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Have been talked about in relation to george h.w. bush, will have an impact around here. basically what he stood for was a man of principle, man who had strong beliefs, but realized that to get something done, youve got to respect the other person and respect their point of view and that your political opponents are not enemy, but rather theyre people to work with to run the country. my hope is in all of the reflections over the last few days that we remember that and that glow continues not jus...

For four years, for the very last time. you can just imagine how the family is feeling as they see him make these sort of final landmark moves along this motorcade this morning. >> bret: this road is not open now. it is closed completely since 9/11. chris wallace still with us in this coverage. chris, your thoughts and reflections. >> well, obviously this has tremendous resonance to see george bush 41 going past the white house for the last time. i was struck as we were watching the casket carry...

Beautiful piece of music. the last full measure of devotion as we take this shot of the towers of the national cathedral. the hearse has now pulled away. i just want to mention, people are lining the streets. many of them saluting in this neighborhood surrounding the cathedral, here. as they pay their respects to the 41st president of the united states. >> bret: please dont ask >> bret: please stay tune for continuing coverage. im bret baier. >> martha: and i martha maccallum, in washington. >> ...

Guilty so early and cooperating so early, the mueller team led other people to basically flip and to begin to testify and that that was also helpful in the investigation. this gives you an indication how much we dont know. michael flynn was the presidents top foreign policy advisor throughout the campaign. we know he had that meeting with kislyak in december of 2016. we have no idea what he is telling the special prosecutor. it must be substantial or he wouldnt have gotten the recommendation for...

Most unpolitically popular friend. they went off to camp david for the weekend, in that great show of friendship and support. >> bret: by the become of this motorcade is just passing the vice presidents residence on massachusetts avenue. obviously, that is where vice president bush lived for eight years before taking over residency in the white house at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. joining us now with his reflections, senior political analyst, brit hume. britt, that was a moving ceremony. >> brit: ...

Houston. he asked for me to come and visit him. he was writing letters to all of his supporters knowing that he was going to lose that night. he told me, it looks like it is not going to come together. and to me, that spoke to the character of the man, that he was taking his time to thank all the people that supported him throughout his public life. >> whose side did he take? did he take your grandmothers side or your side? >> he was always the good cop. my grandmother was the bad cop. thats why...

Time to head up to the national cathedral. >> dana: peter, thank you. colin powell who served as mr. bushs chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the gulf war among those paying his respects to the former commander in chief today. joining me his vice president, dan quayle. it is such an honor to have you here. your reflections over the first time you saw this bob dole video. >> i served with bob dole in the senate. hes a good friend. i saw elizabeth yesterday, his wife. i asked how the lea...

The democrats. oh, my gosh. democrats had a pretty good relationship. didnt always come to good political ends because remember in terms of the budget deal where he allowed taxes to be raised in order to lower the deficit, it was held against him by some in the party, especially the far right, the newt gingrich types who said you are breaking your pledge not to raise taxes. read my lips, no new taxes. but this is an example, i keep saying that i would hold up to my children is that kind of perso...

When the per berlin wall fell, unbelievable speech. an important days, he could speak of. but carrying a message every day? not his strength. he made up for it in my opinion not making us just feel comparable, but the world leaders feel comfortable. he knew every world leader by name. he knew them before they were world leaders. he would call them that when there was a crisis but when he had five minutes during the day, hed use those five minutes to call a world leader. "what do you think?" when...

House. and we are joined by the biographer of laura bush, and retired four-star army general barry mckcaffery and also msnbc military analyst happily, and thank you, all. susan, you wrote so movingly of the last interview with bush 41 when you were writing the book on barbara bush. his reflections and your own having covered him of course for many decades. >> you know, he was, and it is the last interview that he would do with a journalist and he agreed to do it because it was about barbara, and...