mr. baker: first we bonded as a losing team. [laughter] then we won a couple. talmage: then you won the houston country club championship in 1966 and 1967. how did george bush's personality manifest itself on the tennis court? mr. baker: you know, if you had a serve as week as george bush [laughter] you had to have a strong personality. but we both had the weakest serves anyone has ever seen. i don't know how the hell we won any tournament, much less the championship two years in a row. but heffy was a good net player. and he was a competitor like you have never seen. he would never give up. we would be down 6-0, 5-0, and he would say, we are going to win this thing. and we would go out and played a lot with the club pro, whose name was hector salazar. david bates used to play with us and jeb and others. hector was a dam good tennis pro. he was a good player. plenty have had the ability to play customer tennis. so he would carry us along and he would make it close. but heffy always thought that

mr. baker obviously was involved with the surveillance efforts. mr. raskin asked does the fbi place spies in the u.s. political campaigns. mr. baker, not to my knowledge. are you aware of any information that would corroborate or substantiate the president's claim that the doj is, quote, out to frame donald trump. mr. baker, no. now what happens in a conspiracy is of course baker says that. he's part of it and anyone that denies it is part of it. that will soon include you, i'm sure. where does this end? >> i think where it ends has to end really is our coming back to reality. i know lindsey graham very well. and at the end of the day, i think he believes in the rule of law and the president's contempt for the rule of law saying that democrats are treasonous somehow or that there was spying on his campaign which is totally from an alternate universe. >> do you think you have to put out the documents that allowed the surveillance in the first place? >> perfectly appropriate. i'm a great believer in transparency. those were authorized by none other than

mrs. bush5 minutes, knocked on the door and said, your dad has some news for you. jim baker was there. we walked in and president bush said, ronald reagan just called and asked me to be the vp nominee. it was an incredible story. i remember the next morning, havingnt and mrs. bush breakfast with president and missus reagan, and they really did not know him. they had heard rumors that they did not want him to be on the ticket. i think it was his nervousness. i had seen both of them. you all know the look. he was grinding those molars. [laughter] they were both quite nervous, but they walked up and went to suite -- suite and ronald reagan open the door and had his arms out, and i could tell he put them at ease. they had a nice breakfast just the four of them. on the way down -- they had a press conference after the --akfast on thursday morning and they were going down in the service elevator, and i was fortunate enough to be on it. somehow a conversation came up about their dress and president bush said, i wish i would have been dressed like this or that. reagan said, that reminds me of t

thank you r coming out, mr. baker. let me tell you abouty story. >> and rushern baker says he's working to p makerince george's ounty more friendly for families who struggle with dementia and alzheimer's. he's hard at work for severalma r fundraising programs, including the brain ball, so this friday night here in d.c. you can get more information about theal brain band how y can contribute on our nbc washington app. rf >> what wonde children they raised. it's so nice to see that they are with him in the car giving journey. >> they are so proud of her and they are with her and love taking her out. >> god bless tt whole family for sharing their willingness to share that story. it means a lot to ahole lot of people. >> barbara, thanks so much. >>> we're just getting started. when we come back,he president's next pick for the federal reserve catching more heat today. what he said about men and money that is generating a whole lot of questions. >>> storm team 4 tracking the storms.for doug is back to ok, i got your eggs. he

seldom in realtime are we treated to as mr. baker victim and victor often in the same sentence. >> it's another example of how president trump is the most vivid manifestation of many of our least attractive forces. he's that in a broad political sense, and in this case one of the darker and more disorienting possibilities of presidential temperament. as you say linden johnson talked about teddy white writing about johnson, talked about the politicians optic, how they could read a story and it would be 90% positive and the eyes would go to the 10%. words leaping off the page. president nixon would get it on the tapes but that was later as you say. part of the trump era is that it's realtime -- it's like the old comic books where you wore the x-ray glasses and can see everything. he tells lester holt he wants to stop the investigation. he talks about -- oneself aware thing is he said can you imagine how terrible i'd be if i drank. that was one thing that was self-aware as opposed to self-pity. and self-pity is in many ways as much a pa

thank you for coming out, mr. baker. let me tell you about my story. >> spending time with krista baker waser a moving experience for me. when she knew i was there, shee opened h eyes, seeming to give some acknowledgement of my en presce, then shut her eyes again perhaps in frustration of not beingble to communicate. was there frustration? it's hard to know. that's the mystery of alzheimer's. a puzzle we hope that medical science will soon for us. coming up this friday on may the 3rd, the bin ball, 2019, will help raise fheds for national capital alzheimer's association work for a cure and you can buy tickets or make a tnation. just our website and search brain ball. >> barbara, we often hear about e caregivers and how hard it is on them. we admire their courage. ruan rushern baker d their children for coming out and putting an honest fe on this. the thing they made a big de about with mofand people ten feel embarrared about relatives because they may be drooling or show signs of having some sort of dementia and they're h

for such a, lagerfeld, and mr. baker. lvmh is not just a gaining, it has surged to a record. i want to talk about what is driving this growth. the first thing for luxury is china. lvmh is denying what they's say -- what many say is a fear of a chinese slowdown. asia is an orange, u.s. is in green and europe in blue. they are still gaining so much momentum from china. two of the key sales figures was organic growth and the key leather division posting a 15% gain. that is what is bringing up all of the other luxury stocks as well. anna: thank you very much. back to politics. the world's biggest election is underway, 900 million indians begin voting across 20 states in a democratic exercise which will take a full six weeks to complete. the prime minister modi faces represented of the national conscious -- national congress. what are the key issues at stake here? india's 900 million voters are going to judge prime minister modi's performance on two key issues. in urban areas, it is a lack of jobs. in oral areas, it is farmers

mrs. bush knocked on the door and said, your dad has some news for you. david, you come to. jim baker was there. we walked in and president bush said, ronald reagan just called and asked me to be vp nominee. it was an incredible story. the next morning, president and mrs. bush i remember going over to have breakfast with president and mrs. reagan. they did not know them at all. they heard rumors they did not want him to be on the ticket. you all know the look. he was grinding those molars. they were both quite nervous. they went to the -- suite and ronald reagan had this big smile on his face and i could tell immediately he had put them at ease. i had a nice breakfast. i know i am going long, but on the way down -- they had a press conference after breakfast on thursday morning. they were going down in the service elevator. i remember somehow a conversation came up about their dress and president reagan set i wish i had been dressed like this or that. he said that remise me of this joke and he told a very funny joke. they both love jokes. it broke up president bush and to this day i t

mr. baker's interview with the judiciary committee. the american people deserve it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: well, two years ago the trump justice department filed in court to say that the entire affordable care act should be voided. now, but the president said, don't worry. we will have a great and better plan to replace it. then mitch mcconnell said, no, no, we're not doing that. then trump said, we'll run on health care in 020 and promise a better plan. and his consultant said, no, better not do that. now he has a secret plan which will be unveiled after the next election to replace the affordable care act. upon which, you know, 2 million americans would lose -- 21 million americans would lose their insurance if it went away tomorrow. we had another guy running for president back in 1968, richard millhouse nixon. he had a secret plan to end the vietnam war. actually, he didn't have a plan to end the war but it helped him win presidency.

mr. bush. secretary baker referred to the national security team. at some point, president bush created the scope croft award to honor those people who fell asleep in meetings with the president. [laughter] the general himself was national security advisor to president bush. he was burning the candle at both ends and had a knack of falling asleep himself. that is where the name came from. they would judge and secretary gates was part of the ranking committee for this. they would judge award winners i how long they slept, the quality of the sleep, did they snore, extra points for snoring, and the recovery. did you knock over something as you woke up? did you rejoin the conversation? [laughter] it became quite an honor. >> you said ranking committee. i think you have a story. >> i do. i should introduce my introductory piece to george h. w. bush humor. i had just come on board and i got cold down, i need to talk to you, schedule, something like that, so i'm very nervous. i have my notepad. as i sit there, the president had just received an electronic

mr. james baker's testimony.now andrew mccabe has asked for his testimony to be released because he believes it will show that he didn't need -- that he did have other information besides the dossier. are you going to release andrew mccabe's testimony as well? >> well, let mr. mccabe understand is he definitely in line. also understand mccabe was interviewed very early in the process, we will continue to look at that mr. mccabe has a lot of answering and i know he wants to sell books but he has a lot answering to do as well u. >> martha: you say you will release his testimony. >> it is in the process, yes. >> martha: thank you very much, sir. >> good to be with you. >> martha: moments ago outgoing dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen tweeting that another official is leaving the department quote acting deputy secretary claire grady has offered the president her resignation effective tomorrow. for the last two years claire has served the department of homeland security can excellence and distinction. she has been valuab

perhaps mr. baker. >> that is, in fact, the history. of course, it spread, you know, to a wider range of employers so that the vast majority of people below medicare age are getting insurance through their employer. this has come up previously. i could speak now as a former employer. we hated having to deal with our health care insurance. just for obvious reasons. we're busy. we're trying to do lots of other things. >> and most small businesses hate it because they're not in the health care business. they're running a movie theater or a think tank or a farm. >> and we're trying to keep our workers happy, obviously. they have different needs. we're trying to find -- frankly, i don't know and i don't want to know what's the best insurance plan for my individual workers. but we had to pick -- talk about one size fits all. we had to pick one plan that was going to be better for some people, worse for others. we didn't want to be in the business. >> so a medicare for all system will liberate small business in america from the obligation of t

mr. mcgovern: thank you very much. dean baker is an commayings and co-founder of the center for economic and policy research in washington, d.c. his areas of research include houses, microeconomics, intelligent support, social security, medicare, and european labor markets. he's the author of several books and his piece "medicare for all is not fanta can i si" was published on cnn's website. he received his b.a. from swaftmore, and ph.d. in economics from the university of michigan. great to have you here. >> thank you chairman mcgovern and ranking member cole. i appreciate opportunity to speak here. i have to say it's a a great honor to be next to ady again. i knew him from prior days when we were in the coalition to pressure the fed to allow more full employment. that was amazing effort that he deserves credit for in addition to his subsequent work. i want to make three main points and say a little about the transition. first i want to say that medicare for all is affordable. that the bulk of the payments should be coming from

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watergate at that time and when you had that critical question from howard baker, what did you know and when did you know it, mr. president? how different is that from republicans in congress right now? >> well, there are a lot of things that are different. the first thing that is different. >> i mean in terms of the appetite of the republican party. >> the question of evidence. you had tapes. you had a tape that the spuecia prosecutor and the judge overseeing the grand jury heard they both concluded that the president committed obstruction of justice, the president was a criminal. you had no such piece of evidence -- >> right, here. >> that would have such a shocking effect. by the way, people i'm talking about, one was a republican and the other was a southern democrat, who tended to be more pro-nixon. what happens by the summer of '74 is southern democrats and republicans come to the conclusion that there is a pattern of corrupt behavior, and if they didn't penalize richard nixon that would set a terrible precedent for the future. they felt they had a constitutional duty to remove him from office, but it too

mr. ambassador, thank you so much for your time. that is retired ambassador edward djerejian, director of rice university's baker institute of publicy. coming up, thursday is the day. the justice department told us that attorney general barr's redacted version of the mueller report will be released thursday morning. we talked to an expert on criminal law and major investigations. that is next, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you're watching "balance of power." i am david westin. the department of justice says the redacted mueller report will be released thursday morning. for more, we welcome an expert in terminal law. jessica roth teaches criminal law. she served in the u.s. attorneys office for the southern district of new york during welcome back. let me start. expect to- what do we be taken out of the mueller report. jessica: there are at least three categories attorney barch says he will redact. that is grand jury information. disclosure,from testimony of witnesses before the grand jury. some material beyond that. grand jury material, classified includingn, information that pertains to sources and methods of our intelligence servic

compulsive testing, and joseph baker's lithograph, columbia demands that children to also have an image of, and angry columbia point at her discomforted president, and shouts mr. lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons! -- a feeble diversionary response, well, the fact is, either way, that reminds me of a story! and then, a career, and ives cartoon, running the machine, as lincoln, laughing uproariously, at his own jokes, the new secretary of the treasury, william -- -- greenback. above all, the -- episode, offer the best target for illicit tech. especially was a poorly executed, but still arresting cartoon, headed commander in chief, conciliate, the soldiers post on the battlefield, which policies would you both should have any papers, it placed lincoln at the center, flag, and a long cloak, and -- a reminder, of the powers -- for the worn, when cutting short his journeys to washington, as president-elect. several dead bodies are being carried from the field, while an officer, evidently mcclellan, tends to a wounded -- a distorted figure, his back to the viewer, signaled his distress, by holding a hand to his eyes, -- is the president demands, now marshall, si

mr. meadows: i agree. that's which we need to hear from hit james baker and others that we've interviewed disagree with rod and believe that he was serious about those comments. bob: the president has continued to use phrases in recent days like coup. and overthrow of the government was attempted with the f.b.i. in this investigation. why does he use that kind of language? you know him better than anyone. mr. meadows: i don't know that i know him better than anyone. bob: in congress perhaps. mr. meadows: obviously i know him from my work in congress and my discussions with him. from the at we see is toe of firing of james comey the selection of bob mueller as the special prosecutor, those nine days or so in there, there were a number of things going on within the d.o.j. and f.b.i., some of which have been reported on, some of which have not. and when you look at the motivations and some -- they prop questions on -- prompt questions on what the motivations were. if you're looking at invoking the 25th amendment and recording the president of the united states secretly in the oval office, i don't normally thi

however secretary of state james baker says this new procedure will not be used without a full discussion of the obvious foreign policy implications. >> mr. president, the l.a. times is reporting tonight that the president has given the fbi the ability to arrest foreign fugitives without the country's consent. can you tell us what led up to this event? the fbi can go to panama now? >> i'm embarrassed to say i don't know what it is -- i'll have to get back to you with an answer to your question. i've not seen the l.a. times reports and i'll not comment until i do. >> arlin, do we get the l.a. times here? what is this? i mean, here is this new president on shaky ground who's had a really big foreign policy national security crisis in his first six months in office. right, he was been ineffectually noncommittee saber rattling for months how he wants there to be a coup in panama. he wants the leader there to be overthrown. the u.s. will be there. if the panamanian people, the pan minion military just rise up and topple the leader the u.s. will be there. after months of saying that and then not following through including when they tried it,

baker, they go back to the mid year exam. that was the clinton investigation. it was decided before they investigated or asked mrs.linton questions, which flew right into the july 2016 time frame of the russia investigation. who is at the middle of that? strzok, mccabe, the same group. you move in and you have the same corrupt cabal. it was not the total fbi. we had a corrupt cabal going back to attorney general lynch earlier in the clinton investigation. so i believe there was a coordinated effort here to push back against the presidential candidate at the time they didn't like and now a president they despise. >> ed: you mentioned previous attorney general, the current one, bill barr is under fire from some democrats. they say if you look at his letters to you and others in congress, that they believe he misled the country about what the mueller report really said. you went to the justice department and saw a less redacted version of the report what do you say to democrats going after the attorney general? what did you see? >> the democrats don't like an attorney general that knows how to do his job. there's not

however, secretary of state james baker said this new procedure will not be used without a full discussion of the obvious foreign policy implicati implications. >> mr. president, the "l.a. times" is reporting today, given the fbi the go-ahead to arrest fugitives in foreign countries without the foreign countries' consent. can you tell us what led up to this event and perhaps -- >> now, i'm -- >> the fbi can go into panama now? >> i'm embarrassed to say i don't know what it is -- i'll have to get back to you with the answer to your question. marlon? can you take care of that? >> i'm not sure -- >> i don't know what it is -- i've not seen the "l.a. times" report so i just have to not comment until i do. >> marlon? marlon? do you know? do we get the "l.a. times" here? what is this? i mean, here is this new president on shaky ground who's had a really big foreign policy national security crisis in his first six months in office. right? he has been ineffectually noncommitly saber rattling for months. he wants a coup in panama. the u.s. will be there. if the panamanian people, panamanian military rise up and topple the lead e the u.s. will be there for t

mr. biden got the message. the president was not encouraging he later acknowledged. brian: here to react, fox news contributor, former education secretary under president reagan, bill bennett. you read the play-by-play in peter bakerbiden. don't want want to being particy either. i was thinking his loyalty to hillary clinton. hillary clinton was loyal to barack obama. he was going to reciprocate. one thing hasn't been reported with biden rollout is the last time he ran for president how he finished in the iowa caucus. anybody remember. steve: 1%. >> 1%. good for you. that is exactly right. that is not a great strong showing. so he got out. maybe president obama was making a realistic assessment. we shall see. ainsley: do you believe it? you know, can't always believe what you read. most of us have all been written about before and the story is not always accurate. what do you think is going on here? >> i don't know and it is "the new york times" which has been known to print news that is not fit to be printed. brian: peter baker is credible. >> peter baker is a good reporter, i have no doubt about that. the one part seems to be not credible, i don't think peter baker vouches for this, that biden saying barack obam