george w. bush found a way around it. he drove. he drove the japanese prime minister. he drove the german chancellor. he drove the colombian president. he drove anybody he could load into his white pickup truck on the ranch that he bought as part of the process of running for president. as long as the cameras were running, george w. bush cut brush with a chainsaw and he walked around in dry grass and he talked about his love for the land. the time that he spent where he supposedly lived out there in waco, president bush set modern records for vacationing. as commander in chief. that ranch was not his favorite prop exactly, but if juliette had her balcony, george w. bush had crawford texas. then three weeks after barack obama was elected to succeed him in the oval office before he actually even left the white house. george w. bush instead of going home to crawford bought a house in dallas so he wouldn't actually have to live in that place out in crawford once he was no longer president. it's not that

>> george w. bushalmed it a path to legal citizenship after the borders were secure once and for all and the law of the land law enforcement. when george w. bush tried to accomplish it with congress in 2006 and 2005 part of the package. clinton is suggesting there are republicans in the debate. marco rubio has been in the fight trying to get something done. i don't think she's going to succeed in putting marco rubio in a box but the next question for her, how do you do it? her own party wasn't willing to go along with george w. bush or frankly president obama. if there's one policy problem that has been a failure of both president bush's years and president obama's years it's the task of doing something about illegal immigration and doing nothing is probably not a possibility for either party. >> the book is "madam president: a novel." third in a series. you're going to sign this for me before you leave. >> come visit us on "the view." >> anytime. you know i love those lovely ladies. >>> when we come b

the administration of george w. bush was the first administration to have to deal with this paradigm shift. during the bush presidency, the white house was faced with the challenge of facing the territorial and institutional impacts of war in the form of external forces such as terror groups embedding the governance of state actors. the viral nature of the radical islamic movement and the exploitation of governments of state actors of the new global paradigm that had emerged after the end of the cold war. it was a historically complicated confluence of circumstances that led to both afghanistan and bush mission. the bushed a mintstration had to cope with the conflict of trying to fight mobile terrorist groups and dozens of countries while fighting traditional territorial balts rebillingd infrastructures an institutions in afghanistan that perhaps may not have existed. in the case of iraq projecting out the impact that state actors might have who may exploit and support the efforts of the terrorist enemy. we spent a great

i think there's no doubt that george w. bush's numbers will get better over time. i think jeb would be to build off glenn's point. jeb bush would probably be a better situation in a general election if he said george w. bush was my advisor on immigration politics. >> right. >> than maybe on middle eastern politics. i know, we'll talk about immigration, but george w. bush got 44% of that hispanic vote. mitt romney got 27% of that hispanic vote and that can, in many ways may well be the difference in a national election. >> let's talk about immigration, glenn. chris christie didn't seem to want to get into the specifics of immigration and what he thinks should happen to the 11 million undocumented men and women in this country. has hillary clinton strategy this week to box republicans in on the issue, has the strategy worked? >> i think it was her best day so far. i think it's going to be her best day for awhile frankly. i mean essentially you have republicans writing clinton's own press releases after she gave the speech. you know saying that she was really almost by

george w. bush's foreign policy. he evolved to a more moderate stance. it was such an important exception, and so much blood and treasure was expended in iraq, that i think it will remain the major foreign-policy issue on which george w. bush and his and administration is charged. i think beginning in the second term mr. bush and his advisers fell back into a more traditional american foreign policy approach, trying to avoid unilateral action, if at all possible. i can recall because i was deputy secretary of state at the time and also because when i was director of national intelligence, there were rumors almost con constant, particularly on wall street for some reason, that we were going to attack iran. from internal discussions nothing was further from our minds. i do not think mr. bush wanted to add to the litany of problems that we had on our hands at the time. i think the issue of iran was more trying to contain its nuclear development program through either diplomacy or by economic sanctions. i

the administration of george w. bush was the first administration to have to deal with this paradigm shift. during the bush presidency, the white house was faced with the challenge of facing the territorial and institutional impacts of war in the form of external forces such as terror groups embedding the governance of state actors. the viral nature of the radical islamic movement and the exploitation of governments of state actors of the new global paradigm that had emerged after the end of the cold war. it was a historically complicated confluence of circumstances that led to both afghanistan and bush mission. the bushed a mintstration had to cope with the conflict of trying to fight mobile terrorist groups and dozens of countries while fighting traditional territorial balts rebillingd infrastructures an institutions in afghanistan that perhaps may not have existed. in the case of iraq projecting out the impact that state actors might have who may exploit and support the efforts of the terrorist enemy. we spent a great

that the wars in afghanistan and iraq will continue to be measures by which the legacy of the george w. bush foreign policy will be measured. with that in mind, the conference organizers have brought together this outstanding panel of public servants, journalists, and scholars to examine the way the bush administration waged wars and the consequences of them. each of our panelists is extremely accomplished and i will try to keep the introductions relatively brief although that is hard with a group like this. as i go through, i would ask that you please hold your applause until i have introduced everyone and we can welcome them altogether. giving us perspectives from the administration, we first have thomas basilay, appearing on forms such as sirius xm radio. for the bush administration in 2003 through 2004, he was a senior press advisor to the authority in iraq. he was a consultant for the republican national committee, presidential campaign, and prior to this service he was director of communications for the u.s. environmental protections agency in 2001 through 2003, and was part of the bus

begin at the expense of a george w. bush's national security czars or post-9/11 czars have some center nose but different expenses with respect to these factors. let's quickly discussed each in turn. tom ridge has been no served as bush's homeland security czar for about a year and then became secretary of the department of homeland security in november 2002 and served in that capacity for two years. despite the garfunkel over congressional testimony and a much lampooned proposed alert system, notwithstanding, reaches tenuous india to station pretty well regarded he had an important voice come if not the most important voice at the level of other central figures and he was responsible for giving shape to the department and helping develop a national screw strategy that was released in 2002. ridge didn't possess any substantive extent any of homeland security but it did bring with him significant managerial experience for his time as governor of pennsylvania along with pioneering nature of this opportunity that he was given as

george w. bush and tom brady when we come back. ♪ mark: just like the 2013 super bowl power outage, we had a technical snafu. we'll do a classic restart. let's pick up in iowa with the state republican party says it is cutting charges to campaigns. it will be less of a fundraiser and more of a festival of democracy. mark, my question is, who wins and loses with this change? mark: it's good for the republican party. i think it is good for candidates like rand paul, mike huckabee, and rick santorum. if they do well in the straw poll, they will get credit for it. it will be very hard for any candidate to say they are not going to participate when they have taken away some of the things people criticize. they have all got to come now. john: campaigns that don't have a lot of money, this has become an expensive proposition. not just the fees to take part but the food and the organization. if you are campaign without much money, you now have a chance to win here. mark: it is bad for all the national repor

former president blixt andill clinton and arguably a lot more involved than jeb bush was in george w. bush's administration and clearly, america has different feelings about the clint years than the bush years but even some of the bad parts or questionable parts of bill clinton's legacy doesn't seem or sound like the clintons are nearly as fraught as the bushes are. >> i think she's grappling with the same thing. i saw when she said the adverse effects of the crime bill i think you'll see when she talks about deregulation of wall street banks. she's had more distance from the clinton years, so she can say, well times have changed. new policies for a new era. i think every single time, she breaks with the policies. you're seeing it with trade and nafta. not only is she kind of grappling with a third term or obama but is she the third clinton term? >> can i say, chris, i mean bill clinton has given her an assist on that. if you talk about mass incarceration, bill clinton said in public you know, those policies have ended up being the wrong ones to pursue. one kind of hopes could george w. give

george w. bush's presidency must be defined by that events of september 11, 2001, when the united states of america was vicious he attacked by an enemy whose leader, osama bin laden skated as far back as 1983 that the united states-- stated as far back as 1983 that the united states was the mortal enemy of islam and must be destroyed. on 9/11 he declared that he would do whatever was necessary to protect our country, to keep it safe, and to keep it free. this became the mantra of the g. w. bush presidency. president reagan had his mantra to bring down the soviet union and end the cold war. president lincoln had his, slavery. so did president bush. his golden war on terror kept us safe, and kept us safe. so let's start with that. president bush told the type of leader he would be at his except speech in august 2000 -- acceptance speech at the republican convention speech. i remember it well because i was chairman of republican of -- the republican national committee. then, candidate bush said, " if you

george w. bush'solicy and he certainly evolved toward a more moderate stance, but it was such an important exception to much blood and treasure was 600 in iraq, -- was expended in iraq, it will, for a long time remain the major foreign-policy issue on which the george w. bush administration is going to be judged. beginning in the second term, mr. bush and his advisers held back into a more traditional foreign-policy approach, trying to avoid unilateral action, if at all possible. i was deputy secretary of state at the time. also, when i was director of national intelligence, rumors. it was almost can't, particularly on lost it, for some reason, that we were going to attack iran. i know from internal discussions nothing was further from our mind i do not think mr. bush wanted to add to the issues of litany -- and litany of problems we had. the issue was more trying to contain its nuclear development program through either diplomacy, or by economic sanctions, but i do not think military action against i

george w. bush with a hero, a woman named diane nash. have people heard of diane nash? diane nash was a great hero of the civil rights movement. at the age of 18 or 19 she was the one who orchestrated the marriage in selma. -- the march in selma 50 years ago. and on the commemoration of the march of selma she was being honored of those many the front row of those who were going to commemorate that experience. at the last minute she said this, she refused to marriage -- march and he said, "i refuse to march because george bush marched. he was in the front row with her. i think the selma movement was about violence and peace, and democracy and george bush stands for the opposite for violence and war and a stolen election and his administration had people tortured. so i thought this was not an appropriate event for him." she was right. it was not an appropriate event for him. this is not an appropriate event for him either. i would think an appropriate event is to be on trail in the -- to be on trial i

jeb bush has named his brother, former president george w. bush as his lead thinker on foreign policy when it comes to israel and as the "washington post" pointed out, quote, embracing george w. bush as a foreign policy confidant is a risky and unexpected move. while the former president's approval ratings have improved since he left office in 2009 his foreign policy legacy particularly the long war in iraq, remains deeply unpopular. got that right. according to a cbs/"new york times" poll conducted last year, 75% of the american people three-quarters of it say that the iraq war wasn't worth it. by the way, bush dropped this bombshell at a tuesday night fund raise we are republican mega donor paul singer. up until now jeb bush had been trying to distance himself from his family. he's been careful to emphasize that he's his own man ever since he first expressed an interest in running for president. here he was. >> what impact does having a father and a brother who have served as president weigh on your decision to potentially run? >> if i was to go

we will not see george w. bush on the campaign trail but he has been involved in his brother's campaign back in march. he attended a fundraiser. in many ways that could be the role for george w. bush. i spoke to an adviser in the last 20 minutes or so they were talking holistically about the campaign want to talk about the future don't want to talk about the past. when you have george w. bush in any pictures out there campaigning, you're talking about the past carol. >> that's really the point, mark isn't it carol, what jeb has to do is learn to deflect those questions and turn them around so he's talking about the future and not trying to explain the past. you don't get valentines days cards for running for president of the united states. you get angry college students like we saw earlier. >> that's true. she was full of youthful vigor. so what's the answer for jeb bush? how does he answer the next question that comes his way about the iraq war. >> what mark suggested is exactly right. you turn it to the future. w

george w. bush and for those of you who think on the panel that we just threw a lot of bonds and killed people in iraq and afghanistan at this was the strategy, this government after 9/11 initiated operations in conjunction with the fbi, the cia, the u.s. military, and intelligence agencies working together 62 countries for terrorism. and cooperation and different operations gathering, diplomacy and economic pressure, military pressure and other types of work to interdict terrorists networks, identifying al qaeda as the only french and saying okay, if we are done there we are done, finished, moving on. the present at a more global view of this and have had the relationships and the administration built relationships with, productive relationships with countries all around the world to help not only, to protect fears. and political capital was burned and the decisionmaking makes it that a necessity so please don't think iraq is the only estimation of what george w. bush did to keep this country safe

george w. bush raised so much money so quickly he in effect forced other would-be candidates out of the race, people like john kasich, elizabeth dole, dan quayle. george w. bush raised record amounts of money so fast, so early he succeeded in making the other candidates feel like they were never going to have any prospect of catching up so they dropped out and george w. bush became the nominee mostly by virtue of the fact he raised all the money in the world at the very beginning of the race. i mean, you now think something else when you hear the words "shock and awe" and "george w. bush" in the same sentence, but those words in fund-raising speak were his strategy, way of describing that deliberately aggressive strategy to raise so much so quickly that it's obvious to everybody else that they won't be able to compete, and so they don't run. that's what george w. did in 2000 and jeb was going to be that guy this year. his $100 million every three 3 months fund-raising plan that they very happily mad

new poll numbers in iowa show george w. bush with a sky-high favorable rating 81%. able. and in south carolina recently this was jeb's biggest applause line. >> i'm a proud brother of george w. bush. and he is doing pretty good too. >> [ cheering ] >> reporter: beyond policy and politics is family. and jeb bush is consistently loyal. he told cnn in 2010 that he was the only republican who never disagreed with his brother when jeb bush was familiar governor and george w. bush was president. wolf don't expect that change now that jeb bush wants the job in the oval office. >> good point. joining us our cnn chief political analyst gloria borger and ron bronstein. what is the strategy? >> i think that 3/4 of republicans, when you look at the polling, approve of using some sort of ground force to support -- to comebat highs sis. keep the general election aside, supporting w. is not at all unpopular in certain places is not a bad strategy when you're trying to push your conservative credentials. now, when you get into a general election campaign it's completely different be

two americans want another four years of george w. bush's mideast policy. osed doors full of donors that his brother, the former president, is a top advisor on the region. how will that square with voters? >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news in our

george w. bushrge. by the time bush left office the economy of iraq had increased several times over from the time of hussein, or cabinet income had increased life expectancy had risen, and forces had secured much of the country due to the assistance of the united states. despite the consequences of a precipitous withdrawal of troops and the insistence by both parties of this military strategy via cnn which left iraq all but defenseless in the face of isis, we just saw the fourth peaceful transition of power between governments in iraq, which is something that had never before been accomplished in the middle east with the exception of israel. >> can look at the wars of the bush presidency, also featuring peter baker, airing tonight at 10:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> a look at some of the activities yesterday at the vietnam veterans memorial on the national mall, as visitors paid their respects. the memorial stands on a three-acre sites. the park estimates there are about 3 million visitors here eac

that's good. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: you know it's bad when even george w. bush has george w. n his act. well in a recent interview harry reid said that hillary clinton has "a clear field" to the 2016 democratic nomination because there are no "all-stars" to challenge her. on the other hand -- ♪ hey now, you're an all star get your game on go play ♪ >> jimmy: yeah. you're an all-star to us, joe! we love you buddy. [ applause ] check this out, guys. the lego land hotel opened in orlando, florida last week. it features over two million lego bricks. it's pretty cool. in fact people who stayed there are already leaving yelp reviews. i was checking them out. here's what some of them said. first review said, "i woke up with excruciating neck pain because my pillow is literally made out of hard plastic nubs. who thought this was a good idea?" >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: the next review said, "i tried to do a cannon ball into the hotel swimming pool and broke both of my legs." [ laughter ] not real water. >> steve: there's not water in the pool, it's legos. >> jimmy: then the next review

american psychological association colluded with government sanctioned-torture under president george w. bush. psychologists played a key role in bush administration's torture and interrogation program, helping to develop techniques and monitor sessions. the involvement of health professionals helped provide legal cover. in a new report, a group of dissident psychologists and activists conclude the apa secret coordinator with top u.s. officials to create an "ethics policy on national security interrogations" in line with the authorization for cia's torture methods. the report says the apa's involvement "undermines the fundamental ethical standards of the profession." the apa denies coordinating its ethics policy with the u.s. government. an independent review convened by the group last year is still underway. a former port authority official an ally of new jersey governor chris christie is set to plead guilty over his role in the scandal surrounding lane closings on the george washington bridge in new york. the official david while -- the official, david walston, helped coordinate the closure

george w. bush had 9/11.presidency and they deserve to be investigated. what the republicans are doing now is they're trying to drag that out. to focus as much attention as possible on it. and i think that's partisan. political, and not the way congress should be conducting itself. >> congressman adam smith, that's our last word tonight. thanks for joining us.

when george w. bushlion surplus and when he left we had a trillion dollar deficit. the national debt doubled from $5.7 trillion to over $11 trillion. it's just continued. george w. bush was a classic big-government republican and it was miserable on spending. wouldn't veto a bill mika and jeb bush spoke out yesterday. he had to speak out on this issue and everything i've known about jeb bush as governor is that he is a small government republican but right now he has a long way to go to prove to the republican base he's not his brother. he tried to start yesterday. >>> coming up on "morning joe," we'll go live to california where officials say the oil spill in santa barbara could have been far worse. that's not exactly comforting biologists who are dealing with the aftermath. also ahead, bear grilleylls is pulling regular guys into his wild ways. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." let's go to baltimore now where the six officers charged in the death of freddie gray have been indicted by a grand jury. mos

he agreed with his brother in everything and all of his advisors are basically george w. bushf he was embracing the george h.w. bush foreign policy. but this one is a disaster. >>> still ahead on morning joe we'll look at the filmmaker who claims uber was his idea. what he is suing for and why a sealed envelope could possibly pose problems for that company. plus history's most famous execution. our conversation with the author of the provocative new book "did got kill jesus?" first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> reporter: the weekend forecast looks active once again. last weekend we had the tornado outbreak. we'll get tornados this weekend. i don't think we'll get quite as many. of course it only takes one. unfortunately, the same spots as last week. already this morning texas is getting drenched san antonio with a nice steady rain overhead, no problems with the grass and the lawns here. in the northeast we're dry as could be new york city hasn't even rained in 22 days. one of the longest stretches since 2001. it's really feast or famine around the

george w. bush had 9/11.o happen in the presidency and they deserve to be investigated. what the republicans are doing now is they're trying to drag that out. to focus as much attention as possible on it. itself. >> congressman smith, that's our last word tonight. thanks for joining us. >>> chris hayes is up next. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> we have to finally once and for all fix our fix our immigration system. >> hillary clinton dropped a policy bomb on the campaign trail, as another republican announces his candidacy by possibly breaking finance law. >> if you want to give a million dollars, please do it. >> then separating facts from propaganda as isis claims kred it for the texas attack. >>> and joy reid reports on the tw

invasion as his brother former president george w. bush did. he's facing criticism for his answer, including some from within his own party. nbc's kristen welker reports. >> reporter: jeb bush under fire after making these controversial comments about the iraq war on fox news monday. >> knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have, and so would have hillary clinton, just to remind everybody. and so would have almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence that they got. >> reporter: late today, bush tried to walk back his remarks. >> i interpreted the question wrong, i was talking about giving what people knew then, would you have done it? rather than knowing what we know now. >> reporter: but when pressed -- >> so, in other words, if in 20/20 hindsight you would make a different decision? >> yeah, i don't know what that decision would have been. that's a hypothetical. mistakes were made. >> reporter: the bush camp went into damage control mode early today when one of his former aides tried to cla

. >>> other news we're following, the former florida governor jeb bush says his brother george w. bush him on issues concerning the middle east. jeb bush made the remark at a private off the roar meeting in new york city on tuesday. some in the audience were surprised to hear him invoke his brother's name since he's gone to nans recent months to escape the shadow cast by his father and brother. listen to this. >> i love my brother, i love my dad. i actually love my mother as well. i hope that's okay. i'm my own man and my views are shaped by my own thinking and experiences. >> all right. let's bring in our team jeff zeleny joining us malia henderson and sarah, you reported on this story, generated a lot of buzz out there. tell us what you've learned. >> i talked to a couple people in the room and this just stunned them to hear the words come out of jeb bush's mouth that he said when i turn -- the person i turn to advice for foreign policy on the middle east is george w. bush. i think the reason he said this because he was trying to reassure this crowd of people about the people he's tu

. >>> george w. bushthis weekend. >> those of you graduating this afternoon with high awards and distinctions i say well done and as i like to see the c students you too can be president. >> you know it's bad when even he has george w. bush material in his about. >> and with that, it's time for a tuesday edition of scrambled politics. so when you get down to it, there are basically three ways to hint you are running for president without declaring first the head scratching tradition of announcing when you'll announce. that's what lindsey graham did yesterday. then there's tex mother tory committee like bobby jindal's. and finally talking national issues in any swing state that is not your own. chris christie in new hampshire. he railed against civil liberties and an urge to place a clean extension of the patriot about. >> they want you to think that there's a government agent listening in every time you pick up the phone or skype with your grand kids. they want you to think our intelligence community are

because i think at this point most of america agrees when it comes to foreign policy, george w. bush an excellent painter. >> on the subject of iraq, obviously very controversial, knowing what we know now would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have, and so would have hillary clinton just to remind everybody and almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got. >> jon: when an iraq war starts with a statement "knowing what we know now, it's not an acceptable response. sure i'd get on the titanic again. at the time it had a terrific reputation. was jeb bush trying to associate himself with all his brothers' baggage. >> i wonder did you generally mishear the question? he said yes, i misheard the question. >> jeb bush's staffers are trying to cast this as he was only talking about israel. >> long term, i'm not so sure. >> jon: long term mentioning his brother's name is like wearing a (bleep) hogs t-shirt during your campaign. you might be appealing to a small fringe of dead-enders but most people don't want another dog (bleep) for president. (shouting) pres

. >> george w. bushu said he's your top adviser on israel and the middle east that you value his advise on foreign policy which will lead some to ask what specifically right? so he got criticized by some for being a so-called neocon for promoting values of he said spreading freedom and ending tyranny but his detractors would say he was pushing our values on other nations and getting us into wars we shouldn't have been in. >> i got the whole narrative. it comes my way on a regular basis. i love my brother and i respect his service and in terms of living presidents and someone 40 has lived this and breathed it the fight against terror and our relationship starting with israel but how you build relationships with the countries that are so essential to create security in the world, i do rely on him. and i respect his ed aadvice. he's not the only person that advises me. one of the fun things about the journey i'm on is i get to call people up i really respect and admire and, believe it or not, they're answer

george h.w. bush. examining the phenomenon known as science the nihilism. a little bit later, president george w. bush giving the southern methodist university commencement address. senators will gavel in before the patriot act expires. following later remarks, the senate will review debate on the freedom act which would extend the prevailing's data collection, requiring the nsa to get a warrant and asked phone companies. watch live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. coming up next, the conversation with former staffers who worked for george h w bush. they discuss their editions on the white house, the federal government, and how they prepare them for their future careers. judy smith, deputy press secretary of the former president who founded a company became the inspiration for "scandal." it is moderated by frederick clore, ceo of the c

that doesn't mean americans reassessed their negative judgment after two terms of george w. bush. his biggest challenge. jeb bush is not george w. he is different. the argument of do you want to go back has a resonance with him. it is more powerful than any other republican. >> the comments about climate change. he basically is saying it would be arrestogant to say the science was settled or convoluted with climate change. >> there are a lot of trip wires. jeb is thinking of immigration and common core. here's one where the demands of orthodox put you in a difficult position with the overwhelming scientific consensus. the numbers are moving to americans accepting the science. i think every republican candidate will promise to appeal the president's actions. >> we should point out that these candidates now are not even a candidate yet, but likely out there asked a lot of things. doesn't necessarily mean it is their first priority. let me ask you something that did not get very well reported this week. bernie sanders, independent running for president, he introduced a bill to make co

george w bush and laura bush certainly thought that was important, and really tried to bring lots oft they call the people's house. he has been very busy and a key player in the administration. this is his last state dinner. when i spoke to them on tuesday i asked him if he was feeling nostalgic at all. he had so many details to think about that night, everything just has to go perfectly. you don't want a gaffe at a state dinner. he said i will feel nostalgic at 11:00, which is when of the last test leaves the white house grounds. -- last guest. then he will pour himself a drink, because this is quite something to pull off. he will be replaced by his deputy. we don't know a lot about her. she is not in old washington handed that often takes his kind of jobs. she is a philadelphia native, starting off at the white house as an intern and quickly rose through the ranks. she is been a jeremy bernard's deputy. he expressed quite a bit of confidence and her and thinks she is ready to take this kind of thing on. she probably will not have to pull of too many of these state dinners. i cannot