mr. george prescot bush. senting the national park service and world war ii veteran accompanying mr. vogle is one of the original members of the united states army women's corps. the w.a.x. when it was first formed. world war ii veteran and 106 ears young, lieutenant colonel mcgrath. >> representing friends of the national world war ii memorial lieutenant general mick kickliter and mr. avon r. blevins. mr. blevins is a world war ii navy construction mechanic chief, retired. he served aboard the u.s.s. o'brien, dd 725 in the atlantic and pacific theaters from normandy to tokyo. >> representing the united states army, the colonel chaplin gary r. tenuski and world war ii children clarence kai faulkner. mr. faulkner was a staff sergeant, company k, acting platoon sergeant, 10th mountain division 86 regiment from march 12, 1943 to december 9, 1945. >> mr. faulkner received many awards including the italian medal, the soldier's medal, he saved 20 soldiers by throwing a live grenade had fallen out of someone's backpa

mr. george prescott bush. it's a long walk, mr. bush. the chairman of the board for friends of the national world war ii memorial, lt. general mick kicklighter. from the military district of washington, colonel chaplain gary r.stefneski. it's a warm day. we'll try to make this brief, but i think you'll find it impressive. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and the playing of the national anthem and the invocation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> please be seated. i also want to introduce to you tonight robert vogel, the superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks national parks service. here's the chaplain to give the invocation. >> let us pray. almighty god, today we gather here in remembrance and in thanksgiving. remembrance of a great and costly victory over a tyranny that threatened not only america, but the whole world. and we gather in thanksgiving for the men and women who served both home and on distant pacific waters and shores and lands, who sacrificed so much to achieve that victory. lord, we give

mr. bush if you have a clarification >> just a clarification. the state law is that you have to disclose if you're contributing $500 or more but now how much more he city business at the same time, if you're making a contribution to a city officials campaign traffic some have expensive and tricks - contributions we have no problem looking at local golfs can specify you have to disclose 5 thousand or 10 thousands and also disclose whether or not they have city policies this is incredible not only in san francisco. >> okay. thank you mr. bush and commissioner keane you want to say something about 17. >> yes. mr. chair. in regard to public finding 17 where the recommendation is where the official calendars prepared under the sunshine ordinance and convert them and post them o'ly ago with the recommendation that is just too big a task for us to do with every department and that for us to do it and the city attorney and the ethics commission to insure that, however, it is a good idea that those all of the departments do collect their official calenda

mr. george prescott bush. representing the national parks service is mr.l, superintendent of the national veteran,world war ii one of the original members of s.e women's corp [applause] representing friends of the world war ii memorial is general kicklighter. a navyvins is construction mechanic chief, retired. aboard the uss o'brien in both the atlantic and pacific theaters from normandy to tokyo. [applause] representing it states army is and veteran clarence faulkner. in thea staff sergeant 10th mountain division from december 1945. he received many awards including the italian metal. he saved 20 soldiers by throwing a live grenade that had fallen out of someone's backpack. [applause] representing the marine corps, , he serves as the president and ceo of the national association of uniform services. accompanying him is mr. russell jenkins. mr. jenkins is a world war ii oldran and was 17 years when he joined the navy during world war ii. he served at sea in the atlantic as well as on land and as a medic with the third wave of forces that hit omaha beach on

guest of honor on these issues and voiced far more conservative instances on immigration than did mr. bush. >> question, if jeb bush decides to run for president in 2016, is he too moderate for the republican base or is he just what the doctor ordered? >> too moderate for the republican base. you take common core. bobby jindal was in favor. >> who? favor. >> the governor of louisiana. he's had on to run innia way from that. >> marco rubio. marco rubio is a u.s. senator from florida. damaged deeply by his support for immigration reform. he's run away from it. he doesn't have the fire in the bell april. he hasn't run -- belly. he hasn't run for a dozen years or more. >> he is getting warm apd these two issues will see him torn apart in the very rough primary. >> to his credit he is not walking was way from the two issues. he is doubling down on the common core. if you look at the field, other than chris christie it is a field filled with conservatives and social conservatives and lib tearian. so -- libertarian. he could carve out a piece in the landscape. it would be refreshing to have been

obama is taking is similar to the one mr. bush took. unlike mr. bush and the iraq war, mr. obama has surrounded the united states with partners. there are allies. >> and there ever morale lies than the first time around. that was made into a item of abuse and now president obama has a smaller alliance and he's getting credit. >> and what about congress tries to do if they come back and vote on authorization. you've seen democrats pushing that coverage with you're watching it in britain, of course. >> what about the media skofrd and all of us discovered this group called the khorasan group. there was a military trooim strike said to be plotting the attack on the u.s. and europe. and the reaction i thought was how can this never be a threat if we've never heard of it before? >> the media is not doing the best job educating people about the facts of the grouped. you see terrible videos of people being executed, you see the president speaking, there's not a lot of education involved here. >> the other thing is the media gets stuck on the big, hot items. others talk about this g

clinton, mr. bush, had cut valted the united states as a bad ground.ng to see american combat troops operating in north america. because we don't know who's here. we don't know what they're up to. we have no way to defend ourselves. it is a tragic situation. and a tragic lack of leadership from both parties. and underappreciation of the importance of protecting america first. >> sobering forecast, indeed. thank you for joining us. >> ma'am, it's always a pleasure, thank you. >>> nevada residents are cleaning up after flooding pounds the area. and more rain on the way. we're going to have the very latest. and nasa astronomers discover a major breakthrough that's little real out of this world. you'll want to hear this coming up. stay with us. my name's louis, and i quit smoking with chantix. i had tried to do it in the past. i hadn't been successful. quitting smoking this time was different because i talked to my doctor and i... i got a prescription for chantix. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it was impor

mr. bush if you have a clarification >> just a clarification. the state law is that you have to disclose if you're contributing $500 or more but now how much more he city business at the same time, if you're making a contribution to a city officials campaign traffic some have expensive and tricks - contributions we have no problem looking at local golfs can specify you have to disclose 5ho

. >> as brown mr. bush pointed out this is separate from the annual report and that's required for the boards. we understand we've seen opinion from city attorney that the form of this report is not specified and it could be prepared the in a lot of different wausz ways but we've seen no evidence it's been present at all it's a violation of the chapter. now we did ask the mayor and board of supervisors to request it but i think you should think about being pro-active it's an important policy for the commission to render on an annual basis how the laws are doing. and it, you know, provide the fraction for changes you might entertain in the future you're looking at one piece of the law at that time, and not looking at things in a board sense so this report is very important. and the republicans to the recommendation so say prelims is not up to the ethics commission is just i don't really quite get that >> to be fair the recommendation does refer to the mayor and the board making the requests. >> yes, but ulti

obama is taking is similar to the one mr. bush took. i mean, it comes full circle where even the times is acknowledging that the two men are taking similar courses. and yet he was elected to the white house, paul, promising that he would be a different kind of president and republicans said to him that's naive, it's not that president bush loves war. it's that he hates terror. >> i think they've been vindicated on that. i think the president -- as we said wrote tas idly admitted that. when he saw his polls falling as disorder broke out around the world, he understood that he had to do something. so he's now acting with force of the kind that he never imagined he would have to use. >> not only did it sort of collapse as we watched over the past six years, you know, a course that many people felt hopeful about has not apparently worked out. but the president was touting what he viewed as his success thinks of -- less interventionalist policy. here's an example of that. this is president obama in 2001. this is the longer version. listen to

and voiced far more conservative stances on immigration and education than did mr. bush>>> question. if jeb bush decides to run for president in 2016, is he too moderate for the republican base? or is he just what the doctor ordered? pat? >> too moderate for the republican base. bobby jindal was very much out in favor. >> who is bobby jindal? >> the governor of what la. marco rubio was for. >> who is marco rubio? >> the u.s. senator from florida. >> right. right. >> damaged deeply by his support for immigration reform. jeb bush 1 john he doesn't look to me like he's got the fire in the belly. he hasn't run from a dozen years or more for anything. >> he is getting warmed up. >> these two issues will see him torn apart in a very huff primary. >> to his credit, he is not walking away from those issues like the other two people you cited. >> they ran away. >> he is not running away, he is doubling down on immigration reform and doubling down on the common core. if you look at the field, other than i suppose chris christie, it is a field that is filled with conservatives and

obama is taking is similar to the one mr. bush took. i mean, it comes full circle where even the times is acknowledging that the two men are taking similar courses. and yet he was elected to the white house, paul, promising that he would be a different kind of president and republicans said to him that's naive, it's not that president bush loves war. it's that he hates terror. >> i think they've been vindicated on that. i think the president -- as we said wrote tas idly admitted that. when he saw his polls falling as disorder broke out around the world, he understood that he had to do something. so he's now acting with force of the kind that he never imagined he would have to use. >> not only did it sort of collapse as we watched over the past six years, you know, a course that many people felt hopeful about has not apparently worked out. but the president was touting what he viewed as his success thinks of -- less interventionalist policy. here's an example of that. this is president obama in 2001. this is the longer version. listen to

. >> thank you, mr. bush any other members of the public that wish to provided public comment testimony seeing none, public comment testimony is closed. >> all right. colleagues president chiu. >> thank you, madam chair and because the civil grand jury did thorough work i have literally 11 packages of notes i'm going to go through to agree or partially agree so i'm going to try to peed this up i'm going to speak quickly and colleagues if you disagree please stop me but i'll start. >> ready. >> let's go and many of those i do agree with so finding one a around the ethnics commission lacking resources to handle law enforcement agree 1-b the fact the i agree finding one c the confidentiality runs contrary around public trust i disagree the board of supervisors extorts supports the greatest transparent thank you empathy go commission including its investigation but recognized the charter site by this city attorney finding one d around the investigative staff around investigation agree. one e the fact the f b exam

lee mentioned was preservation of existing affordable housing, and mr. bush mentioned hud and just the agreements between hud and the city and how those mous work themselves out. one of the things that we don't talk about much in preservation of existing affordable housing is how vulnerable existing affordable housing is to hud and its policies and the difficulties of many of our properties co-ops in particular, to meet the obligations of their agreement under hud, which requires a lot of city support, which requires time, attention, money, resources, and often times our goal is to make sure that we don't lose that affordable housing stock in the bigger picture. yes, we need to build more. it's clear we need to build more and build faster and i think the city has done a great job at making sure that we meet our obligations with some of the commitments made from the former redevelopment agency. but we all know that sadly it isn't going to be enough, unless we do it faster. and it's been a real challenge, i think, mr. lee and his team are up to that challenge.

where they wrote that when mr. bush decided to invade iraq in 2003, he put together a coalition of 46 nations. mr. obama, instead of against the sovereign nations sad tuesday his coalition number more than 40 countries. he'll push for more to help in the effort like he did wednesday. by the way, if you missed that, go to the web site, wusatv9.com to watch it all. hi, author. go ahead. >> good morning. i support president obama and his effort 90% and i support congress and the senate in therapy effort in supporting president obama 40%. i think they need to get behind him on this issue. though they have other issues they're working on but this one is particularly important to our nation and the world. >> host: arthur, you want to see public debate and a vote by congress? >> caller: quick as they can do it. >> host: steve, republican caller. hi, steve. >> caller: hello. i was really shocked. i gave president own a pass the bone a pass the first year. -- most of those that was democrat because of the democrats up north left

presidency of mr. bushe have been supporting a two state solution and that is what we should achieve now. israel and palestine. if we say it will only be israel, it doesn't work. colin powell was tasked with resolving this issue and i said to president obama that we are ready to do whatever we can. we did convince thomas on this d att and they, too, arrive this positive point. the goal should be to stop these killings. if that happens, we are certainly ready for normalization. as these events are ongoing, not a single jewish person suffered any harm. those are the kinds of things that need to be appreciated as well. consider them as bad as isis? when you look at them, do they propose the same threat isis does? >> the alternative to terrorism isn't terrorism. 10 -- if an action can be defined as terrorism it doesn't matter which organization is perpetrating that. >> you are now president of your country. with new responsibilities. in every conversation we have had about turkey and the european union, you exp

position is some are different from mr bush because the situation seems that the ukrainian president is now realizing that the situation on the ground is developing a very negative before you create anti-terrorist operations police say inclined to make some concessions or as a bummer of course means that. ukraine must not surrender and not get into conditions imposed by russia on a certain new. i mean some would argue that mr obama is actually aggravating the situation himself because he's asking for a deescalation but the same time he says he's going to support more of nato allies in the east of europe but he's also offering to advise ukraine's military commanders. well the announcement that the united states and other nato allies should now modernize the military not only of ukraine but also children moldova is of course a need occasional the escalation between the west and the russian federation and it's most likely that after the cardiff meeting of nato will see it re military station of europe from both sides which is not very helpful actually but the u.s. isn't pressure to prov

yes decision in my different mr bush because this one seems to be ukrainian president is now realizing that the situation on the ground is. developing. very negatively for increased anti-terrorist operations for the same client to make some concessions or as of course means. ukraine must not surrender it's most likely that the card is meeting of nato will see it remit. of your approval size which is not very helpful actually . the u.s. and russia to prove through its allies in nato at least dedicated to the security of its allies and that's one way to do it well lots been happening today as we're on air have got some news just in to tell you about seems france has nope respond delivering the first mistral military was shipped to russia over the situation in ukraine it says the conditions are not right adding it believes russia has not done enough to secure peace in ukraine so that bit of news just in france knows has been debated for a long time whether or not it should be done france's hold firm saying it's part of a contract but it seems now the latest news is that france is perspiri

president obama even though she was having trouble with the clintons he also doesn't care for mr. bush either. so if you want to put this in some kind of a realm, two presidents that were sitting presidents in the house now and besides that's when they were in the happened to have it very good because they were at a stage where electronics were coming up. >> i would like to respond and say that if you get to the matters he won the presidency in 2008 by his opposition to george w. bush and the iraq war. that was his key platform. now he blames bush again and again and again for the problem he has inherited. barack obama in my view and the view of the clintons has caused many of his own problems. hillary clinton urged barack obama to get involved in syria earlier in that war not with the ground troops but with the support of the opposition to the regime. we wouldn't be seeing the spread of radical islam from serious in to iraq that we are seeing today. than the obama administration tried to make a good relation with black america can and we've seen how that worked out. of blaming the pas

backed shelling of civilian areas over recent days they just going to forgive and forget you believe mr bush and go and as you say the allies in the shadows because certainly there will be hawks in washington and in london and in brussels who will be pleased that it is. just their eyes out showing to most fascinating timing of announcement it's going to be interesting to see the rhetoric coming out of that nato summit afshin rattansi thank you very much for your time here on r.t. international tansey that host of going underground reacting to the developing and breaking news here on r.t. into.

clinton, mr. bush and mr. obama, repeating the same sort of nonsense that they have talked about for the last 18 years. >> in other words, you believe there is a misperception. you think the american people -- you know i've read all of your books, so i've read this and heard it from you before. but you think to that to the ex it tent bev within told this about our lap dances or our lattes or our gap jeans or our, quote, freedoms, that's just not what drives the jihadists. >> that's a deliberate lie on the part of the ruling establishment in this country on the political elite. because they don't want to face the fact that what motivates these people to attack us, maybe not to attack the israelis, or the saudis, but us, is our intervention in their world. and right now, isis could not ask for any greater gift than the one obama is giving them right at the moment. >> so when they quote michael soy er, your interpretation is i understand them, i understand them to be evil s.o.b.s but people who understand what th

. >> mr. bush, you have hijacked our pain, our loss, our fear. let us resist this war. >> we want to see americans protected. we do not believe that a military strike in iraq makes americans more safe. >> i do believe that the blood will be on all our hands, the blood of american soldiers, the blood of iraqis. >> your is ongoing commitment to this war allows people in other parts of the world to remain hopeful that america has the stuff to become again a country that they can love and respect. >> is impeachment still on the table? let's get him out of office before he starts ruling from a bunker. >> wow, that was tough to take. but we're not hearing much from them these days. take a look at some of the biggest names that were against the war then, bruce springstein, george cloonie, sean penn. celebrities what do you think? do they have a point? where are they now? where are they hiding? >> they're hiding because they don't like what president obama's doing. you look at what the liberals are saying, i mean, they are worried that we are in a stampe

with clinton's grandchild expected soon mr. bushice. >> we all hope the very best for chel seep and the child is strong. it will be an awesome period for you. and get ready also to be like the lowest person in the pecking order of your family. (laughter) >> the two former presidents avoided any discussion of president obama. >> did you catch it? the last super moon of the year taking to the skies last night. maria molina has the forecast. >> good morning heather and ainsley. it was beautiful. i hope you were able to see that in new york city. many people across the country were able to feel. this one sitting over the bluff over looking the missouri river. that was in missouri. a beautiful photo. very romantic. in indiana we also have a photo out of there with the full moonss with the virgin mary on top of the university of notre dame's golden dome. absolutely beautiful. a big moon out there that super moon. it is the last one of the year. now i want to switch gears to the weather conditions across the country. the big story has been

since the presidency of mr. bush, we have been supporting a two state solution. and that's what we should achieve now. israel and palestine. if we only, if we say that there will only be israel, that would be wrong. it doesn't work. there has to be a two state solution. >> indeed. and colin powell was tasked with resolving this issue. and i also said to president obama that we are ready to do whatever we can. and we did convince hamas on this point. and they too arrived at a very positive point. because the goal should be to stop these killings, these deaths. because if that happens then, we are ready for normallization. as these events are ongoing, not a single jewish person in my country suffered any harm. because we don't allow that to happen. those are the kinds of things that need to be appreciated as well. >> rose: did you consider among terrorist groups al-nusra as bad as isis? when you look at them, do they pose the same threat that isis does? >> the alternative to terrorism isn't terrorism. if an action is, can be defined as terrorism it's terrorism. and

mr. bush offered some advice on being a grandparent. >> be prepared to fall completely in love.also to be like the lowest person in the pecking order in your family. [ laughter ] >> well the presidency is often called the world's loneliest job. and that is why most ex-presidents have more in common than not. but bill clinton and george w. bush seems to have taken to another level completely. barbara bush said that her sons call clinton my brother by another mother. >> that's great. >> why can't we have more of this? >> i know. i was thinking the same thing. they do say it's the most exclusive club in the world, of course, the former presidents club. but it's nice to seat friendship. difference in parties and views on things that i think people in washington and other places can learn from that. >> you can tell it's genuine. that's what's so great about it. can we point out bill clinton's suit. >> very handsome. >> what are you doing, bill? >> you got the tan -- >> southern men like to touch. you notice how bill clinton had his hand on george w. bush. bill, we thank you. >>> new

what are you gonna steal from bush next, mr. president? 'cuz you're not fooling anyone! en politico pointed out that if you type obama's money phrase -- "network of death "-- into the thesaurus.com, george w. bush's "axis of evil" could very welcome out. yes, it could very well come out. no, i tried it and it doesn't come out, but if i didn't, it might have. clearly, president kumbaya is just trying to look tough in the middle east by mad-libbing the greatest hits of the bush administration. i dread the day when "mission accomplished" becomes "job did." (laughter) (applause) but folks, whether or not obama is up for didding the job, we know that after 2016, barack obama will be leaving office. weak move, mr. president. never announce a timetable for withdrawal! (laughter) of course, the power vacuum he leaves behind may be filled by hillary clinton, an unstoppable force on an inevitable path towards maybe announcing a candidacy. (laughter) and big announcement this weekend makes her even more maybe. >> it's a girl. a girl for chelsea clinton and her husband marc mezvinsky

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bush here. >> yes. >> how much does americorps owe the points of light program? >> a lot. >> he participated today in his home in maine, he and mrsrbara bush inducted americorps members on their lawn. it was a beautiful sight. you know he wears different socks. he wore a pair of hand-nighted gray socks and they taped a video that was sent out to play in ceremonies all over the country. great bipartisan attention for service. >> you still have to fight for financial support, true, particularly since congress wants to reduce spending over all. how do you convince lawmakers to keep the program going? >> you know, the best way to promote our program, to experience the program and see it firsthand. that's what we've been doing. we've been really trying to introduce the impact of the experience, how americorps and how it impacts the individual who is serving, also the community who is receiving support and the organization like habitat. ymca. big brothers big sisters, citizen schools, youth build. literally hundreds of organizations who benefit by having someone committed to their organization for an entire year. they also recruit volu

mr. bush's presidency turned out, do you regret running that year and why or why not? >> last i heard, bush got more votes from gore than i did, that's is a minor thing. i don't think third parties are second classy sense. if we all have equal rights to run for election and then we are all trying to get votes from one another. so we're all spoilers of one another or none of us are spoilers. when you say spoiler are third party candidates given all great things they have done in american history to pioneer antislavery, women's right to vote, worker rights, farmer rights, when you just say third party candidates are spoilers, that is political bigotry. so blame the electoral college because gore got 500,000 more votes nationwide. only country i know in the world where you can come in first and lose the election, because the electoral college. blame florida, blame the thieves in florida. blame the supreme court. you don't blame someone exercising constitutional rights to challenge the two parties on at least 15 issues that they are totally ignoring, will not discuss, but h

journal" says brett stevens, obama needs to call bush and he says, having a long conversation with mr. bushbama needs to do if he means to start salvaging his failing presidency. it would be an act of contrition. for six years of vulgar ridicule and sophomoric conde sense. all also humility for finally understanding that the intel is often wrong and that the choices in war are never clear or simple. >> what do you think the likelihood of president obama picking up the phone and firing a call to crawford, texas. >> maybe he did. presidents and ex-presidents have a unique relationship. we don't know how often he called former presidents. >> it speaks to presidents during campaign easy to criticize the previous president whether it's a democrat or republican and then you get in the white house. they all get in and then they are all humbled. and then they pick up the phone after they are all humbled and they do call the previous president. now, this president has not yet talked policy with 43, but he might now. because this is a stage where george w. bush finally said okay, okay, i've screwed u

mr. bush was reading to some children when the second attack occurred.t the attack, it was clear we were dealing with terrorists. >> i want to bring into the conversation general al hague, the former secretary of state. general hague, at a time like this, how does america respond prudently with the proper amount of caution and yet with whatever force needs to be applied? >> first we have to know the full limits of this tragedy and it's unprecedented, of course. but we have to stay above all united and calm and ready to take resolute action which sometimes we have failed to do in the recent past. when the perpetrators are uncovered and we have many, many indicators of precisely who they are, this was too broadly based a terrorist act to be just a few crazies. this is a terrorist movement and we know where they're located today. obviously as a nation, we're going to have to take action against them. >> there it goes! there it goes! there it goes! we do need to put it down now. i think you need to put it down now. here we go. >> america, offer a prayer. >>