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Obviously that is not going to take place. this is a special circumstance given that president bushs son who is also a former president, is going to be giving the eulogy. its one thing to have -- for the bushes to have president trump there. it would have been another thing for them to let him speak. >> exactly. i think we need to remember the historical precedent, that a sitting president in the room is typically given the honor of addressing the crowd, any crowd to be honest. i think we need t...

Capitol in washington to morrow at the national cathedral a state funeral will be held including a eulogy by another former president with the name bush the current u.s. president donald trump will attend but will not speak. president donald trump with his wife malani of beside him pays his respects. a brief visit but important triumphant the former u.s. president didnt always see eye to eye. earlier a ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w. bush a politician who didnt respect ...

Gathering many key players here in the city. and jeb bush was asked about the upcoming funeral. tomorrows state funeral. as you know, president trump will not give the eulogy as normally in a position like this but sitting president would give a eulogy of a former president and jeb bush was asked about it and he joked that there is a pretty good reason why. he said, quote: what people want to talk about is why isnt the president giving the eulogy? its because we have a unique circumstance here, ...

Too. that it was made clear to the trump family that no matter what tykes place during the eulogy and the ceremony there will be no shots at anybody. no political shots at anyone. so its going to be a safe zone in the cathedral. steve: the bush family contacted the white house in the summer and said essentially that it would not become an anti trump-a-thon. we did see some trump anti-trump sentiments at the funeral of john mccain recently. no toxic politics. the family was emphatic and now we kn...

I believe i can do that better than anybody else. thats the difference. >> president george h. w. bush gets tonights last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. tonight, the current president pays his respects to a former president. george h.w. bush, 41, has returned to washington. resting in the rotunda of the capitol, where he served in congress. a somber day in the nations capital. and we will talk about 41 tonight with three who knew him. a retired nowstar afour-star ar gene...

And finally, historian and biographer jon meacham will also be delivering a eulogy, as he did at barbara bushs earlier this year. and of course, there will be a second ceremony, service on welcome back. thursday, at the bush family it is the international dinner church in houston. date that wall street is and his grandson, george p. cheering. the dow is up, matching the bush, whos still in the family business, if you will, the reaction from global markets to agriculture commissioner in the tha...

Waiting for the casket to come up the steps. and sitting there, listening to the words of these first eulogies, really, for his father. there were times when he looked as if he was holding back tears. there were times when he laughed, which was, you know, nice, because the family wants this to be a celebration of the man and the president. >> there we see the vice president and his wife. and then the speaker of the house and the majority leader. you know, john, i thought the vice president deliv...

Jeff, talk to us about the memorial events this week. who will be giving the eulogies? >> well, as president george h.w. bush prepares to make his final trip here to washington, preparations are underway here at joint base andrews. hell be landing in a special air mission 41, which is really air force one, but its only called that when the president, of course, is onboard. but certainly, there will be the full trappings and welcome here, including a 21-gun salute. but then he will go to the capi...

Know, the former president and his wife, who unfortunately passed away last april, an enormous amount of credit. >> veterans of the rough and tumble of politics are -- >> im just going to interrupt you. there is president bushs -- im going to get a little weepy now, his service dog, sully h.w. bush, coming off the plane. we all saw that extraordinary photo of him lying in front of the casket yesterday. mission completed. he will continue his service now and he will go to walter reed and work wit...

To his 2013 book, "things that matter." he was a long way into the prices what is health crisis struck a little over a year ago now. i guess 60 months ago now. he was able to work on it during his hospitalization which helped him with, we jerry-rigged his room to help use the computer to look at this and continue compiling this. when the final diagnosis came, he entrusted me to finish it for him. since he passed in june, thats been my absolute number one priority. >> bret: what was it that is sa...