cost 40 george w. bush about 87 million. million.ton $167 george w. bush $320 million. $500 stimate is between million and $1.5 billion for doesn't takema, it into fact he doesn't have to provide an endowment. saw presidential libraries were getting more, passed an act that said, if you give us a presidential us an , have you to give cost.ent to defer the that was raised to first 40 and $100 million, you give $60 million for the national archives. of : that is also the cost the things you talked about running the paper or running the records, but some other communications issues, as well? guest: supposed to go to maintenance of the building. we're spending 10 to 15 million are r on renovating what now sometimes 40, 50, 60-year-old buildings. anthony king about clark about it. now is the time to ask your questions or stories about presidential library. robert is up next. go ahead. caller: my question is, if impeached, does he still get a library? host: i think we lost roger. he was say figure donald trump is impeached sdshgs he still get library? guest:

george w. bush about 87 million. bill clinton $167 million. george w. bush $320 million. the estimate is between $500 million and $1.5 billion for president obama, it doesn't take into fact he doesn't have to provide an endowment. congress saw presidential libraries were getting more, they passed an act that said, if you give us a presidential library, have you to give us an endowment to defer the cost. that was raised to first 40 and then 60% f. $100 million, you give $60 million for the national archives. host: that is also the cost of the things you talked about running the paper or running the records, but some other communications issues, as well? guest: supposed to go to operation and maintenance of the building. we're spending 10 to 15 million a year on renovating what are now sometimes 40, 50, 60-year-old buildings. host: talking about anthony clark about it. now is the time to ask your questions or stories about visiting presidential library. robert is up next. -- roger is up first from virginia, line for republicans go ahead. , caller: my question is, if donald

i think if it were you or george w. bush, you would want to know if the people on your payroll were in cahoots with the russians. you would want to know. >> yes, i would. by the way, you criticized donald trump the president for saying jim comey hey f aif any >> i didn't criticize him. >> you asked if it was ethical. >> i asked if you know if donald trump knows whether or not his came pain was in cahoot with the russians. >> earlier, nicolle, you were reading from the comey testimony, you said, can you believe donald trump would ask jim comey if any of the satellite people around him had any problem? you know, you're just saying he wants to thouknow. he asked jim comey. you may say if he were a lawyer, that's unsophisticated. >> i didn't pass judgment. i wonder why he didn't call a meeting. frankly, he could do it around the family dinner table, say, sons, daughter, son-in-law, did any -- >> by the way, you don't know that he hasn't. neither do i. but the fact is that he asked jim comey something that i think is -- is an app

president trump had stayed in, i think he would have been pursuing the failed postals -- policies of george w. bush. what happened was when president bush went away and president obama came in, everything that just been sitting there for eight years, pop back to life. if you recall in the first year in december of 2009 president obama's first term we had the copenhagen. which collapsed. which was a big event which had been lying there ready to go. the other thing that president trump did as he made it very clear, that the united states is not going to fund the green climate fund. that was agreed to. that was proposed by secretary clinton in 2009 and copenhagen. it was confirmed in 2010 at in cancun. the green climate fund is meant to raise a minimum $100 billion a year starting in 2020 from developed countries to help the developing countries pay for the cost of reducing emissions and adapting to climate change. the congress has made it clear they're not going to fund the climate fund. president trump wasn't breaking any new ground. what he was doing was, he was putting the developing countries on

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he was head of the criminal division in the george w. bush administration and the justice department. that's a job that is a highly respected job, but not an especially political job. so i think that's something that this choice is likely to be very popular on both sides. >> we're looking at the hearing room right now for the senate intelligence committee and there's marco rubio right there and we were discussing him. it seems to me the democratic members got there a lot earlier than some of the republican members. maybe they were more eager for this questioning and some of the people testifying are now sitting down so we may break out the minute they start talking.

that move towards china that donald trump has had which was a change of policy from obama and george w bush of policy from obama and george w bush. he and modi had spoken four times before but people we re unsure spoken four times before but people were unsure as to where this was going. it was unclear what he would say about kashmir. they were potential stumbling blocks but what modi has written about, they have come to decent agreements about trade. modi is positive that the trade. modi is positive that the trade will accelerate significantly from here. they are quite some characters. modi has more twitter followers than donald trump. just. several million more. but they are both political outsiders. just looking at the optics in the rose garden, maybe giving him a bear hug. absolutely. they do have some problematic things in common. they are both set their stall out against the muslim world in a fairly strong way. certainly their supporters would look at them and say, these are people who have taken a strong stands against muslims. that is something that they have potentially have done a

he was head of the criminal division in the george w. bush administration and the justice department. that's a job that is a highly respected job, but not an especially political job. so i think that's something that this choice is likely to be very popular on both sides. >> we're looking at the hearing room right now for the senate intelligence committee and there's marco rubio right there and we were discussing him.

george w. bush and president obama each waited three years before kicking off their campaigns for a second term. we'll talk about the ethics and legalities of the event which took place it at the president's hotel in washington. we would bring you video of it but at the last minute the white house disinvited the president. katelyn collins is outside the venue and joins us now. the president is still there. he was supposed to leave about half an hour ago. i assume he's raising a lot of money. how much are people paying for this? >> reporter: it's a very pricey event, anderson, $35,000 a head. and they're expecting about 300 guests. an rnc spokesperson told us earlier they're expecting to make $10 million here at the trump hotel tonight. >> and those are protesters outside, that's what you're speaking over? >> and this one -- >> reporter: yes, yes, excuse the noise. there's a guy to my left with two megaphones who is protesting donald trump outside of his own hotel here in washington. >> do you know h

i remember him, he >> reporter: when president george w. bushrprise visit to this gym. >> i wasn't sure you were going to wake up. anyway, congratulations. glad you're doing well. >> when i saw him, i was like, awesome. i love him, man. like i said, if i could go again to war under his command, i would do it again. i'm very proud. >> they want to be looked at as somebody who got hurt doing a good job. >> reporter: it's been nearly ten years since their first meeting, one where a president bestowed an honor which would last a lifetime. >> you have the pictures, still? >> i have them in my room. >> you look a lot better now than you did. >> i've been working hard. >> you really have. youa proud of you. >> yes, gne says this is his full circle moment regrets. >> i'm proud of every star. if i could do it again, i would do it. >> a true hero. that's going to do it for this week. i'm chris lawrence. we're going to leave you with pictures of the chili bowl taking place. it includes entertainers, even a picture of our own jim vance. thanks for joining u

secretary ofdeputy the department of health human services under george w. bushd is joining us now from indianapolis. .hank you does it thread the needle well enough to satisfy more it is ative elements great question and i think moderates in the republican party will be quite happy with the bill. it stacks the subsidies for individual insurance for those who most need it in terms of income. offf's the capping medicaid expansion. how do issue will be conservatives react? where is ted cruz and rand paul on this? can they get to 50? a lot here appeases the moderates. i do not see a ton in here that will be activating the base. what about elements we talked about in the roundtable? support for opioid addicts? in the bill, at least not in this version. do you think we will see a good amount question mark even mcconnell calls this the beginning of discussion. do you think we will see considerable changes made? >> sure. they will wheel and deal. up withte has to come the same $119 billion in savings in their pastars legislation. that is just the rules of the reconcilia

when he pushed back against george w. bush's white house when george w. bush said you have gone too far in attacking a correct democratic congressman pete of course george w. bush wasn't trained to do that. and he is not espionage, not counterintelligence. looks like he is trying to build, his skill set is building a case for impeachment. >> obstruction of justice, is a obstruction of what? also this week it was revealed through morley said donald trump is being investigated for not only obstruction of justice but also revealed this week by the "washington post" that mueller is court events getting finances and business dealings of jared krishna. it is mueller basically on a mission to mail anyone bitter has to do with the russian probe are not? >> it often happens with special prosecutors could result with kennedy going after dictating. he wanted a body. he ended up going after libby and that that that was in fair. leave it so that with a republican special prosecutor going after bill clinton.11 america got bored with that and sick of it. they may have go

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think about that, whether it's obama or donald trump or george w. bushr bill clinton or ronald reagan, they represent the united states of america. that means our entire nation got smoked, and that means that the current president still won't admit in our current election. even though -- >> did you watch last night's show? juan said the same thing and was debunked. >> so it would make -- in six months, that's great for american confidence. when you talk about how you talk about it, jesse, you pick up on the politics that she take the politics out of this. imagine if president obama at the time went to the america people and said that theut russians have rigged our election and we've got to stop it, and i'm going to have a full-fledged investigation. folks like yourself would have said that they are tipping the scale for hillary clinton, they are blaming this on donald trump. so the president had to make a calculated decision.s do we do everything we can behind the scenes to stop this, including addressing him directly at the g7, or do we go to the americ

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george w. bus george w. bush. his specialty is cancer awareness. stephen baldwin is here. he's a former public school teacher, cochair of the state of california against hate crime and he is a talk show host on 790 los angeles. his specialty is everything civil rights. leo terrell is here. what do you think of the idea of letting obamacare live for another year? go through the midterm election with obamacare so the democrats can't run on trumpcare. >> stephen: i've got to slow down to go fast here. i'm not as smart as everybody else on the table. i try to represent the guys that had to become actors from long island, okay? in a post-9/11 george w. bush economy, then comes obamacare. this is going to take time. this is going to take time. the struggle between the left and right, what's unfortunate is all you continue to hear in the messaging from those that oppose president trump is negative, negative, negative. that keeps helping him and hurting them. if it's got to go year, it's got to go a year. >> eric: i love playing the politics and in letting obamacare faster. sorry,

>> you know, i give george w. bush credit for the way he responded on 9/11. politically on the same page with george w. bush but he responded with dignity. he urged the country to be calm. one of his very first statements was to say this is not about all muslims. we have lots of very loyal muslim american citizens, brothers and sisters. george w. bush responded with prudence, dignity, facts. what donald trump did in response to the british tragedy was, again, i think inappropriate for a toddler, much less the president of the united states. >> i want to read your first two tweets so people get an idea what you sent out. you said here criticizing the mayor of a city recently attacked by terror appalling. donald trump is not qualified to be mayor of a small town. these are very strong very vehement words. >> i probably owe mayors of small towns an apology for that. i understand donald trump maintained the loyalty of a core group of supporters. if you sort of step back and look at any of his daily actions and the way he behaved in europe, in a way that caused ger

but there was the sense that george w. bushis supporting the first arab spring which is happening in 2004-2005. more people were protesting. there was a sense of optimism at least among elites, but these are also people who historically were very suspicious of the u.s. u.s.. so they were like weight, is george w. bush improving this? thinking we know the history. and again, there's almost an internaintro struggle as peopleo make sense of what they feel about the u.s. >> i wanted to raise yesterday supreme court decision to hear arguments regarding the immigration been. this was covered in the survey. disapprove of the administrations immigration restrictions is quite pronounc pronounced, unsurprisingly 77% opposed in opposed in turkey, 73% internation, 96% from jordan. what would be the impact of the decision to allow portions of those bands to stand, depending a full hearing later this year? >> i think it's understandable that people would be against a band like that which targets muslims. although it is worth noting, and here

. >> former president george w. bush and his wife laura spoke at a summit on veterans' issues along with david shulingin. the former president and first lady talked about transition programs for veterans and their families and secretary shulingin took questions on ptsd and the issue of veteran suicide. [applause] president bush: thank you. it's nice to be back in washington. [laughter] l bity briefly -- albeit briefly. laura and i want to thank you for having us here. i want to thank you for opening up the

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likewise you can't think of nybody more different from barack obama to george w. bush and then bill clinton. there is this strange sort of swit witch, maybe understandable switch because the president living ch a role in our rooms that we get sick of him or in fully her at some stage the near future. so i understand your point about rhythms of american politics. host: independent line is john troy, michigan. with edward luce. good morning. to make a ust want comment. iu mentioned isolationism and have a problem with the left who ring to conservatives believe in sovereignty and every up it vereignty comes completes conflated with isolationism. they are two different things. guest: i think that is a fair point. i think that rand paul who was a presidential contend er this tie around. isolationiste word to nonintervention ill. n ink that is -- noninterventionist. isolation implies 1930's we involved with e we ody and rand paul argues should not get into wars of choice. host: dan from virginia. next on the republican line. caller: hello. host: go ahead, dan. caller: i have

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he was appointed fbi director by george w. bush. andy cay. >> reporter: no question these two former fbi directors have a history. it dates back to 2004 when james comey refused to authorize an nsa surveillance program called stellar wind under george w. bush. comey learned members of the bush administration were headed to then josh ash croft's hospital room to get him to reauthorize the spying program. he called robert mueller to alurt him. >> i told him what was happening. he said i'll meet you at the it hospital right now. >> he was serving as the acting head of the justice department while ashcroft was in the hospital. he was later named fbi director in 2013 by president obama after mueller stepped down. for years comey and mueller have spoken highly of each other. >> it's a gift given the way he's led this agency for 12 years and i promise to do my best to uphold his legacy. >> i've had the opportunity to work with jim for a number of years and i have found him to be a man of dedication, honesty and integrity. >> reporter: still

the reality is that he, president george w. bush ended up with an approval rating in the low 50s. so the depths of trump's lack of approval rating are -- are obviously unique and historic. and his -- you know, everybody moves off the bottom, and he's going to -- he may move 10 points and you may actually be, you know, within striking distance of george w. bush and bill clinton were in two very polarizing post-election environments, but that's not going to help him. that's not going to help him govern. finally, i think david makes an excellent point, and we're seeing this, but i don't think this wasn't in our poll today but we've seen other polls that have paul ryan may end up being exactly where nancy pelosi is in public opinion pretty quickly. congress gets a lot of credit for grid lock. it is just inevitable. if the government, god forbid, shuts down that is usually right on congress. it will be on the president too, but at what point does the interest and ambitions of the congressional republican diverge from trump's personal agenda? we have discussed trade, entitlement, tax cu

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president george w. bushent obama each waited three years before kicking off their campaigns for a second term. we'll talk about the ethics and legalities of the event which took place it at the president's hotel in washington. we would bring you video of it but at the last minute the white house disinvited the president. katelyn collins is outside the venue and joins us now.

place in virginia as well saying the likely winner appears -- seems to be ed gillespie, former george w. bushdministration official who narrowly lost democratic senator mark warner. he has a lead in the polls against two republican opponents including cory stewart who was the trump campaign virginia chairman. that happening right now today across the river in virginia. michael is in laurel park new york, line for democrats. caller: i was hoping to catch the guy before you he was throwing out a lot of false information about germany paying their fair share and other countries paying fair share. we're the ones who start the wars. their gdp, obama asked them to chip in more. bush did too. trump administration, they got their people all over the tv this morning cnbc, fox and cnn. i would imagine they're going opass up a bill health bill. i wanted to tell you about a story about trump. i've known trump since 70 something. host: how did you know him? caller: my first exposure to him was him hiring to get old lead kicked out a rent stabilized apartment in new york city. he threatened her and get her

brad blakeman, former adviser to george w. bush, goodo see you.conflict democrats were the first time in almost 40 years. here's the issue. 23 gop held house seats nationally for hillary clinton won the general election. is this being seen and treated as a bellwether? >> is depending how it goes. if the tape defeat, democrats will go crazy. perception becomes reality even for a short period. let's not dampen democrats are reminding them they are over three of special elections as trump has been elected president. louisiana, montana and kansas they have lost. the polls are very tiny. democrats pay $25 million. by the way, democrats couldn't find someone who lives in the district to run. if republicans win, obviously they are going to crawl all over the place that this is a harbinger of things to come and clear light years away politically from 20 team, which are the midterms. train to $60 spent on this race is unbelievable. the politics average polling shows ossof has a slight lead. he's at 49.6%. too close to call obviously. what spending do you t

blared from inside a wall- every night - since george w bush was president! who the homeowners say is responsible.. coming up. alert.. following attacks.. one in london.. the other in paris. the attacks happened within hours of each other. in both incidents.. drivers used their vehicles as weapons. mark remillard has more. new questions this morning surrounding the the u-s-s fitzgerald and a container ship is raising questions. japan's coast guard says an hour went by before the crash was reported. seven u.s. sailors were killed, including specialist first class xavier martin of baltimore county.. and gunner's mate dakota rigsby from southwest virginia. martin's father says he's devastated. show the container ship made several strange course changes before colliiding with the much smaller destroyer. the navy says the fitzgerald will be repaired, a process that's expected to take at least a year. a frightening attack on a woman in irvine, california. and it was all captured surveillance video. take a look at this. she was working in a baby boutique, when a man

law enforcement officials in the george w. bush administration it was afforded to a decision that has many wondering if we have the right balance between security and civil rights let's talk about this and much more with longtime washington d.c. and republican party insider former congressman chris shays of connecticut he served as ranking member of the national security and foreign affairs committees and on the house homeland security committee he joins me from our nation's capitol welcome senator congressman thanks for joining us i appreciate it nice to be with you so let me pose that question to you as a former congress person sitting on those committees do you believe that we are striking the right balance between security and civil rights well i think we have to be conscious of the balance but let's just remember we had three airplanes that had passenger in it and it used as missiles to to attack the united states brought down six buildings in new york city it was a crime that was committed that we could have it was a terroris

a speechwriter for george w. bushse the president asks his predecessors to make a better life for the american people. >> every president of the united states, liberal conservative republican doing their best to advance american values as they see them. i think barack obama was the worst president our country ever had but he woke up every morning trying to do good for the country as he sighed, same of donald trump. why can't we accept these people have differing views that are trying to do their best for the country as they see fit and advance the values of our country? >> donald trump's travel ban is set to take effect beginning at 8:00 pm eastern time tonight. the ban affects visa holders and refugees from six primarily muslim countries, only travelers with close business or family ties will be allowed into the us, those with previously approved visas, the supreme court will make a final ruling if necessary on this span in october. >> there will be blood on your hands if you don't asked, that is the message to lawma

supposedly divides us so after she told me this, i did the same thing that dick klainny did when george w. bush caption vice president and head of the search committee only mine went on the list so i did get the job move to d.c. and i boy worked in clinton white house at the end of the second term expfer after that i started this -- interest in food writing, and that led to the concern publication of soul food and then to this book. now what i love about roosevelt presidency it has themes that i found in my book. one is just the idea that -- we have these african-americans who are the celebrated culinary artists doing their best to make the president happy. through food and first family as well. and to keep them healthy. we also have this interplay where -- presidents tend want to play hook key from their diet. and usually it's the first lady and the presidential physician who are saving the presidents from themselves and then african-american cooks caught in the middle so it was just interesting personality so what i'm going to do is primarily focus on three personalities from the roosevelt an

we have yet to see a single one come up and support the way democratic senators supported george w. bush for his big tax overhaul. brian: president going to make a major speech according to jay sekulow this week. what's the message? i'm going to leave it to the lawyers and five on from here? what do you think his message is, this comprehensive speech is he going to give? >> let the president put forth. let's review what he already said about it that there is no obstruction of justice. is he not under investigation. there is no collusion. it's a witch-hunt. he has made very clear that we have had months and months and months of investigation on top of the fbi, several house and senate committees investigating the same thing. and you have got even -- you have got people even that have not been sympathetic towards president trump. david david like david brooks of the "new york times." >> opening question where would this lead us? >> we are starting to waste tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer on this endeavor. if something there let's hear about it. let the investigation go forward. jim

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also former policy adviser for president george w. bush. thank you for being here first and foremost. >> and running, cheryl. >> this really is the first concrete after we've seen by the administration to crack down on leaks to the media. what do you make of this arrest and do you think she was an easy target? >> the administration got a tremendous amount of help that put this document out there. within a day of her providing it, they caught her and it's because the intercept to review it. normally they say you confirm the contents. you made them easy to figure out the person. they reduced it to six people at access in no time they found out it was reality winners. lauren: to rethink this had an effect on the 2016 election results? what is the intelligence community saying about this? >> it's hard to see it had a real site but it does give us more evidence of how much the russian government was involved in spying. this is the gr you come along syrian military intelligence unit is way into the communist days. they're actually trying to figur

tradition. tradition only started recently so it isn't a long—term traditionm was followed by george w bush. everyone wants to read things into it and it is difficult to say that i have to say it is amazing festival and in and around london he had can see everybody bring party attire. and in and around london he had can see everybody bring party attirem is the start of edale centre, and well, —— eid al—fitr. the water in majorca is better than it oughta. quite a rare sighting. great headline. only the sun. it is the sun what tells it. shark sightings of spain, they are not maneaters at we have to be responsible there for a few attacks, surely. you think of australia as being the place for sharks, not... or south africa. yes, and not spain, and people moved out of the water very fast, as i would have done! there have to be a lot of effort particularly in australia but increasingly as a things around european mediterranean beaches as well because there is a real drain on resorts's finances if people think there will be sharks nearby. and the reasons for the sharks also coming in, because they

joining us now, david pernod and brought blake madam president to george w. bush.ou. you know whether lynch be charged with obstruction of justice for asking james comey in the fbi to downplay the investigation? >> or a premature. right now i don't think so. certainly could be an investigation and she could testify or there could be an fbi investigation into what she did. let's not forget the oversight and only investigative purposes. they do not have the ability to charge. the fbi investigation did open up, we would know that at this point. >> we may see former attorney general lynch soon. have we heard anything about that? >> has become politicized under the apartment and assertion. no doubt about it. i don't think that's the case under the trump administration. if anything, they are trying to clean it up and restore the decor and you expect from the justice department to be free from political oversight or intimidation. one thing is for sure, lynch has opened herself up to a congressional investigation. the fbi is watching testimonies, too. they can open an inve

by this point in 2001, george w. bush had signed into law $1.3 trillion tax cuts, one of his crowning domestic achievements. nothing close to that to show. it's a missed opportunity for republicans. >> bret: get it done before july 4? >> i don't think so. >> bret: that concludes our first hour. thank you, panel. "special report" will be back with the latest from the sessions hearings and all the latest news. are upgrading their watere filter to zerowater. start with water that has a lot of dissolved solids... pour it through brita's two-stage filter... dissolved solids remain! what if we filter it over and over? oh dear. thank goodness zerowater's five-stage filter gets to all zeroes the first time. so maybe it's time to upgrade. get more out of your water. get zerowater. it's ok that everybody ignoit's fine.n i drive. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else...

the former deputy assistant george w. bush. hey, brad. what comes next year?te again july 10 after the recess. he expects the coup by a moment amongst the conservatives. it will be a moment by which i think the bill will come together. amendments will be offered good concessions will be made. that's a big deal is all about. the party is making it in the party who's going to honor it. i believe they will go back to their districts coming their districts can you hear constituents, take a look because each day is different in the economy and population needs. we've got to get it right. mitch mcconnell is smart to give his members more time to digest this and make it a better bill. lauren: depends which they were talking about it in particular the issue of medicaid. some states can operate the exchanges in the medicaid is not as big of an issue. new york for example it's a huge issue. does that dilute mcconnell's chances of getting something through after july 4th? >> i think it increases it. you have a better informed membership of the republican party because we

wray, 50, led the justice department's criminal division for two years under president george w. bush. most of his time was spent on corporate fraud persecutions, the biggest, jail time for executives of enron. after leaving the justice department, he was a defense attorney, notably for chris christie in the bridgegate scandal. wray lacks extensive background in terrorism and national security prosecutions but is respected in the legal community. he is not well-known among rank and file fbi agents. >> chris wray is unflappable from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was u.s. attorney in georgia. >> i think the fbi could use a little less politics. and he is a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time when president trump's relationship with jeff sessions remains strained. for the second day in a row, the white house declined to say if the president had confidence in sessions. early senate reaction to wray's nomination was positive, even among some democrats. in the a