and this is a blemish on george h.w. bush'shat move. >> when george bush decided to reject the civil rights act of 1964, it showed that he was willing to reject the principles he'd grown up with for the sake of political gain. >> it's clear that george bush is more of a political animal than people make out. everybody talks about yale and a blue blood and a war hero. but he was a raw, political, machiavellian monster in his own way. bush is drinking the barry goldwater kool-aid. >> you know, it's a conservative's dream to run against ralph yarborough for the united states senate. his extreme liberal views make him an open target, and his cynical, vote-grabbing tactics leave his position indefensible. >> but a majority of americans support lyndon johnson's liberal platform of social will tair and civil rights. >> barry goldwater is absolutely trounced by lyndon johnson in 1964. largely because americans thought that goldwater was too extreme. >> you know, at the end of the trail, why, you become slightly philosophical about the

she told no one except george bush. >>> george h.w. bush believes he has a new ally, the most powerful man in america. he is ever loyal to his president and his party. but those he trusts betray him. >> when he says i had no knowledge of watergate i believe him. >> george will need to keep his family close. >> i get nervous. i'm not a politician. >> as he strives to achieve the power he desires. >> i'm absolutely convinced i will be your next president. thank you. >> george h.w. bush just suffered a crushing defeat in his home state of texas. >> losing the senate in 1970 is a devastating loss not only for bush but for the bush family that put so much at stake around his political career. >> he tried twice for the united states senate and been unsuccessful. >> thank you very much. >> it was a very heavy blow. but he is too optimistic to feel anything is totally over. >> george bush turns to his ally, president richard nixon. >> richard nixon has great respect for george bush and the bush family. he knew his father in the senate and he se

thank you. ♪ ♪ >>> george h.w. bush just suffered a crushing defeat in his home state of texas. >> losing the senate in 1970 is a devastating loss. not only for george bush but for the bush family. who's put so much at stake around his political career. >> now he had tried twice for the united states senate and been unsuccessful in both '64 and '70. >> thank you very much. >> it was a very heavy blow. but george bush is too optimistic an individual to feel anything is totally over. >> george bush turns to his ally, president richard nixon. >> richard nixon has great respect for george bush and the bush family. he knew his father, prescott bush, in the senate, and he sees george bush as a comer. >> at that stage of his career george bush was looked on as the future of the party. he had qualities about him that were valuable in a political sense. >> george pitches himself to president nixon for the recently vacated job of u.n. ambassador. >> george was very, very astute as to what course he should take. and this would giv

and it was suggested by lee atwater, george h.w. bush's campaign manager, that george w. e the campaign, because there will be nothing better than family, ensuring that george h.w. bush was being taken care of by those around the campaign. and george w. bush showed himself to be an able and trusted adviser to his father. i think it informed his view of washington and of national politics. >> and so george h.w. bush achieves his lifelong dream, elected president in 1988. what does that mean personally for him and how do you think it impacts the trajectory for his children and their political ambitions and their careers? >> it was a lifetime aspiration for george bush, since he launched his candidacy for the senate, a failed candidacy, as it happens, in 1964. he had his eyes on the white house. that's what he really wanted. this is an extraordinarily able and ambitious man. so to garner anything but the greatest political prize was going to be too little for him. and he was able to do so after two successful terms as vice president, before achieving the presidency. it also m

challenges of being a parent weigh just as heavily. >> this is not easy for me, father. >> if george h.w. bush is going to keep hold of the presidency, he will need the help of his entire family. >> this is the moment george bush has worked for, driven for for so long. >> george h.w. bush is on the inaugural platform. the first person he went to was his mother. his whole family is around him. >> and president reagan. >> george bush comes in office in many ways in ronald reagan's shadow. >> president reagan, i thank you for the wonderful things you have done for america. the question for bush was could he play the role of president, which of course reagan, the great actor, had filled to the brim. >> america is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in a moral principle. we are going to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. my friends, we have work to do. >> it's kind of surreal that your father is now the one person in the world to be the president of the united states. >> when our grandfather became president, i asked my friends when her grandfather's inaugu

you're right, being george h.w. bushactually, george always felt the expectation of his dad to live up to him in school in business and political life. >> george w. and laura are living in mit land, texas. like his father, george set up an oil company, called spanish for bush. but it's struggling to make money. laura is concerned about her husband. >> he wasn't just the life of the party, he was the party. when you spend time around him, you can see why. he had fun and he loves people. you can see in your 20s or your 30s how that can lead to excess. >> he likes to indulge in what they call in west texas the three bs. bourbon before dinner, beer with dinner, bendiktin before and after dinner. laura bush says that leads to the fourth b, a bore. >> by contrast brother jeb bush is doing just fine in miami. jeb bush is settling in with columbia, his three children and noel and jeb jr. the world is his oyster in miami. >> jeb has a successful career in real estate and wants to follow his father into politics. but, first, he mu

. >> george h.w. busht the republican convention having swept aside his rivals. >> texas casts all its votes for her favorite son and the best father in america, george bush. >> thank you very, very much. >> george h.w. bush makes his pitch to be the leader of the free world. >> i fought for my country, i've served, i've built and i'll go from the hills to the hallows, from the cities to the suburbs, to the loneliest town on the quietest street to take our message of hope and growth for every american to every american. i will keep america moving forward always forward for a better america or an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light, this is my mission and i will complete it. >> i just remember being inspired and moved and proud of him. we talked about how he wanted to call upon the greater good in all of us to serve our nation. >> this episode follows the emergence of george h.w. bush. that wasn't a smooth process. >> not at all. george h.w. bush was really concerned that another scandal,

edward: you kind of bookend your book with george h.w. bush. meg: yeah. bill: you open the book with george and barbara bush moving to odessa, texas, to do what? meg: they go in search of oil and the american dream. so george h.w. bush graduates from yale in 1948, he decides he doesn't want to follow in his family's footsteps and go to wall street. he's going to go search for his own fortune, albeit with some family connections, out in texas. and it really sort of captured captures what i was talking about a moment ago, this sort of sense of endless abundance, right? so this is a moment of great discoveries in west texas, and he arrives right at the right moment, and it's there that he's going to seek his fortune and also help to build the republican party, which we can talk about too, in texas. and so we start there before the 1973 arab embargo, because i want to sort of capture what america, what american culture was like, what expectations of the average american were like that sort of best represented by this free-flowing black gold that came out of th

. >> george h.w. bush is determined to get to the white house and his former rival puts the dream within his grasp. from one generation to the next, the bush family are on a mission to win. >> but will scandal destroy his chances? >> i was aware of our iran initiative and i support the president's decision. >> and is he tough enough to win the ultimate prize? ♪ >>> i can do the job. i will do the job. >> george h.w. bush is fighting to be the republican party's candidate for the 1980 presidential election. >> some of those other bigger shots out there, they don't need you as much as i do. i need your help at those caucuses. >> his five children, wife barbara have been with him every step of the way. >> it's a great training ground. it's really excellent. >> i think it's going pretty good. >> but it hasn't been enough. >> dad didn't win the nomination. but for a guy that went into the race with below 1% recognition nationally as a candidate, he came from major underdog status. and yet he had ultimately just

. >> george h.w. bush is determined to get to the white house and his former rival puts the dream within his grasp. from one generation to the next, the bush family are on a mission to win. >> but will scandal destroy his chances? >> i was aware of our iran initiative and i support the president's decision. >> and is he tough enough to win

remembering president george h.w. bush and the inventor of the world wide web, this weekend on american history tv. today starting at 12:30 p.m. eastern, three programs marking the 30th anniversary of the exxon valdez oil spill, the second largest in the u.s.. >> the captain of the ship got on the radio and called the coast guard immediately. he said, we are hard aground. evidently we are leaking some oil. he said on the radio he was going to try to rock the boat and get off the reef and precedent, which was a terrifying possibility. the ship was so badly damaged, there was a good chance it could have some or capsized. the presidency, james baker remembers his longtime friend president george h.w. bush. >> i was privileged to serve as his secretary of state for four years. awas fortunate to serve wonderful friend and a beautiful human being, as we all know. to serve as secretary of state to a president who understood that he had to defend me and protect me, even when i was wrong. on the 30th anniversary of the world wide w

. >> joining us now is tim mcbride who served as personal aide and assistance to george h.w. bush. to have you on this morning. >> good morning. >> we had a chance to reflect back on the presidency of george h.w. bush with his passing. it was a chance for the nation to come together and say thank you for his service to the country. this documentary, this series takes a broader look looking at the presidency of his son as well. talk to me about the contribution you see the family made to the country. >> well, the bushes were fiercely devoted to the country. their service to the country is highlighted in this series. you'll take away from the series this love of family certainly. but also service to others. this is something shared by the entire bush family. >> obviously george h.w. bush personified that as did so many other members of the family. i'm interested in the family dynamic. were they as close knit as all of the home videos seem to suggest or was there more tension than we saw? >> no. it may seem storybook but, in fact, it is a very close knit family. george bush, 41, prided

in the 1960's, you and george h.w. bush first bonded as a winning team on the houston tennis circuit as doubles partners. mr. baker: first we bonded as a losing team. [laughter] >> then you won the houston country club championship in 1966 and 1967. how did george bush's personality manifest itself on the tennis court? mr. baker: you know, if you had a serve as weak as george bush [laughter] you had to have a strong personality. but we both had the weakest serves anyone has ever seen. i don't know how the hell we won any tournament, much less the championship two years in a row. but hefe was the next ordinary xtraordinarily e good net player. and he was a competitor like you have never seen. he would never give up. we would be down 6-0, 5-0, and he would say, we are going to win this thing. and we would go out and played a lot with the club pro, whose name was hector salazar. david bates used to play with us and jeb and others. hector was a damn good tennis pro. he was a good player. he had the ability to play customer tenn

the presidential series, "the bush years" starts right now. >>> george h.w. bushd to get to the white house. and his former rival puts the dream within his grasp. from one generation to the next, the bush family are on a mission to win. >> mr. bush, over here! >> will scandal destroy h.w.'s chances? >> i waswa

talmage: george h.w. bush often said, where would we be without friends? he once said of you that you are a man to whom friendship means everything. three years after your last tennis championship, you suffered a tragedy when your first wife, mary stuart, passed away with cancer. leaving you with four young sons. at that tragic time, how did your friend george bush step up and support you? mr. baker: well, we were close. he and barbara were the last people to see mary stuart before -- other than her family, the last people other than her family to see her before she left into a coma and died. they came to see her the day before and she went into the final coma. they came to the hospital on a number of occasions. he was very, very supportive of me. and it was after her death that he came to me and he said, you know, bake, you have to take your mind off your grief. how about helping me run for the senate? i said, well george, that is a great idea. except for two things. number one, i don't know anything about politics. i was a lawyer trying to make it into c

. >>> this week the cnn original series "the bush years" follows the rise of george h.w. busher bush -- >> i george herbert walker bush -- >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> for my dad to be on that podium taking the oath of office for vice president of the united states was amazing. >> at some point during the inaugural, he leaned over who would have thunk it? not too bad for two guys from texas without any vision. >> with george bush winning the presidency, that changes everything in the family. >> joining me right now is barbara perry, the director of the presidential studies at the military center and she's featured inp to the tonight's e. good to see you. >> good to be here, as always. >> where do you begin to qualify a legacy like this for george w. bush? >> just in a few words, and sometimes as people say about someone, they took a step forward and unfortunately two steps back. and for george h.w. bush, sometimes when he took a step back, he took two steps forward. so he ran for the presidential nomination of the republican party in 1980, did not get it, los

president george h.w. bush just one wish for his dog, sully, and sully is no doubt making the president proud. it was that poignant image, president george h.w. bush's service dog, sully, laying before his casket. with the president's family at the end. brought into the capitol roe ten day. it was president bush's wish that sully would go on to serve those in need. just last month, sully joining the team at walter reed, bringing hope to veterans and chair children getting care, too. and just tonight, these new images. with the little warriors at the pediatric chemo center. and someone is helping sully post on instagram. "i lo i loved meeting camden today. sully and those smiles. i hope to see you tomorrow. good night. that controversial flintstone home. and the inside is just as wild as the outside. thanks for joining us. >> let's take a look at where the home is located. and vic lee is live on more what it was like to go inside. a lot of people want to see what is inside. >> reporter: yeah, i was really lucky.

we saw that happen with pat buchanan challenging george h.w. bush. george h.w. challenge he couldn't win the presidency. is that dynamic possible here with bill weld? >> same with jimmy carter when he ran -- ted kennedy ran against jimmy carter. i think it's very possible. you know, bill weld when he ran for governor in 1990 was a super longshot. i worked for him then. we couldn't get enough votes on the republican state convention to get on the ballot. we had to get petitions. he won that and became the first republican governor elected in 20 years in massachusetts. so he's not afraid of big challenges. he's won't the odds before. he got re-elected with historic numbers, 71%. you know, he's really the perfect alternative if he decides to run to donald trump. i mean, as u.s. attorney he won 110 out of 111 corruption cases. he broke up kevin white's machine, which you remember well, lawrence, in boston. running against a president whose campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, national security adviser, foreign policy adviser are all now felons. i mean, that's j

tomorrow's brand new episode of "the bush years" takes a look at george h.w. bush'srepublican nominee to the 41st president of the united states. >> george h.w. bush arrives at the republican convention, having swept aside his rivals. >> texas casts all its votes for her favorite son and the best father in america, george bush. >> thank you very, very much. >> george h.w. bush makes his pitch to be elected leader of the free world. >> i fought for my country. i've served. i've built. and i'll go from the hills to the hollows, from the cities to the suburbs, to the loneliest town on the quietest street to take our message of hope and growth for every american to every american. i will keep america moving forward, always forward. for a better america. for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light. this is my mission, and i will complete it. >> i just remember being inspired and moved and proud of him. he talked about how he wanted to call upon the greater good in all of us to seb our natirve ou. >> watch a new episode of the bush years tomorrow night at

i would argue there would be no george h.w. bushhis side. she played that much of a role and was that much of a partner in everything that he did. and she was the one that showed tough love to us. to her kids, i think my uncle george has a more funny recollection about that. but she was just a very strong woman. was never -- what you saw is what you got. she -- especially in her later years, lost her filter a little bit. but she never really had one anyway. and i think people always liked my grandmother, because they thought of her as being kind of just like their grandmother, but a very authentic version willing to express her mind. and she was such a strong force for good, stood up for people. >> you lost both your grandmother and your grandfather this past year. what do you think they would want for the bush family as it continues to grow and new generations rise to take their place? >> yeah, it's a really good question. i think they would want us, in my grandfather's words, to get our jersey dirty. to commit ourselves to somethi

president george h.w. bush just one wish for his dog, sully, and sully is no doubt making the president proud. it was that poignant image, president george h.w. bush's service dog, sully, laying before his casket. with the president's family at the end. brought into the capitol rotunda. it was president bush's wish that sully would go on to serve those in need. just last month, sully joining the team at walter reed, bringing hope to veterans and their children getting care, too. and just tonight, these new images. with the little warriors at the pediatric chemo center in the murtha cancer center. and someone is helping sully post on instagram. "i loved meeting camden today. his doctor even letting him stop his iv meds so he could join me on the floor for a snuggle." sully and those smiles. i hope to see you tomorrow. good night. >>> building a better bay area means looking at the big issues. another local city is making rules when it comes to rvs. are they lining the streets where you live? >>> did a wet winter

george h.w. bushntering into a brand-new post-cold war period and george w. bush, of course during 9/11. enormously consequential and important periods and two men just eight years apart in the oval office. >> just eight years patient. that's nothing. yet father, son, both presidents of the united states. you look at the relationship between the two bush presidents in your book from both your professional and a personal perspective. when you look at their presidencies, what more do you see as key similarist and differences? >> well, the similarities, somewhat similar styles. there's an ethos i know is explored in the original series that on cnn is doing. it's really about civility and decency and the notion of service over self. i think that prevails in the bush family and you see it from both bush presidents. as george h.w. bush would say times have changed dramatical from his time in office. they had similar nemesis in the sense they both battled against saddam hussein. the world was very different

. >>> after years spent in the shadow of others, george h.w. bushtop. >> the people have spoken. >> achieving power is one thing. wielding it is another. in office, bush faces momentous global challenges. >> this will not stand. >> the challenges of being a parent weigh just as heavily. >> this is not easy for me, father. >> if george h.w. bush is going to keep hold of the presidency, he will need the help of his entire family.

remembering president george h.w. bush and the inventor of the world wide web. all this weekend on american history tv. saturday starting at 12:30 pm eastern. three programs marking the 30th anniversary of the exxon valdez oil spill. the second largest in the u.s. >> the captain of the ship got on the radio and called the coast guard in valdez immediately. and he said, we are part of ground and evidently leaking some oil. and he said on the radio that he was going to try and rock the boat and get off the reef and proceed. which was a terrifying possibility. the ship was so badly damaged there is a chance it would've sunk or capsized. >> sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency, former secretary of state james baker remembers his longtime friend president george h.w. bush. >> i was privileged to serve as his secretary of state for four years. and i was extraordinarily fortunate to serve a wonderful friend and a beautiful human being as we all know. but to serve as secretary of state to a president who understood that he had to defend me and protect me, even when

. >>> after years spent in the shadow of others, george h.w. bushas one thing. wealding it is another. >> this will not stand. >> the challenges of being a parent weigh just as heavily. >> this is not easy for me. >> if george h.w. bush is going to keep hold of the presidency, he'll need the

remember president george h.w. bush and the inventor of the world wide web, this weekend on american history tv. programs12:30, three marking the 30th anniversary of the exxon valdez oil spill. the second largest in the u.s. >> the captain of the ship got on the radio and called the coast guard immediately. he said we are hard on ground and evidently leaking oil. he said he was going to try to rock the boat and try to proceed, which is a terrifying possibility. there was a good chance it would have capsized. >> on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, former secretary of state james baker remembers his longtime friend george h.w. bush. to serve asvileged his secretary of state for four years. i was fortunate to serve a wonderful friend and beautiful human being. to serve as secretary of state to a president who understood that he had to defend me and protect me even when i was wrong. >> at 9:00, the 30th anniversary of the world wide web. a conversation with its inventor. >> climate change, cancer. the pieces of the problem are

but george h.w. bush i had the honor and the pleasure to encounter him a few times. i used to teach at texas a&m at the george bush school of public service. i got to meet him. he would come to my classes. he always struck me as one of the most decent individuals to occupy the white house. and the most i had no idea that he had this sense of humor and this capacity for humor. but -- not long after he left the white house. and about the time that his presidential library was opening and school was opening at texas a&m, he gave a closed door address to students at texas. closed door in a sense that the press was not allow. and one of the things that presidents often have a hard time with and george h.w. bush really had this problem. he had to act presidential. so he often came across as kind of wooden. lyndon johnson had the same problem. but once he knew there were no reporters in the room an there were no cameras, he could sort of let himself go. and he did an imitation of dana carvey imitating himself. and i have to tell you, this audience of students -- these were u

. >> next on the presidency, james baker remembers his longtime friend, george h.w. bush.e talks about their friendship and a notable evidence of the first bush administration including the end of the cold war and the gulf war. he looks back to the campaign that ended with george bush as ronald reagan's vice president choice. mr. baker served as president bush's secretary of state and white house chief of staff. former president george w. bush introduces the program which was hosted by his presidential center in dallas. this is almost 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chief of the george w. bush presidential center,

thehe 30th anniversary of oil spill,use remembering president george h.w. bush the inventor of the world wide web, all this weekend on american history tv. at 12:30 p.m.ing eastern, three programs marking the 30th anniversary of the , the valdez oil spill second largest in the u.s. >> the captain of the ship got on the radio and called the coast guard of velez immediately, and he said we are part of ground, and evidently we are leaking some oil. and he set on the radio that he was going to try to rock the boat and get off the reef and proceed, which is just a terrifying possibility. was so badly damaged, there was a good chance it would have sunk or capsized. >> and sunday on "the presidency," james baker remembers his longtime friend president george h.w. bush. mr. baker: i was privileged to serve as his secretary of state for four years, and i was asked ordinarily fortunate to serve with a wonderful friend and a beautiful human being, as we all know, but to serve as secretary of state to a president who defendood that he had to me and protect me, even when i w

>> what surprised you, as you look back at the presidencies of jimmy carter, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush? >> what really surprised us, the reagan and bush eras it's been talked about as appeared of -- as a period of conservative dominance. reagan comes in and sweeps everything aside. there was a real stickiness to liberal ideas and institution s that survived the reagan revolution and there is a real preservation of some of those old values and old policies so rather than a conservative ascendancy it's a conservative versus liberal type of war. >> you're on social media with more than 240,000 followers on twitter. how did that come about? >> i have no idea. i think it's because i had a willingness, and i'm not alone but a willingness not just to provide historical antidotes but rather to take on people who were propagating falsehoods, whether knowingly or unknowingly spreading mistruths about american history. >> so give us the history of social media. when did it really begin and where are we today? >> that's something we talk about in this book fault lines. it really begins with the ri

announcer: next on the presidency, james baker remembers his longtime friend, george h.w. bush. friendshipout their and a notable evidence of the first bush administration including the end of the cold war and the goal for. -- gulf war. he looks back to the campaign that ended with george bush as ronald reagan's vice president of choice. mr. baker served as president bush's secretary of state and white house chief of staff. former president george w. bush introduces the program which was hosted by his presidential center in dallas. this is almost 40 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chief of the george w. bush presidential center, kent hirsch. [applause] kent: thank you so much. welcome to the bush center. it is the only place where the president outranks the ceo. and it is an honor for me to serve in this capacity and welcome you all here tonight to be engaged at the bush center series presented by highland capital. it is an honor that we get tonight to celebrate the life of the 41st president of the united states. and that is something that is unique to this pl

presidents, i worked for a great president, george h.w. bush. he would have done that. have done that. i believe that president clinton would have done that. i believe george w. bush would have done that. i believe a lot of presidents would have spoken out in a strong way when something like this has happened. he hasn't done that yet. the hope is maybe he still will, and it hurts us when he doesn't. >> doug, beto o'rourke, let's go to politics, announced this week. we are hearing a lot of buzz on the cover of "vanity fair," coffee shops packed in iowa. but we don't know if his very, very startling showing in texas, which has been read for a minute can be translated translating nationally. he has not say what he has raced. we know what bernie sanders has raised, we know what kamala harris raised, will he live up to the hype? >> he is probably the most battle tested candidate in the race based on his race in 2018 against ted cruz. he democracy stranstrated he co $80 million. he has, i think, been a little light on policy since he got in, genuinely speaking he puts out his

possible joe watkins is a republican political strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush he says the president and his inner circle should still be concerned. i think in the short term of the president and his staff the white house will you the fact that there are no new indictments is good news they'll say that this is very very good news certainly meet the president will not be indicted nor any of the other people that are currently around him son in law jerry questionnaires daughter needs a number of people will be indicted by the motor report remember even though in the short term it may look like the president has some relief now the investigation is over and there are no new indictments that the congress will still certainly the house of representatives will still consider it can continue to press forward with investigations and there are multiple investigations present likewise the southern district of new york will continue with their investigations and again earlier noted there are investigations if they bring somebody a criminal trial and when the prosecution th

the office is what laid the foundation for the true friendships with president bill clinton, george h.w. bushu know, reached toward and held on to and introduced to george w. bush. they became close friends. george w. bush followed that model, reached forward to president obama and mrs. obama. those friendships came from a reverence for the office of the president. it's not just holding their nose because the president got a headline that said he's been exonerated, which a property said we do not exonerate by robert mueller, who oddly also worked in the bush era, both wxts aw and 41. it's acknowledging a debasement of the presidency, it's greenlighting the basement of the very office of the bush family and obamas revered. >> it is. for the supporters that have traditionally come along during the bush years. they made their own deal with the devil. what are they getting out of a trump administration? to your point i think it was bush 41 in a note to bill clinton who had just bian him by a very tough re-election bid and won in which he took the defeet personally. bush 41 said i believe to bill

, the late president bush's beloved service dog. >> he is no doubt making his former master, george h.w. bush's abc's david muir. >> reporter: it was that poignant image, george w. bush's dog, sully, laying at the end of the casket, with the president's family at the end brought into the capitol rotunda. it was bush's wish sully would go on to help those in need. just last month he went to walter reed, and these new images with the little new warriors in the cancer center, and somebody is helping sully post on instagram. i loved meeting camden, and his doctor letting me stop his iv meds so he could join me on the floor for a snuggle. >> we have come full circle with the dogs, because everybody loves dogs and, of course, we love sully, especially after that picture at the late president's funeral. >> what a moving moment that was. >> yes. absolutely. now seeing him excelling in his new role helping to bring happiness to so many. amazing. don't miss our updates on facebook, wwnfans.com. >> more news is next. stay with us. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for tw

visit ncicap.org] >> remembering president george h.w. bushand the inventor of the world wide web, this weekend on american history tv. 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, former secretary of state james baker remembers his longtime friend, president george h.w. bush. privileged to serve us as secretary of state for four years. toas externally fortunate serve a wonderful friend and a beautiful human being, as we all know. to serve as secretary of state to a president who understood that he had to defend me and protect me even when i was wrong. the 30th0, on anniversary of the world wide web, a conversation with its inventor. imagine you have a big problem like how to solve climate change or cancer. and the pieces of the puzzle are in different people's brains. , a the web be a place collaborative place where whoever has an idea can put it into the web. spaceander around the looking at other peoples ideas, i can pick them up and put them up.ther to be able to link history tverican this weekend on c-span3. we are happy to announce the winners

or more recently, david sluder who george h.w. bush put on. that was the way. president of one party could end up with an appointee who did not adopt all his ideology or policies. now, you really don't have that. brian: these are the ages of all the justices. justice ginsburg, 86. justice roberts, 64. justice sotomayor, 64. clarence thomas, 70. its 51.uch brett kavanaugh is 54. brian: -- joan: you got it exactly right. it says the younger ones are the conservatives the two in their 80's are the liberals. depending on what happens to any 9 and president trump gets another appointee, the court could move further to the right. nation and for the for the supreme court of will becomes president in 2020 because of these ages. brian: how many years have you covered the court? since 1989.ime, when i started at the washington post as a supreme court reporter it was 1992. brian: your first appearance on this network. 1990. we are going to show a little bit of it right now. joan: this is my punishment for coming on. brian: no punishment. joan: all right. [video clip] >> t

remembering president george h.w. bush. and the inventor of the worldwide web. all this weekend, on american history tv. saturday, starting at 12:30 p.m. eastern, three programs marking the 30th anniversary of the exxon valdez oil spill. the second largest in the u.s. >> the captain of the ship got on the radio and called the coast guard in valdez, immediately, and he said, we're, we're hard aground and everybody dentally we're leaking some oil. and he said on the radio, that he was going to try and rock the boat and get off the reef and proceed. which was just a terrifying possibility. the ship was so badly damaged, there is a good chance it would have sunk or capsized. >> and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, former secretary of state james baker remembers his long-time friend president george h.w. bush. >> i was privileged to serve as his secretary of state for four years. and i was extraordinarily fortunate to serve a wonderful friend and a beautiful human being as we all know. but to serve as secretary of state to a president who understood tha

eastern on "the former secretary of state james baker remembers his longtime friend george h.w. bush. >> i was fortunate to serve as his secretary of state for four years. he was a wonderful friend in a beautiful human being, but to serve as secretary of state to a president who knew he had to defend me at protect me even when i was wrong. and at 9:00, on the 30th anniversary of the world wide web, a conversation with its inventor, tim berners-lee. >> imagine you have a problem like climate change or the cure for cancer, but the pieces are in different people's brains. so, goals for the web -- it should be a collaborative place where if i have an idea i could very easily put it into the web and as i wander around looking at other people's ideas i can pick them up and put them linkher, so you can anything together and say, ooh, you are thinking that? will i am thinking this. >> this weekend on c-span3. ago on march 24, 1989, the exxon valdez oil alaska'sruck a reef in prince william sound. two weeks later, the senate commerce committee heard from and the leadern of the government resp

george h.w. bush was president at the time. heldd several cap members a briefing to give an update on the government's response. taking questions from reporters are defense secretary dick cheney, samuel skinner and william reilly carried this portion is a -- william reilly. this portion is about 25 minutes. statement and will be glad to take a few questions and then refer them to our experts here. virtually every american is familiar with the tragic environmental disaster in alaskan waters. and more than ten million gallons of oil have been spilled with deadly results for wildlife and hardship for local citizens. we all share the sorrow and

images of him lying by the casket of late master george h.w. bushthe symbol of loyalty and companionship. now the two-year-old labrador walterw posting at reed medical center near washington. nada tawfik went to meet him. nada: it is a proud day for t lly the service dog as he embarks on his nsignment. he was a constant companion for former president george h.w. in the last few months his life. starting today, his new home will be witheterans at walter reed medical center. >> sully h.w. bush. you will support, comfort tifamilies, -duty and retired. nada: sully touched the hearts of americans when he loyally accompanied the 41st president's casket to the nation's capitol. their friendship began when the two-year-old lab moved into the family estate following the death of first lady barbara bush. sully was always by his side for long walks and presil meetings. bush, sr., loved him so much that he even got socks to honor sully. hi, valerie, nice to meet you. is this sully. >> this is sly, nada. say hello to nada. nada: wwere lucky to meet him in long i