i am laura bush. i am delivering this week's radio address to kick off a worldwide effort to focus on the brutality against women and children by the al-qaeda terrorist network and a regime it supports in afghanistan, the taliban. that regime is now in retreat across much of the country, and the people of afghanistan, especially women, all rejoicing. afghan women know through hard experience what the rest of the world is discovering -- the brutal oppression of women is a central go of the terrorist. not only because our hearts break for the women and children in afghanistan, but also because in afghanistan, we see the world the terrorists would like to oppose on the rest of us. all of us have an obligation to speak out. we may come from different backgrounds and faiths, but parents, the world over love their children. we respect our mothers, our sisters and daughters, fighting brutality against women and children is not the expression of a specific culture. it's the acceptance of our common humanity.

that was laura bush first lady of texas and wife of presidential candidate george w bush and a spring 2000 c-span interview. the bushes moved into the white house the following january. you'll hear laura bush in her own voice here on american history tv how she experienced her eight years as first lady featuring footage from c-span's video library first. just eight months into their term the former librarian and teacher was transformed into a wartime first lady by the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. she talked with reporters on september 12 after visiting pentagon victims in the hospital. this is laura bush in her own words. dress. well, the people behind me are some of the members of that emergency response team. so besides having the chance to visit with three of the victims who are here at walter reed whose lives will be changed forever like all of ours. and by the way who are all in very great shape and look like they'll recover fully. but besides the chance to thank them for their service to our country to give them our wishes for a very speedy recovery. i also had the

thank you for joining us on american history tv for laura bush and her own words next week michelle obama a lawyer mother of two daughters and the nation's first african american first lady first ladies in their own words is also available as a podcast and you can find it wherevand i am so excited to be introducing our amazing first lady michelle obama. well oh. well, hey there. you guys are pretty fired up, right? i like that. i like that. and if people wonder yes, hillary clinton is my friend. she is been a friend to me in barack and malia and sasha and bill. chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day. my husband took the oath of office. some campaigning for hillary and i know that there's some folks out there who have commented that. it's been unprecedented for a sitting first lady to be so actively engaged in a presidential campaign. and and that may be true. but what's also true is that this is truly an unprecedented election. and that's why i'm out here. i'm out here first and foremost because we have never had a more qualified and prepared candidate for president

would that be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan?he truth is those same questions would have been posed to any candidate's spouse. that's just the way the process works. but as potentially speculations, conversations, sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry? or two emasculating? [applause] or, was i too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman? and then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. [laughter] now, yeah, it was satire. but if i'm really being honest, it knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder, well, just how are people seeing me? or you might remember the on stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary when that was referred to as a terrorist fist jab. [laughter] and over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. once said that i exhibited a little bit of a uppitty-ism. [laughter] another noted that i was one of my husband's cronies

laura bush's time as first lady. which is in the green room, next to the, door going into the east room. that was two and a half million dollars. the alba thomas that you mentioned was more in line with the type of acquisition, but $300,000. so, we are very fortunate to have the resources that have been we cumulated to private support, individual support. we have no government funding whatsoever, it's all private support. when it comes from a retail products, comes from our private philanthropy. all of this builds together to make these resources available when they are needed. and this is a wonderful example through this list here of just the types of things that have been acquired and placed in the collection. some of the most recent projects, if you want to click through these, lydia mentioned the old family diving room above the state floor. you could see there, the russian buried on the left and the thomas on the right. significant about the alba thomas is a first african american female office -- artist, to be

i think laura bush did not expect to be married to a politician and barbara bush was terrified of public speaking and the way she developed on the communication person. so i really study a lot about what they do with their public speaking, but she she would do slide shows when she would go back to texas. she would take her children around all the monuments when he was in congress, and she developed her public speaking skills from doing slideshows back in texas so that she had a crutch and they were looking at her lady bird johnson sabotage being valedictorian of her high school graduating class. she purposely got a bee in a class so that she wouldn't be so she wouldn't have to give a speech. and she took a public speaking course with a group of other senate wives and that was how she got over it and she wasn't excited when she married linden. i mean many of these women came into this reluctantly but then saw because they had a public service commitment that this was something that was very important to the country and that they could make a real contribution. so they overcame fears of pu

to the historic revelite restorations and artwork of laura bush and michelle obama.celebrate the foundation of this organization. the legacy of jackie kennedy a first lady who opened the white house to a larger audience than ever before. for 60 years the white house historical association has helped us understand the rich beautiful and complicated history that has brought us here. from native americans who once inhabited the lands of the presidential park to enslaved persons who labored to build the white house to the families who called it home. as a teacher i have always believed that education is the foundation of our democracy. that principle is reflected in the executive mansion and in the tireless work to preserve it. you the association help us remember the past so that we can continue to build a nation that lives up to our own timeless ideals. the pursuit of justice and equality the honor of service. and the strength of our unity. and as we make our way through this pandemic the association has helped our administration continue to connect with the people tha

heath decided we needed to find her and then she she located anita mcbride who was first lady laura bush's chief of staff and anita knew how to find a curator to find wherever susan was buried in the basement of the white house. and she's she's now out of there and she's here. she's here. yeah, she came either yesterday or the day before he did. and so thank you for making that pleasure. and i got my own i saw her yesterday you can you can see her. she's installed in the permanent exhibit and and there she is and i was just so delighted to see see her after 50 years, but it was a great symbol. and i think she still is and now she's here on loan, which is great. we're to have her back. should we wrap things up here? perhaps and we are of course around to answer questions, but secretary franklin is an american hero and she is a rockstar so i would love to give my happy task is to introduce

laura bush's time his first lady which is in the green room next to the door going into the east room. that was two two and a half million dollars and the alma thomas that you mentioned is more in line with the type of acquisition, which was about 300,000 and so we're very fortunate to have the resources that have been accumulated really through private support individual support. we have no government funding whatsoever. it's all private support and it comes from our retail products that comes from our private philanthropy and all of this builds together to make these resources available when they're needed and this is a wonderful example through this list here of just the types of things that have been acquired in place in the collection some of the most recent projects if you want to click through these lydia mentioned to the old family dining room about the state floor and you can see there the rauschenberg on the left and the alma thomas on the right significant about the alma thomas is the first african american female office to be in the african american female artist to be in

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bush, former chief of staff to first lady laura bush. welcome all.e conference this weekend after a rally in wisconsin, a key state there. we are hearing many of his false claims from all of the other speakers as well as a lot of the republicans elected, you know, arizona, big race in pennsylvania, some of them have been on the news i should say in arizona, michigan, pennsylvania. what is the impact of all of this? >> well, what is happening is kind of interesting here, which is trump's imprint on the republican party obviously remains pretty profound. i think the slate of elections in arizona where you see people who have denied the election results in 2020 winning the nomination is a testament to that. i think the fact that you could very well end up with two or even one house republican who voted for impeachment still in office in 2023 is also a testament to that. but at the same time what we're witnessing is trump's brand writ large has taken on a lot of damage from the january 6th committee hearings. if you are sitting in any of these focus grou

. >> and, laura bush, when they redesigned pennsylvania avenue asked there be american elms, perhaps these hybrids, planted all up and down at the address of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. some people said that was bringing about a restoration of elms, which had died off and oaks had become so predominant. but the historic importance of the presidents planting trees, that is a real legacy for the white house. >> absolutely, for many years the oldest tree with a known presidential association wasn't american elm, planted by john quincy adams in about 1826. >> front or back lawn? >> south one, actually on one of the large mounds. you probably remember it. it is an enormous tree, a section of it is actually on display at the white house visitors center. that was the oldest tree with a presidential association, you can see how far back that goes. currently there are 33 plantings that were either planted by a president or a first lady. they jackson magnolias are the oldest, some of their history is a little bit in doubt because they did not show up in early photographs of the white house. it i

>> there are no callers in the queue. 8b is a quarterly status by laura bush. >> hello. this is laura bush sfpuc budget director i'm here to present the fourth quarter of fy21-22 budget variance report to you. >> so. pleased to say over all we are looking at better position at quarter 3. 3 months ago. projections better across the board the end of the year. important to note that this is a projection. the final year ends results published by the arc counseling team in due course. >> so, the end of the year we project positive operating results for clean power and operating short falls for the better then and there 3 months ago. the revenues down from budget due to first low the impact of water efforts which is off set boy a 5% draught. in clean power sf a lot going on the budget increased by 42 million dollars during the year. and we are projecting the year ends result to come in close to that revised budget. we are positive year ends results. iary in financial results projected meet or exceed targets for coverage and reserves and we will cover deficits through the use o

i am laura bush.and delivering this week's radio address to kick off a worldwide effort to focus on the brutality against women and children by the al-qaeda terrorist network and the regime its imports in the afghanistan, the taliban. that regime is now under a tree across much of the country. the people of afghanistan, especially women, are rejoicing. afghan women know through hard experience with the rest of the world is discovering. the brutal oppression of women is a central goal of the terrorists. not only because our hearts break for the women and children in afghanistan, but also because in afghanistan, we see the world the terrorist want to impose on the rest of us. all of us have an obligation to speak out. we may come from different backgrounds and face, but parents the world over love their children we respect our mothers are sisters and daughters fighting brutality against women and children is not the expression of a specific culture it is the acceptance of our common humanity. >> that is

>> there are no callers in the queue. 8b is a quarterly status by laura bush. >> hello. this is laura bush sfpuc budget director i'm here to present the fourth quarter of fy21-22 budget variance report to you. >> so. pleased to say over all we are looking at better position at quarter 3. 3 months ago. projections better across the board the end of the year. important to note that this is a projection. the final year ends results published by the arc counseling team in due course. >> so, the end of the year we project positive operating results for clean power and operating short falls for the better then and there 3 months ago. the revenues down from budget due to first low the impact of water efforts which is off set boy a 5% draught. in clean power sf a lot going on the budget increased by 42 million dollars during the year. and we are projecting the year ends result to come in close to that revised budget. we are positive year ends results. iary in financial results projected meet or exceed targets for coverage and reserves and we will cover deficits through the use o

deplorables are taking over our government and we don't care what the cheneys and bushes have to say about it. >> lauraver for them. they don't know it yet. charlie -- we also should note that i don't think she said she actually congratulated harriet hageman. did she? she said she called her and she won. but i don't believe -- did she say there were -- there was no magnanimity coming from lincoln's lips tonight. >> no, of course not. of course not. but also -- you know, i have to say that all the film crews in the world trying to promote her run for president, they are not going to help her anymore than kevin costner's endorsement in wyoming helped her. >> laura: i forgot about that! i forgot about the costner endorsement. that really worked well, didn't it? that didn't work at all. all right, we're going to have more on cheney but we appreciate you, joe and charlie, think of much. there's a lot of other stuff we have to get to. we will dip back to that when appropriate. but something that you all have told me you wanted me to focus on the show is what happened to our work ethic in the united states, s

our boss was bush, which one possibly may with still been usable, but the actual listening as opposed to laura young to dive your pupil mom, but the way not alone on that was not just letting me know beauty care but knew it was like, i mean i don't know, grand sufficient or what over you should start, where doesn't she? most of you i'm wearing was a player, but the so i should be a little bit ago. what a stop. what's it, what's your, what's your 1st, what is your? i bought a booth with a, a bed with a j, a just a, a, a a, a is piece of polish. we need your voice when our ship, when i can let me, jessica, why? nadia went on up a little boy. do i not all know when i was, this is roy a few minutes when i didn't want to software updates when i upload on this program . last name was muslim. it doesn't have to luggage took a quick on monday, laurie and we journey to laguna. we're a new modem because it's mostly upholstered. jason shit or it's human, definitely cancer, probably when i search in just a blur at them, which allows bills normally mine im wumer. greer. but we're going reduced what you jus

. >> laura: well, your opponent on the democrat side in the senate race, trudie bush-valentine, has something on her website saying we have to transition from fossil fuels to renewables. sources like the solar power. in her own ranch in missouri, it's easy for her to say because she's got all of that anheuser-busch money. that's a lot of dough, i guess - >> look, i said in my acceptance speech i grew up in a working-class neighborhood, actually at grant's farm in the summer when i was in college giving tours and taking out the trash which is where she grew up. we need more of that from washington. i don't come from billions. i come from bridgeton which is my hometown. we're going to fight for working-class families. you'll see that as a stark contrast in this race, someone who is completely out of touch with missourians as opposed to someone who led the fight on their behalf versus the powerful interests. i won't stop when i get to the senate. >> mr. attorney general, blue collar power and i love it. congratulations. good luck. why are nanci pelosi and chuck schumer hiring a special prosecuto

laura was there was a winter boys walking on the ice going to the trap line. and we couldn't go back because we're already we crossed the leak going in the bush and night time, the priest, the, the comers, sleep beside me in my, my a, sleeping way towards the night a friends of mine and my my, my sleeping bag. and grab the man this and go i can he some of them are my relatives and didn't make it jerking themselves to death over doses, suicide manual. and i've done that before. i put a gun there before. stick a needle in my arm hoping to overdose. it, i've been to jail in all good drug charges. i got a domestic violence beating up my ex wife, being out my girlfriends. and as with that it's it's hard for her. sorry. the scary thing to talk with in his plight, otto has been able to count on his and yeah, coffee it, i know his lucky star coffee. grady carter i'm from the barrack plan. you said it was my grandmother. she always said to me, i never go to bed with dirty dishes on the table cuz little people walk around at night, spit on things as to why people get sick. she says, that's what i don't. i usually try and do my dishes before i go to sleep. all the time. i

of a lot of who are of laura was there was a winter boys walking on the ice going to the trap line and we couldn't go back because we're already we crossed the lake going in the bush and night time, the police decided to come and sleep say me and why my sleeping way towards the night he went zip my unzip, my my my sleeping wage. grab the in, learn this and go, i can hit some of them are my relative. didn't make it jerking themselves to death over doses through 3rd man, you know and i've done that before. i put a gun there before. stick a needle in my arm to hoping to overdose. and i'd been to jail and all good drug charges. i got a domestic violence beating up my ex wife from being out my girlfriends and that's it's, it's hard for her sword. the scary thing to talk with in his plight, otto has been able to count on his and yeah, coffee, destiny. i know his lucky star covey. brady carter found them the best plan for you said it was my grandmother. she always said to me, i never go to bed with dirty dishes on the table because little people walk around at night, spit on things as to why people get sick. she says the best where they build. i usually try and do my dis

laura was there it was a winter boys walking on the ice going to the trap line and we couldn't go back because we're already we crossed the lake going in the bush. and night time, the priest decided to come and sleep beside me and why my sleeping way towards the night he went zip my vip my my, my sleeping bag and grab the man. there's a guy that i can he some of them are my relatives and didn't make it drinking themselves to death over doses. suicide, man, you know? and i've done that before. i put a gun there before, stick a needle in my arm to hoping to overdose. it, i've been to jail, you know, got drug charges. i got a domestic violence beating up my ex wife being of my girlfriends. and as with that it's, it's hard for her. so the scary thing to talk. what in his plight, otto has been able to count on his and yeah, coffee market. i know his lucky star coffee creek hacker i'm from the bare plan. you said it was my grandmother. she always said to me, i never go to bed with dirty dishes on the table because little people walk around at night, spit on things as to why people get sick. she says, and that's where they don't. i usually try and do

laura, it's incredible. the left including john dean will always find a new dylan, whether it's george w. bush and now ronald reagan and now it's donald trump. they always have that villain in their cross hairs no matter what. now they real like president nixon, donald trump recents a existential threat. he has to be destroyed. so that's why they have continued to try to take president trump out. they have thrown the kitchen sink at this man. the fact that he's standing is a miracle. it's also a testament to his character political and personal that he's survived all of this. i don't know another leader yet alone another human being that could have with stood the pressures and the attacks that president trump has with stood. he represents a future threat because he's likely to be the republican nominee should he seek to purchase so i that and could be the next president as well in which case their power will be even more threatened. in many ways, president trump is even more of a threat as an outsider than richard nixon ever was. >> laura: craig, earlier this week, the presidential historian o

with us for more is laura gate, she's part of the new york times editorial board, an msnbc contributor. and mark mckinnon, former advisor to both george w. bush and mark mccain. he's one of the superstar co-hosts of circus on showtime. mark, it was just a few months ago that republican said, it's all about the economy, which we've always said, and they thought that was going to biden in come the midterms. gas prices, the fact that people can afford to get to work or go on vacation. the fact that picture is getting a lot better for biden. how do republicans play it now? >> well, what they don't want to do is be on defense and, biden has flipped the script for them on criminal justice matters, which is very smart, it's political jiu-jitsu. the reality is, that we haven't heard much about inflation in the last couple of weeks. there's a lot of talk about gas prices going down. there's lots of talk about all the jobs that are available. so there's just a different sort of eco system right now about jobs, unemployment, and is not as much about inflation. i think it's very smart for biden to flip the script on criminal justice, and take the offense

laura , i mean, it's just it's incredible. look, the left, including john dean, will always find a brand new villain. whetherwill george w. bushonald reagan. and now it's donald trump. onthey always have that villain in their crosshairs no matter what. but nowtheiro they realize thate president nixon, donald trump represents an extra centraltr threat to their absolute gripum on the country and their absolute power. and so he's got to be destroyed and that's why they continue over the last six years and ongoing. solaura , to try to take president trump out. they have thrown the kitchen sink at this man and the fact h that he is still standing is a miracle. it's also a testament to his t character, both political and personal, that he has survived all of this. all i don't know another leader never on another human beingum who could have withstood the pressures and the attacks that donald trump has withstood. but he also represents a future threat because he is likely toik be the republican nominee should he seek to pursue that and could be the next presidentt as well, in which case their power will be even more threatened. so in

bush today. it's about, you know, oh, i see only remember this visit is crazy. well, let's see. this is huge. this is a huge moment for me and laura's my classmates. so here i am, or here in the corner. wow. these are my babies. my students. i'll kill where i am. where i go, where i see them is just like we are in 2nd grade. is like time stood still. oh job blah. i fell in love with the kids. they were eager to learn. they wanted to learn . they were like little sponges and anything you gave them they so they're up. they were coming from maybe a home that did not have a father, maybe a home. they did not have a mother, maybe a home that didn't have a father and mother, and they were being raised by older sibling. many of these kids came to the school without knowing how to read. the school adopted a very prescribed reading program that showed tremendous success. the teachers worked incredibly hard. we were at the bottom of the bottom of sarasota county. and because of the reading program that our principal implemented into the school, our score sword, they made the highest reading gains in sarasota county. ah, one particular thing t

there ♪ ♪ >> laura: has for all that big talklk today about how cheney is going to hurt trump or stop the populace in 2024, here's my question. haven't you had tried to do this with the whole busham going back even further? how successful have they been? c what has liz cheney's performance on the january 6 committee actually accomplished? isn't trump g.o.p. stronger now than the charade before the committee began? the fact is liz cheney just didn't pao, she failed spectacularly. and if cheney is a member of congress didn't hurt trump with subpoena power, why would anyone believe shean has a better chane of hurting him after she's out of congress? that is it for us tonight. remember, it is america now and forever, greg gutfeld is next. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert, all eyes on a judge expected to rule today. another judge with an affidavit with a raid on president trump's home. a big day in the sunshine state. you are watching "fox & friends first" on a thursday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: carley shimkus, the media outlet to see the documents the original search warrant and the justice department with operation that sent shock waves across the nation. but some say there