LEARNING OF HIS PASSING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> PRESIDENT BUSH LIKE MANY
PRESIDENTS, SOUGHT SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE FROM HIS LONGTIME
CONFIDENT, BILLY GRAHAM.
>> AND HIS SON, REVERAND
FRANKLIN GRAHAM JOINS US NOW ON
THE FRIENDSHIP THEIR FAMILIES
SHARED.
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU AS ALWAYS,
SIR.
WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
THIS REMARKABLE MAN?
>> FIRST, MY CONDOLENCES TO THE
ENTIRE FAMILY.
THE PRESIDENT WAS A DEEPLY
SPIRITUAL MAN.
HE DID NOT WEAR HIS FAITH ON
HIS COAT SLEEVE.
HE WAS PRIVATE ABOUT IT.
HE WAS A SPIRITUAL PERSON, HE
HAD A DEEP FAITH IN GOD.
MY FATHER AND HIM ON MANY
OCCASIONS, WHEN THEY WERE
TOGETHER, NOT ONLY ENJOYED
POLITICS BUT WITH MY FATHER, HE
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL
THINGS.
HE HAD QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES
THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD INVOLVE
THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
CHRIST.
WHAT GOD WOULD WANT US TO DO
FOR CERTAIN INSTANTS OR PROBLEM
THAT HE WAS FACING.
AND SO, HE HAD A FAITH AND I
APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH ABOUT
THIS PRESIDENT.
AND HOW HE HANDLED HIS LIFE, HE
WAS SUCH A KIND AND GENTLE
PERSON.
AND HE REALLY REFLECTED, I
THINK, THE PERSON OF PRICE THE
WAY HE LIVED HIS LIFE.
>> DURING THE BEGINNING OFTHE
GULF WAR, PROTESTS WERE
ERUPTING OUTSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE , THEN PRESIDENT GEORGE
H. W. BUSH SAID, I'M NOT A
WARMONGER.
I'VE BEEN TO WAR.
I HATE WAR, I LOATHE IT.
AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT DECISION FOR HIM TO
MAKE, DISSENT IS FELLOW
AMERICANS TO WAR.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ROLE OF
HIS FAITH AND CONTEMPLATION
THAT WAS PLAYED IN THE DECISION
FOR HIM?
FOR HIM>> IT WAS A VERY
DIFFICULT NIGHT FOR HIM .
I REMEMBER HE CALLED MY FATHER.
AND HE ASKED THAT MY FATHER
WOULD BE WITH HIM THAT NIGHT AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT KNEW THE COST AND
AMERICAN LIVES AND IRAQI LIVES.
HE KNEW WHAT WAR WAS ABOUT.
AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE
WANTED MY FATHER WITH HIM TO
LEAD IN PRAYER THAT NIGHT WITH
HIM.
THE TWO OF THEM STAYED UP ALL
NIGHT.
AND THEY HAD NOT JUST ONE
PRAYER, BUT A NUMBER OF PRAYERS
TOGETHER.
AS THE WAR BEGAN.
>> REVERAND FRANKLIN GRAHAM,
LET ME GET MY MEMORY RIGHT.
WHEN THE FIRST LADY PASS IF YOU
WANT TO GO THERE WAS A STORY
GOING AROUND WHEN BUSH 41 WAS
IN OFFICE, MRS. BUSH AND BUSH
43, FUTURE PRESIDENT, HAVING
INTENSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
PRACTICE ANY RELIGION.
AND GEORGE W. BUSH SAID
SOMETHING THAT THERE IS NO
SALVATION BEYOND JESUS CHRIST.
AND BARBARA BUSH WAS NOT SURE
ABOUT THE ANSWER AND SAID, GET
ME BILLY GRAHAM ON THE PHONE.
IN A WHITE HOUSE OPERATOR
CALLED YOUR FATHER.
CAN YOU PICK UP THE STORY FROM
THERE?
>> THAT WAS TRUE.
AND MY FATHER COULD SENSE THAT
HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY
INTENSE FAMILY DISCUSSION.
[LAUGHTER] AND SO, HE
CERTAINLY I THINK, GIVE THE
RIGHT ANSWER.
THAT GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS
THE FINAL JUDGE.
AND OF COURSE JESUS IS THE WAY,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT.THERE
IS NO OTHER WAY TO GOD EXCEPT
THROUGH HIM.
JESUS IS THE ONE THAT TOOK OUR
SINS TO THE CROSS AND DIED IN
OUR PLACE.
NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME AT THE
MOMENT OF DEATH, NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT A PERSON SAYS IN THEIR
HEART TO GOD AT THAT MOMENT.
AND SO GOD IS ONE THAT OPENS A
DOOR TO HEAVEN.
WE KNOW THAT THE DOOR DOES GO
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
AND I HAVE, AT THAT TIME OF
DEATH MANY PEOPLE CALL ON THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND AT
THAT MOMENT THEY ARE SAVED.
>> IS THERE ONE WORD IN YOUR
MIND THAT SUMS UP THE SPIRITUAL
LIFE OF GEORGE H. W. BUSH?
>> GENTLE.
HE WAS A GENTLE MAN.
HE WAS TOUGH, HE WAS STRONG BUT
HE WAS A GENTLE GIANT OF A MAN.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS IN POLITICS
TODAY IN WASHINGTON.
HE WAS JUST A GENTLE GIANT OF A
MAN.
>> WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF
REFLECTIONS BUT GENTLE GIANT OF