how do you knowl for george bush and will vote for george bush? how do you know i voted for george bush? you did, didn't you? it is the first time i voted. but you did? yes, i did. this man, the texas governor, is responsible for some of the highest execution in his state. i suppose he was. i did not really keep up with it. i did not really keep up with it. i did not vote. i was a non—voting person until george bush was running for the us presidential election. and i decided to go and vote. but you don't see any conflict in that and you're otherwise pro life stance? -- your. no, idon‘t. you're otherwise pro life stance? -- your. no, i don't. you say you are a christian now and you never were before. do you think abortion is incompatible with christianity? abortion is killing. and in the ten commandments it says thou shalt not kill. and so i agree with the ten commandments and all the teachings of the catholic church. specifically the catholic church? well, with each church that agrees that abortion is wrong. the church of england, for example,

bush got an upward tick. gosh, compared to donald trump george w. bush looks good, but also because he's handled his ex-presidency with great dignity. painting, and only talking seldom. today it was with his buddy matt lauer, they're very good friends. i think he spoke to the heart defending first amendment rights. i don't like the games trump's playing with putin, he didn't say it forcefully, but the words were there. >> he's not going out of his way to give a speech criticizing donald trump. he's on a book tour, because of his artwork, and he knows he's going to be asked these questions. i know the bush -- former president bush spoke in a way that a lot of republicans will be happy to hear. >> i want to play what former president bush said when asked about the media. >> i consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. power can be very addictive and corrosive, it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power. whether it be here or elsewhere. one of th

. >> george bush, why, why wouldn't obama? why does people prescribe -- melissa: let's let jamie respond, what do you think? >> this is example where journalists, i don't like this formulation but might be example where you have to take trump seriously and not literally. i'm not sure he actually believes barack obama is hanging out with richard branson but while he is doing that making calls to his people, to do leaks. but there are probably hold overs from the past administrations leaking out as well as people trump appointed leaking. probably a mix of people but i don't think this is situation where he actually believes obama is directing the -- melissa: is he really still on the island with richard branson? he is there for some time, still hanging out on the island. >> wouldn't you be? it looks nice. melissa: you're right. that is a fair point. i would absolutely be there. julie i thought it was funny this, is politics, kind of what it is like, he was like, there is leaks but, i don't know, comes with the territory. >> yeah

they got to new hampshire and george w. bush got beat. out of the blue, out of the very back of the field came this guy john mccain who was not a crazy person or obviously eccentric or a foal lige total lightweight. john mccain was the only threat george w. bush hadn't cleared out of the field. john mccain not only won new hampshire, he won by a loat. he beat george w. bush in new hampshire by 18 points. uh-oh. the next big primary was in south carolina and that was worrying to the bush campaign because south carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. john mccain the not only a veteran but a legitimate nationally famous war hero. john mccain had been sort of favored to win in south carolina because of those things and that would have been one thing if it was a oneoff, if that was the one state he was goi to get but in context because john mccain just upset bush in new hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrati

i think george w. bush is comfortable in his own skin. i was a co organizer of a c-span poll and president's day came out and george w. bush got an upward tick. why? part of it is people say gosh compared to donald trump, george w. bush looks good and also because he's handled his ex-presidency with great dign y dignity, working with wounded warriors, painting and only talking seldom. today it was with matt lauer. they're good friends and said yeah, i don't like the games he's playing with putin. he didn't say it forcefully but the words were there. >> he's not going out of his way to give a speech against donald trump. he's on a book tour because of his artwork and i think actually the bush former president bush spoke in a way that a lot of republicans will be happy to hear. >> ari, i want to play for our viewers what former president bush said when asked about the media. >> i consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. i mean, power can be very addictive and corros

in george w. bush's first tomorrow, his attorney general was john ashcroft. john ashcroft looked at that post-watergate rule that said only four people in the white house could talk with the justice department about pending cases and john ashcroft decided he would expand the number of white house officials who had permission to contact justice. he would expand that number of people who had that permission from four people to 417 people. under john ashcroft they went from four to 100 times that number. 417 officials could call the justice department, call the fbi, get information on, communicate to investigators about specific criminal investigations. then in the w. second term, he expanded it further. he increased the number of people from 417 to 895. basically everybody up to and including the white house pastry chef was not cleared to get read in on ongoing criminal cases and pending criminal investigations, to get involved in those investigations, to get their mitts in there. there were a lot of bad things about the george w. bush administration but this,

that is george bush defending press freedom. just as donald trump has been saying he will not come to the white house correspondents association dinner this spring. what is the political impact of this? reporter: you have to remember that george w. bush had a very internationalist foreign policy. he viewed american democracy as setting an example to the world that the spread of democracy with help ensure the spread of democracy. that is a different view than what donald trump is taken with his economic nationalism and america first foreign-policy. you are seeing george bush raise the banner of anti-trump views, in a subtle sort of way, but it is there nonetheless. you can imagine that donald trump will not take kindly to this criticism. i would not be surprised if i see a response at one point. keep -- he might bring up that he be george w. bush's brother in the campaign last year. >> thank you for joining us. during his speech to the governors today, mr. trump said his government would increase spending on law enforcement. the

bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. announcer: watch c-span as president donald trump at delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. : this congress is going to be the busiest congress with had an decades. announcer: live on c-span and c-span.org on february 28 at p.m. >> vice president pence was in brussels for meetings. he met with donald

bush and texas land commissioner george p. bush. marc welsh, the dean of the george bush school of government and public service will provide a proper introduction to our speakers. mark and i had two of the three entities here at the bush center. the third being the presidential library and museum which is headed by warren finch, who is with us tonight. warren? nice to have you with us. [applause] david: a quick word about logistics tonight before we get started. following the remarks and the interview portion of our program, our speakers will be pleased to respond to your questions. we ask that you write questions on cards when you check in this evening. if you don't have one and would like to ask a question, ask one of the roving bush school ambassadors that will be walking the hour and circulating to collect your questions. without further ado, please welcome the distinguished dean of the bush school, mark welch. [applause] mark: thank you, david. i'm afraid the distinguished guy couldn't make it. [laughter] mark: you got me. tha

in 1988, his right hand was a george bush. we respect the bushes. we respect george bush. there was a shift. there was a shift that was absolutely stunning. after being the right hand of ronald reagan for eight years and seeing the bold choices and moves that he made, much like what we have seen from donald trump. the establishment on the left and the right have attacked donald trump. what is george bush's slogan in 1988? no, that was '92. kinder, he said a gentler nation. a kinder, gentler nation. right after he saw what ronald reagan did. now george bush is a good man. put was the globalist flag in the ground. that was the beginning of it all. after reagan we have had bush, obama --bush ii, [boos] we needed a force of nature to take the ship back. as donald campaign, trump over and over again. ran, we thought he could win. another good man. here he is. he is doing a debate. do you remember the second debate? i am an actor and i'm sitting at home. i see that debate. this, talkinge about benghazi. at that moment, mitt romney was not able to go -- this was on cnn, by the wa

bush george w. bush weighs in with a rare televised interview, opening up about division, the media, and some of president trump's most controversial policies. it is day 39 of the first 100. i am sandra smith and for martha maccallum tonight. it is the interview at the center of speculation, former president george w. bush sitting down with nbc's matt lauer to offer observations about his own time in office and for the first time, reacting publicly to president trump's executive order on immigration. there are no questions tonight about whether some in

>> all reporters loved george bush. and -- [ laughter ] >> what page of your history book is that? [ laughter ] >> exactly. thank you, frank. i would make up a list for him of reporters to call on in mainstream media and i picked no favorites. abc, nbc -- we began with a wire reporter, because we were a traditional establishment white house and we followed those rules. so it would be a.p., reuters and i would also -- one of the secrets of the white house, 750 reporters credentialed to cover the white house, and there is really 20, 25 mainstream reporters who were the ones who show up all of the time. and there are some wacko birds who show up every day to cover the white house. so our first big news conference in the east room, i made the list for the president with a seating chart of the reporters he should call directly in front of him. abc, nbc, a.p., reuters. on the right side -- far right to where the president was standing, i made a list where those reporters were. and i called it siberia. and i told the president, whatever you do, don't call on any reporters from siberia, be

george bush said i respect the court's ruling and don't agree and interesting to go back to the days and never thought george bush would be more gracious given those human rights abuses and the reason they cited that case which is significant, back then filing that case, the president claimed the authority to be able to detain people outside of the courts to be able to strip away the constitutional rights. and also, claimed that this was an unreviewable decision. when the supreme court looked at the case, the supreme court found very clearly and i think created a seminole decision that said actually the courts, the courts' i don't know to review only of these things so it's harkening back to the days and, frankly, at the center for constitutional rights we feel like we have seen eight years of george bush in about 20 days of donald trump so it's actually quite good to be able to have this type of ruling that reminds not just us but i think reminds the executive branch that they can't just jam this stuff through. >> interesting. you are saying for checks and balances the speed of this

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so he didn't cause an open rupture with george w. bush. but i think now in hindsight it is very clear that he was opposed to that invasion of iraq. and that he viewed it, perhaps as an overreach. but again, he's retained a closeness to the family. he did work for jeb bush. he clearly worked and helped george w. bush become the president. but i think he's always identified as really being george h-w bush's friend and kf dante. so you know, i think both of the bush sons seem to be loyal to the family partners like baker but you know, they both obviously wanted to be their own men when it came to their political career. so you know, i don't know. i think at key points along the way baker was conducted by george w. bush. but there's no doubt in my mind that george w. bush was well aware from the very beginning that baker didn't think invading iraq was such a great idea. >> does he think donald trump has some, because he is so unconventional, because is he so different, because he campaigned differently, he transitioned differently, he's taken

he used to be a member of president george w. bush's senior staff. as for joining george w. bush's senior staff. as forjoining us. what do you make about the way donald trump has handled this? particularly the kind of advertorial approach towards the judiciary? i think the president is right on merits, he has because additional authority to absolutely within the best interests of our national security under the costa jewish and act. the court is mentioned the evidence. —— the constitutional act. this is where i disagree as a lawyer. they can't give the evidence that the president has because they aren't cleared to see the kind of classified information that the president has. could it have been handled better in the rollout of the executive order? there's no doubt. could it have been communicated that at the public by the authorities who are charged with carrying out the work. but the president isn't wrong on his merits and actions as president. it does seem that it has become this battle between the executive arm and the judiciary. possibly some people might say it didn

reagan was when elected and when george w. bush nixon and george w. bush was elected, goi the angry. this man is, he is hitler as hitler could be. that, why do you say diana? caller: because of what he's doing. specifically? sepre-- this is white supremeacy in a way i hoped i would never see. host: what specifically, diana? caller: everything. policy toward immigrants, toward refugees and people iving here for 20 year, contributing to the economy, country.children in our to his attitude toward women, minorities, toward other faiths. evangelical right wing propaganda machine that has been that is totally disrupting what america is. host: all right. focusing on foreign policy priorities right now, asking viewers to let us know what you like this administration to focus on. republicans s, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. 202-748-8002. and love to hear your overseas,ve if you are outside the united states, 202-748-8920. athleen in washington, rolling bay, washington, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hi. wondering how bannon and steven miller ar

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he beat george w. bush in new hampshire by 18 points. ah-oh. the next big primary that year was in south carolina, and that was seriously worrying to the bush campaign, because south carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. john mccain is not only a veteran but a nationally-famous war hero. he was pretty much guaranteed to win in that state because of those things. but in context, because mccain had just upset bush in new hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that, that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrative, upending expectations, the bush campaign absolutely knew that, so they went into win at all costs mode. in south carolina. that jones, iii, runs it as if it were still 1927 with only one policy change -- other races are now welcomed at its campus, but no interracial dating or marriage is permitted and no homosexuals. and in what many see as the epitome of religious intolerance, the school's leaders have described claeks as memb -- catholics as member

as president bush -- george w. bush said earlier today, we go to other countries, urging leaders to have freedom of the press in their country and then we denounce the press in our own country. it's not a good thing. but you mention the word science, we have a couple more questions, but i want to take the opportunity to say this -- i have said from time to time that i have three or four answers to all of our problems. science, science, science and science. science whether it's about our good health. science whether it's our competitiveness in business and in our economy. science to invest to protect our country. science to again protect this planet which is god's creation. when my republican colleagues say to me, faith or science, take your pick. i say science is an answer to our prayers. that's why some of the evangelicals join us in our protection of the planet because they believe, as do i, this is god's creation and we have a moral responsibility to protect it. so whether it's our health, our national security,

george bush, the first george bush. he carried himself in a very respectful way. and i think that carried a long way with the people. i'm sure history will show that a lot of the other presidents may have gotten a lot more done. but i think respect and class goes a long way with the people, the way you carry yourself in office. host: i am checking twitter feeds. here are a few. "towards washington set an example to the nation with term limits and the transfer of power by not running for another term." from steve -- fdr is a winner in my category. from paul -- "reagan was my favorite, he brought hope and pride back to americans." "arthur -- he is easily forgotten. not really, but i thought i'd give him a shout out since he is so easily forgotten." we are talking that your favorite president, and why. first in the hearts of this country. george washington. i can't understand why lincoln is up there. more human lives lost in this was at the helm. most people don't realize but the succession of the during acy occurred time when he was president-elect. he was elected b

i wonder if he would have done the crimea move under george bush or ronald reagan. that frustration is part of what we're seeing now as we try to figure out how to respond to the alleged invasion of our election system. >> do you believe that this president, though, has the appetite to really push back against russia? we have not seen him really say that so far. >> well, i think we'll have to see what he does, not just what he says. you know, i think the history of the last eight, maybe even 12 years with with vladimir putin is that he only responds to pretty serious actions. and it's not particularly moved by words. he's a trained kgb agent. if you read that book "the news are" it will show you the personal preoccupation he has with eliminating radical islamic terrorists and some bad things that have been allegedly done at his behest like poisonings. we have a serious character on our hands we need to deal with forcefully. >> that's a good deal. there are a lot of conspicuous and certainly shady circumstances surrounding a number of folks that have gone against vla

bush -- i'm telling you the numbers. 3 million deportations, 3 million something, and george w. bush had 2 million something. >> so now tell me that barack obama was more committed to border enforcement than donald trump. >> you tell me what you make of those numbers. you said he stood by -- you said he stood by. i'm just telling you the numbers on deportations. >> i'm suggesting to you that barack obama's border security was something that in my judgment was dangerous to this country. and i continue to stand by that. and, you know, i'm married to an immigrant wife. so this notion that everybody that is committed to border security is somehow racist or hates other people is a disgrace and it's just not true. i'm committed to doing everything i can to see freedom for all people in the world. i want to see immigrants come here legally and be part of the greatest enterprise in freedom in the beginning of the world. >> look, i just want to be clear, congressman. >> -- look on this on a reasoned basis rather than what i'm seeing in this interview. >> that was no suggestion i was maki

george bush said we need a budget year. he goes to the democrats and say we will not put all the sacrifice in the middle class. the rich have to pay their share. bush ultimately agrees. the entire congressional right-wing caucus revolt against him and since then witt said we will never make a deal like that. that's the worst thing any president has ever done. no new taxes is our religion. that is it now and forever. i think that's an important context not because i'm trying to point the finger but that tells you those are the circumstances under which you have to and usually will act. i think that shapes the politics of long-term debt. when you have one party that refuses on principle to a seed to any increase of any kind, and obama tried in every possible way to get into trade higher revenue for spending cuts, he went to john boehner in private, in public, commissions, super commissions. every other way. it's just religion in the republican party. i don't see how it's incumbent on the democrats when you look at the united

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bush george w. bush weighs in with a rare televised interview, opening up about division, the media, and some of president trump's most controversial policies. it is day 39 of the first 100. i am sandra smith and for martha maccallum tonight. it is the interview at the center of speculation, former president george w. bush sitting down with nbc's matt lauer to offer observations about his own time in office and for the first time, reacting publicly to president trump's executive order on immigration. there are no questions tonight about whether some in the media have been too quick to characterize mr. bush's comments come as a personal slight to the new presidency. here are some of those comments. >> did you ever consider consider the media to be the enemy of the american people? >> [laughs] i considered the media to be indispensable to democracy. we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. i mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive. it is important for the media

everyone, to the george bush presidential library center. i'm david jones, ceo of the library foundation. it is my honor to welcome you and invite you to join me in welcoming the first president of the united states and misses bush. [applause] [cheers and applause]

. >> aren't you happy that president george bush and mrs. bush will be tossing the coin? >> we are. >> a beautiful thing. >> you enjoy the super bowl, as well. >> rooting interest or no? >> my family is divided, so -- >> fair enough. as the country is these days.

the original ruling blocking the travel ban came from a judge appointed by george w. bush. here's what president trump said to reporters. off camera so audio only. >> it's a political decision. we'll see you in court and i look forward to it. -- >> thanks, guys. >> the latest from pamela brown. >> this is a huge blow to the trump administration, anderson. the government failed to prove prove why this is urgent as a national security adviser. the judges said, quote, the government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order has preponderance traited a terrorist attack in united states rather than presented toed explain the need for the executive order. the government has taken the position we must not review its decision at all. we disagree. basically the court is saying while it does give deference to immigration and national security issues it has every right to argue this case. in the end the judges said the government did not show enough evidence to support its case and the travel ban should be halted saying that the government

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president of the united states. >> the election of bush with the american people was we want more reagan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states, in two days he leaves office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s. you don't always identify a president with years, but reagan should be identified with the 80s. >> they called it the reagan revolution, and i'll accept that, but for me it always seemed like the great rediscovery of our values and common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future should always be ours. once you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it will end. >> the very firmness of his rhetoric enabled him to be a pragmatist. with that faith in ronald reagan, the fact he raised taxes and appointed two pro-choice supreme court justices, th

>> what does he say about bush? what was his view of george bush? >> well, every time he referred to me called and not cowboy. you know, that cowboy. in that tone of voice.not cowboy. he just could not get his, he thought bush was playing unfair. that is the thing that was so weird. as he thought it was unfair. we didn't follow the template that we had followed before. and there is a lesson to be learned here. this is the lesson for going forward. they base how vulnerable we are and what they could get away with by what we had done in the past few years. look at what we have done in the last eight years. and ask yourself, what is isis and al qaeda thinking now?and i am not, you know i am not - i just do not think we can treat, i am going to make a comment here that might anger some people. we are seeing increased attacks because we been trying to manage it like a problem. we have quit trying to find and kill those people who are going to destroy us. and we are trying to figure out some way to live with them in our midst. that is not going to work fo

george w. bush reveals his thinking on the trump administration. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> and good evening to you once again from our headquarters here in new york. as we begin week six of the trump presidency, the commander in chief just hours away from a critical speech to a joint session of congress. a live look at the white house and capitol hill. they will be busy places by this time tomorrow night. early reports on the speech indicate the president will look to refocus his presidency on pocketbook issues and health care. more talk on that later. and like a lot of what this administration has been trying to do lately, just about anything is a better distraction than the constant questions and suspicion over russia and vladimir putin. that topic, russia, dominated the headlines today despite the president detailing his new budget proposal including a big bumpup in defense spending. and already there is at least one republican calling for a special prosecutor. >> you can not have some

george bush moved up on the list. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who were the leaders and the losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at c-span.org. now, from earlier this evening, our program from inside the national museum of african american history and culture. we look at exhibits and artifacts chronicling the african american story from slavery through the inauguration of the first african american president. and we talked to museum specialists. this is american history tv, only on cspan3. >> you are looking at the

remember, george w. bush won a contested election. bill clinton, plus 17. won with only 43 pi% of the votn the ross perot year. ronald reagan, plus 37. when you see donald trump at minus 15, and we know this is the stuff he pays attention to this -- he pays attention to this. how much does this drive what he thinks about the efficiency of the staff? >> i think he pays attention to this stuff, but he is also a guy who survived and thrived in the general election to be president of the united states even though his negatives were extremely bad. i'm not sure that's his most important metric. the other thing i would say is the ability of this white house and some of the knives out means that we should be really kashs about who is leaking what and why and so some of the stories i want to be very critical or skeptical about or healthily skeptical about, but flynn himself walked back his denials of this story. i think that's a really important element of this. this one the principal himself said maybe i did talk about it. zoo that's a key difference. i will reinfo

and welcome, everyone, to thege george bush presidential library center. i'm david jones, the ceo of the library foundation. it is my honor to welcome you ask to invite you to join me in welcoming the 41st president of the united states and miss bushe [applause] david: please be seated. on behalf of president and mrs. bush, thanks to all of our guests for being with us >> thanks to all of our guests for being with us tonight. >> we're going to take our speakers over and say hello to the tokes in the auditorium next door after our program. we thank our members and supporters who are with us tonight. we know that our programs woulde not be possible without your help. we're so fortunate to host these programs. thank you.he and more to the point, there wouldn't be a library without your help, so thank you very much.ot we're especially grateful to oua great friend, flo creighton, who is represented tonight by her nephew, rick bos wick, a longtime friend of ours and the bushs and has been among our most generous contributors overr the years. tonight's program is

george bush did that. i don't think it worked. hillary clinton with barack obama tried to smooth things out with russia. new administrations do. this it's logical as to why they want to do this. there are instances where our interests align with russia and those where they don't. the question is can we help steer russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something in a country that alliance with our interests. i'm not going to hold my breath on that. >> woodruff: if this president were to relax sanctions -- >> i don't support that. >> woodruff: -- against russia, would you support legislation to prevent it? >> no, i think the advantages were overdue. i think president obama should have done them a year ago. >> woodruff: so you support them to keep them strong. >> yes, i support sanctions on russia. turning domestic, a subject close to your heart, tax reform. it has been your top legislative agenda. >> i love tissue of tax reform. we haven't done it since 1986. we think it's a once in a generation oppor

bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. announcer: watch c-span as president donald trump at delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. : this congress is going to be the busiest congress with had an decades. announcer: live on c-span and c-span.org on february 28 at p.m. >> vice president pence was in brussels for meetings. he met with donald tusk for a news conference. topics included the cease-fire between russia and ukraine. this is 15 minutes. pres. tusk: mr. vice president, dear friends, let me first of all thank you for this meeting. we all truly needed it. much has happened in the last month in your country. many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and about our common security. for us to pretend that everything is the way it used to be. thank you for being so open and frank with me, mr. vice president. today i had words which are promising of the future. words that explain a lot about the -- about the approach of the new admin

. >> when he was the secretary of state for george bush and the gulf war was upon them, he said, sad's father and i went 13 times and he said, i am not joining you. theent 14 times and, on 15th, he said, i will. it was because baker had the focus in the sense of, if i just keep at this, i will obtain my objective. >> that is where the early the trump team has come down. flouting what makes good policy in the white house and he is blown away by a white house with sue may be -- with so many power centers. said, one power center is too many in the white house, if you are the chief of staff and it is not you. interesting thing about baker is that he understands power. does he think that they misused the power? >> i don't think the critique is around executive overreach. alienatione idea of re institutions in washington is not how you get things done. to criticize the comparison of ronald reagan. ronald reagan did not want to blow up the system. he wanted to use it to his ends and he thought that that is a lesson that people that the trump team -- in the trump team have not absorbed. you ha

president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara were able to be there for the coin toss. and there was a forced fumble in the beginning of the second capping a 71 yard drive for the game's first points. on the next drive, julio jones put atlanta in a good position with the toe-dragging catch along the sideline before austin hooper hauls in the touchdown pass from the nfl mvp matt ryan extending the atlanta lead to 14-0. new england falls into the early hole and things get worse as tom brady's passes are intercepted and returns 86 yards for a pick six in the patriots' next possession. and kevin coleman for a 6 yard score. the pats fans are absolutely stunned. while most were watching and up counting new england out before halftime, the patriots began chipping away at the 25-point deficit and ran into the biggest comeback in super bowl history. they got down to the last minute in the fourth quarter. the patriots just eight points back on the final drive kept alive with this miraculous catch by julian edleman managing to come up with the bag after being deflected and bobbled

bush pretty much had it wrapped up. i'm not sure i would have said it that way had i thought the caucus was going to be the president. if the caucus on, is president, i will have no leverage whatsoever. i'm not sure how that will unfold. it will be tough. assume with to caucus winning, we lose seats in the house and we would be deeper in the minority that we are, but george bush will win and i would retain the leverage i had with ronald reagan, hopefully in greater amounts with increased members. we ended up losing three, so it's on the margin. but it is leverage. it still makes those of us in house in a minority a meaningful minority, given on occasion to winning some. with that kind of hope and as long as they will have me as their leader and as i feel i can do a good job for my district and the troops here, i would like to do it. i enjoy it. i'm in good health. it was just fortunate for me as young as irted was so i did not have to stomp over people gravitating toward the top. i could do it in a very measured sort of