sermon delivered at the founding of wellesley, he directed wellesley showed prepare women for usefulness and to instill that message, the chosen motto is constantly not tor to all of us is be the passive recipient of good works but to do them. service to other human beings, family, and the world became and has remained an integral part of the wellesley tradition. barbara bush example five that tradition of noble usefulness. the most popular lady of our time. using the visibility of her position to work to heal wounds and combat evil. her work is best known in the field of literacy where she has moved all of us to new levels of awareness and concern. she is determined to bring the privileged and pleasure of reading to the 25 million americans who face each day the humiliation and isolation of illiteracy. is recognized by her family and friends, they call her the coo. she has managed the details that supports a active and loving family. leadership in her work with many organizations. the united neagle college fund, leukemia society, march of dimes, cancer center, salvation army, and the st

at wellesley, each class is known by a special color. for four years the class of 1990's has won the color purple. today you meet to say good-bye to all of that. to begin a new and a very personal journey. the search for your own true colors. in the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of lake waubon, no one can say what your true colors will be. but this i do know. you have a first-class education from a first-class school. and so you need not, probably cannot live a paint by numbers life. decisions are not irrevocable. choices do come back. and as was said, i hope many of you will consider making three very special choices. the first is to believe in something larger than yourself. to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. i chose literacy because i honestly believe that if more people could read, write and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation. and our society. early on, i made another choice. which i hope you'll make as well. whether you're talking about edu

we wellesley college, all women's college.ought back so many memories. >> disarming wit. after that speech president bush in tribute to his wife, said remember the wellesley protests, many women said she just followed her husband and in many ways she followed me. those women of wellesley said she was only there because of the man she married. she fought back against that and was unapologetic about it. >> one of the stories of the bush family was prescott bush, 41's father, he was smoking and barbara started to smoke and her father-in-law said i didn't give you permission to smoke. and she turn ed to him, pretty formidible guy, former senator of the united states, and said i didn't marry you. >> tell me about how her views evolved over the years. >> i was very fortunate, thanks to john meachum, got to spend the day with the bushes. this was not my intention but she asked me some questions about -- she didn't understand why the obama administration, why the obama white house announced a transgender american had been hired to the

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 by herself and she is bringing her to protect her. it was a difficult speech. it turned out that there was one student at wellesley and south america who we were treating to this great education and a girl from maine. a day or two before the speech the girl from maine called and said i'm so embarrassed, this is , i wasnto a great thing getting calls from president nixon saying you tell those girls to go to the devil and whatever. i had a lot of people for me. i did not want to get into a spitting fight with the girls but there it was. on the plane going up, mrs. gorbachev did not spe

i think that speech at wellesley is when barbara bush said, in that speech, that a man might one dayollow in her footsteps as the president's spouse, which also, in front of a wellesley college audience at that point, would have been -- would have landed exactly the way that she would have wanted it to land. sad news, at the age of 92, barbara bush has passed away. you see her there with other first ladies. a remarkably high profile and effective woman in that role and also somebody who was seen by everybody, both within the family and outside it, as the absolute backbone of the bush family as a political dynasty and as an american family of considerable consequence. barbara bush, dead tonight at the age of 92. we'll be right back.ide en! turns out the prints at the crime scene- awwwww...did mcgruffy wuffy get a tippy wippy? i'm serious! we gotta move fast before- who's a good boy? is him a good boy? erg...i'm just gonna go. oh, you wanna go outside? you gotta go tinky poo-poo? i already went, ok? in the bathroom! as long as people talk baby-talk to dogs, you can count on geico savin

a lot of the students at wellesley at the time weren't so happy.hey were saying things like, barbara bush, she's only a accomplished because of what her husband did, she's just a first lady. she didn't do anything herself. she was so politically shud that she went in there and delivered this line. i want you to listen to this. >> some where out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my foot steps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse and i wish him well. >>> she understood politics. she understood how to play the game and she did it for just so long. >> she did. she was born in the 1920s. she was married for 73 years to george h.w. bush, the longest marriage in presidential history and she was also, she was able to make a joke about things and she did go through a period of depression, though, because she at one point in mer memoir writes about thinking was my life a waste, devoting my life to my husband and children. she went through that period and she came out the other side and she never apologized.

steve: when she gave the address at wellesley it was such a big deal.and the message essentially was and it is so famous is, listen, at the end of your life, you're going to realize there is more to life than just working. remember your friends, remember your family. listen. >> decisions are not irrevocable. choices do come back. and as you set off from wellesley, i hope that many of you will consider making three very special choices. the first is to believe in something larger than yourself. to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. and early on, i made another choice, which i hope you will makes a well. whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you're talking about life. and life really must have joy. the third choice that must not be missed is to cherish your human connection. your relationship with family and friends. steve: and that is -- that last part is so important. that is why at the end of her life she talked to the doctors, they said there is nothing else we can do. she said i have got to go home. ainsley: i w

you know, you showed the wellesley clip, the wellesley undergraduates started protesting with the certitudeuth that they were honoring her because of who she married, not because of who she was. and she graciously just said, there's not one path in life, there are many paths and we have to honor them. i think she believed in the country, she believed in george bush. my god, does she believe in george bush. and she believes in the possibilities of the country. i think she deserves a place in the history of the nation, not only for who she married and gave birth to but because of who she was. >> she certainly earned that indeed. thanks so much to both of you, as we continue to think about barbara bush and wishing her and her family well. and back to my colleague in washington. >> a fitting tribute there. right now, president trump is in florida outside of miami attending a roundtable discussion on tax cuts. our white house correspondent jeff bennett is cover president trump's trip to florida. jeff? >> we're so thrilled. >> reporter: i'm using my golf voice, considering the event here that is

. >> 1990, wellesley college. what was the speech you gave. -- gave? >> wellesley is not just a place but an idea. >> 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 gorbachev was coming with her husband, and i couldn't leave her, so i invited her to speak with me. i got highly criticized by them saying, she doesn't there come by herself. it was a difficult speech. it turned out there was one student from south america whom we were treated to this great education, and a girl from maine. a day or two before the speech, the girl from maine called and said, i am so embarrassed this has built into a great thing. i was getting calls from president nixon saying, you tell those girls to go to the devil. i had a lot of people for me, but i didn't want to get into spitting fight with the girls, but there it was. on the plane going up, she didn't speak any english. we had an interpreter, and i said, do you mind if i work on my spee

that's wellesley college, wellesley -- a campus that i knew somewhat. and it was controversial. there were protests against her for not being feminist enough, for not speaking out in favor of women's lib enough, according to the young women at the time. but that speech really resonated with women of a number of generations. i was talking to someone here just the other day about that speech, a younger woman. because she was basically saying you can be whatever you want to be. don't let other people define you. define were your self-. so o it w so it was actually a very liberating speech for a lot of people. i certainly took it that way and sometimes have thought back about it and regretted that i didn't spend more time with my family, that i was always saying good-bye on thanksgiving day and running off to a foreign assignment or some other place. she was a really remarkable person, bridging a divide between the conservative republican -- a different kind of conservative republicanism, not as hard line as some of the right wing politicians are now, and certainly not a trump repub

there is also a group of women from wellesley they were called that cheering went up in the code breaking compound when they learned that that plane have been shot out of the air. o it was transformed by thousands of women taking the tradesn scrambling for housing. eventually barracks would be built., but at first it was a scramble for boarding houses. there were groups of women living together in group houses it was a very hard job. a lot of stress in urgency. this is a first time that the women had ever been on chaperones. you can imagine. this is a first time that the women had ever been on chaperones. you can imagine. this is it directly about the coded girls although i'm hearing all of the things that you said about what happened to them and i've listened to the other two ladies. i question to you would be have you heard fromad any of the other two or three ladies about the code girls and what we had known as the funny uncles. c the men who didn't go to war and the women who had to stay home and live with them. and the children who had to stay home i was a very nasty sexual experienc

bush was asked to speak at wellesley commencement ceremony, students protested claiming she wasn't feminist enough. >> somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who one day may follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse. and i wish him well. >> reporter: that savviness made her a force on the campaign trail well into her 'nineties. mrs. bush gave one of her last television interviews to cnn while stumping for her son jeb. >> what do you think of donald trump? >> i don't think of him. i am sick of him. >> reporter: classic barbara bush. this was her response to sarah palin's presidential hopes. >> i think she is happy in alaska and hope she stays there. >> he is by far the best qualified men, but there are other people out there that are very qualified and we have had enough bushes. >> reporter: she also broke the news to supreme court clarence thomas that he had the job before her husband picked him. >> i greeted her and she said congratulations and that's what i knew. and she said oh, i guess i let the cat out of the bag. >> reporter: comedia

bush was asked to speak at wellesley's ceremony saying she wasn't feminist enough. she gave a speech that caused everyone to come to their feet. >> we may have someone here that will follow my footsteps and preside over the white house with her spouse. and i wish him well . >> she gave one of hur last television interviews for cnn stumping iff efor her son jed. >> what do you think of donald trump? >> i don't even think about him. i'm sick of him. . >> she's very pretty. she loves alaska. i hope she stays there. >> he's by far the most qualified men. but there are other people out there that are very qualified. and we've had enough bushes. >> reporter: she also broke the news to supreme court clarence thomas that he had the job before her husband picked him. >> i greeted her and she said congratulations and that's what i knew. and she said oh, i guess i let the cat out of the bag. >> reporter: comedian dana carvey performed at the white house. >> on one tv was a close-up bill clinton, the new president and another side was a picture of ross perot. and she says i can

breaking facility working as fast as they could to put together his itinerary and a group of women from wellesley that was involved and they record that cheering went up when they learned the plane was shot out of the air. >>host: liza mundy what are the logistics moving women to washington, housing them? >> washington was transformed by thousands of women taking the trains, landing in union station, looking for housing, eventually barracks would be built in dorms would be built but it was a scramble for boarding houses or an attic groups of women there -- living together in group houses are living together for the first time. it was a very hard job with a lot of stress and urgency but in the off hours there was a lot of fun the first time they had ever been on chaperones you can imagine. >>host: code girls is the book liza mundy is our guest our guest is calling in from hawaii please go ahead. >> caller: can you hear me? this isn't directly about necessarily the code girls although i'm sure what you said happened to them and i listen to the other two ladies but have you heard from any of the oth

during her 1990 commencement speech at wellesley college in massachusetts, she encouraged students theneve in something larger than yourself. she added some unexpected wisdom from the classic 1980s film " ferris bueller." >> find the joy in life because as ferries burl said -- as ferr bueller said on his day off, life moves pretty fast, and if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you're going to miss if. >> former first ladies barbara bush dead at the age of 92. >>> also breaking overnight, sources tell cnn cia director mike pompeo met secretly with kim jong-un in pyongyang earlier this month. she was accompanied by intelligence officials but did not take anyone from the white house or state department with him. the meeting with kim over the easter weekend laying the groundwork for a late may or early june summit between the north korean leader and president trump. cnn's will ripley tracking the latest developments live from hong kong. extraordinary developments. no one knows north korea quite like you. let me ask you, we've always been skeptical of denuclearization on the pe

[applause] >> sandra: that address back in 1990 at wellesley college.rica and the world are remembering the former first lady barbara bush and celebrating her life and legacy. she died last night in houston with her family beside her. her oldest son earlier with maria bartiromo recalling a dinner conversation at the white house. >> mother and i, we occasionally would argue. not argue, we would debate. different opinions. and we were having a theological discussion and, you know, i was basically saying what the new testament said about going to heaven and mother said what about her friend mustafa and we went back and forth. she said i'm going to call billy graham. >> she was the first lady and she could and did. >> billy is on the phone and we explained the issue and he finally said look, you two, i agree with the new testament but i want to remind you two, you don't get to play god. pretty good lesson for today, by the way. >> sandra: special moment earlier. marc thaoeson, fox news contributor. your thoughts as we look back at the life and legacy of bar

take place saturday in texas. 28 years old while first lady bush gave the commencement speech at wellesleylege. >> you will never regret not passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> you can express your condolences by sharing a badge we created on the facebook page. barbara bush was 92 years old. >>> now to a new development in escalating tensions of the u.s. and north korea. the white house confirms there was a high-level secret meeting between cia director mike pomp owe and the north korean dickdy tar. serena? >> reporter: this is the highest level of a u.s. official and north korean leader since 2000. 2014, then director of national intelligence james clapper traveled the north korea to secure the release of two american prisoners but he met with low-level officials. easter weekend in absolute sekrely mike pomp owe traveled to pyongyang and met with kim jong-un. on twitter the president writing, meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed. details are wo

yesterday i went to barbara bush funeral and she gave a very heartfelt speech at wellesley in 1981 in which she said, at the end of the day it will matter if you got a raise or if you wrote a great book or if you are not someone who values relationships. she got a standing ovation after a lot of concern and some protest about her being invited to come speak. it shouldn't be either or. if you are someone who is defining yourself by what you do what you accomplish, and that is satisfying the more power to you that is how you should be thinking about your life and living it. if you are someone who primarily defines your life and relationship to others, then more power to you and live that life the way barbara bush lived about life and how proud she was to do it. i think most of us, as women in today's world end up in the middle, wanting to have relationships and invests, but also pursuing our own interest. [inaudible] that's what i've tried to do for a very long time. it's not easy but it is something i've chosen to do and i think is best for me. i'm going to keep doing it, but i'm going

house as the president's spouse and i wish him well. [ cheers and applause ] >> barbara bush at wellesleyollege in 1990. before that speech she had been criticized by some at the school for not being enough of a feminist and being old-fashioned. i think she proved them wrong with that one. >> yeah, i would say, definitely. >>> during that commencement speech she urged students to believe in something larger than yourself. >> we spoke overnight to abc's cokie roberts who covered the bush white house and shared her thoughts on mrs. bush. >> barbara bush became an american icon and it was amazing how many people adored her. the whole world likes barb. another time i interviewed her was in 1999 when george w. bush was running for president and it was the first interview with laura and barbara bush together. and laura bush was terrified. this 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

. —— wellesley college.ee of america's national committee on north korea. good evening to you both, thank you for coming in. john everard, what is kimjong—un‘s culmination, do you think? this is the question nobody can answer, is he just tried to squeeze more money out of the south, split south korea away from the united states, and sow confusion in the international community? or is this really a change of heart? now, this is a conundrum for us all. north korea has cheated repeatedly in the past, the history of talks is littered with broken agreements, and everybody is approaching this with great care, great circumspection and some cynicism. 0n the other hand, if this is a change of heart if he is serious about stabilising the peninsula, it would be a pity to throw the olive branch back in his face. now, catherine, you listened to what the two men had to say to each other on the border, and the language, i understand, that they were using, the words, were very interesting, tell me about that. well, i listen

there was also a group of women from wellesley that was involved in the yamamoto shootdown, and they recalled that cheering went upol in the code-breaking compod when they learned that the plane had been shot out of the air. >> host: what were thep logistis behind moving all these women to washington, housing them, uniforming them? >> guest: washington was transformed by thousands and thousands of women taking the trains, landing in union station, scrambling for housing. eventually barracks would be built, dorms would be built for the women, but at first it was a scramble for boarding houses, for a basement, an attic. there were groups of women living together, you know, in grouptt houses, living together for the first time. there was a lot of -- it was a very hard, hard job. there was a lot of stress and urgency, but this their off hours there was also a lot of fun, there was a lot of drinking. this was the first time that the women had ever been unchaperoned, so you can imagine. >> host: liza mundyon is our guest, "code girls" is the book, and cherry is calling in from hawaii. plea

-- it was yesterday -- i went to barbara bush's funeral, and she gave a very heartfelt speech at wellesley in i think 1991 in which she said, at the end of the day, it won't matter if you got a raise, won't matter if you wrote a great book, you know. if you are not also someone who values relationships, and she get a standing ovation after there was a lot of concern and some protests about her being invited to come speak. i thought a lot about that because it shouldn't be either/or. it should be that if you are someone who is defining yourself by what you do and what you accomplish, and that is savvying, then more power to you, that is how you should be thinking about your life and living it. if you are someone who primarily defines your life in relationship to others, then more power to you, and live that life the way barbara bush lived that life and how proud she was to do it. i think most of us as women in today's world end up in the middle, wanting to have relationships, wanting to invest in them, nurture them, and also pursuing our own interests. and i loved the picture of senator tam

she spoke at wellesley in 1990. there had been protests before her speech. shy when she got there. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> reporter: and for that audience, some of whom were skeptical, a first lady's hope for the future. >> who knows. somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse and i wish him well. >> reporter: barbara bush, as she so often did, winning over the crowd. a nation celebrating a beloved first lady. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. until then, have a good evening. good night. >>> breaking news, just in about yesterday's deadly airplane explosion. what the fda orders to be to be >> can't describe it. >>> a prime piece of property in the east bay may be sold and preservationist could not be happier. >>> now that recreational p

she spoke at wellesley in 1990. there had been protests before her speech. shy when she got there. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> reporter: and for that audience, some of whom were skeptical, a first lady's hope for the future. >> who knows. somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse and i wish him well. >> reporter: barbara bush, as she so often did, winning over the crowd. a nation celebrating a beloved first lady. i'm david muir. i hope to see >> announcer: live, where you live. this is abc 7 news. >>> there is evidence of metal fatigue where the blade separated. >>> federal investigators honing in on missing fan blade, the possible cause of yesterday's deadly southwest airlines engine explosion over pennsylvania. good afternoon, thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama da

. >> and that is that 1990 wellesley college speech that andy carter referenced in our last hour. on this wednesday april 18th i'm willie geist alongside kasie hunt. joe and mika have the morning off. still with us, we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle, noah rothman, chair of the department of african-american studies at princeton university eddy glove jr. and joining the conversation, columnist for the "wall street journal," msnbc the great peggy noonan and professor of history at tulane university, walter isaacson and washington bureau chief for usa today susan page, the author of the forthcoming book, the matriarcm. let me begin with you, susan. we're talking about the life, the legacy of a woman who met her husband at the age of 16 at a school dance. married to him for 73 years. the longest marriage of any president in the history of this country. what are your thoughts? >> i met mrs. bush for the first time in 1980 when i was working covering my first presidential campaign. i interviewed her for the last time in february. she was a totally consistent human being from the f

and then her address in wellesley, she talked about feminism as it should be, it's a choice.hoice 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 like barbara bush, who did have a great background in politics, politicking with her husband since 1964, when he ran for congress. 1966. over the world and the u.n., china, cia, she was prepared. laura bush had the role model of her mother-in-law. she was probably best prepared than anyone. they do reflect on each other's position. they are part of the long light of continuing of this very important role. >> harris: anita mcbride, talking women's issues with us, we appreciate all your memories. barbara bush was part of an earlier movement in terms o

happen saturday in texas. 28 years ago while she was first lady bush gave the commencement speech at wellesley college. >> at thend of your life you will never regrt not having passed one more time, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> you can express your condolences and thoughts on our facebook page. barbara bush was 92 years old. >>> cia director mike pompeo traveled to north korea over the easter weekend for a meeting with kim jong-un. the meeting was part of an effort to lay the groundwork for direct talks between kim and president trump about the country's nuclear weapons program. mr. trump said details of a summit with kim ng-un are >>> we have learned that german chancellor angela merkel will be coming to the u.s. next week and she'll be meeting with president trump at the white house. the meeting is set for next friday, april 27th. the two leaders will discuss a variety of topics including nato and no doubt they'll probably talk about russia and its involvement in syria as well. merkel w

happen saturday in texas. 28 years ago while she was first lady, bush gave the commencement speech at wellesley college. >> at the end of your life you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> good advice. you can express your condolences by sharing this badge we created on our facebook page. barbara bush was 92 years old. >>> your commute from the east bay to marin is about to get a little faster. third lane eastbound on the richmond-san rafael bridge is set to open friday. according to our news partner, the lane will open at 2:00 p.m. in time for the afternoon commute. officials say it will greatly improve traffic flow. >>> a new proposal can make it easier for pg&e to raise your rates. >>> google responding to a new report showing thousands of apps could track your kids illegally. their promise to parents this morning. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. so many of you talking about the 80-degree temperatures

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> they all spent summers with her up in maine and if we have a minute, she said something in her wellesley speech that i think really, for me, always summed up her life. she said at the end of your life you never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal, you will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. and that's the way barbara bush lived her life. >> that's beautiful. thank you very much for sharing all of that with us. >> thank you. >>> we're learning now as we say good bye to barbara bush about a new incident this morning involving a southwest jet, okay. this just one day after that terrifying midair engine failure that led to one passenger's death. we have our aviation experts here to discuss all of this next and we'll tell you the new incident as well. oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me? full-bodied. wi'm really grateful that

. >> her wit and wisdom in full force during this highly regarded commencement speech at wellesley college as first lady. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having past one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent. >> beautiful words. wish her well. >>> coming up, we are tracking what is going on with this weather. we have rain, hail, kari, what is next? >> well we are going to get some clearing eventually. here is a look at the wet streets looking at 101 in palo alto and the trend for the day shows some drying out there but we do still have unsettled weather as the system spins across the bay area. we'll take a closer look at the radar coming up next. >>> his $2,500 appliance is still under warranty but the technician and he have to guess around how to fix it. so what happens next? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura and nbc bay area responds next. nbc bay area responds. to a colma man who fixed a problem with an appliance on his own. and thought the manufacturer >>

we actually have another moment from that same address at wellesley college, brit hume, i want you to react to this. let's watch. >> i want to offer a new legend, the winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream her own personal dream. who knows, somewhere out in this audience, may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse i wish him well. >> laura: we cut to the crowd there but the crowd, brit, went crazy. they ended up loving it. there was controversy, though, about her appearing. compared to what it was like today, that was 1990, a republican goes to a college today, it is a different reception. they ended up loving her there. >> she was supplement people i think -- it wasn't that she was so cuddly. she whirled wasn't cuddly. she was warm and friendly and she was outgoing, but she had standards. and you knew when you are around her. i always felt that i better be on my best behavior around her. she used to say apropos of her devotion to family, she used to say, what happe

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before coming to you, at wellesley college and temple university where he was chair of the history department. is 2008 book the bitter road to freedom, in the history of the liberation of europe was the finalist for the pulitzer prize and tell us about the age of eisenhower? >> thanks for being here and thanks to my distinguished co-panelists, great to be here. here is the question was why should we care about dwight eisenhower? i have a book here to answer that question. the book makes the argument that dwight eisenhower who may seem like a figure from a very different era than ours is one of the most consequential presidents of the postwar era. a lot of scholars and academics would how with laughter at that assertion is i have a book to show them. eisenhower had a significant impact on the shape of modern america since world war ii and i argue in the book in many ways we are still in a funny way living in the age of eisenhower in certain respects and that is what i try to make the case in the book, he really shapes the evolution and development of the united states. i will give you three bi

bush offered this advice to the graduates of wellesley college. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> reporter: and so this morning by her side is her husband, the former president, as well as her children, neil, marvin and dorothy. george w. bush and jeb bush are not here in houston but we're told they're calling a lot. barbara bush told her college newspaper recently, i'm still old and i'm still in love with the man i married 72 years ago. a family spokesman told us all they do now is hold hands. >> the two are inseparable. they're still beloved in houston. what a role model she is, the former first lady of this country. >> that's right, and the way she's facing this moment with peace. >> we wish her all the best right now, david, thank you. >>> the ceo of starbucks says the controversial arrest of two black men at a philadelphia store should not have happened. ahead on "cbs this morning," how the men's

those were all on display in the 1990 graduation speech at wellesley college. >> you must read to yourust hug your children, and you must love your children. your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the white house but on what happens inside your house. somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president's spouse. and i wish him well. >> mrs. bush is survived by her husband, five children and their spouses. 17 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and a brother. other former presidents are offering their tributes. bill and hillary clinton wrote, she had grit and grace, brains and beauty. she showed us what an honest, vibrant, full-looks like. bar barack and michelle obama thanked her for the generosity she showed while they were in the white house and how she lived her life. public service is an important and noble calling. >>> susan page, "usa today's" washington bureau chief, interviewed mrs. bush several times in the past six months. her biography of the

. >> reporter: her wit and wisdom in full force at this commencement speech at wellesley college.first lady. >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent. >> reporter: and of course, we are all thinking and prayering for barbara bush and her family at this very difficult time. back to you hoda and savannah. >> andrea, thank you so much for that. >> this is obviously a hard one. jenna bush hager works for us at the "today" show. she's our family. we wanted to bring you in, jenna. i know you're in new jersey. you have a really special story next hour you wanted to do and we appreciate you coming in this morning. just want to send our love and let us know how your family is doing right now. >> thanks, guys. we are grateful for her. she's the best grandma anybody could have ever had. or have. and barbara and i talked to her last night. she's in great spirits. and she's a fighter. she's an enforcer. she reminded me not

you know when you look back at the wellesley commencement speech, just for example, the young women thereaker at their commencement because they thought she did not represent modern women and yet she did. what's modern and what is feminist in my mind is to make your own choices about how you want to live your life, and the impact that you want to have in the world. barbara bush had tremendous impact in this world. she was full of life lessons i think for some people. in terms of just living her life, she was no-nonsense. i think people have such an appreciation for real authentic human beings and she was who she was. she followed nancy reagan and she said all over america after the election of her husband, women with wrinkles and gray hair who are slightly overweight are rejoicing. she was just refreshing and real. stuart: what a full life. >> absolutely. stuart: barbara bush knew great tragedy. >> she did. stuart: lost a child. great anxiety. husband went off to war in the pacific, was shot down, all that. great triumph. the wife of a president, the mother of a president. i mean that is

. >> her whit and wisdom in full force during this highly regarded commencement speech at wellesley college >> at the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent. >> reporter: and mrs. bush was speaking with her granddaughters, jenna and barbara, the twins last night, so she is surrounded by, of course, her husband, bush 41, president bush 43 has been visiting, jeb has been visiting, neal and marvin, dorothy, their other children have been with her. and this is a very difficult time. we, of course, wish them our very best, our prayers and thoughts are with them, the whole family going through a very, very difficult time. >> absolutely. >> joe and mika? >> nbc's andrea mitchell, thank you very much. very sad. >> yeah. >>> up next, yet another poll out this morning has democrats' advantage ahead of the midterm getting a little smaller. what would our next guest do if he was still chief political strategist for house democrats? forme

criticized by west -- wellesley's young women. because, as president bush put in his own diary, these are his words, because she has not made it on her own. because she is where she is because she is her husband's wife. what is wrong with the fact she is a good mother, president bush wrote in his diary? a good wife, great volunteer, great leader for literacy and other time causes, to listen to these elitist kids, mrs. bush invited mrs. gorbachev who was visiting the white house to go with her. she confronted the issues of work and family. delivering a well received commencement address. she put the audience at ease by saying early on, one day, i am sure someone in this audience will grow up to become a spouse of the president of the united states. and i wish him well, she said. said, maybe we should adjust faster. maybe we should adjust slower. that is what she told the graduates. whatever the time, one thing will never change, fathers and mothers. mustey have children, they come first and you must read to your children and hug yo

barbara bush to the wellesley graduate in 1990. the country is expressing to the bush family as i'm trying to today our great respect for barbara bush his wife. president bush, george h. w. bush has sent a response to those of us who have sent our condolences and i'd like to close with the president's own words about his wife, barbara. this is what george h. w. bush said. i always knew barbara was the most beloved woman in the world and, in fact, i used to tease her that i had a complex about that fact. but the truth is the outpouring of love and friendship being directed at the enforcer, president bush's words, is lifting us all up. we know life will go on, as she would have it. but, president bush says, so cross the bushes off your worry list. barbara bush. thank the president and the yield of the floor.

barbara bush to the wellesley graduates in 1990. the country is expressing to the bush family as i am trying to today our great respect for barbara bush's life. president bush, george h. w. bush has sent a response to those of us who have said our condolences, and i would like to close with the president's own words about his wife, barbara. this is what george h.w. bush said. i always knew barbara was the most beloved woman in the world. in fact, i used to tease her that i had a complex about that fact. but the truth is, the outpouring of love and friendship being directed at the enforcer, president bush's words, is lifting us all up. we havwe know life will go on ae would have it, but, president bush says, so cross the bushes off your worry list. barbara bush. i thank the president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask for the yeas and nays on the pending nomination. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and

. >> 1990, wellesley college. here is the speech you gave. mrs. bush: wellesley is not just a place but an idea. 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 gorbachev was coming with her husband, and i couldn't leave her, so i invited her to speak with me. i got highly criticized by them saying, she doesn't there come by herself. it was a difficult speech. it turned out there was one student from south america whom we were treated to this great education, and a girl from maine. a day or two before the speech, the girl from maine called and said, i am so embarrassed this has built into a great thing. i was getting calls from president nixon saying, you tell those girls to go to the devil. i had a lot of people for me, but i didn't want to get into spitting fight with the girls, but there it was. on the plane going up, she didn't speak any english. we had an interpreter, and i said, do you mind if i work on my spee