burgeon in houston, texas, bob volunteered and came down. he couldn t afford to hire an employee so he hired a secretary named betty ackerman as a temporary employee and she stayed with him for 55 years. he built a business from scratch something which president bush recognized, many qualities in bob that he saw within himself and they became fast friends and after bob lost his wife and was looking for a way to channel his grief, he began to get involved in politics and was involved in all of the campaigns for president bush by raising money and helping in any way he could. neil: you know, you think of how famously cautious the president was viewed, barbara bush was viewed, in fact, to hear it almost too cautious, lampooned on saturday life, not going to
was beautiful. she had no physical vanity and in fact mocked her look, the strings of pearls were to hide her neck wrinkles when her hair turned white, it turned white but the bones on her face were strong and delicate and her eyes sparkled. it is that sparkle, it is that life, it is that take me as i am that has captivated the nation these last couple of days. we have sadly had to share the news that the former first lady barbara bush is gone, but clearly, in this crowd, 1,500 strong in this houston church, not forgotten. we will be taking you there throughout this broadcast and of course, beginning at noon with shepherd smith and my other colleagues. in the meantime focusing on the political developments that now barbara bush has left and departed from this world, the justice department s inspector general now reportedly probing whether james comey s mep os themselves contain classified information, of course this
were equally frightened i m sure the plane making an emergency landing, so the company confirm ing that earlier. here is the official statement from southwest saying that it had sent the checks along with $1,000 travel vouchers saying we can confirm the communication and the gesture are authentic and heartfelt. so neil as you know this is the first accident of this kind since 2009 but for the mother of two who lost her life i am sure that is of zero consolation to her family. back to you. neil: absolutely deirdre thank you very very much, taking it back to houston right now, where mourners are still gathering here, most have to be in place now within the next few minutes. other former presidents and their families, dignitaries a good number of the bush family also attending. some interesting retrospective back on barbara bush and the woman they are remembering, is her ways that i m told will come up in jeb bush s remembrance of his mom. when asked that she might not
the self-deprecating wit and all and a lot of people said her husband had a great sense of humor and didn t show it often and guarded with her emotions in public. but she would bring it out and that was quite deliberate. of course, that s the playful part of their personality and i saw that with george and laura bush, too. i think when they re with each other, they bring out the best in each other and, yes, the playful, funny side and she was wicked funny and sometimes to the point of being blunt, but absolutely, you know, really, we all appreciated what we learned from her example and that is, too, she wanted people to find joy in life and that s how she lived hers. neil: you know, anita, the story shared by laura bush that she had met just a couple of months into the trump presidency with melania trump apparently, melania invited her to the white house presumably to talk about raising children in the white house. what did you make of it? i had not heard that, maybe others knew abou
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