up. a big sports fan. there he is right there. dikembe heading in, who played for the houston rockets at one point. what does he do? gives back to his home country. charity. j.j. watt is there from the houston texans. think about after the hurricane and all the money he raised. george h.w. bush was a point of light. he was involved in all this, he supported all this. he helped bring attention to it. yes, he was also a huge sports fan. i remember checking in with his spokesman jim mcgrath, including this year when the red sox beat the astros. he said he s enjoying it, he s going to watch the astros beat your red sox again. 41 was a fan. you see it. he wore the socks, and he tried to go to the games. governor arnold schwarzenegger is arriving as well. a very close friend of the late president. and i want to add one thing about dikembe mutombo. you re wright. since retiring, he has done
around george w. bush and he talked about his dad, just immediately, the eyes well up because of the pride. you could see the love. and over the years, i heard many stories from the family, all these false alarms where we almost lost president bush, starting, what, ten years ago. when was the first time we almost lost him? it was very hard on george w. bush. he s a very emotional guy. people don t really know that. there s other people in the family who are known more for that. yesterday was very hard for him in front of official washington in the national cathedral. i think today is going to be a much easier day for him. he s going to be surrounded by all of his texas family friends, and even reba mcentire and the oak ridge boys are dear friends of the bushes. reba mcentire has been on vacation with the family. the oak ridge boys have been to kennebunkport many times. john, a lot of athletes are there. he was a big sports fan. the 41st president. you saw dikembe mutombo showing
we just wish everybody well. and how will you feel it here in houston? i know he was really active in the community with the sports teams and both of them as a fixture in the community. it s going to be very somber for the next year or so. reporter: fred, so many people told us about how there was such a great sense of respect that they had for the president as well as his family here. he was a big booster of the city. he really put houston on the map, a big sports fan as well. the seventh district, congressional district, that he represented now turning blue, but people don t seem to care. they really believe that he was a very good, decent person who crossed the partisanship and divide we see today. yeah, he had a big reach. suzanne, thank you so much in houston. meantime, stories and tributes are still pouring in for president george h.w. bush. this morning, former california governor arnold schwarzenegger told cnn about the time bush 41 tried to teach him how to sled.
his wife, ashley is a strong person and a person of faith. as girls are wonderful. i m sure that they are doing their best to hold us together but i can imagine it is very difficult. tucker: so as a lawyer, what do you think the next move for judge kavanaugh is? w the president says he welcomes the opportunity for the process to unfold but i know judge kavanaugh has said that he s eager to defend his honor and his integrity. he likes to play offense, not defense. he s a big sports fan as i think you know and he s a very proactive person. i believe he will set the record straight about exactly what is going on here. senator hatch today issued a really interesting statement, tucker. i don t know if you saw it. tucker: i did. he said judge kavanaugh denied ever being at any sort of a party like the one that has
i hope they are doing okay. his wife is a strong person, a person of faith and his girls are wonderful. i m sure they are doing their best to hold it together but i m can t imagine it s very difficult. tucker: so now as a lawyer, what do you think the next move for judge kavanaugh is? the president said today that he welcomes the opportunity for the process to unfold and i know that judge kavanaugh has said that he is here to defend his honor and his integrity. judge kavanaugh likes to play offense, not defense. he s a big sports fan as i think you know and he s a very proactive person. i believe he is going to set the record straight about exactly what is going on here. senator hatch today issued a really interesting statement, tucker. i don t know if you saw it. he said that judge kavanaugh again denied at being at any sort of party like the one that