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bush and former first lady laura bush at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. arbara bush, his mother, just passing away last night. ♪ gerri: welcome back. major league baseball up in the two-game series in san juan, puerto rico. a special night for the natives. cheryl: jared max has that story another sports headlines. good morning. >> of mourning, cheryl. good morning, gerri willis. hurricane were essential broke all 500 light from a demolished batting tunnels, demolish the scoreboard in left debris dangling and strewn all over the field. last night they played in india and major-league game. puerto rican native got the crowd into a frenzy. >> in the air, right field, at the wall. gone. >> there is islam and the crowd. he had a home run with a six to one victory come in the first game played in puerto rico in eight years in the majors geared japanese phenom is human after all. pitching record flawed. the leadoff home run with mookie betz only lasted two innings because of a bad blister on his middle finger gave up three runs. the red sox don't major-league bes

bush and former first lady laura bush is coming up next. and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. maria: well the world is mourning the loss of former first lady barbara bush this weekend. the wife and mother of two u.s. presidents died on tuesday at her home in houston, texas. at the age of 9 the. her husband, former president george h.w. bush was at her side. earlier this week i sat down with their son, former president george w. bush and his wife former first lady laura bush from the george w. bush presidential center in dallas. i was the morning after her death. >> there's a lot of condolences pour in and laura and i and her entire family are grateful for people's prayers and sympathies. it's an end of a beautiful life. maria: it was an incredible life, a life well lived but it's never easy. i know that. and you know, all of the comments that morning about your mother are about how warm and wonderful and what a leader she wabut also tough and nails. >> she was warm and wonderful until you got out of line and she wasn't

laura bush was very fortunate. she had a role model, someone in her family, that walked this journey and she could really learn from that. so she had an advantage that no other first lady has ever had. but what's so interesting about this, as you know, because at american university i run conferences on the legacies of first lady. barbara and laura bush, they came together for four of them. and shared the stage together. it was barbara bush who wrote me this note afterwards that she was so grateful to be able to share the stage with laura bush, because she admired her so much for what she did as first lady. it's just incredible. >> dana: you also wrote in this op ed that you have on fox news.com, when my son was about to graduate high school and looking at colleges, she offered him invaluable advice over lunch. shoot high, don't use drugs and don't lie. the latter, she said ruined richard nixon's reputation and hurt the presidency. she sort of used her position to give people life advice, but she didn't do it with

bush and his wife former first lady laura bush from the george w. sh presidential center in dallas. i was the morning after her death. >> there's a lot of condolences pour in and laura and i and her entire family are grateful for people's prayers and sympathies. it's an end of a beautiful life. maria: it was an incredible life, a life well lived but it's never easy. i know that. andou know, all of the comments that morningboour mother are about how wmnd erwondl and what a leader she wabut also tough and nails. >> she was warm and wonderful until you got out of line and she wasn't too warm and wonderful. she was awesome. >> funny and fierce and set her mind. a great role model for me for sure. i learned how to be a first lady. maria: i was reading when you were first lady, it was easier for you than it would have been because you had your mother-in-law. >> i had my mother-in-law. and of course i watched her the whole time she was first lady. when she campaigned for president bush. and i actually mad the conversation with her earlier on when he first s

melania trump sat down with laura bush months after her husband was president. nder if the media overstates that. >> the politicians have to forgive. and she forgave me, and when a & e did the birthday of barbara bush, she had me to come on to do some commentary. >> what was the dust up? >> it was the taping, the taping of the family and the bush family, which i did with permission, but then continued on without permission and it was a mistake, but it was healed because of her. because of her reaching out. i remember once in the white house, george h.w. bush, there was a feud going on. he said if i can sit down with gorbachev, he says you guys ought to be able to sit down and figure this out. i remember how bitter they were over the clintons. i had phone conversations with bush members, including the two bu presidents and upset with president clinton, and based on moral grounds and they wound up becoming great friends. you can't succeed in politics and hold a grudge and i notice it with donald trump, sitting with rubio and ted cruz and i wouldn't be surprised if

bush and his wife laura, sharing memories of their final days with former first lady barbara bush. >> i were needling each other and the doctor came in and she turned to the doctor, do you want to know why george w. is the way he is? the doctor looked somewhat surprised. because i drank and smoke when i was pregnant with him. >> it's hilarious. >> she's funny. there weren't long philosophical discussions at this point. a reaffirmation in my case, 72 years of being with an awesome woman. >> the republic will be able to pay their respects to the beloved matriarch of the bush dynasty lying in repose friday in st. martin's church in houston. funeral follows at the same church. the bushes are longtime pa russianeners there. buried at the president library in college station, texas where her daughter robin is already buried. kelly o'donnell, covered the bush family for a while now. kelly what more do we know about who else is going to be at this funeral saturday? >> reporter: well, we know that invitations have been extended to former presidents and first ladies. we know that bill and hilla

bush and former first lady laura bush. he was candid in his feelings about his moth's passing this week. you don't want to miss it, this exclusive fox business report. first, colin is standing by in the newsroom with the latest headlines. >> hey, stocks started the week off on the right foot thanks to

bush, and former first lady laura bush about this remarkable woman. u so much for being here , mr. president, mrs. bush, my condolences to you. well thank you, we appreciate that. there's a lot of condolences pouring in and laura and i and our entire family are very grateful for people's prayers and sympathies. it's the end of a beautiful life maria: it was an incredible life , a life well lived but it's never easy i know that and all of the comments this morning about your mother are about how warm and wonderful and what a leader she was but also tough as nails. >> she was warm and wonderful until you got out of line. >> [laughter] >> then she wasn't too warm and wonderful. but she was awesome. she was funny and fierce and said her mind. a great role model for me for sure. i learned how to be a first lady maria: i was just going to say i was reading that when you were first lady it was easier for you than it would have been because you had your mother-in-law. i had my mother-in-law and of course i'd watched her the whole time she was first lady and wh

did you know, for example, that laura bush had met with melania? esn't surprise me though, neil. neil: yeah. >> bush family is very inclusive and they don't put a democrat or republican on a lot of their relationships. they put friendship on those relationships. i think president clinton, when he got to know president george herbert walker bush, looked at him as father figure. i did too. you look at mrs. bush as a mother figure. and so, they really bring everybody in their house. hug everybody. it doesn't matter where you're from, who you are, their friendship with everybody, across all spectrums is incredible. and i think that's the outpouring you see. so it doesn't surprise me at all obviously it was a tough loss for jeb bush early on in the primary but i think they, they like to look forward. they think god intended us to be inclusive and they were inclusive. neil: obviously still very close to the bush family, bush senior, more to the point, a lot of folks worry about him now with barbara gone. he has had his own health issues. what do you think

working for laura bush as her chief of staff, it struck me every time that the bush 41 came to visithite house and visit george w. bush, just how historic each of those times have been, what that's like. for the resident staff, who worked for both of them, worked for bush 41 and 43, a couple of them are going to the funeral tomorrow. that was really wonderful. barbara bush, she did do things that were very courageous. holding an aids baby in 1990 at the hospice in washington. when everybody felt you can catch aids by being around people with aids. and then her address in wellesley, she talked about feminism as it should be, it's a choice. her choice was to married george w. bush and she had a wonderful life and doesn't regret it. >> harris: we know our current first lady melania trump will be there to pay her respects. >> of course, every first lady comes into this decision, those that come before them. it's daunting to walk into this role. for mrs. trump, she's a fairly new citizen to our country, new to politics. she's been extremely grateful. i think for the example of someone lik

i think it was a magnificent gesture on her part to invite laura bush but was also great for laura bush help her think through the issues. nothing prepares you to move into the white house. to be able to talk to somebody who has lived through this and has had, in the case of laura bush with teenage children in the white house is really important. i know they're delighted mrs. trump is coming to the celebration tomorrow at saint martin's church in houston. it's also nice of her to make time to do so. >> i don't want to belabor the issue but i'm curious, the behind-the-scenes stuff and the case of laura visiting surprised me because there was a lot of bad blood in the campaign. most of the candidates who ran against him made amends. jeb bush and the ill will still seems to persist between them, but give it time? what you think. >> donald trump is made clear his opinions and he believes everybody is entitled to their opinion george w. bush was accused of lying deliberately about iraq and set in 2007 he was very happy with her performance except she hadn't done enough to impeach george w. b

bush and laura bush.> maria: in terms of mexico and canada, you mentioned mr. president, do you worry about the conflicts that are going on right now, given the debate over trade and open trade and nafta? >> i hope that people as they debate whether or not the regime has worked with canada and mexico, look at the fax. wfacts.we want our neighbors toe healthy and strong. our view is how can we best expedite positive trade which benefits everybody but also to make the point that the three of us countries will need to work together to be able to compete with china in the long term and so, yeah, these days i'm getting too old to worry about much but i do -- my only point is that we promote a positive agenda here and make the case why in this case trade with canada and mexico, collaboration with canada and mexico, working closely with canada and mexico, not only benefits u.s. citizens, but benefits the citizens of all three countries. >> maria: since you left the white house you've become an avid painter. >> i

[cheers and applause] laura bush: you ready? ident bush: thank you. >> ♪ >> [indiscernible conversations] >> we are ready. president bush: is everybody ready? [whistle blows] [applause] >> ♪ >> [indiscernible conversations] president obama: is everybody having a good time? [applause] president obama: happy easter. we are thrilled all of you could come. i am not going to make a long speech because we have the best speaker, the smartest and best obamas.of the older and that would be the first lady of the united states, michelle obama. [cheers and applause] everybody.ama: hey, is this not the most perfect day for the easter egg roll? [cheers and applause] michelle obama: let's say thank you to mother nature. we are so excited to have you. welcome to the 2010 easter egg roll. the theme for this year's event is "ready, set, go." as you know, this year i launched a nationwide initiative to try to end the epidemic of childhood obesity. it is called "let's move." today, we have transformed the south lawn into a playground. our hope today

and laura bush was terrified. is was her very formidable mother-in-law that she was going to be interviewed with and at various times during the conversation barbara bush would say, laura, don't answer that. it will just get you in trouble. if any of us should get this trouble it will be me so it was very amusing but barbara bush came in as someone who seemed much more down to earth but was not as scripted, was very funny and people were happy about that. >> cokie roberts talking about her longtime friend there mrs. bush and often quoted a line from the movie "ferris bueller's day off" saying life moves pretty fast and if you don't stop and look around you'll miss it. later this half hour we'll look back at the bushes' remarkable love story. >>> president trump reacting to a new immigration ruling. neil gorsuch joi liberals striking down a law ailed at deporting immigrants convicted of certain crimes. the justices ruled the law as being too vague. president trump tweeted the court decision means congress must close

laura bush revealed a year ago she visited melania at the white house. they were talking about raising children in the white house. that surprised me given the tension between the bushes and the trumps or more to the point george bush and his brother, jeb. didn't get in the way of the first ladies. what did you think of that? >> it's great. there's so few experiences that people can share that have been first lady or been president that i wish the presidents had more of a club after it was only. knowing they only know the excitement and the difficulty of being president. so true of first ladies. so to reach across tensions that happened during campaigns and to share what it's like to be first lady, it's a human thing to do and does everybody good. i wish they would get together more. >> neil: i was catching not long ago and you were so featured in the documentary on the roosevelts. you know, think after years, a lot of the friction and political enemies back and forth die down with the aging of our bodies. i wonder whether a lot of the grievances, that m

bush and lawyer -- laura bush quite a bit and would like to walk up to press secretary's office and yell is the boss in. i didn't know who it was once, can you tell him to hold on, i'm on the phone with karl rove. he said, oh, i love a name dropper. [laughter] shepard: was she a worrier? >> i don't think so. shepard: i wondered in the days after 9/11, her son stood up they will all hear us soon, if that period which was just impossible for anybody to process if she was a worried mom. >> i'm sure she had to be, shep, to some extent. as pointed out here, they felt acutely the pressures on their kids and, in fact, 43 used to say that when his father was catching it, when he was president, that bothered him a whole lot more than it bothered him than he was president but bothered his father more. that's how they were. i'm sure she worried. you sensed here today in the service and what was said about her and the service itself that she was a person of bedrock faith, enduring faith and she believed that she's going to see robin again, that she's going to see her late parents and all the rest an

i should point out our own maria bartiromo had a beautiful interview with his son and laura bush, heron and laura bush and w said, his dad was there with her until the very end, holding her hand. >> holding her hand. i heard that. trish: doug wead, thank you. >> thank you, trish. trish: we'll be right back. ♪ experience a blend of refined craftsmanship... ...and raw power, engineered to take the crown. presenting the all-new lexus ls 500 and ls 500h. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. nah. not gonna happen. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% lower than some leading competitors. the bath fills and drains quickly, while the heated seat soothes your back, neck and shoulders. kohler is an expert in bathing, so you can count on a deep soaking experience. are you seeing this? the kohler walk-in bath

a couple more of richard thompson, laura bush. again, just this lovely, sophisticated -- it looks simple, but the sophistication and the color scheme and the painting still is annoying and wonderful. up in the corner, that's our trump that kevin draws for "the economist" did recently with a twitter bird on his shoulder. a fabulous piece of color art. in the bar is probably 75% just straight caricatures. there are a number of real political cartoons here, as well. corner has got one by me and one by kevin, this is something he did for "the economist" and this is one i did for politico. you can immediately tell the difference. we've got word bubbles, captions. there is a lot more information and opinion being conveyed in these, of course, which is really what we're about. kevin's is a lovely example of a good political cartoon sort of is built around a clever visual metaphor, that, again, it is conveyed really quickly. so in this case it's the boxing ring and it's israel and palestine going at it and obama is the new ref. it's round

it couple more richard thompson's, laura bush. just lovely and sophisticated. it looks so simple, but the sophistication and the color scheme and the painting of richard's stuff is annoying and wonderful. up in the corner, that is our trump that kevin draws for the economist. a twitter bird on her shoulder. -- his shoulder. a fabulous piece of color art. probably 75% of the walls are straight caricatures. there are a number of real political cartoons here as well. this particular corner has got one by me and one by kevin. this is something he did for the economist and this is one i did for politico. you can tell the difference. we have word bubbles and captions. there is a lot more information being conveyed, which is really what we are all about. kevin's is a lovely example of a good political cartoon built around a clever visual metaphor. in this case, it is the boxing readi ring and it is israel and palestine going at it and obama ref and it is round 3,487,000. fs, bush,he old rep clinton, reagan and bush again, they are all beat up. it is an example of how

host: you brought up your daughter-in-law, laura bush, and when we interviewed her for this series we talked about a speech she had given where she compared you to don corleone. from the godfather. guest: that is nice. host: you have been referred to by family members as the enforcer of the bush family. what you think about the -- what do you think about that? guest: i'm not sure i'm thrilled with laura saying it. i deserve it. anything they do is all right. sure thene has to be standards are kept. he leads by example. denying some things. i am the enforcer, there is no question about it. to elect federal -- do i like that role? no. college,0, wellesley what was the speech she gave? [video clip] >> wellesley is not just a place but an idea. guest: it was a difficult speech in that they objected to my speaking because i had never done anything in my life and had a free ride and they were right. thatentally, it happened gorbachev was coming to this country with her husband and i cannot leave her so i invited her to come speak with me. i got highly criticized saying she is not dare come

bush in part said, laura, bash were a, jenna, are sad but we know her soul was settled. , i'm essentially privileged to be the son of george bush and exceptionally gracious, gregarious, fun, loving, tough, smart, graceful woman who was a force of nature known as barbara bush. also across the aisle and from all sorts of politicians who knew the bushes, president clinton, our hearts and prayers go out to president bush and entire bush family she loved so much. through them her remarkable warmth, wit and devotion to our country will live on. former president carter saying she touched hearts of millions with her warmth, generosity, keen wit. matriarch of a family dedicated serving. former president obama weighing in we'll be always grateful to mrs. bush for the generosity she showed us throughout her time in the white house. more grateful of the way she lived her life, that public service is a important and noble calling that is it what we're hearing from everybody. get it back to you guys in new york. talk about the memories you had. i heard her speak when i was in college.

here is a then richard thompson, a laura bush. sophisticates, the painting of richard is sort of annoying and wonderful. up in the corner. that is our trouble that kevin draws for the economist. he did it recently with the twitter bird on his shoulder. a fabulous piece of color art. >> in the bar, 75% of the art on the walls are really straight caricatures. there are a number of real political tar dines. this one has one by me and one for kevin callaher. you can tell the difference in that we have word bubbles and captions. there is a lot more information and opinion being conveyed in these, which is what we are really about. example of lovely good political cartoon, built around a clever visual metaphor that is conveyed quickly. in this case it is the boxing ring, and it is israel and policy stein going at it. nd the new ref is obama. then you see round number. -- he old refs, busch bush, clinton, reagan, albeit up. and if a food example u are doing a good political cartoon, you can distill it down to a nice visual nugget that ca

maybe not his politics, but i love bill clinton. >> you brought up laura bush. your daughter-in-law. we talked about the speech where she compared you to don corleone. from the godfather. mrs. bush: that's nice. >> you have been referred to as the enforcer of the bush family. what do you think about that? mrs. bush: well, i'm not sure sayingilled with laura that. i deserve it, because anything they do is all right, but someone has to be sure the standards are kept. he leads by example. i lead by denying some things, and i am the enforcer. there is no question about it. do i like that role? no. would i rather he had done it? yes, but it didn't work that way. >> 1990, wellesley college. here is the speech you gave. [on video] mrs. bush: wellesley is not just a place but an idea. [end video clip] mrs. bush: it was a difficult speech. they objected to my speaking because i had never done anything in my life, and i just had a free ride, and they were right. incidentally it happened that mrs. gorbachev was coming with her husband, and i couldn't leave her, so i invited

president obama and michelle will be there and they are very close to president bush and first lady laura bush and so i think that that's -- them being there is actually important for the family and the nation because it'll be interesting to see the interaction between the two because you have seen president bush next to michelle, remember at the memorial service for the slain police officers, i think it was, and there's a real connection between those two families. maria: yeah, it was so funny when president bush said that barbara made a joke in the hospital about why w. is the way he is. [laughter] dagen: because i drank and smoked when i was pregnant with him. [laughter] dagen: people are going to steel that, you will hear this a generation from now, someone will tell that and take -- and say, my mother said that, essentially going steel that joke from the president, i guaranty you, that's the way southern people work. brian: good joke, you to use pit. maria: honor to talk with them and i thanked them despite doing barbara's passing. we will talk about that this morning, joining news mornin

bush and his wife, laura, reminiscing. >> she had great faith.elieves that there's an after life, that she will be wonderfully received in the arms of a loving god and did not fear death. as a result of her soul being comforted on the death bed, my soul is comforted. >> look at this. a live picture from college station. in addition to flowers and balloons, folks starting to leave books outside of the museum and library there to pay homage to the entireless work that mrs. bush did for literacy. the family is asking for the public to donate to the barbara bush foundation instead so that the legacy can live on. tomorrow evening here in houston, there will be a celebration of life ceremony at houston city hall. the public welcome to attend that beginning at 6:00 central time. lots of stuff to remember. a very special woman over the coming days here in houston and around the world, harris. >> she spanned more than just decades of presidency, if you will. she also was a huge part of american culture for a very time. >> she was. >> an opportunity for so

former presidents barack obama andto bill cl and former first ladies laura bush, mic hhelle obama, alary clinton attended the services at saint martin's episcopal church alonadg with current first melania trump. according to a white house statement president trump di not attend, "to avoid disruptions due to added security." t the president did tweet a photo of the former first lady's white use portrait, saying," today, my thoughts and prayers are with the entire bushmi ." e s. bush's twin granddaughter's participated in rvice, and she chose her close friend susan baker, historian jon meacham and her son jeb to diver the eulogies. the former florida governor remembered his mother as strict, but with a sense of humor. >> mom got us through difficult times with consistent, take it to the bank, unconditional, but tough love. she called her style a benevolent dictatorship. bu honestly, it wasn't always benevolent. ( laughter ) >> sreenivasan: susan bakelr, wife of former secretary james baker and a personal friend, recalled the first lady's passion for books and literacy. >> the world respect

bush library? at texas a&m. >> not really very much. laura has done tons for the environmental part and for the ir library. i didn't do much at our library. just the apartment. i just didn't. it just was not on my plate. my literacy does a lot up there. they have a wonderful literacy component. that part i am interested in. as far as building or planning, i have a wonderful rose garden up there that somebody else put in my name. thank you for that little gift. -- wonderful gift. i love the library. i love taking the dogs up there. letting them chase around the pond. i love meeting the people. i really enjoy the library a lot. >> speaking of dogs, there are two in the living room. >> this is bb. george and i used to call each other bb when we were first married. so we have three dogs named that. i asked them a question and george says, which one of us are you talking to? this one is feisty and jealous of the other. she is my shadow. i cannot move without her. she is known to nip at people. bb protects george. she is very active. protecting geo

bush and his wife laura paid tribute to the beloved family matriarch. >> she had great faith. she truly believes there is an afterlife, she should be wonderfully received in the arms of the loving god. and therefore, did not fear death. as a result of her soul being comforted on her deathbed, my soul is comforted. >> harris: family is so important to the former first lady, captured by the photograph of the former first couple, with their grandchildre grandchildren. it was taken by our next guest, bush 41's official weight house to photographer, david valdes. some of the pictures you sent are iconic. i want to get some of the touchstones and stories from you, david, about what was going on at the time you took these photos and some of these memories. we are going to them on the screen. i want to get your thought today on having the privilege to witness history so close up. >> for me, what a huge honor it was to be a part of that. i am just a guy from dallas, texas, wound up working for the president of the united states. the bushes embraced me. president bush and mrs. bush actu

unlike laura bush who would just express her views to her husband. melania sits in on meetings and expresses her opinion. kennedy: why haven't we heard more about that? >> because they want to keep it quite. she is very modest. i send her a picture of her and me at one of the new year's eve parties. she said thank you, not a very good picture of me. can you imagine seeing a picture of her that's not so wonderful? but she'll sit in and express her views and summarize what others are saying and couple with new strategies on a regular basis. kennedy: we are running out of time. you say the president does have legacy lasting power in that -- he survives to the end of one or two terms he'll be seen favorably by history. which would be no small feat. what will be his undoing. >> this guy is as winner as he'll tell you any time. and there is always another side to everything that seems unfavorable. namely, he makes a nasty remark and reporters are turned off. that scares foreign leaders and scares ceos and makes them want to the cultivate trump. and not tak

bush, the 43rd president who released this statement this evening. my dear mother has passed on at age 92. lauralike any other who brought levity, love and literacy to millions. to us she was so much more. mom kept us on our toes and kept us laughing until the end. i'm a lucky man that barbara bush was my mother. our family will miss her dearly and we thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. she was 92. thank you for being with us. that's it for us tonight. good night from new york. >> it's amazing how she was really the rockefeller family and bail technology. she although the pieces together. cheryl: breaking news this morning. john sununu remembered barbara bush. one of the most iconic first ladies of our time. we will have more and attributes that are pouring in. >> first lady and lady first. george w. bush and first lady laura bush at 8:30 a.m. this morning on fox business. trade your earnings are driving stocks h

obama, the beginning of the donald trump administration, interviewed first ladies, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama. april is really reporter of color who regularly covers this beat, and she just gets a lot of grief for it. one of the things i did in preparing for this was to go back over the last year and a half, seeing what happened to you. someone has given it to her again. that is not even half of it. >> that is the public stuff, you don't know what is going on behind the scenes. >> >> is sean spicer telling you not to do that. don't shake your head. >> did i shake my head or make a face? >> i don't think i did anything. >> lost my head. >> what happened? >> i don't know. he is probably watching hey, sean. he likes to talk about me on fox. >> you had a question about the trump administration in terms of perception and trying to give you an answer and you were looking, pressing as reporters do, asking until they get an answer and he wouldn't answer. >> had advice for me and i stopped shaking my head and i asked him within three months of the administration and i asked him, i said

the former chief of staff to laura bush gave her an a-plus. >> for someone brand new coming into thisithout having had the experience of being in politics before, she has done it carefully with great interest and respect for the role. >> for a first lady of fewer words than most predecessors. melania lets her fashion speak for her. her hat spoke volumes. >> it was a statement, absolutely. i am proud to be doing this. i am proud to be the first lady of the united states. >> something else stood out to mcbride. the first lady on the podium with the president. >> it's a position of strength. you are a partner to the presidency. in standing at that podium conveyed that. >> it also conveyed this was her event. the state dinner she planned without any help outside of the white house staff and she got rave reviews. >> first lady shined. >> so help me god. >> the media portrays melania as the reluctant first lady. waiting months to move to washington and wading into the spotlight for few events. >> like the easter egg event. >> not a chance she did one thing to set that up. >> she was critici

it was the first interview with laura and barbara bush together. and laura bush was terrified. as her very formidable mother-in-law that she was going to be interviewed with. and at various times during the conversation, barbara bush would say, laura, it will just get you in trouble. if anybody's going to get in trouble here it should be me. so it was very amusing. barbara bush came in as someone who seemed much more down to earth, even though you can make the case that she had certainly grown-up in privilege. but was not as scripted, was very funny and people were happy about that. >> she was great in interviews and speeches, but i cannot imagine dating a bush son. hey, i want you to meet my mom, called the enforcer. very nice to meet you, mrs. bush. >> but she also came from, her cousins, four generations removed was franklin pierce, who was also president of course of the u.s. so it's been in her family blood for so many years. >> in the blood. and reflecting on her time as first lady, barbara bush once said she had the best job in america. >> we're going to get a glimpse of

you see laura bush and presidents bush and hillary clinton and michelle obama and president obama and melania trump. reflect on this moment, what we witnessed yesterday in that ee pit co-pal church down in houston, the significance of this moment of everyone in that picture getting together but also the pass being of barbara bush? >> these people are public servant, melania trump is doing her own version of service. i wonder donald trump fan, maybe of his base might look at that picture and say that represents everything that's wrong with america but i think most reasonable would say it represents politicians being able to put aside differences, it's not unusual for donald trump to not go to the funeral. that's not unusual. but let's cast our minds ahead a few years let's say there's another state funeral, would anyone want him there? nixon left in '74 and went to humphr humphrey's state funeral, in the last dying days said i want you there and at humphrey's request. would you imagine whatever happens after donald trump making that request? in this moment i can't. >> kevin, as you loo

hillary that former first lady barbara bush, henry clinton and michelle obama where there -- former laura bush, hillary clinton, and michelle obama were there. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it is my honor and privilege on behalf of this family in saint martins episcopal church to look at you to the service of celebration for the life and service and faith of barbara pierce bush. and letu please stand us sing with strength our opening hymn, praise to the lord support. . he plunged into the sea, locked -- praise to the lord. ♪ ♪ naturally since of your goodness. live of your countenance upon peace throughthem jesus christ our lord. >> by the resurrection and the life saved the lord. he shall believe in me and shall never die -- you shall believe in me shall never die. redeemer lives with -- lives. and though this body be destroyed, until i see god i shall see for myself and my eyes behold andd -- shall not as a stranger. test liveslive with to himself or die unto himself. whether we live or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the war -- die in the lord. the lord be with you. oh god whose mercies

melania trump attended the service along with laura bush and the shell obama. ge w. bush, -- barack obama also attended. the last president who did attend a former first lady's funeral was john f. kennedy when eleanor roosevelt died. president trump released this tweet: today my thoughts and prayers are with the bush family. today'sissed any of funeral service, we will re-air it tonight at 8:30 eastern on c-span. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, andrew climb -- on theof usa today future of political leadership. series, theurmoil syndicator. former -- a former college president discusses women's rights in 1968. join the discussion. oklahoma -- an oklahoma senator book set election security, the russian investigation, and the nature of defense today compared to when the oklahoma city bombing took place. he is introduced by someone from the washington post. 10:00kers airs sunday at a.m.. sunday, a former professional basketball player and his book we matter: activists and activism -- athletes an

barack and michelle obama and george and laura bush and bill and hillary clinton and george h.w. ent trump did not attend to not disrupt the ceremony. she was a wonderful woman. >> i loved the eulogy. all of the pearls. so many wearing pearls. >> let's not leave out the book socks that the former president wore. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now. see you tomorrow.. >> i'm telling you the president's concern has been for michael cohen. >> michael cohen is going to flip on this president and he knows where the bodies are buried. >> this is a great public relations effort by kim jong-un. >> north korea saying they completed their nuclear program and therefore no longer needing nuclear tests. >> you heard the president we're going to keep up maximum pressure and not stop that until they ducar

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who can support you and compliment you and you have that in beth of those spouses in barbara and laura bush. the laura-george w. relationship is interesting because in so many ways they're polar opposites. talk about odd couples. you couldn't have predicted this, this relationship. and yet they really work. one of the promises that george w. make dozen laura in 1978 when he marries her when he is running for congress, he said you'll never have to make a public speech. >> host: she rolled her eyes. >> they didn't have a honeymoon. they went right on the campaign trail. she would recognize that she is given -- he's given her a life she never would have had but for him, and i'm not sure it would have been possible for george w. bush to have the life he has had without her. they're perfectly complimentary souls in many respect. >> the two first ladies are alike in that they can call them out using humor and teasing and so forth? what was it laura said after the wanted dead or alive -- going to get him, bushy. >> this show you how far we have -- how different things are. so, when osama bin laden