>> WELL, ADAM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ALL MORNING ABOUT THE LEGACY OF GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN THE GRANITE STATE.
>> JOINING US IS GOVERNOR SEN KNEW KNEW, SUNUNU, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOUR REACTION TO THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT BUSH.
>> WE'RE ALL INCREDIBLY SADDENED AND HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE GUY.
SOMEONE WHO MANY DECADES PEOPLE LOOKED UP TO AND A TRUE STATESMAN IN IN COUNTRY AT A TOUGH TIME.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE A LOST AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S 94 AND WITH THE PASSING OF BARBARA KNEW THAT HE WAS IN HIS FINAL YEARS, BUT ON A DAY LIKE THIS IT'S A SURPRISE AND A DAY OF REFLECTION FOR
SOMEONE WHO WAS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO IN THIS COUNTRY.
AMY: GOVERNOR, YOU WERE FAIRLY YOUNG WHEN HW WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORIES OF THAT TIME?
[LAUGHTER] >> OF COURSE.
I MEAN, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIONABLE TIMES OF MY LIFE.
OUR FAMILIES WERE CLOSE AND MY FATHER SPENT VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY WITH HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT WAS DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THAT WAS SO AMAZING, EVEN AS A PRESIDENT HE'D CONNECT WITH FOLKS AT A VERY INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL.
I THINK THAT'S WHY HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN THE GREAT 1988 TURN AROUND AND BY CONNECTING WITH FOLKS HE HAD AN IMPACT OF WHERE HE TOOK POLICIES AS A PRESIDENT OR AS A
PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
AND THROUGH THAT AND THE CONNECTION OF OUR FAMILIES, HE WAS REALLY AMAZING AND WE WERE A BIT UPROOTED.
AND WE HAD MOVED DOWN TO WASHINGTON.
MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND MYSELF AND MY PARENTS AND WHENEVER WE SAW HIM HE WAS ALWAYS VERY GOOD ABOUT TAKING A MOMENT AND COMING ASIDE AND SAYING, HOW IS IT GOING, AND IN WASHINGTON, AND
THE ATMOSPHERE DOWN THERE.
I THINK HE APPRECIATED WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND I THINK HE KNEW IT WAS A SACRIFICE FOR THE FAMILY, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS QUICK TO REACT AND I PLAYED BASEBALL AND HE WAS A
BASEBALL PLAYER HIMSELF AND APPRECIATED THE CONNECTION, HOW THE TEAM WAS DOING OR HOW THE SEASON WAS GOING AND I WAS ALWAYS SHOCKED.
MANY TIMES AS HE WOULD DO IT, YOU'RE ALWAYS SHOCKED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD TAKE TIME LIKE THAT.
HE REALLY HAD A KNACK FOR CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND IT'S NOT AN EASY SKILL AT THAT LEVEL AND SOMETHING EVERYONE APPRECIATED AND WHY HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND
A LOT OF WHAT HE DID NATIONALLY AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
>> AND WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT BUSH?
>> YOU KNOW, HE WAS A CHARACTER.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY ABOUT CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.
I DON'T THINK EVEN HIS MOST ARDENT POLITICAL OPPONENTS COULDN'T SAY HE WASN'T A MAN OF CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.
HE KNEW NOT JUST THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, BUT AS VICE-PRESIDENT, AS HEAD OF THE CIA GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO HIS TIME OF BEING A NAVAL AVIATOR IN WORLD WAR II.
HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT HAD THE EXPERIENCE, THAT CARRIED THOSE EXPERIENCES WITH HIM, THAT BUILT ON THEM, TREATED PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY, NO
MATTER HOW MUCH YOU MIGHT HAVE DISAGREED WITH HIM POLITICALLY, EVERYONE HELD HIM IN GREAT ESTEEM FOR BOTH DURING HIS POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CAREER AND AFTER.
I MEAN, LET'S NOT FORGET THE AMAZING THINGS HE DID AFTER BEING PRESIDENT, THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS HE WAS INVOLVED IN, AT TIME HE SPENT AND HE REALLY FOCUSED ON KIDS A LOT.
REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON KIDS, THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
HE AND BARBARA AS WELL, THEY WERE QUITE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S REALLY ABOUT INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER AND, AGAIN, GIVING A LITTLE MORE OF YOURSELF JUST FOR KIND OF FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND VERY IMPRESSIVE.
ADAM: A GREAT PRESIDENT AND EVEN MORE AMAZING PUBLIC SE