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Vacations are nothing new. teddy roosevelt would escape the nation's capital to hunt out west. ronald reagan would ride horse back at his retreat in california. george hw bush in kennebunkport, maine. >> have you talked to the situation room? >> i talked to them at 5:30 and i'm not taking any more comments. >> reporter: as for bill clinton he'd travel the country with his family. while presidents received criticism for decades for their time outside the oval office -- >> i recommend it. >> reporter: the scrutiny really stepped up during the george w. bush administration. >> i call upon all nat...

Bush like many other presidents argued that getting out of the white house bubble was a good thing. >> life is a series of contrasts. and i like it here a lot. i really do. i'm in my element here. it's just -- we really like it. but i also like, you know, i wouldn't have run for president if i didn't like the challenge. >> reporter: president obama faced similar criticism. as he embarked on annual trips to martha's vineyard and hawaii. >> now i'm going on vacation. >> reporter: and now as president trump heads out, he'll likely be on the receiving end of those same critiques he made before tak...

Which he handled things. then he would try to correct the record in some way. more confusion. the testimony was the final statement. if you're going to make a misstatement, making them a statement that someone forwarded thousands of emails. that's a huge mistake. stick with the real test is are there going to get someone who s nonpolitical? >> kat: it's a little impossible. >> eboni: it's not. i hope they hire and internal candidate. there are good men and women who work for the doj. they take pride in what they do and want to restore the credibility of the office and they are above politics. ...

Before but haven't done that. >> as nbc's kerry sanders explains, it's now coming to the united states. >> reporter: it's heart pounding and terrifying and every rear in pamplona, spain, hundreds run, some fall and sometimes die, at least 15 since 1924. >> it's amazing the size. >> reporter: for brad and rob, it just didn't seem right that the only way to run with the bulls was to travel to spain. their idea, an american bull run, coming to ten u.s. cities. >> that thrill, the adrenaline rush that you get from putting yourself in more tall danger and then coming out on the other side victoriou...

>> 35 miles an hour. >> yes, sir. >> so somebody's going to get run over? >> somebody is going to get run over. >> reporter: the bulls will be released on closed courses with the first run set for virginia at the end of the month. unlike the streets in spain, here there will be cutouts where slow runners can escape. some disapprove. this seems barbaric and senseless to me. others can't wait. i want to experience as much as i can before i can't. the humane society is opposed to the event. the usda tells nbc news it's carefully examining this issue. as a vet, will there be any harm to the bulls?...