Herbert walker bush are the statesman dedicate today service to this nation. Flags were lowered, and final preparations for later this week. And george bush was gifted, and today we encompass the bush family in prayer and gratitude that god gave this country george and barbara bush. And president george h. W. Bush will be missed in many ways. He was a fine man. And even when he opposed your views, you into he was doing what was best for america, his wish for a kinder and gentler nation. And nancy pelosi, duty, sacrifice, commit, patriotism, always a gentleman. His life and legacy will remain an enduring gift to the nation and friendship cherished by all who were blessed to know him retiring speaker paul ryan, leading with decency and integrity, a war hero and statesman, the country is inspired by his example, many remembering him as a man of principles with a remarkable legacy. Speaking of that legacy, mike, you throughout the course of your career had an opportunity to cover this president and his family. Can you just share with us a bit of your remembrance and reflection . I r remember being a kid reporter in austin, texas covering his First Campaign for governor. Being on the ground of the State Capitol in 1995, use continue. For george w. Bushs inauguration as governor, seeing tears on his fathers cheeks, and swearing in which meant so much to the 41st president. Two years after he left office he was a very proud dad. Thank you. And mike, well check with you for more memories. In the meantime, we bring in fox news political analyst brit hume joining us with more insight. Brit, theres a word that always comes to mind when you think of george h. W. Bush for those who know him, you did well, thats humility. In a way were finally able to remember him in a way hed never let us talk about him when he was alive. Thats exactly right, leland. He was the most modest of men. An unusual combination of a man of humility and yet, great ambition. A man of kindness and yet, a man with steel in him. And it was those qualities, character, and determination that made him the man he was and why he was so admired by so many and then you hear that reflected of course in the tributes that poured in from both sides of the aisle today and are continuing to come in. Brit. You speak earlier with neil cavuto how this president was easily the nicest one youve ever covered in your career, but as you just mentioned, also having that steely ambition. Can you give us an idea how this president bush 41 was able to balance those two seemingly contradictory characteristics in one moment . Well, it is a great gift to a politician not to be cynical and he was genuinely friendly, he liked people, he liked to try to help people, to serve people. He grew up being told that whatever it was he was doing, it wasnt about him. Theres of course the famous story of the day he had a bunch much hits in a baseball game and told his mother and she said, yeah, how did the team do . He was that way. He was concerned about others. And he took his share of slings and arrows in office and he could get rough in campaigning, but he was there wasnt a cynical bone in his body and he was quick to forgive. And thats a great gift because bitterness is a terrible burden for a political figure and he had you know, he couldnt stay mad at people. So he wasnt burdened by all that and it made him a more cheerful and pleasant and sunnier man which is a great thing and great for our country, too, that he was that way. Brit, you had an opportunity to see him in and out of office, to cover him as a president and spend final with him alone. We have some pictures of you both around the christmas tree, you all playing tennis at an interview as well. And this is a picture of you all with tennis rackets. Was he the same man in private, in those kinds much moments as what we saw as the public in the oval office . Yes, he well, yeah, he was. I mean, it really is a case of what you saw was what you got. I never actually played tennis with him. I was coming undo to kennebunkport for the press party they had every year for those of us who covered him while he was up on vacation in maine. And he was warm, friendly, outgoing, liked people, knew millions of them had a multitude of friends of all walks of life and i sometimes wondered whether barbara bush was as taken with all of these people he so liked as he was. [laughter] i particularly remember the he was in paris for a big summit and ill never forgot this. The validictory News Conference that president s told to hold after these summits, at the u. S. Semly groun lly assembly groun spectacular in paris and on the lawn at the end of it helen thomas, the legendary longterm White House Correspondent for upi says, mr. President , will you take us on a tour . And he said, well, if its all right with the ambassador, of course. The ambassador wasnt going to say no. So here comes this troupe of, you know, the inkstained wretches trudging up to this beautiful ambassadors residence and barbara bush looked horrified that the riffraff was trampling in. And i turned to her and said not since the storming of the bastille have we seen this . She sort of smile, but she wasnt that amused by it. And he was friendly and gregarious as a kid he was known as a halfhalf guy. And if he had candy you want half . All of his notes never had the word i in them. Because his mother taught him know the to use the word i in them. And brit, thanks for those pictures, appreciate it. Talk to you soon. More coverage of life of george h. W. Bush throughout the day including two specials by brit hume, the first called destiny in power, the diaries of George Herbert walker bush, 10 p. M. Eastern, bush family album takes a closer look at the president and his family and well see more of those pictures and you wont want to miss either one of them, an incredible insight into the legacy of the former president. President trump also offering praise for president bush 41 as he attendance the last day of the g20 summit in argentina. Still ahead for president bush, a very important meeting tonight with chinese president , but the death of bush 41 also forcing a change in the president s plans. John roberts is with the president in buenos aires. John . Eboni, good afternoon. President trump in a bilateral meeting with the chancellor of germany, angela merkel. She started off the meeting by saying she considers bush 41 as being the father of reunification. And the president praised the press, and condolences. We extended our best wishes and he was a very fine man. I met him on numerous occasions. He was just a high quality man who truly loved his family. One thing that came through loud and clear, he was very proud of his family and very much loved his family. So, hes terrific guy, he is hell be missed. And the death of 41 changing this president s plans. He was supposed to be having a press conference about an hour and 45 minutes from now to talk about the g20 and obviously, there were a lot of other issues that have been following the president on this trip to argentina. But a short time ago the white house called that off. Here is what the president said about it. We were going to have a very Big Press Conference and out of respect for president bush weve canceled it here and well have it back in washington at some time. So the president has declared wednesday, december 5th as the national day of mourning for president bush 41. He and the first lady will attend the state funeral for the president at the national cathedral, i believe a date for that yet to be determined. While the press conference was canceled today, the president still has a lot of work to do. Hes got that big dinner meeting tonight with president xi jinping of china. White house officials hoping for a breakthrough in trade talks. The president recently had a conversation with president xi jinping that has him feeling optimistic. Listen to what the president said about it yesterday. Weve already spoken and were working very hard. If we could make a deal, i think ned like to and well see, well be meeting with president xi. In the meantime, our staff a working and we have a lot of very talented people working, Larry Kudlows representatives are dealing with them on a constant basis. Theres some good signs. Well see what happens. Still a lot of work to do though to try to get some developments going between the United States and china. Theres chinas issue of interrogatory intellectual property, and tariffs and other issues. One thing of note, the president has brought along his trade vie advisor, there you see a picture of him, peter navarro, hes a real hawk on china. Earlier when they had trade talks on china, steve mnuchin, treasury secretary boxed navarro out of those talks and china dont particularly like him because hes so tough. And his presence could mean the president s hard line on china. One possible sweetner on the table, if theres movement in this bilateral meeting tonight, the white house is considering postponing an automatic increase in tariffs thats set to kick in on january 1st. Theres talks that that might be turned back to april 1st, but there are a lot of people who see the possibility of delaying more tariffs on china a win for xi jinping so he would likely have to show some real commitment to changing the trade relationship before the white house pulls that trick. All right, john roberts in argentina, thank you, john. Leland. A fox news alert, the state department saying that iran has test fired a medium range Ballistic Missile thats capable of carrying multiple warheads. This missile can reach parts of europe and anywhere in the middle east. That obviously would include idz. Secretary of state mike pompeo is calling the test a violation of the u. N. Security council, saying in part, the missile testen and proliferation is growing and we call upon them to cease these immediately, all activities. Secretary pompeo joins Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace tomorrow to discuss the latest developments on that. We managed humongous historical change capsulized into a four year period with finesse, i think, and with strength as we saw, you know, the berlin wall came down, germany was unified, europe was free, russia imploded, the gulf, Tiananmen Square with china so we were faced with major Foreign Policy problems and i think we conducted ourselves pretty well. A reflective george h. W. Bush at the end of the cold war, the busch Foreign Policy seem faced several global policies as you heard from the collapse of the soviet union to chinas Tiananmen Square and Saddam Hussein in the middle east. And we looked back at his legacy its one of foreign policies. Achievements and challenges in that realm. Few if any american president s arrived at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with the breadth and depth of the Foreign Policy experience that george h. W. Bush brought to his policy. And strong men who threatened freedom around the world a priority. Noriego and Saddam Hussein. For in mans heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. When his term commenced in 1989, the soviet union rivaled pt u. S. For super power status cold war was in full spring. The wall divided east from west and the communist block seemed poised to expand. And four years later, it was rearranged and he helped steer the free world forward through the transition. Im not sure weve absorbed the full impact, the full import of what happened, but communism died this year. The biggest thing thats happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this, by the grace of god, america won the cold war. [applause] but his Foreign Policy challenges spread wide across the globe. He washed with south Africa National congress led by nelson mandella. Navigated this with china and egregious human rights violations. His most formidable challenge whether to lead the country into war, which he did, liberating kuwait. And he put together one of the coalitions in the 20th century, 30 nations backed by mandate including soviet union. And you got the feeling through that, despite the successes you enumerated over great challenges at times, he never took personal credit for it. He was always the one to thank the military. He didnt show up for the ticker tape parade. I dont think he had time. There was already three challenges sort of closing in on the white house before he had wrapped anything up and you heard what i said at the beginning of the piece, two major dictators taken down, you know, in the western and eastern hemispheres within two years. What a legacy. Thank you so much. Were joined on the phone by former secretary of state dr. Henry kissinger. Thanks for joining. Thank you. So as we discussed president bush 41s legacy is largely one of National Security and particularly leading this nation after the cold war. Dr. Kissinger, could you share with us, how you remember what that leadership looked like . President bush was dedicated to Public Service from his youth. I knew him since the 60s and considered that his mission in whatever form the government might call th during his administration, that communism collapsed and he also had a war in the middle east that occupied a part of kuwait, International Roles and put together an International Coalition successfully. Relates with china after the upheaval that had taken place in beijing. So he was a believer that threat of democracy was an american mission, but he also foreign policies that he did not celebrate victories in the way that humiliated people that had to be brought into the international system. For example, he did not visit berlin in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the wall because he thought it would be too painful. As we think back how he conducted himself and we are a watching him there with gerald ford and Ronald Reagan and we talk so much about president bushs really unique humility in this. Was the fact that he was so willing to give credit to others, whether not to gloat about the fall of the berlin wall or whether it was being willing to share the credit with the troops and with his generals post the persian gulf war. Did that allow him to get more done . Was he let threatening to foreign leaders when Foreign Policy wasnt about him, but was in his words, about the mission defined and the Mission Completed . President bush on his own policy not on threats, but trying to achieve successes and therefore had a a Foreign Policy if which he could appeal on a personal basis to the leaders with whom he had to deal, to the middle east and to europe in the case of germany and the collapse of the soviet union together. Dr. Kissinger. On the american side. Dr. Kissinger, thank you so much for joining to share the reflection of president h. W. Bush. Thank you, dr. Former secretary of state kissinger. 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Leland i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. That i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. And will to the best of my ability. And will to the best of my ability. Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. So help me god. So help me god. Congratulations. President bush reciting the oath of office on january 20th, 1989. As he was sporn in as the 41st president of the United States. Many goals from the Bush Administration had a longlasting impact on the american government. With with a look, craig served as bushs chief of staff during his vicepresidency in the reagan administration. Did you see a difference in vicepresident george h. W. Bush versus who he became when he took that oath and became the commanderinchief himself . I didnt see a difference in the way he dealt with people. I certainly felt there was a tremendous difference because here was somebody who had been in leadership positions for decades and suddenly serving as vicepresident , basically he had to hold his views in check serving president reagan. Now, it wasnt that they disagreed a lot, but it was president reagan that he was supporting and suddenly he went from being the supporting partner in a white house, to being commanderinchief with what turned out to be fairly momentous decisions both Foreign Policy and domestic policy that had to be made by him during his four years as president. Eboni speaking of domestic policy one of the most memorable things from bush 41s presidency, this clip we are going to play about his position on taxes. My opponent about raising taxes, but i will and the congress will push me to raise taxes and ill say, no and theyll push and ill say no. And theyll push again and ill say to them, read my lips, no new taxes. [cheers and applause] of course, we all know what happened there, craig. What ended up being an infamous broken promise. And can you remember i remember being in the hotel in new orleans getting ready for th