of brown brothers harriman was george herbert walker and george that prescott bush that's right he was there. when the nazis prescott bush in fact married the daughter of george herbert walker and that's how he got to be the chairman of the board of brown brothers harriman when when george herbert walker went and set up a bank the union bank of new york that helped set up a branch in the netherlands to help fund hitler to rise to power as the ball work against communism in europe now these are historical facts that those of us who work in this area the special area have come to know very well what we've been trying to do is when we had some can access to the judicial branch we could get to the judicial branch in place this type of information before a jury and ask a jury to decide what they think about something like this the problem is now that with such a huge majority of the federal judges all appointed by ronald reagan george bush are left over from richard nixon in ford you know that the problem is they don't care about the constitution they basically think the constitution is a s

of brown brothers harriman was george herbert walker and george that prescott bush that's right he was the you know when the nazis prescott bush in fact married the daughter of george herbert walker and that's how he got to be the chairman of the board of brown brothers harriman when when george herbert walker went and set up a bank the union bank of new york that helped set up a branch in the netherlands to help fund hitler to rise to power as the ball work against communism in europe now these are historical facts that those of us who work in this area the special area have come to. very well what we've been trying to do is when we had some can access to the judicial branch we could get to the judicial branch in place this type of information before a jury and ask a jury to decide what they think about something like this the problem is now that with such a huge majority of the federal judges all appointed by ronald reagan george bush or leftover of richard nixon in ford you know that they're the problem is they don't care about the constitution they basically think the constitution

thes paul harvey would say, rest of this jury, the person behind that camera, advising george herbert walker bush, reminding him to bring up the therrence to dan raat walking off the sentiment was roger ailes, resident and ceo of the fox news channel. >> i have got to george h.w. bush's diary because it is available. that is the one kept by the national archives. roger ailes talked to him a lot. some advice took from him. i think it was very ill advised to have agreed to that interview. number one, do not -- it looked like he had gone to their studio him although they had a studio in the old executive office building. but i think he should have found the format that was comfortable for him. for example, president obama does interviews with "60 minutes," and he will do long- form once. let's say, he talks to steve kroft for maybe 48 minutes. but he doesn't at the white house, and he may have to answer some tough questions, but he adds some other ones also, and they use -- they use a good portion of what they videoed. >> although the bush campaign said it did what it did it to do which is how

his son, george herbert walker bush wanted to be like his father, and so he pursued politics. and then george w. bush. >> host: in the family, you write for those who study the fault line, the campaign of 1980 is instructive. because to dynastic sons chose to challenge their party's front runners and those two presumptive heirs base their candidacies solely on their sense of entitlement. >> guest: i am fascinated, not just by the study of power, but i am fascinated by the class system in this country. it isn't quite what it is in the united kingdom. it is more unspoken here. we don't night people. we don't place the earls here, the barringer, the dukes. no, but we do. and that kind of upper class, middle class, lower class permeates our society and it fascinates me. it's a form of self entitlement and it's a form of discrimination. and i like to see -- not that i like what i'm fascinated to see how it plays out. >> host: in the family you write that the legacy of prescott alcoholism became his destructive to the dynasty as denying its existence was to his immediate failure. pre

his son, george herbert walker bush wanted to be like his father, and so he pursued politics. and then george w. bush. >> host: in the family, you write for those who study the fault line, the campaign of 1980 is instructive. because to dynastic sons chose to challenge their party's front runners and those two presumptive heirs base their candidacies solely on their sense of entitlement. >> guest: i am fascinated, not just by the study of power, but i am fascinated by the class system in this country. it isn't quite what it is in the united kingdom. it is more unspoken here. we don't night people. we don't place the earls here, the barringer, the dukes. no, but we do. and that kind of upper class, middle class, lower class permeates our society and it fascinates me. it's a form of self entitlement and it's a form of discrimination. and i like to see -- not that i like what i'm fascinated to see how it plays out. >> host: in the family you write that the legacy of prescott alcoholism became his destructive to the dynasty as denying its existence was to his immediate failure. pre

speaker foley has two presidents, two vice presidents, and the good wishes of the president george herbert walker bush. he could never have probably imagine that when he came to the floor on the first day to make his first floor speech. he said, public service is a free gift of a free people and a challenge for all of us in public life to do it we can to make our service useful for those who have sent us here. few the fill that charge with more courage, more stability than he. he was the first speaker to hail from west of the rocky mountains. he brought a fresh perspective and a powerful voice to open the doors of leadership to members who represent the diversity of their country. his first campaign was legendary in its civility. before the election was even over, his opponent released a statement calling the campaign the cleanest he had ever seen in office. in that spirit, he made campaign finance reform a priority sunday legislation to the president's desk that would ensure our democracy was a government of, by, and for the people. he could not override the president's veto, but his commitment

the george herbert walker bush becomes president and realizes those cheese party groups are now diverted to kashmir and in pakistan and to be a state sponsor of terrorism in president george of the bush in 2008 he writes that i realized the sharra off never kept his promises and should have warned me earlier he would give his enemies to fighting terrorist. >> host: talking about presidents but also somebody who met with the general 26 times in four years? and he thought by developing this personal relationship the more he could build trust the greater the chances of pakistan would to like crack down on the haqqani network but he said the end of september 2011 that pakistan had not changed. but i think what really angered him and made him say these statements in congressional testimony that basically the haqqani network. >> in the viewers should know that that has nothing to do with the. [laughter] >> host: we're talking about a very deadly network now to the north but moving back and forth between afghanistan and pakistan conducting deadly attacks and. >> guest: also the deadly attack on

but towards the end, george herbert walker bush becomes president and realizes that some of those are now being diverted and he threatens pakistan with accusing it of being a state sponsor of terrorism. basically he writes this in his memoirs that he realizes that we should have been warned earlier that he wasn't going to devote all the energies to fighting terrorists. >> you're talking about u.s. presidents. but we can also talk about admiral mullen as well. he is someone who met with the general 26 times in four years, and i think that, you know, you thought that by developing a personal relationship, the more that he could get to know him and build trust, the greater that pakistan would do the things that the u.s. was demanding, like cracking down on the upcoming network. but when you found at the end of september 2011, that pakistan had not changed and it was still supporting the groups and i think that what really angered him and save these statements when he said the network is a veritable arm of the isi. >> guest: yes, it's just a coincidence at times. >> host: we talked about

but towards the end come when george herbert walker bush becomes president he realizes that some of the jihadi groups that were trained primarily in afghanistan have been diverted to kashmir and he threatens pakistan with the potential of accusing it of being a state sponsor of terrorism and president george w. bush in 2008 basically writes in its memoirs, i realize musharraf ever for failed his promises and his obsession with india should have warned me earlier that he wasn't going to devote all his energies to fighting terrorism. >> host: you are talking a lot about the u.s. presence but we could also talk about admiral mullen. he was somebody who met with general kayani 26 times in four years and you know he thought by developing this personal relationship the more he could get to know kayani and build trust the greater the chances that pakistan would do the things the u.s. was demanding like crack down on the haqqani network and the lashkar-e-taiba. at the end of his tenure in september 2011, pakistan had not changed. it was still supporting these groups and they think what really a

george herbert walker bush who says we don't do dynasties in america. you can say if there's -- there's no nixon presidency no watergate, although sit certainly possible another president could do other things. the fact that some stuff doesn't happen, doesn't mean other bad stuff doesn't happen. so that's where i am on that. >> thank you. >> okay. if we're done with the questions, thank you very much for coming. buy if you want. [applause] schlessinger, jr. and ted sorenson. this is about an hour. >> i'm so delighted you're here and looking forward to this conversation. the first question is, 50 years after his death, president kennedy has an 80% approval rating among the american public. which is nothing to sneeze at in this contested age. is the public wrong? >> well, you know, first of all, it's 85%. >> it's gone up. >> and the result of the recent government shutdown, i suspect if you did it today, it might be 90%. i don't think it's wrong in the sense that people in this country want to feel better about government. they want to feel better about t

george herbert walker bush who says we don't do dynasties in america. you can say if there's -- there's no nixon presidency no watergate, although sit certainly possible another president could do other things. the fact that some stuff doesn't happen, doesn't mean other bad stuff doesn't happen. so that's where i am on that. >> thank you. >> okay. if we're done with the questions, thank you very much for coming. buy if you want. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured october boon -- booktv? send us an e-mail or tweet us. >> we conclude our block of programming on president john f. kennedy in recognition of the 50th anniversary of his assassination. we profile robert mcnational marry ha and aides arthurs schlessinger, jr. and ted sorenson. this is about an hour. >> i'm so delighted you're here and looking forward to this conversation. the first question is, 50 years after his death, president kennedy has an 80% approval rating among the american public. which is nothing to sneeze at in this contested age. is the pub

but towards the end, george herbert walker bush becomes president and realizes that some of the jihad e-groups of a train printer with afghanistan are now being diverted and he threatens pakistan with the potential of accusing it of being a state sponsor of terror purpose and. and in 2,008 they basically right in the memoirs that i realized that musharraf should have warned me earlier that he wasn't going to be that all of his energy to fighting terrorist. >> host: talking about the u.s. president also talking about admiral mullen who met with general key on the 26 times in four years. and he thought that by developing this personal relationship, the more that he could get to know key on -- the better chance that he would do the things like crackdown on the haqqani network. but what he found at the end of his tenure in september the 2,011th that, you know, pakistan had changed. it was still supporting the groups. but what really made him give these statements in the congressional testimony -- this is the end of 2011 when he said basically the network is an arm of the isi. >> they shou

>> she wants it both ways, like george herbert walker bush, i'm going to have a kinder, gentler nationn who? ronald reagan. he was the reagan third term, but he had the nuance enough to say i'll be a little bit more center than this guy and hillary clinton would be a little more to right. she's already a notch or two to the right on middle east politics. that's where she staked her position in the last war on iraq. the great thing about bill clinton, his hands are completely in touch with the average american. he's got his hands on the american experience in a way that obama has probably lost for a while. he knows people are really bugged by this promise that wasn't kept. he knows it. >> i see two problems for hillary clinton. health care is in her world, too. she's got the problem of being up against new, which is often the most powerful thing in politics. second, chris is right. she's trying to hold the right side of the democratic primary where there is less and less oxygen every day. i actually think elizabeth warren is a credible candidate. >> thank you for leading me right to the

>> she wants it both ys, like george herbert walker bush, i'm going to ve a kinder,gentler nation. reagan. he w the reagan third term, but he had the nuance enough to say i'l be a little bitore center than this guy and hiary clton would be a little more to right. she' already a notch o two to theright on litics. that's where s staked her position in the last war on iraq. the great thing about bill clinton, his has are coletely in tch with the average american. he'got his hnds onhe american eerience in a way that obama has probablyost for a while. he knows people are really gged by thisromise that sn't kept. he knows it. >> i see two probms with hillary clinton. health care is in her world, too. she's got the pblem of being upagainst new, wich is oten the most powerful thing in politics. second, chris is right. she's tryi to hold the right side of the democratic primary where the is less a less accident gen oxygen every d. i actually thk elizabeth waen is a crible cadidate. >> thank you for leading me right to thecover. hillary's nightmare, democratic party who realizes thr soul lie

i think as george herbert walker becomes more frail, people remember what a good guy he was. a member of the greatest generation. i think there are certainly going to be issues with it. people ask should there be three members of the same family and the white house. contrast will actually benefit him. a lot of people don't note jeb bush. -- don't know him. his seriousness. people tend to be quite won thed. i think he elderly jewish republican vote on the upper east side of manhattan. i think there is a path, and i agree a governor is a much better candidate than a senator or somebody who says, i am a paul ryan fan. the stench of obstructionism that emanates from washington is hard to shake off. i think chris christie's record and jeb's record would stand up to scrutiny. agree with all of jebbut it is hard to argue bush did not govern as a republican. he didn't raise taxes once. i think he would be a terrific candidate. is aching about it. he is a self-discipline guy. i don't think he is going to seriously think about it or make a decision until next year, next maybe a little

george herbert walker bush did not attend and according to some accounts, president kennedy passed up the 100th anniversary of the gettysburg address and went to dl has as that same -- weren't to dallas at that same moment. i urge everybody to go back and look at the text and read the speech because it's stunning and so important to our history. great to have you here as always. in new york, still. we cannot let him go. bill: they are going to give hip the key to the city. instead of visiting gettysburg, the president will be visiting with senators asking them not to go ahead with new sanctions on iran. why does he want congress to back off? martha: we go to this now. the crack-smoking mayor of toronto in action taking out a woman, but he caught her and he did apologize. we'll be right back. farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see i

was doing the bush book i filed freedom of information to find out about george bush's -- george herbert walkerncle. he had been dead for many, many years. now, he was the family's black sheep, there is no question about that. and so it was not in the bushs, it wasn't to their advantage to let this information out. i kept filing and filing and filing for it. he had died, he'd been dead for years, and they would not release it. >> host: so you've never gotten it? >> guest: well, i finally found state department employees who were able to fill in the fact that he died sad, blind, alcoholic and that george bush, who was head of the cia at the time, had the body flown back to connecticut. and i went to the family grave site, and you can learn a lot sometimes by going to a cemetery. it's interesting. prescott bush has this great headstone, and then there's a very humble one for his wife and others. and way down if the corner there's a very small headstone for james bush. but i never got the freedom of information. it's still pending. >> host: in "the family" you write: bearing the brunt of president

referencinge, george herbert walker bush. happen to believe that whether you are talking republican or democrat, this is really a red herring, or even independent for that part. because really what we're are talking about, whether it is intelligence gathering community and the public sector, or ci, andced to caci, fa other private contractors. we have a network of intelligence, military industrial complex that has really grown. it has taken a life of its own. really, it is much more about not politics but really the economics of individuals who have vast fortunes and who are about protecting that inasmuch as i'm a you know, our national interests. i really believe the dianne feinstein's attempts are really a red herring to codify many of the illegal, i believe, practices of our intelligence community. i personally believe it is trying to rein them in because they have snake tax in the we weave- tags and they cobwebs. guest: that is what i think a lot of people in the united states believe, and that is what commerce is trying

speaker foley has two presidents, two vice presidents, and the good wishes of the president george herbert walkerush. he could never have probably imagine that when he came to the floor on the first day to make his first floor speech. he said, public service is a free gift of a free people and a challenge for all of us in public life to do it we can to her make our service useful for those who have sent us here. few the fill that charge with more courage, more stability than he. he was the first speaker to hail from west of the rocky mountains. he brought a fresh perspective and a powerful voice to open the doors of leadership to members who represent the diversity of their country. his first campaign was legendary in its civility. before the election was even over, his opponent released a statement calling the campaign the cleanest he had ever seen that in office. in that spirit, he made campaign finance reform a priority sunday legislation to the president's desk that would ensure our democracy was a government of, by, and for the people. we could not override the president's veto, but his comm

george bush. >> please be more specific. >> herbert walker. >> 100 points for karen. >> we it was the syntax. strong. trey 300 points, alex negative 100 because of the syntax. we go to the 200 point round. we put 100 seconds on the clock. 200 point questions. these are a little harder, contestants. with this we go. the senate recessed on thursday without endorsing a plan to give military prosecutors a plan to pursue sexual assault cases in a bill crafted by this. alex. >> jill brand, the senator that crafted. we should be talking about expanding social security benefits. >> senator warren. correct. 200 point question. it was revealed tuesday that this motion picture association of america chairman made more than $3 million last year, a far cry from the 174,000 he received as a senior. >> chris dodd. >> he was the senior senator in 2010. an enstant bonus question. when dodd retired from the senate in 2010, he was replaced by whom? >> oh the guy the white guy with the thing. >> time. correct answer richard blumenthal. back with this 200 point toss-up question. this former gubernatorial candidat