president bill clinton and george w. bush sat down for an interview earlier this month and little rock, that is next on c-span. we look at the relationship between the arts and the states economies. pompeo talkd mike about u.s. investment in asia. >> former president bill clinton and george w. bush is set down for an interview at the clinton presidential center to talk about a range of topics am a including immigration and u.s. foreign aid. they look at get their careers and talked about lessons they have learned from their political defeats. this event was organized by the clinton foundation and was part of a ceremony recognizing members of the presidential leadership scholars program area and

. >> in texas, george w. busho was known as a bipartisan governor, at the time, the state house was run by democrats, and he had a very good working relationship with them. >> we poured our hearts and souls into this campaign, the organization, and the people are going to decide. >> indiana and kentucky, the polls now have closed in those two states. our projected winner is governor george w. bush, as expected. >> bush wins south carolina, vermont, up in the green mountain state, there for al gore. >> a big call to make, cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> about roughly quarter of 8:00, we and all the other networks call florida for gore. i remember saying, how is bush possibly going to, you though, what's the path he can possibly take, because he's lost michigan, he's going to lose pennsylvania. if anybody wins all three, it's over. >> you can bet that governor bush will be madder than a rooster that his brother, the governor, wasn't able to carry this state for him. >> mr. bush says he i

some might have said pepfar is george w. bush's greatest legacy and our coalition couldn't agree more. unfortuna unfortunately president bush couldn't be with us today but we're honored to have in his place the executive director of the george w. bush institute in dallas to receive this award on behalf of president bush. please join me in welcoming holly to the stage. [ applause [ applause ] >> thank you, and thurng the u.s. global leadership for honoring president bush for pepfar, i realize i am not quite the same as seeing president bush in person so thank you. i'm honored to receive it on his behalf. he regrets he couldn't be here but he sends his best to you all and his gratitude. i want to thank the others in the room today who led on this issue, current and former members of congress, dr. tony fauci, ambassador burkes among others, thank you for your continued leadership on pepfar. 15 years ago, president bush came to understand the gravity of the hiv/aids pandemic which was threatening to wipe out an entire generation on the

bush. >> george walker bush, the new president of the united states, the governor of texas. >> at that point al gore called george w. bush to concede. by about 3:00 a.m. eastern time, the numbers start to wobble again. >> something to report in this unusual night. the vice president has recalled the governor and retracted his concession saying that florida is is too close right now. >> under florida law if the margin of victory is less than half percent, it's an automatic recount. >> mr. vice president, did you win the election, sir? >> we're having a great run here. >> a confident and seemingly relaxed al gore is effectively starting a second campaign for the wous. his campaign chairman in florida announcing the campaign will support lawsuits over the issue of ballot irregularities in palm beach. >> i cast a vote for gore, but at the same time, i must have punched the buchanan column as well. >> there was the butterfly ballot in palm beach county where an awful lot of people thought they were voting for al gore, but because of the way the ballot was designed, they ended up voting for pat buchanan. and believe me,

interestingly, within the first couple of minutes, there were supporti statements from george w. bush, from jeb bush and from george p. bush, the land commissioner in texas, the next generation of bushes, and the bush family has no be supportive of president trump on all kinds of fronts. on this oneli, the repn party, looks to me, will be very united. >> woodruff: which is significant, aimy. you said the republican partyso will cdate around him. >> right. >> woodruff: it looks like that was one of the aims of the president in this pk. >> that's right, which was to eliminate any defections from republicans and to make it harder for some of the red state democrats to have a good excuse for why thengy with respect g to vote for him. they can't argue he's not qualified or desn't have the s ecredentials. the issue democratll go after, abortion, guns and th affordable care act, where even some conservatives have said that kavanaugh isot conservative enough on those issues, democrats are saying he's too far out to have the mainstream. >> woodruff: surely, susan, the white house had in mind,

the fact that george w. bush would have picked him, ted cruz, mitt romney would have picked him, tells you this would have been done by the heritage society, they've almost entirely control the process. typical traditional pick. this is not an alarming or whacky pick. >> this is the live shot that you're seeing is the east room. we're expecting the president to arrive essentially now to make this nomination. again, nbc news reporting that the nominee will be judge brett kavanaugh. >> my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room of the white house regarding one of the most profound responsibilities of the president of the united states. the selection of a supreme court justice. i have often heard that other than matters of war and peace, this is the most important decision a president will make. a supreme court is entrusted with the safeguard of the crown jewel of our republic. the constitution of the united states. 12 days ago justice anthony kennedy informed me of his decision to take senior st

there you go. - welcome to the celebration of victory for george w. bush'sper tuesday night. [cheers and applause] - after super tuesday, i withdrew and met with george w. bush in pittsburgh and agreed to support him. - john mccain odd i just had a very eeting. - you can't be a sore loser in this business. i congratulate governor bush and wish him and his family well. he may very well become the next president of the united states. it's just like a football game. you lose, and you've got to get ready for the next sunday. [dramatic music] ♪ - in 2008, he ran as a more establishment candidate 'cause he'd had that credential of coming so close in 2000. and he had to do what we did not do in 2000, which was brinhein parts of tarty thate more establishment to build a bigger coalition th he had. and, you know, he had competition there. he had mitt romney, who in 2008 had a lot of support st in the regularlishment. - in the 2000 election, john mccain had been a supporter of immigration reform. it was an issue that he knew, a as arizona had rge immigrant community.

up next, former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush sit down for an interview at the clinton presidential center in little rock, arkansas. they discuss immigration, education and u.s. foreign aid -- toeviate policy alleviate disease. [applause] good afternoon. that was good. just last year, i remember being right there. i was working at one of the most prominent financial institutions in the world having not long ago been permitted to a new world

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he met with george w. bush. this is the third time sitting face-to-face with a u.s. mr. what do you expect in general from this today. >> i like the president have low expectations what comes out of the helsinki summit. what we know about vladmir putin the man he has his eyes on the prize. looking to reassert russian dominance in eastern europe. we know he is looking to get relief from financial sanctions. and lock in russian gains from key theaters of conflict. thwart u.s. plans elsewhere specifically in iran. cheryl: i think crimea is off the table from a u.s. perspective. i know there is disagreement on syria. i can't see president trump backing down on those two issues. the sanctions, john that is the big thing, 200 companies all under u.s. sanctions. that is economic hit to vladmir putin. if anything he would like to come out of the summit with news on that. do you think the president would be willing to give anything on sanctions?

he was counsel to george w. bush and then staff secretary which is a small sounding job that is actually an incredibly important job. would you expect that democrats and other senators would want to see -- democrats and other senators, considering this nomination, would want to see all of his records? all the paperwork associated with it? all the work product associated with all of his time serving in the executive branch in addition to his judicial record? >> they should absolutely want to see them. especially given that the nature of executive power and kavanaugh's opinions, how it is wielded, it is massively important, especially given the russia investigation. so all of his e-mails are public record. they're available, they should be posted online. democrats should demand that. and every piece of paper associated with this man who is poised to wield a massive influence on the future of this country, should be and ought to be scrutinized. >> and it is likely to be millions of documents, given the length of his car

in fact, he was the one who recommended to president george w. bush, at least according to bush in decision points, his autobiography, who recommended that roberts be the pick. bush was trying to decide between a number of conservative judges, and we said, which one will be the one who will be a leader because, remember, it was for the chief justice seat. and it was kavanaugh who recommended john roberts. and i think that john roberts is somebody that he has followed his career and modeled himself after. we should also point out that i think neil gorsuch was two years ahead of him at georgetown prep. so these are swampy selections. >> well, and who did he invoke? what justice on the supreme court name did he mention? elena kagan, a president obama appointee. >> right, after thanking and showing respect for kennedy who he clerked for. >> and don't hold your breath for how often they vote together, but that's okay. >> the numbers game. look, god willing, senator mccain is healthy enough to come in and vote. if he is not, then you really have a one-vote

george w. bush and bill clinton administrations. john p. mcconnell served more than 10 years on the white house staff in two administrations as a senior speechwriter for president george w. bush and vice president dick cheney john john was part of a three-person team responsible for all of the president's major addresses. in the bush-cheney white house, john held the unique position of both deputy assistant to the president and assistant to the vice president. in his career, he has also worked as a principle speechwriter for vice president dan quayle, presidential nominee bob dole, and speaker of the house, paul ryan. june shih began her career as a reporter for a florida newspaper. but left to assist then first lady hillary rodham clinton with her syndicated newspaper column in speeches. in 1997, june became a special assistant to the president and presidential speechwriter writing speeches for president bill clinton on a range of issues from civil rights and race relations to education and healthc

bush but a much larger role in the george w. bush administration. >> that's right. the george w. bush administration, he's staff secretary. all pieces of paper go through him. he's married in the white house. he's in the middle of things. he was technically in the george h.w. bush administration, but he was really a one-year fellowship in the solicitor general's office. of course, the solicitor general who appointed him, ken starr. who later became independent counsel. >> as i'm reading this 2009 minnesota law review, basically what it's saying is the president's job is so unique and so unusual, it's seemingly saying he's above the law or should not be indicted or even brought up for trial or criminal investigation. >> i think he is saying that. he's saying mea culpa. i hounded clinton to death ten years ago, but now i understand. >> but the caveat is what? >> there's one caveat, which is he's saying congress should pass legislation to make this law. he's not saying that the constitution inherently -- that presidential power prevents the way the question would come up now. >> what

he was counsel to george w. bush and then staff secretary which is a small sounding job that is actually an incredibly important job. would you expect that democrats and other senators would want to see -- democrats and other senators, considering this nomination, would want to see all of his records? all the paperwork associated with it? all the work product associated with all of his time serving in the executive branch in addition to his judicial record? >> they should absolutely want to see them. especially given that the nature of executive power and kavanaugh's opinions, how it is wielded, it is massively important, especially given the russia investigation. so all of his e-mails are public record. they're available, they should be posted online. democrats should demand that. and every piece of paper associated with this man who is poised to wield a massive influence on the future of this country, should be and ought to be scrutinized. >> and it is likely to be millions of documents, given the length of his car

and george w. bush not the approach to the economy that he would normally endorse, but his advisers who were conservative for the most part were saying, mr. bush, if you don't do this we are going to have a financial disaster that will compare with the great depression. he therefore used our tax money to prop up our financial system. if you would have asked him in 2000 when running for office should the government do this he would probably say no. in 2008 he made the tough call and did it. >> even though it wasn't popular at the time with his own party in particular. in 2004 there were major controversies going on. we had the war in iraq. it was dragging on, very unpopular at home. many democrats thought john kerry stood a very good chance. the 2004 the show tonight will remind you of two elements of that campaign that history will view him as a person much better than i think many americans thought of him. i'm not sure history is going to make his presidency look that much better, but as a person, he c

when you hear the democrats like chuck schumer of new york pushing for documents with george w. bush from his presidency, what do you say? >> i say that judge kavanaugh has been a brilliant legal scholar for decades and that people that had difficult situations like president bush wanted a brilliant person on their team. they picked him. he has a long history. they can't possibly say that he's unqualified for the court. what they will try to say is that there's something from his past that this disqualifies him in a small way. clearly, this is a brilliant man who is well respected for all sides of the political spectrum. >> harris: mitch mcconnell said he'll push vote by the senate. >> democrats should not be allowed to stall and take this down the road forever. no. >> harris: congressman buck, great to have you from the great state of colorado. thank you. president trump and his legal team are attacking the credibility of the president's former personal attorney michael cohen. are they right to do a? or should the president be worried about the new allegations coming from cohen. pow

that combined with his extensive paper trail and history working for george w. bush could be the biggest holdup in this nomination fight. there are millions of pages of documents that crossed brett kavanaugh's desk when he was staff secretary at the white house for george w. bush at mow m -- momentous times like september 11 and hurricane katrina. brett kavanaugh's history extends for the past 12 years on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. that's the most prominent appeals court in the country. he was a clerk for the justice he could replace, anthony kennedy. he was the lead author of the 1998 ken starr report that detailed bill clinton's involvement with monica lewinsky and laid out the grounds for impeachment but it's interesting and democrats will seize on this, after working for the george w. bush administration, kavanaugh wrote a law review article saying he had new appreciation for the demands of the presidency and recommended the presidents should be shielded from litigation until after they leave the white house so that was an interesting take. kavanaugh trie

judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush and faced a long confirmationwhen nominated for his current post. here is what president trump had to say about him. judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed provocations and an unproven commitment to equal justice provocations and an unproven commitment to equaljustice under the law. a graduate of yarck college at school, he teaches at harvard, yale and georgetown. he is considered a judge isjudge, a true thought leader among his peers. the last 12 years he has served as a judge on the dc circuit court of appeals with great distinction, offering a vote 300 opinions which have been widely at night for their skill, inside and rigourous adherence to the law. —— insight. more than a dozen has been adopted as the law of the land. there is no one in america more qualified for this position and no one more deserving. myjudicial philosophy is straightforward. ajudge myjudicial philosophy is straightforward. a judge must myjudicial philosophy is straightforward. ajudge must be independent and must interpret

now, marc theissen, american enterprises chief scholar, former chief speechwriter for president george w. bushntributor. good to have you here. >> good to be with you. my pleasure. >> martha: i heard you enjoyed the last of a human because you wrote the speech where george w. bush was speaking about nato paying up. >> i wrote many speeches for george w. bush. i wrote speeches for donald rumsfeld urging nato to pay up in the defense investments during their period in office went down in europe. so good for donald trump. >> martha: you are very persuasive. >> i know, i'm really good! >> martha: you are really good. maybe just not on that particular point. >> donald trump is doing the right thing. >> martha: okay. you should maybe write some speeches for him sometime. but he's getting his point across, that's to be sure. let's talk a little bit about what rod rosenstein is doing. "new york times" piece tonight saying he sent a special memo saying please do this for me, i need an all hands on deck as we dig into these documents. is that typical? >> it is typical. if the justice department always d

these are the same people who accused george w. bush of lying us into the war even though george w. he unanimous opinion, have our intelligence agencies, that site that saddam hussein had stockpiles at the highest level of certainty.pi george bush relied at the intelligence committee, the very same people slamming donald trump accused george w. bush. where do you start with the george w. bush? could not have any columnists who are pro-trump. a lot of antagonism toward the president from "the washington post," and president trump is giving it back. it is about time. >> sean: they are so upset about the president not only seeing fake news but enemy of the people. i just think what the president is saying, my interpretation, dan bongino, he is saying, you are not serving the american people's truth. you tell a lot of lies. you have an agenda. therefore, if you don't do your job, that is where that comment to me comes from. i look at "the new york times." "the new york times" has competing articles the day after election day 2020. they are living in a fantasy world. it is really bizarre.

but if this had been taking place in central london, like george w bush's visit when he came during theof protesters on the streets. those looking to protest his visit had been frustrated in their inability to make their voices heard to the president directly, though i understand he will try to keep them awake outside the ambassador‘s residence in windsor. this wall of noise, playing the cries of children towards him, reminding him of the children separated from the parents at the mexican border. a lot of the plaque we saw here today were about freeing the children, don't lock up the children, that sort of message from the protesters. you said earlier that it's not a given for a state visit for the us president. did the government act to quickly to extend the visit after the brexit vote ? extend the visit after the brexit vote? i think that theresa may got the honour of being a very late —— very early visitor to the white house, and i think there was a desire to basically hugged trump close, to quote bill clinton when asked about how to deal with george w bush. did she over extend that

>> look, i agree with former president george w. bush. ink all americans should be concerned about what i believe is a humanitarian crisis at our border manufactured by the sitting president donald trump. i am glad that former president george w. bush is speaking out. i think in these times many folks feel that because of decorum and protocol and how that's not how we usually do things to speak out against a sitting president or to challenge him so forcefully that it's not something we can do at this moment but to see that the former president felt convinced and convicted this is what he should do is reassuring and i hope more republicans speak out and do something about this crisis. >> he never criticized barack obama when he was in office. >> well, barack obama didn't put kids in cages and rip children -- after those kids were ripped from their mother's bosom put them cages in what is the equivalent of prison. so there you have it. >> i was just trying to show this must be something he feels extremely strongly about. >> i wish we could s

george dubya bush. 43. what did you learn about george w. bush from running a business? or what did he learn from? >> it's hard. i wish i would have been partners with him on the baseball team. i would have made more money. [laughter] but it's hard. i was the chief financial officer and he was the ceo and we were responsible for making sure we made payroll every two weeks. folks came to work and assumed they were going to get paid. he and i knew that this wasn't the case and we had to catch the -- cash flow the deal, make sure the money was in the bank on payday and everybody got paid. starting a business and being successful at it is hard. it's rewarding to be able to have done that. and just to be able to say i have got a good friend whose name is george w. bush is a real badge of honor as well. he's a great guy. >> did you know that he was a secret painter? >> no, i didn't. after the white house, another good friend of his said our friend is taking up thinking. and i said painting? ,is laura making him paint the house? he said, no fine art. ,you have got to be kidding me. >> plus question. in y

johnson and kennedyed had a very fraught relationship, but more currently i think dick cheney and george w. bush. their relationship really unraveled towards the end. >> host: do you think that george w. bush was serious in naming a replacement in 2004 to dick cheney? >> guest: i think that they seriously considered it even more seriously than president obama did, because there was, there was thought of replacing biden with hillary. and someone who worked for obama told me that, you know, the only person who would have been less happy about that than joe biden would be hillary clinton. she did notwhbe want to be vice president. a lot of people don't want to be vice president. it's a difficult job. but i think that, i think that it's an incredible opportunity and especially for someone like mike pence who very well could have lost his race for governor of indiana. now he is in a position where he could one day be president, and his name is known nationally are. very few people knew who he was outside of indiana just a couple w years ago. so it's a steppingstone. but, of course, it's also infantiz

bill clinton had tried his best and george w. busht he certainly saw bin laden as a threat. americans understood this is a problem for us as a people and we're going to deal with this in a nonpartisan way. the partisanship we see today in discussing russia did not exist after 9/11. unfortunately, it would start existing after the invasion of iraq. one of the things about the show is that you see the pivot. you see the nation coming together. the images of 9/11 are still searing. you see the nation coming together behind the president. you see the president leading the country. and then making a fateful decision to shift targets from al qaeda to saddam hussein. >> remarkable. with effects on the war if afghanistan, right. >> absolutely. >> because it was the terms of resources. we're still living through the effects of that war in iraq as well. >> indeed. i think that the bush -- i think that the trump presidency is, in part, a product of what the war in iraq did to the republican party. because trump was -- >> right. >> he may not hav

wednesday night, former speechwriters for bill clinton and george w. bush talk about how they communicated policy ideas from the president's point of view. thursday night, world war ii d-day films featuring the 20 anniversary of saving private ryan. friday, the icons conference. watch american history tv next week in prime time on c-span3. >> i do want my kid to read stories that are sad disturbing down the downbeat. that is not a totally legitimate thing to say. when my kidoose understands stuff that might bring them grief but there is a point beyond which, they are 14 now when are you going to introduce them to the idea that not everything is perfect. all those factors swirled together to create the perfect abstract fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. discussing his latest book walk away. interact with him by phone, twitter, or facebook. in depthal series fiction edition. we are back now live in harrisonburg virginia with more from the confederate icons conference. up next, author caroline ginny. you are watching american history tv o

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burke represents george w. bush, president bush, a strong supporter of brett kavanaugh. he also represents steve bannon, reince priebus, and donald mcgann in the russia probe. reviewed ands prescreened all of the documents, so we are having a , who works forer so many republicans on so many different issues, prescreened these documents. at this point we have no assurances of being told which documents we are going to be allowed to see and which documents the american people will be allowed to see. if weouldn't be so bad also got a full set of documents from the archives. it appears that the vast majority of documents that congress will be permitted to see are the documents turned over to us by a lawyer with close ties to both president bush and president trump as well as mr. bannon. because of intentional delays in obstruction, the vast majority of the documents that congress will get to review will have been screened by the personal lawyer of george bush, steve bannon, writes previous and more. what are they hiding? such an effort not to have the documents come forward

it was one of the many efforts in conciliation, including one from george w. bushit's time to recognize that r h russia is not seeking to get into the order. it seeks to undermine that order. as he destabilizes the west, he understands the internal divisions and dischord and the gaping openness. he understands the gra jillty of institutions like european union and nato. in other words, vladimir putin understands us very well. the question is, do we, does donald trump, really understand him? >>> federal agents have secret recordings of the u.s. president made before he took that office. and one involves the silencing of a former playboy model. we'll explain. >>> we'll take you to the state of missouri where there is much sadness. we'll hear from a woman who lost nine family members when their tour boat sank. >>> and the long awaited sequel to the abba musical hit theaters. >>> welcome to our viewer here in the u.s. and all around the world. we're coming to you live

scott pelley and george w. bush on air force one, on the first anniversary of 9/11. >> george w. realizing it was a defining moment in the history of the united states. i knew we were at war. >> pelley: this is the center of the rescue effort behind me. >> kroft: scott had seen firsthand the horror of that september morning. >> pelley: i spent about two weeks at ground zero, reporting continuously. the agony of watching these firefighters digging through, trying to find somebody alive. it was a mountain of misery. ( rocket launch ) >> kroft: for nearly two decades, the most important and dangerous assignments for "60 minutes" correspondents and crews-- ( explosion ) --have been covering the seemingly endless cycle of violence in the middle east. >> that's incoming! >> kroft: for 16 years, lara logan has covered iraq and afghanistan for "60 minutes" and "60 minutes ii." ( gunfire ) recently, she was in mosul, during the successful campaign to retake the iraqi city from isis. >> logan: i think we were there just a few minutes, before you heard "car bomb, car bomb." and you know it m

so if george w. bush is president of the united states, they attack anybody, like me, who is attacking george w. bush for spending too much money. for running a deep debt. and i remember mitt romney. i said like around labor day in 2012 that mitt romney was going to lose the election had a horrible campaign. get absolutely castigated. mika can tell you. my twitter feed ran nonstop and a lot of these same stooges that would just sit there, how dare you attack mitt romney and then, boy, do they turn on -- so they're not conservatives. they're all about power. all you have to do look and see. the -- the people that they bowed and scraped to before, george w. bush. george h.w. bush. it's all on tape, by the way. i just want you to know. it's all on tapes. it's all in the transcripts, just like with me. everything i've ever said all on tape, on in the transcripts. so the very people that were, their alan dershowitzs on talk radio, protecting the powerful, even when it was indefensible. now they're sitting ther

you were senior official there in george w. bush's presidency.r former colleagues in the intelligence world saying about president trump's performance here today? >> i think everybody, you reflected it in the panel. everybody is stunned. gobsmacked. just almost, almost speechless. it's just amazing to see that kind of commentary coming from the commander in chief. >> does today do you think change anything for u.s./russia relations going forward? >> well, it clearly sends a green light to president putin of russia that he could get away with this kind of activity. when the leader of the free world gives him a hall pass it gives him the -- i said the green light the move forward and expect to see more from russia which will make it even more challenging for the good people of institutions like state department and the intelligence community and the department of justice to do their jobs. >> president trump has been attacking the intelligence community since the end of 2016 when he likened intelligence officials to nazi germany. >> right. >> and to

big time. >>> former president george w. bushion battle that's roiling the country. >> i'm disturbed by the debate that's taking place because i think it undermines the goodness of america. i think it doesn't recognize the valuable contributions that immigrants make to our society, and it obscures the fact that -- the rhetoric does -- that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. >> let's discuss with cnn political commentator symone sanders and alice stewart. symone, strong words by the former president and the repudiation of a sitting president. what's your reaction in. >> i agree with former president george w. bush. i think all americans should be concerned about what i believe is a humanitarian crisis at our border, which was manufactured by the sitting president, donald trump. i absolutely am glad that former president george w. bush is speaking out. i think in these times, many folks feel that because of decorum and protocol and how, you know, that's not how we usually do things, to speak out against a sitting president

the program was established under the george w. bush administration to address the global hiv aids epidemic. this runs about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone and welcome. i'm for national security directodirector of the bipartisn policy center and it is my pleasure to welcome you in attendance today and those watching on c-span and online on a beautiful monday morning after a glorious weekend here in dc with no traces of the swamp. it's easy to be hopeful on a day like today so we are happy to be discussing a hopeful topic and releasing the paper on building prosperity, stability and security through strategic health diplomacy a study of 15 years of cuts -- pepfar. for those of you that are new to our mission is to actively seek combine the best i is from both parties to promote health, security and opportunity for all americans. we dry principle and politically viable policy solutions to the power of analysis, negotiation and advocacy. today we will be talking to pepfar which is a strong example of b

seventy three decision on abortion and when it comes to cavanagh he has worked for president george w. bush's staff secretary he worked for kenneth starr who prosecuted bill clinton and he eventually joined the republican side in the two thousand election battled bush v gore that was ultimately decided in favor of president george w. bush whom he ultimately came to work for and intriguingly kavanagh has been outspoken about saying that a sitting president cannot be indicted that might just be too tempting for donald trump to resist at a time when he's being pursued by a special counsel himself. john let's look past this because that at some point there is going to be i know many made by donald trump and it is going to be a conservative leaning so what happens next how a both sides of the house gearing up for the the congressional hearings that are going to take place. well in a formal sense what the republicans do is they pair up the nominee with somebody who knows the senate and who can walk him through because it is the u.s. senate that ultimately confirms the nominee and in this case they

xxx >> on c-span next week in primetime monday former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons from a life in politics. uesday, nasa administrator jim bridenstein. wednesday the 2018 national governors association summer meeting on transformation of the work force by artificial intelligence. thursday at 10:00 p.m., the netroots conference from new orleans with new jersey senator cory booker and gubernatorial candidate in pennsylvania john federman and friday more from the netroots conference. next week in primetime on c-span, c-span.org and the free -span radio app. supreme court nominee brett kavanagh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> next on american history tv former presidential speech righters talk about communicating policy from the president's point of view. we hear from june shih who worked with president bill clinton and first lady

eric -- [ applause ] >> eric served as president george w. bush's chief white house photographer for the entire eight years of bush's presidency. yes. photographing him daily during his activities at the office, abroad, and in his personal life. draper was eventually named special assistant to the president and is the first white house photographer to be named a commissioned officer to a u.s. president. [ applause ] >> during his tenure, eric also directed the photographic and archival conversion of the white house photo office from film to digital. took nearly 1 million photos documenting the presidency. [ applause ] >> and last, but certainly not least, is lawrence jackson. i said certainly. certain not. [ applause ] >> lawrence served his career working at the virginian pilot for years before joining the associated press in boston. in 2002 he covered capitol hill, the white house and major sports teams for seven more years. in march of 2009 he became an official white house photographer under the obama administration where he stayed until january

in 2001, another american leader, george w. bushable to get a sense of his soul. >> thank you! thank you! >> but on the campaign trail in 2008, hillary had a different take. >> i could have told him, he was a kgb agent. by definition, he doesn't have a soul. i mean, this is a waste of time, right? >> translator: ms. clinton said that you as a former kgb agent by definition can have no soul. >> putin's reply? statesmen shouldn't be guided by their hearts. they should use their heads. clinton had a lot of tough words for putin over the years. >> he's a very arrogant person to deal with. we have to stand up to his bullying. he is somebody who will take as much as he possibly can. >> but it was what happened in 2011 that marked a point of no return. it began with the arab spring protests early that year. the kind of popular uprising that putin dreaded. >> he begins to see himself through the eyes of hosni mubarak. >> mubarak of egypt was facing prosecution. syria bashar al assad was on the ropes. libya's strong man, moammar gadhafi met

he went into the george w. bush era. i think he got the presidential medal of freedom from george w bush. he was a renowned, respected, and listen to elder in the scientific and in the nuclear arms community. interestingly, he came back to 1980's.n the late it was fun ronald reagan was pushing star wars. which was a space-based missile defense system using lasers. something concocted on the back of an envelope practically. $100 billion later, no system such exists and the one they have is funny but that is another story. tell her thought, why not base some of these laser -- tell her -- teller thought, why not base some of these on the north base of alaska between russia and the u.s., high up in the arctic and also it is not a warm place the generates a lot of cloud cover see you have a lot of clear days there. so for a number of sensible reasons he thought that would be to base it. so he came back to less to visit the north slope and check it out. i was doing my work on project chariot then. i thought, here he comes back

president george w. bush thought that he'd found a kindred spirit. >> i looked the man in the eye.straight forward and trustworthy. i was able to get a sense of his soul. >> even hollywood fell for the new russian president. he bonded with stars at a charity dinner. ♪ but the honeymoon would soon come to a crashing halt. >> he was a kgb agent. by definition he doesn't have a soul. >> so glad to see you. >> next, when vladimir met hillary. >> it's important to remember how much he despised hillary clinton. the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. and now there's a new way to smooth. introducing new venus platinum. a premium metal handle boosts control... to reveal up to 100% smooth skin. venus ayep, and my teeth are yellow.? time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. and they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. any paint can change the way a room looks. but only one can change how it feels. century, from benjamin moo

i invite you to turn your attention to the screen for a brief video from the george w. bush institute commemorating the anniversary of pepfar. thank you. ♪ ♪ the pandemic threatens to wipe out an entire generation. in the face of preventable death and suffering my administration firmly believes we have an obligation to act. we launched the emergency plan for aids relief. a work of mercy beyond all previous international efforts to help the people of africa. over the past 15 years, thanks to the generosity of the american people, millions would have died. on the verge of a regeneration of the people of africa still need our help. the american people deserve credit for this tremendous success and should keep going until the job is done. ♪ thank you to the institute for that video. good morning everyone. i am the chief medical advisor at bipartisan policy center. and with the codirector of the work on strategic health and diplomacy, we have two excellent panels for you today. the first will feature senator daschle and senator frist as mentioned, the two authors of the report be

next to sharon is eric draper. [ applause ] eric served as president george w. bush's chief white house photographer the entire eight years of bush's presidency photographing him daily during his activities at the office, abroad and in his personal life. draper was eventually named special assistant to the president and is the first white house photographer to be named a commissioned officer to a u.s. president. [ applause ] during his tenure eric also directed the oversight of film to digital documenting the presidency. last but certainly not least is lawrence jackson. [ applause ] >> but certainly not least. [ applause ] >> lawrence started his career at the virginia pilot 10 years covering lot sports, news and in depth picture stories before joining the press in boston in 2000 and 2002 he covered capitol hill, the white house and major sports teams seven more years. in march, 2009 he became an official white house photographer under the obama administration where he stayed until january, 2017. in march, 2017 he started his freelance photography business covering edi

i don't recall george w. bush i don't recall george w. sh insulting putin, whether at the ranch or the clintons when theye were meeting, when hillary was ranch or the clintons when they were meeting, when hilla meeting.as you don't insult people even ifn you know they are trying to mes' around with our system, which ef they always have been trying tos around with our mess around with our system. syh they always have been trying to mess around with our system. >> i agree with you. president trump should not have. president trump should not have been there for the purpose of slamming president putin to his face. nor am i worried about been there for the purpose of slamming president putin to his face. nor am i worried about having ah solitary meeting. one-on-onebush met on aa one-on-one -- literally drove the king of saudi arabia around his ranch in crawford and the king of sau discussed very important issues. his ranch in crawford and di i think that his overreach.usse. i think t i think the president needed to. i think project strength on

george h.w. bush, clinton and george w. clapper called the threat to take away clearance quote petty. james comey, president obama nominated him as fbi director and he served until president trump fired him over the russia investigation. previously comey served as deputy attorney general under president george w. bush. threat is not much of a threat 25 at all. andrew mick kab. >> say that one more time. >> no more clearance. just to say it. for sar -- he doesn't have experience. andrew mick k -- andrew mccabe. james comey nominated him as fbi director in 2016. attorney general jeff sessions fired him just two days before his retirement in march of this year. spokesperson says he no longer has security clearance either. so what are we talking about him for? finally, susan rice president obama's national security adviser from 2013 to 2017. she also served under president clinton. that's who we are talking about here. >> joining us now, malcolm with more than 30 years. also the author of the new book. and clint watts, who wrote the book messing with the enemy. malcolm, washington post op

barack obama, george w. bush, george h.w. bush, bill clinton would try to throw a friend a lifeline at that moment or certainly not pour salt in the wounds. this president seems to relish these fights with people who, on paper historically, are friends. >> yeah, it's really difficult to understand. we need germany. they host 30,000 some troop miss their country alone. germany is a great logistical, medical hub for us. we couldn't have fought in iraq and afghanistan for the last 17 years without the support we get there. secondly, it makes little sense to me if you want germany to ante up more of their defense spending why you would pick on merkel. it's already an unpopular thing to do in germany. trump is exceedingly unpopular there. i'm not sure how he thinks he's going to get the goal of getting them to spend more money by picking on merkel and making it harder for her to go to the legislature and get that money. >> th >> which raises the question, does the president want the goal, the policy progress, or does he just want t

the new best buds george w. bush and bill clinton solded the -- scolded president trump for doing what they did not. and the you documentary death of a nation comes out and we have the author. it's a little throw take shots at the president while he's abroad. they didn't mention him by name, but come on. >> the fact two guys that ran against each other from opposite parties shows how trump has changed the political cartography the whole map of international relations. this should have been done in 1992 when the soviet union collapsed because the nato is an assembly was created was we were afraid of those countries militarizing so a re counting is overdue and took an outsider do it and they've been like toy soldiers that walk in the wall and keep going. the examination was overdue in their time and happening final now. >> laura: pat bucannon was on radio with me yesterday and said look, the days of the open border, endless trade deals with no amendments, that day is over. endless wars, those days are over. it's the la