17 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her brother, scott pierce. she was preceded in death by her second child, pollyanna robinson and her siblings, martha and james. at interviewback with former first lady from october 2013. host: with all the posts that you in the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared you -- did you feel prepared? all i was, first of not elected so it did not make that much difference. i did notice the difference in being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge as the vice president's wife can say anything. the moment you have said one thing as president's wife it makes the news. that is one thing i had to learn quickly. i felt very prepared because we had lived in washington off and father -- my father in law had been a u.s. senator although we have lived in texas, i think probably i was very comfortable, i had a comfortable -- i had a loving family and so to george and we felt comfortable. i loved bein

five children and their spouses, 17 grand children, and 7 great grandchildren and her brother, scott pierce. she will be having a private funeral service on saturday. president trump issued a statement, as a wife, mother, grandmother, military spouse and former first lady mrs. bush was an advocate of the american family. amongst her greatest achievements was recognizing the importance of literacy and the fundamental family values that requires nurturing and protection. we posted more on the death of barbara bush on ktvu.com. just look for the story at the top of our homepage. >>> a young woman is in custody of a hit-and-run accident. fortunately it looks like the sergeant will be okay. investigators say that a woman driving a mercedes hit the officer then took off. the 18-year-old, she is of san francisco and arrested at 26th avenue and california street shortly after the accident. she is facing the charge of felony hit-and-run. >> you get up hit in your stomach. we had a difficult run in the police department the past few months. any time you hear about a police officer getting injured, it

five children and their spouses. 17 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her brother, scott pierce. she was preceded in death by her second child, pollyanna robinson and her siblings, martha and james. at interviewback with former first lady from october 2013. host: with all the posts that you in the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared you -- did you feel prepared? all i was, first of not elected so it did not make that much difference. i did notice the difference in being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge as the vice president's

five children and their spouses, 17 grandchildren and seven great—grandchildren and her brother, scott piercey missed. she epitomised the notion of afamily missed. she epitomised the notion of a family matriarch. she was the rock behind the bush family as we saw time and time again when, of course, her husband was president and her son, george w bush became president as well. an extraordinarily strong character. as you mentioned, the only woman to have seen both her husband and her son sworn in as us president. a remarkable achievement. she equals that with abigail adams, many decades ago, the same scenario applied then. it was an extraordinary achievement and not just her husband and her son but her extended family as well. jeb bush stood for president himself. they are quite apolitical family. there are quite apolitical family. there are younger generations in the family who people have pointed to was possible presidents of the future. who knows? and her family, they had been visiting her over the past week and she died with her family. that is the way she wanted. she refused medical treatm

surviving by 5 children, their spouses, 17 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and her brother, scott pierced the second child, robin bush died at 4 years old. and at the same church followed by her burial at the bush presidential library in texas which will be her final resting place next to her daughter robin. from the 43rd president, her son george w. bush, leaders across the globe, this one says laura, barbara, jenna and i i said that souls are settled because we know hers was. a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love and literacy to millions, to what she was so much more. we are hearing from people who used to work for the bushes, the former chief of staff, the office of george hw bush, how is 41 doing? he is brokenhearted to lose his beloved, his wife of 73 years. we expect more from leaders around the globe. >> married over 73 years, 17 grandchildren. thank you so much. for more on barbara bush's legacy, presidential historian doug lee. thank you for coming in this morning, you were able to meet the bushes multiple times, share with us one of your favorite stories about barba

her husband, five children, 17 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and her brother, scott, scott pierceump has ordered flags to be flown at half staff until saturday when bushies scheduled to be buried. joining me right now is the former chairman of the council of economic advisors under president george w. bush. he's the senior fellow at the hoover institution, ed lazere. thank you for joining us this morning. >> a pleasure. >> maria: so much to talk about in terms of the economy, where you see growth. first, how are you remembering barbara bush this morning? >> well, of course i remember her well. most of the time i got to be with mrs. bush was in family gatherings, parties. i remember 4th of july parties at the white house that were actually the birthday celebration for george w. whose birthday is july 6th and we would always get together with family and friends and it was just a terrific time. what i remember about both mrs. bush and president bush senior is just the class, the unbelievable amount of grace and sophistication, but in a friendly, american way that they had. and i thin

betty: the 10 year treasury yield piercing the present level for the first time in four years. from our we are joined by scottm wells fargo equity strategist. what you make of the 3%? >> there is a lot going on out there, but i do not think 3% is a line in the sand. i think the percent for me is just a reflection that after we had tax reform, we are going to have some fiscal stimulus here. we are going to see better gdp growth. are economists but it at a half percent better if we haven't had tax reform, and also our cpi number is 2.4, and that is higher than it has been in the realistically in my mind, the market is adjusting 50 basis points or so to the new reality, which is better economic growth and higher inflation. betty: i you saying this is a knee-jerk reaction? scott: i think there is some worries and this feeds into those worries. there is the fact, i think the biggest risk out there is that the market is worried about inflation going up. the prices going up, and the fed is going to move and overreact and should this thing down and bring a recession and closer. that is one thing. and also when you he

scott nice to be here. >> you ever see anything like this before where a piece of an engine pierces the fuselage and kills a passenger? what do you think it says if anything about the durability of this type of engine? >> well, engines like airplanes need to be certified and one of the certification processes on transportation category engines is containment. so they shoot a frozen duct into a frozen engine and let the blades disintegrate. but it should still be contained in a shell steel wrapper but that didn't happen and that's an issue that, one, the fan blade shouldn't have fallen off it does sometimes, but if it did it wouldn't go outside of the engine shell and of course if that were to happen, it could cause damage to the wing where the fuel is or you could lose a wing. any kind of catastrophic damage. the certification process is very, very rigorous. but these airplanes -- i think they take off every two seconds around the world >> right. >> so they're the most reliable in the world i can't think of a better one. >> hard to catch before a flight, right? we often see the pilot as we're standing in