in the next hour, the body of formerg president geo h.w. bush will be brought here to washington so people across our area can pay theirrespects. we'll have live coverage as farewells begin this morning in texas. >> making history in prince george's county. angela alsobrooks sworn in as the first woman to hold the office of countyexecutive. and the sun is shining over washington for now. but there are some clouds coming and there's a whole lot of cold that will follow that. a check othe forecast, coming up. >> newdd 4 starts now. >> good morning and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm eric gonzalez.

>> and i'm eun yang. >> i certainly hope, and i bet ur children that can grow up knowing what freedom really is. c e before you and assume the presidency at a moment rich with promise. >> i just want to get up into heaven and i don't get there by bragging on myself. my mother told me that years ago. >> remeobering ge h.w. bush. the former president, navy ix eran, and father of children passed away friday. >> today, his by will arrive at the u.s. capitol, where he will lie in state. and america will have a chance to pay its respects. then on wednesday, his funeral at the national cathedral. news 4's tracie potts has more. >> reporter: this afternoon, president george herbert walker bush will lie in state at the u.s. capitol where he served as a congn. he's remembered for -- >> his humility and his integrity and his character and his ability to relate to people. icy eporter: foreign p marked the bush presidency.

panama, the persian gulf, nafta, the collapse of the soviet ion, the fall of the berlin wall. >> not by brute force, not b threats, not by taking advantage of, you know,th dancing o berlin wall as it came down. >>. >> reporter: a former navy aviator, bush f launched thest gulf war. >> he knew what combat was all about. he knew that combat meant the death of people. people on your side and people on the other side. >> reporter: breaking this pledge -- >> read my lips, no new taxes. >> reporter: cost him a second term. ri'll be meized wednesday at the national cathedral. >> this is a very custom-tailored event, what they wanted. and we're just happy to be able to execute it. >> reporter: president bush died surrounded by family and friends, like former secretary of state james baker and his wife, susan. >> she went over and kissed him on the forehd and said, we

really love you, we love you very much. he looked at her and he said, you better hurry up. >> reporter: keeping his sense of humor until the end. tracie potts, nbc ne, washington. >> the president will lie in state at the capitolun r until wednesday morning and then his funeral will happen wednesday morning at the washington national cathedral. >> and that's where we find news 4's nicole jacobs this morning l preparations are w underway for only the fourth state funeral that the cathedral s ever hosted. >> reporter: yes. staff members here have been rking around the clock since word of the passing of former presiden george h.w. bush. as you mentioned, they are expecting upwards of 3,000 invited guests here. we're told by organizers that they seat 3,300 and they expect it to be a packed house. of course, a nation in mourning and a country remembering the life and legacy ofpr former ident george h.w. bush, which is soon not to be forgotten. decades of public service in the

military and congress, as vice president and thend com in chief, his passing bring forth memorials in maine and outside of his childhood home in massachusetts. of course, his body making his final trip to washington, d.c., where, again, it will lie in state at the national -- a the capitol rotunda. the national cathedral, again, expecting upwards of3,000 invited guests, including president trump, the first lady, as well as past presidents. cathedral staff saying, this is only the fourth state funeral here, and they're creating a sacred place for aum mtal moment of mourning. >> our president george. bush is one of the ul gieulogists. there's a number, but all the hymns were chosen by presihent bush andush family, all the readings and scriptures, so this is a very custom, tailored event. >> reporter: of course, security will b tight here on the grounds, as well as the surrounding roads.

there'll be plenty of road closures, which we will have a full list of that for you on our nbc washington app. back to you. >> all right, erica -- sorry, nicole jacob for us live at the national cathedral this morning. nicole, thank you.g, and this morn people are not only remembering the leader, but also the man. rmer vice president dick cheney appeared on the "today" show this morning and he talked about how george h.w. bush always tried to add a personal touch to anything. >> you might get a note fromim on something you've done. i remember,2004, election night, we're upstairs in the residence at the white house. and this was when president bush 43 and i were running for re-election. and lynn and i were there with the bushes, big crowd. but we had o granddaughter there, oldest granddaughter. she was about 7 years old at the time. and ftthe president walked overo her and said, you're the youngest person here, i'm the oldest. let's chat. and sat down and spent a longme

alking with the youngest person in the room at that time. she's never forgotten about it. she has a picture of it and everything else. but he had that people touch, i guess, if you want to put it that way. there was no g too small or insignificant. >> and take a look at this touching photo. the bush family spokesman tweeted this photodef pre bush's service dog, sully, lying in front of his casket. the caption reads, "mission complete, remembering 41". president bush had the 2-year-old lab since june. sull b will now coming to our area. he'll be assigned to the walter reed national military medical center's facility dog program in bethesda. and our coverage of the lifl anacy of former president george h.w. bush will continue day.ughout the coming up at 11:30, we'll have live coverage of a ceremony for president bush in houston befe he departs for washington. we'll carry it live on o nbc washington app. all right. now to the weather.

enjoy today's ecwarm-up,se temperatures are heading down and soon. >>eauh-oh. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now with more on what we can expect. what are we talking abore, chuck? >> well, today's the last of what anyone would consider milo air a the area. the sun is shining. we're enjoying that, for sure. temperatures are above 50 degrees. that won't happen again for probably the next ten days to twot weeks,least, as another very long stretch of av colder-thaage weather is on the way. we finished up november with 17 out of the last 21 days colder than average. we're above average btoday, it won't last. 59 now in washington, 58 in lorton, 62 in fredericksburg, and 5 in leesburg. so rather a pleasant t dbe outside. it won't last long, though. temperatures will fall back into the mid-50s by 2:00 in the afternoon. in the 40s, sun's down just before 5:00 this evening. so it will be aer chilly evening for sure. northwest winds are picking up a

little speed, as all. little breezy at times later on in the afternoon. as far as any rain chances today, i don't think we need to worry much about that.e there more, thicker clouds back to our north and west, which could bring a passing snowflake to the high spots of west virginia late this evening. more about the drop in temperatures coming up in just a few more minutes. >> chuck, thank you. harmony hills elementary school closed today to this main break. this is a look at that big break at georgia avenue and connecticut avenue in the aspena hill a of silver spring. the washington suburban sanitary commission tel news 4 that about 300 of its customers have either low water pressure o n water at all. those customers can go to harmony hills lrelfoentary scho water. >> right now prince george's county is making a -- marking, i should say, an historic day. >> angela alsobrooks is being sworn in a the first woman to ever hold the office of county executive. >> voters overwhelmingly elected alsobrooks after she served two terms as the county's state's attorney.

justin finch is live with details on the new leadership. just justin? >> reporter: hey, good yrning. perhap can hear the applause going on behind me. angela alsobrooks sworn in as county executive, just a few minutes ago. she's on the stage right now, thanking her supporters and loved ones for getting her to this day. >> he has been a great friend and i would like to say thank thu fe very bottom of my heart. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: upper marlboro showplace arena, abuzz as crowds filed inside to witness prince george's county history. >> i am excited. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: pam jenkins of bowie wished she w sitting closer, but still so happy to see firsthand angela alsobrooks assume the office of county executive. the first woman ever to do so. e says once the administration gets to work,o she wantslp.

>> one of my goals is to be able to find out where i can fit. i know where ian fit, but where i will be allowed to fit. >> reporter:e al lee remembers alsobrooks as a former state's attorney and a former member of his church. he's now looking forward to her leadership, which she has said will aim t fornsparency and investing in the county's future. >> i believe the transitions that she wants to take the county through will be our standards. such as, education, and economic development. also looking out for our seniors in this town. >> prince gegeor county police chief hank stawinski also on hand for today's ceremony and says he and the incoming county executive have a vision for the wpartment. >> we absolutelt to continue to grow our department. we want to continue to enhance our aining. we want to give the officers the equipment, the new technology that they need, that's just emerging. a >> reporter: a you are hearing right now, the newly installed county executive

angela alsobrooks addressing the crowd, now in her first few moments in hafice. she said transparency is going to be a big goal of hon administra investing in education, inforvesting in jobsd investing in the future of orge's county. e says she wants this to be the crowned jewel of maryland and a lot of people here want to see her do that. justin finch, news 4. >> also today in montgomery county, the new county counsel are being executive sworn in. it's happening right now in bethesd bethesda. the redskins will close o this week of nfl action tonight in philadelphia. the team needs a win. opping a division game would put them behind the cowboys and the eagles and put them out of the las wildard playoff spot. but a win would put them in a tie for first place with dallasf ki is set for 8:15 tonight. >> it's a big game. we need to win. >> we'll see whahappens. best of luck to them. meanwhile, missing

eicountant. suance video shows his last-known moves. why family and friends say that id not disappear on his own. and trade truths. esident trump celebrating a trade deal with china. he says itill save farmers and everyday shoppers money. others sayoe it't go far enough. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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and liftoff. we have liftoff blasting through the sky to e international space station. >> astronauts blasted off into space this morning from kazakhstan. the three-member is headed to the international space station for a 61/ month mission. this is the first flight into space since that aborted fligh back in october. nasa astronaut ann mcclain is among the crew and this is her first flight into space. god speed. >> president trump spent much of the weekend at the g-20 summit in argentina. >> an agreement between the u.s. and summit to put a hold on any new tariffs, at least for now. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has more on the deal. >> trade truce. president trump back from argentina reachedhe temporary breakthrough at saturday's 2 1/2 hour dinner in buenos res with chinese president, xi jinping. >> the relationship is very

special. the relationship that h ie with president xi. and i think that is going to be a very primary reason why probably ending up getting something. >> reporter: the move means the u.s. won't raise tariffs to 25% on $200 billion worth of chinese goods at the start of the new year. they're currently at 10%. the president touting the cease-fire on air force one while heading home. >> if it ens, it goes down as one of the largest deals ever made. >> reporter: the white house saying china has agreed to buy more u.s. goods, welcome news to farmers who say they've been h hard by the trade dispute. but annie who represents the maine lobster dealer's association says china is their bi overseas market and the cease-fire doesn't go far enough. >> we would really like to see these retaliatory tariffs removed and be able to continue to provide lhigh-qualityster to our customers at chinese new year, throughout christmas and new years. >> the whina house says has also agreed to avoid

designating fentanyl as aed controsubstance, meaning suppliers who could sell it to the u.s. could face steep penalties in china. but the countdown is on. both sides wilhave 90 days to reach a broader agreement. >> meanwhile, we have horrible news this morning out of arkansas. officials there say that one child isead and 40 other people are hurt after a bus crash. this happe 30 overnight, west of the city of benton. the bus was carrying a memphis, tennessee, youth football team from texas to afmemphis. r a youth football championship game in dallas over the weekend. officials say the driver of the bus is alive and is being question this morning. developing in the district this morning, it's been nearly a week since a petworth woman last saw her fiancee. david stern was last seen at dixey liquors on "m" street in iorgetown. th surveillance video of him at the store. katiepark, stern's fiancee,

says stern would never just leave his friends and family. >> you know, friends from philly, like that went to his high school, elementary school, they've ached out and they all, you know, agree that this is just not dave. he, he would never just leave to leave. >> if you see david stern, call police. developing this morning in alexandria, a police officer shot an armed man on north patrick. an officer was responding to a shots fired call, this is about 4:20 sunday evening. when he arrived, the man refused to put down a gun and then pointed it at the officer, forcing him to open fire. that man is expected to survive. the officer involved has been placed on leave, as is standard procedure and virginia state police have taken over the investigation. in the strict, police arrested the person they say shot a clerk inside a whole foods store. ichael say 28-year-old watley jr. tried to rob a crowded whole foods on "h"

street in northeast late sunday morning. investigators say there was a struggle and that's when the cashier was shot. >> it appeared like he was trying to get his hands into the cash register. and this young person, like i said, young man waseroic in trying to defend himsel >> investigators say the suspect hopped in a red zip car that was later found on minnesota avenue a few miles away. the cashier, we're told, is go>>g to be okay. new this morning, officials in montgomery county are searching for an arsonist. l takek at this large shed fire outside of a home aefearly yesterday morning on atherton drive in kensington. that's about a block away from kentucky avenue and randolph road. fire oicials say the fire caused $70,000 in damage. well,gyian actress ronya usepp could face up to five years in prison because of where she wore a revealing ess. >> she wore this sheer dress to the 40th international cairoti film fl last week.

prosecutors charged her with public obscenity forhe wearing dress. youssef posted an apology to her instagram, saying quote, miscalculated when she chose to wear the dress. egypt's tor's guild responded saying that while they believe in the persol freedom o artist, they are against attire that clashes with certain values and traditions. all right,fo s. get ready. colder folk is on its way. and maybe even a little snow. chuck looks ahead after the break. >> -oh, the s-word. and take a live look at a picture from texas. this is air force one renamed special air mission 41 to bring the bodyor ofr president george h.w. bush here to washington. much more on the president's fina farewelthroughout this fina farewelthroughout this l the ponderful thing about lident

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f> he is making the first leg of hisal journey, accompanied by theus extended b family. you're looking at the procession now, making its way southeast of houston to ehlington field,wh e he will fly aboard an air force jet to washington, d.c. on hand, his eldest son and former president, geo bush. the body of our 41st president will arrive momentarily at ehlington field.

this was the deparre from the funeral home a little less than an hour ago. the former president will be flown from there aboa the plane to washington, d.c. he will lie in state at the tupitol a. the death of a president, of course, is a rare event in american life. it last happened 1 years ago with the passing of gerald ford. and the death of mr. bush has prompted assessment of his presidency, as well as o our current political moment. nbc political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd is with us for this coverage along with nbcpr idential historian, jon meacham, who is the author of "destiny and power: the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush." nbc polital analyst andrew card was secretary of transportation under bush 41 and chief of staff to bush 43. george h.w. bush served several presidents, notably ronald a reag vice president, but it was richardixon who played a big part in jump starting his national career, namin him united nations ambassador after

a failed senate bid in 1970. our own tom brokaw joins us this morning from the nixon library in yorba linda, california. but we want to start with gabe gutierrez. he's at ehlington field there, where any moment we're expecting the arrival of the hearse carrying the former president. gabe, set the scene for us. >> reporter: hi, th good morning. the air force behind me typically known as air force one, today knownpe asal air mission 41. as you mentioned, president bush's casket is expected to arrive here on the tarmac in the next few minutes. an honor guard is prepared andy reo play "hail to the chief" as well as a 21-gun salute. as you mentioned, on hand is his eldest son, president george w. former first s lady, laura bush. other friends and family are expected for the 45-minute ceremony. then, the plane willead to washington and of course several commemorative events there throughout the week.th later i week, he returns to texas and this is the place where he was not just a

statesman and a politician, but a father and a neighbor. a pillar of the community, he and his family came here decad ago, built so much here, and then he will be taken to his final resting place on the ground of his presidential library museum in collegeat n, texas. but just within the next few minutes,e're expecti his casket to arrive here and a sendoff for the 41 pstsident of the united states. lester? >> all right. gabe, tnk you. again, about ten minutes now, we're told, the arrival of the procession of that motorcade. let me bringn our panel right now. jon meacham, let me start with you. i was watchinge of the coverage on the msnbc side as the casket left theer f home and kerry sanders was talking to people who just stood out there and said, this s our neighbor. talk about the strong texas connection of this president a s family. >> george herbert walker bush, we wouldn't be sitting here if on had followed the conven path. he went to war, came back,

graduated from yale in 19. that summer, instead of going to wall street, he had a couple of offers, my favorite detail is that procter and gamble didn't give him a job. you wonder what they were looking for, at that point. he could have gonen and become investment banker, lived in new york, a very conventional life. but hwanted to go into the oil business. as he once put it quite honestly, we wanted to make a lot of money quick. so they went to odessa, texas. mrs. bush's mother thought it was so far from civilization that she would sent boxes of soap and detergent to her daughter they moved t midland, which was the big city. and in 1959, they moved to houston. president bush wanted to go in the offshore business, found a company and wreally, th the year their daughter, dora, was born. and houston became home for them for 60 years. people always joked that he was only there for tax purposes. he'd end up in maine. he never h any intention of

going anywhere but back to texas in 1993. >> last time he was sn in public, election day. e to ths neighbors, casting barbecue place and restaurants almost all in strip malls, and people would bring out every course, hey knew exactly what they wanted, depending on the relative scale of the evening or the lunch, they wld bring a martini or a beer and he loved it. it's where he became friends with james baker and so many people. never won a statewide race until he ran for president. but he did represent the seventh district of houston. >> there's a picture in the polling place, his service dog, sully with him. chuck, we're about to start three days of intense mourning. obviously, have been in mourning since saturday. but as we look at this president, a we also looking

at allsf t through a nostalgic eye? >> in fairness, we always do that in a presidential funeral. we don't do this very often, as you pointed out. and when we do it,t's the moment where we're not a democracy. we actually do treat ali presidt the member of a monarch of sorts. we have this moment. i think wese this moment to access the -- where we are in the ameri where we are in this moment, where did this president fit into it. how did this president contribute tit? i thinkt's more acute right now, because it's such atark contrast between the two men. as we're talking about george w. bush and the person he is and the character that he is, you can't help but character it to the current president we have. they're two radically different peoplepletely different. i don't think this is the time to get too deep into the trumpm

isons, per se. but i do think, because this is -- i think it's okay, as a moment, as americans, if we i looked u this moment and have this conversation, because, again, this is what we do when presidents die. >> let me bring in andy card here., anf you look at the accomplishments of this e-rm president, you know, the stark treaty,he success in the gulf war, the panama invasion, the fall of mmunism. if you knew nothing else, you might look at that and say, how come he was only one term. of he did look at it that way. >> jim baker soraid that to me yesterday. >> president george h.w. bush i think, was an amazing successful president, if you look at foreign policy, yes, that's easy. but even domestic policy. and it was significant because he didn't have a republican house or a republican senate. and he still got huge support for some very, ver significant domestic issues. the civil rights act of 1993 --

'92. you had the -- >> americans with disability ac >> which changed the world. >> some saying should be part of the civil rights -- >> the clean air -- >> clean air act. he gave us -- violating a campaign promise, he produced a budget deal, a spending deal, that brought discipline to congress,ather than just sposed discipline on the executive branch. and it created surpluses for the first time for many, many, many years. he gave us so much. in education, in health care, in child care. people don't pay attention to that, because of the work thato he did prevent the cold war from being a hot war. >> this is why this isuch an important week, andy, what you just pointed out. i think americans need to know that george h.w. bush got punished for compromising. george h.w. bush is a one-term president because he chose to work across thee aisle, chose to break a campaign promise. let's be realistic, it's

most famous campaign promise break ever. it set the republican party on a course that it is on day, for better or for worse. and again, that's a debate that -- and and he didn't stumble into breaking his promise. >> no, heort of took it -- >> he kind of knew it. hi he acknowledged he had to do the right rather than the political thing. >> let me bring in tom brokaw, who washere for muc of this history. tom, what are your thoughts as -- what stands out to you as we begin these days of membrances? well, i think these occasions are about the majesty and the complexities of american politics. i'm quite surprised that my friends around that table, ally of pal, didn't mention a very singular presenceep that george bush from having a second term. that was ross perot, who got 19% of the vote. he was a fellow texan who took the establishment. that hurt the president terribly when he was running for relection against bill clinton. i'm here at the restored nixon library in his hometownbaf y linda, california, and i must

tell you, they've done a remaable job of showing us both the accomplishments and the dark sidef that president. george bush was his ambassador to china, he was ao the chair of the republican national committee. and when the tapes came out, showing nixon in his darkest moments, george bush was appalled by what he read. president andcame they dedicated this library, he came back and paid high praise to the president. we have aphoto, i think, of them all standing on the lawn, including ronald reagan. and healked about richard nixon's influence onpu creating ican party in texas. and george bush went to congress as a result of nixon's attention to that state. so once again, we have the complex 'tis of american presidential politics. the bright side and the very dark side as well. and you have the apotheosis of that in this library, celebrating the richard nixon

election as president of the united states in 1968, 50 years ago this november. so sto and think about it. we are always a dynamic society. there's soany parts tha play in our american politics, and not all of them always fit together neatly andive us the kind of mosaic that we would like to have. so despite, i know, that george bush had real reservations about this president, but he did pay gh praise to him. >> all right, tom. i want to bring in anita mcbride, she served a an assistant to president george w. bush and chief of staff to first lady laura bush from 2005 to 2009. anita, thanks so much for being with us. this familyaseen through an enormous -- it's been an enormous year for them. how have they dealt with all of this? >> well, i think you have two colleagues around the table there who know that very well, too, jon meacham and andy card, arguably one of the closest people to this family. and i'm honored to n this today with them and with mr.

brokaw, too. you know, t reflections, i think for all of us in these past seven months have reall been very deep and such a reminder of how lucky and how to beeged all of us were, a part of theirlooiftsives. this is a beautiful family and this is a beautiful man. and barbara bush was a beautiful woman. and they gave us such examples of courage, fpatriotism, love country, of friends, of family. all the good things in life that all of us would want and i think they're all also very heartened and encouraged by all thel, wonderwell-deserved recognition of george and barbara bush and the legacy of service that they have had, not only to the local community, but to the country and to the world. and i think it's just such an

honor and privilege to have even a few moments to share that on behalf of ,myse my own family, the trajectory of my life and my husband'slife, as andy notes, because he was there thr igh a lot o with us, was in great part due to the bushes. and particularly to georg so m thousandspeople, former staff members who have worked for president bush and were part of this wonderful time that he served country, we are all, you know, feeling the loss, but also, so proud of the tributes at he is getting now, because they are so well deserved. well, anita, we appreciate you being part of our panel. we'll be including you in th discussions as we go along. we do want to set sustain for folks at home. we are moments away from the arrival of the procession, the

motorcade carrying the body of president george h.w. bush. there is the airplane that will carry him to washington. if it looks familiar, it's pt of the air force one fleet. however, it is not carrying a sitting president, so it will thus in this case known as s.a.m. 41, special air mission 41 will be the call sign. but thatane, this version of air forcell one act president george h.w. bush was the first president to fly aboard that -- what wasn t a new fleet of air force one aircraft, that will soon be replaced. >> lester, in manyways, george h.w. bush planted the seed, the first republican seed in the state of texas. and today the state of texas is the heart and soul of the republican party. and it ok, you know, the republican party was thomas wey, was the new england, was the new york, was the upper crust, right, ofhis new england patrician party and

george h.w. bush was t first emigrant from new england to the sun belt. and lo and behold, look at t party today. >> that's one of the marvelous things about his life. because in many ways, the country has been governed from 1932 to 201 a by kind of figurative conversation between fdr and reagan. even president obama governed under that. then geoe h.w. bush and his son's story is both ar mir and a -- they were both a mirror and a maker of that political journey. senator prescott bush, senator from connecticut, very much a new england republican, george h.w. goes to texas. he was the first sane seed of texas politics. >> i said he washe seed. >> but there was one -- >> don't f >> there was one republican congressman who was -- in one of te ways that bush ce into the story was drive the john birch society, an extremist,

cold war, they thought that george marshall and dwight eisenhower and fdr were communist conspirators. >> they were really big in dallas. >> and it was george h.w. bush who was thechairman, h job was the chairman of harris county republican party. and he ran in '64 and then was in the house from '66 to '70. but he was, ihink -- i i can tell one quick story ae,ut tim mcbranita's wonderful husband who was the body man for george h.w. bush for a very long time. and to give you some sense of the man's innate courtesy, on the day of george h.w. bush's inauguration as president of ese united st he had decided not to wear a topcoat. andot it -- she said, do you want us to give -- do you want to bring your coat and he said no. they g to the capitol, reagan is all bundled up. so bush turns to tim and says,

where's my topcoat? and tim said, well, you told me no to bring it and bush says, i can't walk out there and show him up, as he's some old guy, give me your coat. so george herbert w ker bush walked through the pinnacle of power wearing tim mcbride's overcoat. >> tha say something about -- >> you're seeing in the distance there what appears to the arrival at least on the reserve base there, the motorcade, there won't be an official departure ceremony, you'll be hearing the term military precision a lot over the next 72 hours or so. because this is essentially military operation in terms of the timing, in terms of the ceomony that you're about t see before the casket is put aboard. >> just to remindhepeople, t planned this years in advance. >> 30 years. >> how often haveou been -- >> it's a sensitive issue. >> this isal lit from when he was still president, they talked about hisy uneral.

>> tll it the book. there's a binder. >> as chief of staff, how often did you go over it with other presidents? >> it's very common. zplier i remembeing when i was chief of staff to george w. bush, and president reagan died, the president was in paris. and i knew the book. i knew the book. what had to happen. >> and the thing, i president reagan's case, he outlived lbearers, so s palbe they had to update the book. >> i want to go to peter alexander peter, what have you got? >> we have just hea fm the president of the united states, donald trump, who had clashes with the bush family during then 2016 campai but moments ago we heardsi from the pnt on twitter of course, saying, looking forward to being with the bush family to pay my respects to president george h.w. bush. le know at 5:00 this evening,

vice president weliver remarks wn the former president lies in state inl. capito there are plans to have the two orfamilies visit bef wednesday's funeral. back to you. >> peter alexander at the white house, thanks very much. as the hearse comes into view, the motor de on to thefield. this, by the way, ellington field is the home of the texas air national guard unit that president george w. bh belonged to when he served in the military and texas national guard, he flew out of this very base. the ceremony will be fairly brie compared to what is planned for lat in theweek, but there will be an official, official departure ceremony. we don't believe any remarks, but we'll see the family. a good number of families will be boarding that air force vip to the trip to washington, d.c. and wel wil see another ceremony

and a processhen when t arrive in washington this afternoon and the former president is taken to the catol to lie in state. let me go back to tom brokaw, as we awaitcehe proion to make its way to the aircraft. tom, some other thoughts? >> one of my thoughts is, obviously, by the way, it was president ford, not president nixon who put george bush in the china.an embassy in but george bush's presence in texas and his involvement in the republican party delivered a great dividend to this country, he persuaded his tennis partner, jim baker, to leave the democratic party and become a republican. and he became secretary of state, he became white house chief of staff. he's aighly regarded a the gold standard in all the jobs that he had and president bush's final day, president buss t his side three different times. it was a relationship and a partnership i was privileged to seep up close and personal polyp

and baker said, i would say, i do t imagine we ought to doing this in this way, and the president would look at his hold frie and say, remind me, jim, am i the president and you're the adviser? i think'll make this decision. so they had that kind of relationship, but jon meachams knery well, in which they were at ease with each other. but some their parts was greater than just the individual parts, i think, it's fair to say. >> you know,t made mthink, tom and john, you know, look, there's always a little bit of competition between reagan and 'ssh. but lete realistic. bush wouldn't have been bush without reagan, but reagan woeadn't have been rn without bush and baker. exactly. >> let's be -- >> bush brought to reagan the mo important thing he brought to reagan was jim baker, but it wasn't just jim baker. >> exactly right. an they're wonderful turning points where things could have gone differe ily. one wasthe early 1960sxa when te billionaires came to bush and wanted him to leave the republican party and run as a democrat. so that's one thatidn't

happen. and jim baker desperately trying get a very competitive george herbert walker bush to drop out of the 1980 presidential race before bush wanted to, because he knew that the reagans needed to see that bush cld be a team player. and both preside bush,h.w. bush, and both -- and 43 have said to me that neither one oft would have been president had ronald reagan not made that call on the wednesdayht n of the convention to put bush on the ticket. >> the president's hearse has now arrived at the aircraft. anita, let me bring you in he as we await the family to be escorted alongside the casket. >> well, this is clearly the most poignant, i think for all of us to actually be seeing this. you know, there have been a lot

of emotional moments, just in different pictures and things that have been released. okay. >> yeah, we'll watch here now as -- >> yeah. >> as this ceremony begins.

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>> we just saw president george w. bush and his siblings and their families board org board now the air force aircraft, the vip aircraft that will be takins ent george h.w. bush to washington, d.c. it's notable, thiss the third time that the body of an american president has been flown from texas to washington. president kennedy, of course, from '63. president johnson in '73. and now the 41st president of

the united states. as we noted an a simple departure ceremony. the family boarding through t passenger door to greet the body of george h.w. bush, as it is elaced onboard the aircraft. and as noted, this is part of the fleet, normally used as air force one. in this case, s.a.m. 41 today, special airmi ions, as one of the two aircraft in this fleet is dedicated to this mission. >> john, you were talking about a piece of music we're going to be hearing a relot. >> w going to be hearing -- >> that we heard there. we're probably going to hear this quite a bit here. >> we're going to hear "eternal father strong to save" the official hymn of the united states navy. a favorite of franklin roosevelt's, a favorite of john kennedy's. daniel patrick moynihan recalled the wk of the kennedy funeral, you couldn't walk down a street ri washington without h hearing for those in peril on the sea. it's a remarkable piece of muc.

it was the president's favorite. it's a prayer really. of course, he was in peril on the sea, and i think i've heard him hum it. one -- two people's names he would want us to say quickly are the two mewho died in the mission on saturday, september 2nd of 1944. dell da laney and ted white. the president thought about them every day during three quarters of a century and he would want them to be celebrated as well. >> the bush family have seen the passing of their father and mother over the past seven months. i was thinking of george w. bush as he boarded e aircraft, how much did he rely on his dad in tes of advice and guidance

>> emotionally, a great deal in te --. in terms of pragmatic counsel, not at all. he did ask about the iraq war. he told him at christmas at camp david in 2002, he t it, if the man won't comply, you've got tot do what you'veo do. but president bush, interestingly, the senior sh president s he said to president clinton, he wasn't one to give advice. i think part of it was -- chuck covers these folks all the time. part of it was having been a president and a candidate and a president and vice president, he had spent decades being offered unsolicited advice. you know what i mean? you've got do this. you thugh the library at spiro agnew in the 1980s. president nixon couldn't stop writing letters.

i think part of it was out of deep respect to the office. 41 would not offer a nod unless asked. 43 would occasionally ask.ed he aob 43 would occasionally asked. he asked about bob ges becoming secretary of defense. he wanted jim baker at that period when donald rumsfeld left. he wanted baker to do the triple crown being state treasury and dafense and he called his to ask about that. more conversations than we know or appreciate. but there was never a moment and president bush used to talk about this. they neverat around and talked wout at walker's point and the old man said this t you have to do about medicare. the family dynamic was different. >> let me bring in, what is the political dynasty, if you will. is it somethey talked about as a family or unfold on its own? >> i think none of them liked