attracted more vitriol from the left, more intense visit treeol from the lift, beside george w. bush rifled nixon. there's logical reasons this. man stood at or near the pinnacle of power for four decades, from watergate up to 9/11 and iraq and beyond, and you don't stick around at those levels unless you're really good and really effective, and i think that's why the left has had such an obsession with dick cheney, you see this even in barack obama's comments today. called him the worst president of his lifetime and there's a joke there but it speaks to, a., dick cheney's extraordinary influence on our time, and, b., the central role that he occupies in the intellectual universal of barack obama. >> host: dick cheney is in the left head. >> guest: and under their skin for sure. >> host: tell me about getting the interview, because having been the press secretary in the bush administration, at the end there, dick cheney was a reluctant interviewer. so, how did this come about, you had a chance to spend several hours with him, longer than even he had agreed forks he opens up about everything

purpose to dick cheney in that matter. the fact is that george w. bush backs them up he says no before the third try. but to go back to your question, which was then about his health. so you know, in addition to having this truly singular political career over four decades, this man has exercised tremendoutremendou s impact on the way we live our lives as americans today, particularly after 9/11. .. i always knew that the cheney's were very generous people, but they don't talk about it. one of the things i knew they did was provide the heart defibrillators to all of the places of worship in washington dc. no one ever knew about that and i always felt he was more generous than anyone gets him credit for being. >> guest: you mentioned his business career and he was ceo of halliburton and that has given rise to just decades now of completely baseless speculation about the vice president having been a profiteer somehow off of the decision to go to war and its worth point out that the most prosecutorial book about dick cheney was published i think in 2009 by a washington journalist.

. >> a look at the work of political cartoonists during the administration of george w. bush. cartoonists from the washington post, the atlanta journal-constitution and other media to about the issues that influenced their work. it is an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome to political cartoonists and the george w. bush presidency. i am from the national center for suburban centers at hofstra university. it has been a long week. is init has been a long week. believe me. for 20 years, i sat on the you andfor 20 years, i sat on the editorial board and it was my distinct pleasure to have adjoining offices with the cartoonist at newsday and to sit with him in editorial board meetings, the only artist among a sea of writers what a treat. he always kept us loose and on our toes. it is my pleasure now to introduce my co-moderator. she spent half of her remarkable career in private law practice and the other half in social service in washington. she represented the association of american editorial cartoonists as friends of the court in the landmark case between falwell and larry flynt, publisher of

lot of people questioned that matter. the fact is, and george w. bush backs them up on this, he twice said no before succeeding on the third try. to go back to your question, about health, in addition to his career over four decades, this man has exercised tremendous impact on how we lead our lives in america. there's also the fact that he is a singular creature. doctors can point to other people walking along planet earth today that have had five heart attacks and a transplant. doctors cannot point to anyone else walking around on the planet who had his first cardiac event in the 1970s and still around. every advance has been made over the years somehow, in a cardiac for stump way, dick cheney was there. everything you can do to a heart patient, he's had done to him. >> host: one of the things you're always frustrated with is when they're reluctant to talk about themselves but i always knew the cheney's were a generous people. they don't talk about it. one of the things i know know they do is provide the heart defibrillators to all the places of worship in washington dt d.c. i

search committee for.george w. bush nominee in 2000 a lot of people thought fit to describe some sort of purpose through dick cheney in that matter. the fact is, george w. bush backed them up on this, he twice said no before and exceeding on the for third try. to go back back to your question which was not about -- health, in addition to having a truly singular political career were for decades, this man has exercised tremendous impact on the way we live our lives as americans today, particularly after 9/11. it's also the fact that dick cheney is a singular creature. doctors can point to other people walking around planet earth today who have had five heart attacks and heart transplants. doctors cannot point to anyone else besides dick cheney who had his first cardiac event in the 1970s and is still around. so every advance that has been made in cardiac medicine over the years, somehow in a weird way dick cheney was there kneading that advance very badly and benefiting from it. anything you can have done to a heart patient dick cheney has had done. >> host: speaking of the heart, not the physical heart, one of one of the things is a press secretary you

about george w. bush, vladimir putin and princess diana. >>> and biggest jackpot ever. huge lines as the jackpot explodes to more than $800 million. could it grow to a billion before the numbers are drawn? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. the images of our top story are beyond chilling. video and photos of a police officer ambushed at close-range by a man with a gun. and nearly as chill robert griffin iii ty are the implications this might be an isis inspired violence. the victim, a philadelphia police man, who survived being shot at 11 times and took down his attacker who allegedly told police he did it in the name of islamic. steve peterson is in philadelphia with the latest. >> reporter: these chilling surveillance images show the moment a gunman dressed in a traditional white arab robe opened fire on a philadelphia police officer at point-blank range, shooting at least 11 times. >> shots fired. i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: 33-year-old police jesse hartnett was hit three times in the arm. as the gunman ran away, he kept shooting. but the our ma

, i'm saying as a liberal progressive democrat myself, that george w bush invasion as hobble dictator of sudam hussein was, without isis emerging. so if iraqi war had not happened and george w. bush or dick cheney had not evaded iraq, there was no iraq war -- >> host: all right, bill, i think we got the point. that's bill in west hartford, connecticut. >> guest: the book argues and i strongly believe that the iraq invasion was the original sin not just of the invasion itself that gave jehadist cause, was ready for the americans to arrive in 2003, also omission of not having security in place, essentially anybody was a professional inside iraq in the early 2000, dismantling the armed forces. also a very angry, you know, disenfranchised elite population that was happy to help coming in. plenty of iraqis that would have helped anyway. he was able to melt this extremism with the iraqi discontent and bringing two together turned out to be a powerful brew and those people who started the movement that's isis today. that's the same ideology, some of the same individuals, even guys like abdau

his comments of his predecessor george w. bush in his attempt to fight terrorism. >> there are a bunch of things we do to fight terrorism that before i was president i might have questioned that when i look at it carefully. i say, on balance this is something we need to do to keep us safe. dierdre: president george w. bush predicted the threat of a terror organization such as isis back? 2007. >> failure in iraq would allow terrorists to act within a safe haven in a part of the world with the world's third largest oil reserves and at some later date american troops would have to return to iraq to fight an min more dangerous and more entrenched. it would send the an unmistakable signal to america's enemies that our country can be bullied into retreat. dierdre: former u.s. army helicopter pilot amber smith. what do you make of president obama's revision, his opinion about george w. bush's stance? >> i wish president obama would have taken president bush's prediction in 2007 seriously instead of withdrawing all troops out of iraq in 2011 in the way president obama did. we left too soon, we

contributor, mercedes schlapp, former george w. bush spokesperson and bruce turkel, turkel brands ceo. tony, let me start with you, without one person in the center dominating whole thing it gives everyone else a chance to shine. who might be take advantage of that? >> i think it might be ted cruz who certainly wants a win out of iowa. a lot of people want ted cruz to win iowa because that is logical way to stop or slow down donald trump if you're not a trump supporter. if you're not necessarily voting or rooting for cruz he is the one who stands the most in trump's way. number two is rubio who gained both in iowa and new hampshire for us watching closely the last two weeks. that was the matchup if you thought donald trump would not have run, that is what the race would be it, conservatives, ted cruz and marco rubio fighting it out. a recent poll came out. trump voters have cruz as second choice. cruz voters have rubio as their second choice. i think rubio will make a play for the cruz supporters as well. melissa: mercedes, cruz has biggest chance to win in iowa. he gets out there tonight.

look back at past presidential campaign appearances. next george w. bush campaigning in new hampshire as part of the 2000 presidential race. ,d donald rumsfeld talks about his 1988 campaign. and later the 1992 campaign of paul songas. >>> each week until the 2016 presidential election, american history tv brings you archival coverage of past presidential races. on road to the white house rewind, we look into president george w. bush on his first trip to new hampshire after announcing his candidacy in june 1999. the texas governor went on to win the republican nomination and then defeated vice president al gore in the general election. the race was among the most highly contested in u.s. history and was not decided until five weeks after voters went to the polls. when the u.s. supreme courtjyh÷ stopped a florida recount, this ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes and the presidency to governor bush. >> good job. really good job. >> it is going to be a great campaign. thanks. thanks for being here.?'Ñññ [ inaudible ] >> i'm ready to go. i know that being a governor of texas

the heck is george w.? >> the only surprise to me is that it's taken this long. you're right. the bush family contrary to some on the rabid left is a beloved american family. as you mentioned, barbara bush is loved and appreciated and respected. i also think about billboards that seem to be popping up all over america showing george w bush saying miss we yet. there's a lot of people that will have a fondness for george w. bush. it's about time and will be a shot in the arm for jeb bush. >> is it too late in. >> i'm asked that a lot, which is good news. people seem to be interested. i'm hopeful he will. the details haven't been worked out. he's a popular republican. >> south carolina is on the 20th of february. will it happen before then? >> i don't know yet. there are people thinking about it and working on it. my expectation is he will be out there with me. i'd love to have him sdplp what's the wait? the details haven't been worked out. if he's still so popular and he is, why isn't he out there helping his brother? >> jeb should be doing anything he can to get any votes. if sarah palin endor

security advisor during the george w. bush administration and is author of "treasury's war: the unleashing of a new erera of financial warfare." i looked on the state department website and iran is still listed as the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. in the u.s. view. isn't there some concern that some of that money we're releasing can go saight into e terrorism funnel? mr. zarata: it's a huge the fact that iran, the regime itself, which is unrepentant in its policies, and c certainly continues to support terrorist groups around the world, as well as regimes like t the assad regime in syria, will now have a windfall. this is an economic windfall. the world bank has said so. the iranians have said so. and they're going to use that money to support their proxies. to support their allies. and we've already heard from hasan nisrala, hezbollah secretary general and president assad of syria, that they expect capital. they expect funding. they expect support from iran at this point. sharyl: in your personal viewpoint, what does that mean for us? mr. zarata: that means n

we look at george w. bush on the campaign trail. in cane new hampshire in 1999, he takes questions from reporters and learns about the town's pumpkin festival. >> our daughter is i@ loves it. >> really, lubbock, texas. i know reese. nice to see you. >> ma'am? step back just a little. >> i appreciate it, thank. nice to see you. >> you have to win, george! >> republicans wish you the very best. >> that's why i can't be at thaq debate tonight. >> where are you tonight? >> i think montpelier. >> what do you say about not debating? >> i love my wife. she's going to be notedj>o as a esteemed student at smu. there will be other debates. surely, though, people can understand a guy wants to be with his wife. you would like that, wouldn't you? >> thanks a lot. you've got my vote. >> thank you. thanks for coming. thanks. >> the author of that is a convicted felon, according to the newspaper. >> really. >> yeah. i'd be careful. you should go get your money back. >> there is an article in the globe that some of your supporters suggested that you might not be spending enough time in new hampshir

votes. you worked for george w. bush's campaign. you helped design george w. bush's immigration policy. >> marco made the choice to go the direction of the major donors to support amnesty because he thought it was politically advantageous, i honored my commitments and as president i will honor every commitment that i make to the men and women of this country. >> it's interesting that jeb mentions the book. that is book you changed your approach to immigration. >> so did you marco. >> chris i was mentioned this that question. >> your name wasn't mentioned. >> i your name was mentioned. sir i think the vote -- the question was about -- >> what is your question? >> it's not my question you get a chance to respond to. it's his answer. you don't get 30 seconds to respond to me. you don't get 30 seconds to respond to me [simultaneous speech] >> i know you like to argue about the rules but we're going to conduct the debate. >> at the very same time as that debate donald trump was just a few miles away holding a benefit for vet veterans but instead of beginning talking about veterans he

. donald trump is leading in the polls. >> ask any american if they want to go back to a george w. bush economy or obama economy? republican or democrat. >> it's better than half of america saying they would like to go back to that economy. >> wishful thinking about a george w. bush economy in 2007. come on. >> 63%. we have a labor force participation rate. that's the lowest it's been in about 50 years. >> and crazy monetary policy and wages that are barely growing. john, final word to you. >> look, the point on this is george bush was bad. they never tell you president obama is good. they never come out and say this is great. we haven't had leadership in washington d.c. for over 20 years and we -- there is a peace dividend. but we're not leading. we're letting the world happen. that's not what we need to do to take care of our own interests. >> thank you john and thank you all. caputo on business starts 20 minutes from now. what have you got? >> believe it or not the state department is saying it helped make it happen last year. how about sending all the refugees back this year? and we haven't

next, tonight, bill clinton's private conversations revealed. what he really thought about george w. bush >>> it is not often that we're privy to the private remarks of a president so there was high interest today when, for the first time, bill clinton's presidential library released transcripts that he had with tony blair, made public in response to a freedom of information request. at home and abroad. has more. >> reporter: bill clinton on the campaign trail. at a tumultuous time for his presidency. waging war with iraq, denying his relationship with monica lewinsky. demonstrating his ability to decompartmentalize. no mention of lewinsky. oblique reference. after i get all of this crap behind me, i would like to talk to about what was censored by the government. >> this is someone dealing with a domestic trouble at the same time as dealing with the dangerous of war on two continents. >> reporter: considering air-strikes against saddam hussein. >> from camp david the night before clinton said i have no interest in killing him or hunting him down, i just don't want his chemical and biological pr

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