i said, thank you, mrs. bush. that is what i was thinking with my mind. but in my mouth was thinking, whoa, we're really getting it off here. i heard myself say, following up on the fascinating fact that i shot at the same supermarket as her son, i said, he is very tall. i swear peter it is true, but i am sure the first lady was already aware of that fact. now she's looking around for the guy with the tranquilizer and dart gun. she said, he did not just grow this year. thank god. they took the picture, and it was over. i had to get the ridicule from my federal journalist on the way back to the hotel, marveling at my interviewing techniques. wondering what i would ask that lee harvey of what it i had the opportunity. they talk about spontaneous human combustion were people turn into flames and the scientists cannot explain why. i can explain why. sometimes it is your best option but don't so that really is how i became a humor writer. i was not good as a journalist. i must liro did on my own. then i ran it -- i mostly w rote it on my own. i was in and and

afterwards, we were talking about mrs. bush. afterwards, mrs. bush looked at me. she said i don't believe that s.o.b. broke my table. it was absolutely phenomenal. what kind of a communicator was george bush? he was constantly compared to president reagan and criticized for not being the grand communicator that reagan was. that is true. his style was low key and personal and in depth. i have from my oral transcript. i remember when the president was vice president and him looking at me one day and saying how does president reagan do that? president bush just couldn't do that nor did he want to do that. he had a very different approach. he hated sound bytes. there were a few speeches he delivered well. i'm sure those were not his shining moment. what was his shining moment was giving him note cards. you give him note cards with talking points and he would take off. he was fabulous. he would relay it to the audience. he did not need a speech. a speech was almost an impediment to him. we learned early on if he made a speech, he was better at smaller groups. if he had

afterwards, we were talking about mrs. bush. afterwards, mrs. bush looked at me. she said i don't believe that s.o.b. broke my table. it was absolutely phenomenal. what kind of a communicator was george bush? that relates to what happened in opl. he was constantly compared to president reagan and criticized for not being the grand communicator that reagan was. that is true. his style was low key and personal and in depth. i have from my oral transcript. i remember when the president was vice president and him looking at me one day and saying how does president reagan do that? how does he reduce the most complex arguments to sound bites and everybody understand the core of what is going on here? president bush just couldn't do that nor did he want to do that. he had a very different approach. he hated sound bytes. he was not good at them. he did not read speeches well. boyden insist there's were a few speech he did deliver well. i'm sure that is true but generally those were not his shining moment. what was his shining moment was giving him note cards. you give him

but mrs. bush isn't the only one that wanted jeb bush to run.d his kid brother to run this year. mrs. bush said his work would make him good president. is he going to run? jeb bush said he will not run but not ruled out 2016. >> turning into cupcake gate. an after cupcake was confiscated but the tsa is particular sticking by the story. the woman was carrying cupcake in the jar. icing was considered a jell. to foe soe they took it away. woman said the icing was not that thick and it turned out to be harmless. so t did the tsa go too far. go to greta and tell us, whose side are you on this on. tsa or the cupcake. >> and kate gosselin landed a new role. she will be hitting the high seas. she will host a royal caribbean cruise. you can join us and tickets range in cost from $2-5,000 through sale in august. >> and grandmother is football champion. 87-year-old woman won her fantasy football league. she has been known as a big sports fan and he has a big trophy. she out played all other opponents, so granny really knows her stuff. there you have it. >>

' mr. bush, a year ago your approval was way up; now it's way down. what happened?' ok. that's a paraphrase. i don't want to misconstrue here. polls have become an object of political discourse oftentimes displacing substantive issues that are of vital importance. and i think bringing them up in a debate is indicative of that. >> guest: or a state of the union address. >> guest: or a state of the union address. c-span: let me go back to something we talked about earlier about the media, the coverage of the campaign, the coverage of polls, the coverage of the presidents that you've seen. what the rub for you when you watch that? i mean, what makes you mad? >> guest: in the most recent election? c-span: well, it doesn't have to be, but when you see the way the press uses the polls. >> guest: i -- let me try this one. right before the '92 election, when the polls began to, some people said, change for bush; however, the polls were really simply changing their methodology. you were getting some polls reporting what the most likely voters--this had never been reported before.

yesterday afternoon, an unidentified man showed up and said he wanted to see mr. bush did the man told police he had a gun in his car. he had a permit for the gun, so he was released and left. it is still not clear how the man made it past the security gate. the bushes or not at home at the time. police are investigating a multiple stabbing in fairfax. police say that it appears to be a family fight that turned violent. a mother and father were allegedly stabbed by their son. they were taken to hospital. the extent of their injuries is not clear right now the suspect is in police custody. we want to move onto this story we were talking about earlier today. new at noon, a teenager is recovering after he was struck by a car, the way to school. newschopper 7 was on the scene. police say the 14-year-old was crossing the street when the car struck him. the teenager was elected a hospital. -- was airlifted to the hospital. he is expected to survive. we are bracing for more rain before 8 is all over. adam caskey is here with more. >> more rain in the forecast but not until to

mr. bush's son jeb, the former governor of florida talking today here at the -- in the oval office. mr. the former president here for the annual alfalfa club dinner which is tomorrow night. the president will attend that as well. they also met about a year ago at the last alfalfa club dinner. that dinner the toughest ticket in town, shepard. the exclusive alfalfa club ironically formed 99 years ago to celebrate the birthday of confederate general robert e. lee. >> shepard: wendell goler at the white house. thank you. controversy over florida's new voting law two days before they head to polls there. came to tampa to hold a hearing on the things it will suppress turnout between young, minority and low income who tend to vote democratic. reduces the number of days for early voting. also adds new requirements for groups who register people to vote. people who have moved to a new county must now cast provisional ballots. those have sometimes gone uncounted for various reasons. supporters say the new law will save tax dollars and help prevent election fraud. phil keating with the news live in

ago august war took place you had about a state that mr medvedev mr bowden prosecutor general jacob mr bush said that saga's shriller committed an act of genocide and mass murder and promised that the russian court well beyond this case that relevant documents will be given to the international court of justice no doubt that has been done so my question is one final you will be the case initiated against saakashvili and one of the w t o's a session was the reasons for. slowing down on the case as regards the international tribunal of only yugoslavia we have been long in favor of closing down those tribunals because it has. did all its work and it was not perfect i mean it's like we all aware of the fact that former president of yugoslavia militia which passed away. in custody although his lawyers asked judges to provide needed medical assistance were also aware of the facts you just mentioned. that many accused mostly of not only serves. i've been treated. in a neck and explicitly tough where i'm justified and investigation takes eternity. although those accused that represent both here the

us, we need more folks to go ahead and speak who are respect active ive of y gillespie and you, mr. bush. so not a question, but more saying thank you. >> thank you for that. thank you. [ applause ] >> you know, i do think as senator rubio said this morning, those of us in leadership positions do need to be more forthright and vocal of saying this rhetoric sometimes crosses a line. i would say this. i would venture to guess that for one conservative voice out there, it sounds a little like nails on a chalkboard in terms of the language that's used around the area of immigration. i know i do and senator bush does and others. the media is going to put the microphone in front of those who have the least appeal to those swing voters. that is the nature of the world in which we live. i used to vote. i was a republican press secretary for many years for dick army, for haley barber and others. i used to say i don't believe in reincarnation, but if i did, i would want to come back as a democrat press secretary. that's an easy life. you write it, they say it, they follow it, no question. the medi

and improve the investment climate to discuss the issues i'm now joined by yvonne carr of cheese on mr bush and the cia run a son's capital yvonne thanks a lot for joining is what putin proposing any different to what we've been seeing so far i would say that these are not. fundamentally new things that putin is proposing however at the same time i would argue for the very first time we're hearing such lofty goals at the very high level we should remember that this is the second very important speech that putin has delivered on the economy over the last two weeks he. started with a speech on twenty second of december when he said that the potential growth of the russian economy should be raised to sixty one percent and this is the second major speech i think it's a very important one of course it is very rich on the retore the key question for us is whether it will be rich on implementation well good putin calls for improving the investment climate and he cites kazakhstan as an example do you consider that a success model and if so why that's a very very important question i think we should

let's forget the debate rules, let's just say, mr. bush, mr. dukakis, go at it with no rules, nothing. and i was stunned. and i got very self-righteous, all of that, i said, oh, peter, we can't do that. we're honor-bound, we agreed to do this and this and this and whatever. i didn't know what we were going to do. fortunately, annie and john agreed with me, and so anyhow, we had, we outvoted him. we didn't really vote, but we -- there were, the majority, majority ruled, and peter went on and all of that. but we, and we followed the rules and all that. but i must say, it was spooky for me and scary, and can it's been scary ever since. >> host: mr. lehrer, you've become the singular moderator for several of the most recent debates. how did that come about? >> guest: well, in many cases it was simply they couldn't agree on anybody else. and in one case, in fact, it was 1992, i had agreed to do the first clinton debate, and then they were going to have some other moderators do the other ones. and i got a call, i was then at williams burg doing somet

with the iraq war unpopular, mr. bushhe alternative to a second bush term, democratic nominee, john kerry was so dangerous, voters should put aside any misgivings about the president. >> eric schmidt spent eight years working for dick gephardt. >> it will be incumbent on the president to make clear there are two philosophies. the flip side has the president talk about what he has done to defend that and describe what the alternative course is. >> the question is not whether or not people are hurting. the debate we need to have in this election is where do we go from here? >> newt gingrich has a long way to go to win his party's nomination, but the victory speech in south carolina suggests he, too, has given thought to a choice election. >> the america, declaration of independence, america of sal alinsky. >> first, the former house speaker faces fears in the g.o.p. if he were to become the nominee he will also with the complicated personal past become the issue. and let obama off the hook. >> he would love for it to be aga

or mrs. bush were home at the time. >>> now, to doug for a check on our forecast. >> a nice evening out there, you could see the shot, beautiful shot this evening. take a look at some of the monuments out there right now. 55 degrees at the airport, as of 6:00, that number is starting to fall off just a little bit, most areas right now into the 40s and overnight tonight. 34 i think in the district, 29 in gaithersburg, 27 in frederick, and down toward northern virginia, manassas coming in with a temperature around 27. it will be on the cool side when you wake up tomorrow morning. today we were in the 50s and lower 60s, tomorrow we'll be in the upper 40s to lower 50s. we will see sunshine early, and then those clouds will move on in across parts of the area. you want to watch unite for that. right now the storm system is down toward texas. down around dallas and houston. a lot of rain associated with that storm, it will start to move our way tomorrow, i think it will get here during the day on thursd

romney who has made phone calls, traded e-mails and met privately trying to win over mr. bush. the campaign was poised to make him a national co-chair. but several republicans familiar with the offer say it was declined. he even showed up with his dad to meet with president obama friday night. what message is jeb bush sending? >> i think the message here, reverend is that jeb bush is a very smart politician who still believes he has a political future here. so is he going to go out and endorse mitt romney who may wind up disappointing a lot of conservatives down the road? if romney is going to win the nomination anyway, it's not a whole lot of up side for him in doing that. and if romney eventually disappoints the conservative, they can't turn around and blame jeb bush. i think he's looking out for himself. let them slug it out in this ugly way they are doing down here. >> bob, you've run a lot of campaigns. quickly as you can, give me an answer, almost a yes or no. gingrich stays in, loses by double digits. is the longer he stay in more helpful to president obama or is he gett

he told agents mr. bush him spiritually. >>> the israeli consue -- consulate in atlanta, georgia was convicted yesterday. afternoon -- that was after the consulate received a suspicious letter that contain -- that contained white powder. federal pay gents now want to see if it's related to similar late -- letters recently sent to other embassies 2349 u.s. an around the world. a letter states -- set on monday was marked "anthrax" so -- so far all packages are not harmful. >>> we're getting new details this morning about a raid by u.s. navy seals that rescued two hostages in somalia. president obama was told about this right before his state of the union speech last night that the raid was successful but it hadn't been finished yet. so he couldn't talk about it. mowf -- hufer -- how far, microphones picked up the president congratulating leon a knelt ta. >> good job tonight. >> it turns out -- they parachuted into somalia and rescued an american woman and danish man and killed all of the hijackers. >>> 32-year

was forced to withdraw its funding and perform reagan underwrote the entire debate himself after mr. bush declined to pay for half and here is what happened when the moderator then tried to cut short some remarks from mr. reagan: >> is it time? mr. green, you asked of me if you -- i am paying for this microphone! megyn: mr. gingrich believes that may have been a game changer for him the other night. indeed he was the only candidate to enter the post spin room to talk about his standing o after it happened at the fox news debate on monday night. will it be? we will find out this saturday, as bret baier and i join you live beginning at 6:00 p.m. for special coverage of the south carolina primary. >> overseas, rescue crews forced to abandon their efforts to find the missing from that doomed cruise ship off the coast of italy, the reason that they have suspended their search is because the ship has shifted raising concerns it could actually plunge much deeper into the sea. this thing is tetering on the edge of a cliff right now, underwater. unbelievable. we'll have much more, a live report fr

arthel: mrs. bush also addressed the crowd on topics.s actively involved in. >> the fact is what we've witnessed in the last three years is just a complete decimation of the american dream. our nation is in trouble because president obama has mortgaged our children's future with record debt, with this government-run health care, failed spending measures that killed jobes instead of creating them. i'm the outsider. i'm the outsider who will step on a few toes in washington, d.c. if that is what is required. bill: that was rick perry in hilton head moments ago. canvases south carolina. we're following a major hearing in virginia. four republican candidates suing for a spot on the primary ballot. hear is the law. candidates need 10,000 signatures. that breaks out to 400 across 11 congressional districts. int yana, illinois, pennsylvania, have what some would consider tough requirements. jordan second cue law, american center for law and justice. jordan, welcome back here. >> good morning, bill. bill: how strong is their argument. >> it is i

like mr. bush, mr. obama had to learn the hard way that his theologian warned, "we take and must continue to take moral hazardous actions to preserve our civilization." again, i think that's the mind set that led to a decade of guantanamo and turning or back on the rule of law. as i said, it's unfortunate when we criticize others, and we can't hold ourselves up as the example. as a military person, i spent 5 years in the military -- 25 years in the military. think back to 1991 and the first gulf war. we invaded iraq, over fairly quickly with minimal casualties because the iraqis put down their weapons and raised their hands when they saw american soldiers because of our humane treatment and republic for rule of law. think about the image today. would the same soldiers surrender if they would be sexually humiliated, tortured, and indefinitely detained? from a military perspective and a national security perspective, it's not in our interest to maintain this facade that guantanamo needs to continue indefi

like mr. bush, mr.d way that his theologian warned, "we take and most continue to take morally has -- hazardous actions." again, that's turning our back on the rule of law. as i said, it's unfortunate when we criticize others, and we can't hold ourselves up as the example. as a military person, i spent 25 years in the military. think back to 1991 and the first gulf war. we invaded iraq, the war was over fairly quickly with minimal casualties because the iraqis put down their weapons, raised their hands, and saw american soldiers because of our reputation of humane treatment and following the rule of law. it's in our national interest to have that reputation. think about the image of america today where the same soldiers put their guns down and surrender if they thought they would be sexually humiliated, tortured, and indefinitely detained? i contend from a military perspective and security perspective, it's not in our interest to continue this facade that gawrn gan needs to -- guantanamo needs to contin

mr. bush's policies, but there is good in every president and every president in this country has four years. what you do, you try to do it in the most constructive and positive manner. if you have to reach to sinisterism, politics have become so corrupt. host: all right. thank you for calling in did what you do? caller: i am an engineer. i had to leave my home in florida to come to alabama? spaceisn't there a big program? caller: yes, sir. that is why i had to leave my family and come this way. host: because of the shutdown of the shovel? caller: the working conditions in florida, i had to accept a job here. and they have a big military base year -- it is a military town. host: all right, thank you for calling in and things were watching "the washington journal." here is how "the hill" newspaper played the story about the appointment of richard cordray. jim is a republican from oklahoma. jim, what do you think about the president's appointment yesterday? caller: i think him and holder need to be arrested and put in jail. it is ridiculous. he has done again what he promised in his election b

i talked to my friends but nobody complained about mr. bush making all those wars and not paying for them, and now we get on mr. obama on trying to do the right thing and pay for them. republicans should of been hopping from day one. host: governor? guest: first of all, when obama was elected, he had democratic control of both congress and he got what he wanted. he dramatically increased spending, he passed all these bailouts and stimulus, and that gave us this trillion-dollar national debt. i think many people are critical of bush for overspending and getting the country in trouble, but under obama, it has gotten worse, not better. the debt has gone up so dramatically. we are going up $1 billion a year. we cannot afford that. then he pushed through this obama healthcare plan, which is on affordable, unsustainable. i know the governor of florida feels strongly about it. in my state, 150,000 people on the medicaid rolls. medicaid is already out of control. it is the fastest-growing part of our budget. the federal government needs to give the st

i talked to my friends but nobody complained about mr. bushaking all those wars and not paying for them, and now we get on mr. obama on trying to do the right thing and pay for them. republicans should of been hopping from day one. host: governor? guest: first of all, when obama was elected, he had democratic control of both congress and he got what he wanted. he dramatically increased spending, he passed all these bailouts and stimulus, and that gave us this trillion-dollar national debt. i think many people are critical of bush for overspending and getting the country in trouble, but under obama, it has gotten worse, not better. the debt has gone up so dramatically to . we are going up $1 billion a year. we cannot afford that. then he pushed through this obama healthcare plan, which is on affordable, unsustainable. i know the governor of florida feels strongly about it. in my state, 150,000 people on the medicaid rolls. medicaid is already out of control. it is the fastest-growing part of our budget. the federal government needs to give the

center and the one that pushed for the war in afghanistan in the first place tell telling president bush quote mr president when we're through with them they're going to have flies crawling across their eyeballs and then there's john bolton a.k.a. the wild card the don't be fooled by it's funny last stash he's got a serious gripe with iran and if given the chance he'd blow the country to smithereens and those two. you are in good company this is michael hayden aka the tortured soul former head of the n.s.a. and cia this neo con likes taking long walks on the beach but he'd rather hold your head in the ocean for information he is after all a good listener. and finally there is robert kagan or the instigator he's no michael hayden he's never been in the military before but he has no problem telling them what to do and fact he's one of the people credited with being the architects of the iraq invasion. now these guys are all expected to sway romney to toughen up on iran russia north korea and china none of them are afraid to wage war even encourage it so is america ready to bring back the bush era.

mr. speaker. jeb bush, former governor of florida whose nomination is highly sought after has called on the candidates to have a very positive cone and think about the independent voter as we move forward in the general election. i want to play something you said about president obama last night and ask if you think you're consistent with that admonition. watch. >> the founding fathers of america are the source from which we draw our understanding of america. he draws his from sole lynn ski, radical left wingers and people who don't like the classical america. >> can you win independent voters in a general election campaign with that message? >> absolutely. ronald reagan did it by a landslide in 1980. he carried more states against jimmy carter than franklin delano roosevelt did against hoover. what i said last night is the truth. nobody in the elite media wants to cover it. nobody ever went back to look what he stands for, what neighborhood organizer meant. he wasn't organizing boys and girls clubs. he wa

if nobody complained about mr. bush right thing -- riding all the wars and now we get on mr. obama to do the right thing. the republicans should have been helping from day one. >> governor? >> when obama was elected, we forget this -- he had democratic control of both congress and he got what he wanted. he dramatically increased spending and pepper -- passed these bailouts in stimulus. that davis is a trillion dollars national debt. many people were critical of bush but under obama, it has gotten worse, not better. the debt has opposite -- the debt has gone up dramatically. we're going on and $1 trillion a year. we cannot afford that. he also pushed this health care plan which is unaffordable and unsustainable. i know the governor of florida appeals strongly about it. in my state, it would at 150,000 people to the medicaid rolls. it is already out of control. it is the fastest-growing part of our budget. the federal government needs to give states the flexibility to deal with these issues. i what i want to become the healthiest state in the nation. a one people to take owners

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. >> nevertheless, constitutional scholar who served in the bush administration said mr. has the power. >> they're not -- [ inaudible ] i would like to see made. on the law, a tough, a difficult question but i think you have the better set of the argue in the this one. >> this is a flash point because it involves the central narrative the president is pushing in the 2012 campaign. he is fighting for the middle class, while republicans protect wall street. >> the only reason republicans in the senate have blocked this is because they don't agree with the law that set up consumer watchdog in the first place. >> republicans insist they have legitimate concerns, the $500 million agency will overregulate businesses and they want to reform the reform. >> there is too much at stake between now and november to put it on hold in favor of campaign for his re-election. >> all of the recess appointees will serve through the end of 2013. republicans particularly upset about what that means for nlrb. congressman darrell issa charging that the president is helping union because they may