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Read my lips, no new taxes. we thought that was an interesting comment, and it kwaeucame back to haunt him. understanding george herbert walker bush, he believed in payi paying dues and in public service and he believed in what could be done together, flaws and all. >> no new taxes came back to haunt him because he decided it was best for the country to cut down on the deficit and to raise taxes, and to go back on the campaign promise, and he decided at great political peril for himself, and tha...

That would embolden hardliners." in the crippling soviet union. thats not in the national security interests. as matt said, it wasnt all about him. he was playing a strong but long game in foreign policy at the end of the cold war and managing that geopolitical moment. we think about it now, but its not. >> melissa: its a great reminder right now, he showed what it looks like to be a really good man. he was married to his wife are more than 70 years. he had a beautiful family, that encountered m...

President who, even in moments of loss, taught us that there is a fiber that holds us all together in a way greater than politics can ever do. >> we had some of these conversations around the death of mrs. barbara bush last spring. we had some of these conversations around the death of john mccain. and were having some of the same conversations now. do you think these moments pierce through or just reinforce what weve lost. >> they may not pierce through the chapter were living in now but doesnt...

Positioned here are now getting ready to leave this area. as the motorcade, if we take a live picture of it, is on the 610 loop making its way over to ellington. among those who gathered was gatt r katherine hughes with her four-year-old son. what went through your mind? >> i think in this day weve lost the ability to be -- to pay respects to people or be resp t respectful of people even if we disagree with them. president bush was a good man with flaws. he servied his country. there are things ...

Every day he thought about ted white and dell delaney who is the two crew mates who died on that mission with him. he always wondered why he was spared. my own view of his life is that in many ways every subsequent day was an attempt to prove himself worthy of having been spared on that day. he understood that his life was no longer his own. he heard his mothers voice, his fathers example always about to whom much is given, much is expected. and we can praise him and we will praise him without r...

>> i do not fear what is ahead. if our problems are large but our heart is larger. our challenges are great but are will is greater. and if our flaws are endless, gods love is truly boundless. leland: president george h. w. bush talk about his faith in god and the faith he felt the country should have as well during his inauguration in 1989. the bush family really never shy especially george w. bush, about expressing their faith and maintaining long running friendship with the reverend william g...

Fierce fights, partisan battles, adversarial challenges, but they knew that was the system that the founders had envisioned. that was part of the deal. he believed in public service and he, unlike many predecessors and followers, he was humble. that humility was perhaps his political flaw on the campaign trail. he didnt respond always as one would respond. he was a combatant but not the best combatant politically. i admired his humility, his belief in public service, his jen rogenerosity of spir...

He said in his own words ill leave my legacy to others. there was a modesty about him. yet he was an overachiever. youngest naval aviator. head of the cia. vice president, president of the united states, went to yale. what do you -- how do you put into context who he was given the context of what weve got today? obviously his world view is different than donald trumps. his view of bipartisanship is different. on his own and without the contrast and comparison to today, what is the evaluation of ...

>> sure. remember voodoo economics. when he was talking about the dr trickle-down theorys. he had to swallow those words. that was one problem. he was never completely trusted by the hard-liners, certainly not by pat buchanan. certainly the challenge from ross perot on economic issues, but also against the nafta agreement. and think today about nafta. i was in the east room when bill clinton was in 1993 pushing nafta and all the former presidents, you know, all the former presidents came to the ...

Rati -- moderation. this morning my colleague shared her memories of bush 41 and his service to our country. >> i really admired his humility and his belief in public service and his generosity of spirit, despite the flaws and there are plenty of them to acknowledge, and he might be the spirit, despite the flaws, plenty to acknowledge. he might be the first to acknowledge them. i think of the letter he left to bill clinton who was his political rival, saying he wishes him well, that his success ...