mr. bush picked dan quail and before he did it he said watch my choice for vice president, it will tell all. and it sure did. it sure did. >> thank you. mr. vice president yes we read your lips. no new taxes. but despite that sail pledge from president reagan after income tax rates were cut in each of the last five years some federal taxes have gone up on social security, cigarettes, liquor, even long distance telephone calls. that's money straight out of people's wallets. isn't the phrase no new taxes misleading the voters? >> no, because i pledged to that and yes some taxes have gone up and the main point is taxes have been cut and yet income is up to the federal government by 25% in the last three years. so what i want to do is keep this expansion going. i don't want to kill it off by a tax increase. more americans at work today than at any time in the history of this country and greater percentage of the work force. and the way you kill expansions is to raise taxes and i don't want to do t

for service and mrs. bush for her work in promoting literacy. >> she congratulated bushes on the upcoming 72nd anniversary, amazing itself, which they'll celebrate in january. >> what's interesting, her politics are opposite, mostly on sis of the bush's. it's nice that we see this, you know, we can all come together moment. i don't know. maybe that's too deep here. nice to see we are the world. >> music unites. >> we are the children. >>> speaking of gifts, what about holiday giving ideas from queen bee? >> beyonce released a new collection of christmas themed merchandise to keep you cute and cozy, i guess, this winter. >> you guess. it includes hoodies available in christmas red and green. that sleigh all day, oh, funny, as well as sweat pants, two new t-shi t-shirt, and something we all need, underawwear. >> yes. and special edition wrapping paper with an all-over print pattern featuring pictures of herself and christmas stockings full of lemons. what could better capture the true spirit of christmas than le

i know, mrs. bush, you were always doing that after you left. what's going to be your priority in terps of the work. you've done many things, many, many initiatives, other than the veterans want, i'm not going to ask what you're going to concentrate the most but how much do you really think you'll be involved in this as time goes by. do you think this is for the rest of your life? >> yes, absolutely. what else are we going to do? >> the fact is you have a podium. people still listen to barbara bush, don't you think? i certainly do. >> do you obey her? >> it's really wonderful, just great for us to have the opportunity to contribute to things and do things and keep working on what you're interested in. you don't get to rub your hands together and say done with that. all things have you to work on, literacy, forever. >> you mentioned -- >> i was going to say, you know, to do this, you have to have a strong public service bone sort of built in you. i know that's true for me, for my husband. long before he ran for office, we left corporate law and w

bush and former first lady mrs. laura bush. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by first lady michelle obama. [ cheers and applause ] please remain standing for the national anthem. >> detail halt. detail halt. present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave? [ applause ] >> order. march in file, ready, step. [ applause ] >> please welcome pastor of the abyssinian baptist church in new york city, reverend dr. calvin o. butts iii. [ applause ] >> it's hard to believe it's been four years since we were first here for the groundbre

for his service and mrs. bush for her work promoting literacy. >> she congratulated the bushes on their upcoming 72nd anniversary which they'll celebrate in january. >> bless their hears. do you ever wish you could turn back the clock, maybe nix mistakes in the past? scientists in california say it may be possible to go back to the future and travel into time sort of. >> yeah, they say there are multiple time lines or worlds with small differences. for example, there might be one where abraham lincoln did not go to the theater or say no to the job that did not work out and can weave the two together. are you buying it. machine that they had in "back to the future." >> that would be the cool part. >> the delorean. >> both of us aren't fans of safaris. a rough ride home thanks to an obviously angry, angry hippo. this happened in south africa's famous park. >> the guy drove up on the lone hippo. when he got too close the animal charged the vehicle slamming into it several times. >> the hippo wasn't hurt. it suffered

ready for you to wear that >> they picked out a chef. >> generally that position, chris calmerford, mrs. bush hired her and mrs. obama kept her on, they're part of the resident staff stays on no matter who the president is. so that probably wouldn't change. >> what about with milania trump and barren, we haven't had a young boy living ith house since jfk junior. that will be a bit of a change for him. what about bringing in friends to the white house? got to be a little -- >> that's one of the thing i'm absolutely sure came up in the conversation yesterday between mrs. obama and mrs. trump. what will family life be like here in the white house, that's what mrs. obama from mrs. bush when she visited. will my girls be able to live a normal life? as normal as possible, obviously, when you're in the public eye and you live above the store but yes, that's what help you do too, your friends come, your family on a regular basis and they come slightly, picking out schools is obviously another decision and we know mrs. obama almost did not come down to washington right away in 2009. she contemplated s

to that end i'm thankful to the families of michelle obama and mrs. bush, for motivating me and allowing me to make that pivot in the way in which i served. it's because of that motivation i now have created and served on the board for veteran matters, community outreach. furthermore, consult for military health and veteran health. i never knew the breadth of service that could be done in the civilian sectors, answer the community at large. if there are three individuals who body the full gamut of what is possible. these three individuals i'm introducing are it. from raising successful families and utilizing the office of the first lady to bring to light the important matters of social change, the first ladies have done so much to the preservation and advancement of american culture. most parents in the room would say that parenting is our most important job we have seen firsthand the great job they have done in raising their daughters in the public eye. and also to serve. and in the midst of all this, they have been very giving of their time. the first la

mr. bush never put his name to a response. tony blair came to the real zigs that security was the absolute basis for everything else without it. nothing do succeed. and it was not secured. >> okay. my question then was do you think it was reckless to go ahead at that late stage once he had in front of him the information he needed to know what the aftermath could or would be be like? >> i'm always uneasy about accepting this rhetoric. because would president bush have gone ahead anyway, we've been over that ground a bit this afternoon. we can't control everything. but we can control that. >> indeed. but fit was going to be an american invasion, with or without sufficient global or united nations backing, would visit been reckless to associate the united kingdom with it knowing that there were risks which he pointed out at one point to mr. bush in the belief, i think this is important. somehow or another american resource was have overcome these problems. i do think that a large part of the plan to prepare in london is short of

mrs. bush was asleep. he couldn't sleep. he went into the living room, turns on his tape recorder, his diary, and says people say i'm out of touch. i never thought i am but obviously i'm out of touch because people just elect add draft dodger. it was for him the elemental question of service, military service, was a defining one. >> rose: back to the end of the 20th century, because i had this quote in front of me, bush nurtures the collapse of soviet union, kicks saddam out of kuwait, he loses. ms. thatcher dumped by her party, ma roany loses in canada. japanese prime minister loses, australian prime minister loses. exhaling on part of the electorate when a shift in affairs and they look to another party. it was a sense of an order changing. >> exactly. >> rose: from the leaders who shaped the world before. >> and how fast it happens. look at the summer of 1945. winston churchill is given the order of the boot, as he put fit his memoirs, over six years of harrowing experience and a standoff ag

and i realized that mrs. bushwoman who had been an observer and participant of the highest levels of politics for 60 years -- charlie: and had no reservation of expressing her opinion. jon: exactly. it would've been biographical malpractice not to have gone. charlie: did she say, let me think about it? jon: there was some thinking. charlie: [laughs] jon: when bush said that that she gave the diary -- he said, what? charlie: what is he now know, with some distance between us and the time of the iraqi war. son's conduct of thereof? jon: he supported the invasion. charlie: but he supported it because he thought, my son has facts that i no longer see. jon: i believe it is more than that. charlie: or that he looked at it and said he should not allow the factions to continue? jon: he had been to this movie before. charlie: one of his achievements. jon: one of the myths is that george herbert walker bush was dean acheson, who happened to be president -- and george w. bush was douglas macarthur, who happened to be preside

. >> generally that position chris cm mr. bush hired the chef and mrs. obama kept her on people of that are part of the resident staff that stays on no the mar what the president s that probably would not change. >> okay. all right. now, what about with melania trump and barron. obviously we have not had a young boy, he's 10. living in the white house since jfk jr.. and that is going to be a bit of a change for him, a change of pace. what about bringing in friends to the white house. -- >> that's one of the things i'm sure came up with the conversation yesterday between mrs. owe ba bama and mrs. trump. what will family life be like in the white house. that's what mrs. obama wanted to know from mrs. bush when she visited 8 years ago. will my girls be able to liver a normal life as norm as as possible in the public high. yes, that's what the resident staff is there to help you do too. your friends come and family on a regular basis and come -- picking obviously another decision and we know mrs. obama almost did not come down to washington right away in 200

and mrs. bush, they were even on different places they had lived they just moved all the time. >> katie talked about categories, mamie eisenhower would be in that category, she saw her major job as support for the president. >> right, right. she left an impact. how many of you out there have a pink bathroom. >> i do. >> when they moved to the white house. the chef went to the president and said, i worked out a menu for one of these dinners. well, she saw the menu later in the day, and hit the ceiling. she said, i will plan meals at the white house, i will plan all entertainment. ike is in office, and i am in the house. >> there you go. >> she staged everything. including the first open bar at the white house, which was in the east room after eisenhower turned viktor ya yously from europe. she was a trip. she was. >> i always got a chuckle. i'm sure many of you have made the trip to gettys berg to the eisenhower farm, but mamie pink is everywhere, she really decorated everything in pink, including t

that's despite earlier reports from rush limbaugh mr. bush had voted for clinton. >> we did hear from a number of big name republicans before the vote saying they would not vote for him but apparently didn't matter. >> it did not matter at all. see how they play along. >>> more election coverage just >>> once again waking up to the reality donald trump is the president-elect changing american history. >> that's right for the first time a president who has no governing experience, no military experience. >> no political experience. >> a lot of business experience and experience on reality tv and he will now be the 45th president. abc's terry moran has more. >> reporter: donald j. trump -- >> i pledge to every citizen of our land i will be president for >> reporter: against all odds, all the predictions of pundits. >> ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement. >> reporter: the millions of americans who raised up donald trump as their champion, they showed the world what an incredible journey. and it began here june 201

he said it in one of those discussions with mr. bush. they did discuss them, mr. bush never put his name to a response. >> tony blair by the middle of 2003 had come to the realization that security was the absolute basis for everything else. it was not secured. >> my question though was do you think it was reckless to go ahead at that late stage? he needed to know what the aftermarriage could or would be like -- >> i'm always uneasy about accepting -- would president bush have gone ahead anyway? we've been over that ground a bit this afternoon. >> are we talking about -- we can't control everything, but we can control that. >> if there was going to be an invasion. would it have been reckless to associate the united kingdom with it. in the bloef, and i think this is important, that somehow or other american scale resources was based first on the realization of the state department's very considerable planning effort northern theless when it came to the action, americans would provide and supply all the resources that would be needed. >> we're very grateful for the o

. >> chris cumber ford who is there and mrs. bush hired her as a half and mrs. obama has kept her on. >> people like that are part oft the resident staff that stays on no matter who the president is. changed.chan > what about melania trump and baron because obviously weious haven't had a young boy living in the white house since jfk jr. >> right.ht. > that's going to be a about it of a change, a change of pace.e. what about bringing friends to the white house.se. >> that's one of the things that i'm absolutely sure came up in the conversation yesterdayeste between mrs. obama and mrs. trim, what will family life be like in the white house. that's what mrs. obama wanted know from mrs. bush when she visited eight years ago. will my girls be able to live a normal life. >> as norm as possible.ssib that's what the resident staff is there to help you do, too. your friends and family come. picking out schools. mrs. obama almost did not come down to washington right away in 2009. she contemplated staying inn chicago until that school year is thinking about the same thing

bush, aalized that mrs.an who had been an observer and participant of the highest levels of politics for 60 years -- had no reservation of expressing her opinion. jon: exactly. it would have been a graphical malpractice not to have gone. charlie: did she say, let me think about it? jon: there was some thinking. [laughs] when bush said that that she gave the diary -- charlie: with some distance between us and the time of the iraqi war. jon: conduct thereof. charlie: conduct thereof. jon: he supported something. he supported it because he thought, my son has backs that i no longer see -- has facts that i no longer see. jon: i believe it is more than that. itrlie: or that he looked at and said he should not allow the factions to continue? jon: whenever, he had been in this movie before. charlie: one of his achievements. jon: one of the myths is that george herbert walker bush was d natural scent, who happened to who happened to be president. when you actually go inside, the from 1990m august 2 until 1990 one, w

mr. bushld not have been more gracious when mr. obama took office. mr. bush was asked about this issue by our colleague sean hannity two years ago. >> i don't think it's good for the country to have a former president undermine a current president. i think it's bad for the presidency for that matter. >> president obama is remaining in washington after his turn to allow his daughter to finish high school but that may lead to temptation by the former president and the media to try to get him to weigh in on major issues facing a new white house team melissa. melissa: interesting stuff, mike, thanks for that. jon: new questions about how some in the media are handling president-elect donald trump with indications some journalists are refusing to, quote, normalize him. our own howard, host of media buzz has this take. to be normalized would be created as just another president elect, a normalized process would provide skeptical coverage a aggressive coverage but would fit within template, trump is

>> generally that position,siti chris coupler ford who has been there mrs. bush hired her as a chef and mrs. obama has kept her on. they're part of the resident staff that stays on no matter who the president is.s. so that probably wouldn change. > what about with melan a truma a and barron because obviouslyis we've not had a young boy, he's 10 years old living in the whit house sincelivi jfk junior.ior. that's going to be a change off pace, what about bringing in friends to the white house? there's got -- that's one of thf things that i'm absolutely suree coming up yesterday between thee conversation between mrs. obama life be like.e. >> that's what mrs. obama wanted to know from mrs. bush when she visited. will my girls be able to live a normal life.no as normal as possible whenposs you're in the public eye and you live above the store.stor that's what the staff is there to do. your friends come,e your family come on a regular basis. picking out schools is obviously another decision and we know mrs. obama did not come to washington right away in 2009209 she con

mr. bush and his wife, barbara, lost a child of their own to leukemia back in 1953. i did not know that. erin: wonderful that he was there and supported that young kid. it is now 6:12. coming up, finding a church doesn't need to be difficult. how the vatican is turning to technology. sean: plus, how one local ski area is working to make sure that this winter is better than last, thanks to some help from (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. this black friday at the volkswagen sean: hurricane otto is slowly moving toward the coast of costa rica and nicaragua in central america. but the storm is already blamed for at least three deaths. otto is dumping heavy rains in panama and triggering mudslides, including one that trapped nine people. and officials are scrambling to release water from the locks in the panama canal. thousands of people no even though the storm isn't expected to make landfall until tomorrow. erin: you need help finding a chu

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mr. bush and his wife released this photo with freddie sitting there on laura bush's lap. they adoed visiting a shelter. >> the bushes say even their cats, bob and bernadette are finding freddie's charm futile to resist. >> ah. >> freddie is the third dog the bushes have owned and he follows the late barney and miss beasley. >> he's cute. >>> at a book store in wyoming it's out with the new and in with the old. >> so the owner of wind city books has banned wi-fi and, get, this, all electronics and wants imagine that. in the book store. everyone has to check their cell phone, ipads and laptops all at the door. no ringing, no dinging, no buzzing, no beeping. >> wow. >> we want people to be able to come into this store, relax, enjoy a book, you know, find a book for them that's going to work well, either entertain or inform them. >> that's one way to avoid one-star rating on yelp. the store's moto, take a break and live like customers don't seem to mind at all and say the restrictions are kind of refreshing. >> ah, sometimes people need to be forced to unplug so they can real

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kennedy: so in other words, the people you talk to, you and mr. bush can.t'd talk to other people? au read to the committee statement your accountant has been over it, and is now indicated you borrowed the money in such and such year and repaid the money in such and such year. when did the account make the study? the last few months? >> last few days. pres. kennedy: the determination, and you cannot tell us who we talked to besides you, mr. hopper? that made the report about what your accountant found, and now we find there are no reference that he talked to you and the other gentleman involved and the whole transaction was in cash. >> legislative outgrowth was the kennedy bill designed to strengthen immunity by ridding it of those who would rob the working man of use and rights. this important measure passed the senate 88-1, but was defeated by a close vote in the house of representatives. these were the words of senator kennedy and senator ives the day of the house action. this -- only: on jimmy hoffa can rejoice at his continued good luck. honestly and m

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mr. bush says freddy is getting along fine with the couple's two cats, named bob and bernadett. >> pets with human names kill me. >> no fido for you? . >> no. get back here, greg. >> well, we named our dog sophie, and she was our first child, totally. it was her whole personalitialty. they are family members, that's the truth. >>> good day, at least until phenomenal. if you have a chance to get outside, had some people requesting, is it time to put up the christmas lights? if you're good, do it, yeah. and actually if you have strings of lights, i would do it before friday, because friday is going to be very windy, and i think that could be a little hazardous, especially if you have those really long strings. just be advised of that. 40s for the night tonight. 30s farther south. sprinkles will be possible. wave moving through the great lakes region. that's going to kick in extra cloud cover for tomorrow morning. that could also stir up a the big story just remains off the west shore of the gulf