laura bush was as mrs. obama just said, incredibly gracious to her. be equally gracious to melania trump. that's who she is. a lot of that angry black woman, couldn't have been further from the truth. she is one of the most gracious and humorous, fun to be with people there is, but so is laura bush, something most people don't know about her. >> she was with me, if i needed her for my entire eight years. >> that was really true. >> cokie roberts, thank you so much. just in, we have more electoral votes coming in, including florida, all 29 votes went to trump so the current tally, 211 for trump and 115 for clinton. getting closer to the 270. we'll continue to watch that. coming up next, we're learning a truck has plowed into a christmas market in berlin. very latest on that when we come back. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps peop

laura bush. mrs. bush: thank you all. thank you, jensen. thank you for introducing me and thank you for telling the story of your courageous grandmother and mother. refugee stories like yours and fire all americans. public opinion research the bush by institution show 70% of americans are aware of the human rights abuse in north korea. percent ofme americans believe it is important that we help refugees from north korea. but what few americans know is that there is already a small but growing community of north korean refugees living right here in the united states. in 2004, president bush signed the north korea human rights act into law. that legislation supported information tog north koreans. even though north koreans are at risk, they still seek news, andn, entertainment from foreign radio, television, and other sources and we believe they have the right to receive it. the north korean human rights law led to the creation of the office of the special envoy for north korean human rights. ambassador bob king has done a terrific job to ens

the door is open, as i told her, and as laura bush told me, and as other first ladies told me, so i'm for me by the bushes and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team all throughout this entire eight—year process. and your team is doing the same? we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. that's one of the things i said to melania. when you get to a place when you can digest all this and you have questions, because you don't have questions the day after the election. it's, sort of, like, you're looking round the house and, what do you want to no, i don't know what i want to know, and i knew that. my door was open and that was really the nature of the meeting. michelle 0bama and oprah winfrey, of course. briefly, the main news. german authorities are questioning a man they believe deliberately drove a truck into a crowded christmas market in berlin. the latest figures are at least 12 people killed, 48 injured, many of those seriously. more news as always on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. hello there. 0ur weather i

and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team. help them succeed. that is one of the things that i said to milani r. when you get to a place where you can do just obvious and you have questions because, you know, you don't have questions the day after the election. you looking around the house and, like, well, what you want to know? i knew that. my door is open and that was the nature of the meeting. 25 past six in the morning in berlin. this is the scene of the attack that killed 12 people at 830 on monday evening. police have issued a few messages saying that the driver deliberately headed for the driver deliberately headed for the crowds at this market. we will keep you up—to—date. hello there. the exact details of the forecast may change over the coming days but the general trend is one in which we see wet and wild conditions at times to ta ke see wet and wild conditions at times to take us right into christmas weekend. if you have any travel plans keep tuned to the forecast. a livelyjetstream plans keep tuned to the forecast.

and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team.is entire eight-year process. >> laura bush used to say great things about hillary clinton as well. >>> let's talk weather, look who's here. >> you're already angry. >> it was cold walking to work this morning. >> it was. >> 3:30 in the morning. >> the wind blowing a little bit. it's a little colder this morning in areas of new england than it was yesterday morning. we are turning the corner. the windchill in boston is 10. washington, d.c. at 19. new york around 12. so it's still cold. you want to bundle up and the kids with winter gear. detroit has the worst, negative 8, one of the lowest in the country. it's even worse than bismarck and billings. the only storm on the map is in the northwest. we have had a lot of heavy rain around portland. it's going to end by the morning commute. typically you go, it's going to head across the country, we'll get a snow storm. this storm is going to significantly weaken the next two days. we're not going to have much to deal with by the time it gets

the door is open, as i told her, and as laura bush told me, and as other first ladies told me, so i'mush was nothing but gracious and helpful in herteam was nothing but gracious and helpful in her team was right there for my tea m in her team was right there for my team all throughout this entire eight—year process. team all throughout this entire eight-year process. and your team is doing the same? we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. that's one of the things i said to melania. when you get to a place when you can digest all this and you have questions, because you don't have questions, because you don't have questions, because you don't have questions the day after the election. ‘s, sort of, like, you're looking round the house and, what do you want to no, i don't know what i wa nt to you want to no, i don't know what i want to know, and i knew that. my door was open and that was really the nature of the meeting. michelle obama with oprah winfrey. you can get more on that and all the news on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twi

bush and laura bush, they went to the local animal shelter for a fundraiser. >> freddie.hughes i >> and came home with a dog. >> about eight months ago i was with president bush and we were at a barbara bush literac foundation and she runs, she built spca building in dallas and it's topnotch and i saw the president say to her, january, i want to come by and tour thesh facility and we will get somesa good press for you and i said to him, you can't go to the shelter and not come home with a dog an i don't know if mrs. bush is ready for a new dog or not, but sure enough he went there and they get a new rescued puppy named freddie. laura bush said pets made white house a home and president obama and mrs. obama had the most beautiful portuguÉs water dogs, i don't know if the president elect is planning to have a dog out there, doesn't sound like they're going to spend too much time. >> when you were there and my guess is that kate got the picture to show everybody, but when you're at the white house, did the dogs have free rain. >> barney? >> yes. >> barney, definitely. he would walk by. the

bush and laura bush. they went to the local animalai shelter for a fundraiser and came home with a dog. >> so about eight months ago, i was with president bush, and we were at a barbara bush literacy foundation event, and one of the people people next to me was jan reese jones. she built the building in dallas, and its top notch. i saw the present say to her, i want to come by and i want to tour the facility and will get some good press for you. i said him, you can't go to the shelter and not come home with the dog. i don't know if mrs. bush is ready for a new dog, but sure enough, he went there and they get this new little rescue puppy named freddie. laura bush wrote that he made the white house a home and that's why they were great. president obama and mrs. obama have the most beautiful portuguese water dog. i don't know if the president elect is planning to have a dog down there at all, and it doesn't tell mike they will spend too much time at the white house, but dogs made the house a home to matter if

and as laura bush told me. as other first ladies told me. his going high thing, i'm modelling what was done for me by the bushes. and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team, all throughout this entire eight-year process. >> and your team is doing the same? >> we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. that's one of the things i said to melania, when you get to a place when you can digest all this and you have questions. you don't have questions the day after the election. it's just sort of like -- you're looking around the house, what do you want to know? i don't know what i should know, and i knew that. my door is open. that was really the nature of the meet iing. >> she didn't have to say anything, but that was a classy answer. >> the obamas time and time again are demonstrating the epitome of classiness in this situation. i would note that michelle obama should have been talking to ivanka trump and not melania. it seems that ivanka is going to be the one assuming this first lady's

and if you look back in history, whether it was jackie kennedy, hillary clinton, laura bush, michellebama, every single person wants to know how to settle their family into the fish bowl of the white house and make their life as normal as possible. in september of 2008, i flew out to chicago to meet with michelle obama and three of her staff. and a lot her questions revolved around, can the girls take their beds? where do they get snacks? what happens when they come home from school? but the white house becomes the sanctuary and the respite of where people, the family can go and especially the president can go to relax and just be his family. think about it. every major issue, every major challenge, every major opportunity lands on the president's desk and so, it's important for them to have that respite, living above the store. i think you'll find, gary would agree, that one of the important things for all of the families is because they do essentially live above the store, they actually get to see more of each other, which becomes increasingly important. melania trump has already si

many people will recall that when 9/11 happened, laura bush was on the hill.he was with ted kennedy preparing to do a hearing on the no child left behind act. eventually, the act did get adopted an ted kennedy was there -- and ted kennedy was there in the rose garden, but the country with any different direction. barbara: in addition without the wonderful display of the handwritten note to president bush, there was also a painting. ted kennedy was a amateur artist. he gave that painting to first lady laura bush. with a very nice inscription. again it does show that we can , work across the aisle. course to takes us of , domestic that crises and foreign crises can intervene , and disrupt the best laid plans of an incoming president. josh, since you mentioned 9/11, let's start there and talk about the impact 9/11 had on president bush's first year in office. josh: total. it cannot be overstated what a radical change in the agenda of the bush administration of government, the federal government and i think of the whole country, was the product of the 9/11 attack.

and how laura bush was there for her for her entire eight years and she plans to be there for herff, can we talk about one of the richest men, if not the rich nest the world? carlos slim is who i'm talking about. this mexican businessman billionaire who apparently had dinner at mar-a-lago recently. but let's jog back in time and remember what candidate trump had to say about him. >> carlos slim, as you know, comes from mexico. he's given many millions of dollars to the clintons and their initiative so carlos slim, largest donor of the paper, from mexico. reporters at the "new york times," they're not jury roomists, they're corporate lobbyists for carlos slim and hillary clinton. >> so trump tweeted "yes, it's true, carlos slim, the great businessman from mexico, called me about getting together for a meeting. we met, he is a great guy." jeff zeleny, what do you make about this? is this more about who donald trump is in private versus public? what do you think? >> look, donald trump won this campaign, he is president-elect and he's trying to mend fences with some mexican business l

i'm modeling what was done for me by the bushes and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful andwas right there for my team all throughout this entire eight-year process. >> still to come in the "newsroom" she captured the world's attention by tweeting while trapped inside war-torn syria. now as thousands are evacuated from a city under siege, 7-year-old bona is rescued. you wouldn't put up with part of a pizza. um. something wrong? so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? you want the whole thing? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. [ male announcer ] at customink, we make it easy for you to create custom t-shirts and other apparel for all of life's events. get free shipping and on-time delivery guaranteed. go to customink.com to get started today. >>> thousands of syrian civilians are being shuttled out of aleppo this morning as evacuations resume and the u.n. security council has voted to approve a draft resolution that would call for the monitoring of the evacuation of the civilians as they leave the city. one of the many who are now safe, bo

so the door is open as i've told her and as laura bush told me and as other first ladies told me. 'm not new in this going high thing. i'm models what was done for me by the bushs. laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team, all throughout this entire eight year process. >> your team is going the same. >> we'll do whatever they need to help them succeed. so that's one of the things i said to mylania. when you get to a place, when you can digest all of this and you have questions because, you know, you don't have questions the day after the election. it's just like you're looking around-the-house what do you want to know? i don't know what i should know. so my door southern plains. that was the nature of the meeting. >> to discuss the interview we have the author of "hidden power." in addition to the proud tradition in this country of the peaceful transfer of power there's also this graceful transfer of power that first ladies do among each other. it's really comforting it is to hear michele obama talk about it. >> petroleum of first lad

and as laura bush told me, you know, and other first ladies told me, so i'm -- i'm not new in this goingh thing. i mean, i'm modeling what was done for me. >> yeah. >> by -- by the bushes. >> right. >> and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful, and her team was right there for my team. all throughout this entire eight-year process. >> david, gregory, it's nice to hear that the first ladies have this bond and you know these communication that will continue. >> -- how difficult it is to be in the public lair, which is what they both have experienced, and melania trump will now experience in a new way. >> david, thank you. for the bottom line. >> thank you very much. >> the electoral college will ratify the election of donald trump later today. so what have hillary clinton supporters soul searching taught them? what would they do differently? those answers next. why are you checking your credit score? you don't want to ride the 13l forever, do you? [woman laughing] credit karma, huh? yeah, it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit. >>> hillary clinton supporters are tryin

the door is open as i've told her and as laura bush told me and it is other first ladies told me. bushes‘ and laura bush was nothing, but gracious and helpful and her team was right there for my team. all throughout this entire eight year process. and your team is doing the same? we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. so that‘s one of the things isaid to succeed. so that‘s one of the things i said to melania, when you get to a place when you can digest this and you have questions, because you know, you don‘t have questions the day after the election. it is just sort of like, you are looking around the house and it is like, "what do you want to snow?" i don‘t know what i want to know and i knew that. my door is open and that was really the nature of the meeting. angela merkel is due to give a news conference shortly. we will bring you the latest developments from that as we get them. she will be live in berlin talking to the media following on from that attack in berlin. a driver ram ago truck into a crowded christmas market in the heart of the german capital. 12 peopl

ted kennedy was an amateur artist who painted that fidel's and he gave a painting to first lady laura bushth a nice inscription. it shows that we can work across the aisle. that takes us of course to the that crises to mystic and foreign, military crises, can intervene and disrupt the best laid plans of an incoming president. since you mentioned 9/11, let's start and talk about the impact 9/11 had on president bush's first year in office. >> it cannot be overstated what a in the agenda of the bush of government, the federal government, and of the whole country, it was the product of the 9/11 attack. the whole focus of the administration changed overnight. president bush was among the first to recognize how profound and complete the change would be , basically his war cabinet on the evening of september 11, and he started giving different instructions including to the f director, saying your mission just changed and your mission has traditionally been to catch the bad guys after they do the deed. it needs to change. it is now, we have to catch they do bad deeds. the story was written across

laura bush. literacy builds the foundationot for freedom, for poverty, freedom of her disease, and freedom for oppression. my grandmother self taught how to read and lead. my mother saw the opportunities in south korea, followed her during and became a professor of nursing, serving countless it children, students, patients, and elderly citizens. in citizens. in doing so, they also provided me and my brother with a foundation from freedom up after, disease, and oppression. it has been my honor and joy to have been part of a conversation with the wonderful staff at the bush institute and also like-minded korean and otherds americans, and helping our north korean friends to build the same foundation for freedom that was unleashed their own opportunities, dreams, and potential. to that end, i am delighted to introduce mrs. bush, who has been instrumental in shaping freedom for children and womenn around the world through the power of education. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming mrs. l

and if you look back in history, whether it was jackie kennedy, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, every single person wants to know how to settle their family in to the fish bowl of the white house and make their life as normal as possible. in september of 2008, i flew out to chicago to meet with michelle obama and three of her staff. and a lot her questions revolved around can the girls take their beds. you know, where do they get snacks? what happens when they come home from school? but the white house becomes the sanctuary and the respite of where people, the family can go and especially the president can go to relax and just be his family. think about it. every major issue, every major challenge, every major opportunity lands on president's desk and so, it's important for them to have that respite a living above the store. i think you'll find, gary would agree, that one of the important things for all of the families is because they do essentially live above the store, they actually get to see more of each other, which becomes increasingly important. melania trump has a

next, laura bush. she is joined by refugees. the george w. bush institute hosted this 35 minute long event. >> good morning. i am the chief operating officer of a capital management firm, a family office based in new york city. i also serve on a boarded north korea. an organization that helps north koreans escape to freedom. this is in issue near to my heart. in 1947, my grandmother, then a 27-year-old single mom and my mother, then a five-year-old girl, began a long, harrowing journey to escape north korea. covering 200 miles over 21 days in moving about only in darkness to avoid contact with north korean police and soldiers. they miraculously arrived in seoul, korea. fatigued and overwhelmed, but also overjoyed and thankful. they donated all of their money to a local church and started their lives over from the bottom. they faced many challenges that -- but they would have been inspired by the following words from mrs. bush. literacy builds the foundation from freedom of poverty, freedom freedom fromand oppression. my grandmother self-taught

bush institute can help you. i know there are some distinct people here. laura. [laughter] pres. bush: joe lieberman, the great senator from connecticut who is one courageous person when it comes to doing what is right for freedom in the world, and we are thrilled you are here, joe. retirement ain't all that bad a deal, isn't it? you look refreshed being outside of washington. the other one is not refreshed, but is doing a fabulous job as senator of colorado, cory gardner. we appreciate your service, and i want to thank you for being one of the architects of tougher sanctions on north korean officials for human rights violations. ambassador robert king, special envoy for north korean human rights, has joined us. robert, we appreciate you coming. you will hear from robert and the other two i introduced soon. we've got members of the korean-american community. part of the purpose here is to but thee all americans, best leaders will be korean americans who have benefited from living in america to help those who have sought freedom. we have some notables with us, , golfer, kj choi dal

a big fan and he didn't stop dressing laura bush when we went to iraq. many liberal designers he did as well. fashion should not be about politics. what are you wearing you can. what is that not a lot. anyway i might get in trouble. stick around we will have you back in just a minute to continue the discussion. right now the cookie is crumbling after his big-time carrier job deal. i'm in ask you this also. i'm in ask you this also. maybe changing it's tim. the reaction after this. don't feel bad. for either of us. looking for a medicare prescription drug plan that could save you money? at unitedhealthcare, we offer three plans to choose from to help meet your needs- including one that's brand new for 2017. introducing the aarp medicarerx walgreens plan insured through unitedhealthcare. it features $0 copays on all tier 1 prescription drugs filled at walgreens, one of our lowest monthly premiums, and the convenience of more than 8,000 walgreens nationwide, including duane reade. so if you're on medicare call unitedhealthcare to discuss your prescription d

laura bush wrote that pats made the white house a home and that is why barney and miss beazley and andy dekalb are great in president obama and mrs. obama had the most beautiful portuguese water dog. i don't know what the president-elect is planning to have a dog down there at all. doesn't sound like they'll spend too much time, but dogs make a house a home. >> host: when you're there, kick out the picture to show everybody on mr. graham. when you're at the white house, did the dogs have free reign? do they come by the office? >> guest: he was sometimes what viacom and their gross barney. he didn't like many people that the president. he loves the president. he was kind of grumpy. postcode katzenbach strings, georgia. you're in the area cannot paris now. >> guest: great. thanks for calling. >> i just wanted to ask you to give jasper a kiss for me and maybe shrub mafia. i am celebrating 30 years as an animal rescue foster rob. >> guest: that's amazing. there are so many great ways to help dogs including if i had a house in the yard i would do this. do you know that you can rescue or fost

i'm modeling what was done for me by the bushes and laura bush was nothingut helpful, and her team was right there for my team all throughout this entire eight-year process. >> and your team is doing the same? >> we will do whatever they need to help them succeed. so that is one of the things i said to melania. when you get to a place when you can digest all this and you have questions, because, you know, you don't have questions, you know, the day after the election. it's sort of like, you're looking around the house and it's what do you want to know? it's i don't know what i should know and i knew that, so my door is open and that was really the nature of the meeting. >> in our next hour, the first lady reflects on being labeled an angry black woman and living life outloud. you can see the full interview tonight in a cbs special, first lady michelle obama says farewell to the white house and it airs at 8:00/7:00 central on cbs and encore presentation on o., network on wednesday. >> did you get the inside scoop? >> i know nothing. i'll be watching at 8:00. >> we will more inside scoop

and as laura bush told me, you know, and as other first ladies told me. so i'm not new in this going high thing. i mean i model -- i'm modeling what was done for me. >> yeah. >> by -- by the bushes. >> right. >> and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful, and her team was right there for my team. all throughout this entire eight-year process. >> and your team is doing the same? >> we will do whatever they need to -- to help them succeed. so that's one of the things i said to melania. when you get to a place when you can die just all this and you have questions, because, you know, you don't have questions, you know, the day after the election. it's just sort of like, you're looking around the house, it's like, well what do you want to know? i don't know what i should know. and i knew that. so my door is open. and that was really the nature of the -- the meeting. >> in our next hour the first lady reflects on being labeled an angry black woman and living life out loud. you can see the full interview tonight in a cbs special "first lady michelle oba

laura bush. [applause] mrs. bush: thank you all. thank you, jensen. thank you for introducing me and thank you for telling the story of your courageous grandmother and mother. refugee stories like yours and like your story inspire all americans. public opinion research conducted by the bush institution show 70% of americans are aware of the human rights abuse in north korea. and, the same percent of americans believe it is important that we help refugees from north korea. but what few americans know is that there is already a small but growing community of north korean refugees living right here in the united states. in 2004, president bush signed the north korea human rights act into law. that legislation supported funding to bring information to north koreans. even though north koreans are at risk of arrest, they still seek information, news, and entertainment from foreign radio, television, and other sources and we believe they have the right to receive it. the north korean human rights law led to the creation of the office of the special envoy for

. >> i know that trumps and her folks were working with melania are talking to former aides to laura bushaching out to other people who have worked in the east wing before. so i think that even though this was a really bitter, divisive campaign, there is going to be, as you say, an effort for, you know, republican administrations before them, like the bushes. we see with the obamas, they've said they will do whatever it takes to help the trumps. there is this great spirit of peaceful transition in this country. and i think we'll continue to see that. it is just fascinating, given what we've seen in this election, to watch them move beyond some of that language and to really help each other, like you said, no one knows what it is like until you have done it. first ladies in particular have a lot of empathy for one another. >> kate anderson, it really is a special sor rorrity of sorts isn't it. next hour of the "newsroom" starts right now. >> hello again, thank you for joining me, i'm fredricka whitfield. the same malicious software used by hackers to meddle in the u.s. election has been fo

then former first lady laura bush on the plight of north korean refugees. then we talked to the newly elected representative of florida. seven months after president obama made his historic visit to hiroshima, he was joined by japanese prime minister shinzo abe at pearl harbor in honolulu, hawaii. the two leaders laid wreaths at the uss arizona memorial. pres. obama: thank you, everybody. [camera shutters]

michelle's response may be different than nancy reagans or laura bush's or hillary clintons.not necessarily the wrong one. as we understood michelle obama -- a lot of it was projecting anger and things -- >> i'm not talking about that stuff. she made a comment about -- >> that was taken out of context. at the time i understood the -- the first time i was proud. i'm talking about comments she made when the tax cuts were going through, she said, well, $600, you can go buy a pair of earrings or sneakers. it was like what? or she was going on vacations that cost millions of dollars and people were like, wait a minute you're taking an entourage on vacation with you. that's not appropriate. i'm not talking about that, but things she got criticized for. you notice in the second term she kept a much lower profile. which is what allowed people to kind of look at her again and say, you know what, she's actually a first lady we can be proud of unlike some of the criticism in the first term. she grew into the role. >> she came from a much more humble place, at least two presidents before

many people will recall that when 9/11 have range, laura bush was on the hill. she was a ted kennedy preparing to do a hearing on the no child left behind act. eventually the active get adopted in ted kennedy was there in the rose garden at the countrymen off a different direction. >> in addition the wonderful display with a ted kennedy handwritten note to president bush is also painting. ted kennedy was an amateur artist and a painted daffodils and he gave that painting to first lady laura bush with a very nice inscription. it does show come let us reason together. that takes us of course to the notion that crises, domestic and foreign and defense crises, military crises can intervene and disrupt the very best laid plans of an incumbent president. josh come since he mentioned 9/11 comments )-right-paren talk about the impact 9/11 had president bush's first year in office. >> total. it can't we overstated what a radical change in the agenda of the bush administration of government, the federal government and of the whole country was the product of the 9/11 attac

so the door is open as i've told her and as laura bush told me. >> door is open.hat's your reaction, molly? >> we have seen, as you alluded to before, an intense diplomatic support. and some supporters maybe think they're too supportive but president obama and michelle obama alike have been very careful to show the trumps that they are 100% welcome to try to smooth the transition and make it as seamless as possible. now, you know, we heard in his press conference on friday, obama being more aggressive in talking, taking a more partisan line about the russian issue and some other things but i think person to person, the president seems to feel that he has a big stake in what happens next for his legacy and the country and showing he can put the country in front of partisanship is an important thing not just for him and how people think of him, but for our democracy. >> country first, one would say, probably the most important part of the job. thank you so much for joining me this morning. >>> we're going to take a break. next, how one couple's wedding day went trag

imagine the hypocrisy, imagine for a second if a white first lady, laura bush, had said we have to think about -- there's no more hope now that mr. obama is going to be the president. just imagine this thing reversed. what kind of outrage there would be in this country if the bushes had not been as terribly gracious as they were when they handed it over. harris: i can't imagine it, she would never do that. rachel: why isn't the media calling out how classless this is. being aired on all the other networks as what a beautiful, soft interview by oprah, when, in fact, this is totally classless on the part of the first lady. lisa: and i would love for president obama to treat his leaving in the same way that george w. bush did which was done with such dignity and class and signs point to that not happening. trying to use the russian information to delegitimize donald trump, and left room saying if he thinks trump's policies are undermining our values and ideals which they're going to from president obama's haven'tage point because they are diametrically opposed has left room for dialogue as

so the door is opened as i have told her and as laura bush told me, you know, and other first ladiesw in this going high thing. >> that is just some of the interview, we will play clips all morning long, it is interesting to see the change in at administration more on that latest. president-elect donald trump will be our next president of the united states. >>> i did have a viewer picture, viewer sent in this picture of their ugly christmas sweater, a lot of continue. anything you want to share with us. this is my friend pat. >> is that a present. >> with the bow, that is actual attached, big gold bow. >> people still have those ugly sweater parties. >> did you go to one. >> i didn't go to a ugly sweat ther party but i had a little get together but that wasn't part of the criteria. that wasn't the trust code. >> do you think it jumped the shark. >> a lot of people still like to to it as a tradition. i think if you want to do ugly sweater party do one. >> we dit on good day. we love when you share what is happening with your decorations. keep doing that for bob kelly 's holiday lights

ted kennedy painted daffodils and he gave that painting to the first lady, laura bush with a very nice. it does show come let us reason together. we can work across the aisle. that takes us of course to the notion that crises, economic and foreign, military crises can intervene and disrupt the best laid plans of an in-coming president. josh, since you mentioned 9/11. let us start there and talk about the impact that 9/11 had on president bush's first year in office. >> total. i mean it can't be yor staovers what a radical change in the agenda of the bush administration of government, the federal government, and i think of the whole country was that product of the 9/11 attack. and the whole focus of the administration changed overnight. interestingly, i think president bush was among the first to recognize how profound and complete the change would be when he convened basically his war cabinet on the evening of september 11th, and he started giving different instructions, including to the fbi director saying your mission just changed. your mission traditionally has been to catch the bad

bush and laura bush were when they were leaving office and the obamas were coming in and how they'velpful to them these past eight years. and from what i'm seeing, obama is trying to be -- trying to make this as smooth as possible in spied of donald trump's twitter account. >> no reason to believe the transition is going to be affected by any of this, right? >> inner it er i terms of the p continuing to be as helpful as he says he is going to be. as helpful as george w. bush was to him. >> it looks like the president is being helpful because he's doing some things -- like the u.n. -- >> we don't know what the evidence is. >> but sourcing john kerry working with the palestinians on this u.n. resolution, which israel calls a stab in the back, because it moves them, as george mitchell pointed out this morning, away from the peace process, not toward it. what's the point of all that, if barack obama's leaving office and it is clear that the incoming president-elect will have a decisively different posture toward israel, why -- >> it sounds like you have a working theory here. >> what do

laura bush has never said anything in context with the obamas. out of office, talking about hope is dead and throwing a lot of shade. he responded in a very classy way. i think they are not going to be able to help themselves. i think president obama loves being a celebrity. i would debate more than actually being president. he can't handle the fact trump beat him at his own became. a much bigger celebrity than obama ever will be. he will be on "the tonight show" every other week. >> i think it is designed to get trump 7 to respond. more they keep him flying off the hand dell and responding more they guaranty this is one-term president. pick at him every day. harris: they want him to be oppositional. kennedy: they know what he will respond to. they want him on defensive his entire term. harris: don't take the bait, kennedy. >> let his staff do it. kennedy: don't take the bait in white house in the ivory nest. harris: remember when hillary clinton said. this man can be baited with a tweet. kellyanne conway is moving to washington, d.c. she started

trump in anyway possible, just as laura bush helped her. >>> justin, help us. >> yes, i can't figuregoing to be hot, or cold? >> so dram at thick forecast. >> justin never wears a coat anyway. it doesn't matter to him. >> come on, proof me wrong today. i got t but final day, astronomical fall today, tomorrow winter officially begins. so after tomorrow's increasing daylight times, but notice the sunrise, tomorrow are today rising 7:19. still early january the sunrises later and later be, on the back side, nighttime where we get the sunset happening later starting after tomorrow. so we slowly increase the daylight time. so right now, losing less than ten seconds of daylight as we go one more day to go through the winter season, then start to increase it heading toward spring and summer. twelve in allentown, 15 in reading. four in mount pocono, and 20's and upper teens at the shore, cape may checking in at 19 degrees. that's not factoring in the wind. nice and dry though, storm scan3, our forecast will stay like this for the next several days. travel plans, for the christmas holiday loo

she goes on to talk about how gracious the bushes were when they left office and how much advice laura bushe and the advice she was giving to melania trump, and i find it strange that they're not even, they haven't even left yet, and she's already talking smack about our new president or his supporters at least. i think it's really tone deaf for where we are in the country, it's really important for the transition of power that they put on a brave face and say this is what our country likes. i've said it on this couch, he's going to be the most angry, upset, bitter ex-president. he will be doing his first interview with jimmy fallon two weeks out of office, and he will be critical of donald trump, i see it. ebony: you're not at all hopeful about what seems to be a pretty positive relationship between at least donald and barack obama right now? meghan: the first lady isn't going on saying there's a world without hope if everything is peachy and they're excited. they would not be saying this about hillary clinton, and as charles pointed out, i think it's incredibly tone deaf right now after s

. >> and laura bush was nothing but gracious and helpful. >> reporter: and as those eight years drawose, the soon-to-be former first family is prepared to move just a couple miles up the road to this nine-bedroom rental until their youngest daughter, sasha, finishes high school. leaving the white house but not washington behind. and athena joins us live from honolulu. of course, athena, you're there because the first family is there for your holiday vacation. what do you know about michelle obama's plans after she leaves the white house? >> reporter: well, a big takeaway from the interview she's been giving is she's leaving the white house but not going to be leaving the public stage. she is well liked. she has a lot of influence and is going to use that influence in her post-politics life she's about to embark on. she's talked about wanting to remain engaged if public life, in public service, continuing work on issues she's well known for, things like girls' education and mentorship and promoting healthy eating and also, perhaps, taking on some new initiatives. she told "vogue" maga

really don't know what you don't know until you're here, so the door is open, as i told her, and as laura bushial divisions in america. >> color, wealth, these things that don't matter still play too much of a role in how we see one another. and it's sad, because the thing that least defines us as people is the color of our skin. it's the size of our bank account. none of that matters. >> aisha, what did you think of that exchange? >> you know, i think that michelle obama is always inspirational. one of the things i loved she talked about is hope, though. she talked about, as a nation, what was really inspiring about her husband's presidency and candidacy is that he talked about hope. i am hopeful that we get back to a place where we have an administering that's about bringing people together, no matter what walk of life they're from, no matter what their documented status might be, no matter who they love. s so i thought her interview in general reminded us about the values of our country. and i do think she was giving us a charge to get back to that. >> jake, on the politics, michelle ball h

but it was laura bush who actually came and looked at it and said this is a mess, decided to renovateemporarily, we were working out of another space across the street from the white house, and president bush joked and said welcome back in. so there really is, there's nothing that's guaranteed here. it is something that is very fluid and changes from administration to administration. >> so why couldn't you just have your press briefing via twitter? >> i have a feeling that donald trump might want to try that some days. supposed to have a press conference today. instead he's tweeting. the answer is when you have a briefing, when you are in front of a lot of reporters, it actually is good for both sides. earnest was making the point when he knows he has to face a bunch of reporters, all of whom have different questions, it actually creates more pressure on the administration to have real answers or at least try to come up with answers, at least try to come up with explanations. so it creates pressure that is good for both sides. good for the public and good for the administration. right

and if you look back in history, whether it was jackie kennedy, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelleevery single person wants to know how to settle their family into the fish bowl of the white house and make their life as normal as possible. in september of 2008, i flew out to chicago to meet with michelle obama and three of her staff. and a lot her questions revolved around, can the girls take their beds? where do they get snacks? what happens when they come home from school? but the white house becomes the sanctuary and the respite of where people, the family can go and especially the president can go to relax and just be with his family. think about it. every major issue, every major challenge, every major opportunity lands on the president's desk, and so it's important for them to have that respite, living above the store. i think you'll find, gary would agree, that one of the important things for all of the families is because they do essentially live above the store, they actually get to see more of each other, which becomes increasingly important. melania trump has already sig

bush and laura bush and didn't hear laura saying eight years ago but incredibly grishes and costly and the new first family. and i think that -- mrs. obama needs to take a key from laura bush and probably just smile and be helpful to melania trump over next two weeks. >> hope with 306 electoral votes people are feeling hopeful right now. >> i can tell you there's no hope for people that rely on government for everything and whether that's from corporations who expect government handouts or it is people who expect to take advantage of the government and government to take care of them. that's not working. they have no hope, and those were the type of people that the obama administration went after, and so the problem is that you've got a new administration that is going to come in and clean house and has business leaders with a proven track record who are going to take this economy to the next level where it should have been. we've had the weakest recovery on record. labor participation at a low. obamacare is anything but affordable. you know, now it is plo see that was obama so no hope

that is followed by former first lady laura bush on the plight of korean refugees. journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming wednesday, politico congressional reporter and a news reporter will discuss the records of the men donald trump has tapped to lead his energy and interior departments, as well as the transition taking place at those agencies. guests will also discuss what will happen to obama era policies, such as the clean power plan and drilling restrictions under president-elect trump. an economic policy fellow from the heritage foundation and a league of conservation voters government affairs senior vice president will look ahead at energy and environmental policy during the first 100 days of the trump administration and beyond. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. wednesday, secretary of state john kerry outlines his ideas on how middle east peace can be achieved. live coverage at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. wednesday n

many people will recall that when 9/11 happened, laura bush was on the hill. she was with ted kennedy preparing to do a hearing on the no child left behind act. the act did get egypt -- adopted an ted kennedy was there in the rose garden, but the country with any different direction. in addition without the wonderful display of the handwritten note to president bush, it was also a painting. ted kennedy was a amateur artist. he gave that painting to first lady laura bush. we can work that across the aisle. that takes us to the notion that crisis, domestic and foreign crisis can intervene and disrupt the best laid plans of an incoming president. 9/11,since you mentioned let's start there and talk about the impact 9/11 had on president bush's first year in office. overstatednnot be what a radical change in the agenda of the bush ,dministration of government the federal government and the whole country. it was the product of the 9/11 attack. the whole focus of the administration changed overnight. i think president bush was among the first to recognize how profoun

little bit about the historical significance of a white house christmas >> i was invited first by laura bushow about the other first ladies, what was jackie kennedy's style, nancy reagan's style and hillary clinton's style and i wanted buy a book and i came across these amazing presidential photos that are a national treasure and they tell at the story of christmas at the white house over the years. >> tell me about one of the ornaments you've designed before we go to break. >> let's take a look at this nut cracker, the very first theme was the nut cracker, nancy -- jackie kennedy did that then here we a nut cracker holding a, t109 boat. that's the boat kennedy that was on that was sunk that made him a national hero and projected him into the presidency and just one other one. we have a little teddy bear, nancy reagan loved teddy bear and this is wearing a cowboy hat like ron reagan used to wear on the ranch >> and bag of jelly beans >> beautiful ornaments, what a look at history, we'll put all the information on the fox 5 website. >> merry, merry >> merry, merry, we'll be right back. ♪♪ ♪♪