Tree, what kind of tree would you be . It was like a hardhitting interview question. President bush says well barbara, i am not a tree. I am a bush. [applause] and i said i am voting for him. So living life with that gentle, witty human it has been a plus to be around him and embrace my own humility and the importance of character. Elections are about character. The people you surround yourself with their character sticks out. I didnt realize i wrote a book about this until megyn kellys husband said this is a parent book about living with character and surrounding yourself with people of character. So i had worked on many other books. Before i was a White House Press secretary i was a deputy. I always say take a deputy job. You work holidays and weekends but you get to know the boss and learn the job so when there is an opportunity you can step up. I left the white house and i was called upon to work on doing publicity for karl roves book, laura bushs book and i got a call from 43 and
That. The guy who edits president bush, keep him in mind. He knew me and asked if i had a book. And he said what about your stories and he said you tell Great Stories about president bush. And i remembered i took the from the amtrak train and it was in my wallet for three years. All of a sudden i pulled it out and said i have do this. This is my book proposal a. Ripped up piece of paper folded in my wallet for three years. Sean looked at it and said leave this with me and went to this bosses and said we should do a book and they said that book will never sell and if you want to do something political we will help you. I said i am not doing that. I was a little humilitated. And then sean went to another publisher, my publisher. He said what if you did your book here. His team gave him a lot of room to run and he helped me structure the book. I wanted to fill in the gaps of history about president bush and provide mentoring advice to young people who didnt go to Ivy League Colleges or yo
Sort of caught up with him the river was why it was made into a movie. So ive been back to savannah few times it is kind of sentimental being here. So what happened is my publicist told me almost a year ago Something Like that and just as we were making preparations for my book on the oregon trail that there is this think of the savannah book festival. I did not pay much attention at the time because theres so many other things going on but i just assumed it would be the kind of venue like most of my talks were. I go to give a Powerpoint Presentation and i have a nice one, ill show them what the oregon trail actually looks like today and explain how we became the first, my brother and i became the first to cross the trail. After that i do somebody readings from my book and everything is great. So i do not think much about it and then back in november i called out and i said i wouldnt make sure you have a power play presentation ready, my reading, my talk, and they said oh you dont have
People hed been shot in the leg. Police have not identified that victim for his own safety. The second victim is also a witness. That persons safety is of concern, and he has been interviewed by our investigators the chief says investigators have not come up with a reason for the shooting yet although officers are convinced it wasnt a random driveby type incident. Tonight on tv 9 news at 6 ill tell you about another shooting at this complex in a parking lot last fall. Cedar Rapids Police recorded six homicide cases last year with one remaining unsolved. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Remember, whenever you see news, call newsline nine at 3193659999. You can also and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Lets turn now to our waverly city cam. You can see the flag blowing in the wind on this blustery day. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, when will those winds start dying down . As a major winter storm moves east across the great lakes and ohio valley our wea
High pressure will continue to bring above average temperatures along with generally light winds through the rest of the week. Valley inversions will continue to trap pollutants and may create hazy conditions as well. No precipitation is forecast through the end of the work week, today is the New Hampshire primary. Most people will be going to the polls very soon but some have already cast their votes. In the small town of Dixville John Kasich won among republicans three votes to Donald Trumps two. And for the democrats Bernie Sanders got four votes while Hillary Clinton got none. Town of harts location, with five votes. Trump got four and Chris Christie two. Sanders won the democratic contest with twelve votes to clintons seven. Wpvo former new york city mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg says hes considering a run for president this year. Bloomberg took aim at the overall tone of this years campaign, saying the public deserves better. This is the first time bloomberg has openly