Already gathering. As we learn more and more about the legacy of president george h. W. Bush, and the 41st president come in so Many Americans gathering to say thank you as well as pay their respects were legacy for service and for his example. From washington, nice to be with you now on this sunday as we continue to remember the president of leland vittert. Eboni and i am eboni k. Williams. Rick leventhal in houston standing by with the latest. Reporter we are learning more about the final moments of george h. W. Bush surrounded by a small group of friends and family and clergy inside his home friday night just a few minutes from here. His final words were to his son george w. On a speakerphone and his son told him he been a wonderful dad and daddy loved him and bush 41 told his son i love you too in the past not long after that. The president s son neil was also in the room at the time and he spoke last night about how close both of his parents were to the city. They love the people
Head of the cia. Cnns jake tapper looks back at the legacy of his work here in the united states. The president s work. Not just here in the u. S. But on the world stage. Reporter historians say that president george h. W. Bushs dialings set the Gold Standard for the presidency a big idea, a new world order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. Reporter president bush charted u. S. Policies that promoted Eastern Europes peaceful emergence from communism. The fall of the berlin wall, the breakup of the soviet union, and the end of u. S. Soviet proxy wars in nicaragua and el salvador. Some had felt that we were so infat waited in the change infatuated in the change with Eastern Europe that we were neglecting this hemisphere. That is not the case. Regime he removed a drugdealing strongman, manuel noriega, turning it into the narco state. And the biggest u. S. Military operation since the vietnam war, president bush put to
Special air mission 41. The bush family will be gathering at Ellington Field shortly. You can see the motorcade there. His casket will be brought into view really for the first time as it will be loaded onto the plane. Then this world war ii flyboy will make one of his final flights. He will lie in state in the u. S. Capitol rotunda for the public to pay respects starting this evening going into wednesday morning. And then a state funeral begins. Also, traveling with his casket from texas to washington will be his beloved service dog sully. We saw him leaving the funeral home a short while ago. This is bushs longtime spokesman who shared this photo of sully laying next to the flagdraped casket. The caption reading simply, mission complete. Lets start in houston this morning. Kaylee hartung is at Ellington Air field with a layout of what were expected to see. This is the first of really a weeks worth of ceremonies. What will we see in a few minutes . Thats right, kate. Very soon here, g
In state at the capital for his Funeral Service later this week in washington. Of course on this sunday, tributes are continuing to pour in. Heres his former Vice President , dan quayle, appearing on sunday morning futures. He was a great individual and in my opinion, a great president. He loved his family. He loved his work. He loved the country. It was such an honor for me to work with him every single day that he was president and i was Vice President. For the american people. Is lives in College Station, home to the bush president ial library or he would be laid to rest alongside his wife barbara and their three yearold daughter who died of leukemia in 1953. Reporter the museum had a line outside this morning. A lot of families. Parents wanting to explain to their kids the news. And who george bush was. And how he changed history. Theres a number of exhibits in there. Some in chronological order. Beginning when the bushes moved out to texas making 300 a month. George bush went on t
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