it's pretty humbling. >> president bush: we are in dallas, texas, as the george w. bushcenter. joining us as another american hero. he is featured in president bush's book, "portraits of courage." purple heart recipient, retired u.s. army staff sergeant spencer milo. he calls you milo?u. >> he can call me what ever he wants. >> sean: you had a pretty severe brain trauma. tell us what happened. >> well, i had two separate traumatic brain injuries. my first one was in iraq and my second one was probably more prevalent, in afghanistan. there was a young teenage boy, right on the afghanistan-pakistan border. about 10 feet from me. he detonated himself. gave my entire platoon quite a memory. >> sean: how far away? >> 8 to 10 feet. >> sean: wow. how are you doing now? >> i'm doing a lot better. to be honest with you. long road, a lot of hard work. i would say i'm definitely on the right path and i am grateful for it. >> sean: you see the president of the united states draws a portrait of you. what was that like? >> he made me look much better. i appreciate that. incredibly hum

i think you can find similarities between barack obama, bill clinton, george w. bush, george h.w. bush and so on, not necessarily just on policy but specific ways they approach the job. president trump has taken a very different look at that. you couldn't think of two more opposite figures in temperament, personality and outlook on life than president trump and president obama. president obama was reserved, not a people person, not given to bombastic statements, sometimes cautious to a fault. sometimes his own staff would grow frustrated by the lengthy policy reviews before he finally came to a decision, but he was a very, you know, controlled, disciplined figure. president trump is the opposite. he's impulse, unrestrained, there are no unfiltered thoughts. he sun managed by his staff, something his supporters think is a good thing, and he has decided to basically govern in the way he ran his reality television show. it's basically a very much ad hoc kind of sometimes unprecedented sort of, you know, type of presidency. >> glasser: yeah, but barack obama, just to offer the counterp

former presidents george w. bushnd bill clinton shared what they think is the most important quality in a president. take a look. >> humility. i think it's really important to know what you don't know and listen to people who do know what you don't know. >> if you want to be president, realize it's about the people, not about you. when it's over and that's what a lot of these people who are real arrogant in office, they forget time passes. it passes more quickly than you know. you want to be able to say people are better off when i quit. kids had a better future. thanks for coming together. you don't want to say, god, look at all the people i beat. >> back with our roundtable. i'm having a hard time figuring out who bill clinton was talking about there. >> i think this was a pretty clear sub-tweet. this was sort of a two-part sub-tweet. they were talking about humility, but two different kinds, right? one is don't be a sore victor. don't lord over the people that you have beaten, that you have beaten them, right? be

i still go back to my george w. bush days as the most magical time that i had as a working journalist. when my first son was born 10 years ago, the first call i got in the hospital was from president bush. he said, you have to bring him down to washington and i have to meet your son. i have always had a wonderful relationship with the bush family. and on the fourth of july, everybody likes to talk about the divisions in american politics, but i like to sell to celebrate the bonds that people don't talk about. to texas with my mother and neil bush introduced her as a great friend of the bush family and the audience was sort of confused, i think. talks about spite and accentuates every bad moment in american politics, but i feel ike, when i'm in washington, get a really, behind-the-scenes .iew they are colleagues and they do have to work together and i don't think it is as divided and hopeless as it feels like on cable news. mylet me bring you back to fourth of july documentary airing on hbo. i brought in paul ryan, mitch

remarks by george w. bush on a ship bearing his father's name. george bush senior also speaks of the event which launched the last nimitz class carrier. the george h.w. bush can operate for more than 20 years without feeling, and carries more than 80 aircraft. president bush: i want to thank you all for coming. laura and i are thrilled to help commission an awesome ship, and to honor an awesome man, president george h w bush. >> [applause] to care for the study i went up to some of my father's letters. i thought it was especially interesting to read one that he wrote in the league 1940's. -- the late 1940's. he sent it to a friend. he said, you should see georgy now. when i come home he greets me and talks a blue streak. sentences disjointed of course. >> [laughter] >> he tries to say everything, and the results are often hilarious. change.gs do not >> [laughter] aircraft carrier which we commissioned today may be the navy's newest ship, but she has already had an interesting past. her catapult testing took place during an unseasonable snap. he ch

george w. bush and bill clinton both. humility. any idea who they might have been talking about there? and finally we'll thenld busy week the "hardball" roundtable and three things about trump and the investigation that you might not know. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> a few weeks ago the "wall street journal" reported that in the lead-up to the election a mysterious operative, peter smith was his name, tried on obtain clinton e-

bill clinton and george w. bush tonight and showing bipartisan ship in a rare public conversation. just a short while ago, former president bush was asked about bill clinton's friendship with his father. >> that was your relationship. but how did you come close? sgli got a different take on what i think is one of the most -- >> all right. >> one of the most unique relationships and important relationship in u.s. political history. i think it starts with bill clinton being a person who refused to lord his victory over dad. he was humble in victory, which is very important in dealing with other peopleme. and i think dad was willing to rise above the political contest. in other words, it starts with the individual's character. and both men in my judgment displayed strong character. and therefore their friendship was able to be formed. >> fascinating. let's talk about that with cnn special correspondent. it's fascinating, jaime, to hear

the politicians win that legislation that the christian right wanted passed including george to be bush -- george w. bush but that is what fall well understood that in one speech of ronald reagan this would do more for his cause the and the speeches of other pastors stowe he went on with reagan that were not moral or religious for example, with the nuclear weapon policies and "star wars" and then to show those evangelicals part of the republican party. and then with various reasons and some of those biggest leaders in the south for the preachers were ahead of other people so gradually like one-third of the republican party is made up of evangelicals. so inevitably it is politicized and for those evangelicals and they believe that god was king and they simply disappeared because those more political people to accept the air of the press and the media. but what happened eventually was that liberals and completely turned off. in during election time hoodoo nothing about them. >> how did abortion become the central organizing issue? how did that happen? >> it is a fascinating story because those evange

for scott mcclellan who came next and he turned out not to be great and then turned on president george w bushess secretary had committed snow, was a lovely man. he had the same deft george w bush out of getting along with people, even people absolutely opposed to this policy is would like with him in person and want to work with him in person and want to work with him. what does anthony scaramucci bring to the role? he certainly brings the president's trust, and the trust of ivanka trump and jared kushner who reached out to him to assure him about getting the comedic asian is a rector role despite the fact that chief of staff writes previous and steve bannon we re writes previous and steve bannon were not in favour, because he does not have this traditional public relations experience. reportedly he was supposed to have a job with the trump administration much earlier cos of his early support. he headed a part of the transition committee and help with the inauguration festivities. but he had been blocked, and apparently, this is anonymously sourced, but i have read that the chief of staff off

and then gave one of, if not the most important speeches on behalf of george w. bush at the republican convention. i'm not saying that's the reason that george w. bush won, but certainly the fact that they were able to bring john mccain in were part of the reasons they were able to coalesce independent voters and go on to beat john kerry. there are numerous examples throughout the course of his career where he will challenge his republican colleagues. ewill stand up and say he isn't necessarily in favor of their course of action, that they need to right the ship. and a lot of times that does lead to them doing things a little bit differently. but at the end of the day, he is still a pretty reliable republican. he usually sides with republicans and sides with the team. 10 if he were to make a break like this, i think if you go back throughout his history, this would be perhaps his most important statement, the most important example of his ability to be a maverick, because this would actually be a physical vote that he was taking in opposition to his senate majority le

george h.w. bush, we are glad you are here. the story of the uss h w bush begins in the early days of world war ii, when our dad enlisted in the united states navy. like many servicemen deployed overseas, he was sustained by a girl he loved back home. from her dorm room, she knitted socks for him. in remote pacific atolls, he collected seashells for her. when he returned home the first thing he did was to make her his bride. for 64 years ago this week, the love of my father's life has been barbara bush. [applause] president bush: over the years our parents have built a family bound forever by closeness, warmth, and unconditional love. we will always feel blessed to have had the best father anyone could ever ask for. we will always be inspired by the faith, humor, patriotism, and compassion he talked to us through his own example. as long as we live, we will carry with us dad's lessons that integrity and honor are worth more than any title or treasure, and that the truest strength can come from the gentlest soul. george h.w. bush has the deep love of hi

george h.w. bush, george w. bush, and others.t on policy, but specific way that they approached the job. president trump has taken a very different look. you couldn't think of two more opposite figures in temperament, personality and outlook on life than president trump and president obama. president obama was reserved, not a people person, not given to bombastic statements, sometimes cautious to a fault. sometimes his own staff would grow frustrated with the lengthy policy reviews before he would come to a decision. he was a very controlled, disciplined figure. president trump is the opposite. he is impulse unrestrained. there are no unfiltered thoughts. he is unmanaged by his staff, something some of his supporters is a good thing. he has decided to govern basically the way he ran his reality show. an ad hoc, very much kind of sometimes unprecedented type of presidency. susan: but barack obama, to offer the counterpoint, also came into office determined to undo george bush's legacy. he talked about restoring america's standing

george h.w. bush became good friends, clinton didn't lord over his father. a loaded appearance. george w. ther beating, both presidents, you know, they're watching the white house closely. >> of course they are. let's not forget, both former presidents bush did not vote for donald trump. it's been reported. so you know, this is the personification of the sort of bipartisan establishment that was so against trump that was so convinced he couldn't win and now is so distressed by his behavior in office, and i think given that his whole campaign was premised on toppling this entire cabal, i don't think trump is listening to these gu s s. >> exactly right. what donald trump beat, willingly, gladly, what he ran against sitting on that stage right there true, and at events, easy to feel bipartisan and be chumming they're not in office. their presidencies weren't exactly golden eras of bipartisanship either's inpower, go on attack, seize attacks, and now retired sitting in nice, comfortable chairs, easier to walk about eloquently. >> and george w. bush talked how bill clinton never referred to his

i was pretty good at that. [ laughter ] >> last thing before we go tonight, former presidents george w. bush william j. clinton spoke at a presidential leadership forum in dallas, texas tonight, and in what seems to be a partisan political landscape these days, there is one friendship worth remembering. as bush 43 called it tonight, one of the most unique and important relationships in u.s. history. that of his father, bush 41, and president clinton. >> he was humble in victory, which is very important in dealing with other people. and i think dad was willing to rise above the political contest. nord, it starts with the individual's character. and both men in my judgment, displayed strong character. and therefore, the friendship was able to be formed. now, why do i have a friendship with him? well, because he's called a brother with a different mother. >> former president george w. bush tonight at the library that bears his name. during the hour-long event, president trump was never notably mentioned by name, chances are, the last time you got a home loan, you got robbed. i know-- i got a lo

george h.w. bush, george w. n, obama, all pushed back on the universal western human rights that applies to everyone and the russian government. >> he went to asia the last time before his european trip. he went to poland first, they bussed in 15,000 people, they say trump, trump, trump. they control dissent, where it's not about democracy. then he goes to g-20 and meets with vladimir putin, to go in and try and delegitimize the rush -- if you air putin who wants a more multipolish system where everybody has influence in their backyard. russia doesn't get bothered by the americans, china's their biggest problem. but look at trump's tweet this morning where he says until we have movement on ukraine and syria, i can't move on sanctions. look at what he had to say to the russians, had to at least say, look i actually did push them on the hacks. we know he doesn't care about the hacks, we know there are no consequences, but the reality of these investigations which are only going to pick up steam constrains putin to

he turned on president george w bush, but the last press secretary he had, tony snow, a lovely man. en people who absolutely opposed to his policies, would very much like him in person and would wa nt to much like him in person and would want to work with him. so what does anthony scaramucci potentially bring to the role? he certainly brings the president's trust, and the trust of a bunker and jarrett, who apparently we re a bunker and jarrett, who apparently were pushing for him and reached out to him about getting the communications director role. —— the trust of ivanka trump and jared kushner. reince priebus and steve allen apparently were not in favour putting him into that role because he does not have the traditional public relations experience. reportedly he was supposed to have a job in the trump administration much earlier because of his early support. he headed up part of the transmission, committee, and helped with the inauguration festivities but have them locked and apparently, this is anonymously sourced but i have read the reince priebus, the chief of staff actually of

christie: yes, i do the previous presidents of the united states, president george w. bush, obama, clinton, follow the protocol of meeting with foreign counterparts. with president trump you are seeing someone saying i will run against the conventional wisdom and what people expect me to do. i expect president trump will raise the issue of russian collusion. i would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. are theow important optics of this meeting, a fully fledged bilateral meeting, given the cloud over the investigation whether his campaign colluded with russia during the election? mr. christie: very important. many weeks and hours are put into bilateral meetings between 2 leaders. they are heavily scripted. there are areas where leaders are supposed to discuss areas of importance. leaders of g 20 and others in the world are looking to see how these men interface and get along in the same room at the same time. laura: donald trump campaigned wanting better relations with russia. now the senate wants tougher sanctions because of ukraine and meddling in the elect

you may recall in the george w. bushments case that affected dan rather and cbs that while the documents were shown to be fakes, kate and another reporter at the "the new york times" interviewed the general's secretary who said well, you know, that's exactly what he was saying at the time in the office and he did have documents though i didn't type them. in that case and others that i'm aware of, there have been cases where you take a document you know is real, and we recreate what will be exposed as a fabrication to discredit the issue. >> so the broader thing to me at this moment is, governor paul lepage in maine, a big trump supporters with tells the media something. let's flood the tip lines with fake tips and times saying the that the white house tried to do this. i know people who have said the white house has attempted to shop them fake story to get them to run it so they can rebut them because it is a valuable, particularly in the moment in this white house to call this fake news. what do you about that? >> you h

> but barack obama sort of offered the counter point came into office also determined to undo george w bush'she talked a lot about restoring america's standing in the world. obama came into office determined to extricate united states from what he saw as george w bush's wars of choice in the mideast. how is it different between what obama wanted to do in terms of his precedence legacy, his predecessors and what trump is doing now >> i think the difference is that president obama didn't come in determined actually to tear down specific programs that president bush had put in place, he came intending to move in a direction. even then he didn't move as radically as i think he had advertised in the campaign. he kept the drone strikes, he expanded them. kept a lot of the counter terrorism policies surveillance, military commissions, guantanamo remained open even though he talked about wanting to close it. and on foreign policy there was a little bit more of a continuation in some ways different courses but not a radical change >> i know it's pretty impossible in way to have a conversation about ba

so george w. bush rubs into storms. >>> good evening, governor george w. perot about to make their second election of the campaign. >> bill clinton loved the town haul his or her fat. >> you know people who lost their jobs and home. in my state when people loose their jobs it's a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> george w. bush didn't have that touch. >> it has a lot to do with interest rate. >> on a personal basis how has i effected you? >> this whole experience of the town haul is excuse rating for george bush. he really likes people but he's not really good at it. >> are you suggesting that if somebody has means the national debt doesn't affect them? >> what i'm saying. >> help me with the question and i'll try to answer it. >> t.v. was completely dominating american politics and george bush didn't benefit from that. >> what would you do as president to open foreign markets from politician to american business? >> we have got to stop sending jobs overaes. >> ross perot is -- >> -- >> if you can move your factor south of the border and don't c

. >> he doesn't care >> we know what george w bush has been doing since he was, you know, president,e's been painting a lot and spending a lot of time on the texas ranch. now we're getting a look behind the scenes or wheel, jay leno took his series down to the bush ranch and learned he's not allowed to drive in public. that's why they're driving on the ranch, you know, why? it's a secret service no-no. >> mrs. bush calls the former president bushy. they talked about the nice bipartisan relationship he has with bill clinton and the obamas. >> it's kind of cool to see this later on >> in this picture, i mean, that -- that says -- that -- what was that from? was that the opening? >> that was the opening of the african-amer >> you seen michelle obama and george w bush in certain places and have -- it's fun to see that. it really is. >> all right. >> smell that, jim >> i do >> smells a lot like barbecue here in the loft >> we'll show you how to celebrate the 4th of july in the only american way possible. back after this. ♪ ♪ >>> summertime and 4th of july weekend or start of the week. we'

george w. bushts and bill clinton had a discussion of leadership thursday night at the george w. bush presidential library in dallas. you can watch the entire event at c-span.org and on tv tomorrow night on c-span at 9:40 p.m. >> when both of you became president, their father had been president and you had not had a other them as president but do it in around government. what was the biggest surprise? you have learned the secrets, the nuclear codes, all the crises we might be getting into, what was the biggest surprise you found and when did it you you are president and the most powerful man of the world? the first day, the week, the first month? saidclinton: kerry truman he spent so much time trying to talk to people in doing things they should be doing without asking in the first place. was surprised me, maybe because best -- his his's gigs on me was i was the governor of a small state, you are so far removed from the american people that it is hard for them to see you as a three-dimensional person. i had to learn -- even when he was governor of texas, as big as texas is, you had a

george h.w. bush, george w. clinton, obama all pushed russia on the difference between the west universal human rights, right, which apply to everyone, and the way the russian government behaves. and there was none of that. >> he went to saudi arabia before he went to europe on the last trip. the reason for that, they promote him. they controlled. he's transactional, doesn't care about human rights. he went to poland first. they bus in 15,000 people, and say trump, trump, trump. they control dissent, where it's not about democracy. then he goes to g20 and meets with vladimir putin, to go in and try and delegitimize the russian system is a win for putin. the other thing that's a win for putin is the fact that the united states gets more divided. divided internally. divided from the transatlantic relationship and europe is divided, too. if you're putin, who wants a more multipolar system where everyone has a sphere of influence in their backyard, russian doesn't get bothered by the americans. china is their bigges

host: your first appearance on c-span came when you put together your film on george w. bush called "journeys with george." explain how you came up with the idea as an nbc producer traveling with george bush during the campaign. guest: i was a news producer before i went into documentary filmmaking. i spent a decade at nbc as a news producer. i was assigned to go on the bus with governor george w. bush. when he declared he was running for president, nbc assigned me. each network has a person appointed to sit on the bus. they call it the boys on the bus, i was the girl on the bus from nbc and i brought a handy cam along and filmed governor bush as he was running for president. it was more about the dance with the media. we now know how symbiotic the relationship is between the media and candidate. back then, it it was new, this thatyou have relationships develop inside the bubble of a presidential campaign. i made a film about it. my relationship with president bush became sort of this magical thing because i came from a long line of democrats, and he sought me out and decided

and it's not just politicians who are easily swayed the media follows the changing tide as well george w. bush was slammed by the press and seen as one of the worst american presidents toward the end of his time in office he leaves office the most unpopular president in modern history this president performed so poorly we have a president to transcend at least stupid he is the worst president of my lifetime but a few well aimed comments in an interview turned him into a white house favorite i consider the media media to be indispensable to democracy we need an independent media to hold people like me to account it's very funny the sense of humor is coming well he said oh well respected mr president we want to thank you. even former white house press secretary sean spicer who was one of the media's favorite punching bags for some time is now feeling the love following his resignation rumor has it he may even become a reality t.v. star the political positions are breathtakingly incoherent their scripts are frantic with all due apologies to schizophrenia what is trump saying we were against it it

before now, the biggest gap was under president george w. bushwhen democrats were 28 points more likely than republicans to appreciate the media as watchdog. pew also measured "interest" in national news and found an increase. 33% a year ago said they closely followed national news. that's now up to 40%, but the increase is due almost entirely to democrats. their level of interest jumped from 33% to 49%. and what about bias? there's a strong party split when it comes to perceived media fairness. what is it? katerina: yes, and what we found was that republicans are actually more likely than democrats to say that news organizations tend to favor one side. sharyl: 87% of republicans said news organizations tend to favor one side. only about half of democrats said so. that's the widest gap between the two parties since the george w. bush administration in 2007 another partisan divide is evident when it comes to "trust" in national news organizations. 34% of democrats trust the national news, more than triple the percentage of republicans. again, a mu

we are 175 days in, you are a republican, you worked for george w bush. i was going? dent has devoted a lot of his focus to foreign policy. he has a lot of problems here at home. his health ca re problems here at home. his health care bills and moving anywhere. the tax reform package has stalled. 0n foreign policy the president thinks he is finding his way, but he has gone to the 620, it didn't go as badly as many here in the united states thought it would and 175 days andl states thought it would and 175 days and i am surprised he is doing all right. i read your piece today on warsaw. you thought his words speech was his best yet. i think it was important because it talked about the importance of western civilisation our values, the beacons of democracy and freedom and it was delivered in a historic setting where pope john paul ii had delivered mass in to a million people and when that speech resonated, freedom and democracy are the cornerstones of who we are in the cornerstones of who we are in the western civilisation world. you say it is going well on foreign polic

george w. bush, of course, and president obama. since then you have seen aggression particularly going into ukraine. there's been a lot of criticism of this president trying to get on a good page with russia and putin and knowing everything that's happened the past couple of years. the white house is certainly arguing that they need to start conversation, to establish a relationship given that they're both nuclear forces. but certainly we know that putin's goal here is -- is to become a global power. and there is some concern about how this president can handle that, just given that he doesn't have experience in this kind of realm. although tillerson has worked with leaders before. >> sure. and we watched what's going on at the g-20 with the president's schedule, the concluding session this afternoon, and president trump comes back to the u.s. we have different information from the gop here at home while donald trump's been away when it comes to their stance on health care and repeal and replace. your latest article "if gop health

next is a very reflective trait by george w. bush you can visit an exhibition of his other works for just sixty five dollars it's a perfect psychological journey of so for flexion a chance to wash away your problems historians look back and say gosh he could have done it better this way or that way. moving on to our next piece on a popular barack obama representing for u.s. senate says the piece was snapped up to two thousand dollars i have a good. eye and finally the jewel in our collection purchased for of a six hundred thousand dollars and if you fancy brushing up on your painting skills you can join an open close with the artist himself wouldn't you think. i. want to work out well that is so funny so what should no more live news from c h q with me kevin know it in thirty minutes. past twenty twenty five years the smartest people in the world have left their industries and their disciplines join wall street quantitative analysts traders or money managers there is a. wall street that is. big claim is marching into that pool of int

things that were said about george w. bush. george w. bush. >> martha: i have to take a quick break and we're going to come back. as we continue on our efforts to evaluate the president as he gets through the first half of the year, we are going to go back to the beginning of his term. in the past, presidential migrations have been followed by a bit of a grace period. did president trump get one of those? we will be back with the panel when we come back. >> the establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. there are victories have not been your victories. their triumphs have not been your triumphs. weekends are my time. i need an insulin that fits my schedule. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizzines

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next is a very reflective self-portrait by george w. bushyou can visit an exhibition of his other works for just sixty five dollars it's a perfect psychological journey of so for flexion a chance to wash away your problems historians look back and say gosh you could have done better this way or that way. moving on to our next piece on a popular doodle by barack obama representing four u.s. senate is the piece was snapped up to two thousand dollars i have a good. eye and finally the jewel in our collection purchased for over six hundred thousand dollars and if you fancy brushing up on your painting skills you can join an open class with the artist himself if you think. i'm not conveniently draws a bulletin to a close this. this saturday the twenty ninth of july i'm kevin i would move for me in thirty minutes now programs continue right after this product. is made. those get a little bit cooler but. myself i'm a lawyer but i. know both of us but i guess i kind of side of this yes or no but if you dump out and just see your piece i don't need t