know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story, it s an excusepy the democrats for having lost an electhat they should ve won. so he said exactly the opposite. he said when lester holt gave him a different scenario for why he was getting rid of comey, no, no, no. it wasn t about the rosenstein letter. i was going to do it any way and it was because of how i felt about the russia investigation and how is that not a mistake? it is. next question. no collusion. i think what you have here is, is that interview is classic trump. if you remember the context, he was annoyed and we knew this from reporting contemporaneous reporting at the time that he was annoyed that people were saying all he did was take rod rosenstein, things change so much, take rod rosenstein s
you very much for the analysis. another big and sad story this morning is remembering the life and legacy of the late former first lady barbra bush. she passed away last night 92 years of age. mrs. bush was fiercely devoted to family, the cause of literacy, children with aids and many other situations that made her at times controversy. mat tri arch of a political dynasty. the second woman in history to have a husband and son elected president. join us is our correspondent. i got to respect my own mom who is very careful with me in saying don t just make her about her son and her husband. they reflect her greatness, not vice versa. she put greatness into her kids. she counseled her husband in a way that was unique and this was a woman who was about causes as much as anybody in political life. fair appraisal. your mother is always right.
she was strong, lieu as i said. funny. she and i were needling each other. the doctor came in and she turned to the doctor, you want to know why george w. the way he, it s because i drank and smoked when i was pregnant with him. vintage, right? vintage. she was 92 years old. she had such a full life and we re hearing so many of these anecdotes. what are your thoughts? another thing that he talked about as we ve heard from, you know, her children, her grandchildren, her dear friends, as sweet as she was and as much of a class act she was and a lady, when you did something you di t like, particularly if you were one of her children you knew about it and so her directness was really amazing. i have to say and i was just talking to some people here about this as well. not only is, i think, the nation mourning this woman because she
falling. i thought either way as we get closer to the ground, service pick up, she ll get the message either way. yeah. but like i said, i m just trying to stay positive through this whole thing and just hope for the best and luckily, you know, for most of us we re all right. yeah and are you changed? does your life change starting today because of what you lived through? i don t think so. i m just i feel like i did win the lottery a bit as soon as that plane landed. it was like oh, my goodness, this is crazy. i m just trying to move on and, you know, put it behind me. understand. thank you both for sharing your ordeal. it s good to have you here. thanks so much. thank you. we re following a lot of news so let get to it.
time for the good stuff. this is a really rare and special one. three grandmas in boston stepped in and stepped up to help their waiter tie the knot. listen to this. mateo, very handsome gentleman came and waited on us and served us and i got to chatting with him and asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said, oh, yes, maria, she works here. how signature boston grandma is that, by the way? mateo told him he wanted to propose. couldn t afford a ring? what is it sharon do, she pulls off her engagement ring right off her finger. i just i just did it, you know. he loved her. so mateo proposes to maria right on the spot. she said yes and invited the sisters to the weing.