and i did it i had the one scholarship to texas southern university. and when i was there, and wanted to quit my dad would say when you make the pros, or when are you an all-american, when you get sacked, when you make the pros, when i'm in the pros, when are you in the pro bowl, when you win the super bowl. and it was always-- . >> rose: it was always when. >> it was never if. and for me it all came full circle in the super bowl, the patriots scored and they are up 14-7. and-- no, 14-10. and gi to the offense, on the sideline and gi 17-14 will be the final score, believe it and it will happen. one up todown we're world champions. believe it and it will happen. and that was all from what my dad had put into me over that, you know, 30 something years of my life. and it all came out at the right moment. >> rose: so you always believed him. when he said i believe, you got to believe, you believed. >> yeah, when my sdad said when you walk on the moon i will believe i will become an astronaut. >> rose: what did he have about your television career. when you

bush presidential library and museum at southern methodist university in texas. former president bush will be joined by president obama. speakers include the former secretary of state and or a bush. and why coverage at 11:00 eastern on c-span3. >> steve miller today will testify that at a house ways and means committee examining the operations of the internal revenue service. >> i tell my kids if to cars pull up in one has a stranger dcheney,ther one, dick you get in the car with a stranger. >> it is so amazing to me in washington d.c. with all this history and the amazing buildings, and here we are at the hilton. >> it is hard to be funny with the president of the united states looking at you, and yet, day in and day out president biden manages to do it. takeover the white house correspondent center. and-- >> the white house correspondent center. coverage begins with red carpet arrivals. that is live on c-span sunday. >> attorney general are colder talked about emigration rights and voting issues last night. remarks are 15 minutes. >> good evening. i was telling

edition of "today" on this thursday morning, i'm savannah guthrie, matt is coming to us from texas, southern universities. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. you forgot to say chilly southern methodist university. we're five miles from downtown dallas at laura bush's alma mater for the dedication of the president al library, officially called the george w. bush presidential center. as you menoned, all five living presidenting will be on hand so you can only imagine the security issues that people have been going through. on the stage behind me will be president obama, president bush, 41, president bush 43, president carter, president clinton, and their wives as well as other dignitaries in attendance. former vice president dick cheney will be here. former secretary of state ko condoleezza rice will attend, and i think former prime minister tony blair coming here, as well, along with friends and family members. this morning we're going to be talking about what this museum holds and what it hopes to accomplish, and we will have that live exclusive interview with president bush and mrs. bush. sava

world dignitaries gathered at the campus of southern methodist university in dallas texas to celebrate the opening of former president george w. bush's museum and library one of the so-called museum's largest exhibits the decision points hall provides the public with primary source documents and encourages adults and children alike to try to reenact some major bush era policy the limits you know like whether or not he lied to america to invade a country based on faulty intelligence while the library's iraq section admits that saddam hussein didn't have any w m d's you can be sure there is no special exhibit devoted to the hundreds of thousands perhaps millions dead in iraq afghanistan and beyond for the thousands of american soldiers named for fighting for their entire lives actually fighting bush's wasteful and unnecessary wars according to its website the museum has four themes freedom responsibility opportunity compassion pulling double duty showing compassion for the millions of lives lost as a result of his policies make no mistake about it pretensions to objectivity in principal

bush presidential center and to the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texasd to be here with all of you here today as we dedicate this beautiful building to the american people. two years ago, we broke ground on this site and the hard work of many people is realized in the building behind me today. of course, no one has done more to make this place possible than president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. [applause] i've had the honor of calling them my friends for more than 40 years and i've been privileged to witness firsthand the instead resolve and principled leadership of president bush. those who come here will learn about that leadership and about a consequential time in american history. researchers and scholars will study the presidential records housed in the archives. students and museum visitors will learn about the modern american presidency, first decade of the 21st century, and the story of george and laura bush. on the other side of this building is the george w. bush institute. here, thinkers and doers are working to advance freedom and def

bushed a the dedication of his presidential library in southern methodist university in dallas, texas. it's not every day that all the living former presidents get together. it's a very exclusive club. the first rule of of the president's club is only to say nice things about the president's club. >> mr. president thank you for the contributions you have made to the most needy people on earth. thank you very much. >> god bless america and thank you very much. [applause] >> a couple of times a year in his second term george bush would call me just to talk politics. and a chill went up and down my spine when laura said that all their records were digitized. dear god i hope there is no record of those conversations. [ laughing ] >> michael: man would i love to hear some of those conversations of course jimmy carter was talking about the civil rights record and the human rights record of george w. bush in africa and he underscored there that today. he's hoping history will judge him kindly. >> in the end leaders are defined by the convictions they hold and my deepest conviction, the guidi

now on southern methodist university in dallas texas is complete.ibrary in museum spotlight are showing key moments and decisions during the 40 presidents two terms -- during the president's two terms in office. >> we gave it our all, i made the best judgments and i didn't compromise my principles and i am a content man. >> they will attend an invitation only sir he money. president barack obama and all of his living predecessors, bush's father, george hw bush will be there as well. >> we had some deep disagreements in terms of policy but there is no doubt that anybody who takes on this job has a greater appreciation for the challenges involved. >> inside a full size of the oval office and the bull horn they used to address first responders in 9/11 post 9/11. >> it does give people an opportunity to hear the different points of view i got on this, the purpose of which is not to defend but to try to show people what it is like to be the president. >> so just to give you a kind of feel of the atmosphere, we are hearing some music in the background and

we'll go live now to dallas, texas, to southern methodist university for the opening ceremony of the george w. bush presidential lie brarery. all five living presidents are speaking. here's former president jimmy carter. >> four of us have already made that goal and one is still working on it, but it is a wonderful thing to be with the other presidents and to have a chance to address this wonderful audience. i'll be very brief and i'll be limiting my comments just to say that i know personally that have been important for me and for george w. bush. in 2000 as some of you may remember there was a disputed election for several weeks and finally when president bush became president they had the inauguration in washington on schedule and i think my wife and i were the only two volunteer democrats on the platform. and george and laura afterwards came up and thanked us for coming. and so i -- he said if there is anything i could ever do for you, let me know. which was a mistake he made. i said, mr. president, the program has 35 countries in the world and the worse problem now is war going

texas. this is the dedication of the president george w. bush library and museum. the center on a southern at this universitypus in dallas, texas complete. the library and museum spotlight key moments and some controversy a policy and decisions during the 43rd president to terms in office. inside the library is a full-size replica of the oval office with its own rose garden and the iconic items like a bull horn the bridge it used to addressed first responders in new york post 9/11. the library and museum will open to the public on may 1st. today a big dedication ceremony. >> thank you marc. across the nation air travelers are experience increased delays because the forced federal spending cuts. you are in a traffic controllers are reporting for duty because of for zero days. now, many are wondering whether lawmakers and the white house and find a fix for the problem. >> congress wants to address specifically the problems caused by the sequestered with the faa. we would be open to looking at that. that would be a band-aid measure. it would not deal with the many other negative effects of the sequestered. the

. >> good morning from the campus of southern methodist university right here in dallas, texas, where this morning the five presidents, obama, clinton, carter and bush senior will gather to pay tribute to the 43rd president of the united states and dedicate officially the george w. bush presidential center. i'm chuck todd. thursday, april 25th, 2013. special edition of "the daily rundown." there's at least one thing democrats and republicans can agree on. george w. bush has a consequential presidency. the agreement usually stops there. for years as bush's popularity plummeted with the public, bush himself said he'd wait for history to judge his presidency. for more than four years, he has stayed under the radar allows himself to be a political punching bag at times. first for democrats then for republicans. but today with the unveiling of the george w. bush presidential library and museum. he begins his effort to shape history's judgment. the former president is ready to defend his most controversial decisions from the iraq war to his tax cuts. social security reform to the wall stree

jon: fox news alert we'll take you now to the campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texaswhere the u.s. army chorus is performing "america the beautiful" at the dedication of the george w. bush library. let's listen. ♪ [music playing] ♪ [singing. ♪ ♪ >> america, america, i shed his grace on thee. and crown guy good with motherhood from sea to shining sea. ♪ [music playing] ♪ oh beautifu [singing] ♪ . ♪ . ♪. much. [applause] applause. >> ladies and gentlemen, president jimmy carter. [applause] >> this is it a great honor for me to be here today and remind me of my favorite cartoon in the "new yorker" magazine. this little boy is looking up at his father and he says, daddy, when i grow up, i want to be a former president. [laughter] four of us already made that goal and one is still working on it but a wonderful thing to be with the other presidents and to have a chance to address this wonderful audience. i'll be very brief and i will be limiting my comments to the things i know personally that have been important for me and for george w. bush. in 2000, as some of you may re

bush presidential library and museum at southern methodist university in texas. he will be joined by president obama and the other former presidents. speakers include condoleezza rice and former first lady laura bush. >> at least one confederate soldier, there were two battles. there were fought on consecutive days. may 2 and may 3. may 2, it was the battle of the generals. it was a day of maneuvering and minimal casualties. may 3 was the battle of the soldiers. morewas a battle of no movements or maneuvers. it was a day where there was no just dial, -- guile, frontal assaults and brawn, overwhelming casualty's. occurred of the losses in just five hours. >> the battle of chancellorsville maybe robert e. lee's greatest victory. >> faa administrator talked about furloughs enacted due to sequestration saying they will not affect safety. he appeared before the subcommittee on transportation examines -- examining the budget request for the aging. this hearing is just about two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. this morning we welcome f.a.a. administrator micha

bush's presidential library there at smu, southern methodist university in dallas, texas.side, the presidents and their wives. inside, pieces of history from some of the most important and memorable events of this young century from the disputed 2000 presidential election, to hurricane katrina, to the 2007 financial crisis. there is also a twisted metal beam from the 83rd floor of the world trade center tower. this is the spot where one of the planes slammed the tower on september 11th. that's the twisted metal. i want to show you now the bull horn. remember this, the bull horn president bush used to rally workers on september 14th, just a couple of days after that tuesday, and then the gun. the gun saddam hussein had with him when he was pulled from a spider hole in iraq back in 2003. if you watch with us here on cnn, there were definitely some tears, some touching moments at today's ceremony when an obviously frail elder president bush stood as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. >> i'm very grateful. [ applause ] >> the hugs between george w. bush and bill clinton an

texas for the dedication of the president george w. bush as a library and museum. the center on of southern methodist university'spus in dallas, tx is complete. the library and museum spotlight key moments and some controversy all policies and decisions on the 43rd president's two terms in office. inside the library is a full-sized replica of zero office with its own rose garden and iconic items like the born off the president used to address first responders in new york post 9-11. the library and museum will open to the public and made a first. >> across the nation air travelers are experiencing an increase in delays because of forced federal spending cuts. fewer air- traffic controllers are reporting for duty because of the furlough days. now, many are wondering whether lawmakers in the white house and find a fix for the problem. >> while staff furloughs are not having a major affect on the bay area airports so far, off travelers that are heading to the bay area from places such as loss angeles, chicago, los vegas and tampa have had to deal with delays up to three hours and loan lines at t s eight checkpoints.

bush presidential center and to the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texasoud to be here with all of you here today as we dedicate this beautiful building to the american people. two years ago, we broke ground on this site and the hard work of many people is realized in the building behind me today. of course, no one has done more to make this place possible than president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. \[applause] i've had the honor of calling them my friends for more than 40 years and i've been privileged to witness firsthand the instead resolve and principled leadership of president bush. learnwho come here will about that leadership and about a consequential time in american history. researchers and scholars will study the presidential records housed in the archives. students and museum visitors will learn about the modern american presidency, first decade of the 21st century, and the story of george and laura bush. on the other side of this building is the george w. bush institute. here, thinkers and doers are working to advance freedom and defend

texas, for the dedication of george w. bush's presidential library and museum at the southern methodist university.ill be the first time that the five have been together since january of 2009. that's a few days before george w. bush left office and barack obama was sworn in as president. now as for president bush and his legacy, he told "usa today" in an interview published on sunday. there's no need to defend myself. i did what i did. ultimately history will judge. he also described his presidential library as a place to lay out the facts. behind his major policy decisions not a place to explain or defend those policies including his decision to invade iran. joining me now live from dallas is former chief media adviser for president george w. bush. mark, it's great to see you. it's great to have you here in advance of what will take place tomorrow. tell us more about what the bush presidential senator will feature. what are main attractions that will be exhibited there? >> thanks, thomas. well, the most powerful attraction of course is 9/11 and it's powerful because you start through the library a

texas, this is special report. >>> good evening. i'm bret baier. we are coming to you live from the campus of southern methodist university in dallas site of the new george w. bush presidential library and museum. the facility here will be dedicated tomorrow with all four living ex-presidents and president obama on hand. we'll have more on that in just a bit. in is a fox news alert. a major development in the boston bombing investigation. we now know that at least two american security organizations were tipped off by the russians about the alleged radicalization of one of the suspects, but no larger alarm bells went off. each day now seems to bring with it another confusing or conflicting statement from administration officials on some element of this investigation. chief intelligent correspondent kathryn herrage has the story. >> they confirm to fox news that the cia was contacted by the russian counterparts in september of 2011 with virtually the same information the fbi was given six months earlier, that the russians believe tamerlan tsarnaev was a radical islamist. they were told that at the cia's request that he was entered into a government

texas, this is special report. >>> good evening. i'm bret baier. we are coming to you live from the campus of southern methodist university in dallas site of the newdential library and museum. the facility here will be dedicated tomorrow with all four living ex-presidents and president obama on hand. we'll have more on that in just a bit.

it was built on the campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas. design ands the construction of the library board decisions made during their eight years in the white his is half an hour. >> mr. president, mrs. bush, thank you for being with us. let's talk about where we're at and the role of the institute and the museum. >> we're on the campus of s.m.u. in the heart of dallas, texas, which is our home. e museum is meant to kind of help a visitor relive the eight years of the 21st century. the museum explains the decision-making process that i went through as president. we hope the museum inspires people to serve. if somebody comes and when they leave we hope they want to serve their community or country in some way. the institute is a form for defend and elf to support principles that we think are important. the principle of freedom, yielding peace or the notion that free enterprise is the best way to allocate resources and give people a chance to rise from poverty. or the notion that an educated society is necessary for a free society or a conce

it's big day out at southern methodist university. smu in texaside of dallas, or right in dallas because the george w. bush presidential library will be opening today and in a little bit we'll show you some pictures. it is so technologically advanced. earlier they were doing a big light and laser show it looked like there. everything is computerized and really state of the art. it's the first of its kind as far as talking about technology and how presidents used it. for example, i believe what did casey stegall say? that president bush sent 200 million e-mails? >> steve: yeah. and they're all archived. the ones that can be released are released. that center will be officially dedicated later on. as you can see, they're just getting set up. last night on campus, according to our campus spy, who i happen to be paying the tuition for, they had a gigantic reunion and supper for i think 1200 people who were predominantly donors, but also a reunion for those who worked in the bush administration. >> brian: it will be a look back at the bush years and ho

bush presidential center and to the beautiful campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas, we broke ground on this site and the hard work of many people is realized in the building behind me today. of course, no one has done more to make this place possible than president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. [applause] i've had the honor of calling them my friends for more than 40 years and i've been privileged to witness firsthand the instead resolve and principled leadership of president bush. those who come here will learn about that leadership and about a consequential time in american history. researchers and scholars will study the presidential records housed in the archives. students and museum visitors will learn about the modern american presidency, first decade of the 21st century, and the story of george and laura bush. on the other side of this building is the george w. bush institute. here, thinkers and doers are working to advance freedom and defend the principles that guided president and mrs. bush throughout their lives and through their service to texas, am

dallas, texas, where it was a day of perform and circumstance and above all, bipartisan civility at the dedication of george w. bush's library and museum on the campus of southern methodist university. so much more than that. at its most fun, today was a wonderful opportunity to observe the hilarious challenge of watching everyone obligated to speak at the dedication to come up with positive things to say about george w. bush. president obama tried complimenting his personal attributes like sense of humor. >> to know the man is like the man because he's comfortable in his own skin. he knows who he is, doesn't put on any pretenses. takes his job seriously but doesn't take himself too seriously. >> president carter went with a self-deprecating joke about the election which was uncomfortable because it meant president bush probably shouldn't have been president in the first place. >> in 2000, as some of you may remember there was a disputed election for several weeks. finally, when president bush became president, they had the inauguration in washington's own schedule. i think my wife and i were the only two volunteer democrats on the platform. >> it was left to bill clinton the polit

texas. along with president obama former presidents george h.w. bush, bill clinton, and jimmie carter are all expected at the event. the george w. bush presidential center at southern methodist universityexam all the pivotal moments of bush's presidency. >>> the federal government now suing lance armstrong for millions of dollars the post office spent sponsoring his tour de france teams. they filed that lawsuit under the false claims acts. they are seeking to recover the $40 million the postal service spent as the title sponsor of armstrong's teams and six of his seven tour de france victories. armstrong used performance enhancing drugs violated the sponsorship contract. >>> now 5:16. i want to check back in with sal for a look at the commute. how has it been going? >> it's going good. the traffic looks good around the bay. they will start off with interstate 880 in oakland and looking at it here near the coliseum it's a very nice drive with no major problems getting up to the coliseum. if you are driving on westbound 92 the san mateo bridge that traffic also looks good heading out to the high-rise. and if you are driving this morning on the commute to the dumbarton bridge it has been

texas that bears his name. protest against his legacy of torture and war have been taking place all week. three people were arrested thursday as hundreds protested near southern methodist university. two of those arrested were papier-mache masks depicting bush and former vice president dick cheney, prompting some to joke the pair had finally been arrested for their crimes. during his tribute to bush at thursday's event, obama did not mention the iraq war once. the new york times has weighed in another aspect of bush's legacy -- the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. in an editorial, the times board said guantanamo was "essentially a political prison." mean law, kenneth wainstein, who was the top national security official at the justice department under bush, told the new york times in exit strategy is needed for the prison. officials now admit 93 of 166 prisoners are participating in a hunger strike at guantanamo, while lawyers for the prisoners say nearly all prisoners are taking part. one attorney said the hunger strikers have despaired as obama has failed to deliver on vows to close the prison. authorities in bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters during a ma

texas for the dedication of the george w. bush library and museum. the $250 million facility on the campus of southern methodist university.e including