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>> absolutely. brian bine do we have enough leverage yet to get them to give in on that? >> hard to verify. we have been here before. previous administrations have tried to talk to chinese leadership to turn this boat around and its hard to basically judge whether or not china is fulfilling their promises. but we had steve balmer recently of mike soft who says that in china 90% of companies operates on windows. 1% actually pay to use windows. he loses $10 billion a year. can you imagine? of reve...

Donald trump will be a part of the memorial services for bush 41. honoring alongside the predecessors, we know the tension. we know the very strong disconnect between the bush family and donald trump. the bush 41 and his passing gave us as a nation the gift of reminding us of civility and the ability to invite others in despite our differences. >> of all things, trump mocked points of light. the volunteer and civic and charitable organization that has raised so much and changed so many lives. we...

>> as his body lays in state on the roster constructed for abraham lincoln. we recognize that bush 41 was a member of a very exclusive club. if were honest tonight, it is a club that doesnt hold much respect for the current occupant of the white house, donald trump. the gift that bush 41 gave us tonight, not donald trump, but gave us as a country is he invited donald trump into that club. donald trump will be a part of the memorial services for bush 41. honoring alongside the predecessors, we kn...

Tonight, not donald trump but gave us as a country, is he invited donald trump into that club. donald trump will be a part of the memorial services for bush 41, honoring alongside donald trumps predecessors the passing of bush 41. we know the tension. we know the very strong disconnect between the bush family and donald trump. but bush 41 in his passing gave us as a nation the gift of reminding us of civility and the ability to invite others in despite our differences. >> phil, of all things, tr...

Learns from his predecessors. this is what he learned from president ford. listen to this. >> i learn something from everybody. even at my age, you know, i learn every day, and i learn from watching him handle large foreign policy problems. i think its fair to say that all through my life i have learned from president ford. i learned from him when i was president, not to overreact, make a decision and stay with it and sometimes take the tough course. >> yeah. >> its nice to hear his words again....

President bush to washington. president trump will attend the funeral for his predecessors, and bush 41 made it clear he wanted the present president here. the russia investigation seems to be intensifying, fired james comey will testify before congress, and cohens lawyers are asking for leniency, and the presidents friend and adviser, roger stone, insists he had no contact with wikileaks. we want to begin with our coverage with ed lavandera, live in houston where president bushs final journey i...

Ed: defense secretary james mattis harshly criticizing russian president putin. >> were dealing with someone we simply cannot trust. >> there are countermeasures to be taken. >> remember the old song, ill be there ready when you are? if you need me, im here. ♪ ♪ >> beautiful shot out there. the flags at half staff, ordered so by president trump. one of his pred access sores -- predecessors, of course, has passed. the nation is beginning the opportunity to honor his life and legacy, and were ...

China. he maized former president george h.w. bush calling him a great man talking about the fact he was looking forward to paying tribute and the other revolution that he reached out personally. that is significant because of all of the tensions that you mentioned, because there was a bitter battle between candidate trump and candidate jeb bush. the president making the decision to put the tensions aside. he didnt attend the funeral of barbara bush or john plaque cane but clearly he thinks it i...

Since. >> can we talk with the way he dealt with his predecessors and the way he dealt with other presidents? you could not have asked for a more classier hand-off to a president than this, from one to another. >> i think it worked both ways. in the past of course it wasnt easy but nevertheless a smooth transition from reagan to bush, from a president to a vice president. but then after he lost, it was a heart breaking loss for him after one term. but nonetheless he passed on the presidency to j...

Becoming president just 30 years ago but it feels like a millennia ago. there was a tradition that presidents, those living including the current president would all gather together but that tradition has ended in the trump era. the last gathering of living presidents did not include president trump. just last year in college station, texas, of course the home state of george h.w. bush as the living past presidents raised money for hurricane harvey relief. melania trump went in place of her husb...