and she said well you just can't trust george bush. and i said well if he's making all this up if george bush is lying about the weapons of mass destruction, it will ruin him. and it turns out we were both right. so you recall the chronology, i think, in the summer of '02. in august vice president cheney made a speech to the vfw saying there was no doubt, a phrase he used over and over that hussein had weapons of mass destruction, was prepared to use them against friends of ours. in september, on the 26th the president spoke in the rose garden and said that the regime pezs weapon -- possesses weapons of mass destruction in iraq. on october 1st a classified intelligence report was issued called the national intelligence estimate an ie on iraqi weapons. these are the comprehensive statements of the intelligence community that are issued from time to time this one on iraqi weapons. this was a classified document only a handful of members of congress saw it. you had to be an elected leader of congress or a member of the intelligence commit

. >> and george bush -- not george bush, jeb bush, the former governor of florida, can he -- how many people will he clear out of the field? probably mitt romney doesn't run if jeb does and maybe markco rubio stays out? >> you need about a billion dollars to run for president. if jeb gets in i think a lot of money will flow his way. there's a lot of new money in politics now and some of them i think will support scott walker and john kasich the question is whether jeb will ultimately draw all the money into his campaign. >> the new republican congress what do you expect out of them? >> this really is a kind of put up or shut up people. they asked the american people to give them control of the legislature. president obama is still in the white house, they won't be able to repeal obamacare, but they have to show in the first six months of next year a serious effort to put out a reasonable budget to start to turn the ship as much as they can away from this $18 trillion debt spending cycle. and also, say no to corporate welfare, that's another test -- >> first thing they have to work wit

bush was not george h.w. bush, rand paul is still a work in progress and you can hear the evolutionist thinking. some of things he has said worries me. the basic view i think that rand paul comes as close in the republican field are much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign-policy outlook than any of the other prospective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign-policy of the united states for the sake of building bigger and an rand paul what's up for the sake of smaller government. husker du often meet with politicians? on the record come off the record? >> guest: the best exchanges are off the record exchanges. berries. but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with an interesting political figure governor or senator or prospective presidential candidate were some people of note and really get to pick their brains and see if they are capable of answering the following questions. most politicians will prep for the obvious questions. you are a journalist and i a jour

just as george w. bush was not george h. w. bush. rand paul is still a work in progress. you can even hear the evolution in his thinking. but some of the things he has said worries me. but basically, i think that rand paul comes as close in the republican field or comes much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign policy outlook than any of the other perspective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign policy of the global footprint for the united states for the sake of a bigger government and rand paul wants it for the sake of a smaller government. >> host: did you interview any of these politicians at all? >> guest: we often meet with them. >> host: on or off the record of? >> guest: the best exchanges are off the record exchanges but it varies. but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with an interesting political figure, a governor senator prospective presidential candidate or some people of note and really get to pick their brains and see if they're capable of answering the following questions. most politicians will prep for t

and just as george w. bush was not george h.w. bush, rand paul is still a work in progress. you can even hear the evolution in his thinking. some things he has said worries me. the basic view -- i think rand paul comes as close in the republican field -- comes much closer to barack obama in terms of foreign policy outlook than any of the other prospective republican presidential contenders. barack obama wants less of a foreign policy or a global footprint for the united states, for the sake of building bigger government, and rand paul wants for it smaller government. >> host: you interview politician jazz? we often immediate with politics in "the wall street journal." >> host: on the record off the record? >> guest: the best changes are off the record exchangeses. it varies but it's an opportunity to spend an hour or so with a interesting political figure, a governor, a senator, a prospective presidential candidate or some people of note, and really get to pick their brains and see if they're cavable of answering the follow-0 questions most politics will prep for the obvious

we want to send our best wishes to george and mrs. bush. now the real winter danger is about to hit us. get ready for artic blast. it will smack two thirds of the nation. live team coverage is next. >>> this is a fox news alert. it is not over. in fact, it is getting worse. today a snow storm creating a nightmare in dozens of states. but now it's getting worse. a blast of frigid air is set to hit two thirds of the country, putting 240 million americans in a deep freeze. scott williams? >> good evening, greta. good evening everyone. yeah, we are looking at some of the coldest air of the season. the coldest of the year as well. as far as the temperatures right now, look at minneapolis. 2 degrees. 8 in chicago. 25 currently in new york city. we're looking at 38 degrees in memphis. but, even colder air is diving southward tomorrow and tomorrow night. with with an artic front. it will head all the way to the gulf of mexico so watch the clock and watch the temperatures. by wednesday morning 19 degrees in new york city. 31 in dallas. and then tomo

george w. bush lost in 1980 but came back in 1988. so the -- and mitt romney in 2008/2012. so the history is on mitt romney's side. but so is the frustration of many republicans who felt he should have run a better campaign and frankly he should have won that campaign. >> jeb bush is trying to make himself look better to probably that same group of folks. >> i'm told, some people are going to attend his events suddenly have backed away or they're attending but they're not going to make any commitments. that said, you now have three candidates fighting over literally, neil, hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign cash. and they're all going to the same place. they're going to greenwich, connecticut, westchester county new york, they're going to l.a., they're going to mike. >> bush, romney and i guess christie? >> and christie. and everybody else is in a different place. >> what about for the green bay/dallas game? picked up tab himself? i don't know if he's going to do the hug thing again. does that hurt him? >> nobody carings. why shouldn't the governor enjoy a great fo

bush at one time, right? >> well, look, what i think every american president since truman -- >> charlie: he would argue he doesn't want to go around the world nation building, was the theme of his campaign. >> most americans understand we have to be strong at home to be strong abroad. but truman says we need to be strong abroad to be strong at home. that the security of an ally like south korea, an impoverished little nation that we stood up in 1950, or west berlin, all these far-flung kind of frontiers of freedom matter to our prosperity at home and that was the essence of the truman doctrine in 1947 and all american policy from truman all the way through to george bush senior and even to some extend -- >> charlie: some are in a different world because you had two superpowers faced off against each other and that's not the realty of the world today. >> the reality of the world today is we face a situation in which there is pocks americana the default position we've had, and very beneficial for america, what

how did that go for george w. bush? >> the big news from the world of presidential campaign money to report to you tonight, political pros call this early fund dz raising part of it the first primary. well tonight we have a winner. george w. bush stunned everybody by disclosing he raised $36.2 million, that smashes all previous standing records. >> it was 37.2 when they tallied everything up. this was stunning. you look at this money today, 37 million, not that much. in 1999 it was shocking that george w bush raised this money and made a definitive statement and signal to republicans who were maybe on pt fence, it was time to get on board. look what happened. because he raised the money in the middle of 1999 look what it did. first of all, you take a poll and suddenly he was he was overwhelmingly ahead, 47 points ahead. look at this look what happens over the next two months. six different candidates john kasich lamar alexander, elizabeth bowldole, pat buchanan. because george w bush raised so much money and brought in

bush. general, as you look at what's happening right now in the french country side what are your observations? >> well, my observations are is there a not a real good outcome of this sad at that say. when you have a hostage situation where the hostage takers know you are there and they have the determination and the professionalism of these, you expect it to end in somebody dying. not only the hostage takers but history says that you lose some hostages as well. i am sad that say that, brian. >> you remember the original delta force you dealt with hostage negotiations going back to the iranian hostage crisis. the key is you say this generally ends badly in a situation like this. the key, though, is the element of surprise. if you can surprise them, you have a chance of getting the hostage out alive. when you have 88,000 cops around you, the surprise is probably not there. >> remember these are real professionals. these are not your run of the mill as we call them lone wolves. these guys wer

the secretary of commerce served under george w. bush and is part of the albright-stonebridge group. what were the presidents looking to do today to expand on that? >> a lot creating a relationship. they look like they have a good relationship and there are no hidden agenda. they have a dialogue shared by the vice president and it is improving nafta. >> the north american free trade agreement. >> it is already a $1.3 trillion trade area. >> what is the biggest obstacle to more trade? >> a lot of this is cleaning up regulation. we have testing protocols and different regulations for products. those things that can take away productivity and competitiveness. crossing the border with merchandise is costly because of delays and inefficiencies. >> could obama and with a yes? would that improve economic relations? >> it would take away tensions with mexican americans in the u.s.. -- in the u.s. i did not think he was as aggressive as the previous mexican presidents who have come to the u.s. and demanded drivers licenses. he played it well

bush lost the republican majority. people now don't separate their votes between president and members of congress. i mean, the number of members of congress in districts that barack obama carried that are republicans are now down in single digits. there was a time when there would be moderate republicans democrat president carried conservatives -- people now vote consistently by party. so barack obama's resurging popularity is with democrats. they're sailing on his ship at this point. >> ifill: final thought, david. >> well, you know, it will be curious to see how much rank there is, especially in the initial reaction on both sides. >> woodruff: the president shaking final hands as mrs. obama and the multiplicity of guests in the balcony look on. i think we can now say the president of the united states. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. thank you. (gavel pounding) >> members of congress, i have the privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. (cheers and applause) >> thank y

bush lost the republican majority. people now don't separate their votes between president and members of congress. i mean, the number of members of congress in districts that barack obama carried that are republicans are now down in single digits. there was a time when there would be moderate republicans democrat president carried conservatives -- people now vote consistently by party. so barack obama's resurging popularity is with democrats. they're sailing on his ship at this point. >> ifill: final thought, david. >> well, you know, it will be curious to see how much rank there is, especially in the initial reaction on both sides. >> woodruff: the president shaking final hands as mrs. obama and the multiplicity of guests in the balcony look on. i think we can now say the president of the united states. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. thank you. (gavel pounding) >> members of congress, i have the privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. (cheers and applause) >> thank y

president obama's world view is i don't want to be george bush. radical islam has risen in the last four years on his watch. allowed al qaeda in iraq to rise again to become isil. not supporting the free syrian army three or four years ago when it would matter. taking kae i put it at the feet of our president. >> the south carolina president went on to use fear and warn of attacks here at home. >> i have never been more worried about being hit at home because of the president's world view and strategy toward radical islam is failing. bin laden may be dead but al qaeda is not decimated. >> republicans will use anything to bring down president obama. it's really a time isn't it when democrats, republicans, and the global community should be pulling together to fight terrorism? isn't anything unify us anymore? republicans are trying to scare and divide americans for political gain. they have the power. now do something about it. republicans are shameless when it comes to scoring political points over terrorism. looks like we haven't really gotten muc

george h.w. bush, went on to become president. only 18.6%. let's look at your side. 2008, president obama, of course, stunning kind of knockout of hillary clinton there. hillary came in third past john edwards. everyone was saying what, a defeat for hillary. look at '92. tom harkin. bill clinton two-term president, 2.8%. richard gephardt won paul simon, the senator not the singer, in second place. and there is michael dukakis at 22.2% and he went on to be the nominee. what was that like? were you there in iowa as a top campaign official, how do you deal with that? >> hundreds of times i was there. the funny thing about '88, on the republican side i've been to iowa almost enough to register to vote. the funny thing about '88 was we knew iowa wasn't a state for a massachusetts -- we had no normal connections there. our goal was to finish third in iowa and as long as we finished third, we figured we could go to new hampshire and we'd have some -- we wouldn't be knocked out. so our only goal in iowa was not to be knocked out. but i'll never forge

keith is united statesy muslim and praising what george w. bush did after 9/11. in trying to bring groups together. you remember a service at the national cathedral. what does hollande have to do now given the fact that france has had so much division because of the large muslim community and anti-immigrant stats in some quarters and the right wing of course. >> and the head of one of these right wing parties will be a great beneficiary. i had these comments from luz limits in europe who may point out that nobody defames islam or the prophet more than people who murder cartoonists. the cartoonists are far less to islam than people who clauder the cartoonists. now on top of that there is going to be the backlash that is going to affect roughly 8% or 10% that is muslim. one of the things i admired about australia after the incident there last month, the hostage taking in the cafe was the way australians gathered around for that i will ride with you twitter campaign offering -- i thought it was really kind of beautiful to be able to recognize on the one hand that th

bush's son. i'm guessing that mitt romney is not going to run. i was convinced myself that he was really thinking seriously about doing it. i know he was talking to his friends. my guess is with bush in the race, romney will not be in the race. >> i think he was interested in running. >> he was surprise almost that he was interested. i think that door -- >> have you ever met a presidential candidate whoever gave up thinking about it again? even if it's completely improbable. gets in their blood. somewhere al gore is thinking about running. >> schieffer: george mcgovern told me that very thing. i asked him years after he ran in 1972 then of course did you ever not -- no, you never get over it. i think -- we haven't talked about on democratic side. hillary clinton and who else? >> talked about prohibitive front runner her name is hillary clinton. i think at this point even this far out she can decide not to run but going to be hard to take it away. >> that's part of the democrats problem lot of energy on the republican side, talking about bush and

george w. bush and bill clinton. a number of things they could have done. i think they have acknowledged it was a mistake. i am more interested long term in the policies. >> his book is called "american dreams." back in a moment. ♪ >> congress is awash with republicans. the only republican who defeated an incumbent was colorado's cory gardner. we are pleased to have you. what are your expectations for this congress? >> the big expectations, we have to prove to the american people we can govern. we can govern responsibly and maturely. that is something i have talked about. that means we put practical ideas on the desk of the president. ideas supported by republicans and democrats alike to regain trust of the people. >> let's talk about some of those. you were first elected in 2010. your friend said one of the striking things about most new members, they were not happy about coming to washington. it was unpleasant duty. there is no sense of appreciation of the institution. is it the same with the newcomers? >> being part of the class of 2010, a lot of peopl

you may recall george w. bush made it very clear he wanted to privatize social security. when social security first came on the scene, they were against it then. they were against medicare, medicaid and they're still against social security. they want to privatize it. they want to wall street to game gamble with the trust fund. people should wake up and let the republicans know that social security is a safety net that's been put there for people who don't have as much means to invest in the stock market, but they can put their money into social security so it can be there for them in their golden years. it is a very serious issue. >> it affects 60 million people in this country. right now the republicans are targeting social security disability insurance. this would effect some 11 million people who receive those benefits. what does this mean to the program as a whole if they are able to chip away at certain aspects of it and how big of a fight is this going to be for the democrats? >> this is going to be a big fight. we have to wake the american public up to the fact of

consider 2004 when george bush received 11% of the vote. that was kind of an interesting anomaly and i could go into that but that's another story altogether. but that leaves the question. how do they align their beliefs? how do they ration lise voting while chastising him about the policies they believe hurt black families? what issues prompt them to make alliances against the nation's first black president? to understand this division i would like to briefly look at a history of involvement in same sex marriage and abortion issues during the age of obama. they have fiscal and economic concerns but religious concerns are rooted in historicle issue and see a new resurgeonance in order to fight for what they believe to be the history of black families. on intellectuals, michael states at the outset that when one considers the extent to which american conservatism has been conditioned by racist notions by black infire yorty the existence of powerful black spokespeople is astounding. in his book, attempts to understand in spite of the inherent

and for all of george bush's you know speeches we still have the problem of terrorism. i mean, it wasn't created by barack obama. i mean, you can say as many harsh things as you want and i also think that poking allies in the eye isn't downing to help things either -- isn't going to help things either. >> i think they've calmed down a lot over the last decade in terms of even acknowledging -- today more than ever those countries are onboard with -- >> so then the white house is actually then late to the game because, iowans lee, they still have not. so you look at the way other leaders have started to come around, identifying the enemy as radical islam, president obama still has not done that his spokesperson hasn't done that. why? >> critics say that he's appeasing the enemies here. he wants to be on their side, he wants to create world peace and not worry about the beheadings of innocent americans, children being killed in africa and boko haram burning people in their homes. this has got to stop. this is real, these are lives. 2,000 individuals in boko haram. dozens o

which were committed by our american friends under george bush at the moment of the patriot act and exceptional measures. churchillian, i mean a real battle, cold blood, and preventing anti-liberty laws. this is what is achieved now. >> will there be a great debate in france about whether there was enough intelligence and whether this could have been prevented if there were more and better surveillance measures? >> i do not think so. there is a general feeling that a lot was avoided, that militarist attacks before this one where --were possible and were eradicated at the very root. there is this general feeling. no, today, what was really great in the streets of paris yesterday, you showed images on your program. what was great was to see these people standing very proudly with pride, with honesty and decency, altogether, right and left, all origin, all creeds there was no red france and blue france. there was only the united states of france. these sort of moments happened very rarely. very seldom in the history of a great nation. the last time that there were 2 million people in paris was a f

former political director with george w. bush. these pictures we are looking at now. help me out, owen is that here? that is outside the museum here in washington, d.c., which is really just a block or so from us. you see there christine lagarde, who is heading up the conversation there. we have seen amazing things at the museum that tracks things from all over the world that represents the freedom of the press. we have seen several demonstrations there at the museum. you can see with the sign there on miss lagarde's back, je suis charlie. we have conversations about the freedom of the press. those are live pictures there in washington, d.c. as solidarity builds here as well with the people of france who have suffered so much. interesting to note the french interior ministry is now saying all total the demonstrations across france today, some 3.7 million people took to the streets to stand up against this, to stand in solidarity for freedom of expression and press. we are monitoring the ceremony there with benjamin netanyahu speaking. i want to bring you in here. at t

bush. his loss in those circumstances was extra bad, right? he got a half million more votes in the country. it seemed like he did win in florida, but the supreme court inserted itself into the case and everyone wanted to tell al gore how he could have waged a better campaign and how he lost it because of a fault of his own after the supreme court weighed in to basically pick not al gore to be president, al gore finished off his last few week'ses a bill clinton's vice president, then he kind of disappeared from public view for awhile. he went to europe for a couple months. kicking back, learning to relax, and famously he grew a beard. and that beard, the al gore beard basically in our modern fake political science was the ultimate confirmation that al gore was done with politics. we don't have beardy presidents. the al gore beard in all of hst glory was the ultimate symbol not only that he lost, but that he was done. he was clearly done with politics because he could not run for anything now, not with all of that stuff on his face. the dashed

bill clinton, george w. bush andrew jackson -- i will defer to john on that. this is not a cycle where you get much done. >> the point is to reassert the debate. >> the debate will take place over the next two years. i think he set the predicates that is very advantageous for democrats. this is a 15 round fight and this is only round one. >> i think there has been a vacuum of leadership. i think he reasserted himself into the leadership role and inserted himself into the debate. he seemed to have fun tonight, which we have not seen him do for a while. the cadence of his voice went up and down, he smiled a few times. he made spontaneous gestures. he was at the center of attention. everybody's watching him. you are that when you are president. he filled that role more than he has at other times. it means without leadership exercise back -- people were complaining, where is the leader -- he may have a greater chance to shape what happens rhetorically. for the 2016 campaign and for his legacy. >> john dickerson in iowa? >> charlie, the state of the union is a perf

. >> have leaders done -- of course i remember the moment after 9/11 when george bush president george w. bush at the time, very quickly went to a mosque in washington to demonstrate, you know this is not -- does not represent the islamic faith. we are not against islam as we fight this war. have french leaders made similar gestures? >> yes. the good news is that for the last 12 15 years, since 9/11 french leaders have been reaching out to muslim community leaders, created a forum, and so they're very familiar with one another. and immediately after the attack you saw leaders from the french muslim community go directly to the "charlie hebdo" site to pay their respects, and that is something continuing today. >> tremendously important. we'll see a similar diversity in that march tomorrow. bob, seeing to counter terror officials in the u.s. one thing you hear from them frequently in recent months is about reaching out to muslim communities in the u.s. not only to show solidarity and openness but also to ask for help in identifying potential recruits for extremism. how important is that

w bush did this president obama was seen as bow bow i ng. >> president obama was soft and almost sub serviant to the world. >> reporter: a longstanding feeling held by many americans that u.s. foreign policy is too dependent on saudi arabia mostly because of oil. [applause] the american public grew increasingly aware and concerned about the relationship after the september 11th attacks. 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudi, a former u.s. counter terrorism official says there was a reason to worry. until saudi faced its own al-qaeda attacks in 2003. >> no doubt that saudi thinking changed at that point from one that had been shall we say a policy of feeling comfortable of just exporting the problem to one of a problem that they felt they had to tackle themselves. >> reporter: the arab spring tested the relationship. the saudi king urged president obama to continue to back the egyptian president mubarak, obama eventually dropped his support but stayed mostly quiet as saudi troops rolled go bahrain to quash those protests. as the spotlight faded the two leaders cemented the relationship wi

bill clinton, george w. bush andrew jackson -- i will defer to john on that. this is not a cycle where you get much done. >> the point is to reassert the debate to read >> the debate will take place over the next two years. i think he said he predicates that is very advantageous for democrats. this is a 15 round fight and this is only around one -- round one. >> i think there has been a vacuum of leadership. i think he reasserted himself into the leadership role and inserted himself into the debate. he seemed to have fun tonight which we have not seen him do for a while. the cadence of his voice went up and down, he smiled a few times. he made spontaneous gestures. he was at the state -- center of attention. everybody's watching him. you are that when you are president. he filled that role more than he has at other times. it means without leadership exercise back -- people were complaining, where is the leader -- he may have a greater chance to shape what happens rhetorically. for the 2016 campaign and for his legacy. >> john dickerson in iowa? >> charlie, the

fiveesbeen created in barack oba than in george bush's eight years. >> ifill: mark seems to be suggesting what we have is the president has a little leverage with democrats. do republicans based on what we saw in their clearly planned response and in some of the off the cuff response do, they have leverage? they're in charge. >> i think we're seeing sort of a rise of a much cleaner debate over the big issue, the issue of wage stagnation. the democrats you say everyone acknowledges the issue. for a long time, they just said minimum-wage increases. that's not commensurate to the size of the problem. i think we saw a growing package of things when you put it together it's arguably equal to the size of the problem. the republicans have a different set of problems. they don't have the presidency so they're leg organized. look at paul ryan, marco rubio, giving a set of speeches so the problem flandz our lap, flat wanks. each party is getting will there with their answers. that will be what the next election is about. >> woodruff: lisa desjardins, you were talking to other members about what the

you have been criticized a lot, as has president george w. bush for the war in iraq. looking at the security situation in iraq and syria right now, with isis, do you think that there's a lesson there in terms of what the west needs to do going forward in terms of people whom we don't like and the alternative might actually be worse. >> right. there's a very good point, and the lesson undoubtedly on not just iraq but afghanistan, but policy didn't stop in 2008. the lesson is this. when you remove the brutal dictatorship then a set of problems or elements or tensions that were suppressed then come to the surface. so the argument then goes maybe you better leave these dictators in place, even though they do terrible things maybe it's just better to deal with them. but here's where people have got to understand the significance of this growing young population in these countries, and the so-called arab spring or arab revolutions, as i call them. these dictatorships weren't going to last anyway. so all of these societies, the question is now how do they transit with this y

president, i remember when george bush, antonio, remember when the president said oh not that important to get osama bin laden? barack obama got osama bin laden. ever time i think about da hussein he sadamn hussein. you have a wrench stronger than ever this president gets -- >> you get the argument that i.s.i.l. is the result of civil war in syria and pulling our troops out of iraq. let's not get into that debate. speaker john boehner inviteing prime minister benjamin netanyahu to speak before protocol. what is your reaction? >> of course israel is our great ally in the middle east. i think it is awkward just a short time before the presidential election in israel which is going to be happening in march, and while we have before the house some important discussions about how we address the negotiations with iran, to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. so i think there is a certain amount of politics in this invitation. although you know we certainly do want to have a -- don't have a bipartisan close relationship with the state of israel. >> i don't know that it is going to serve

. >> this president ran for office as the anti-george w. bush. he can't admit that george w. bush was right. >> was right. >> we are o in a war on terror. all of the policies this president put in place failed. look at the state of the world today versus when he took over office. just geographically speaking. radical islam terror across the middle east. stretching from africa to ind nagsa and asia. he can't admit he is wrong. even if it is in the interest of the american people and our national secure it to do so. it is time for you to wake up. as rich said, this is a i goguy that needs to learn -- >> it feels like we are playing for the other team. this is a foreign policy apology, to redress the wrongs of the past. we don't want to offend anyone. instead of directly commenting and focussing on the evil we are dealing with we are worried about how it might look. >> right. it is very important to understand your enemy, right? hitler and stalin are both violent extremists. that's not all they were. hitler is a nazi. stalin is a communist and these folks are radical islamists.

>> obama, michelle obama, joe biden, bill clinton, george bush. there were a lot of options of high level people who have their head in this game and would have send a very strong message. that photo op was very meaningful. you were talking about social media. what messages are we sending? we need to send a message and the rhetoric was there last week. john kerry was very powerful in english and french that we stand shoulder to shoulder with our oldest ally. but it meant a lot to me to see the president of mali right in the front row with all the others. one other thing about muslim communities, we have done a pretty good job in the united states, a better job than france has, in building trust with muslim communities. the l.a. pd has built bridges to the muslim community, which is fairly large in the los angeles area, and built trust by doing that. community policing can work. that means that these communities, when they see something in their own families or in their neighbors' families that looks weird, talks to law enforcement. law a david is

joining me is bob was kautsky, appointed by president george w. bush as the first assistant secretary of info structure protection when these department of home and security was founded. my colleague, peter cook, is on the hill trying to get reaction from lawmakers. from alleges that in perspective, what to lawmakers in the united states need -- a legislative perspective, what to lawmakers in the notice states need to be focused on? >> i think ensuring that we have the continued authority to act and collect data, and do analysis, and follow up on any leaves them i come out of this. there is plenty of legislation currently in place that allows the intelligence community and law-enforcement community to chase down what they need. we have to keep that intact. it has been integrated. -- ben degraded. >> when you hear discussions about a possible cut in funding for the budget of homeland security, this has been caught in the middle of the political crossfire on capitol hill. what are your thoughts on that, given what happened this week in france? >> we

george w. bush did the same thing. he may not have, you know gone to the length of denying that this is islamist terrorism all together, but he went to great lengths to distinguish. >> he used the phrase radical islam. >> i'm just saying that that's what -- that is the legitimate intention behind what they are doing. >> you conceive -- concede it is verbal gymnastics? >> it's a silly intention. the entire world knows there is a difference between islam and radical islam and particularly the moderate muslims. >> that's not erdwan says. >> the uae uses the word radical islam. egypt, you would admit is a majority muslim country industry, 90% muslim. its president stood up and gave a speech on january the 1st to an audience of clerics in which he said we have to reform islam. this is coming out of islam. it is a joke what the administration is doing because everybody understands that you use a phrase radical islam you are not indicting all of islam. you know ba la persist this absurd word game. >> if everybody know what is

in 2008, the republicans ran as far as they could from george w. bush. in 1988, george h.w. bush, the vice president ran as closely as he could to reagan. republicans thought whoever the democratic nominee in 2016 would be would have to be following that bush model, running far, far from barack obama. now this raises the possibility that continuity could be a stronger message in 2016. >> that's why i think the important thing -- we'll get on this again tomorrow night as we have more time, steve and susan. selection of john podesta as to be aide to hillary clinton tells me they're going to stay close together with obama. this is going to be a team effort, so far. since the midterm losses, obama has been president audacity, what i call him. days after the midterms he announced a historic climate deal with china. days after that he announced executive actions to effectively legalize millions of undocumented immigrants to this country. in mid-december he moved to normalize relations with cuba, a big deal historically. then came his current populist push. he announced the proposa

am batsdor, eric holder in paris, george w. bush bill clinton as a representsive of the u.s. government. i think they have acknowledged it was at maicht. i am more interested long-term in the policies, how much. rose: good to have you here. >> thank you he is rose: mark o room yes's book, the "the merge dream: restoring economic opportunity for everyone." "congress this week is awash with republicans as the 114 account congress convenes. the democrats lost the senate. republicans won nine seats, but the only republican who defeated an incumbent in a purple, blue, or democratic-leaning state was coloradots cory gardner. we are pleased to have you with us. thank you for having me. >> what you are your expectations for the congress? >> the big expectations for the people of the state. i mean we have to prove to the american people that we can govern that we can govern responsibly, that we can govern maturely. that's something i talked about for the past several months and the months leading to the election, and that means that we put ideas, practical ideas on the desk of the pre

he had the great advantage of not being george w. bush. let me turn to trade. the republican party is suing the president for abuse of power and going beyond his executive power, while at the same time, urging the president to accept trade promotion authority, fast-track authority on trade on trade which is article 1 section 8, the constitutional responsibility of the congress. clear intellectual contradiction on the part of the republicans for me if you can? >> the so-called trade promotion authority means they come to an agreement, you have an up-or-down vote on it and you don't have amendments. that goes back for decades. the key thing is -- lou: actually it goes back, only been so for five years we don't have it everybody saw the result, and the reality is they say they don't trust the president on all of these issues and suddenly they trust him to negotiate for an up-or-down vote without their influence over its content, trade, which is a clear, clear departure, though it's been done before by the congress. isn't it time the people took seriously, whether

president obama's world view has been i don't want to be george bush. radical islam has risen in the last three or four years on his watch. pulling troops out of iraq against sound military advice allowed al qaeda in iraq to rise again to become isil. not supporting the free syrian army three or four years ago when it would matter. taking qaddafi down. i put it on our president. >> eric holder is the person the president decided to send into the middle of this. why that choice is also a question. >> well, last time i checked we're at war. i wouldn't send my attorney general if i were president to deal with radical islamic terrorists. we don't have a strategy. i hope that congress will do a global risk assessment about how many groups are out there and what kind of comprehensive strategy we can come up with to defeat them. the attorney general is a law enforcement officer and it says all you need to know about obama's view of this conflict he thinks it's a crime out of control. i think it's a war out of control. >> senator let me ask you to comment on wh

not just as an anti-obama commentary the state department was equally bad under george bush. gradually all of the so-called experts kept saying that you can't tell the truth about how they are as it might confuse other people, so what are you make of strange terms. it became bizarre. people all around the planet this is a global war. yet they insist on talking about it by geography. we will really focus on northern syria. well, there are thousands of jihadists who have come to northern syria from around the world. over a thousand from france alone. over 600 from great it in. over 100 united states. this is a global war. in nigeria, bo boko haram has 10,000 fighters, and last year they killed more people than ebola. but, the state department for years under secretary clinton would not even listen -- list them as a terrorist group. even though their initial base camp was called afghanistan in honor of the taliban. i look around the planet at suicide bombings, beheadings all these different things going on -- they don't strike me as a rotary club conspiracy. there's one common p

george bush, like him, would not talk about radical islamists. this is madness, and this president has carried it to a level of to me of just absurd, absurd political correctness. >> these are not methodists running around the globe beheading people. they are not crazy episcopalians, doesn't mean all muslims are bad and radicalized. clearly this form of terrorism has roots in one religion and it's this radicalized islamic sects across the global. and the president ought to call it what it is. lou, i wonder if he's in the "harry potter" movie, and refuses to say the name of baldemar, the evil war lock. we're going to fight him. lou: and hillary clinton knows something about enemies. if i can segue in that manner apparently furious according to the new york post over the mention of her husband in connection with the billionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein and his scandal. mercedes any thoughts? >> lou tonight say i i want to know what mercy thinks about this first? >> for hillary clinton obviously thinking about her presidential race and these are di

former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara, are celebrating a wedding anniversary, their 70th wedding anniversary today. can you imagine? no other presidential couple has ever been married for 70 years. we have some images in our slideshow and a picture of the newlyweds from back in the day. this is january 6th 1945. got married upstate in new york while he was on leave from the navy during world war ii. man, it's incredible. the couple honeymooned in georgia and here in new york city, where they saw "meet me in st. louis" at radio city music hall. and this is a photo from the early 1960s. you can see future president george w. bush standing on the back in the right there, kind of looking off to the side. and this next picture from 1989 the couple stands side by side as the chief justice swears in bush 41, if you will as president of the united states. and here they are in 2012 on the former president's then 88th birthday. before they were married, the former first lady reportedly wrote letters to geo

bush. -- george h.w. bush. can you start off with what he hopes to achieve tonight? guest: it is two things. it is a chance to form your policies. and you say this is what i'm going to be about this year. and then to set the terms of the debate going forward. it is one of the few chances the president has to speak to the nation without a media filter to present his ideas directly. it is the bane of every speechwriter, because they invariably turn it into what people call laundry lists. but if done right, it can help make a case for your plants -- plasns. hopefully we will hear what the next two years is going to be about. guest: i would agree with all of that. paul is right, it's a chance to make her case to the american people. -- to make the case to the american people. and to say washington really can do things, they really do have a plan, and then to try to convince people there is lamenting for positive change in the u.s. host: you said it was the bane of every writer's existence. give us a little bit about what it's like trying to run a speech for george w. bus

jeb bush, you know you've got the bush family, but he's not george bush. i think people are going to see gets out there. i think. chris: disis going -- chris christie is going to get a much better look than people think. if you go in with ideas and you sort of are not who the perception is, going in and just whacking obama anybody can do that, and everybody's going to. [laughter] it's not going to get you there. you're going to have to have ideas, and anyone can break through. jon: a wide open race. good to have you guys taking a look at it with us, joe trippi karl rove. talk to you again soon. patti ann: a gruesome discovery inside a suitcase in a major city's downtown. we'll tell you what was inside and other details police know right now. >>> plus the measles outbreak linked to disneyland is spreading once again. how many people are infected now, and what do most of them have in common? >>> and the senate is set to vote on keystone today. we want to hear from you do you support the keystone pipeline? our live chat is up and running. go there now, foxnew