hospital many times over the course of the last five or six years because he had parkinson s, and it affected his ability to get rid of phlegm and stuff, and that would accumulate and give him pneumonia. he would go in the hospital, they would cure him, he would come out. there was a lot of that. but it never really affected his spirit. in fact, he said after barbara died that he wasn t ready to go. he used to kid about wanting to live to be 100. but that last day was really a very, very gentle and peaceful passing for him. he had not gotten out of bed for three or four days. i live close by his home here in houston, and i went over there at 7:15 on friday morning. expecting to see him sleeping. but he was alert, more alert than he had been in four or five days.
and those are the last words that he ever spoke. we should all have such last words. yes, indeed, and we should all have such a gentle and peaceful passing. you spent a lot of time with president bush, over the past weeks and months going out to dinner and visiting him. from what he told you, it seems as though he was ready to go. well, by the time yes, but he really wasn t ready to go after barbara died. in fact, he said so. but by the time he got back here to houston from his summer in kennebunkport, i think he was pretty much ready to go. quality of life had deteriorated a lot for him. your relationship with the president goes back decades. you got to know him as tennis partners back in houston in the 50s. you were by his side from his senate campaign in texas through the white house and beyond. here you are, here you are
phone and 43 said i love you, dad. and i just want to and i ll see you in heaven. and 41 said i love you, too. and those were the last words that he ever spoke. we should all have such last words. yes, indeed. and we should all have such a gentle and peaceful passing. you spent a lot of time with president bush over the past weeks and months, going out to dinner and visiting him in kennebunkport. from what he told you, it seems as though he was ready to go? well, by the time yes. but he really wasn t ready to go after barbara died. in fact, he said so. but by the time he got back here to houston from his summer in kennebunkport, i think he was pretty much ready to go. quality of life had deteriorated a lot for him. your relationship with the president goes back decades. you got to know him as tennis partners back in houston in the 50s. you were by his side from his
well, it was actually a pretty sweet day, jake. he had been failing for a little while. of course, he had been in and out of the hospital many times over the course of the past five or six years, because he had parkinson s and it affected his ability to get rid of phlegm and stuff, and that would accumulate and give him pneumonia. he would go into the hospital, they would cure him and he would come out. there was a lot of that. but it never really affected his spirit. in fact, he said after barbara died that he wasn t ready to go. he used to kid about wanting to live to be 100. but that last day was really a very, very gentle and peaceful passing for him. he had not gotten out of bed for three or four days. i live close by his home here in houston, and i went over there at 7:15 on friday morning, expecting to see him sleeping,
scrubbed the same way the republican memo was scrubbed so they could both be put out at the same time? the information wasn t ready to go. so we decided to release ours. people with criticize that decision. let s bring in former democratic congresswoman elizabeth holzman who played a key role in the impeachment of president richard nixon. i want to get your reaction to adam schiff calling this a political hit job by the fbi done on behalf of president trump. he s absolutely right. looking at it from the perspective of watergate and the house ju zidiciary committee thi served, i can t think of whether the committee democrats put something out and the republicans had no chance to say anything about it. we understood that when we re talking about the well-being on the country, you can t just have a partisan effort. you includes the other side. you hear their point of view, so