>> Jesse: THANK YOU, BRET.
♪
>> Jesse: FOX NEWS ALERT, QUEEN
ELIZABETH II DIED PEACEFULLY IN
HER CASTLE IN SCOTLAND THIS
AFTERNOON AT THE AGE OF 96.
BEFORE HER PASSING SHE WAS
VISITED BY FRIEND AND FAMILY WHO
TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE TO SAY
THEIR LAST GOODBYES.
AND IN A FITTING TRIBUTE, A
DOUBLE RAINBOW HUNG OVER
BUCKINGHAM PALACE AS MOURNERS
GATHERED OUTSIDE TO HONOR HER
LIFE.
HER SON CHARLES WILL NOW SUCCEED
HER AND BECOME KING.
ELIZABETH LED THE BRITISH
MONARCHY FOR 70 YEARS.
THE LONGEST RUN OF ANY KING OR
QUEEN IN BRITISH HISTORY.
THOUGH HER PUBLIC SCHEDULE WAS
GREATLY REDUCED IN RECENT
MONTHS, SHE MET WITH NEW PRIME
MINISTER LIZ TRUSS JUST TWO DAYS
AGO.
BUT SADLY HER PASSING IS THE
CLOSING CHAPTER OF A NOW BY GONE
ERA.
HER REIGN IS THE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE BETWEEN GENERATIONS,
PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS
CAME AND WENT.
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STAYED
CONSTANT ALWAYS MANAGING TO STAY
ABOVE THE POLITICAL FRAY.
SHE WAS THE FIRST THRUST INTO
THE PUBLIC EYE DURING WORLD WAR
II WHILE STILL A PRINCESS.
THOUGH JUST A CHILD, SHE DIDN’T
FLEE THE COUNTRY AS NAZI PLANES
BLITZED LONDON AND SHE SAW THE
DEVASTATION OF THOSE ATTACKS
FIRSTHAND.
THOSE HORRORS CLEARLY AFFECTED
HER AND FORGED HER COMMITMENT TO
A LIFE OF SERVICE.
>> I DECLARE BEFORE YOU ALL WITH
MY WHOLE LIFE, WHETHER IT BE
LONG OR SHORT, SHALL BE DEVOTED
TO YOUR SERVICE AND TO THE
SERVICE OF OUR GREAT IMPERIAL
FAMILY.
>> Jesse: SPEAKING OF THAT
IMPERIAL FAMILY, THE QUEEN
HELPED ACCELERATE DIESEL RATION
EVER THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
DURING THE 1960s AND 70S 20
COUNTRIES GAINED INDEPENDENCE
FROM BRITAIN AS A PLAN
TRANSITION TO SELF-GOVERNMENT.
LOTS OF LEFTIES ON TWITTER
CRYING TODAY ABOUT THE HORRORS
OF COLONIZATION, YES, THERE WERE
SOME HORRORS, IT’S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THE POSITIVE AND
STABILIZING EFFECTS THAT THE
BRITISH EMPIRE LEFT ON THE
WORLD.
ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS
COMMON LAW, PROPERTY RIGHTS,
ALONG WITH BANKING AND TRADE
PRACTICES LED TO INCREDIBLE
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CYCLONES
THAT CONTINUE TO THIS VERY DAY.
NOT TO MENTION GREAT
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH AND
EDUCATION.
AMERICA, OF COURSE, IS A FORMER
BRITISH COLONY AND AS SUCH WE
HAVE A UNIQUE CONNECTION TO
ENGLAND AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.
WE HAVE A LONG SHARED HISTORY OF
BRITAIN.
WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR VALUES AND
CARRY OURSELVES WITH A VERY
SIMILAR SENSE OF PURPOSE.
AS QUEEN, ELIZABETH CULTIVATED
THAT SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
ELIZABETH’S REIGN LASTED 14
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS FROM HARRY
TRUMAN ALL THE WAY TO JOE BIDEN.
AND SHE MET WITH ALL OF THEM
ASIDE FROM LBJ.
SHE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH RICHARD NIXON.
SO MUCH SO THAT TRICKY DICK WAS
OPENLY SCHEMING TO SET HIS
DAUGHTER TRISHA UP WITH PRINCE
CHARLES.
SHE VISITED GERALD FORD AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TO MARK THE 200 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
THEY CUT A RUG QUITE NICELY.
SHE WAS, PERHAPS, CLOSEST WITH
RONALD REAGAN.
THEY BONDED OVER THEIR LOVE OF
HORSEBACK RIDING AND WORKED
CLOSELY AS COLD WAR ALLIES.
>> UNHAPPILY, SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
HAVE CONTINUED TO PUT OUR VALUES
AND OUR IDEALS TO THE TEST.
WE HAVE SEEN CONTINUED WAR,
TERRORISM, AND HUMAN OPPRESSION
IN TOO MANY QUARTERS OF THE
GLOBE.
WE ARE CHALLENGED TO RESTRAIN
AND REDUCE THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
YET, WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR
STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF THE
ENORMOUS MILITARY BUILDUP OF OUR
ADVERSARIES.
>> Jesse: REAGAN EVEN INVITED
THE QUEEN TO VISIT HIM IN SAN
FRANCISCO WHERE SHE HAD A LITTLE
FUN AT THE PRESIDENT’S EXPENSE.
>> I KNEW BEFORE WE CAME THAT WE
HAD EXPORTED MANY OF OUR
TRADITIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.
BUT I HAD NOT REALIZED BEFORE
THAT WEATHER WAS ONE OF THEM.
BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEA
WHICH WE SHARE IS OUR BELIEF IN
FREEDOM.
WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
UNSTENTING CONTRIBUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES TO THE MAINTENANCE
OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE.
>> Jesse: BUSH 41 AND WIFE
BARBARA WELCOMED THE QUEEN TO
THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A STATE
DINNER IN 1991 AND THEN TOOK HER
TO A BASEBALL GAME AT
BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS.
SHE CONTINUED THAT SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH BUSH 43,
VISITING WITH EACH OTHER
MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHETHER I
SHOULD START THIS TOAST SAYING
WHEN I WAS HERE IN 1776.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> OVER OUR SIX DAYS IN THE
UNITED STATES, WE HAVE MUCH
ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO DWELL ON
THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
AS WELL AS CELEBRATING ITS
PRESENT STRENGTH AND VITALITY.
>> AND WHEN AMERICA CAME UNDER
ATTACK FROM RADICAL ISLAMIC
TERRORISM, SHE SHOWED HER
UNDYING SUPPORT FOR OUR COUNTRY
WITH THIS VERY THOUGHTFUL
GESTURE AFTER 9/11.
>> WE ARE TOLD THAT AT THE
REQUEST OF THE QUEEN THE GUARD
BAND PLAYED THE STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER.
LET’S LISTEN.
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[NATIONAL ANTHEM]
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>> Jesse: OBAMA SAID THAT THE
QUEEN WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
PEOPLE.
BUT HE ALSO GAVE HER AN iPOD
WITH HIS SPEECHES ON THEM.
INTERESTING CHOICE OF GIFTS.
BUT, THEIR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
DID BRING US THIS FUN AND LITTLE
AWKWARD MOMENT.
>> TO HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN.
TO THE VITALITY OF THE SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR PEOPLES
AND IN THE WORDS OF SHAKESPEARE,
TO THIS BLESSED PLOT, THIS
EARTH, THIS REALM, THIS ENGLAND,
TO THE QUEEN.
>> Jesse: DID NOT NAIL THE
TOAST.
JOE BIDEN FAMOUSLY SAID THE
QUEEN REMINDED HIM OF HIS
MOTHER, WHICH I GUESS IS A
COMPLIMENT.
HE VISITED THE BRITISH EMBASSY
IN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON TO
SIGN HER CONDOLENCE BOOK.
BUT FEW PRESIDENTS ENJOYED THEIR
TRIP TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE MORE
THAN TRUMP WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH
THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
SAY THAT THE QUEEN NEVER HAD A
BETTER TIME.
>> THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY THEY
HAVE NEVER SEEN THE QUEEN HAVE A
BETTER TIME, A MORE ANIMATED
TIME.
WE HAD A PERIOD WHERE WE WERE
TALKING SOLID STRAIGHT, I DIDN’T
EVEN KNOW WHO THE OTHER PEOPLE
AT THE TABLE WERE.
I NEVER SPOKE TO THEM.
WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.
>> Jesse: AND LEAVE IT TO DONALD
TRUMP BEST SUM UP WHAT THE QUEEN
MEANT TO AMERICA IN ENGLAND.
>> FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO
TODAY, HER MAJESTY HAS STOOD AS
A CONSTANT SYMBOL OF THESE
PRICELESS TRADITIONS.
SHE HAS EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF
DIGNITY, DUTY, AND PATRIOTISM
THAT BEATS PROUDLY IN EVERY
BRITISH HEART.
ON BEHALF OF ALL AMERICANS, I
OFFER A TOAST TO THE ETERNAL
FRIENDSHIP OF OUR PEOPLE, THE
VITALITY OF OUR NATIONS, AND TO
THE LONG CHERISHED AND TRULY