it was followed recently after the passion of barbara bush a few months ago. president issued a proclamation reading in part, as a mark of respect for the memory of barbara bush, i hereby order by the authority vested in me by the laws of the constitution of the united states of america the flag of the united states shall will flown at after staff at the white house and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval station and all naval vessels of the federal government in the district of columbia and throughout the united states and its territories and possessions until sunset on the di of internment. until sunset on the day of internment. senator mccain will be buried this coming sunday. yet this morning and for most of the day, white house flags flew normally, as if nothing had happened. as if a man who spent 5 1/2 years in vietnamese captivity, survived brutal torture, returned home to a life of public service and ran tries trice for president as if he were still alive. unlike the one for barbara bush, no proclamation went out from

barbara bush was an extraordinary person i thought. i found her veryy funny but she couldn't tolerate being singled out and praised. one time for instance the day before the election i said to igeorge bush, you know you were going to win, don't you? admit it. he said no, i don't know that and he started to walk away and he saidil but i will tell you something if i do win this country is going to fall in love with barbara bush. he was right. you have seen the black pearl necklace and a poster that is up on highways now. she's an extraordinary woman. the staff was afraid ofin her. she said what she thought. the one thing i know barbara and i talked to the staff about and mrs. bush would bring me a picture. she'd say look what i did and i would say it looks to me like you sat and read a book with someone who looks like santa claus she said no, it's a children's reading thing that i said you've got to have children in it. you don't need a man with a beard. she would have another picture where she was sitting in somebody's some low-level sta

and barbara bush was infamously known around her family ranks as the enforcer. and george w. bush looked at her portrait, he leaned over and he said, if you look carefully, you can see her eyes move. may i relate one more? >> yeah. >> i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. that's what she would -- >> she planned it. >> she absolutely planned it, meticulously that way. >> everything, yes. >> and i'll never forget, it was a couple of years before her death, i was -- the bushes asked me to do a fund-raiser in kenny bunkport for the kenny bunkport public library, and the evening before, my wife and i had dinner with the bushes and i walked her to her car. the bushes came in separate cars, and she -- as she was getting into the car, she said, george and i are coming tomorrow. and i said, yeah, yeah, i'm honored. she said, tell me about the format, wlhat are you doing? i said, i'll speak for about 40 minutes and take about 10 minutes worth of questions. and as she was going to the car, she said, make it about a half hour, no questions. >> well, we talked about president

and barbara bush was infamously known among the family ranks as the enforcer. and george w. bush looked at the portrait and leaned over to me if you look carefully you can see her eyes move. [ laughter ] and i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. that's what she would want. >> she planned it. >> she absolutely planned it meticulously that way. and i'll never forget, it was a couple years before her death, the bushes asked me to did a fundraiser in the public library. and the evening before we had dinner, my wife and i had dinner with the bushes, and i walked her to her car, the bushes came in separate cars. as she was getting into the car, she said george and i are many coulding tomorrow. i said i'm honored. she said tell me about the format. what are you doing. i said i'll speak about 40 minutes and take ten minutes of questions. as she was going to the car she said make it a half hour, no questions. [ laughter ] >> well, we talked about presidents and first ladies and their roles. but we have 45 descendants that have been with us this week going back to james m

barbara bush, being barbara bush, made it known she wasn't too excited about president trump and didn't think he was necessarily expected to come to her funeral. melania trump did come and she was very well-received, and i was in the reception with president bush and the others that came to the funeral. there was i think more honor in that presentation from the president than we saw demonstrated over the last two days with regard to john mccain, and that's what troubles me. i do want president trump to be the president of all of us. and i'm hoping that he's continuing to climb that learning curve of being president. and i suspect he learned a valuable lesson. i credit a lot of people on the white house staff who i think told the president that he probably was making a decision that wasn't as noble as it should be, and thankfully he recognized that and did come around. >> rick davis, a longtime friend, adviser, and political aide, now spokesman for the mccain family, read this farewell letter, a moving but also sharply-edged farewell from john mccain. let's watch. >> we weaken our greatn

since i've been looking at barbara bush, i don't know if you saw the cartoon that showed barbara bush going to heaven and robyn greeting her there, her daughter who died when she was 3. cartoonists can hit a cord, can make a point, sharp or soft like that one that is beyond words. >> i would like to thank you all of you on behalf of all of us, i would like to thank this terrific panel for their conversation. i think we'll leave you with this thought, which is that accountability is the key word, but it should also and must also and must continue to work both ways. accountability both for the white house and for those who are covering it. thank you all very, very much.

barbara bush. >> it was? >> it was. >> but fromthere might be some that here.rt of covering this. you know? when he does something a tad good, you know, she doesn't kind of get to claim credit for influence and then say, well, i have no influence. you don't visit baby in cages in decent centers on the border and then act like -- >> we don't give her credit for it. >> she responded because on twitter everybody was talking about #be best. her anti-bullying campaign. people were making fun of her when he is an online bully. i think that's why she responded. >> i thought that was a power move for her. i'll visit the school and clear that lebron james doesn't want anything to do with the trumps. and we always talk about how mysterious she is and i think she is a trump. she seeks to protect her personal brand and reputation, especially coming to kids. every chance she can. >> very good at that. >> i think she is always protecting that. i just -- i don't care to see the president and first lady fight over twitter. and the words of her, i just don't really care. do you

, i don't know if you saw the cartoon that showed barbara bush going to heaven and robin greeting her there, her daughter who died when she was 3. cartoonists can hit a chord, can make a point. sharp or soft like that one that is beyond words. >> i would like to thank all of you on behalf of all of us for what you do. i would like to thank this terrific panel for their conversation. i think that we'll leave you with this thought, which is that accountability is the keyword, but it should also and must also and must continue to work both ways, accountability both for the white house and for those who are covering it. thank you all very, vur much. >>> our coverage of the white house historical association summit will continue in a moment with historian jon meacham. he talks about relationships with the presidents since the country began. that's followed by historians discussing how they choose which stories are told. and later, historians from various presidential sites talk about presidential legacies and how they try to create inclusive history about this president. >>> tonight, a

pledge to the flag and i ask dreaming standing for a moment of time in honor of our first lady barbara bush. i pledge allegiance to the fly of united states of america. and to the republic for which it can one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you. please be seated. thanks for coming out tonight to bear with us you all lived in southern california so in addition to our honored guests this evening sheila tate we have a few special guests i want to point out first her roommate is with us tonight. [laughter] [applause] we also have former colleague and her former colleague of the white house from different eras she was very close colleagues with barbara as the assistant press secretary and was our backup. [laughter] one of laura bush's press secretary is with us tonight. [applause] and also we are thrilled to have among the warmer reagan-bush quality those that served in various positions around the reagan white house and bush cabinet and they are thrilled that you have all joined us tonight 17 hours speaker this evening has been a part of the reagan family ea

. >> your eulogy at barbara bush's funeral, you spoke about public service as you would like to remember it. >> barbara and george bush put country above party, the common good before political gain, and service to others above the settling of scores. >> you know, that whole principle of, again, the better angels, national service, you know, above individual, you know, ego. just very quickly because we are out of time, what does that mean to you right now, their administration? >> i think that we have to look back in order to find a way forward. and right now, the president is about the settling of scores. but we have had presidents who have been erratic. not quite this erratic. and i think we have to ultimately hope that through protests, through resistance, through these kinds of conversations, through the bearing of witness, that we will get through this. >> all right. jon meacham, thank you so much. >>> we turn to a different and more harmonious story now, which is playing out on broadway. the hit musical, the bands visit dominated this year's tony awards sweeping up a total of tenni

when barbara bush died marshall did attend. her husband wasn't there.his is different bus john mccain disinvited trump from any of these memorial opportunities. do you think -- apparently jamie she is not expected to attend any of them. >> right. >> does that leave wiggle room? >> i don't think she's going to go but the white house has not confirmed this on the record. we have been told, my colleague kate bennett, that she is not expected to attend. i don't think that that's going to change. i think what's interesting here to think about is perhaps she knows this -- she breaks with her husband. she we her break with her husband. her tweet about john mccain was very different from her husband's tweet about john mccain. she saluted the unanimous and thanked him for his service. >> yeah. >> but she also knows when she breaks with her husband it makes headlines. >> true. >> i'm speculating here, she may have simply decided this was not one that she wanted to make headlines about. >> okay. jamie and chris, thank you both. >> thanks brooke. >> very much as we

i don't know if you saw barbara bush going to heaven and her daughter greeting her there. cartoonists can hit a cord and can make a point. sharp or soft like that one that is beyond words. >> i would like to thank all of you on behalf of all of us for what you do. i would like to thank the terrific panel for the conversation. i think that we will leave you with this thought which is that accountability is the keyword but it should also and must also continue to work both ways, accountability for the white house and for those covering. thank you all very much. [ applause ] thank you all very, very much. our coverage of the white house historical summit will continue with a story in jon meacham that talks about press relationships with presidents and since it began and compares it today and followed by historians how they choose which stories are chose. >>> and various presidential sides talk about legacies and how they try to create exclusive history about this president. >>> if you missed any of this week's american history tv program you can find them anytime online at c

barbara bush was known as the enforcer. george w. bush looked at her portrait and said, if you look carefully you can see her eyes move. i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. >> she planned it. >> she did. i'll never forget a few years before her death the bushes asked me to do a find razor in kennebunkport -- fundraiser in kennebunkport. i walked her to her car and as she was getting into the core she said george and i are coming tomorrow. tell me about the format. >> i said i would speak about 40 minutes and take 10 minutes of question. she said make it 30 minutes with no questions. we talked about presidents and their first ladies and roles. we've gone back to james monroe. let's talk about presidential families and what role they play in keeping, evolving or changing the president and the first lady. >> i will let mark answer this question. this is a huge factor to be able to -- i think we heard being able to engage the community where a presidential site is for people to have that feel to be connected. susan is alw

when barbara bush died the white house lowered the flag for four days.t to the tappal. it a little harder to see. you can see it remain at half staff thchlt staff. senator mccain from arizona. the american flag on the top of the capital half staff. you may note the arizona flag is on the left. not much of a breeze there but that is the arizona flag. it is at full staff and that's wrong. they say no flag should fly higher than the u.s. flag. politicians and friends remember john mccain including the senator or they seem to call him the other senator. >> it was like having a big brother who nobody wanted to mess with. they tweeted to say that tiger woods is a good golfer. he tweeted over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite. this is despite all of the made up stories trying to endlessly make me look bad. look at the real villains, please. we expect the white house to announce a new trade deal with mexico. we'll talk more about that in our 11:00 a.m. news. we are watching that. in other news over the weekend democratic party changed the way it nom

when barbara bush died they lowered the flag for four days.t the capital the american flag is on the far right there. you can see it is at half staff where it will remain during this period of national mourning. politicians and friends continue to remember that maverick from arizona including a junior senator from arizona. >> it was like having a big brother who nobody wanted to mess with. i very much enjoyed serving with john mccain in the senate and being in the house when he was in the senate as well. >> reporting that president trump nix add public statement recognizing his accomplishments. he tweeted over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite i hope president within the republican party and 52% overall. it is despite all of made up stories trying to make me look at evil as possible. we'll talk about that as we talk about business coming up in half an hour. >>> also over the weekend the democratic party changed the way it nominates by taking power away from super delegates. we'll try to get a excellecommet why they moved it. follo

. >> this is the second not just in state funeral, barbara bush was the first, where president bush willvited, donald trump will not. how does history mark a moment like this? >> we've never seen it where the current president has no relationship with virtually all the living former presidents. it's very strange and also very horrible. it also touches on something else which is that half the job of a presidency, as you well know, nicolle, is chief of state. it's not just to be a political leader. chief of state means someone who represents us around the world, someone who is a president who you want to hold up to your children and say, this is someone i want you children to be like. and donald trump, that's just a side of this office that he doesn't care about and he really doesn't fulfill. even friends i have who like donald trump will say, i would never want my children to be like him, but he's doing things that i like. so that's why, in a time like this, it's very important for us to think of particularly political leaders who are people who represent qualities that we would like our

when barbara bush died, the flag was at half staff for four days. >> reporter: later on, the president issued a statement that said, i respect john mccain's service to our country and in his honor i have signed a proclamation to fly the flag at half staff until the day of his internment. >> we appreciate everything senator mccain have done -- has done for the country. >> reporter: fox news confirmed that the president decided against releasing an official statement calling mccain an bee for a statement. >> president, any thoughts on john mccain? >> reporter: he ignored questions about john mccain's death. >> there has long been a rift between the president and senator mccain. >> one thing we have learned about the president is that he is very thin-skinned. he did not like john mccain because john mccain undersized him. -- john mccain criticized him. >> that set off a ton between these two. they never recovered from it. >> reporter: two men representing two faces of the republican party. mccain, in his final year, not flinching as he rejected the present's ditch the president's changes

america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president ofthe election of bush for the american people was we want more reagan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states, in two days he leaves office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s. you don't always identify a president with the years, but in this case the '80s should be identified as the reagan years. >> they called it's reagan revolution, and i'll accept that. but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery. a rediscovery of our values and our common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours. once you begin a great movement there's no telling where it will end. >> the very firmness of his rhetoric enabled him to be a pragmatist. so with that faith in ronald reagan as he's our conservative warrior. the fact that he raised

since i've been looking at barbara bush, i don't know if you saw the cartoon that showed barbara bush going to heaven and robyn greeting her there, her daughter who died when she was 3. cartoonists can hit a cord, can make a point, sharp or soft like that one that is beyond words. >> i would like to thank you all of you on behalf of all of us, i would like to thank this terrific panel for their conversation. i think we'll leave you with this thought, which is that accountability is the key word, but it should also and must also and must continue to work both ways. accountability both for the white house and for those who are covering it. thank you all very, very much. >> thank you, frank. wonderful. everyone stay in your seats, we just need a very quick set change and to mic up and we'll start in just a few seconds. please stay in your seats. don't leave the room. >>> okay, everyone. we have an expert team we've made this very, very quick. all right. the second portion of our presidents and the press presentation we're really delighted to have had the previous panel, it was terrific a

bush and barbara bush. i would like to think think have some of those things and maybe since mrs. bush's passing, some of those may be made to the public. all the letters from harry to bess and bess to harry can be found on our website. they're searchable. you can read them. i've lived with harry's handwriting for a couple years. it took me a while to get used to bess's handwriting as well. they're all transcribed and available on our website for you to read and enjoy. >> i think your program is one of the best i've been to. >> well, thank you. >> i also -- i grew up thinking that bess was a pickle puss, and you have certainly confirmed that for me. >> well -- she didn't age well, and, again, as first lady, you kind of always have to be on, and in many pictures that you see of her when she's first l lady, she looks like her feet hurt. like she's wearing uncomfortable shoes or something and she's so shut down, but if you read some of her correspondence, she's a much more light-hearted person in private with people that she knows. as opposed to her public face. it's very different th

bush and barbara bush. i would like to think they have some of those things. and maybe some of those will be open to the public. all of the letters that we have from harry to bess and bess to harry can be found on our website, so they are searchable and you can read them. i lived with his handwriting for many years. i can well to her handwriting now, too. we don't expect everybody to do that. all of those letters are transcribed and available on our website for you to read and enjoy. yes? >> i think your program is one of the breast. tammy: thank you -- one of the beat. tammy: thank you. >> i grew up thinking that bess was a picklepuss, and you have certainly confirmed that for me. [laughter] tammy: she did not age well. again, as first lady, you always have to be on, and in many pictures that you see of her, she looks like her feet .urt she is wearing uncomfortable shoes or something. so shut down. but if you read some of her correspondence, she is a much more lighthearted person in private, with people that she knows. isopposed to her public face very differ

bush and barbara bush. i would like to think they have some of those things, and maybe since mrs. bush's passing some of those may be open to the public. all of those letters we have from harry to bess and from bess to harry can be found oun orwebsiorwe on our website and you can read them. all of those letters are transcribed and available on our website for you to read and enjoy. yes? >> i think your program is one of the best subjects but also i grew up thinking bess was a picklepuss and you have certainly confirmed that to me. >> well, she didn't age well. and again as first lady you kind of always have to be on, and in many pictures that you see of her when she's first lady, she looks like her feet hurt. i mean she's just wearing uncomfortable shoes or something. and she just is so shutdown. but if you read some of her correspondence, she's a much more lighthearted person in private with people that she knows, as opposed to her public face. it's very different than her private face. but she does have some really good amazing facial expressions. all right. well, thank you all f

i would imagine there might be for george hw bush and barbara bush. i would like to think they have some of those things. and maybe since mrs. bush is passing some of those will be open to the public. all of the letters we have from harry to bess and bess to harry can be found on our website. and we have transcripts of them so they're searchable. you can read them. i have lived with harry's handwriting but it took me a couple years to get used to bess's handwriting. but we don't expect everybody to be able to decipher the handwriting. but all those letters are transcribed and available on our website for you to read and enjoy. >> i think your program is one of the best. also, i grew up thinking that bess was a pickle post. and you have certainly confirmed that for me. >> well, she didn't age well. and again, as first lady you have to be on. in many pictures when you sear us first later, she looks like her feet hurt. she's wearing uncomfortable shoes or something. she is just so shut down. but if you read some of her correspondence, she is a much more l

she did go to former first lady barbara bush's and the president didn't.a bit different, that's splitting hairs, but it's a former first lady, something in line with what the current first lady is akin to and maybe slightly more appropriate she go without her husband. however, it's anyone's guess why the first lady is not attending john mccain's funeral or his viewing at this point. she is not expected to. again, we haven't heard officially, but we are not expecting it. >> melania trump tweeted, thanking the senator for his service. you have said this before, the first lady has intention behind everything she does. >> i think this wasn't that much of a departure for the first lady. she has several times tweeted on her own. she doesn't have approval from the west wing or have to ask the president what to say or shouldn't say. she's been like that from the beginning and felt the need to thank the senator for his service. ivanka trump tweeted, saying thank you for your service. just the president hasn't done so. when i arrived for the tree ceremony, the ameri

bush and barbara bush. i would like to think that they have some of those things, and maybe since mrs. bush's passing, some of those will be open to the public. all of the letters that we have from harry to bess and from bess to harry can be found on our website. and we have transcripts of them, so they republican searchable. and you can read them -- so they are searchable. and you can read them. and i can decipher bess's handwriting, but we don't expect everyone to be able to do that. so they are all available on the website for you to read and enjoy. yes? >> i think your program is one of the best. >> oh, well, thank you. >> also, i grew up thinking that bess was a pickle-puss. and you have certainly confirmed that for me. >> well, she didn't age well. and again, as first lady, you kind of always have to be on. and in many pictures that you see of her when she's first lady, she looks like her feet hurt. i mean, she's just -- wearing uncomfortable shoes or something. and she's just so shut down. but if you

pretty straightforwardly that the president made proclamations lowering the flags for people like barbara bush, billy graham. they said we strongly urge you to make an appropriate presidential proclamation noting john mccain's death and legacy of service to this nation. the sfopokesperson said they hed from staffers thanking them from putting out such a strongly worded statement on the issue. ultimately that pressure caused president trump to cave. listen to what he said at the very end of the night at a dinner at the white house here tonight. >> also, our hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. there will be a lot of activity over the next number of days. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country. >> the question remains why. why did this have to happen? we are hearing from some of the president's allies who call this a really unforced error. it could have been something very simple following the basic protocols that have been well established by presidents before him. this president chose not to do that. here we are many hours

but straight forwardly that the president made proclamations lowering the flags for people like barbara bush and billy graham and they said we encourage you to make a proclamation about his death and legacy of service to the nation. the spokesperson for the american legion actually said they heard from white house staffers, thanking them for putting out such a strongly worded statement on the issue. ultimately that pressure caused president trump to cave. listen to what he effectually said at an evangelical dipper at the white house. >> also our hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. there will be a lot of activity over the next days and we appreciate everything senator mccain has done for our country. >> the question remains why. why did this have to happen? you are hearing from the president's allies and people close to the white house who call it an unforced error. it could be something simple following the basic protocols established by presidents before him, but this president chose not do that. many, many hours later with the president taking a sharp turn in

president issued a proclamation to lower for an extended period of time the flags for the passing of barbara bush and billy graham. shep? >> shepard: official statements from the white house have been the norm the last 30 years that i've been watching such things. it's my understanding that some of his closest advisers said we need to do this. >> yeah. the suggestion made to the president that in addition to the brief tweet that he sent out, that they put out in an official white house statement, john kelly supported it as did sarah huckabee sanders, other aides. they wanted to recognize his long service to the nation in the congress as well as his service to the nation in the military. his hero status that was conferred to him for surviving five years in a north vietnamese prison. the president who has probably had more bad blood with john mccain than the hatfields did with the mccoys decided against that. sent out the tweet. lowered the flags for 1 1/2 days and now moving on to other things. shep? >> shepard: john, thank you. gun fire, screams and silence. all playing out in a live stream as a

we watched her go to barbara bush's funeral and sit among presidents her husband criticized. go to the border to see for herself what's happening with immigration. and recently sfefny grish am fired back she will watch any channel she wants. >> thachs the last time there was a public disagreement. again in public between the two involving the reports over what she was watching on tv, watching cnn apparently. thut this latest flap into context. >> there is no greater mystery in the world than recommends between husband and wife. that's true in all marriages. i'm not here to saiko analyze the president's marriage. but anybody looking at this stops for a moment and says the easier thing would have been to ignore the requests for comment today. but i think partly maybe her office wanted to respond because both don lemon and his response to the president and cnn in the public relations statement both used the be best hashtag. be best, the initiative melania has been promoting that includes positive social media use. >> and combatting bullying. >> yes. >> in the cybersphere. >> may

you just rattled off she went to barbara bush's funeral -- you can continue down the list of things wherethis way when her husband has gone the other. i'm wondering what you think that's about. >> i honestly think it's about the first lady in my opinion is one of the few people who doesn't react in response to something that the president does. so we see a lot of the president doing something and then people respond. whether it is about the russia investigation or you know a policy issue. the first lady is not reacting necessarily to what the president did. in fact i think she is more reacting to what lebron james did. he said i don't want to sit across from the president and talk about this. the first lady is saying in the effort of kids and education i will sit across the table from you. >> uh-huh. >> i think it's more her in the interest of pushing forward her agenda regard of what the president is thinking that motivates her. and that's also something that we are seeing in other flourishes of her personality. she is very mysterious, very private. so we have to look into these things a

. >> these are not georgian barbara bush connecticut republicans.ew breed of trump republicans and we are not going to let them take over our state. >> a few years ago, it was unthinkable to hear democratic primary winner like that speak glowingly of the bush family. it is proof that both sides understand the g.o.p. is moving on, and primaries are being won and lost based on a candidate's proximity to the president. >> bret: peter doocy in wisconsin. thank you. up next, what is killing the wildlife of florida's coast? first beyond our borders tonight. death toll from the bridge collapsed in italy has risen to 39. as emergency workers continue to move tons of broken concrete and twisted steel from tuesday's collapse in general. investigators looking into the collapse but engineering experts know that the bridge is 51 years old and believe corrosion weather were likely factors. venezuelan authorities say they have arrested 14 more people in connection with what they say was an assassination attempt on president nicolas maduro. among those detained are

half-staff until burial, for instance, president trump issued a proclamation that it be lowered for barbara bush until she was interned. and that took four or five days. in this case, the white house has not issued the proclamation and put the flag back up at full staff even though the other government buildings haven't. >> i think everyone can agree no matter what side of the aisle, i mean, he was a true patriot and true leader. >> unbelievable. yeah. >> i got a chance to meet him as a reporter in phoenix. and help went out of his way to say, you're new, my name is john mccain. and i'm like, i know. but, i mean, he was -- he was a person, not just a senator. it was very nice. >> and we have a full week of remembering him and will remember him well. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> switching gears a little bit, we'll talk about the forecast. another cool one for an august day, although we're late in august now. maybe the dog days of summer are behind us? >> absolutely. they call it fog days for a reason. we'll turn to vianey arana for the temperatures we have been watching. >> it is gloomy and

senator mccain's, former first lady barbara bush's. he did not go to the kennedy center honors because there was a political backlash. he's faced problems from athletes who typically come to the white house to celebrate championships. the philadelphia eagles were sending such a small delegation that the president disinvited them all and threw a small party on his own with no sports teams there for the super bowl. what i've learned is it's sort of mutual. which is president trump lives in a bubble. me likes to go to trump properties, eat at trump restaurants. as much as polite activity, for lack of a better term, often doesn't want the president, the president often doesn't like to go to places where he's not welcome, where he's not the center of attention, the focus of adulation. this is sort of that circular process. but there is a price to pay when the president is unwilling or unwilling or unwelcome to perform these very basic rituals of the office. >> you spoke to one republican consultant who said the president was, quote an apex

barbara bush, where it was laura bush, on literacy, the obamas and specifically their work with veteranss championed causes. every first lady has done good. what has she done? virtually nothing. and they say, she is a private person. you know what? she now has an obligation to do good. when you get to that position, i don't think you have a right to stay home and have silly little press conferences like. this i think it is time for her to get active and for her to show some public mindedness. i will say that she did decide to take her first public trip and maybe this is a little bit of trolling. she decided to go to africa. which her husband once described as a bunch of s-blank, blank, blank countries. so perhaps that's a little kneedling on her part. if she comes one something remotely in the realm of what for example president bush did with respect to aids, i would be stunned. these people are about empty gestures, themselves, and they're fundamentally selfish people. >> the announcement of the trip, it was an announcement of a trip to a continent. i'm not sure the first lady's office

and president trump wasn't invited to the funeral of barbara bush.e past presidents have criticized him in one dre or another. that's unusual. but trump is in a different category. he's an institutional an,ist and an institutional arsonist. i think he is trying to burn down the presidency. and these are men, regardless of their party, all of whom had respect for the office and understood its magesty and its importance in american life. trump doesn't seem to see that. in fact, quite the opposite. he seems to relish trying to take it down and to diminish it in the eyes of the public. and they may well speak out against it. >> as you mentioned one of the former presidented didn't actually mention trump by name. if you don't say his name in your criticism, does it truly have the same effect? peter, to you. >> oh. you know, it has an effect, if you go back and read the gorge w. bush speech everybody knew who he was talking about. president bush and others may ratchet it up. willic make a difference? i don't know. but you may have something happen analogou

meanwhile, this professor slammed barbara bush as a, quote: racist days after she died. getting hate mail. not kidding. ainsley: you love her as aunt becky on full house. now lori laughlin is returning to another role she joins us live coming up next. ♪ ♪ brian: time now for news by the numbers. that's why we have that logo. first 15 million, that's how many credit and debt card numbers were stolen by hackers. federal prosecutors say three ukrainian men targeted businesses in 47 states including chipotle, chili's and arby's. next, $35,000. that's how much money a watchdog says the california democrats gave maxine waters illegally. i'm standing in front of her right now. national legal and policy center says it was meant to give cam mall la harris on waters' mailer. and finally, $100,000 i couldn't find my mark. that's how much the chicago mayoral candidate is giving away to help pay their property taxes. millionaire's second major money give away through nonprofit. the group is filing complaints saying the money should be disclosed as a donation to his campaign. there fe

this breaks from precedent for john glenn, for barbara bush, those flags were down until internment. "the washington post" says aides wanted to release a formal statement praising john mccain as a hero but he mixed that idea and released just that tweet that you mentioned instead. that tweet in and of itself raised eyebrows because it doesn't mention any of his achievements or speak about him in any kind of personal way at all. that really again is bucking from tradition of past presidents. obama, bush, two men who beat him in the past offered glowing public remembrances over the weekend. the list of others goes on and on from the first lady to ivanka and the vice president. much of the president's cabinet offered glowing praise of john mccain. we all know this. they had an acrimonious relationship. it was no secret, of course, george, you remember during the campaign then candidate donald trump said that john mccain was not a war hero because real war heroes aren't captured so this response from the white house particularly from the president's critics raising a lot of eyebrows. >>

bush and his wife barbara were frequent guests alongith world leaders, celebrity. general e.hwarzkopf th today the restaurant isg celebrats 0th 40th anniversary. they'll donate 20% of all sales to military families and veterans. the trd generation restaurant owner is a march reern and combat veteran who actually st reen after 9/11. military service is huge for them. if you go into this place, the walls tell the story. you see the coi there, you see so many pictures of militaryls genend servicemen and women who have co r. itds like a congressional record when you look inside the reservation sheena, hey. >> hi, guys. >> how is it going? >> we had a great weekend with clear the shelters. a lot of people at home with their nro pets pbably wondering is the weather going to be good. the clouds are out there morning. it feels good, we're also talking about rain on the radar. a lot of people heading back to school today, too. a lot of kids maybe heading to the bus stop.we we have s around for some of you to be aware of as you're going to step outse. out fredricksburg, near

bush and his wife barbara were frequent guests as were other congressmen and celebrities, general swartzkoph> where is the angie goff photo on the wall? >> tomorrow the restaurant is celebrating their 40th anniversary. a portion of the sales wl benefit military families. it's a third generation owner who ise a marin and war hero. >>> in the metime, to celebrate students heading back to school, a become tournament was held in northwest d.c., a group called your d.c. organized yesterday's event. organizers also gavre out school supplies to students in the district. >>> that's wonderful. it's a sure sign that summer is winding down, it was move in da at americanuniversity. a crowded scene right outside the school here in northwestc. d. saturday. police directed traffic ass pare dropped off the students and all their stuff. freshman will be moving in next week and those of you who are eliving through northwest d.c. will l see many more pedestrians. that's pretty much, i think, everywhere. becaus p a lot ofple are going to be walking to bus stops. >> about to get real crowded and welcome, everyon

barbara lee? caller: i am not into my country invading other countries like under bush and cheney with iraq under ama and clinton with libya and syria. i hope you people do numbers with the number of people who have died with invasions. a barbara lee on foreign policy, i deeply respect her stance on not invading afghanistan. special forces i understand, but iraq, sheng and on stood firm on both issues. also on domestic issues, barbara lee is -- generally stand in the correct spot with working for the american public. vulnerablenk she is like pelosi where she pays to corporate interest and wall street. i think she is a person of great integrity. host: that is kathleen in ohio. nbc news in their reporting tracking the 51 democratic candidate incumbents who will not support nancy pelosi for i nor the leader, tracking comments throughout the primary season from those candidates that are running. when it comes to incumbents, there are 9 incumbents they list on their tracking. kathleen rice, linda sanchez, bill pascrell, conor lamb, seth , timon, brian higgins ryan, jim cooper, kurt schrader, who theyum

president bush finishes the dinner, goes back to the white house, but the image of john mccain is right in his mind. so he gets up, he wakes barbara up. he gets the secret service to drive them over to the vietnam memorial late at night where it's veteran's day. so they're reading the names of the fallen. and without publicity, the president of the united states, the defeated president of the united states, gets up and reads names of the fallen from that controversial conflict. and it was all because john mccain reminded him of what service was. and i think that's why we're reacting the way we are. >> wow. >>> still ahead, this morning on "morning joe," the legacy of john mccain will forever be tied to america's foreign policy. right now we're facing huge challenges on the world stage. we're going to be talking about new developments in one of the hottest flash points, north korea. we have andrea mitchell with us, richard haass and many more straight ahead on "morning joe." >>> i fell in love with my country when i was a prisoner in someone else's. i loved it not just for the many comforts of life here, i loved it for its decency,