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Coming days. We understand the family the bush family will be congregating here. In the next couple days. There will be a private service held at st. Martin church. The church they attended for many years. Here together the same church barbaras life was remembered a couple blocks behind us here. And then President Bush will be flown to dc. Theres men before him of his stature have been. The public will be able to view him. Hell lie in state. And a Funeral Service at the national cathedral. Befor...

Communism, and the soviet union fell apart, george h.w. bush was president of the united states. >> the cold war didnt have to end peacefully. it could have ended with a bang instead of a whimper, but he made sure that it ended peacefully and took a lot of heat in the process for not being willing to be -- to emote more about winning the cold war. >> reporter: only months into president bushs term, chinas government brutally crashed a pro-democracy uprising in tiananmen square in beijing. the pr...

In tiananmen square. he had been the top diplomat and refused to slam the door. >> we must react to setbacks in a way which stimulates rather than stifles progress toward open and representative system. >> reporter: hoping to stimulate progress, bush funneled u.s. support to nations where communist leaders chose to negotiate with reformers. he visited poland and hungary in july of 1989, receiving large and enthusiastic welcomes. as reform in eastern europe sped up, the president stayed cautious ...

President ford. condemned the bloody repression. but refused to slam the door on the u.s. chinese relationship. >> the process of the democracy of the communist society will not be a smooth one. and we must react to set backs in the way which stimulate rather than stifles progress toward open and represented system. >> reporter: hoping to stimulate progress, bush funneled u.s. support to nations where communist leader chose to negotiate with reformers. he visited poland and hungry in july of 198...