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>> may god bless all who sail her. >> i was not going to be standing between two presidents and not properly christen the ship. the commissioning took place january 2009. and it was one of the very last things that my brother george was able to do as president. >> laura and i are thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome ship and to honor an awesome man. >> one surprise that we had for president bush was there was a fly-by of an avenger, which is the airplane that he flew. and it caught him by surprise and i think that just flooded the emotion gate for president bush. after that he spe...

It's not good luck if the bottle doesn't shatter. so i literally mustered every ounce of strength i had to smash that bottle. >> may god bless all who sail her. >> i was not going to be standing between two presidents and not properly christen the ship. the commissioning took place january 2009. and it was one of the very last things that my brother george was able to do as president. >> laura and i are thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome ship and to honor an awesome man. >> one surprise that we had for president bush was there was a fly-by of an avenger, which is the airplane th...

Vice president. he probably had the greatest resume of any person to become president of the united states. how lucky we were to have him in the late 1980s and early 90s when those volcanic convulsive events did change the world. in fact hundreds of millions of people were freed in eastern europe and bush knew precisely what to do. eric: he said he did not want to dance on the berlin wall. he was humble and gracious in the sense of reserve. a lot of people did not know he was shot down in that avenger. two of his cam rad -- comrades on the plane were killed. we know the story about jfk and the...

This is up with of the things that people definitely stop and take a look at. this is former president bush's actual limo. one interesting thing is i'm told the secret service is still involved any time this is moved from here. the library and museum is about 90 acres. it's filled with every aspect of mr. bush's life including plenty of family photos. his time at yale. we all know how important family was to him. he was married to barbara bush for 73 years. many called it a great love affair. they had five children together. 17 grand kids. one other thing i want to show you, if you take a look...

The commissioning took place january 2009. and it was one of the very last things that my brother george was able to do as president. >> laura and i are thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome ship and to honor an awesome man. >> one surprise that we had for president bush was there was a fly-by of an avenger, the airplane that he flew. it caught him by surprise and i think that just flooded the emotion gate for president bush. after that he spent the night and i get a phone call at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning saying hey, captain, the president is up wandering around the halls shakin...