liz: something to watch. >> something to watch. of course everyone is watching the fed. i think the fed will stay on their tightening track. liz: jeanie wyatt, south texas money management, knew the bushes. as we continue to watch the ceremony we'll hand it over to "after the bell." connell: thank you, liz. live pictures from joint base andrews just outside of washington, d.c. as the body of president george h.w. bush has arrived in our nation's capitol where the nation will have a chance to mourn the president over next couple days leading up to wednesday's state funeral. his body will lie in state and follow coverage as our hour goes on here. something to watch in texas and washington. melissa: it really has been. that was a touching reception as we saw the body of the former president come off the airplane there, air force one that was specially fitted for this occasion and you look, how solemn everyone on the scene is, in a procession he himself

helped plan. connell: he did indeed. the motorcade makes its way from joint base andrews, to the national's capitol. once we arrives there we will pick up our coverage of the nation honoring former president george h.w. bush. the dow on the day higher by 288 points, off session highs. off more than 400 earlier in the day. s&p 500, nasdaq, both starting off the new month of december in the green. good to be with you. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis this is "after the bell." gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. phil flynn at cme and our own hillary vaughn is at the white house. we'll start with you, hillary. reporter: good afternoon. president trump really declaring a 90-day trade truce with china during a heart to heart at g20 in argentina, with chinese president xi xinping.

the trading partners agreed essentially to relationship reset. top white house economic advisor larry kudlow saying this at the white house lawn just moments ago. >> ambassador lighthizer will be in charge of shall we say enforcement, monitoring and timetables. there is nobody better than him in the business and i'm sure he will keep, try to keep china on track. they literally can start today. president trump made very clear he is our lead negotiator. nothing will happen without president trump -- president trump by the way has been very involved in the details of this. reporter: kudlow saying he is cautiously optimistic and really saying that a lot of the push for this actually came from president xi saying saying thate engaged a level of detail that was unusual and he was the one who made the pitch to really come to terms and have a heart to heart about this. also the president saying this move is actually going to be a big win for farmers, tweeting

this morning quote, farmers will be a very big and fast beneficiary of our deal with china. they intend to start purchasing agricultural product immediately. we make the finest, cleanest product in the world. that is what china wants. farmers, i love you. there is also another side to this, the president also tweeting that china is going to pull back its taxes on car imports which would be huge for for for automakers here. details are people are still skeptical about as pen is being put to paper on this. the news out of this, this comes in time for the holidays, so at least this is a little bit of good news for christmastime. back to you. melissa: all right, hillary, thank you. let's go to gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. gerri. >> that's right, a great first trading day an of the month, on the heels of a banner week last week. dow you mentioned 288 points

higher. s&p 500 up 30. both indexes up 1% and change. the nasdaq up even more 1 1/2%. so good news there. auto make is contributing to the performance. gm, ford and fiat chrysler all higher despite weak november sales data. why? a tweet from the president. listen to this donald trump tweeting this. china agreed to reduce or remove tariffs on cars coming into the china from the u.s. currently the tariff is 40%. well that tweet lighting a fire under auto stocks. they're all inding higher. i should mention here, mary barra, the ceo of gm will meet with ohio senators this week to talk about the closure of plants that drew the ire of the president last week. meanwhile the race for the biggest market cap underway hard today. amazon, briefly topping apple's market cap but let me tell you the numbers kept changing all

day long. everyone wants bragging rights to be the biggest company in the country. amazon is still in the hunt. back to you. connell: liz peek, foxnews.com columnist, jonathan hoenig, capitalist pig hedge fund. liz and jonathan fox muse contributors. always good to see both of you. jonathan, you've been enthusiastic of president's trade policies. what do you think happened over the weekend? the market seemed like this was a best-case scenario over the truce. >> yeah. the markets are enthusiastic there won't be at least for next number of months more taxes and tariffs are taxes. it is enthusiasm to buy stocks, enthusiasm for the economy knowing those taxes are not imminent. companies from small firms to ford, you mentioned losing billions of dollars on these

tariffs. i was most enthusiastic breadth of market encouraging today. almost as many highs as new likewise. this is bullish sign moving forward. connell: liz, what is your take on it? going in, what is the best case, best we can hope for in terms of president trump, president xi? a lot of them said this was probably it for now. they can talk and figure something out? >> that is the point. they broke into a stalemate since we had been a stalemate position for many, many months. we had delivered a to china a list of lengthy demand and they had not done very much. let's face it we have people like peter navarro in that room. so you can be pretty sure it wasn't just happy talk that took place there. i think there were some concrete assurances made that china would lower barriers to entry for companies wanting to do business in china. by the way, something that isn't going to get much attention, commit to wto reform came not

only from xi, but also from the g20 overall. that is something our team has been really pushing because current wto rules does not in any abridge china's misbehavior. so that has to change. i thought the whole g20 outcome was extremely positive. melissa: liz, jonathan, stick around for a second. oil surging 4% as russia and saudi arabia agreed to exten cuts. qatar is planning to withdraw from opec. this effective january 1st. phil, this was huge development. people talk about qatar. mostly has natural gas. they know know talk about it in equivalent energy barrels, in my experience going to the meetings, the number two person at those opec meetings. this is a huge deal. >> they really were. they are the type of country that could go across the aisle in opec. they could talk to both sides. they could talk to iran. they could talk to saudi arabia.

they were really a stablizing force in the cartel. now of course with the saudi arabia, really taking it over along with russia, qatar feels they're being pushed out of the market. as you know, melissa, saudi arabia has put a blockade on qatar. they had a lot of political disputes. qatar is to the point, hey, we don't need this anymore. we're doing all the work. we're focused on natural gas. we're stepping away. interestingly enough the oil markets rallied. we had a rally 1:30 central time, 2:30 central time official close. something we haven't seen in a long time. seeps like the mood is changing. you might lose qatar but gained canada. the other big story, alberta prices are tanking they agreed to cut back production as well. you lose qatar and get canada i best in the opec cartel. melissa: that is interesting. phil, thank you for that. liz, jonathan, are back.

liz, if you, the dynamics within opec i went to at least 20 meetings. saudi arabia was always the bad cap. they held very hard whatever the line. qatar was the good cop. they talked to everybody else. they played a huge integral role. then you had the dispute saying qatar was supporting terrorism around the world. they were boycotted by nations. their relationship with saudi arabia broke down. i think this is could be the end of opec. what do you think? >> i don't think to it is the end of opec because qatar was not that much important of a producer, they produce less than a million barrels a day. who is important monitoring oil out put today, saudi arabia, russia. both of those countries agreed very recently last several days they would probably institute a production cut. we had over 300,000 barrels a day cut out in alberta. the oil market has one thing wrong right now. there is simply too much supply.

to the ex-extent big producers are cutting back we saw that in the expectation prices are going higher. >> jonathan, on one other subject we're following which is technology and race to the top today, with amazon, briefly becoming the most valuable company in the world during intraday trading, surpassing apple market caps, sorry to cut you on the qatar talk, your thoughts on this and any significance to it? >> not just that it is going to be apple, amazon which racehorses will win the race but in my mind will big cap tech dominate as the world's most valuable company? for many years, exxonmobil was routinely biggest company in the world, it wasn't technology companies. i'm looking at stocks strong today, abbott labs, american express, pfizer. my mind is not which big tech stocks are biggest. new industries, which new sectors take over the crown.

connell: good enough. that covers it. liz, jonathan, thank you both as always. melissa: chaos in paris. hundreds injured as more arrested as high cost of living is turning protesters violent. what the nation is doing to keep the city safe. connell: attempting to avoid a government shutdown. lawmakers failing to agree on funding but will the death of former president george h.w. bush push that spending bat toll later in the month? melissa: bush family is headed to the capitol as the nation mourns the loss of the former president. we're live in washington coming up. ♪

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connell: so they are now expected to avert a shutdown at least for the time-being. the congress delaying government shut down by two weeks following

the death of president george h.w. bush. bring in vince come nays from the daily from "the daily caller" to talk about this. >> congress knows how to create drama. this happens every single time. they buy our patience. do you think it should run out? how many times do you have to have the fight to kick the can down the road couple weeks. now congress will have a giant battle how much they fund portion of the government including department of homeland security needs committed funding for next fiscal year. that is the big fight. it will happen just before christmas. american patience is of course running thin on this. connell: it is beyond predictable. it happens every single time. sometimes there is more on line than others. the fact this is played as a government shutdown, that wouldn't quote, unquote hurt so much, that plays into the

negotiations? >> it might. it might give the president some leverage here only portions of the government that will shut down. and as we know, there is typically a hype around government shutdowns that is meant to scare the american people into thinking that essential services will go away. during the obama administration, fear-mongering over social security checks go away that doesn't happen during a government shutdown. these things keep coming this fight is a big one, because the president of the united states has a border wall on his mind. we're waiting with bated breath to see if he lives up to the commitment to the get to the government shut down level in order to get the five billion in funding he wants. connell: do you think he will, real quick? >> i hope he does. i hope he holds the line. trump supporters broadly are growing impatient, okay, next fight will be the one that i'll do it in. connell: from his base. not only thing obviously on the congressional to-do is such as it is in a him duck session. there is trade issue on ratification of the new

agreement, usmca, that takes the place of nafta. this is one of the interesting things, vince, came out of the weekend. the president is on the way back from argentina. he says, listen guys, i will get rid of nafta before, if necessary before the new agreement is approved. he is trying to again put pressure on congress. will that work? >> there is a shot at this working. he is trying to hit a thins trye democrats to play ball. they're rhett sense to, they want to wait until they have control of house. connell: which they can, right? lame duck would be great from president's point of view to get it done in the lame duck. once he gets rid of nafta, six-month clock, democrats can run that out. this. >> at this point is is on the democrats. let's say it gets challenged in the courts. basic scenario. if he wants to go to prenafta, tariffs, everything included or

the new usmca. democrats should look at this, be inclined to vote for this reason. it increases worker protections. raises amount of money people in north america should make when they build these products and incentivizes building more of the products in north america instead of taking parts from all over the world. neil: wonder if they take their advice. that would be better for their priorities to your point. not like you get the old deal, you go back to the old world, prenafta days? >> that is exactly right. you don't want to go back to the timeline. in fact many democratic timelines are accomplished in the usmca deal. justin trudeau is for it. if you're a democrat you like it. connell: between justin trudeau and you maybe griff them advice to follow. thanks for coming on. >> all right. >> angered by the gas tax thousands take the streets across france turning paris into a war zone. ashley webster in the newsroom with the latest on this.

ashley, the pictures are something. >> what a mess, melissa. four people are killed. hundreds more injured, hundreds arrested as you say protests across france that have grown increasingly violent past couple weeks. the catalyst is another sharp increase in fuel taxes leading to the so-called yellow vest movement, named after the vests required to be carried in french trucks. french president emannuel macron says the fuel hike helps to combat global warming. what about fires at protests? angry french critics say that is tone deaf to people live how the side major cities, rely on vehicles, cannot afford the extra costs. but the fuel tax, to be honest, symptom of much bigger french economic problem. europe's second biggest economy stagnating. unemployment rate is above fine fine -- 9%. government freezes on pensions. macron's approval rating is 25%.

the anger is growing as france's standard of live something falling. any way you look at it, mr. macron is facing a political crisis. reports that a national stage of emergency being called are wrong but we're not sure what steps are being taken. a planned meeting with protest leaders has now been called off. president macron hopes the chaos in paris this weekend with burned cars, looted stores, defacing of national monuments could be a turning point in the national sentiment. enough is enough. maybe they will turn against the protesters. not so far. at this point, melissa, appears the yellow vests are not going away quietly at all. real mess. melissa: wow. ashley, thank you for that. connell: really is some story. we'll monitor the situation in washington, go there live in a moment as the motorcade for president george h.w. bush is making its way into the district of columbia. we are live in washington, d.c. after this break.

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♪ melissa: the bush family motorcade is about to arrive at the u.s. capitol where president george h.w. bush will lie in state. edward lawrence son the scene with the latest. edward. reporter: melissa, right now the u.s. capitol preparing for that ceremony about to happen. supreme court justices are here, senators have gathered inside of the senate chambers. they are going to walk over to the rotunda for a special ceremony that happens in about 30 minutes from right now. we expect the motorcade about 15 minutes from now, at 4:45 eastern time. the motorcade is expected to come in. it will be met by the supreme court justices vice president of the united states and his wife as well as honorary pallbearers. to lead the pallbearers is former vice president dan quayle. the wreaths will be laid inside during the ceremony by the senate and house majority and minority leaders to honor bush

41. the family will then leave the rotunda, then at 7:30 tonight eastern time it opens up to the public to pay respect to the former president. former vice president dick cheney knows the bush family very well. he says that bush 41 had a fond place in his heart for especially the men and women of the military. >> no question about it. he had a touch with all people, regardless of whether they were in uniform or not. but it was especially pronounced when he was dealing with the men and women who were serving as volunteers, who, were being requested to go into combat on behalf of the united states. reporter: you may remember as an aviator, 18 years old, president h.w. bush was shot down by the japanese. for the rest of his life he remembered the two aviators who were with him did not make it out of the crash. they had passed away. that touched him a lot.

on the grief issue there is a service dog coming with the president. came on the special flight, special air mission 41 in the motorcade coming here, sully. sully laid in a famous picture across the internet at the foot of the casket, paying respects to the former president. sully's service here does not end with this burial, the funeral that is happening. he will go on to walter reed medical center to help other military veterans get over their injuries. the public will pay respects here at the u.s. capitol. on wednesday we have the funeral for the former president bush 41. at the funeral he will be eulogized by his son, former president bush 43. also speaking canadian prime minister brian mulrooney and the presidential historian who wrote a biography of bush 41. melissa: the motorcade approaches capitol hill a few

seconds ago. the car you saw arrive and people exit, that was vice president pence. we believe he was escorted by his wife on the other side. we did not see her. that is where we are at the ceremony. connell: at the east front steps of the capitol, and bush family arrives and motorcade, special honor guard, they will take it out of the hearst to walk it up the east front steps of the capitol where the president's body will lie in state. more to come as we find a way to halt the uncontrollable arms race. president trump says he can make it happen. but will vladmir putin and xi xinping be on the same page? we'll talk about that. violating a u.n. resolution. iran testing a ballistic missile capable of striking parts of europe and the middle east. we'll tell you how the trump administration is responding to that as we continue. e.

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melissa: possibly another high-profile meeting with the chinese president, president trump tweeting quote, i am certain sometime in the future president xi and i together with president putin of russia will start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable arms race. the u.s. spent $716 billion this year, crazy. so can the three world leaders reach an agreement? peter brookes, heritage foundation senior fellow, former deputy assistant secretary of defense.

start with the idea that these are the three players that should be sitting at the table. does that make sense to you? >> oh, absolutely. the president is talking about intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which is a 1987 treaty between mikhail gorbachev, president reagan and vice president george w. bush. this is violated by russians, violating treaty with new cruise missile. the chinese are not part of that treaty. so the chinese have 2,000 ballistic and cruise missiles in asia that we can't have similar weapons systems to oppose this is the inf treat think. melissa: what incentives do the chinese and rush shaws have to sit down? if the russians are already ignoring it, chinese are not part of it? >> the chinese are concerned that united states will deploy similar missiles in europe or start an arms race with them

that the russians can ill-afford the russian economy is anemic talking about 1% growth. they had to decrease defense spending. they don't want to do that they didn't do well with the cold war when at the tried to have a arms race with the united states. chinese developed asymmetric capability with the in the pacific with cruise and ballistic missiles that we don't have, they don't want to join. president says if you don't come to the table to talk to us we might do things you don't like. melissa: reports that iran test-fired a ballistic missile capable of hitting parts of europe and middle east. what are they violating by doing this if anything? isn't this one of these work arounds that they have, that they test the missiles they're looking at? >> violating u.n. security council 231. iranians say this is defensive on our part and we can do this.

the problem it can reach all of the middle east and parts of europe. so there are significant challenges with the iranians. they continue to do this. they have not stopped. you got out of the nuclear agreement. we'll do this with the missiles this could be some sort of putting pressure on us to come to some sort of agreement over the nuclear program, joint comprehensive plan of action which the administration gotten out of. wants to make sure any new agreement includes iranian testing of ballistic missiles. melissa: this may seem like a silly question, isn't this u.n.'s to do if they are violating a u.n. security council resolution? are they supposed to responding for this. >> problem with the u.n. has no enforcement mechanism unless the countries agree what the you know will do. it has no army, no economic system. when the u.n. has an agreement you have to have member states support it. there are sanctions on iran over their nuclear program. they can go back to the u.n. to get other members to put

additional sanctions on iran over their missile program. the challenge is getting them to do it. iran is looking for friends wherever it can get it. the russians are partners of iran. the chinese are happy to be friendly with the iranians. so to get them to support this, can be a real diplomatic challenge. melissa: peter brookes, always great. thank you for your time. >> thanks, melissa. connell: back to the live coverage as the bush family motorcade is about to arrive at the united states capitol in washington, d.c. you're looking at motorcade making final few turns before the hearst will drive up to the east front steps of the capitol and the president's body will eventually be carried up those steps and lie in state over next couple days. james freeman, as we wait for all of this to happen is joining us from "the wall street journal" where he is assistant editorial page editor. james as we watched ceremony, it will be poignant ceremony in washington, we have a few

minutes to talk about the president's legacy which a lot of people have been doing the last couple days. in particular for our audience, we focus on economics, you dos as well. a lot we can get into there with george h.w. bush's legacy and debates. we were talking about trade not only with china but canada and mexico. he was the president who negotiated the nafta agreement at the time t became a huge 1992 campaign issue particularly for ross perot getting involved in that race. >> that's right. president bush was a free trader. we have to thank him for that. other policies more controversial. that is one of his enduring legacyies. all the coverage today, we don't want to go out the way he is in terms of number of people in houston, in maine, all over the world who recall his friendship

his loyalty, a special personal qualities and character. >> we would all be so lucky. connell: especially for little things, the note he wrote for somebody. that stands out. the fact he seemed to have this way, everybody said this over and over if they say it over and over putting himself before others. that must be true. you don't see people at this point in society how they are remembered putting others before themselves. >> great example of service. 58 combat missions in world war ii, a tore bead toe bomber. taking off a aircraft carrier. a courageous man. you think about his public bearing and his dignified, bipartisan approach to live, we should say when you talk about economics i think it is something of a cautionary tale. washington is a rough place at times and he wanted to address

the problems of the country, reach across the aisle. he was particularly concerned about the deficit because that politically was his undoing, he ended up agreeing on the tax increase, the idea he was breaking his signature pledge, he did it he believed promises from across the aisle there would be spending restraint in return. and he learned i think to his sorrow that spending restraint never really happens. connell: a lot, there is debate among historians and economists but if you look back after the time he left office, early to mid 90s, and beyond, economic success we enjoyed as a nation a number of people who would now in retrospect at least give president bush a lot of credit for that. whether it is for that move that you talked about, he went back against his campaign promise

agreed to raise taxes an focus on balancing the budget? even on trade, nafta in many people's minds, ended up ushering in an era where globalization was something that helped the economy grow not only here but in other countries? >> you have to give him huge credit on the nafta front. that has become controversial and certainly there are things we want to work on economically in this country reagan ira, which president bush kind of represented to some people, voted third team to reagan ushered in a free trade around the world which pulled millions of people out of poverty. part of the challenge in the united states was that in a more competitive world we didn't remain as competitive and heavy regulation. president president bush don't score so highly. i think on the free trade point

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connell: we have the bush family standing at the top of the steps on the east front of the capitol as the hearst carrying former president's body has now arrived on capitol hill. edward lawrence is there. describe what you're seeing for us, edward. reporter: more of a feeling. you could feel the hush come as the former president's body, the casket came into this area here. the military moved out about three or four minutes ago. they have the honor guard here representing all different branches of service here. the army band is here, getting ready to perform the "hail to the chief," the 21 gun salute. there will also be a ceremony

happening at 5:00 p.m., just about 15 minutes or so the senators, house members, senators, congressman, are inside of the rotunda area are waiting. supreme court justices are also there along with as you mentioned the vice president and his wife. there will be a ceremony for the president. in a little bit the honor guard, the pallbearers are going to bring the president's casket up the stairs, make that long trek, led by former vice president dan quayle, a friend obviously of the president. it was his vice president back during his term. but again very somber moment, very somber feeling here, lined all around the streets by spectators who are watching this. connell: former president george w. bush moments ago and his wife laura, as we continue, melissa to watch all of this live from the u.s. capitol. melissa: joining us on the phone, lewis sullivan, a friend and former health and human services secretary under president george h.w. bush. take us back to the first time thaw met him. i understand that you were at

moore house college at the medical university, someone place ad pair of vice-presidential cufflinks in your hand after you met him. do you still have them. what is the story behind that? >> i still have the cufflinks. the story is as follows. i was president of the moore house school of medicine, a new institution founded in 1975 by moore hughes college. the first class came in 1978. we used facilities on college campus but we built our own facilities. the first building was dedicated in july of 1982. and vice president george h.w. bush was our speaker. that is when i met him. he was there. i had been told by his staff that he would have to leave immediately after the service to get to new orleans to speak at a luncheon because our program was scheduled at 9:00 in the

morning. he came, after the ceremony, he stayed and met all of the local politicians, they were mostly democrat and african-american. andrew jackson mayor of atlanta, john lewis, stanford bishop and others. they all having a great time getting their pictures taken. finally did leave with the staff urging him to get on to new orleans, as his staff left, he pressed something into my hand, saying the vice president wants you to have these. those were the cufflinks. i was very pleased. obvious that he had enjoyed himself. i was very pleased we had successful program. melissa: yeah. i understand you traveled with sub-saharan africa. i understand you visited him two

days ago. what was that like? >> i visited his home in thursday on houston. because i had gone out to visit him. i had been scheduled to go out a month earlier but he wasn't doing well. as of monday last week, checking with his chief of staff, they felt thursday would be a good time. unfortunately by the time i arrived on thursday he wasn't doing well. but i did visit with him for a little bit more than an hour. his son neil was there, neil's wife and his grandson pierce that was there. and jim baker and susan baker were both there and it was obvious things were not going well. melissa: yeah. >> and i knew that it was, would be a matter of time, just hours but i in spite of the fact i was honored to have the opportunity to visit with him before he left this world. melissa: dr. sullivan, thank you so much for your thoughts right now. as we watch this scene at the capitol and everyone lines up at

this point. connell: special honor guard representing the army, the navy, the air force and the marines now about to carry the casket of the former president out of the hearst and that casket will be carried up those steps of the capitol where he will be brought inside and be lying in state there over the next day 1/2 or thereabouts. so we will continue our coverage live from washington. a september to remember,

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connell: live coverage from capitol hill as former president george h. w. bush's body is carried into the rotunda lobby and will lie in state in the capitol rotunda beginning just moments from now james freeman of the wall street journal and many poignant moments here perhaps none more poignant than the former president's son, a former president himself, standing at attention with his hand over his heart, as his father's body was carried up those steps. melissa: james it's hard not to be emotional isn't it? >> it is and we heard from dr. sullivan, the former bush cabinet secretary talking about the wonderful meeting he had with former president bush, and you hear those stories from people who aren't as important as dr. sullivan really from all walks of life, waiters in

restaurants who enjoyed meeting him there's a wonderful story from wgbh in boston about the waiters in the maine restaurant who had the bush's attend their restaurant and they are gathering on restaurant wall, and you hear it all over the world really an amazing man, beyond his leadership. connell: just a quick thought james on that political family we were looking at, the former president george w. bush and of course former governor of florida ran for president himself jeb bush remembering their father today. >> yeah, this is the first time since you've had a family with this kind of political impact, and two presidents, and i think that it speaks to the commitment that former president george h. w. bush made the family early on , fell in love when they were teen agers and had a life long.

connell: so many familiar faces the secretary of state collin powell as this ceremony is about to begin as we wrap things up in our hour. melissa: absolutely and you watch everyone filing in a very somber mood to bid goodbye to george h. w. bush. that does it for us here is bulls & bears. david: and we are picking this up of course this is the ceremony that will arrange the president's casket in the capitol rotunda this is george h. w. bush the 41st president of the united states he died in his home in houston on friday night with very close friends and family surrounding him. we see all of the dignitaries from his administration back from 1989 until 1993 he was president, it was a one term president but a very consequential presidency it was he oversaw the end of the soviet union, the evil empire, he oversaw successful war