Loyal husband, gampy, great grandfather, father, and i think you will be remembered while ine history of this country. Shannon i think you are right. We leave with a beautiful cartoon tonight, and fox news if youre joining us, breaking News Coverage in the death of president George H W Bush. We are at foxnews headquarters in new york. President bush 41 he was the oldest president u. S. History. 41 at the home and his condolences and fond memories are ripouring in for former advisers and wellwishers from Around The World. Hes been remembered as a statesman and icon of the greatest generation and oneofakind. We look back at the life of thi american hero. And new breeze is blowing. In a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn. For in mans heart, its not in fact the day of the dictator is over. George bush hardest task as president was giving a green light for Operation Desert Storm. But he is credited with rescuin the new oral rich nations. Before George Herbert walker bush took his first up into the white house seem learned to wal in maine. Born june 12, 1924, in the town of milton, massachusetts to a family in Public Service. He is the second of five children to dorothy and senator with high school behind him he was accepted at Yale University but put his education on hold. R in 1942, george bush celebrated his 18th Birthday by enlisting in the u. S. Naval reserve. Within a year, he was ensign
bush, the youngest fighter pilo and that may be very taken part in 58 combat missions. Bush was flying his plane on th special Bombing Mission over china when he was shot down by the japanese and was forced to bail out at sea. He survived, though his crew di not. Im floating around in this raft, paddling, and then all of a sudden i saw this tower come up and saw the supporting surface. With you in the War Insights Bush said his sights on barbara pierce, the two went in 1945, while bush was still on the navy. They would have six children including our 43rd president george w. Bush. In popular Florida Governor jeb. He left the navy and graduated from your mac before he and barbara moved to texas to find his dreams on an oil field. By the age of 30 he was cofounder and president of support offshore which pioneere
experimental drilling equipment. Just like his fatherququ, bush ejected the Public Service and politics. Te alter losing his first politica race for a senate seat in 1964, he was elected to the House Of Representatives two years later serving two terms. Encouraged by Richard Nixon to run again for the senate in 1970 , he was defeated a second time. He moved onto high government positions in 1971 Richard Nixon appointed him ambassador to the united nations. In 1973, he became chairman of the republicantt National Commitment at the height of the watergate scandal. In that role he urged nixon to
resign for the good he was sent to china as chie of the u. S. Liaison Office Shor Time later ford called him home to be director of the cia. Bush was credited with bringing morale back to the agency. He left in 1977 when president carter entered the white house. By 1979 he was ready to get bac into the political ring. Et i am a and gentlemen, candidate for president of the United States. Bush was seen as a moderate alternative to Ronald Reagan, but dropped out from the president ial campaign after fou primary performances. A short time later he accepted reagans offered to be his running mate. Reagan won in a landslide per during his eight years as Vice President , bush was credited with softening reagans view of the Soviet Ununion and pressed hard on issues like deregulatio and the war on drugs. In the natural progression, bus became the republican parties nominee and 1988 when senator dan lequayle from indiana as hi running mate. The Republican Team defeated Massachusetts GovernorMichael Dukakis in texas senator lloyd bentsen. I George Herbert walker bush do solemnly swear. During his presidency the
soviet unionre dissolved the berlin wall fell, and Manweller Noriega was arrested, securing the panama canal. When everything came to a head when iraq and Saddam Hussein invaded neighboring kuwait. Or were not walking away and so our mission is done, in till th invader is out of kuwait. President bush reacted quickly over 400,000 u. S. Troop in building a Strong Coalition of allies. Er Operation Desert Storm had begun. The majority ajof america supported the president s decision to throw saddam hussei back into iraq and bush is Popularity Rating r was at an alltime high. Be most thought he was unbeatable for a second term. A broken campaign promise. Read my lips. Would come back to haunt of the 41st president and in the fall of 1992 with the war a distant memory, george bush los
reelection to former arkansas governor bill clinton. Bush traveledsh to kuwait to commemorate the Gulf War Inat 1 and assassination plot on his life was uncovered, but bush wa unharmed. It was later discovered the poorly orchestrated plan was th work of the iraqi intelligence service. The Kuwaiti Court would convict all but one of the defendants. Bush retired to texas with barbara getting in a few round of horseshoes and celebrating countless birthdays parachuting out of planes, spending time with the w family in maine, and reliving memories of when he wa a boy. I can honestly say that the three most rewarding titles bestowed upon me are the three that ive got left. The husband, a father, and a granddad. While retired his wife was active u until the end joining forces with former political fo bill clinton to raise money for the victims of the 2004 indian
ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The former president s formed a close friendship continuing their charity work and enjoying annual luncheons at pushes home and using his experience insights to serve as a quiet advisor to his oldest son the 43 rd president. Here are attending george w. Bush is president ial Library Dedication in 2013, and sharing a few words. Glad to be here. God bless america, thank you very much. Bush even kept up with public by joining twitter where he often shared photos of his colorful socks that became part of his signature look. Each brought Health Challenges of course, Parkinsons Disease left them in a wheelchair and brief hospital stays in his 90s for pneumonia, bronchitis and a fall and his home. But not enough to keep him out of the limelight throwing out the first pitch before 2016 Baseball Game and pregame ceremonies month later at the super bowl in his houston hometown. Reuniting with his former running mate and Vice President dan quayle in july, and then catching a glimpse of the rare Eclipse Tcthat Cross The Countr alongside his family in maine i august. One of his last public appearances was at his beloved wife barbaras funeral where he met with former president s, first ladies, and the current first lady melania trump. Bush arrecently returned to his Vacation Home town of kennebunkport, maine,. Following veterans for a pancak breakfast before he was hospitalized for a lowpressure Blood Pressure and fatigue. This is the first time in decades that neither he nor his wife attended the annual memorial day parade. He said hes forever grateful t
those patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice to our nation , but also the gold star families whose heritage is imbued with their honor and heroism. Known for his maturity and straightforward approach, georg h of you bush called country to be better in hopes of inspiring that people to be great. I think historians are going to say we did pretty well. Thats all right for me. When not in any rush to let the make that determination. Tonight,in Senior Special report at our cheap political anger and commit you think abou that he talks about being in heaven and folks looking down and tonight were all thinking about him and his reunion, but he said with his wife and their young daughter that they lost many decades ago. Tonight im at the reagan president ial library behind me,Air Force One where President Reagan took it Around The World and his Vice PresidentGeorge H W Bush you know, i think the world will probably as the president said smiled down, history will tell how the world remembers the term of president George H W Bush, but what im struck by is the family relationship. Think about this. 17 grandchildren eight greatgrandchildren. His oldest Daughter Robin died when she was four years old in 1953. When barbara bush died, his wife there was that moment where at the funeral, president bush was sitting in his wheelchair, his daughter behind him, and he is looking at the casket and it was a moment that really i think captured i the
feeling of this family, as he was saying goodbye to his wife y of so many years. The other thing that captured the imagination i think of the American People was the cartoon actually thats the barbara bus seen going to heaven and reuniting with her daughter fou yearold daughter who died, robin. Now, as youk look at these pictures, you think about that reunification and you think about the love of his life he i now with him and obviously with robin as well. I think history will look back to president George H W Bush is an honorable man and is a good president. To change the trajectory of the United States. Thank you. Certainly on The World Stage. With the cold war and has world compliments as well. Were going to bring in fox news and a host Chris Wallace as well. I want to read one of the tweet thats gone out from one of his grandchildren say nothing gave my gampy more than service to others. His leadership taught us to be kinder and jim martell, to love each other. We will love him dearly. Chris, thats going to be an interesting conversation for this country to have. It will likely be very bipartisan over the next few days as we remembery the life o this very special man and forme president. Absolutely. Si there is a sense in the country now that its a zerosum game that one side wins the other side loses. That Wasnt The Way that George H W Bush viewed life and ertainly not the way he viewed politics he was very competitive , very toughe fought hard for a variety of positions fought hard to become president and was certainly at least for
short time when he lost in 1992 to bill clinton, but he had a sense of the community that Thi Country Isth and what unites us opposed to divides us. If we could have more that conversation of the next few days as we celebrate his life and observe his death, that wil be his last contribution to thi country. I wanted to mention there was a lot of talk today amongst peopl that president bush might be in trouble. That he might be near death he was a tough bird and a number o times he was hospitalized and things seemed quite serious so wrote to a couple of his top staff people. One of them is his Press Spokesman and you hate to even ask this question, but just, is
he in trouble. He wrote a note back and said basically yes, hes having a tough week, but hes had a lot of tough weeks and he bounces back and he then said this morning, less than 24 hours ago he had three eggs for breakfast and is at home resting comfortably. So the people closest to him were not at all convinced that this was going to be the end fo George H W Bush. I also read a note to a wonderful woman, who has been s close to him, his chief of staf in the president ial office in houston. One of the things i got a kick of we arranged a variety of interviews, the president and all his staff email address wa sl fw. Com and i always used to when i first thought i said wha
does thatt mean and i finally figured out former leader of th free world. Com and that was kin of the lights, obviously he too the presidency seriously, but he didnt take himself seriously. Sl fw. Com was his email address. Very lighthearted and we thinkht about and weve talked about how much he loved a good joke a good punch line even if it was at his own expense, he was somebody who accomplish so much on The World Stage that its impossible to go through his entire resume and remind people of all the things he did internationally and domestically. What a brave navy aviator he was , going straight into the war , getting up on his getting through yield in two and a half years which is an accomplishmen for anyone, but he just kept
charging and chris, we talk tonight about how he was a risk taker and people remember him a somebody as were showing him skydiving which you love to do too, that he was somebody who wasnt afraid to strike, and fa government. He was all rising to a new challenge. I asked him about as skydiving and his decision to do that. Even that he put not just as a lark or a personal adventure to him, but as to a Public Service. He said im trying to send a message to old folks like him a that point, heoi was in his 80s he said you dont have to siti remember him putting at this weight you dont have to drool in the corner. You can do something. Maybe it Isnt Skydiving with the golden knights, but you can do something. Dont put yourself in the grave before youre really there. You talk about his sense of humor. I had the great opportunity one
time after i had interviewed hi in houston that he invited me take to go off and have lunch with him. We were talking in 2005 after the terrible tsunami in asia he and his son bush 43 assigned hi and bill clinton to go toward the area part of it was to rais money by publicizing the terrible situation there. George h w bush and bill clinto did not seem like a natural fit George Clinton had beaten bush in the 92 election in addition to which their personalities could not have been more different. President bush, 41 regaled us a lunch about their trip together through Southeast Asia and one of the things he said was we ar so different, he loves to talk, and i may be more measured, but a lot of what he said was very
interesting and among the things , if i was having trouble talking about something i knew that bill would extract another thing that frankly drove him crazy aboutm bill clinton was t fact that bill clinton and anybody thats ever covered him he would get involved in a conversation and he would just always talked about operating o clinton time. So they agreed they were going to get up and go around with a 9 00 a. M. Their trips to Southeast Asia and bush would be in the car at 9 00 a. M. Maybe even at 8 57 e. M. , and clinton would show up when he did. He said it clearly bothered clinton that he was always keeping bush waiting so one day at about 8 55 a. M. , he came downstairs excitedly like he wa going to beat bush into the car into the limousine taking them around the bush, not knowing this, not doing this on purpose had gotten to the car at 8 50 a. M. He said the look of disappointment on his face when he looked in the car and though he beat me again. One thing that bush very much respected because they were traveling around in a president ialid jet was the deference that bill clinton showed him and that clinton, bush was considerably older, always insisted that George H W Bush have the president ial cabi and sleep in the president ial bed and clinton would find the couch on Air Force One or sleep on the floor. He always paid respect and you know, went to great pains to make sure that bush 41 was comfortable. As we watch this Treasure Trove of memories we have. All these pictures. You see there the banner from the kuwaiti people and that of course was a big moment in his t presidency the coalition that
the u. S. Was involved with goin into defeat the iraqis and a flashpoint in that region. There was so much that he accomplished on the International Stage. We see him there with the troop having served himself he had a great fondness for our men and women in service. He continued throughout his lif to do things with the Wounded Warriors well into his retirement in ways that would inspire other people. Thats what it was about inspiring all of us to giv