for the unification of europe, along with other very large leaders such as the reagan rolls george w. bush sr. and french in the first place. you can not look at this moment without a shudder. i do not know how it will end and as an american citizen, i look. my god, i miss that kind of leadership here, you know, do you think gorbachev's death will be a really bittersweet moment for the russians, because, of course, gorbachev was a great western hero who even starred in a commercial for hattesan pizza. and suddenly there was putin who tore russia from the world. this may be true for some old timers, but you know, i've been to russia quite a few times over the last few years and also interviewed putin a few times and i really think that even now the russian people love vladimir putin and they don't necessarily love him personally. they love him because he protects mother russia, and he won't let him over russia openly mocked they love a strong man and i like weak people in russia gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies via

george w bush and putin come on together and george w bush certainly sought a reset with russia. he was very chummy with putin. we all remember the fishing trip, and that was later in the process. they're very first joint news conference george w bush was at the podium putin was standing next to him. he said russia is not the enemy of the united states. the cold war is over, right, but putin didn't get what he wanted from bush and some historians have argued. this is a big reason why he became he becomes more and more authoritarian and autocratic. i wouldn't put the us at the center of the story and that way. i think that putin became autocratic for internal. okay reasons, it speaks to his personality his sense of power. the vision that he has for for russia eventually he latches on to a very, you know, sort of conservative in the sense of reactionary autocratic vision ultra rationalist. yes of russia's past and of russia's future, and i don't think that that's a function of anything george w bush did or anything at the us did although the us has always the the foil to to putin's

w. bushwas president. now, of course, ukraine. i shouldn't say now ukraine, ukraine since 2014. you are in the state department and crimea --, odierno, you came in a little after the annexation of crimea. i can't blame that on you, unfortunately. what is your view as a historian on that idea? that we are witnessing wars of soviet succession? >> i think it's an excellent way of looking at the current crisis in the current tensions. one of the things the cold war did, interestingly, was to keep things and check. at the same time there's a lot of conflict attached during the cold war, in a way, europe got frozen. maybe those one of the ways in which it was cold. when the soviet union collapses, europe and freezes. we might think of that is a good thing in terms of countries getting their independence and national movements of re-discovery, baltic republics, poland, many other countries. that was, on balance, a very good thing. but by becoming unfrozen, you have a very open question of what the b

congressman david jolly, "politico" editor sam stein and anita mcbride, former assistant to george w. bushll. sam stein, former president trump scheduled to speak at the conference this weekend after a rally in wisconsin, a key state there. we are hearing many of his false claims from all of the other speakers as well as a lot of the republicans elected, you know, arizona, big race in pennsylvania, some of them have been on the news i should say in arizona, michigan, pennsylvania. what is the impact of all of this? >> well, what is happening is kind of interesting here, which is trump's imprint on the republican party obviously remains pretty profound. i think the slate of elections in arizona where you see people who have denied the election results in 2020 winning the nomination is a testament to that. i think the fact that you could very well end up with two or even one house republican who voted for impeachment still in office in 2023 is also a testament to that. but at the same time what we're witnessing is trump's brand writ large has taken on a lot of damage from the january 6th com

i'm george w bush, and this is master class. if you've been looking to work on your leadership skills, then master class has the mentor for you. former us president george w bush is the newest talent acquired by the streaming platform. and he's featured in a lecture series on authentic leadership. yes, you heard that right? the same man who authorized the u. s. invasions of iraq and afghanistan is now lecturing the public on tough calls he has made during his career. and they are expected to pay for his advice. as president sometimes, and i had information to the american people didn't know and therefore i did make decisions. what was best for the country on knowledge? there wasn't a but well, the theories includes topics such as accountability leads to results. it doesn't give any tips on how bush himself has escaped accountability for the last 2 decades . although bush has been rehabilitated into a harmless grandfather who enjoys painting and sharing candy with former 1st lady michelle obama. his real legacy will never be forg

it kind of started she rescued the rescue package regret she rescued george w. bush whom she told me the president made the worst mistake in american history which is saying a lot which is the iraqf war. she did not have a high bush of george w. bush and his presidency. even though itug cost her membes to push the legislation she did it because the alternative look too u grim. >> tell us about she took on a particularly iconic status during the trump years in the orange coat with the big collar straightened down to the white house to the cameras there. do you think she had trump's number because she had encountered him and she had seen him inn baltimore? she had seen him in san francisco politics, she had encountered people i can before? >> donald trump is a very distinctive figure. i'mse not sure i know a lot of people are like donald trump. >> he everybody knows, he grew jersey and york you note trump, you know people like you know bullies like it got punch him in the face. >> i grew up in kansas. [laughter] but she had hisal number. but she knew how to deal, she k

these countries were targeted by the george h w bush, or george w bush, the senior vice president of ronald reagan and bribed with hundreds of millions of dollars. and these monies were given the countries in exchange for their acquiescence and their submission to american military and economic and political objectives. no ring of nato military bases is being formed around russia. the u. s. and nato have over 600 military base as well to wide. russia has just 18, but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning this russian soviets into this dangerous bo, you man, that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy to create this image. it soviets as out for world conquest, which was not the case then for now with nato should have died, but they will give it meaning. it is about infected, created by nato, nature's business machine. because you must remember, if nato disbanded shareholders in the united states and elsewhere in lodge obs companies would lose millions and millions, they'd only have one yacht instead of 2 yards each. there. oh dear, wou

w. bush. and of a presidential's house -- johnson. he's the author of the president travels by train, politics and moments. now i would like to introduce our special guest today, bob withers., he's an author of course, he has written this book, which is the subject of our discussion today. the president travels by train. it was actually his first of what is now 29 books. it came out in the first edition in 1996. it is subsequently been updated several times. in 2018 was re-released by echo point books and media. i believe it's the third and fourth addition of the book. bob himself was a journalist by trade. and for 38 years worked for the huntington herald dispatch in huntington, west virginia, where he currently lives. he has a b. a. from martial university. while he was in college he worked summers for the no railroad, that actually is how i got to know bob. i interned at the museum in baltimore, maryland. our mutual interest and admiration for the piano got us together. i welcome bob and i will begin the presentation now. one of th

:: john mcconaughey work for george w. bush. was supposed to be or had a comic that kept him up in d.c. we will tells many of his stories as we can remember, quite a few of them. my hope is used half this time to talk about questions that i have got for these two. and then will spend the other half taking any questions you have. this when they happy to go if the whole session is being a presidential speech writers exactly think it would be on west ring. that is it. [laughter] i'm kidding it is much more like deep. [laughter] so this is a presidential ideas festival. i'll set up with a question for these two about the relationship about ideas and speeches. sometimes what comes off as an idea ends up in a speech but sometimes a speechwriting process starts before you have the idea. so just curious, what do you think about that process and how an idea becomes a speech? >> in a weird way, as speech writers were not coming up with the ideas for their much smarter people in the building for developing those ideas. and away at these id

she george w bush. whom she told me was the worst present may a president who made the worst mistake in american history, which is saying a lot which is the iraq war. she did not have a high view of george w bush in his presidency and even though it cost her members to push to the legislation. she did it because she the because the alternative just looked to him uh, tell us she took on a particularly like iconic status during the trump years and walking out the you know, the orange coat with the big collar of shredding out of the of the white house to the cameras there. do you think that she had trump's number because she'd encountered him and she'd seem in him in baltimore. she'd seen him and san francisco politics. she'd encountered people like him before. well, donald trump's very distinctive figure are there. i mean, there are people i'm not sure i'd know a lot of people who are like don't even jersey and he's like everybody you go before land. he's like everybody knows that if you grew up in jersey

host: you are there the president george w. bush and i'm thinking is there any press secretary he was ever been in the white house that the press treated my guys fairly and i have no complaints is not just part of being in combat of the modern media. >> i did not vote for him in 2016 i did in 2020. i don't work for donald trump i try to call the balls and strikes as i see them so if you are partisan working for a candidate in office he always feel the presses ganging up on you but there was a study done it in my book on the five most recent presidents. and those who got easier and softer coverage and barack obama. that you got the hardest was trump and bush clinton was fifth some empirical study show biden got the easiest and softest coverage. but the press corps could not have been any easier and joe biden there are numerous scandals and things biden did wrong in one of which i really in my book it was a typical event from the basement giving a speech to the teleprompter and the young woman asked a question how to get more people t

former george w. bush white house press secretary ari fleischer argues that mainstream media has a bias and is dominated by the left. he is interviewed by fox news senior political analyst and author juan williams. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> host: ari fleischer, thanks for joining us today. >> guest: thank you. >> host: let me begin by giving you the p opportunity to tell people about the book, the thesis. >> guest: my thesis is that the mainstream media is one of the biggest causes of the polarization in america today. that the number of stories they put on the air that were wrong, most of all of which were to get donald trumpmb and hurt republicans or conservatives, the number of stories that they suppressed which would've hurt joe biden particularly during the campaign, have added up to a nation that no longer trust the mainstream media. our democracy needs to have i mainstream media that people re

appointed by president george w. bush, justice alito was the author of the leaked opinion draft, which seeks to overturn the roe v. wade decision. retiring justice, stephen breyer, was nominated by president clinton in 1994 and confirmed that same year. he too was asked about the roe v. wade case and how he would rule if a similar case came before the high court. >> basically, i think that word liberty in the 14th amendment has been recognized by most [inaudible] modern judges on the supreme court. it's pretty widely accepted that that word liberty includes a number of basic important things, that are not those only listed in the first eight amendments to the constitution. the ninth amendment helps make that very clear. because it says don't use that fact of the first eight to reason to the conclusion that there are no others. it isn't surprising to me that there is widespread recognition that that word liberty does encompass something on the order of privacy. people have described those basic rights not mentioned in word

w. bush. justice thomas began serving a 1991, his nomination process, of course, was one of the most contentious and closely followed in history. the issue of abortion and the law came up. here's justice thomas. >> i think we all feel strongly in this country about our privacy, i do. i believe the constitution protects the right to privacy. and i have no reason to prejudge the issue or to predispose to rule one way or the other on the issue of abortion, which is a difficult issue. >> i'm not asking you to prejudge it. just as you can respond, and i will get it some of the questions which you responded yesterday, both from senators thurman, hatch it and biden about matters that might come before the court. he certainly can express an opinion as to whether or not a woman has a right to choose to terminate her pregnancy without indicating how you expect to vote in any particular case. and i'm expecting you to do that. >> senator, i think that to do that would seriously compromise my ability to si

so whether it's barack obama or bill clinton or george w. bush or george h. w. sh or ronald reagan, all those presidents believed in the rule of law. and part of that was procedures around documents. so, we don't know all the details. we have now seen what was part of the search warrant. but no president, even richard nixon, okay, didn't think about this. for donald trump to take classified information, top secret maybe signals intelligence, which is the most sensitive information that we have, and around potentially nuclear weapons, it's hard to fathom. i mean, even for me, who thinks there is no bottom for donald trump. even this, to me, is surprising. and so it is a complete lie. and again, this is where donald trump stands apart from every former united states president. okay? every single one. and my guess is, every single one in the future. knock on wood. so, listen, this is an old standby. obama did or clinton did it or which did it. it's complete fairytale. and it is very malicious. because i think a lot of his base will believe it. but the fact that the

job has devised my guess this week from canada is david from former white house stuff in george w bush's administration. now writer and columnist for the atlantic magazine. he says the stakes were and still are frighteningly high. it's happening really to worry about. i can't, i wish i could give me more confidence about this. i mean, i mean, we do have the future of american democracy on the ballot. that's the number one ballad issue last month for us to bring course divisions over 2 of the most contentious issues. abortion and gun control. so is america's political fabric, a breaking point? because all the warning light flashing red. why is donald trump full of praise for putin? and do the russians have a point when they refer to the iraq war? and the cues, the west of hypocrisy, key question this week on complex. i david from welcome to complex zone. thank you. were told that on january 6 last year, a desperate donald trump arms flailing, saw to lead an armed mob to capitol hill in an effort to overturn an election that he just lost. what would have happened if he succeeded? what you

you are one of george w bush's speech writers at the time, in fact, to colorado. what i missed the axis of evil phrase that he used in his 2002 state of the union speech. the speech touched on iraq, north korea, and iran. and said, states like these and that terrorist allies constitute an access of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. in any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. looking back, are you not troubled that, that speech that you worked on might have been used to, but just a war that was built on lies and intelligence that didn't exec false intelligence that people knew was false. since that speech, north korea has become a nuclear power and around is to come on the verge of where power is in the world as a much more dangerous place because of north korean nuclear weapons and for and gets nuclear weapons, the world will be more dangerous place to get so president bush, some of the american people and some of the world's attention to the danger of these regimes, in the case of around one was leading state sponsored te