george h.w. bush. theodore roosevelt. gerald ford. walter cronkite. and i think i'm missing at least five more. so this is a mini people session and want to start. we're talking about the art outdoor. okay. we'll talk a little bit about the general making of biography. but first, why biography? why did you want to do this? why would you want to do else. i could go on, but. my wife wouldn't you wanted to climb inside the lives minds arts ambitions of fabulous and interesting people who helped shape the way we live that i mean sure beats working for a living. what do you got for me? well, i got where i grew up in ohio. my mom was a teacher and she we used to go to the public library like this. and i was taken to those childhood books on figures of history, you know, paul little book of paul revere, a little book on susan v anthony, a little book on douglass. whatever the case may be. and i got hooked on it. and i think to see you, i always wondered why those were remembered. and i started thinking of the sustainable hero who's most of our our congress p

she traveled to norfolk for the homecoming of the "uss george h.w. busheaded home after an eight-month deployment in the immediate trainian >> i think i will be overcome with joy, just pure joy. >> reporter: and speaking of pure joy, he will meet his baby son vincent for the very first time. >> yes i will -- i will definitely cry for sure >> reporter: chief steven is a night aircraft handling officer or nacho he has been writing love letters to his wife which he will personally deliver on the pier. >> just to let her know that she was always on my mind and definitely what helped me through the deployment >> reporter: and lieutenant williams is an engineering tech, and lately she's been dreaming about how tall her three-year-old daughter and her 13-year-old son have gotten. >> that is one of the biggest sacrifices i have to make as a mother and as a wife, to come out here and defend freedom for the united states. my husband understands he holds down the home. >> reporter: as a navy veteran himself, her husband understands the sacrifice. >> i think it will

several george h.w. bush the first time they wouldn't let me see a good bit of stuff, but a lot of stuff closed because george bush was governor and then later most of the stuff i wanted to see in the bush library did not open until obama became president. and i'm sure there were political reasons. there were political reasons for that. the last time i went to, the bush library was as i wrapping up to research the so-called october surprise, the idea that the reagan camp had cut a deal with to hold the hostages until after the election and was told in no uncertain terms. i would not find anything about in the bush library. and they kept me under surveillance the whole time i was there. but found a lot of information i used anyway. but the last one i mentioned is the reagan library and the reagan library. when it first opened, it didn't much information about carter, but for some reason that i know not what someone convinced and nancy reagan to open the papers on the 1980 election the election where when carte

so in late october 73, i'll be at the age of 22, i go to work for george h.w. bushand the wednesday before thanksgiving. tom says, says the license tuesday said tomorrow the chairman is going to be down at the white house in the afternoon. i'm going to be up on capitol hill and his son w is coming down from harvard business school and this pretty cell phone. so when he gets union station he's going to call and you go to the lobby and meet him and give him the keys, the family car, because he's going to drive out to spring valley in northwest where the family's home was and be there that afternoon. and we'll get we'll get the chairman home that so i said, great. so the phone call comes from the formidable rosa maria, bush's longtime tells me to go to the lobby so i go to the lobby and this may be hard to fathom, but was the complete nerd. so i'm like complete liar. complete like nerd. so there i am like, goofy nerd and walks this guy with a national guard flight jacket, cowboy boots, levi's little round thing in the back pocket. you know, she can come exuding more ch

tonight, our focus is on two presidents, george h.w. bush and bill clinton. well, in 1991, 12 days after

if we had a george h.w. bushsident as he was under ronald reagan that's easy baton to hand over to you could see that person as president and obviously george h.w. bush was president. kamala harris, even democrats cringe at the thought of her being president of the united states. could you ever see somebody like this standing up to xi jinping, china, vice president, or just basically steering the economy or handling the border crisis she was in charge of? no, you can't. that's why we have joe biden. unfortunately we also have kamala harris as part of that ticket because he will never let her go because he doesn't want to alienate female and black voters, guys. >> ashley: is she still the border czar? is that even a thing for her? that's a serious question she has been tasked with all of this and now the white house is tasked with trying to reboot her. >> if she is she will get jason bateman i have seen ozark that's why i can be border caesar. thczar.joe, have a great weeken. >> ashley: with that "fox & friends" s

george, i should tell you, george h.w. bush at the end of his administration, a couple of speeches in which he said almost precisely socially the same thing. i saw. and this was what that quotation often suggests is something that i firmly believe, and that's there turmoil everywhere in the world. and there always will be. but it's vital for american decision makers and for the american people to and determine what constitutes a so-called existential threat. what really is an existential threat? it's also extremely important as this quotation suggests and i embrace for american policymakers and the american people to carefully assess what constitutes a vital interest where we are or are vital. do we have, like today do we have a vital interest in taiwan? yes or no? i believe very thoughtful can argue that in both ways. but it has no easy answer. but it is imperative, as clinton's quotation suggests, to think hard and long what constitutes a vital interest? what constitutes an existential threat? once you decide if something is

it's talking about the uss george h.w. bush, docked in virginia after an eight-month deployment overseas. men were returning home to meet their kids for the first time, who were all born when they were abroad. tune in this morning to the "today" show to see a lot more of these powerful reunions and we'll try to get the video for you. it's all ahead at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >> the warriors survive? . >> a nail-biter came down to the final second but the warriors escaped with a win against the sacramento kings. >> the dubs have now won, so therefore they've tied the series two games apiece. "today in the bay's" christie smith has a look at the celebration. >> reporter: warriors fans were fired up at chase center after a close playoff game against the sacramento kings. >> we need that win, really. now we want to show them that we are really warriors. >> reporter: as the buzzer, warriors fans exhaled and celebrated. >> defense, defense, defense is the main thing that got us to the ending. >> i think it's going to be

tonight, our focus is on two presidents, george h.w. bush and bill clinton. well, in 1991, 12 days after leaving forces against iraq, george bush went before congress to talk about the hard work of. and in 1995, at the university of texas in austin, bill talked about race relations and the opportunity to improve them. here's president and president clinton. members of the congress. i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, the president of the united states states. thank you very much. thank you, mr. president. president. mr. president and mr. speaker and members of the united states congress. i come to this house and the people to speak to you and all america make certain that we stand at a defining hour halfway around the world. we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and sands. we know why we're there. we are americans. part of something larger than ourselves for two centuries. we've done the hard work of freedom. and tonight, we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity. what is at stake

and next week on speeches that define the presidency, george h.w. bush leads the gulf war and bill clinton confronts race relations. a reminder that all of the speeches that we've been showing in this series and all american history tv programs are available to watch online at c-span dot org.

and next week on speeches that define the presidency, george h.w. bush leads the gulf war and bill clinton confronts race relations. a reminder that all of the speeches that we've been showing in this series and all american history tv programs are available to watch online at c-span dot org. ladies and gentlemen, i plan to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the union. the events of earlier today have led me to change those

george h.w. bush's flair for baseball at yale. reagan and kennedy. swimming heroics. barack obama's jump shot and more, writes wall street journal reviewer edward kosner. besides the stats, the authors focus is on how these politicians use sports to polish their public image. as always, you can look for these books and authors in the near future on c-span's booktv. well, thanks for joining us for about books a program and podcast produced by c-span's booktv. booktv will continue to bring you publishing news and author programs. and a reminder that you can get this podcast on our c-span now app, and you can also watch all of our author programs any time at booktv dot org.

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

george h.w. bush because he's his best friend and chief of staff and in my case these were just friendships. not people who worked in the administration. >> have about five minutes left. if you ask people close to buy and they will all tell you it was ted present chief of staff for 22 years. not only did he work with joe biden he would also take the amtrak back and forth where ted also lived. there is such a close friendship and called ted and said i need you in washington. i do not want to see beau die and deal with the aftermath alone. would you come to washington for 120 days, special governmental them employee unpaid designation and be with me. and he did pretty sat there for 120 days in the little office and whatever biden needed him, just for a comforting word, for a meal, for a look, he was there. and today he's in wilmington i think biden calls a lot. he is the first nonfamily memo to sleep in the white house. and i wish i could write about him. i really do. think their friendship is extraordi

published hundreds of thousands of documents from 1861 to cover it right we are currently doing george h.w. bush. reagan appeared is what we are publishing. it is a series we have a published hundreds of thousands of documents when you hear about the information act which you heard today within mandatory review those are two. but the third they don't relate to foreign relations and estates committee. it's important player and i don't know if a lot of people recognize that. as a really rich history here that is the other element i want to spend a little time at in this transparency. the civil war first started there conducting for this where they went to sure constituents through the lincoln administration had to grapple with this when you're going to do here? there is some information that will be published at the end of each year of the war however long it lasted. through it back of that previous administrations known as far back as the washington administration for the found some examples were the legislative branch from the executive branch to documents in foreign relations. this is going to

the father of george h.w. bush was the treasurer of planned parenthood. gives you some sense of just the wide gap and distance between where we began and where we are now. in roe v. wade, with regard to language, uncle roe v. wade, the court said there is a potential life during the pregnancy. that is right. not all pregnancies will end in birth. 15 percent to 20% will end in miscarriage or staying -- stillbirth most of the language coming out of the kacsmaryk real income using "unborn human child" and then writing in footnotes the preference for using this, that this is the accurate terminology to be used in such cases, really stretches medicine and science because it is simply not accurate to consistently what had been in an american law and also gives the perception that all pregnancies necessarily end in birth -- which they simply do not. it also has ramifications when we think about civil punishments and criminal punishmentsts as well. we right now have north carolina lawmakers pushing forward a bill that would call for the death penalty against wome

some of the themes people could see with reagan, certainly with lee atwater and campaign, with george h.w. bush in 1988. but, you know, i start with newt also, coincidentally, the time i came to washington, you know, just as revolution was getting underway. in 1995. but but newt was as many, you know, an entirely different animal. uh, in our political system. so, uh, the republican revolution, it brought all kinds of change. it was, that was the point at which the democrats lost their southern majority. it was the point at which the greatest generation lost its hold on politics and was by the baby boom generation. and i think that because the guy gingrich really the guy he forced out of leadership in the house bob michael was a combat veteran from world war two, the most genial guy you'd ever meet. and he knew, like others of the time, that the guy across the aisle from you is your opponent. you may disagree with him, but he's not your enemy. you know, they the enemy together. and newt was had a very different way of looking at it. the other was the enemy. and he would, uh, he would say that ni

and george h.w. bush was challenged by pat buchanan. that did damage to him as well.n you have a challenger putting a chink of the army in the person in the front, can it do a lot of damage to that candidate and to the voters and their enthusiasm, which can have an impact on election day. are we going to see a different candidate than joe biden? likely not. but will he be damaged by this? absolutely. >> charles: so doug, with that in mind then, you know, the notion of sort of a democracy, you know, this mission, before voting felt like we were on the mission to find the right person. it was a process. each party had their primaries and went head-to-head. now feels like hey, it's organized, you can do it from a basement. we're going to harvest votes. it doesn't have the same feel to it. i don't know. i just -- maybe i'm just being nostalgic, maybe i'm being silly. doesn't feel democratic for the lack of a better word. >> i'd say both parties, the republicans that have a first pass system, gets all the delegates. the democrats who as you point out appear to be pretty we

a huge advantage as we've seen from history and we know what happened with jimmy carter and george h.w. bush, folks are also interested to see if there is any -- what is said today, if there is any sign of any lingering damage from what has -- what the pentagon, the leaked pentagon documents amongst other things suggested that the united states was eavesdropping and spying on allies including south korea. the documents reporting out a conversation reportedly between top south korean officials about the bind that they were in or the debate over sending artillery rounds to ukraine, and i'm curious if what you're hearing from there, if there is lingering damage what president yoon has said about that since? >> yeah. there was certainly quite a lot of controversy about that over here. the embarrassment, really of the pentagon leak and what we heard from the presidential office was denial, effectively saying that they believed much of what was reported was fabricated. so, of course, that is quite a strong statement in itself. we've been hearing from officials that they don't believe that this is