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With the late president singing to him on his final day. can you describe that? >> well, the president and i had been friends for 19 years. it all came about through barbara, because she ran the literacy program and i had written a book and she asked me would i read an excerpt from it and be part of the program. so i did. when i got down there, president bush said, hey, ronan, dont think for one second youre getting away without singing. and so we became very close and we had a lot of concerts t...

He had ever done. >> chris: yeah, and they both had this tremendous sense of people who have had the advantage is that they had in life, that you give back. the literacy program, he had his thousand points of life, and i remember it when it first came out, when he was running for president in 1988, nobody quite knew what it meant. what it meant was the idea that individuals could do acts of kindness, acts of generosity, give to other people, and really contribute to peoples lives, and she was a ...

That had on me, not being able to read and not understanding and thinking the system would work in my benefit when it didnt, thinking it was going to work on my better half due to the fact i was innocent. when it didnt ever correct itself, me learning to educate myself and learning how to read did something for my self-esteem that made me keep going forward. i started a literacy program to go back into the jails and prisons because i realize that its a lot of individuals my same issue that dont ...

Tobacco, more fish than they are today. this is a state controlled economy that doesnt work and three out of four people still work for that state. how much patience are they gonna have for these tough conditions for a new leader whose name is not castro? thats what well have to wait and see, dana. >> dana: all right steve harrigan, thank you. as the nation mourns the loss of former first lady barbara bush, we speak with a best selling author who kept mrs. bushs literacy program close to his hea...

With susan b. anthony. just as they do with frederick douglass. super important. buried not far from each other in the same graveyard. >> how did you decide on a topic? this one came to you on the amtrak? >> right. >> im always jealous of those folks. there it is! two days later, you produce something. >> right. >> is it always that way or do you have a, do you have sort of a set of issues that you always are looking to delve into? >> definitely things i am passion about and want to take on. i a...

But it makes us no less of a family the same. steve and i are friendly, he is a member of the house republican leadership and i a member of the democratic leadership. we may not agree on just about anything, but we are pleasant to each other, i think that is something the american people need to understand. >> jon: thats the terrible irony, this was in preparation for the baseball game which is a long revered institution where if both sides fight against each other but for a good cause. >> it is...

Political tide here. >> nick, to you in a second but i want to read through the budget items here. cedr scedric richmond said its a moral documents that reveals your priorities. the details of president trumps proposed budget plan combined with the republican bill to repeal and replace the health care act. here is what that picture is starting to look like. budget winners. defense up 10%. veterans affairs up nearly 6%. homeland security up nearly 7%. some of the losers. the epa down nearly 32%. ...

Now, you seem to have shifted your position a little bit now. are you -- clarify something. are you for full funding of pre-k by chthe statement government? >> we put that forward and there was a lawsuit brought under the prior administration. every year ive been in office, weve put more more in k-kre12 education and literacy programs. another $20 million into literacy program to get 15,000 kids struggling reading additional work. so weve invested heavily in education. at the same time, weve cut...

All the people who have gone through that literacy program that started 25 years ago tomorrow. >> i get the sense that it was easier to be the first lady than to be the first mother. >> youre absolutely right. >> just watching that. great job, steve. >> thank you very much. if you want more information about the literacy program, go to barbarabush.org. >> families reading together. i love that. difference maker for sure. in other n crisis in ukraine taking a toll on the markets. but stuart varne...

>> we have a real obsession with the cheneys. so much for progressive tolerance and diversity. >> theyre not very tolerant, are they? >> it is selective. she is a republican so none of those labels apply. suddenly she has to be evil. >> well, ill go further. it is because you dont agree with them. theyll eat their own when necessary. it seems to be the progressive thing. here is, well, mike malloy again. because, you know, i have to play this. i have a point to make on this one. >> if you spend ...