you put them together you got george herbert walker bush. >> together, president bush and dana carveycted friendship, one that started after bush lost hissed by for re-election in 1992. mr. bush invited carvey to the white house as a pick me up for the staff. >> i was staying in the lincoln bedroom and i couldn't resist getting on the phone and i called up the secret service as the president, feel like going jogging tonight, in the nude. >> carvey's "saturday night live" impressions were comedy gold. >> they're bad. >> so memorable, mr. bush himself had to join in the fun. >> not gonna do it. not na ga da. >> in all my years of government service, i never once said na ga da. >> the president's grace and generosity vividly on display as he recounted a phone call to carvey. >> he said i hope i've never crossed the line, and i knew exactly what he meant. and as far as i'm concerned he never has. and the fact that we can laugh at each other is a very fundamental thing. >> we have so many warm moments with them. >> in april, carvey described his 25-year friendship with the bushes. and how

dana carvey writes "it was an honor and privilege to spend time with george h.w. bush over all the years. what i remember is laughing." >>> still ahead for you, lies and the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller is considering new charges against the president's former campaign manager paul manafort after he breached his plea deal. here we go. discover. i like your card, but i'm absolutely not paying an annual fee. discover has no annual fees. really? yeah. we just don't believe in them. oh nice. you would not believe how long i've been rehearsing that. no annual fee on any card. only from discover. >>> welcome back. it's a tough week for associates of president trump and the russian investigation. prosecutors refusing to rule out new charges against manafort after he allegedly breached his plea agreement. this comes after michael cohen pleaded guilty thursday about lying to congress about trump's plans to build a trump moscow. ken dilanian, national security reporter and kcraig unger, investigative journalist. ken, watching the pictures of the pres

dana carvey. that is the moment we began to appreciate the president.ok back and laugh. >> he played that perfectly. the president. >> not -- >>> george h.w. bush cleared for takeoff for washington one final time today. friends prepare for a late farewell to the late commander in chief. at when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. ♪ >>> special air mission 41 takes flight today. a final farewell to the late president george herbert walker bush. >>> trade truce? no new tariffs for now while u.s. and china work on the trade war. >>> where is the crime? >> roger stone maintains he did not wrong in 2016 about what he knew and when about hacked de

as dana carvey said, the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. [laughter] george herbert walker bush was america's last great soldier statesman. a 20th century founding father. he governed with virtues that resemble those of washington and truman, eisenhower. of men who believed in causes larger than themselves. 6'2", handsome, dominant in person, president bush made fists to underscore points. a master of what franklin roosevelt called the science of human relationships, he believed that to whom much was given, much is expected. because life gave him so much, he gave back again and again and again. he stood in the breach in the cold war against totalitarianism. he stood in the breach in washington against unthinking partisanship. he stood in the breach against discrimination and on his watch a wall fell in berlin. a dictator's aggression did not stand. doors across america opened to those with disabilities. life, he stood in the breach against heart break and hurt. always offering an outstretched hand, a warm word, a sympathetic tear. down, he w

bush and dana carvey is so telling.ett. >> the way to the president is to start out with mr. rogers: ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ then you add a little john wayne. "here we go, let's go over the ridge." you put them together, you got george herbert walker bush. >> reporter: together, president bush and his comedic foil, dana carvey, forged a perhaps- unexpected friendship, one that started after bush lost his bid for re-election in 1992. mr. bush invited carvey to the white house as a pick-me-up for the staff. >> i was standing in the lincoln bedroom last night and i couldn't resist getting on the phone, and i called up the secret service as the president. "feel like going jogging tonight." ( laughter ) "in the nude." ( laughter ) >> reporter: carvey's "saturday night live" impressions were comedy gold. >> bad! they're bad! bad! >> reporter: so memorable, mr. bush himself had to join in the fun. >> not gonna do it. not gon' da't. >> in all my years of government service, i never once said "not-ga-da." >>

as dana carvey said, the key is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. [laughter] george herbert walker bush was america's last great shoulder best soldier statesman. -- last great soldier statesman a 21st century founding father. , he governed with virtues that most closely resembled those of washington and adams andfdr and truman and eisenhower. and fdr and truman and eisenhower. men who believed in causes larger than themselves. six feet two inches, handsome, dominant in person. spoke with those big strong hands, making fists to underscore points. a master of what franklin roosevelt called the science of human relationships he believed to whom much is given, much is expected. and because life gave him so much, he gave back again and again. he stood in the breach and the -- in the cold war against authoritarianism, and the breach against unthinking partisanship, he stood in the breach against tyranny and discrimination. on his watch a wall fell in berlin. a dictator did not stand. doors across america opened to those with disabilities. in his personal

a littlentax sounded choppy at time, and dana carvey impersonating him, it was because george bush had trouble using the words i and me. his mother had told him that those were the words of braggarts. said of a cheering crowd, they are not clapping for me, they are clapping for the office of the president. that is exactly how he thought it should be. i was still a relatively new congressman when he was president. i certainly do not agree with his policies. but that is a. discussion for another time as his life shows us, there is a time for politics and there is a time to put politics aside. president reagan helped hurry the end of the cold war. but it felt to bush to successfully navigate the aftermath. inn the berlin wall fell 1989, he insisted there would be no gloating. no triumphalism from his administration. his low-key approach set the tone for our natal -- nato allies. such such a heavily armed empire ended with such little bloodshed or turmoil. bush and gorbachev successfully negotiated the start nuclear treaty. he saw the largest reduction in nuclear arms in history. if you tr

if his syntax sounded choppy at times and dana carvey made a fortune imitating him, it was due to the fact george herbert walker bush had difficulty using the word "i" and "me." his mother taught him at a young age those are the sound ragert s. he said they're not clashing for me but the office of the president. that's exactly how he thought it should be. i was a rather new congressman when george herbert walker bush was president. i didn't agree with all his follows but that is a discussion for another team. as president bush's own life shows us, there's a time for politics and a time to put tough politics aside and recall the exceptional lifetime of service he gave to our nation. president reagan helped hurry the end of the cold war but it fell to president george herbert walker bush to successfully 1/2 gate the after math in the berlin wall fell he insisted there be no gloating or triumphalism from his administration. the low keep approach set it up for the allies as well and helped make possible the end of the soviet union. never before such a heavily impart ended with such little

dana carvey released a statement saying this.an and a privilege to spend time with george h.w. bush over 25 years. when i think of those times what i remember most is how hard he would laugh. i will miss my friend. we have much more ahead in our coverage of the passing of president bush. so be sure to tune in tonight for a cnn special report. remembering 41. the serious side, the sense of humor. at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. we'll be right back. >>> "cnn special report: remembering 41" tonight, 8:00 eastern. >>> you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera in new york. thank you for being with us tonight from all corners of the world.

but if you can poke fun at yourself, i just love those scenes where dana carvey is in the white house he says, how do you do george bush? it's a little bit of mr. rogers and you overlay that was john wayne. and i'm not going to try to do the john wayne impersonation but, it's exactly on point. and bush loved it and he knew that would bolster the spirit of those who had lost in his reelection campaign. >> shepard: sometimes presidents lead with forests and endurance and sometimes it's important for presidents to lead with human humility and an understanding that none of this is such a big deal that we can't be made fun of and have a moment of humility. >> and he knew his priorities. as people said, faith, family, friends and fun. he loved to have fun with his sports and his sense of humor. he had both leadership and humility, and doesn't make for for the best leader? >> historically it does. my very few times around him, a couple times in the white house, i was always struck by how many names he knew and how many specifics he could remember and how we would always seem to managed a smi

george bush was no exception, he did more than just tolerate dana carvey making fun at him. >> dana, i'm watching you do your impression of me and i got to say, it's nothing like me. bears no resemblance, it's bad, it's bad. >> well, i'm sorry, mr. president, i think it's a fair impression. >> it's totally exaggerated, it's not me. those crazy hand gestures. the pointing thing, i don't do them. also, na-da-da, never said it. in all my years of government service i never once said na-da-da. >> president bush was so taken by dana carvey's act he invited him to the white house to cheer everyone up after mr. bush lost the election in 1992. >> the way to the president is to start out with mr. rogers, then you add a little john wayne. here we go, let's go over -- you get george herbert walker bush. >> that's good. >> don't dare move my hands, i want to. i'm very grateful to dana and to paula for being here, and dana's given me a lot of laughs. he said to me on the phone, are you sure you really want me to come there? i said, yeah. he said, i hope i've never crossed the line. and i knew exa

george bush was no exception, he did more than just tolerate dana carvey making fun at him. >> dana, watching you do your impression of me and i got to say, it's nothing like me. bears no resemblance, it's bad, it's bad. >> well, i'm sorry, mr. president, i think it's a fair impression. >> it's totally exaggerated, it's not me. those crazy hand gestures. the pointing thing, i don't do them. also, na-da-da, never said it. in all my years of government service i never once said na-da-da. >> president bush was so taken by dana carvey's act he invited him to the white house to cheer everyone up after mr. bush lost the election in 1992. >> the way to the president is to start out with mr. rogers, then you add a little john wayne. here we go, let's go over -- you get george herbert walker bush. >> that's good. >> don't dare move my hands, i want to. i'm very grateful to dana and to paula for being here, and dana's given me a lot of laughs. he said to me on the phone, are you sure you really want me to come there? i said, yeah. he said, i hope i've never crossed the line. and i knew exactly

. >> dana carvey spent years channeling george h.w.h on "saturday night live," bush actually grew to love carvey. the two did charity events together and drew laughs at 1993 white house correspondents dinner. [ applause ] >> what's this? >> this. >> you're like -- we got to bring them together. >> joining me now is jonathan alter, karen is back with me as well from the "washington post." boost of you have smiles on your face about this one. jonathan, there are a couple of things about this that are interesting. one is that he was thought to be self deposition pkate deprecat sense of humor. >> we forgot what it was like to have a president who can laugh at himself, have some sense of humility, which bush did. his sense of humor could be kind of goofy, but that's what made it more endearing in some ways. for instance, he would play horseshoes at the white house. when he was flinging a horseshoe, and he was a competitive guy, he always wanted to win, he said i would unleash chang. you had to be a political nerd to know what he was talking

she is still mad at dana carvey for what is in retrospect a fairly loving portrayal in spoofing.earse. but he really was able to forgive. >> oh, he definitely was able to forgive. and it's because he didn't take himself so seriously. i think that's really important part of the story here. he was self confident without preening. >> the motorcade is arriving at the capitol right now. there you see the hearse containing the casket where george h.w. bush is. let's go to wolf blitzer for more. wolf? >> we're up here on capitol hill. we can see the motorcade arriving right now. the motorcade will bring the casket, and they will -- in fact, we can see it right behind us right now, if we take a closer look, you can see what's going on. but every minute, indeed maybe every second, has been so prepared as we look at the dignitaries who have gathered at the top of the steps of the capitol. there you see former vice president dick cheney and james baker, among others. they will receive the casket. and there will be a formal military ceremony that will present arms. the ruffles and flourishes

so he called up dana carvey and invited him to come to the white house. he and his wife slept in the lincoln bedroom and the next day surprised the staff with an east room rendition of dana car ivy's george bush and had everyone laughing and feeling better for a few moments. president bush cared about all of us. >> martha: dana carvey said he worked on the impression of president bush he said it's between mr. rogers and trying to be john wayne. which i thought was great. we take a look at the motorcade making its way to st. martin. tell the story about how you went out for a boat ride with 41. he had just learned he was going to be on the ticket as the running mate for ronald reagan. he didn't mention it to you until the end of the ride. what happened? >> yeah. well, you know, i was actually the perfect age. i was 6 years old. he hadn't had his oldest grandson george p. who has become a life-long friend as well. so i was in the right place at the right time. he called my dad and said i want walker to come fishing. my dad said we'll be over at walker's poin

but he did more than just tolerate dana carvey making fun of him. wed he was able to have fun at his own expense. >> dana, george bush here. i'm watching you do your impression of me and i've got to say it's nothing like me. bears no resemblance. it's bad. it's bad. >> well, i'm sorry, mr. president. i think it's a fair impression. >> don't see it. >> you don't? >> it's totally exaggerated. it's not meet those crazy hand gestures the pointing thing. i don't do them. also na, ga, da, never said it. in all my years of government service, i never once said nagada. >> president bush was so taken by dana carvey's act that he even invited him to the white house to cheer everyone up after bush lost the election in 1992. >> to do bush, you start out with mr. rogers, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. then you add a little john wayne. here we go. let's go over to the ranch. you put them together you got george herbert walker bush. >> yes. >> don't dare move my hands what i want to do. no, but i am very grateful to dana and to paula for being here. and

the idea of not blaming dana carvey for the loss but embracing him. >> you don't think that president trump would invite -- >> no. >> it is remarkable along those lines that president trump will be attending the services because bush 41 wanted it that way. he wanted all the presidents, including the current president, to be there. >> i think that's an example of his graciousness. and he's not looking at donald trump the man, the man who has said terrible things, not just about him, but his children. but he's looking at the office and he believed, obviously, that it was important to the country to see all of the presidents assembled. and people elected donald trump, and i think george w. -- george h.w. bush wanted to make sure that it was understood that he is the president and he would be given that deference. >> anita, can i ask you why, since your here, why this but not barbara bush's funeral? it seems there might have been discussion in the bush family about why one and not the other. >> there isn't necessarily custom or tradition that every former president or every sitting presid

as dana carvey said, the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. >> reporter: long time friend senator allen simpson reminding americans of the values bush lived by, now in short supply. >> hatred corrodes the container it's carried in. the most decent and honorable men i knew was george bush, one of nature's noble men. >> reporter: today's ceremony both powerful and poignant. the most personal tribute from a son about his father. >> we tested his patience. i know i did. but he always responded with the great gift of unconditional love. last friday, when i was told he had minutes to live, i called him. i said, dad, i love you, and you've been a wonderful father. and the last words he would ever say on earth were, i love you too. >> reporter: w. recalling his dad's signature adventurous spirit. >> at age 90, george h.w. bush parachuted out of an aircraft and landed on the grounds of st. ann's by the sea in kennebunkport, maine, the church where his mom was married and where he worshipped often. mother liked to say he

as dana carvey said the key to bush 41 impersonation is mr. rodgers trying to be john wayne. >> he showed me how to lead with courage and act with love in his heart for the citizens of the country. i said, dad i love you and you have been a wonderful father and the last words he would say on earth were, i love you too. to us, he was close to perfect. but not totally perfect. his short game was lousy, through our tears let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man. the best father a son or daughter could have. ♪ >> testify very mo-- it was moving. the funeral in houston, will take place tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning and then, at 10:30, his casket will be transported to the george bush presidential library. and he will be laid >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. the changes made in china that are causing the recycle ables to stack up and victims of mail fraud try to do the right thing. 7 on your side explains why investigating the cases is so complicated. >> and a look at the unusual treatment uc davis veterinaria

and the whole na-ga-da thing that he interacted with dana carvey. it showed a well-rounded great man, this man was and is. and that we're appreciative of the opportunity to commemorate him and his service in all capacities and all phases of his life. so god bless him. god bless the whole bush family. and thank you for this time. mr. williams: next is congressman french hill from arkansas. mr. hill: i thank my friend from texas for coordinating this opportunity to stand in solidarity on the house floor and memorialize a dear family friend and my former boss, george herbert walker bush, our 41st president. president bush was a great sportsman, a man of warm and goofy humor, a man who in every instance put himself in the position of serving others. from his willingness to enlist and become the navy's youngest aviator, a brave aviator he was indeed, flying some 58 combat missions. but at every stage of his life, until he passed on to be with bar and ron at the age of 94, bush 41 continued to put himself in the position of serving others. that is his leg

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like this moment, when he invited dana carvey to the white house. >> not gonna do it.n't be prudent. >> reporter: the president joining carvey onstage, and saying this. >> the fact that we can laugh at each other is a fundamental thing. >> reporter: his burial instructions are simple. a military song to be played, "last full measure of devotion," a plain gravestone with his navy number on it. and on that stone, a quote dedicated to his late wife, "he loved barbara very much." >> i don't know where i'd be in life if i wasn't blessed with a lot of kids, and grandkids, and family, including of course barbara. >> reporter: he was devoted to former first lady barbara bush, who died earlier this year at the age of 92. and the last time he sat down with our diane sawyer, she asked him if he had any idea what heaven might be like. >> i've wondered about it. i do think there's an afterlife. i do think that you go to heaven. there is a heaven. and i don't fear it, though. when i was a little guy, i feared death. i'd be -- i'd worry about it. i'd be scared. not anymore. >> presid

he embraced it and upon his departure, he threw a party and invited dana carvey. and he said how strange it was. and it showed his great sense of humor and perspective. >> here we can see jeb bush, one of the sons, standing by is a motorcade carrying the family has arrived. on the left-hand side, we just moments ago german chancellor angela merkel. there is jimmy carter there as well. >> they're the same age. 94 years old. >> it is interesting to see angela merkel there as well, because it was under the watch of george h.w. bush that we saw the falling of the berlin wall. the reunification of germany. a lot of germans and the leadership in germany had held george bush in high regard because he helped shepard that whole transition, which was titanic. it was a huge event in german history. >> in the 1990s when he was present, germany was still an occupied country. he brought about the end of the occupation and so in a sense, with all the berlin wall was the end of world war ii for germany. it makes sense that a lot of germans would hold him in high regard because of

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bush and dana carvey is so telling. here's major garrett. >> the way to the president is to start out with mr. rogers. it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. then you add a little john wayne. here we go, let's go over the ridge. you put them together, you got george herbert walker bush. >> reporter: they carved an unexpected os h bid forlection in invited carvey to white house as a pick-me-up for the staff. >> i was in the bedroom last night. i couldn't resist getting on the phone and call the secret service. well, i've gone jogging tonight. in the nude. >> reporter: carvy had questions -- so wonderful, mr. bush himself had to join in the fun. >> dat-dat-dat. >> i never once said not-not-not. >> reporter: he recount the a phone call to carvy. >> he said, i hope i've never crossed the line. and i knew exactly what he meant. and as far as i'm concerned, he never has. and the fact that we can laugh at each other isentang e ha so many war moments with them. >> reporter: in april carvy described his 25-year friendship wit

host: a few people mentioned this morning dana carvey's impersonations of the former president. here is a bit from when they met at the white house in 1992. [video] >> no, no. -- [applause] >> thank for having me. thank you. [applause] [cheers] >> i did not know we could do that. [laughter] >> never mind. i just want to wish you all a merry christmas and thank you very much, god bless you all. he is lucky i did not hit him right on the head. [laughter] [applause] president trump: don't dare move my hands. [laughter] i have very grateful to dana and paula for being here. dana has giving me a lot of laughs. he said to me on the phone, are you sure you want me to come there? i said yes. he said i hope i have never crossed the line. i knew exactly what he meant. as far as i am concerned he never has. the fact we can laugh at each other is a very fundamental thing. thenot sure on november 4 invitation would have gone out and have the same enthusiasm, but we are shifting gears. he has given us a wonderful kickoff to what i hope will be a joyous, totally friendly, very happy, somewhat

bush's diary, it's a tape recorded diary like listening to dana carvey. mcbride screwed it up. no. dana once said the key to doing george h.w. bush's voice was mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. but when i was listening to the diary, he would be bellyaching about the press in very specific terms. like, maureen dowd did this, judy woodruff did that, sam donaldson did this. i was beginning to worry as president, the man who won the cold war had watched tv all day. what i realized, somewhat in consultation with tim, part of what happened is he had everything in his briefcase. so he had the white house news summary in the tape recorder. so he would be on marine i or air force i and pull everything out and start looking at this and be reading this great transcript of everyone who had been attacking him all the time. so he would just react to it that way. that's the reality. how many of you all love being criticized? maybe you're better than i am, but, you know, it's just -- and that -- to me that's the importance of the work you all do. it's that you all humanize people who are at risk

dana carvey said "what i remember most is how hard we would laugh. miss my friend." >>> the pastor was with the former president and first lady barbara bush in their final moments of life. he told us mr. bush's life was generously, graciously and lovingly lived. how do you think he would have liked to have been remembered and celebrated? >> he wanted people to know it was his desire to serve. serve god, serve citizens around the world. his service was not a discriminating love, it had no parameters. he had friends from every faith tradition, every race, every nation and we're seeing that right now around the world. >> so many people did love president bush. the reverend says president bush leaves a tremendous hole to fill. >> the 41st president will be honored with four days of memorials and events before reaching his final resting place. ed o'keefe is at joint base an dplus m. drews. >> the casket will be flown on a jet normally known as air force one but his has been dubbed special air mission 41. he will lie in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda un

. >> especially at his pal, comedian dana carvey from "saturday night live" who did bush almost betterident himself. >> they'll beat you bad. they're bad, bad, bad. >> let's go over the ridge, ah-ha, and then mr. rogers. beautiful day in the neighborhood. go that thing. going up there in that whole area. that quadrant, right there, is what hooked it. >> boosush, always a great spor went on snl, poking fun at himself. >> saturd"saturday night live" fun at me on a regular basis. do i have any negative feelings about that, i do. but it wouldn't be prudent at this juncture. >> he never stopped loving it. >> but no amount of levity could prevent the coming tide. >> 1992 is the perfect storm, ross perot, rising up through the news cycle. >> i'm all ears. >> you have a formidable politician in bill clinton, a mild, but enduring recession, and you had a candidate who was not fully engaged in the minutia of the politics. >> americans began to view bush as out of touch and blasted him for breaking this campaign promise. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> it was a problem. there's no doubt about i

. >> especially at his pal, comedian dana carvey from "saturday night live" who did bush almost better'll beat you bad, bad. they're bad, bad. >> first take john wayne, let's go over the ridge, uh-huh. then mr. rogers, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. that thing going up there in that whole area. that quadrant right there is what hooked it. >> bush, always a great sport, went on "snl" poking fun at himself. >> "saturday night live" made fun of me on a fairly regular basis. do i have any hard feelings about that? yes, i do. and i'll have my revenge when the time is right. not now. wouldn't be prudent at this juncture. >> whatever reason, he loved it and never stopped loving it. >> but no amount of levity could prevent the turning tide as the president set his sights on a second term. >> 1992 is a perfect storm. you have ross perot rising up through the 24-hour cable news cycle. >> if there's a fair way, i'm all ears. >> you have a formidable politician in bill clinton. you have a mild but enduring recession. and you had a candidate who was not fully engaged in the minutiae of the po

. >> we're looking at dana carvey earlier and we were going what a great back and forth.urse it was scripted. clearly h.w. represented what was being said. i want to read some of the words you had to wrangle along the way. i'm a conservative but i'm not a nut about it. that's another one. >> well, certainly president bush was a very, very humble person. he had a great sense of humor and he had a great sense of public service. as peggy, one of his former speech writers said it was hard to write salespeoples for him. he didn't like to use the word i or me because he was humble. >> would you cross it or put a line through it? >> she knew well enough not to. he was one of the most respected people throughout his entire career. he was never ex exhausted by talking to people. it's one of his biggest legacies. how close he got to the people he worked with. how every single day he knew what public service meant and he was serving the people. he will be one of the most remarkable public servants we'll ever know because of that. it was just who he was from childhood on of wanting t

i mean, just ask dana carvey, and liked to crack a joke himself, and on the people around him. >> andl pranks. and he loved his secret service. but there was something he also loved to do to his secret service. i was just talking to his spokesman, jim mcgraph, who texted me the word fidelity. so fidelity was his boat, and there were a series of them over the years. they got more and more powerful. and i remember i was once out with him, and i am not the only person this happened to. he said watch this. his boat could outrun the secret service boats. and he would just go out to sea and he thought it was the funniest thing in the world. the secret service figured it out. they then had two boats on him. they had one all the way out there to make sure they got him on the other side. but that was classic george bush. >> you can see, as you all have noted, you can see that relationship, that bond that he had with everyone around him, including the secret service, evident today, as you can see they're honorary pallbearers and also the actual pallbearers who brought the casket from the funera

and the whole na-ga-da thing that he interacted with dana carvey. it showed a well-rounded great man, this man was and is. and that we're appreciative of the opportunity to commemorate him and his service in all capacities and all phases of his life. so god bless him. god bless the whole bush family. and thank you for this time. mr. williams: next is congressman french hill from arkansas. mr. hill: i thank my friend from texas for coordinating this opportunity to stand in solidarity on the house floor and memorialize a dear family friend and my former boss, george herbert walker bush, our 41st president. president bush was a great sportsman, a man of warm and goofy humor, a man who in every instance put himself in the position of serving others. from his willingness to enlist and become the navy's youngest aviator, a brave aviator he was indeed, flying some 58 combat missions. but at every stage of his life, until he passed on to be with bar and ron at the age of 94, bush 41 continued to put himself in the position of serving others. that is his leg

. >>> we mentioned the live tribute from dana carvey to george w. bush.e rolled the wrong clip from the show. here now is how the weekend update team marked the former president's death. >> president bush was famously a warm and gracious man who always understood the power in being able to laugh at yourself. >> thousand points of like still operating. coming in from all those areas. not going to do it. not going do it. >> dana, george bush here. i'm watching do you your impression of me and i've got to say, it's nothing like me. it bears no resemblance. it's bad. >> what a difference in the political reality of today's world. today's politicians across the spectrum shared their thoughts on the late president george h.w. bush. >> well, i think that no doubt what he will be remembered as our most successful one-term president and perhaps the most successful -- one of the most successful presidents of all time. >> the naegz wtion was lucky to him. >> president bush was a patriot and a good person. >> everyone got a smile. everyone got a handshake. everyone g

. >> so bush loved dana carvey impressions. >> who didn't? >> in the bush museum in texas. alec baldwin, appearing side by side? >> being gracious? >> no. let's hope that we get that moment. >>> our nation's capital preparing to honor former president george h.w. bush. we continue our coverage right now. >> i feel very fortunate to be president at this fascinating time. >> my dad say kind person. >> good news, bad news, he was always available to me. his humility demonstrated itself in so many different ways. >> 58 mgss in world war ii. >> 43 said i love you, dad. i'll see you in heaven and 41 said i love you, too. >> i had no contact. i engaged in politics. >> our president needs to respect the independence of this investigation. >> this is getting tougher and tougher for donald trump and his family. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." it's monday, december 3rd. 8:00 in the east and john and i are here in washington. >> very big week to honor the president. excited to be here for it. >>

some of these things make me sound like dana carvey but nevertheless, i tried to do it religiously and then i would forget it. subsequently it was transcribed quite a bit later. c-span: when you read it was that on microfilm or the actual id self? >> guest: the audio tapes had been lost for the 1970s and so all we had from the 1970s were transcripts that have been done and this is important, transcripts that were done of audio tapes by people back in houston from his office in houston sometimes i hear or two after bush had recorded them in china and remember bush doesn't speak chinese and he's had a few drinks as they mentioned from time to time coming trying to describe people he met and to be transcribed by people who didn't speak chinese and trying to imagine what he might have been trying to say so the most fascinating and difficult part was trying to figure out exactly who was he talking about and i think we got most of it i will tell you an interesting and important story about that as the book was going to press we've received a call from his office, princeton university publish

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he invited dana carvey over.remarkable man and we will have all day tomorrow to remember him as the national day of mourning. robin nichols, the ceo of american bankers association. as we head to the break, the markets are all down over 2%. they seem to be holding flat, but it has been a tough day for the markets. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: this is "balance of power." president george herbert walker bush is often remembered for his work as the u.s. envoy to china, but is not the only country that claims a large part of his legacy. the president helped usher in the arena vacation of germany. >> the author of a new book "bushyour father wrote, as much as anyone else and any other foreigner can lay claim to being the father of modern germany." >> yeah, i think the germans would tell you that. my friend angela merkel told me that and the reason why is because he quietly worked to unify germany, without calling attention to himself. the europeans were very nervous about a unified germany. house,

. >> ability to pull in his critics, maureen dowd has great examples they brought dana carvey to the white house. the examples are wonderful we watch the motorcade we talked about the various roles he played as a congressman, as an envoy to china, cia, vice was there one he talked about more than the other? naturally you would think it would be the presidency, but there were so many >> you would really have to really force his hand to talk about himself. he wanted to talk more to you about examples of lessons he learned about how to conduct yourself, how to be respectful of other people in life, how to treat people with kindness, how to carry yourself with humility. those were the lessons he was most interested in impacting one of my earliest memories is going fishing with him the day after ronald reagan asked him to be vice president i had no idea at the time. we came back to the break water shall the coast was lined with reagan, bush signs saying we love you, george, and thank you. and i had no idea what was going on he turned to me and said public service is a noble calling you're

as dana carvey said the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. life code, as he said, was tell the truth, don't blame people, be strong, do your best, try hard, forgive, stay the course. and that was and is the most american of creeds. abraham lincoln's better angels of our nature and george h.w. bush's thousand points of light are companion verses in america's national hymn. for lincoln and bush both called on us to choose the right over the convenient, to hope rather than to fear, and to heed not our worst impulses, but our best instincts. >> later willie geist actually tweeted with the memorial service finished, jon meacham has given me permission to report that he had the chance to read that beautiful eulogy to president bush before his death. president bush said characteristically, that's a lot about me, jon. the final eulogy was delivered by the president's son george w. bush. >> at age 90 george h.w. bush parachuted out of an aircraft and landed on the grounds of st. ann's by the sea in kennebunkport, the church where his mom was married a

bush with the montage with dana carvey and bush himself. >> i am watching you.e. it's bad. it's bad sgrch. >> i'm sorry, mr. president. i think it's a fair impression. >> i don't see it. it's totally exaggerated. it's not me. the crazy hand gestures. the pointing thing, i don't do them. also na-ga-da? that's not me. >> it wouldn't be prudent. >> that was the great line. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts now. >>> i feel very fortunate to be president of this fascinating country. >> my dad is an extraordinary role model. >> 58 combat missions in world war ii. suburb. >> no regrets? >> no. >> 43 said, i love you dad, and i will see you in heaven. and 41 said, i love you, too. >>>

i mean it was great to see dana carvey do that. can you imagine alec baldwin -- can you imagine donald trump doing that with alec baldwin now? >> no. >> it would be great, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. >> different person but not a different time. the time for decency is now just as it was back in president george h.w. bush -- first election i ever voted in by the way was president george h.w. bush's. >> you're a kid. you're a baby. >> i was a freshman at yale, his alma mater. i voted in that election. he became president. united states. i think it's an instruction. you and i have had to deal with this lately, losing people that we love who we're very close to. you try to think about what do you hold on to. they're gone. what you hold on to is what they taught you. what you hold on to is what they showed you. this president is no different in that regard. the historians will deal with what he did right and wrong, how good he was, where he ranks. but how he did the job matters. how he lived his life mattered. and it's

as dana carvey said, the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. >> one of theany lighthearted moments during today's special state funeral for former president george h.w. bush at the national cathedral. the president's remains are n headed back to texas for his burial tomorrow. >> we'll have more coverage coming up. >>> well, if you're shopping for a new credit card for the holidays, your bank might have a gift for you. our consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you tonight with rearaling the cds with the biggest bang for your buck. >> reporter: if you must use a credit cardor holiday shopping this year, then at least let's find one that's going to givehi you som back, like good rewards, right? creditcard.com says u.s. banks have produced a bumper crop of no annual fee rewards cars. american express cash magnet, 1.5% cash back on every purchase, $200 bonus, you just have to spend $1,000 in your first three months. american airlines advantage mile up card, two miles per dollarern grand eligible airline purchas

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