son or daughter or family member that gets in any kind of trouble. she's been a passionate advocate for literacy. my mom is amazing. >> i think the reasons that my cousins and i have kind of turned out to be productive citizens -- and i've never taken the fact that we were grandkids of the president for granted -- is because of barbara bush. >> reporter: children, grandchildren and great grandchildren all part of the life and legacy of barbara pierce bush. >> the one request i have is that they stay loving siblings and so far, so good. and i'll be look iing down, so behave yourself. >> let's bring in our special correspondent jamie gangel, joining us on the phone. you're already inside st. maarten's church in houston for the funeral. we know that president bush spent yesterday greeting people at the viewing. what was it like for him? >> reporter: it really was a