bush. and the ideological legacy of the george w. bush presidency. the idea. remember with george w. bush it was about compassion government wasn't bad government can be helpful, we want to do it right. no child left behind. expanded role for the federal government. when you got to the end of the bush years, the economy collapsed, poll numbers were down, iraq was a mess barack obama became president. the base of the republican party looked at that said you know what happened, george w. bush sold us out. he sold out conservatism. what we as republicans need to do is go farther to the right to purify ourselves, make sure we never nominate another compassionate conservative. now eight years later, here is jeb bush offering himself as the moderating influence in the party. the party is different than eight years ago. >> sure is. >> that's where there's opening for scott walker. you look at the romney statement, if walker gets traction, maybe that's somebody romney can take interest in. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. we appreciate your time guys. pretty exciting

we are reacting to the perceived overcommitment of the bush of administration, the george w. bush administration. we want less engagement in the middle east. we want to turn our backs on a war on terror that seems to many people to be unwinnable. we want to provide less by way of military assurances, fire power in east asia, in europe and this is a replica in a sense of a pattern of american foreign-policy behavior after the first world war. people would take the stargel mind now that we had a president named woodrow wilson who went to war to make the world safe for democracy and after the war was over and after it was one a lot of americans concluded that the game hadn't been worth the candle. they did not want to remain engaged in global affairs. they did not want to police the world order that had been established at versailles so we turn inward to the 1920s and a republican administration and again in the 1930s for much of the roosevelt of administration at least until the late 1930s. the retreat i'm speaking of now largely replicate that pattern that history and the argu

how did that go for george w. bush? >> the big news from the world of presidential campaign money to report to you tonight, political pros call this early fund dz raising part of it the first primary. well tonight we have a winner. george w. bush stunned everybody by disclosing he raised $36.2 million, that smashes all previous standing records. >> it was 37.2 when they tallied everything up. this was stunning. you look at this money today, 37 million, not that much. in 1999 it was shocking that george w bush raised this money and made a definitive statement and signal to republicans who were maybe on pt fence, it was time to get on board. look what happened. because he raised the money in the middle of 1999 look what it did. first of all, you take a poll and suddenly he was he was overwhelmingly ahead, 47 points ahead. look at this look what happens over the next two months. six different candidates john kasich lamar alexander, elizabeth bowldole, pat buchanan. because george w bush raised so much money and brought in

. >> george w. bush holds the record for the most guidesed name veto during the speech. >> is veto here as well?

just as george w. bush was not george h. w. bush. rand paul is still a work in progress. you can even hear the evolution in his thinking. but some of the things he has said worries me. but basically, i think that rand paul comes as close in the republican field or comes much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign policy outlook than any of the other perspective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign policy of the global footprint for the united states for the sake of a bigger government and rand paul wants it for the sake of a smaller government. >> host: did you interview any of these politicians at all? >> guest: we often meet with them. >> host: on or off the record of? >> guest: the best exchanges are off the record exchanges but it varies. but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with an interesting political figure, a governor senator prospective presidential candidate or some people of note and really get to pick their brains and see if they're capable of answering the following questions. most politicians will prep for t

i knew president george h w bush very well. when president clinton came in i got to know him, not on a personal friendship where he would invite me over, but got to meet with him and i could talk with him and meet with hillary clinton when she was first lady, and then afterwards she became senator of new york, and then secretary of state, no doubt about that, eight years of that. and they went george w. bush came in, i had met him originally when he was a staffer at the white house with his father. and we struck up a very good relationship, and i think that was one of the reasons why he sent me to africa in 2002 for the purpose of determining the feasibility of developing a program that might transform hiv-aids in the developing world. so i got to be quite close with president george w bush, related not only to the fact that i knew his father, but the fact that he took a very keen interest in a global hiv-aids, and allowed me to be one of the architects of the program that is now transforming hiv globally, the president's emerg

. >> joining us now former deputy chief of staff for president george w. bush. great to have you with us. happy new year. here we go. mitch mcconnell i thought making a rather generous offer to the white house, just sign the bills and everything will be fine. much as the president said that's what i want. >> i thought it was also interesting the point he made, if you don't like the bills then you will have a chance to tell the american people why you don't like them. the keystone pipeline showed 72% of americans including a large number of democrats support its passing. a large number of republicans obviously and a large number of democrats so the president is hurting himself by vetoing the bill. there's something broader here under way. in early december after the election the question was asked who should take the lead in setting the direction of the country and said opposing party in congress meaning republicans, 53% or the sitting president, 36%. and that seems to be a pretty big advantage to the republicans in congress. normally people have confidence in th

. >> krysatl, president obama's approval is 50%s ahead of where george w. bush's was at this point in his presidency. that could be argued to be a lowball, george bush. >> this is all very true. i think tara is so right that people are actually feeling an improved economy and the low gas prices has a lot to do with that because that puts money in people's pockets right away. you know i would also say that it -- there has been a strength and a boldness that makes people feel like, okay here's a positive vision for the country, here's something we can work with. >> do you think it makes republicans feel that way? >> for example, one specific example i'd say, you cited the numbers on college affordability affordability. there's been a big spike among millennials for his support. this is a guy who has ideas, a person who will make our lives easier and give us a positive direction for the future. >> i think that's true for liberals but not republicans. those who -- >> i disagree with that because sometimes you can look at a politician and say, you know what, i d

bush. >> george w. bush gets west virginia. >> narrator: west virginia. >> west virginia, which has been solidly in the democratic column for a long, long time. >> bill clinton's home state has gone bush. >> narrator: and arkansas. >> six electoral votes and they go for bush. >> narrator: and even al gore's home state of tennessee. >> tonight, embarrassing vice president gore by snatching his state's 11 electoral votes. >> al gore lost his home state lost west virginia. these are states that he should have won. >> had any of those states gone the other way, al gore would have been president. >> florida goes bush, the presidency is bush, that's it. >> narrator: in washington, they say the nra was a decisive factor in al gore's defeat. >> in no small measure, it was that fight over guns after columbine that had the firearm community more enlivened engaged, and a few votes difference in florida, and the whole thing would have gone the other way. >> i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear that i will faith

the problem is this that name bush, because of george w. bush that's a very worrysome name for republicans, women the voteill the voters stands for that? the hard right has a real problem with what they saw as george w. bush selling out conservatism, not as anti-government and grew the government. they have a very big problem with that and they associate jeb with that as well. there's a lot more resistance than there was back in 2000. >> josh earnest was just talking about this at the white house during the briefing. let's listen. >> the extent governor romney can use his influence to change the fundamentals of this debate that will focus on what we can do to benefit the middle class and those who aren't in the top 1%, where so many of the republican policies seem to be aimed, that would be a really good thing. it certainly would be a way for governor romney although he has indicated he's not going to be a candidate, a way to substantially contribute to this debate. >> steve, with romney stepping aside, remember the 47% video, does that all

that's him with george w. bush in 2007. this is todd platt, he was there every year he left congress. these are regular characters in the show. gene jean schmidt from ohio. and there is elliott engle. we think no one has been doing this longer than elliott engle. democratic congressman from new york. that's him in 2000 with bill clinton coming in for his state of the union speech. this is in 2008 george w. bush. that's elliott engle there. that's a screen capture from the live coverage. 2011 with barmack obama. in 2012 again, barack obama and elliott engle. you can see elliott engle there in action greeting the last three presidents as they enter the house chamber. engle told the new york daily news in 2013 that his constituents expect him to be there. he said if they didn't see me they would think i'm sick or something. here he is democratic congressman elliott engle of new york. we'll talk to him on the other side of the break. he'll tell us the secrets of getting there. ♪ the nissan rogue, with safety shield technologi

here's a reference he made to his brother, the former president, george w. bush. [video clip] >> a lot of people ask about my brother. he has been kind of out of the limelight. and since you asked, marvin is doing spectacularly well. [laughter] george and laura are doing well. he has become a painter. who would have thunk it? he's actually really good at it because he is a person of incredible determination, like many of you in this room. when he sets a goal, he works hard to achieve it. i like and admire the fact that he has self restraint, something that would be hard for me to do. i think he has been very respectful of his successor and hasn't been out on television sniping away, making -- challenging president obama. it might be tough for him to do that, i don't know, but i respect the fact that as a former he has allowed the president to serve. it is a noble tradition that i hope continues in this country. i love my brother and i love his service to this country. [applause] host: jeb bush in san francisco. the full event is on our website. you hear him talk a

and just as george w. bush was not george h.w. bush, rand paul is still a work in progress. you can even hear the evolution in his thinking. some things he has said worries me. the basic view -- i think rand paul comes as close in the republican field -- comes much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign policy outlook than any of the other prospective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign policy or a global footprint for the united states, for the sake of building bigger government, and rand paul wants for it smaller government. >> host: you interview politician jazz? we often immediate with politics in "the wall street journal." >> host: on the record off the record? >> guest: the best changes are off the record exchangeses. it varies but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with a interesting political figure, a governor, a senator, a prospective presidential candidate or some people of note, and really get to pick their brains and see if they're cavable of answering the follow-0 questions most politics will prep for the obvious

. >> president george w. bush did this. president barack obama was seen as bowing. >> he was almost subservient to the muslim world. >> u.s. foreign policy too dependent osaudi arabia mostly because of oil fption. after the september 11th attacks 15 of the 19 hijackers wereiwere saudi. >> no doubt that saudi thinking changed at that point from one that had been shall we say have a policy of feeling comfortable of just exporting the problem to one of a problem that they felt they had to tackle themselves. >> the arab spring tested the relationship. urged to back hoz hosne mubarak. as the spotlight faded the two leaders cemented their relationship brokering the sale of arms to the country. attack helicopters and am mission to the kingdom. but the second term of barack obama's presidency led to more complaints from saudi arabia, when he decided to launch secret negotiation et cetera with iran, nobody told them. the saudis were then caught off guard. that led the president to visitor to shore up the relationship facing an uncer

you worked for george w. bush. you admire him greatly. and you can give a hundred examples of why we should admire him as well. who do you think is most like george w. bush in this race, and if it's jeb bush, give me -- >> am i trying to help or hurt this person? i'm not sure. i don't know. because i think when people look at george w. bush in 2000 when he's running for president, one of the things he said was that was very persuasive to people for is, i'm not for nation building. you get into the office, all of a sudden he's 9/11. he writes in his book, my world view changed. >> do you think the younger brother has the same character as the older brother? >> i think they're cut from the same cloth, but i think they're two very different people. they know jeb is going to have to explain how he is different. just like hillary clinton would say, i'm different from my husband. but i think the conventional wisdom right now is this race is really up for grabs on the republican side. >> fascinating to hear charles krauthammer put most of his mo

the unpopular presidency of george w. bush presented an opportunity for each it harvard evangelical dissent and highlighted obama as an alternative. he was a fresh voice with little lyrical baggage at the time and obama was in a position to say the things that aggressive evangelicals wanted to hear. signs of a newly prominent progressivism were everywhere in 2006 and 2005 before that. from the opinion pages in the new york times to protests against bush to the presumably friendly calvin college in michigan. meanwhile jim wallis and sojourners became a national celebrity. after bush's narrow victory in 2004 there were a number of non-evangelical leaders like howard dean and nancy pelosi who reached out to progressives and moderates and in some ways they echo the moves that bill clinton had made a decade earlier. combined with bushes growing unpopularity gave progressive evangelicals leverage. in many ways obama had anticipated the democratic party's new strategy. obama entered the national stage of the memorable keynote ad

george w. bush lost in 1980 but came back in 1988. so the -- and mitt romney in 2008/2012. so the history is on mitt romney's side. but so is the frustration of many republicans who felt he should have run a better campaign and frankly he should have won that campaign. >> jeb bush is trying to make himself look better to probably that same group of folks. >> i'm told, some people are going to attend his events suddenly have backed away or they're attending but they're not going to make any commitments. that said, you now have three candidates fighting over literally, neil, hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign cash. and they're all going to the same place. they're going to greenwich, connecticut, westchester county new york, they're going to l.a., they're going to mike. >> bush, romney and i guess christie? >> and christie. and everybody else is in a different place. >> what about for the green bay/dallas game? picked up tab himself? i don't know if he's going to do the hug thing again. does that hurt him? >> nobody carings. why shouldn't the governor enjoy a great fo

education department under george w. bush had entered into a p.r. contract that included payments of almost a quarter million dollars to this guy to do positive stories in the news as if he were a journalist about the bush administration's education policy. his name was armstrong williams. he had hosted a tv show and radio show called the right side. he was a syndicated columnist at the time. when the news came out that armstrong williams was getting paid by the federal government to do positive stories about them, that was a big embarrassment for the bush administration, it also made armstrong williams very famous in a bad way. he lost all his fake journalistic gigs at the time. ten years down the root, armstrong williams is back

you worked for george w. bush. you admire him greatly. and you can give a hundred examples of why we should admire him as well. who do you think is most like george w. bush in this race, and if it's jeb bush, give me -- >> am i trying to help or hurt this person? i'm not sure. i don't know. because i think when people look at george w. bush in 2000 when he's running for president, one of the things he said was that was very persuasive to people for is, i'm not for nation building. you get into the office, all of a sudden he's 9/11. he writes in his book, my world view changed. >> do you think the younger brother has the same character as the older brother? >> i think they're cut from the same cloth, but i think they're two very different people. they know jeb is going to have to explain how he is different. just like hillary clinton would say, i'm different from my husband. but i think the conventional wisdom right now is this race is really up for grabs on the republican side. >> fascinating to hear charles krauthammer put most of his mo

you have been criticized a lot, as has president george w. bush for the war in iraq. looking at the security situation in iraq and syria right now, with isis, do you think that there's a lesson there in terms of what the west needs to do going forward in terms of people whom we don't like and the alternative might actually be worse. >> right. there's a very good point, and the lesson undoubtedly on not just iraq but afghanistan, but policy didn't stop in 2008. the lesson is this. when you remove the brutal dictatorship then a set of problems or elements or tensions that were suppressed then come to the surface. so the argument then goes maybe you better leave these dictators in place, even though they do terrible things maybe it's just better to deal with them. but here's where people have got to understand the significance of this growing young population in these countries, and the so-called arab spring or arab revolutions, as i call them. these dictatorships weren't going to last anyway. so all of these societies, the question is now how do they transit with this y

but i think the biggest problem for jeb bush and george w. bush is going to be foreign policy. the american people don't want to go back to the george w. bush foreign policy. they have had enough of wars enough of nation building and that's going to be jeb bush's biggest problem in a general election, is how to differentiate himself from the george w. bush foreign policy. i don't think he can successfully. that's going to be his biggest hurdle. >> former governor ed rendell, thank you for your time tonight. >> my pleasure rev. >>> we're following breaking news, nbc news reporting that there is an active shooter incident in progress at the v.a. clinic in ft. bliss, texas. officials say the base is now on lockdown. both military and civilian police are in a stand-off with what is believed to be a lone shooter. no word yet on any casualties. more on this after the break. anks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your

he accused president george w. bush of being a unilateralist. this president is a unilateralist. we have to get stuff passed through congress. >> on the foreign policy as well. it is aggressive. it is forceful. it is the only way he wants to function to be relevant in the debate. >> we thank you both for being relevant and being here. >> you want to come over to dinner one night? >> thank you. >> merry christmas. >>> now the wrap-up the president's reason for ending more than a half century of an embargo on cuba. the president said it is the right thing to do. >> today we are taking these changes because it is the right thing to do. today america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past. >> the president thought passing health care reform was the right thing to do. >> because it is the right thing to do for the country. >> because it is fair and it is the right thing to do. >> it was ultimately the right thing to do. >> i can persuade the american people it is the right thing to do. >> this is the right thing to do for our economy. >> the president said amnesty is the right

former political director with george w. bush. these pictures we are looking at now. help me out, owen is that here? that is outside the museum here in washington, d.c., which is really just a block or so from us. you see there christine lagarde, who is heading up the conversation there. we have seen amazing things at the museum that tracks things from all over the world that represents the freedom of the press. we have seen several demonstrations there at the museum. you can see with the sign there on miss lagarde's back, je suis charlie. we have conversations about the freedom of the press. those are live pictures there in washington, d.c. as solidarity builds here as well with the people of france who have suffered so much. interesting to note the french interior ministry is now saying all total the demonstrations across france today, some 3.7 million people took to the streets to stand up against this, to stand in solidarity for freedom of expression and press. we are monitoring the ceremony there with benjamin netanyahu speaking. i want to bring you in here. at t

w. bush got 40% of the latino vote. the movement from 40% republican to 25% republican and two elections that's movement we don't get in any other population nics with the possible exception of asian. >> host: the other word he uses transform. >> guest: so i think the presence of latinos in the political structure has the opportunity to change the political dynamic in a variety of locations. if you look at some of the southern southern states like georgia where latinos are moving in what has long been at black white racial paradigm in politics and society is becoming a multiracial paradigm and that is changing coalitions. you are getting these moments were african-american politicians are taking the lead on issues like immigration reform because it's black brown coalitions that are working to make the politics work in the state of georgia and will be going forward. you look in places like texas. texas has the opportunity to become a democratic state if the latino population is thoroughly

i think evolution is the right word when applied to president george w. bush's style. he came in with a lot of advantages, a governor so not familiar really with the national security issues and apparatus the way many candidates or new presidents come to the office. but he also came into office having been a student of his dad's administration which had some of the most able and most effective national security decision making apparatus in our modern history. of so he had an opportunity to work that. -- to watch that. so he did not come into office as a naive. but his administration was struck with really the greatest national security shock in our lifetimes, certainly in the postwar era. and as condi said had to respond on the fly. we were not prepared to deal with an attack on the homeland. we were in an era that as zbig just described as sort of as it was the end of history in the period president bush came in. and he came into office intending to be the education president, not intending to be national security president. he, you know, he was figuring and hoping th

. >> joining us now former deputy chief of staff for president george w. bush. great to have you with us. happy new year. here we go. mitch mcconnell i thought making a rather generous offer to the white house, just sign the bills and everything will be fine. much as the president said that's what i want. >> i thought it was also interesting the point he made, if you don't like the bills then you will have a chance to tell the american people why you don't like them. the keystone pipeline showed 72% of americans including a large number of democrats support its passing. a large number of republicans obviously and a large number of democrats so the president is hurting himself by vetoing the bill. there's something broader here under way. in early december after the election the question was asked who should take the lead in setting the direction of the country and said opposing party in congress meaning republicans, 53% or the sitting president, 36%. and that seems to be a pretty big advantage to the republicans in congress. normally people have confidence in th

joining me is bob was kautsky, appointed by president george w. bush as the first assistant secretary of info structure protection when these department of home and security was founded. my colleague, peter cook, is on the hill trying to get reaction from lawmakers. from alleges that in perspective, what to lawmakers in the united states need -- a legislative perspective, what to lawmakers in the notice states need to be focused on? >> i think ensuring that we have the continued authority to act and collect data, and do analysis, and follow up on any leaves them i come out of this. there is plenty of legislation currently in place that allows the intelligence community and law-enforcement community to chase down what they need. we have to keep that intact. it has been integrated. -- ben degraded. >> when you hear discussions about a possible cut in funding for the budget of homeland security, this has been caught in the middle of the political crossfire on capitol hill. what are your thoughts on that, given what happened this week in france? >> we

he was deputy white house press secretary during the george w. bush -- last year of george w. bush administration. this is a very influential and strategic thinkers working on the outside issues and policies. they are still terribly, terribly engaged in what is going on in washington. i want each of you to start very quickly by not telling us what your job was in the administration, but what is your background -- what in your background made you suitable for that? >> thank you ann. thank you for being here. i was actually an intern in the florida white house which is where i got bit by the bug and never looked back. i am a cheap believer in programs that bring people to washington -- i am a chief believer in programs that bring people to washington. you all always have their a challenging questions. what in my background qualifies me? well, i was the communication policy research and press director. i had those under my jurisdiction for the obama 2008 campaign. i had from 1993 until 2009, been a partner at a washington media consultant firm where we did political campaigns. i

he had the great advantage of not being george w. bush. let me turn to trade. the republican party is suing the president for abuse of power and going beyond his executive power, while at the same time, urging the president to accept trade promotion authority, fast-track authority on trade on trade which is article 1 section 8, the constitutional responsibility of the congress. clear intellectual contradiction on the part of the republicans for me if you can? >> the so-called trade promotion authority means they come to an agreement, you have an up-or-down vote on it and you don't have amendments. that goes back for decades. the key thing is -- lou: actually it goes back, only been so for five years we don't have it everybody saw the result, and the reality is they say they don't trust the president on all of these issues and suddenly they trust him to negotiate for an up-or-down vote without their influence over its content, trade, which is a clear, clear departure, though it's been done before by the congress. isn't it time the people took seriously, whether

bill clinton, george w. bush andrew jackson -- i will defer to john on that. this is not a cycle where you get much done. >> the point is to reassert the debate. >> the debate will take place over the next two years. i think he set the predicates that is very advantageous for democrats. this is a 15 round fight and this is only round one. >> i think there has been a vacuum of leadership. i think he reasserted himself into the leadership role and inserted himself into the debate. he seemed to have fun tonight, which we have not seen him do for a while. the cadence of his voice went up and down, he smiled a few times. he made spontaneous gestures. he was at the center of attention. everybody's watching him. you are that when you are president. he filled that role more than he has at other times. it means without leadership exercise back -- people were complaining, where is the leader -- he may have a greater chance to shape what happens rhetorically. for the 2016 campaign and for his legacy. >> john dickerson in iowa? >> charlie, the state of the union is a perf

but in 2004 when george w. bush running for re-election, got% of the latino vote. so the movement from 40% republican to just 25% republican in two elections, that movement that movement we don't get any any other racial and ethnic population in the united states. consecutive the exception of asias which is a different conversation. >> host: the other word you use is "transform." >> guest: i think that the presence of latinos in the political structure has the opportunity to change the political dynamic in a variety of locations. if you look in some of the southern states, like georgia, where latinos are moving in, what has long been a black-white racial card in politics and in society, is becoming a multiracial paradigm and that's changing coalitions and you're getting these moments where african-american politicians are taking the lead on issues like immigration reform because of black-brown coalitions to make the politics work in the state of georgia and will be going forward. you look in places like texas. texas has the opportunity to become a democratic state

in 2008, the republicans ran as far as they could from george w. bush. in 1988, george h.w. bush, the vice president ran as closely as he could to reagan. republicans thought whoever the democratic nominee in 2016 would be would have to be following that bush model, running far, far from barack obama. now this raises the possibility that continuity could be a stronger message in 2016. >> that's why i think the important thing -- we'll get on this again tomorrow night as we have more time, steve and susan. selection of john podesta as to be aide to hillary clinton tells me they're going to stay close together with obama. this is going to be a team effort, so far. since the midterm losses, obama has been president audacity, what i call him. days after the midterms he announced a historic climate deal with china. days after that he announced executive actions to effectively legalize millions of undocumented immigrants to this country. in mid-december he moved to normalize relations with cuba, a big deal historically. then came his current populist push. he announced the proposa

george w. bush to his credit, and i praise bush on this would not use the phrase islamic often, he said we're not fighting against a religion. he said september 20th 2001. he was very clear about that. and it's very smart not to inflames passions by making this a religious war. >> you can very easily understand the difference between islam and radical islam. >> why did he not go after george w. bush, when he also avoided that kind of phraseology. >> we're going to look for these clips, and bring those if they actually happen. here is my question. can you really get to the root of the problem if you don't call it what it is? >> it doesn't matter what you call it, let's be fair this is not islam in fact the brother of the police officer who was killed in paris, also a muslim said, this is false religion. this is not real islam. this is not the muslim religion. >> and that's a muslim saying that. >> you would agree that it was islamic terrorists in paris. >> i'm not using the word islamic, i think

. >> i do not think you can do the george w. bush thing. there are too many players in the game who were not there. >> you cannot stop the supermarket tabloids and drudge and other websites. if you work it in a disciplined in principle -- and principled way. think of a pushback strategy ended -- and intimidation strategy that works. siblings are the hardest area they're adults but not so close to you that you have the same leverage. chelsea clinton is part of the campaign. three guys who might run for president are in the news because they said some interesting things. mike huckabee said women should not use the f-word in the workplace and lindsey graham suggested a connection between same-sex marriage and polygamy. in a crowded field when you are trying to stand out is saying something controversial. more smart? >> it can be supersmart. he can rally the base and in people do not like what you said it can be -- if the media attacks you you can use it to rally. it might be bad for the system it is not a good state of affairs but most of thes

george w. bush was the president. george w. bush and his appointees were running the justice department. lou, it should come as no surprise to your viewers who watch you every night that the government often scratches the back of its predecessors so that its back could be scratched -- the bush people would be happy to conifer some benefit on clinton and his friends so they may receive some benefit from whoever would succeed bush at the time. there's no allegation of inappropriate behavior on the part of bill clinton, the allegation is that he visited the place where these events occurred. whether he was there when these events occurred or not isn't known. the last thing his wife wants in this election season is people talking about her husband's sexual appetites. lou: and here the story reaches to the issue of personal lives that most of us -- well, i shouldn't say most of us. i certainly, i believe it's t well, we would never delve into anyone's personal life, as long as it didn't influence public policy in the government. >>

i continue to believe that george w. bush didn't know who he was talking to when he gave that speech. sort of hoping that the republican national committee didn't know who they were getting in bed with either. still time to bail out of this too. >>> we have a guest coming up on "the interview tonight" and i want to say something behind their back before they get in the chair and puts on the earpiece. the biggest question in capital d politics this year is what if hillary clinton doesn't run. everyone thinks she would be a favorite for the nomination if she ran for president, right? so what if she doesn't run. for whatever reason, what would happen on the democratic side? our next guest is here to talk with me about something totally unrelated to the 2016 race, our next guest has never talked about being interested in president. if hillary clinton didn't run, our next guest would give the democratic party the best chance of all other possible candidates in winning the white house in 2016. i think they would be the stronge

sanctions date back to george w. bush president george w. bush, back when he was president and president obama himself has issued two rounds of sanctions and this is the third. those three entities have been hit by sanctions, thisindividuals did not. kim jong-un denied that north korea had anything to do with the cyber attack and the country threatened repercussions. president obama sent a letter to congressional leaders explaining his executive order. the order is not at the people of north korea but aimed the government of north korea and its activities. a senior administration official said this was only part of the response for the attack of sony so there will likely be more to come. he said that this cyber attack crossed the threshold and was more sophisticated and more dangerous than previous attacks. john? >> dan springer traveling with the president in honolulu. thank you. >>> u.s. and coalition war planes have hammered islamic state militants in more than syria. they say allied jets overnight launched a dozen airstrikes against mili

and nicolle wallace, you worked for president george w. bush. this is going to set the stage for that campaign, even though president obama not running. >> that's right. and i think we talk about him selling this economy. it was on the market 60 days ago and the results of the midterms were abysmal. he's standing in a room with more republicans in it than have been in that room than, i think, 80 years. i think republicans are justified in viewing the substance and the tone of tonight's speech with a hefty dose of skepticism. >> and democrats, not nearly as many as were there when the president first addressed the congress six years ago. >> that's correct, george. democrats had a very bad election year, but they're going to rally around the president, to expand opportunities for the middle class and to focus on an economy that works for everyone. >> cokie roberts? >> i think that really that last election is what this speech is about and the next election. because that last election, a lot of people think the democ t democrats didn't run on the t

george w. bush and bill clinton. a number of things they could have done. i think they have a knowledge did was a mistake. i am more interested long term any policies. -- in the policies. >> his book is called "the american dream." back in a moment. ♪ >> congress is awash with republicans. the only republican who defeated an incumbent was colorado's cory gardner. we are pleased to have you. what are your expectations for this congress? >> the big expectations we have to prove to the american people we can govern. we can govern responsibly and maturely. that is something i have talked about. that means we put practical ideas on the desk of the president. ideas supported by republicans and democrats alike to regain trust of the people. >> let's talk about some of those. you were first elected in 2010. your friend said one of the striking things about most new members, they were not happy about coming to washington. it wasn't unpleasant duty. there is no sense of appreciation of the institution. is it the same with the newcomers? >> being part of the class o

w. >> reporter: yet in an address to the u.n. general assembly days after the benghazi terror attacks in 2012 the president was not quite as aggressive. >> the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of islam but to be credible, those who condemn that slander must condemn the hate and the images of jesus christ that are desecrated. >> reporter: in that speech the president blamed benghazi on anti-mohammed video. he said he would not ban the video because of free speech. a week earlier the white house press secretary jay carney said the french newspaper had the right to publish the anti-mohammed cartoons but questioned the judgment of doing that. lou? lou: ed thank you ed henry from the white house. >>> starting next week house republicans reportedly get to work trying to defund president obama's executive action which grants amnesty to five million illegal immigrants. congressional aides tell politico that republicans plan to use a standoff over funding for the department