then at the same church barbara bush was celebrated in more than seven months ago. the president s remains will be taken spwao taken by train to texas a&m university, the home of his presidential library. in his final hours he was asked if he wanted to go to the hospital, he said no, he was ready to go and be with barbara and robin and that s where he will be laid to rest, right alongside of them. that s so poignant. thank you so much for that report from texas. we have cnn political analyst, david gregory, and michael smerconish and abby phillip, and washington bureau chief and director of george h.w. bush university. michael smerconish, we found a photo of boy wonder, michael
shot of the plane. there the sun is coming up in texas and it s a beautiful shot as the plane gets ready to bring president bush s casket to washington. what are your thoughts on what we just saw at the g20 of president trump and president xi of china. do you think the threat on the tariffs have been working to get president xi to the table? i think the pause for further negotiations is a good thing, and i hope they will reach an agreement in the 90-day timeframe. i think president trump has a right to be concerned about china s illegal trade practices. every president in my lifetime has had the same position and pushed hard for changes within china. where i disagree is the method he is using that is general
at the national cathedral, and that s significant. you may remember president trump did not attend the service for barbara bush or john mccain, but bush 41 made it clear he wanted president trump to be there. back to the business in washington, the possibility of a government shutdown over a border wall will be put off for weeks, but the russia investigation continues to be at a pace, and cohen s lawyers are looking for leniency. the president s friend and adviser, roger stone, insists he had no contacts with the head of wikileaks, julian assange. we have more from texas. good morning, kaly. reporter: special mission 41, the late kwrerpl four president s final flight aboard the 747 will begin this morning. onboard to escort the president s remains from houston
i ll see you in heaven and 41 said i love you, too. i had no contact. i engaged in politics. our president needs to respect the independence of this investigation. this is getting tougher and tougher for donald trump and his family. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it s monday, december 3rd. 8:00 in the east and john and i are here in washington. very big week to honor the president. excited to be here for it. me, too, where the nation will prepare to say farewell to our 41st president. he will lie in state at the capital rotunda for the public to pay their respects tonight through wednesday morning. that s when the state funeral for president bush will take place. it will be at the washington national cathedral. former president will be flown
signed by the local team here in washington. that has led to a cascade of unforced errors, including doug williams, who is a good guy, part saying domestic violence is small potatoes. then, of course, coming back and apologizing. there s been an outcry of what washington did, signing him in this town, mediawise and other words. this has been a terrible week for the national football league. part of kareem hunt s explanation. what do you make of it? i thought that it was it is important, no matter what you think of the incident, to have him come out and say look, i was at fault here. sometimes, or very rarely do we see people with unequivocated apologies, no matter what