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You could just tell that president bush really, really cared about sports. he called me one time after the mike tyson ear biting, and he wanted to know what kind of a guy mike tyson was. i said, hes wonderful to be around, and he had made a despicable, horrible mistake and incident that night, but a just break into so much that i thought that tyson was wonderful and he said, i dont want to judge him. hes a great boxer. he was really interested in so many different sports, and had a genuine love....

Teamed up and flip the coin. you could tell president bush really cared about sports. he called me one time after the mike tyson year biting and wanted to know what kind of a guy mike tyson was. i said he is wonderful to be around. he made a despicable horrible mistake that night, but it brightens him so much that tyson was wonderful. i dont want to judge him. hes a great boxer but he was interested in so many different sports and had genuine love, great to be around. i asked how many games he w...

Describing the moment after his plane was head. he was the last veteran of that war to serve as president of the united states. joining with me is army colonel lawrence wilkerson. he served as chief of staff to colin powell. thank you for being here. there is relevance in a continuing time of war to a president understanding service in the way that george h.w. bush did, but also to his very personal experience with it. >> absolutely. there were no bone spurs for h.w. bush, no "other priorities" ...

Congress should be brought in, and through them the american people should be brought in so there would be more consensus about that conflict. in the end, david a you may remember, it was a very close vote. i was up on the hill working it. we won by thee votes. it was very close. but in retrospect it was the right thing to do and it reflected the fact he served in congress and understood congress and understood the role they could play. >> andy card, what are you reflections, in hindsight, it we...

Man. >> from your advantage from the east wing, talk about your personal reflections when dealing with the 41st president. >> i first met with george bush when i worked for him, too. i worked for president reagan and became director of white house personnel for george h.w. bush and got to know him, mrs. bush. they were just terrific people. and then of course in the bush 43 administration when i was in the east wing, i would see the 41s when they would come to visit at the white house and it alw...

One new student. now the state of alabamas first african american congresswoman. and in walks this tall elegant woman from the south side of chicago. her big thing was that you belong here. she said that more than once to me. it was reassuring. for a person from little selma, alabama, who wasnt sure she belonged at an ivy league university. >> michelle graduated with honors and a degree in sociology. she grappled with what to do next. >> she was looking to sort of explore the connection between ...

Now the state of alabamas first african american congresswoman. and in walks this tall elegant woman from the south side of chicago. her big thing was that you belong here. she said that more than once to me. it was reassuring. >> michelle graduated with honors and a degree in sociology. she grappled with what to do next. >> she was looking to sort of explore the connection between community and law. she was grounded in public service. >> she set her sights on harvard law school. >> her mentor s...

Said -- he talked about political dingbatery and i think edmund burke first wrote that in reflections, but this political dingbatery i think is natural for a guy that didnt plan on winning the presidency, didnt expect on winning the presidency and really never bothered to figure out the basics of politics 101, that you win by getting 51% of the vote, you lose when you are like in the low to mid 40s. >> yeah, the presidents electoral college victory was pretty remarkable. his popular vote victory...

This devastation. you can only imagine what president trump is thinking as he stands looking around at that fire-ravaged scene, after all of the controversy and now playing the role of consoler in chief. at some point today we may hear from the president. of course we will bring you those words when we do in fact hear from him and his reflections on what hes seen there. meanwhile, facebook is under fire and capitol hill is starting to fan the flames. on wednesday the "new york times" published a...

Multi-klture center on campus. her sophomore year she was a mentor for incoming freshman to help them adjust to life at princeton. one new student. now the state of alabamas first african american congresswoman. and in walks this tall elegant woman from the south side of chicago. her big thing was that you belong here. she said that more than once to me. it was reassuring. >> michelle graduated with honors and a degree in socialology. she grappled with what to do next. >> she was looking to sort...