laura bush has dedicated her work to helping others on a global scale. >> free people around the worldan women. >> reporter: michelle obama used her platform and popularity to push various projects including voting rights. >> the truth is that registering to vote just isn't hard. it doesn't take long. >> reporter: melania trump has yet to establish a post white house foundation. she did say a portion of the proceeds would go to help foster children, but questions from cnn as to how much and which programs have gone unanswered. one person in her corner on the venture, her husband, and crypto critic donald trump. >> i never loved it because i like to have the dollar. i think the currency should be the dollar. never a big fan. >> reporter: now embracing his wife's latest and somewhat unusual project. >> she's going to do great. she does really -- she's got a great imagination. >> so, ma elania trump is teasi another nft she could release in january. this could be a regular thing for her. this could be a moneymaker. there are a lot of questions and certainly unusual for the first lady. >>

the first menorah lighting in the executive residence was in december of 2001 with george and laura bushhe parents of slain reporter daniel pearl, a victim of terrorism, lit the menorah at the white house. the menorah had been in the pearl family for generations. >> the menorah we light tonight has special meaning. it once belonged to hiam pearl, who was the great-grandfather of "wall street journal" reporter daniel pearl. while reporting in pakistan 2002, daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. his only crime was being a jewish american. by honoring daniel, we're given the opportunity to bring forth hope from the darkness of tragedy, and that is a miracle worth celebrating during the festival of lights. >> it was also the last time a first family has been separated by war. [music: "i swear"] jaycee tried gain flings for the first time the other day... and forgot where she was. you can always spot a first time gain flings user. ♪ the airport can be a real challenge for new homeowners who have become their parents... okay, everybody, let's do a ticket check. paper tickets. we're

the first menorah lighting in the executive residence was in december 2001 with george and laura busharents of slain reporter daniel pearl, a victim of terrorism, lit the menorah at the white house. the menorah had been in the pearl family for generations. >> the menorah we light tonight has special meaning. it once belonged to pearl, the great-grandfather of daniel pearl. daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. his only crime was being a jewish american. by honoring daniel, we are given the opportunity to bring forth hope from the darkness of tragedy, and that is a miracle worth celebrating during the festival of lights. >> and it was also the last time a first family has been separated by war. a first family has been separated by war >>> welcome back to "fireside history." for our trip over the river and through the woods to the white house at the holidays. it's a chance for americans to see the first families do what we do, decorate, eat, spend time together, and invite special guests, albeit at the most famous address in the country. >> and what happens when you team up m

laura bush has dedicated her work to helping others on a global scale. >> free people around the worldwomen. >> reporter: michelle obama has used her platform and popularity to push various projects, including voting rights. >> the truth is that registering to vote just isn't hard. it doesn't take long. >> reporter: melania trump has yet to establish a post-white house foundation or outline an agenda of work. she did say in her nft announcement that a portion of the proceeds would go to help foster children but questions from cnn as to how much and which programs have gone unanswered. one person in her corner on the si venture? her husband and crypto critic, donald trump. >> i never loved it because i like to have the dollar. i think the currency should be the dollar, so i was never a big fan. >> reporter: now, embracing his wife's latest and somewhat unusual project. >> she is going to do great. she's -- does -- she does really -- she's got a great imagination. >> reporter: well, this nft, poppy, is available only until december 31st. lots of celebrities released it in limited chunks.

laura bush will be presenting. >> hi, everybody. hi, commissioners. laura bush here. i'm here to present the first quarter of fy-21-22 budget variance report to you. overall, we're seeing positive operating results projecting for power and operating shortfalls for water, waste water and clean power s.f. and water and waste water, revenues are down significantly from budget due to firstly the impact of water conservation effort due to drought all cost by a 5% drought surcharge effective april 2022. secondly t delayed economic recovery from covid-19 negatively impacting volumes. as a reminder, we set this budget about a year ago and recovery is not taking place as quickly as hoped. you'll remember from the last time i went presenting to you in q4, the last fiscal year, the results were driven by the same issue as well. the revenue projections include the impacts of the covid-19 emergency customer assistance program. the power of revenues are expected to reduce budget due to higher energy prices and this is partially off set by increased [inaudible]. clean power s.f. is

bush wrote, laura and i are saddened by the passing of a great patriot, senator bob dole. this good man represented the finest of american values. he added, he defended them in uniform during world war ii. he advanced them in the united states senate. and he lived them out as a father, husband, and friend. >> former president barack obama offered his condolences writing, senator dole was a war hero, a political leader, and a statesman with a career and demeanor hearkening back to a day when members of the greatest generation abided by a certain code, putting country over party. >>> signs of strength and resilience. a group that calls themselves the dancing grannies return to action a couple of weeks after a horrific act killed some of their members. the milwaukee dancing grannies marched in a christmas parade after four of their members were rundown by a driver who crashed his car into another parade in wacha saw, mississippi. the dancers donned matching bedazzled sweatshirts with the names of their fallen teammates. the grannies say they will keep dancing and are planning

bush. laura and i are saddened, he said yesterday, by the passing of a great patriot, bob dole.s a good man and rivers into the finest of american values. he defended them in uniform during world war ii and he advanced them in the united states senate and he live them out as a husband, father and friend. i will always room member bob's salute to my dad at the capital, and now we bushes salute bob and join our fellow citizens in prayer for comfort. one last call out of arkansas. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to honor bob dole. he was a great person. if we had more people like him, -- i don't mean to go against his honor, but if we had more people like him stand up in congress, we would have communist people like hillary clinton and joe biden and nancy pelosi in prison for their communist acts. host: that was our last caller in today's "washington journal." we are back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we will live you with a live shot of the united states capital, that flag at half staff, honoring bob dole. >> we begin democracy week by elevating the voices

will always remember bob salute to my late dad at the united states capitol and we bush's absolute bob and service and laurafelt condolences to elizabeth and join in prayer and comfort. president biden went to go visit -- both senators i should say, bob and elizabeth dole where they live here in washington, d.c. so they've had a long friendship and i actually had a chance if i may just say to visit senator bob dole just a few months ago, a gentleman was very kind to my family and i, certainly he will be missed here in washington and we will wait to see what the president has to say later today about his friend, former senator bob dole. mike: david spunt, thank you very much. we are joined by brit hume and long-time political anchor, brit, welcome. >> hi, mike. good day. mike: your thoughts on life and legacy of bob dole? >> well, it is a great bless to go him and his family and many who admire him that this man was alive at all after world war ii let alone that he would live to be 91 which is quite remarkable thing. he was wounded fighting in italy in world war ii and it was not at all clear he was going to

bush said, laura and i are saddened by the passing of a great patriot, senator bob dole. this good man represented the finest in american values. he defended them in uniform during world war ii. he vanlsed them in the -- advanced them in the united states senate, and he lived them as a father, husband, and friend. our my entire family benefited from that, including my late father. i will always remember bob's salute to my father in the capitol and now we salute him. laura and i send our heart felt condolences to elizabeth and join in prayers for her comfort. former president clinton, his political rival who would later honor the late senator with a presidentialed me oofl freedom, said, bob dole dedicated his life to serving the american people. from his heroism in world war ii, to his 35 queers in congress, after all he gave in the war he didn't have to give more but he did. his example should inspire people today and for generations to come. tonight, i and a lot of speakers here talked a lot about the life of bob dole. we talked about different things regarding his life

. >>> with us, senior cnn legal analyst laura coates and scott jennings, former special assistant to george w. bush. good to have you with us this morning. let's pick up on where we stand this morning in terms of mark meadows. referred to the justice department based on what we saw with steve bannon, i guess the question is more can we take anything away from what we saw with steve bannon on how that was handled and what we can expect moving forward with mark meadows? >> remember, there was a long process in terms of getting to the point where the department of justice actually put him before a grand jury in the sense of the case before a grand jury. they were largely contemplating what was going to come after that, how many people were going to copycat the steve bannon approach. i would assume their contemplative state of mind is going to expedite the future discussions including one right now. but oddly enough, steve bannon, of course, and mark meadows are in very different positions. steve bannon never having been part of the administration since 2017. counter that to mark meadows, chief of staf

laura: he should have gone, why not? >> i always say the arts should not have a political -- should follow tries and bush line, they huggedribly but there was a moment of togetherness. that's what the arts should do. should president biden have been out at all. he admitted last week he had a cold yet certain day he's out fraternizing at the kennedy center, here he was today. >> saying to drug companies if you're finally doing it because to be accountable when your prices to the american people go up you're going to be accountable. without making a substantive change in the medication itself, the medicine itself. >> he needs medicine starting with a cough suppressant, stay home, mister president. >> tell us who is staying home from the harry potter reunion. >> the twentieth anniversary of the first harry potter movie is coming up and warner bros. and hbo max are planning a big reunion. the only invitation that is not shown up is one for jk rowling created harry potter and the entire wizard in world that all these people of their careers to. the cast, even the director, invited, but someone at warner bros. performed a vanis

laura: he should have gone and been the skunk at the picnic. why not? he should have done it. >> i always say the arts should not have a political party. the streisand-bushe. they hugged, they disagreed horribly but there was a moment of togetherness. that's what the arts should do. should biden have been out? he admitted he had a cold but he's fraternizing up the kennedy center. here he was today. >> we are saying to drug companies if you're finally doing it to be accountable when your prices to the american people go up, you're going to be accountable. without making substantive change in the medication itself, the medicine itself. >> he needs medicine, starting with a cough suppressant. good lord. stay home, mr. president. >> laura: tell us about who is staying home from the harry potter reunion. >> yeah, as you know the 20th anniversary of the first harry potter movie is coming up. warner bros. and hbo macs are planning a big reunion. the only invitation that's not shown up is the one for j.k. rowling who created harry potter and the entire wizard being world that all these people owe their careers too. the cast, the director are invited but someone