George W. Bush Tells KLG, Jenna About Top White House Moments, Choking On A Pretzel | TODAY

This is the first one okay, do you watch Jen on the show every day, no. You do watch me some. We should have said every day. Do you watch occasionally and do it you get embarrassed by my behavior, no, I'm very proud has she ever said something you went, I'm going to get that girl and I'm going to know now that all happened when she was a teenager. In my 20's if you remember when I yeah, yeah, yeah, that was my we've got to rush it for a fake. Did you. And perfect Barbara did not she did to remember we're on the cover of people magazine hopes they did it again okay, that was bad. He knows that was Britney Spears, I'm glad to bring this back what's one thing you took as a souvenir from the White House, although it's illegal. I don't think you hide anything at the White House now that I left a letter for the president which is a lovely thing and I put it and it's a tradition, so I didn't invent it. Yeah and bill Clinton left one for me and that left one for bill Clinton yeah, and on and on I think that's a beautiful you leave any pretzels do you know you know that his favorite snack was pretzels anyone can choke. I passed. Was it a big. Every day you would go in and mindlessly press open one day and too many in his mouth. I just hit the deck. I did you hide, okay, what's one thing you did in the White House that nobody know. Interesting question smoke cigars. By the way, yes last night when he was watching you would have been last night we had over for dinner and there were just a little cigar chewing left all over. Sometimes you want to cigar. Yeah, and it was like Hansel and Gretel. What's your favorite room in the White House. Favorite room and the wise spent most of the time of the other one I was sleeping in the treaty were treating favorite oval office memory, I know this one. It is what is it maybe with gaps when you. Yeah, thanks for jogging my memory. I know everything in between the parade and the inaugural balls which were exhausting by the way. My dad came and I went over to see the old fellow see what it felt like is sworn in president and walked in. And I said welcome Mister president he said thank you Mister president. Yeah, very sweet. What was the hardest moment. I would I would think as an onlooker that it was 9 but no, yeah, I mean that 9.11 was hard. I think it was it was the you know when when some of our troops lost their lives and that was hard. On the other hand a lot of the families really went out of the way to boost my spirits, you know. Yeah, they really did it so it's remarkable 9.11 was hard but it was so there's a fog of war. You know, I wasn't sure what's going on nobody was and it took a while for that fog to kind of settle out. I pretty much made up my mind we're going to protect the country and within the law and went after him. You sure did not and we're so divided as a nation now which everybody knows yeah. What would you do. Well, we're pretty divided when I was president after a while we were united right after 9.11 the enemy did a good job of bringing people bringing us together and then you know, and for a long time we were united and then it you know that some of the action overseas got tough and people that were supportive start bailing out for example of their support and then it became very political and some of this will burn out. But it's it requires all of us understanding how the other person thinks. So for example, I understand beginning to understand how Jenna thanks. Yeah, a lot a lot of this is all generation to their kids today never remembered Vietnam never remember. Yeah, you know it's interesting you said that because the period when you and I were much younger was very divided. Oh I remember the 60's and the 60's were horrendous and much worse than today. Yeah, when when he talks to Barbara and me who we are worried about some of the way that our country is going he always reassures us. Yeah, I mean after September 11th my parents always put Barbara and me first and I think that took a lot of. So for example, when the Secret Service start following Jenna in college, I was relieved. He's the best grandpa you've ever seen have paid last night Milan puppy just waited by the door they got so excited to see their hands. Well, it's the best may I speak for America and say thank you as you're saying thank you for the service of these these great American here is. Mister president we want to thank you for your service and thank you for the circle all right. Right after this you could stay home. Thank you all. Digital exclusives.