Mission force one. He was an american that served his country in war and peace. President george w. Bush remembering his father as a man of the highest character. Its really the most important thing for americans to understand. They had taught me this and therefore one of the jobs is to strengthen the institution of the presidency and bring honor to the office. And that is something that clearly george w. Bush did. Dana peter doocys on capitol hill, but we begin with mike emanuel. Dana, good afternoon. When you consider its a club that has when its time to say farewell to a former president , it is truly extraordinary. As you mentioned, the body of former president George Herbert walker bush and his family took off from houstons Ellington Field at less than two hours ago. On its way to joint base andrews and at the washington, d. C. , area. There will be a special honor guard at andrews greeting the body of the former president including the chairman of the joint chiefs, the Service Brand chiefs and also other military dignitaries. Then on capitol hill we expect formal ceremonies, including Senate Minority leader mitch mcconnell, and america the beautiful will be performed by the United StatesNaval Academy glee club and there will be representing the house, ryan and leader nancy pelosi will lay a wreath and the Vice President is expected to be on behalf of white house. Earlier President Trump tweeted looking forward to being with the bush family to pay my respects toward president george h. W. Bush. The spokesman tweeted the 41st president will be carried to his final rest wearing socks that pay tribute to his lifetime of service. He was an 18yearold naval aviator in world war ii and that legacy is now being carried on in part by the men and women. He was known for his love of colorful and fun socks and that should be quite attribute when he gets here. Dana we will bring that to you live. Now lets bring in the man who was secretary of defense, and then his son Vice President dick cheney. Its an honor to have you here. I learned a lot watching leaders in the white house and i wondered if you could take us back. There is leadership and from 41 that i took on from you and leader in pursuit. I remember back when we were getting ready to launch our operations in desert storm, and the president who deployed the force of half a million troops, the question was whether or not we should go to the congress and get of additional additional ae them. Legally we didnt need to, we were a member of the u. N. Carter mike charter, we had been attacked and we had the ratification of the charter to go ahead and take military action on behalf of another state. The president decided that he did want to go ahead and put congress on record. So we got it just barely. And they have 500,000 troops in the middle east, what do you do with them . And he told me that he would have gone ahead and use them anyway. He mentioned you, and it is now 10 45 p. M. At night. Im about to go to bed. I did my speech to the nation at 9 00 and didnt feel nervous about it at all. I wrote it myself, i knew what i wanted to say and i said it, and i hope it resonates. 56 planes went out and 56 games back. James mattis said something on saturday that i wondered if you could talk about. He was well respected as commander in chief because he had served in world war ii. No question about it, he had a touch with all people regardless of whether they were in uniform or not. But they were especially pronounced when he was dealing with men and women who were serving as volunteers, who were being requested to go into combat on behalf of the United States. He made a visit out there to the desert, in the runup to launching the operation of desert storm, he had some of the congressional leadership with him. But he was a rock star and they really appreciated his leadership. It was remarkable to watch. Dana it yesterday your daughter was on Fox News Sunday and she talked about a special letter that she received from 41. I thought that was an example of his thoughtfulness. Listen to her. One of the things that i have that i treasure so much as a letter that president bush sent to me. He wrote it just after my dad was named as president bush 43s running mate in 2,000. Just as a criticism was beginning, i received a note from president bush 41 that my dad said he was the finest american that he had ever known and he was proud that he had picked him to be his president ial running mate. There was an outpouring of love, when at the time there was some criticism. Later on you see this amazing man revered by people. The people the message he conveyed to is once you get into those jobs, you worry about the critics and the criticism and the negativity that sometimes goes with them, you ought to find another line of work. If you are going to serve in those senior positions, especially as president but also secretary of defense and more time, you have to recognize that you have to make tough decisions. Its essential that it be done and thats why you are there. The right attitude is to recognize that it goes with the job that someone will be critical of what you do. Its just as important to go forward and not be bothered by other critics. Dana one of the things something i learned from you in terms of management was, you had learned over time to be quiet as a Senior Member of the team and let the junior people fight it out and have arguments in front of you so that you became a good listener and you did not weigh in and basically intimidate people into not talking. Is that something 41 did as wel well . It was. We could have these discussions in front of him. He benefited greatly from listening to the conversations. Brent scowcroft, jim baker and myself would all Work Together in the Ford Administration so when we got back together as the National Security team in connection with the president , we all Work Together before again, so we knew each other and we trusted each other. They were never any leaks and the president encourage that kind of give and take in terms of moving to make an important decision. Dana Vice President dick cheney, i appreciate you coming on today and we will see you on wednesday at the funeral. Thank you. Because thank you, dana. Dana beginning this evening president bush will lie in state at the capitol rotunda, one of many events this week honoring our former president. Peter doocys on capitol hill with more on those plans. The former president will lie in state here for 35 and a half hours in a row. Even if a member of the public gets here in the middle of the night, they will be able to go in and pay their respects. The line is already starting to form at the front. This is that clear family from just outside of boston. Take canceled their trip back home to be first in line. There were barricades brought in to help mourners line up on a street that has been temporarily closed to traffic. Those in the front of the line will be able to see the bush family receiving the former president s casket on its way inside for a private ceremony before he lies in state. Then, the rotunda opens up to the public around 7 30 p. M. Tonight. All somebody has to go through to get in his go through a security screening at the capitol visitors center. Then there will be a Funeral Service at the National Cathedral and we have learned the you religious will be the former president s son, former canadian Prime Minister brian mulroney, alan simpson and jon meacham. The former president will then leave the National Cathedral for joint base andrews were a special air mission 41 will take him back to houston for final service at Saint Martins church near where he lived there. Ultimately, burial at texas a m university where his president ial library is located. Once the events move away from washington, they will be the center of attention because leaders here on capitol hill Just Announced that the house is not going to have any more votes for the rest of the week. Dana and thank you for that update, we appreciate it. There is a deal reached for james comey to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and we talked about that last week. We will tell you what that means for the investigation ahead of. We want to follow the truth where it leads and we want to make these transcript available to the public so that they can draw their own conclusions about what occurred in 2016. Dana plus we will continue to remember former president george h. W. 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Chief telogens correspondence Catherine Herridge is live in washington. That will likely give his closeddoor interview transcribed next week. The date we have on the calendar is friday. Thats part of the new agreement with republicanled house committee. A full transcript will be released. In a tweet, call comey said, wl sit in the dark but republicans agree im free to talk when done and transcript released in 24 hours. Thats as close as i can get to public testimony. Including former fbi leadership agreed to terms that were not as favorable as what comey is getting but democrats say the closed session has an agenda. The republicans in this particular investigation have a history of having these in camera interviews and then selectively licking portions of the interview to give distorted view to the public of what happened. Dana in a written statement, mr. Goodlatte said mr. Comey filed a motion to quash despite clear Supreme Court precedents. There was no need to use baseless integration and im glad that it was withdrawn. The chairman also remains confident telling fox that he believes that they can transcribe under oath before the session is out, and of course the questions their focus on allegations. Rosenstein discussed that secretly recording the president and removed him about mike from office in may of 17. Dana in this hearing, what are the issues they want to press him on . The republicans say there are a handful of key issues including the Public Statement recommending against criminal charges. This was before Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the fbi. They also want to know why the fbi did not investigate whether clinton lied under oath to congress after a formal request was made during this 2016 hearing. Did the fbi investigate her statements under oath on this topic . Not to my knowledge, i dont think there has been a referral from congress. Do you need a referral from congress to investigate her statements under oath . Sure do. He will have one in the next few hours. And on russia, we are waiting to see whether a sentencing memorandum was filed for the former security advisor mike flynn. The sentencing memorandum gives the court all the factors that they should consider, the judge should consider in determining the appropriate length of the sentence. And the reason this is coming to light now is on december 18, just a couple weeks ago away, flynn will be back in court after a very long delay and he will finally know how much time, if any, he will be required to serve for lying to the fbi about his russia contact. Dana and catherine, thanks for all of that, we appreciate it. A trace in the trade war between china and the u. S. Will it last . We will have the details. Plus more on the life and legacy of george h. W. Bush. And his close friend, secretary of state, james baker. 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Bush and the memorial, it seems that everyone has decided to lay down their arms for at least a week. It certainly makes things much more difficult for idiots and bad people. We have not only a state funeral going on but you have the effusive praise for the bipartisanship decency, honesty, fundamental goodness, and by the way, something very short supply in washington these days. A man who is willing to take political risks. They may have cost him a second term but a man who is willing to say, you know what . Ive got to get something done so im going to lay it on the line and take a risk with my own political capital. You dont see that in washington. Dana in your book that just came out this fall, every man a king, you have a chapter about ross perot. Tell me about george h. W. Bush and his one term factor. It sounds just like it is now, people were concerned about trade deficits, they were concerned about the federal deficit, they were worried about jobs going to mexico. They were worried about immigration that all of these things. Ross perot said he had a lot of easy answers to these questions. Conservatives were also very angry at george h. W. Bush for having gone back on his no new taxes pledge and there was that does contentedness on his right. Perrault had all these easy answers and what happened in the end, we werent sure who would be hurt more. In the end it was bush who paid the price for ross pe