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>> being commander-in-chief is all about making decisions. president george w. bush spoke to me about some of the most important choices both professional and personal. >> i have a book "decision points" and since you guys just read it i thought i would have president bush tell a story about, do you remember in the rose garden when you said, i am the decider? >> i read the front page i know the speculation. i am decider. i decide whats best. >> not long after that you were thinking about the boo...

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And numerous exhibits dedicated to the presidency and including september 11th. ed gillespie, former counsel to president george w. bush. he is with me now. good morning to you. i can imagine you have the thoughts and feelings you have looking at eight years of your own life there. youve been inside. visitors have not. what will they see when they visit? >> well it is a beautiful facility, bill and it is very interesting, you know you mentioned all the memorabilia but there is natural flow to it...

E-mails. all of that stuff has been archived. its all here in the library, all here in the museum. a really big day. event get underway at 10:00 local time, 11:00 eastern. were going to have it for you at fox news. >>steve: when the president came out with his book called decision points, there are a couple of points inside the library where you are given a situation and you essentially become the president. you decide what to do; right? >> right. its called decision point theater. its an intera...

>> thanks for having us on. its great to be here. >> brian: i know you got a quick preview. i guess andy, you have such a history with the bushes. as you walked around that facility, what did you take away from it? >> first of all, this is not a tribute to george w. bush. this is a tribute to what did he as president. and its really an objective presentation. the decision points makes all the difference in the world for this experience because you get brought back in time in trying to feel what ...

Ironic. the president accomplished things. there was a valuable response to 9/11 and some other things that are less valuable, right? so what, how does this library and museum deal with it? obviously, talk a little about guantanamo. do they talk about tort you, they talk about the strong response after 9/11? do they talk about the mission accomplished moment? how do they deal with this? >> i havent been down there to see the exhibits. i was there about a month or two before they were put in. i a...

Didnt come to the table to show cards. the republicans and certainly the talk, talk radio circuit was really difficult. i remember we used to ask tony snow when he was press secretary, go on all the talk radio shows. put him in the room for an hour. bring him vanilla latte anytime he wanted it and get him to talk to people to understand what was going on. i think the bill failed because of politics. reading today in president bushs book "decision points" he says he wished he had done immigration...

>> we have brought from price waterhouse cooper willie geist, whos been an accountant there for 47 years. willie, youve been protecting this list. it under lock and key. this is exciting. am i on the list? >> whos the most sought after dinner companion? >> hmm. >> number 10. >> yeah. >> colin powell. >> okay. >> number 9, warren buffett. >> okay. >> surprised? >> i dont know. hes got like billions and billions of dollars. maybe hell tip you. >> number 8. >> like $300 million before he leaves the...

Feel great. but in policy, the gay rights legacy of the bill clinton administration is the defense of marriage ask and dont ask, dont tell. awesome. does the presidents personal feeling about gay people make that policy legacy any better or worse? not substantively. but the connection between personal beliefs and the wielding of political power is a very, very thin connection on this issue. so when george w. bush writes on page 69 of his memoir, "decision points," when he pats himself on the bac...

Page 69 of his memoir, "decision points," when he pats himself on the back for telling vice president dick cheney, that, quote, i could not careless less about the sexual orientation of dick cheneys daughter, mary. when he pats himself on the back about that, about how personally tolerant he is, that does not make me feel better about president george w. bushs record, as a campaigner who got re-elected in part about making gay peoples lives more miserable. it does not make me feel better. it als...