president george herbert walker bush dollar coins and so we we'd like give all of you a coin of thanksfor thank you for being here with us tonight at the at the bush war. thank you very much, sir. thank you very much. and thank you. thank you very much. absolutely. gene, as i, i, i have one. all right. well, thank all of you for being here. and we hope that you consider coming to the bush school. we have a lot of speakers over time, but nothing near as special as gene in this panel. so thank you very much thank you very much. okay okay. i may goand. the nation's natural resources are not just beautiful.

and i'm thinking particular of the example of the two gulf wars and how jim baker and george bush, herbert walker bush, put such emphasis on getting the legitimating imprimatur of a united united nations security resolution and how really made practically no effort at all. i was perm rep at the u.n. at the time was amazed how quickly we rushed into conflict where we'd barely set up this new inspection mechanism for iraq had it been in existence a month or two and we were already sort of warming up for the battle. we were seeking a second resolution, and that effort failed. so i don't think that the bush the second bush administration had patience to see the inspection process through and do necessary work to get the buy in that james baker and herbie herbert george herbert walker. walker bush did. and i think that was the big difference between administrations on, the issue of foreign policy. well, those are good points. and ambassador eizenstat, that was something of a question back to you. so maybe we'll let you respond. should the importance of building an international coalition, should that

of what happened to lyndon johnson, gerald ford couldn't get reelected, ronald reagan, george herbert walker bushrth. a great job but a lot of challenges to it. a lot of people don't vote. 160 million people in the president election, 160 million. of people who were eligible didn't vote. we encourage people to learn the presence. and try to vote. we've lost millions of men in combat to protect the right to vote and many people don't exercise the right to vote. neil: the instances you will you to, might argue created donald trump and his possible return to the white house. did his predecessors make that happen? >> his predecessors did a number of things that helped lead to the calamity we had on the bailout but no one person deserves the blame and numbers of congress involved as well but we have a similar situation now, $35 trillion indebtedness. its foreign and domestic. we are paying more on interest on that debt with the defense budget. the country's currency goes down in value. the reserve currency is the most valued currency. neil: is not resonating with voters, it's not even on top ten issue

so how do you square a party where ronald reagan did amnesty, where george herbert walker bush was very open about saying we welcome immigration. we want immigrants, and where george w. bush said the same and even made positive noises about muslim and arab immigration, to this. >> well, i think the fact of the matter is that republican party of the past is gone, joy. i mean, that's the bottom line. what it is today is a complete fearmongering anti-immigrant sentiment. you mentioned jeff sessions. that brought back a lot of memories of the immigration meetings i was in. i spent all four years of the trump administration working the immigration portfolio where we could spend hours talking about the things where witnessed and said. it wasn't just jeff sessions. remember, stephen miller was a big proponent of all these things. when i hear donald trump speaking, the way he has in the last couple weeks, he sounds like stephen miller did in actual immigration policy meetings at the very highest levels. i'm talking about cabinet meetings where traditionally you would not hear this type of langu

george herbert walker bush faced this in 1988, remember, he had to combat, quote, the wimp factor, evenld war ii hero, but people didn't know it and he was vice president for eight years. this is natural. she will, tonight, have an opportunity in front of more than 60 million americans to talk about who she is, where she comes from, and what she's fighting for. i have no doubt kamala harris will take advantage of this golden opportunity tonight. >> and, congresswoman dean, one of the big tough issues for her, because she inherits all of the policies of joe biden, is the war in gaza. israel just carried out a deadly air strike overnight at a tent camp, designated as a safe area for gazans, no real shelters there. how is the vice president going to thread the needle on gaza? >> well, there is an awful lot she brings to the table, whether it is about our economy and the success of our economy under biden/harris. but you're absolutely right, the critical war in gaza, the desperate need to get a cease-fire and the hostages home, living and dead, and to end the suffering in palestine, in the

george herbert walker bush not reelected, ronald reagan was almost assassinated.but fortunately, we have people that want the job and we have had people over the years who have sought the job and actually gotten the job. >> so let me ask you about donald trump, who you have interviewed twice. once in 2014 he would say he would run for president and again on a day before he appeared in court before his hush money trial in new york. you asked what he was most worried about in the next four years. i am curious about what he told you and you have a sense on how he would use the presidency? >> yeah, i think he would use the presidency as an opportunity to change the course of the country. he is obviously not happy with the course of the country. he would say it is very lonely. he spent many times and holidays by himself. the government was shutdown, he had to be there, his family was in florida. it is not an easy job for everybody and i think donald trump realizes that. i think he wants it again because he has the chance to change the country's direction. kamala harris

and george herbert walker bush continued in that respect for the diversity of america and the rest.alifornia's always in the lead. maybe others will follow that lead, but that's up to those states. but we're very blessed here with beautiful diversity. >> do you vote for this law? >> excuse me. >> so you'd vote for this law? >> well, i don't i'm not familiar with exactly what it is but making the american dream of home ownership available to all people is something we have to do for people who are here now. >> this is before u.s. citizens. this is undocumented. this is for the undocumented. well, what i would like to do is move them to documented the fact that we can move them to document and one of the best things that we can do for our economy is to pass comprehensive immigration reform. so that all of these people are participating more fully in our economy, contributing to it, contributing to it contributing to social security contributing in every way to it. so the the attitude that we have in california of openness is, is something we share, whether that translates into particu

and that was george herbert walker bush. we're joined now by a panel of folks who are monitoring not only the politics of this, but also the fact checking shout out to jeff zeleny who gave me the intel on the last time a republican won that state of california, jeff, what do you make of these comments from trump? but let's start with a california thing. i made it's simply is not true. he was saying if the votes were counted fairly, he would win california as you rightly point out, obviously, ronald reagan in 18, 84 george hw bush won and 80 thanks. 88. since then a republican has not won statewide and he will not, either. he knows that, but it's just one more way to amplify his really has been a frustration for him about the popular vote. i think that's what he's talking about here obviously, california, the largest state and it that contributes to his losing the popular vote. but beyond that, i think the more important thing is if he goes to springfield, ohio, that confirms what we're talking about earlier. he's trying to k

. >> it was created into law in 1990 and signed into law by george herbert walker bush. >> there have been temporary protective status under republican precedence and under democratic precedents, listen under reagan, before haitians for nicaragua, for venezuelans, for sudanese, they are used for humanitarian purposes when there are people fleeing natural disasters, wars, things like that i'm an nicaraguan-american when i was here in the 80s, there was something called the knicks garawand review program that was done by ronald reagan in the republican congress to help nicaraguans fleeing communism and fleeing the sandinistas. so it's been done under republicans and on democrats and for j.d. vance to say that it is illegal, is just absolutely false. what they are doing is solely responsible and so shameful and i've got to think that it's going to backfire on them because look, so far, there has been something oh upwards of 30 bomb threats. and yes, people say, oh, but they're all hoaxes and they're coming from no matter regardless of whether their homes so regardless of whether they're

and i'm thinking particular of the example of the two gulf wars and how jim baker and george bush, herbert walker bush, put such emphasis on getting the legitimating imprimatur of a united united nations security resolution and how really made practically no effort at all. i was perm rep at the u.n. at the time was amazed how quickly we rushed into conflict where we'd barely set up this new inspection mechanism for iraq had it been in existence a month or two and we were already sort of warming up for the battle. we were seeking a second resolution, and that effort failed. so i don't think that the bush the second bush administration had patience to see the inspection process through and do necessary work to get the buy in that james baker and herbie herbert george herbert walker. walker bush did. and i think that was the big difference between administrations on, the issue of foreign policy. well, those are good points. and ambassador eizenstat, that was something of a question back to you. so maybe we'll let you respond. should the importance of building an international coalition, should that

and his vice president, george herbert walker bush, is running for the nomination. it wasn't given to him. and why did reagan not endorse him right away? he has been serving loyally for years. why did he not endorse him? he had some reservations. well, first off, i would say that they they were not particularly close. you know, the bushes were never invited to the family quarters and eight years of the reagan presidency. barbara bush and nancy reagan really loads another, you know, george and ron got along better, but they were not certainly close personal friends. and i think, you know, reagan harbored some doubts as to whether bush was a skillful enough politician, whether he was tough enough to actually win the presidency. and so he was not going to short circuit the primary process. he did not endorse bush until it was apparent he was going to be the nominee. it is said that when they first got together and were going to run in the 1980 convention, that mrs. reagan said to mrs. bush, you know, you should lose some weight and dye your hair. any truth to that. it'

the death of president george herbert walker bush.r the world were trying to get a ticket. rudy says, you guys want to go with me? i was like, hell, yeah, we're going to go. ♪ ♪♪ but rudy wasn't just taking me and igor. rudy was also taking a date. but not only the date, but her mother also. [laughs] at the time, rudy was drinking non-stop. right after, he'd be going right on tv and representing the president of the united states. - if i did 1/10 of what hillary clinton did, i'd be in jail. she paid people to create violence at his rallies. she sold 20% of our uranium to russia. poor little hillary, we got to be nice to her. - there's something off about rudy giuliani. - how many of the former president's terrible ideas came from an inebriated rudy giuliani? - but the funniest part is having to hear the conversations through the speakerphone of trump ripping rudy after going on tv drunk. - i think-- - rudy always wanted to be secretary of state, but trump didn't give him the opportunity because he thought he was low energy, because he

more jobs in federal government than anybody else i covered in my 41 years with abc news george herbert walker bush, ronald reagan's vice president. but, andy, the the president reagan organized the west wing were the triumph triumvirate. his two california of royals, loyal californians and a texan who was best friends with the vice president. was a good idea. did that work? the that ronald reagan came into the presidency? did he put an operation that was effective? president reagan, when he was for president of america, was pretty depressed and we were not confident of ourselves. we were challenged because policies were coming from washington, d.c., and they were imposed on governors and the people in their states than having the governors decide what was best to their states. and i watched ronald reagan come and outline those without being negative. instead, he was positive. he said it's morning in america and we know how to address these problems. and the first thing that he said was, i'm going to organize a white house that is filled with people that might not seem to get along but will learn h

office, nixon had to resign, ford didn't get re-elected, carter didn't get re-elected, george herbert walker bushed it is not a job that winds up with many people coming out and saying i'm glad i had this job. >> it makes you think there is something wrong with you to want this job from the get go. >> the best people may not want the job and we have a lot of very talented people in the country who don't want this job. when the country was started we had 3 million people we had george washington, thomas jefferson, john adams, james madison. where are all the talented people now equivalent to those people well, my theory is they're all in private equity. >> i was thinking of some other places they might have gone to but, yes, i hear your point on that a lot more opportunities than there used to be. >> we had 3 million people when the country started. why don't we have people like a washington and jefferson and the answer is they had their flaws too. they weren't perfect for sure. i talk about their flaws and their strengths and so everybody has flaws. i think what i'm trying to do is get people to