term president this country s ever had and perhaps one of the very best presidents of all time. but he didn t blow his own horn one of his wonderful character traits was to let other people take credit. that was something he was brought up with and that s the way he operated. he was an extraordinarily if you think about it, you go back and look at the record, he was an extraordinarily consequential president of the united states, particularly in the arena of foreign affairs. chris: let me pick up on that with vice president chai any. cheney.i think it s fair to saye centerpiece of the bush presidency was the victory in the gulf war over saddam hussein. what stands out for you about the way that he led that fight and what about the controversy that we continue to hear his decision not to go on to baghdad and tol topple saddam.
approached the mountain top, the helicopter took fire. navy seal fell out. chapman and others save him. chapman was presumed dead as the seals retreated under fire. he wept on to fight for 70 minutes alone on the mountain top. new technology allow you had the air force to re-examine drone footage that showed chapman survived and kept fighting providing cover for another rescue team. when you go back and look at the culmination of all of the footages that we didn t have access to on board the aircraft or in the immediate after math it became clear it was tech sergeant john chapman. by him being there and laying interpretive fire as saye reduced the amount of rounds the enemy was able to put into the side of the helicopter. he sacrificed himself for the came in. seven americans died on that afghan mountain that day. today chapman will finally be honored with a ceremony
the rest of america might actually agree with trump. i don t think it s inherent. it s been so permissible. they see so many idols and celebrities come out and attack trump every since gel day and it s allowed that sort of behavior wasn t allow when obama was office n. office. you didn t see celebrities coming out and saying things about ivank disgusting terms. it has trickled down and seeing people act in a way that never acting right now. ed: interesting. candace, meanwhile, we have a big announcement on monday night from the president going to name next pick from the supreme court. cam lal harri kamala harris saye president is shredding the constitution. before he or she is even named. dianne feinstein seemed to go even further. watch this. american people must know what s at stake in this
the president is responding? will the president have to answer to them? that is a great point. i think the women who elected him would be just fine with what he tweeted. his problem is trying to win over women who did not vote for him and who may think about voting for him. you re right, the marchs w marcw after the election, there will be women coming out to affect the vote. arthel: how does he make it right? with a various follow-up tweet saying i don t condone does anybody think the president condones domestic violence. arthel: we re not saying that, we re just asking him to tweet it, make it right on some level. to tha to tweet that and saye he domestic violence seriously but i m not sure what happened with my staffers.
a direct result of the rather foolish tweet he made some weeks ago alleging that president obama was bugging trump tower. that oblige ed jim comey to saye have no information on that. now the firing has led to all of this including, of course, the reference to tapes and anyone who has been in washington for any period of time with their eyes open, has any history at all, knows history, the word tapes summons up a whole history. that s generally not good. the president just doesn t seem to have any capacity he s engaging and even his supporters perhaps not the hard core supporters but certainly people in the republican party at