After a president from one party has been in there for a couple of terms. But in 1988 the republicans beat those odds. Republican president Ronald Reagan had served for two terms. He was succeeded in office by his republican Vice President , by george h. W. Bush. He was elected in 1988 and sworn in january 1989. And although both those president s, both president bush and president reagan will certainly have their place in the history books, the transition wasnt as easy as you might expect. The elevation from Vice President bush to president bush was a little bit rocky. In his first year especially early on in his first year he suffered in comparison with reagan. Particularly when it came to his instincts around public communication and his handling of the press. Take for example this moment just a few months after poppy bush became president. This was may 1989. In may 1989 president george h. W. Bush decided to make a very controversial, very provocative, very bold Public Statement on
And although both those president s, both president bush and president reagan, will certainly have their place in the history books, the transition wasnt as easy as you might expect. The elevation from Vice President bush to president bush was a little bit rocky. In his first year, especially early on in his first year, he suffered in comparison with president reagan, in particular, when it came to his instincts around public communication and his handling of the press. Take, for example, this moment just a few months after poppy bush became president. This was may 1989. Hed been sworn in in january of that year. In may 1989 president george h. W. Bush decided to make a very controversial, very provocativp, very bold Public Statement on Foreign Policy but did it in the most awkward inexplicable way possible which is exactly how the press reported it. His aides said the situation in panama was relatively quiet today and required no comments from the president , but mr. Bush had a naggin
General. William barr sending a letter to house and Senate Judiciary leaders announcing that the investigation is over. So let me read you the letter in full, okay . So here we go. Heres what it says. It says dear chairman graham, chairman nadler, Ranking Member feinstein, and Ranking Member collins. I write to notify you that special counsel Robert S Mueller iii has concluded his investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters. In addition to this notification, the special counsel regulations require that i provide you with a description, an explanation of instances, if any, in which the attorney general or acting attorney general concluded that a proposed action by a special counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established departmental practices that it should not be pursued. There were no such instances during the special counsels investigation. The special counsel has submitted to me today a confidential report explaining the prosecution
Ineffectually this afternoon, but now it is listen, this is history. This is a reason to stop fishing and go to work. Our job tonight as a country sort of or at least what everybody in the country is going to be doing tonight is trying to figure out what it means that the report of special Counsel Robert Mueller has finally been submitted. Weve heard it said so many times that it was imminent, that it was done. Maybe it was already done and we didnt know about it. Finally its happened. In terms of what that means and what mueller found, we know only the smallest little bits. This is the start of something apparently, not the end of something. I mean, the logistics of today at least we know a little bit about. At 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, the staff of the House Judiciary Committee got a call from the Justice Department that someone would be bringing a letter from the attorney general. Im sure they all immediately guessed what that letter was. A Justice Department staffer or mes messenger
It was bluster, and the wall was a farce. But you know what . Look. I dont have any problem with them building physical barriers. Its just not a panacea. Theres already a physical barrier in a lot of place. There is, but, look, they need more. If they had more, they wouldnt have the flow problems they have right now. I believe that. But they needed more than just that. And you know, tripp, roy, cicilline says we gave them that stuff too. It obviously wasnt enough. Now im going to go down there, and theyi guarantee you theyr going to say, we need, we need, we need. Everybody here is talking about longterm fixes and we have to have a deal and conservative this and longterm that. Deal with it now. Give them what they need. But i dont understand. Why cant he just be honest about it . Why does he have to lie about were already building the new sections of the wall . It is completely, 100 not true. It is a lie. Theres no new wall thats being built. There will be. If he keeps saying it long e