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jane hampton cook, thank you very much for joining us on this very special day. >> thank you.es to remember the life and legacy of president george h.w. bush. that's going to do it for us for now, but it's just been really remarkable to see -- i feel, hopefully, it will last. but for this moment on this day and for the week to come, it's very nice to see the nation really come together as americans and honor someone who represented our country so well and himself so well as a man. eric: you know, it's remarkable, because as we said, he did go from the cushy, exclusive confines of connecticut. he could have done anything in his life. arthel: yeah. eric: didn't have to go down to texas, didn't have to run for newing, didn't have to go for public service, but he did. in world war ii and the white house, where you see the flag is at half staff. deign are that perino -- dana perino next, she served often president bush's son, she knows the family well. dana: good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. we continue to remember the life and legacy of george herbert walker bush, the

bush jane hampton cook is here with us in washington just to go back to you, so many moments, highs andomorrow and, of course, the reflections will continue, but what did you think about today? >> well, i think today just made me proud to be a citizen of a country that honors its leaders this way and awfully proud to represent an institution that the bush school is committed to maintaining his legacy of faithful service and all of us in texas are hurting for the family and wish we could shoulder a little bit of their burden >> jane, you know, you, of course, worked with george w. bush what do you think about the emotion he showed in that moment there? >> it washistoric. when john adams died, his john john quincy adams was president, but he didn't get to do the eulogy he was in washington, d.c. what we saw today was truly historic never happened before, for the son of a president, also a president, to eulogize his father and a president of the united states. i thought that was, you know -- president george w. bush used a quote from his father's inaugural address, that we aren't the sum o