Greta Exclusive: A Conversation With the Rev. Billy Graham

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, a rare night in cable news, Reverend Billy Graham and President Bush 43. Earlier today, we went to North Carolina and spoke to Reverend Graham shortly before he had lunch with President Bush.

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VAN SUSTEREN: Dr. Graham, it's very nice to see you, and I appreciate you sitting down and doing this interview with us.

REV. BILLY GRAHAM: Thank you. It's a privilege. I've looked forward to it, doing it sometime.

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, I've been looking forward to it, as well.

GRAHAM: Thank you. It's the first interview I've given in several years to anybody, so I count this a privilege to be with you.

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, I'm flattered and grateful to have the chance.

GRAHAM: Thank you.

VAN SUSTEREN: So how did you meet the Bush family?

GRAHAM: The Bush family? I would have to think that through a little bit, but I think it was his grandfather. I met them in Florida. I played golf with him, and then his grandmother invited me to her home, invited about a dozen neighbors to for me to answer biblical questions or to pray with them and to teach them. And that began a long friendship with her. She was one of the sweetest women I think I ever met, a very deep Christian. And she became a wonderful friend to me. And through her, I began to meet the rest of the family.

VAN SUSTEREN: So you know, President Bush 41 and President Bush 43, both of them?

GRAHAM: Right, 41 I've known very -- he became one of my best friends. And we became very close friends. I was living (ph) on very special occasions and spent several times at the White House with them. He and Barbara became very close friends to Ruth and me.

VAN SUSTEREN: And of course, then you met President Bush 43, the younger President Bush -- younger President Bush.

GRAHAM: George W. Bush.