oilman and a community organizer from hawaii. at first glance, neither george w. bush nor barack obama screamed oval office. yet both men ended up in the exclusive club of two-term presidents. using a combination of pitch-perfect messaging, carefully crafted strategy, and a team of rivals that only lincoln would love, they won clear and decisive victories over big-time opponents like john mccain, mitt romney, and al gore. now, they made missteps, sure, but 43 and 44 are famous for absorbing the blame for the team, learning from their losses, and moving on. in doing so, this compassionate conservative and this audacious change agent have become textbook cases of how contender becomes a winner. ♪ - my initial reaction was don't underestimate this man. he is a very, very quick study and he's much, much smarter than what you think. and if in fact you go into this political campaign season underestimating him, you're gonna do so at your own peril. - the narrative about george w. bush was that he was somebody that people would want to go have a beer with. - i think in order to be a g

move so fast. >> today it's george w. bush's past that's being looked at. >> in the final frenzied push to the bush-gore faceoff, a past scandal emerges, something that could break the dead heat. >> on the thursday night before the election, there came a 30-year-old story about george w. bush being arrested for driving under the influence. >> they want to know if there's more to this, george w. bush's 1976 dui arrest in which he paid $150 fine and had his license suspended in maine for a time. >> it was so close to the election there was no real polling on its effect. >> there was no measuring what impact would be. >> we're going to take a break from decision 2000 to give you some of the other headlines outside the presidential race. >> of course the one we're all talking about is mel carnahan. >> in missouri, the death of mel carnahan three weeks before the election triggers a crisis. >> under missouri law, it's too late. too close to election day to take carnahan's off the ballot, so it will remain, leaving open the possibility that his name could win. >> many republicans may cha

reagan, george h.w. bush, and george w. bush administrations. and william galston. a senior fellow for the governance studies program at the brookings institution and a veteran of the bill clinton transition process. the first session is 75 minutes. each of them will give a brief view of some of the most important things they see and that they have experienced in their transitions. and then it will in for 30 to 35 minutes of q&a, because that is what most of you want to do. we will start with david. david eagles. david: thank you. appreciate your time. thanks for talking about presidential transition. i want to take a quick step, understand the sheer scope and magnitude of what we are talking about here. these presidential transitions are massive. they are inheriting a 4 trillion dollar apparatus. there are hundreds of federal agencies. there are 4000 political appointments. 1100 of those have to go through the senate. and there are only 73 days. there is generally not a lot of experience in this process. there are generally not a lot of folks leaving and there are not a lot of fol

between george w. bush and al gore. can you paint the picture of not only what's been said about it in the context of this campaign but whether there is merit to those comparisons? guest: in 2000, it was a very close election between al gore and parts of the bush. -- george w. bush. there was a dispute about the count in florida, looking at particular ballots in certain counties. what we saw after the election there weress where recounts over contested votes that ultimately ended in a supreme court decision that stopped the recounts. that's very different from what we're hearing today. today, we've heard from donald trump about the idea of a rigged not abouthere it's contested ballots after the election in certain areas, but the entire political system. it's about the entire media being stacked against one candidate over the other. combined with allegations of voter fraud without any evidence that has happened. --re are two very different two very different kinds of issues. recountt gore ended the -- they are different. more about the people involved than the actual voting process.

traveling the world with george w. bush, covering many many summits, many majestic things, one of the images that i just have in my mind and i will for the rest of my life was being able to be on the south lawn, again, i was still in school. i should tell you donald trump has arrived, we are told, has arrived at the white house. the fact we are told and we have to tell you and we haven't been able to show you the image speaks to what wolf was just saying, that apparently we don't have, clearly we don't have the live pictures. what i was saying was that there were live pictures of the historic moment back in 1992 which was the moment i remember when bill clinton, who had just defeated george h.w. bush, arrived on the south lawn of the white house, walked back towards the oval office. people who have seen press conferences and events even yesterday with president obama and vice president joe biden, they walk out to the rose garden. that was the image that you can even google it now, that was there for history, that the press was able to get. clearly we are not going to see that. if we d

next one, clinton to george w. bush, i was intimately familiar with george w.'s tax cut plan to the extent he had details. so that was like his first priority, first thing he went out with. so i was -- i had already some view of the politics of that, who, you know, the democrats, there were still some conserve tiff democrats in southern states in particular, those no longer exist but they were willing to play ball with george w. bush. so i was ready for that debate when it came. just like, you don't report -- report a transition in a transition, you report it months ahead of time. cat: we're about to have a change of power here in washington where either major party candidate who will enter the white house has, shall we say, a storied relationship with the press. sometimes outright not trust thinking press, sometimes using the press to their advantage. what tips would you give to our audience here and watching on c-span on how to deal with that? olivier? olivier: first of all, let me confirm that neither of these candidates like the press, which is fine. they're not supposed to be y

, the nephew of george w. bush, that bush gave information of who he thinks this uncle, george w. bush might be voting for. come back. >>> voters head to the polls in six days, six, six long days. hillary clinton goes west today trying to flip arizona from red to blue and also nevada. donald trump is all about florida. i want to bring in senior media correspondent of cnn's "survival" brian stelter. and tom bianco. >> it's the dallas news writes it be george p. bush who says he's the only member of his powerful family who will be voting straight ticket republican. and his grandfather and uncle, both presidents could potentially cast ballots for hillary clinton. george p., you're looking at him there, he's an elected official. he's endorsed donald trump. his grandfather has indicated he's going to vote for hillary clinton. we had no inclination of george w. might. he later told the associated press. i don't know how they voted. i'm speculating to be honest. i've got to say, you float that out there, tom lobianco, it's sort of a big deal. >> of the three bushes what makes george p. bush, he's g

state. and george w. bush voting for hillary clinton. let's go "outfront." i'mish erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump on the rise. donald trump about to speak live at rally in pensacola florida. as a slew of new polls show trump ahead in some key states just six days till election day. in poll of fours stay state, trump leading in nevada by six. major turnaround from two weeks ago. florida within the margin of error. and pennsylvania, trump central trails by four. but that is down from the 12 point lead by clinton from a month ago in nbc news poll. right now live pictures of las vegas, hillary clinton rallying supporters trying to win the state of nevada. sunland surfati at the trump rally in pensacola. tonight back to florida where we show him down but within the margin of error. >> he's shifting attention back to battleground states and key battleground states like here in florida a critical must-win state for him where he's looking at the polls and you can say that his schedule really reflects the urgency of the moment for him right here in florida. he has been barn stor

of events about executive branch transitions at the george w. bush library in dallas. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> one of the most striking features of presidential transitions today is the bipartisanship that prevails among government officials in congress to direct the transition laws. the president and the white house staff who set the direction planning and departments and agencies that carry out the policy. it was not always the case. in 1952, president truman wanted to bring into the white house mostly republican and democratic presidential nominees to meet his cabinet and white house staff members. he met with a partisan divide. he had wanted them to come in because he found when he came into office that he was unprepared. he came in january 1945, roosevelt died in april and truman knew nothing of the atomic bomb so seared by that experience, he wanted to bring people in so that they were going to understand what was ahead of them. adlai stevenson accepted but general eisenhower turned down truman's invitation, in large part because he said he was running against the

face to the world. trump says he admires putin while he calls george w. bush a liar. i don't know if i could -- i mean, the facts of the matter aside, i don't know if i could handle that kind of thing up in my white house. >> i think mitt romney actually still believes all those things i don't think he felt this was going to be the outcome. you know he wasn't preparing a thorough transition, because he thought he was going to lose, and i think if you're romney and looking at this, as i said, particularly in the area of national security, for looking at his really inexperienced small group of advisers, and the person he trusts most being his son-in-law, in his 30s, and has

been joking about 2004 how jarred and jolted people were around manhattan after george w. bush was elected. i remember telling someone i voted for george w. bush on an airplane and she spit out her water and started fighting. i was trapped. it is hard for people shocked -- i think the shock is what is making this so jarring. there was no time to prepare for democrats and supporters of hillary clinton and opponents of donald trump but, you know, i am having to tell my democratic friends and independent friends who are in tears having to tell them the same i had to tell my mom and my dad and my brother and members of my family when bill clinton was elected. when barack obama was elected. i had -- mika will tell you, i had a daily crisis like hotline call with my mother and my aunt and members of my family and friends that i knew telling them that the world was not going to come to an end because barack obama was president of the united states. and it was hard. i lost actually friendships, not because i supported obama, but because i said this country would survive. and we're here aga

by former george w bush and says that is the model he would like to follow. only relates to not 'sesident george h&w bush presidency model, they refrained from criticizing their successors. when president obama also follow that same model, refraining from criticizing resident trump and his policies once president obama is a former president? >> i don't think i can say anything declarative about that question. presumably, between now and get my 20th, you are your colleagues can ask him. i believe he said this in public, he is appreciated -- he has appreciated how early in his presidency, former president first of the bush -- former was nott george w. bush a regular, active, public presence offering his critique of the new president. and the president and president obama believed that it was not just beneficial to make difficult decisions, but it also characters of our 43rd -- revealed the character of our 43rd president. i am confident in saying that president george w. bush did not agree with every decision president obama made his first year in office. disagreementsis to himsel

veteran of of incoming and outgoing transitions with the reagan, george h.w. bush and george w. bush administrations. -- gulfston.lston veteran of the bill clinton transition process. the first session is 75 minutes. each of them will give a brief review of some of the most important things they see and they have experience in their transition and then we will aim -30 five minutes of q&a because that is what most of you want to do. we will start with david. david: thank you. appreciate your time. were talking about presidential transition. i want to take a quick step, understand the sheer scope and magnitude of what we are talking about. there are 4000 appointments, generally not a lot of experience in this process, there are a lot of folks coming in. what is -- has happened is this is a reinvent the wheel exercise, a groundhog day exercise that every incoming team is going through. not only is it big and complicated, it is also a time of vulnerability for the country. by and large, the white house is virtually empty, the original files are virtually gone. there are no hard drives or they wiped hard

. >> thank you so much for coming today. it's a pleasure to be the idea the publicity tour for george w. bush, and his book decision points are never imagined i would have an opportunity to come as an author myself and some really grateful for the opportunity and that everybody came this morning. so henry was my first dog i own as an adult. my husband and i got him in scotland when we lived there but it's true i met my husband on a plane. and we moved to england but we both wanted a dog. whenever have even known about that breed. we found out about them in switching on the trip we took and i fell in love with these dogs. so henry the recent deal between difficult time in abou with here this book because of a natural long form writer, the first book in the good news is that was i thought it was the only book i would write in a book that was a chapter about dogs. because i love dogs and wanted so much to include that part of my life in the book but it needed, i needed to cut it down. like a bad the dog chapter and the editors and i promise you want to do will be a dog book. now we have this one. in

inaugurated? he doesn't have the class george w. bush has. go to facebook and twitter and let us know what you think. thank you for being with us. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> hi. i'm filling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. let's get straight to our top story. the left mobilizing against president-elect donald trump. new york city's far left mayor bill de blasio sent a battle warning to president-elect trump threatening legal action over the muslim registry. >> if all muslims are required to register, we will take legal action to block it. if the federal government wants our police officers to tear immigrant families apart, we will refuse to do it. if the federal government tries to deport law abiding new yorkers who have no representation, we will step in. >> with mr. trump's campaign pledges to punish sanctuary cities and institute law and order policies, battle lines are being drawn between the trump administration and liberal big cities. joining us now for reaction from little rock arkansas, a senior adviser to the trump campaign and here

partner. barack obama has zero love loss for the putin government. george w. bush flirted with putin for a moment, and then backtracked from that. for putin, who is feeling the economic sanctions, who's feeling isolated, oil presses have dropped, he'd like to get back into the game with the united states, but on his term and what the trump administration is going to have going for them, is we both have the same enemy in isis. there's a possibility of seeing us doing joint military exercises. it may be russians that kill civilians, not us. >> as a historian, have you ever seen this kind of thing before? a foreign country meddling in u.s. elections? or is this a new online world with news spreading by clicks and shares and meddling by foreign governments? douglas? >> well, there used to be. there was a zimmerman telegram that was kind of insighting mexico to declare war on the united states in the world war i era. if they would do that, germany would give them back arizona and new mexico. this kind of intrigue has gone on, but not in the way where russia is supporting wikileaks. going afte

non -- i did not even meet george w. bush we live inft san diego three years that i come back to washington and with the justice departmenth tht and then end up as the white house press secretary. then we move from there to york i work on a show called "the five" for fox news and henry was with me so when you have a companion like that a loved one or i dog it kept as grounded but we have such a good strong marriage is we have found this shared affection for our pets and most people feel we that way about their dog 67 percent of household pet and in terms of finding commonn ground with people who might not want to talk to republican like in manhattan. [laughter] when i go to the dog park in central park i have rules inav the book fourth humans and dogs. dogs cannot sit down and humans cannot talk about work or politics. my husband was arrested. [laughter] these are photoshop. this was henry and he was arrested eventually after walking him awfully shin he got a ticket the story is funny because the over criminalization is something you hear from right and the left this is a good ex

important to have independent media there. on september 11th there were reporters with george w. bush on air force one. we knew he was safe. and they weren't going to say where he was, but it's vitally important. this is the new leader of the free world. we need to know where he is and what he is doing. >> do you believe, jason is suggesting there may be differences. there may be changes. donald trump has never been an elected politician. he is used to having privacy. what changes do people see? >> i'm not sure that we're going to see as much of that full on press access. don't forget, president obama and hillary clinton both ditched their protective press pools at different times, it's not that unusual. however, we need the access sooner than later. we don't know when it's going to come. and it going to be leaked? is it going to come tomorrow? hopefully, tomorrow. >> you raise a point about september 11th. it was supposed to be any other day and president bush was sitting and reading a childrens' book to an elementary school class. no one knew it's going to turn into september 11th. it'

force academy and then harvard law school and then i met a guy named george w. bush and he gave me several opportunities that clay has mentioned. but this journey of mine has been tremendous and i hope to help others realize what is possible in america. i'm often asked what's it like to work in the white house. what's it like to have walk-in privileges into the oval office and stand in front of the same desk used by franklin roosevelt during world war ii when he worked with winston churchill, the same desk used by jfk, the same desk used by ronald reagan. what is it like to stand in front of the desk and advise the president whpresident who he sht to the supreme court, was it like to stand on the evening of the porch 9/11 and watch as marine one brings president bush back at the end of the day. what is it like to be involved in discussions of the situation room on the most controversial issues as an american citizen there was no greater privilege and i can't imagine a greater thrill than being there for the birth of a child to served in that capacity. at the white house is the most

former white house communications director for former george w. bush, and manager of bloomberg politics, co-host of "with all due respect," john heilman, also part of the broadcast this circus weekend on showtime. that's how you say it, i think. wow, no response. >> that was an incredible introduction. it took my breath away. >> let's go to the strip real fast. kristen welker, it's late for your east coast clock. it's the middle of the evening for your west coast clock. two things we should point out. part of david gergen's point tonight was don't tell me this was an automatic document release. nothing can be automatic 60 days within the time of the envelope of an election. second, we've combed over what was released from mark rich at the end of bill clinton's presidency. it doesn't seem to be newsworthy, just to use the vernacular, it's out there. what has the campaign said about all of this, today's fbi story, if you will? >> reporter: brian, let me give you the official response and then i'll take you inside some of the conversations that i'm having. brian fallon, one of sec

treasury secretary. i got a joint call on that one and on the next one, clinton to george w. bush, i was intimately familiar with george w's tax cut plan to the extent he had details so that was like, his first priorities and the first thing he went out with so i sort of had already someview of the politics of that , the democrats, sort of that they were considered the democrats from southern states in particular which no longer exist but they were willing to play ball for george w. bush so i was ready for that debate when it came.they were like, don't report a transition in a transition, you report months at a time. >> we are about to have a change in power here in washington where either party candidate who will enter the white house as shall we say a storyrelationship with the press .sometimes outright, sometimes not. at sometimes showing the press, at times using the press to their advantage. what tips would you give to our audience here and watching on c-span on how to deal with that? with the end? >> let me confirm that neither of these candidates are friendly with the press which

firm in houston and i met a guy named george w. bush and he gave me several once in a lifetime opportunities that clay has mentioned. but this is really special. the journey of mind is tremendous and i hope in this book to inspire others, realize what is really possible in america. i'm often asked what's it like as clay knows better as well ase i do, what's it like to work in the white house? what's it like to have walk-in privileges into the oval office and stand in front of the same desk used by roosevelt and jfk, it's the same desk used by ronald reagan as he worked in the world car. what's it like to stand in the united states and stand in the oval office porch on 9/11, what's it like to be a cabinet secretary and be involved in discussions in the secretary room? as machine -- an americange citizen i can't think of any other thrill other than the birth of your child, white house is the most recognizable 18 acres in the world and people come from all over the world to catch a glimpse of it. why is it so special? the most important person in the world is in there making decis

reagan, george h. w. bush and george w. bush administrations, and bill galston, senior fellow out for the governors of study program at the brookings institution and a veteran of bill clinton's transition process. this first session is 75 minutes. we are going to come each will give a brief view of some of the most important things they see that they've experienced in their transition, and then we will aim for a 35 minutes of q&a because i think that what most of you want to do. we will start with david. david eagles. >> appreciate your time. thanks for talking about presidential transition. what i wanted to take a quick step back and understand the sheer scope and magnitude of what we are talking about. these transitions are massive. this is part of a message to the incoming games. they are inheriting a fortune dollars apparatus. there are hundreds of federal agencies. as chris mentioned there's 4000 political appointments, 1100 have to go to the senate. there's only 73 days to your plan. there's not a lot of experience in this process. there are not a lot of folks coming in. what's happ

democrats to go along with this legislative but george w. bush had five talk show hosts to give the new guy a chance and we did. >> when barack obama was inaugurated, oppose everything he tried to do? >> some did really set in after the actual inauguration happen. we are looking at donald trump's plane right now. took off from new york just a short while ago. it is heading to reagan national airport. i want to talk to both of you as we look forward about the new transition that we might see as we watch trump's plane get closer to washington, dc. let's talk about some of the names that we're hearing, gentlemen. rudy giuliani, chris christie, newt gingrich, michael flynn, ben carson, potentially. weigh in on some of the names. you know there are some concerns among minority communities that this cabinet won't be diverse enough. when you hear those names, what do you think? >> i think danger. i think danger will robinson. we've got a problem here. donald trump doesn't know anything. there is a huge vacuum now, will be a huge vacuum in the oval office. we will go from one of the most cerebr

pero cuando george w. bush gaÓ el estado. >> yo creo que serÁ muy importante la persona que lleve la florida,s yo creo que serÁ un resultado muy positivo a nivel nacional porque seÑala algo muy importante que la tendencia del votante se va hacia persona, entonces yo creo que la florida siempre ha definido la campaÑa porque es un ejemplo de todo lo que es el paÍs y siempre ha sido el centro del que universo cuando se trata de las elecciones nacionales tienden a votar y sobre todo los clinton estÁn identificados. >> recordar que hay elecciones en puerto rico. >> new jersey-nueva york es muy importante para donald trump y hillary clinton. >> vamos con los resultados. >> perdona que interrumpa. >> han entrado bastantes nuevos resultados comenzando con la florida que se espera que estÁ reÑida, hillary clinton con una leve ventaja en el 1% pennsylvania con estos 20 votos electorales estamos monitoreando. >> el estado de maine aÚn sin determinar son 4 votos electorales que pueden ser definidos uno de los dos estados podrÍa ocurrir. >> missouri sin determinar aÚn no se sabe. >> aÚ

and the transition out of office of george w. bush changed the tone and action undertaken during the transition period. in 2008 president bush led the most determined transition out of office that we have experienced. he began the transition cycle in 2007 in discussions with his chief of staff, josh bolten who led the effort. bolten interne -- in turn closed the circle by habit representatives of the incoming outgoing executives meet well before the election. he brought together representatives of the candidates in the white house in july. almost two months prior to the 2008 party convention. clay johnson, who led the transition of the executive director for president bush and to office in 2001, he was the office of management and lead the department and agency planning work together information for a new team. he will be on the second panel. equally important in the 2008 transition was interest in making use of those administration preparations by those leading the transition effort for senator and bend president-elect obama. christopher lee, executive director of the transition

verify what happened. on 9/11 there were reporters with george w. bush on air force 1. we knew he was safe and what was going on. they weren't going to say where he was, they know how to keep secrets. but it is vitally important. this is the new leader of the free world as that letter said and we need to know where he is and what he's doing. >> you know, when jason was suggesting, he will have, you know, press pool that we're going to have the press, but there may be some differencees. maybe changes. donald trump has never been an elected politician. 70 years old. used to having his privacy. what changes do you think we will see mr. president trump? >> i don't think we will see as much of that full on press access as we have had before. president obama and hillary clinton both ditched their protective press pools at different times. this is not that unusual. however we need that access and we need it sooner rather than later. we don't know when it is going to come. a week before inauguration day? tomorrow? hopefully it'll be tomorrow. >> you raise good point about the 9/11. that was s

be more like jfk rather than george w. bush. he'll come in. start with infrastructure. start with something that's more unifying so let's keep an open mind. i think they're arguing that out. >> take a listen to this. i'm not sure where democrats are. you seem to be out in disarray. take a listen to keith ellison. >> he's not draining the swamp. he's filling it up more and there will be more swamp creatures than ever before. lobbyists and big-time investment bankers, he's not doing what he said he was going to do for average working americans. >> people elected donald trump and keith ellison calls them swamp creatures. >> he said donald trump is creating swamp creatures of lobbyists, et cetera. they were not supporting the people that supported trump. i think that's -- donald trump needs to be careful about that. it's always hard to be an outsider candidate saying i'm going to drain the swamp and rip it all up and start again. >> you don't think he's draining the swamp? it seems like he is draining the tramp. a lot of people are worried -- >> first thing he did is let in the lobbyi

did to george w. bush and barack obama. soledad: you may voted him in to office, or maybe you didn't, but donald trump is about to take on the world's toughest job. it is a job that has visibly aged every may who has held it. take a look at george w. bush. after eight years, here's how he looked. here is barack obama, 47 years old when he took office in 2009. he has joked about the presidential mileage now evident on his head. so, what can we predict for 70-year-old president-elect trump? here's one prediction of how he could look at the end of his first term. and here is a final one, abraham lincoln, who said in 1860, "may the almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity shall in no way suffer in my hands." good words to leave you with. i'm soledad o'brien for "matter of fact." have a great week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. i wanted the same plan that my mother had. senior dimensions. i've had senior dimensions for over 20 years. and i love it! if you're eligible for medicare,

to the press secretary under george w. bush. we were talking about the education department and nikki haley, the south carolina governor to be the ambassador to the un. she has been seen as a rising star in national politics. i get them wanting to be associated with her, but kristin doesn't have experience in foreign policy. is this the right role for her? >> it's a bit of a surprise and someone steeped in a history of foreign policy, but why donald trump is trying to change things. he is the outsider and wants people also to be outsiders. will she represent him? is she familiar enough and will she pursue his policies that break a few glasses around the world. that's what is important if you are the president. you need to know if they are articulating what you want articulating and with the same passion that you hold it. that's the test and i assume she never would have signed up if she wasn't. >> the other major appointment, secretary of state, a lot of reporting suggests and the "wall street journal" had this that said either mitt romney or rudy giuliani. a very stark choice w

i was a spokesperson for somebody else my whole career, so you could ask me what george w. bush thought about the war or the financial crisis or legalization of marijuana, and i could tell you what he thought or how he came to a decision on stem cell research. i knew exactly how he'd come to that conclusion. and i would say that i largely agreed with it. then i get to be on "the phi," and all of a sudden -- the five, and all of a sudden it's what do you think about the legalization of marijuana, and i kind of choked because i'd never gone out on that limb before. and i really give credit to the fox news executive that gave me the chance and also my co-hosts. they were really instrumental in helping me know that it was okay to be myself. and i think i also worried that if i gave my own opinion, i could never go back to doing sort of spokesperson work because then people would know. and i was worried about that. and i remember finally about eight months into it i relaxed and thought i don't want to go back to that. i like this new career path that i'm on. so finally felt a little bit more

george w. bush and he gave me several lifetime opportunities that clay had mentioned. it really is special this journey of mine. it's been tremendous and i hope in this book to inspire others and to help others realize what is really possible in america. i'm often asked what's it like an clay knows as well as i do what's it like to work in the white house and what's it like to have walk-in privileges into the oval office and stand in front of the same desk used by franklin roosevelt during world war ii as he worked with winston churchill to end that war? at the same desk used by jfk as he wrestled with the cuban missile crisis. this same desk used by ronald reagan as he worked in the cold war. what's it like to stand in front of the desk and advise the present united states who he should write to the u.s. supreme court? what's it like to stand on a global -- cabinet secretary and to be involved in discussions and situation room on the most controversial issues? as an american citizen i can't imagine a greater thrill other than being a parent and being there for the birth of my chil

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school and then going to houston then i met a guy named george w. bush. he gave me several once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that clay has mentioned. it really is special. the journey has been tremendous. i hope to inspire others and help others realize what is possible in america. i'm i'm often asked what's it like to work in the white house? what's it like to have walking privileges to the oval office. and stands in front of the same desk as roosevelt, the same desk used by jfk who wrestled with the cuban missile crisis. this is a one who -- what is what is it like to stand in front of the president of the united states, what was it like to stand on the evening of 9/11 and see president bush come home that day. as an american citizen, there is no greater privilege and i can't can't imagine a greater thrill other than perhaps being and being there for the birth of your child to serve in that capacity, the white house is must rest recognizable space in the world and people come from all over the world to catch a glimpse. why's it so important and special? it's because most important p

speak with george w. bush's former chief ethics lawyer about why that he thinks trump will violate the constitution on day one with his business dealings and meanwhile, incoming chief of staff reince priebus addresses other ethical and policy concerns like the proposed muslim ban. >> i'm not going to rule out anything, but i wouldn't, we're not going to have a registry based on a religion. there are some people that have to be prevented from coming into this country. >> and developing now, a texas manhunt under way. police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a san antonio officer ambush during a traffic stop. officials say the suspect is extremely dangerous and a threat to the public. we are waiting for a press conference in san antonio set to start any minute from now and bring that to you immediately and let's go to politics as we wait for the update at san antonio, texas. i'm tamron hall coming to you live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. waiting for the press conference but let's talk about what's happening in the political front at this hour. as president-

would point to what you said earlier. there are a lot of people here. george w. bush was a regulation president. and a spending president. even compared to bill clinton. we'll see here in a bunch of different agencies, transportation, education, we might see the biggest deregulatory president that we have seen in 25 to 30 years. i say this as someone different' iting. people who are actively hostile to the regulatory growth we have seen in the last two presidencies are around the transition team right now. kennedy: fresh off their embarrassing election laws, democrats my have found a new strategy. find issues where they would agree with president trump. divide and conquer. stuff like infrastructure spending, child tax credits and paid maternity leave. are these wedges the dwem krats are going to expose to give themselves a shot at getting the senate majority in 2018. >> they understand donald trump is a conservative in the way a marshmallow is a mammal. maybe his number one advisor jared kushner was a democrat. ivanka was a democrat. donald trump may need coalitions, both t

has zero love lost for putin. he actually despises the putin government. jo george w. bush, if you recall, flirted with putin for a moment saying, i saw the soul in him, and then backtracked big time from that. for putin feeling the economic sanctions, he's feeling isolated, oil prices have dropped. he would like to get back into the game with the united states, but on his term. what we have -- what the trump administration is going to have going for them is that both of us have the same enemy in isis. so there is a possibility of seeing us do joint military exercises. it might be russia doing the bombings that kill civilians, not us. >> as an historian, have you ever seen this kind of thing before, a foreign country meddling in u.s. election and news con new coverage, or is it a new online world with shares and clicks and meddling by foreign governments? >> there used to be a thing with a telegram inciting mexico to declare war on the united states in the world war i era, and if they would do that germany would give back arizona and new mexico. this kind of intrigue has gone on, b

loud that his uncle george w. bush and his grandfather, george h.w. bush, could potentially vote for hillary clinton. there's one person, one reporter, who knows the most about this on earth. it is cnn special correspondent jamie gangel. the biggest news there is the possibility, george p. brought it up, that george w. could vote for hillary clinton. >> let's take a step back. he was answering a question and he said potentially. then a reporter followed up and he said i was just speculating. okay? there is no gambling. george p. so here's what we know. george p. is voting for trump. his grandfather, we confirmed several weeks ago, has privately told several people he's voting for hillary. we know that. i reached out to president george w. bush, 43's folks. they said he is not commenting. he's sitting on the sidelines. no comment on that. i also coincidentally sent an e-mail to george p.'s father, jeb bush, former governor of florida and he has said i'm not voting for trump or hillary. i said have you made up your mind? drum roll. e-mail back in two seconds. two words. secret ballot.

you for that. i want to bring in press secretary for george w. bush as a president, also his campaign in 2000. he knows a thing or two about how these transitions go. ari, thanks for joining us. donald trump, barack obama face to face for the very first time. everyone knows the very implicated back story of this relationship, but you went through one of these before. george w. bush in 2000 meeting with bill clinton. what is going on behind the scenes for a day like this? >> i will bet you anything what president obama did today was take advantage of this one and only substantive long meeting he'll have with the president-elect of the united states to talk about things that are most important and why it may be harder to do some of the things donald trump has said. i think he might be talking about the iran deal. look, i know during the campaign you were against it, but here are the implications if you follow through on what you say. a, b and c. i bet he talked about the debt limit. i know this is an issue that republicans and democrats have fought over. but if the nation ever

campaign at some point raised the specter of wha happened between george w. bush and al gore. could you paint a picture of not only what's been said about it in the context of this campaign but if there is a merit to those campaigns? >> guest: it was a close election and there was a dispute about the account in florida looking at particular ballots in certain counties and what we saw after was a process where there were recounts over contested votes that ultimately ended in the supreme court's decision.od that is different from what we are hearing today. today we've heard from donald trump may be in the last month about the idea of a raid election where it's not about the contested ballots after the election in certain areas but the entire political system. it's about the entire media being stacked against one candidate over another combinedd with allegations of voter fraud without any evidence of that happening. so there are two different kinde of issues. bush v. gore ended the recount that the supreme court acted improperly and stop the process too early but i think they are diffe

houston and then i met a guy named george w. bush and he gave me several one in a lifetimed opportunities that clay has mentioned, but it really is special. this journey of mine has been tremendous and i hope from that book to inspire others, help others realize what is really possible in america. i'm often asked, what's it like as clay knows better as well as i do, what's it like to work in the white house. you know, what's it like to have walk-in privileges into the oval office and stand in front of the same desk used by franklin roosevelt during world war ii as he worked with winston churchill to end that war. it's the same desk used by jfk as he wrestled with the cuban missile crisis and the same desk used by ronald reagan, what's it like to stand in front of the desk and advise the president of the united states who he should appoint as the u.s. supreme court. what's it like to stand in th oval office porch and watch marine one bring president the histic day. what's it look to be cabinet secretary and be involved in discussions in the situation room in controversial iss

archives from her bert hoofer to george w. bush, these 13 presidential libraries are not libraries in the usual sense. they are archives and museums bringing together documents and artifacts of the president, the administration, the first lady and the family and presenting them to the public for study and discussion without regard for political considerations or affiliations. and we'll soon have another. the future obama library in chicago's historic jackson park. we're currently outfitting temporary storage space in chicago. have hired our first staff for the library and are hard at work packing artifacts and preparing records for the move to illinois. by january 20th, 2017, we will have transferred hundreds of millions of textual, electronic and audio visual records and tens of thousands of presidential gifts. the papers of the first lady's office are part of the collections of the presidential libraries. there are more than 21.4 million pages of records and personal papers in our collection. issues such as just say no, the anti-drug campaign of nancy reagan, roslyn carter's counsel

george w. bush. e live in san diego three years 9/11 have been takingg back to washington for the justice department that andit a dozen white house press secretary then we move to new york cannister working on a show '04 fox news called the five so henry was with me when you have a companion like that as a human or aid dog it was a nice complement one of the reasons we have such a good strong marriage is we have found they shared obsession for our pets and most people across america feel the same way about their dogs 67 percent of americans have a household pet and i found with common ground those that may not want to talk to a republican. [laughter] but when i go to the dog bark there is some rules fork humans and dogs humans cannot talk about work sore politics and the dogs cannot sitdown there is the story so these are photoshop. this was henry. he was arrested walking him off leash in washington d.c. tyd got a ticket was funny because the over criminalization of america you hear from the right to and bill left this was a good example it was a bureaucratic nightmare common note

he yes tos a lot to george w. bush's for making that transition as easy as possible for him and, you know, again i think that the healing of the differences of the country is something that is going to have to happen. it's going to have to take a long time but right now these two men have something very important and urgent in front of them. >> appreciated president-elect trump saying "i thought this would last 15 minutes and it lasted 90 minutes." that has to be a good sign. i'm wondering beyond chatting in the oval, did president obama give him a tour? do we know any more about the visit? >> we don't have specific details and i suspect we'll see those in the coming hours. probably not as much as we would like. but one thing is donald trump said he expected to be talking to him several more times before he takes office. and you have to wonder what exactly -- what was the conversation. did president obama say listen i understand you want to get rid of obamacare, here are some things that could be fixed on obamacare. gloria was talking about this last hour did he give him the advice o