on the back cover of george w.ush's new book, "decision points" on the back cover photo he is wearing a jacket that says president george w. bush. it's embroidered on the jacket and at the same time, he is also wearing a belt buckle. what does the belt buckle say? it says, governor george w. bush. so he's wearing his name twice in both of his last two job title as well on the clothing on the back of his book. this is a thing that i do not specifically have a specific question. i just think it's amazing and i would like to talk with mr. bush about it. i don't -- again, i don't so much have questions about the name and the job title in two places, i just -- i would just like to draw him out about it. i think i could do that. here's something i do have a question about, though. one of the ways we tried to get an interview with george w. bush this year was by entering a facebook contest in which you submitted questions for mr. bush and if -- i don't know if it was mr. bush himself his handlers, if they liked your quest

the george w. bush foundation board of directors, and former secretary of commerce, don evans. the present of the george w. bush foundation, ambassador mark langdale. the chair of the george w. bush institute advisory board and former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. and the 46th vice president of the united states, dick cheney. ♪ >> it has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president. there have been good days and tough days. but everyday i have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. i have been blessed to represent this nation we love, and i will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other, citizen of the united states of america. >> they will put a presidential senator down in southern methodist university in dallas. it will be a policy institute, a place to promote the ideals of freedom, and personal responsibility. >> today, through our commitment, to a world without malaria. and with partners a

well george w. bush what can i say i don't miss him first some reason other americans do however that sure might look really good on. that thing of not judging by his good hard still to come on tonight's show are told time winner involves a republican congressman god and climate change so stick around to find out more and then ninety two interrogation tapes were destroyed by the cia in two thousand and five yesterday the justice department decided that it will not file any criminal charges in the case was in fact kind of a big deal though i'm going to speak with a member of the a.c.l.u. about that in just a few minutes. and i got interested i don't see it which will probably have a. looming currency war threaten to of a shadow summit of the world's twenty most powerful countries that the leaders gather in so the u.s. and china have been accusing each other many amazing that this is two different democratic markets. providing student protests have shrike in london as turns of thousands demonstrate ag

if you're george w.g a book, you don't have to go back and read the big old boring report, you can just read your own transcripts. >> we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. we did not find the stockpiles. those weapons of mass destruction got to be somewhere. nope, no weapons over there. maybe under here. iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there. >> after the weapons of mass destruction thing was debunked, george w. bush not only said it was de bunked, he then changed his stated rationale for the war. he wouldn't have had to do that if the weapons thing stild stood. why change your argument and say it's about all kinds of new stuff that it's not weapons if you could count on the weapons argument in first place. after the weapons stuff was disproven and the president admitted it, he stopped talking about weapons and brought up all kinds of new arguments for why we invaded iraq. because saddam was committing fraud in the u.n. oil-for-food program, you ma

george w. bush. -- of tv interviews for george w. bush. nbce'll be a special on tomorrow, a one-short interview with matt lauer -- one-hour interview with matt lauer. >> the main purpose is to have a data point for future historians. i do not care about perceptions at this point " in time -- point in time. i served. i gave it my all. i am a content man. book has been part of the transition process and to private life. it is a way to put the reader into the environment in which i had to make decisions. >> the book is called -- host: the book is called "decision points." the former president will also appear on the oprah winfrey show and will have a number of other appearances on the fox news channel, including an interview on friday with greta van susteren. whether the rest of the country is ready to connect with mr. bush again remains to be seen, but after nearly two years of silence, he is imposing from self-imposed exile to defend his record and begin the process of defining his legacy at the

george w. bush said a few things and i suspect maybe that should have been at the top of people's newscasts, but i'll leave that to journalists like you. >> okay. former president george w. bush giving his first interview since leaving office with nbc's matt lauer. he stood firm on crucial matters like his response to the 7th 11 attacks and described that memorable moment when he arrived at ground zero. >> i called it the pit. seemed like we were walking into a pit. there was not only soot, grime, gray, water, like you were walking into hell. i got down into the bottom of the area there. there was a palpable sense of revenge and anger. i'm trying to be the comforter. these guys are looking at me, like, you going to go get these guys or not? i was overwhelmed by the palpable anger and emotion. i got on the rubble -- >> as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citize citizens -- listen, we appreciate your service and whatever, we can't hear you! it wasn't kind of a soft, we can't hear you, we can

when we come back, george w.'s new book said the losses in the iraq war were necessary to prevent another 9/11. does the country accept this cause and effect relationship? plus, predictions from the top reporters. be right back. chris: welcome book. the george w. bush memoir is the subject of an nbc special monday night. matt lauer's interview with the former president. here's a piece of that. >> i could never forget what happened to america that day. i would pour my heart and soul into protecting this country, whatever it took. two wars. >> yeah. it took thousands of lives, american lives, billions of >>dollars. you could say it took guantanamo and abu ghraib and government eavesdropping and waterboarding. did it take too much? >> we didn't have an attack. 3,000 people died on september 11 and i vowed i would do my duty to protect the american people, and they didn't hit us again. chris: contrast that to what barack obama told you, bob, in your new book, "obama's wars. quote, we'll do everything we can to prevent

. >>> and two years after leaving the oval office, former president george w. bush speaks out about the most controversial decisions of his presidency. >> why is waterboarding legal in your opinion? >> because the lawyer said it was legal. said did not fall within the anti-torture act. i'm not a lawyer. you got to trust the judgment of people around you and i do. i will tell you this, using those techniques saved lives. my job was to protect america and i did. >> plus, musical chairs in the house. the behind-the-scenes struggle by democrats to try to avoid a showdown. >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton down under, practicing her diplomacy on local radio hosts. >> we start with a gift it is potato chips or crisps. it is the gravy chip. >> i'm thrilled. i can't tell you how much you mean to me. >> a collector of chips -- >> i'm an eater of chips. >> we recommend not these. two years ago. technically that is an assassination attempt if you try them. >> we will have more of that interview later. good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. and after tw

give us a tour of the george w.r, you're going to be breaking the ground later today. >> the center will house a museum and archive and an institute. it will be focused on transformative policy and i tell people it's politics, but not through with policy. this is where laura and i will spend a lot of the rest of our life working to spread freedom and worry about kids in school. >> that's probably important. you've been working on the book for a couple of years, since you left office. now you need something to do. >> yeah. that and plus i'm passionate about some subjects. this is where we'll express our passion. this will be a beautiful landscaped area here on the smu campus. >> absolutely beautiful. let me ask you this, why smu? >> well, one, it's in dallas. secondly, it is a fabulous university. thirdly, the alumni base has been very supportive and finally, laura went there. >> finally. i think that's probably number one. >> just in case she's watching. number one, laura went there. >> i was reading in parade magaz

we are former president george w.'s ran: we are talking about his book, "decision points." >> announcer: the next president of the united states, george w. bush! >> sean: the book goes into detail about the 2000 election and the bombshell that almost derailed the campaign four days before election day. news that george w. bush had once been arrested for drunk driving. that nearly cost you the presidency? >> yeah it was a big mistake. >> sean: you could have released that information two years earlier. >> i could have released it four years earlier, i should have. i never thought about whether or not to release it. until, i was called to jury duty and the jury -- the case was about a dui and a reporter yelled have you ever been arrested? i can't remember the exact words. i chose not to answer. i said, look i made a lot of mistakes when i was young. i should have said, yes. in 19 whatever it was. i was arrested for drunk driving. -- here's what i was concerned about, at the same time i was telling my girls if i catch yo

the george w. bush foundation board of directors, and former secretary of commerce, don evans. the present of the george w. bush foundation, ambassador mark langdale. the chair of the george w. bush institute advisory board and former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. and the 46th vice president of the united states, dick cheney. ♪ >>t has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president. there have been good days and tough days. but everyday i have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. i have been blessed to represent this nation we love, and i will always be honored to carry a title that means more to e than any other, citizen of the united states of america. >> they will put a presidential senator down in southern methodist university in dallas. it will be a policy institute, a place to promote the ideals of freedom, and personal responsibility. >> today, through our commitment, to a world without malaria. and with partners acro

news that george w.sh had once been arrested for drunk driving. >> that nearly cost you the presidency you wrote. >> that was a big mistake. >> you could have released that information two years earlier. >> i should have released it earlier. i chose, you know, i never really thought about whether or not to release it and until i was called to jury duty and the jury -- the case was about a d.u.i. and a reporter yelled have you ever been arrested or i can't remember the exact words. >> you tell the story. >> i chose not to answer. i said look, i made a lot of mistakes when i was young. in retrospect i should have said yes, in 19 whatever it was i was arrested for drunk driving and i haven't drank since. here is what i was concerned about. at the same time i was telling my girls if i catch you drinking and driving you are not going to ever drive and i was worried they would say hey, wait a minute, he must not mean that, he did the same thing and look where he got to be governor. i was more concerned about g

president george w. bush's book tour for "decision points" is reopening old wounds, like 9/11, hurricane katrina, financial meltdown and the time he was drunk at a family dinner and horrified his parents by asking a woman guest what sex was like after 50. and then there was the torture of prisoners at abu ghraib and iraq. >> the american soldier is operating as guards at a prison called abu ghraib. >> yeah. >> had terribly mistreated prisoners. can you just give me your first reaction, your first emotions when you heard that? >> yeah. sick to my stomach. not only did they mistreated prisoners. they had disgraced the u.s. military and stained our good name. >> you said you felt blindsided. >> yeah. because i wasn't aware of the graphic nature of the pictures until later on. and some people in the white house expressed that -- my view into the newspapers which then caused secretary rumsfeld to come in and offer his resignation. >> how would you rate that decision to keep rumsfeld in that position when he o

we'll come back, much more with president george w.o shaped his administration. but first, one of the most important members of the president's cabinet who could not be here tonight sent this message. >> my memories of president bush will always be inextricably linked to september 11 and the events sour rounding those horrible day -- surrounding authorize horrible days. i will also never forget on the night we went to yankee stadium in october of 2001, america needed their president to throw a strike. he was weighted down with heavy armor. he was weighted down with expectations that had been set by several yankees who told him that he had to throw from the rubber. he threw a strike. ♪ ♪ [ breathes deeply, wind blows ] something wrong with your squeegee, kid? uh, i'm a little sick. sick?! you gonna let a sore throat beat you? you're fearless! ahhhhhhhhh! atta boy! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. how about a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad combination? or maybe skewers of wood-grilled shrimp. seafood lunches sta

news that george w.h had once been arrested for drunk driving. >> that nearly cost you the presidency you wrote. >> that was a big mistake. >> you could have released that information two years earlier. >> i should have released it earlier. i chose, you know, i never really thought about whether or not to release it and until i was called to jury duty and the jury -- the case was about a d.u.i. and a reporter yelled have you ever been arrested or i can't remember the exact words. >> you tell the story. >> i chose not to answer. i said look, i made a lot of mistakes when i was young. in retrospect i should have said yes, in 19 whatever it was i was arrested for drunk driving and i haven't drank since. here is what i was concerned about. at the same time i was telling my girls if i catch you drinking and driving you are not going to ever drive and i was worried they would say hey, wait a minute, he must not mean that, he did the same thing and look where he got to be governor. i was more concerned about go

and so george w. bush rather than writing about every single thing he did over eight years, he chose the terrain. this is decision points in a way that plays to a president's favor because he can talk about the things he wants to. >> lehrer: professor zellizer, matt lauer in that interview with nbc, president bush said whether or not he was going to be seen as successful by historians. he will be dead by the time that judgment comes. is that the way these things should be seen, that the first take from the president whether it's president bush or any other president is just the beginning of this long process that is going to take before the final version or the final history is written and verdict the... is given? >> i would disagree only that there really is never a final verdict. the historians have already started to write about him. what will happen is there will be multiple interpretations, there will be cycles of when people are negative or about his policies when they see more accomplishments t

then are the neo-cons that they host of the two thousand and ten foreign policy initiative form and george w. just broke round on a new presidential center including an area dedicated to a think tank does this mean that nothing has changed in america we're going to speak to author david swanson that is the t.s.a. is new groping security system is dominating headlines we're going to tell you about how the terrorism program is bringing in the big bucks as airports are bringing in those invasive backscatter machines you will never guess who is making money off of them writer mike riggs will join me for more on that story and could this be proof that the american economy really is in big trouble the one industry that could withstand anything the sex industry is finally feeling heat from the economic crisis we're going to speak with the owner of a swingers club about the effects that he's felt in this troubling time as of the end of face show but now let's move on to night's top story. suspected russian arms dealer viktor booth is being extradited to the u.s. after being imprisoned in thailand fo

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we'll come back, much more with president george w.ed his administration. but first, one of the most important members of the president's cabinet who could not be here tonight sent this message. >> my memories of president bush will always be inextricably linked to september 11 and the events sour rounding those horrible day -- surrounding authorize horrible days. i will also never forget on the night we went to yankee stadium in october of 2001, america needed their president to throw a strike. he was weighted down with heavy armor. he was weighted down with expectations that had been set by several yankees who told him that he had to throw from the rubber. he threw a strike. ♪ aren't you sick of these airline credit cards that advertise flights for 25,000 miles? but when you call... let me check. oh fud, nothing without a big miles upcharge. it's either pay their miles upcharges or connect through mooseneck! [ freezing ] i can't feel my feet. we switched to the venture card from capital one -- so no more games. let's go see those gra

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decision points george w. bush's memoir is hitting bookstores everywhere how do you remember him this week let's talk about that if a woolly awhile he went to wiley. so in a little bit simple i would say yeah i think the whole world kind of had that impression of him anywhere i'm from in london i would say i remember him as will ferrell being dropped to the stage gently on the cable from a helicopter and landing in times square fictionally being dumped and saying when you arrived that was weird. obama's inaugural day that's how i remember so you don't have necessarily fond memories of even two years later well i would say that's a fun memory i got a problem with in the school my book though do you think that people in general feel better about him now two years later than they did when he was in office. i would say that no but. but i don't think obama's really proven anything you know above and beyond what he did so makes him look a little better i guess and one might not be able to get a job after that as wel

now george w. bush has broken his silence. -- his was a tumultuous presidency. now george w.h has broken his silence. the accusation that he authorized torture, waterboarding was used in the interrogation of terrorist suspects. it is the feeling of suffocation and drowning. he writes that he was assured it was not torture and it was legal and right. >> you used this technique on three people. we gained valuable information to protect the country. it was the right thing to do as far as i'm concerned. >> if asked if kalid schick muhammed should be waterboarded, the president replied, " damn right." he repeats his claim that information from waterboarding helped prevent attacks in the u.k. >> he did not believe that he was authorizing torture. that was clear from the book, his statements, his interviews, his statements at the time. he also believed that there were many lives saved and plots foiled. >> on iraq, president bush defends his decision to go to war. but he regrets the banner on that aircraft carrier. he regrets that no weapons of destruction were found. but there are n

the george w.ush foundation, ambassador mark langdale. the chair of the george w. bush institute advisory board, and former secretary of state, con doleezza rice, and the 46th vice-president of the united states, dick cheney. >> it has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president. there have been good days, and a half days, but every day i have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. i have been blessed to represent this nation we love, and i will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other -- citizen of the united states of america. ♪ a we're going to put presidential center, at the large, modern, southern methodist university in dallas, a pledge to promote the ideas of freedom and personal responsibility. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> today, we renew our commitment to a world without malaria. with partners across th

. >> speaking of the bush administration, george w. bush comes out of retirement with his memoir. >> we had to deal with it differently after 9/11, and the threat he represented as a sworn enemy of the united states was to give weapons of mass destruction to an enemy that had just attacked us. a lot of people were concerned about it. when we did not find weapons, i felt terrible about it and sick about it and still do. >> former president george w. bush with oprah winfrey, discussing his book, "decision points." he thinks that the world is better off without saddam hussein even though we did not find weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> and we did not find al qaeda, either. whatever you want to say about saddam hussein, a horrible person, leader, whatever, h was a counterbalance to iran and he had not attacked us then. but there is an extraordinary thing about this book and the tony blair book. both men blamed the intelligence community for misleading them about the presence of weapons of mass destruction, and yet they say they woul

. >>> george w. bush opening up about some of the defining moments of his presidency. >> hurricane katrina. was it the event that damaged your presidency more than any other event? >> his answer to that and his take on waterboarding, coming up. >>> plus, a shockingly huge child prostitution ring covering 40 american cities busted up by the fbi. richard lui has that story. >> chris, this sting is huge but the problem of children turn under to sex slaves in the u.s. is huge. the number in this case can only represent 300th of 1% of the bff becky texts and says she's kissed johnny. well, that's a problem 'cause i like johnny. now i'm emotionally compromised, and... woopsies! [ tires screech ] i'm all omg. becky's not even hot. and if you've got cut-rate insurance, you could be payin' for this yourself. so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ tires screech ] [ dennis ] dollar for dollar nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate. >>> it's hard to believe it

el ex presidente george w. autoridades en ecuador ofrecen una recompensa de 10 mil dólares por información que conduzca a la captura del ex sargento de la poliÍa luis martnez, presuntos responsable del alzamiento policial en contra del presidente rafael correa. siga con telefutura tenemos más noticias en una hora.

. >>> an nbc news exclusive, president george w.ush in his first one-on-one television interview since leaving the oval office. >>> and blazing inferno, a train collision causes a massive fuel >>> and blazing inferno, a train collision causes a massive fuel explosion in poland. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with returning to his roots. this morning, president obama is visiting indonesia, a country he called home for part of his childhood. his arrival has been long awaited for indonesians. there was some uncertainty due to the recent deadly volcanic eruptions. the trip will likely be cut short because of the ash. the trip was delayed twice in the past so the president could deal with domestic issues. but the president's schedule is packed and it will leave him no time to walk down memory lane in his old neighborhood. he'll attend an official dinner, tour the country's largest mosque and

the george w.ush foundation board of directors, and former secretary of commerce, don evans. the present of the george w. bush foundation, ambassador mark langdale. the chair of the george w. bush institute advisory board and former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. and the 46th vice president of the united states, dick cheney. ♪ >> it has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president. there have been good days and tough days. but everyday i have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. i have been blessed to represent this nation we love, and i will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other, citizen of the united states of america. >> they will put a presidential senator down in southern methodist university in dallas. it will be a policy institute, a place to promote the ideals of freedom, and personal responsibility. >> today, through our commitment, to a world without malaria. and with partners acr

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rolled serious george w. george bush, pretty good job on what george w.. game going on and defense was the name of the game. sanchez, brought upstairs to bring it down. is no god to him. i a copy in place. it carries home run, his first pro season home run. loving said. audrey to respond to get in right center of this is the seventh inning, making it three to nothing. madison baumgartner, 21 years 91 days. gardner, eight indians three heads six strikeouts. highland watching, buster posey back away to the grassy knoll in the eighth. it was that for it to nothing. in and out some baumgartner could just sit back ever laughs at watched by wilson, did john shelton did go he wed, and the giants won it. four to nothing. they lead the series three games to one. tomorrow it will be to look to can engage cliff lee for the chance to close this baby out. let's go to up close game. >> i can't say enough about what he did tonight, a 21 year old kid he had it all this is the world's here's the biggest in europe or to play a. you're not >> i decided what they're taught my

. >> speaking of the bush administration, former president george w. bush comes out of retirement with his memoirs. >> we had to view saddam hussein differently after 9/11, that when you saw a threat materialize, you have to prevent it. a lot of people were concerned about it, and when we did not find weapons, i felt terrible about it and sick about it and still do. >> former president george w. bush with oprah winfrey, discussing his book "decision points." he says he still thinks the world is better off without saddam hussein even though our people never found weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> and they did not find out why the, really, either. whatever be -- they did not fight al qaeda, either. what ever you want to say about saddam hussein, a horrible person, he was a counterbalance to iran and he did not attack as then. but the extraordinary thing about this book and the tony blair is that both men blamed the intelligence community for misleading them about what is of mass destruction, and yet both men say they would not change anything they

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. >> and president george w. bush getting personal with us here on "fox & friends" about the events leading up to war. >> nervous moment of the presidency. >> interview you haven't seen anywhere else. two parts coming your way, "fox & friends" starts right now. look who's back in the center square. >> yeah. good to be back. and still comes even though i was gone for a while. >> we have something on our health plan. we can get those voices out of your heads. >> really? that would be psychiatric counseling. >> it would be. >> i'm not sure any of us would admit to that point yet. >> brian has apparently used that extensively. busy three hours and stuff with george w. bush with us and you're going to hear things that you haven't heard thus far in his interviews coming up shortly. >> look forward to that. we begin with breaking news. smoke and flames engulfing a 30-story apartment building in shanghai, china. people are jumping from windows to escape the burning skyscraper. five people have died so far. the death toll

stewart gives a defense of george w. bush on the iraq war and water-boarding. a defense i don't agree with but i think was interesting to hear. in which john stewart does not throw up, despite having an acute stomach thing, the poor guy. the john stewart interview is right here. >> john stewart, thank you for coming in. i know you're under the weather. it's nice of you to come in. >> i have the bu-bons. >> you're here at the conflicted perpetuator. >> the evil dr. doofus. >> you don't do that many interviews. i think i've read every one you've done. i tend to overprepare. why did you want to talk to me? >> after the rally it -- you know, whenever you go out there,

and if you're nervous now that kanye west and george w. bush are best besties, and he can find someone else to be mad at. >> and that makes the world full of ill-favored children, greg.

. >> actually, the way that we are still leaving iraq is that george w. bush and dick cheney negotiated with the iraqi government a date certain by which we would leave regardless of what was going on in that country. they negotiated a timetable for withdrawal. george bush signed it and now our country is following through on that signed agreement. an agreement that really had nothing to do with conditions on the ground. the sheer ahistorical incoherence of john mccain's vehement response to this question. his lurch toward partisan gain when he was asked about afghanistan is as sure as sign as we get in american politics we are likely up for another round of partisan politicking about the war. democratic president says he wants to end a war, that's essentially the cue for the republican party's theme song, their fight song to start up just at the thought of it. this is the next big thing that's going to happen in d.c. and there is a very big political problem at the heart of it for the republican party. >> and i believe the american people should have chos