much. we remember a president, a one-termer as they say, but so consequential. touching us in areas that bespeak not of politics, but of simple humanity. remembering him on fox. >> and what a life it was, the nation mourning of loss of a true public servant dedicated his whole life to public service. george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states has died at age 94. memories pouring in not only in washington, but around the world. next two hours we'll take a look at the life and legacy of george h.w. bush. america's news headquarters from washington now, i'm deland vittert. >> i'm ebonik williams. >> good to be with you. and the tributes to george

herbert walker bush are the statesman dedicate today service to this nation. flags were lowered, and final preparations for later this week. and george bush was gifted, and today we encompass the bush family in prayer and gratitude that god gave this country george and barbara bush. and president george h.w. bush will be missed in many ways. he was a fine man. and even when he opposed your views, you into he was doing what was best for america, his wish for a kinder and gentler nation. >> and nancy pelosi, duty, sacrifice, commit, patriotism, always a gentleman. his life and legacy will remain an enduring gift to the nation

and friendship cherished by all who were blessed to know him retiring speaker paul ryan, leading with decency and integrity, a war hero and statesman, the country is inspired by his example, many remembering him as a man of principles with a remarkable legacy. >> speaking of that legacy, mike, you throughout the course of your career had an opportunity to cover this president and his family. can you just share with us a bit of your remembrance and reflection? >> i r remember being a kid reporter in austin, texas covering his first campaign for governor. being on the ground of the state capitol in 1995, use continue. for george w. bush's inauguration as governor, seeing tears on his father's cheeks, and swearing in which meant so much to the 41st president. two years after he left office he was a very proud dad. >> thank you. >> and mike, we'll check with

you for more memories. in the meantime, we bring in fox news political analyst brit hume joining us with more insight. brit, there's a word that always comes to mind when you think of george h.w. bush for those who know him, you did well, that's humility. in a way we're finally able to remember him in a way he'd never let us talk about him when he was alive. >> that's exactly right, leland. he was the most modest of men. an unusual combination of a man of humility and yet, great ambition. a man of kindness and yet, a man with steel in him. and it was those qualities, character, and determination that made him the man he was and why he was so admired by so many and then you hear that reflected of course in the tributes that poured in from both sides of the aisle today and are continuing to come in. >> brit. you speak earlier with neil cavuto how this president was easily the nicest one you've

ever covered in your career, but as you just mentioned, also having that steely ambition. can you give us an idea how this president bush 41 was able to balance those two seemingly contradictory characteristics in one moment? >> well, it is a great gift to a politician not to be cynical and he was genuinely friendly, he liked people, he liked to try to help people, to serve people. he grew up being told that whatever it was he was doing, it wasn't about him. there's of course the famous story of the day he had a bunch much hits in a baseball game and told his mother and she said, yeah, how did the team do? he was that way. he was concerned about others. and he took his share of slings and arrows in office and he could get rough in campaigning, but he was-- there wasn't a cynical bone in his body and he was quick to forgive. and that's a great gift because

bitterness is a terrible burden for a political figure and he had-- you know, he couldn't stay mad at people. so he wasn't burdened by all that and it made him a more cheerful and pleasant and sunnier man which is a great thing and great for our country, too, that he was that way. >> brit, you had an opportunity to see him in and out of office, to cover him as a president and spend final with him alone. we have some pictures of you both around the christmas tree, you all playing tennis at an interview as well. and this is a picture of you all with tennis rackets. was he the same man in private, in those kinds much moments as what we saw as the public in the oval office? >> yes, he-- well, yeah, he was. i mean, it really is a case of what you saw was what you got. i never actually played tennis with him. i was coming undo to kennebunkport for the press party they had every year for those of us who covered him while he was up on vacation in

maine. and he was warm, friendly, outgoing, liked people, knew millions of them had a multitude of friends of all walks of life and i sometimes wondered whether barbara bush was as taken with all of these people he so liked as he was. [laughter] >> i particularly remember the-- he was in paris for a big summit and i'll never forgot this. the validictory news conference that presidents told to hold after these summits, at the u.s. semly groun lly assembly groun spectacular in paris and on the lawn at the end of it helen thomas, the legendary long-term white house correspondent for upi says, mr. president, will you take us on a tour? and he said, well, if it's all right with the ambassador, of course. the ambassador wasn't going to say no. so here comes this troupe of, you know, the ink-stained wretches trudging up to this

beautiful ambassador's residence and barbara bush looked horrified that the riffraff was trampling in. and i turned to her and said not since the storming of the bastille have we seen this? she sort of smile, but she wasn't that amused by it. and he was friendly and gregarious: as a kid he was known as a half-half guy. and if he had candy you want half? >> all of his notes never had the word "i" in them. because his mother taught him know the to use the word "i" in them. and brit, thanks for those

pictures, appreciate it. talk to you soon. more coverage of life of george h.w. bush throughout the day including two specials by brit hume, the first called destiny in power, the diaries of george herbert walker bush, 10 p.m. eastern, bush family album takes a closer look at the president and his family and we'll see more of those pictures and you won't want to miss either one of them, an incredible insight into the legacy of the former president. >> president trump also offering praise for president bush 41 as he attendance the last day of the g20 summit in argentina. still ahead for president bush, a very important meeting tonight with chinese president, but the death of bush 41 also forcing a change in the president's plans. john roberts is with the president in buenos aires. john? >> eboni, good afternoon. president trump in a bilateral meeting with the chancellor of

germany, angela merkel. she started off the meeting by saying she considers bush 41 as being the father of reunification. and the president praised the press, and condolences. >> we extended our best wishes and he was a very fine man. i met him on numerous occasions. he was just a high quality man who truly loved his family. one thing that came through loud and clear, he was very proud of his family and very much loved his family. so, he's terrific guy, he is he'll be missed. >> and the death of 41 changing this president's plans. he was supposed to be having a press conference about an hour and 45 minutes from now to talk about the g20 and obviously, there were a lot of other issues that have been following the president on this trip to argentina. but a short time ago the white house called that off. here is what the president said

about it. >> we were going to have a very big press conference and out of respect for president bush we've canceled it here and we'll have it back in washington at some time. >> so the president has declared wednesday, december 5th as the national day of mourning for president bush 41. he and the first lady will attend the state funeral for the president at the national cathedral, i believe a date for that yet to be determined. while the press conference was canceled today, the president still has a lot of work to do. he's got that big dinner meeting tonight with president xi jinping of china. white house officials hoping for a breakthrough in trade talks. the president recently had a conversation with president xi jinping that has him feeling optimistic. listen to what the president said about it yesterday. >> we've already spoken and we're working very hard. if we could make a deal, i think ned' like to and we'll see,

we'll be meeting with president xi. in the meantime, our staff a working and we have a lot of very talented people working, larry kudlow's representatives are dealing with them on a constant basis. there's some good signs. we'll see what happens. >> still a lot of work to do though to try to get some developments going between the united states and china. there's china's issue of interrogatory -- intellectual property, and tariffs and other issues. one thing of note, the president has brought along his trade vie advisor, there you see a picture of him, peter navarro, he's a real hawk on china. earlier when they had trade talks on china, steve mnuchin, treasury secretary boxed navarro out of those talks and china

don't particularly like him because he's so tough. and his presence could mean the president's hard line on china. one possible sweetner on the table, if there's movement in this bilateral meeting tonight, the white house is considering postponing an automatic increase in tariffs that's set to kick in on january 1st. there's talks that that might be turned back to april 1st, but there are a lot of people who see the possibility of delaying more tariffs on china a win for xi jinping so he would likely have to show some real commitment to changing the trade relationship before the white house pulls that trick. >> all right, john roberts in argentina, thank you, john. leland. >> a fox news alert, the state department saying that iran has test fired a medium range ballistic missile that's capable of carrying multiple warheads. this missile can reach parts of europe and anywhere in the middle east. that obviously would include idz. secretary of state mike pompeo is calling the test a violation

of the u.n. security council, saying in part, the missile testen and proliferation is growing and we call upon them to cease these immediately, all activities. secretary pompeo joins fox news sunday anchor chris wallace tomorrow to discuss the latest developments on that. >> we managed humongous historical change capsulized into a four year period with finesse, i think, and with strength as we saw, you know, the berlin wall came down, germany was unified, europe was free, russia imploded, the gulf, tiananmen square with china so we were faced with major foreign policy problems and i think we conducted ourselves pretty well. >> a reflective george h.w. bush

at the end of the cold war, the busch foreign policy seem faced several global policies as you heard from the collapse of the soviet union to china's tiananmen square and saddam hussein in the middle east. and we looked back at his legacy it's one of foreign policies. >> achievements and challenges in that realm. few if any american presidents arrived at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with the breadth and depth of the foreign policy experience that george h.w. bush brought to his policy. and strong men who threatened freedom around the world a priority. noriego and saddam hussein. >> for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. >> when his term commenced in 1989, the soviet union rivaled

pt u.s. for super power status: cold war was in full spring. the wall divided east from west and the communist block seemed poised to expand. and four years later, it was rearranged and he helped steer the free world forward through the transition. >> i'm not sure we've absorbed the full impact, the full import of what happened, but communism died this year. the biggest thing that's happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this, by the grace of god, america won the cold war. [applause] >> but his foreign policy challenges spread wide across the globe. he washed with south africa national congress led by nelson mandella.

navigated this with china and egregious human rights violations. his most formidable challenge whether to lead the country into war, which he did, liberating kuwait. and he put together one of the coalitions in the 20th century, 30 nations backed by mandate including soviet union. >> and you got the feeling through that, despite the successes you enumerated over great challenges at times, he never took personal credit for it. he was always the one to thank the military. he didn't show up for the ticker tape parade. >> i don't think he had time. there was already three challenges sort of closing in on the white house before he had wrapped anything up and you heard what i said at the beginning of the piece, two major dictators taken down, you know, in the western and eastern

hemispheres within two years. >> what a legacy. thank you so much. >> we're joined on the phone by former secretary of state dr. henry kissinger. thanks for joining. >> thank you. >> so as we discussed president bush 41's legacy is largely one of national security and particularly leading this nation after the cold war. dr. kissinger, could you share with us, how you remember what that leadership looked like? >> president bush was dedicated to public service from his youth. i knew him since the '60s and considered that his mission in whatever form the government might call--

th during his administration, that communism collapsed and he also had a war in the middle east that occupied a part of kuwait, international roles and put together an international coalition successfully. relates with china after the upheaval that had taken place in beijing. so he was a believer that threat of democracy was an american mission, but he also foreign policies that he did not celebrate victories in the way that humiliated people that had

to be brought into the international system. for example, he did not visit berlin in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the wall because he thought it would be too painful. >> as we think back how he conducted himself and we are a watching him there with gerald ford and ronald reagan and we talk so much about president bush's really unique humility in this. was the fact that he was so willing to give credit to others, whether not to gloat about the fall of the berlin wall or whether it was being willing to share the credit with the troops and with his generals post the persian gulf war. did that allow him to get more done? was he let threatening to foreign leaders when foreign policy wasn't about him, but was in his words, about the mission defined and the mission

completed? >> president bush on his own policy not on threats, but trying to achieve successes and therefore had a-- a foreign policy if which he could appeal on a personal basis to the leaders with whom he had to deal, to the middle east and to europe in the case of germany and the collapse of the soviet union together-- . dr. kissinger. >> on the american side. >> dr. kissinger, thank you so much for joining to share the reflection of president h.w. bush. thank you, dr. former secretary of state

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execute the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> president bush reciting the oath of office on january 20th, 1989. as he was sporn in as the 41st president of the united states. many goals from the bush administration had a longlasting impact on the american government. with with a look, craig served as bush's chief of staff during his vice-presidency in the reagan administration. did you see a difference in vice-president george h.w. bush versus who he became when he took that oath and became the

commander-in-chief himself? >> i didn't see a difference in the way he dealt with people. i certainly felt there was a tremendous difference because here was somebody who had been in leadership positions for decades and suddenly serving as vice-president, basically he had to hold his views in check serving president reagan. now, it wasn't that they disagreed a lot, but it was president reagan that he was supporting and suddenly he went from being the supporting partner in a white house, to being commander-in-chief with what turned out to be fairly momentous decisions both foreign policy and domestic policy that had to be made by him during his four years as president. eboni: speaking of domestic policy one of the most memorable things from bush 41's presidency, this clip we are going to play about his position

on taxes. >> my opponent about raising taxes, but i will and the congress will push me to raise taxes and i'll say, no and they'll push and i'll say no. and they'll push again and i'll say to them, read my lips, no new taxes. [cheers and applause] >> of course, we all know what happened there, craig. what ended up being an infamous broken promise. and can you remember-- >> i remember being in the hotel in new orleans getting ready for the speech a couple of days earlier and a number of us debated that line. it's such a wonderful and memorable line. he worked on it, he developed it, but for those of us who had been in the white house and i'd been there for the eight years of president reagan's term, for those of us that had been here we worried greatly about the consequences of saying it and the potential need to find

additional revenue going forward. in fairness to him, he set with leadership of both the senate and the house, of both parties in the cabinet room and worked out an arrangement by which that the spending reductions as well as a small tax increase, but that phrase was the one that was something that was not going to be put aside and it was actually the republicans who gave him the problems first by bolting from the agreement and objecting to it. now, having said that, i think ultimately that the package that was put together set up a long-term economic recovery that didn't come in time to help him win reelection, but certainly served the nation well as we moved into the clinton administration. eboni: share your fondest memory working with the president. >> oh, i think it's-- and i hate even to say this, but

it's not just one memory, but it is the memory of the way he dealt with people, whether they were powerful or whether they were serving him in a diner in new hampshire. he reacted to people so genuinely and so positively because he genuinely liked people. and i traveled the world with him, over 60 countries, every state in the nation multiple times. i always saw him treat people with kindness and respect, and i think that's probably the best memory that i have of the time i spent with him which i will always treasure. eboni: yes, certainly, craig. that's been the consistent theme, i think, all day coming out of the learning of the passing of the 41st president. i want to thank you, craig fuller, former chief of staff when president bush 41 was vice-president. leland. leland: and we're now getting some statements from two members of the supreme court on the death of president george h.w. bush. chief justice john roberts saying, quote, i'm saddened to learn of passing of president george h.w. bush, he was an

extraordinary american patriot and fundamentally decent man. i extent my heart felt condolences to the bush family. statement from justice clarence thomas who george h.w. bush not only nominated, but stood behind saying with deep and profound sadness that virginia and i learned of the passing of president bush. both he and mrs. bush were the essence of decency and kindness then and throughout the years. virginia and i extend our thoughts and prayers to the entire bush family. with that we continue to remember the life and legacy of president george h.w. bush. a picture there from a place he loved so much, kennebunkport, maine. our rick leventhal in houston, texas as friends and family begin to gather to pay respects. >> hey, leland. president bush remembered for public service, faith, and family. a man of patriotism and decency.

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cardiologist-prescribed blood thinner. ask your doctor if eliquis is what's next for you. >> continue our coverage, remembering the life of the 41st president. rick leventhal, live in houston where bush family called their home during the winter. hi, rick. >> hey, leland, we're outside of the gates of the community where the president moved not long after leaving the white house. he's been here for some 24 years with his wife barbara until her passing in april of this year after 73 years of marriage, the longest married presidential couple and outside of the gates here, you can see some well wishers have left flowers and also an american flag draped this now honoring the man five children, 17 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and siblings. the navy pilot from world war

ii, the son, and herbert walker bush was ambassador, director of the cia, vice-president, and president. after 94 remarkable years, our dear dad died. george h.w. bush was of the highest character and best dad any son ar daughter could ask for. and for the compassion of those who prayed for dad and condolences of our fellow citizens. jeb bush tweeted, i already miss the greatest human being i've ever known, love you dad. former president barack obama and michelle wrote, america has lost a patriot and humble service after 73 years of married, george and barbara are together now, and two points of

light that ignited countless others with their example and trump and first lady, through his essential authenticity, disarming wit and unwavering commitment to friends and family, he inspired fellow americans to public service a thousand points of light illuminating the greatest hope and opportunity to america for the world. and leland, it's worth reminding our viewers that president george h.w. bush sky dived on his 75th, 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays, a remarkable man already being missed by so many and will be laid to rest here in texas late next week. leland: for all the remembrances around the world he used to say the greatest titles in his mind were husband, father and grandfather that you touched on there, rick. good to see you from houston. our coverage continues. with that we bring in

congressman andy biggs. good to see you, sir. as fraught as things are in washington and going into the next two years, only promise to be more so, what from president bush's example should we take? >> well, i think his legacy of family and service are really important examples to the rest of us, and i think he was just a dignified, good man. i think when i think back, you know, he used to write notes and cards to people that he would just simply meet and i think he had a certain love for people and i think that that brought dignity to his office and his character. exemplified his character. leland: he was also famous for talking about the need for both civility, but also the willingness to be moderate. he said essentially if being a moderate has become a negative in our world then it's time to do some soul searching. his letter was far more eloquent

than that, but that was the spirit of it. has that been lost? is there a way to get it back? >> well, i think there is. i think the key was-- is to really respect each other and i think he did. if you do that you can moderate your tone and if sometimes you have to walk away and say we're going to have to agree to disagree, and you may not get to an agreement, but you can do that in a rational civilized fashion and i think that's where he was. leland: his direct kwaet, when the word moderate becomes a dirty word, we have some soul searching. he said that all the way back in 1964. does this change the dynamic here in washington for the next couple of weeks? does it bring everybody together? >> well, you'd like to say that we might at least have a civilized tone and rational expression to each other without getting wild and over the top. i don't know na it crosses the barriers of the gulfs that are out there right now, but i think

it can help us be a little more courteous to each other and more respectful. leland: is there anything for republicans to take from his legacy specifically? >> yeah, i think -- i would say that his service and his respect forp each other is really what you and i are talking about. i think that's probably one of the keys to his life and his success was a willingness to appreciate opposing viewpoints. i mean, he was a tough guy, but i think he also was very concerned and loved people. leland: yeah, often said that one of his big worries in the words of john mechem is that when politics and principles clashed politics was going to win, it seemed as though principle in his mind was a far greater calling. congressman biggs, we appreciate your time and your thoughts, sir. >> thanks, leland. leland: good to see you. eboni. eboni: still ahead, we are going to continue remembering president george h.w. bush, his life and legacy.

the 41st president of the united states and how his administration helped shape the modern world. . >> i think historians are going to say that we did pretty well and that's all right for me. i'm not in any rush, in heaven, look down, let them make that determination. the best simple salad ever? heart-healthy california walnuts. the best simple pasta ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org.

>> president bush, we never talk about his legacy, he'd look down from heaven and see how the historians are judging. with that we bring in the talk show host and the writer, steve gruber. it was james baker who thought george h.w. bush one of the most underrated presidents we've had and finally getting thinks due. and it's time now for us to give that to had i am? >> well, let me tell you, i'll

tell you this, and i've had the first chance to see george h.w. bush at the presidential debate at university of michigan with ross perot and bill clinton and meet the man twice out of office. he was a genuine figure, a bigger than life figure, a man who was everything that you've heard. he was honest, he had unique qualities, he stood up and shook your hand and had a genuine interest in who you were as a person. some of the take away, a guy who was a combat pilot, an ambassador to the united nations, a gentleman who served america for decades and truly believed in america, in the people, and when he would stop and talk to people and shake their hands, he meant it. leland, he meant it. when he shook my hand the first time i met him i was with my young daughter, that's something i'll remember for the rest of my life. leland: yeah, is there something in the genuineness of country over self, over politics that's

now missing that he had, and if so, where did we go wrong? >> well, certainly you can reflect on george h.w. bush and realize that when he left office, when he handed power to bill clinton, there was no bitterness. there was genuine camaraderie and friendship, a friendship, by the way, that culminated after both had left office and things that they did for humanitarian efforts and i think that reflects very well on george h.w. bush, if they could work together and put things aside in the interest of people and doing the right thing, and coming together for charity events. i mean, this was important, an important part of his legacy and he knew when to leave well enough alone. when he left office, he didn't sit in the shadows and criticize bill clinton. and many americans would say there was plenty to criticize, but he didn't go there. he had respect for the office. he had respect for the job he was doing, and i think that carries on and i think that's why we're hearing things today. i think i heard franklin graham

say here earlier today, he was a gentle giant and i think there's a lot of truth to that. he was a man who will, i believe, be treated well by history. leland: he certainly is today. you mentioned his relationship with bill clinton. he had written a note to bill clinton and left it in the resolute desk in the oval office saying you will be our president when you need this note. i wish you well, i wish your family well, your success is now our success, i'm rooting hard for you. that's george h.w. bush. a note to bill clinton who he didn't harbor bitterness with and developed a deep friendship with. steve, appreciate your thoughts as always. >> thank you. leland: stay warm in michigan. >> all right, my friend. leland: eboni. eboni: coming up on america's news headquarters, we're taking a live look at the reagan defense forum in california. our jennifer griffin is outside of the forum with a special interview, jennifer? >> eboni, i'm here at reagan national defense forum where tributes are pouring in for

president h.w. bush. i'll be speaking with the air force secretary heather wilson coming up. she served on president bush's national security council when the berlin wall fell. please stay with us. ♪ introducing the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet?

>> u.s. air force secretary heather wilson is one of the many big names at the reagan national defense forum in simi valley, california today. and during president george h.w. bush's administration she served on the national security council. national correspondent jennifer griffin is standing by with secretary wilson right now. jennifer. >> eboni, we're here at the reagan library for this incredible defense forum and when we received the news that president george h.w. bush had passed, i thought there was no better person to speak about his legacy than the current head of the air force, a graduate of the air force academy, a rhodes scholar, who also served in congress, a representative from new mexico. she, as you mentioned, served on the national security council under president bush when the berlin wall fell. secretary wilson, thank you for being here with us. >> my pleasure. >> what do you remember being in

the national security council under president bush, when the berlin wall fell? >> when the berlin wall fell, he helped to guide the nation through the time of reunification of time in germany. i remember his decency, his graciousness. i had just come back from serving over seas for seven years as an officer and he came back from a summit, a welcoming ceremony and all of us cleared off and went back to work and i was standing at my office window and the back door of the office of the white house came out and he had his dog and had a baseball bat and a ball and he was out there for a few minutes leg the ball. and there was a normalcy, a decency about president bush. >> as somebody in the air force, explain the first gulf war and the impact and leadership and role with that. >> we had squadrons in the air force and the fight kicked off with air power, destroying their

eyes and ears and made possible the strong left hook that destroyed the iraqi army and retook kuwait. it was the power built up under ronald reagan with george bush as the vice-president that enabled overwhelming victory in the iraq war. we had 104 operational squadrons and today there's 312 and the world is a much more dangerous place. >> and it was in front of an f-18, a naval jet and he was a naval aviator. how has air was it different when he was shot down over the pacific. >> you think about in world war ii, it took a thousand aircraft to deliver nine bombs each to get a few on a target. today, with precision weaponry and cells, it would take two-aircraft and we'd get precisely on target as we did in

libya just a little more than a year ago, destroying some terrorist targets, so we can, because of precision and stealth and the advance that this country developed we are the most powerful in the world and it is also a more dangerous world. >> it is, indeed. and we will have more on president bush and discussings other parts of the militaries to face the threats that you're speaking of. >> thanks, everjennifer. leland: we'll be back with more memories of the 41st president of the united states. whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! but he has plans today.ain. hey dad.

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♪ ♪ ♪ [music] >> we continue to remember the 41st president of the united states, welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington this saturday. i am leland vittert. >> a nation morning the 41st president. george h. w. bush that died last night at 94 years old. >> brett baier is joining us, i can just imagine the group of folks out there who all knew george h. w. bush from so many

different parts of his presidency, his time at the cia, time is vice president, all reflecting on the same man. reporter: good afternoon. it is somewhat gratuitous to be here in this backdrop with the reagan presidential library and the national defense forum this weekend because all of these people and in some way shape or form, had some connection to the 41st president of the united states and as you heard from numerous people out here, and all the statement that have come out the past few hours since his passing, there is just this admiration, respect, honor to look back at his life and legacy. obviously, he was vice president to president reagan. and some people looked at that as he was in the shadow of this kind of larger-than-life figure.president ronald reagan. but came into his own as president and was his own man on a number of fronts, when it

came to foreign policy, domestic policy and was the most experienced president as far as in different jobs that we have ever seen in history of this country. >> certainly, the legacy of bush 41 is that particularly when it comes to national security and foreign policy. what seems to be the sentiment there in california as you are around so many leaders on that particular world stage? >> that he had the ability to lead with dignity, a quiet kind of reverence of the military. but one in which he was leading with diplomacy. he, president bush, was someone he reached up by phone, by letter to world leaders all the time. one of the interesting exchanges is that when the wall was falling, the berlin wall, obviously the results of a lot

of years of fighting communism, president reagan and world leaders and vice president bush, the wall was coming down and marlin fitzwater, and others prepare this big victorious speech about how democracy prevailed over communism. and president bush does not want to do that. he said is the last thing i want to do. i want to respond quietly because i do not want to dance on the top of the berlin wall. he had a concern for gorbachev and how he was going to react and how the soviet union was going to react to this moment. i think that maturity in that moment, shows you basically, his foreign policy, his foreign policy thoughts. leland: you talk about the admiration and respect, and understandably so for those that worked with him and were friends with him and served

with him. is there a common theme about what earned the admiration and respect in the reverence that we are now hearing and so many of the statements? reporter: i think it is how he treated people. he asked people questions, he listened to them. he was a very good listener. he talked to folks and he wrote personal notes a lot. he was a masterful handwritten note sender. and i think that what tells the most about president george h. w. bush and actually this goes across all of the bushes. if you talk to people in the white house or secret service agents in the detail, they had nothing but high words of praise because president george h. w. bush engaged them every day. and when barbara bush died, the first lady, melania trump,

brought with her two members of the white house staff that served under the bush family, george h. w. bush and barbara bush. and went to the funeral. in that moment shows you how much reverence and respect the people who worked for president george h. w. bush had for him. ebony: in a just a bit you have a panel. you're in california of course for the reagan defense form. you will be with secretary of defense, james mattis. can you give us insight on that conversation? reporter: it's a one-on-one conversation with the defense secretary. i was out here and spoke to the national security advisor, hr mcmaster. similar q&a. obviously it will get his reflections on the passing of the 41st president. but there are a lot of issues with the secretary, opposite, can make a lot of news and weigh in on big issues of the day as you look around the world and what the future of the u.s. military and funding question going forward. he does not give that many interviews so we honor to be able to do this. we will bring it to live on

fox. leland: will be standing by. in the next hour brett baier will talk to james mattis at the forum. he will spend the next hour or so prepping and we will bring that to you live right here in its entirety on the fox news channel. with that we bring in brad blakeman, who traveled around the world with george h. w. bush to the family like you so much that they kept you around. [laughter] and put you back into service! >> i will pick up where brett left off about the family in its entirety. there is a level of decency that transcends the generations and there was an expectation passed down to president george h. w. bush that he then passed down to bush 43. >> children, great-grandchildren, there is a

sense of decency, a sense that a life is not complete without a service component. and helping others, george w. bush and george h. w. bush, i serve them both. they practiced what they preached. they were genuine people who lived a credo that is really exemplary and he meant toward a lot of people. and helped a lot of people. ebony: you get the sense brad, they being 41 and 43, that they were an example not just in the leadership of president but the american values and american family and patriotism. >> that's right. and you know, you really know somebody, especially when their personality, when nobody's around. they were the same genuine, real, thoughtful people. it did not matter if you a prince or a average citizen, you are treated the same.

and they expected that same kind of behavior from the people who work for them. leland: this is a level of expectation in terms of how, if they were going to be real and treat everyone with respect, they demanded that of others. speaking of behind closed doors, where pictures of you with them in different places to go through and take us through those memories. what were your takeaways in these moments that we did not see? what are the stories behind all of the accolades that you just offered? >> they were appreciative. appreciative of you helping them, they were appreciative of you helping others. they never took anything for granted. and their service was first-class. everything they did was the right way to do it. and they were thoughtful of others. when i traveled with the world,

i could tell in the 50s countries, a level of respect that they had not only for the united states of america, but for the president of the united states in the first lady. every place went to, you saw it. ebony: you mentioned earlier that the president wrote one of your law school recommendations. i think it is spectacular!how did you ask for that? >> it was happenstance. we were at a conference and he basically said he was going to have dinner with the host and then he said come on everybody, sit down. eddie had a dinner for us and he went on the table, he and mrs. bush.he said what is your future going to hold for you? and i said well, mr. vice president, i plan to go to law school. he said when you're ready, i am going to write your letter of recommendation. so i was ready, i asked him and he did appear they were to let

us put a letter of recommendation and then a side note that said, i hope this does not hurt your chances. [laughter] ebony: clearly, it worked! >> exactly. that is the type of people they were. handwritten notes, i followed that. i followed their lead. i always followed up with a handwritten note. it is the most classy thing you can do. today, people -- ebony: in an email society people do not do that. >> it is even more important to do it today. take the extra time and it is worth its weight in gold because of the importance it has for the people that receive it. leland: noteworthy that he did not write a presidential memoir. his book essentially was a collection of all of the notes. brad, a lot more few of the next coming days. we appreciate the insight and story. a little bit of other news to get to around the country and around the world. no deaths so far reported after the two earthquakes in anchorage on friday. anchorage of course being alaska's largest city. hundred thousand residents there appeared to have escaped unharmed. the city itself those dealing

with widespread damage. jonathan hunt was able to make his way there. jonathan, i'm guessing that it is early morning there, saturday. but almost always dark in alaska during the winter. reporter: yeah! as dawn breaks only this terribly short winter alaska days, leland, alaskans are still feeling some smaller aftershocks from that original 7.0 earthquake and they are also getting to survey some of the damage. this for instance, was an exit ramp from the main highway to the airport here in anchorage. it collapsed when the earthquake hit yesterday morning. a car was actually stranded in the middle of that broken asphalt. you can take a look at one of the dramatic still pictures of the car and we heard from people in a vehicle behind it that it just appeared to sink down as it went, thankfully, those who were inside got out

safely. but for every alaskan who went through his earthquake, it was a big one. 7.0 is a very big earthquake indeed. and it was a frightening time for everyone here who felt it. listen here to some of those. >> we knew exactly what it was, we ran outside, trucks shaking back and forth. >> first time, just everything was shaking. i felt like the ground was doing a dance. and so, chad said, let's get out of here so we ran outside. as we were running outside i could see the truck moving. then we got in the street and you are doing this number. so yeah, it was an adrenaline rush. reporter: but the bottom line, leland, is that damage was not nearly as bad as it might have

been. some >> in buildings, broken glass, a few ceiling tiles coming down on various buildings. the major damage has been to several of the highways. but as governor walker said yesterday in the wake of this earthquake, alaskans really dodged a bullet here. it could have been so much worse. there has been no reported loss of life. only a few injuries and governor walker said a lot of that is to do with a very strict building codes and the inspections that have been in place since the awful 9.0 earthquake of 1964. those building codes according to governor walker, saved a lot of lives yesterday, leland. leland: you can see some of the damage to office buildings there. jonathan hunt, in anchorage, as dawn breaks and cleanup begins. thank you jonathan. ebony: coming up, the deep and lasting faith president george h. w. bush. we will talk to franklin graham whose father, billy graham was

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>> i do not fear what is ahead. if our problems are large but our heart is larger. our challenges are great but are will is greater. and if our flaws are endless, gods love is truly boundless. leland: president george h. w. bush talk about his faith in god and the faith he felt the country should have as well during his inauguration in 1989. the bush family really never shy especially george w. bush, about expressing their faith and maintaining long running friendship with the reverend william graham and his family. ebony: his son, reverand franklin graham, joins us live now. thank you for being with us. you lost your father earlier this year, reverend. can you speak a little about

how faith of course was paramount to your family coping with the loss of your father and maybe words you have now for the bush family? >> well, i know where my father is. he is in the presence of god. and i believe that president george h. w. bush today, is with my father. in the presence of god. because he had a faithin god, he believed in his son, jesus christ , that he took our sins to the cross, that he died for our sins. he believed that jesus was the way, the truth and the life. he was the only way to god and he believed that. but he did not wear his religion on his sleeve. he was very private about it. it was a very private thing for him but he and my father had many discussions about faith, about heaven, about future events. he is very interested in things like the second coming of

christ. and of course, my father had a big impact on his son, president george w. bush. very thankful for this president, for his friendship with our family. we pray for the bush family. we know what they are going through right now. even though you expect that you were never really ready for it. leland: what is the legacy of your father and president bush 41 that it is for the younger generation. whether it be you, whether it be george w. bush, the country as a whole should take with it? i think the legacy of george h bush, a good man, a gentleman, a kind man. a compassionate man. a man who dedicated his life to public service. i think he may be the last president we see for some time who had those traits. and he was able to get along and work with people. i think of his relationship

with president clinton. who, of course, defeated him as he ran for a second term. and after the campaign was over, the two men became friends. and they worked together to help the people of haiti and people that had been devastated by storms in texas. the two men came and worked together even though they may have disagreed on things. they put that behind them for the good of all americans and for the good of humanity around the world. i wish we had more men like him. he was a great, great man. he will be missed and i know his family is giving at this time and my love and condolences to all of them. ebony: reverend graham, certainly, we know that faith is tested. can you speak a bit about any member -- remembrances you have of his faith being tested and how his faith worked with him

to get to those times? >> i know as he was entering the gulf war, he was very concerned about sending young man and women into war. he knew what war was about.he had said 50 some combat missions, he knew and understand the war. but i know the night of where he was giving the order for the invasion, kuwait and liberating kuwait. he asked my father to join him. and to lead our nation and prayer. he was a man who believed in prayer, believed in the power of prayer. and he wanted my father to be with him that night. i do not know if it was to comfort him or just, and of the two of them sat up late that night and both of them had not just one prayer, but a number of prayers together. leland: do you know what they were praying for? was it wisdom, safety of the

troops, all of the above? >> say that again? leland: i said specifically, was anything that the president was asking your father to pray with him about? was it for wisdom? strength or safety of the troops or all of the above? >> well, i think to pray for the nation and especially for the soldiers. the men and women that might be killed that night and the next few days. so he was wanting prayer for them and for the nation. but the two of them were friends and they knew each other, they trust each other. and they vacationed together. my father said, to go to vacation with george h. w. bush as a workout. he got up early in the morning, he went swimming, played tennis, went fishing and then came back and played golf. my father said you needed a vacation after the vacation! leland: we have pictures of your dad and president bush out on the boat as well.we really appreciate you being with us. >> thank you.

leland: thank you, sir. ebony: now we take a look back to remember a moment of the incredible, remarkable, 73 years of marriage between george and barbara bush. barbara bush spoke to our own steve ducey. >> a member the first person i kissed and they just about throw up. >> that's right. they say that cannot be true. and i say, it is true. the first person, actually kissed me in public. he was not even dramatic but i almost fainted. i was so excited. >> and that was it? >> that was it. for me. >> that is the guy. >> and still. i just can't tell you how much i love him. >> you know, they were talking early about the handwritten notes that george h. w. bush would send as president and during his political career. and it started long before. it started with love letters to barbara bush. as he was off at work, they just met before he shipped off

as a naval aviator but to go to training and then overseas. it was a time that he was shot down and for a long while, they had no idea whether he had survived or not. after being shot down and barbara then was waiting for word to reread the love letters i sent back and forth to each other. i would read some of now and i would chalk up. i would encourage you over the next couple of days to do that. they are remarkably special. and you see what then brought about 73 years of marriage. in the final days of her life in houston early this year, president bush spent his entire days holding her hand. >> on social media they call this relationship goals. that type of love, in 2014 still being actively love with george h. w. bush. leland: some of them 73 days is a lot. nobody here, you look at the

pictures of the two of them, looking at each other the same way when they were young and in love before they got married. and then at yale and all the way through their final times together in those videos. we will leave you with more pictures of the two of them. i encourage you to read some of those notes. we will be right back. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ philadelphia cream cheese. made with fresh milk and real cream makes your recipes their holiday favourites. the holidays are made with philly.

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no question about it.he was a fascinating man. have a great good fortune to cover him as a candidate, the president in 1980 asvice president and not so much as president . then several times as an ex-president. he was a very special man. interesting quality because of tremendous grace, tremendous character. but also a steely ambition. and very competitive, highly competitive! and those two went hand in hand. ebony: i was asking about that because they also said he possessed both of those qualities. a gentle kindness but also that steely ambition you spoke about. the mere observation, how did the president balance those tw , sometimes balancing characteristics? chris: well, if he was in a battle, he fought it! whether it is world war ii were campaigns, obviously, in the

gulf war against saddam hussein. i do not think it was his natural character. i think his natural character was to be a gentleman. but he understood that sometimes, his position, whether it was for the good of the country, whether it was his own political ambition, was challenged and he wanted to win. there is certainly nothing wrong with that. >> we keep hearing over and over, chris, initially you do is you talk to folks who knew him so well. at the reagan library this week, humility, dignity, honor, principal, these adjectives. what about him kept washington from changing him? he spent so long here and held so many offices yet, it appears as though the man who came into washington is largely the same in an character who left. chris: character. he was brought up in a very loving family. i think his mother was a huge influence on him.

one of the things he did not like to do was to blow his own horn. sometimes that did not work to his political advantage and used to talk about the "i" word. his mother growing up was it we do not use a "i" word a lot in the house. which is interesting for a politician. one of the first questions i had after he passed, was, where is the bush family going to invite -- was the bush family going to invite president trump to the funeral? and there were reasons for that. because they did not like each other. they were very upset with the way they felt. donald trump had treated their son, jeb. and they raise questions about his decision to going to iraq in a few weeks ago, donald trump talked about, he did not understand with a thousand points of light about. i wonder where they hold a

grudge or understand that this was the current president of the united states and then, when i saw today that the bush family has invited president trump to attend and that he will attend, i realize, really there was never any doubt about it. that is where the bush family roles. they did not hold grudges, country, duty, honor can first. and so of course, when president bush 41 died, they were going to invite president trump, the 45th president of the united states to come. ebony: what you think is the lesson that republicans were really the nation as a whole, as we go to 2019 with democratic control, congress certainly convoys lesson we can all take from the example that you just spoke about? i'm not holding political grudges in moving forward with country first. chris: well, we can talk about the lesson they can take. i do not know that is lesson anyone will take and i do not put this on the republican side anymore than the democrats.

but i think bush 41 understood that there were bigger purposes and it was not a zero-sum game. it was not just a question, for me to win the other side has to lose. and he made a lot of compromises that took the country forward on a variety of issues. we do not see that much in washington anymore. we do not see much compromise and much legislated. we do not see people coming together sharing each site getting to try and move the ball forward it was very much the way the business was done under bush 41. it is certainly not the way it is done and i do not put this on president trump, republicans or democrats individually. i put on all of them. it is the bush washington is not the washington we have today. leland: so very different. of dyck cheney, james baker, james baker is famous for saying president bush is one of the most underrated presidents in our history. what comes from these two men, you think and president bush's

death that we may not have heard in his life? chris: well, i don't know. it will be interesting to find out. interesting with dyck cheney because they were very close during the gulf war. dyck cheney was the secretary of defense back then. very much part of the cabinet. they broke later when dyck cheney became vice president under bush his son, bush 43. he thought that dyck cheney had turned into too much of a hardliner.i think we'll probably talk about that a bit and i want to talk to james baker, they -- baker's first wife died in the late 60s and early 70s. they were close personal friends bush 41 and baker. bush was running for the senate in 1970 and he asked james baker, a very close personal friend, to help run his

campaign for senate. baker was a democrat and really never done anything politics before but i think he saw this as a grief therapy and there was a very strong personal bond. and i suspect that is one of the things you want to explore paid not just a professional loss were james baker, very much a personal loss. spoon the friendship and professional relationship lasted for so many years. chris wallace, at west at the reagan library. we will see you tomorrow for "fox news sunday". chris: thank you. thank you ebony and leland. ebony: thank you. a live look at the national defense form where bill hemmer is leaving the panel. >> the hiring process for the nicest government is way too long and way too complicated. and very unrewarding. it is personal, it is hard to get the talent in. they have to confront the issue

of security clearance. and you're right the timeline is easily over 365 days for secret or maybe top-secret even longer. putting obstacles in front of people that want to serve. if we want them to serve, as military or civilian, have a very capable civilians. we have to make it easy for them to serve their country and that we are not do -- we are not doing that right now. >> the department of defense obviously is the largest business in the world. and as the largest bureaucracy along with it. that is one of the problems of getting young people involved and whether it is in the department of defense or some of the larger defense contractors. the time and effort it takes to get a job and to be able to get on with your career. and it is not getting any better. we need to work on it rapidly. >> it is definitely an impact in the industry.

large to medium size businesses, this waiting for security clearances we have a lot of things that were required, classified work, security clearances, things for the industry and it is a long process. we are working closely with the government to streamline it. but you have to hire someone and they have to do work that they really were not hired for. for some period of time so they can be cleared in regards the more interesting important work that they were actually --? something most people are aware of that. you clearly are because this is your line of work. but perhaps this is a story that needs more attention. perhaps more urgency out of washington as well. for the members of congress we have a question. to the congresswoman from california and -- what are we doing to improve k-12 public

education system to build interest in stem? we have some high schools that promote citizenship and patriotism. how can we leverage existing programs? >> i think with education and our community is really fortunate example of we have a really robust higher ed system but that also has some reflections and our k-12. it starts of making sure that you have preschool education and onward into the integration of stem. unfortunately, the problem that when i talked to the k-12 schools in the ministers and teachers is that they feel they are hamstrung in being able to teach stem and some people call steam, including the arts. by the strict burdensome requirements for testing and so

it makes it hard. on the regulatory and oversight makes it hard for them to make curriculum changes. and so, what you have is that we still have an education system that very much is teaching for previous century without having made the evolution into teaching for the 21st century. unfortunately i'm not sure that more regulation is the path to getting these school systems moving in the right direction for preparing k-12. we should think about our k-12 more as not just college prep. which i think -- ebony: that is bill hemmer, that is a bit of the defense form. you can check out these in their entirety streaming right now live on "fox nation". leland: after the break, a

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trying to forget what to do prevent a white house reception. he came across the room, a -- my young daughter, one of the ends there, he was connecting with youth of all ages. and i heard other stories today from other representatives who had similar experiences, there is a guy that was not taken with himself or taken by the position. but he knew that he was a human, a father and just very kind. he was also very courageous. obviously, those stories are well known. but courageous in the political sector in a way that he did what the country needed to do. even though politically, it was very damaging to him. leland: you talk about his time in orbit is something we never talk about. in the words of andrew ferguson, the sum of that work for them, he said trying to get george h. w. bush to give a speech and talk about getting

shot down, is an accurate account of his service, you can look up the details, would sound like bragging. and boy, now, it is just the opposite in washington. where did we all go wrong? >> i do not know we went wrong, just an extra in their individual who was perhaps, different from most. he knew who he was and was comfortable in his own skin. he had obviously done what was courageous. and he knew it. but he did not need to brag about it. i think that is not uncommon among military men and women that have returned from combat that performed courageously or heroically. they're not going out and talking about all the time. they did what they did, they took their own pride in it. but they do not need to strut their stuff. they were quite happy with who they are in their own skin, satisfied with what they had accomplished.

>> after he received the distinguished flying cross he says people talk about your hero, there's nothing heroic about getting shot down.and i wondered why i was spared when two friends and playing with me were killed. why was i spared and what did god have for me? this is the last of a combat veteran to be president of the united states. if you think about those who preceded him, they all served in the military in different capacities.eisenhower, kennedy, and that legacy as well. is that service to country missing now with too many of our politicians?>> no, no, actually it is not. the republicans have over the years, recruited and brought into congress and the senate, veterans. formerly the iraq period. democrats are successful in recruiting and bring it to the congress a whole cadre of very

skilled veterans from the various wars of the last two decades. many of them women who were actually serving in combat. obviously there is a senator who lost her legs in combat in iraq. leland: to your point, all of them, we talked to them, speak about their willingness to work across the aisles with fellow veterans. he seems to be a common theme among the peer congressman, i appreciate you being with us and for your memories as well. >> thank you. ebony: command, president trump me with the chinese president, xi jinping as part of his trip to the g 20 summit. to the g 20 summit. we will take a after the break. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. and one of america's best savings rates. to top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. this isn't a typical bank.

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to be the chinese president xi jinping tonight for a working dinner during the g 20 summit. in an effort to improve intense relationships between the top two economic powers. for much more insight we will bring in chairman and ceo, matthew -- thank you for joining us. >> think you have any. >> most recently seen the present has had more of an upbeat tone for tonight dinner p what you expect to come out of two nights dinner

conversation? >> for some easter with my condolences to the bush family and also reference why it is so important that we are talking about the g 20 meeting today. this is a place that president bush really shined on the international stage. when he was president. i think most important thing is, you reference, this is a working dinner between the two leaders.and there is a lot to sort out here. and i think from a trade perspective, this could be a critical meeting. a working dinner something that the g 20, and we host a lot of different heads of state and ceos of our organization iraq, concordia. but this working that is what something. it's meant to be more casual encounter. and so it is very much the two men coming together to see if they can get on the same page. especially about trade. we should be watching closely what's going to happen. eboni: do you expect any productivity? some say it would be productive if there is a lessening of some

of the tariffs and things like that that a been ratcheted up. most recently. >> no, i think the two men have come to know each other quite well. i think the chance of this being a very productive dinner is rather high. i think it is in both leaders interest to try and sort this out. i actually think this working dinner like this alongside the g 20 is the perfect way for the two men to come together. eboni: some optimism there from matt swift, thank you very much. >> thank you. leland: you think about someone have done a lot of these success really was george h. w. bush. his relationships around the world were world renowned in so many ways. that will come up along with so much else when brett baier sits down with defense secretary james madison california. folks are beginning to take their seats. the news will continue from new york.

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