it's george w. bush. it almost becomes a fight between two different visions, the donald trump vision, and the george w. bush vision. it's hard to break through that, isn't it? >> while these guys are throwing sticks and tostones at each oth, we'll go through a day or two of looking at what's happening today, between the theatrics of trump and bush coming to stump for his brother. as voters have talked about these issues and thinking about these threats, who of this crowd is best prepared to lead us as commander in chief. and when we start to listen to the particular issues and the preparedness of the candidates that will be on the ballot on saturday, i think marco rubio will stand head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. >> big picture here, what is the strategy for rubio? he's not come in, in the top two. where is the breakthrough? is is south carolina the breakthrough state for marco rubio? >> i don't know if i would call it the breakthrough state. right now only 2% of the delegates have even cast

cruz, rubio and jeb bush and a non candidate, george w. bush. the former president on the campaign trail in support of younger brother jeb. dana bash has the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, george w. bush on the campaign trail. he drew sharp distinctions with his brother and donald trump. he never said trump's name. he never had to. he described the person and persona that we have come to see from donald trump. the kind of character that has drawn so many supporters to him, but the point that george w. bush was trying to make is america shouldn't go for somebody who preys on the fears and frustrations, but instead go for a strong and steady hand. somebody who is not necessarily the loudest person in the room. >> the presidency is the serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas. and there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush has the experience and the character to be a great president. >> reporter: but what was even as interesting as george w. bush's performance was his brothers. the fact that jeb bush seemed to come out of his

people in the room were the sort of people who can't see any fault in george w. bush. t just republicans but donor, former ambassadors. people who have a lot riding on the bush administration and sort of a retelling of history. one of the questions i like to throw to republican voters on the trail is should we have gone into iraq? very infrequently can they say yes we should have. what's been happening over the last few years was an argument, well, maybe we shouldn't have but we were in a good place until barack obama came along. that's the risk of what trump is doing was stopping that rethink in its tracks. >> there's a way in which the phenomenon of trump has been tied to bush. i think there's an argument to be made. a guy who is a smart republican operative. trump emerged as the anti-bush that basically trump's rise, trump support started off as reflective, anti-jeb, anti-republican posture. as soon as they confronted with jeb, they had this freudian reaction that pushed them into the arms of trump. >> the branding of the republican party in 2009, 2010, this was no l

we'll hear from george w. bush about five minutes from now. 15 minutes later, his brother jeb bush expected to take the stage as well. this is obviously been scheduled for maximum impact, coinciding with the network evening newscast at 6:30 tonight. >> peter alexander, timing it down to the minute. thank you so much. i want to bring in ann gearen, a political correspondent for the "washington post." susan page is the washington bureau chief for u.s. "today." as we're looking at this big crowd, ann, how important do you think the rally is? >> it's very important. as he said, there are 2,000 people there. there's a lot riding on it. there's a lot of spotlight. this is the first time his brother, with whom he has had a publicly conflicted relationship over his brother's legacy, will come out for him. it was sort of left that his mother very popular figure who has been popular ever since her husband, his father, was in office 20 years ago, 25 years ago, had campaigned for him in new hampshire, to have george w., whose

that's because george w. bush is a huge draw. couple of folks who are here because they are huge george w. bush fans and want to give jeb a listen. one woman was using between jeb bush, marco rubio and ted cruz. another ted she was choosing between jeb bush and marco rubio. and someone shouted, who wants to see jeb bush become the next president, only about half or a third of the crowd cheered. maybe not everyone was listening but a lot of folks are out here because they want to see the former president. he'll be coming on stage any minute. we expect to see him on stage with former first lady laura bush. they'll be introduced by senator lindsey graham, then president bush. and then president bush will introduce his brother jeb bush. of course, the bush campaign is hoping that having his brother here is going to help him a lot in south carolina. he really needs to finish strong after finishing in sixth place in iowa and fourth place in new hampshire. >> athena, thank you. we'll have live coverage coming up as as soon as the former

and so they're bringing out perhaps their biggest gun, george w. bush. it's a whole new stage in the race for jeb. >> george w. bush hitting the campaign trail tonight for the first time since leaving office. >> is he a popular republican? you bet he is. >> reporter: giving his younger brother a helping hand as the battle for south carolina heats up. >> i know jeb. >> reporter: he already lent his famous face for an ad for jeb.

there's this knee jerk a assumption that they will not stomach any attacks on george w. bush. w you have a voice they trust within their party, within their tribe saying this stuff. they might just give up george w. bush and go with trump. >> trump, again, relayed his threat. he was making noise about a run. had a press conference, signed a pledge. first question i asked is why should anyone believe you would hold to this pledge, which he didn't answer. here he is today, threatening he might walk. take a listen. >> the rnc does a terrible job. just remember what i said. remember in this room, i signed a pledge, but it's a double edged pledge. as far as i'm concerned, they're in default of their pledge. >> i think odds are more likely than not he's on the ballot in the fall one way or another. whether he wins this nomination. i can't see him going back to developing golf courses after this if he doesn't win the primary. >> the other thing, too, i don't think what you're showing there, the idea of dangling this prospect of a third party campaign. ordinarily you would say this is

larry, george w. bush is expected to polish up his brother's foreign policy credentials. george w. expressed regret over failed intelligence. how will this play? >> this is a republican primary in a very conservative republican state, south carolina. so i don't think there will be many votes cast against jeb bush on the basis of george w. bush having prosecuted the iraq war. that is not the central focus nor is there going to be any particular shift about george w. bush. he is popular there and popular with republicans. he is not popular with the general population. he eventually will be. all of our former presidents become golden oldies. his time is coming. as far as the actual election this signifies a real turn around by the jeb bush campaign because in the beginning he was jeb with the exclamation point substituting for his last name. now he has fullied embraced the name which was the major problem with his candidacy to begin with. >> so with that in mind as you heard larry say south carolina is a military state. many veterans retire in south carolina. they like when candidates

george w. bush joins his brother's campaign. this is special report. >> good evening, welcome to washington. on this president's gaye, former commander in chief george w. bush is making an appearance with brother jeb, the third member of the family to run for the nation's highest office. but the bush political dynasty is not without its critics in the republican party, as donald trump made abundantly clear saturday night during a televised debate and doubling and tripling down on it today. all of this comes amid the backdrop of a hugely important primary set for saturday. >> governor bush had his 90-year-old mom out on the campaign trail last week. tonight george w. his brother the former president hits the campaign trail for the first time since he left office. this is a big part of the bush strategy and one that donald trump has been attacking ferociously for almost a year. >> the front-runner said over the weekend the former president lied about weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> did you ever ask yourself why his brother

come monday, george w. bush helps a little bit with veterans. er didn't give jeb bush new hampshire and donald trump has a lot of material on dysfunction of her, the great recession of george w. bush and a deeply unpopular war in iraq. >> paris, that is part of the issue here, too. the last-minute aspect of this. voters are well aware he's being brought in. it's like bring in the calvary here. now i'm going to admit that i'm related to ex-president who is popular among republicans. it doesn't seem so genuine when you think about it that way, does it? >> it's genuine because he needs the support. what he's doing is bringing in the best surrogate that the party has to help jeb bush get over the top in south carolina. this is the hail mary moment. when you want something this bad, you have to go for it. president george w. bush has made a decisive effort to not talk about politics, not wade into the swamp, as he calls it. for him to come in and support jeb in this matter shows you how serious and how loyal they are in helping him to win. >> why do y

does george w. bush stumping for his brother play to that strength? stays in south carolina. the question is, does george bush go back to dallas? he's going to have to stay here and do an awful lot to help him. one of the things -- >> that's not going to happen. >> the two that got hurt are trump and cruz. the lesson learned from christie versus rubio. so what you are watching right now is a pretty good battle. the evangelicals matters. it's 62% self-identified. they want to see how you take a punch also. so it's opened up the field pretty good. it's going to be a sporty week. the whiners trophy will go right now to donald trump and ted cruz for the time being. >> do we know -- is the former president going to stay longer? >> right now i'm told the answer is no. i asked earlier tonight whether or not he is going to be back any time soon, and the answer from the senior bush source was, it's tough. probably not. but you never know. he looked like he felt pretty comfortable getting back into the game there tonight. and maybe with the kind of reception he

trump wasn't done repeating his attacks against george w. bush on the sunday shows and, again, today in south carolina. >> the world trade center came down during the, you know, reign of george bush. it came down. i'm sorry. but we weren't safe. the world trade center came down. you obviously had the war which was a big mistake. i think few people would say the war in iraq was a positive. you had him on the aircraft carrier saying all sorts of wonderful things how the world was essentially over. guess what. not over. and you know, the war with iraq is a disaster. >> all right. those comments coming just hours before president bush hit the campaign trail on behalf of his brother, jeb, in south carolina. the former president had a few choice words about what it takes to be commander in chief. in moments former bush senior adviser karl rove is here to react. plus we'll ask two iraq war veterans, pete, and carl higby, what they think about mr. trump's comments. we begin with trace gallagher reporting first from our west coast newsroom on the former p

favorability of george w. bush against obama and contender hillary clinton and actually he is, he is popular, mercedes. e wo you worked for him. what do you think? >> it's to jeb's advantage to bring out george w. bush in a state like south carolina. we know national security is a top issue for those voters for those gop voters. obviously we know one thing about george w. bush. he kept our country safe. one of the points jeb bush made in the debate on saturday. so, again, to bring him out and i think we're all waiting to see what president george w. bush is going to say about donald trump, and that's what we're all looking for right now. >> i want to play what donald trump said saturday night. play it. >> my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safer and i'm proud of what he did. [ cheers and applause ] he's had the gull to go after -- >> the world trade center came down during your brother's reign. remember that. >> hold on. had the gull to go after my mother. >> let's not -- >> mercedes, what do y

george w. bush hitting the trail with his brother jeb and firing back at donald trump's attacks. >> reporter: this morning senator hair reread taking aim at the republican leadership saying they will block anyone nominated by president obama replace antonin scalia. for the "washington post" op on ed, he wrote, if my republicans colleagues proceed down this path this act alone will define their time in the majority. thinking otherwise is fantasy. reid and mitch mcconnell have been trading jabs. party lines have been drawn. >> republicans are talking about the republican playbook. this is the playbook we should follow, the constitution of the united states. >> president obama has gotten two activists judges on the court. capable, intelligent justices but share deeply his philosophy. >> reid and other democrats are hoping the white house pick would be someone they would ordinarily support. to point out it is politically motivated because it is an election year. >> there's no exemptions for when a vacan

who are there to cheer for george w. bush, who have fond them reese of george w. r so, the idea of going back and saying something critical about we shouldn't have gone into iraq, iraq was a bad idea. you had rand paul out there saying, but otherwise the kinds of things donald trump was saying in that debate, those are things we are accustomed to hearing from democrats, but when you have a voice like donald trump stand up and say it, a voice who is trusted now by a big chu u. chunk of the republican electorate, they don't turn on him and say you are a trader to the cause, they may give up george w. bush when it comes to it. >> reporters were very concerned that they were being kept in the pen and not able to talk to voters. one of the reasons -- >> strange. >> -- that was the case obviously had to do with the fact they didn't want people going outside of the pen and hearing exactly what steve kornacki was reporting on, which is we're here, we respect the president but we're going to vote for donald trump. >> you've written about the impact of the iraq war on our po

cruz, rubio and jeb bush and a non candidate, george w. bush. sident on the campaign trail in support of younger brother jeb. dana bash has the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, george w. bush on the campaign trail. he drew sharp distinctions with his brother and donald trump. he never said trump's name. he never had to. he described the

donald trump is blaming george w. bushh for that, and also blamic ted cruz who sided with george w.'s selection of justice roberts when that was the topic at hand. each of these different candidates is trying to sort of put up their best credentials, saying i have the best judgment in terms of a selection as they go forward and make what will be a consequential pick. >> i want to add to the conversation mike sacks who is a reporter with the national law journal and a jd himself. you have been listening a little to our conversation. what do you make of that and the notion this is a chance for ted cruz politically to say even if all the guys might pick similar nominees on the republican side, he's the one who knows of what he speaks? >> of course, he's the one who knows of what he speaks. it would make massive hay if gop voters in the primaries were turned on to the supreme court. luckily for ted cruz, h historical historically, gop voters are turned on to the supreme court. i think he will be able to get some steam behind t

he was defending george w. bush, it seems better than jeb was defending george w. bush. oment he blamed bill clinton, coming to the defense of george w. bush. watch this moment. >> the world trade center came down during the reign of -- he kept us safe. that is not safe, that's not safe, marco. that's not safe. >> the world trade center came down because bill clinton didn't kill saddam hussein when he had the chance to kill him. >> and george bush -- >> rubio seemed strong there. where jeb bush kept bringing up his mom and bringing up his dad. he seemed to do a better job at defending him, no? >> yeah, in fact, i thought it ma night to step in and defend george w. bush. in the face of the attacks that have gone back and forth between jeb and marco, marco even at that point came to his defense. that's one of those strategies in a political debate that's particularly effective when you can co-op the entire stage. you know, and defend others on the stage and agree with them. so i thought marco showed strength last night in that moment. >> overall, as this is your area of exp

the former president, george w. bush makes his return to the campaign trail today in south carolina. the big event is an evening rally with his brother, jeb bush. athena jones is joining us live from north charleston in south carolina right now, athena, this is the former president's first time on the campaign trail at his brother's side, why now? >> reporter: hi wolf, that's a very good question. governor bush was asked that question on "state of the union." he said this is the right time when the interest level sl high, when people are watching. he also interestingly said we're nearing the beginning of this process. now, a lot of folks might say, look people have been interested in the gop race for the nomination for months. and they've been watching closely for months. and we are far from the beginning of this process, we're at the third contest coming up on saturday, and that's what this is all about. governor bush finished sixth in iowa, fourth in new hampshire, he really wants to have a strong showing here in south

george w. bush joins his brother's campaign. pecial report. >> good evening, welcome to washington. on this president's gaye, former commander in chief george w. bush is making an appearance with brother jeb, the third member of the family to run for the nation's highest office. but the bush political dynasty is not without its critics in the republican party, as donald trump made abundantly clear saturday night during a televised debate and doubling and tripling down on it today. all of this comes amid the

>> republicans like george w. bush. in south carolina it's 87%. for me this is interesting to watch. i was young when ways growing up under george w. bush, had some questions about his legacy. part of the growing up process has been seeing that in play, going to kurdistan and talking to kurdish iraqis saying we are so thankful for the united states. we felt safe when george bush was president. under president obama one iraqi man said this came too late. my house has been destroyed. char already we'll take a break. george w. bush just spoke. we have a panel of experts. everybody eager to chime in. we'll be right back. rad. rad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. these litt

breaking this morning george w. bush morning george w. bush hitting the campaign trail in south carolina to help his brother, jeb bush, sitting down with sean hannity last night with the exclusive interview. >> i'm not an expert in a lot of things, but i'm pretty knowledgeable about what it takes to be president. and he's got what it takes. he's got character, backed own, philosophy, vision. he can deal with crises and he would make a really good president. >> the florida former governor talking about why his campaign signs only feature his first name 2016. >> job has been spoken since 1994. i threw races for governor and is part of my brain. i'm proud of george, proud of my dad, everybody loves my mom. i'm proud to be a bush. >> former president bush did not mention any candidate by name but did say the country met with humility. meanwhile, gop front runner donald trump sending republican national committee claiming an active debate audiences with donors. the action violates the loyalty pledge he signed back in september. >> the rnc bette

i don't think george w. bush lied. i think george w. bush acted based on the information way, was also shown to congressional leaders like nancy pelosi. it turned out not to be accurate information. that's unfortunate. that being the case, he didn't lie. a lie is when you know what's true and you say something different. >> i know you hope to defeat donald trump. my question is, will you support him if he's the nominee? >> i'm going to support the republican nominee. i know the republican nominee is going to be someone who holds views like mine. i don't share all the views that donald trump has. i think ultimately, he won't be the nominee. but i'll support the republican nominee, because no matter who it is on the stage, will still be a better choice than bernie sanders or hillary clinton. >> senator marco rubio, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks, george. >>> governor john kasich joins us now. thank you for joining us. quite a night last night. it doesn't sound like from the sound of the debate that anybody will take your

the fact that george w. bush took so many not so veiled swipes at donald trump and doing it the way jeb bush has been doing it much more overtly that you don't want somebody who is blustered or inflaming the frustrations of americans, on and on and on, is a reminder in both words and just in symbolism that we know how to do this guys, republican voters. we're bushes. we get it. i know this other guy sounds really enticing and interesting and he's different, but this is who we are. come back home basically is what he was saying. >> he also reminded people of who he's been. this is the side of george w. bush america hasn't seen in a very long time and a side that the american people find very endearing. >> we're spending a lot of time on a ranch where we're learning to become tree farmers. it gives me time to practice my stump speech. i've written two books, which has surprised people in the northeast who didn't think i could read, much less write. i've been underestimated most of my life. it's a real shock to peop

george w. bush was the chief culprit in that. t doesn't necessarily mean votes, but they do like george w. bush here. it just remains to be seen if it will translate to momentum for jeb. >> is it a mistake to take on george w. bush if he's liked in south carolina. >> if i were trump's people, i would tell him to take out the two senators. the evangelical vote matters a whole lot here. what evangelicals don't like, they don't like someone who tells them one thing to their face andthen something behind their back. they don't like someone to parade around as the paragon of virtule. >> are you referring to senator cruz there? >> absolutely senator cruz. we found out he doesn't tithe. his whole campaign slogan is i'm as good as ronald reagan and better than jesus christ. >> do we know if donald trump tithes, if that's the litmus there. because you brought it up with senator cruz. do we know if donald trump tithes? >> no, i'm just pointing out the fact what evangelicals like, someone who tells them the truth. what ted cruz did to ben ca

bleep ] off." [ laughter ] so it's a jeb-trump fight in the spotlight and the stage was set for george w. bushlf to enter the fray. bush joined his brother jeb in south carolina monday, his first campaign appearance in years, and he took a shot at trump, george w. style. >> there seems to be a lot of name-calling going on, but i want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. labels are for soup cans. [ laughter ] >> seth: what? what was happening when your dad said "labels are for soup cans?" [ laughter ] were you tormenting jeb with a labelmaker? [ laughter ] that wasn't the only blast from the past yesterday because there was another member of the bush administration who crawled out of the woodwork to slam trump, and if you suddenly feel a cold wind blowing through you, you didn't leave the window open. dick cheney is back. >> donald trump accused president bush and his team of purposely lying the country into war in iraq, saying, "i will tell you they lied. they said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. they knew there were none." your response? >> um -- he sound

i want to bring back in david frum, former george bush speechwriter. george w. 's name came up tonight and i wanted to give you the benefit of responding to that. we just heard donald trump talking about ted cruz. he told hallie jackson, i liked him before i got to know him. here's some more moments from that in the debate. >> it's weak to disparage women. it's weak to disparage his tannics. it's weak to denigrate the disabled. and it's really weak to call john mccain a loser. that is outrageous. >> he also said -- >> i've laid about my plans -- >> two days ago he said he would take his pants off and moon everybody and that's fine, nobody reports that. he gets up and says that and then he tells me, oh, my language was a little rough. >> my language was a little rough, and then earlier he spoke about iraq and 9/11. your thoughts on all that and whether this works in south carolina for donald trump, who by his estimation and by polls is doing well there. >> i don't think we've conveyed the magnitude of what happened. on the republican stage, in south carolina, the

but if you look at when trump was going after george w. bush which it will be interesting to see how it plays out. in a primary where 80% of people have a positive impression of george bush. it will be interesting to see how almost ron paul type attacks on george bush about 9/11, things that democrats don't even say in their debates. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. and rubio in that exchange outdid jeb. jeb was defending and i think jeb was good but rubio really had the money lines. he was saying -- i thank god that george bush was president on 9/11 and not al gore. he was very, very strong. >> john kasich a number of aw shucks moments. we can't get into this, i'm going to stay positive. how did you see it tonight? >> i think john kasich, he makes a really good point in that i think there are a lot of democrats smiling tonight when the debate opens with the republicans relitigating the iraq war, relitigating the george w. bush presidency which is popular in south carolina but broadly not popular. when you are running for the p

but george w. bushmeanwhile, joy, i know you covered jeb bush as florida's governor. shouldn't he be vetted for his own record. why is he heldachiable for his brother's record? >> yes and no. he has benefitted from the contrast with his brother. he was seen as the competent brother when it came to his handling of hurricanes, for instance, in florida, versus george w. bush's handling of hurricane katrina in new orleans, and seen as the more serious brother. he was a neocon when george w. bush was trying to be baseball commissioner. but their political skills have presented a negative contrast with george w. bush. they both ran for governor in 1994. jeb bush made huge mistakes on the trail, including telling black voters he would probably do nothing for them, narrowly losing the race. he's never been close to the politician george w. bush is. having george w. bush on the trail, it shows some of the things that are hurting jeb the most, pemeaning the surname bus and the drag that still has on a lot of vote

the september 11th attacks happened on george w. bush's watch, and it was interesting to hear donald trump sort of methodically explain at the beginning of that press conference, when i asked him, well is there bad blood between you and the bush family, no, there's no bad blood. but you know, the way donald trump pivoted away from the bush family for just a few moments to go after ted cruz, and even marco rubio last night, during an event in greenville, donald trump went after marco rubio and said he was sweating so much during that gop debate on saturday, it looks like marco rubio had stepped out of a swimming pool. and then earlier this morning on "good morning america," donald trump was saying about ted cruz calling him a liar and over and over again and saying that he was essentially on the verge of filing a lawsuit. saying that his lawyers are looking into this. he's taking it very seriously. so donald trump, you know, there's no shortage of targets for donald trump here in south carolina. and it is adding to this overall atmosphere t

george w. bush motivates the base. therefore, a lot of people who might have been thinking about sitting out and watching what happened will come out and one more time will fall the old man whenever he wants to go. but what is really interesting is the supreme court battle energized the republicans. and i talked to tray gowdy, a rubio endorser. he expects record break out. huge turn out on saturday. i've been saying this gavel nices republicans more than democrats. am i wrong? >> you're right. on the one hand you have hillary clinton willy sutton running for the opportunity to appoint the next justice of the supreme court. a person who wants standard of law apply talked to her. getting to nominate the decisive vote on the supreme court. that will motivate republicans. in fact, you saw mitch mcdonnell take the lead saying there won't be any hearings. there's not going to be a vote. and rob portman, kelly ayotte, ron johnson, pat toomey confirmed they will not confirm the nominee. he could nominate my

george w. bush. it's a whole new stage in the race for jeb. >> george w. bush hitting the campaign trail tonight for the first time since leaving office. >> is he a popular republican? you bet he is. >> reporter: giving his younger brother a helping hand as the battle for south carolina heats up. >> i know jeb. >> reporter: he already lent his famous face for an ad for jeb. his guest-starring role on stage tonight is part of the bush camp's effort to pull out all the stops. after a dismal sixth place finish in iowa where his brother won. >> and you think that, iowa. >> reporter: and a better than expected fourth place in new hampshire where his father won. >> i want to thank the wonderful people of new hampshire. >> reporter: jeb is hoping for a strong showing in south carolina which handed primaries to both presidents bush. >> this is the right time. right when the interest -- when it's important and when people are watching. >> reporter: bush, whose campaign logo, doesn't even include his famous l

i'm talking about george w. bush. and right now his brother, jeb bush, who is trailing in national polls, struggling with the big political baggage attached to his family's last name, he's finally in a place where his family is not at all a liability, south carolina. tonight, these two brothers, along with a former first lady, laura bush, they will take the stage. let's chat about the significance. mark preston is joining me, cnn politics executive editor. mark preston, good to see you my friend. which version of bush 43 do you think we will see? >> well, look, i think jeb bush had to reach out to his family. we saw his mother, brooke, with him up in new hampshire, and many thought that was helpful. i do think you're going to see a brother who is going to stand by his president and try to -- try to hit home the fact that he thinks jeb bush is qualified to be president and probably the most -- quite frankly, the most qualified in the field. brooke, jeb bush has not turn to his brother at all because his brother has bee

in hopes of attracting voters- governor nikki haley and senator tim scott for rubio, president george w. bush for jeb. the question now is what will it take for victory- one answer from any pundits is high voter turnout- which

george w. bush. what about on the democratic side. >> in 2000, mccain won new hampshire and came into south carolina with a lot of momentum and george w. bush won the nomination. the republicans now go to south carolina. the democrats go next to nevada and they wait for south carolina. in this state, hillary clinton wants to do what she did in 2008. number one, continue to dominate the white vote against then senator obama, clinton dominated a majority of the white vote. these are liberals going to caucus. bernie sanders has a chance. don't think just because hillary clinton has been here before bernie sanders doesn't have a chance. the question is can bernie sanders start to make inroads with traditional african-american traditional democratic constituents. 15% of the vote or more will be african-american. senator obama carried it eight years ago. 15% or more will be latino. secretary clinton, then senator clinton carried it by a big margin. this is bernie sanders first big test. can he make inroad

and george w. bushrolina monday, it is going to be huge, and you is to know that he has disappeared from the political ar rena sinc he left office and not like on the democratic side where bill clinton has cam pand for every person and dog catcher possible, and when it was announced that he would give this rally, he said i will say what he has to say until he comes out on the stage, and i think that he tried to bait him a little bit by making the argument of wmd, and saying, welcome to the arena, mr. president, and let's see how you do. >> and if he was the primary target, and everybody was hitting at him tonight, and he gave as good as he got, and you have to admit, and let's listen to the exchange between him and a fiesty jeb bush. >> george bush made a mistake. we can make mistakes, but that is a beauty. we never should have opinion in iraq, and we have destabilize the middle east. >> and is so you still think that he should be impeached. >> you do whatever you want, and call it whatever you want, an

george w. bush stumped for his brother jeb. it's the first entry into politics since 2009. >> i think that the name bush would have been better than an exclamation point. it didn't work, so now he's using bush. i think he should have used his name. i said why don't you use the name bush? you're bush. >> well, trump was squarely in former president bush's line of fire in south carolina. gary tuckman was there. >> reporter: for the first time in this election season, jeb bushformer president of the united states, his brother. george bush and his wife laura to try to make his brother jeb the next president. >> i cake here for two reasons. one, because i care deeply about jeb, and two, because i care deeply about our country. >> reporter: the two have not campaigned together until now. >> there seems to be a lot of name-calling going on, but i want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. labels are for soup cans. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: george w. bush did not mention donald trump by name, but there were clear in

with all of that george w. bush went any way. it now seems newly important to remember that the way george w. bush defending himself against criticism, the way he tried to protect himself from the torrent of criticism he got for going to this racist, anti-catholic institution and saying nothing about those matters while he was there, the way he dealt with the criticism is he held up his brother jeb and his wife as human shields against that criticism. this clip is from "meet the press." this just stunning. watch this. >> let me show you what mr. jones current thinking is. this just as disturbing. we believe that the lord god created races with distinctions and they are meant to be separate from another. we accept there's three race, caucasians, negros and orientals. neither of them can date negros. >> i disagree with that. that was also said in 1983. >> it's still the policy. >> it's not a good policy. when i go to speak to voters. i don't have to embrace the policies of the university. >> you're giving affirmation. >> quite the c