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GETTING IN THEIR CAR,
THOUGH THEY COULD JUST AS
EASILY WALK TO GO ACROSS TO
THE WHITE HOUSE AND TO CALL
ON AND PICK UP PRESIDENT
REAGAN SO THAT THEY MAY ALL
RIDE TO THE CAPITOL
TOGETHER.
YOU'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE
POLITICAL YEAR VICE
PRESIDENT BUSH REFER TO
MARTIN VAN BUREN, THE LAST
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT TO
GO LIKE THIS TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS
THE FIRST PRESIDENT-ELECT
TO GO CALL FOR AND DREW
JACKSON.
IT'S BECOME TRADITION
EVERER SINCE.
>> HENRY TRUMAN LIVED THERE
AND EVERY DAY HE WALKED
ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE
SECURITY -- WITH THE
EMPHASIS ON SECURITY TODAY,
THEY HARDLY LET THE
PRESIDENT STICK HIS HEAD
OUTDOOR.
>> GEORGE BUSH WANTS TO
ALTER THAT TO SOME EXTENT.
>> HE THINKS IT'S
EXCESSIVE.
>> ANN COMPTON HAS BEEN IN
BLAIR HOUSE THIS MORNING.
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE?
>> WELL, PETER, I THINK THE
VICE PRESIDENT SIMPLY WANTS
A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM
RIGHT NOW.
JUST MOMENTS AGO HE TAPPED
AT THE WINDOW FOR US.
HE WAS GETTING A NATIONAL
SECURITY BRIEFING WITH
BRENT SCOWCROFT INSIDE.
A MOMENT LATER AN AIDE
COMES OUT AND TUGS ON MY
SLEEVE AND SAYS, HE WANTS
TO SEE YOU INSIDE OFF THE
RECORD.
I DON'T THINK I'D BE
BETRAYING ANY CONFIDENCES
JUST TO TELL YOU THAT THE
VICE PRESIDENT SAID, GEE,
HOW LONG WE'VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER, TALKED ABOUT KIDS.
WE GOT AN OFF THE RECORD
BID TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
THE KIDS MAKE IT TO
KENNEBUNKPORT THIS SUMMER.
MRS. BUSH IS REJECTING THE
NICKNAME THE GRAY FOX HE'S
BEEN GIVING HER.
SHE WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS
THE SILVER FOX.
>> SAM?
>> HERE HE IS,
PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH COMING
UP THE NORTH PORTICO.
PRESIDENT REAGAN, MRS.
REAGAN, WAITING FOR HIM.
JOHN SUNUNU WAS OVER A FEW
MOMENTS AGO LOOKING OVER
THE DIGS.
MRS. BUSH.
MRS. BUSH IN BLUE, AS YOU
POINTED OUT.
NANCY REAGAN WITH THE
TRADITIONAL RED ALL THESE
YEARS, HER TRADEMARK.
I CAN'T TELL THE COLOR OF
THAT FROM WHERE I'M FROM.
>> IT'S SORT OF A RUSTY
RED.
>> PRESIDENT REAGAN SAW HIS
WHITE HOUSE STAFF, THE
PERSONAL STAFF, NOT THE
CHIEF OF STAFF AND PEOPLE
LIKE THAT, BUT THE COOKS AT
10:15 THIS MORNING, A FEW
MOMENTS AGO.
THERE'S THE PORTRAIT OF ALL
THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING
OCCUPANTS OF THIS HOUSE
STAND THERE FOR A MOMENT
AND TAKE THAT FAMILY
PICTURE.
>> WE'LL ALL HAVE THAT ON
OUR MANTLES.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK AT
THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICES, THERE
ARE ABOUT 450 PEOPLE.
BUT I'M NOW INCLUDING NOT
JUST THE MANSION, JUST THE
PRIVATE STAFF OR THE
PERSONAL STAFF.
>> WHAT BECOMES OF THE
PRESIDENT'S -- PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL STAFF NOW?
DO THEY GO CALIFORNIA WITH
HIM?
>> NO, THEY LOOK FOR JOBS.
A FEW LUCKY ONES STAY ON,
LIKE MARLIN FITZWATER.
BUT MOST OF THEM, THE
POLITICAL APPOINTEES, ARE
NOW OUT OF WORK.
AND THEIR RESUMES WILL BE
IN OUR SHOP AND EVERY PLACE
ELSE.
>> THE HOUSEHOLD STAFF,
BUTT LETTERS AND SO ON, ALL
STAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENTIAL
PHOTOGRAPHER CHANGES,
RIGHT, SAM?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
MOST HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE
GOING TO BE CHANGED.
THE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
STAYS.
THE COOK WILL CHANGE
BECAUSE EACH PRESIDENT
WANTS TO BRING IN HIS COOK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHILI
IN THIS WHITE HOUSE, I
SUPPOSE, AND FAJITAS AND
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY
WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
>> DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
GEORGE BUSH WAS TRYING TO
ADVANCE THE THINKING THAT
HE LIKED PORK RINDS AND
TOBASCO SAUCE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU
CAN STOMACH THEM, BUT
THAT'S NOT WHAT MRS. REAGAN
HAS BEEN DINING ON.
>> I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS,
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT A
PORK RIEND IS.
I KNOW ABOUT SOUTHERN FOOD,
SOME OF WHICH IS RATHER
FUNNY.
WHAT ARE PORK RINDS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT BACON IS.
JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
PORK RINDS ARE INTERESTING.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY?
>> IT'S SKIN, ISN'T IT?
SOMEBODY WILL INVESTIGATE.
THERE ARE 93 MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSEHOLD STAFF, SO
SOMEBODY HAS TOLD ME IN MY
EAR.
>> GARDENERS AND SO ON.
>> THEY'RE INSIDE WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO MEET WITH
THIS JOINT CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF
HOSTS AND THEY'RE TAKEN
BACK UP TO THE CAPITOL
WHERE THEY WILL BE HOSTED
IN A SENSE BY A VARIETY OF
SENATORS AND CONGRESS MEN.
LET'S GO BACK UP AND TALK
TO BILL GREENWOOD WHO IS
DOWN THERE WITH ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEGUN TO
GATHER FOR THE CEREMONY.
>> PETER, THEY STARTED
ARRIVING HERE ABOUT 9:00
THIS MORNING, EVERYONE
GOING THROUGH A METAL
DETECTOR, VERY ENORMOUS
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN
EFFECT AT THE CAPITOL.
140,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
INVITED.
WHEN THE GATES OPENED, IT
LOOKED JUST LIKE THE
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH AS
THESE PEOPLE SWARMD ALL
OVER THE WEST FRONT OF THE
CAPITOL.
THERE IS SEATING FOR ABOUT
80,000 PEOPLE.
I'M IN THE CHEAP SEAT AREA,
A STANDING ROOM AREA, IT IS
MUDDY, THERE ARE MORE
HIGH-HEELED MINK COATED
LADIES SHRORBING THROUGH IT
THAN I CAN COUNT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF PEOPLE.
THESE COVETED TICKETS TO
VIEW THE INAUGURATION GIVEN
TO THEM BY MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, BY MEMBERS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S AND VICE
PRESIDENT'S STAFF, THE
STATE CHAIRMAN, EVERYONE
ALLOCATED A SMALL NUMBER OF
TICKETS AND THEY ARE INDEED
HARD TO COME BY.
>> THANKS, BILL.
PERHAPS YOU CAN HAVE A CHAT
WITH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WHILE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING,
LET US MEET ANOTHER MEMBER
OF OUR STAFF, CAROLE
SIMPSON IS ON THE PARADE
ROUTE.
HAVE PEOPLE BEGUN TO GATHER
THERE?
>> YES, THEY HAVE.
I'M AT 13TH AND
PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IS
CALLED AMERICA'S MAIN
STREET.
AND WASHINGTON HASN'T SEEN
AN INAUGURAL PARADE FOR
EIGHT YEARS, SO PEOPLE ARE
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING
ONE.
YOU'LL RECALL IN 1984
BITTER COLD WEATHER FORCED
CANCELLATION OF REAGAN'S
SECOND INAUGURAL PARADE.
BUT THE CROWDS ARE
BEGINNING TO FORM NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
GOOD DAY.
IT WAS NICE AND BRIGHT A
WHILE AGO, BUT CLOUDS ARE
STARTING TO MOVE IN AND
IT'S GETTING COOLER.
>> ALSO SOMEWHERE THERE IS
BARRY SERAFIN.
HE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE
BEST VANTAGE POINT OF THE
PARADE WHICH WILL COME DOWN
PENNSYLVANIA AND PASS IN
FRONT OF THE REVIEWING
STAND.
>> YES, WE'RE DOWN NEAR THE
WHITE HOUSE AT THE CORNER
OF PENNSYLVANIA AND
MADISON, RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT.
NOT MANY CROWDS HERE YET.
BILL GREENWOOD WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE CHEAP SEATS.
THIS IS THE HIGH-RENT
DISTRICT.
THIS IS PREMIUM SEATING
THAT COSTS ANYWHERE FROM
$75 TO $100 A TICKET TO SIT
HERE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL REVIEWING
STAND IS JUST ABOUT A BLOCK
DOWN THE STREET BEHIND ME.
>> THANKS.
WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU A
NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR FULL
COVERAGE IN A MINUTE.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT, I JUST KNOW IT.
A CEREAL TODAY HAS GOT TO BE DIFFERENT.
ITS GOT TO LOOK LIKE COOKIES, OR TASTE LIKE TREE BRANCHES.
FLAKES.
MMMM. THIS IS DIFFERENT. SIMPLE, LIGHT.
I'M SURPRISED. I LIKE THIS A LOT.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A BIG NEW HIT ON YOUR HAS.
I JUST KNOW IT.
KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES...
CORN FLAKES? I KNEW IT.
>> WELL, THERE IS THIS MOST
FAMILIAR OF ALL AMERICAN
BUILDINGS FOR ALL OF US.
WE'VE ALREADY REFERRED THIS
MORNING TO THE FACT THAT
IT'S BEEN RESTORED.
IT WAS QUITE A BATTLE.
THERE WERE FORCES WHICH
REALLY WANTED IT NOT JUST
RESTORED BUT EXTENDED TO
MAKE MORE ROOM FOR MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE.
THERE YOU SEE MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSE WHO ARE INSIDE
THE CHAMBER AND WILL
SHORTLY COME OUT AND JOIN
THE OTHER THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ON THE WEST FRONT OF
THE CAPITOL.
AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TRANSITION, WE WANT TO GO
BACK VERY BRIEFLY NOW TO
SAM DONALDSON.
AS DAVID POINTED OUT AT THE
BEGINNING, SOMEBODY IS
TALKING EXTENSIVELY IN MY
EAR SO WE'LL GET THAT TO
STOP FOR JUST A SECOND.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SAM
DONALDSON LEAVING THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HE HAS BEEN ALMOST
EVERYWHERE THAT RONALD
REAGAN HAS BEEN, I GUESS
ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS AN HE HAS
PUT TOGETHER A PIECE OF
SOME OF THE MOMENTS WHICH
HE REMEMBERS AND WHICH THE
COUNTRY SURELY REMEMBERS AS
WELL.
>> THERE WERE 1,000
PICTURES, 1,000 IMAGES AT
HOME AND ABROAD THAT STICK
IN THE MIND.
JACK AND NELLE'S SON,
TURNED PRESIDENT, KNEW HOW
TO CARRY HIMSELF AND US
WITH HIM.
OFTEN THE THINGS THAT EN
DEERD HIM TO PEOPLE, MADE
HIM A REGULAR GUY HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IMAGINE
ET TI AND POWER.
FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS
REAGAN THE KLUTZ.
WATCH THIS.
>> OH, I'M SORRY.
I WOULD PICK ONE IN
UNIFORM.
HE CAN LICK ME.
>> THAT ABILITY TO LAUGH AT
HIMSELF WAS MARVELOUS.
ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT BEING
UPSTAGED BY GORBACHEV HE
WAS ASKED?
>> I DON'T RESENT HIS
POPULARITY OR ANYTHING
ELSE.
GOOD LORD, I COSTARRED WITH
ERROL FLYNN ONCE.
>> DON'T STEP OVER THE
LINE.
WHEN A SORE LAIR INNINGS
PREVENTED HIM FROM ■■
SPEAKING, HE COULD CONDUCT
A NEWS CONFERENCE IN
PANTOMINE.
>> HOW YOU FEELING?
WHEN YOU GOING HOME?
>> OF COURSE HE DIDN'T
ALWAYS GUESS THINGS RIGHT.
WHO IS THIS VISITING HEAD
OF STATE?
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
CHAIRMAN MO.
>> NO, SAMUEL DOE,
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA.
THEN HE MANAGE -LD HIS OWN
TRADEMARK LINE.
>> AND SOMETIME WHEN THE
TEAM IS UP AGAINST IT AND
THE BREAKS ARE BEATING THE
BOYS, TELL THEM TO GO OUT
THERE WITH ALL THEY'VE GOT
AND WIN JUST ONE FOR THE
GIPPET.
>> OI VEY.
BUT HIS ONE-LINERS OFTEN
WORKED.
RUNNING AGAINST WALTER
MONDALE.
>> WHAT ABOUT MONDALE'S
CHARGES?
>> HE OUGHT TO PAY THEM.
>> AND WHEN A REPORTER
TRIED TO PIN HIM AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE AND UTTERLY
FAILED.
>> MR. PRESIDENT IN TALKING
ABOUT THE CONTINUING
RECESSION TONIGHT YOU HAVE
BLAMED MISTAKES OF THE PAST
AND YOU'VE BLAMED THE
CONGRESS.
DOES ANY OF THE BLAME
BELONG TO YOU?
>> YES, BECAUSE FOR MANY
YEARS I WAS A DEMOCRAT.
>> BUT THE REAGAN IMAGE
THAT WILL STICK THE LONGEST
IS THAT OF THE GREAT
COMMUNICATOR WHO STIRRED
AND MOVED AND LIFTED A
NATION.
CAN ANYONE FORGET THE DAY
THE SPACE SHUTTLE
"CHALLENGER" EXPLODED?
>> THEY HONORED US WITH THE
MANNER IN WHICH THEY LIVED
THEIR LIVES.
WE'LL NEVER FORGET THEM AND
THE LAST TIME WE SAW THEM
THIS MORNING AS THEY
SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF
EARTH TO TOUCH THE FACE OF
GOD.
>> RONALD REAGAN WAS THE
VOICE OF THE NATION AND TO
MANY HAS BECOME THE SIM BOL
OF THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE WILL ARGUE FOR YEARS
ABOUT REAGAN'S POLICY,
WHETHER THEY WERE RIGHT OR
WRONG AND HISTORY WILL
DECIDE ULTIMATELY.
BUT THE RONALD REAGAN WE'VE
JUST SEEN, THE MAN OF WIT,
CHARM, THE MAN WHO COULD
UPLIFT THE NATION IS ONE
THAT POLITICAL FRIENDS AND
POLITICAL FOES WILL
REMEMBER FONDLY.
>> SAM, I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO
HAVE THAT VIDEO CLIP FOR
THEIR HOME LIBRARY.
THE MONDALE EXCHANGE WASN'T
ALTOGETHER CLEAR.
WHAT WAS SAID?
>> IN THE ROSE GARDEN AS
THE PRESIDENT WAS LEAVING,
A REPORTER SHOUTED OUT,
WHAT ABOUT MONDALE'S
CHARGES.
REAGAN SAID, WELL, HE OUGHT
TO PAY THEM.
>> SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT OF
ALL THE THINGS THE
PRESIDENT DID IN PUBLIC,
THE ONE THING HE HATED WAS
TURKEY DAY.
>> WELL, HE CAME OUT AND
THE TURKEY ALWAYS TRIED TO
BEAT HIM TO DEATH.
IT WOULD TRY TO GET LOOSE.
THE WINGS WOULD FLAP AND
THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T RUN
AI WAY.
WOULDN'T YOU YOU HATE IT?
>> HAVE YOU EVER HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK TO GEORGE
BUSH ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE
ACTOR IN THE OFFICE?
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO
SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.
>> WELL, GEORGE BUSH IS NOT
AN ACTOR BY PROFESSION AS
RONALD REAGAN WAS.
AND HE HAS OFTEN SAID THAT
HE IS NOT GOING TO, BECAUSE
HE CANNOT, EMULATE RONALD
REAGAN'S DEMEANOR.
HE'S A DIFFERENT MAN, HE'S
HIS OWN MAN.
BUT I THINK BUSH
UNDERSTANDS AND I THINK
HE'S DISPLAYED THIS IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AT
LEAST THAT HE'S GOT TO HAVE
A PRESENCE AND THAT IS
PICKED UP ON TELEVISION.
SO FAR, SO GOOD, AS FAR AS
I'M CONCERNED FOR GEORGE
BUSH.
>> LET'S PUT THAT IN
HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE JOINING
US IS THE HIS TOREIAN HENRY
GRAPH.
PROFESSOR GRAPH, THANKS
VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN
AND JOINING US TODAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
FACTOR OF THE ACTOR IN THE
PRESIDENCY TODAY?
WELL, IF YOU JUST HANG ON
ONE HALF SECOND, I
APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT PROBLEM
COMMUNICATING BACK FROM YOU
AS WE DID WITH GEORGE WILL.
LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.
DO YOU MIND?
IT DOESN'T QUITE WORK.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER
THIS MESSAGE FROM YOUR
LOCAL STATION AND WE'LL GET
THINGS FIXED IN THE
MEANTIME.
>> THERE IS PART OF THE
PARADE ROUTE FROM THE
CAPITOL DOWN PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY.
AS CAROLE SIMPSON TOLD US,
PEOPLE HAVE BEGUN TO
GATHER.
SHE SAYS THERE'S A BIT OF A
NIP IN THE AIR.
THE WEATHER FORECAST IS FOR
IT TOGET COLDER LATER IN
THE DAY WITH THE WINDS
PICKING UP.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FLAGS
THERE THAT IT'S ALREADY
BEGUN TO PICK UP A LITTLE.
DAVID BRINKLEY WAS
OBSERVING THAT EVERYTHING
OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WORKS
FINE.
OUR ONLY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN
INSIDE THE BUILDINGS.
BUT WE'VE ESTABLISHED
COMMUNICATIONS WITH
PROFESSOR HENRY GRAFF, THE
HIS TOREIAN FROM COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY.
I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT THE
ACTOR FACTOR IN THE MODERN
PRESIDENCY.
>> ALL PRESIDENTS OF THE
UNITED STATES HAVE TO BE
ACTORS.
THE GREAT ONES HAVE BEEN
GREAT ACTORS, MR. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, THROUGH
LINCOLN, THEODORE
ROOSEVELT.
THEY SAY GEORGE BUSH IS NOT
GOING TO BE AN ACTOR, BUT
HE WILL PLAY SO MANY ROLES,
HE WILL PLAY THEM
SIMULTANEOUSLY, THAT IF HE
ISN'T A GOOD ACTOR, HE
WON'T BE A GOOD PRESIDENT.
>> IT'S MAGNIFIED 1,000
TIMES BY THE TELEVISION
FACTOR.
>> OF COURSE.
THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE
TELEVISION ALL THE TIME.
HE COMES INTO THE LIVING
ROOM, HE IS EVERYONE'S
FRIEND.
HE WILL BE KNOWN AS WELL AS
ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
IF HE DOESN'T GLORY IN IT
AND THEREBY DO IT SUPERBLY
WELL, HE'S GOING TO BE A
DISASTER.
>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL,
PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO
CONTINUE ON FOR A MOMENT
ABOUT INAUGURATION DAY IN
GENERAL.
AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS AS
FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED IN
TERMS OF THE HISTORY.
>> INAUGURATION DAY IS THE
GREAT RIGHT OF RENEWAL OF
OUR REPUBLIC.
AND ONE OF ITS GLORIES IS
THAT ALL THE PRESIDENTS
HAVE LEFT ON TIME.
WATCHING SAM DONALDSON AND
THE REAGANS AND THE BUSHES
IN SUCH WARM EMBRACE, I'M
REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT
NOT ALL OUR PRESIDENTS HAVE
LEFT SO WILLINGLY.
AND NOT ALL OF THE
OCCASIONS LIKE THIS HAVE
BEEN SO HAPPY.
HARRY TRUMAN AND DRIET
EISENHOWER WERE BARELY --
DWIGHT EISENHOWER WERE
BAERL SPEAKING ON THE WAY
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW
THAT IN 1869, AS GENERAL
GRANT WAS BEING
INAUGURATED, HIS
PREDECESSOR VERY ANGRY,
THAT WAS ANDREW JOHNSON
SIMPLY HELD A CABINET
MEETING.
BUT WE ARE UNIQUE AMONG THE
PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.
AND IT OUGHT TO BRING PRIDE
TO EVERY AMERICAN.
THAT THEY DO LEAVE ON TIME.
>> IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU
WITH US TODAY.
DAVID, YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE ACTOR FACTOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE
WITH THE PROFESSOR ON THE
FACT THAT ALL PRESIDENTS
HAVE TO BE ACTORS.
TUESDAY MORNING YOUR
ASSIGNMENT CALLS FOR YOU TO
GO TO LUNCH, EAT CHICKEN
AND PEAS WHICH YOU DON'T
LIKE, SHAKE A LOT OF HANDS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PRETEND TO
ENJOY IT, YOU HAVE TO BE
NICE AND SAY NICE THINGS
AND WATCH THE CLOCK AND
HOPE YOU CAN GET OUT SOON.
THAT'S ACTING AND THEY HAVE
TO DO IT.
>> WHILE WE'RE WATCHING
PEOPLE GATHER, I WANT TO
INVOLVE YOU AND BRIT AND
SAM IN A THEET IS -- THESIS
WHICH I'LL ADVANCE WHICH IS
THAT GEORGE BUSH IS NOT
GOING TO HAVE ANY
COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES
FOLLOWING RONALD REAGAN.
THERE'S A CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM THAT SAYS RONALD
REAGAN IS SO EFFECTIVE AS A
COMMUNICATOR, THAT GEORGE
BUSH IS GOING TO LOOK
PALLID BY COMPARISON.
>> I THINK RONALD REAGAN
HAS HIS OWN STYLE.
HE WAS A GREAT ACTOR AND
PRESENTER.
WHETHER HE WAS DOING
ONE-LINERS OR READING A
SCRIPT.
HE WASN'T VERY GOOD WHEN HE
HANDLED NEWS CONFERENCES
BECAUSE THAT WASN'T
SCRIPTED.
BUT BUSH HAS A CERTAIN
PRESENCE, AND BUSH HAS A
THOUGHT PROCESS.
YOU SEE THE MIND WORKING.
YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH HIM
AND SOMETIMES THE SYNTAX IS
MANGLED, BUT HOW MANY OF US
FINISH A SENTENCE LIKE
WINSTON CHURCHILL?
I PREDICTED IN THE FALL
THAT THE CAMERA WOULD TREAT
BUSH MUCH KINDER THAN IT
WOULD DUKAKIS WHO HAD
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE.
I THINK I WAS RIGHT IN
THAT.
>> WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE, BRIT
HUME, LET ME TURN THIS IN
YOUR DIRECTION, WAS LOOK AT
OLD VIDEO OF JOHN F.
KENNEDY'S NEWS CONFERENCES.
HE WASN'T AS GOOD A SPEAKER
AS RONALD REAGAN WAS, BUT
HE SURE COULD HANDLE THE
PRESS.
>> IF THERE'S AN ANALOGY,
IT MAY BE BETWEEN KENNEDY
AND BUSH IN TERMS OF THE
NEWS CONFERENCE.
WE'VE SEEN DAZ LINK
PERFORMANCES BY GEORGE BUSH
IN THESE NEWS CONFERENCES
HE'S HAD DURING THE
TRANSITION PERIOD.
HE'S BEEN VERY COMFORTABLE,
VERY EASY WITH MEMBERS OF
THE MEDIA, HE SEEMED TO
FEAR NO QUESTIONS AND HE'S
BEEN COMFORTABLE AND
HUMOROUS AT TIMES.
THAT MAY BE THE STRENGTH
THAT HE HAS AND THE VEHICLE
THAT HE'S BETTER ABLE TO
USE THAN PRESIDENT REAGAN
WAS.
BUT I MAY ADD THIS.
REMEMBER THE SPEECH HE GAVE
IN NEW ORLEANS.
IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD JOB,
PERHAPS NOT UP TO THE
STANDARDS THAT PRESIDENT
REAGAN COULD MATCH, BUT IT
WAS A GREAT PIECE OF OR
TORY.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHETHER
HE CAN MATCH THAT STANDARD
WITH THE SPEECH HE'LL GIVE
TODAY.
>> SAM, THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF THINGS AT LEAST FROM MY
OWN PERSONAL TASTE MISSING
FROM YOUR CLIP.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WENT TO
SEE THE RELATIVES OF THE
MIDEAST PEACE-KEEPING
SOLDIERS WHO HAD BEEN
KILLED, WHEN HE WENT TO THE
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE
"CHALLENGER" ASTRONAUTS AND
SAID NOTHING BUT JUST
HUGGED PEOPLE.
THAET AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
COMMUNICATE I HAVE POWER, I
THINK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BEFORE DAVID BRINKLEY'S
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT
REAGAN, I DID A VIDEO THAT
INCLUDED SOME OF THAT.
RONALD REAGAN BY HIS MERE
PRESENCE COULD EASE THE
GRIEF THAT THESE FAMILIES
FELT.
THERE WAS A TOUCHING SCENE
IN HOUSTON WHEN ONE OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF A YOUNG
ASTRONAUT THAT DIED WHEN
THE YOUNG GIRL CAME AND PUT
HIS HEAD ON -- PUT HER HEAD
ON HIS SHOULDER.
I SORT OF AGREE WITH BRIT
THAT BUSH HAS SHOWN HE'S
COMFORTABLE.
I REMEMBER ONE OF HIS TRAN
DIGS NEWS CONFERENCES WHEN
A REPORTER STARTED TO ASK A
QUESTION, MR. VICE
PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK --
AND BEFORE THE REPORTER
COULD GET THE REST OF HIS
QUESTION OUT, BUSH SHOT
BACK, "NOT AS MUCH AS I
SHOULD."
>> BUSH DOES KEEP UP WITH
THE DETAILS OF GOVERNMENTAL
ACTIVITIES TO A GREATER
DEGREE THAN MR. REAGAN LAST
AND THEREFORE IS MORE
COMFORTABLE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE'S NOT
TERRIFIED OF BEING ASKED
ONE HE CAN'T ANSWER.
HE KNOWS THE ANSWERS.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING
TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
AS READILY AS MR. REAGAN
DID?
>> YOU I DON'T THINK HE'LL
BE AS GOOD A PERFORMER ON
TELEVISION THAT MR. REAGAN
HAS BEEN.
KENNEDY WAS VERY GOOD BUT
HE WASN'T AS GOOD AS
REAGAN.
REAGAN READS A CAREFULLY
WRITTEN SPEECH BETTER THAN
ANYONE I'VE SEEN.
BUT I THINK GEORGE BUSH
WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT WELL
ENOUGH.
IN NEW ORLEANS HE HAD A
GOOD SPEECH AND A GOOD
SPEECHWRITER.
>> WE'LL BE BACK IN A
MOMENT.
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♪ HERE, HAVE ANOTHER BITE! ♪
HEE HEE!
♪ HEE HEE! ♪♪
>> THERE IS THE FAMILIAR
DOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE
THROUGH WHICH MR. BUSH AND
THE REAGANS AND SENATOR
SOON TO BE VICE PRESIDENT
QUAYLE WENT A SHORT WHILE
AGO.
WE ARE NOW WAITING FOR THEM
TO COME OUT AND GO TO THE
CAPITOL TOGETHER, THIS
OVERALL INAUGURAL CEREMONY
WILL LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AND
A BIT.
AND THEY WILL LEAVE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE QUITE SOON.
DAVID, THEY'VE DONE ALL
SORTS OF THINGS.
PROFESSOR GRAFF WAS
MENTIONING THE ANIMOSITY AT
TRANSITION IN THE PAST.
THERE'S MONDAY OF -- NONE
OF THAT HERE.
>> THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THEY'RE OLD FRIENDS.
THE DEEPEST ANIMOSITY I
RECALL WAS TRUMAN AND
EISENHOWER.
TRUMAN SAID IF ELECTED HE
WOULD GO TO KOREA, MEANING
HE WOULD TRY TO END THE
WAR.
AFTER THE ELECTION, TRUMAN
SENT HIM A TELEGRAM SAYING,
IF YOU STILL WANT TO GO TO
KOREA, WE WILL ARRANGE IT
WITH AIRPLANES AND SO ON
AND IT INFURIATED
EISENHOWER BECAUSE IT WAS
SUGGESTING THAT IT WAS AN
EMPTY CAMPAIGN GAMBIT AND
NOT A PROMISE.
HE DID GO TO KOREA, BUT HE
HATED TRUMAN FOR SAYING IT.
>> LET'S LISTEN TO THE
♪ SING PRAISES OF THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD ♪
>> THAT WAS A BRIEF BURST
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CHORE
US ON THE WEST FRONT OF
CAPITOL HILL, MADE UP OF
PEOPLE WHO WORK ON CAPITOL
HILL.
NO ELECTED POLITICIANS TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
BUT LEGISLATIVE AIDES AND
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN VARIOUS
COMMITTEE STAFFS.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
SING.
>> IT HELPS.
>> ♪ YOU ROLLING RIVER, OWE
SHENANDOA, I LONG TO HEAR
YOU AWAY I'VE GONE AWAY,
CROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI ♪
>> THE CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS
ON CAPITOL HILL.
AS WE WAIT FOR MR. BUSH AND
MR. REAGAN AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND MR. QUAYLE TO
LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE,
LET'S BRING IN ANOTHER
VOICE FROM BOTH THE PRESENT
AND THE PAST.
ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT PIERRE SAL
SAL WHO MANY PEOPLE KNOW
WAS THE PRESS SECRETARY TO
PRESIDENT REAGAN.
PIERRE SALINGER IS IN
LONDON TODAY.
TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AT A MOMENT
LIKE THIS.
>> OBVIOUSLY TODAY BRINGS
BACK MANY MEMORIES OF 28
DAYS AGO, THE INAUGURATION
OF JOHN KENNEDY.
A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE
BEEN SAID THAT ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
THE TRANSITION PERIOD IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
YOU ELECT A PRESIDENT BUT
THEN PEOPLE SAY, WHAT KIND
OF A PRESIDENT IS HE GOING
TO BE?
YOU START TO JUDGE HIM
DURING THIS PERIOD BETWEEN
THE TIME HE'S ELECTED AND
THE TIME HE BECOMES
PRESIDENT.
THAT HAS BEEN A VERY MAJOR
ASSET FOR GEORGE BUSH.
APPARENTLY NOT ONLY IN THE
UNITED STATES BUT HERE
ABROAD.
PEOPLE ARE TAKING A NEW
LOOK AT GEORGE BUSH SINCE
THE ELECTION AFTER A VERY
NEGATIVE LOOK DURING THE
CAMPAIGN OF 1988.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WELL, THE OTHER THING
THAT'S INTERESTING WAS THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT
COMMUNICATIONS.
I AGREE THAT RONALD REAGAN
IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST
COMMUNICATOR THAT'S EVER
BEEN PRESIDENT, BUT
CERTAINLY THE BEST PRESS
CONFERENCE PRESIDENT WAS
JOHN KENNEDY.
HE HAD AN EASY WAY THAT HE
DID IT.
I AGREE WITH BRIT HUME
SAYING THAT WE'RE BEGINNING
TO SEE A PARALLEL BETWEEN
THE WAY GEORGE BUSH IS
HANDLING THE PRESS AND THE
WAY JOHN KENNEDY DID.
AND ONE THING MORE THAT
GEORGE BUSH HAS ALREADY
SAID THAT JOHN KENNEDY
WANTED TO DO BUT NEVER GOT
AWAY WITH WAS TO HAVE A
PRIVATE LIFE, GO OUT TO
DINNER, GO AND SEE HIS
FRIENDS, GO TO RESTAURANTS.
KENNEDY WANTED TO DO THAT
TOO, BUT HE GOT CUT OFF AND
COULDN'T DO IT.
>> CAN WE CUT TO SAM
DONALDSON AT THE MOMENT.
YOU TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT
KENNEDY AND VICE PRESIDENT
BUSH BEING ADROIT WITH THE
PRESS.
I THINK THE PRESS
APPRECIATES THAT.
BUT SAM, ALL THIS WHO WILL
LETTERING THAT WENT ON
BETWEEN YOU AND PRESIDENT
REAGAN AND OTHERS WORKED
FOR YOU TO SOME EXTENT BUT
ALSO WORKED FOR THE
PRESIDENT IN SOME WAYS.
>> I COVERED JIMMY CARTER
FOR FOUR YEARS BUT I NEVER
YELLED AT YIM JIMMY CARTER.
RONALD REAGAN DIDN'T COME
CLOSE AND REPORTERS HAD TWO
CHOICES.
TO REMAIN SILENT AND QUIET
LIKE GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND
GIRLS AND NOT TRY QUESTION
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, WHICH I THINK IS
OUR JOB, OR TO RAISE YOUR
VOICE.
I PREDICT THAT YOU WILL NOT
HAVE TO SHOUT AT GEORGE
BUSH BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY
PROMISED AND DEMONSTRATED
THAT HE IS WILLING TO HAVE
MORE FREQUENT ACCESS WITH
REPORTERS AND HE IS WILLING
TO TALK TO THEM.
HERE COMES PRESIDENT REAGAN
OF COURSE AND PRESIDENT
DAVID BRINKLEY ELECT BUSH
NOW HAVING FINISHED THEIR
COFFEE IN THE BLUE ROOM
INSIDE.
PRESIDENT-ELECT-RATHER,
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
QUAYLE.
THEY ARE LEAVING FOR THE
CAPITOL.
>> THERE YOU HEARD SOME
ROURTER SHOUTING AT
PRESIDENT REAGAN.
>> THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT
TO TRY TO GET THE NEWS.
IF MR. REAGAN HAD NEVER
ANSWERED, I THINK WE WOULD
HAVE START STOPPED
SHOUTING.
WE ALSO GOT IMPORTANT
STORIES FROM HIM BECAUSE WE
ASKED HIM QUESTIONS.
THE CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION HAS ALREADY GOT
ENIN THE CARS.
THERE IS MRS. REAGAN, MRS.
BUSH.
THERE IS A LONG MOTORCADE
LINED UP HERE ON THE NORTH
DRIVEWAY.
>> AND THERE IS, AS IN ALL
OF THOSE CARS, OBVIOUS, THE
CONGRESSIONAL ESCORT FOR
THE QUAYLES.
EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON, AS
WE WILL SEE WHEN THEY GET
TO CAPITOL HILL, MRS.
QUAYLE, VICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT QUAYLE,
BOTH BUSHES HAVE THEIR
CONGRESSIONAL ESCORTS, WHO
WILL BE WITH THEM
THROUGHOUT THIS RIDE.
BUT EVEN THE RIDE OF THE
TWO PRESIDENTS HAS ITS OWN
TRADITION, DOESN'T IT?
ONE SITS ON THE RIGHT GOING
AND ONE SITS ON THE RIGHT
BACK.
>> THE FACT HERE IS THAT
THE DIGNITARIES IN THESE
CARS ARE THE GUESTS OF
CONGRESS.
THE CONGRESS PUTS ON THE
INAUGURAL, BUILDS THE
PLATFORM, SERVES THE LUNCH,
DOES ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY ARE GUESTS OF THE
U.S. CONGRESS AND THE
CONGRESS HAS SENT UP CARS
AND ESCORTS TO BRING THEM
UP TO BE SWORN?
IT MATTERED MORE WHEN THEY
WERE STILL ABLE TO USE
CONVERTIBLES, NOW HE REALLY
CAN'T SEE THEM AND WHICH
SIDE THEIR SITTING ON
BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER
CONVERTIBLES.
>> THIS CAR COST ABOUT
$600,000.
ONE OF THE THINGS IT DOES
HAVE IN IT IS BETTER
WINDOWS SO THAT HOPEFULLY
THERE WILL BE A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT.
WHEN I ASKED ONE OF THE
BUSH TRANSITION TEAMS SOME
DAYS AGO WHY NOT USE THE
CONVERTIBLES?
HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY
MORE CONVERTIBLES.
THERE IS NEVER AN OPTION
NOW FOR A PRESIDENT TO RIDE
IN A CONVERTIBLE.
>> IT NEED NOT EVEN BE
DISCUSSED.
HE IS TOO VULNERABLE.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
LIGHTS INSIDE THE CARS.
SO WHEN THE PRESIDENT RIDES
BY, YOU CAN SEE HIM.
>> WE MENTIONED A LITTLE
EARLIER THAT THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF HUNDRED MEMBERS
OF THE BUSH AND THE
BUSH/WALKER FAMILY HERE FOR
THE INAUGURATION ON CAPITOL
HILL.
BRIT HUME IS WITH ONE OF
THE CLOSER RELATIVES.
>> I AM STANDING WITH
GEORGE BUSH'S SON, GEORGE.
WE ARE WATCHING ON
TELEVISION AS THE LIMOUSINE
HEADS UP HERE.
YOU SAW YOUR DAD EARLIER
TODAY AND SPENT SOME TIME
WITH HIM.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIS
SPIRITS?
>> HE IS REMARKABLY CALM.
HE IS A MAN WHO IN ABOUT AN
HOUR IS GOING TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF YOUR COUNTRY.
DIDN'T SEEM THE LEAST BIT
NER VUS.
SAW HIM AT BREAKFAST IN HIS
PAJAMAS.
THE SAME ONES HE WORE ABOUT
TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK.
I AM AT CHURCH AND HE IS
READY TO TAKE THE OATH OF
OFFICE AND BEING PRESIDENT.
I DON'T SEE ANY SENSE OF
ANXIETY IN HIM OR ANY
UNNECESSARY TENSION.
>> HE SOUGHT THIS OFFICE
FOR A LONG TIME.
DOES HE SEEM ELATED TO YOU
TODAY?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY ELATED.
I WOULD SAY CONTENT.
AES QUIET MAN.
HE DOESN'T GET VERY
EMOTIONAL ON THINGS.
AT LEAST HE DOESN'T SHOW
IT.
I WOULD SAY HE IS RELAXED
AND FULLY PREPARED TO BE
THE PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF
EMOTION AS WELL AS
EXPERIENCE.
>> NOW, THE PLACE WHERE I
AM STANDING HERE IS IN THE
AREA WHERE THE BUSH FAMILY
IS GOING TO BE SEATED.
MANY OF THEM IN FRONT OF ME
AND MORE OF THEM TO THE
RIGHT HERE.
I FEEL LIKE THE SKUNK AT
THE BUSH FAMILY PICNIC.
DO YOU HAVE AN OFFICIAL
COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF
MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY THAT
ARE HERE?
>> I THINK IT IS ABOUT 24O.
AND MAYBE ABOUT ANOTHER
THOUSAND WHO ARE CLAIMING
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT A
VICTORY WILL DO.
>> IT SEEMS HARD TO ENLARGE
THAT GROUP.
PEOPLE HERE ON THE HILL
WHOM I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO
ABOUT INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PAST SAY THAT NO ONE HAS
EVER HAD A CONTINGENT
FAMILY THIS LARGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS
QUITE A SCENE YESTERDAY AT
BLAIR HOUSE.
>> WE HAVE GOT 22 OF US
STAYING THERE AND AS YOU
KNOW, THE BLAIR HOUSE HAS
GOT SORT OF A FORMAL
SETTING THERE.
WONDERFUL PEOPLE CARRYING
TRAYS FULL OF DRINKS AND
STUFF.
THESE BOYS WERE TOTALLY
SURROUNDED BY TEN SCREAMING
GRANDKIDS WHICH BROUGHT THE
WHOLE SCENE DOUJ TO EARTH.
>> I WAS TOLD THEY WERE
TOYS ALL OVER THE FLOOR?
>> PEOPLE RIDING LITTLE
3-WHEELERS, KIDS HOLLERING,
MOTHERS SCREAMING.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL,
I'M TOLD YOUR MOTHER WAS
ENGAGEED IT IN A GAME OF
SIMON SAYS WITH HER
GRANDCHILDREN, IS THAT
TRUE?
>> AND SHE LOST.
>> HOTTEST NEWS OF THE DAY,
BRIT.
WE WILL GO WITH THAT
OFFICIAL KOUNLTS.
24O BUSH RELATIVES HERE,
ACCORDING TO GEORGE BUSH
JR.
22 WHO STAYED AT BLAIR
HOUSE.
MOST OF THE OTHERS STAYED
AT A SMALL HOTEL HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
AND THEY ARE HAVING A WHALE
OF A TIME.
>> I WANTED TO ADD ONE
POINT ABOUT THE RELATIVE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF
BUSH AND REAGAN.
YOU REMEMBER IN REAGAN'S
FAREWELL HE SAID, WELL, I
WASN'T A GREAT
COMMUNICATOR, BUT I
COMMUNICATED GREAT THINGS.
WE OUGHT NEVER TO FORGET IN
OUR PROCESS-ORIENTED
COVERAGE THAT RONALD REAGAN
CAME TO THE PRESIDENT G-N
SI WITH A RELATIVELY
COHERENT IDEOLOGY.
GEORGE BUSH BY HIS OWN
ADMISSION IS MUCH MORE A
FELLOW WHO IS A HANDS-ON
LESS IDEOLOGICAL PRESIDENT.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT ONE OF
RONALD REAGAN'S GREAT
SUPPORTS WAS IN TIMES OF
CRISIS.
HE IS HE HAD AN ARMY OF
TRUE BELIEVEERS THAT WANTED
HIM TO BE PRESIDENT FOR 2O
YEARS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
WOULD DO.
MY BIGGEST DOUBT ABOUT
GEORGE BUSH IS SINCE HE HAS
NEVER DEFINED CLEARLY AND
FIRMLY AN AGENDA, WHEN HE
GETS INTO POLITICAL
DIFFICULTY, WILL HE HAVE
THAT CORPS OF SUPPORT IN
THE COUNTRY THAT ENABLES
HIM TO RIDE TOUGH POLITICAL
TIMES.
THAT'S A VERY BIG QUESTION
LEFT OPEN ABOUT THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE ONE
MORE COMMENT FROM PIERRE
SALINGER.
EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS
SITTING IN THE CHAIR YOU
NOW OCCUPY.
IT REMEMBER EUROPEANS
BELITTLEING RONALD REAGAN
LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
NOW THEY WATCH HIM HANGDS
OVER POWER HERE TODAY WITH
ENORMOUS AFFECTION, DON'T
THEY?
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
PETER.
EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN HE
BECAME PREDS, HE HAD COME
OUT OF AN ELECTION WHERE
THE EUROPEANS THOUGHT IT
WAS A JOKE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THE AMERICANS MUST HAVE
BEEN CRAZY TO ELECT AN
ACTOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
BUT HIS POLICIES AND THE
WAY HE CONDUCTED THE
PRESIDENT D-N SI AND HIS
COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS
GRADUALLY GREW UP HERE IN
EUROPE AND GRUET HIM GREAT
STRENGTH.
WHEN HE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION
THE FIRST TIME, A POLL IN
FRANCE SHOWED -- A COUNTRY
WHICH DID NOT LIKE HIM AT
ALL -- IF HE HAD RUN THERE,
HE WOULD HAVE WON BY A
WIDER MARGIN THAN IN THE
UNITED STATES, WHICH SHOWED
THAT HE HAD REALLY ACHIEVED
A BIG SUCCESS IN THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
HE DID LOSE SOMETHING WITH
THE IRANGATE.
HE LOST A LOT WITH THE
REYKJAVIK SUMMIT.
BECAUSE THE EUROPEANS WERE
MORE CONCERNED WITH THAT
THAN IRANGATE.
HE WENT SO FAR TRYING TO
MAKE A DEAL WITH MIKHAIL
GORBACHEV AND NOT AT ALL IN
SELLING HIS EUROPEAN
ALLIES.
I LEAVES AS THE MOST
POPULAR PRESIDENT OF THE
2OTH CENTURY.
A MON WHO IMPOSED A LOT ON
THE UNITED STATES AND ON
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
I THINK THAT HIS IMAGE
CHANGED IN THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW
THE RESULT OF YOUR OWN POLL
LAST NIGHT, BUT IT FINDS
THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN
LEAVES OFFICE WITH THE
HEIGHTEST POPULARITY IN THE
COUNTRY AS A WHOLE SINCE
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
AND GEORGE BUSH COMES TO
OFFICE WITH THE HIGHEST
POPULARITY RATING HE HAS
EVER HAD.
I SUPPOSE THAT'S NOT
UNNATURAL AT THIS MOMENT.
>> WELL, IT THE BEGINNING
OF AN ADD MINUTE STRAIRX A
COUNTRY FOR THE MOST PART
-- THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS --
THAT IS PROSPER US.
THERE IS NO WAR, NO THREAT
OF WAR.
IN FACT, THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY OF PEACE.
AND PEOPLE GENERALLY FEEL
PRETTY GOOD.
AND WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS
IN OFFICE AT A TIME OF
GENERAL PUBLIC HAPPINESS,
THEY ATTRIBUTE SOME OF IT
TO HIM.
>> THAT WAS A GLIMPSE OF
THE NATIONAL GALLERY, WHICH
TELLS US THIS MOTORCADE IS
ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ITS WAY
TOWARDS CAPITOL HILL.
LET'S LISTEN AGAIN-OR
TOOLLY LISTEN FOR THE FIRST
TIME TO OUR BUREAU CHIEF IN
MOSCOW, WALTER RODGERS.
WALT, GIVE US A QUICK
IMPRESSION ABOUT HOW THE
SOVIETS FEEL ABOUT THE
TRANSITION.
>> PETER, THE MOST
INTERESTING THING WAS JUST
ON SOVIET TELEVISION A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
THE SOVIETS ADMITTED THAT
THEY HAVE BADLY MISJUDGED
RONALD REAGAN.
THEY'VE PREFERED TO IGNORE
HIS FIRST TERM IN OFFICE.
THEY LIKE HIS SECOND TERM.
BUT I FIND IT FASCINATING
THAT AFTER CALLING HIM
ORIGINAL, AND A MENTAL
MIDGET, THEY NOW SAY THEY
MISJUDGED HIM.
THEY LIKE HIM.
>> THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE FACT THAT RONALD
REAGAN HAS CHANGED HIS
APPEARANCE AND HIS ATTITUDE
TOWARDS THE SOVIETS.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
THE SOVIETS HAVE CHANGED.
DURING HIS FIRST TERM IN
OFFICE, HE HAD TO DEAL WITH
SICK MEN.
THE SOVIETS WEREN'T CAPABLE
OF CON DUGING THIS KIND OF
FLEXIBLE FOREIGN POLICY
THAT THEY ARE UNDER BL-
GORBACHEV.
IN MR. REAGAN'S SECOND
TERM, HE GOT VERY LUCKY AND
DEALT WITH GORBACHEV.
>> THE SOVIET PRESS IS MUCH
MORE OPEN THAN IT WAS EIGHT
YEARS AGO.
WE ARE WATCHING THE
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE
ARRIVE AT MOMENT ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF CAPITOL HILL
ITSELF AND MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH THAT SECURITY MAZE
THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO SEE TODAY IS A
MILITARY REVIEW ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE CAPITOL THERE
BECAUSE THE MILITARY CAN'T
MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THAT
SECURITY THERE.
BUT THERE'S THE
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE.
VERY BRIEFLY, WALT, AS WE
WATCH THE PRESIDENT, WHAT
DO THEY EXPECT FROM GEORGE
BUSH OR ANYTHING SO FAR?
>> THEY EXPECT CONTINUETY,
PETER.
THEY WANT TO SPWILD ON THE
ARMS CONTROL PROGRESS THAT
WAS MADE IN MR. REAGAN'S
FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
THEY VERY MUCH WANT
AGREEMENTS ON A 5O%
REDUCTION IN STRATEGIC
NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND
REDUCTIONS IN CONVENTIONAL
WEAPONS.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO GO TO SHEILAH
KAST WHO IS STANDING RIGHT
OUTSIDE THE LAW LIBRARY
DOOR ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE CAPITOL.
SHEILAH?
>> THE MOTORCADE HAS JUST
PULLED UP.
WE CAN SEE PRESIDENT-ELECT
BUSH SITTING IN THE BACK
SEAT SMILING, AS EVERYONE
HAS REPORTED, HE LOOKS VERY
RELAXED.
AS HE NOTED A LITTLE WHILE
ARX THIS SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL USED TO BE THE
CENTER STAGE.
NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO THE
GREEN ROOM.
THAT'S SENATOR FORD, THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
THEY WILL NOW GO INTO A
HOLDING ROOM F-R A FEW
MINUTES.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY ROOMS
FOR US TODAY?
PRESIDENT BUSH?
>> THAT'S JIM WRIGHT, THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
>> THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
SHOUTING, THERE WAS A FULL
CORRESPONDENT WHO WAS
SHOUTING TO PRESIDENT
REAGAN AND DID NOT GET MUCH
OF A RESPONSE.
>> PRESIDENT REAGAN?
ANY LAST THOUGHTS FOR US
TODAY?
ANY LAST THOUGHTS TODAY?
PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH, ANY
LAST THOUGHTS FOR US?
>> THE PRESIDENT IS A BIT
HARD OF HEARING, AS I THINK
EVERYBODY KNOWS.
BUT I OFTEN WONDER ON
OCCASIONS LIKE THIS WHEN HE
GIVES YOU THAT BROAD SMILE,
I'M CONVINCED HE HAS HEARD
EVERYTHING CLEARLY AND JUST
DECIDES NOT TO RESPOND AT
ALL.
>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO A
QUESTION LIKE THAT AT A
TIME LIKE THIS?
NOTHING.
QUITE AGREE.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE
FOR MR. BUSH?
>> THERE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE ROSE COMMITTEE, WHICH
IS IN CHARGE OF BUSINESS
ABOUT THE SENATE SIDE OF
THE CAPITOL, DOWN TO AND
INCLUDING THE PARKING
SPACES, WHICH MAY BE HIS
GREATEST SOURCE OF POWER.
>> THEY ARE ALL GOING TO
MAKE THEIR WAY INTO A ROOM
SIMPLY CALLED EF-100.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAY
IN A FAIRLY NONDESCRIPT
ROOM.
THERE IS A BATHROOM THERE,
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OLD
PRINTS OF WASHINGTON.
AND THIS IS THE HOLDING
ROOM WHILE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE GOVERNMENT, THE SUPREME
COURT, THE DIPLOMATIC
CORPS, AND THE CHURCH GET
THEMSELVES ORGANIZED
OFFICIALLY AND FORMALLY ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL.
WE ARE ABOUT 45 MINUTES
AWAY FROM THAT MAGIC MOMENT
OF NOON WHEN POWER PASSES
FROM RONALD REAGAN TO
GEORGE BUSH.
AND WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST
A MOMENT.
>> THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL.
>> ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
IT LOOKS LIKE A POST CARD.
IN FACT, IT IS A POST CARD.
>> NO OTHER BUILDING IN THE
NATION IS SO LINKED WITH
THE NATION.
OUT OF SO MANY COMES ONE.
THERE, BY THE WAY, A
SEMBLANCE OF THIS GEORGE TO
GEORGE, THIS BY SEN
TELLIAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLAGS,
THERE'S AN EVOLUTION AIR I
PROCESS, FROM THE FLAG THAT
APPEARED 200 YEARS AGO AND
THERE BOW BELOW -- DOWN
BELOW, YOU CAN SEE THE RED
BUNTING.
THAT'S RECOLLECTION OF WHAT
IT WAS LIKE IN NEW YORK
CITY 200 YEARS AGO, AS
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
INAUGURATION TOOK PLACE.
FLAGS ACROSS THE CAPITOL,
TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THEM.
FROM 1776, 1877 --
>> 13 STARS.
>> 1877.
HERE IS SORT OF HOW THE
FLAG HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
QUITE ASTONISHING.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER EVER
SEEING THAT ONE.
>> INTERESTING TO HEAR THE
U.S. NAVY BAND PLAYING
"DIXIE" IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> I THINK WE HAVE HAD 48
STATES LONGER THAN WE'VE
HAD ANY OTHER NUMBER.
NOW, OF COURSE, 50.
THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.
PRETTY.
YOU KNOW, BRIT HUME WAS
TALKING A WHILE AGO, PETER,
ABOUT THE GREAT CROWD OF
BUSH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
WHO HAVE COME HERE TODAY.
AND SORT OF WONDERED HOW HE
MANAGED TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
THE ANSWER IS THAT GEORGE
BUSH IS A NOTE WRITER.
WHENEVER HE HAS NOTHING
ELSE TO DO, HE SITS DOWN,
WRITES NOTES HIS FRIENDS OF
SUCH THINGS AS A NEW
GRANDCHILD.
HE'S FAMOUS FOR THAT, DOES
IT ALL THE TIME.
AND PEOPLE LIKE IT.
MAINTAINS FRIENDSHIPS WITH
PEOPLE HE CAN'T SEE VERY
OFTEN.
>> COLONEL JOHN BUECH WITH
A.
THEY PLAYED AT THOMAS
JEFFERSON'S INAUGURATION.
>> IT WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON
WHO GAVE THE BAND THE TITLE
OF "THE PRESIDENT'S OWN."
>> THERE ARE THOSE WHO
THINK THIS SHOULD BE OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
>> YES.
>> THE UNITED STATES MARINE
BAND, PLAYED FOR EVERY
PRESIDENT EXCEPT GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
WE'LL BE BACK.
NOW THERE'S VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE
HAND AND NAIL FORMULA LOTION.
TO SOFTEN ROUGH, DRY HANDS AND HELP STRENGTHEN NAILS
WITH MOISTURIZERS FOR YOUR HANDS
HAND AND NAIL FORMULA
FROM THE MAKERS OF VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE.
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN EQUAL TREATMENT
HE'S BEING REALLY STRANGE TODAY.
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♪ KELLOGG'S NUT & HONEY... ♪
NOW IN BISCUITS, TOO.
♪ CRUNCH! ♪♪♪
>> THE NATION'S CAPITAL OF
COURSE IS MUCH MORE THAN A
IS THE I OF SYMBOLS AND
MONUMENTS.
IT'S A TROUBLED CITY IN
MANY WAYS, BUT TODAY IT'S A
SYMBOL OF MONUMENTS.
YOU WERE TELLING A
WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT THE
JEFFERSON MONUMENT.
>> JOHN KENNEDY WAS LOOKING
OUT WITH HIS MILITARY AIDE
AND THIS IS AT NIGHT.
HE SAID TO HIM, WHY IS THE
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL NOT
LIGHTED AT NIGHT.
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS,
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT,
THE CAPITOL IS AND NOBODY
KNEW.
THEY WENT DOWNSTAIRS, GOT A
LIMO AND A DRIVER, WENT TO
THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AND
ASKED.
NOBODY KNEW.
HE CALLED THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT, PARK SERVICE
AND ORDER THEM TO LIGHT IT,
AND THEY DID.
IT'S BEEN LIT EVER SINCE.
>> MUST HAVE SCARED THE YOU
KNOW WHAT ABOUT THE GUARD.
>> I GUESS.
>> OF COURSE IF YOU COME TO
THIS CAPITOL, YOU WILL SEE
THAT IT IS LIT AT NIGHT.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE TODAY
WITH ONE EXCEPTION HAS TO
DO WITH REALLY EVOLVING
TRADITION.
SENATOR DOLE.
GEORGE BUSH'S OPPONENT ON
THE PRIMARY AND CAUCUS
CAMPAIGN EARLIER.
ALAN CRANSTON, SENATOR FROM
CALIFORNIA, SENATOR
HOLLINGS.
WHO IS ON THE RIGHT, DAVID?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> THAT'S METZENBAUM FROM
OHIO.
PAUL SIMON WHO RAN BRIEFLY
FOR PRESIDENT.
IN FRONT, ONE OF THE NEW
SENATORS, CHUCK ROBB FROM
VIRGINIA.
JERRY FALWELL.
AMONG THE MORE THAN 10,000
PEOPLE WHO HAVE GATHERED ON
CAPITOL HILL THIS MORNING,
MANY OF AN OFFICIAL NATURE
FROM TENNESSEE, SENATOR AL
GORE.
WITH A WINDSWEPT LOOK.
MAN WHO RAN ON SUPER
TUESDAY AND THOUGHT HE
COULD TURN THAT INTO A
VICTORY AND FAILED.
SENATOR BYRD.
GEORGE BUSH AND HE WILL
HAVE THAT LOVE OF COUNTRY
MSIC IN COMMON.
>> HE'S A FIDDLER.
HE PLAYS AT EVENTS AROUND
THE STATE.
>> BRIT HUME, GIVE US A
SENSE OF THE MOOD.
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
STARTING TO GET COLD.
THE WIND HAS PICKED UP.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
JACKETS WITH NO COATS.
THEY'RE GOING TO REGRET
THAT.
THIS PLACE IS FASCINATING
UP HERE, BECAUSE IT'S A
STUDY IN CONTRAST.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FUR
COATS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WEARING RAIN COATS.
ONE MAN IS WEARING A BLACK
CHESTERFIELD COAT AND A
HOMBURG.
THE MAN IMMEDIATELY TO HIS
RIGHT IS WEARING A RAINCOAT
AND SAFARI HAT.
>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT I OWE YOU MONEY, I'M
AWARE OF THAT.
IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, I
GRANT YOU.
BUT WE DISCOVERED YESTERDAY
THAT IT'S ONLY ON SUCH
OCCASIONS DO COMMENTATORS
USE THE PHRASE MAKING THEIR
WAY IN REFERRING TO PEOPLE
GOING FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DO IT.
>> YOU SAID TO EVERYBODY
THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO
EVERYBODY, PLEASE DON'T SAY
"MAKING HIS WAY."
>> NO, THAT WAS BRIT HUME
WHO SAID IT.
THAT'S WHY I LOST MONEY.
BRIT MENTIONED A MAN IN A
BLACK HOMBURG.
WE SAW GEORGE BUSH WEARING
RAUNCHY FISHING CLOTHES.
THERE'S A FAMOUS PICTURE OF
HERBERT HOOVER FLY-FISHING,
STANDING UP IN WATER UP TO
HIS KNEES, WEARING WADERS,
WEARING BLACK SHOES, BLACK
NECKTIE AND A BLACK HOMBURG
FISHING.
>> SOMEBODY WILL TRY TO
FIND THAT PICTURE.
JACK KEMP, ANOTHER OPPONENT
OF GEORGE BUSH'S, WHO IS
GOING TO GO IN, AS THE SIGN
SAYS, TO BE SECRETARY OF
HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU MUCH AT
THIS POINT ABOUT THE
CLOTHING EXCEPT THIS.
MRS. BUSH, AS YOU CAN ALL
PLAINLY SEE IS WEARING
WHAT'S DESCRIBED TO US AS
TURQUOISE.
HER OUTFIT WAS DESIGNED BY
BILL BLASS.
MRS. QUAYLE'S OUTFITS HAVE
ALL BEEN DESIGNED BY
STUDENTS OF THE DESIGN
INSTITUTE.
IT HAS A NUMBER OF
BRANCHES, THE WEST COAST
AND A REPRESENTATION HERE.
MRS. BUSH MADE THIS
WOERFUL PRESENTATION OF
HERSELF AT ONE OF THESE
EVENTS YESTERDAY IN WHICH
SHE SAID TOO A LARGE CROWD
AND IT WAS SEEN WIDELY ON
TELEVISION.
TAKE A LOOK AT ME IN MY
DESIGNER CLOTHES, THE
NAIKUP AND EVERYTHING.
LOOK AT ME VERY CLOSELY ALL
WEEK, AS OF COURSE WE ARE
GOING TO DO, BECAUSE IT MAY
BE THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE
IT.
SHE WISHES TO MAKE HER
VIRTUE OUT OF -- WHAT'S THE
WORD -- PLAINNESS?
>> SIMPLICITY.
>> EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
INAUGURATION IS TRADITION,
EXCEPT FOR THE OATH.
THE ONLY THING THE
CONSTITUTION REQUIRES IS
THE OATH.
EVERYTHING ELSE -- YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT
HOOVER LOOKING AT THE CARS
WHILE PRESIDENT HARDING WAS
THE FIRST TO TRAVEL TO THE
CAPITOL IN A CAR.
>> EITHER PIERCE OR
HARDING.
MAYBE BOTH.
MAYBE NEITHER.
THAT'S THE RED HANGING
THAT'S PUT UP AS A SORT OF
TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST
INAUGURAL AT FEDERAL HALL
IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1789.
THAT IS THE IDENTICAL
HANGING TO THAT OVER THE
LITTLE BALCONY WHERE GEORGE
WASHINGTON TOOK THE OATH OF
OFFICE IN A FAMOUS
ENGRAVEING WE HAVE ALL
SEEN.
BUT IT IS WHAT YOU SEE
HERE.
>> OF COURSE MARTHA
WASHINGTON DID NOT ATTEND
HER HUSBAND'S INAUGURATION.
SHE STAYED HOME IN MT.
VERNON.
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
DISTANCE AND THE MODE OF
TRAVEL, YOU COULDN'T BLAME
HER.
>> WELL, FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> FROM WASHINGTON TO MT.
VERNON IS RUFFLE 12 MILES.
FROM WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK
TODAY -- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THE ROADS THEN -- IS 225.
ALL OF THAT ON MUDDY ROADS
AND BUMPY TRAVELING AND A
HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.
I THINK IT TOOK HIM EIGHT
DAYS TO GET THERE.
AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DO
IT.
YOU CAN'T BLAME HER.
>> NOT AT ALL.
IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY THE INAUGURATION IN
THOSE DAYS WAS HELD IN
MARCH.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE
DIFFICULTY OF TRAVEL AND
THE TIME THAT IT WAS FELT
NEEDED FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE
THEIR WAY, WHETHER TO SIT
IN THE CONGRESS OR FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO GET HIMSELF
ORGANIZED.
THERE WAS EVEN MUCH DEBATE
ON HOW TO CONDUCT 9 FIRST
INAUGURATION.
WHAT SHOULD GEORGE
WASHINGTON BE CALLED?
>> SOME WANTED TO CALL HIM
"YOUR HIGHNESS, " "YOUR MA
JESTY."
THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
MOST CUMBERSOME TITLES IN
THE WESTERN WORLD.
THEY SETTLED ON MR.
PRESIDENT.
AND THAT'S IT.
>> A PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR
OF THE DAY, WILLIAM MCCLAY,
I THINK, DESCRIBED GEORGE
WASHINGTON THEN AS BEING
AGITATED AND EMBARRASSED
MORE THAN HE EVER WAS BY
THE LEVELED CANNON OR THE
POINTED MUST KET.
HE TREMBLEED SEVERAL TIMES
AND ON SOME OCCASIONS COULD
HARDLY READ.
>> HE ALSO SAID WHAT HAS
NOT BEEN SAID SINCE AND NO
DOUBT WILL NEVER BE SAID
AGAIN.
THAT HE WAS UNFIT FOR THE
OFFICE.
HE WAS UNQUALIFIED.
HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR
IT.
LOIS POUFRL, THE FORMER
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE --
>> THE SUPREME COURT DIDN'T
EXIST THEN.
>> GEORGE BUSH WILL BE
SWORN IN BY THE CHIEF
JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST.
>> THE JUDICIARY ACT OF
1789 SET UP THE SUPREME
COURT, AND IT CALLED THEM
JUDGES ONLY.
THAT'S ALL IT CALLED THEM.
THE TITLE OF ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE, CHIEF JUSTICE,
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED
STATES, WHICH WAS
INTRODUCED BY EARL WARREN,
PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME
COURT, HAVE ALL COME LATER.
I THINK THEY THINK THOSE
ARE MORE RESOUNDING TITLES
THAN "JUDGE."
>> I KEEP TAKING A LOOK AT
THE HERALD OF TRUMPETERS UP
ON THE BALCONY.
I THINK WE WILL HEAR THEM
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> A LITTLE BOWING FROM THE
EUROPEAN ROYALTY, PA
GENTRY.
>> BARBARA BUSH, MARRIED TO
A PRESIDENT, RELATED TO
ONE.
HER FATHER MARVIN PIERCE
WAS A DECENDENT OF FRANKLIN
PIERCE, THE 14TH PRESIDENT.
GEORGE BUSH'S MOTHER.
IT IS NO, SIR A VERY
GLAMOROUS ROUTE THEY TAKE
FROM THE HOEDING ROOM
THROUGH THE CRYPT WHICH IS
DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE
DOME, FILLED WITH CAPITOL
MEMORABILIA.
NESS THE SERGEANT IN ARMS
OF THE SENATE, WHO LEADS
THEM ON.
THEY GO DOWN A FLIGHT OF
STAIRS, A NONDESCRIPT
FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND
THROUGH A REVOLVING DOOR
AND THEN WHEN THEY GO BACK,
BECAUSE IT IS ON THE EAST
FRONT OF THE CAPITOL, WHERE
RONALD REAGAN WILL SAY HIS
GOOD-BYES TO WASHINGTON AND
GEORGE BUSH, THEY WILL GO
BACK THROUGH THE ROW TUN
DA.
THAT REPOS TRI OF SO MANY
THINGS IN HISTORY.
>> VERY FEW WOULD EVER WALK
THIS ROUTE UNLESS ON HIS
WAY TO BECOME PRESIDENT.
THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER WAY
TO GO THERE.
>> IT LEADS TO A BALCONY
OUT DOORS WHICH ORDINARILY
IS HARDLY EVER USED.
THE PARKING LOT AND SO ON
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE CAPITOL.
THIS SUBWAY TO THE SENATE
OFFICE BUILDINGS, TO THE
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, THE
PARKING GARAGES, ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL FACTORS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE LIFE, ARE ON
THE EAST SIDE.
>> IT WAS PROFESSOR GRAFF
WHO SAID EARLIER THAT
PRESIDENTS LEAVE ON TIME.
WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN
LEAVES THE EAST FRONT OF
THE CAPITOL TODAY, HE WILL
BE ON HIS WAY TO RETIREMENT
IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THERE IS THE HELICOPTER
WITH WHICH WE'VE ALL BECOME
SO FAMILIAR, WAITING THERE
OUTSIDE THE EAST FRONT.
THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE, I
GUESS, A VICTORY LAP IN A
SENSE.
HE WILL DO ONE TOUR OVER
THE ELLIPSE FOR ONE LAST
LOOK DOWN.
OF COURSE, IT WON'T BE HIS
LAST.
BUT HIS SYMBOLIC LAST TOUR
OVER THIS CAPITOL IN WHICH
HE HAS HELD SWAY FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE
HELICOPTERS FOR EIGHT YEARS
THAT TOOK HIM TO CAMP
DAVID.
THE MARINE CORPS.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND MRS. REAGAN.
>> ROUGHLESS AND FLOURISHS
AND HAIL TO THE CHIEF,
ANOTHER PART OF OUR
TRADITION.
IT WAS JULIA TYLER, THE
WIEFR OF JOHN TYLER, THE
10TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.,
WHO FIRST GAVE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" TO
BE PLAYED WHEN EVER HER
HUSBAND MADE AN OFFICIAL
APPEARANCE.
AND WE ALL KNOW HOW FIRMLY
FIXED IT IS IN THE
TRADITION OF THE LAND NOW.
>> MOST PRESIDENTS IN
PRIVATE SAY THEY GET TIRED
OF HEARING IT BECAUSE EVERY
TIME THEY WALK THROUGH A
DOOR, SOMEBODY PLAYS IT.
>> AND THERE ARE WORDS TO
IT, THINK FROM SIR WALTER
SCOTT, "WHICH HAIL CHIEF
COME TRIUMPHANT."
>> WOULD YOU CARE TO SING
THE WORDS?
>> YOU COULD FEEL THE
WARMTH THERE FROM THE
PRESIDENT IN THAT APPLAUSE.
>> PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
>> WE WILL BE BACK IN A
MOMENT.
THEY ARE RUNNING A LITTLE
BEHIND TIME.
MR. BUSH HAS GOT TO BE
SWORN IN AT NOON.
ALL ABOARD!
Take your seats, please.
T INTO T SEAT, PLEASE?
THIS AKEN?
IT'S CROWDED.
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU USE DIAL?
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We are sorry to announce...
DON'T YOU WISH EVERYBODY DID?
...a slight delay.
>> THERE IS VICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT QUAYLE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN HE
STOPPED BEING SENATOR, DO
YOU?
>> ALREADY?
>> I GUESS.
>> HE HAS TO RESIGN FROM
THE OFFICE AND EXACTLY WHEN
HE DID IT -- I ASSUME HE
HAS DONE.
>> I MISSED IT.
I KNOW THERE IS A NEW
SENATOR FROM INDIANA.
AND I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME
EITHER.
SENATOR QUAYLE HAS HAD A
VERY BUSY TRANSITION TIME.
MRS. QUAYLE, OF COURSE.
STRONG, DETERMINED WOMAN.
>> SHE IS A LAWYER.
>> A LAWYER WHO GAVE UP HER
LEGAL PRACTICE TO DEVOTE
HER TIME TO HER HUSBAND AND
HER CHILDREN.
A VERY ACTIVE WOMAN IN THE
LIVES OF HER CHILDREN.
>> EXCUSE ME.
--
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> HE SHE WANTED A JOB IN
WASHINGTON, SOME TYPE OF
PRIVATE WORK.
>> "HAIL COLUMBIA" FOR THE
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
>> DAN QUAYLE HAS GOT A NEW
SHIRT ON.
>> MR. QUAYLE-LET'S CALL
HIM MR. QUAYLE FOR THE
MOMENT.
HE HAS HAD A VERY BUSY
TRANSITION.
CONSULTING ALL SORTS OF
PEOPLE ON THE ROLE OF THE
VICE PRESIDENT.
AS BEST WE CAN TELL AND IT
IS HARD TO TELL S-RB --
TIMES HARD TO LOOK BEHIND
THE CURTAIN IN THIS CITY,
AS WE KNOW, HE HAS BEEN
DOING A LOT OF HOMEWORK.
CONSULTED SO MANY PEOPLE
LIKE WALTER MONDALE, FORMER
PRESIDENT NIXON.
AND HE HAS SAID IN RECENT
DAYS THAT HE WANTED HIS OWN
VICE-PRESIDENCY TO BE
MODELED ON THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT GEORGE BUSH HAD WITH
RONALD REAGAN.
THAT'S ONE PROUD STATEMENT.
>> ACTUALLY A BRIEFING ON
THE DUTIES OF THE VICE
PRESIDENT WOULD TAKE ABOUT
15 SECONDS.
HIS ONLY DUTY, ONLY DUTY IS
TO PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE.
WHICH THEY USUALLY DON'T DO
ANY WAY.
BEYOND THAT, WHATEVER THE
PRESIDENT WANTS HIM TO DO,
ASKS HIM TO DO, THAT'S ALL.
>> BRIT HUME IS GOING TO
MOVE FROM THE SENATE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR US, A WE'VE
ALREADY SAID.
WHAT'S THE EARLY READ ON
QUAYLE FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> I HAVE TALKED TO VICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT QUAYLE
ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ROLE HE
WOULD LIKE TO PLAY, PETER.
HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IDEA
-- THERE YOU SEE THE VICE
PRESIDENT ABOUT TO COME
OUT.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS URGED
BY HOWARD BAKER TO PLAY A
BIG ROLE ON THE HILL.
THEN HE SAT DOWN WITH
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
MONDALE WHO SAID THAT WAS A
TERRIBLE IDEA.
I THINK HE WAS MORE
INCLINED TO BELIEVE MONDALE
BECAUSE MONDALE HAD BEEN
VICE PRESIDENT AND MORE OR
LESS SET THE TONE FOR THE
ACTIVE VICE-PRESIDENCY.
>> THERE IS STILL SOME
CONFUSION, BRIT, ISN'T
THIS, AS TO THE PRECISE
MOTIVATION ON GEORGE BUSH'S
BEHALF IN CHOOSING SENATOR
QUAYLE?
>> I THINK THERE IS SOME
SENSE THAT IT WAS DONE FOR
THE RAWEST KIND OF
POLITICAL REASONS.
NOW I THINK YOU WILL SEE
EXHIBITED BY PRESIDENT BUSH
A STRONG SENSE OF LOYALTY
TOWARD QUAYLE.
HE FEELS QUITE PROTECTIVE
TOWARD HIM.
AND I THINK HE WILL DO
EVERYTHING HE CAN TO TRY TO
ALLOW THIS MAN TO
REHABILITATE HIMSELF
POLITICALLY.
QUAYLE DOES HAVE ONE
ADVANTAGE.
SHIRTLY, VICE PRESIDENT --
PRESIDENT-TO-BE BUSH KNOWS
THAT FOR BETTER OR WORSE,
DAN QUAYLE IS A HUGE
CELEBRITY.
>> FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW
SO FAR AS COVERING
PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH, HOW
DOES HE WANT TO USE DAN
QUAYLE?
>> I'M NOT SURE HE'S TOO
CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
HE'S SPOKEN OF IMPORTANT
MISSIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE YET OF THE BUT
HE'S VERY DETERMINED TO SEE
THAT QUAYLE IS ABLE TO
UNDERTAKE TASKS WHERE HE'LL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
THAT HE IS AN INTELLIGENT
MAN AND NOT SOMEONE WHO HAS
NO IDEA ABOUT AFFAIRS OF
STATE, WHICH MANY PEOPLE
CAME AWAY FROM THE CAMPAIGN
THINKING.
>> THE FIRST FUNERAL WILL
BE THE EM P-R ROR OF --
EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> THERE IS A HERALDED
TRUMPETER.
WE HADN'T SEEN THEM BEFORE.
>> ANOTHER SMALL PIECE OF
TRADITION, SAM.
HELLO TO HIS MOTHER.
VERY GRITY LADY, MRS. BUSH,
NOT IN THE ABSOLUTE PINK OF
HEALTH.
>> NEVERTHELESS, GEORGE
BUSH LOOKS LIKE HER.
>> THAT GENTLEMAN YOU KEEP
SEEING BACK AND FORTH WITH
THE BUSHES IS THE SERGEANT
AT ARMS.
THERE YOU SEE IT.
GEORGE BUSH IS NOT GOING TO
HAVE -- IF WE COULD TAKE
ONE MORE LOOK AT THAT.
POOR GEORGE BUSH IS NOT
GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO
SEE THIS WONDERFUL VISTA
BECAUSE SMACK IN FRONT OF
HIM IS THE BIGGEST DARN
PLATFORM THIS TELEVISION
PLATFORM IS ON.
>> VICE PRESIDENT AND MY
FEM OWE AMERICANS, ON
BEHALF OF THE INAUGURAL
COMMITTEES, WELCOME TO THE
BICENTENNIAL PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION.
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO
PRESENT FOR THE INVOCATION,
THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM.
>> WENDELL FORD, CHAIRMAN
OF THE RULES COMMITTEE.
>> SHALL WE PRAY.
OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD,
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE
GOD IS THE LORD.
WE RECOGNIZE ON THIS
HISTORIC OCCASION THAT WE
ARE A NATION UNDER GOD.
THIS FAITH IN GOD IS OUR
FOUNDATION AND OUR
HERITAGE.
THOU HAS WARNED US IN THE
HOLY SCRIPT TOURS IF THE
FOUNDATION BE DESTROYED,
WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO?
FOR TIMES IN THEE HAS
FAULTD AND WE'VE CHOSEN TO
GO OUR OWN WAY RATHER THAN
THE WAY YOU WOULD HAVE US
GO, BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND
AS A NATION.
FORGIVE US, WE PRAY, AS WE
TURN TO THEE IN FAITH.
RESTORE US TO THYSELF AND
CREATE IN US A DESIRE TO
FOLLOW YOUR WILL FOR ALL OF
OUR LIVES.
AS GEORGE WASHINGTON
REMINDED US IN HIS ADDRESS,
MORALITY AND FAITH ARE THE
PILLARS OF OUR SO EYE TI.
THE SKRIP TOUR ALSO SAYS,
PROMOTION COMES NOT FROM
THE EAST NOR FROM THE WEST
BUT FROM THEE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR DIVINE
HELP IN THE SELECTION OF
OUR LEADERSHIP EACH FOUR
YEARS.
WE RECOGNIZE, OH LORD, THAT
IN YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, YOU
HAVE PERMITTED RONALD
REAGAN TO LEAD US FOR THE
PAST EIGHT YEARS.
WE PLAY THAT -- PRAY THAT
HAS HE AND HIS WIFE, NANCY
LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE AND
GO TO THE WEST COAST THAT
YOU WILL GIVE THEM MANY
MORE YEARS OF HEALTH AND
HAPPINESS.
NOW WE COME TO A NEW ERA.
YOU HAVE PERMITTED GEORGE
BUSH TO LEAD US AT THIS
MOMENTOUS HOUR FOR THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS.
AS HE TODAY PLACES HIS HAND
UPON THE BIBLE AND SOLEMNLY
SWEARS BEFORE YOU TO PRO
SERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION, GIVE HIM
THE WISDOM, INTEGRITY AND
COURAGE TO HELP THIS BECOME
A NATION THAT IS GENTLE AND
KIND.
PROTECT HIM FROM PHYSICAL
DANGER.
AND IN THE LONELY MOMENTS
OF DECISION, GRANT HIM YOUR
WISDOM TO KNOW WHAT IS
MORALLY RIGHT AND AN
UNCOMPROMISING COURAGE TO
DO IT.
GIVE HIM A COOL HEAD AND A
WARM HEART.
GIVE HIM A COMPASSION FOR
THOSE IN PHYSICAL, MORAL
AND SPIRITUAL NEED.
OH GOD, WE CONSECRATE TODAY
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH
TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THESE
UNITED STATES.
WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT
FROM THIS HOUR ON, AS HE
AND HIS FAMILY MOVE INTO
THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY WILL
HAVE THE PRESENCE AND THE
POWER OF THE ONE WHO SAID I
WILL NEVER LEE THEE NOR
FORESAKE YOU.
WE BLESS HIS WIFE BARBARA,
HIS CHILDREN AND HIS MOTHER
WHO IS HERE TODAY.
WHAT WE PRAY FOR PRESIDENT
BUSH WE ALSO PRAY FOR VICE
PRESIDENT JAMES DANFORTH
QUAYLE AND HIS WIFE,
MARILYN, AND THEIR
CHILDREN.
WE PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF
THE CABINET, THE CONGRESS,
THE COURTS, AND ALL OTHERS
WHOM YOU HAVE EN TRUSD WITH
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP.
WE PRAY THAT THE SPIRITUAL
TIDE THAT MANY OF US HAVE
SENSED RUNNING IN THIS
NATION MAY CONTINUE.
AS WE READ OUR NEWSPAPERS
AND WATCH OUR TELEVISION
SCREENS, IT SEEMS THAT EVIL
IS GETTING WORSE.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT
PRAY DAILY AND GO TO CHURCH
AND SYNAGOGUE ON THE
WEEKENDS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE
DAY THE LORD HAS MADE.
LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD
IN IT.
WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, THE SON AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
AMEN.
>> REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM.
HE'S NOW 70.
>> IT'S NOW MY SPECIAL
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE
HARM HE WILL -- HARLEM BOYS
CHOIR FROM KENTUCKY.
THEY WILL SING "THIS IS MY
COUNTRY."
>> LITTLE TOWN WHERE THE
CHOIR REPRESENTS THE TOWN'S
PRIDE.
♪ BREATHES THERE A MAN ♪
♪♪ WITH SOUL SO DEAD ♪
♪ WHO NEVER TO HIMSELF HATH SAID ♪
♪♪ THIS IS MY OWN, MY NATIVE LAND ♪
♪ THIS IS MY NATIVE LAND ♪
♪ THIS IS MY COUNTRY, ♪
♪ GRANDEST ON EARTH ♪
♪ I
ANCE, ♪
♪ AMERICA, THE BOLD ♪
♪♪ FOR THIS IS MY COUNTRY ♪
♪ WHAT DIFFERENCE IF I HAIL ♪
♪ FROM NORTH OR SOUTH ♪
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED WITH LOVE ♪
♪ I ONLY KNOW I SWELL WITH PRIDE ♪♪
♪ AND DEEP WITHIN MY BREAST ♪
♪ I THRILL TO SEE OLD GLORY ♪
♪ PAINT THE BREEZE ♪
♪ WITH HAND UPON MY HEART ♪
♪ FOR ALL I LOVE IS HERE ♪
♪ WITHIN HER GATES ♪
♪ MY SOUL IS ROOTED DEEPLY ♪
♪ IN THE SOIL ON WHICH I STAND ♪
♪ THIS IS MY COUNTRY, ♪
♪ LAND OF MY BIRTH ♪
♪ THIS IS MY COUNTRY, ♪
♪ GRANDEST ON EARTH ♪
♪ I PLEDGE THEE MY ALLEGIANCE, ♪
♪ AMERICA, THE BOLD ♪
TRY ♪
♪ THIS IS MY OWN, ♪
♪ MY NATIVE LAND ♪
>> WONDERFUL.
IF EVER THERE IS A CHOIR
WHICH GAVE -- THE
BASKETBALL STAR AND HIGH
SCHOOL QUARTERBACK WERE IN
THE CHOIR.
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
PRESENT MY DISTINGUISHED
COLLEAGUE, THE HONORABLE
TED STEVENS, SENATOR OF
ALASKA, TO INTRODUCE THE
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL OATH AND
THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH.
SENATOR STEVENS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
, FOR YOUR MANY KURT
ASSIST.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. REAGAN,
VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
BUSH, FELLOW CITIZENS.
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
WILL TAKE HIS OATH OF
OFFICE AS HIS WIFE MARILYN
TUCKER QUAYLE HOLDS THE
QUAYLE FAMILY BIBLE.
THEIR CHILDREN, TUCKER,
BENJAMIN AND CORINNE WILL
JOIN THEM.
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
HAS ASKED A GRACIOUS LADY,
THE FIRST WOMAN TO SIT ON
THE HIGHEST COURT OF OUR
LAND, TO ADMINISTER HIS
OATH OF OFFICE.
IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT
NOW THE DISTINGUISHED
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT, THE
HONORABLE SANDRA DAY
O'CONNOR, WHO WILL
ADMINISTER THE OATH OF
OFFICE TO THE
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT, JAMES
DANFORTH QUAYLE.
>> JUSTICE O'CONNOR IS THE
FIRST WOMAN TO SWEAR IN A
VICE PRESIDENT.
>>> I,
JAMES DANFORTH QUAYLE,
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR
THAT I WILL SUPPORT
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH
AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME,
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION
FREELY,
WITHOUT ANY MENTAL
RESERVATION OR PURPOSE
OF EVASION,
AND I WILL WELL AND
FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE
THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE
ON WHICH I AM ABOUT
TO ENTER.
SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT'S
OATH IS A GOOD DEAL LONGER
THAN THE PRESIDENT'S.
ALSO QUITE WORDY.
>> A LITTLE PIECE OF
TRADITION.
LADY BIRD JOHNSON WAS THE
FIRST WIFE TO HOLD THE
BIBLE FOR HER HUSBAND'S
SWEARING IN.
NOW ALL WIVES DO IT.
AS YOU CORRECT LID POINTED
OUT, DAVID, VICE PRESIDENT
JOHNSON BECAME PRESIDENT
JOHNSON, SWORN IN BY A
WOMAN --
>> VICE PRESIDENT.
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT BIBLE
THEY'RE USING.
I'VE HEARD BOTH.
>> STAFF SERGEANT POWELL OF
THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND
WILL NOW SING "GOD BLESS
AMERICA."
>> THERE WAS A BUSH FAMILY
BIBLE OR THE BIBLE USED BY
GEORGE WASHINGTON WHICH IS
OWNED BY NEW YORK MASONIC
TEMPLE.
>> MR. POWELL WAS REQUESTED
BY MRS. BUSH TO SING.
HE'S WELL KNOWN.
>> ♪ WHILE THE STORM CLOUDS
GATHER FAR ACROSS THE SEA.
LET US SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO
A LAND THAT'S FREE.
LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL FOR
A LAND SO FAIR AS WE RAISE
OUR VOICES IN A SOLEMN
PRAYER.
♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, ♪
♪ LAND THAT I LOVE ♪♪
♪ STAND BESIDE HER ♪
♪♪ AND GUIDE HER ♪
♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WITH A LIGHT FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ FROM THE MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ TO THE PRAIRIES ♪♪
♪ TO THE OCEAN WHITE WITH FOAM ♪
♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, ♪
♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪
FROM THE MOUNTAINS
TO THE PRAIRIES
TO THE OCEANS
WHITE WITH FOAM
♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, ♪
♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪
♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪
>> THANK YOU, STAFF
SERGEANT POWELL.
>> A STANDING OVATION.
>> PRESIDENT REAGAN, VICE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. QUAYLE,
FELLOW AMERICANS, THE WIFE
OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
BARBARA BUSH WILL HOLD THE
BIBLE FIRST USED AT THE
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
GEORGE WASHINGTON TOGETHER
WITH THE BUSH BIBLE.
WITH US TODAY IS THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT'S MOTHER,
MRS. PRESCOTT BUSH.
GEORGE, JED, NEIL, MARVIN
AND DOROTHY, WITH THEIR
FAMILIES, JOIN THEIR FATHER
AND MOTHER ON THIS
PLATFORM.
IT IS NOW MY GREAT
PRIVILEGE AND HIGH HONOR TO
PRESENT THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE UNITED STATES, THE
HONORABLE WILLIAM HOBBS
REHNQUIST WHO WILL
ADMINISTER THE OATH OF
OFFICE TO THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE
UNITED STATES, GEORGE
HERBERT WALKER BUSH.
>> THAT WASHINGTON BIBLE,
OF COURSE, COMES FROM THE
MASONIC LODGE IN NEW YORK,
WHERE IT WAS FOUND 200
YEARS AGO, WHEN AT GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION,
THEY COULDN'T FIND A BIBLE.