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>> she certainly would have been happy. you think her thoughts of this funeral would have been bottom line what? >> reporter: well, i think she would have had a good laugh at all of us who wore navy blue and pearls in her honor. but i really think that she helped plan this funeral. it was what she wanted. it was very traditional. but it absolutely memorialized the woman she was, that no nonsense. her sense of humor. as her son, jeb said, that she ran the house as a benevolent dictatorship, but s...

>> and they just cant -- maybe they can stand four times -- >> if everybody else is going to keep dng it. >> everybody is going to have to come up with an answer to that and its not going to be a very pretty answer. it will be an expensive answer and a politically unattractive answer to the voters, especially the voters after the republican primary. >> but would you rather it be cruz with this record or rubio? >> no question, marco rubio has his name attached to the bill that is most unpopular i...

Letting russia take on isis. >> were not going to be the worlds policemen but we better be the worlds leader. theres a huge difference. without us leading, voids are filled. >> one of the myths of the bush legacy is that president george h.w. bush didnt think george w. bush should invade iraq but in an interview sunday bush 43 read an excerpt, recounting the counsel of his father on hussein in the run-up to the war. >> you know how tough war is son, the elder bush said arc lewding to afghanistan...

Rights to free speech to organize around their own civil rights at institutions of higher learning. we should all be supporting them. we should all be challenging our own institutions to be the best that they can be when it comes to these issues around social justice, equality, gender equality, all of these things what higher institution of learning are supposed to be about we have to get back to basics. again, its about sustained, ongoing efforts, being pro active, not reactive or knee-jerk rea...

I noticed just this week, jeb said, maybe it was yesterday, he said im the best bet. and one of the things that both 41 and 43 had had in common was the conviction they were the better man, they were the best man for the job. and i think that is just the case that is -- despite the reticence that is also part of the family, jeb needs to make that clearer. >> you know, i want to go to barbara bush, because the most fascinating grace notes in the book are always when youre quoting from her diary. ...

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We both get along. >> look at that. even college football rivalries you can figure this out. thank you both. >> tang you. still ahead, what has jeb bush learned from the presidency of his father and brother? bush 41 biographer jon meacham joins me. a quest. the next horizon. everyone loves the chase. i brto get us moving.tein im new ensure active high protein. i help you recharge with nutritious energy and strength. ill take that. yeeeeeah! new ensure active high protein. 16 grams of protein a...

"destiny and power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush." . let me start with this, one of the parlor games when it comes to jeb bush is, and and george b. wish, which is like poppy, which is like bar? i think the longer we go the theories change. >> yeah. >> you just did the definitive. who is who here? >> well, 43 is a lot more like his mother. they both would admit that. theyre both sharper wits. they dont mind prodding a bit. its not passive aggressive in their case, its just ...

41 once campaigning so nard 1980 that he hook the hand of a department store mannequin. so you dont really see that tha department store mannequin. you dont really see that happening here. it is a big complicated family. one thing i think is so striking here, both 41 and 43 ran values campaigns. they both knew how to go negative, not in person, which is what i think is an interesting distinction here. you remember the great -- great reagan debate where bush -- the union leader said 41 looked lik...

Sense of jeb running, its not about whether or not he can win or not, its that she didnt want to put the family through that again, is that correct -- >> well, that is a fascinating point. her diary, which stretches back to 1948, is remarkable when you look at the perception an intelligent woman for well over half a century you would get a document like this. the first time she met the reagans she talked about how attractive they were. and she said of reagan, sometimes you know, he says nothing ...