he personifies george h.w. bush almost as well as george h.w. bush. and he set the stage for what we are having and the rest of the chapters. >> andrew? >> a couple of stories that tell you a lot about bush, himself. bush was taught by his mother and his father not to use the word "i" if you could possibly do it. and that is hard, if you are a politician. and if you look at the stuff he has written, memos when he is president, and speeches, he doesn't use the word. because he said it is too egotistical and egocentric. he came back from a baseball game when he was in high school, and he hit a home run, and they won the game as a result of it. he said, how did the team do? and he said, well, don't you care about the home run? he said, i care about how the team did, george. not how you did. and he repeated that story very often. he had an apartment above the auditorium. that was also right next to the bush library. so, he went to that center, as you know, mark, in that conference. by the way, we had five pandemic conferences before covid-19. that is one

bush, and secretary to george h w bush. we have executive director of fiscal institute of international affairs. he has been it distinguished professor on diplomacy at georgetown, vice president of worldvision, a veteran who served in the gulf war, us special envoy to the darfur process and most especially administer of international development. today they have edited and produced transforming our world, george h w bush and american foreign policy, a collection of essays from well-known foreign-policy practitioners who participated in unfolding international events in the administration. i to make sure everyone knows we will have time to take some audience questions near the end of the program. if you have questions please submit them to event@wilsoncenter.org. please include your name and affiliation. let me get things going. for me, a recurring theme in this book even though it was written by 20 authors in terms of the essays is good fortune. and ocean that george w. bush was uniquely qualified to lead the free world whe

president -- under george w. bush, secretary of transportation under george h. w. bush. and we have andrew s. natsios, a executive professor at the bush school at texas a&m university and director of the scocroft institute of national affairs. he has been a distinguished -- special envoy to sudan during the darfur crisis and now, go today they have edited and produced transforming our world, president h. w. bush and foreign policy, a collection of foreign policy essays from well-known practitioners who participated in the unfolding of international events as part of that bush administration. as we get going, i want to make sure everyone knows we will take your audience questions right at the end of our program. if you have questions please submit them to event at wilson center dot org. please include your name and affiliation. let me get things going. for me, a recurring theme in this book, even though it was written by 20 authors in terms of the essays, is good fortune. the notion that george h. w. bush was uniquely qualified to lead the free world when he did. as you g

that's when then president barack obama held an unveiling for george w. bush and laura bush. i want to play this moment from george w. bush. watch. >> i am also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wondering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask what would george do? [ laughter ] >> that was the moment that you mentioned, listen, you're not only a historian, you occasionally advice president biden. these vents aren't meant to be partisan. is there a part of you that worries that this return to tradition and the idea that the united states presidency is bigger than any one person and it could be short lived? >> of course it's short lived, that's why we all go to church every week. you know, these things are -- this is -- we're involved in a human enterprise. we do the right thing for five minutes and then we do the wrong thing for ten. great line in tom sawyer, the e advantage lest was so good huck fin was saved until tuesday. this is who we are. you get up every morning and you do it. and i think the country m

bush moment where george w. sand, now i am so glad, because barack can now look at my portrait and say, what would george do? you can argue, to insider-y or club the. but there is a kind of ethos that, ultimately, helps the country. if the people in the pinnacle of power have a self deprecating character personally. and the kind of genuine humility, which is to submit to the rule of law which is what their oath, if you believe that oaths matter at all. it is why we swear to god. their oaths are to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states and to basically execute the office of the president of the united states and a key part of that an execution of duty it is to obey the rule of law and, accept reality, but the common good again above your own personal gain as much as you can. he saw today, to people who do that, obama and biden. >> and a respect for the office. and then appreciation. and also respecting the tradition that go along with holding the office. these last three presidents,

host: rick, as part of his platform, george w. bush ran on passing a law like this. changes happened with the law. we will get into that. tell us how it was received at the time in terms of the policy changes it made. mr. hess: it was modeled on what they did in texas. it was a bipartisan effort over 10 or 12 years. no child left behind, think of it as the high point of this school reform coalition that took shape in the early 1980's. it really came to fruition in the clinton, bush, and obama years and has largely unraveled. no child left behind did a lot of different stuff. it is one of those big fat laws with 100 pages but it did three main things. back in the late 1960's after that initial clip of them talking about it, at the time they referenced lyndon b. johnson's great society. back in the late 1960's, robert kennedy, a senator from new york, asked the commissioner of education how will we know if this stuff is doing any good. he shrugged and said, we do not have any way to know. the big thing that no child left behind did was it said that if states wanted the

bush isn't much of a lady for george h.w. bush says bob dole wasn't much of a leader at i agree with both of these two guys, neither of them as much of a leader. that is just kind of a great line. you can only find that through spieth c-span i would not have had this book had it not been for c-span. abettors of is the appropriate to dedicate it to c-span. so it's nothing i've never set out out loud my favorite part of watching c-span's during a senate vote for you could see all the interactions on the senate floor, that's a lot of fun to watch. i spent hours watching that i am afraid. in the great american political trivia challenge you have a whole section on political insults. >> yes. >> host: why did you include that? >> i find them absolutely fascinating. politicians are very good in terms of being able to sometimes be very creative in the terms they insult people pretty find that fascinating for there's also that in presidential campaigns. i remember for example watching the house one time aunt congressman from arkansas

these countries were targeted by the george h w bush, or george w bush, the senior vice president of ronald reagan and bribed with hundreds of millions of dollars. and these monies were given the countries in exchange for their acquiescence and their submission to american military and economic and political objectives. the ring of nato military bases is being formed around russia. the u. s. and nato have over 600 military base. his world wide. russia has just 18. but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning this russian soviets into this dangerous bo, you man, that wants to take over the world. that was a content strategy to create this image of the soviets. as out for world conquest, which was not the case, then bar now. ah, nato should have died, but they will give it meaning. it is about infected, created by nato nato's business machine. because you must remember, if nato disbanded shareholders in the united states and elsewhere in lodge obs companies would lose millions and millions. they'd only have one yacht instead of 2 yards each there. oh dear, wou

ah, george bush still goes stock still our boy scouts and tries to inspire them with ethics. these people should be in jail under any reasonable circumstances. they're not. so does it still happen? well, if i was an operator in the field and i wanted to get a promotion and i didn't have any moral sense and they told me, you'll never be held accountable for this. well, i guess i would be good to go ahead and do it. even though it doesn't work. yeah. and you know, you mentioned the media and the role that they play earlier that they played earlier. and it also goes to show that they've also played a role in rehabilitating on these members of the bush administration. that took part in this and allow that to happen. now when it comes to really the long term impact of all of this, how do you see that playing out? and what is the message right now that the u. s. government as a whole is sending by not only covering up these horrific acts that were committed, not only not going after any one and not sending or any one to jail. but now saying the american people don't have the right

george bush was, i'm good. as of yet a new one. anguish v, i'm janet, she leashed to call him zuba and tablet block on my most of the one of the dean. and these milan sound unsigned, saucen men monsanto. as an annoying cl and it was santos, he had to say that i completed true. no. jesus, london, a united states became the indispensable country. i worth exceptional people whose obligation was to lay down the path for all the countries. and so it became a new i renewed justification for american aggression in the world. it was the justification for the 20 years of war and the 21st century and the middle east for the attack. so on 7 countries, that's also told that afghan has done this neil colon yacht. that's also twins. julian, it's neo colonial on zillow because i'm tired thinking what im not awesome up to stay on this old idea. get you hawkiss is neo colonial iraq. think they asked us, that's why to iraq creek bound kind of before i own ski, you're asking us on the weight for in put in prison, iraq to provide

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or george w bush. the senior vice president arrived with hundreds of millions of dollars and the exchange for their in to american military and economic and political objectives. a ring of nato military bases is being formed around russia. the u. s. and nato have over $600.00 military base is world wide. russia has just 18. but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning this russian soviets into this danger is boy, man that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy to create this image of the soviets about world conquest, which was not the case, then for now, ah, nato should have died, but they were given, meaning. it is about infected, created by, by nato nato's business machine. because you must remember, if nato were disbanded, shareholders in united states and elsewhere in large arms companies would lose millions and millions. they'd only have one year instead of 2 yards each. there are, there wasn't that be terrible. there's a simple method to put it right

bush and george w. bush spoke at christian coalition events. so again and again and again we see the republican party embracing far-right extremism -- >> yet. >> and i think with trump, it's not an aberration, it's a continuation escalation. and we get back to our dna metaphor. the dna has always been there. and that is what i try to show with this book. >> so, let me ask you, you talk about their embrace of these lies and conspiracies and maybe this is a broader question about why, why does the republican party embrace these unpopular conspiracy theories and lies? is it to avoid having conversations about policies because they do not have any? or is it because it is a form of manipulating the masses and easy to get people to buy into these conspiracy theories then debate policies? >> well, it's, you know -- excuse me, it's unclear how popular they are. now, barry goldwater got killed in a 64 election, and trump lost the last election. but he got more votes than when he ran in 2016. i think what they see is a significant part of their base are

george h.w. bush. i like president bush. we have so many handwritten notes from him so many times we sit around and you, the oval office, just tell jokes. i'll tell you just one. i know. that's i do in rapid fire, but i wrote the organic program that was big like this. he say, and same behind him. he saw his pat. you read every word of this bill. i said you're the one signing it. i've read about as much of it as you have. and he just cracked up. bill clinton. i like bill. and we would sometimes argue, will we? i remember what i would o each other and secret service. it opened the door. he goes like this. and then 3 minutes later we're telling jokes with each other, which for you, the press wasn't there for those and walked out with our arms around each other, laugh their heads up. but i've i've always like bill clinton and hillary, but i felt very close to george w bush. george w bush. it was interesting getting to know him. but he told me that he knew of my friendship as father. and so we we got along well, even though we d

perhaps right—wing pro—george bush at the time character. perhaszoe lycett think that has greater room for such a character and he had made no bones about what he really thought of what she had to offer. if you saw through the persona, there was deep cynicism there. but perhaps this is the way forward, is that they will have not just a serious talking heads nodding or shaking their head, but somebody really taking it in man or women, in this case. we really taking it in man or women, in this case. ~ , ., ., , , ., , this case. we will see who appears on that panel _ this case. we will see who appears on that panel next _ this case. we will see who appears on that panel next week. - this case. we will see who appears on that panel next week. let's - this case. we will see who appears | on that panel next week. let's have a quick look, tony, another story on the front of the daily telegraph, white bread back on the menu to cut costs, according to waitrose. middle class which was customers are buying. it class which was customers are bu in. , .

>> 1988, george h.w. bush is running to take on the reagan mantle. read my lips, no new taxes. when ronald reagan left the white house in january, he left george bush holding the bag, with an assortment of staggering problems did >> when the president calls, some come running. all agree that this is an urgent problem. >> could they be bailed out without a tax increase? >> i don't think so. i think that is becoming the conclusion of most people. >> bush had to fill this smoking hole left by reagan and the only way to do that was to pass new legislation. we do start dipping into taxpayer money. >> senator say the only bailout will be for depositors, not bad anchors. >> no needs to worry about one nickel of their money. >> this legislation says, to tens of millions of s&l depositors, you will not be the them of other's mistakes. thank you very much. i am proud to sign this monster. >> essentially, george bush is covering the biggest overdraft in history. >> bush caves. he raises taxes. that kills them politically but saves america economically. >> listen carefully to this number.

it was a crusade as president george w bush once called out. we've never seen this kind of evil before, but the evil doers have never seen the american people. it's started with the white house forging alliances on the airwaves over in print and in intellectual circles. one of the intellectuals who was brought into the white house to help frame the war on terror is bernard lewis are not. louis is famous for coining the term clash of civilizations. they want to turn this into a religious war. a war of islam against what they see, see the world of the unbelievers and in the world of the believers, obviously the americans come 1st. another person who was brought in is freed secaria. at the time was the editor, the international edition of new suite of the war takes place and it goes well, which i think it probably will. you will also see at the end of this war that saddam hussein was indeed a murderous tire. and there will be stories that will be evidence and in that sense, you know, you will, you will. this will, will look better in history perha

a george bush bottles rose celebration king charles and his wife camila made their way through the palace gates for the 1st time as king and queen consort. there's no doubt that to many the new king has big shoes to fill. king chose the 3rd. i will obviously roll riding ah, to the very best of the visibility, i would like to thought about the clean. i think i was very, very special on it and she wasn't only the longest raining more, not infrastructure of i think she was the best, but more not likely in british history. buckingham palace announced that charles will be officially proclaimed king on saturday a moment. he is prepared for his entire life. many hope then you monarch will leave out to his mother's image by keeping a steady hand at the helm as the u. k. now, gates to tadja lawrence times reporter karl aspen was in front of buckingham palace in london, where many people have gathered to confront the end of a long era. you'd have to be in your seventy's to remember a time before queen elizabeth. she's been round for that long, and this really did seem like one of those days where w

there was a very funny moment with george bush sr. where she was addressing reporters alongside him, took a step toward the lectern and the lectern was built and placed for george bush, who was much, much taller. and even in her small physical stature, barely being able to see over that lectern, she did symbolically stand quite tall. she had the presence of somebody much larger than she physically was because of all of her experience and everything that she had endured and witnessed and stood by for the decades of her reign. i would like to take a moment just to dive in a little deeper, to explore the relationship that she's had with american presidents over the last 70 years. she met with 14 of them, all but lyndon johnson. here's kristen welker. >> she's danced with presidents, ridden with them, celebrated with commander in chiefs, mourned and of course shared plenty of meals, queen elizabeth in fact meeting every single serving american president except lyndon johnson since 1951. harry truman was her first presidential meeting as a

that was every joke in the 90s or george bush jokes and half of us didn't do george bush jokes. nobody wanted to make fun of obama so i blame obama for ruining it. if you're out there, i want to work for these places, i don't care. all right, i'll move on. we will always have this, it was exactly what i thought it would be and we did it anyway. [laughter] what more can i say? coming up, california bracing for a major heatwave. telling residents to help conserve energy by not charging their electric cars but they also want to ban gas powered vehicles. it is a focus wrong? daniel turner is here next to discuss. ♪ ♪ how is this for heat lightning? california bracing for a brutal heatwave report say temperatures could hit 115 degrees on sunday. that could overload the state power grid and officials are urging drivers to own electric vehicles to limit their charging. this and the same with knuckleheads band gas stars cars starting in 2035. >> it scary but what if we really need to go somewhere and you have an emergency? >> sometimes you just cannot do without. you have to do your

remember george bush and katrina? ian, the latest battleground in presidential politics. third hour of varney starting now. mercedes schlapp is with us. they may be cooperating, desantis and biden but this set up a showdown on a presidential level, does it not? >> it could. a lot of the media is paying attention to how governor desantis is responding to the storm. is front and center, very aggressive on top of the response for hurricane ian which is so destructive but at the same time you see both men putting aside politics to make sure the people of florida are getting the help they need. these moments of natural disaster can make or break a leader especially a president and the presidents always trying to maneuver to figure out what is the best time to go down and visit those who have been impacted by the storm. president george bush got it wrong when he came to hurricane katrina because he said don't come too early and it backfired on the president. it is a balancing act for presidents to figure out how can i be the empathize are in chief and help the people being impa

bush? two very different presidents. i mean, she met them as people, not just presidents. >> and she was fascinated by people, you don't think about that. her biographers make this point. she listened -- limited contact with her subjects and people, and imagine that dynamic. it wasn't exactly, let's have some gym set up by the pool. but she was always fascinated by people. president obama would've fascinated her because of his remarkable biographical story. the best, the george w. bush story was when his father was president, they had to state dinner, barbara bush, in her inimitable way, introduced george w to the queen as the black sheep of our family. and her majesty said, we have several of those. she had with, she had humor with [laughs] there's a great scene on the brittany a, the royal not, in 1991 when she was here, and former president reagan is on the yacht for dinner. and he's desperate to get a cup of decaf coffee. and the waiters only have regular coffee. and he's really kind of

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[laughter] >> george h.w. bush. >> this is now the fourth time i have had the honor of proposing a toast to the president of the united states. in the very place where my father once proposed a toast to president roosevelt. >> and george w. bush. >> on my first visit to washington in 1951, your predecessor president truman welcomed me to the white house. >> today george w. bush writes having tea with her majesty and corgis is among our fondest memories of the presidency. the obamas visited the queen in london. >> the united states remains our most important ally. and our two nations contribute to the security and prosperity of our peoples. and of the world through shared national interest. >> today, barack and michelle obama write: just when we were negotiating as a president and first lady she welcomed us to the stage open arms and extraordinary generosity. and donald trump, who once described dinner with the queen like this: >> we had automatic chemistry. >> now says what a grand and beautiful lady she was.

i changed political parties when george bush ran for office. now i will be voting for president trump or president desantis. look at them going after him. they are now hurting him with legal crimes. you're not just going after one person -- which has been treated like no other individual in the history of this nation. >> okay. we will move on to independent line. i'll, watertown, tennessee. hello. >> i want you to make a note of how you treated the last three colors. the gentleman that was sarcastic, you challenged him. the lady who said there is nothing behind the numbers, you challenged her. the democrat said he voted for trump, he challenged him. my point is that it's a very -- i've been watching c-span for 20 or 25 years. look at the topic. biden falling poll numbers. we have you seen that one? no. we have the biden rising poll numbers. never will we see biden's falling poll numbers. when someone likes the claim, greta asked him where you get your information? very combative. the lady yesterday, she said, just defended, we all know conserva

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joining us now is former deputy attorney general under president george bush donald aier. i know you don't agree with this decision, what did you think of the ruling? >> well, i think the easiest way to kind of describe it in general terms is that it's a ruling that resolves every doubt in favor of donald trump. and completely ignores critical facts that support the government's position. i would say it's really an unprecedented ruling in the context of a search warrant and review of a search warrant return. and, of course, you know, some would justify it simply because it's a former president. but we have a tradition in this country that no person is above the law. and when you apply the law even handedly, you don't get to the result that this judge reached. >> is this a judgment saying in fact that donald trump is above the law? >> well, i don't think she would say that. i think she's trying to reach a judgment. and i think if there's any defense to it, it's the defense that there's a lot of public distrust. so, she wants to put in place a process that would sort of give

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