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Right from the first moment when jon meacham took -- stood up and told that riveting story of how bush was shot down out of the skies and was waiting there, you know, miraculously rescued, but he lost his two men. he asked that question, why was i spared and spent the rest of his life seeking an answer to that through service. right from that first moment to the last moment when george w. bush choked up and said what my father wanted to do was to go back and hug robin again and hold barbaras han...

Mike emanuel is live in washington. >> good afternoon. a sense this was a significant historical moment in american history with five american presidents on hand for this farewell to number 41. you also have the former president, the 43rd walking behind the casket of his father, the 41st president. another historic moment here. more than 3,200 invited guests attending the state funeral here at the majestic national cathedral in washington with the 43rd offering a touching eulogy. >> he accepted ...

Issues. >> understandably. thank you all for joining us. and now, hitting a wall. is there a deal to fund the wall to avoid a government shutdown. you watching of course "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. they said i had afib. whats afib? i knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. i needed answers. my doctor and i chose xarelto® to help keep me protected from a stroke. once-daily xarelto®, a latest-generation blood thinner significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afi...

The gratitude now. the personal part will take place in houston and then the burial in college station. but you could see especially on jeb and george w. their appreciation for the recognition of the greatness of the man they call dad but who was president yes only four years, but had a remarkable time in history. >> there you see the former president, george w. bush. tom friedman is with us of the "new york times." tom, you could see how moved, understandably so, the son was. >> yeah. you know,...

Plane got shot down? did you know other people whose lives were lost? did you have to write letters to the parents? how did this all go? as he would tell me the stories, i would say, wow, that is a gold mine there. can i put that in the pearl harbor speech. he would say oh, absolutely not. i will not talk about that in public. i think part of it was he was worried he would get emotional, understandably, and part of it was he considered himself one of the lucky ones who came home. and that the wa...

Of years of fighting communism, president reagan and world leaders and vice president bush, the wall was coming down and marlin fitzwater, and others prepare this big victorious speech about how democracy prevailed over communism. and president bush does not want to do that. he said is the last thing i want to do. i want to respond quietly because i do not want to dance on the top of the berlin wall. he had a concern for gorbachev and how he was going to react and how the soviet union was going ...

Dramatic, and understandably. but, again, if you go back to the nixon case in watergate, you need evidence of high quality. you need tapes, you need documents, you need witnesses like john dean. if you listen to those tapes and go through what dean testified to, it wasnt just oh, yeah, we talked about something. it was dean saying in the tape, proving in one meeting, president nixon authorized, ordered, paying blackmail money to the watergate burglars 12 times in just a single meeting. and the p...

Nixon administration, how did president nixon deal with the pressure -- you know, people are saying that president trump is doing the walls coming in, things like that. thats up for debate. how did nixon, though, handle that sort of pressure, and how did it impact his leadership? >> at the end it got pretty bad, the emotional toll was very dramatic and understandably. but again if you go back to the nixon case and watergate, you need evidence of high quality. you need tapes, you need documents, ...

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Produce cars for foreign markets. ohio, michigan and ontario facility completely shut down in canada. two powertrain plants in maryland and michigan, as well. >> one of those factories, the oshawa plant in canada employed 2,500 union employees and 300 salaried positions, all of those jobs are facing elimination. the town has been home to a general motors manufacturing plant, get this, for over 100 years. it gives me the chills just to say that. understandably, the community is very upset and pre...