. >>> the national league, george w. bush rides again, the former president leading wounded veterans on an odyssey under the hot texas sun. before he pedals off, he talks with me about his legacy, vladimir putin and his brother, jeb's, own potential hopes for the oval office. >> jeb, if you need advice, give me a call. >> the politics lead, if jeb bush does decide to run, how would he stack up against a hillary clinton candidacy? in the battle for 201, which political dynasty would win. >>> and malaysia airlines releases its report on flight 370's disappearance. does it end with questions about the confidence of the response? well, far from it. >>> welcome to "the lead," coming to you live from the prairie chapel ranch in crawford, texas, better known as the home away from home for our 43rd president, george w. bush. i sat down with the former president here at what was once referred to as the western white house during his time in office. we had a wide-ranging conversation from everything from wounded warriors to his brother

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something george w. bush'sn denied, saying he is very much for his brother running and he's very proud of his record, has no concerns about that getting debated in another campaign. jeb bush's father, most importantly, his former president father, would like him to run. his mother has been more tepid about it. people around her and a spokesman for h.w. bush say in part that's because she doesn't want people to think there's a sense of entitlement that comes with being a bush and he has a prerogative to do this. his wife is also another major concern. >> neil bush, the other brother, told gloria yes, he thinks he should run. george w. bush told jake tapper thinks he should run as well. we'll see what happens. brianna, you've been covering the clinton camp. how do they feel about a possible jeb bush run for the white house? >> i don't know how hillary clinton would feel about this. i think there are a lot of democrats who would actually like this. they feel like it would be more of an issue-based campaign. i also

thankfully presidents bill clinton and george w. bush recognized their valiant service and acted to provide specialized care and compensation for the duty. an f my constituents is atomic veteran and very proud of his service to our country. like me, he believes it is past time for the defense department to honor with a medal the unique service carried out by the atomic veterans. more than 75% of atomic veterans have passed away, never having received this recognition. i call on this house to act swiftly on the passage of this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

it did it under george w. bush when it invaded georgia. the question was, how effective would the u.s. response be. it's true we could not get crimea back to ukraine, which is too bad, but we'll see how good that turns out to be for russia. in reality, we've made russia pay a significant economic price and that's changed putin's calculation and i think we're going to have a unified ukraine, which is what we want. >> are we indispensable in president obama's world view? >> no, i think he'd like to have a world where we are dispensable, otherwise why would we get out of afghanistan? why doesn't he say i'm going to consult with the two candidates in 2016 and if they think it's prudent to leave 10,000 troops there, i'll let them make the decision what comes next. he's closing the door on the possibility of salvaging things in afghanistan after all the sacrifices we made, just as he did in iraq. that tells me -- if you were a normal president, i've drawn down, he can take credit for the decline in causalities, but you know what, take a fresh lo

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president george w. bush ordered the invasion of afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks to oust the taliban, who had given al qaeda a base of operations. more than 2,100 americans were killed in the war, more than 19,000 wounded. major garrett has more now on the road ahead in afghanistan. major. >> reporter: this, norah, is the endgame. no more u.s. military combat operations after this year, and then a two-year mission of training afghan forces and assisting in counter-terrorism operations. all this carried out by a force one-third its current size. >> we will no longer patrol afghan cities or towns, mountains or valleys. that is a task for the afghan people. >> reporter: by the end of this year, the current u.s. force of 32,800 will fall to 9,800. it will be cut in half by the end of 2015, and be reduced to just enough troops to staff the u.s. embassy in kabul by the end of 2016. the war began nearly 13 years ago, and has cost taxpayers more than $600 billion. the result-- al qaeda is virtually gone, but talib

. >> you didn't do that under george w. bush. you have people in watching you -- >> i think this is the worst crisis we've had. this is the most we've spent on unemployment. this is, whether i'm going ask my children and grandchildren to play for it. what is mean is telling my children and grandchildren to pay for that. >> people who lost their unemployment at the end of december are living many living in cars now. they need their unemployment. this is an emergency. >> and we have -- the bill is in the house. all it says -- >> go back to europe. >> you don't get disability plus unemployment insurance. >> there is actually a bill that has passed in the senate that doesn't do all these tricks. look, when george w. bush was president, you extended it. you didn't try to figure out i'll pay for it and stick in your favorite projects. don't you love americans now? >> i'm going to shock you. the senate is a little different from the house. the senate senate wants to spend money without thinking of the effect on the fiscal situation. the

so you can. >>> january 2001 -- >> i george walker bush do solemnly swear. >> george w. sh assumes the presidency, with the nation's energy concerns near the forefront. 11 days into office, bush assembles his national security team for the first time. along with the vice president and national security adviser, condoleezza rice the principals include secretary of state colin powell, defense secretary, donald rum feld and treasury secretary, paul o'neill. >> paul o'neill opened up everything for the book i wrote about him in the bush administration, including 19,000 documents. \ 9 first national security meeting of the bush presidency, january 31, 2001, arrived with colin powell. >> the subject of that meeting that day was the middle east, iraq. >> immediately, there's talk of the arab/israeli conflict and bush says, you know, i don't think much is going to be done over there. and bush says, well, what do you think the big issue in the region is, condi, to condi rice, at which point she says i think iraq is the big issue in this region, the destabilizing force and that's g

president george h. w. bush'sense secretary at the time is dick cheney. >> iraq controlled 10% of the world's reserves prior to the invasion of kuwait. once saddam hussein took kuwait, he doubled that to approximately 20% of the world's known oil reserves was and that gave him a stranglehold on our economy and that of most of the other nations of the world as well. >> despite that stated motive of protecting the free flow of oil, the president's public case for war centers on saddam hussein and his oppressive regime. >> we are dealing with hitler revisited, a totalitarianism and a brutality that is naked and unprecedented in modern times. and that must not stand. >> my boss, colin powell, was chairman of the joint chiefs at the time, and he had problems with hw, president bush, going out and talking about hitler around things like that because he knew it was such a camouflage. you know, this is a mask to get the american people's support. the first gulf war was all about oil. >> the horror of 9/11, ten years after

the wreathlaying, former president george w. bush and joe biden paying tribute to ast 9/11 veterans as part of veterans conference. here are some of the president and marks. have arans and employers hard time translating military experience. that is not surprising. i mean, you do not see many job posting that say wanted, experience hunting terrorists, willing to risk life or coworkers. what is a veteran supposed to put down? my last office was a humvee. the study will help employers understand what veterans have to offer. going to send a broader message. hiring veterans is not only the right thing to do. it is a smart thing to do. i've employed a lot of people during my career and i have learned you can always teach gills. are qualitiesost like character and values, work ethic and responsibility. that is what our veterans bring. says united states military, that means you can count on the applicant to be loyal, have good leadership, teamwork skills and discipline. to an employer, that should mean a lot. thatu can watch all of event a

going to be a country that is going to war any more, he is defineing his presidency as not the george w. bush presidency with that speech it seems to me. lou: why would it take him 5 years to say he is not george w. bush. a question -- you know, in all seriousness. it is good to hear a president talk about the limits of power. it is good to hear this president talk about military adventureism at an end, it will upset some on right, he will upset some on the left. but suggesting that we be engaged in the world. but i do' to give him credit for talking about limits of power. it is -- it requires a much longer discussion, then 20 minute speech at westpoint. but i think he is on the right track there. at least. juan williams thank you. >> ed rollins thank you. >> thank you. >> great to be with you. lou: to latest to marine jail for two months in mexico who case has been all but ignored by boobama administration. by the president. publicly. 25-year-old sergeant andrew, today had his first hearing in court, after he was arrested on march 31, as he mistakenly crossed border with registered his regis

he is saying i am not george w. bush. he says i want to go back to before george w. sh, i don't want to stay away from intervention but it will be more like bill clinton or george h.w. bush in the last administration. >> the president has said his foreign policy is similar to that of george bush 41. tell me your take away and what you thought was essential for the president to say. i think this was an effort to reset the narrative. this administration has had to deal with so many foreign-policy crises one after the other and they've gotten pushed into a very reactive mode and i think this was an effort to sort of get back on the front foot and say hey, the u.s. does have a key leadership role in the world , and here is my framework. is the new approach to counterterrorism. toe is why the u.s. has support international democracy around the world. the real issue is, how does this translate into policy? or does this set expectations that new policies will be rolling out in support of these elements? >> i think it is a little of both. he is trying to provide framework int

his sort of -- putin sort of style has not only in a lot of the same way not comparing it to george w. bush, but it was the same thing, right, when george w. bush was saying we're going to go around the world and kick the behinds of every terrorist on the planet. it felt good to americans. he got high approval out of it. that sense that we're responding robustly, putin is doing the same thing, and it's winning him fans among some in our own -- you know, in our own conservative movement, which is highly ironic and different for us to have a faction in american politics that seems to think that vladimir putin sin a stronger leader. >> vladimir putin is an oughto accurate, and is he challenging this idea, and it's fascinating. putin and assad are showing if you are willing to use force and massive propaganda, is it it will work, and that stirs up the pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine, and the west doesn't really know how to respond to this. if we're not willing to use military force, we talk about sanctions, and you are absolutely right. the germans won't agree to really serious sanct

president george w. bush's home. st concluded the warrior 100 k mountsen bike ride, the fourth annual ride where president bush honored the veterans for their sacrifice and their resilience. after the ride, i spoke to him about his feelings about the global war on terror and how the military has kept us safe. >> it's important for people to realize that freedom is the way to peace and by honoring these vets, we're honoring people who understand this. i hope freedom advances. >> he's committed to the concept of freedom and he sees it embodied in the warriors. active army, as well as the veterans working together to get up and down the hills here at the ranch. i also spoke to him about his brother, jeb bush, and about his plans on running for president. >> well, i would hope he would run. he's a wonderful man. he's not telling me what his plans are. he'll make up his mind on his own timetable. and i can't accelerate it and our mother can't accelerate it or decelerate it. we'll see what he does. he knows firsthand what i

george w. bush left office with approval ratings in the 20's. is is not something -- this is something that jeb bush has to consider when he thinks about running because he will certainly be asked time and time again his opinion of things that his brother did as president. this is a very complicated story. >> and his father. >> have george w. bush out front pushing for his brother run for president is not politically a good idea right now. >> okay. and the video you you have to see to believe. [screams] >> oh my god. [screams] >> oh my god. [screams] glun believable. entire street collapsing. city parks plummeting. much more of this incredit video coming up. i hope that's not your street. >> oh my god. ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ here's a good one seattle... what did geico say to the mariner? we could save you a boatload! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ what's seattle's favorite noise? the puget sound! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ all right, never mind doesn't matter. this is a classic. what does an alien seamstress sew with? a space needle! ♪ foghorn sound

there, george w. bushn't really talked, i think we're going to see that interesting dance happen over and over again. >> perhaps the more interesting thing from what president bush told me yesterday was he basically made a case for his brother. one that had to do with electability. take a listen. >> have a big state, he's confident he can reach out for people who believe that the republican party doesn't listen to them. >> that's an interesting thing to say, that jeb can reach out to people who jeb thinks people don't listen to him. presumably he's talking about younger voters, latinos, women. it's pure electability. >> absolutely. even as they fear that some of the baggage from the bush name would be a problem for him, even as they fear that he might have a hard time getting through a republican primary, he looks like someone who knows how to win an election. as his brother said there, was the governor of the -- the popular governor of a purple state and they are desperate to put some points on the board

george h.w. bush. you can't start an honest dialogue about the implications of u.s. power in the world by making factually dishonest statements. stephanie? >> well, you know who you left out there? george w. bush who misled the nation into war in iraq, took his eye off the ball in afghanistan, mismanaged that war. we're now spending more than $2 trillion. >> the one hillary clinton voted for. >> the war we were misled into based on fault to evidence on wmd. but we can do some revisionist history there. i think this is a well-known fact. in the "crossfire," ted strickland and dr. ben carson, retired neurosurgeon and author of "one nation: what we can all do to save america's future." dr. carson, welcome. i want to pose the first question to you. >> okay. >> you heard newt criticize the president, and, you know, there is a lot of reactionary reflexive criticism that's not based on facts. i just want to point out a couple of things about the president's record on foreign policy. he has successfully handled many international crises. take a look. he ended the war in iraq, ended the war in afghanistan. he's brought iran to the table on nuclear negotiations. he's rid syria of chemical weapons.

president george w. bush has kept a fairly low public profile since leaving office in 2009. he has done some speeches for money but when president george w. bush does events it's more often than not having to do with veterans who were wounded. he did not attend the 9/11 memorial today in manhattan. it's always interesting see presidents together but it was striking that president obama and president clinton, that skips a presidency, namely the one who was president when 9/11 happened. he did not go to the opening. he instead sent a statement. president obama today was there and he gave a speech. he gave a very emotional speech about the attacks of september 11th and about heros who helped people that day and veterans who have fought in the wars that were launched at least nominally with some relation to 9/11. >> here we tell their story so that generations yet unborn will never forget. of co-workers who led others to safety, passengers who stormed a cockpit, our men and women in uniform who rushed into an inferno, first responders who charged up those stairs. a generation of

george w. bush left office with approval ratings in the 20's. is not something -- this is something that jeb bush has to consider when he thinks about running because he will certainly be asked time and time again his opinion of things that his brother did as president. this is a very complicated story. >> and his father. >> have george w. bush out front pushing for his brother run for president is not politically a good idea right now. >> okay. and the video you you have to see to believe. [screams] >> oh my god. [screams] >> oh my god. [screams] glun believable. entire street collapsing. city parks plummeting. much more of this incredit video coming up. i hope that's not your street. >> oh my god. were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today...and tomorrow. so let's see what we can do about that... remodel. motorcycle. [ female announcer ] some questions take more than a bank. they take a banker. make a my financial prioriti

george w. bush lost his first race for congress. you know, losing can do that, can humble you in a way. i have to say i thought rick perry seemed like a happy warrior to me. you could see him just sort of being this sort of tortoise kind of candidate. >> do not write him off. 1988, bill clinton actually booed at the democratic convention. four years later he was their saving grace. he was so bad that he actually went on "the tonight show". >> johnny carson thing turned over the timer thing. >> he was a punchline. and senator schumer, you know this. politics, things can change. you know rupert murdoch, he's from new york, you're from new york. >> yep. >> spent a lot of time with him. he could endorse a republican. he could endorse a democrat. i think it's all safe for us to say around this table here he's not going to endorse rand paul. >> he's a neocon. rand paul is the opposite. i don't think he'd bring himself to trust rand paul's instincts. but to go there, that was a smart political move for both of them. i admire that. one thin

george p. bush or president chelsea clinton. but some u.s. presidents including republicans keep underestimating him. today, president george w. sh who once famously said he had looked into putin's eyes and saw his soul gave a new explanation about him. >> did you misjudge him early or were you trying to open the door? >> i think he changed. of course, presidents should owo open the door and give people a chance except for the despicable tyrants. at that time, it looked like he wanted to be, you know, work with the west. >> president bush reflects our entire foreign policy lead in both parties. they continue to believe bad people can be good people if only we be nice to them. putin has been putin for the entire time he's been around. he was putin in the kgb. he's been putin since he started running the country 99. we have to see him for what he really is in the words of former defense secretary bill gates, a stone cold killer. back with us in the "crossfire" congresswoman karen bass and senator ron johnson. i think you feel like that's a pretty grim but maybe accurate view of putin. >> i do. i think it's rather scary. some of t

doc, here's president george w. bushg about the possibility of his brother jeb bush running in 2016. >> what about jeb running for president? >> well, i would hope he would run. he's a wonderful man, but he's not telling me what his plans are, and, you know, he'll make up his mind on his own time table, and i can't accelerate it, and our mother can't accelerate it or decelerate it, and, you know, we'll see what he does. he knows firsthand what it's like to run for president in that he's seen his father and brother run. if he were to choose to run, he'd have no stronger supporter than me. >> doc? >> first of all, they are close. secondly, if jeb decides to run and he wants jeb to run, he's behind him, he'll be out in front supporting him. here's the other thing, barbara bush is helping him make a lot of decisions. that's what the president was saying, barbara is strong in that family. she's going to have a role. >> at one point she said, do we want another bush, then i think president bush said, well, maybe misinterpreted

i want to remind you that your president george w. bush looked into putin's heart and saw this soul and apparently liked what he saw. now, in regard to the primary for the democratic presidential nomination, there will be a primary. whether or not there will be a serious primary i think is questionable at this point because hillary clinton is very strong. she's strong among the democrats. she's also strong with independents. i think she'll be strong with some republicans. >> so do you think the party will be better to have a serious primary fight? >> if it can be avoided, i think that would be good for the party. it will help us conserve resources. but i do believe the contest between hillary clinton and president barack obama was good for both of them. i think it strengthened barack obama, but hillary clinton i don't think needs the seasoning of a tough primary because she's been through it before and i think she's already ready. >> her record as secretary of state and a complete debacle. you look at one area of the world where the united

i had an allergy and couldn't do it. >> another president, george w. bush, at his ranch in texas before his inauguration. >> the u.s. civil rights commission has called the elections in florida a disaster? >> why? because the wrong person won? >> i'm not sure but that's what they said. what do you say to the people who say that you didn't win the election but that the supreme court handed it to you? >> i say that they didn't watch the recounts. every time they recounted, i won. >> reporter: so many of you tweeting me about her grit. norma writing, amazing strong woman with more than a back bone bold, electrifying and unafraid to ask the questions. christian tweeting, it's amazing to see how many people she interviewed and held her ground. she rocked. >> here a very relaxed richard nixon. he was nowhere near as relaxed and nor was i when i interviewed him after watergate. >> why don't we get serious. >> because i think people are still -- i am serious. people are interested in you. they're trying to understand you and i'm sorry that you find these questions

again, i love george w. bushperson. >> and you had two weak -- >> who wasn't a establishment candidate. romney, a establishment candidate. >> where will you find someone who has a broad appeal? >> did we have it last time? >> absolutely not. >> you think they're going to be magically energized with the brother. >> i think he should have a voice. >> if he wants to run, who says he shouldn't have a voice. i'll tell you what is going to happen. this is what i predict will happen. he will come into ohio, he'll lose iowa. somebody like huckabee will win. he could win in south carolina, but it's say he loses in south carolina. he goes into florida. they poured all this money into jeb. he'll win in florida, and then it's over. >> hillary, we cannot -- >> i'm glad you brought that up. he loses by eight point. who is the only person to ever beat hillary in a head to head? >> in the head to head, it was christie at one point. you put him in the midwest and the south, and he will not play we well. >> he was elected as a tea

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george w. busht in his second term. at that point he was nine points lower than the current president. with two years left, do you think he risks falling further and do you think that risks being detrimental to candidates? >> i think the risk of falling lower is not only definitely there. even when you're in the same water as to where president bush was during this second term is not necessarily great water because in 2008 the election of democrats versus republicans -- >> and george w. bush plummeted after that. >> one thing the president has to do and alluded to at the white house correspondents dinner, 2013 wasn't a great year for him nor for the party. 2014 cannot be another repeat of 2013. people have to feel like there is real momentum and real direction that people are moving towards and that's got to be the major push going not just through midterms but final two years of the presidency. >> there are big make or break races on that front. cristal, since you have experience at the local level

and he is also saying that i am not george w. bush. i think what really underalize this speech is i want to go back to before george w. bush. i'm not going to stay away from intervention in all cases but it will be more like bill clinton or george h. w., than the last administration. >> rose: the president has on occasion said his foreign policy was similar to that of george bush 41. michelle, tell me what your takeaway is and as a former policymaker you thought was essential for the president to say. >> i think this was an effort to reset the narrative. this administration has had to deal with so many different foreign policy crises, one after the other. they've gotten pushed into a very reactive mode at some points in time. i think this was an effort to sort of get back on the front foot and not only say, hey, the u.s. does have a key leadership role in the world. i do have a strategy. but here's my framework. here's when i'm use force and when i won't. here's a new approach to counter-terrorism. here's why the united states has to un

clinton this '96 -- in '96 didn't get over 50% of the vote. 2000 george w. bush gets in without even winning a majority of votes. and then 2004 the second bush term, bush leaves office. bush around 2007 had the worst gallup approval numbers of any president since harry truman. barack obama, obama wins in 2008. 2012 obama actually is the first president in history -- though he was the first democrat, i believe, since lbj to get over 50% of the vote. but in 2012 he was elected with, first president, first president to do this, elected with less popular votes and electoral college votes in his re-election. reagan won 49 out of 50 states. >> his re-election, obama won 26. bare majority. and if you look at a map of counties, right, under reagan it was a sea of red. under obama it was still a sea of red. if you look, if you look at counties. and speaking, speaking of obama, there was a poll done in 2013 after the 2013, after the second inaugural which asked americans if ronald reagan were to run today against barack obama, who would you vote for? they said reagan by 58

tm >>> former president george w. bushrd, recovering from partial knee replacement surgery. president bush went into surgery on saturday in chicago and he was walking just a couple hours after the procedure, and that's a quote. the spokesman says the former president bush traveled back home to the dallas area yesterday. >>> and on this day in 1937, san francisco's golden gate bridge opened to the public. the idea to span the mile wide golden gate straits dates back to 1872. in the 1920s an engineer pitched a proposal for an affordable bridge, but historians say it was pretty ugly. other experts chimed in and they chose international orange for the color to help resist rust and mesh nicely with the bay area sunsets. at the big unveiling, some 200,000 people walked across the bridge. it welcomed cars the next day, but the golden gate first opened 77 years ago today. when news breaks out, we'll break in. thanks for trusting fox news channel for your nuts and information. >>> well, forget flying on a wing and a prayer, try jus

the rnc chairman prooef srevis senator ron johnson. >> former president george w. bushafter having a partial knee replacement. a spokesman saying push is doing great. he is already up and walking around. since leaving the presidency bush 43 has become quite the athlete even hosting a 100 kilometer bike race that supported wounded veterans last month. we covered it for you. hopefully he is back up on that bike soon. his dad jumped out of a plane on his 80th birthday. >> quite the athletic family. >> on the schedule for today talking about temperatures, they are rising and a lot of flooding out there, too. >> that's right. good >> good morning henter and ainsley. talking flooding across parts of the gulf coast. take a look at the flood watches in houston and louisiana and parts of mississippi. we have been seeing heavy rain moving over the southeast. on top of the rain we are talking about as much as 8 inches potentially even more than that forecast for today and also tomorrow. this will be a big concern across the gulf coast. they are in louisiana and parts of mississipp

. >>> in february jill biden and former president george w. bush spoke about helping veterans transition to civilian life. it was part of a summit at the george w. bush institute that focused on the problems faced by veterans of wars in iraq and afghanistan, including unemployment and mental illness. this part of the event is an hour 1/2. >> good morning. thank you. [applause] good morning. and welcome to the bush center. we're thrilled you're here. we're here this morning of course to examine the unique need of our military service personnel and what we can do to more effectively help them during their transition from active duty and thank you all for being here. before i go any further i would like to ask everyone in the audience who is currently serving or has served in the military to please stand so we can recognize and thank you, thank you for volunteering to wear our country's uniform and to protect the freedoms that we cherish in america. please stand. [applause] wow. thanks also to the family members. some of you have played the role of ca

later tomorrow, former president george w. bush and jill biden. we'll have that tomorrow at noon eastern. >> thanks for the service. you're going to have a nice surprise tomorrow when you go into the cathedral. you in the navy? >> i was in the marine corps. >> that's tough. >> that was tough. thank you for being here today. >> and thank you for all the service. >> former world war ii veteran and senator bob dole regularly greet visitors at the the world war ii memorial in washington. monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. >> this month c-span showing commencement addresses from graduation ceremonies around the country. next we'll show facebook chief operating officer sheryl sandberg. her speech lasted 15 minutes. >> welcome to all of you. most importantly, congratulations to the magnificent class of 2014. it is a privilege to be with you here today honoring 2000 students from schools across chicago. colleges named after giants who dare to imagine a better city, cannot and world. .....

the republican nomination was a forced decision when he selected george bush to be his vice president. jewish bush campaigns, george h. wush campaigns throughout the 80s and says trust me, i am a conservative. if nominated i will govern as a conservative. 1984 republican convention in dallas, texas i am there with howard phillips, chairman of the conservative caucus and dan rather interviews us one night on television and so he asked about the vice president, he is not in our opinion a conservative for this reason, this reason, this reason. the next night dan rather has george h. w. bush on and he says mr. vice president, last night i had howard phillips and richard viguerie on and they said you are not a conservative for the serious reasons, what do you say? and a chuckle and his answer, yes, i am a conservative but i am not a nut about it. he certainly wasn't. he was sworn in at noon, january 20, 1989, by sundown every reagannight that could be identified was fired. not in the coming days or weeks but in the first five hours by sundown, politically executed, you could have supported jewish bush in the 80 primary. if y

george w. bushttle bit of that. >> i stand by this man. i stand by this man because he stands for things. not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world. >> dean, is there a lesson for joel mchale in there? the lesson being that you can cut but don't cut too deep when you're talking to at least the leader of the free world? >> it is a difficult thing to navigate, to be quite honest with you because your job is to make fun of the president to some degree. it is a roast at the end of the day, it's a roast of the president and the media and everybody in washington, d.c. so you want the person to laugh. if you look at colbert's jokes on paper, and i read them recently, they're actually funny. it's because the audience, i think, became more uncomfortable than president bush who you guys

. , george w. bush, bush 43. his brother is sitting there tied atop the polls, republican polls. >> president obama has very low approval rating. i think a lot of people will say particularly in midterms that doesn't necessarily have effect on races but it does have effect on voter turnout. since 2008, obama obama has really been a driving force behind democrats voter turnout. he is great for engaging and really riling up his their base. right now because his approval rating is lower i do think you could see that as potential problem when it comes to getting voters out out particularly in 2014. jon: riling up the base on democratic side, maybe not necessarily a good thing to do in this particular election because for obama obama, if the base is the left of the party, that is not necessarily what you're boeing to want to come out in droves when so many of these senate elections in particular are being fought for independents and middle of the party if. >> you is see that across the board for democrats, the midterm

. >> c-span2 morro bay programs include former president george w. bush and joe but that -- and tol biden paying tribute 9/11 memorial victims. >> from our research we know that one problem is that veterans and employers have a hard time translating military experience. that is not surprising. you don't see many job posters that say -- wanted, willing to risk life and coworkers. what is a veteran supposed to put down? my last office was a humvee? the study will help veterans to tailor their recruitment hiring efforts. we are going to send a broader message. empowering veterans is not only the right thing to do, it is a smart thing to do. i have employed a lot of people in my career and i have learned that you can always teach skills . what matters most in employer is qualities like work ethic and responsibility. that is what our veterans bring. it means you can count on the applicant to be loyal, to have good leadership, teamwork skills, and discipline. to employer? that should mean a lot. >> also at the event, the army vice chief of staff, who talked abo

they killed a man with an iq of 65 to 70 on the day george w. bush was first sworn in as texas governor. and that wasn't enough. in 1997 under george w. bush they killed a guy whose iq was between 58 and 69. a couple years later they killed a guy whose iq tested as low as 64. texas wasn't the only state killing people who it said were mentally retarded. but texas killed enough of them under george bush that it did become a national issue in his run for the presidency in 2000. when he won the presidency in 2000 it continued to be an issue. ahead of his first trip to europe as president reporters asked the new president george bush about that issue from his days in texas. that ended up spawning this headline that you just really never want to see. president aides clarify bush stance on executing the retarded. the president said, quote, we should never execute someone who is retarded. but that was an issue for the administration because of course george bush had done that a bunch of times. his successor as texas governor, rick perry. look at this headli

george h.w. bush, george w. bush and vice president dick chainny. urrently serves as the president of the xm bank, an appointment he received from george w. bush. >> guest: i was contributing editor to the washington taupe yang magazine -- washingtonian magazine for over 30 years, and i did notice my name off the masthead. i was never called. i never got a letter. so i called jack, and i asked why. and he said it was because of the bush book and because of the intimate details of their private lives. i said that's what a biography is. you never had any problem with jackie o., you featured it in the magazine. you never had any problem with nancy reagan, with frank sinatra, the british royal family. why this one? click. and so i do think it was because of the connection with the bushs. phil merrill subsequently took his own life, and his daughter is now running the magazine. but it is true, you do pay a price. you cannot expect to write a book like "the family" and then be invited to a white house state dinner. [laughter] you'll pay your price for stan

plus why former president george w. bush made a secret trip to chicago. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. them what we had the storms yesterday and today temperatures will drop but after the rain you get that cool morning and we get falk. taking a loofog. here aree current temperatures. much cooler in these areas. northbrook reading at 56. satellite's radar composite shows rained across portions of lake county. expressing to the east and eastern cook county still has some showers. some areas that are clearing out are the areas where we have the fault especially west of cook county there just over 1 mi. visibility. 68 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. by 9:00 p.m. we go down to 63. after today, we have an extended stretch of sunshine. 72 degrees tomorrow. friday we had 77. rain comes back sunday. the forecast will matter for monday because we go back to work. >> here's the kennedy. all lands shut down a truck caught fire at division. working to clear this up. initially it was a few lanes but when

all that and former president george w. bush gets into gear for our nation's wounded warr r warrio warriors. but first, let's begin with the breaking news out of ukraine. at least 42 now killed in violence between pro government supporters and violence. it comes alongside one positive development. a group of observers are now free after being held captive for more than a week by pro russian militants in eastern ukraine. >> that is the only bit of good n news, the release of these military observers. it came about 24 hours after a negotiator from moscow showed up here on the scene. it does led credence to the thought that moscow is the puppeteer here in this insurgency that many will tell you is now putting ukraine on the brink of a civil war. not only the clashes, but the violence is spreading south and west from eastern ukraine to the key port city of odessa. take a look at the pictures from yesterday. running street battles between the pro ukrainian sporters that ended up with 30 plus people dead when fire was set to one of th

republican bundle, democratic judges, judges appointed by george w. bush. bill clinton, barack obama, george h.w. bush who we had in our trial court appointed by ronald reagan, the jung that first ruled marriage equality was constitutionally required was appointed by ronald reagan. this is not a democratic or republican or liberal or conservative. judges are interpreting the equality. >> when you say it like that, i wonder why that didn't happen 10 years ago? >> that is what my children and grandchildren are asking me: why did it take so long? why does anybody believe that people ought to be discriminated against based upon sexual orientation? why does anybody believe that you ought not to be able to marry the person you love? it's only the people grown up in eras in which they didn't know people of different sexual orientations because the kind of discrimination that existed rivard people to hide their sexual orientation so type of. those are the -- those are the hearts and minds that win. >> the young people who have grown up in a different era, the them.

like george w. bush did. >> they've been saying this is nothing and all invented by republicans and said it again, today. this document would answer those questions one way or another as we have been reporting about the document that shows they knew it was terror within a day. and the same time, ben rods preparing susan rice to go on talk shows preparing her to tell everybody it's all about an internet video. we need something more. administration claims it told us everything. it was not. >> just that why is this important? because the president, we know since benghazi the president of the united states lied to us about obamacare. the top legislative priority in the context of that, 51% of americans say the president lies most of the time or some of the time on important matters. in that context it's reasonable for americans to want to know did the president lie about benghazi, too? these document was prove it f he's got nothing to hide, nothing to fear. let him go. >> thank you. >> we mentioned this new