that these former presidents can give the country. i think it s a dose of good medicine for all of us. and it really is the epitome of patriotism. it certainly is. douglas, i want to go to you and ask you about the interview that the new york times did with former president jimmy carter. it was really withone of the mo substantive interviews he s done in a long time, it was with him and the former first lady rosaline. in it he tells he wants to work for president trump to help de-escalate tensions with north korea. what do you make of that? carter has always been that way. since he s left the white house, he tells whoever is president or secretary of state, use me, i m here. and they have. you re looking at 41, president bush there had jimmy carter help during his presidency to monitor elections in nicaragua and
his wife barbara bush there in the audience. really just a rare, unusual i m sorry, laura bush, i should say, really a rare, significant moment for these five past presidents to come together. and i want to bring in our presidential historians again and just kind of sum up what we re seeing there tonight, the five members there of the most exclusive club of the world. all for a good cause to race money for these hurricane victims. michael. well, i was reflects on what douglas had to say about presidents ford and carter, who he s written about and knows their record and their stories very well. these are two men who contested an election fiercely. i actually covered it in new hampshire during the general election and the primaries and i recall how hard they fought. but the dignity and mutual respect that we re seeing here is really remarkable and inspiring. and i think this is something
yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? you re watching life as the five former presidents join each other on strange, all there united as they raise money for hurricane victims. again, this is a very rare, unusual moment there. but they joined each other on stage in texas and i want to bring in our presidential historians again. as you watch that, douglas, what
americans. they withstood the presidency, they re all very public opinion polls have all five of them higher than the sitting president donald trump right now. it a special night in college station, texas, to say i was there when five presidents took the stage. yeah, i mean, no matter what your politics are, it s just an incredible moment. douglas, i want to ask you actually, we re going to listen in on this. please be seated. thank you so much. if tomorrow all the things were gone i worked for all my life in i hf i had to start again just my children and my wife i thank my lucky stars to be
talk about this remarkable moment. joining us is cnn presidential historian douglas blinkly arink micha michael d antonio. well, it very unusual to have five former presidents together. sometimes you see it at an inauguration or at a funeral, but jimmy carter has been very ill, fighting cancer. he said he s feeling better now and has it under control and bush 41 has been confined to a wheel chair and doesn t do many public appearances. so to see them all there and remind our country about the devastation of hurricanes but also the hero imof tism of the responders and volunteers and the fact we can all pitch in a little money and help puerto rico and help the u.s. virgin islands and texas rebound i think is a very heartening and