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>> its an elegant building just like the chairman of the design committee. >> you will have all of the living presidents there for the dedication. >> you bet. >> what have you learned from the formers? your dad, president clinton, president carter, about how to be most effective? >> life doesnt end after youre president. in other words, youre going 100 miles an hour and in my case we walk up in crawford and i was going zero. the challenge is how to live life to its fullest. in my case, ive chose...

Concerned about why people did what during my presidency, im more concerned about being an effective person for the rest of my life. i know this, laura and i gave the presidency eight years of our lives. we gave it our all, made the best judgment calls i could. didnt compromise my principles, and im a content man. and im excited about what were going to do here. >> you made two trips to africa since leaving office. i understand a third one coming up. >> yes, sir. >> what draws you there? >> the ...

Effective in a post presidency? >> you learn life doesnt end after youre president. the challenge is how to live life to the fullest. ive chosen to do so outside the limelight. i am confident when this chapter of our life is finished we have advanced as far as peace and freedom and helped improve the human condition. >> theyre all up there on the stage. it was interesting just a few minutes ago when we saw mrs. obama walk in laura bush was walking in as well. hillary clinton with the former pres...

>> dana: this day was in tanzania. do you remember the girl singing the song to you. >> yes, i do. ♪ ♪ >> dana: you have this amazing look of love, care, and gratitude for them. >> yeah, i do. our trips to africa were -- opening and enabling women to have proper perspective. it stirs your heart because you want to help. i believe the human condition matters to the national security of the united states. i believe its important to serve others. >> you have a letter in here to a big rock star....

43, i just started crying at that point and i couldnt stop until the end. >> when you sat down and you interviewed him, you made some news on many subjects. we will hear more about it on "the five." we have a clip queued up about his work with bono. >> africa is a huge part of what he did. caring for people -- freedom is the theme throughout the museum. from global poverty and disease is one of those. i talk to him about something people dont realize he has a good friend in rock star bono. >> ou...

Or id "f" with him, whatever, you know. he was just a good guy. >> the death of our brother luke recalls our human condition and the brevity of our lives on earth. >> even though they were on opposite sides of the law, they still had a decades old relationship. >> i knew luke for 30 years, and i loved him. he was a good guy. >> any time he would open his mouth and tell a story, i made sure i had time to listen to him. >> we spent many, many hours playing pinochle, watching baseball games, and i ...

Back from the chow line, hed knock on my window and say, hey, what are you doing? whats up? or id "f" with him, whatever, you know. he was just a good guy. >> the death of our brother luke recalls our human condition and the brevity of our lives on earth. >> even though they were on opposite sides of the law, they still had a decades old relationship. >> i knew luke for 30 years, and i loved him. he was a good guy. >> any time he would open his mouth and tell a story, i made sure i had time to l...

Things, things that are extremely important. and that noticing is something that we associate with the contemplative life in religion. and it is the same skill set. and i think baseball in a special way, if not a unique way, inculcates that for the real fan. >> that relationship to time which is fundamentally different than football, basketball, is part of what really does that for you. and also, i want you to talk about a relationship to a team. you are a yankee fan. >> thank you. >> being part...

Is a constitutional right, what will you say to gays who are good catholics, attend church every week, who say, who believe that god made them that way and who want to commit to a partner? >> we are always welcoming of everyone. the catholic church welcomes everyone. but the catholic church also reminds all of us there is a moral law. they are the commandments of god and we have to do our best to live by them. we announce that from the pull pulpit and try to meet people where they are and walk w...

It still surprises me at times hearing some of these inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent wo...