h. w. bush's white house chief of staff. his fond account of 41's presidency, "the quiet man," has just been published. he's the honorable john sununu. this is overheard. (applause) - [voiceover] let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and, over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (laughter) this is overheard. (applause) - governor sununu, welcome. - it's good to be here, thanks. - this is a wonderful book. - well, thank you. - and i know that you're a loyal friend and former colleague of the 41st president. i don't need to ask you why you wrote the book but of all the people to write a book about these days, this president doesn't necessari

h. w. bush's last year in office. vice president biden, he tried to imply that he would block judges. he put through 11 republican nominees for the circuit court, 53 republican nominees for the district, or 11 for the circuit court, 53 for the district court. you know what republicans allowed? five district court this year. so don't go, disable want to follow the bible, i wish we would. we put -- biden world. we put the 53 and 11 and republican presidents last year in office, republican-controlled senate allows only five. com, on. let's be fair. the fact is they are has never, we have never blocked in a presidential election year a supreme court nominee because it was a presidential election year. in fact, i think we created the judiciary committee in 1816, always about presidential nominees to go forth. and i tell you this because the constitution requires the president to make a nomination but it's very clear. and then it says that we show advice and consent. we are saying no, we won't even ad

h. w. bush style complaining. - absolutely. - even his darkest moments, at his most frustrated moments he's still himself. - absolutely, this is an authentic human being and what you saw was what you got. what struck me, with this exception, he was a much more emotional man. bill clinton said, "he felt our pain." george bush really did. he just thought it was not part of the dignity of the office to show it. and one of the moments that broke my heart, and i put it in the prologue of the book was, they lost a child in 1953 to leukemia, a daughter robin and in what must have been one of the world's worst cases of white house advance, he was shown in to a children's' leukemia ward in krakow in '86, '87 as vice president and he suddenly realizes whee he is and he starts to cry and the press is behind him and he realizes that if he turns around, the story becomes about him and not about them. so he won't turn around until he gets himself under control. that's a george bush that people never really kn

h. w. bush still call texas home. but democrats are depending on a growing latino population to turn the state blue. strategists say a big win for hillary clinton could erase the possibility of a bernie sanders nomination. hillary history in texas dating back to the '70s. and she polls well with latinos. she's not only looking for delegates but campaign tags. >> if she wins substantially, she'll clean up happily. >> reporter: in the last two super tuesdays, the big winner has gone on to win their party's nomination. >> to the victor go the spoils. and the spoils are campaign tactics. >>> a gruesome discovery outside an abandoned yacht in the philippines. >> fishermen discovered a mummified body. it was owned by a german national but they have not been able to identify the remains. there was an au but the results will not be known for a couple of weeks. >>> canada has resettled 25,000 syrian refugees. the canadian government plans to allow thousands more privately sponsored refugees. >>> the dashcam video shows a toddl

w. bush. from president jimmy carter, theirs was one of our nation's great love stories and a model country. sending condolences on behalf of herself and president george h-w bush, barbara bush said we take comfort that they will be reunited once more. and in a tweet from her stepson michael reagan, she is once again with the man she loved. god bless. until his death and beyond, she kept the flame. and in the end, burnishing and maintaining ronald reagan's legacy is her own. >> nancy, thank you for your love. and thank you for just being you. (applause) >> she really was pot we are behind the throne. nancy reagan spent her life protecting her husband. she did all the worrying so he didn't have to. and it was her instinct about people which in most cases decided who would work for ronald reagan ors who usefulness had expired. >> glor: it's one thing watching the white house, another covering it. encounters with nancy reagan, did you not? >> yes, several. but the big one was at a reception when i introduced my date to her as my almost fiance. she gave me a withering stare and she said get her a ring. i did. >> glor: bill plante in our washington bureau, bi

. >> join us from markus phillips, is a former white house aid to president h w bush. the senior vice president. despite john's valiant attempts, it fell into the gutter and stayed there. thing of to this way, the only chance to dislodge him is to take him down, they ganged un on him to do that. mitt romney made an effort. i think that he was making an effort to cast himself as the anti-trump. in the event of a brokered convention. he would be there and lay claim to the nomination bringing the party to victory. mitt romney spoke, chaos, melt down. some of the words in light of trump's success and mitt romney attacking them. is that fair. >> there's a lot of anxious. some came to terms with the fact that donald trump could be the nominee, and main industry republicans did that already. there's more that have angst. and others that wonder what it means for them. you have to see what it means for them. in your district. if you are running for u.s. senator. you have to see what it means for you. for many republicans, it's not knowing. there's a lot to learn if donald trump

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h. w. bush still call it home. but democrats are count on a growing latino population to turn the state blue. there are 222 democratic delegates and strategies here say that a big win for hillary clinton could erase the possibility of a bernie sanders nomination. hillary clinton has a long political history in texas, dating back to the 70s. she polls well with latinos. she is not only looking for delegates but campaign cash. if she wins and wins substantially, she'll clean up after wards. >> in the last seven tube super tuesdays, the big winners have gone on to win their party's nomination. >> to the victor goes the spoils and that means campaign cash. according to opensecrets.org, texans gave more than $51 million to the presidential candidates. that is a lot of money. in dallas, omar villafranca, kpix 5. >>> presidential campaigns are holding super tuesday watch parties tonight around the country. here is a live look at clinton headquarters in miami. we'll bring you any states that close out during this newscast.

h. w. bush's administration, took a 50% pay cut.raded in his elegant office to a windowless closet that smelled of stale cigarette smoke. this was when problems reached epidemic proportions and he came to help. >> us why does he think that measure, garland might have a chance to get into the supreme court when the senate said it would block anyone that obama nominates? >> well, merrick garland went to the federal appeals court here in the district of columbia back in 1997. that was during the presidency of another democratic president, bill clinton. and he was confirmed by a 3-1 margin. he also is said to be good friends with the current chief justice john roberts, who was, of course, nominated by george w. a republican president. and he's considered especially on law and order issues, pretty tough. so they think this might be the thing that gets him on to the high court. of course, we'll have to see just what senate republicans have up their sleeve. >> indeed. roslind jordan live in washington, d.c. thanks so much. well, squabbling

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h. w. bush's last year in office. you know what vice president biden did? they try to imply that he blocked judges. he put through 11 republican nominees for the circuit court, 53 republican nominees for the district court, 11 for the circuit court, 53 for the district court. republicans in five district courts this year. so don't go -- if you say we want to follow the biden rule, i wish we would. we put through 53 district courts, 11 circuit court, and a republican president's last year in office -- only five. come on, let's be fair. the fact is, there has never -- we've never blocked in a presidential election year a supreme court nominee because it is a presidential election year. in fact, we -- i think we created the judiciary committee in 1816. always allowed presidential nominees to go forward. i tell you this because the constitution requires the president to make a nomination. it's very clear. and we shall advice and consepbltsz. we say oh, no, we don't need advice. we don't need consent. we won't even have a hearing. mr. president, i've taken the o

i remember as recently as president george h w bush and barbara bush.lintons during the clinton administration. thes no different than clintons and george w. bush and laura bush before that. i'm not the one who said she spent $1 million on china. that is no different than their predecessors. >> another reporter giving her and memories. susan page of usa today, nancy reagan gave the personal touch and usa today.com. this time it is riverside california, ginger. looks like we lost ginger. the final thoughts with funeral this afternoon of the nancy reagan's legacy? guest: she was tougher than her husband. she channeled that toughness into taking care of him. one of the most celebrated instances is she did not get with the former treasury secretary, the former ceo of merrill lynch. reagan came from the treasury to the white house chief of staff. nancy reagan decided early on that reagan thought that was chief, not staff. a very powerful job, but it is still staff. she thought reagan was not serving her husband's interest. she was enraged after a comment abo

texas has been a solid red state in presidential eletions since 1980and former presidents george and h-w bush still call it home. but democrats are counting on a growing latino population to turn the state blue. (omar villafranca/cbs news/dallas, tx) "there are 222 democratic delegates and strategists say a big win here the possibility of a bernie sander's nomination." hillary clinton has a long political history in texas dating back to the 70sand she polls well with latinos. she's not only looking for delegates but campaign cash. (cal jillson/politica l science professor, smu) "so if she wins and wins substantially, she'll clean up afterwards." in the last 7 super tuesdays, the big winner has gone onto win their party's nomination. omar villafranca, cbs news, dallas, tx. > ((paul joncich)) historically, the texas primary has been later in the season, but this year it was moved up to super tuesday. /// ((denise valdez)) > 4 people were displaced after a fire at a senior living apartment building. 16 apartments near eastern and flamingo had to be evacuated.. after heavy smoke and fire erupted

h. w. bush's administration. he traded in his elegant office for a windowless closet that smelled of stale cigarette smoke. this was a time when crime in washington reached epidemic proportions, and he wanted to help. he made a name for himself going after corrupt politicians an and criminals. >> what are the implications of obama's nomination? >> well, it's basically made very plain, felicity, the tough partisan nature of government in washington right now. even before the president had decided that he was going to nominate judge garland to the high court, republicans in the senate had already said that they wouldn't consider anyone that the president would nominate because they say that we're in an election year and we should wait for a new president to be installed in 2017. well, the president's view is that we can't wait. he has an institutional duty to nominate someone and in his view the senate needs to move on his nomination. whether or not the person is ultimately approved. so that is what we're going to.

h. w. bush jump out of planes and he keeps doing it. do you still have the -- a little bit of daredevil in you to want to keep doing this? >> i do and i watch george bush do it instead. >> john: makes it easy. >> but i still fly planes and balloons and, the sky is still my office. >> john: i tell you, this week our local guy has been getting nationwide attention, pbs has a special going right now called space men. you got to see -- i only saw a little bit and i have it recorded and it will be on-line to check it out. what do you think about the special they did on you. the neat thing about it was it brought you up-to-date on the history of the research that was done before the space-age started. a chapter of aviation history that is kind of forgotten. because of the space-age was so exciting when it took place. it also paid tribute to dr. staff, a visionary that knew we were going into space and sp did back in those days, it was a great program. >> amy: take us box a couple of years ago, felix baumgartner, you helped me remember the nam

h. w. bush. we have about 15 minutes to talk very long post president.we said at the beginning, it themarked fairly soon with announcement of president reagan alzheimer's. order,that, very short this memory came out. 1989.as in she's been working on it during the latter part of the white years. my turn is the name of it. her turn at what? book?d she use this -- she, she used it talked about some of these aid. she told her side of the story. doesn't have any revelations in it. not really if you knew about nancy. she talks about how she supported the president. supported reagan. you might say she wanted both ways. she was very powerful. if you crossed her, you'll feel that. said she was powerful, she would think you're dissing reagan. >> during that time opening of the reagan library. reagans raise money for this library? how did they use the library? raised it. their friends. many of whom gave a lot of money. very hard to the reagan and initially to president before he became ill. tellis the way of not only ronald reagan story but i think today it's seen

to 1990's, 1988 when george h w bush is running for president, no one asked him about saddam hussein and hussein invades kuwait. when george w. bush for president, nobody asked about al qaeda. the 9/11 happened. -- then 9/11 happened. looking at the threat environment, you're in the middle of a presidential debate, what is it that nobody is asking the candidates about that could into of dominating the next presidential term? used to get that questioned, who do you think is going to surprise you, general? here is how i into the question. my matrix is how bad are they and how much time do i have? vertical axis, horizontal axis, how bad, how much time. in the lower left-hand column are things urgent, but not existential. he can go bad because a tsa guy in dallas missing that decision. years, i get another flavor of threat, a group of nationstates i have taken to label and fishes, brutal, and nuclear. pakistan, and i throw the russians in there too. when it goes bump, it is worse in what we are worried about because of brussels. i probably have 3, 4, 5 years to get a handle on them. i go

h. w. bush was running for president. nobody asked him about saddam hussein and saddam hussein invades kuwait. the presidency is driven by the persian gulf war. in 2000 when george w. bush was running for president nobody asked about al-qaeda, and 9/11 happened and the presidency was dominated by the war on terror look at the threat of our but today, middle of the presidential debate, what is it nobody is asking the candidates about that could end up dominating the next presidential term? >> i used to get this question a government. i would be with from the groups like the question what do you think will surprise you this year, general? [laughter] is why i answer the question. i have three tiers of threat and my matrix is how bad are the economics time do i have? vertical axis, horizontal axis. how bad, how much time. touched down in the left hand corner of things that are urgent but not existential. cyber, and it's current form terms of the it could go bump tonight because the tsa kid at dulles makes a bad decision. that

merrick accepted a low-level job as a federal prosecutor in president george h w bush's administration and took a 50% pay cut. traded in the elegant office for a windowless closet that smelled of stale cigarette smoke. this was a time when crime here in washington had reached epidemic proportions, and he wants to help, and he quickly made a name for himself going after corrupt politicians and violent criminals. his sterling record as a prosecutor led him to the justice department where he oversaw some of the most significant prosecutions in the 1990's, including overseeing every aspect of the federal response to the oklahoma city bombing. in the aftermath of that act of terror, when 168 people, many of them small children, were murdered, merrick had one evening to say good-bye to his own young daughters and boarded a plane to oklahoma city. and he would remain there for weeks. -- four weeks. and worked side by side with first responders, rescue workers, local and federal law enforcement. he led the investigation and supervised the prosecution that brought timothy mcveigh to justice. bu

if you go back to 1990's, 1988 when george h w bush is running for president, no one asked him about saddam hussein, and saddam hussein invades kuwait. in 2000, when george w. bush for was running for president, nobody asked about al qaeda. then 9/11 happened. looking at the threat environment we have today you're , in the middle of a presidential debate, what is it that nobody is asking the candidates about the good in-depth dominating the next presidential term? would you think is going to surprise you this year, general? [laughter] i answer theay question. my matrix is how badre they and how much time do i have? vertical axis, horizontal axis, how bad, how much time. talked down here in the lower tucked downrner -- here in the lower left-hand corner are things urgent, but not existential. he can go bad because a tsa guy in dallas missing that decision. i go out 3-4 years i get another flavor of threat, a group of nationstates i have taken to label as ambitious brutal, and nuclear. north korea, pakistan, and i throw the russians in there too. that is not going to go bump tonight, b

merrick accepted a low-level job as a federal prosecutor in president george h w bush's administration and took a 50% pay cut. traded in the elegant office for a windowless closet that smelled of stale cigarette smoke. this was a time when crime here in washington had reached epidemic proportions, and he wants to help, and he quickly made a name for himself going after corrupt politicians and violent criminals. his sterling record as a prosecutor led him to the justice department where he oversaw some of the most significant prosecutions in the 1990's, including overseeing every aspect of the federal response to the oklahoma city bombing. in the aftermath of that act of terror, when 168 people, many of them small children, were murdered, merrick had one evening to say good-bye to his own young daughters and boarded a plane to oklahoma city. and he would remain there four weeks. and worked side by side with first responders, rescue workers, local and federal law enforcement. he led the investigation and supervised the prosecution that brought timothy mcveigh to justice. but perhaps most

republicans repeatedly cite the 1992 speech by joe biden in which he urged president george h w bush from making any nominees to the supreme court that summer should a vacancy occur. david hawking's, explain the , and whyor that speech the future vice president chose to speak at such length on that topic. of 1992, it was clear that bill clinton would be the nominee for president. george h.w. bush was running for reelection. ross perot was in the race and it was a highly unpredictable three-way race at that time. at that time also, there were two justices on the court, byron white in his 70's and harry blackburn in his 80's, and there either one orat both of them are going to retire the day after biden gave his speech. the supreme court goes home the last week in june. this was the last week in june. and biden, who was on the committee --he again, divided government, george h.w. bush was the president and democrats are in charge of the senate, the inverse of what we have today, joe biden goes to the judiciary floor and speaks for more than thatur, saying the words the republicans are

h. w. bush and like me he was one of the party's nominees for vice president. first met him exactly where you would expect from the tortilla coast. [laughter] i was waiting tables. i had a student loans, i was a waiter and i waited on jack kemp. i didn't bother him that day that i told a friend one day i would love to have a chance to work for that band and as luck would have it such an opening came up. the thing is he was an optimist all the way. he refused to accept that any part of america where the american idea could ever be written off here was a conservative willing and eager to go to the weakest defeat -- bleakest communities. these are the areas that haven't seen a leader in years if ever. i had the chance to accompany him on some of the visit and i us all how people to to him and how he took lessons from each experience. he found a common cause on the ground and instead of the sense of drift at this time i began to feel a sense of purpose. he inspired me to develop my professional life to public policy and became a vocation to me. his ideas promoted,

i remember as recently as president george h w bush and barbara bush.oint afterwards it was the clintons during the clinton administration. thes no different than clintons and george w. bush and laura bush before that. i'm not the one who said she spent $1 million on china. that is no different than their predecessors. >> another reporter giving her and memories. susan page of usa today, nancy reagane the personal touch and usa today.com. this time it is riverside california, ginger. looks like we lost ginger. the final thoughts with funeral this afternoon of the nancy reagan's legacy? gu sshe channeled that toughness into taking care of him. one of the most celebrated instances is she did not get with the former treasury secretary, the former ceo of merrill lynch.

he served in the cabinet under president h w bush. and like me, he was one of our party's nominees for vice president. i first met jack kemp exactly where you would expect, at 40 a coast. [laughter] -- at tortilla coast. i had loans coming out of school, i had a few jobs. and i was waiting on jack kemp. i did not bother him that day. but i told a friend, when day i would love to work for that matter. as luck would have it, such an opening came up. the thing about jack was that he was an optimist all the way. he refused to accept that any part of america were idea could ever be written off. here was a conservative willing, no, eager to go into america's biggest communities and talk about how free enterprise would lift people out of poverty. these were the areas of the country that had not seen a republican leader in years, if ever. i had the chance to a company jack on these visits. i saw people took to him. how he listened, how he took lessons from the experience. he found common cause with poverty fighters on the ground. instead of a

so that's not what i witnessed when i served president reagan and president george h, bush and president george w. bush. i saw sincere values that they lived 24/7. but i'm sure there have been presidents that were one thing with the doors shut and something else with the door open. neil: lbj comes to mind. richard nixon. >> there are others as well, yes. neil: see? even in the end when i try to get you to say something bad about something, you don't take the bait. >> i will say this about donald trump. he has -- he has the encourage to be optimistic every day. i believe he wakes up every day as an optimist. and that's important for a president to be. neil: very good. >> to make extremely difficult decisions because i don't want them to be a pessimist when they walk to work. neil: well, put that happen memo terry audio bump. good to have you. be well. >> thank you very much. neil: well, marco rubio is in a bit of a sticky wicked here. did he actually say this political gamesmanship where you vote for one guy in one state, another guy no state as long as it's not donald trump in any state? did he r

w. bush have gathered together. nbc's kevin tibbles explains h giant tributes to our presidents ended up where you would least expect. >> reporter: it's an unlikelyeeting place state, a muddy virginia field. >> for sale, you want it. >> reporter: the presidents of the united states made of plaster and metal, from their life like eyes to their ties, weathered and worn. >> i'm glad i could save them. >> reporter: oncnc tourist attraction outside williamsburg where fewver game. it's hailed to howard hankins. when the contractor was asked to cart the commanders in chief away and crush them he just couldn't do it. >> people are losing track of the sacrifices that these guys make. i'll let them sit here forever like this before i smash them. >> reporter: so sit they do. while he plans a new park. he already has a mock-up for a larr obama statue. >> we've got obama. >> reporter: heeays history is in his blood. howard's family has been here since before the revolutionary war. >> before there were presidents were were here. >> reporter: now he's surrounde

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h bush who raised taxes. and then you get the second bush and i argue the tea party starts at the end of w's administration as it was seen as failing. and conservatives didn't want to define it as a failure of conser conserve so defined it as big government nevermind most of inspening was in baghdad. they criticized him for the prescription drug program under medica medicare, criticized him into no child left behind, and for him being open on immigration and bush was open on immigration and tried to pass immigration reform. at the end of each of these republican presidency, a lot of rank and file conservatives said what did we do all of that work for? we have not changed the way politicians say they will change things. so we should not be surprised the whole thing blew up in 2016. >> host: they have this notion of being betrayed by former republicans and then we come to the impeachment of bill clinton who you describe as one of the low points in america history. can you explain? >> guest: you know, clinton, had this relationship with monica lewinsky and denied it and then finally admitted it. his definition o

actually 1998 when george h bush was running for president and nobody asks him about saddam hussein. in 2000, when george w bush ran for president nobody asked about al-qaeda and 9/11 happened and the presidency was dominated by the war on terror. we are in the middle of a presidential debate and what is it nobody is asking the candidates about that could end up dominating the next presidential term? >> i used to get this question in government and i would be here with groups like this and the question is what do you think is going to surprise you this year, general? my matrix is how much time do we have and how bad are they. tucked down here in the corner are things that are urgent; cyber and terrorism. a tsa at dulles makes a bad decision will not threaten the existence of the republic. i go out three to five years and i get another flavor of threat. a group of nation states i took the label ambitious brutal and lethal north korea, pakistan, and i throw in the russians. it will not go bump tonight but if it does it is worse than what happened in brussels. we have three-five years to get a handle on that.

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w. bush and former first lady barbara bush and their son who cannot attend but asks for h his respect for that somehow put her head to head with some of his advisers, and also her public campaign that in many ways gave future first ladies permission to do difficult, even controversial things. you remember, craig, it was called the just say no campaign, trying to encourage young people not to experiment with drugs, not to fall into addiction. as you can see, there are members of the public who are lining the way here. and this presidential library a place that ron and nancy reagan selected because of its sweeping views is a place that is a bit remote, and so it takes a bit of doing for the public to get here, and there will be many stages of bringing guests up to the library. a lot of logistics have been worked out over these past few days. but now the first police escort is here behind me as you see the procession arriving at what will be nancy reagan's final resting place. the monument here to her husband, which is also his gravesite, will not be disturbed until sometime after all of the

w. bush and jimmy carter, as well as four of america's first ladies. including michelle obama, laura bush, h lary clinton and rose lynn -- rosalynn carter. all of the details were planned by nancy herself over the last couple years, from the program participants to the flowers. peonys were her favorite. to the scripture readings as well as the hymns. she'll be eulogized by her two children, and davis would like and funny stories of what she called her sometimes complicated relationship with her mother. also sharing their reflections, some close friends including tom brokaw and former white house chief of staff during the reagan administration, james baker, as well. there will be an emotional moment when a close friend to the reagans, canada's former prime minister, during the reagan era, is going to read one of their love letters, between nancy and ronnie. no tribute would be complete without their love story to be we shared here, as well. she'll be buried next to ronald reagan here at suedown later today. >> thank you, natalie. >>> some of the most popular names in frozen foods are being re

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h challenging and sometimes contentious relationship, because it would be foolish not to acknowledge that. >> reporter: form er prime minister will read a letter from the president to mrs. reagan. other polic figures include former presideseorge w. bush and jimmy carter, and first ladies michelle obama, laura bush and rosalyn carter. hillary clinton is confirmed to attend, but in her role as form fst lady, not curnt esential candidate. every detail of the service, nancyean herself. from the flowers and the music to her final resting place. >>y ther would always -- when she came up here on the anniversary of my father's death, she'd said, now, what every time. >> now, as we've reported, attending. the first lady representing the white house instead. while some criticized that decision, it's not, in fact, that unusual. when he was in office himself, esent reagan did not attend d there's no real formal protocol when it comes to first ladies' funerals. tamron and tt? >> natalie, thank you very much. we should mention, lester holt will anchor live coverage of the funeral on many of the nbc stations beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> also this morning, new numbers on the zika virus. nearly 200 cases have been reported in the u.s., al