lester fought back with a george ford penalty to earn a losing bonus point. on 423-16 losing bonus point. but bath held on 423—16 victory that moved them up to fifth place. bbc news. and in the day's other match, bristol who are just a point below leicester, came out on top against bottom of the table newcastle who appear in a straight battle with worcester to avoid relegation. in the pro 1a, dragons narrowly beat ospreys 23—22 to record their first welsh derby league win in four years and their first success over the ospreys in six years. well worth waiting for. for tennis, britain's cameroon norrie prepared for the first grand slam of the year the australian open with defeat to roger federer who produced a nearfaultless performance in the hopman cup. the mixed team competition saw great britain lose against switzerland in the first rubber. norrie beaten in straight sets 6—1, 6—1, as federer warmed up for the defence of his australian open singles title with an impressive performance. in the women's singles, katie boulter suffered the same fate as her male c

george ford found the tackle, but... they found the line. was the man to restore some pride. but any thoughts of a fightback were taken too literally. an elbow was raised, the yellow card prompted his eyebrows to do the same. there were no tries in the second half and amos couldn't allow that. his last—minute leap secured not only the bonus point but leicester's eighth defeat in a row, and surely any hopes of european progress. craig templeton, bbc news. in pool five, edinburgh remain top after victory over newcastle falcons at kingston park. two second—half tries from james johnstone and this from duhan van der merve sealed the win, 21 points to eight the final score. that leaves newcastle third in the table but they can still qualify for the quarterfinals. montpelier beat toulon in the day's other game. there were two gold—medal winning performances for great britain on the final day of the track cycling world cup in london. katie archibald and laura kenny dominated the women's maddison, with kenny coming through to seal the win with this

. >>> george bush became useful in part by being useful to the presidents who preceded him including fordixon, who saw something in bush and gave him a place on the national stage. >> so help me god. >> george bush, the texas congressman who ran for the senate this year and lost is president nixon's choice to be the next in 1971, the political resume of george herbert walker bush consisted of two terms in congress and two failed senate campaigns. but richard nixon saw promise. >> the world will be a better place in which to live because of what dedicated men like george bush do at the united nations. >> thank you, mr. president, for this great honor. >> bush was a controversial choice for the job of u.n. ambassador. he was inexperienced but enthusiastic. >> but you got dream a little. we've got figure out how we can get more support for this organization. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, rsh he served the president faithfully though nixon seemed to think bush should be tougher as he indicated in this phone call in 1971. >> hit it s

. >>> george bush became useful in -- president in part by being useful to the presidents who preceded him, men who served, include i including fordixon, who saw something in bush and gave him a place on the national stage. >> so help me god. >> george bush, the texas congressman who ran for the senate this year and lost is president nixon's choice to be the next american ambassador to the united nations. bush is an oil millionaire and a political conservative. >> in 1971, the political resume of george herbert walker bush consisted of two terms in congress and two failed senate campaigns. but richard nixon saw promise. >> the world will be a better place in which to live because of what dedicated men like george bush do at the united nations. >> thank you, mr. president, for this great honor. >> bush was a controversial choice for the job of u.n. ambassador. he was inexperienced but enthusiastic. >> but you got dream a little. we've got figure out how we can get more support for this organization. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, he served the president faithfully though n

. >>> george bush became president, in part, by being useful to the presidents that proceeded him, men that he served, in ronald reagan, gerald fordnd richard nixon, who saw something in bush and gave him a place on the national stage. >> so help me god. >> george bush, the texas congressman who ran for the senate this year and lost was president nixon's choice to be the next american ambassador to the united nations. bush is an oil millionaire and political conservative. >> in 1971, the political resume of george herbert walker bush consisted of two terms in congress, and two failed senate campaigns. but richard nixon saw promise. >> the world will be a better place in which to live because of what dedicated men like george bush do at the united nations. >> thank you, mr. president, for this great honor. >> bush was a controversial choice for the job of u.n. ambassador. he was inexperienced but enthusiastic. >> you have to dream a little, we have to figure out how we can get more support for this organization. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, india versus pakistan. he serv

it's no secret that when gerald ford became president, george herbert walker bush was hopeful that geraldght pick him to be vice president that didn't come to pass. nevertheless, this is what gerald ford said in 1996. in george bush's america, political differences are never mistaken for a holy war in george h.w. bush's america, there were people against you on one day, but with you on the next roll call. >> that was true of george bush. i think it really goes back to the founders. the founders wanted us to have members of congress, citizens of the united states who would duke it out over really important issues. but remember at the end of the day we are all americans. in the founding times they would have a tankard of ale together. they were living in a different period. i think that's so much america, we'll come back to that, but we're certainly not in that america right now. >> susan, weigh in on that as well. what that moment was like in american political life, those four years. >> you know, i think that people miss it. i think one reason we saw such an outpouring when barbara bush d

george and barbara bush were on hand for nixon's farewell, and gerald ford's swearing-in. >> so helpd. >> ford had to pick a vice president, and george bush was a leading contender. >> how are you all? >> it was nelson rockefeller who got the job instead. >> all in all, it's a first class choice. i was honored to be in that league. george bush picked china for a diplomatic assignment. they enjoyed the assignment in china, but it lasted nearly a year. >> it is my intention to nominate ambassador bush to be director of the cia. >> bush himself was stunned by the news. after being on hand for president ford's visit to china, and on hand for mao zedong -- >> i have been in politics, i served four years in congress. i served two years as the chairman of my party, and i have no apology whatsoever for either service. >> some thought ford would make bush his running mate the following year. bush dismissed the idea. >> a while back, i think one would have to be hallucinating if he thought this was a stepping stone to becoming vice president. >> but he didn't want to rule it out either. >> i c

george h.w. bush were young rivals in the washington of nixon and ford. it's sort of a shakespearean rivalry. orge w. bush was always very determined throughout his son's both governorship and presidency, he took pains to point out these were different eras, they were different men. it's impossible to understand george w. bush without understanding texas politics. it's impossible to understand george h.w. bush without understanding how much the political center of the country moved from new england to the sunbelt in the 20th century. the family story writ large is in many ways the story of american politics prior to 2016. my sense of -- i spend a lot of time talking to him about it through the years. president bush really did look on his son's presidency in the way that dad would as opposed to the way a former president might. that's hard for people to get their heads around. there are a lot of conspiracy theories. there's more armchair psychology about this than near damn near anything else in modern american history, but i believe it to be true. jeb bush explained it once as saying why would

adviser for ford, i had been chief of staff for ford, jim baker managed the campaign for ford, and of course georgeia for ford. all of us worked together during the ford years. when we got that team put together in the beginning of '89, you know, we knew each other, we trusted each other. we didn't have leaks. there were occasional disagreements and different points of view, like -- and i can remember at one point i'm doing an interview and i made a forecast that mr. gorbachev ultimately would be replaced by a more conventional kind of soviet leader. my friend jim baker called me about an hour after i got off the ground and explained to me that i was out of my lane, that was diplomacy, i did military and he did state. he was right. >> on a personal note, as you all came together today and as you think back on president bush 41, would you just talk a little bit about that time? we're in a very different time now. >> well, there's been, you know, the last several days -- of course, it was interesting, part of it goes back the last time we were all together was for barbara bush's funeral last -- what,

george w. bush, and he didn't hit 75. >> if you look at ford and carter, those campaigns went to the conventiond approve annual ra of two-thirds. trump is 89%. he's not anywhere close to any of the challengers. >> they are just currying favor with president trump. >> he probably made a phone call and said don't worry, we got your back. there won't be any rats in our primary. >> and kennedy contesting deep divisions -- >> yeah. >> let's look at how the economy impacts all of this? >> right now we are sort of talking about the economy, the stock market has been in a little bit of a free fall. my 401(k) has taken a little bit of a hit. >> you got time. >> hopefully so. with eating all that popeye's, who knows how much time i truly have. this is a cnn poll and we see him at 39%. >> do you neated a pointer? >> well, if you look at the economy, the disapproval rating is upsidedown overall, but in the economy it's right side up, and the economy has been a point of strength for this president. what happens, as i get rid of this, if the economy goes south? let's see if the chart -- look, this is job gro

george h.w. bush senior u.s. representative to beijing when president ford asked him to leave the cia. loyal pup -- two lead the cia. he was a highly regarded public servant, but a politician with political ambitions. this appointment pose problems. his friends and political counselors advised him against it. >> i thought he should not take it. i thought he was being consigned to political oblivion. but he said this is an important job. it's a job i want to do. it's a job the president wants me to do. i'm going to take it. breathingng a lot of -- briefing, reading hearings and previous directors, it's rather soft compared to what i suspect i will be running into. some say this is a dead-end, getting rid of you politically. others are saying they think it is great. dammed if i know which is which. >> certain senators were reluctant to confirm a politician in a nonpolitical position. they were playing politics. they wanted him to agree not to run as vice president on the ford ticket. >> piece that i'm not going to do that. i should not be asked to -- he said i am not going to do that. i'

ford. >> gabe, thank you. >>> president george h.w. bush formed a friendship with the man who defeated him, bill clinton. the two former presidents became so close that mr. bush even suggested that he was the father mr. clinton never had. matt bradley takes a look at their enduring friendship. >> reporter: some called them the odd couple. former presidents, former rivals who overcame profound personal and political differences to become friends. >> i've always liked him i think he's -- he's an extraordinary american saying ilearn and hal him. i just loved him. >> people, think, well, you run against each other you're enemies, political enemies. well, we were friends before he beat me, before he ran against each other and we're friends after. >> the two weren't always close. we didn't invite that term slick willy. we didn't invite it. >> i'm not going to tell you read my lips. >> reporter: the 1992 campaign was bitter. the press probed clinton's private >> it was a bruising election for clinton, and it was a loss for president bush so t

the national cathedral has hosted four state funerals, presidents eisenhower, reagan, ford, and today predent george herbert walker bush. that's the latest live at the national cathedral. ck to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> and again, that rare sight that blayne alexander mentioned of having all of the living presidents and first ladies together in one pla d propt what some are considering an awkward moment. president trump and first lady melania trump when they arrived, the first lady exchanged greetingsheith allther couples, but mr. trump only shook hands with the amas. and his former political rival, hillary clinton, d not speak or make any eye contact. he has as you knowepeatedly called for her incarceration. the moment was a strong contrast to the themes that emerged during this service. >> lincoln and bush both called on us to choose the right over the convenient, t hope rather than to fear, and to heed not our worst impulses but our best instincts. >> nbc news reports that president trump has not spoke on the clintons or to the obamas since he has taken office. >> the wffection also on displa

george h.w. bush. it's true, gerald ford, as we watched when gerald ford died, that was the sort of -- ford's pardon of nixon, a signature moment in his obituary, ended his presidency for better or worse. his pardons here, a less prominent part of his historical record. gener jennifer, in the context of what we're seeing, what do you make of it? i'm saying the pardons. given where we are right now, given the fact we're thinking about pardons, we're thinking about presidential pardon, we're thinking about accountability and the rule of law, the pardons that george h.w. bush did offer and there were quite a few implicated in the special counsel's investigation of iran contra, how that has weathered versus how he managed the end of the cold war. historians agree have weathered quite well. >> i think the difference there is he did follow a process. he went to the justice department. he followed the process. these were not cronies. this was not a spur of the moment indication. these were done in consultation with the department of justice. >> yes. >> and that they really were of a different type. we're not

you served under presidents ford, carter, reagan, george h.w. bush and bill clinton.enator danforth, tell me what brought this to be, what caused this op-ed to be written and people like you to put your name to it? >> well, i think for everybody who watched the bush funeral last week, they realized that there's a big contrast between politics then, which is when i was around, and politics now. the country has become terribly polarized. this is not news for me. a lot of people have commented on it. everybody seems to be mad all the time. they're stirred up by social media, they're stirred up by cable news, they're stirred up by tweets, everything else. the concern that we have is that things are divided, terribly divided now, but that it's going to get much, much worse, at least it has the potential to get much worse as the trump problems continue to unfold. so our appeal is to the senate to try to be more bipartisan, try to reach across party lines. i'm reminded of the time of the nixon difficulties when the senate watergate committee was led by senator sam irvin and

george h.w. bush were young rivals in the washington of nixon and ford. it's sort of a shakespearean rivalry. george w. bush was always very determined throughout his son's both governorship and presidency, he took pains to point out these were different eras, they were different men. it's impossible to understand george w. bush without understanding texas politics. it's impossible to understand george h.w. bush without understanding how much the political center of the country moved from new england to the sunbelt in the 20th century. the family story writ large is in many ways the story of american politics prior to 2016. my sense of -- i spend a lot of time talking to him about it through the years. president bush really did look on his son's presidency in the way that dad would as opposed to the way a former president might. that's hard for people to get their heads around. there are a lot of conspiracy theories. there's more armchair psychology about this than near damn near anything else in modern american history, but i believe it to be true. jeb bush explained it once as saying why wou

george h.w. bush were young rivals in the washington of nixon and ford. it's sort of a shakespearean rivalry. george w. bush was always very determined throughout his son's both governorship and presidency, he took pains to point out these were different eras, they were different men. it's impossible to understand george w. bush without understanding texas politics. it's impossible to understand george h.w. bush without understanding how much the political center of the country moved from new england to the sunbelt in the 20th century. the family story writ large is in many ways the story of american politics prior to 2016. my sense of -- i spend a lot of time talking to him about it through the years. president bush really did look on his son's presidency in the way that dad would as opposed to the way a former president might. that's hard for people to get their heads around. there are a lot of conspiracy theories. there's more armchair psychology about this than near damn near anything else in modern american history, but i believe it to be true. jeb bush explained it once as saying why wou

presidents eisenhower, reagan, ford, and today president george herbert walker bush. that's the latest liven northwest washington. jim and pat, back to you. >> chris, thangs so muks it's who is who and a who was back in those other eras of politics. >> thank you, chris. >> there were some lighthearted moments during the cerony today. former president george w. bush keeping the tration alive handing michelle obama a mint or a cough drop as he greeted president trump and all of the former presideseated in the first row there of the cathedral. >> he also handed mrs. obama cough drop during senator john mccain's funeral. there's speculation that's exactly what happened again today. >> our coverage is just beginning. we'll take you live to texas when president bush arrives and throughout the hour,ore of the most poignant moments today's events. >>> turning now to our forecast, depending on where you live, you may have seen some flurries today. meteorologistoug hammer and emilia draper are in the studio. >>ot we're done just yet. parts of the area coming even into the metro

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agreement toent an president ford and i loved it. >> you try to learn chinese? george h.w.: every day, five days a week. >> how did you do? george h.w.: i gave a going away speech and chinese. understood iall was speaking a chinese. i am not sure if they did. the language teacher was in the back, a quiet lady. to make sure that the pronunciation and the tones right. >> you have some old chicken scratches downstairs in your library. george h.w.: i did not write characters. you were trying to do the english with the characters. george h.w.: i cannot drink character, all at it was a speaking. >> what did you learn? george h.w.: how to buy noodles and chinese. i learned about the importance of china. i was there in a tough time. i saw the disadvantages of a closed society. are more thanhey in the live event. not perfect, family was still a strong entity in china. i remember thinking the family is falling apart and china. the minute i got there, i saw how wrong it was. of reale beginning growth in china. society was close. people were scared to talk to you. i learned about

george w. bush gave eulogies for both gerald ford who died in 2006 and ronald reagan who died two years earlier and before that bill clinton gave a eulogy for president richard m. nixon who died in april of '94. to go back a little bit to show historically there have been occasions like this harry truman and lyndon johnson died a month rah part in '72 and '73. truman opted not have a state funeral. instead his body lay in state in independence, missouri and nixon was the first person in line to pay respects that day. and then at funeral funeral held at national city church nixon presided over the affair but did not speak. so, unusual in recent days but not unheard of and, of course, these circumstances are a bit more extraordinary to those to which we have been accustomed. >> again, very unusual for a sitting president to not speak at the funeral of a former president. the 2016 campaign left a lot of bad blood between the trumps and the bushes. there was actually some question as to whether or not the president would go to the funeral given the fact that he went to barbara bush's. i don't think

george h.w.: because i thought there was a future. so i went. and president ford was generous. i also knew i want to do more in foreign affairs. he said how about those and i said what about china? the senior diplomat was coming home and he said let me check. i said they might not like it because i defended the dual representation policy at the u.n.. china might not accept me. you should check with the secretary. he said it would be all right. the chinese sent an agreement to president ford and i loved it. >> you tried to learn chinese? george h.w.: every day, five days a week. >> how did you do? george h.w.: i gave a going away speech in chinese. i think they all understood i was speaking in chinese. i am not sure if they did. the language teacher was in the back, a quiet lady. smiling to make sure that the pronunciation and the tones right. i loved it. >> you have some old chicken scratches downstairs in your library. george h.w.: i did not write characters. that must be somebody else's. >> you were trying to do the english with the characters around it. be.ge h.w.: oh, could

jimmy carter, gerald ford. george w. bush george w. bush.eff flake says whether or not he runs he wants to see somebody run against president trump. he doesn't think president trump is a great president. he wants to see him challenged. the idea would be to weaken president trump and possibly to hurt him down the road. but the risk is that you lose the presidency to democrats. if these republicans like senator flake or john kasich are wanting to that happen. >> bill: do you think kasich and flake would be substantial? >> i agree with my colleague. listening to president trump especially his comment about women is just like you sit there and go what? what is he talking about? >> bill: on that point, go ahead. roll it. >> president trump: i have tremendous women support but if you remember the last election, i was worried i wouldn't get one woman in the whole united states to run. and i got tremendous -- hillary wished she had my numbers, okay. she got trounced with women. i tell you something, the news and the polls are really fake. but i have

>> one of my thoughts is, obviously, by the way, it was president ford, not president nixon who put george bush in the china.an embassy in but george bush's presence in texas and his involvement in the republican party delivered a great dividend to this country, he persuaded his tennis partner, jim baker, to leave the democratic party and become a republican. and he became secretary of state, he became white house chief of staff. he's aighly regarded a the gold standard in all the jobs that he had and president bush's final day, president buss t his side three different times. it was a relationship and a partnership i was privileged to seep up close and personal polyp and baker said, i would say, i do t imagine we ought to doing this in this way, and the president would look at his hold frie and say, remind me, jim, am i the president and you're the adviser? i think'll make this decision. so they had that kind of relationship, but jon meachams knery well, in which they were at ease with each other. but some their parts was greater than just the individual parts, i think, it's fair to say.

well, first ladies, as george said, they can do whatever they want. look what betty ford did. she started that fabulous center and thousands of people have stopped thinking and using drugs because of betty ford, nancy , and ladyks on drugs bird certainly has beautified our world, it is much prettier because of this. does mentaler health and wanders around with her husband, making election something or others. they also do habitat for humanity, and i think because of the fact that your husband was president, people will listen to you and will try to support your cause, if it is a good one, and i think that is great. >> and you have a great cause. >> i have a great cause and i have wonderful people who help me. we all sat and watched in astonishment and horror the tsunami in asia and hurricane katrina, and we all know you played a very vital role in terms of raising money. but could you share with us what of us saw it on television -- what did you see? >> what did i see? >> with those disasters. >> in the first place, i was surprised when the president asked me and president cli

reagan so opposed picking george bush who most people thought was the obvious choice, bush was second in the primaries, is that they saw the co. president to gerald ford and tried to get the senator from nevada on the ticket. so they very much resisted the idea of picking george bush. >> laura: they ended up having eight years in the white house and it was a great partnership. it ended up being a really good pick in the end. >> but that's politics. >> laura: it's a tradeoff, right? >> absolutely. it was eye great choice. and reagan really appreciated bush, who never wanted to take credit for the great things ed for reagan. but reagan knew. >> laura: in a way a perfect vice-president in that regard. >> he was, yes. >> laura: governor huckabee, page for thought in the. >> i think it's a great time for us to reflect on what service sacrifice is all about. george h.w. bush enlisted, served his country under age, shot down, lived his life, an exemplary life of family, faith and love of country. god bless him and god bless his memory. >> laura: we should pray tonight for his family and all those who are grieving and mourning for our country. learn something

george washington is the nutcracker. you can still check out a christmas carol at ford's theater. n see the light. the children's homeless play time project. that's there from december 26th through the 30th. elf the musical in maryland. that's still playing december 26th through january 6th. you get a little more time to see buddy the elf there. singing loud enough for everyone to hear and then love factually. the second city of chicago. the famous comedy truthful ey're doing a roast of love actually. my co-worker checked it out and he said it's good if you're an f the movie and if you hate it, there is a little something for everybody. for your christma >> a lot of good ideas out there. live action, that's a great experience for kids. >> especially for the holidays. >>> speaking of hive action, the nativity scene came to life at the national cathedral. look at that. hat's a hive camel on the chur's lawn. inside, children came dressed angels and shepherds for the children's mass. sheep and doctors were there to talk abouthe day jesus was born. the kids t had fun b animals up.ittle trouble stepping

george w. bush spoke at the funeral of ronald reagan and gerald ford, and bill clinton spoke at the funeral for richard nixon and so that's the norm. there is a tense relationship between trump and the bush family but beyond that in a deeper way it is because -- >> follow today's "washington journal" is available at c-span.org. coverage of today's state funeral underway now over on c-span. here on c-span2 will take you live to the atlantic council in washington for conversation with former diplomats and national security officials on the ukraine russia conflict. live coverage on c-span2. >> on november 25 russian forces opened fire and sees three ukrainian naval ships attended travel. waters russia and ukraine legally share. six ukrainian crew members

george w. bush spoke at the funeral of ronald reagan and gerald ford and bill clinton spoke at the funeral of richardixon, so that's the norm. there is a tense relationship between trump and the bush family but beyond that, and in a deeper way i think it is because their families stood for so many different things than trump do does. i think he was a sign of grace and graciousness. he's inviting not the person, he's inviting the office and it's out of respect for the president and the presidency and i think it's an effort to try to bring some kind of healing to this toxic pier co. but it's not going to be comfortable. hillary clinton is going too be there and not selling a state secret and use a former presidents don't look at donald trump and see interest or a person they admire or i hope that doesn't detract because this is an event to honor and remember george h. w. bush and not donald trump. and i hope he plays in a reduced role and is able to keep his actions within the confines of formality and tradition and decencyha. and let's hope that when this is done the country feels more unified than it

ford. and also a reminder, we think of george h.w.ush as president of the united states and as vice president of the united states and many other things, because his political career started as a member of the house of representatives. so he's coming back to the house, if you will. as vice president, he was vice president of the senate, and ku during the reagan years, there were many battles in his role as vice president and president of the senate. nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell were in the senate, but paul ryan and mike pence, the vice president now who was a member of the house before becoming indiana governor, they weren't here back in those days. but nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell do have memories of the end of the reagan presidency and the bush presidency, as well. it will be interesting on their reflections. >> and what's so interesting is the praise, the celebration of this president is coming from democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives. >> and again, to the point that it was a different day, the democrats c

ford and jimmy carter. ronald reagan came in running as a conservative. george bush ran against him as a moderate centrist and lost in the primaries. he became a member of the ticket and adopted much of reaganomics as his own. by theuite trusted conservative wing of the republican party. felt it was a conversion of convenience. , thaterned as president move to the right by the republican party had an influence on the democrats. bill clinton ran as a centrist democrat. he became known for triangulation, trying to find a path to the right wing and left wing. george w. bush, he ran as a conservative tax cutter. cut taxes. went to war. had a controversial term. vonnie: that convergence between the parties, is that era coming to an end? >> no doubt it ended. whether we go back to a centrist philosophy is hard to say. it depends on the leader you get. we probably wouldn't have had the centrist policies of bill clinton had a liberal candidate that year won the election. cuts awith all the tax change in the income structure, the average person's income did not rise. the

ford and betty. lady bird johnson and president george h.w. bush and barbara bush. guess who has rabbit ears? our first lady, barbara bush. job e bush never let the take over his humanity. a final story about president , back in houston , they had a photographer. as president bush's health failed he went to take some pictures and i asked him, how is the president doing? he said, he's doing fine, his brain is great but he can't work anymore. he's wheelchair bound and we take a photo every year with the first lady after they come back home from kennebunkport for photos for christmas and the entire year. those shots -- shoots have become very, very tough. i can't stand him up, he has to sit down in his wheelchair. he was 6'2", 6'3". barbara was probably 5'7". he towered over her in real life. in the wheelchair she towered over him. o how do you fix that? i work the first lady out hard, is what he said. i had her squat down, on her knee, so she's below him as they've been their whole life. and try to hide that wheelchair for the photos. i put her up left down low, behind to the right down low, mo

ford offered him the jobs to being ambassador to paris and london. georgeim by saying i want to go to china. he had two reasons. he thought china would be interesting. the second was the adambassador had to fund -- china is much -- >> he marvels at how inexpensive it is. the best part of the story is that he did not tell barbara bush that they were going to china until after he had accepted the job. >> it was the best moments of her life, the happiest years because she had him all to herself except for the dog. she loved being in china. it was a good gamble on his part. >> i'm looking at the images of the former presidents. there is the vice president dan quayle and the higher part of your screen. and then vice president pence. to look at bill clinton, if you reflect on what then president bush said at the time that he was far more qualified than bill clinton to become president and then the hurt that he felt after losing in that economy -- yet it was george w. bush who takes credit to work in response to hurricane relief. i look at the picture of the presi

the primaries, they sought the co-presidency with gerald ford and sought paul laxalt of nevada on the ticket. they resisted the idea of picking george bush. >> laura: they ended up with eight years in the white house and a good pick in the end. >> that's politics. >> laura: that's politics. it's a trade-off, right, boyden? >> absolutely, it was a great choice and reagan really appreciated bush who never wanted to take credit for the great things he did for reagan. reagan knew. >> laura: in a way, a perfect vice president. >> he was. yes. >> laura: governor huckabee, final thoughts? >> i think it's a great time for us to reflect on what service and sacrifice is all about. george bush was a courageous man who enlisted to serve his country under age, shot down. he lived his life -- an exemplary life of family, faith and love of country. god bless him and god bless his memory. >> laura: we should pray tonight for his family and all those who are grieving and mourning. for our country. learn something, going forward, about you can disagree but at these moments it's time to be americans and stand for all the goodness in his life. a great

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ford. we go further, so you can. >> you're about to hear from three former presidents, a rare occurrence in and of itself, discuss the life and legacy of george h.w. bush. >> the mission was not george h.w. bush, the mission was: how do we serve the united states? >> the office was more important than the man. >> the office is more important than the man. it's really one of the most important things for americans to understand. dad taught me this. and, therefore, one of the jobs is to strengthen the institution of the presidency, bring honor to the office. and that, clearly, george h.w. bush did. >> he was a good reminder that as fiercely as we may fight on policy and on issues, that ultimately we're americans first. and that kind of attitude is something that i think a lot of people miss. >> it's been one of the great joys of my life, my friendship with him. our arguments were good-natured and open, and-- we continue to debate things all the way up until recently. >> what did he say to you when you were president? >> i love you. and, you know, as corny as that sounds to some-- it is the most important words you can hear in life. >> mandatory

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george h.w. bush. he excelled in foreign policy, especially with relations in china, he was a representative of america for president ford more on the world stage. we're going to talk about that in a minute. first, i want to get to some statements and remembrances pouring in from leaders around the world and this country, including the person who has a job that george h.w. bush once had, the current vice president, mike pence. he and his wife released a statement. president bush loved his family, loved this country, and his legacy will be a lifetime of service to the united states of america. it goes on to say his years as the 41st president of the united states left america and the world more peaceful, prosperous, and secure. that is the current vice president who lives in the house that george h.w. bush lived in for 8 years. now, as i said he will be remembered for many things and one of the main issues is foreign policy. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has more on bush 41's push to end the cold war. >> the biggest thing that has happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this. by the gr

he was given a three year prison sentence for campaign finance ford and lying to congress in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news is georgestephanopoulos he insisted he was simply doing what he was told i give loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve what he was trying to hide what you were doing correct correct and he knew i was wrong of course he knows the truth i know the truth many people know the truth under no circumstances do i want to embarrass the president of the united states of america the truth is i told the truth i took responsibility for my actions and instead of him taking responsibility for his actions what does he do he attacks my family. now there's been a new twist in sri lanka's political crisis with mahinda rajapaksa set to resign from the disputed prime minister post on saturday rajapaksa son says he made that decision off to meeting president my three policy recenter sri lanka has been without a functioning government for nearly two weeks off of course suspended rajapaksa and his cabinet when they lost to no confidence votes source and a canal point a replacement to avert a possible gover

ford, who in his racing 1976 against ronald reagan? james: the job of that you carry -- deputy secretary of commerce, they usually try to find a business lawyer type. george bush i know put in a big good word for me but the second tragedy struck after i had been at commerce for about six months. the second tragedy that changed my life and that was jerry ford 's delegate hunter in his campaign for the nomination against ronald reagan was killed in an automobile accident and they needed a new delegate hunter. i didn't know anything about delegate hunting, but i found out about it. wasd: in 1976, gerald ford the president but had never been elected, was going to run for election and his main opponent was ronald reagan. it came down to a very tight convention and your job was to get the delegates for president ford and how did it go? james: that was the last truly contested national convention of either major political party in this country. and it went down, went right down to the last ballot. he was very tight. was very tight. we were chasing a very small pool of uncommitted delegates. reagan was very strong. he almost knocked off an incumbent president but

really think about this because george herbert walker bush was the last president of the world war ii generation. from roosevelt to truman to eisenhower to kennedy to nixon to ford to carter to reagan, they had all been shaped by the depression and the war. >> reporter: historian john meacham spent about a decade interviewing president bush for his biography of the 41st president. >> to me, his story begins on his 18th birthday. three things happened. he turned 18. he graduated from andover. he drove to boston and took an oath as a naval enlistee. went to flight school. became the youngest flying officer in the navy. >> he makes up his mind that he wants to serve his country. even though his dad, who he loved dearly, suggested he go to college first. >> reporter: where did he get that sense of duty, honor, country? >> i think his father. his dad was in world war i. very confident that's where he got it. >> reporter: the only time he saw his own father cry was when he left. >> at the train station, that's right. turned 18 years old, right after his 18th birthday, goes in, his dad wept. >> reporter: he flew a total of 58 missions in the pacific. september 2nd, 194

ford and betty. lady bird johnson and president george h.w. bush and barbara bush. guess who has rabbit ears? our first lady, barbara bush. job e bush never let the take over his humanity. a final story about president , back in houston , they had a photographer. as president bush's health failed he went to take some pictures and i asked him, how is the president doing? he said, he's doing fine, his brain is great but he can't work anymore. he's wheelchair bound and we take a photo every year with the first lady after they come back home from kennebunkport for photos for christmas and the entire year. those shots -- shoots have become very, very tough. i can't stand him up, he has to sit down in his wheelchair. he was 6'2", 6'3". barbara was probably 5'7". he towered over her in real life. in the wheelchair she towered over him. o how do you fix that? i work the first lady out hard, is what he said. i had her squat down, on her knee, so she's below him as they've been their whole life. and try to hide that wheelchair for the photos. i put her up left down low, behind to the right down low, mo

george and his wife ate there for decades. they have a special room for. th old pictures line the walls. up aord gracious comin lot as we remember the former president. more reactionro deera fordspoke to mr. bush's former press officer. >> for kristin clark taylor, the former president's passing leaves anmpty space. >> even though i steeled myself and built a wallf resolve. it still hurts i miss my friend. >> she was a press officer during the latter daysf his term and director of media relations through his presidency un was something of a theme. >> he was appable in times much crisis, calm analytical. >> and the personal membrances, meeting her parents and comforting her on the loss of her mother in annm envit in the executive office that doesn't lend itself emotion. >> he allowed me that, gave me the room. her called o sent cards. called to check on my father. >>s it tlchs the lighter moments like the time her young son got to meet the then vice president. >> leane down, said hello, who have we here? picked him up and put him on his shoulders gav him a horsey ride. >> an exciting moment for sure whether the excitement orfr the the child had before the meeting things took ar

reagan reluck tangtsly picked george bush he flirted with gerald ford co-presidency and looked at otherandidates paul axle in nevada ronald reagan and nancy reagan really wanted as his running mate. didn't make sense. nevada only had 4 electoral votes and other issues. and only reluctantly at the end does he, when time has run out does he call bush. but they really weren't close friends at all. >> but they started to develop a relationship over the course of that campaign. it was kind of a, you know, they put aside their mutual animosity over the bruising 1980 nomination fight to form a working partnership. by the time reagan was elected president in 1980 is that they were having lunch every thursday, just the two of them and did so for all 8 years. but you would never say that there was a close, warm relationship. it was definitely mutual respect between the two. so, you know, and mrs. bush and mrs. reagan, you know were, cordial with each other but never close. interestingly enough they were both graduates of smith college but that never brought them together. that is just the reality

ford passed away, but clearly today this city is topping to pay respects to president george h.w. bush. >> tom, tell me about the ship. what size ship is it? when was it commissioned? it's fascinating to me there is a ship still commissioned now that has the name of george h.w. bush. >> it's an aircraft carrier. it is obviously one of the bigger ships in the arsenal. what's fascinating, when you look at the young men and women here on the tarmac preparing to receive president bush, the young men and women are very young, and literally probably were not alive when george h.w. bush was president. and yet, they're here on the ramp. they're not yet at attention but will be soon preparing to receive him. one other special person or guest, not a person, is the president's dog, sully. he is accompanying him from houston here to washington. sully is a golden lab that has been at his side to help him as he's really struggled with the effects of parkinson's disease. that dog, sully, was at the foot of the casket in houston overnight. spent the night there at president bush's casket, and onc

ford are friends. then in 2005 they became friends. it was george w.ush who put them together in the same w-- understanding that these men should know each other and share their experiences and take those experiences out to the world and, boy, did they. they did it all over the application, in indonesia, katrina and haiti, one place after another. they made an enormous difference. they raised billions of dollars to help people. it was a really good relationship in the end. >> and we're seeing the scene there at the capitol where president bush, when he is taken out of the capitol, will start the motorcade for the ride up to the washington national cathedral. we're told that george w. bush is about there with the rest of the family. terry moran, you covered george w. this is going to be a difficult but important moment for him as well of course delivering one of the eulogies for his father sfl . >> as a president but as a son as well. we know the bushes are an emotional family. they tease each other that they're weepers. that has been true of both the f

george herbert washer -- walker created the ryder cup. and got to see him play golf in 1995, president clinton and president ford, they joined bob hope and he won that day, shot in 92. and on the 14th t, hit the woman in the rear end. and president ford was so excited that bob hope made a living, how many times president ford -- he took that up and beat president clinton by a stroke to president ford by 7 strokes that day. and the ryder cup in 1997, it was pouring rain one day and we were staggering to get off the course. i was in my golf cart with a man named june kim from nbc sports and the software 3 you guys standing, trash bag over his head was soaking wet and two guys standing behind him. i got closer and said that is president bush, standing out in the pouring rain. we gave him a ride in on the golf cart and he had a trash bag over him, the decency he had and back to the golf course, and to hand him a pair of presidential cufflinks. what a remarkable amazing man. and he was so touched and loved the fact arnold palmer told him he had been a great contributor to the game of golf. not everybody liked jack nicholas on display for hour