atbarbara bush died tuesday 92, lie in repose at saint martin's the episcopal church in houston. the viewing is expected to last today. funeral services will begin tomorrow at noon. among the guests expected, former president no clinton and former first lady hillary clinton, former president barack obama, former first lady michelle obama, and first lady melania trunk. live coverage at noon. next we will bring up our 2013

rview of barbara bush. >> with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, is there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared? mrs. bush: yes, i really did. i was not elected, so it did not make that much difference. i did notice the difference between the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge, because the vice president's wife can say anything, nobody cares. the minute you say one thing as president's wife, you make the news, and that was one thing i had to learn pretty quickly. i felt very prepared because we had lived in washington off and on. my father in law had been a u.s.

senator. ithough we lived in texas, was very comfortable. i had a wonderful, loving family, and so did george, and i think we felt comfortable. so i looked being the wife of the vice president best of all. >> why? >> because you could say anything you wanted and you could do a lot of things. when i got to the white house, you could do a lot more things. and the good news is it continued on, charities and things i'm interested in. i can really raise money, raise interest that a normal, much smarter person cannot do. >> what was some of the best advice you got going into the white house? mrs. bush: going into the white

house, best advice i got -- keep your mouth closed, i suspect, but nobody dared say that to me. i do not remember getting too much advice. of theeen the president senate ladies come and i had lots of friends. i had done that for eight years, and i went to the senate wives meetings every tuesday morning. loved that part of -- i loved all of my life. i have been a very lucky person. >> you open your memoir by saying i have been very privileged in my life. mrs. bush: i have been, and i wrote that because my husband said i was going to be highly criticized because people are going to say you have lived a life of luxury. and though i lived in a tiny, small house i will be glad to and you in rye, new york,

my father and mother's troubled, i think, sort of, because i had a very, loving, sick younger brother, but i did live a privileged life. they loved me, love my sister, my brothers. we just had a great household. and i hope others could do it. we were privileged, maybe not as privileged as some, but more privileged than 95% of the country. >> mrs. bush, when did you first meet george bush? >> i met george at a dance. rye and greenwich exchanged christmas dances. and i met him at a christmas dance, and he cut in on me -- or he did not.

he asked someone to introduce us, really. and i had on a red and green dress that my mother's great said, iad given her and wonder if barbara would like this stress. it had belonged to some friend of hers, and it was pretty, i guess. and george asked to meet me, and i met him there. he came the next night to another dance in rye. the first was in greenwich. cut in on me, and my older brother, he asked me if he would play in a basketball game, prep highl voice against rye schools, and they were murdered, incidentally, by rye high school, and george asked if he would play and asked if i would meet him and go out afterwards. every member of my family came to that basketball game to look at this boy that i had raved

over. and when i would come home at night, my mother would say, what did you do, did you meet whatever, and father said, tell her in the morning. and mother said, you never tell them anything in the morning. and i said i met this heavenly bush, and myppy mother knew the next morning exactly who he was. she should have been the head of the cia. i must say, i feel the same about him today as i felt then. i could breathe now. i could not then. but he is just as fabulous as he was then. >> throughout your married life, you lose a lot. 27 times. he cannot hold a job. it is been fascinating, really lucky the things we have done,

and we have lived in some pretty horrible places, and we have lived in some pretty wonderful places. and i loved almost every one of them. i liked them all because he was there. but some of them, were -- as everybody knows, we lived in a house with three ladies, one was a child, the others were ladies of the night. we shared the bathroom with them. i cannot imagine my grandchildren doing that. but they missed some great adventures. torch and i had lunch yesterday alone and we talked about the fact. we have a lot of adventures our grandchildren will never have because they really are privileged. a may not know it, but they are. they will not have these adventures. it is too bad. i never met a texan until i moved here. i thought they were all like

jane withers, who was the bad girl compared to shirley temple, who was the good girl. , i love texas and we chose to live here. >> did you know early in your marriage that you were going to become a co-campaigner for offices? mrs. bush: no, never draft. i do not think george new, contrary to popular leaf. i think sometimes -- was i surprised when he announced he was running for president? it did not happen like that. it worked up that way. he was the county chairman and he was a congressman, he was a very successful businessman. he did not just happen that he said to me one day, i am going to run for president. it just was there. but long after we were first married. i mean, way long. in fact, when he came back from china to be the head of the cia,

that meant and a politics, he would never be president, because you could not be head of the cia and be president. oh, yeah? you can. >> in your memoir, you write -- and this is from your journal in eorge is obviously the most qualified person for the job of president. do i want him to run? absolutely not." bush: well, it is to show you. i told my boys they could not be elected. i am a political doubter. i think it is a huge sacrifice to run for office, and i think people are very critical of the congress. they may not be doing a great job, they could do better at home.

they would have one home, be at home with their families. many of them cannot afford a home in washington and a home -- i just feel like it is asking a lot, and i thought he might lose. of course, he did the senate, but we've moved on. >> how do you develop that six skin, or don't you -- that six thick skin for politics, or don't you? mrs. bush: the press i do not pay attention to. do not dare criticize george h.w. bush ever. >> during the 1992 campaign, there was a bumper sticker that said " ignore the media, reelect bush." mrs. bush: i do not remember that.

i do remember when george was running for president on the freeway, going from new york to connecticut, i saw someone with a sign that said "bush for president." i was so excited. and when i got the car, i raced my car up to be close it. our cousin.to be i hoped it was a stranger. but nobody knew who he was. >> mrs. bush, did you enjoy campaigning? mrs. bush: yes. i really liked people. and it was fun. i liked it a lot. funny things happened, and i really enjoyed it. best, and i the knowinged for george w. full well he was not going to win, and he did. >> do you think there is room for another bush in the white house? as. bush: i think this is

great american country, great country, and if we cannot find three familiesr to run for higher office, that is silly. greatare great governors, eligible people to run, and i think kennedys, clintons, bushes, there are more families than that, and i am not arrogant enough to think that we alone are raising -- that we are raising public servants, whether they are feeding the poor like lauren is. people --d 68 million children around the world, or barber, who is bringing local health to the world, or peers rce who is working for big brothers, big sisters. there are a lot of wastage of, and president is not the only

one. and i would hope someone else would run but there is no question in my mind that, jeb is the most qualified to run for president, and i hope he will he will get other famous. i refuse to accept this great country is not raising other wonderful people. asbarbara bush, you walk in first lady. is it in a sense a blank slate where you can create your own agenda? mrs. bush: yes, i guess. i am not sure what that means, but people are overly nice to me, and i feel it truthfully every single day. my friends have to look for parking places. i do not have to look for parking places. my friends very often call me and say, would you mind taking me to wherever we are going to,

because they have to wait in line at the airport. yes, you can create your own and it is a great privilege and you up to take advantage of it because you can help people. >> and how do you pick your causes? mrs. bush: because i know truthfully that every single would ben america better if more people could read, write, and copperhead. i just know that. we would be able to compete with the rest of the world. he would not have these children who are committing crimes because their families do not have jobs. they do not have jobs because they cannot read, they cannot write, they do not understand. so that was such an easy project to pick. i admit, it took about half a year to pick it because i had always volunteered in hospitals.

but just no question in my mind. every thinking american is coming to that conclusion. , we have got to educate our children and we have got to educate their parents. it is not just a whim. it is a necessity if we are going to compete in this world. >> was there ever a day in the white house where you wanted to say, no more, i'm done, i quit. -- i quit? this is bush: -- mrs. bush: never. your husband is doing good things come and he is doing the right thing. he knew when he raised those taxes that he was going to lose the election, although he had been 90% approved. he did the right thing. i am very proud of my family, that would do the right thing, and george bush, both, have done

the right thing. >> it is 20 years since you have been in the presidency. a lot of talk in washington about acrimony between the democrats and the republicans. is it different than it was 20 years ago? yes,bush: a little bit, probably more polarized. but george says we have lived in times when the democrats -- >> we come back to this momentarily. we want to take you back to saint martin's church in houston. barbara bush lying in repose, visitors throughout the day, and the former president, george h.w. bush there on the right.