{"id":1788,"date":"2017-02-17T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2017-02-17T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:58:35","slug":"nbc-news-exclusive-president-george-w-bush-sits-down-with-matt-lauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/02\/17\/nbc-news-exclusive-president-george-w-bush-sits-down-with-matt-lauer\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SITS DOWN WITH MATT LAUER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Three-Part Live Interview Airs\u00a0Monday, February 27\u00a0on NBC News&#8217; TODAY and Includes a Facebook Live Portion\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Additionally, President Bush Will Sit Down with Willie Geist For an Interview Airing Sunday, March 5 on &#8220;Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0February 17, 2017\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0In an exclusive first interview, former President George W. Bush will sit down with Matt Lauer live, in-studio on NBC News&#8217; TODAY. President Bush will unveil his\u00a0new project, \u201cPortraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief\u2019s Tribute to America\u2019s Warriors,\u201d a book and special exhibit at The Bush Center featuring his oil paintings and stories of 98 military service members.\u00a0Bush will be joined in studio by four wounded warriors featured in the book. The interview will air in three parts\u00a0Monday, February 27\u00a0on TODAY including a Facebook Live portion.\u00a0The announcement was made this morning on TODAY: <a href=\"http:\/\/on.today.com\/2kFzKJy\">http:\/\/on.today.com\/2kFzKJy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Each day leading up to the interview,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/rtwayzrv\/www.today.com\">TODAY.com<\/a>\u00a0will feature a video highlighting a wounded warrior from Bush&#8217;s book. Ten\u00a0portraits from the book,\u00a0excerpts read aloud by the president, and\u00a0interviews with the veterans\u00a0will be featured in the videos online. The\u00a0first video is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/on.today.com\/2lqQhVE\">http:\/\/on.today.com\/2lqQhVE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">The full three-part interview will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/rtwayzrv\/www.today.com\">TODAY.com<\/a>\u00a0following\u00a0the broadcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Following his appearance on TODAY, President Bush will also sit down with Willie Geist at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The interview will air Sunday, March 5 on &#8220;Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">For more information contact:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Megan Stackhouse<b><br \/>\n<\/b>NBC News<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">e: <a href=\"mailto:megan.kopf@nbcuni.com\">megan.kopf@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">p: 212-664-6205<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-Part Live Interview Airs\u00a0Monday, February 27\u00a0on NBC News&#8217; TODAY and Includes a Facebook Live Portion\u00a0 Additionally, President Bush Will Sit Down with Willie Geist For an Interview Airing Sunday, March 5 on &#8220;Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist&#8221; NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0February 17, 2017\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0In an exclusive first interview, former President George W. 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