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Are always important, but never more so important than the time that were living in. We heard former president bill clinton use the words total class. And we heard former president barack obama, a democrat, say a gentleman. And i think civility, his graciousness, the way he handled himself is a role model we all will miss. Jamie, dana, thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Im don lemon. It is the top of the hour. Here is our breaking news. The 41st president of the United States, george h. W. Bu...

Special. more on their unlikely friendship just ahead. >> president clinton beat me like a drum back in 1992. and then we became friends and some of his friends look at him and they say, have you lost it with this crazy guy? and some of mine look at it and say its the same thing, what are you doing with clinton? and just because you run against someone does not mean you have to be enemies. politics does not have to be mean and ugly.

And im confident that, you know, we had a good administration, good people and i think the same thing is true of our son, and you know, had tough times and all, but hes doing it right. i hope that we, both have set examples for how you ought to conduct yourself when youve been president and then go out of office. let the other guy do it and support him when you can and be silent, dont be out there criticizing all the time. >> president clinton beat me like a drum back in 1992 and then we became ...

From. thank you, david axelrod, for sharing your stories, your thoughts, good to have you with us. they used to be political rivals and ended up long time friends. presidents h.w. bush and bill clinton shared something special. well have more on their unlikely friendship next. >> president clinton beat me like a drum back in 1992 and then we became friends. some say, have you lost it with this crazy guy and some of mine look at it and say, its just the same thing. what are you doing with clinton...

Friends. as we celebrate the life of president george h.w. bush. a look at the special bond he forged with bill clinton. next. >> president clinton beat me like a drum back in 1992, and then we became friends, and some of his friends look at him, and they say have you lost it with this crazy guy? and some of mine look at it and say its just the same thing. what are you doing with clinton? just because run against someone does not mean you have to be enemies. politics does not have to be mean and...

Expression of condolences from the president and the first lady as n as personal a term as you -- in as personal a term as you can get. well see president trump later this morning. i expect well get more. >> all right, abby phillip in buenos aires. thank you very much. >> thanks. there is other news that were following this morning, as well. president trumps former attorney michael cohen apparently had been expecting to be protected by the president if he faced any charges. well talk about tha...

Disappointed. i think people wanted change. i got a whole rationale of reasons why i did not get reelected. but maybe if i had been a little more emotional or more revealing of the person, why maybe it would have helped. but it never occurred to me then. my idea on legacy is let the historians figure out what i screwed up and figure out what i got right. and im confident we had a good administration and good people, and i think the same thing is true of our son. he had tough times and all, but h...

Most of us were born. >> president obama said this today. will engaging with cuba actually give the u.s. more power than trying to isolate? >> well, i absolutely think that it will. you know, it is also freedom for people here too. why is that it cuba was the only country on the planet where we had restrictions like this. we should have had the freedom to go anywhere in the world that we want to. we should also have the freedom to bring back things from the country. for example, you cant even br...