instead george w. got it. now he's got to answer for george. with w.'s presidency. that's what i mean about the year he's running in is making a lot of these -- >> i think the year in which he's running, i think you're right, that changes the stakes of the way he fails. i am just surprised to see him -- i think he'd be failing in any year, because i think he's a bad candidate. maybe he was a good candidate when he ran -- last ran for office a dozen years ago in florida. maybe he's just rusty. maybe he'll shake it off. and maybe by the time people stop pay attention to donald trump, he'll be great at it. >> one quick thing i would say, about weaknesses in candidates, i look at george w. bush as a communicator, compare him to jeb, and my estimation of george w. as a communicator has gone up a little bit. >> yes, absolutely. i agree. there, a nice thing said about george w. bush on "the rachel maddow show" steve kornacki, host of "up" weekend mornings here on msnbc, great to see you. >>> lots to come, including how should you respond when a famously obnoxious politicia

george w. bush administration. it's hosted by hofstra university. >>> good evening. welcome to the george w. bush conference plenary forum, waging war in afghanistan and iraq. my name is paul fritz, a professor of political science at hofstra and i'm pleased to be serving as the moderator for this distinguished forum. the wars in iraq and afghanistan are arguably the most controversial and most consequential foreign policy decisions of the george w. bush administration. the di stoigs ecision to go to to fight the wars and related issues have not only dominated the bulk of president bush's time in office but have shaped current u.s. foreign policy options in and around the regions and beyond and will continue to do so to the foreseeable future there's very little doubt the wars in afghanistan and iraq will be measured by which the legacy of the george w. bush foreign policy will be measured. so with that in mind the conference organizers and, most importantly, director bose and associate directo

george w. bush. carolyn eisenberg is a professor of u.s. history and foreign policy at hofstra, author of a prize winning book on the american occupation of germany. she has written and spoken widely about u.s. policy in iraq, served as a consultant to several members of congress and in 2004 chaired a task force on the u.s. occupation of iraq for a bipartisan coalition for a realistic foreign policy. her articles have appeared in the journal of american history, history news network, diplomatic history, radical history review and nova. she is presently completing a book entitled, never lose, nixon, kissinger and the illusion of national security. stephen f.knott is a professor of national security affairs at the united states naval war college. he served as co-chair of the university of virginia's presidential oral history program and directed the ronald reagan oral history project. professor knott received his ph.d. in political science from boston college and taught at the united states air f

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and by the way, that was a withdrawal mandated by a policy george w. bush had signed.office said, "all american troops" signed agreement with iraqi government "all american troops will be out by 2011." so again it was, an odd thing to, to put your, to put your stakes on. ari is right. he does talk about peace through strength with regard to isis. but frankly, there is a lot of boilerplate. he says, there is an internal contradiction. he criticizes obama's half-measures, and obama is guilty of half-measures no question. of course we deon't want combat troops or american troops on the ground. you are against half-measures and against whole measures what are you in favor with. >> a ricri, you were working wi george w. bush, how did he navigate, dealing with his father's approximately see apol voters knew he was his own man when it came to iraq and issues? >> great question. as the bush spokesman in 1999-2000, during the presidential run what was different between george w. bush and his father. those questions started to fade, the president, governor, starred taking positi

george w. bush. authors, academics and a former national security staff member discuss how 9/11 impacted the creation of a domestic security apparatus and strategic staffing decisions, including the appointment of so-called national security czars. this is the first of three programs today examining the bush administration's national security strategy. >>> welcome, everyone, to this afternoon session. my name is bob brinkmann, professor of sustainability studies at hofstra university. hope you get to see great sustainabilities we have under way from co-generation plant that produces greenhouse energy for us each day. today we have a very interesting set of papers and some very esteemed panelists who will be discussing it. afterwards, i hope we'll get some great conversation going from the audience. today with us we have david cohen from the university of akr akron, dane egli from the -- from johns hopkins university. terrence o'sullivan from the university of akron. we have justin vaughn from b

. >> as we wait to city former president george w. bush, his brother jeb is holding his own event right now. the presidential candidate speaking at a town hall in virginia meeting with veterans there. good morning. what's the message jeb bush is going to try to get across today? >> morning, jose. it's a message that bush has been trying to push for the last several weeks, if not longer. one of the importance of veterans care. he's really trying to position himself as a key leader when it comes to foreign policy and when it comes to defense and the military. i want to share with you, this morning, before governor bush arrived at this town hall at this vfw, he went to a run. check out the picture he posted. he ran with a number of navy s.e.a.l.s, folks down here in norfolk, virginia. we expect to hear bush talk a little bit today on some of the themes heefrz s he's hit on be allowing more freedom of choice for veterans to see doctors, female veterans and focusing on women in the military. additionally, we're expecting a special guest, y

stay with us. >> rose: john sununu, former governor of new hampshire and george h. w. bush's chef of staff and presidential campaign. in a new book, he offers an account of the former president's time in office, it is called "the quiet man, the indispensable presidency of george h. w. bush." pleased to have john sununu back at the the table. welcome. >> thanks for having me, charlie. >> rose: this is a book, the beginning of books about george bush. the man has another son running for president. >> it's been one of the products of the bush -- >> rose: yeah, who would have known. >> you know, it's interesting to see how similar they all are and how different they all are. each one has their own positive attributes and i think they've all made great contributions to the country. >> rose: you think jeb's got a chance? >> i think jeb has a chance. i am myself partial to governors and former governors. i think the country needs someone who's been a chief executive in the state to fix the mess they're going to run into in washington, someone who's handle the legislature and m

i try to schedule the next hearing at smu where the george w. bush library was being built at the time and that got canceled as well so i'd love to be able to answer that question. right now i believe ancestry.com quotes a per page digitization rate of under 5 cents. i think that is decreased pretty quickly so if you have to do 100 pages it's a lot but if you do 100 million it's a lot less per page. >> hi. i remember a few years ago and pr played a recording of lbj talking to -- and he was sounding unpresidential on that phonecall. i see some of you remember that call. i just wondered is that what presence are worried about? i they worried about about the president source of illegal concern when they hold back these documents and keep them classified? >> you're getting right to the heart of it. we talked about a presence library director naftali and i will mention of one harry middleton who for 30 years was the director of the johnson library. he was the hand-picked director so you would think he would be more inclined to protect the legacy of t

it got off track during the george w.h years with reckless adventurism and barack obama has brought it back on track. he's pulled back from some of the excesses and overzealous adventurism of the bush years and it's intact and ready to move forward again with the next president. in the long run, taking everything into account, i think the obama administration's foreign policy is of a peace with george w. bush and bill clinton's and the odd man out in the post cold war era is the george h.w. bush administration. >> why do i think elliott went agree. >> i think one way to judge it is to ask people around the world. the australians, vietnamese, south koreans, japanese facing china. the israelis and gulf arab facing a rising iran. they feel less safe. they feel an international order is coming apart. if you ask the people who are concerned about human rights in china or iran or cuba, they feel much less support from the united states. if you ask people whose concern is humanitarian affairs they will point to 8 million refugee

for george w. bush, no apologies, but i justz00 -- a jazzy little jig and a nod to the city's resilience. the levies gave out but the people never gave up. this was the aptly named flood street 10 years ago, and this is it today, and mr. renovation and ruin. in the lower ninth ward, only one third of residents have returned. this looks like the disaster happened -- >> yesterday. , the community leaders black -- community leaders complain, the black opposition especially is being ignored. >> our city leaders don't give a damn about us. we have to bring economic of ourselves because they are not bringing it. this is ridiculous. enough is enough. nick: but there are other streets that look like they belong in the ideal homes exhibition. >> i got the flag at the funeral -- nick: one proud occupant is robert green, was added deeply personal touches, trying to his granddaughter who died in the flight. >> we can talk about the death of my mother and granddaughter and talk about the death of this neighborh

it got off track in the george w. bush years when there was reckless adventurism and obama brought it back on track. he pulled back from some of the excesses and overzealous adventurism of the bush years and the order is still intact and ready to move forward with the next president. in the long run, taking everything into account, the obama administration is of a piece with george h.w. bush's and bill clinton's and the odd man out is the george w. bush administration. >> why do i think you will agree this? one way of judging that is asking people around the world who depend on the united states for world order and their security. the polls and the checks and those facing the australians and vietnamese and south koreans facing china. the israelis and the gulf era. they all feel less safe. they feel the international order is coming apart. if you ask the people who are concerned about human rights in china or iran or cuba, they feel much less important. you ask people who is concerned about humanitarian affairs, they w

george w. bush, barack obama, bill clinton, what has their attendance record like. >> bill clinton was in the hospital for knee surgery during one of his. but i think he went to six of the eight. george w. bush, i believe, went to every one. and in fact, both presidents clinton and bush participated in the show. in 1993, president clinton put on a sparkly costume and played the saxophone. and in his last year, president bush went on stage and sang a song that the lyrics have been changed about -- it was a western song about how he was leaving town. >> when the organization was formed, the white house and the washington press corp, predominantly white and male. that has changed. >> you noticed. >> when did the gridiron club change in terms of women and minorities. >> i should have checked the exact year. carl rowen, the columnist, was the first african-american member and he became president in 1988. he became a member in the 70s. and women also was in the 70s. and there was more focus on the ch

. >> let me ask you about a george w. bush news conference when he had a foreign visitor and you were not seeded with the white house press? >> i was not. >> where were you seated? >> i was seated with the african-american group. there was a faux pas on the part of the white house. i was told after the fact that i should have been grateful. i really don't think. >> but you were sitting with other black reporters? >> yes i was sitting with other black reporters but i am a white house house correspondent and an american journalist. it was so odd because even my colleagues were on the other side of the room saying what's going on. president bush even noticed. >> during the news conference he said why are you sitting over there. are you trying to get a question? >> i said i was placed here. he even acknowledged it at least three times during the press conference. he even tried conference. he even tried to put me off so that the african president would call on me and he did. it was a faux pas and even the chief of staff at the

get optimized. >>> developing now, former president george w.ush is in new orleans right now to hail the city's recovery 10 years after it was left devastated by hurricane katrina. he is about to speak at warren easton high school, the former president accompanied there by laura bush, whose library foundation helped rebuild what is the oldest public school in the great city of new orleans. the former president himself admitted his administration's initial handling of the disaster reflected badly on his presidency. just yesterday president obama visited new orleans, and he praised the resilience of those who live there and who have helped the city bounce back. >> we came to realize that what started out as a natural disaster became a manmade disaster, a failure of government to look out for its own citizens. because of you, the people of new orleans working together, this city is moving in the right direction, and i have never been more confident that together we will get to where we need to go. you inspire me. [ applause ] >> new orleans suffere

george w. bush visits louisiana and mississippi 10 years after devastating hurricane katrina. we will have extensive coverage on the state of recovery. president obama tells jewish americans that u.s./israeli relations should quickly improve once the iran nuclear deal moves forward. ♪ >> the gulf coast remembers the wrath of one storm as another churns in the caribbean. forecasters say tropical storm erica has the potential to dump several inches of rain on florida next week. as that storm moves west, the u.s. is marking 10 years since hurricane katrina ravaged the gulf coast. more than 1800 people died in one of the worst natural disasters in american history. former president george w. bush returned to new orleans today to praise the city's comeback. his administration was severely criticized for its response to the storm. jonathan martin joirnzo joins us live from new orleans. good evening, jonathan. how was the former president received? >> reporter: erica, good eveni eveninging to you. he

well, on that note, i want to thank both george w. bushes for taking part tonight. in keeping with our debate rules we will end our discussion with a trite and insincere farewell. mr. president, you are the most powerful man in the world. you can go first. goodnight, and may god continue to bless america. wow. incredibly insincere. governor, can you top that? thanks. thanks from the bottom of my heart. [laughter] nice. wow. now, this has been-- i have really enjoyed this meeting of the minds. what a historic evening. it's really one for the vaults. if only there were a secure place to put the videotape of this for all time. where could we put it? i think it should stay in a lockbox. [laughter] i'm-- i'm sorry, where-- where-- where should we put it? lockbox, lockbox, lockbox. oh, you-- you don't have to shout. we'll be right back. [cheering] [theme music] ♪cheesy bites!♪ ♪with new ranch crust flavor!♪ cheesy bites pizza is back! and sweeten it up with a hershey's triple chocolate brownie for just $5.99. only at pizza hut. don't think about wendy's spicy chicken. don

george w.h in his two elections he received 4% of -- 44% of the hispanic vote, right? in barack obama's two elections, his high water mark was 71% of support from the hispanic community. right now donald trump, who is leading this the polls for rt republican, likely to be their nominee, has a a -51% rating wih his an panics. and if he's the nominee, there's no way you can win in the general election with a -51 president approval rating from hispanics, that's a real problem for them. jon: he was supposed to have an event this mobile, alabama tonight, they had to book the much larger 40,000-feet football stadium to get the people in who, apparently, want to attend. >> you know, jon, i think what donald trump speaks to is a dissatisfaction in the united states with people who are saying the politicians in washington, they make all these promises, they say that they're going to cut the budget deficit, that they're going to repeal obamacare, and you know what? they don't do anything. they don't actu

charlie: george w.ush's book expressed confusion at the time as to why bush senior did not ask you for your resignation. john: his description of that time and my description in my book are the same. knowingo washington that the half-life of a chief of staff was eight or nine months. it was the end of the third year. the press was really giving me a hard time. i had a conversation with george w., had conversations with andy card. i thought if i lived at that time the lightning would follow me, went home over thanksgiving, thought about our discussions, quebec monday and told the it was my decision in the context of a lot of conversations in which we all mutually agreed there were problems for the president or it charlie: you being chief of staff. what were they? john: at that time the press was going after me on travel issues, even though i was traveling under the directive of a presidential order that reagan had put in place that said the the nationalf or security advisor are prohibited from flying com

particularly the fact that george w. bush signed the agreement, setting the withdrawal date at the end of 2011. something else we inherited. mark: jeb bush has been on the defense a long time. hillary clinton going on offense. she has gone after donald trump marco rubio, scott walker. now it is jeb bush's time. she likes to be on offense. she thinks it is a winning argument for her. is so vulnerable this, it could hurt him. obviously every day the e-mails are in the news and she wants to make news on something else. going after jeb bush on iraq makes news. john: and he gave her some grist been -- asl, sc has he has been defending policies of his brother. i get why he has to do it. mark: she will be here tonight and tomorrow. taking questions from reporters. i think a lot of it will be on e-mail. mark: a big day. all right, coming up, and day at the iowa state fair with the jeb bush as he walks around. first, the conversation with charles grassley about the fair and the concerns over those clinton e-mails. that is next af

that was done under george w. bush. >> you know, he made staples over the last couple of days that are incredible, trying to justify the war in iraq. then he said skin in the game. i don't know if you saw his recent statement. he said the united states has to prove to iraq that we have skin in the game. we have spend millions of dollars, thousands of lives lost, he says we have to prove we have skin in the game. we don't have to prove anything. >> strong winds are fanning several wildfires. one of the largest is in idaho. they are also sweeping across california and washington state. there is extreme heat and gusty conditions. >>> south sudan's government says it will push on with peace talks to end a 20 month civil war. they are hoping that the president will meet with the rebel leader in the capital. rival camps are facing international sanctions. >>> while the talks continue, 40 people have died i in a cholera outbreak. >> this is the neighborhood bore hole and primary source of water in a country where 45% of

that was done under george w. bush. >> you know, he made statements over the last couple of days that are incredible, trying to justify the war in iraq, that can't be justified. then he said "skin in the game." he said that the united states has to prove to iraq that we have skin in the game. we spent 2 trillion-dollar, thousands of lives lost, wounded warriorser who i love all over the place, and he said we have to prove that we have skin in the game. i think it may be one of the dumbest statements i've ever heard. skin in the game. we don't have to prove anything. >> homes in southern japan are being evacuated as a nearby volcano becomes increasingly active. it is 50 kilometers from a nuclear reactor that has just been restarted. locals began to leave after the threat alert was raised to an unprecedented level. last year 63 people were killed when a volcano in central japan erupted unexpectedly. >>> now, guatemalan will go to the polls to elect a new president on the sixth of september. but a series of corruptio

george w. bush could replace her now appears to have resigners remorse because she's upset -- >> right. >> -- that some of the decisions she made, both in campaign finance and affirmative action, but also on abortion are being overturned. but she should have thought of that when she let him appoint these guys. >> come back to what i said earlier, elections have consequences. >> absolutely right. and of 2016, and i say this to, you know, all the people, there's no difference. 2016 is going to decide whether or not the federal government does anything about climate change. >> yeah. >> it will decide whether or not we preserve financial reform, which obviously i'm invested in. >> you have a certain amount of named -- you have naming rights on that. right. >> if the republicans win, they will repeal it. they all voted against it. and abortion will turn around. on the other hand, i believe if the democrats win and the president gets to appoint somebody, her appointee will be someone who will -- [lau

george w. bush, for that matter.e not people who republicans thought could move voters and communicate with them. and donald trump speaks to this, too. so i think that really is the reason why a lot of these outsiders have risen to the top of the pack. >> yeah, and i wonder, do you think the media, the political world in general has -- is this a sign we've misunderstood the conservative base a little bit, when you look at like a scott walker, you look at marco rubio, they're running in many ways the paint by numbers campaign for a conservative candidate. they're checking off all the boxes that you're supposed to check off to win over the conservative base, and yet the conservative base right now not getting excited about them. >> well, i think there's often an emphasis on resume. like oh, we want a governor, somebody with executive experience. but people respond more viscerally to candidates and that's what you're seeing with trump and fiorina. their charisma. their communication skills. these are intangible skills t

and, george w. bush did that back then.ow, with this debate coming up, every candidate in the prime time debate has to have a donald trump strategy. and i don't think you're going to see any of them try to physically invade donald trump's space. david: no, i don't think you will see that nomi, that was an occasion of strength winning out, strong, silent strength winning out. sometimes strength can carry over into arrogance. we have a klym from the debate between hillary clinton and barack obama. he won the election. some people say he went into the arrogant mode. let's play that clip. >> i don't think i'm that bad. >> you're likeable enough, hillary, no doubt. [laughter] >> i appreciate it. david: likeable enough. wasn't that a little arrogant? didn't that work against him? >> yeah i think it did. that was time which hillary was polling very well. certainly contender there. he definitely came off as arrogant. with respect to male verse sure female element which is something hillary has and he was looking for. so it didn't a

today former president, george w. bush, he toured the school he visited right after the storm focusing on the recovery and future. yesterday president obama visited and said he is inspired by this city and on the anniversary, the commemorations continue with the visit of bill clinton. >> thank you. our coverage of hurricane katrina's anniversary continues online. we are also covering the events marking is 10 years since the storm. >>> in georgia police are vest getting a deadly shooting involving a college student that prompted a lock down, savannah state university was on lock down immediately after the shooting, the lock down was eventually lifted midnight and the student was identified as 22-year-old christopher starks. the shooting stemmed from some type of argument. >>> the woman shot while being interviewed by a virginia television news crew said she never saw the gunman coming. vicky gardner's husband tim spoke with abc. saying his wife is out of a coma and recovering. how she described what happened. >> he sho

bush. >> george w. bush gets west virginia. >> narrator: west virginia. >> west virginia, which has been solidly in the democratic column for a long, long time. >> bill clinton's home state has gone bush. >> narrator: and arkansas. >> six electoral votes and they go for bush. >> narrator: and even al gore's home state of tennessee. >> tonight, embarrassing vice president gore by snatching his state's 11 electoral votes. >> al gore lost his home state, lost west virginia. these are states that he should have won. >> had any of those states gone the other way, al gore would have been president. >> florida goes bush, the presidency is bush, that's it. >> narrator: in washington, they say the nra was a decisive factor in al gore's defeat. >> in no small measure, it was that fight over guns after columbine that had the firearm community more enlivened, engaged, and a few votes difference in florida, and the whole thing would have gone the other way. >> i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear that i will fai

until i attain that. >> i do this for free. >> george w.ush, nothing to say about big national issues, just worried about raising my family. jeb, you're looking at a career in politics, aren't you. the 1980s were jeb bush's introduction to national politics. he did go on to become florida's governor and to make a ton of money as he alluded to wanting to do in that interview. at the start it was the 1980s, his dad's run for president and his dad's two terms as vice president that set up jeb bush's life. the first set the gears in motion for his own run for president today. >> when you hear the kind of things that were being said about your dad do you get hurt, angry? >> yeah, i do. i don't like it. i got -- i'm involved pretty actively in politics so i should know better but it's hard to subblah mate your personal -- it's hard for us to sit back and say no, that's no big deal. it does bother us. ♪ ♪ it took serena williams years to master the two handed backhand. but only one shot to master the chase mobile app. technology designed for you.

new this morning, former president george w.h and first lady laura bush are in new orleans getting a first-hand look at the city's recovery. ten years now since hurricane katrina. we're going to bring you live pictures, a live report on the anniversa anniversary. >>> and 71 people die before making it to safety in europe, and there are so many more making the same treacherous trek. arwa damon going to be bringing that to us. you tuck here... you tuck there. if you're a toe tucker... because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection and get to the root of your toe tucking. kerydin may cause irritation at the treated site. most common side effects include skin peeling... ...ingrown toenail, redness, itching, and swelling. tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go away. stop toe tucking... and get the drop on toenail fungus. ask your doctor today about kerydin. rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're

president george w. bush will make remarks from there.f that is scheduled to happen within the hour here. gregg? gregg: casey, how are residents there, you know getting along overall with the recovery a decade later? >> reporter: i got to say, gregg, it is a slow but sure process. i will hop out of the way because i don't think a lot of people understand that a decade later you still have homes in the city that look like this. abandoned, dilapidated. people just didn't come back. but there are glimmers of hope here too. we had great fortune of meeting up with georgia johnson and her family as they walked us through their brand new home, move-in, scheduled soon. it has taken her 10 years to finally get back here into the house that has been in her family since the '60s. >> i can remember my daddy saying, georgia, i want you to have the house because i know, if ever your brothers or sisters need somewhere, you will take them in. so we wanted to make is home. >> reporter: have to admit i share ad couple of tears with georgia when we sat down

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. >>> george w. bush returns to new orleans today after a decade after katrina destroyed the city. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. florida's governor declared a state of emergency as erika heads towards the sunshine state. and the white house says president obama has been briefed on storm preparations. the tropical storm has plowed a path of death and destruction through the caribbean. [ screaming ] >> a church in dominica collapsed under the fury of the wind and rain. the island nation so far the hardest hit. erika dumped 15 inches of rain on dominica. landslides blocked roads, power and water supplies were knocked out. the storm is right now delivering another punch to puerto rico. as much as eight inches of rain are expected before erika moves over the dominican republic towards florida by monday morning. >>> george w. bush has been in new orleans today visiting a school hard hit by hurricane katrina ten years ago. >> the slogan that guided the schoo

when george w bush, we were hemorrhaging money. -- when george w.bush left office, we were hemorrhaging money. $1.4 trillion deficit. are we better today than we were then? yes. but, what is also going on is that for the last 40 years, the american middle class continues to disappear. youth unemployment, african-american youth unemployment today. real unemployment is 51%. we have elderly people trying to make it on $13,000. we have republicans talking about social -- cutting social security van -- rather than expanding it. i'm speaking the truth and people are nodding their heads and saying yeah, the economy is not going well for me or my kids. you had huge crowds on the west coast. few hundred people this morning. was that a letdown? sen. sanders: are you kidding me? boone,600 people in iowa. does anyone know the population there? [laughter] much.nk you very sen. sanders: thank you. >> this way. >> ernie? -- bernie? [indiscernible] >> go, bernie! [chanting] >> whoa, are you ok? >> make a gap. [drums] [cheering] >> thank you. >> senator, i have a qu

george w. bush returned to the city where his administration faced tough criticism for the mishanding of rescue and recovery efforts. >> reporter: new orleans looks different now than when george w. bush was here 10 years ago. the devastation is still evident but businesses worked their way back and homes are being rebuilt. visiting the city to mark a decade since hurricane katrina hit. touring local schools and meeting with students. >> we are the resiliency of a great american cities who levies -- city whose levies gave out. >> reporter: a slow response to the third strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. hurricane katrina killing more than 1800 people. and causing more than $150 billion indanyl. the former president -- in damage. >> reporter: the former president -- >> 30,000 people were saved in the immediate after math of the storm. >> reporter: new orleans party atmosphere not dimmed by the occasion. george w. bush dancing along to a performance by the high school marching band and took part

of the things that george w. bush said is that we need to free up the people of iraq, created democracy so they can be as free as we are here. do you think every country in the world should be a democracy? phyllis: i think every country in the world should have the right to decide what kind of democracy they want. i don't think the people in iraq wanted u.s. occupation the skies does democracy. we heard from the colleague on that panel who was defending all the great gains of the u.s. occupation of iraq. one of the things he mentioned as that there was constitution that was created with sunni and shia and turkoman and kurds all at the table. yeah, they were all at the table, but it was the u.s. academics who came from harvard and yell law school who -- and yale law school who were drafting nothing. and they were there to give political cover. we have to be clear about this. the people of iraq were not choosing their own constitution. brian: when you had saddam hussein and his sunni group, which was only 20% of th

he lost the 2000 race against george w. bush. he would compete against clinton's wife, hillary clinton, current democratic frontrunner. two individuals close to gore passing "inconvenient truth" to gore supporters, down playing rumors and calling them quote, groundless. catch republican presidential candidate carly fiorina, that is on "mornings with maria" 8:00 a.m. eastern time. do not miss night she is a great speaker. breaking this morning, nicole, u.s. officials tell the associated press that the two emails on hillary clinton's private server that an auditor dimed top secret included discussion of news article detailing a u.s. drone operation. the ap says there is the separate conversation that could point back to highly classified material in improper man other or merely reflect information collected independently. this could have significant implications for clinton's bid for president. this week clinton agreed to turn over to the fbi the private server she used when she was secretary of state. >> also breaking news this mo

. >> george w. bush had an african-american secretary of state and a national security advisor and a second african-american secretary of state at a time when the united states was very, very engaged around the world in troubled spots. does he get good points for that question. >> he gets great points for that. he said this during when president bush was president and he said at last year at this time last year. george w. bush did have the most diverse republican administration. it's interesting that it was a republican in that position who are african-american. that was interesting that it took him to do that. so this was the first administration when you saw, this time the prominent african-american that followed suit in the obama administration with the attorney general. >> that doesn't counterweight president bush's experience after katrina. was that racial? >> i don't think president bush was being racist with his handling of katrina. >> this was the hurricane that of course affected so many of

one of the things that george w.h said is we need to free up iraq, create a democracy so they can be as free as we are here. do you think every country in be a democracy? guest: i think every country in he world should have the right to decide what kind of democracy they want. iraq wanted u.s. occupation described as democracy. e heard from the colleague on that panel who was defending all of the great gains of the u.s. occupation of iraq and one of things mentioned was there was a -- a constitution that was sunni and shiah and turkmen and kurds all at the table. were at the table but u.s. academics that came from harvard and yale and law schools who drafting the thing. and those individuals were there to give it political cover. we should be careful about this. the people of iraq were not constitution. host: you have saddam hussein of sunni group which is 20% the country. guest: 20% to 25%. controlled the whole thing. if you're shiah, how do you get out of that? guest: it wasn't a situation where every shiah was ter

. >>> former president george w. bush returned to new orleans today to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. >> he was criticized for his administration's response to the catastrophic storm, but as weigia jiang reports, his visit did draw some mixed emotions. >> reporter: former president george w. bush swayed and danced to the music in new orleans as the band played at warren easton charter high. he returned to the school friday after marking the first anniversary of hurricane katrina there in 2006. >> the darkness from a decade ago has lifted. the crescent city has risen again and its best days lie ahead. >> reporter: the bush administration said it provided more than $140 billion to help the gulf coast region recover. survivors remember other numbers, too. more than 1,800 people died. 1million people were displaced and 250,000 houses were destroyed. many blamed the federal government for responding too slowly, especially here in the lower 9th ward, the hardest hit area. >> people are still hurt. people l

>> george w.say about big national issues, aisle just worried about raising my family. but jeb, you're looking at a career in politics, aren't you? the 1980s were jeb bush's introduction to national politics. he did, of course, go on to become florida's governor and then he went on to make a ton of money afterwards, as he alluded to wanting to do in that interview, but at that start, it was in the 1980s that really set up jeb bush's life, that first set the gears in motion for his own run for president today. >> when you hear the kind of things that were being said about your dad, do you get hurt, do you get angry, what? >> yeah, i do. i don't like it. i got -- i'm involved pretty actively in politics, so i should know better. but it's hard to sublimate, you know, your personal convictions -- we would all jump on a hand grenade for our father, if one was there. so it's kind of hard for us to sit back and say, oh, that's no big deal. it does bother us. or a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, p