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Joining me now historical novelist thomas mallon, who has written about the former president. its good too have you here, sir. im just interested in your reflections as you watch thousands of people well, i thi exceptional, and a lot of it has to do with the nature of the n man, the fact that he was patrician by birth but had a fairly common touch, a light touch. sometimes even a goofy touch about things. i think he charmed a lot of people. inevitably, theres a lot of talk about then versus now ...

Contribution was appreciated. whether it was the cia briefers in the morning and having a personal connection with them or the people writing the huge briefing books and the trips overseas or the butlers secret service agents or the communicators. he understood it was not a one-man show. >> you are watching the pictures and that is usually air force one. 747 about to leave houston to carry the 41st president of the united states to washington, d.c. you see the crowd watching this solemn moment. ...

Including the vice president of the united states, who is the president of the senate. >> a reminder, number one, of the tradition and the protocol. its been 12 years since weve buried an american president, since gerald r. ford. and also a reminder, we think of george h.w. bush as president of the united states and as vice president of the united states and many other things, because his political career started as a member of the house of representatives. so hes coming back to the house, if yo...

Tonight and we want answers. where is the money for the border wall. why is mitch mcconnell walking one of president trumps biggest achievements. who are the swamp creatures inside the white house? plus, we bring you the best takedown of identity politics gender activism youve ever seen. but first, the passing of president bush. i was reading all the various reporting on this, and i just wanted to make one point very directly to you that the thing that really got me actually, most all of this wa...

Them politically but still admire them, still want to work to make a difference in a different way and i think the bush family is probably going to continue to be that kind of the beacon for the country. >> katrina, why cant it all be thoughtful, respectful reflections. why can it be left there instead of been going on is a seen all around the place today. what a contrast with president trump. thats what youve been hearing elsewhere. >> of course, its trump, i agree with tammy and matt on what w...

Border wall. why is mitch mcconnell walking one of president trumps biggest achievements. who are the swamp creatures inside the white house? plus, we bring you the best takedown of identity politics gender activism youve ever seen. but first, the passing of president bush. i was reading all the various reporting on this, and i just wanted to make one point very directly to you that the thing that really got me actually, most all of this was the personal reflections. first report of james baker ...

Trash trump but completely disrespect the fact that he is president and when you have an opportunity like this to compare and contrast the way previous presidents have handled things, donald trump is completely different. its because of past administrations that we have donald trump and they wont even respect that. anytime you have an opportunity to demean, to try to paint him as a horrible person in the public by either comparing him or making up things about him, they will take that opportunit...

Work to make a difference in a different way and i think the bush family is probably going to continue to be that kind of the beacon for the country. >> katrina, why cant it all be thoughtful, respectful reflections. why can it be left there instead of been going on is a seen all around the place today. what a contrast with president trump. thats what youve been hearing elsewhere. >> of course, its trump, i agree with tammy and matt on what were seeing and how great the bush family has been thro...

Trash trump but completely disrespect the fact that he is president and when you have an opportunity like this to compare and contrast the way previous presidents have handled things, donald trump is completely different. its because of past administrations that we have donald trump and they wont even respect that. anytime you have an opportunity to demean, to try to paint him as a horrible person in the public by either comparing him or making up things about him, they will take that opportunit...

Casket of the former president will arrive in washington to lie in state at the capitol where americans will join leaders from all across the political spectrum to pay tribute. next guest served in the office of domestic policy for the 41st president and later as assistant secretary of state for george h.w. bush. robert charles joins us now to share personal reflections about his time in the bush white house, thank you so much for joining us on this day, we appreciate it. >> thank you. heather: ...