saw the president open the door just a little bit to that possibility. he said that even if there were a recession, it would only be a slight recession and that, again, he doesn't predict that that is going to happen. ana, i think that the white house right now is in a bit of a tricky position, because even just until a few weeks ago, we saw them feeling pretty confident about what kind of economic message they could give to the american people. you know, they had a number of big legislative accomplishments, th

. >> in 1991, george h.w. bush had an 89% approval rating after winning the gulf war. but a year later he lost to president clinton because in large part of the economy, arthel. arthel: will keep watching ten days can you believe it lucas tomlinson customer we will not know the full resorts, election night just to be clear. all right, eric. >> in pennsylvania by law they are not even allowed to start counting the mail in ballots until election day that is why it takes some time there. to twitter it now as you know the world's richest man officially the new owner. elon musk completers of 44 billion-dollar takeover of the social media platform, he did that thursday night. now he may lift some bands got a moderation council to decide who can stay or who can go or who can come back. some are wondering what a kick off the ayatollah? foxbusiness kelly o'grady live on what mr. musk's new ownership or proprietorship will mean, hey kelly. >> hey eric. musk is even calling himself the new chief twitch which i kind of love. he wasted no time, the billionaire clean house just hour

george herbert walker bush. his example is top of mind as well. all the presidents you have written about. >> absolutely. imagine a world -- it's as if we are talking about a war, george h.w. bush, he put country above party. liz cheney has done that. that should give us hope. >> thank you so much. >>> the san francisco police department is about to deliver that update on the violent attack that we have been speaking about against speaker pelosi's husband. we will bring it to you when it happens. >>> new efforts to keep elections and our democracy safe. that's next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. like #11 subway club. piled with turkey, ham and roast beef. this sub isn't slowing down any time soon. i'll give it a run for its money. my money's on the sub. it's subway's biggest refresh yet. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor. such as heart disease, diabetes, being overweight, asthma, or smoking. even if symptoms feel mild, these factors can increase your risk of covid-19 turning severe. so, if you're at high risk and test positive, don't wait. ask

just last week donald trump had cited your father, your late father, george h.w. bushformer president of the united states as someone who had papers he said took millions and millions of documents to a former bowling alley. they were pieced together with what was old and broken chinese restaurant. in order, they were stored in a place like that. i didn't quite understand the attack line, but i did want to give you the opportunity to respond to that. >> sure. i mean, have you heard the southern express bless his heart? >> i have, indeed. >> it's bless his heart. this is a weird accusation. the national archives, when they're building these presidential libraries have to find a place to store all of the documents that are going to go into the archives at the these -- at the presidential libraries. this was an abandoned bowling alley that they fixed up, that they secured that had all the security necessary to make sure that national security matters were protected. they used that to build out the presidential library. just as every other president has done as well. you kn

meanwhile, george h.w. bushto a former bowling alley and a former chinese restaurant where they combined them, with no security and a broken front door. >> well, it makes for good rally language. but of course it's not true. the archives put out a statement today and talked about the buildings and says it leased them from government agency and that, quote, all such temporary facilities met strict archival standards. obviously unlike mar-a-lago, just to make the point here. so, in other words, what he's saying here is not true. do you think this could come back to bite him? >> sure. because if a person is out there making false claims or defenses as to why they did things, that could be used against them in a court if this goes to trial, they can say you said these things were declassified, they weren't. you thought that the other presidents had their archives put in this kind of situation of just a totally unsecure environment. they weren't. in fact you got a letter from the department of justice on june 8th str

let's say george h.w. bush, 1991.'s say there had been an attack on congress in the capitol when he had been president, would he have been hands off? donald trump is the only president in the history of the united states who if this had happened, would have been so hands off and perfectly fine with letting this imminent danger. >> howard? >> yeah, i think that's true. and the question is what's going to be done about it. we have a judicial system that's deliberate and unbelievable slow. but these are capital offenses, in some ways. i'm in the a supporter of the death penalty. but in the past, people have been killed by firing squads for treason. and we need this to all go to court. and we need this to be the subject of hearings. i commend the leadership in congress for the january 6th hearings. certainly in my lifetime, and i lived through the 1968 assassinations and the fixed conventions, and the burning of 99 cities after king was assassinated. this is far more dangerous to the country. and if we don't pursue it, we