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Tonight, a nation bids farewell to a president. his son, george w. bush, breaking down while honoring his father, president george herbert walker bush. all living u.s. presidents and first ladies, their hands to their hearts. tonight, what brought a son to tears. and the moment president trump arrived, the nation watching. the interaction between him and former presidents and first ladies. a rare moment to see all of them together. also tonight, the breaking news. two marine planes plunging into the sea. an f-18 and a c-130. several american service members onboard. tonight, an urgent search...

The 41st president. >> important unity for the country. jon karl, thanks so much for your reporting all day. and our coverage of the celebration of george h.w. bush continues tomorrow. the final service at st. martin's episcopal church in houston. that's at 11:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning, right here. in the meantime, we do move onto the other news this wednesday night. and there is a breaking headline tonight. a military accident involving a marine fa-18 and a kc-130, plunging into the sea off the coast of japan. several american service members onboard, and there is a search and rescue...

This just in. two u.s. military aircraft have crashed off the coast of japan, according to a u.s. defense official. it's believed there are five people on board, service members. the c-130 and two service members on the f-18 that went down. this is just initial reports. the u.s. marine corps says search and rescue operations are under way and the crashes happened during a regularly scheduled training. we're going to continue to monitor the situation and cnn will bring more news on this as it develops. also in our world lead today, has president trump been duped by a dictator? new satellite i...

His home in bahrain. so, let's get right to abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, david, this was such a shock, not only for his family, but for the 20,000 forces he has commanded since may. this is one of the most critical positions in the navy, in the persian gulf region, where u.s. sailors have faced off with iranian revolutionary guard boats, weapons smugglers and pirates. admiral stearney was a decorated f-18 pilot, a former top gun instructor with more than 1,000 carrier landings. he had also served...

Notre dame in 1982. he went through top gun training. he flew f-18 super hornets. made more than 1,000 aircraft carrier landings, even served as a top even served as a top gun instructor, really among the most skilled, the most dedicated and a highly decorated admiral as well. we understand he was married with two children, described as a dedicated husband and father, a good friend, certainly a lot of people this morning are asking why this happened with this man. >> and hans, i mentioned many of those people are in the building you're sitting in right now. i know that his death has reverberat...