simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. welcome back to our special coverage. i m woman blitzer in college station, texas, the home of texas a&m university and the home of george h.w. bush presidential library and museum. right now the 41st president of the united states is aboard a special train, bush 4141 left houston, texas a little while ago making its way here to college station. you see live pictures right there. you see the map on the screen of the various towns it will pass. people have been standing alongside the tracks throughout this time. they re trying to get a glimpse
i people felt it was important to come out here, bring their kids out here, just a to be he and people wanted to see that. they know that president bush tlfd so i think he s getting close. we ll keep our eyes on the rail. and i love that little boy. he knows all about pressure there s going to be a lot of snow when the train really gets there. i want our viewers to see what s going on. the train is going to continue coming to where we are, the final stop, which is college station, texas. dana, it s so sweet to see
m. it s clearly slowing down, the train, where you are. you beginning to see it, gibbing to hear it? we are againing to here it s getting closer because i can happy heari m holding they this image and echo for this moment in america history. you can feel this vibe here right on the little street, right on the train tracks. still can t hear the train yet. i can hear it and it s getting closer. people are getting excited to see the train, despite the fact that the rain keeps.
you can feel it. so very quickly, i can only imagine the bush family inside that train is reacting when they see all these people lined up in these small towns, waving the american flag, saluting this american president. i think it must be very moving for them. we from other areas. it must be very moving to see that. i m sure they were all looking forward to exhale and have a bite to eat. i bet they haven t. i bet they re looking out the windows and waving back. especially just the image from stephanie eel aeb ang this is a beautiful, american moment
of the train, trying to get a glimpse of history unfolding right now. it s a very, very moving sight and we watch all of this unfold. john king is with me, dana bash is with me. mary cate carey is with me. there s going to be a formal ceremony one the train arrives. the casket will be removed, president bush, laura bush and family, they will be here. and all the military honors he deserves. we had the good fortune of getting a tour of the library. you see a bridge out in the back and mary cate can describe it better, it s a bridge and it s a private area that you can t see. it s secluded on purpose. the bushes decided that would be their final resting place. after days of ceremony and days