i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear. i, george walker bush do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability and will the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. ladies and gentlemen, the of the united states. george w bush. thank you all. chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president. white. president clinton. distinguished guests, my fellow citizens. the peaceful transfer of authority rare in history yet common in our country with a simple. we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. as i began, i thank president clinton for his service to our nation and. and i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace. and i honored and humbled to stand here where so

george w. bush served two terms as president. coverage begins with the swearing-in by chief justice william rehnquist. [applause] >> please raise your right hand. >> i george walker bush do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. congratulations. ♪ [applause] [applause] >> ladies and, the president of the united states, george w. bush. [applause] president w. bush: thank you, all. chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president bush, president clinton, distinguished guests, and my fellow citizens. citizens. the peaceful transfer of the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. with a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. as i begin, i thank president clinton for his service to our nation, and i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace. [applause] i am honored

we saw george w bush, george w bush, heavy of rush to charge, w bush, brock. obama, joe biden. of course is there, or we saw hillary clinton, this must be, she has described she, she has described the moment when she had to attend trump's inauguration ceremony in january of 20. 17 is one of the hardest days of her life. so we know that was very difficult for her to stomach. she's having to do it a 2nd time. yeah. yeah. it is remarkable. i'm, you know, a missed all of these traditions and trappings and shows showing of source cooperation and by partisanship and coming together for the sake of governance and so forth. i'm struck by the need to sort of a to, to use a common english him, you know, actions speak louder than words. and so i think we're going to hear, i expect that according to the early reports of a strong and not your la address. i expect we're going to hear some suggestions as of unity. you know, we'll have to see what he does about recognizing that today is martin luther king juniors the day that we celebrate the former civil rights leaders. it's something you mig

i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear. i, george walker bush do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability and will the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. ladies and gentlemen, the of the united states. george w bush. thank you all. chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president. white. president clinton. distinguished guests, my fellow citizens. the peaceful transfer of authority rare in history yet common in our country with a simple. we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. as i began, i thank president clinton for his service to our nation and. and i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace. and i honored and humbled to stand here where so

but i always liked george bush, george h.w. bush.ater became friends with his son and that was a harder hill to climb. [laughter] >> because -- because i disagreed with him on several things and he reversed to giving you a balanced budget and he went back to trickle down economics and he was mad at me because i beat his dad. and so i had this wonderful relationship with george h.w. bush. we did things that i wrote about at length in the book, about fighting to help people start their lives again after the tsunami and his son has ahead an american effort and the united nations asked me to stay on as the coordinator for tsunami relieve and i did it. and then we did the same thing after katrina and we had an amazing time. and we worked together hand in glove and it was very important because even in the united states, if a natural disaster is big enough, there will be needs that will not be filled by the existing government relief program. so, that work is important. and then my friendship with george w. bush, to the things that brought

i george walker bush. i george walker bush. do solemnly swear. do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. office of. president, united states. and will to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability preserve and defend. preserve, protect, defend the constitution of the united states, the constitution of the states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. oh. it's just. ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct to introduce the 43rd president of the united the honorable george w bush. vice president cheney. mr. chief justice, president carter. president bush. president clinton members of the united states congress. reverend clergy, guests, fellow citizens. on day. prescribed law and marked ceremony. we celebrate the durable wisdom our constitution and recall the commitments that unite our country. i am grateful for the honor of this hour. mindful of the cosmic times in which we live and determined to fulfill the oath that i have sworn. and you have witnessed. at thi

i george walker bush. i george walker bush. do solemnly swear. do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. office of. president, united states. and will to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability preserve and defend. preserve, protect, defend the constitution of the united states, the constitution of the states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. oh. it's just. ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct to introduce the 43rd president of the united the honorable george w bush. vice president cheney. mr. chief justice, president carter. president bush. president clinton members of the united states congress. reverend clergy, guests, fellow citizens. on day. prescribed law and marked ceremony. we celebrate the durable wisdom our constitution and recall the commitments that unite our country. i am grateful for the honor of this hour. mindful of the cosmic times in which we live and determined to fulfill the oath that i have sworn. and you have witnessed. at thi

george w. bushto help haiti. and i had that working thereby then already for a year, again on an know voy, an envoy, we got together and raised this money and decide we could best help the small businesses reconstitute themselves because they were wiped out, we did a really good job of it. i think. then, later i was able to raise almost 500 million for just on my own, for the initiative in addition too money that americans had given. by the billions. if you forget about whatever we were fighting about and you agree onut the same goal, then it is amazing how often you come to consensus. >> youse say that, and you -- i don't want to trivialize the numbers, put them in detail here whether the tsunami in asia or haiti, or whether it katrina. you teaming up with the other presidents and clinton global foundation, billions of dollars, you went to the sites andpl met people had deep connecttions, i love story in sri lanka, that is stunning to me, the mother comes up to you says, would you please name my ch

we take you now to 1989, after ronald reagan's vice president, george h to view bush, defeated -- george h w bush defeated michael dukakis. it was the first election since 1886 where the incumbent vice president was elected president. the weather was breezy with temperatures in the low 50's. mr. bush wrote his own prayer for the ceremony which we will hear in a moment. coverage begins with the swearing in by chief justice rehnquist. >> raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, george herbert walker bush do solemnly swear. >> i, george herbert walker bush do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the resident of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the night states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [a

george w. bush library dedication in 2013. i know you were there that day, i was as well. still doing this work, trying to establish justice with his every breath as a president and former president. peter baker, this is live from washington, d.c., a town in the midst of a major transition of its own as we talk about the transitions of president carter's times. how does the election that's just been had hangover or color any emotion on this day today? >> well, you're right. it's a town in transition between two very different presidents. in some ways there's a comparison made to that in 1981 when you had a one term democrat who lost office in part because of inflation and because of other issues like that and being succeeded by somebody he didn't necessarily have great respect for, but who had been more successful politically, someone who had been an entertainer and appealed to a populist discontent with washington, but this is a very different era. as much as carter and reagan didn't see eye to eye

we've had 2018, george hwd bush. 2004, ronald reagan.is striking that you look at all the details... the air force base just as it arrives here at the u.s. capital right outside the steps there will be another 21-gun salute has they arrived there and the casket is moved with its pallbearers that include the carter grandchildren. walking with the casket into the capitol rotunda. >> his grandchildren would serve as honorary pallbearers. he is set to lie in state there. let's watch this and listen and together. >> you think about those that will be present today. his beautiful family there to remember him. his grandchildren as we just mentioned, honorary pallbearers. they will be participating in the ceremony. a special honour guard will be present consisting of... the chief of staff of the army, the chiefs of the marines, naval, staff of the air force, space operations, command of the coast guard. all will be there to honour the late president jimmy carter, our 39th president. >> it was something i said last hour that part of his pushing b

history but i asked george w. bush once why he kept norman minute. it's not like george w. sh could not have found -- it's not like he could not have found a republican to be the secretary of transportation. norm was a relatively liberal democrat. that is how he described himself, as a liberal democrat from the bay area of california, the child of immigrants. often, people from that demographic have a very different view of how government should work and what the role of government is. and that was a little different than how george w. bush viewed the role of government so i asked him why did you keep norman panetta in your cabinet when you could have gotten somebody from your own party to do it? his answer really struck me. he said there was no better servant for america then norman panetta. i thought like what a legacy to leave. not that he was the best member of the democratic party or norm agreed to do whatever i told him . norm was the most loyal to my views his view was that there was no better servant for america and what an incredible thing to be known for. host: o o

we were also talking about trump and george w. bush because there's this moment where george w. bush walks in. trump and melania remain seated. barack obama there stands up and look at that from george w. bush like, hey, we're buds as he ignores the incoming president entirely. what do you think is going on here? >> i love zapruder, the tape and breaking it down. i could do this all day. now here's what went through my mind when i saw that. got to say it. what went through my mind is that w's father, papa bush 41, george herbert walker bush, would have extended a hand. that's what i think. do i think that papa bush would have been a trump voter? no. would he have had the decorum and the civility to extend a hand to donald trump? i think he would have. and i'm not letting trump off the hook either. i'm blaming all of them. you know, it always bothered me. obviously, january 6th bothered me, but it bothered me that donald trump left washington without the decency of going to joe biden's inauguration. i mean, there are moments in time when you've got to put it all aside and for the

it's a good story and true, but i like george bush or h.w. bush. and then later became friends with son. and that a harder hill to climb because. because he had that because disagreed with him on several things and he reversed to giving you a balanced budget and three surplus in a row and he bagged that he went back to trickle down economics and and he was at me because i beat his dad. so i had this wonderful with george h.w. bush we did things that i wrote about at length in the book about fighting to help people start their lives again after the tsunami and his son son has got the head an american effort there and. then the united nations asked me to stay on as the coordinator for tsunami relief and. i did it. and then we did the thing after katrina and we had an amazing time and we worked together hand in glove. it was very important, even in the united states, if a natural disaster is big enough, there'll needs that will not be filled by the existing government relief programs. there just always are. so that was and then all my friendship with

if you look what's happened with george bush in 2004, george bush said, you know what, i'm not going to do the traditional thing where i'm i'm move from my conservative base and into the middle to win votes. what bush did in oh four is he said, no, i have to go win conservative votes. i'm going to motivate my base and i'm going to turn them out and i'm going to win. and he was successful. barack obama has done the same thing. instead of coming to the center, this guy has gone far left and he's won. so if anybody thinks that hillary clinton is going to be moderated by bill clinton and come to the center and be a moderate, you're absolutely wrong. she is going to go over and help govern with bernie sanders, a socialist, elizabeth warren. this will be the team that will have in place running our country. and if you look at the socialist policies that bernie advocates for that, elizabeth advocates for and now hillary advocates for these don't offer upward mobility. they don't offer prosperity. they bring you despair, whether it's cuba or venezuela or argentina or southern european countri

. - the george w bush .t a hallmark of their final days that they were going - to cooperate with us. at that time, i was president bush's chief of staff, and he called me in in early summerand said that the upcoming transition is the first one in modern history where the homeland of the united states is actually under threat, and therefore, he wanted it to be the most cooperative transition in the history of the united states. it's a very, very intense - period of time, and it starts immediately — the day after the election. - most of the team mistakenlyj thought that they were going to be able to go on vacation, at least for a little bit. - i mean, they've been i working day in, day out, 24/7, for literallyl almost two years. and they got a call that said, "you know that. "vacation you planned? "you're going to have to cancel that - "because you need to get to washington quickly." i from a transition perspective, it is reallyjob number one, is trying to move the personnel operation as quickly as you possibl

george and laura bush. george and barbara bush very tight.bviously the clintons have had a very unusual marriage. obviously joe biden and his wife jill very tight. donald trump and melania for the most part seem to live in different worlds. it's not a unique situation in terms of the tight partnership that he had with rosalynn. it was among the closest. she loved being a part of the action. she loved being a part of the decisionmaking and counseling that our greatest first ladies do on a daily basis. and she was heartbroken when they left the presidency. she liked it. she wanted to keep doing it. so as he took on this new role post presidency, she was with him supporting him every step of the way. being married for 77 years that's got to be one of the longest marriages in american history never mind presidential history. it was a great marriage. i can understand why he said that. i'm sure ronald reagan would have said the same thing about nancy. i think lyndon johnson would have said the same thing about lady bird. i know george w. bush feels

bush administration. you have seen as the president's row we are calling here. president and first lady's row. bill and hillary clinton, georgera bush. barack obama, michelle not there today. president-elect trump and melania and in front of him we have the president and first lady, the bidens, and kamala harris and her husband, doug emhoff. bret baier, as we await for the procession to get underway additional thoughts from you. >> bret: first of all, being in that cathedral is quite something. the cathedral choir with "the road home" opening the ceremony. you talk about steve ford, he will read what gerald ford wrote for this moment and ted mondale will read what vice president walter mondale wrote for this moment that is very powerful. you will hear voices from president ford and vice president mondale through their family members. and obviously a big moment for president biden delivering this eulogy. you know, we talked about humility for president carter. as the casket was coming in they played hail to the chief. at the beginning of president he said i don't want to hear hail to the chief. i don't want the pomp and circum