george w. bush tried to run as a different kind of bush from his dad. jeb bush is running as a different kind of bush from his brother who is the exact same bush as his dad if you want to read psychology into the geography. who has time to build a house while they're running for president? maybe it's part of running for president. >>> meanwhile, on the democratic side, the next 2016 contender is going to formally enter the race, the former governor martin o'malley made it obvious before anyone else that he was interested in running for president. on saturday, he will make it official. today, though, today belongs to bernie sanders, the independent senator from vermont. bernie sanders has technically already announced that he was running but today was his first big campaign event and it was big. beltway media has been treating bernie sanders as almost a gag fly, but bernie sanders, you know what? has been bucking that. both with his arguments now and also the description of how he has campaigned in the past. he's running an aggressive campaign now. he's

george w. bush has long and deep relationships there. a very strong ally of israel which as you know better than anybody is under constant threat in the region. so i think it's an important issue. going to be important for hillary clinton, too. i don't think israelis feel that israeli/u.s. relations are any other a at a high point. they're not toddlers. it's not like jeb bush needs to call his brother to ask where the bathroom is. the notion you wouldn't ask every former president of both parties for think advice about vital american alliances is ridiculous. >> right. let's talk about the book. the third in the series. president charlotte kramer is the, one of the main characters. >> yep. >> in the book. there's a lot that happens in this book but one of the things that happens gives a big policy speech having to do with abortion without getting into abortion, i wonder if you think women candidates talk about issues differently than men candidates? >> yeah yeah. you and i know each other well enough. that's one of my fantasies, frankly.

it led to part two with george w. bush. we write in the book that it was successful and the right decision for them. host: marvin kalb just one or two minutes left, by what you to address the immediate question about the caller brings up. if there was a war like world war ii, with the media and the public allow a war to be prosecuted like world war ii was with overwhelming force. guest: i would like to answer that with a 50 minute lecture, by note we did not have the time. we live now in a totally different environment. there has been a revolution of communications. the way that we communicate with one another is radically different from the way we communicated during world war ii. during world war ii, the press was on board. the press follow the line of the government because it more or less agreed with the government. we needed to knock off the nazis and finish the japanese imperialism. the press is not an adventurous s organization. it does not seek to not be consistent more or less with what the american people want. at

it was continued by george w. bush. colombia is a democratic country and is a lot safer than it was before. war is hell. to think that the presidents both approached the conflict with democratic ideals in mind. they were not trying to be dictators, not trying to behave in some kind of a beastial way. they were trying to preserve its democratic framework. >> yes. >> this question is really for mr. goss or just about anyone. after the post invasion of iraq in 2003, there were these massive bloodshed within the civilian population because of the brewing insurgency. why did it take the bush administration so long to realize that they had an insurgency in iraq, and why did they fail to protect the civilian population? >> i suspect the ambassador has a better key on iraq than i do but my answer to that would be simply, the situation in iraq evolved rather quickly from what we thought was going to be the desired result and what some thought the policy makers thought was going to be the desired result. somebody said flowers wer

justice jackson was betrayed by george w. bush and his administration. it was in the context of that refusal to knowledge the reality of international law. you might want to think about one thing. whether you want to accept the legitimacy of law not, it is how the rest of the world views our actions. it is how the other 197 countries around the world view what we do. it is through that lens of international law and international gymsy or lack of gymsy that -- legitimacy. it is for that reason it is going to be the legacy of george w. bush will be that of a war criminal. >> ok. great. can anybody hear me? you can see i'm off the end of the table here. that might also be metaphor cal as well. i think what has transpired here is fabulous. as a journal i have, somebody who spends a lot of time in washington on the these debates i enjoy hearing a great diversity of point of views of -- points of view. i think hofstra should be praised for bringing together people who can have a vigorous debate about these things. i would say that as a reporter i was in afghan

wmple bush than would have been the -- by george w. bush than would have been the case. i think when we talk about war crimes it's also important that we distinguish -- the war crimes that have to do with how wars are carried out from other kinds of war crimes, the kind that has to do with how the war was carried out are more common in much of our discourse so the issues of collective punishment, shock and awe the massive civilian deaths that were known that were going to occur and the acts were carried out anyway, the thousands that were killed. the rendition the black sights of torture all of those things. the determination that some prisoners somehow don't deserve the zeevea convention as though that the right of lawyers of the u.s. department of justice decide that some prisoners do not deserve to be treated turned conditions of the geneva convention. all of them were war crimes. they have to do with specific things on the geneva convention. article 29 says that says that a party of the conflict the government of one side in that c

wmple bush than would have been the -- by george w. bush than would have been the case. i think when we talk about war crimes it's also important that we distinguish -- the war crimes that have to do with how wars are carried out from other kinds of war crimes, the kind that has to do with how the war have to do with how the war was carried out on more common in much of our discourse so the issues of collective punishment, shock and awe, the massive civilian deaths that were known that going to occur in the acts were carried out any way, thousands that were killed. a rendition, black sights of interrogation torture, all those things, the determination did some prisoners don't deserve the geneva convention the right of some later in the u.s. justice department to decide that some prisoners don't deserve to be treated under the terms of the geneva convention. all of these things were illegal. all of them were war crimes. there were specific war crimes that have to do with this it would violations of the geneva convention, article 33 that

. >>> jeb bush sents george w is the chief advisor on the middle east. christie at the loss for words when it comes to immigration. and the california drought is breaking down the food chain. it's friday may 8th. this is "now." >>> jeb bush courts the religious right. chris christie tries happy hour in new hampshire. and eight is enough for south carolina freedom summit. it's a busy weekend for those on the eye on the white house in 2016. in an hour chris christie will go face to face with new hampshire voters hosting one of the tell it like it is town halls in a pub called furry. as the governor barn storms from through the state he's taking lots of questions. but on the issue of immigration, he's not giving many answers. >> do undocumented immigrants have -- >> i guess that's a conversation i think our country has to have. once we have the conversation about whether or not the president and the congress are going to actually enforce the laws. >> christie will notably not be having that discussion for those bound for north carolina's freedom fest. he wo

war policy during the presidency of george w. bush. speakers include former veterans affairs secretary james nicholson and new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. this is part of a conference at hofstra university. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] host: welcome. i am an associate professor here at hofstra and i am pleased to be serving as moderator for this distinguished forum. a wars in iraq and afghanistan are arguably the most controversial and consequential decisions of the bush administration. the decision to go to war, how to get out of the wars, and related issues have not only dominated the bulk of president bush's time in office, but have also shaped current u.s. foreign-policy options in and around the regions. they will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. there is very little doubt that the wars in afghanistan and iraq will continue to be measures by which the legacy of the george w. bush foreign policy will be measured. with that in mind, the conference organizers have

we were talking about george w. bush and sidney blumenthal. this election cycle is going to be all about relitigating the past and the predilections in terms of conspiracy theories about the other side. are there any undecided voters at this point? >> william faulkner. >> faulkner quote. >> it isn't even past. i feel like every day of my life is that. you know at some level, any race that has hillary clinton in it or anyone with the last name clinton is probably a 47 one side, maybe higher 48 for her, against her, and 4% or 5% in the middle. you put a bush on the other side and now you're talking about 2% 3% undecided. i don't know that jeb bush is going to be the republican nominee but if he is you're talking about an election in which 98% of people made up their minds six months before the vote happens. >> you're talking about an election when we're going to see the video of the shoe getting thrown at george bush a lot and talking about monica lewinsky. remind the worst moments. get excited everybody. thank you all for your time and thoughts

george w. bush presidency conference. we will not agree here on everything that is said, i am sure, but i bet there is one thing on which we can agree, and that is whatever is said here tonight about the george w. bush presidency will look different to us in 20 years and different again 20 years after that. george w. bush's presidency must be defined by that events of september 11, 2001, when the united states of america was vicious he attacked by an enemy whose leader, osama bin laden skated as far back as 1983 that the united states-- stated as far back as 1983 that the united states was the mortal enemy of islam and must be destroyed. on 9/11 he declared that he would do whatever was necessary to protect our country, to keep it safe, and to keep it free. this became the mantra of the g. w. bush presidency. president reagan had his mantra to bring down the soviet union and end the cold war. president lincoln had his, slavery. so did president bush. his golden war on terror kept us safe, and k

george w. bush white house. we will have two speakers, david cohen and terry o'sullivan. >> thank you very much. before get started on what you think hofstra university. this is my third presidential conference. the first one was about a george h. w. bush and i was a lowly graduate student back then and i presented a paper on white house chief of staff a very very critical paper and right before a the panel started, sununu walked in to the panel, set right in the front row. he was given a copy of my paper and proceeded to read my entire paper highlighting it as he went along come and glowering at me the entire time. so if i can survive kashmir thought to to myself if identified as i can basically survive anything in academia. so it was a very good training ground for public speaking from then on. i really interesting first experience and the conference was excellent until looking forward to the next one of these of this covers. our paper is part of a long-term project exploring and analyzing th

george w. bush and tom brady when we come back. ♪ mark: just like the 2013 super bowl power outage, we had a technical snafu. we'll do a classic restart. let's pick up in iowa with the state republican party says it is cutting charges to campaigns. it will be less of a fundraiser and more of a festival of democracy. mark, my question is, who wins and loses with this change? mark: it's good for the republican party. i think it is good for candidates like rand paul, mike huckabee, and rick santorum. if they do well in the straw poll, they will get credit for it. it will be very hard for any candidate to say they are not going to participate when they have taken away some of the things people criticize. they have all got to come now. john: campaigns that don't have a lot of money, this has become an expensive proposition. not just the fees to take part but the food and the organization. if you are campaign without much money, you now have a chance to win here. mark: it is bad for all the nationa

again, i do not believe that george w. bush was a great president. in fact, he will probably come out at some point as a below average or average president. but, the conventional wisdom regarding the presidency of george w. bush, i think, is misguided, and revisionist accounts of this presidency, at least in regards to national security policy is overdue. i will leave you with this. we are not far from the world trade center site. put yourself in his position or feet on september 12. ask what you would have done. i know what he did, either that day or the next. he told his fbi director and his attorney general to do whatever it took to make sure that this did not again. i would have probably said the same thing. thank you. [applause] ms. goodman: 9/11 was a defining moment. the question was, what did iraq have to do with 9/11? if you asked yourself as the last speaker suggested what would you have done on september 12, why would you attack a country that had nothing to do with this horrific attack on the united states? just today a report has come ou

in many ways that could be the role for george w. bush. i spoke to an adviser in the last 20 minutes or so they were talking holistically about the campaign want to talk about the future don't want to talk about the past. when you have george w. bush in any pictures out there campaigning, you're talking about the past carol. >> that's really the point, mark isn't it carol, what jeb has to do is learn to deflect those questions and turn them around so he's talking about the future and not trying to explain the past. you don't get valentines days cards for running for president of the united states. you get angry college students like we saw earlier. >> that's true. she was full of youthful vigor. so what's the answer for jeb bush? how does he answer the next question that comes his way about the iraq war. >> what mark suggested is exactly right. you turn it to the future. what happened happened. the fact he answered at all is a mistake. presidents are not allowed to go back and rewind the tape and say let's do it this way. you only know wha

jeb bush has named his brother, former president george w. bush as his lead thinker on foreign policy when it comes to israel and as the "washington post" pointed out, quote, embracing george w. bush as a foreign policy confidant is a risky and unexpected move. while the former president's approval ratings have improved since he left office in 2009 his foreign policy legacy particularly the long war in iraq, remains deeply unpopular. got that right. according to a cbs/"new york times" poll conducted last year, 75% of the american people three-quarters of it say that the iraq war wasn't worth it. by the way, bush dropped this bombshell at a tuesday night fund raise we are republican mega donor paul singer. up until now jeb bush had been trying to distance himself from his family. he's been careful to emphasize that he's his own man ever since he first expressed an interest in running for president. here he was. >> what impact does having a father and a brother who have served as president weigh on your decision to potentially run? >> if i was

justice jackson was betrayed by george w. bush and his administration. it was in the context of that acknowlege international law. and i know there are people here listening or long distance who don't believe international law doesn't have any role to play. i would say for those of you in that porks you might want to think of this, whether you want to accept the position of international law frankly doesn't matter. but it does matter in a sense it is how the rest of the world views our actions. it is about how the rest of the 197 countries around the world world view what we do. it is for that reason that the legacy of george w. bush is going to be that of a war criminal. [applause] >> ok. great. can everybody hear me? you can see i'm physically off the table and that may be metaphorical as well. i think what has transpired here is fabulous actually. as a journalist, as somebody who spends a lot of time in washington on these debates, i very much enjoy hearing such a great diversity of points of view, a real range. and i don't have very much to add. i'll

george w. bush and for those of you who think on the panel that we just threw a lot of bonds and killed people in iraq and afghanistan at this was the strategy, this government after 9/11 initiated operations in conjunction with the fbi, the cia, the u.s. military, and intelligence agencies working together 62 countries for terrorism. and cooperation and different operations gathering, diplomacy and economic pressure, military pressure and other types of work to interdict terrorists networks, identifying al qaeda as the only french and saying okay, if we are done there we are done, finished, moving on. the present at a more global view of this and have had the relationships and the administration built relationships with, productive relationships with countries all around the world to help not only, to protect fears. and political capital was burned and the decisionmaking makes it that a necessity so please don't think iraq is the only estimation of what george w. bush did to keep this country

george w. bush raised so much money so quickly he in effect forced other would-be candidates out of the race, people like john kasich, elizabeth dole, dan quayle. george w. bush raised record amounts of money so fast, so early he succeeded in making the other candidates feel like they were never going to have any prospect of catching up so they dropped out and george w. bush became the nominee mostly by virtue of the fact he raised all the money in the world at the very beginning of the race. i mean, you now think something else when you hear the words "shock and awe" and "george w. bush" in the same sentence, but those words in fund-raising speak were his strategy, way of describing that deliberately aggressive strategy to raise so much so quickly that it's obvious to everybody else that they won't be able to compete, and so they don't run. that's what george w. did in 2000 and jeb was going to be that guy this year. his $100 million every three 3 months fund-raising plan that they very happil

george w. bush tried to run as a different kind of bush from his dad. jeb bush is running as a different kind of bush who is the exact kind of bush as his dad. who has time to build a new house while running for president? maybe it's part of running for president. on the democratic side the next significant contender in 2016 politics will formally enter the race. martin o'malley made it obvious before anyone else on the republican or democratic side that he was interested in running for president. on saturday he will make it official. today, though, today belongs to bernie sanders. he has technically already announced that he was running but today was his first big campaign event. the beltway media has been treating him like a gadfly, somebody who will test hillary clinton. bernie sanders has been bucking that, both with his arguments now and also the description of how he has campaigned in the past. and aggressive campaign now, a full-court media pass. he has raised a lot of money, $4 million so far in the first few weeks, which is a lot more than some

and that's when jeb bush i'm told invoked his brother, george w. bush who's regarded by conservative israel supporters as a big supporter of israel. that's the context of that. but the bigger issue, of course brooke is the specter of george w. bush and how big a shadow will he cast on jeb's campaign. that remains a big issue. >> what about the name jim macena? he may not be known much outside of the beltway, but he's this campaign wizard. he helped obama get into the white house, just helped david cameron. now he has been tapped to help hillary clinton. what do you think is his secret sauce? >> he's very data driven. that's been my experience with him, dealing with jim when he was both on the obama campaign in 2008 and also there was a period where he was a deputy chief of staff at the white house. he's somebody who looks at the numbers a lot. he's said since cameron's victory that this really was about projecting a positive and optimistic view of the economy of the u.k. and that's where cameron really outperformed. so if i had to guess, i don't kn

. >> i'm a proud brother of george w. bush. and he is doing pretty good too. >> [ cheering ] >> reporter: beyond policy and politics is family. and jeb bush is consistently loyal. he told cnn in 2010 that he was the only republican who never disagreed with his brother when jeb bush was familiar governor and george w. bush was president. wolf don't expect that change now that jeb bush wants the job in the oval office. >> good point. joining us our cnn chief political analyst gloria borger and ron bronstein. what is the strategy? >> i think that 3/4 of republicans, when you look at the polling, approve of using some sort of ground force to support -- to comebat highs sis. keep the general election aside, supporting w. is not at all unpopular in certain places is not a bad strategy when you're trying to push your conservative credentials. now, when you get into a general election campaign it's completely different because democratic voter roos are not there and independent voters are not there. >> yes, but in the republican primar

now comes along george w. bush. he took it -- saddam -- personal -- that he was going to kill his father and he went to war because he took it personal. i think this is disgusting that these people -- the egos they havfe, or whatever. they get us into these wars. and that's an important point that he said he would not preside over the defeat. that went on for years for no reason. guest: an interesting point that is being raised here -- nations go to war largely because they have interests that have to be protected. it isn't a matter of a president not liking another president. for example, right now president obama is known not to like president putin. but that is not the reason that you have an argument with russia. because two men who are temporarily in office and have an argument. united states of america is going to be there a lot longer than obama. what this caller is raising is a fundamentally important point, the individual approach to war if you are president and the president understanding the interests of

that's good. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: you know it's bad when even george w. bush has george w. bush comedy material in his act. well in a recent interview harry reid said that hillary clinton has "a clear field" to the 2016 democratic nomination because there are no "all-stars" to challenge her. on the other hand -- ♪ hey now, you're an all star get your game on go play ♪ >> jimmy: yeah. you're an all-star to us, joe! we love you buddy. [ applause ] check this out, guys. the lego land hotel opened in orlando, florida last week. it features over two million lego bricks. it's pretty cool. in fact people who stayed there are already leaving yelp reviews. i was checking them out. here's what some of them said. first review said, "i woke up with excruciating neck pain because my pillow is literally made out of hard plastic nubs. who thought this was a good idea?" >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: the next review said, "i tried to do a cannon ball into the hotel swimming pool and broke both of my legs." [ laughter ] not real water. >> steve: there's not water in the pool, it's legos. >> j

when george w. bush became president, we had $155 billion surplus and when he left we had a trillion dollar deficit. the national debt doubled from $5.7 trillion to over $11 trillion. it's just continued. george w. bush was a classic big-government republican and it was miserable on spending. wouldn't veto a bill mika and jeb bush spoke out yesterday. he had to speak out on this issue and everything i've known about jeb bush as governor is that he is a small government republican but right now he has a long way to go to prove to the republican base he's not his brother. he tried to start yesterday. >>> coming up on "morning joe," we'll go live to california where officials say the oil spill in santa barbara could have been far worse. that's not exactly comforting biologists who are dealing with the aftermath. also ahead, bear grilleylls is pulling regular guys into his wild ways. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." let's go to baltimore now where the six officers charged in the death of freddie gray

george w. bush had 9/11. i mean, the bad moments are going to happen in the presidency and they deserve to be investigated. what the republicans are doing now is they're trying to drag that out. to focus as much attention as possible on it. and i think that's partisan. political, and not the way congress should be conducting itself. >> congressman adam smith, that's our last word tonight. thanks for joining us.

. >> i once wrote a letter to president george w. bush and barack obama and said, i haven't gotten a response, please, tell me, what is your white house policy on answering letters? i got no response. [laughter] amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. baltimore police investigators have given prosecutors the initial findings from their probe of the death of freddie gray, the man who died of spinal injuries a week after his arrest. state attorney marilyn mosby will now decide whether to take the case to a grand jury to seek an indictment of any of the six officers involved. baltimore police commissioner anthony batts said the investigation has been thorough, and is not over. >> at approximately a: 50 this morning, our task force charged with investigating the tragic death of mr. freddie gray turned over the contents of that investigation to the state's attorney's office. we dedicated 30 plus detectives the full-time job was focused on this case and o

. >>> george w. bush gave this speech this weekend. >> those of you graduating this afternoon with high awards and distinctions i say well done and as i like to see the c students you too can be president. >> you know it's bad when even he has george w. bush material in his about. >> and with that, it's time for a tuesday edition of scrambled politics. so when you get down to it, there are basically three ways to hint you are running for president without declaring first the head scratching tradition of announcing when you'll announce. that's what lindsey graham did yesterday. then there's tex mother tory committee like bobby jindal's. and finally talking national issues in any swing state that is not your own. chris christie in new hampshire. he railed against civil liberties and an urge to place a clean extension of the patriot about. >> they want you to think that there's a government agent listening in every time you pick up the phone or skype with your grand kids. they want you to think our inte

bush. >> and bush -- george w. bush's final position on iraq, and i've talked to him about it, is, well we're better off because saddam is no longer there. he still feels he made the right decision. the problem here is not the gasp and he said yes, no, maybe, and all of the above essentially. it is how do you deal with foreign policy issues like that how do you decide to go to war and who do you rely on. it's shaky. >> and for republicans, sam tine, who have been looking to jeb bush for the big money people as the competent candidate who could win, their confidence also shaken this week. >> i agree. i think bob nails it. the question -- the real question is not knowing what you know now would you have done it it's knowing what you knew then would you have done it. if you had been in george w. bush's shoes which even if the biggest boosters of the war admitted it wasn't convincing, would you authorize that invasion. and from everything i can tell regardless of the theatrics of the past four days the answer to that p

even in republican circles the name george w. bush is not as golden of a fame as it used to be. i think it's got great for him but long term it's a long, long way to go. >> if you remember dan, you remember because you cover this he did put out a list of his foreign policy advisers a few weeks ago and that generated buzz as well. >> that's right. he put out a lot of his foreign policy advisors. we remember they were in george w.'s administration some of them worked for his dad too. another dust up where he tried to distance himself from james baker, because james baker to some people isn't as hawkish on israel as people want to hear. so he's going to have to walk this fine line for a while, i think, as jeff said he's got this baggage, it's not going anywhere. he has to know what he says in the private meetings will likely become public. let's remember 47%, the remark that mitt romney famously made. so, you know you talk to some donors about this and activists and they say he's rusty, he has to get better and he will. >> sarah, gotten any feedback or reaction from the bush campai

george w. bush had 9/11. i mean the bad moments are going to happen in the presidency and they deserve to be investigated. what the republicans are doing now is they're trying to drag that out. to focus as much attention as possible on it. itself. >> congressman smith, that's our last word tonight. thanks for joining us. >>> chris hayes is up next. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> we have to finally once and for all fix our fix our immigration system. >> hillary clinton dropped a policy bomb on the campaign trail, as another republican announces his candidacy by possibly breaking finance law. >> if you want to give a million dollars, please do it. >> then separating facts from propaganda as isis claims kred it for the texas attack. >>> and joy reid reports on the tw

invasion as his brother former president george w. bush did. he's facing criticism for his answer, including some from within his own party. nbc's kristen welker reports. >> reporter: jeb bush under fire after making these controversial comments about the iraq war on fox news monday. >> knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have, and so would have hillary clinton, just to remind everybody. and so would have almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence that they got. >> reporter: late today, bush tried to walk back his remarks. >> i interpreted the question wrong, i was talking about giving what people knew then, would you have done it? rather than knowing what we know now. >> reporter: but when pressed -- >> so, in other words, if in 20/20 hindsight you would make a different decision? >> yeah, i don't know what that decision would have been. that's a hypothetical. mistakes were made. >> reporter: the bush camp went into damage control mode early today when one of his former aides tried to cl

coming up next, the conversation with former staffers who worked for george h w bush. they discuss their editions on the white house, the federal government, and how they prepare them for their future careers. judy smith, deputy press secretary of the former president who founded a company became the inspiration for "scandal." it is moderated by frederick clore, ceo of the c

george w. bush. >> your brother. >> yeah. i mean so just for the news flash to the world that they're trying to find places where there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those. but it's important to remind ourselves of lessons going forward. the world is different today than it was in 2001. and it's going to be different in 2017 if we allow this president's foreign policy to continue on the unraveling isn't going to stop. >> do you feel that america's place in the world has diminished under president obama? >> it has. name a country where america's prestige or relationship is better today than the day president obama took office. i can think of two. cuba and iran. >> how will you undo that? with respect to the iran deal would you undo prb prbsesident obama's deal? >> i would try. it's hard to know what the circumstances would be in 2017. it's hard to know if there will be a treaty -- excuse me or an agreement. there won't be a treaty but an agreement. if you assume that sanctions will be lifted i

jeb bush is not george w. he is different. the argument of do you want to go back has a resonance with him. it is more powerful than any other republican. >> the comments about climate change. he basically is saying it would be arrestogant to say the science was settled or convoluted with climate change. >> there are a lot of trip wires. jeb is thinking of immigration and common core. here's one where the demands of orthodox put you in a difficult position with the overwhelming scientific consensus. the numbers are moving to americans accepting the science. i think every republican candidate will promise to appeal the president's actions. >> we should point out that these candidates now are not even a candidate yet, but likely out there asked a lot of things. doesn't necessarily mean it is their first priority. let me ask you something that did not get very well reported this week. bernie sanders, independent running for president, he introduced a bill to make colleges free tuition. free college and there is a big progressive

the george w. bush administration i believe held about a dozen or so. the state dinner does feel a bit integrated. -- a bit antiquated. this is something we will see less of. there is a sense that it is a bit outlived in its usefulness as an everyday tool, other than a diplomatic tool that has taken the place of things that used to be accomplished at a state and dinner. there are more varied and casual ways to take care of diplomacy. they are still important, but we will see fewer of them. there is also the appearance and optics of it. the us are very lavish affairs. there are concern among voters about the price tag. we don't know what the exact price tag is. it is been estimated that it could be $500,000. that is probably conservative. anyone who has planned a wedding knows how expensive these things are. and multiply that by 1000. there is a little bit of restraint on the part of the white house. they know that black-tie entertainment, people don't really connect with that. >> jeremy bernard, the white house social secretary, has been a third social

because i think at this point most of america agrees when it comes to foreign policy, george w. bush is an excellent painter. >> on the subject of iraq, obviously very controversial, knowing what we know now would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have, and so would have hillary clinton just to remind everybody and almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got. >> jon: when an iraq war starts with a statement "knowing what we know now, it's not an acceptable response. sure i'd get on the titanic again. at the time it had a terrific reputation. was jeb bush trying to associate himself with all his brothers' baggage. >> i wonder did you generally mishear the question? he said yes, i misheard the question. >> jeb bush's staffers are trying to cast this as he was only talking about israel. >> long term, i'm not so sure. >> jon: long term mentioning his brother's name is like wearing a (bleep) hogs t-shirt during your campaign. you might be appealing to a small fringe of dead-enders but most people don't want another dog (bleep) for president. (shouti