. >> tell the story about the time george herbert walker bush went to bill clinton's harlem office and bill clinton wasn't there. >> bush at about age 82 is in new york. he had some time to kill. he said let's go and visit the bill. he turned his motorcade up to harlem. their aides start calling each other. by the time they arrive, bush one learns that clinton is not even there. they went up there and that the staff into pictures. he went into clinton's office which is a big space overlooking harlem. you can see downtown. he put his feet up on the desk. he said, let's call bill. he gets clinton on the phone and says great office, nice people, where are you? it was at that point that both are out of office. they were really working on stuff together. they really became friends and remained so. a lot of people think that is for show. it is not for show. >> who do you think are the two presidents that you covered back to what? the first one? >> we really start with truman. >> which one of two presidents together has a really deep friendship and the opposite? >> i would say the deepest fri

. >>> why president obama is welcoming george herbert walker bush and george w.the er >>> welcome back. the national spelling bee semifinal round stars 36 pins from now. one bay area 13-year-old will be there. an 8th grader in san jose he correctly spelled his words yesterday today's round gets started at 7 a.m. you can wash on espn 2. >>> old political enemies put their difference as side today for the sake of history and tradition. president obama will unveil a new portrait of his predecessor, president george w. bush and former first lady laura bush. president obama had harsh words for bush's economic policy when he ran or the oval office. the bush portraits will hang in the east room of the white house. the obamas will host a lunch for the bush family. bush senior, president george herbert walker bush will be there as well. >>> breaking news in the south bay many big rig crash causing a big mess for the commute. we are live on the scene. >> day of two mitt romney's bay area visit the event following his big money fundraiser. >>> low to mid 90s east bay valley

fraternity. >> the other one he pulls out is another piece from protocol is the note that george herbert walker bush left for him. the 1992 campaign is horribly painful for president bush, to not be reelected. he thought he was going to be. he writes clinton a note that says by the time you read this, you will be our president. i will be rooting for you. that kind of message, which is -- his son would also communicate to barack obama, that we want you to succeed, all of us understand that the office matters more than the occupant. we hear this again and again. do they always act on a perfectly? >> i've got better confidential. -- i thought those letters were confidential forever. >> some are. bush's senior wrote about his in the book of letters. his can be pieced together. he has talked about it enough. we asked him in our interview what he said. >> did he talk about the reagan letter to him? >> he did not. it was a very short note that said do not let the beat you -- you down.bastards get that is the cleaned up version i think. they all have their little club here. when texting goes to see ike, ike

. >> george herbert walker bush had one actual son follow them to the white house and one surrogate sonng him. barbara bush thinks that bill clinton found the father he never knew in george herbert walker bush. so that relationship between clinton and the bush clan especially is just remarkable. >> ifill: this is one of these cases where h.w. bush... he did have a son who was president and a member of the club. did they get along? did they swap stories? >> that relationship, at least while the second bush was in office, seems to be one of more traditional father and son. i think the older man decided that bush had plenty ofó9 but he only had one dad and decided that was the role he could best play and so through what was a very difficult eight years for the son what we saw and all we could really find was really@$vj the son comforting te father because of his anxiety about what his son was going through. >> ifill: i was struck recently by the reluctance of president george w. bush to get involved in the republican primary contest this year, partly because of club rules. >> he has been v

george w. bush and former first lady laura bush back to unveil their official portraits, giving them a permanent place in the white house. guests included the president's parents, former president george herbert walkeraring some colortial socks as you can see, and his wife barbara. as the current president paid tribute to his predecessor. >> all of us will always remember the image president bush standing on that pile of rubble, bull horn in hand, conveying extraordinary strength and resolve to the american people but also representing the strength and resolve of the american people. >> i am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w. when the british burned the white house, as fred mentioned, in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now michelle, if anything happens -- there's your man. and i'm also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? it is my privilege to introduce the greatest first lady ever, sorry, mom. >> it was really gracious of you to inv

man who will officially open our proceedings, the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush. >> let me start by saluting our friends at the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum for launching their jfk 50 justice for all program. i'm particularly happy to single out carolyn kennedy and todd putnam as well as bringham mccup offon and jay zimmer for making this program a reality. your topic strikes a real chord with me, as a young congressman from texas, i well remember the open housing vote back in 1968. i voted with those who were fighting to give americans of all races and creeds the chance to buy a good home and a good neighborhood. later, as president, we got the americans with disabilities act passed, to make sure that tens of millions with disabilities had fuller access to the american dream. of course, these two instances are only part of a broader struggle for civil rights here at this forum and at other programs, you can learn how and why so many americans across this great land came together for a noble cause, basic human dignity, equal opportunity under t

he was treasury undersecretary during the george herbert walker bush administration. the senate democratic leader harry reid said that the $2 billion trading loss announced just last week from jpmorgan chase prompted his decision to push the nomination through as well as to bolster the fed's regulatory expertise with the nominees, but there had been some criticism of the nominations, including that from senator david vitter, republican of louisiana, who was holding up at least one of the nominations demanding for a full look into the background and then the full senate vote that 2350i7b8ly did come today. let's go to the floor and the comments of the louisiana republican, david vitter. >> the fed with five affirmative votes passes regulations under dodd/frank under its authority. that process is ongoing right now. now, why these two nominations significant in impacting the development of those dodd/frank regulations one way or the other. it's pretty simple. those dodd/frank regulations coming out of the fed need five affirmative votes. right now there are five members

it is, therefore, possible to discuss the statecraft of george herbert walker bush because foreign policy in the period of 1989, i focus on through '91, was not corporate. it reflected a personal style. and let's look at how these differences among his advisers played out. the key issue coming in was how to manage the gorbachev phenomenon. many, including the president, thought that president reagan and secretary of state george schultz had oversold george schultz and were way ahead of events in predicting the cold war. when the advisers began to think through how to deal with the gorbachev phenomenon, james baker, secretary of state and secretary of defense dick cheney defined the extremes in the debate over how to handle gorbachev. baker wanted maximum tactical flexibility to work with the kremlin leader whereas cheney who assumed gorbachev and the system around him would fail, preferred to stonewall the kremlin. general scowcroft was somewhere in the middle and his deputy gates was a little closer to cheney in the discussion, leaving the president as the balance of power. there is no w

is not a legitimate economic theory it never really was it was a voodoo economics like george herbert walker bush said and it's just a cover up for those who want to redistribute wealth to the very rich. yet it needs to be says some of us are trying to say it it has turned out i've been astonished and not not happy to see the resilience of this voodoo economics despite its failure you would have thought that this crisis which is you know according to their theory could not have happened would discredit it but a friend that by the australian economist john quiggin calls that it's zombie economics you keep on think you've killed it but it keeps on shambling forwards so we're looking for for silver bullets or whatever it is to make it stop but yeah this is been the perfect demonstration that keynes was right and reagan was wrong well and could get clearer than that and another piece of this of this whole. voodoo conspiracy theory i guess is that or maybe not i mean you've maybe maybe you would agree with it i'm curious your take on it is that the fed played a role in this that we never should have e

jeremy stein of harvard university, a professor there and jerome powell who served in the george herbert walker bush administration as the under secretary for the treasury department getting the support of the senators and now for the first time since 2006 the fed will have a full complement of governors. the postal service saying it is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of processing center the. earlier this month they had written letters to the postmaster general urging the post office to hold off on closing these facilities but postal officials saying they can't wait any longer, congress remains deadlocked on exactly how to help. and when facebook shares go on the market tomorrow, they will start at $38 a share. washington keeping a close eye on all of this, and jamie dimon of j.p. morgan chase confirming he will testify before the senate banking committee. the date is to be determined. he will talk about the company's $2 billion loss earlier this month and as he announced the loss from that hedge fund investment. let's begin with this story as republican senator bob corker is calling on the

george w. bush be there, but also his father and mother president george herbert walker bush and barbara bush willthere. the event include as private lunch with the obamas and the bush families. >>> jessica is back with a look at the local job market. >> that's right. this is another reminder we can say thank goodness we live in the washington area. the reason why? our job market is a lot stronger here than in other parts of the country. the washington region's unemployment rate held steady in april at 5.5% for the third consecutive month. the national average 8.1%. of the 3.2 million people in the region's labor force last month, close to 176,000 were unemployed. the new labor department data also showed the region added 34,500 jobs in the 12 months ending in april. that was thanks to strength in education and health services. >>> high fructose corn syrup won't get a wholesome new name after all. the corn refinisher's bid to rename its sweetening agent corn sugar was rejected. the association had been running a marketing campaign to explain that its syrup is actually a form of sugar with the same

very popular so he could run as the heir apparent to the obama administration, much like george herbert walker bushthat, he wasn't successful running on his own before, and i don't see it happening in the future. >> now, but erin, vice president biden has been a pretty tough campaigner for president obama. look at this. >> the romney rule says, let's double down on the tax cuts for the wealthy. that's another trillion dollars in tax cuts over the next ten years going to the top 1% of american taxpayers. i don't blame her for crying. she's going to -- she is going to inherit it. america has known that we can't go back to the future, back to a foreign policy that would have america go it alone. shout to the world you're either with us or against us. i said before, thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> i mean, good lines, good reaction to the baby, showing he's quick on his feet. pretty good campaigner, erin. >> sure. but it's often the job of the vice president or the running mate to be the attack dog. can joe biden carry a message on his own when he is in his 7

seeking re-election, president obama is weaker than jimmy carter who lost, stronger than george herbert walker bush that lost. they were all about 50% approval. the president is not. he's around 46%. that's a danger zone. >> reporter: there are other troubling signs for the president. for 20 years voters asked gallup whether they are satisfied with the way things in the country are going. today only 24% say they're satisfied. that's close to the 20% low in may 1992 and george h.w. bush's only term. now for winning presidents like george w. bush and bill clinton, those numbers were higher. more americans were satisfied with how things in the country were going. there is some good news out there for the president. voters say they like president obama. he seems more likable and seems to care more about average americans. so we've got these strengths and we have weaknesses and all of this makes this race going into the summer a tossup. >> jan crawford, thank you very much. also in washington, cbs news political director john dickerson. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> it looks like this is a

as regards religion in america i gave a speech on that topic in my last campaign at the george herbert walker bushdon't know that i would add to that, or change it in some way. bill: i take it nothing is planned, or nothing is scheduled. but despite that, what do americans need to understand about how important your faith is to you? >> well people of faith believe that there is a purpose greater than themselves. and for me there is no question i believe in a heavenly father, i believe in his son jesus christ, i believe in the holy ghost, these are features that i think are part of many people's faith in this country. other folks have differing views. that shapes my view. i read the new testament and other scriptures that you holy in my view, that saeup my sense of commitment to my nation. i'm taught to be patriotic, to support the nation and follow the law. i'm also taught to care and never other people. bill: a lot is made of your relationship with your father. not a lot has been said about your mom, lenore. she had three kids, and the doctors came to her and said no more, physically, it's not go

is, obviously, not their first time doing this because as the former president himself, george herbert walker bushhave his own official portrait as well as his wife, and former president george h.w. bush is 87 years old, about to turn 88 if my math is correct. he's been having some trouble, having some trouble walking in recent, in recent weeks and months. we saw him in a wheelchair as he came into the room with our former first lady. and what we understand will happen is there'll be some introductory remarks, then president obama will come out, and then george w. bush and the former first lady will unveil their own portraits. let's watch for a minute. >> accompanied by the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush, and mrs. laura bush. ♪ [applause] >> good amp. i'm fred ryan, chairman -- megyn: fred ryan is ceo of politico and, also, works for thal britton company, and he, personally, has done a lot for the reagan library and with ronald and nancy reagan and is going to make some two duct ri remarks. of course, you though who president obama is, you know who george h.w. bush and george

." >> george herbert walker bush. >> that is right. 1988. >> come on, kathleen. >> and how about "don't" >> bill clinton. karen if you had not gotten it right we would have thrown you out. and perhaps the easiest one ever. "i like ike." hmm. >> hmm, grover cleveland, and who is buried in grant's tomb. and tippecanoe and tyler, too. >> yes, henry ford harrison. >> and someone who asked to us think about the last one and that is william henry ford harrison's tippecanoe and tyler, too. and thank you for the "campaign slogans" because when we come back we will try to make it more serious and we are going to talk about framing and framing campaigns and where president obama is right now today as he is about to take the stage in ohio in about an hour, and stay tuned for that as we talk about what will be the frame on this campai campaign. ts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. easy label, right? but tha

bill clinton coming in not happy with george herbert walker bush. what has always happened is they have seen the difficulties in dealing with china and have always moved back towards the center. this represents the kind of stable physicians that we talked about in the trade-off between economic, security, and human rights. every administration is looking for the appropriate balance that americans can except, that are in our interests, and that china will work with. i think president obama has done a pretty good job dealing with china. frankly speaking, george w. bush did a pretty good job in the latter part of his second administration. often administrations have a rocky beginning. in the case of obama, he had a rocky beginning as much as his trip to china did not go how he would have wished early in his administration. we had a series of incidents along the way. the obama administration has been struggling to balance human-rights amongst these other interests. host: lancaster, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: good morning, sir. i was reading

george herbert walker bush, president of the united states uses this auspicious moment to stand on the steps of that auspicious one of the greatest museums on earth, the museum of the national air and space museum on the 20th anniversary of the apollo landings he says we will build a space station and a colony on the moon and go on to mars. he wanted to give a kennedy speech. in the speech there was a word driver. it was the growing rhetoric apart. he referenced columbus and the discovery is in our genes as humans and americans. he went down that path, that delusional path. he says let's do this. it will take 40 years but let's do this. so then some folks cost about this plan. $100 trillion. it was doa in congress. half a trillion dollars. as we didn't do it. she didn't have the charisma of kennedy. he certainly had an auspicious occasion but didn't have the charisma. it's got nothing to do with charisma. what happened? peace broke out in europe. that's what happened in 1989. you want to do a half a trillion dollar project and you are not even at war? who are you kidding kennedy's char

i would say to the president, to president obama, that he needs to take a play out of george herbert walker bush's for this. make this a multi-lateral agreement. during that conflict, 1991, 2/3 of the conflict was paid for by the saudis, the uae. this is their neighborhood. we need to leverage the qataris, the uae, and to get them to pay for the cost of the afghan security forces, that's $40 billion. >> that's easier said than done, though. >> it's not going to be that difficult. >> you don't think it's difficult? >> it should not be that difficult. this is a drop in the bucket for those countries. they have the funds for this. nato, and if you look at europe, and if you look at the financial crisis, there is going to be a very, very heavy lift for them. if you looked at the qatari investment authority, their sovereign wealth funds. they've got the money. they can do this. >> what's in it for them? if they're going to sign onboard with the americans and pick up the tab for this ten years plus, what's in it for them if we don't give up a lot of our -- let's say, i don't know, authority to do things

bill clinton coming in not happy with george herbert walker bush. but what has always happened is they have seen the difficulties in dealing with china and have always moved back towards the center. this represents the kind of stable physicians that we talked about in the trade-off between economic, security, and human rights. every administration is looking for the appropriate balance that americans can except, that are in our interests, and that china will work with. i think president obama has done a pretty good job dealing with china. frankly speaking, george w. bush did a pretty good job in the latter part of his second administration. often administrations have a rocky beginning. in the case of obama, he had a rocky beginning as much as his trip to china did not go how he would have wished early in his administration. we had a series of incidents along the way. the obama administration has been struggling to balance human-rights amongst these other interests. host: lancaster, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: good morning, sir. i was read

both presidents bush, herbert walker bush and george bush 43 and mrs. bush will be there.the east room for the main event. an unveiling of the portrait of the previous president, president bush did it with president clinton. it's been going on for years. it's going be smiles all around. that's what we can expect today. >> nbc's mike viqueira in the white house. >>> here's a look at other stories topping the news for you. u.n. declaring the cease-fire plan as a failure. meanwhile it's said syria troops attacked villages. secretary of state hillary clinton says that russia is standing in the way of military action, which she believes is required. >>> the survive ore of a deadly shooting spree is recovering in a seattle hospital. the man killed four people in a cafe and another during a carjacking yesterday. hours later he shot and killed himself as police closed in. family members of the shooter say we could see this coming. >>> all right. take a look at this. it's pretty startling so prepare yourself. cameras capturing the moment when a truck crashes into a minnesota bar. y

george herbert walker, but how many presidents have you interviewed beyond that? >> those three plus four whomd. i have been in an interview with obama, but i was not the only one. >> what about george bush? >> and bush, not reagan. >> which was -- i do not want to say the best, but who was the easiest to interview? >> carter is very confiding and fast. i have interfered george bush the most, and he is an excellent interview, and clinton is fun you're a good clinton and bush are the buzz. >> did you ask -- are the best. >> did you ask george walker bush? >> i cannot argue with his logic. he said, i am not ready to step out yet. it takes some time, and he has been disciplined about that. >> back to your job, when did you get it? >> a lot of breaking and pleading. -- begging and pleading. i really wanted to work for term. 0 week is enough time to start to get a sense and do some storytelling, while a daily newspaper i would be too impatient. i love the idea of a weekly. >> go back to the very beginning. how did you get that? >> i applied to be a fact checker, which was an entry- level job, and it took about a year before they had an opening, so that was my first job. my job was to make sur