bush. a -- our panelists today will court equalsupreme protection ruling in bush legal or and the impact it has had on election law and equal protection jurisprudence. they will discuss critiques of the supreme court's actions and whether those actions had a lasting effect on the public's confidence on the supreme court as a concert -- is an is edition. as an institution. and finally, they will discuss where we are now, 15 years later, and less than one year from another presidential election. here to moderate the days are -- , i know youscussion are excited, we have joan this kupic.-- joan bis she has written several books. she is the author of "sandra day o'connor: how the first woman on the u.s. supreme court became its most influential justice." joan was the supreme court reporter for "the washington post" and "usa today." is a graduate of georgetown law school and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in 2015. please join me in welcoming joan and our esteemed panel for today's conversa

cruz, rubio and jeb bush and non-candidate george w. bush. the former president on the campaign trail in support of younger brother jeb. it was w's first time in full-on campaign mode since barack obama won in 2008. he returned trump's fire. and dana bash has the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, george w. bush back in the spotlight. he drew a big crowd for his brother and drew distinctions between his brother and trump. he did not mention his name, but described his persona that we have become used to see, the character that drawn so many supporters to him. the point that george w. bush was trying to make is america shouldn't go for somebody who preys on the fears and frustrations of americans. they should go for a strong and steady hand. somebody who is not necessarily the loudest person in the room. clearly describing his brother. >> the presidency is a serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas. and there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush has the experience and character to be a great president. >> reporter: but what

bush did. or does it consist of getting on your high horse, refusing to go talk to good-hearted christian people, because you believed a bunch of prejudicial slanders in the press, and then staying away , not even carrying a message of integrity to them? or does it consist, in fact, in going in, carrying a message of truth and integrity about this country's moral principles, and then looking them in the eye and saying, "i'm a black roman catholic christian, married to an indian-american women. and if you can't deal with the demons of racial bigotry, and religious bigotry, and cast them out, you'll accomplish no good for this country"? king: why. keyes: which is the better leader? you tell me. king: why didn't you speak against bigotry at bob jones? bush: i was asked the question, do i support his policy of no interracial dating? i said, of course not. of course not. my little brother, jeb, the governor of florida married a girl named columba, from mexico -- a fabulous part of our family, a grea

bush d bush is not a liar. he's a good man and we need to get back to the attitude of keeping the war over there so it doesn't come here. so what mr. trump did is exposed how unprepared he is to be a republican. what low-life kind of fellow he is and jeb bush now is going to be very endeared to the people of south carolina, because we stand up for our families and we like george w. bush. >> following iowa, some critics have written off governor bush's campaign. he seemed reinvigorated by marco rubio's poor debate performance in new hampshire and has governor bush has -- we expected a bit of a fight tonight between marco rubio and governor bush and it never materialized. why is that? >> marco rubio is a wonderful man who i don't think is ready to be president as much as jeb bush. when you look at marco's experience and that of jeb's, it's not close. 40 admirals and generals are supporting jeb. i've been to iraq and afghanistan 36 times. t t i think he's the best guy to be commander in chief. what you've seen wit

bush: no, i don't. >> hsbc. mr. bush: i do. [laughter] >> nobody in any of these companies has gone to prison or been prosecuted. i think this reflects a wider problem of white-collar crime, and i'm wondering if you are going to appoint an attorney general and direct him or her to approach white-collar crime with the same seriousness and figure that they have approached the low-level drug prosecutions? mr. bush: that is a good question, both of those. [applause] mr. bush: the answer to that is, yes. to simplify this. here is another challenge for your profession. i have been told, and maybe you can confirm this, that 90% of all the painkillers prescribed in the world are prescribed in the united states. and so, put aside -- i don't know the name of the manufacturer of oxycontin. it is prescribed by doctor. the fda just to prove this last year -- they allowed opiates to be prescribed for children. we have changed our attitudes about pain and how we have pain to the point where we have legitimized addictions that then create the

jeb bush is out. that's critical for them, and they're going to try to say it's only us now to take on trump and cruz. and john kasich is going to say, not so fast. he's going to have an argument to make now against marco rubio about why the establishment should start consolidating around him and his executive experience and his battleground state, versus marco rubio's battleground state. so, i think that john kasich isn't going to sort of let marco rubio just consolidate establishment support and call it a day. i think that on our houston debate stage on thursday night, guys, watch how kasich and rubio square off against each other. >> excellent plug for the debate thursday night in houston. >> well done, david. >> thanks, david. >> you've now won your payment today. >> let us know when you hear about rubio/cruz, who won there, because we're waiting for that call here. >> because they both basically claimed victory today. >> both for second and third place claimed victory. all right, but let's talk a

jeb bush. who's the number one spender in south carolina? jeb bush. he should have been, with that much money, able to stay on until the very end when the candidate for the establishment was a little rattled. they've got basically zero hard dollars left and basically all of the super pac money is gone. that was absolute malpractice and whether or not you like jeb bush as a talent and a candidate, the way that campaign was run was ridiculous. >> it's what lawrence alluded to earlier. >> to spend money for nothing. >> they've all spent mind-boggling amounts of money, but the decision that will be dissected as people begin looking at the process of what went wrong will be what you alluded to. that trump successfully planned him. >> low energy sat out there for two weeks. >> like chuck said. he rode down that escalator the morning after jeb bush announced. and i remember talking to him over the summer, what are you going to do about trump? and they said we have to stay focussed on our lane. there's going to and outsider primary and an establishment primar

jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that is downright wrong..." he stands up to trump for his liberal democratic positions. calls out trump for insulting women, attacking the disabled... even trashing a decorated war hero. trump: "i like peoplethat weren't captured..." jeb bush: "john mccain is an american hero..." jeb bush. the better man. the real conservative. a commander in chief. evening into very early wednesday morning with lows near 40 degrees. the sun is back wednesday through sunday with warming temperatures into the 70s by this weekend. in today's "50 days to 50 recover from yesterday's 50 pullups, so i pulled out... my p90x dvds. there's an entire set for several different workouts. i love these for when i can't get to a gym or outside for the workout. today i did the nearly hour-long stretch dvd. it starts you with some deep breathing and stretching of the neck, back, chest and arms. and then includes the legs. personal trainer tony horton is known for some goofy quotes, but some really solid exercises for the entire body. i find this

jeb bush: i got better at interrupting. come on. barbara bush: he's so polite. he does not brag, like some people i know. >> who are you talking about? barbara bush: i can't remember. i'm not getting into a spitting match with him. john: nora o'donnell doing that interview. this is one of the first moves that appears to be the 11th hour rollout in the bush family brand by jeb. his brother will campaign in south carolina and his super pac has featured 43 in a new ad on the palmetto state airwaves. george w. bush: i know jeb. jeb will unite our country. he knows how to bring the world together against terror, he knows when tough measures must be taken. experience and judgment count in the oval office. john: jeb has wrestled with the question of whether or not to play the dynasty card. he's now playing it. will it help or hurt him? mark: it will help them in the abstract, assuming that voters are still open to jeb bush. other campaigns claim that bush has no chance to surge. there is public polling that suggest he has moved up. female voters, older voters, national

bush. there's this knee jerk a assumption that they will not stomach any attacks on george w. bush. now you have a voice they trust within their party, within their tribe saying this stuff. they might just give up george w. bush and go with trump. >> trump, again, relayed his threat. he was making noise about a run. had a press conference, signed a pledge. first question i asked is why should anyone believe you would hold to this pledge, which he didn't answer. here he is today, threatening he might walk. take a listen. >> the rnc does a terrible job. just remember what i said. remember in this room, i signed a pledge, but it's a double edged pledge. as far as i'm concerned, they're in default of their pledge. >> i think odds are more likely than not he's on the ballot in the fall one way or another. whether he wins this nomination. i can't see him going back to developing golf courses after this if he doesn't win the primary. >> the other thing, too, i don't think what you're showing there, the idea of dangling this prospect of a third party campaign. ordinarily you would say this

jeb bush, he is bringing w. bush, his brother, on to the campaign trail on monday. he is someone that is very popular among republicans. still, even though earlier in the campaign you remember very well, jeb bush struggled to answer questions about the iraq war and his brother's position and his actions towards the war, and you know, someone like john kasich, it's interesting. he won new hampshire budget i think he's coming to south carolina knowing that because of his past actions on closing down military facilities, he gets that it's an uphill climb for limb him in a state where those issues are critically important. eight military bases in this state and that community is very, very influential. >> also influential, rhine, the evangelical vote? like iowa, but different. you have about half of the gop primary voters considering themselves to be evangelicals, but i thought it was interesting ahead of the republican party in south carolina came out and said, don't group them all together. the evangelical in our state differ from the north to the southern part of the

george bush will be at his brother's side at a campaign rally. so will laura bush. the ads already out, it's a family affair. >> i know jeb. i know his good heart and his strong backbone. jeb will unite our country. he knows how to bring the world together against terror. experience and judgment count in the oval office. jeb bush is a leader who will keep our country safe. >> donald trump already tweeting about this. he tweeted this morning funny that jeb didn't want help from his family and didn't even want to use his last name. then mommy and now brother. we are live in south carolina with more. >> reporter: good morning. this is a whole new stage in the race for jeb bush. you heard trump mention, we've all noticed this is someone who doesn't news his last name in his logo. it's just jeb. from the beginning of his campaign he's talked about running as his own man, but now after finishing in sixth place in iowa and in fourth place in new hampshire, his campaign is hoping he can have a strong showing here in south carolina. that's why they're bringing out the bigges

bush. an estimated 2,500 people waiting for all of this to get going any minute now. this is the first time 43 has been on the 2016 campaign trail. and it couldn't come at a more critical time. jeb bush is tied for last place in a six-man race in the latest cnn poll. in spite of his low poll numbers, bush has been in donald trump's sights, and so have his brother, who trump says didn't keep america safe. >> if the ex-president is campaigning for his brother, i think he's probably open to great scrutiny. maybe things that haven't been thought of in the past. you know, when jeb used his name in the reagan debate, i left it alone. but when he kept using it, i said, i have to bring it up. when he talked about the great safety we had, i said, i'm sorry, at some point we have to bring it up. and the other day i brought it up. i said the world trade center came down during your brother's reign. >> the bush campaign thinks the criticism is a repeat strategy for trump, and they stand by their decisi

bush? >> what it means is that we've had trillions of dollars spent in wars, tens of thousands of lives that have been lost because we have lawyers on the battlefield. he wants to put people back in politics. let the country have a say. we have policies in place from george bush to barack obama that were never popular among the people. i mean, look at these trade deals which are very important moving forward because every other candidate on the stage the other night supports barack obama's fast track to these freed deals which are worse than nafta and nafta eliminated a third of the jobs in south carolina. under bush the trade deficit road from 300 billion to 700 billion. we've imported 400 million foreign workers. so i would say, yes, it's time to get away from that, get back to common sense and putting americans first. >> all right. katrina pierson with the trump campaign, thanks for joining us. >> great to see you, steve. >> all right. while hillary clinton is in new york today and berni

i think that is jeb bush especially or even marco rubio or anybody who defended w bush against donald trump, they're going to be facing some questions about it. if it's donald trump, however, well, that's a really interesting development because he is on the right side of history generally speaking. he doesn't have all the facts right but he has the jeshl notion of how the country is moving on this issue correct >>> we're talking about the return of the iraq war in the republican campaign and in the race against hillary clinton. iraq's loose ends. it's inside story. >> every monday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> these are very vivid, human stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". monday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to insi

jeb bush backers are not tired of the bush brand. i don't think it would be fair to judge me on what my father or my brother did. i think that i get to you know you get to do what your parents did or what your grandparents did. bolstering "team bush" is senator lindsey graham. graham took aim at last night's second place finisher, governor john kasich, calling kasich a budget-cutter when it comes to military spending. john kasich is making south carolina a priority on the heels of his second place finish in kasich's campaign and political action comittees has been pennies on the dollar compared to the million- plus spent by the campaigns and pacs supporting cruz, rubio and bush. many observers think kasich is focusing his attention on the midwest - leaving him playing catch up in south carolina. "there's this opportunity to now take this momentum we see him coming out of new hampshire and really try to in the next 10 days, parlay it into a strong performance. but as i said, that's an uphill battle. i'm sure he's going to make every e

was in columbia with the bush campaign. well you could hear the surprise in the room ...as bush made his announcement... 70322 the people of iowa and new >> i'm suspending my campaign. allyson: bush thanked his supporters and staff. i talked to several of them after that announcement. no one was expecting this. some. so many were surprised by the decision to drop out now. tim dyar and his family came down from pendleton to support bush, here's what he had to say just moments after learning bush will no longer be seeking the republican nomination. >> i did not expect this at all tonight. i was talking to some of the staffers and i said when did you find out? they said same time you did and when lindsey graham came out his demeanor and jeb's demeanor kind of tipped it a little bit. i'm really heartbroken jeb has a good heart. he's taken a special interest in me, my family, and my son. it is really sad. pull forward for a few another states. but god has a plan we will rise up in support someone who will represent us in the whi

should barbara bush be should,000 jeb -- should jeb bush's 90-year-old mother, barbara bush, be off-limits in the campaign. do you denounce the mailer that your pac sent. >> i haven't seen the mailer. second not from my campaign. third, we are at a stage where i had close to $35 million of adds run against me. many from jeb bush's super pac. down to the final moments. i have tremendous respect for the bush family, jeb, no matter what happens in the campaign. i will have admiration, respect, and affection for him. this is not about him, his family. it's about america. future of the country. what kind of country this is did well in iowa. we came in a strong second. would have come in first had the votes not shifted from ben which was a terrible thing that was done to ben carson in my opinion. frankly i think we are doing really well in new hampshire. i hope to do well. i hope, charlie, talking about a snowstorm tomorrow. not what i want. >> you want a big turnout. >> i want a big turnout. snowstorms generally don't help. >> boy, looks like. >> we are doing really well. we watched the debate.

bush was in office. listen to this. >> given the track record of this president and the experience of obfuscation in hearings with respect to the supreme court least, i will recommend to my colleagues that we should not confirm any bush nominee to the supreme court except in extraordinary circumstances. they must prove -- [ applause ] -- they must prove by actions, not words, that they are in the mainstream rather than we have to prove that they are not. >> mark hanna is a former campaign aide for the obama and kerry presidential campaigns and partner in the truman national security project and rich lowery is a "national review" ed tore an fox news contributor. mark, i'll start with you first. a lot of people say it's a little hypocritical for chuck schumer to say what he's saying now considering what he said in 2007. >> senator schumer was opposed to george bush, his nominees back then. of course, there's going to be bluster from either side. democrats when george bush was president, republicans when ba

bush and john mccain. remember last night in new hampshire, just a couple thousand votes separated the third, fourth, and fifth place finishers, meaning next vote could make or break any number of campaigns, similar to what happened to mccain back in 2000. in moments, we'll be joined by my panel. but we begin with trace gallagher who has a little history behind this showdown. >> reporter: for gop candidates, winning south carolina is coveted for two reasons. one, south carolina has a wide cross section of evangelicals, military personnel and retires. and two, except for backing newt gingrich in 2012, south carolina has chosen every gop nominee since 1980. and that kingmaker reputation means south carolina tends to get vicious. the rubio campaign is vowing revenge against the bush campaign for attacks. saying -- >> and then there's attack adds that are already on the air. but they have a ways to go to top the nastiness of the 2000 presidential primary between george w. bush and john mccain. where the bush c

bush: yes. bdt mean? >> [inaudible] mr. bush: sounds like a good idea. idea.initely a good my husband was diagnosed with: cancer 20 years ago. my son was recently diagnosed with the precursor that will lead up to colon cancer, am only to have surgery in the future. what will you do for research to help prevent cancer, ms, all those other diseases that need more research? there are a couple of places where i think we should be spending more money. for everything else, you have to figure out how to spend less. the place where we need just been more money is defense, national security. it is research and development for alternative energy sources and drug discovery. and space. .ecause of national security also, our country should be more aspirational. i think the space program theolizes that, technologies and discoveries that you can find in space have a direct that a fit for our country. -- direct benefit for our country. -- it also has a natural national security implication. the space program ha

not jeb bush's year. and a lot of people who are close to him and have been lamenting for some time that he is a great leader, has a proven record, but you can't become a leader until you can prove that you're a good candidate. and he just hasn't been able to catch that fire, no matter what he did. and even with his brother coming in south carolina, where he's wildly popular, george w. bush, it was a one-day bump. and just the next day i was down in south carolina talking to a lot of people saying, it vanished. it was just too quick. it didn't help him. >> and it raises the serious question, is money really all that important? n politics? because david, you know he and a super pac had $100 million to do the job. that wasn't done. >> it's unbelievable. in every one of these states, the largest spender on television ads is the jeb bush super pac. zero. zero traction for what they were doing. and i think that gets back to dana's point, wolf. the electorate was just in a different place. >> all right. stand b

i think that is jeb bush especially or even marco rubio or anybody who defended w bush against donald trump, they're going to be facing some questions about it. if it's donald trump, however, well, that's a really interesting development because he is on the right side of history generally speaking. he doesn't have all the facts right but he has the jeshl notion of how the country is moving on this issue correct >>> we're talking about the return of the iraq war in the republican campaign and in the race against hillary clinton. iraq's loose ends. stay with us. it's inside story. >>> welcome back to inside story. the vietnam war, a wildly expensive deadly and ultimately unsuccessful american military action rattled around our national life for decades. its long reach as was mentioned earlier stretched all the way to the 2004 presidential race. we're looking at the disappearance and reappearance of the iraq war this time on the program. almost in a mirror image iraq is making itself felt in the democratic race as bernie sanders who some suggest feel because he is running against the fo

jeb bush. he's got a plan. he'll keep us safe. he's a president - a commander in chief. jeb bush. best prepared to be commander in chief. right to rise usa >>> you are looking at donald trump addressing a crowd live in portsmouth, new hampshire. fox 25 kathryn burcham is there. >> after a contentious week between donald trump and ted cruz, primary voters say they're ready for more substance and say that trump ads show him moving in the right direction. >> i came to hear donald trump business plan for america. >> reporter: this morning new hampshire voters woke up to find a new trump campaign commercial on their television, one that took a different tone from trump's words earlier week. it features a wide array of supporters, including minorities with a positive spin. supporters told us even this early in the election cycle celticing an tweet wars between trump and cruz. >> i feel all the bad things about the other republicans and democrats, i feel it doesn't bring anything. what we need to do is bring to the forefront what's happened. >> we are heading inside to see if trump's mes

jeb bush is rolling out the big guns. george w. and laura bush. but in the wake of the sudden death of justice antonin scalia, the big issue in this election may be the supreme court. and the democrats aren't losing any time getting the gop on that. >> well, how about obeying the constitution? and start holding hearings when president obama nominates the next supreme court justice? >> the senate has a duty to consider that. and to decide whether or not to confirm whoever the president nominates. >> there's a lot going on tonight. i want to begin with the gop at war and the debut of george w. bush on the campaign trail. jamie gangel, douglas brinkley joining me. how are you? >> great. >> great. president george w. bush joined his brother on the campaign trail for the first time today. he took some veiled swipes at donald trump. let's watch. >> jeb is a man of humbled deep and genuine faith. faith that reveals itself through good works, not loud words. you can trust jeb bush to be measured and thoughtful on the world stage. our enemies and allies wi

bush was basically his first target and he brought bush down to size in a hurry. it's possible bush would have been brought down to size but others. this was always a tougher hill for him to climb because he came into this race with two issues that were against the base of the party. one was immigration and the other one was common core. obviously donald trump went at him very personally. that didn't help at all. but he always still had an issue with immigration. and donald trump just took immigration and exploited it and exploited it in a way that basically bush could never catch up. bush could never figure out how to pivot into a changed candidate and it's really tough when your last name is bush in an atmosphere and in a political party that was ready to move on. and it is amazing. south carolina has been so good to the bush family. social security gave bush the nomination in '88. south carolina gave another bush the nomination in 2000 and now south carolina ends the bush dynasty in '16. it's quite the i guess literary ending there for team bush. >> and a very

. >> we have been waiting for years for jeb bush to run. it was always, is jeb bush going to run? did he wait too long, and by the he couldn't have picked a worse time. everyone talked about this. it's been picking a fight with the pope, boycotting a debate and getting into twitter wars. it's these raw meat kinds of things. jeb bush wanted to talk about social security and education reform. he couldn't get attention. the other problem, i think, his campaign really underestimated donald trump add the electorate. they were laughing at trump. he was third in the polls. his staff barely concealed that. the president was all but giddy. they were excited about trump because they thought he was a joke as a candidate. look who is laughing now. >> they spent a ton of money, and it barely made a blip on the radar. where does that money go now, do >> well, the conventional wisdom is that marco rubio really stands to benefit. once again, to go back to your original point, if you go back a year ago, how many candidates were there? 7 had. there were 14 candidates. marco rubio was the least qual

bush anymore. he's not backing off the comments he made last night about president bush lying about weapons of mass destruction in iraq. given those statements, is donald trump still a nominee you could support if republicans choose him for the nomination? >> well, i would have hoped last night donald would have repudiated those comments last night. his unwillingness to walk away is disturbing. he's not going to be the nominee. i'm going to be the nominee. i don't think george w. bush lied. i think george w. bush acted based on the information provided to him, which, by the way, was also shown to congressional leaders like nancy pelosi. it turned out not to be accurate information. that's unfortunate. that being the case, he didn't lie. a lie is when you know what's true and you say something different. >> i know you hope to defeat donald trump. my question is, will you support him if he's the nominee? >> i'm going to support the republican nominee. i know the republican nominee is going to be some

bush? but if you win, does this prove that the republican party is rejecting bush? >> no, i don't think so. i think they're rejecting the war in iraq. the war in iraq is a disaster. i have a great relationship with south carolina and the people. i've known them for a long time. i've been there many times. i have great relationships there. they're very smart people. they understand that the war in iraq is a disaster and was a disaster. it totally destabilized the middle east. when you look at the migration, when you look at all of the things that are happening right now, it all started with the war in iraq. and you know what, we got nothing. we have absolutely nothing. iran is getting the whole deal. >> mr. trump, i have to leave it there. little short on time this morning. i look forward to speaking with you again soon, i hope. thanks for coming on and stay safe on the trail. >> thank you very much. >>> moments ago i spoke to senator ted cruz of texas. and i began asking him about how he might go about replacing justice antonin scalia on the court. let me go to litm

trump is 31%, bush is only 7%. why is he spending so much time attacking bush? >> well, he's just responding to the attacks on himself. you know, mr. trump is right, jeb bush is extremely desperate. he is trying to show his donors that he does have energy, which has been coming across the last couple of times that jeb bush has tried to take on mr. trump. even though he's factally incorrect on some of the things he's saying about mr. trump, he is trying to hold on and wait this out so at the end of the day he's the last one standing to compete but that can't happen if he continues to be a low energy candidate. mr. trump is right, this is just jeb bush's attempt to keep his name out there, to pretend that he can fight. because we've never seen these republicans attack democrats the way they do other republicans. >> some have pointed out in recent days they have seen two donald trumps out there, one on the campaign stump if you will, taking a very serious discussion about foreign policy issues, other issues, not directly blasting his republican rivals. on the other

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jeb bush. it was because he raised $100 million in the blink of an eye to start off the race. >> and it was because he was born a bush. >> he just tapped those donor networks. he stacked up $100 million. it was the, forgive me, it was the shock and awe strategy that his brother used in 2000 to scare everybody else out of the race. and i think the tragedy of the sort of political, the tragedy of the way the jeb bush campaign fell apart is the way they spent themselves into oblivion. if you're jeb bush and this race is going to have donald trump as the nominee or maybe ted cruz as the nominee or maybe untested marco rubio as the nominee, that is such a fragile state. you want to be there so you are another option. with $100 million to sit on, he should have been able to stay until the very end. instead, who was the number one spender in iowa? jeb bush. who was the number one spender in new hampshire? jeb bush. who was the number one spender in south carolina? jeb bush. when he's coming in fourth

bush will be holding a rally for his brother jeb bush. first the gloves cape off at saturday's republican debate. trump attacked bush and his family and jeb fired back. >> i'm sick and tired of him going after my family. my dad is the greatest man alive, in my mind. while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building security apparatus to keep us safe and i'm proud of what he did. >> the world trade center came down ... [booing] charles: joining me now tammy bruce, kathy kaylor. senator brown. congratulations in new hampshire you pulled off a huge win there. was it sullied in any way with what happened saturday night? not just donald trump but the way it was hand, it was a blood sport. >> politic is a blood sport. i said that before. if you don't like it, get out. that being said, i would like them to point out what they can do better. this plays into the democrats' hand. but south krcial is known as being a blood supported kind of area. i'm hopeful after they get through this state along with nevada that we can get

bush, rubio, cruz. that is who people chose if they said the solution to the problems in washington is experience. when you say the solution is somebody who just doesn't do the it the washington way, look at the difference. trump rockets up to 61%. then you get cruz, fiorina, kasich a totally different mix there carol. so this question of being from the political establishment is on this side just as it appears to be on the democratic side right now a bit of poison. and let's turn to the next one here because i want to talk about this next bit here. look at this. field betrayed by republican politicians. these are new hampshire republicans saying they feel betrayed by their own party. 36% there for trump. and cruz is the guy running on the campaign of our party has betrayed us in a sense. we have to be the radical reformers here and he's only getting 15%. and when you look at the independents there is a payoff for trump there as well. 35% go to him. 18% for kasich and then cruz and bush. you see how it

president bush is extremely popular. 80% approval rating. but jeb is a bush. he says i'm not going to be relying on my family. now he's relying on his family. it helps a guy like donald trump who says we need not politicians anymore. this is a political family coming and helping its own. >> i have to agree with guy. this type of endorsement is not good when we are talking about a candidate who supports trade deals that doubled the deficit and increased foreign workers by 24 million. that's not conservative either so i don't think it will help much. lou: we'll have to leave it there. it's fascinating. i see a competitive fire for your candidate, guy. who is your guy? >> i'm choosing between cruz and rubio, but i have respect for a lot of folks in the field, frankly. lou: katrina i won't ask you that question because it's pretty clear. today tri -- katrina pierson. 92% of you said the outcome of this election will determine if america is ever great again. i think you are right. thanks for being with us. k.t. mcfarland will look at what's happening in the middle

bush, president bu bush, to the campaign trail. it's going to bring forth all the -- the south carolina primary of 2000 and though way the bush family treated john mccain. today they are saying he's a hero but it's obvious the bush campaign and their allies in 2000 were slamming him as being, and i'm quoting from an article in "vanity fair," crazy, having fathered a black child out of wedlock. mrs. mccain was supposed to be a drug addict. it was savage and left a bad taste in senator mccain's mouth that took him quite a while to get over. that's something that donald trump is going to be looking at here as the bushes return to try and do this again. >> katon, south carolina politics are legendarily tough. >> i was a member of the '99-00 bush squad. we also nominated john mccain to the presidency in south carolina. i think all that is eye wash. talking about those former races won't matter. what's going to matter is the posturing. we're getting ready to have 700,000 people vote. about 100,000, none of the campaigns know exactly who

if jeb bush finishes fifth, , i doedly bush country not see how jeb bush continues his campaign. if he finishes fifth here, there is nowhere you can imagine him winning. i cannot imagine the other way around. mark: i don't think rubio can raise any money if he finishes behind bush. i think it's possible bush could surprise people. but if you look at the public polling and the momentum rubio has, it's going to be hard for bush to survive. he will have to finish at least closer or probably ahead of him. john: i will throw in one more thing. we have this nbc wall street journal national poll that has bush in sixth place with just 4%. that is below cruz, trump, rubio, kasich, and ben carson nationally. that is how tough it is for jeb. if there's anything the candidates agree on, it is their opposition to president obama nominating a supreme court justice before nine months from now. ted cruz is using a tv ad in south carolina to make the case that of all the republicans running, he alone would've a true conservative to the bench. we tested that question in our new poll with south car

bush for the iraq war. there's no bad blood between him and the bush family. but now he's breaking his pledge not to run as a third party candidate. >> i signed a pledge, but it's a double edged pledge. and as far as i'm concerned, they're in default. >> tickets were distributed fairly, trump's remarks outraged some in the audience. >> i want to tell you. they lied, they said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. the world trade center came down. >> you have the gall to go after my mother? >> the next morning trump backtracked. >> if he knew there weren't weapons of mass destruction and used that as an excuse to go in and try to make up for some sins for previous years, they would be alive. >> south carolina has a high military population, and george w. bush is popular here. >> donald trump is trying to hijack the republican party. he's not a conservative or a serious guy. he was unhinged in this debate. he's not foul mouthed. trump called ted cruz a disgusting liar. in a statement, threatened to sue him as a canadian ineligible for the pres

. >>> we've gone to bush headquarters. jeb bush has emerged. let's listen in. >> this is going to be short and sweet. to those who helped jeb bush and worked so hard on his behalf, in south carolina and throughout the country, thank you very, very much. to jeb bush and his family, thank you for running a race for the presidency that we could all be proud of. thank you, jeb, for being one of the most decent, thoughtful men i've ever met. ladies and gentlemen, my friend for life, jeb bush. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> jeb! jeb! >> thank you. thank you, lindsey. when i began this journey in miami i said i would campaign as i would serve. going everywhere, speaking to everyone. keeping my word. facing the issues without flinching and staying true to what i believe. for the better part of a year i've endeavored to do just exactly that. i have put for the a vision for america that includes all because our country deserves a president for everyone. the presidency is bigger than any one person. it is certainly bigger th

bush on the campaign trail. bush 43 trying to help his younger brother become bush 45. maggie, he did not mention donald trump by name, but this speech was all about donald trump. >> it was. it was very clear who he was talking about. although i heard from one of his aides last night who said he didn't mention donald trump. you're making too much of this. we're not making too much of this. that's not the only one. he could be talking about ted cruz. he could be talking about a couple of people. but donald trump dominated jeb bush throughout. i thought he made a compelling case about certainly the past of the party, where he thinks the party still should be. i think it was about as effective a case as you're going to see. imagine a year ago when jeb bush was saying i'm my own man. this is not about my brothers. i'm my own man. it says something about where the race is owing. >> who might he be referring to. take a listen. >> strength is is not empty rhetoric. it is not bluster. it is not theatrics. real strength, strength and purpose comes from integrity and character. a

with more planned this afternoon and jeb bush jeb bush is joined by his mother, first lady barbara bush, at a rally in derry. ted cruz and donald trump battling back and forth as donald trump accuses him of committing voter fraud. some suggest that the fighting could give marco rubio the boost that he's been banking on in new hampshire. we've got it all covered with our team on the ground all around the state. katy tur and hallie jackson is joining me and kelly o'donnell, who has covered the race for presidents since early last year is on the trail with bush in derry. gabe gutierrez has been following marco rubio throughout new hampshire. let's begin with hallie jackson in new hampshire. it's interesting, this morning our colleague joe scarborough said that it's a mistake, in his opinion, as a republican for ted cruz and donald trump to continue this fight because, as he sees it, this is all about in the end, marco rubio. >> reporter: and what this fight is doing, tamron, when you look at donald trump and ted cruz going at each other, it's allowing all of the establishment candidates to

i would tell him, why don't you use the name bush? you're bush. use the name bush? >> something that you said -- prior to the iraq war [ inaudible ]. >> you can play cute. who are you, by the way? okay. >> [ inaudible ]. >> cnn. let me tell you, jim, you can play cute. in 2003 -- excuse me. i'll tell you why it's cute. because i said many things for a long time, but i wasn't a politician. so i'm not getting publicity if i say about -- i said for a long time don't go into the war, don't go into the war. i think the first time they have me down, you probably have it at 2003. this is hort shortly, right after the war started. somebody said doesn't make a difference. early on i said it, but said it before, then too. in 2002 right at the beginning i said it and strongly. in 2004 i was in reuters and quoted all over the place because i was very much opposed to the war. very simple. i said you're going to destabilize the middle east. two powers, iraq and iran, equal in terms of military strength. you knock out one of you the producer, the other will take over the middle ea

bush machine running on fumes. the lead quote, some of jeb bush's most steadfast allies think saturday night be the end. quote, governor bush's close friends are dejected. one person who politico describes as a long time bush ally is quoted saying the fact of the matter is there isn't strength anywhere. about the decision to not endorse jeb bush and endorse marco rubio, a person says forgive me for this, quote, what a kick in the balls. sorry. now i regret saying that. i want to go back in time and not say that. this is just terrible for any campaign, right? it's terrible. dejected. we're done. these morose critical quotes from people described as bush's closest supporters. a fund-raiser close to bush who had remained optimistic about his chances, florida based bush donors, people described as being close to jeb bush. there's there quote from somebody who is a florida bush supporter who has been close to the bush family for the better part of three decades. the question is will jeb bush do what's best for the count

there were a couple of jeb bush fans in this group. only two that were committed donald trump supporters. those who were not donald trump supporters expressed almost alarm at his rise. they said that they would be concerned if he was to join -- to be the president. as for what their reaction would be if he was the commander in chief, they said things like, oh, no, and i hope it's only one term. >> but they all said they would support him against hillary clinton. >> exactly, they all said that they would support him against hillary clinton. all but two said they thought he was going to win in the south carolina primary. and they also said, a majority said they thought that he had had a net positive effect on the republican race, because of bringing in disaffected voters. >> to me the most important thing is they're accepting him as someone they can vote for as a nominee even if they're not happy about it. brad, the cruz stuff. and i remember you telling me that cruz had more problems than maybe they understood. you saw this in iowa. >>