when was it like to see your sonny elected president. very emotional for me, a very proud father. the first time it s happened, i guess, in the history of our country, except for the adams. but, you know it was enormous, and a source of great pride for the family, for the father. martha: very nice moment there. that was former president george h.w. bush recounting his life in a new documentary that for the first time tells the story of the 41st president of the united states in his own words. president bush celebrated his 88th birthday yesterday he did with a special screening of hbo s film 41. they did that near his home in maine. the director of 41 is here and it makes its debut tomorrow. good to have you here, jeffery, welcome. what surprised you the most
steady. he s 88 years old an has had trouble with his legs, his wife has talked about that. how special is it that you were able to sort of capture this at this point in his life? i think because it took us two years to make, and because he s a moving target, it s not like you can sit down and do this all within a week, because of that the million many was able to breathe. what i mean by that, you see him in the beginning of the film he s walking with a cain and hobbling, and at end of shows back up at the white house in a wheelchair. had we done that all at once there is no way we would have that perspective in the film. martha: thank you for sharing part of the story for us. we look forward to seeing it. it starts tonight, right. tomorrow night. martha: tomorrow night on hbo. you can catch 41 in its debut tomorrow night. bill: 9:00 eastern time. congratulations. a fight for religious liberty. an urgent meeting to make their
about this project in. all reality just how humble he is and how private he is for being a poll advertise. for a man wh a politician. for a man who doesn t care about shaping his legacy, he says historians will decide that. and he likes to stay in the background. martha: there is no biography, he didn t write his memoirs. this is really a document for history. did you feel that responsibility of telling his story, and how did that kind of weigh on you at that moment when you had that opportunity to really get in there and tell the story? i think the number one thing is that we were able to have for the first time in history, the opportunity to have a president of the united states sit down to tell a story in his own words about his life. and that alone is a very fascinating thing, because we are not worried about shaping history, because the film is about his life, and we are not here to go in-depth about the presidency. that s problem below for