the integrity of the office to which i have been elected, so help me god. >> we love you, bush! >> as the presidential race heat up, the turbo charged u.s. economy of the roaring '90s is threatening to stall. the problem is energy costs. oil costs. a looming new u.s. energy crisis. >> and in the united states and throughout the world tonight, the rising prices of oil are beginning to be a drag on the boom economic times. the high price of oil and the soaring price at the pump have been at the top of the national conversation for months now. >> with global energy demand on the rise, and u.s. dependence on foreign oil at an all-time high, george w. bush turns america's looming crisis into a central issue for the presidential campaign. >> we got a potential crisis in the energy markets. because we've had no energy plan. and it's, to me, that's the -- that's a possible problem for the next administration. >> when it's clear that he will be the republican nominee, and with energy taking center stage in the campaign, bush taps dick cheney, a man with deep experience in both politics and the

bush. then former president george w. bush on fighting disease in africa. then president obama holds a news conference to close the summit. >> this month, c-span presents abates on what makes america great, evolution, and genetically modified foods. issues spotlight with in-depth looks at veterans health care, irs oversight, student loan debt, and campus sexual assault. new perspectives on issues including global warming am a voting rights, fighting infectious disease, and food tour,, and our history showing sights and sounds from america's historic places. find our history schedule one week in advance at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. .all or e-mail us join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> as part of the u.s.-africa leader summit in washington, first lady michelle obama and former first lady laura bush hosts the program on opportunities for women. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. good morning. thank you so much. thank you so much, everyone. i name is michelle obama and i am an african a

had somebody that lived in the white house that we watched very closely that we loved. president bush and barbara bush and so i was very aware when george ran for president that, you know, that you're always going to be characterized in a way that you aren't really. and so i don't think it was any big surprise to me. that doesn't make -- doesn't make it any less hurtful. but on the other hand, anyone in a leadership position of any sort knows you're going to be criticized and it's hard. >> that's absolutely true. that's really the role of leadership. it's not about amassing power. it's taking some of those hits and continuing to do the work. even when it's painful. and sometimes unappreciated. that's why it's important for all of us to have a vision. as first spouses. if you have a vision, you know what you're passionate about and you know what direction you're going in, then all of the arrows and the spears and the criticisms, they just, they bounce off of you. because you keep doing the work every day. punched but you patch yourself up and go on. >> it's hard to do what you all are

george h.w. bush made a special address to the nation from the oval office. >> 20kuwait is liberated. iraq's army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in control of their own destiny. we share in their joy. a joy tempered only by our compassion for their ore zeal. th this is a victory for the united nations, for all man kind, for the rule of law and for what is right. after consulting with secretary of defense cheney, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general powell, and our coalition partners, i am pleased to announce that at midnight tonight, eastern standard time, exactly 100 hours since ground operations commenced and six weeks since the start of operation desert storm, all united states and coalition forces will suspend offensive combat operations. >> what president george h.w. bush said there did not sound all that complicated. basically this was good news. this was good news back in february of 1991. this is news the country had been praying for, in tofact. the united states stopped iraq's leader, saddam hussein, f

with the first lady who has long been an inspiration to me. laura bush set a high bar for me during her time in the white house, and she has continued to do outstanding work around the world since she and her husband left washington. i consider her not just a role model but also a friend. i'm thrilled that our conversation today will be moderated by another woman who i greatly respect and admire, one of america's leading journalists, our friend, cokie roberts. with that, i will have them come out to the stage so that we can begin our conversation. thank you so much for joining us. enjoy the rest of the day. [applause] >> well, i am so excited that we get to do this again. >> we did this last summer. >> we did it in tanzania and i would like to thank you so much for that. it was a wonderful, wonderful experience for all of us to be there with you. thank you for hosting us last year. and thank you for hosting us this year. so here we are. >> our pleasure. >> it is -- i remember, i recall last year you were still getting blow-back about your bangs. >> yeah, that's over. let's see what

done. [applause.] president bush president bush president bush president bush president bush all right. brother ron daniels, long-time warrior in the struggle for justice, freedom for our people. not only here in the u.s. but around the world. listen, brothers, we have come to the end of our program. we want to thank you all for attending, for listening and for participating. give yourselves a round of applause. we want to thank the people outside, too. dozens of folks outside on the sidewalk who have been patient listening to us. and finally, if you would like to, yes, if you would like to view this again and for those the archives, the ibfw site. please visit us at www.ibw21.org. as we use to say in the revolution, whatever. back whenever. thank you. >>> next your calls and comments live on washington journal and live from the national book festival. amanda ripley talks about her book, "the smartest kids in the world" followed by "brainwash " "brainwashed". >> this labor day on the c-span networks at 5:30 eastern, an he had indication department summit. at 8:00, bill ny and ken

out-front lead to correct the 2008 law against human trafficking passed by president george w. bush who helped owning the gate for the young people to come from central america and for senator harry reid to alleviate the border crisis with the comprehensive bill waiting action in the house. the effort to do a lot, compress their advantage by both sides, ended in the congress about to leave town and doing nothing at all as they pack their bags for a five-week vacation. mission accomplished? you have to be kidding. basking on the afterglow is the party ring leader, ted cruz, whose sole purpose in politics is to parachute into moments like this and raise hell. emanuel cleaver is a democrat from new jersey, and joan is an editor at large at salon. congressman y have been listening to you lately, and you have a lot to say about it, but i'm dumbfounded by the utter incomp tense of our government. coming at this at a crisis mode for three weeks, everyone in america caring about those kids once way or another, and it looks like the congress is going to leave with nothing done. >> well, they

creating opportunities for women and girls with michelle obama and lara bush. they were interviewed by npr and abc news political commentator cokie roberts. this is a little less than one hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [applause] >> good morning. good morning! thank you so much. thank you so much, everyone. my name is michelle obama, and i am an african american woman. [applause] on behalf of myself and my husband come it is truly a pleasure and honor to welcome you all here to washington. we have so many distinguished leaders here with us today. of course, we have president bush and mrs. bush who are here today, and i thank them both, and the bush institute, for their passionate leadership on the issues we will be discussing today. i also want to recognize my dear friend, dr. jill biden, who is here as well. she has been a tremendous partner over the past five and a half years, and i'm thrilled she is here with us today. id of course, most of all want to thank all of you for joining us at this event. we have a fabulous program lined up for you today, as you'

comes to these positions with different to temperaments. watching mrs. bush, you know, she's been able to traverse all this with a level of grace and kindness and compassion, just seeing how our transition worked and we talked about this in tanzania, people are who they are. said this in my convention speech, being president doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are. which is true for first spouses as well. some people are shy and don't want the limelight. other people are more outgoing, maybe more aggressive and able to withstand the heat of the spotlight that shines on us. i think that all of us, we have to bring what is uniquely us to the table. and work within that. and that's sometimes what people around the world don't understand. first spouses, we don't choose this position. we just happen to be in it. >> we're elected by one man. >> right, right. >> and you can't be fired. >> right. >> certainly hope not. >> i guess we'll see. >> you know, one of the things that is unique is your voice as women. you talked about that last year. i went back and looked. you were quite el

administration has continued the bush administration's assertion essentially when you're in the white house you can control all of this. that's not true. there's a reason we have three branches of government. there's this whole story about dianne feinstein is at war with the cia. the cia and dianne feinstein have certainly had a very cozy relationship. but for her to be on the warpath against them is very significant. >> i feel the pushing of the envelope is consistent with feinstein who has been incredibly combative, at times accepting. this seems like a bridge too far. >> remember, senator of oregon has sort of implied he might use various procedures to put this report on the public report. if it gets pushed like this, if dianne feinstein jumps into that camp, the white house has a serious problem on its hands. >> you assert that this threat, this presidency has exceeded the bounds of authority. the atlantic talk, about the expectations when obama first came into office ending the bush era torture program and how that has in a way served a a smoke screen. drawing on the credibility he gained

participating former national security advisor for george w. bush. we'll hear from other foreign security policy experts this. is the president saying today that the humanitarian crisis is over eliminating the need for a risky u.s. rescue mission. but the dire threat from an advancing islamic army. the president speaking to reporters. he said that the u.s. will work with other governments to provide humanitarian relief wherever we have capabilities. on that issue "the new york times" reports that worried out the spread of islamist militant extremism saudi arabia donated to a counter terrorism they hope wednesday it will strengthen its ability and set the example for other don nar countries. that's from the "new york times." >> good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation. i'm director of lectures and seminars and my duties number one are to ask that our cell phones are turned off as we prepare to begin. reminding our internet viewers and viewers on c-span questions are welcome by e-mail. we will post the program later today for your future reference on our website. and our

want to go back to the failures of the bush administration, possibly one of the most inept and incompetent administrations in my lifetime. i think that what she's is doing is good for the democratic party. host: you think that whoever runs needs to look tough on national security? democrats are losing that? host: he is clearly -- caller: he is clearly unpopular and foreign policy in the polls. i think the democrats need to gain some muscle in that area, which i think is a good thing. i support her. the wallis is from " street journal." "the hillary metamorphosis." he writes -- host: let's go to sean, nashville, tennessee, independent color. good morning to you. go ahead. caller: i would like to say that there was ao when republican president, what was the first thing that the republicans said? and giving weapons to the enemy or whatever you want to call -- looked at the republicans in the iran contra scandal. they have the hostages? they gave them weapons. when you regurgitate it republicans ask for the same thing? go for it. republican caller, you are on the air. if hillary ru

2002. the question is, the basic idea was, george bush might decide to centuries to iraq, but as you can see, 54%, when they are asked, say they would favor going to work. was, supposetion some americans are killed. suddenly, the percentage favoring were dropped down to 49%. asked, what of 100 were killed, it dropped again, but only by three percentage points and farther down as it went along. it does seem to be, even though i have been saying from the beginning people who do not understand numbers very well, when you put it this way, maybe they do. particularly interesting is the question, would you still favor a war if 5000 are killed? as it happens, that question was asked when 5000 or 4000 were killed. section, 5000 killed, about 32% said they would still favor the work. one 4000 or so american fatalities took place, it was 33. maybe these numbers hold up a little bit better than i previously thought. its is much clearer because is only one work, the war in iraq. i do not want to spend too much time with it, but one thing that ought to be put into consideration, there is a de

bush. he was below 40%. he lost 30 houses. seats was a big number. the second reason is not a slam dunk. the republican brand is weak. it really is. a lovely conservatives have shifted independent when they sell but inside themselves. one reason they have been doing is theyith independents have rejected this administration. more independent who used to be republican who got fed up with the brand. republican then distill we. i do think they were able to recruit but are candidates. they have a better core of candidates. their.as to >> they let spending go. they did some good things. they did 2001 and three attacks. they use this. abc nightline called as a young, scrappy upstarts. it has changed i guess. we decided the 50 most egregious caremark in the -- earmarks in the country. do think the brand was diminished among a lots of conservatives. i will say the president has been successful with class warfare primarily in harming the brand further. a lot of the republicans are doing self in foot is damage. >> is a part of the problem that the republican party is viewed no, theas the part

. is the problem that the obama administration wanting to be something other than president bush got out of the business of confronting terrorism on a big, global scale and just dealt with it in a more limited way, is it an underreaction to the terrorist threat? >> don't forget, they invited us to leave in iraq. the president was negotiating after president george bush had this time table for withdrawal, president obama was trying to negotiate the final -- >> i'm talking about the terrorist threat. i'm talking about fighting terrorism. the obama team said we are not in the business of a global fight against terror. we're fighting al qaeda in limited forms. this is a big, expansive terrorist threat that has amassed on his watch. >> well, there's no question that this isis threat in syria and in iraq is growing and troublesome. the big question is what can the united states do to stop it? if the iraqis come together, oust maliki, put in someone in power who wants to bring in sunnis and shias to govern with the kurds, then perhaps they can do it themselves, but we cannot send the troops

airplane debris pennsylvania? where are the four black boxes from the airplanes? why did the bush administration fight an investigation? the 47 story world trade center building seven collapse? why were military and political people told not to fly? who scheduled the hijacking wargames on 9/11? at?e was nora who told them to stand down? i agree with the caller. these are some serious and very important questions that americans are asking. but not getting enough air time. we appreciate c-span's dedication to journalism. finally, focusing on this subject. wars were started as a result of 9/11. we have lost 6000 soldiers. millions of people in the middle east have been killed in these wars. we have lost precious civil liberties through legislation and our economy has been wrecked. if there is any question about what happened at the world trade center, we have to have a real investigation. alicenext call comes from in new jersey. caller: thank you, thank you, thank you. isrything you are saying questions i have asked somebody for 24 yearsthere and was therefore the 93 incident. giulia

membership does. >>> 44%, that's how much latino vote that george bush got back in the 2004 presidential election. bush had come out in favor of a guest worker program. when he hit that 44% number, that became a new high water mark for republican presidential candidate among latino voters. not even ronald reagan back in 1984, that was the year he won 49 states in what was an epic landslide, not even ronald reagan did as well with latino voters as george w. bush did in 2004. here's the next data point, 31%. that's how much of the latino vote that john mccain got in 2008. mccain did a big about face on the issue of immigration during that campaign. he led the push for the path to citizenship and then he faced a revolt from the right. he disavowed his own plan and then he only got 31% of the latino vote and he lost to barack obama. and then 27%, 27% of the latino vote, that's what mitt romney got in 2012. 27%. very hard to win a presidential election when you do that badly with members of such a big group and so romney, like mccain, lost the election. again, i don't know if you can call thr

president bush, and my democratic leadership, if you want me to vote to give $800 billion to the folks who essentially helped maneuver this crash, i want to make sure the money will get down to the people, the decent people who are trying to buy a home. the market was crazy. i was looking to help my grandparents buy a small house in eagle rock. $679,000 for a two bedroom, one bath house. a lot of people bought thinking that's what the market was today. these are not people saying they were making 30 grand a year and there were a lot of them, too, which is what really led to the downfall. the money was all going to the banks. there are a lot of people who said i have a mortgage valued higher than what my home is valued at that i made commitments on going to continue to pay my mortgage. even if i sold my house i would not get enough money. to me, those people were being very responsible hoping with time the value of the home would catch up to the mortgage. to me, we should help them. you're paying that mortgage at 7% interest rate? guess what, let me let you refinance. you still ha

going to try. check this out. 44%. how much of the latino vote george buw. bush got in the 200 presidential election. during that campaign, bush came out in favor of a guest worker program. when he hit that number, when e hit the 44% number among latino voters, that became a high water mark for a republican presidential candidate among latino voters. not even ronald reagan back in 194 1984. not even ronald reagan did as well as george w. bush did in 2004. here's the next number, next data point. 31% is how much of the latino vote that john mccain got in 20 20 2008. mccain did a big about face on issue of immigration during that campai campaign. he started out leading the push for a path to citizenship and faced a revolt. his own plan to a path for citizenship, then after doing that he got only 31% of the latino vote and he lost the election to barack obama. okay. third data point. 27%. 27% of the latino vote is what mitt romney got in 2012. just 27%. it's very hard to win a presidential election when you do that badly with members of such a big group, so romney, like mccain, lo

now is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former ambassador to ukraine under george w. bush and president obama. ambassador taylor, when do we call an invasion an invasion? what does it take to change the terminology from incursion to invasion? >> i think we would call it an invasion once we see russian forces coming across the border, which we have seen. this is clearly an invasion. >> what are the implications for the state department at this point? they seem to not want to quite go that far rhetorically. >> the implications are that we treat this as an invasion, which means several things. we expand sanctions that we put on. we should cover the entire banking system in russia. but sanctions are not enough. we need to provide military security, defensive weapons to the ukrainian military so that they can defend themselves against this invasion. and third, we need to supply the financing to the ukrainian government so that they can continue to move forward on their reforms. >> let's listen to what the state department spokesman said today about this question of whether this

mexico. rick lopez in that state for treasurer. and george p. bush running for texas land commissioner in texas. there are, of course, the entire house of representatives is up for election. we expect the majority of latinos to be re-elected. but there are some races in the mix throughout the country. here in california, representative ruiz who defeated mary bono is running for re-election and has a very competitive race against an assembly member. joe garcia who also ran and was elected in florida, first hispanic democrat elected to congress from florida is running against the competitive field of republicans on august 26th. we'll see who will be challenging him in what we expect to be a very competitive race. one district in texas has changed hands between political parties several times over the past several decades. pete gayego is running. it's the third district which is another -- california's 21st district in the central valley -- being challenged by amanda rentirilla. so part of what we want to see in naleo is the growth of latino elected officials. these are the n

in iraq, when we talk of the bush family, to not get in there. bush and reagan told them not to go in there. now we are debating this problem, we bring it back. they destroyed this country. 99% of all of the time, the bush to war inwhy we went iraq. the second question is, we blame obama for everything that has happened, but we have the most -- in the entire world. the resident do his job. they are greedy about money. they only care about money. host: eugene robinson has in his column -- we are still paying for bush's mistake. guest: george w. bush made the call to go to war with iraq and a lot of democrats voted for it. its voted no, but 40% voted yes. democrats in the senate or more in favor of it. said my legacy cannot be defined now. it can be defined decades down the road. the legacy of iraq is not looking good now. we sit back and we listen to how the clintons, we blame everything on bush, but we blame nothing on clinton. the war in iraq is bush's fall. we do not blame the housing th market on the clintons. the media never says anything about this. we only talk about bush and

better way to put it. the last biggest shift was 2006. you mentioned that kind of six year itch for bush. he was below 40%. he was doing worse than present obama. seats, sixhouse senate seats, which was a big number. that was a big number. speaking in all candor, the republican brand is weak. it really is. a lot of conservatives have shifted independent when they self identify themselves. one reason they have been doing better with independents is they have rejected this administration's big government agenda. also you have more independent who used to be republican who got fed up with the brand. i'm not point to call myself republican anymore. so, the republican brand is still weak. i do think they were able to recruit better candidates this year. they have a better core of candidates. >> who is to blame for the brand being week? >> i think themselves. when they were in the power. they let spending go. they did some good things. this is not an ad hominem attack. and 2003 tax2001 cuts. i will never forget -- our first onional issue ever was earmarks. we were a relatively new organization

services committee. here's what he had to say yesterday. [video clip] >> it was president george w. bush and prime minister malik he who agreed that all forces would leave a rack. say that president obama could have negotiated around that, but once president bush and president malik he declared all forces would be out, it was difficult, although the president tried to have a forining force their training, equipping, along the lines of what we are proposing in afghanistan, but once the decision was made in 2008, our troops were leaving in 2011. has it contributed to the situation here? not been our presence or lack of presence, but the i.litics of malik h the collapse of mozilla was not a result of a lack of equipment or personnel, it was leadership collapse. in order to put the situation right we had to begin at the core, leadership in baghdad. iraqi leadership working together in a unified way to defend and protect their country. for more on the current situation in baghdad and what is happening around the country in iraq right now, we want to turn to a bloomberg news pentagon correspon

a sharp contrast to the bush doctrine to the extent it is. i'll close by saying that the doctrine in recent days in particular has been experiencing a lot of criticism, surprisingly from some of his -- obama's most senior advisors. secretary clinton in particular, who has criticized some of president obama's decisions on syria, some of his decisions on iraq, and in some ways also providing a sharp contrast to president obama's policies on iran. host: would you agree with that description of the obama doctrine? >> i have a slightly different view, and i think there is three main components. one is getting others to pull their weight around the world. if in the ek did aid after 9/11 under president bush we had this uber sort of fight about shock and awe power and we're going to get around and scare everybody, we got right now a pragmatic administration that says when it comes to ukraine, europe has got to do something here. when it comes to the situation inside iraq, you got iraqi leaders that we have given billions of dollars of weapons to, and lives. they got to pull their weight. i

happening more and more under president barack obama -- bush was criticized so much from the left and now it is happening under a liberal or a democrat as a president. where is this trend going? >> i think with this case illustrates, the broader trends, are some threats to press freedom, but i think it's important to put that into a global context. there are many countries, including russia, that have far worse press room records and were journalists are imprisoned or killed and their murderers are never investigated. in most cases of journalist murders, nine out of 10 are never investigated. we know of several outstanding in russia as well. so we do have to keep this in perspective. there are threats to the free practice of journalism and luckily we live in a country that has rule of law and due process. in many countries, those things are missing, so let's keep this in perspective and not let this become an excuse for authoritarian governments to use in their crackdown on press freedom. >> nor should we let the fact that authoritarian regimes exist give us an excuse to browbeat journalists

"the national review," there was an example, said liberals should think of george w. bush failing to pass a tax cut and directing the irs to simply not enforce penalties for those who decide to not pay over 25% marginal rate. so how is this any different than that? >> well, i think if the argument was that the irs didn't have the resources to collect those taxes, i think the president might actually have a decent argument. i wouldn't particularly like it, but this is really just a question of allocating resources. i mean, we know that there's not enough money to deport 12 million people in this country. we have enough money maybe to do a half a million a year, if that. and so the bottom line is, there's going to be a lot of people who are not going to be deported and simply rationalizing that, making that processes rational, makes all the sense in the world. >> so, tim, to what sam says, in a world where congress is not going to match the resources and the actual law, and in a world where we are letting many, many undocumented immigrants live here, why shouldn't the executive branch

to get the job done. >> that was a surprise. the big debate is do we go the direction of george bush again back to pursuing grand goals of ideology? the freedom agenda or do we stick to the dovish stance of president obama trying hard the to wind down the military intervention in the islamic world? here come it is big irony. could the voters be asked to choose from are a dovish republican in rand paul versus a relatively hawkish hillary clinton? listening to what they are saying it's hard to see anything else. in a wall street journal op-ed today senator paul had strong words for people who pushed for stronger action in syria. he wrote, "shooting first and asking questions later has never been a good foreign policy. the past year has been a perfect example. our middle east policies unhinged flailing about to see who to act against next with little thought to the consequences. this is not a foreign policy." he pointed out if the hawks got their way and we brought down the government of al assad, it would have been strengthened. the administration's goal has been to degrade assad's pow

started with bush. that's all i got to say. host: why's that? caller: we wouldn't have had that problem. host: okay. let's go to shawn. caller: good morning. unfortunately, we're going to have to deal with them. if we don't, you know they're going to spread to europe, the weakest countries they can find. soft targets. then they're coming our way. that's all i got to say. host: what should the president do? boots on the ground? additional air strikes? caller: yes. we have to put boots on the ground. who's going to stop them if we don't? the arob league? i don't think so. europeans, they're more --ab le? i don't think so. europeans, they're more -- i served and have been over there more than once and if we don't do it now, we're going to continue dealing with them. unfortunately, we're going to have to step up. we're going to have to. and i thank you for taking my call. host: thank you, shawn, from virginia. the guardian writes with some frustration, the obama considering their options regarding isis to remain limited despite the killing of an american citizen. mason is joining us

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my call. i think blaming congress -- they played it out so long with leaning bush, they are being left that. they do control the executive branch in the senate. why there is a question why our border should be controlled after 9/11, this could be a smokescreen where we have a flood of people come through that is organized and 20 miles, 30 miles away, there could be some type of event taking place that is planned. my question is, do you think -- in your opinion, do you think president obama is incompetent or he does not care, or is it part of the plan? some of the things happening in this country, it fis logic -- defies logic. he is the president of our country and we try to respect him and understand, but it is getting to the point where it is so foggy comic -- foggy, i do not understand any of it. host: thank you. mr. kristol? guest: i think he has run -- i do not think he is on a very tight ship. i think it is his view on things. with foreign policy, we can disagree, try to stop him -- foreign policy, he is the only president we have, and some of the stuff that he has done and n

under president obama, but quite frankly, certain aspects also under the bush administration when it walked away from its own freedom agenda or its own doctrine on that. is driven by tactical crisis management is driven by, again, real threats, but if we are not defining what it is we want to achieve in the long run, and i think it is a long battle, we need to think about what sort of middle east we want to see 20 or 30 years from now. moving from that point, i think we have to support -- and this is where i might disagree with characterizes the sense, but i think it should be you have got to support your friends first, the most reliable and capable partners. we will get into what are largely tactical questions about this dispute between obama and netanyahu because i think there is a strong strategic relationship there, but i think a bare minimum, our friends in the region of israel, jordan, the kurds, and a few others perhaps on some days. egypt, we have to get to because it is the center of gravity, and i fear it has slipped away from our strategic discussion, and it is a complicat

-- bush was criticized so much from the left and now it is happening under a liberal or a democrat as a president. where is this trend going? >> i think with this case illustrates, the broader trends, are some threats to press freedom, but i think it's important to put that into a global context. there are many countries, including russia, that have far worse press room records and were journalists are imprisoned or killed and their murderers are never investigated. in most cases of journalist murders, nine out of 10 are never investigated. we know of several outstanding in russia as well. so we do have to keep this in perspective. there are threats to the free practice of journalism and luckily we live in a country that has rule of law and due process. in many countries, those things are missing, so let's keep this in perspective and not let this become an excuse for authoritarian governments to use in their crackdown on press freedom. >> nor should we let the fact that authoritarian regimes exist give us an excuse to browbeat journalists that are doing their jobs. i think that th

bush, i don't know. but he's an example of the quality of candidates who we've got. john kasich in ohio, scott walker in wisconsin. chris christie in new jersey. i served with rand paul and a folks like john thune who are certainly giving consideration to it. these are all really, really men, all men who are committed to what's best for america and i think at the end of the day it will be a slugfest comehe right person will out and i look ford -- forward campaigning for him in 2016. senator.you very much, retiring u.s.ss. senator from georgia. thank our audience here and on radio, television and the internet. i'm john diaz and this meeting commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know, is adjourned. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> good afternoon and thank you for coming. the subject which poses the gger threat to u.s. national security, iran or extremism. we are conducting this panel in the context of a number of different things moving on the ground in the middle east. most rec

one of the tools the bush administration did a good job at. the treasury is cutting off those financial networks completely. that's the centerpiece of the struggle is to hit it where it hurts. it involves strategic engagement . we will work with the pragmatist in saudi arabia who have said we have a problem, were going after al qaeda. the countries are not monolithic. they are divided. we need to be called innocent of in making deals with them -- we need to be cognizant of that. there are nasty currents coming out of the golf and the sunni powers in the gulf. i would say the best way the u.s. can counter those is by having a vision of regional order taking the lead in establishing it so that the saudi's and everybody else are not pushed back on their own resources. they don't have an expeditionary military that they can send. it is often not in our interest either. i want to refer you to the works of my colleague . his most recent book is about the long relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. i think you would find it very helpful in answering your questions. >> thank you

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house he came back in the last month of george h.w. bush's presidency to receive the medal of honor, and he was significantly older then. this would have been january of 1994. so i was there with a bunch of the old reagan white house people, and we filed by. 500 of us shaking hands with the old guy. and when i finally shook hands with him, he seemed very distant. his eyes were opaque. i thought, well, he's losing it . but then i heard from fred ryan, his chief of staff, that on the plane back to california reagan said to fred, "you know, i saw edmund in the line today and you know, i think he's waiting for me to die before he writes his book." in other words, this spaced-out former executive had noticed me, seen something in my face that i hardly wanted to acknowledge myself. so that was the mystery of reagan. you never quite knew juste -- just how acute he was. he seemed to be play-acting, not particularly curious but, but he registered. >> are there moments that you've never written about, having been around him over the years, that you have just not the occasion to talk about? >>

president bush left in 2008, president obama came in and people said, there's not a lot of difference between and what big spending republicans are doing and what big spending democrats are doing. that's why it is important that grassroots at this -- activists got into the cycle and had a historic movement. the debate is a very important thing. we can talk about serious issues without demonizing each other and come to some agreement. guy is right when he says the left is winning when we cannot come to agreement on big issues we agree on. the fact is, the establishment and conservatives agree on a lot of big things that can have big political impact. obamacare is one of them. the irs scandal is another one. if we focus on issues we can all agree on to fight the left, that is how we can win. it is really important to stay focused, that this is not a one-size-fits-all policy. guy pointed out the differences between lindsey graham winning in south carolina for example, different from what happened in virginia with eric cantor. the immediate headlines in the media, tea party loses or estab

has taken 138 vacation days since he was sworn in. president bush at the same point in his presidency took 407. yes, more than a full year of vacation. you can see the difference here. i know it's the middle of the summer, but nobody deserves a break from re-al the ti. joining me now are joe madison and bill press. thank you for being here. >> good to see you, reverend al. >> thank you. >> joe, every president takes vacations. they just love attacking this one. why? >> well, i don't know. look at what this president has done. he prevented genocide on top of a mountain in iraq. remember the banks also are received major fines, major banks received multi-million dollar fines while he was on vacation. he sent the attorney general into a heated situation in ferguson, missouri. you know, what i said on my show the other day is something we both remember. what's a brother got to do? i mean, while he's on vacation he's done more to help this country -- oh, and by the way, he also launched air strikes against a group of terrorists that most countries' leaders aren't on vacation and

2008 president bush and even when president bush was governor bush for eight years, i do believe, could have done something then do let us know about the problems of at the border. we have a border patrol and nine know they could have been underfunded because a lot of people snaked through the border . in 2000 and eight needs to change. whenever you have a noncontinuous country like guatemala, el salvador, and other central american countries that these individuals are , that says that the department of health and human services has to give them due process -- this is the law. the arguments of the be a bitns seem to unfair. to some degree, it is libelous. in a free country where free is one of our core democratic values but we do not have the right to say things that are untrue and libelous about our president. as a u.s. congressional candidate in the michigan 14th district, i am a person that thinks we ought to give each attaboy.out o-- an the democrats do not want to give republicans any credit. someone ought to ask john to sit, senator reid down together, just those tw o. inst