history of cooperation between the two countries and the friendship between george washington and marquis lafayette. president trump: president macron and bridget, we are profoundly honored to host you and your entire french delegation for our first official state dinner. and to america's absolutely incredible first lady, thank you for making this an evening you will always cherish and remember. melania.u, [applause] president trump: tonight we celebrate 2.5 centuries of friendship between the united states and france. yesterday we had a wonderful visit to mount vernon, a place that is truly special in the history of this very remarkable friendship. it was there that general george washington met with the general signs of to finalize rick perry at yorktown, many victories. was there after the war generals lafayette returned to visit his adopted father, george washington. son afterand his washington as a tribute to respect and love for his dear friend. president trump: there at mount vernon hanging on the wall for all to see is the key to the bastille, a gift from lafayette to washington. has tomb o

[speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: two centuries ago it was marquis to lafayette andwar of independence. at the time he spent almost 14 months amongst you. and fortunately my stay will be shorter but it is of special importance to me and to all my fellow citizens who for a long time have had powerful and sincere feelings for your people, mr. president. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: in american i saw more than americans. indeed, democracy itself, an ideal meant to guide our statesmen to empower the functioning of our institutions and to acknowledge the place of free individuals. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: dear mr. president, america represents endless possibilities for my country. brings about hopes. france has renewed optimism. france shares with your country and ideal of freedom and peace. [speaking french] >> translator: over the last centuries we have weaved our histories through our common struggles are each time, together, we have the western world and aspire to universality. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> tran

international visitors like the marquis lafayette. dolly might entertain a hundred people in the back lawn and think nothing of having 30 people stay night after night after night. visitors reported seeing dolly madison giving james madison a piggyback ride. [laughter] then there was poly that parent who would scoop through the hallways, swearing and friends, and terrorizing the young madison clan. you could tell that it was this lively, lively country place. while dolly clearly mr. d.c., she had her hands full and took on decorating month gave -- clearly missed d.c., she had her hands full and took on month.ing -- decorating my police are -- in his 30's, he never settled in his life. he was called by some the snake in the garden of eden. which is a sad thing to say. he had bouts of drinking and gambling. we know he did help madison because we see his handwriting and transcribed notes. that he did have huge binges. onewould disappear and no would know where he would be for months, oftentimes in debtor's prison. hero in his journal, "i

if i find two or three examples, one of them remarkable, written to the marquis lafayette, a royal figure from france, washington writes him a letter. in one paragraph there are seven or eight distinct biblical quotes illusions, and it makes total sense. it is not about a biblical truths, it is a reality he is dealing with. i would challenge every one of you to do that. with just your bibles, right letter to a friend i let the paragraph be filled with biblical language. it has to make sense. if you can do that, you are like washington. that is extraordinary. i remember being stunned. where in the world in the bible is that? looking it up and tracking it. his knowledge is extensive. demonstrated at key moments, then in his humor, there are times where it shows you love the bible. one of my favorite examples is he is writing to someone and says, i can't understand why no one allowed those worms -- noah allowed those worms to get on the boat. they are destroying my tobacco crop. that is a christian guy thinking about his bible and trying to make a story that was fun. he used the bible in hum

the marquis de lafayette visiting washington during the war.sting to think about what's going on right now. >> we are going to take a break but we have breaking news that n critical care, admitted to the hospital. we have fear feared that as hed goodbye to his wife, former first lady barbara bush, over the weekend. need a change of scenery? the kayak explore tool shows you the places you can fly on your budget. so you can be confident you're getting the most bang for your buck. alo-ha. kayak. search one and done. ♪ >> bret: we learned former president george h.w. bush was taken to intensive care at houston methodist hospital, admitted yesterday, day after the funeral for his wife barbara. you see the picture with the bushes. the obama was, melania trump, the former presidents. shaking hands at the funeral. moments ago, receiving a tweet from the family spokesperson. saying president bush was admitted to the houston methodist hospital yesterday morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood. he is responding to treatments and ap