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George. >> civility. civility, a gentleman, a class act, you saw it all right there, wolf. >> certainly was. all right, jamie gangel, we will get back to you, i know you have a lot more stories to share with our viewers. we will look forward to your documentary later tonight. 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. joining us now on the phone, democratic senator from vermts, patrick leahy, senator, thanks so much for joining us, i know you served in the senate when george h.w. bush was vice president, ...

Difficult for so many across the state. a wreath outside the houston home where americas 41st president lived. joining us are our correspondent kaly hartung, in houston. describe the mood there. >> reporter: well, wolf, george h.w. bush served this country with valor and integrity but to houstonians, he was one of their most relatable and esteemed neighbors. those are the words of houstons mayor, sylvester turner. and the bushes could have moved anyway. when he left public office. but they chose...

Distinction, all of his life. >> we are also learning of the presidents final words before his passing. cnns jamie gangel is joining us now, and what have you learned? what do we know? >> reporter: ive just confirmed, wolf, with a source who is familiar with the final hours, that actually former president bushs final words came in a phone conversation with his son, former president george w. bush, who we called 4i 4i, t -- 43, the two men were on speaker phone and im told that president george w...

Vladimir putin with the high five and it seemed like an oughtocrat summit and the president passed up on the meeting to go to vladimir putin and say listen, these are the problems would he have with you right now, you need to change your ways. and the president gave up that opportunity, because they say, because of the crisis with ukraine. not because of the russia investigation. it seems he is going to be leaving this summit, having more extensive conversations with the chinese president xi jin...

Oxygen alone. and so there we were, now, that day, wolf, it was rainy, and we were going to jump on a postage size stamp of land, there was a church steep until kennebunkport, a flag pole, all kind of things going on, and they needed a hole in the weather, we were broadcasting it live, so everything was like about timing, and he asked the guys, hey, guy, i want to show robin my boat, could you fly around and tilt the plane so i can show her my boat? and i said mr. bush, i could clearly see the b...

Cancel the formal meeting leads to, and im quoting the kremlin now, more tension with the united states. >> i think that is certainly the case. although we should point out last night, as you just said a moment ago, i guess president trump and vladimir putin did have a few moments where they were able to have an informal conversation. it is not exactly clear how much was said, and we should also point out, wolf, the kremlin is saying that earlier on in this g-20 summit, that there were contacts ...

right now mitt romneys on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romneys top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all thats been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw t...