the world trade center came. andy card went in, the white house chief of staff, went many and told the president. in and told the president. and i remember vividly how he walked from that classroom where he d been pushing for the passage of his no child left behind and walked into the room, and the first words he said were, we re at war. and giving the director of get me the director of the fbi and get me the vice president. i saw a man transformed in front of my eyes from a peacetime leader to a wartime leader, and then the resolve and determination to keep our country safe and to bring the people who did this to justice governed his every day, directed his every action for the next seven, over seven years. dana: if i could add to that, one of the things i remember as his press secretary was even in 2008 i remember being on marine one with him, and we were going
all right. i want you to respond. go ahead. well, i can t be concerned with what the president is going to do. i have to just be concerned with what i m going to do. in arizona we have a history of electing independent-minded republicans. barry gold water and john mccain, just two examples. and i think that my constituents expect me not to be a rubber stamp for any president. i didn t always agree with george w. bush. i voted against his no child left behind and the prescription drug benefit. and i expect to vote against this president when i think he s wrong and vote with him when i think he s right. statistics show, by the way, you voted with him so far at least 94, 95% of the time. but you do disagree with him on certain policies. what s the biggest difference that you have with the president? well, with regard to how often i voted with the president, most of what the senate does in the first six months is vote on the
the bush legacy? it seems like a theme park more than a library. you have the bull horn that he used to address the first responders after 9/11. you have suddam hussein s pistol, 9-millimeter glock. it s likethey are pretty shamel about it as you suggested in your lead in. cynthia, the bush library includes a think tank that former president bush calls, quote, a results-oriented institute that will have an effect on our country and we think on the world. the programs highlight economic growth, human freedom, and education reform. now, the guy who gave us no child left behind, the war in iraq, and a recession now wants
gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, i m going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how he s being held? good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, we re going to tell you what we ve been telling all of the news media outlet s that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that we re getting is trickling down and is information that people are getting from the internet. we do have people that are working on our behalves via the u.s. state department and office of senator scott brown, but again, information is we re getting as quick as you guys are getting it as other people are getting it. so actually the family has four people in it. we re just got some news so that s the reason why there s two of us that are not here. and the problem with hearing things from everywhere else, you re getting news that is not really true and you hav
is no child left behind leaving children actually behind? that s the claim a growing number of parents are making and one parent says he s taking an extraordinary step to save his son from what he considers a failing education. tim is leading a boycott against standardized testing. he pulled his 11-year-old son luke out of state exams last week and joins me live now from state college, pennsylvania, to tell us why. good morning, professor, i should say and actually was it your 11-year-old or 8-year-old? it was actually my 11-year-old son luke. and why? well, no child left behind, we ve been looking at. just for background purposes, i was a second grade teacher, a fifth grade teacher and i ve been a teacher educator so i ve been in public education for 20 years and i ve been kind of watching this no child left behind, the detrimental effect it s having on public schools and children and after three years of watching my son participate in classes where i ve seen his curriculum narr