Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv on cspan3, an interview laura bush, what was your initial reaction the first time your husband said i think im going to run for president . Well, i cant really remember initially what my act reaction was. I think it was a bit slower than all of a sudden saying im going to run for president. He was governor and had been governor for one term and reelected and i slowly think we both started talking about it. He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then
He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then when they were campaigning nationwide, and they still had time to babysit barbara and jenna on a saturday night when george and i would want to go out to dinner. Really that year and a half we lived in washington until president bush was elected in november of 1988. It was a wonderful bonding time for our family. It was the only time i ever lived in the same town with my inlaws. And my motherinlaw and i really had a chance to bond. Our little girls had a chance to get to know their gra
I am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people. Women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime will stop each and every one of us have the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria. Every life in every land matters. And all of us can do something to help. After studying the first ladies and knowing some of them very well like my mother in law, one i admire very much. , our country benefits by whatever our first lady champions for. Laura bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband to the white house. Nine months later was the 9 11 attacks and she helped cover the nation while pursuing interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Good evening and welcome to first ladies image and influence. Would take the story of the life of our 43rd president , laura bush. Here to do that are two people who know her well. This is a laura bush biographer. Her book the perfect wife, tells the st
Ife is working that hard and making 70 of what she deserves to make. Any way you look at it, its lost revenue coming into the home and it can make such a ifference on small things. Vacation, education, groceries, food, subs nance, to make it through substance, to make it through the week, the month, the year. And on top of that, a woman shouldnt have to feel like she may lose her job if she takes time off to care for her sick children. Now, this is something that i know all too well, mr. Speaker. I know that my wife and i were very fortunate to have the fmla while we were raising our triplets. You see, because one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then i would get sick, then my wife would get sick and it would start all over again. Theres no way, theres no way either one of us could care for them while worrying about whether she is going to have a job to return to. But still today too many women have to choose between being employed and
President , but it does Say Something about what this country is capable of and what we are so sorely lacking too often, wolf. Yes, it certainly does, jake. It was a really, really moving moment. All of these moments, you know, have been so powerful and such a distinctive opportunity for this country to get together, at least right now, and to remember the 41st president of the United States who now lies in state here at the u. S. Capitol. Were watching the First Official ceremony in washington honoring George Herbert walker bush on his service to his country. Im wolf blitzer with a special edition of the situation room. Family members including former president george w. Bush joined dignitaries inside the Capitol Rotunda to hear moving tributes to president bush by Vice President mike pence and congressional leaders. Officials continue to pay their respects right now. Later this evening, the capitol will be opened to the public. People can get in line and pay their respects as well. W