our leadoff discussion on this friday night, susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today. she also happens to be the author of the matriarch: barbara bush and the making of an american dynasty. jonathan lemire, and jonathan allen, a veteran political reporter who happens to be our nbc news national political reporter. good evening and welcome to you all. susan, i d like to begin with you. where the shattering of norms are concerned, how big a week have we just witnessed, remembering this is summer vacation for the president? you know, i actually think the controversy over israel denying entry to two american members of congress at the urging of the president was shocking. even in 2 1/2 years of things we say break the norms, this is one i think crosses a new line, for
our leadoff discussion on this friday night, susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today. she also happens to be the author of the matriarch: barbara bush and the making of an american dynasty. jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. and jonathan allen, a veteran political reporter who happens to be our nbc news national political reporter. good evening and welcome to you all. susan, i d like to begin with you. where the shattering of norms are concerned, how big a week have we just witnessed, remembering this is summer vacation for the president? you know, i actually think the controversy over israel denying entry to two american members of congress at the urging of the president was shocking. even in 2 1/2 years of things we say break the norms, never
our friend, the retired general barry mccaffrey among them. and sully, the service dog, arrived on capitol hill along with people who have benefited from the americans with disabilities act that bush signed back in 1990. with me in washington tonight, susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today, also happens to be the author of the matriarch: barbara bush and the making of an american dynasty. and michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian, whose books include this one about the bush 41 presidency at the highest levels, the inside story of the end of the cold war. and most recently his new book, presidents of war. 41 is in both of your works. susan, you were the last journalist, non-historian but working grind it out journalist to interview it turns out both barbara and george. what was that experience like? of course not knowing there wouldn t be any more interviews. you know, it was a great privilege.
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have is a pattern of everyone around him being nailed in some fashion for lying, for saying the wrong thing, for lying about the contacts with russia, but trump saying they are saying i didn t do anything. i didn t do it. i had no part in this. and without proof, you know, that is reasonable doubt, in my view. all right, benjamin and betsy, thank you both for being with us. still ahead much more as we remember former president george h. w. bush and we ll talk to deputy chief of standpoint andy card. plus barbara bush biograph engineer sbiographer susan page and the president s final moments. a spokesman tweeted this photo last night of the form