boyden gray. president bush would love the fact that we're getting together to talk about this moment and his legacy and honor him for his patriotism, his love of country, his deep sense of public service. craig, i want to start with you. you knew him -- i knew him not as well as boyden. i want to hear from boyden. i worked for president reagan. reagan-bush. if it weren't for reagan-bush i wouldn't be here. >> neither would i. it would be a different world. >> laura: a different world. i have to believe that the man he was wouldn't have loved a lot of the stuff he's hearing. >> it's amazing. that when eisenhower was in office they derided eisenhower as he couldn't read because his lips were chapped then he becomes a battering ram used against the establishment by conservatives, richard nixon was cited the other day on msnbc as an exemplary president. remember how they treated richard nixon in office. gerald ford was mocked when he was in the office then they made him an exemplary figure. they like

wouldn't bush, you knew him, i want to hear from boyden on this, we grew up in the reagan revolution, reagan bush, we worked there, if it weren't for reagan bushy wouldn't be here. >> neither would have. >> laura: none of us would be. >> it would be a different world. >> laura: but i have to believe that the man he was, wouldn't have loved a lot of the stuff he is hearing. >> you know it's amazing is that, you know when eisenhower was in office, they dreaded eisenhower, he couldn't read if his lips were chapped, then he became a battering ram. richard nicks nicks was an exemplary president, you remember how they treated him. gerald ford was mocked when he was in the white house, then they made him an exemplary figure, they like republican presidents who no longer have power. they bashed the heck out of george h.w. bush when he was in office, annoy the media, vote for bush. >> laura: we're going to get to that. >> in 88 he had famous dust ups with the media, banned newsweek from his private plane. >> laura: boyden the white house counsel, you knew the bushes so well, it was just at the

boyden gray, jim baker.le who served in the administration, but friends of the president. friends long after. the old saying, you judge a man by the company he keeps. if you look on the steps of the capitol right now at the bush family, at the bush cabinet, at the highest brass of the united states military, this former president is being greeted with the grace and dignity he deserves outside the united states capitol. and just a remarkable moment as the sun sets behind us, as well. the weather gods cooperating with this day to give a special moment to the former president. >> it was very sunny until just a little while ago. obviously, the sun going down. and it's beginning to get a little bit chilly, too. >> absolutely. and i don't know if we can see it, but there are crowds lined up along the street back here, you know, washingtonians, people from capitol hill who have just come to pay their respects. >> and this formal military color guard will begin this process. you know what, i want to listen in as the

. >> boyden gray and others. >> bret: the weather outside. president bush 41 -- a naval aviator. on his 80th birthday he said "ceiling and visible uny stricted, jump out of the plane, best flying weather, for the sailors, red sky at night, sailor's delight, this has been about as beautiful a night in washington, d.c. as you can remember. let's listen in. >> order arms. >> at ease. >> order arms. >> ceremonial at ease. >> bret: let's bring in juan williams. co-host of "the five." fox news analyst. the pomp and circumstance. it's pretty much everything washington can bring. >> wastrikes me, brit, as i'm watching is that we're honoring a war hero. a man who was shot down. a man who risked his life. a man who lost much of his crew in the course of his military career. what we're seeing now is precision as performed -- i think it's 4,000 military people. members of the joint headquarters for the washington region. who will be involved in these ceremonies and it is thoroughly appropriate not only for the commander in chief, george h.w. but for a man who put his life at risk for the uni

. >> boyden gray and others. >> bret: the weather outside. president bush 41 -- a naval aviator.

bush, colin powell, nick brady, boyden gray, people who are now older but are linked to a time that many people in the united states miss right now given the way our politics is and we can savor that for just a little while. >> as we see the vice president, mike pence, house speaker paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader all expected to give remarks as i mentioned. tell us, john, a little bit about how this is changing the schedule for congress. no votes scheduled, right, until wednesday? we're not going to hear from, for instance, jaypowell of the federal reserve who was set to testify on wednesday the market's going to be closed. what else is changing in washington as a result of the mourning and celebration of the death of president bush? >> well, most importantly, sara, the friday deadline forex tension of government funding is going to get kicked back a couple of weeks. it looks as if now the new deadline is going to be december the 21st rather than december 7th, this week of course, most of the government's funded but a big chunk is at risk of being shut down in tha

every time i met with him or discussed it in any way with he or with boyden gray, it was just something he felt inside that needed to be done. when he signed it into law, he said something so unique. he said, "let the sheful walls of discrimination come tumbling down." "shameful walls of discrimination." that's what we've had in this country for so long against people with disabilienties. e said, that it was just electrifying. >> woodruff: andy card, can you shed any light on what it was about that issue that president bush, that rang true with him? >> president bush had great sympathy and empathy for pereope who challenged, and he had been challenged suffering through the def h ohis daughter, and that i think contributed to a mind-set that saw things differently than a lot of other people d. he was always committed to helping those people who were disabled. mike deland, who served in his administration, was in wheelchair, and the president was always understanding and supportive of him and he did motivateyoyden g, who did a remarkable job of persistently pushing to get this legislati d