david: george herbert walker bush asked you to help him in his campaign. i said, "well, george, that's a great idea "except i don't know anything about politics. and number 2--i'm a democrat." that's 'cause you were in the white house advising. - well... - [laughter] was it difficult to prepare reagan for the debates? the red light goes on, and he's perfect. david: as secretary of state, your job was to go around and get the coalition put together. james: it was a textbook example of the way to fight a war. davit was the reason you were so successful? james: lucky. woman: would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. i'll just leave itway. all right. david: i don't consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to tak the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? david: do you miss the days when everything you did was or are you quite happy wi

just to write about george herbert walker bush's life. he comes to office with probably more experience in public service than any other president. at least the breath of his experience, the fact that he ran, as you pointed out, character above all. not on issues, not on ideologies, but on character. >> if i could interrupt. the most popular bush commercial in 1988 ended with the narrator saying, i think this is close to getting it verbatim, the more you know about george bush is the more you know this is the best prepared -- not quite verbatim -- no candidate has been better prepared to be president of the united states. and guess who's one of the stars of that commercial. do you remember that one? with an 88 on your back. >> one take johnny. >> you actually remember the day that was done? >> not the actual day. >> it was up in maine, i think. >> it was. >> and that's why the defeat for re--election was so crushing because he did believe in character above all and although he came close to bill clinton later on in life when they were bot

and the new president, president george herbert walker bush, had offered me--the second day as president-elect,. he offeris me 3 jobs in his admation. and i thanked him for the offer. i didn't say no right away. i went to see the chief of staff of the army, general vuono, and i said, "chief, if you want me back d have something "for me, i'd be--that's what i want to do, but if it's "too difficult and my u rewy career so far, if ink it's ti me to leave, just say so and, you know, i'm gone." and he said, "no, we nt you back, we have a position for you," and i said, "thank you." and then i went back to the wh and the president was there with the vice president, and i ththe vice president for his offers, but, no, i'm going back to the army. i'm going to be the commander of the forces command," it was called, and president reagan said, "well, is that a promopron?" i said, "yes, mrident. i'll be getting my fourth star." he said, "oh, that's good," in that typical reaganesque fashion, yeah. i'm in atlanta, georgia, with a great command, a beautiful house, nice headquarters, and i'm at a conference, i

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next, a look at the legacy of former president george herbert walker bush and his wife barbara. the former president's grandson, george p. bush,

he beat george bush, george herbert walker bush and a straw poll leading up to the caucus that the republicans held. his strong showing. it was a key point because it brought a lot of religious conservatives into acting politics before religious conservatives felt that they should stay away from politics. that politics was dirty and they shouldn't get involved in it. -- many of them are party leaders. religious conservatives, evangelical voters on the right, have played an important role to point out where the criticism on the republican side is made that really the role of republican caucuses seem to do is decide which religious conservatives they are going to elevate. host: we are going to move to the next election cycle in 2000. the nation was just coming off the impeachment of president clinton on the democratic side. al gore, the incumbent vice president competed in the state has been bill bradley, former new jersey senator. vice president al gore was 63%. the top three resulted getters in the state of iowa, senator john mccain i passed iowa that year. what should we know about the 2000 c

. >> the other thing in 1980 was the rise of george herbert walker bush, who beat ronald reagan in the caucuses, a surprising finisher who goes on and winds up being vice president through it he coined the phrase, i have momentum. that is one of the things candidates today look for. one of the other significant things, jimmy carter as president worked i will hard. -- worked iowa hard. started tonedy challenge jimmy carter, he lost ontoe in florida, he is iowa and jimmy carter laid a trap for him here and beat him 221. farm, a at a friend's hot summer afternoon before jimmy carter's first nomination, it on job people came down this farm lane and got off their bikes and he came over to us and said, my name is jimmy carter. who is jimmy carter? that is how he played iowa. he bicycled through counties and aher places, even went to farm where there were a few people to introduce himself. good interpersonal relations. >> we her 1984. -- we moved to 1984. >> it was a small democratic field, compared to this cycle. had mondale, who was the favorite. nationally and in iowa. then you had a host

we were talking in 1980 about george herbert walker bush getting momentum, winning over ronald reagan who would get the nomination. in 1988, reagan's term limit ended. bush will run for a term. he comes in third in the caucuses. dole from kansas will win the caucuses. sandwiched in between bob dole and bush is pat robertson. another parallel because here is someone who kind of came out of nowhere, was a televangelist, never held elected office, and is able to bring attention to himself because he beat expectations, gets media attention, not just in the state, but after he comes in, a surprising second to parlay that into making a campaign of it across the country. wounding bush somewhat in the process. bush will go on to win the nomination. another thing we see in 1988, iowans like candidates from neighboring states. bob dole from kansas does win. sometimes they gets a candidate a little bit of credibility. we are seeing that potentially with amy klobuchar. david: the next few races, we are going to quickly skip. in 1992, there was no republican count. president bush was running for r

herbert walker bush. we should help each others. the words of bash rear bush. we know them as the president and first lady. the people of houston know them and knew them as kind and wonderful and thoughtful neighbors. that's the reason why so much of houston is named after 41 and his wife barbara. they are special people indeed and special time in american history they devoted their life to public service, first here in the house of representatives, where george h.w. bush served for a short period of time. and then as ambassador to the nations and director of the c.i.a. and ambassador to china. sadly we lost him in november of 2018, just a few months after his wife bash rar passed away on april 17, 2018. we know of their devotion to the american people. and what we have before us is legislation that authorizes the u.s. mint to make $1 coins to honor the lives of former president and first lady bush. startedcades of service in world war ii and he was shut down in the pacific. we know his full life of servi

and then your friend george herbert walker bush says he wants to run for president. reagan's two terms are gonna be u george bush is vice-president, and he asks you to helprun. james: yeah. david: so were you reluctant to leave as secretary of treasury to do that? well, i was gonna do it. i d s gonna do it, if he as to. i didn't like the idea of having to get back into the grubby, nitty-gritty of politics, leave the treasu's-- actually, bush is behind for quite a bit the campaign, catches up, wins. i'and then do you say, "ok ready to go back to houston?" no, he knew i wanted to be secrety of state. david: and he offered you that right away. james: yeah, the next day. david: so, as secretary oftate, you had to deal james: yeah, th a number of problems. one of them was the invasion of kuwait by saddam hussein. your job was to go around and get thcoalition put together and also to raise the money to pay for it. and was that hard to do? james: well, it's the first and only time it's ever been done. so i tell people it textbook example of a way to fight a war. you tell th

rubenstein: another member of the george herbert walker bush faecides to run for president-- george w. bush. ri: yes. rubenstein: you become the national security advisor, the first woman to be national security advisor... rice: yes. rubenstein: so you're there, and then 9/11 happens... rice: yes. rubenstein: so where were you on 9/11? rice: 9/11, i was at my desk. you'll remember that at that event in florida, the education event, and,e-ust to show you our 11 thinking, i did not go with him that day. my assistant came in, said a plane had hit the world trade center. first, we thought it was an accident. i called president bush. then a few minutes later, we learned the second plane hit the world trade center. we knew now it was a terrorist attack and then just a procession over the day and really the next several months of just hobson choice after hobson choice after hobson choice for the president of the united states. the united states had not been attacked on its own territory since the war of 1812. we had no structures, no institutions for internal security for the country. it was

and then finally, in 1992, after the soviet union collapses, of all people, it's george herbert walker bush, who says, well, maybe now that the soviet union h has collapse, we can ratify the civivil and polititical covenant of the universal declaration of human rigights. and he does, but we still haven't had a conversation about the economic and social rights covenant. so this is all, you know, if we are fortunate enough to have a decent visionary and human rights activist elected to the presidedency, ththis is the e unfinished busis and the legacy of eleanor rose. amy: i wanted to turn to eleanor roososevelt speaeaking in 191, on the anniversary of the uniniversal declaration of human rights, which of course she helped to write about the linkk between human rights and peace. mrs. roosevelt: if she observed these rights for ourselves and d for othersrs, i think k we will find ththat it is easasie in the worldld to build peacee becacause war destroys all maman rights andnd freedom, so in fighting for those, we f fight foreace.. amy: c compare h her to otother leadining politicians today

and then finally, in 1992, after the soviet union collapses, of all people, it's george herbert walker bush, who says, well, maybe now that the soviet union h has collapse, we can ratify the civivil and polititical covenant of the universal declaration of human rights. and he does, but we still haven't had a conversation about the economic and social rights covenant. so this is all, you know, if we are fortunate enough to have a decent visionary and human rights activist elected to the presidedency, ththis is the e unfinished busis and the legacy of eleanor rose. amy: i wanted to turn to eleanor roososevelt speaeaking in 191, on the anniversary of the uniniversal declaration of human rights, which of course she helped to write about the linkk between human rights and peace. mrs. roosevelt: if she observed these rights for ourselves and d for othersrs, i think k we will find that it is easasie in the worldld to build peacee becacause war destroys all maman rights andnd freedom, so in fighting for those, we f fight foreace.. amy: c compare h her to otother leadining politicians today. i

walker bush. so tell us about your career path. how did you get her today? is this what you wanted to be when you were ten years old, saying, when i grow up, i want to be. >> yes. well, i've all planned this out since i was four -- no, no idea whatsoever. i would probably say two things about it. the thing that when i look back on it and think about it, it is all for me about taking risks, and people always say this, but it's true. it's about stepping out of your comfort zone. when i do things, whether it was the white house or the u.s. attorney's office, those were all things that came based on the work. there would be no reason why a poor girl from northeast washington, d.c., who had no political contacts, parents had no money, that i would end up working in the white house or in the u.s. attorney's office. and it was just really sort of based on -- you know, based on the work, which i think is important. the other thing i would say, as well, is that people always say to find your passion, and i

steve: a grandson of the late george herbert walker bush launching a bid in texas. pierce bush seen right there in first run for office is jumping into one of the nation's most crowded congressional races in 2020. he has aligned himself with president trump. congressional candidate pierce bush joins us from houston. houston, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. thank you so much for having me on. steve: it's a real pleasure to have you as well. i understand you are going to support 100 percent the president's agenda. why is that? >> >> when you look at the results for our country it's hard to argue with the president has done incredible job. record low unemployment. the usmca, trade deal. he is a strong fighter for our nation's national security. you know, the most important job a president has is keeping our country safe and definiting oudefending our libed president trump has kept his word and doing a good job and deserves to be reelected. steve: i think the president would take that sort of endorsement from a bush family member. you say that the country i

walker bush. so tell us about your career path. how did you get her today? is this what you wanted to be when you were ten years old, saying, when i grow up, i want to be. >> yes. well, i've all planned this out since i was four -- no, no idea whatsoever. i would probably say two things about it. the thing that when i look back on it and think about it, it is all for me about taking risks, and people always say this, but it's true. it's about stepping out of your comfort zone. when i do things, whether it was the white house or the u.s. attorney's office, those were all things that came based on the work. there would be no reason why a poor girl from northeast washington, d.c., who had no political contacts, parents had no money, that i would end up working in the white house or in the u.s. attorney's office. and it was just really sort of based on -- you know, based on the work, which i think is important. the other thing i would say, as well, is that people always say to find your passion, and i