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Have all these presidents together today. and it's so fitting that it was george h.w. bush who orchestrated the fact that they're all going to be together. >> not only that, michael, but starting with the rank of vice president on down, so many of the names and faces we associate, of course, today with mostly republican politics. but the kind of living links to our government, the continuity of government, the fact that we have these three branches. when all is working, they are supposed to flow into one another and they are supposed to get us into the future together and safely. and we've bee...

Together at a very critical time during watergate, people gloss over that a little bit. i think that's an important part of his legacy in terms of the politics of republican efforts day. and this is there's one of the surviving giants in the civil rights movement, john lewis, coming to the service. before that we watched al gore arrive. this is going to be so interesting as this collection, really, michael, this is going to be more of the friends that used to come together around american politics than our current -- >> i'll tell you, some of us refer to it as old washington. chris and i remem...

Their christmas tree. and i thought, you know, from the mouth of babes because they had never spent a christmas apart. >> wow, jenna bush-edgar this morning from the "today" show. michael beslos is with us, his latest books contains the character of 41 who we'll be remembering today, just one aspect of george herbert walker bush who will be remembered today. and, of course, michael has been writing about history and talking about history for years and years. michael, where will your thoughts be when you're inside the cathedral today? >> well, of this wonderful life of 76 years of public servic...

He was sitting in the row with his son who was at that time the 43rd 43rd president of the united states. and it was so human. he reached over and grabbed his hand in comfort. >> and michael, as we were just talking about with nancy gibbs, any time you have five u.s. presidents together. and as you know better than most, we are so fortunate to be living in a time with that number of u.s. presidents. >> right. >> the dynamic really takes on its own feeling. >> it does. and that's a triumph of modern medicine that we've got all those presidents able to come together as they are today. if you go ...

This country that said are we in afghanistan? >> they don't know where afghanistan is, they never encountered a family member of someone serving in afghanistan throughout their day. >> should we send troops to syria, there are troops in syria being shot at today. serving all over the world. as we are reminded with those two deaths on wednesday, still in harm's way. ahead, starting new comment s from the president about north korea. we will bring in the reporter who interviewed him. plus julie pace who had her own interview with the president that generated one headline after another. and bob...