so george w. bush rubs into storms. >>> good evening, governor george w. bush and ross perot about to make their second election of the campaign. >> bill clinton loved the town haul his or her fat. >> you know people who lost their jobs and home. in my state when people loose their jobs it's a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> george w. bush didn't have that touch. >> it has a lot to do with interest rate. >> on a personal basis how has i effected you? >> this whole experience of the town haul is excuse rating for george bush. he really likes people but he's not really good at it. >> are you suggesting that if somebody has means the national debt doesn't affect them? >> what i'm saying. >> help me with the question and i'll try to answer it. >> t.v. was completely dominating american politics and george bush didn't benefit from that. >> what would you do as president to open foreign markets from politician to american business? >> we have got to stop sending jobs overaes. >> ross perot is -- >> -- >> if you can move your factor south of the bor

pat buchanan became george bush's worst nightmare. he starts talking to the american people who are feeling a little unsure as the reagan prosperity engine sputters. >> while george bush was an excellent foreign policy is president, he was not a good politician. >> to get to that. >> let me quote the words of one leader. >> pick this up or take it out of my pocket. >> george bush was a little awkward. it's like he's pretending to be a politician. he did not look forward to the '92 election. >> public criticism of his foreign travels, his trip to japan was about jobs. the result was hardly what his image makers hoped for. >> the lone camera in the dining room was locked in on the head table when president bush was overcome by nausea and fell trd. it appears he lost consciousness as he toppled over on to his host. >> this man who had overseen the soft landing of the cold war, who was chander in chief for a brilliant victory against iraq would be viewed as a weak leader. he vomited into the lap of the japanese prime minister and it was c

remarks by george w. bush on a ship bearing his father's name. george bush senior also speaks of the event which launched the last nimitz class carrier. powered by two nuclear reactors, the george h.w. bush can operate for more than 20 years without refueling and carries more than , 80 aircraft. president bush: i want to thank you all for coming. laura and i are thrilled to help commission an awesome ship, and to honor an awesome man, president george h w bush. [applause] mr. bush: to prepare for this day i went up to some of my , father's letters. i thought it was especially interesting to read one that he wrote in the late 1940's. he sent it to a friend. here is what he said. he said, you should see georgy now. whenever i come home he greets me and talks a blue streak. sentences disjointed of course. [laughter] bush: he tries to say everything, and the results are often hilarious. some things do not change. [laughter] bush the aircraft carrier : which we commissioned today may be the navy's newest ship, but she has already had an interesting pa

it's pretty humbling. >> president bush: we are in dallas, texas, as the george w. bush presidential center. joining us as another american hero. he is featured in president bush's book, "portraits of courage." purple heart recipient, retired u.s. army staff sergeant spencer milo. he calls you milo?u. >> he can call me what ever he wants. >> sean: you had a pretty severe brain trauma. tell us what happened. >> well, i had two separate traumatic brain injuries. my first one was in iraq and my second one was probably more prevalent, in afghanistan. there was a young teenage boy, right on the afghanistan-pakistan border. about 10 feet from me. he detonated himself. gave my entire platoon quite a memory. >> sean: how far away? >> 8 to 10 feet. >> sean: wow. how are you doing now? >> i'm doing a lot better. to be honest with you. long road, a lot of hard work. i would say i'm definitely on the right path and i am grateful for it. >> sean: you see the president of the united states draws a portrait of you. what was that like? >> he made me look much better. i appreciate t

bush called "journeys with george." explain how you came up with the idea as an nbc producer traveling with george bush during the campaign. guest: i was a news producer before i went into documentary filmmaking. i spent a decade at nbc as a news producer. i was assigned to go on the bus with governor george w. bush. when he declared he was running for president, nbc assigned me. each network has a person appointed to sit on the bus. they call it the boys on the bus, i was the girl on the bus from nbc and i brought a handy cam along and filmed governor bush as he was running for president. it was more about the dance with the media. we now know how symbiotic the relationship is between the media and candidate. back then, it it was new, this thatyou have relationships develop inside the bubble of a presidential campaign. i made a film about it. my relationship with president bush became sort of this magical thing because i came from a long line of democrats, and he sought me out and decided we should be friends. in a com

george bush said when clinton beat his father in the election, he didn't gloat. he was good about it. they're pals forever now. good luck to you both. >> shepard: all right. i want to show you something amazing. not the back and forth about the russian meetings and who knew what and what intentions they were up to. all worth reporting, all following up on and all worthy. this is what is remarkable. the reaction of the markets that looks like something that could escalate into something. markets don't care. the dow, by the way, is at a record. the s&p 500 is at a record. a lot of that has to do with the fact that the markets seem to be saying for the time being, not that they're right, this could, could be much adieu about nothing. there's the issue about progress on the healthcare front. i say that.

and george bush once said he stared into his soul and came away satisfied. what do you think? can we trust him? >> well, look, we had a good meeting. i think we had an excellent meeting. i do believe it's important to have a dialogue. if you don't have a dialogue, it's a lot of problems for our country and for their country. i think we need dialogue with everybody. >> sure. >> -- it was a great g-20. 20 countries. i got along i think fantastically with the head of

he is a local hero and george bush is from new england or texas. he has less ties to new england than he does any prep school. or iowa, i mean, than any prep school in new england. he beats reagan. and that night, nbc goes on national television and said we just witnessed the political funeral of reagan. five weeks later he scores an enormous comeback in the new hampshire primary. we remember the debate. i am paying for this microphone, mr. green, even though his name wasn't green. that starts the beginning of his comeback against bush. he goes to detroit and the party is still divided so he needs to pick bush to unify the party as he has. nixon picks lodge and agnew to unify the party. that was ticket splitting in the '40s, '50s '60s and into the '70s. that unifies the party but it goes through 30 state conventions. the primary is not just reagan's for the asking. he has to fight the street fight of his life to beat george bush to get the nomination. >> and that fight is the source of the vodoo economics >> that is right. it was developed as an is

they thought george bush deserved a second term. from the very beginning, they were not going to work with him. >> president clinton said today he's very pleased with his first year had many in office, but not a bit. happy about how it's ending under a cloud of controversy over his personal life. >> the white house is anticipating questions about whitewater. >> the whitewater controversy. >> whitewater affair. >> the president, the first lady, a bad real estate deal, a failed. >> whitewater, nobody knew what it was. >> the story begins in 1978. hillary and bill clinton when he was governor of arkansas invested in a land development project. it was a fiasco. >> the clintons say they lost $70,000. their partners are the focus of widening federal and congressional investigations. >> the press starts asking more and more questions. who was involved, where did the money go, what happened to all the records. >> the more puzzling questions may concern whether the white house engaged in a cover up. >> in washington by the '90s, there was ae

bob loved george bush. i think he helped them be a better governor. we were just being people and dealing with people. it really surprised me how easily i could be turned into a two dimensional cartoon instead of a three-dimensional human being. you have to discipline yourself about what to talk about, how to talk about it. there are all these layers between you and people that did not used to be there. that surprised me. i thought i was a good communicator. i just fell on my face four or five times until i figured out how to do it. >> you are very young, 40 six years old. if you were president at 56 or 66, do you think you would have been different or would have had less energy with more experience? former president clinton: i think i would have been better in some ways if i was older. i think i would have been not as good in some ways. sometimes you are too dumb to know you cannot do it. you show up and you keep trying to do it and something happens. >> your father was president so you were in the white house. you solid he did write and what he did

the george w. bush and bill clinton presidential libraries hosted a discussion. it is just over 45 minutes. [applause] tough to strong, follow that act. i would like to think mrs. bush. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i was supposed to do that. how are your parents doing? i hatepresident bush: these questions. i told dad today that i was going to be on stage with bill and you were the moderator. he say?did former president bush: he was surprised. anybodyd you cannot do better. they are doing -- former president bush: they are doing well. i am fortunate to be the only president with both parents alive after the presidency. every day it is a blessing to have your mom and dad alive. they are doing well. thank you for asking. i will tell them you asked. >> how is hillary doing? ,ormer president clinton: good she has grandkids. book andworking on a we spent every available hour with our grandchildren. my grandson just turned one year old on saturday. every seven years his father's will celebrate father's day on his sons birthday. almost three your own granddau

i think you can find similarities between barack obama, bill clinton, george w. bush, george h.w. bush and so on, not necessarily just on policy but specific ways they approach the job. president trump has taken a very different look at that. you couldn't think of two more opposite figures in temperament, personality and outlook on life than president trump and president obama. president obama was reserved, not a people person, not given to bombastic statements, sometimes cautious to a fault. sometimes his own staff would grow frustrated by the lengthy policy reviews before he finally came to a decision, but he was a very, you know, controlled, disciplined figure. president trump is the opposite. he's impulse, unrestrained, there are no unfiltered thoughts. he sun managed by his staff, something his supporters think is a good thing, and he has decided to basically govern in the way he ran his reality television show. it's basically a very much ad hoc kind of sometimes unprecedented sort of, you know, type of presidency. >> glasser: yeah, but barack obama, just to offer the counter

from the george w. bush presidential library, this is 45 minutes. host: let me ask you about your parents. how are they doing. pres. bush: thank you for asking. i told dad today i would be on stage with bill and you are the moderator. host: what did he say? pres. bush: he wasn't surprised. [laughter] surprised you couldn't do anybody better. pres. bush: they are doing really well, thank you very much. thefortunate enough to be only president with his parents polite after the presidency. so every day is a blessing. they are doing well, 92 and 93 years old. thank you for asking. i will tell them you asked. host: how is hillary doing? pres. clinton: if you knew our grandkids, you would know she's good. andwas working on her book we spend every available hour with our grandchildren. my grandson turned a year old on father's day which means every seven years, his father will celebrate mother's day on his son's birth date, which is nice. my on most three-year-old granddaughter sang happy birthday to him at his party. can yourh: granddaughter of seeing you

would not been that different from george bush's view. 0ut different from george bush's view. out of kyoto. the difference with 0bama, he did not project the same kind of persona we have become accustomed to with us leaders. his idea of leading was three multilateral organisations. trump is pulling himself out of that, becoming isolationist. we cannot afford that. important to bear in mind, while the policy of withdrawing did begin under 0bama, there is a vast difference. to date we have the first detroit dilly matty gee 20 where the united states is playing a peripheral role. significant change from the past. you have four big agenda items. either the united states is not a pa rt of either the united states is not a part of this, or they're being obstructed. climate change, for instance. internationaltrade. obstructed. climate change, for instance. international trade. north korea has been outsourced to china by president trump. there is an element of incense and is in the area of counterterrorism. there is more or less a consensus between the 620 countries. having said that,

you could find some similarities between barack obama, bill clinton, george h.w. bush, george w. bush, and others. not just on policy, but specific way that they approached the job. president trump has taken a very different look. you couldn't think of two more opposite figures in temperament, personality and outlook on life than president trump and president obama. president obama was reserved, not a people person, not given to bombastic statements, sometimes cautious to a fault. sometimes his own staff would grow frustrated with the lengthy policy reviews before he would come to a decision. he was a very controlled, disciplined figure. president trump is the opposite. he is impulse unrestrained. there are no unfiltered thoughts. he is unmanaged by his staff, something some of his supporters is a good thing. he has decided to govern basically the way he ran his reality show. an ad hoc, very much kind of sometimes unprecedented type of presidency. susan: but barack obama, to offer the counterpoint, also came into office determined to undo george bush's legacy. he talked about res

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 43rd president of the united states. >> the election of bush for the american people was we want more regan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald regan. >> the 40th president of the united states. in two days he leads office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> he was a chief arc tekt of the 1980s. you don't always identify business the years but in this case '80s should be the regan years. >> they called it a regan revolution and i'll accept that. to me it was a great rediscovery. a rediscovery of our values and commonsense. as long as we remember our first principals and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours. once you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it will end. >> the fair firmness of his etoric enabled him to be pragmati pragmatist. the fac thate raised taxes, the fact that he appointed two pro choice justices, they forgave all that because he had been for so long their champion. >> president re

[laughter] 43 presidents ranging from the first president, george washington, to the 43rd, george bush. we will make an obama the same size, and a trump. they are probably 16 feet to 18 feet and weigh anywhere from 14,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds, roughly. there was a park built 15 to 20 years ago where the statues were the main attraction. the park failed. they had to crush the statues or get rid of them. i hauled them off at my own expense. we had to lay them on tires to cushion their head. unfortunately, we dropped them and lincoln took a smack in the back of the head. history tells you something about that story. they may seem to change. over the three or four years they have been here, the weather, a little mold gets on them, george looks like he is crying. they are strong, they fight the weather. we need to go back to the beginning, before there was a president, what this country fought for -- to have freedom, say what you want, do what you want within the laws, have a .ause that is my cause, i will spread it. bronze, sot them in they will last 400 years without repair. eating con

be bush -- george w. bush but that is what fall well understood that in one speech of ronald reagan this would do more for his cause the and the speeches of other pastors stowe he went on with reagan that were not moral or religious for example, with the nuclear weapon policies and "star wars" and then to show those evangelicals part of the republican party. and then with various reasons and some of those biggest leaders in the south for the preachers were ahead of other people so gradually like one-third of the republican party is made up of evangelicals. so inevitably it is politicized and for those evangelicals and they believe that god was king and they simply disappeared because those more political people to accept the air of the press and the media. but what happened eventually was that liberals and completely turned off. in during election time hoodoo nothing about them. >> how did abortion become the central organizing issue? how did that happen? >> it is a fascinating story because those evangel

george w. bush: i learned a lot from watching him. i was not interested in separation from him and he was not interested either. we had a great father and son relationship. i learned a lot from watching him. my most startling moment came right after the inaugural parade. i decided i was going to go to the oval office this evening felt like -- to see what it felt like. andy carr had called upstairs and asked dad to come in. i was in the oval office at the desk just taking it all in and hear walks in my dad. i said, welcome mr. president. he said, thank you, mr. president. [laughter] >>'s like when your mother walked in? bill clinton: she started laughing out loud. >>. washington journal continues host: joining us from new york city is new york times reporter jessica silver-greenberg. she is here to discuss a new consumer financial protection bureau role that would allow consumers to join class-action lawsuit against banks and credit card companies. thank you so much for joining us today. guest: thank you for having me. host: explain to

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president of the united states. >> the election of bush with the american people was we want more reagan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states, in two days he leaves office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s. you don't always identify a president with the years, but in this case, reagan should be identified with the '80s. >> that you call it a reagan revolution, i'll accept that. but for me it always seemed like the great rediscovery, the rediscovery of our values and common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future should always be ours. once you begin a great movement there's no telling where it will end. >> the very firmness of his rhetoric enabled him to be a pragmatist. so with that faith in ronald reagan as he's our conservative warrior. the fact at t

plus, george w. bush and bill clinton. they got together and took some no so unveiled jabs at the current occupant. we will show you that. you are watching "hardball." >> will come back to "hardball." let's return to the russia investigation. we we heard in the last block, the president's core supporters think the issue is much ado about nothing t. latest weekly approval rating for the president put his approval rating at tlith% among republicans that number stand at 85%. let's bring in an opinion columnist with the poverty and a senior reporter for politico, new york. thanks to all of you for being with us. katherine, i think the interesting thing, we look at this question on republican opinion on russia is, i'm looking for the folks who are influential with republican voters, with republican audiences, signs that they may be reaching the breaking point in this. i saw a few this week who i haven't previously len expressing criticism and more about trump on this i do think just given now the potential for this thing to exp

the was the experience with vice president, president trump, george w. bush and others? a political junkie , i call myself a political tourist. into the home, or the bush library, traveling the country and going behind the scenes of american politics is just fascinating. and incredible experience. everyone was super for -- supernal professional and super interesting. president trump was very professional and did not say anything off-color. i don't have anything backstage to share with you because he did not say nothing to me about my last name or anything like that. i have made 11 films for hbo so, i come in with credentials as a filmmaker and he respected they -- respected that and treated me professionally. as did mike pence, who was professional and wonderful to work with. i asked him to read something and hee constitution could take a master class in one line from the constitution. i feel like i have a phd in american politics, right now, from having gone to meet all the leading leaders in american politics and having them share their opinions about the constitution.

effectively, tony blair having decided early on he would support george bush, come what may. the evidence he gave to the iraq inquiry, sirjohn chilcot said it was emotionally truthful but relied on beliefs, not facts. the fundamental reason for going to war was the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction. tony blair believed that. in part of the interview you have not shown, chilcot confirmed that he checked with the chairman of the joint intelligence committee, the person that assesses the intelligence, is it your view that there are weapons of mass destruction beyond reasonable doubt? the chairman of the committee said, yes, that is the position. he acted on an honest belief. what's more, chilcot said on previous occasions, including this report, that he acquits the government of deliberate you try to mislead the public or parliament. yes, we were wrong in relation to whether or not there were weapons of mass destruction. but it wasn't a campaign of deceit that led to is going to war. sirjohn chilcot does not doubt tony blair's sincerity in saying that he believe

if george bush believed that saddam had the weapon and much better to be embarrassed not finding the weapon than the other way, than ignoring and it having an incident. >> >> of a blind interest wary we are up against to get the? answer. >> i will try but with the frank myers version although he transferred but in his view about the libertarian and the traditionalist ran in a certain way that was not equal at least they believed that was not the compromise. he was my favorite guy on national radio. >> one time a feature writer on restrictionism. >> but my question is he was excommunicated their reason why buckley in his later years became tibia holden and too concerned with is a niche -- with his image what would he say in response?. >> the same charge was made when he would go out around the time with the cemetery that he thought originally and then some of those people that tortured there was a big brouhaha. so had you get reagan to change his mind? some such things like "the new york times" or a the holocaust update. we're more vicious comments like that in to cultivate that you w

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it was only after nine eleven that president george bush revitalized its image shortly thereafter the military starts preparing for war in afghanistan they need volunteers but there aren't any due to the impending war officially the pentagon calls it a contribution to the development of youth in chicago colonel retired after serving thirty three years in the army supervises junior cadets. the junior c. . program is really about citizenship it's about. teaching young boys and girls high school age young men and women about service and what they can do to better themselves but i have nothing to do with recruiting so it's a distinct difference and it's a very important point because a lot of people a lot of teachers don't understand that they think that we are. you know we almost get defensive because we have to explain that we're not on a regular basis in chicago the program is widespread the army teaches that one in four schools trainee more than ten thousand adolescents the authorities accept this militarization of education especially useful for fighting gangs. for neighborhoods harl

bush, george w. bush, clinton, obama, all pushed back on the universal western human rights that applies to everyone and the russian government. >> he went to asia the last time before his european trip. he went to poland first, they bussed in 15,000 people, they say trump, trump, trump. they control dissent, where it's not about democracy. then he goes to g-20 and meets with vladimir putin, to go in and try and delegitimize the rush -- if you air putin who wants a more multipolish system where everybody has influence in their backyard. russia doesn't get bothered by the americans, china's their biggest problem. but look at trump's tweet this morning where he says until we have movement on ukraine and syria, i can't move on sanctions. look at what he had to say to the russians, had to at least say, look i actually did push them on the hacks. we know he doesn't care about the hacks, we know there are no consequences, but the reality of these investigations which are only going to pick up steam constra

jay leno is giving us a glimpse into former george were bush's life on the ranch. he talk with bush's f50 king ranch truck. the museum of african-american which bush signed off during his time in office. they've also talked about others bush has invited there, take a look. who else has been on this truck. we had put in. early put in. but his english is better than my russian. tony blare. the japanese mime minister came here. he throws pretty laura bush also made an appearance where she revealed a secret pet name for the president. that would be bush i. they can't get off the ranch >> jim, that story -- george bush, he had a the lot of his own nicknames for people that were in his administration. was it maybe the fema director he called brown i. david gregory, he was -- >> he called him stretch. it made me realize that we do not have big names around here. is that a good thing >> i feel like maybe the nicknames we use couldn't be used on tv. the only thing i call you anything other than jim, it's not appropriate. i said this before and i think -- how do you feel whe

>> in 1988, george h.w. bush is running to take on the reagan mantle. read my lips, no new taxes. >> when reagan left the white house, he left george bush holding the bag. >> when the president calls, some come running. all agree the savings and loan crisis an urgent problem. >> could they be bailed out without a tax increase? >> i don't think there is, and that's the conclusion of most people. >> bush had to fill this smoking hole and the only way to do that is pass new legislation. because now we had to start dipping into taxpayer money. >> the only bailout is for depositors, not bad bankers. >> no one needs to worry about one nickel in those institutions. >> this legislation says to tens of millions of s&l depositors, you will not be the victim of other's mistakes. thank you all very much. and now i'm proud to sign this monster. >> essentially, george bush is covering the biggest overdraft in history. >> bush caves. he raises taxes. that kills him politically, but saves america economically. >> listen carefully to this number. $500 billion. that's th

bush talking how bill clinton and george h.w. bush became good friends, clinton didn't lord over his father. a loaded appearance. george w. bush's brother beating, both presidents, you know, they're watching the white house closely. >> of course they are. let's not forget, both former presidents bush did not vote for donald trump. it's been reported. so you know, this is the personification of the sort of bipartisan establishment that was so against trump that was so convinced he couldn't win and now is so distressed by his behavior in office, and i think given that his whole campaign was premised on toppling this entire cabal, i don't think trump is listening to these gu s s. >> exactly right. what donald trump beat, willingly, gladly, what he ran against sitting on that stage right there true, and at events, easy to feel bipartisan and be chumming they're not in office. their presidencies weren't exactly golden eras of bipartisanship either's inpower, go on attack, seize attacks, and now retired sitting in nice, comfortable cha

bush. - of course their former, or current, jobs weren't necessarily about baseball, but george bush used to own the texas rangers, billy crystal was a huge yankee fan, and so both of which were great conversations to have. - [scott] along with his blog and video blog, matt wrote a book titled amazing aaron to zero zippers, about the as to zs of baseball history. - and basically it's an alphabet book, so it's 26 chapters, i mean basically they're letters, of just any aspect of baseball history, whether it be a player, a team, a moment, a stadium, an era. - [scott] with the help of summer games books, matt plans to donate all of the proceeds to charities having to do with baseball. - those four charities are the jackie robinson foundation, the lou gehrig foundation for als patients, the hall of fames charity, and then derek jeter's turn 2 foundation. - [scott] although he might be a yankee fan at heart, matt is really just a fan of baseball. (audience cheers) - clearly a kid with a bright future ahead of him. if you wanna check out matt's blog, you can go to baseball with matt dot blo

what was more interesting about all of this was george bush's reaction to this. he said at the time, "i'd like to shake his hand if i ever meet him." well, i did meet president bush in november of 2002 and he was with some eastern european parliamentarians at the nato session in prague. he saw me when i introduced myself, he put his arm around me and said to the eastern european leaders, he was me, he was me. this is a good guy. i think what president bush understood and what i understand was that there was something more than just winning or losing a presidential election. it was making sure that the race itself was fair and free and open for the american people to decide. the irony is that the young woman who sent me those debate tapes and those materials wound up spending a year in jail, and the federal judge who sentenced her said at the time that the reason the sentence was so harsh for a first offense was that she had interfered in an american election and had lied to the members of the judiciary about her role. that's why the sentence was going to be so to

yes george bush was the head of the cia a few years. but he didn't come up as ray operations officers aba case officer. this does give putin a unique perspective how you deal with individuals and what how you figure out what the weaknesses are, know how to flatter them. again i'm sure he is well prepared for this. i think donald trump is also used to figuring out people's strengths and weaknesses. just think about the debates. you know during the campaign. but it's a different kind of training and he comes from a different background. >> rick? >> you want me to react to that. by the way one thing i would object to is that while trump has praised putin, putin has not praised trump. it's a one-sided bromance the. >> putin said -- colorful was the word he used. putin has been doing this over and over. he's been dealing with american presidents, world leaders. trump is new at this. and putin knows how to manipulate people. i spent three hours with putin in 2007 when he was person of the year of time. he is -- he is master of every fact. he

george bush did on petfar funding. but that's -- that is as close as they're going to get. >> jamie, the two of them obviously getting along -- well, i mean, almost silly to say this, but much better than donald trump and barack obama. >> absolutely. look, george bush likes to joke that bill clinton is his brother from another mother. they genuinely get along. they like to laugh. they like to gossip. if you ask one about the other, they get a twinkle in their eye. the camera doesn't lie. they like each other. but what i thought was striking about today is just the different tenor. it's a completely different political time era. >> all right. thank you so much, jamie. >>> next, french twist. donald trump overheard commenting on the looks of france's first lady. when you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. that's how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira,

bill clinton and george w. bush tonight and showing bipartisan ship in a rare public conversation. just a short while ago, former president bush was asked about bill clinton's friendship with his father. >> that was your relationship. but how did you come close? sgli got a different take on what i think is one of the most -- >> all right. >> one of the most unique relationships and important relationship in u.s. political history. i think it starts with bill clinton being a person who refused to lord his victory over dad. he was humble in victory, which is very important in dealing with other peopleme. and i think dad was willing to rise above the political contest. in other words, it starts with the individual's character. and both men in my judgment displayed strong character. and therefore their friendship was able to be formed. >> fascinating. let's talk about that with cnn special correspondent. it's fascinating, jaime, to hear

we were there when george w. bush had his first meeting with him. was that a surprise' tim, and -- was that a surprise at the time, and how much can we have surprises anymore? peter: i don't know if it was a surprise at the time, but there was a desire on the part of the west that putin be something that he wasn't. they wanted him to be a modernizer. they wanted him to be the consolidator of yeltsin's democratic revolution, and he turned out to be much different than what people hoped. susan: that is a great note to end it on. i always love to talk trump and foreign policy with ed of the financial times, karen young of the washington post, and peter baker, my colleague, my friend and husband and the white house correspondent. thank you. ♪ these days families want to be connected 24/7. that's why at comcast we're continuing to make our services more reliable than ever. like technology that can update itself. an advanced fiber-network infrustructure. new, more reliable equipment for your home. and a new culture built around customer service. it all