[applause] mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. albiet, briefly. i want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. i want to thank david shulkin for being here. he is the secretary of veterans affairs. couple hours, he will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and .emocrats president trump will find the bill, which will give you some .ools to reform the v.a. if anybody can reform the v.a., you can. you are a strong leader and we are lucky to have your service for our country. [applause] mr. bush: a lot of times you hear people gripe about the v.a. , and i am sure there are flaws in the system, but it is important for our citizens and veterans to know that the vast majority of people who work for the veterans administration care deeply about helping our that the transition. i want to thank people from our team, ken hearst and holly fo

mrs. laura bush. [applause] mrs. bush: thank you everyone. thank you very much. thank you, everybody. , thankto eric eversole you all for hosting this at the u.s. chamber of congress today. i would like to recognize meg cabot at the department of veterans affairs. ,hank you for joining us today and thank you for your commitment to serving our military spouses and families. [applause] a special thanks to walmart and the boeing company. take you for your generous support of the veteran community and for sponsoring the bush 's stand to. and to all the veterans and active military here today, thank you for your selfless service to our country. [applause] as many of the servicemen and women gathered here today know, you aren't the only members of your family who served. your spouses served, as well. while our servicemen and women are deployed, their spouses are the ones taking care of everything at home. they care for the children, they manage the family finances, and they pray that their husbands or wives in uniform return home safely. master sergeant rocky rodriguez

mrs. bush for making this a centerpiece of their postpresidential work and are honored to participate. in a moment we will hear from the honorable david shulkin, secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs, and joining him to serve as moderator of this morning's discussion is military journalist and author bryan bender. secretary shulkin was unanimously confirmed for this role by the senate on february 13, 2017. he brought years of experience serving as undersecretary of veterans affairs for health with the v.a. as well as from his distinguished career as a medical doctor, professor and leader in the field of health care. bryan bender is the defense editor of "politico pro." he previously worked for "the boston globe" covering military operations around the globe. he's also the author of the book "you are not forgotten: the story of an iraq veteran search for macing world war ii pilot in the south pacific." ladies and gentlemen, it is now my great honor to welcome the ninth secretary o

mr. bush spoke at the event. it's hosted by the george w. bush foundation. purpose is to create an action plan to approve the lives of veterans and the families. mr. bush recently published a book titled "portraits of courage" that shares veteran stories through his own oil paintings and his writings. larry: right now crews in idaho are starting to move a giant sequoia. we told you about that last week. the 800,000-pound tree grew from a seed sent by a natur the tree is being moved on rolling tubes to make way for a hospital expansion in boise. this move is incredible in its scope. it should be finished by sunday afternoon. alison: that is spectacular. another sort of history hitting the auction block this weekend. look at the first map that walt disney made of disney land. he called at it presentation map. it laid out his idea for what would become, of course, one of the most popular theme parks in the world. the map in fact was outdated by the time the california park opened in 1955. but it

mr. bush: thank you, all. thank you. it is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. albiet, briefly. i want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and

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on his 18th birthday mr. bush enlisted becoming the youngest pilot in the navy. he flew 58 combat mission a former cia director and reagan vice president, he went on to win the republican nomination and then the presidency in 1988. a happy birthday to you mr. president. >>> another former president is also trending today. a group of passenger on board a delta flight from washington to atlanta got a very pleasant surprise. former president jimmy carter walked around the plane shaking hands with every single person on board. the 92-year-old carter is seen in the video smiling and laughing as he greeted each passenger. >>> claiming alternate routings as equal -- their rights as equal citizens, people in puerto rico have voted in favor of becoming the 51st u.s. state. it fell on the same day as the puerto rican parade in new york city. tens of thousands of people celebrated along fifth avenue. congress will ultimately decide whether the status of the u.s. commonwealth changes to a state. >>> it is a hot one out there. we've got sunshine and temperatures climbing up f

principal can do you question the community when you french foreign ministry said mrs bush but none of them got back the money from your minimum three beseems from public interest. you know parcel sure. as all the stores. would be the. people doing the best in difficult circumstances this is arts international thanks being with us coming up after the break there's an indian city built on a cold the field that's been smoldering ever since a blaze there more than a century ago you hear me right well today locals riskily death to provide for their families in our area listen to their unique stories coming up next. we have learned something in the muslim world view i don't have dictatorship and therefore i don't think there's any interest in the movie anymore big paper. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice or the biggest read in truth to stand out news business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. question. if there's the situation. of the private company where si

happy birthday, mrs. bush. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us.news, thank you for watchi >>> the "seinfeld" snub that's gone viral. >> no, thanks. >> jerry talks for the first time about dissing casha. >>> the red carpet meeting that went south fast. >> no thanks. >> we've got seinfeld today, finally explaining why he wouldn't give casha a hug. >> oliver stone versus megyn kelly. the oscar winner's shocking slam over their putin interviews. >>> new year's eve with anderson and andy? >> cohen answers the rumors he could replace kathy griffin. >> you know what -- >> "extra" in nashville with country's biggest stars for the cmt awards. blake, luke, carey and jada? >> i love carey underwood. >> baby news to a surprise for nicole. >> big plans. >> plus, a peek inside tim and faith's private island estate. >>> then, bachelorette jojo and her fiancee jordan getting wet and wild in orlando, getting ready to take the plunge? >> we've got an ordained minister with us right now. >>> oprah and jamie foxx, how she came to his rescue during his hard partying h

recent isn't better than your families for example is evil but in need of this much as you have to mr bush you feel you should listen to what you want to talk about them and you should imagine peterson double and triple. digits of that why is this relevant to the miss yes or no. cite very good point. ok just ninety minutes to go until kickoff so this point i want to ask you stand your professional experienced opinion what will the school but do you think there are. very. long going to go for a very positive performance. we've one goal maybe to russia to new zealand. or will come out there will want to make a statement. will we. want to rush the score we've got just enough time to nip inside the hermitage i'm going to check out some of those divisions paintings and signed photograph i have a long time a couple of months he seems. ok he joined in exile for more. on this is going underground as debate over whether the u.k. government will fall reaches fever pitch in the wake of what some are calling to raise amaze hurricane katrina coming up in a show where this book we are getting by states

mr. bush was joined by his son, former president george w. bush. also teeing it up actor and maine native patrick demp city. the 41st president had been hospitalized in the spring. he had a case of bronchitis. but the staff says he is doing well. alison: a special for nfl greats. nancy: they went to the vatican to meet pope francis. the nfl group included dallas cowboys owner jerry jones an hall of famer ronnie lott and frank o'harris. they presented the pope with an autographed helmet as well as a personalized jersey. no word if he put the helmet on, though. jonathan: i bet he puts it on later. try it on. check it out. this is not the normal police takedown in california. that is a lama in the middle of the road. they came across it standing around and blocking traffic. the animal escaped from a farm. the lama wasn't willing to go anywhere. not quietly. a deputy was handy with the rope. he roped it and decided to you can what it back. the lama is nice here because he is with the officer. normally they can be nasty. they will spit at you and put up

mr. bush, welcome back to "mad money." after i see this quarter you're the second software company to crack that $2 billion barrier. you're already well on the way with this quarter. >> it was a strong quarter across the board, jim. we saw re-acceleration in our subscription revenue business for the fourth quarter in a reand feeling really good heading into the rest of the year. >> you know technology more than anybody i know that doesn't get enough credit for them, that is nasdaq. i didn't know you won them. what are you going be doing for them? >> they're a human capital management customer and expanding us for their financial products, a win for us. their ceo, dina was terrific and very involved in the sales cycle. >> one thing people have to recognize, there are three big retailers in this country everybody knows. amazon and walmart and target. you have taken all three of those this year. >> we feel very lucky about that. we will do a great job for all three. it seems like the retail market is really moving to the clou

mr. bush has spe time since leaving the white house trying to put a spotlight on veteran's issues. today the former president talked about the importance of helping whether the transition to civilian life, that includes education, employment and something many returning service members have to deal with, ptsd. >> in order to help to defeat the cig ma of posttraumatic stress, we drop the d. i like to tell people it was courageous to volunteer in the face of danger. it was just as courageous to talk about the invisible wounds. >> former first lady talked about the challenges that caregiver can say is in light of their loved ones service. >> the national park service is diving into a project to improve at the world war ii memorial. they'll drain and other water features on sunday so they can replace the current light fixtures lighting. park service is doing work now to avoid conflict with those honor flights that transport veterans to see the memorial. the kick off to the winter olympic games in south korea, now just 230 days away if you're keeping count out there. >> and today marks

in the middle east, where they mr. bushdia where they missed bush, and singapore, where they missed bush, and australia where they missed bush. no matter what you feel about president bush, he had relationship with world leaders. he got on fabulously with tony blair in london and john howard in australia. obama got on with nobody. not to the monarchies, the saudi king, not the eastern european prime ministers. during those eight years, obama in effect turned away from the world and the world went to hell on his march. >> tucker: he says, tribalism and nationalism are dangerous, but we need a lot more immigrants and refugees. if you wanted to create nationalism, it seems to eat meat you would do what obama did for eight years. >> i think that is true. in fact, it has led to tribalism. that is a very good way of putting it. the fact the democratic party, what is identity politics. the strategy that costs hillary clinton the election. that is tribal politics. you vote -- you don't vote as a citizen. one of the great things tha

being a career prosecutor, hadn't been a political official of sorts and for the most part i think mr. bushtice department. he's been more of a career side of things, not very much a political actor. now the one controversial client he has is chris christie during the bridgegate mess in new jersey. i think wray's biggest problem is going to be the person that nominated him, president trump and i think whether senators are going to be comfortable with president trump making this pick after this comey testimony. i think is an open question. >> all right. very interesting. it's going to be an interesting next 48 hours. >> you know that. >> changes. >>> keep it right here for complete coverage of james comey's testimony. the entire nbc news team is working for you with more on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt that comes your way tonight at 7:00 right after news4 at 6:00. >> tomorrow you can watch it happen live. it gets underway tomorrow morning. watch that live here on news4 and in the nbc washington app. >> in the meantime weighing on planning to watch james comey's testimony tomorrow? so

>> yes, happy belated birthday as well to mrs. bush. he did send a nice note on twitter. saying so proud to be her husband. >> oh. >> very sweet. >> relationship goals. >> will you be writing me nose like that at 91? >> not at all. i won't remember. but anyway. we are going to move on. start off with washington, d.c. really the growing demand -- the shade continues. the growing demand for president trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with the former fbi director james comey if they exist. >> the president slammed comey his version of their interactions under oath. all of this while the attorney general prepares to testify as well. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: president trump and his fired fbi director locked in a he said/he said. >> those were lies. plain and simple. >> some of the things that he said just weren't true. >> reporter: after james comey's stunning testimony, the president says he is ready to give his side of the story. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of -- >> 100%. >> trump striking back at comey on twitt

trump's remarks about what he can do to women during a hot micro cording of him speaking to billie bush. mr. trump said allowed and i quote "when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them right in the genital area. you can do anything." he spoke of profane words for genital area as i'm confident you're aware. for those remarks, the president later apologized. the white house is not apologizing for today's presidential tweets which it has previously announced should be considered by all official statements of the president of the united states. the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, said and i quote "i don't think the president's ever been someone who gets attacked and doesn't push back. there's been an outrageous number of personal attacks, not just to him but everyone around him. people on that show, meaning morning joe, have personally attacked me many times. this is a president who fights fire with fire." what critics call the cyber bullying sexist aspect of the tweet, she did not address. the first lady launched five months ago an anti cyber bullying initia

mr. olson also previously served as general counsel nsa focusing on surveillance law and cybersecurity. under the bush administration, mr. olsen served as acting assistant attorney general, national security division, doj. mr. olsen also served as executive director of guantÁnamo task force special counsel director to the fbi and served as federal prosecutor for more than a decade. he's a graduate of university of virginia and harvard law school. adam kleine is robert m gates senior fellow center for new american security, widely published in areas of national security, surveillance, counterterrorism, law and policy. he was previously an attorney at international law firm. he was also worked on national security policy at rand corporation and the 9/11 public discourse project, the nonprofit successor to the 9/11 commission. mr. klein served as the law clerk for justice scalia, it is a graduate of northwestern university and columbia law school. elizabeth goiten codirects the brennan center for justice, liberty and national security program, new york university school of law. previously ms. goitein ser

i am all for mr comey having to answer for his record and a lot of us worked withjim comey in the bushthink that he acted in a strange way in the election and may have helped donald trump to win the race and for a lot of us who worked with comey in the bush administration, he has a reputation for being a grandstand, all about him, someone who was focused on his own reputation, polishing his halo, so a lot of us think that both sides need to be told. but he doesn't have a reputation, as far as i know, for being a liar, and yet, effectively, donald trump's outside counsel marc kasowitz has just said thatjim comey is not telling the truth. yes, andi comey is not telling the truth. yes, and i think that is a perfectly fair response. like i said, the scores of people i've spoken to who worked closely with jim comey tell me that if it comes between the truth and burnishing his own reputation, his own reputation always comes first. does that mean he lies about everything? 0f does that mean he lies about everything? of course not, but i ta ke everything? of course not, but i take everything he

mrs. hughes, who had been instrumental in making holly bush available. ♪ narrator: profound differences between statesman remained, but nothing could dampen the spirits of the day. accompanied by his daughter ludmilla and she would be the special test of mrs. johnson and -- the special guest of mrs. johnson and linda. [explosion] ofrator: is the second day talks -- as the second have talks continued, heavy rains last weekend's, but the witnesses to history stood the ground. they had talked for more than four hours, delving deeper into issues that separated their two countries. >> we made further progress in an effort to improve our understanding of each other's inking on a number of questions. i believe more strongly than ever that these have been very good and very useful talks. narrator: the premier had been visibly touched by the warmth of the people. he thanked them and saluted friendship between the soviet and american peoples. president johnson: these meetings have not ended our troubles and dangers and i cannot promise you that that will not happen again. the world remains a very small a

mrs. hughes, who had been instrumental in making holly bush available. ♪ betweenund differences the two statesmen remain. nothing could dampen the spirit or ardor of the day. the premier was accompanied by his daughter leah mela. ila.yudm as the second day of talks continued, heavy rain storms lashed the campus. the thousands who would come to witness history stood their ground. they had talked for more than four hours. delving even deeper into the many questions that separate their two countries. by 7:20 in the evening, they had finished. in anhave made progress effort to improve our understanding of each other other's thinking on a number of questions. i believe more strongly than ever that these had been very good and very useful. >> the premier had been visibly shaken -- visibly touched. he touched them and saluted friendship. not ended our troubles and dangers. i promise you that will not happen again. the world remains a very small and dangerous, and even the greatest of them have very hard and very painful choices. all,e no doubt about it at .t does have a lot particularly if he is trying

bush is 70. brian: i will make one mistake a show, so i got that out of the way. ainsley: happy birthday, mrs. last week ainsley got a sit-down with vice president pence. she says they discussed current events as well as what it means to be vice president. for example -- >> president donald trump is a man of his word. literally, he gets up every day and turns his face like flint against the wind -- [laughter] and says what are we going to do today to make america safe again, to make america prosperous again, to make america great again. and it's the greatest honor of my life to be vice president to president donald trump. brian: when you look at that, it looks like a different room. it's not in the white house, it's next door in the eisenhower executive office right next door to the white house, and that's where the interview was. ainsley: huge building, it's a french-style building. the vice president was so kind to show me around what has been the vice president's ceremonial office since the 1960s. take a look. >> this is the ceremonial office of the vice president. in the executive office b

bush. mr. walker: most importantly than mr. petty's work on the track is the lives he'sism pacted. the pet -- he's impacted. the petty family through multiple charities and the impactful victory camp has served children with disabilities in incredible ways. mr. petty, you and your family even show what had grace and dignity looks like in the loss of a grandson. we wish you a happy birthday today, richard "the king" petty. thank you for all you do for the people of north carolina. and i'll be looking for that hat, those sunglasses and that bright smile for years to come. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, i rise today to introduce the transform student debt to home equity act. today 40 million americans have federal student loan debt totaling $1.3 trillion. additionally at the end of 2016, 17.2 million habtable homes sat vacant in our country. these two trends are intertwined. student debt is prohibiting millions and millions

mrs. hughes, who had been instrumental in making holly bush available. ♪ >> profound differences between thetill remain. but nothing could dampen the spirit or ardor of the day. the premier was accompanied by his daughter, ludmila. [cheers] >> as the second day of talks continued, heavy rain storms lashed the campus. the thousands who had come to witness history stood their ground. they had talked for more than four hours. delving even deeper into the many questions that separated their two countries. by 7:20 in the evening, they had finished. president johnson we have made progress in an effort to improve -- president johnson: we have made progress in an effort to improve our understanding of each other other's thinking on a number of questions. i believe more strongly than ever that these have been very good and very useful talks. >> the premier had been visibly touched by the warmth and enthusiasm showed by the people of glassboro. he touched them and saluted friendship between the u.s. and the russian people. >> these have not ended our troubles and dangers. i cannot promise you that wil

bush. to obama very strongly i mean mr trump does it in these idiosyncratic way but in fact the message is the same i think their trauma new economic point of view do you have enough resources to invest something more in defense and i think they should do it. every insead this of course it's going to be once again incremental and i want to make this point cletus not going to be a revolution from today tomorrow you know it's going to be incremental we already see germany doing more so there are some ideas that are being circulated and opal the equal there will be some progress for europe why because i believe europe if you do penal introspected in the world. it should not be only as it is today the biggest trade bloc in the world then everybody understands that europe is simple to team three terms but also progressive li assume a more. stable and clear. foreign policy and defense identity i just have one last question i mean you know that all the sanctions that are put on russia are put on russia because of crimea but realistically speaking you're a very smart man you know i know everyone k

past presidents and the ethics experts in both parties some of whom worked for president bush and are now among mrricritic t, it presents a real problem. it presents a question in the mind of the voter who he's working for, is he working for the american people or is he trying to fatten his own wallet. and that's why people, especially politicians avoid these kinds of events. >> in traditional times the consequences are outrage among voters and outrage among colleagues that sort of forces the person who is doing this to take a step back and reassess. and i just don't see that happening here. the people who love donald trump see this through the prism of why is everybody attacking him for this, who cares? and the people who are either on the fence or are moving away from him or don't like him, see it for what it is, which is on the line of inappropriate, perhaps even crossing the line of inappropriate. >> let me just make this argument, play contrarian, if you own a hotel just blocks from the white house, why should mr. marian make money and not mr. trump? >> i don't think he goes much further than

mr. mueller to release. >> sure. you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with attorney general sessions or any other member of d.o.j. or mr. trump? >> no. did you report with any uh other obama department of justice. >> not that i recall. in your statement for the record you cite nine private conversations with the president, three meetings and two phone calls, four phone calls that are not discussed in your statement for the record. what happened in those phone calls? >> the president called me, i believe, shortly before he was inaugurated as a followup to our conversation, private cosa he just wanted the to reiterate his rejection of the allegation and talk about he'd thought about it more, and why he thought it wasn't true, the verified -- unverified and salacious parts and, during that call, he asked me, again, i hope you're going to stay, you're doing a great job, and i told him that i intended to. there was another phone call i mentioned, i think -- could have the date wrong -- march 1 where he called just to check in with my as i was ab

mr. mueller to release. >> sure. you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with attorney general sessions or any other member of d.o.j. or mr. trump? >> no. did you report with any uh other obama department of justice. >> not that i recall. in your statement for the record you cite nine private conversations with the president, three meetings and two phone calls, four phone calls that are not discussed in your statement for the record. what happened in those phone calls? >> the president called me, i believe, shortly before he was inaugurated as a followup to our conversation, private conversation on january 6. he just wanted the to reiterate his rejection of the allegation and talk about he'd thought about it more, and why he thought it wasn't true, the verified -- unverified and salacious parts and, during that call, he asked me, again, i hope you're going to stay, you're doing a great job, and i told him that i intended to. there was another phone call i mentioned, i think -- could have the date wrong -- march 1 where he called just to check

mr. comey, sometimes we have short memories, as indicated by jeb bush, as indicated by marco rubio beforehand lack of veracity and that mr. trump is a liar, as indicated clearly, i was looking at something mitt romney wrote, said here's what i know about donald trump, he is a phony, a fraud, his promises are worthless, has a degree from trump university, he is playing members of the american public for suckers. marco rubio called him a con artist. jeb bush said you are a liar and a whiner. it is not democrats, it is not comey that called him a liar. you go all the way through, talk to some of his business associates before. he is a guy that called the media and tried to pretend he wasn't who he was. he talked about the birth certificate of barack obama. said muslims were screaming during 9/11. he lied time and time again. he is a proven liar. that's what we know for a fact also. >> with what you saw in the comey testimony, what the president is alleged to have done, which you clearly believe he did say those things as jim comey described them, do you think it reaches the level of obstruction

mr. justice with a capital "j," the guy who took on the previous bush administration in defense of proper justice department procedure. why did he never tell him, mr. president, what you're doing is inappropriate, and you've asked me on several occasions for my loyalty. you don't have my loyalty one on one here. i'm independent of you, and that's how it should be. now, he was put in a difficult position, but the way that this carries out is, in his notes, indicates a lot of subtlety in these exchanges back and forth. and overall, it wasn't just comey. why didn't the intelligence chiefs, if they were asked to make this investigation go away, why didn't they say, mr. president, no, don't ask me that question, not appropriate? >> okay, panel, please stick around. we're going to need you during these next hours as we ramp up to the comey testimony, because there are seven pages of this riveting testimony. and now that senators have had a chance to digest it, what questions do they have for james comey when he takes the stand in just a matter of hours? we discuss all of that next. ray's always

bush. >> it's that the party is split. it has been split since the 50s. you know, and 52 eisenhower and robert taft, taft was mr. republican the conservative outsiders and then nixon in large, goldwater and rockefeller, then, again, nixon and rockefeller. there's always a split inside the republican party between tht conservative outsiders and the modern insiders and this, of course, happens again in 1980. reagan represents the conservative outsiders and bush represents the more modern insiders and this is the fight over the nomination of the future party boils down to these two individuals. >> tell us about it. >> it was a seesaw battle for a little while. reagan kind of coasts. h he's at his worst when he's noto challenge. he does his best when someone is challenging him. he was competitive. mike dever told me his mostal competitive as obese he ever knew. reagan needs to be challenged otherwise he doesn't rise to the occasion. so he doesn't take the george bush challenge seriously and he ends up losing the iowa caucuses in january of 1980 which was a stunning, stunning upset to the political world. it's enormo

mr. trump had few words about his choice. wray, 50, led the justice department's criminal division under george b. bush. most of his time was spent on corporate fraud persecutions, the biggest, jail time for executives of enron. after leaving the justice department, he was a defense attorney, notably for chris christie in the bridgegate scandal. he is respected in the legal community. he is not well-known among rank and file fbi agents. >> chris wray is unflappable from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was oust attorney in georgia. >> i think the fbi could use a little less politics. and he is a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time when president trump's relationship with jeff sessions remains strained. for the second day in a row, the white house declined to say if the president had confidence in sessions. early senate reaction to wray's nomination was positive, even among some democrats. in the aftermath of comey's firing, wray's biggest confirmation hurdle will be proving his

even though he had not done the same with either president obama or president bush because he worried that president, there tru mr. trump, may lie. he took the president's desire letting go of the michael flynn incident is a directive. he describes that as a very big deal. there is no other way to walk away from comey's testimony today, without thinking the former director of the fbi thinks the president of the united states is a liar who he could not trust and who took actions that he thought were attempt to under mine the integrity of the american justice system itself. the white house is responding to these charges and we'll get to their response in a moment. first, jim sciutto is joining me. some are suggesting that comey detailing in three times that he did tell president trump that the president was not personally under investigation that has vindicated the president. that same testimony needs to be said made some strong charges about the president's character and ability to tell the truth. >> that's right, the key between what he vindicated the president on and what he did not. >> yes, this is important. h

bush. passed a pretty good economy onto mr. trump.he republican party is back on top but if you study history, they will run the country into the ground and in the democrats -- that's what i get mad about the democrats, they get in there and build the country back and the white americans in this country give it back to republicans to destroy it. mr. trump, i will say one thing and close, 30% of the american white people got the great white hope back. i go back to muhammad ali and jerry tierney when i was watching them fight -- gerry themy when i was watching fight, he was a fighter, he could not be done by could fight. the white america, that was their hope, today mr. trump, 30% of the white american hope, they have hope. an does not vote for democrats or republicans but for the first time they voted for mr. trump. that is ok. i can deal with it four years because the country will take care of it, nobody pays him attention, he is a joke. host: tony calling from indiana, on the independent line. caller: i think hillary clinton is a ver

under the bush administration, he served as national security division, doj. mr. olsen served as special counsel director of the fbi and special prosecutor for more than a decade. he is a graduate of the university of virginia and harvard law school. a robert m gates senior fellow for new american security, widely published in areas of surveillance,ity, counterterrorism, law, and policy. he was previously an attorney at international law firm. he has worked on national security policy at rand corporation and the 9/11 public discourse prompts it -- discourse profit. klein served as a law clerk for justice scalia and is a graduate of northwestern university and columbia law school. codirects the brennan center for justice, liberty, and national security program, new york university school of law. she served as counsel to russell feingold, chairman of the constitution subcommittee on the senate judiciary committee. gotein served as a trial committee in the civil division of the department of justice. she graduated from yale law school. elizabeth collins is serving he

mr. leiter served as president of guido's defense. previously served as director of the national counterterrorism center from 272,011 for president george w. bush andor president obama. mr. leiter of hispanic chairman john santamaria to reagan member cosco, thank you for having me.h i was simply add my thoughts and prayers to those injured and the families affected this morning. before directly addressing today's topic i want to offer to quick opening points. first, i am not going to address all forms today because that's not the committee asked for. but i don't want that to be read as the sunni inspired terrorism is the only threat we face. shia terrorism, other political terrorism, all of that threat the globe and found solutions to address sunni inspired terrorism by the same but also distinctions. the second caveat is although i'm going to focus and we are focusing on the ideological am x aspects, i'm i am supportive of a balanced approach to terrorism. but close allies and a logical component. if we do one of those, we pretty much guarantee ourselves failure in a larger battle. as this committee knows well and ultimately recruitment of vio

bush administration. is it leiter or leiter? mr. leiter understands the threat we are facing and has extensive knowledge and expertise crafting policies. i'm eager to hear his analysis of the lessons we can learn from the recent attacks and uk and elsewhere. i would appreciate his thoughts on the present funding and a mentor student recommendations to bolster the nation's safety and resilience without compromising our constitutional principles. we can do better to combat and prevent radicalism and extremism as long as work together under the umbrella of protection. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator mccaskill. it is the condition of this committee to swear in witnesses so if you all stand and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony you will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? our first witness is ms. ayaan hirsi ali. ms. ali was born in somalia in migrant from the netherlands to avoid a forced marriage preacher served on the parliament in 2004 w

bush and president obama, mr. liter. >> thanks very much for having me. i would add my thoughts and prayers to those who were injured and families that are effected this morning. before directly addressing today's topic i want to offer two critical opening points. frs it's that i'm not going to address all forms of terrorism today. the second is we are focusing on this struggle i am extremely supportive. from my perspective it includes actions to take people off of the battlefield with our close allies and ideal logical component. these are inherently broad activities. in my view in of these must be based on a very rigorous and as you said a fact chul and truthful analysis and unlike in 2001 this is something which is widely available there is no doubt in my mind it reduces violence. we shouldn't be surprised by that. it works in anti gang activity and it can work in this context as well. studies from duke university of massachusetts, kenya all back this up. in my view -- and i take significant blame for this i agree with much of what he said about the po