hand for nixon s farewell and gerald ford s swearing in. so help me god. reporter: ford had to pick a vice president. and george bush was a leading contender. hi, how are you all? reporter: but it was nelson rockefeller of new york who got the job instead. all in all, it was a first class choice, let s face it. i was glad to be in that league. reporter: ford did offer bush a choice of diplomatic assign ls and george bush picked china. put it this way, i m darned happy about it. reporter: george and barbara bush enjoyed the assignment in china. but it lasted bare lay year. it is my intention to nominate ambassador bush to be director of the central intelligence agency. reporter: bush, himself, was stunned by the news. after being on hand for president ford s visit to china and a meeting with chairman moo tse tung. he headed home to a storm of
bare lay week into donald trump s presidency, this photo was taken. you see him in the oval office, he s on the phone with vladimir putin but this shows, illustrates how much things have changed in seven months, national security adviser michael flynn was out by february. press secretary sean spicer, resigned in july. a week later, it was chief of staff reince priebus who was forced out. and now steve bannon is fired. so the only two left in this photo are the two who are elected, the president and the vice president. despite turmoil in the west wing, the president is still casting his administration as a well-oiled machine. there s a free speech rally and a counterprotest against it. a cause for concern for some today in boston. there s fears of violence like what happened in charlottesville a week ago today. but don t controversial groups, even those we saw last week, have a right to demonstrate? our panel will weigh in, next. i make it easy to save $600 on car insurance,