moment? this was the beginning of the desert storm. when real serious things like that were going on, i have a longer there, they were just working really hard. it was very, very serious. it s how martha: this is barbara brush and president bush and millie, one of their many we actually need to drop that banner. what s going on here? you have to see millie s face. millie is about as embarrassed as they are. they got off the helicopter, came out to greet them and stops to do her business. martha: [laughs] let s go through this one because i love this one because it looks like a horseshoe competition. what s the story behind this one? president bush as i heard jim baker say on one of the tv shows
and light a candle for barbara. sadly she died that tuesday. as we recall it was a long funeral process and he had to take that procession going from houston all the way up to texas a&m for the burial. then, come all the way back. then he got ill. and he had five great months in may. i talked to him on his birthday june 12th. a sidebar, barbara when you said, digger, for four days of our lives together, we are the same age for four days because then on the 12th i m married to this old man. i called him on his birthday, and he was a great. he sounded good because he s fishing or out on his boat and he s just distracted from what he had with his relationship with barbara. once he came back in october, being in that house where he or
president bush imparting his words of wisdom from the dames class of 52. he has also shared a deep bond with president george h.w. bush. that developed into a deep friendship of more than four decades. here now, digger phelps. welcome, great to have you here this evening. i want to start with something about, you just mentioned to me before we came on and that s what happened when people were so close and so loving. and what you witnessed over the last year. going back to when they obviously for 73 years were together, when barbara got in sick last april and was in the hospital, she came home that sunday on april 15 and i called george on monday the 16th and said to him, george, i will go
barbara, to intimate discussions with his national security team. even outings at his forte retreat. here is susan biddle, former white house photographer for presidents ronald reagan and george h.w. bush, also became president bush foster his personal photographer after his days in the white house. you talk about what a pleasure it was to work with the former president. your thoughts, first of all on his after his passing? i saw your three days are. i had no idea it was so close. i feel choked up about it, but at the same time what an incredible man. i was so lucky to work for him. so honored to work for him. take a look at some of your wonderful photos. diversely mentioned in the oval office, what was this
and yet as we all know, the texas a&m notre dame game at college station was about two weeks after that and he invited me down. i went back and lex was there from poland. he gave a great talk about solidarity and what they went through in their country. then of course, with usama bin laden, that became a real crisis obviously ended under obama s tenure, but going back to jean w and everyone else involved, and he knew with solidarity, some 3,000 people listened and what they went through in poland. and here we are in the united states. and he s not just the president but more importantly the president. he had many great friends, barbara and he were the best of everybody s life and i was just blessed to be part of them and i will miss them all. martha: thank you so much, digger phelps, great to have you