jed bush can use those to his advantage. gardless of that, you'll see and hear a lot about susanna martinez, the governor of new mexico. ted cruz, his second, george pae bush, land commissioner in texas that can help to mobilize, with his uncle george w. bush texas, which is a red state. a lot of interesting dynamics. ethnicity and spanish and latino vote will be front and center. >> what about the democrats and the reaction to bush running, given he was a popular governor in a state where if the republicans don't win, they election. >> he was a popular governor. calling him a centerist government is something that people have to be cautious about it. his record will come out probably as being something more conservative. compared to some running it is centerist. it's not typically centerist. what it is doing, what could happen in the primary, if his record of immigration is a problem, the democrats will be able to capitalize on that. there'll be a lot of fighting and republicans saying that he's too loose on immigration. if

can jed bush attract the voters? >> he can definitely attract swing voters but we are dealing with two different races, and a candidate that may be appealing may not be so appealing to voters who are voting in very narrow primaries, and a little state like new hampshire or a caucus in iowa or nevada. as a result many of the candidates will have to weigh a difficult calculus here, which is how can i appeal to the narrow slice of electorate in my own party, and if i do emerge from what could be an incredibly violently competitive primary, can i spin it forward and have sort of an appeal to all americans, swing voters included. >> he is the second of a president, brother of another president. give me a sense. obviously there are advantages to the bush name. what is the baggage? >> the bush name is the double-edged sword. like, for the republicans, what the democrat have. a little with the clinton name, potentially. absolutely it carries baggage, you'll have some voters say we have been there, and been there again and do

on the other hand we have all apparently gone to sleep, because george bush, the brother of jed bush was even more objectionable and so therefore it is going to be old man bush versus old man clinton. >> jed bush has an advantage over hillary clinton and that is a whole bunch of competitors that will make him a better can date. hillary if she doesn't have a competitive field and a competition debating going on, you have to worry about that as you go into this. >> you don't improve by the quality of your opposition. believe me, you would prefer to have zero opposition, period, and hillary is in that category. >> so, of course bush-clinton fatigue is always a concern for both of them. this is interesting. from 1980 to 2004 seven presidential elections in a row we had either a bush or a clinton on the ticket for that many years. >> wow! really amazing. >> to keep that trend going we have to get chelsy on the ticket down the road. >> obama girls on the ticket. >> it is a one-of-a-kind christmas lights spectacular. >> amazing. not just because of the show but the man behind it. this week's

. >> coming up, is jed bush really going to the plate? ♪ >> our guest tonight has advised george w. nd mitt romney. his name offers name play when discussing immigration. dan senor, thank you for coming on the show. we talked about the decision to release the e-mails. you know the former governor really well. give us a sense of where he is now. >> i don't want to get into specifics, but my impression is he is testing the water. i think the e-mail, the commitment to dump the e-mail is fantastic for him. it has created a lot of buzz in the donor community because it speaks to his authenticity. one of the things that he has going for him is that he is a real guy. everybody has his e-mail address. i don't know how many people i speak to that say, hey, i just got an e-mail from jeb. that is consistent with that and it puts the focus on the eight years as governor. enough of the stories about ivan equities and how he will handle his brother. it is about his eight years as a conservative governor. >> you mentioned that donors like the disclosure of the e-mails. if he got in this race in jan

jed bush comes to mind, mitt romney, chris christie.posedly focusing on as winnable nominees. just your thoughts on that. >> well, it would be good if we could have somebody that could communicate across the board to all americans. and i think the essential message is this! a strong economy. it all starts with that. secondly, when you have a strong economy you reach out to those people who need an opportunity to be lifted. because that's what america is all about. it's about opportunities. >> but those three gentlemen, governor, many conservatives attack them because they call them rhinos. what do you think? >> i don't know who they are, neil. who are these people that say this? you can't worry about that. look, if you spend your time worrying about who your critics are you don't get anything done. leadership is being willing to walk a lonely road. leadership is not getting too far ahead of the crowd but not being in the crowd. >> i'm sorry i wasn't clear. those guys are not exhibiting leadership what they're saying. those guys are not

banner forward having lost five of the last six popular votes -- >> "the wall street journal" said jed bushs a strong candidate. he's got part of the establishment right. i think republicans like ted cruz and rand paul are going to attack him. democrats are going to say, oh my god, we can't let jeb bush get ahead. those attacks from his rivals some elements from the right rush limbaugh and others, they are going to make donors say you know what? this is the strongest guy we have. i think republicans are going to have to figure out a way to taken down early, or he may get a head of steam and become the defective front runner by june. >> the other argument is that -- is the one that mitt romney is making in private, the clot -- the quote. if you thought bain was a problem for me, let's talk about barclays with jeb bush. nobody wants to relive mitt romney in 2012. >> it will be a pure likability issue, not a nomination issue. attacking bayne within the party doesn't help. jeb bush people are going to say, his business dealings compared to the clinton's is this dealings -- >> rand paul might be

jed bush scores again. and ashton carter on top of his game.irst, the republicans combine their forces and unleashed a resoundingly forceful -- strongly worded letter. the truth is, there is nothing they can do. >> this is a serious breach of our constitution. it is a serious threat to our system of government. frankly, we have limited options and limited abilities to deal with it directly. >> ok, mark. huffing and puffing, but what is the actual play for republicans? >> this is a good day for john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they want to be a governing party. they don't want to shut the government down. they got a lot accomplished today. they have to come into january with a strategy to counter the state of the union. >> here is the worst thing they could do. the worst thing they could do is shut down the government. all the crazy talk about shutting down the government and impeaching the president has passed. anything that is not that is good. the symbolic measure, if that makes the base feel better that's all good. but they are not actually

>> grant: apparently is speculation that another son, florida jed bush could be making steps towardsy. this is not his first health care creek he spent thanksgiving, and new year's in the same houston hospital for a bronchitis like cough he also has a form of parkinson's that keep him wheelchair-bound where he is no wonder able to use his legs. he will spend the night in a hospital. he will be evaluated and hope to return home for christmas day. estimates we have more details we will definitely let you know cree >> catherine: the family of a santa cruz woman who died after eating a caramel apple. is suing safeway. >> catherine: they say she bought the apple at a safeway in felton a few days before halloween. >> catherine: the store later pulled the apples.after finding they were linked to listeria infections. >> catherine: the c-d-c says four people people have been made sick10 states. >> catherine: federal health officials want to change a policy which currently bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood >> catherine: when the lifetime blood donation ban went into effect 31 years

jed bush scores again. and ashton carter on top of his game.icans combine their forces and unleashed a resoundingly forceful -- strongly worded letter. the truth is, there is nothing they can do. >> this is a serious breach of our constitution.

jed bush says he's actively exploring a run for the white house, and a religion persecuted by i.s.i.l., we hear from a woman whose plea for help gained worldwide attention. hello, i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more ahead. >> children were slaughtered in their school by the taliban. >> one of the worst attacks in

at eight, former florida governor jed bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on c-span two at 10 a.m. eastern, venture into the arm of good writing. 12:30 jill lepore explores the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the to -- the styles of the time they lived. that is this christmas day on the suspend networks. -- on the c-span networks. >> before heading to hawaii, president obama held a year and news conference to take record -- to take questions from reporters. this is 50 minutes. >> hello everybody, we have a full house today. let me say a little bit about this year. in last year's conference i said 2014 would be a year of action and a breakthrough year for america. and it has been. yes there were crises we had to tackle around the world. many of them were unanticipated. we have more work to do to make our e

. >> jed bush made some noise this week as i'm sure you're aware that he has officially decided as at he might run. i think that's the gist of it. but i'm wondering, governor, a lot of people have mentioned your name in that first tier of potential presidential candidates. do you or your people feel any added pressure when an announcement like that is made? if for no other reason the attention it gets from donors? >> no. in the end, jeb is a good friend of miechblt his decision is not going to impact on me one way or the other both in terms of the decision itself in the future or in terms of the time frame. in my case i've got a state to get prepared to lead again for a second term. it feels like it's the third term but it's only third election in four years but the second true term. we've got a budget to come out with, new legislative agenda. so i'm going to put my priorities first and make sure my state's in the right track. sometime next year we'll look at whether this makes sense for me and my family, equally as important my state but for my country. reason i got into the race fo

jed bush says he's actively exploring a run for the white house, and a religion persecuted by i.s.i.l., we hear from a woman whose plea for help gained worldwide attention. hello, i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more

i don't see jed bush or mitt romney creating a movement. george w bush created a government. i don't see any of the candidates creating the movement. >> i think the two poaching each other's constituencies, they are going after the same voters. whether both jump in or if they do, whether they'll remain. >> are you past the point where democrats will be comfortable. >> i don't think wall street can condemn democrat. they give more money to the democratic party, and they got a big concession. i don't think the democrats can take the swipe. do you think what we saw that wall street was the winner here? >> i think wall street was a big winner. even though the spending did allow for some spending into next year, we see that obama care will be funded. there was no roll back of immigration which in the short term is good for the president. >> it gives the immigration reform a breather to move to february. i think the real fight will come on that. that's what john boehner is explaining, his tactics are different, he wants to have both sides of the capital. >> body cameras, that was n

that and a look at jed bush's bid for the oval office in "the week ahead." coming after the break. don't go anywhere. >> i think ultimately we need to pull down the embargo which is self defeating in advancing the aims we are interested in. i don't anticipate that happens right away. i think people will want to see how to move forward before there's debate about whether or not we would make major shifts in the embargo. >> that's president obama, announcing plans to normalize relations with cuba. what is hailed as a major doimic breakthrough with a nation we ignored. that's first up. joining me now is republican strategist tj mccormick, dominik was to join us, but he had an emergency. we send our best to him. despite being called a lame duck the president has made bold moves since the midterms. where has this obama been all along. >> this obama has been waiting for lord nose - a moment -- lord knows, are moment. >> is this it? >> he says he's not done, refusing to go away and refusing to be a lame duck. you said in the run up. for a nation ignored - there's a lot of people with thei

jed bush head lining a campaign for cassidy. and hillary clinton. nearly all polls point disorders a cassidy win, some political observers point out in louisiana, mary landrieu and brother mitch, the mayor of new orleans, former lieutenant governor, and father are known for political comebacks. >> i would never count out mary landrieu because they are louisiana's version of a kennedy. a dynasty. in place since the '60s. >>> you are looking at live pictures out of afghanistan where secretary of state chuck hagel is on a surprise visit. he's holding a news conference and commented on the death of luke somers earlier, calling it a murder by terrorists, and we'll have more on the secretary of defense's visit in a few minutes >>> plus a genetic trait making women less prone to getting breast cancer. doctors discovered it could help them fight the disease. and why scientists call the west coast drought the worst in more than a millennium. all that and more coming up. >>> the rain in california is providing little relief to the drought happening there. sci