to presidents jimmy carter george h. w. bush, bill clinton george w. bush and barack obama we want to express our deep gratitude. we truly are one nation, under god all unified by our values and devotion to one another. i want to thank every person who contributed. there's a lot of work ahead of us. i want to thank groups like the points of life for making such a big difference in our disaster response efforts. together we will recover we will rebuild and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. thank you god bless you. may god bless the united states of america. >> as texas, florida and for puerto rico faces aftermath of hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. citizens stepped to served their communities to recovery. here to talk more about the foundation and to present awards is president and ceo of point of life natalie and chairman neil bush. >> thank you for your outstanding patriotism. thank you to all the artists here tonight for volunteering your time and talent. i'm proud to chair points of light and proud to support my father's lega

>> i don't think obama's but george w. bush reminds me of a warning call. it's a lot like dwight eisenhower when he give his fare well address. bush is warning our country what happens when you think what is friendly nationalism suddenly turns into a kind of malignant, you know, nativism. and that speech is going to live for a long time. and already we saw steve bannon, last evening, squaring off on george w. bush, saying you are one of the most disastrous presidents in american history. so george w. bush, who's wanted to stay out of politics, now finds himself a bull's-eye of the bannon alt right movement. >> i wonder if one has to believe he had a level of expectation of that. because whenever anyone comes out, even when they were, you know, went into political office, maybe especially when they went in political office if they speak against this president or is critical, then, you know, there's an unleashing so to speak of unleashing on that individual. >> well, there is. that's one of the reasons you know george w. bush said i want out of washington. hi

george w. bush has never attacked president obama. he had not attacked president trump until today when his speech seemed to be about the president who once said there were very fine people at a white supremacist rally. >> our identity as a nation unlike many other nations is not determined by geography or ethnicity. by soil or blood. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [ applause ] >> what george w. bush said about russian interference in the election is next. throughout my career, i've been fortunate enough to travel to many interesting places. i've always wanted to create those experiences for others. with my advisor's help along the way, it's finally my turn to be the host. when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise i enjoy the fresher things in life.o. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest... ...prices. so if you'

george w. bush has never attacked president obama. he had not attacked president trump until today when his speech seemed to be about the president who once said there were very fine people at a white supremacist rally. >> our identity as a nation unlike many other nations is not determined by geography or ethnicity. by soil or blood. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [ applause ] >> what george w. bush said about russian interference in the election is next. five years ago, on any given night, almost 75,000 veterans experienced homelessness. we have reduced those numbers by almost half, but despite the great progress that we have achieved, there are still too many veterans who still need a place to live. this project is a comprehensive rehabilitation of the center's facility here in downtown boston to create permanent supportive housing, transitional housing and service spaces, a fac

reporter: i also have a question about the george w. bush speech. are you saying the white house is no longer saying the congressman talked about the funding? she just talked about legislation in general? ms. sanders: i specifically said and will repeat it again general , kelly said he was stunned she made the comments about herself. that was the point of what he said. that was what took place here yesterday and we still stand by , those comments. reporter: on the george w. bush speech, he said when bigotry is emboldened, our policies seem more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and fabrication. does president trump agree? does he agree with the assessment of what? reporter: that bigotry seems emboldened and our politics seem more emboldened to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication. those were president bush's words. ms. sanders: i think if everybody is pushing fabricated things, most people would think that is coming from the news media and i would agree with that sentiment. reporter: the president signed an executive order today that appears

when i hear george w. bush, and i, too, have joined the george w. bush -- hugging george w. bush t-shirt. >> i'll send over t-shirts this afternoon. you can all wear them next time. >> i think even if it isn't quite being heard in that way, that it's actually really important for his voice to be out there because otherwise people who need some place to go, have no place to go. >> here's obama a few moments ago talking about a similar topic. the division in our politics. let's watch. >> some of the politics we see now, we thought we put that to bed. i mean, that's folks looking 50 years back. it's the 21st century. not the 19th century. >> well, first off, you have to acknowledge that being -- not being -- being a former president is like being benjamin button. they all look younger the farther they get away from the presidency. obama looked great. why is it so much easier for presidents obama and bush to sort of speak truth to that angry base, speak truth to power, understand they're not facing election but it would seem to me unpatriotic not to say what presidents obama and

two presidents jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama, melania and i want to express our deep gratitude for your tremendous assistance. this wonderful effort reminds us we truly are one nation, under god, all unified by our values and devotion to one another. i also want to thank every person including everyone here tonight who has contributed to this vital effort. there is a lot of work ahead of us, and i want to thank groups like the points of light for making such a big difference in the desert -- the disaster response efforts. we will rebuild, and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. thank you, god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applause and cheers] lee greenwood: president trump. as texas, florida, and puerto rico ace the aftermath of purvey, irma, and maria -- harvey, irma, and maria, points of light has stepped up to the long road to recovery. here to talk more about the foundation and to present awards is president and ceo of points of light nalley kaplan and

bush. >> yeah. that's right. we haven't heard a lot from george w. bush during these few months of the trump presidency, but one thing that really stuck out to me from that speech was, him saying that you must reject bigotry and denounce white supremacy, the thing about nationalism being distorted into nativism as you pointed out earlier and reminded me of the statement that both bushes, both former presidents, put out after those deadly clashes in charlottesville that left one woman dead and after president trump had been criticized for saying there was violence on all sides in charlottesville, both of those former presidents both bushes, put out a joint statement and they didn't directly criticize the president, let me be clear there, but they did say they reject bigotry, anti-semitism, saying the country must come together. we really heard him echo that again right there with some people will, obviously, draw the conclusion ween that and the president's remarks to charlottesville. leaders of our nations must pass on the civic values they want to s

two presidents jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama, melania and i want to express our deep gratitude for your tremendous assistance. this wonderful effort reminds us we truly are one nation, under god, all unified by our values and devotion to one another. i also want to thank every person including everyone here tonight who has contributed to this vital effort. there is a lot of work ahead of us, and i want to thank groups like the points of light for making such a big difference in the desert -- the disaster response efforts. we will rebuild, and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. thank you, god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applause and cheers] lee greenwood: president trump. as texas, florida, and puerto rico ace the aftermath of purvey, irma, and maria -- harvey, irma, and maria, points of light has stepped up to the long road to recovery. here to talk more about the foundation and to present awards is president and ceo of points of light nalley kaplan and

two presidents jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama, melania and i want to express our deep gratitude for your tremendous assistance. this wonderful effort reminds us we truly are one nation, under god, all unified by our values and devotion to one another. i also want to thank every person including everyone here tonight who has contributed to this vital effort. there is a lot of work ahead of us, and i want to thank groups like the points of light for making such a big difference in the desert -- the disaster response efforts. we will rebuild, and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. thank you, god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applause and cheers] lee greenwood: president trump. as texas, florida, and puerto rico ace the aftermath of purvey, irma, and maria -- harvey, irma, and maria, points of light has stepped up to the long road to recovery. here to talk more about the foundation and to present awards is president and ceo of points of light nalley kaplan and

>> i want to begin with george w. bush with nicole. a lot of talk about george w. bush today. yamiche said many people were talking act how george bush ran a racially divisive white house over eight years. and i do have to set this up for people who aren't aware of it. you're very aware of it. we had some really tough conversation about it. i was really hard on george w. bush. in fact, a friend asked me to come to an event of his in alabama and the white house said if you're there, then bush won't be there. i mean, it was -- the animosity was pretty strong. so when i say what i'm about to say, i think it's earned. george w. bush, he reauthorized the voting rights act early when a lot of republicans didn't want him to do it. >> with no internal debate. none. >> with no internal debate. there was no debate for george w. bush as there were with many republicans on this. he started his 2004 convention even though it may have been unpopular with a benediction from a muslim imam. he also if you ask bob geldoff and bono, not republicans, who did more to save lives in africa, what pre

well i think george w. bush was a great president who reacted to the worst attack on this country since pearl harbor in the only way that you can and at the time he certainly had overwhelming support of the american people it was only you know in the aftermath did the media and the left you know take to the streets bush is a liar they had movies about how to assassinate president bush they had pictures of him in the cross has blood dripping down is his face so they hate came from the left let's let's make no mistake about that i think george w. bush what he did yesterday was pretty despicable as much as i liked him as president and as much as he reacted in my view properly to threats from saddam hussein to use chemical weapons and and to not let the inspectors inspect and violate u.n. sanction after u.n. u.n. resolution if the u.n. resolution and spit in the face of the international community in the wake of nine eleven it was the only thing bush could do that aside what he did yesterday after being silent

and george w. bush stantszs on opposite sides of that struggle. that was a troud that favored the steve bannon view of the word but there are plenty of republicans who believe that bannon's message is not as good as the bush sort of mccain call it reagan, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell idea of a traditional republican policy built on an america that promoting a liberal world order, droppiemocracy and things republican party has stood for since world war ii. the it's easy to say given the election of president trump that the ban non side is winning. they certainly won the most recent battle, but this fight not just inside the republican party but around the country and the world, let's remember, is very much ongoing. what we saw the speeches of john mccain and george bush last week and whatever you think of their records, and for sure, both of their records are mixed on these issues, but their message was clear, that this about thele of ideas for not just the identity of the republican party but the identity of america, that that battle needs to be fou

bush administration for that disastrous, botched response, george w. bush's fema director who appeared to be appointed to that job more as a patronage hire rather than his qualifications, he was fired a week after that bod broadcast we just showed you. as 2005 rolled into 2006, that's when the investigations started into what went wrong t. white house did its own internal investigation t. senate did its own investigation. but in the house, there were some interesting things there. the house got their investigation, their report from the investigation. they got it out first. which may it the most influential. the federal government reviews what went wrong. they were first. it had an interesting origin story. in the house, there was a big partisan fight over the way that investigation would be approached. the house wanted it to be a special select committee involving members of both parties, they rejected the way the republican majority was rejecting it. house democrats decided that no democratic members of congress would participate on a formal level. t

george w. bush, and barack obama, no red states, no blue states. the united states. you see a mainstream of politics a little bit cal leadership who truce to unite people. what donald trump has tried to do is disregard that by intentionally doing poll texas by division. >> and one thing to be said, it worked. these are grand statement pweus man of significant mettle and impact. will it change the minds of anybody who supports the president? you have to believe the answer is no. last night we saw a very different take on the politics of today and how it should be regarded by speaker paul ryan who has been certainly quiet in critical moments. not last night. it was the al smith dinner. he was getting his jokes on. >> i know last year that donald trump offended some people. i know his comments, according to chris, went too far. some said it was unbecoming of a public figure. and they said that his comments were offensive. well, thank god he's learned his lesson. every morning i wake up and troll twitter to see what tweets i will are have is to pretend i didn't see later

bush that really says something about the politics of our time you know george w. bush i consider to be an extraordinary man i thought he was an extraordinary president in a lot of ways for him to make those comments which look i don't think anybody can doubt that they were directed in part at least at that the current president for george w. bush to make those statements really kind of demonstrates how far down the rat hole we've gotten in terms of the political dialogue and really an effort to elevate it back to hopefully an area where we can have civil disputes because that's not where we're at right now do you think we're going to reform the tax code. i certainly don't agree with the way that the republicans are doing it i mean to give the one percent and even less than the one percent more tax cuts meanwhile the majority of the people especially the working poor and middle class bear the burden of that to starve government in that way and not use the people's money for the benefit of the people i don't necessarily think that that is the way to go at all so i'm

george w. bush and barack obama making rare appearances. let's discuss now. cnn's special correspondent jamie gangel is here. senior political analyst david gergen is here as well p. and presidential historian douglas brinkley author of franklin roosevelt and the land of america. so much to talk about. extraordinary times we're living in. but let's talk about the two former presidents. president obama just wrapped up a campaign speech on behalf of the democratic candidate for governor in virginia. take a listen to what he said about politics today. >> instead of our politics reflecting our value we've got politics infecting our communiti communities. instead of looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way we've got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry, to demonize people who have different ideas. to get the base all riled up because it provides a short-term tactical advantage. >> and former president bush earlier today. >> we've seen our discourse de

president barack obama and george w. bush appeared to have taken swipes at president donald trump in speeches lamenting the current political climate although he the right did not directly reflect struck by name both commented on the growing divide within american society folks don't feel good right now about what they see. that they don't feel as if our public life reflects our best. instead of our politics reflecting our values we've got politics infecting our communities. instead of. looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way. we would go out folks who were deliberately trying to make folks say. to demonize people who have different ideas. our identity as a nation and like many other nations is not determined by geography or net or ethnicity. by so our blood. being american policy braces high ideals and sitting with sponsibility this means that people of every race religion ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy again

and also george w. bush. and he did it in a key note address to the california republican party's fall convention. >> within 24 hours of each other there were three speeches, president xi in china, our beloved president george bush. [ audience boos ] that's a piece of work, and john mccain. [ audience boos ] >> he embarrassed himself, wrote a high falutin' speech. it was clear he didn't know what he was talking about. he has no earthly idea whether he was come org going, just like it was when he was president of the united states. i want to apologize up front to any of the bush folks outside, in this audience, okay? because there has not been a more destructive presidency than george bush's. john mccain, his service in the united states navy say pride to every naval officer. how he handled himself. and how john mccain has handled himself with this horrible disease he has and the class that his wife and his daughter have shown, the whole family. and his two sons who serve in the marine corps. john mccain deser

bush, george h. w. bush, at least michelle obama is really beyond a pleasant relationship, it's fun, it's funny. they seem to enjoy each other. that's what we see in public. what's it like behind the scenes, though? >> i think what you see is what you get. there's no question. it's interesting when you consider bill clinton and george w. bush. they're the two presidents who are if not the closest in terms of their i do a they are the second closest. two men both born in the summer of 1946. they come from different parts of our country, different parts of your culture. they have become great friends just as clinton and bush's father have. and you're right about michelle obama and george w. bush. these are relationships that are real and, of course, you'll see that tomorrow on stage in college station when five former living presidents are gathering. that's only happened a few times in our whole nation's history. so this is kind of a moment where people who have had the office and respect the office and a

george w. bush has been living a very quiet post presidency down in dallas. he did write a best-selling memoir. he does do the wounded warriors. i think enough is enough. bsh's speech today was very brave. it was clearly aimed at donald trump. he denounsed the emboldening of bigotry in the united states. and barak obama has signed a very healthy big book advance. he's kind of waiting to get his memoir published. he wants to have the decorum of not attacking a sitting president, but he's being goodied into action by donald trump constantly invoking him in erroneous ways. usually obama's team goes back at trump, but today you saw barak obama in full campaign swing mode in new jersey and virginia. >> doing it him of the so david, president bush's remarks seemed like a point by point take down of president trump. let's listen. >> the american dream of upward mobility seems out of reach for some who feel left behind in a changing economy. discontent deep end and sharpened, partisan conflicts. bigotry seems emboldened. our politics seems more vulnerable to conspira

to presidents jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama, melania and i want to express our deep gratitude for your tremendous assistance. >> so certainly the president's presence will be felt at the concert, but the optics perhaps of having him on stage with these former presidents with whom just in the past week, he's had some awkward exchanges to say the least. that would just be odd for something that's meant for a good cause, pamela. >> so to be clear, the president was asked to participate, but we don't know if he was invited to comment personally, correct? >> yes. he was invited to participate and that's how we wound up with this video message, but it's unclear whether he was invited to be there in person. >> all right. thank you so much. and to refresh your memory, here's some of what president bush and president obama said this week. >> our young people need positive role models. bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone. provides permission for cruelty and bigotry and compromises the mor

george w. bush, who has shied away from the public eye, now breaking his silence tonight on what he's seeing in this country. >>> also breaking, the state of emergency in florida, the white nationalist leader set to speak. and then, you'll see what happened today. >>> just in tonight, the las vegas investigation, what we've now learned about those 12 minutes. >>> new reporting tonight, what happened inside the cockpit as that passenger p >>> breaking now. what the lapd has just revealed about harvey weinstein. >>> and will your city win? 50,000 amazon jobs, sal race of 100 grand. and how far will your city go? >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with that deeply personal moment at the white house today. chief of staff general john kelly coming into the briefing room, defending president trump's phone call to the family of sergeant la david johnson. and in doing so, general kelly talking about the loss of his own son, right there, in afghan

, george w. bush and barack obama. gathered last night at texas a&m university to raise money for hurricane victims. that's it for us today. we'll be back next week for "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. the following is an important paid program about humana medicare advantage prescription drug plans. welcome to your medicare your decision, the program that guides you through the medicare options available from humana. there are many different medicare choices available today, but are you sure you have the right medicare plan? are you with the right company? do you wonder if you could save money with a different plan? no matter what medicare coverage you have now, this program will give you the information and facts you need, so you can make a smart decision, on how you can start with healthy, enjoy life and get the right medicare plan from humana. hi. my name is sam davis. and i'm going to tell you about exciting plans available to anyone with medicare. these are affordable, all-in-one plans

we've seen nationalism distorted into nativism. >> i covered george w. bush. i knew the way he operated, and he hoped that former presidents would operate when he was in the oval office, and we've seen the way he's conducted himself after. he doesn't say much, on purpose. he bites his tongue. and he's not now. that says a lot. >> well, this is the difference between george w. bush looking at a democratic president who he knows he's going to disagree with and has policies that are very different and george w. bush fighting for the soul of the republican party. i think that's what was going on here. i mean, the comments he made, whether it had to do with immigration or whether it had to do with economic or national security policy, is all about fighting the ground. trump has gone after the establishment. he's gone after -- who's the establishment? george bush is the establishment. so donald trump has gone after him. barack obama went after him all the time, blamed him for everything, for years and years and years, but bush sort of said, well, with i expei expect

the last thing george w. bush would want to do is take shots . that is just not something that he has done in the past. he has been very good at adhering to that unspoken path of not criticizing his predecessors. he's saying enough is enough and i've got to use this platform. i can no longer afford the luxury of remaining silent, because american values are under attack. what this white house -- >> you know what? this last election was a rebuke >> jason, it's not about -- [ overlapping speakers >> it is not a coincidence that john mccain came out and bob corker is doing it, that jeff flake is doing it. republicans are -- >> you keep going back to the election. people don't vote retro actively. this is what has happened after the -- >> one person can't be -- [ overlapping speakers [ multiple >> jason, if it was just democrats, i could understand how you could say it's a partisan attack, but it's people in his own cabinet at what point do you acknowledge that the man is not a popular president, he's not well liked except among his base. and he has

and kudos, this is still the same george w. bush that got us in iraq, we can't forget that. but kudos to george w. bush for realizing where we are as a country and pushing to make us a more perfect union. >> president trump doesn't seem to want to let it go, he's tweeting again this morning about congresswoman fredericka wilson, calling her a disaster after she claimed he was insensitive in a call to a gold star widow. that's next. today. ney, for spending makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com. >> tech: so you think this chip is not

the last thing george w. bush would want to do is take shots at any president. that is just not something that he has done in the past. >> correct. >> he has been very good at adhering to that unspoken pact of not credit seesing your success ors. he has been good at that. what is doing now is expressing the frustration and saying you know what? enough is enough and i've got to use this platform. i can no longer afford the luxury of remaining silent because american values are under attack. what this white house and this president are doing are affecting the national tone and there has got to be somebody using the bully pulpit -- >> jason -- >> let me tell you -- >> let me say this, it is not a coincidence that john mccain this week came out and did contactel the same thing and bob corker is doing it, that jeff flake is doing it. that george -- >> exactly. all the washington -- >> reminding republicans about republican values, american values. >> going back to the election people don't vote retroactively. this is what has happened after the election. >> just beca

you have to know your dna, and i was on the campaign to with george w. bush. i'll never forget, we would go to five campaign events.we at the end of the date he wass raring to go. i just didn't get back to the hotel. there are people who draw energy from the process. i don't so much and i've never liked politics particularly. i do love policy. the other thing is my calling is what i do. i love being a professor. i love teaching millennials. they are a challenge. they are wonderful. [laughing] w they come to me and they say, i want to be a leader it and i say not a job description, and it's not a destination. let's talk about what you're going to learn and know so somebody will follow you. then my other favorite line, i want my first job to be meaningful. and i say, your first job is not going to be meaningful. it's going to be a first job. what would be meaningful is somebody will pay you for the first time to do it so that's meaningful. i've got my work cut out for me. [applause] >> if you don't want to run for office, though some president came along again s

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you heard speeches of obama this week and of george w. bush. donald trump has the job of the presidency to do. it's nice we have ex-presidents able to come together in such an incredible way and do hurricane relief and praise for the volunteers of america, first responders, and make sure we don't forget about puerto rico, u.s. virgin islands, florida, and texas. >> amen. juliette, president trump who did get praised for hurricane responses in texas and florida, gave himself a 10 out of 10 as to how he handled puerto rico. do you think he cares about not going? >> i think that ten out of ten must be a curve. i think -- i don't know what donald trump thinks. to be honest, i don't think we should care what he thinks. this is the irony and aggravation of this presidency. is that he is -- it's all about him. hurricane relief concert really should be specifically about those who are victims, those who lost homes, those who in puerto rico we don't even know who is dead still. because we don't have an accurate count because the electricity is not on. t

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and we heard it from george w. bush who has been very quiet. there's unspoken pact among former presidents to not criticize their success ares but enough is enough. a lot of people are heartbroken, sad and that want to -- it's time to speak up and act up and have a position. >> ken, what did you think? >> certainly he sounded presidential. he was speaking in broad themes and he went on to also lament the lack of civility and the conspiracy theory type of reporting that goes on in discourse that goes on now and that's been rising over the years. i think you can read this more broadly than what president bush as a attack by president bush on president trump for sure. he was addressing more than that. i don't think he has any problem laying a land mine here or there for president trump. he's made that clear in the past as well. he was very indirect about it if that's what he was doing here today. as you noted, there is this pact among presidents where they tend to leave quietly and president bush certainly did that. he was not much in evidence in

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reporter john loyer ends has more. >> former president george w. bush hasn't spoken much about politics since leaving the white house nearly a decade ago. but that changed on thursday. >> we've seen our discourse, degraded by casual cruelty, at times it can seem like the force is pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. >> and although the 43rd president never mentioned president trump's name -- >> people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and ' qually american. >> seemed pretty clear who he was referring to. >> i think the fact that you have a former republican president of the united states speaking out in such clear terms, condemning the trumpism , matters. >> and mr. bush wasn't the only former president to take the stage on thursday. >> some of the politics we see , now we felt we put that to bed. i mean, that put folks 50 years back. >> he also didn't mention his suck ester by name. >> we have folks deliberate ridly trying to make -- to demonize people who have different ideas. >> the two speeches by pus

george w. bush elected in 2000, his party did up expectedly well in the 2002 midterms. usually a president's party loses seats in the midterm. that was not true. republicans did great in 2002 because of the mood of the country following the 9/11 attacks. in 2004, george w. bush was reelected, but it was time for another midterm in 2006, and in 2006, after the three previous elections, it was no mystery that the country was due for the pendulum to swing back towards the democratic party's electoral prospe prospect. we knew democrats would be doing well in 2006, but they exceeded even though very high expectations. in 2006, democrats did great. they took complete control of congress; nancy pelosi first u.s. woman speaker of the house in u.s. history, and although the bush administration had another two years left to run, in political terms, they limped to the finish line. the president and vice president so profoundly unpopular by then vice president cheney all by does appeared from public view for last two years of the george w. bush administration. the president, himsel

calling george w bush destructive. do you think the strategy is working here or do you think it's going to cause a rift in the republican party. >> it's interesting bannon keeps going after george w. bush. likely because bush criticized trump this past week. not a surprise. i think bannon has long viewed bush as a horrible president that did not serve the republican party well. it led to the obama years because it was a backlash towards the failures of the bush administration. >> let me ask you really quickly about the relationship between mitch mcconnell who actually defended president trump yesterday in fact saying that trump doesn't get enough credit for some of the things he's done to get the country going again, so to speak. do you see this as a sign of things between these two men are actually beginning to thaw. >> i think it may be a little bit. until trump stops tweeting, he is not going to have the best relationship with mitch mcconnell. i think mcconnell and trump, they need each other to pass tax reform. of

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