george w. bush: yes, i did pretty suet what can you tell us about that. george w. bush: the meeting of the story. we were in the room thankfully they did not ask me to identify where was one is running in 2000. [laughter]. [applause]. i don't know where it is and is a fabulous country by the way. really one of the most beautiful countries. that is meeting with putin for the first time. in 2001 and he is talking to me about soviet settling the russian federation. after about five minutes of listening to him. he was talking about the date. i said is it true that your mother give you cross that she had blessed in jerusalem. i had read about the cross and his mother and a cia briefing. there is asking that is i wanted to learn more about the person. but i needed to know the type of person i was dealing with. he then starts describing his mom and the cross prayed in nato's interesting story about how young the cross on the doctrine of her down. until the workmen the only thing that i really which are defined as the cross. and then he explained the company with the cross

his relationship with george w. bush which is very same. according to my reporting which i talked to a lot of people, his family and friends say bush used it as being like the civil war. drums presidency is like the civil war. we can get through a trump presidency but the only conversation is that trump had with george w. bush has been around brett kavanaugh who worked for bush and bush called senators to get kavanaugh confirmed during the confidential hearing. it was a long time ago and i know during the pandemic, all presidents want to be of service and help but they feel like they can't do anything right now because they are teaming up against him, the story will be donald trump is not part of this so they feel like their hands are tied. >> there is one story in the book involving jimmy carter, many evenings he will walk down the street in georgia to meet with family and friends and you talk about that in the book, on a quiet saturday evening in april 2019, former president carter was about to serve himself at a buffet table at a friend'

so as you can see george w. bush, his father george h. w. bush, former presidents clinton and carter. kate joining from her home in bethesda. bob is up from illinois. good evening. >> caller: good evening, steve. love c-span. it is nice to talk to you. i've been voting straight democrat since 1972. southside of chicago and i got a photograph of my late wife with obama when he ran in a fund raiser at the 01 helton. i'm a little discouraged by what i'm reading in the news. i hope this doesn't come back to the president. i agree there are some bad actors. i'm just hoping it doesn't come back to president obama but if it does is there any offer out there that will write a book about obama that will talk about him as unbiased. c-span is terrific. we all love c-span. but i'm afraid history will bend a little bit. thanks a lot. >> host: thanks for the call from illinois. >> guest: i think that people will look at the trump presidency fairly. i think there's certainly a degree of liberal bias, but i do think that sometimes when you are just saying t

and ultimately george w bush does that. but his family never leaves, he always loves and respects and admires them and i don't think he was as rebellious as some people think he was. >> are also programs about us presidents include historians kenneth ackerman and david stewart and contributors to c-span's recent book that asks numerous historians to rank the president. they offer their thoughts on the rankings of april 2019at the museum in washington dc . >> why you think the survey of the president has presented in this book is valuable ? >> to me, preparing to be here today i thought it was strikingwhen it tells you about the country and our history . the pattern that jumped out at me when i thought about it was the waythe modern presidents are treated . 12 presidents who served since world war ii, 12 out of 43 so that's barely one in four. those are represented heavily at the top tier. five out of the top 10 are modern presidents. seven out of the top 15are modern presidents . with that our country we are so lucky that w

w.. he was george bush when he was president. when john quincy adams became president, john adams did not have to change his name, so i'm sticking with george bush, and of course his immediate successor, bill clinton. and george w. bush, the one who came next, then finally, we sort of dip our toe into the obama presidency. part of which pat oliphant was able to capture in his cartoons. we are also going to see at least one example of pat all offense great gift as a sculptor. unfortunately, we only get the seed into dimensions. it is an extraordinary work. and one of our panelists, i will introduce right now, mary kay carrie, can tell us something about that sculpture and the president who it portrays. mary kate is a senior fellow at the miller center. she has been teaching this year in the politics department of the university. she was a speech writer and a communication specialist of all sorts in the bush quail campaign in 1988, and then during the george bush presidency. philip, former director of the mueller center, and a memb

ultimately george w. bush does that. but his family never leaves him he always love and respects and admires him. some people realize he's not as rebellious as he thinks he was. >> why do you think a survey of the presidents is valuable? >> to me looking the last few days preparing for today i thought it was striking. the pattern that jumped out at me when i saw it how the modern presidents are treated the 12 presidents who have served since world war ii, 12 out of 43. one out of four those are represented very heavily at the top tier. seven out of the top 15 are modern. and there they were. we just wonder if there was stuff built in that thinking about it to represent something more and how that presidency has changed modern presidents are in fact much more consequential than early presidents. none of the 32 presidents that served before the post world war era ever had to deal with the labor war and the prospect of people being killed with a nuclear exchange in a couple of hours. to deal with the global power to deal wi

bush, but george w. bush became an ally in that effort and signed it into law and then it was in 2016 where the museum was finally opened. so when you talk about strategic patience over the life of a career, that's something that john lewis exhibited. at the same time, as a young man when he spoke on the steps of the lincoln memorial and said we don't want to wait, we want to be free now, he could exert both ends of that, the passion to get things done as urgently as possible and stick to it-ness to come back on issues that matter and be able to see through the sweep of history the fruition of that in the case of the museum. here at the united states capitol for all of the majestic aspects of it, this is coming to the office for john lewis and part of life on capitol hill for members is the community of staff, the capitol police, the people that work not only directly for a member of congress but for the institution. so you'll see a lot of that here in terms of how the people who are the community of the

bush, bill clinton and george w. bush and included barack obama's 2008 election. the university of virginia's miller center hosted this hour 15 minute discussion. we are going to get started here with round two of presidents on whom oliphant was able to bestow his gifts. and a country on which he was able to bestow his gifts by combatting, visually and with words, on those presidents. i am mike nelson. i'm the guy you had to put up with during the first panel. fortunately, we have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices you heard from the scholars who were on the first panel. once again, we've got miller center people here. and the miller center, one of its main emphases, is the focus on studying the presidency in depth. historical depth with objectivity. in other words, we are all in the business of doing stuff that an editorial cartoonist is not in the business of doing which is reacting to events on a day-to-day basis. as pat oliphant did more than 10,000 times in his 60 plus years as a newspaper cartoonist. where as we all strived to b

george w. bush and al gore had three debates in the 2000 campaign. the word terrorism came up once and only in passing. you would have missed it if you blinked. well, that issue became the one that dominated george w. bush's 8 years in office. it's interesting, though, that cyber attack is what the president was talking about because in the book when i'm trying to conskrr and readers the kind of surprise event that could be devastating and high stakes i mention pandemic. before the one i focused on a little bit more is cyber attacks. and it's that kind of thing an administration has to prepare well ahead of time, and so that's part of what the book is about is how a president has to prioritize, which is the basis of your question there, which is you can't always be thinking about the thing immediately in front of you because there's very important things you'll only be able to take care of if you focus on them beforehand. >> to take them one step further here's how you frame it in your book. in the fourth quadrant systems the horizontal access spots

so i'm sticking with george bush and his immediate successor bill clinton. and then george w. bush, the one who came next and finally we dip our toe into the obama presidency, part of which pat oliphant was able to capture in his cartoons. we're also going to see at least one example of pat oliphant's great gifts as a sculptor, unfortunately we only get to see it in two dimensions. one of our panelists, mary kay kerry, can tell us something about that sculpture and the president who it portrays. mary kate is a senior fellow at the miller center. she's been teaching this year in the politics department of the university. she was a speech writer and a communication specialists of all sorts in the bush/quail campaign of 1998 and during the george bush presidency. the former director of the miller center and member of the history department here held prominent positions in both bushes' administrations. and probably did other things that i'm not aware of that are worth noting. and then chris lu, a senior fellow at the miller center, has worked over the years in all three branchs of

bush, bill clinton and george h w bush. bins watch booktv all summer on c-span2. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many authors in the near future in booktv on c-span2. >> joining us now on booktv is senator joni ernst, republican from iowa. she's written a new memoir called daughter of the heartland. what prompted you to write this book at this time? >> guest: thank you so much. this is been a journey of love for me. i grew up in southwest iowa in a rural part of the state and the perseverance, dedication, the hard work my parents

for example, it arose for george w. bush. for perception, cheney or rove, somebody's pulling the strings. president trump, steve bannon. nobody ever said that about barack obama. nobody ever said that about bill clinton. is it a partisan thing. is it the press tends to think republicans aren't smart enough to do it on their own and there must be somebody else behind them and democrats are sma smart enough? how do you explain this? >> i mean, just answered the question. that was too easy. >> the question is don't you agree? >> look, i did not work with bill clinton. although i certainly spent time with bill clinton. barack obama you could say many things about him. on his face, very smart. very professorial. clearly had his hands on everythi everything. part of it is the ethos of the white house. we could talk more about this. we had a mantra, no drama obama. it was a very low key white house. we didn't leak. we didn't write books after we left. it was all about what was doing -- what was best for the president and so, it's no

don't dare criticize george h. w. bush, ever. don't dare criticize george bush, ever. >> when she came to the white house, she told her press secretary, anna perez, that there were three areas where you better keep hands off -- her fellow, her family, and her dogs. and that pretty much followed through. she was very concerned and reacted sometimes very quickly if there was criticism of george bush, who she always called george bush, and the children. today >> we are going to invite you, as we always do, to participate in our discussion tonight, and there are three ways you can do it. we have a conversation already underway on c-span's facebook page, and you can join that and we will work some of the questions and comments into our discussion tonight. you can also tweet us using the handle @firstladies. >> and finally, you can call us. we have our lines divided geographically. if you live in the eastern of central time zones, 202-585-3880. if you live in the mountain, pacific or even farther west, 202-585-3881. and throughout the

>> yes it's - it's when you talk to george w. bush about this. and - and why he got involved in aids relief in africa, where no other president had really given much thought to to that, remarkably. george w. bush is - did by far more for the continent of africa than any of this predecessors. and the reason is - is that to whom much is given, much is required. and he saw that the aids was eradicating much of sub-saharan africa. and that he could do something about it. he could make a measurable difference. and he thought if he didn't do that, if he didn't take a chance and invest money in that cause, in the eradication of that insidious disease, that we would be judged in years to come. >> so i think that a lot of it had to do with his religious faith. and again i think laura bush shares that faith. >> next is cathy in du quoin, illinois. hi, cathy. >> cathy: hello. the reason i was calling is earlier in this program the question was raised about when laura found her faith once more. and i had read her book and she mentioned, i lost my faith that

in the national security as well as ambassador to the un for president george w. bush. and most recently national security adviser to president donald trump but they working relationship ended in acrimony and accusations up to 17 months trump tweeted bolton services were no longer needed in the white house bolton insists he quit his recent book the room where it happened the white house memoir caused controversy as bolton portrays a president driven only by his desire for reelection. in this interview we go beyond this latest well covered controversy to explore what was the truth of his

bush i mean there's a george w. bush was a love based politician he loved people and he had to know george w. bush is to love him and he's just and because he loves people he's not necessarily people agree with his policies necessarily people didn't like his presidency necessarily but he is somebody who sees as his sacred duty to bring people together in the lift them up and and not everybody sees their sacred duty that particular way and when you're in a populous time in american politics on both right and left you're not going to find major politicians who have that fundamental philosophy very often what will i see when i watch fishing with dynamite fishing with dynamite is a is a is a wonderful mockumentary and i didn't make it i was just an it but i was delighted when i actually saw it at the end fishing with dynamite talks about how the capitalist system requires morals before markets it's a very pro markets movie and i'm very proud markets myself i mean capitalism is a miracle democratic capitalism in particul

and presidents bill clinton and george w. bush will participate in the service. today's funeral marks the last of six-days of memorial ceremonies honoring lewis. he passed away earlier this month at the age of 80 following a six-month battle with cancer. you can watch john lewis' funeral in its entirety on kron on -- our 24-7 streaming service for local news. ( darya )( james ) lets start this half hour of the kron4 morning news with a check of weather.rebecca strom is in the weather center. good morning rebecca. weather.weather.weather. a big story out of the east bay. someone sets fire to a church and the pastor says its because they put up a black lives matter sign. kron 4's reyna harvey is live at the church in berkeley with the details. reyna? <áá..we are not deterred.áá> happening now... civil rights icon congressman john lewis' memorial service is beginning in atlanta georgia... the state he represented for over 30 years.. this is a live look at the memorial. president local news.service for 24-7 streaming service for local news. great day on the lake!

before we start jean will give us a great presentation about george w. bush. we'll have a question and answer afterwards. because he spent is feeling tonight please use the microphones. will place one over there, another to the side there. that way your question doesn't get lost on c-span. i want to welcome you and tell you that we appreciate you being here tonight. especially given that the democratic party has done alternative programming. we have the opportunity to get our fill of the 2020 presidential campaign. we're going to take a few moments to commemorate a man who won it in 2028. a man who became more appreciated with time. i was struck like many others i think by the national outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to and through the funeral of george herbert bush in last november. and the funeral of his wife recently, he was the 44th president. gore said that he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. (applause) the country seemed anxious to celebrate those qualities. he was a world war two hero before he began h

the george w. bush institute report highlights u.f.'s operation as one of the most respected technology transfer offices in the country with the best tech transfer team in the world. it has spun off more than 60 companies in biotech along. good, agriculture, and the energy sectors have acquired more than 20% of these companies. the faculty, staff, and students at the university of florida are as intelligent as they are ambitious and demonstrate the breadth of diversity, thought, and creativity in the state of florida. it is because of these accomplishments such as this that florida is counted among the most successful and influential states in the nation. i am proud as i see the positive impacts of the university of florida's continued research for knowledge, innovation, and discoverry. the students and faculty at the university of florida are determined, hardworking, and i'm glad to see that the university is getting the recognition that it deserves. congratulations again to my alma mater, the university, its faculty, and staff on this

bush's personality might be seen in her son president george w. bush? >> well, i think both of them have long memories. barbara bush i think does not let go of criticism very easily, and i'm not sure that george walker bush does either. >> and a similar question and you can respond to both. on twitter, are there any passions that a young barbara passed onto her own children? >> i think to understand barbara bush you need to appreciate she was really a product of her times and the passion she passed onto her children was the fact she had devoted her entire life to them, to raising a family to being a good loyal wife to her husband over the course of his varied careers. he was for many times -- in many sense an absentee father for many years because he was on the road as a salesman, a politician, as a government official. she was the one there every night. and so for george w. bush in particular i think that helped form a real bond between the two of them especially after robin's unfortunate death. >> just some statistics on that so people get a sense how

even george w bush had it right, my fellow texa n, george w bush had it right, my fellow texan, when he said that compassionate conservatism a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, for dhaka students was up immigrants, for dhaka students was up that george w bush republican area is unfortunate not the trump republican. that is at the old republican. that is at the old republic that i could actually respect and work with. before i come to you, matt, the u—turn referred to by moe they are on international stu d e nts by moe they are on international students was an uncommon saying that since courses were going to be online, international students needed to leave the country under the courses in their own countries, now he has backtracked on that. matt? i could do without the condescension from my co—panellist here. i condescension from my co—panellist here. lam condescension from my co—panellist here. i am glad on the universal, i'm glad they reversed it. it makes no sense to kick out international students who are participating in classes online, that makes no se

bush's personality might be seen in her son, president george w. bush? have any thoughts about that? >> well, i think that both of them have long memories. barbara bush, i think, does not let go of criticism very easily, and i'm not sure that george walker bush does, either. >> and a similar question, and you can respond to both. regina crumkey on twitter, are there any passions that a young barbara passed on to her own children? >> well, you know, we have to appreciate -- i think to understand barbara bush, you need to appreciate that she was really a product of her times. and the passion that she passed on to her children was the fact that she had devoted her entire life to them, to raising a family and to being a good and loyal wife to her husband over the course of his varied careers. i mean, he was a really -- for many times -- it was -- at many sense, an active and absentee father for many years, because he was on the road as a salesman, then he was on the road as a politician, then he was on the road as a government official. she was the one who w

e also talks about his experience serving under presidents george w bush and barack obama. this is 45 minutes. > my name is steve, on behalf of the crown family, it's my pleasure to welcome to you the econd annual distinguished lecture or u.s. foreign policy. we hosted lecture former defense secretary jim audience front of an of 900 people, a situation that unthinkable today. the pandemic has transformed ociety and international relations, along with protests, there are fundamental questions america's global leadership, image, and power. these questions have elevated work of tance of the the lester crown center on u.s. policy and the chicago council on which i and my founded. this is a forum for a discussion f perspectives on the big global questions. it can be policy makers, military leaders and journalists and analysts on the council same time to discuss their insights and others.lic the center produces original research to deepen our proposed ing of the solutions to critical global challenges including their report, the annual chicago council survey of opinion on u.s. fo

laura welch bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband, george w. bush, to the white house. less than nine months later came the 9/11 attacks while she helped comfort the nation with education, literacy and women's health. welcome to cspan's series, first ladies. tonight, we'll tell you the story of the wife of our 43rd president. here to do that are two people who know her well. ann is a laura bush biographer. her 2000 book the tells the story of her as she covered her since 2001. welcome. mark is a presidential historian, the author of several books about the presidency and is working on one about the relationship between presidents bush 41 and 43. in your biography, you refer to the role of a job of first lady as, this is a quote, the most bizarre volunteer job in the world. whatever thoughts and we heard laura bush talk about having her mother-in-law as a role model, whatever thoughts you might have had about how she would perform the role of first lady were upended september 11th. she talked about that day. i'd like you to watch that then have

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another president, george w. bush, was more subtle, but, boy, was it clear when he said, john, listen, john and i had our disagreements, of course, but the america john lewis fought for and the america i believe in, in differences of opinion are inevitable evidence of democracy in action. very clear what he was saying there. >> yes, it was. former president bush celebrating the diversity of dwee debate in country saying it should be a richness. the current president using it differently as we see. you can see from this moment john lewis's allies will use this as a rallying cry to push for registration, push for participation, push against efforts as we see to fight from the president of the united states and others, to fight against mail-in and other voting in the age of covid. john lewis's final words published this morning at his direction saying i may not be here with you i urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe in. in my life i have done all i can the way

he at times worked closely with george w. bush, at times they were not -- they were at odds over things like the war in iraq, but john lewis had this unique standing where anybody would tell you, and there's the former president there and laura bush coming into the church in atlanta. they would just tell you when in his presence he had this unique place. it will be interesting, i think good for country today to hear these reflections. >> and i think that just the fact that as you just saw george w. bush walking into that church to pay tribute to the man who boycotted his inauguration tells you so much about how larger than life john lewis was as a political figure, as and historical figure and icon for this country. you know, john lewis never minced words about what he thought was right and wrong. as he said in his final words to the country today in that op-ed. you must -- if you see something, you must say something, and he always did that, and i think that, you know, the people who knew him in washington, whether they agre

george w. bush. he will speak today as well as president clinton. president jimmy carter sends his condolences with the note that he and his wife roslyn are not able to travel right now. the last time we saw george w. bush and barack obama eulogize a legislator was of course, the funeral nearly two years ago of john mccain. >> and they will gather again here today, george. as you mentioned, three presidents barack obama delivering that eulogy. george w. bush and bill clinton as well, and you can sense the history in this community here where john lewis has come home, serving more than 30 years here in atlanta. we're here at the ebenezer baptist church. not sure if you can hear the organs playing behind me, but i have been talking with people who gathered outside the church. obviously close loved ones and dignitaries inside and outside. one woman told me moments ago if she had to describe john lewis in a word or two, she would say humble but direct. she spent a lot of time coming up with direct.

we saw that beautiful statement from george w. bush. this is the time to remember a civil rights icon, not about personal grudges. abby and victor? >> if anyone expected anything different, they have not been paying attention. the president did similar things after the death of john mccain because of his disagreement with the senator. we'll see if the president elevates and makes a statement about the death of john lewis. kristen holmes there at the white house, thank you so much. >> and coming up, to wear or not to wear a mask. the cdc says the pandemic could be under control in a matter of weeks if people wore them. how the mayor of miami plans to get residents there to wear masks. acmop combines powerful suction with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. and they're actually pulling out the minerals from the enamel. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back int

ambassador to poland during the george w. bush administration. i went to begin with a piece you wrote, you said, turning poland into a hard right direction would weaken the country's .tanding in europe going to be aner alternative to the european union for poland. on that front, based on what happened and the reelection of the president, what does that mean? that thethink president of full and has done a skillful job managing the relationship with trump, meaning duda himself is not nearly as skeptical of alliances or the european union as some of the ideologues around president trump or president tr ump himself. pullen plus prosperity depends on the integration into the wider european economy and its relationship with germany, and duda knows this. when he visited washington before the elections, he skillfully avoided getting in between, getting sucked into this right between trump and the german chancellor, and i think credit -- i think pullen has done a reasonable job staying out of u.s. politics. -- pullen has done a reasonable job of staying o

they were strafing at george w. bush in 2008 and now we are yearning for other republican presidents, i don't know what she's talking about. >> it's interesting because nancy pelosi now has some strong allies on the right. there's a vocal minority who are just as vicious aboute' president trump as the democrats. a lot of people i've spoken to say that's because when the president does something like space force, taking a program that was classified four years and putting it into the light, that's trillions of dollars in dark money that is now in thed light. that's draining the swamp financially in a massive way. most people don't pay any attention to this, it means people on the left in the right, the establishment that sarah was talking about, those people have lost a lot of their advantage that they had to. that's where the ordinary person says donald trump is a president of change. they never wanted him to be seen as a president of change, if you go back to the propaganda from the very moment that he won the elec

and -- bill clinton and george w. bush have been removed and placed where the president won't see them. i want to bring in kaitlan collins. good evening to you. the president is ignoring the pandemic and now we're learning where the white house's attention is. moving porterates of former presidents out of sight? >> reporter: this is a week where the president didn't hold any events dedicated to covid-19. they've been insisting he was focussed on it. and now with this great reporting, we've learned in the last week, since last wednesday, they have moved these portraits, that normally when you walk in, you see these portraits of presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. they no longer are there and typically it's the two most recent presidents. barack obama's portrait has not been unveiled yet and that's why it's not there. now they're in the old family dining room. if you're not familiar, when you're taking a tour or a visitor, you don't often go there. and right now they're storing old furniture and table cloths in

and very clearly in the driveway of george w. bush is vacation home in crawford in 2004, we were working for "time" magazine at the time and we go to interview president bush, and advanced to the republican convention. we did the interview that day and were standing in the driveway waiting for the cars and he said do you want to add somebody whether it be a good president or not and how they make decisions, the job is only about making decisions. and what crystallized for me in that moment was thinking about the job as it is and then the difference between the job as it is and what you do all day which is making decisions and investigate what that means and how you do that and what structure you build limited to what we talked about a lot of times and campaigns. which tends to be a demand, even when were talking about issues, we talk about them in the abstract, not in a way that they come before the president with the president has to make decisions. so that was in 2004, i wrote a series of articles in 2010 about the presidency a

bush and president george w. bush tried and sometimes came within two or three votes to get that required legislative support. i hope that never happens. over time i think more americans are realizing we need to preserve the special area. >>host: what about offshore drilling? shall wants to drill offshore. >> i don't think so. that's for the islands are in the musk ox are up in that region. when we passed the alaska lands bill in late 1980 we opened 95 percent of all coastal areas for oil drilling this 5 percent is a special area where they are prohibited for oil drilling. i think 5 percent is not too much to save because it is just like god made it. >>host: why do you feel sarah palin is part of her discourse? is at her personality or have you ever met her or have any views what she is contributing? >> i've never met her but obviously i've watched television i think she's one of the most dynamic and attractive speakers we have ever seen. she knows how to appeal to a crowd, she's extremely eloquent, she has a ver

george w. bush's job approval rating was nowhere close to as low as that in june or july of 2004. the president needs to change himself noted to move up, then he becomes credible talking about things like the economy, talking about things like the biden record, talking about things like if you still want washington shaken up, why should you trust someone who has spent his entire adult life in washington. if the president doesn't establish his own credibility, all of those contrasts will not wash with the undecided voter that will decide the election. host: the me go back to brad pascal and what he wrote in "washington post," "biden, like hillary clinton in 2016, is been a central part of the washington system that voters opposed in 20 and are doing so again. is near half-century-long medical career is littered with terrible decisions that have had disastrous effects on the american middle class over the past four decades. the campaign, writes brad pascoe, has only just did -- has begun to define biden, a 47 year politician whose actions have decimated american working families and

the honorable george w. bush. [applause] who was president the last time we authorized the voting rights act. the honorable william jefferson clinton. [applause] and in just a little while, we will hear from the honorable barack obama. but the program will proceed as printed. president bush, president clinton, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, and another living saint among us, teacher and activist, the reverend james lawson. >> good morning. distinguished guests, john miles, lewis family and friends, i thank you for being here today. john's story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama, a place so small that he said you could barely find it on the map. but that line that talked about the chickens, i did a little research. every morning he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. he loved those chickens. already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every need. even their spiritual ones. john baptized them, he married them and he preached to them. when

tributes tonight from former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. former president barack obama delivering the eulogy. saying america was built by people like john lewis. and he went on to say few elections are as urgent as this one. what he's concerned about. >>> it comes just hours after president trump, who did not attend the funeral, suggested moving the election in a tweet. it set off a firestorm, including leaders of his own party. what mitch mcconnell is now saying tonight. joe biden had warned the president would try to do this. >>> millions of american families in need tonight. the new numbers. the economy shrinking by the largest margin since records were kept before world war ii. and with benefits now expiring, tonight, the scramble on capitol hill. the vote late today, but is it too little, too late? mary bruce on where this stands right now. >>> the coronavirus. deaths rising in 32 states. florida tonight reporting its deadliest 24 hours yet. ohio with a record number of new cases. and the new images tonight from. >>> we have also learn

secretary of defense under both president george w. bush and president barack obama. he was also an officer in the united states air force who worked for the cia for being appointed director of the agency. he was a member of the national security staff in four administrations and serve eight presidents of both critical parties. his nongovernment leadership roles include president of texas a&m university from 2002-2006 and he is currently chancellor of the college of william and mary. he is the author of four books including his latest, "exercise of power: american failures, successes, and a new path forward in the post-cold war world." dr. gates will be in a conversation today with ivo daalder, who is been the president of the chicago council on global affairs since 2013, served as a u.s. permanent representative to native from 2009-2013 and on the national security council staff under president bill clinton. ivo is a co-author of the empty throne, , america's abdication f global leadership. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming former secretary of state a

most people don't dare criticize -- george h. w. bush, ever. the press -- i just don't pay attention to it. but don't criticize george h. w. bush. ever! >> if i don't like it, i don't pay attention. don't dare criticize george h w bush ever. >> there was a bumper sticker that said, annoy the media. reelect bush. >> i didn't write that, but i might have. i didn't remember that, but i do remember george was running for >> president on the freeway going from new york to connecticut i saw someone with a sign that said bush for president. i was so excited, and i raced my car up to be close to him. it turned out to be our cousin. i was hoping it was a stranger, but nobody knew who he was. >> did you enjoy campaigning? >> yes, i really like people. it was fun. i liked it >> funny things happened, and i enjoyed it. partially because i knew he was the best man. i campaigned for george w. knowing full well he wasn't going to win, and he did. >> do you think there is room for another bush in the white house? >> i think this is a great country, and if we c

jonathan reiner, cardiology who advised the white house team under president george w. bush. sanjay, let me start with the breaking news this hour that atlanta is going to go back to phase one, locking down again. look, i know this doesn't surprise you. but what do you make of the timing, how long it took to get there? what does this say about other places that think, oh, we reopened early, but we're still going to be okay? >> right. no, nothing makes you feel like you've gone back to square one again or even worse than that than the fact that these mobile hospitals are now going to be re-deployed. there's a real concern at these hospitals that they're simply not going to be able to take care of these patients. i mean, it's not just the beds. it's the staff. it's the respiratory therapists. it's all these things, all these same discussions that we had back in march and april that we're having again that we thought we were past. so, it's demoralizing, erin. you know what i mean? i was at the hospital this week talking to people over there. people are worried once again. they'r

right now that's bill clinton and george w. bush because barack obama's has been been unveiled yet. we've learned the trump white house has had those portraits are not longer there and they've been moved to the old family dining room. if you're not familiar with how the white house is laid out, it's a room that visitors to the white house do not go to and right now they're storing old furniture and tablecloths in it and they replaced the ones in the foyer with a portrait of presidents mckinley and roosevelt. so we asked the white house why these portraits were moved and why is this happening right now in the middle of a pandemic with so much going on? they did not get back to us with a request for comment but it's just really striking because we've heard so far from john bolton in his book about just how much president donald trump despised george w. bush. we know his feelings on bill clinton. when the president would host state leaders like he did with the mexican president last wednesday or when he would come down from the third floor of the residence, he would see these pictures.

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even george w bush had it right, my fellow texan, when he said that compassionate conservatism included a pathway to citizenship for daca students, for undocumented immigrants. that george w bush republican era is unfortunately not the trump republican — that's the old republican that i could respect and admire and actually work with. before i come to you, matt, the u—turn referred to by moe there on international students was donald trump saying that since courses were going to be online, international students in the us had to leave the country and do the courses in their own countries, and then he has backtracked on that. matt? i could do without the condescension from my co—panellist here. i agree on the reversal, i'm glad they did reverse it. it makes no sense to kick out international students who are participating in classes and coursework online, that makes no sense. i think more broadly, the trump administration trying to move away from a family—based immigration system to a merit—based or skills—based system. that is what the uk, canada, australia has — i don't t

you might recall it was then president-elect george w. bush's inauguration and then congressman lewis opted not to attend because he didn't think he was doing enough on racial equality and wouldn't offer any hope of racial equality. two men, more than gone over their differences, and were joined at the 50th anniversary of the selma bridge incident as its been called 50 years later along with barack obama. we're also getting joe biden weighing in on this. we are made in the image of god. this is from the former vice president, and then there's john ratcliffe. he was truly one of a kind a moral compass whorled knew where to point us and in which direction to john's family, friends and staff, jill and i send you our love and prayers. want to go to emmanuel clever right now the missouri congressman former kansas city mayor. he's dealt directly with racial disturbances and violence, joins us now, to remember john lewis. congressman very good to have you. >> good to be with you. neil: just an odd confluence of events the disturbances within you

bush gore got more than george w. bush but the goal is to win 270 and you know we change it if you want to have you know about it you're right i think the argument that we're both making is not that we don't like the outcome it's that we don't like the process and i have to chase things that. i'm trying to get here. and you know here i i think the primary thing and i think i may have kind of lost my thought here but the primary thing is that. we know we would not be having this conversation here would hillary clinton have won because the majority of americans voted for hillary clinton so i agree that discussion about the process probably would have been delayed because the outcome was what you know them 66000000 americans one of them and that makes sense that we will have a conversation because there would be functionary you know the way it should what would you have a situation where the dream there's a 3000000 vote deficit for the winner there and it doesn't make sense it's like if you play a basketball game and i h

right now, that's bill clinton and george w. bush because barack obama's portrait has not been officially unveiled, yet. and we have learned that, in the last week, since last wednesday, the trump white house has had those portraits moved and they are no longer there, in the grand foyer. and instead, they've been moved to the old family dining room. which, if you're not familiar with how the white house is laid out, that's a room visitors do not often go to. right now, they are storing old furniture and tablecloths in it. and instead, they have placed the ones in the foyer with william mckinley and teddy roosevelt, who of course were president over a century ago and those were hanging in there. so we asked the white house why those portraits were moved and why this is happening right now, in the middle of a pandemic, with so much going on. they did not get back to us to our request for comment. but it's just really striking because we've heard so far, we heard from john bolton in his book, about just how much president trump des