mrs. bush was kind enough to see me. she made access to every member of first half available, so i do feel that what i was able to share in the book is a pretty balanced interpretation of her time, both in the public eye and in the white house. our time is limited this afternoon. and what i would like to do is share with you some basic biographical information, just a little bit. if you have questions about that or anything else on more than happy to address them during our question and answer time. but we will have a quick look at her biography. then i'd like to share with you some thoughts about her advocacy of literacy, her great success as public communicator and finally for wrote and reactions to the campaign of 1992 which for her in many ways was a watershed. as i was preparing for this, i thought the other with three questions i really wanted to answer for you. one was, what made barbara bush different? second, what made her special? finally, what was a legacy? generally speaking publish

mr. bush's health. something else that i've referred to surfaced very early on in the '92 campaign and that was barbara bush was way more popular than her husband. some of you may recall there was a campaign button back in the time of betty ford, and it said, i'm voting for betty's husband. all of a sudden there were buttons that said, i'm voting for barbara's husband. and as the campaign continued on, mr. bush was using phrases, like barbara and i think or barbara and i believe. and by the way, that's a strategy that other presidents have used as well. when he eventually got the republican nomination, barbara was worried, they already had to surmount two primary challenges from patrick buchanan and h. ross perot. and they were also taking a fair amount of heat for the -- for mr. bush's appointment to the supreme court of clarence thomas. so she had a certain amount of concern. but then came the clinton and things started out kind of on a strange footing. a magazine concocted what became known as the gre

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mrs. bush, of course, have three issues that she was focused on, primarily early childhood education and women's health issues. but she also focused on breast cancer. it is not a very, known trade that breast cancer is obviously a disease that strikes women across america, but close to it is hard disease. mrs. bush focused on those two diseases to make sure that women have information that could help save their lives. that was in the shadow of betty ford's legacy at the white house. host: 1974-76. the first ladies did not give a lot of speeches at that time. mrs. bush gave a lot of speeches, didn't she? guest: she certainly did, especially after 9/11. she felt she had a tremendous opportunity to be the comforter in chief, if you will, after the attacks on our country. she not only traveled around the u.s., but around the world, discussing issues that were important to women. for example, after 9/11, she was the first to deliver a full presidential radio address and she addressed the issue of th

and of course mrs. bush had the opportunity to meet with first lady hillary clinton when she was entering the white house and mrs. obama when mrs. bush was leaving the white house a couple years ago, so there is a unique bond among first ladies. they are not elected to office. they only -- to be first lady at some point in their lives and know what the challenges are of being first lady and seeing how the president has to deal with a very challenging portfolio and she, the first lady sees the president as nobody else does, as her husband. so that's something that really connects them. >> and of course that service was tuesday in palm desert. we've been showing a little bit of video the first puge in the church with rozz lynn carter and first lady michele obama and laura bush did not attend do you know why not? guest: she was traveling, so she had a conflict in her schedule and wasn't able to be there, but she certainly was there in spirit and president bush was at the service representing the family. host: l

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mr. bushes. suffice to say, mr. burns had a very bad day. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: and, for the rod, murdoch say that well before the pie incident. >> rupert murdoch called this the most humble day of his life. sound about right? >> i'm sure it was. i think this is -- i can't imagine anything being m me painful for him, more miliating for him. >> reporter: painful, you say? >> absolutely. this is the emperor without clothes. itit just, once you see it and everybody else seals it, it becomes very hard to ignore. >> reporter: today's hearing started as an effort to restore order in the middle of a scandal that's quickly become britain's answer to watergate. but this time, the bad guys are the newspaper men and women. hacking the phones not just of princes of the realm but also a 13-year-old murder victim, just to get a scoop. they allegedly did it with the help of corrupt police officers on the company payroll. already britain's top two policemen have resigned. now, the prime minister is

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we inherited it from mr. bushto president obama. >> if you're looking for a fan of obama or bush, the tea party did not doo it for president bush. that's why the republicans lost power in 2006. president bush added $4 trillion to the deficit in eight years and that's pitiful. terrible and we have kicked him out of office for that. president obama increased the deficit by $4.5 trillion in less than three years which is insanity from a fiscal stand oint. we are saying that the tea party -- >> you are saying that the tea party kicked president bush out of office? >> we certainly stopped voting for them, for the republicans and we stopped sending them money, absolutely. that's why president obama was -- >> i missed something. i thought president bush left because he couldn't run again any way and i thought, it was mccain that was defeated. let me show what you mccain thinks about tea party politics because this is ran who ran against president obama, not president bush. little historic fact. president bush did lose 20

reagan's administration, mr. bush first administration, mr. bush second administration and we ran up over -- i want the gentleman, i know he knows this, over $6 trillion of deficit during that period of time. however, in the eight years that mr. clinton was president of the united states we had a 62 -- $62.9 billion surplus. now the gentleman makes the point that spending is out of control. the fact is, as the gentleman clearly knows, that when you were in charge of the house and the presidency and the senate you increased spending by more than was increased during the clinton administration by a percentage on an annual basis. so that i'm glad to hear that your side now, without fail, talks about spending being out of control. as a matter of fact, i have a feeling if your side was spending five cents would you think that we would need to cut an additional five cents in revenues so that we could not pay the bills. because that's why we ran up $6 trillion in deficits. you did not pay for what you bought. i'm with those who strongly believe we oug

watched observed clearly what mr bush on the leader of hamas has said in the meeting in which we signed the reconciliation agreement the man has really mentioned the word israel six times in his speech he talked about an independent police estate on the west bank and gaza and not. the what today is israel. never talked at all about destroying the state of israel he could be talked about continuing to commit to a cease fire and not violent. period and since he. signed that agreement not one bullet was fired across the gaza border. he also trust the president bob as with continuing negotiations whenever he receives. assurances that this negotiation will produce a process i think how masses remarkably committed itself to a change in position as far as i understand the palestinian authority still hoping to go ahead with this united nations vote on the recognition of the palestinian state in september i still hoping to get those one hundred thirty votes that you initially sat here sides on absolutely we have one hundred and sixteen countries who have. recognized independent palestinian state

but mr. bush tells the national geographic channel he was trying to project an hour raw of calm in a crisis. his first reaction was anger, but he didn't want to upset the school children. >>> in medical news, a new study has found a possible method for reducing the odds of developing diabetes. the ucla study says maintaining fitness and muscle mass may play a powerful role in lowering the risk of getting the disease. scientists found that each 10% increase in muscle mass there was a corresponding 11% reduction in insulin resistance and reduction of pre diabetes. they say 79 million people in the u.s. have pre diabetes which means their blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not yet in the diabetic range. >>> the highway patrol plans to crackdown on speeders along the upper deck of the bay bridge. this comes after the automated detectors are traveling about 10 miles an hour faster than they were a year ago. cal trans and the chp will determine in a few weeks if drivers are getting the mes

in by the way mr bush has strongly recommended that we should team our appetites with regard to imports and it is stipulated in the loan conditions for the us obviously if you're going to do that we are told to use monitoring instruments such as exchange rates regulation among others. therefore you are rigorously keeping in line with the course of action we have agreed upon in our respective commitments. in this. issue there's more criticism aimed at you that at this time coming from the world bank's country director for ukraine belarus and mr. martin advisor he said quote this by the social achievements of past years economic model has exhausted its possibilities so i was nativity agree with this statement listen in would you agree that belief does need to be more up to date and should liberalize both economically and politically liberal is that say even be. with progress and first of all we strongly adhere to our stated commitment to developing a socially responsible market economy they should learn from them and therefore when regulating privatization and all we're seeing it change y

in the military they tell you that the people protesting the war and this mr bush will tell you the same thing that this one should be so that they be. for you there against the troops and what is that it's exactly the opposite i mean think about the leaders in the peace serax veterans against the war it's veterans for peace it's military families speak out it's gold star families for peace these are four organizations that are the leaders of the peace movement that are all surrounded by the military in the heart of military families speak out that's true the group are worried. i took my door at eight o'clock. and there was a military court. martial. for. it like this. i realize the level. of the work to. get to many more families are. quite frankly. here i am. sitting here. telling how the survivor. looking good thank you thank you so much yeah i must see both of you i'm. the democratic candidate for congress in the first district i was honored. except the invitation to be part of my name st ashdown i'm running for u.s. senate for utah and i'm here to support marshall because everybody

business update russia's budget gap is likely to widen next year despite a win for oil revenues from mr bush and says it will double just three point seven percent the gap will be filled with domestic and international lows and by southern state assets however the reserve fund accumulating all revenues will be left uncapped instead the government will increase tax pressure on the gas industry russia's finance but a six by his challengers his team faces one handling of the state's growing appetite for spending. many experts will tell you that given our high oil dependence it makes more sense to raise taxes and cut the budget deficit by doing so you would not increase the risk for the whole economy but rather for a set of industries here raising taxes for in our case giving golden state spending we have balanced the burden between the business and the state. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices on the decrease as the market awaits the u.s. jobs report for insider into the pace of economic recovery will do girls because the world could see what cuts off to shop gains a day earlier br

it was only mrs merkel it's doing she's misleading her parliament in precisely the same way that mrs bush on that is misleading these problems because this money is not for greece this money is for the french and german banks and for saving the banking system not saving but preventing another collapse of the banking system her well finally of course we're talking here you're actually sitting on a greek island how much do you want for it how much do you want for your children. yes well that sounds very impassioned but as we know it is more all sad no place and today's global economy morals don't trade on any exchange there for morals down exist so it's just a start everyone's got their price and today's global eyes economy so out there is it that when when you're a little less passionate maybe next week but let me answer this question in a discussion that way i was talking to investors from switzerland and germany who really want to get their hands on going to gas and they said to me off today goings on the last few days that they will withdraw from the from the competition to get these as

>> yes, mr. bush you earlier stated that you were not considering running for office. circumstances that would change your idea of running? >> sean: thank you for going back to my topic. [ laughing ] >> sean: i'm only kidding. >> i don't anticipate that. you never say never this is a standard answer that i've learned how to give. you never say never. but, i'm never ruling out being on "dancing with the stars." the eight ball that i use to make big decisions, not so good. there are a lot of ways you can make a difference. bob weis and you are involved in education rereport. i'm involved in causes where my voice is heard and people that share my belief are excited about moving forward. i can play a role without being a candidate. >> sean: let me throw out a hypothetical. luke is a budding journalist. obviously, education is your passion. you go around the country. you have your 20 one point power plan, you -- 21 point power plan. you are getting states to follow. what if the gop nominee came to you and said, governor i want you to be my running mate. i'll make you the co