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In virginia and i had a stack of all the interviews i had done with him from my book "the commanders: the first gulf war." and i said, this is the christmas present. these are copies of everything you said. and he looked at me and he said, i know what youre doing. i know you want me to know what i said. and i said, exactly. >> hmm. i want to play more of the interview that you had with -- with secretary powell. at one point during the phone call, his wife called -- called to him. i just want to ...

Was going in, specifically in the trump direction? >> well, remember with general powell, the republican party to him was the party of reagan. and he had served there as national security adviser. so many people who supported him in those days were in fact republican leaders. he went on to serve with president george h.w. bush sr. as well as george w. bush. so that was the republican party to colin powell. and obviously the republican party has morphed since then and has taken a different turn. ...

His former party and really the direction the party was going in, specifically in the trump direction? >> well, remember with general powell, the republican party to him was the party of reagan, and he had served there as national security adviser. so many people who supported him in those days were, in fact, republican leaders. he went on to serve with president george h.w. bush sr. as well as george w. bush. so that was the republican party to colin powell. and obviously the republican party h...

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>> colin powell and i want to take just a second to express my deepest condolences to alma, his wife, his son, michael, and the entire powell family. the world lost one of the greatest leaders that we have ever witnessed. alma lost a great husband. and the family lost a tremendous father. and i lost a tremendous personal friend and mentor. he has been my mentor for a number of years. he always made time for me and i could also go to him with tough issues. he always had great counsel. we will cer...

Run for reelection. in 1996 he would be the republican candidate opposing bill clinton and it was a very powerful draft campaign. coincidentally, i was at abc at the time and the bosses said to me if he runs you will cover colin powells campaign. everybody thought he would be in. it was a real big push. and finally in the end he decided not to. one of the reasons and i suspect you were alluding to this. his wife, alma. they loved each other so deeply. was quite concerned about an african-america...

Did. president biden said today that powell embodied the highest ideas of warrior and diplomat and added this. >> its not only a dear friend and a patriot, one of our great military leaders and a man of overwhelming decency. this is a guy born son of immigrants in new york city raised in harlem in the south bronx, graduated from city college of new york. and he rose to the highest ranks not only in the military but also in areas of foreign policy and state craft. >> ultimately, powell will be re...

Powell as a soldier. >> bill: i think with colin powell, when you say his name it drips of credibility within the military and also political life in washington, d.c. its my sense, bret, that over the past decade he largely disappeared from public life. not entirely but to a large extent he did. you live in that town. is that your impression? >> yeah, he did for the most part. you would see him at big events and the luminaries would come out for the big black tie every now and then. you are righ...

Influence as a role model and a voice on national and international affairs throughout his life. what we have learned about his passing is that he had been hospitalized at the walter reed national military medical center in bethesda and had been ill, treated for a form of cancer multiple milo ma, and then covid. his family indicates that he was fully vaccinated, and yet, complications of covid brought his life to an end. a very sad thing for his family. his wife, alma, married nearly a half cent...