and i was happy to serve them. i also like jeb. he s a good man. he was a good governor in florida. i have not endorsed him for president. i ll watch with interest how the campaign develops. reporter: six months ago, he was the presumptive front-runner. he s raised more than $100 million. why do you think he s struggling so? i can give you the same answer, jamie. i m not going to get into the business of rating candidates or trying to analyze them or to do your job of analyzing how the candidates are doing. i ll pass. reporter: get your popcorn ready. it is the summer of donald trump, ladies and gentlemen. what do you think of donald trump? i don t know the man. i ve never met him. reporter: watching this whole spectacle, what do you think? well, again, he s a candidate and i don t want to be in the business of rating candidates at this point, of grading them. i have not signed on with anybody and don t plan to today. reporter: you re not endorsing donald trump today?
anyone. but who do you think is the best person to turn things around? well, we have not endorsed anybody and don t plan to today, jamie. reporter: i have to try. you have to. it s a legitimate question. but our concern really is the policy, the issues, the importance of having national security front and center in connection with the campaign. reporter: when you look at the republican field, are you confident that everyone out there could get the job done? i wouldn t go that far. but i think it s a good field. reporter: you want to tell me who you wouldn t be comfortable supporting? no, i don t think i ll do that. reporter: mr. cheney, you were jeb bush s father s secretary of defense. you were his brother s vice president. some people could wonder why it s just not natural for you to endorse jeb. well, i was happy to serve in those prior administrations. i ve got great respect for both president bushs. they gave me great opportunity
one of the reasons we got osama bin laden is because of the enhanced interrogation program that we put in place and that he canceled. the drone program that he s used effectively was invented by george w. bush. reporter: liz, in the book you write that he wants to diminish america. he s done everything within his power to diminish us. he seems to think, for example, if he cuts our nuclear arsenal, he s said that will help us have the credibility to tell the iranians or the north koreans that they should limit their own nuclear ambitions. it s fantasy, it s dangerous and it s wrong. and the next president is going to have a heck of a job digging us out of this hole. reporter: you write that america is at a hinge point in history and it s vital voters carefully pick the next president. i know you re not endorsing anyone. but who do you think is the best person to turn things around? well, we have not endorsed anybody and don t plan to today, jamie.
donald trump at least not yet. this coming from a cnn interview, the former vice president and his daughter liz cheney promoting the new book exceptional, why the world needs a powerful america. cnn s special correspondent asked the cheneys why they think trump is on the top of the polls. okay, get your popcorn ready. [ laughter ] it is the summer of donald trump, ladies and gentlemen. what do you think of donald trump? i don t know the man. i ve never met him. watching this whole spectacle, what do you think? well, again, he s a candidate and i don t want to be in the business of rating candidates a that point or grading them. i have not signed on with anybody and i m don t plan to today. you re not endorsing donald trump today? you can even that s a given. i m not endorsing donald trump today. so let me try it this way. why do you think he s doing so well in the polls? i ve been surprised that he s done as well as he has. i think most of us have on the
thanks for that. yes, we brought you the interview with become promoting his book with his daughter, liz. the former vice president now weighing in, sort of, on donald trump s remarkable summer. okay, get your popcorn ready. it is the summer of donald trump, ladies and gentlemen. what do you think of donald trump? i don t know the man, i have never met him. watching this spectacle, what do you think? he s a candidate and i don t want to be in the business of rating candidates, grading them. i have not signed on with anybody and don t plan to today. you are not endorsing donald trump today? that s a given, i m not endorsing donald trump. let me try it this way, why do you think he s doing so well in the polls. i am surprised he has done as well as he has.