Page 33 - Powell S News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We're getting new excerpts tonight from one of powell's last interviews. he spoke with bob woodward about his health issues. >> well, you see, i got to go to the hospital about two or three times a week. i've got multiple myeloma cancer and i got parkinsons disease but otherwise, i'm fine. >> oh, no, i'm so sorry. >> don't so no. don't feel sorry for me for god's sakes. i'm 85 years old. i got to have something and i don't -- i haven't lost a day of life fighting these two diseases. i'm in good shape. >> oh, well, that's great. you've never lost a day of life. i mean, think of the activists ge...

Using this to question the efficacy of vaccines, what do you say? >> i would say, think about the vaccine as a very good raincoat. it protects you when there is a drizzle outside. but then, when there is a thunderstorm, if you are in and out of hurricanes all the time, at some point you could get wet. but that's not because there's something wrong with the raincoat. it's because there's just way too much rain all around you. and so, in this case, we really have to consider what we need to do as a society, which is to suppress the level of overall infection and protect individuals. and i would ...

You are general colin powell and he says yes, i am. >> i know he was one of my guys. >> reporter: when powell's car got a flat, the amputee pulled over and helped him fix it. he writes on facebook, thanks anthony, let's stop screaming each other and take care of each other. you remind us what this country is about. >> bob woodward spoke with the state secretary in july. 50 interviews he conducted with powell over the course of 32 years. >> well, you see i have got to go to the hospital about two or three times a week. i have parkinson's disease and i have got myeloma cancer but otherwise, i am...

He was one of the guys. >> reporter: when powell's car got a flat, military veteran anthony m., an amputee, pulling over to help him fix it powell later writing on facebook, thanks anthony. you touched my soul and reminded me of what this country is all about. let's stop screaming at each other. let's just take care of each other. >> and we're also learning general powell's wife has covid and is recovering. >> reporter: right, lester alma powell is recovering nicely at home meanwhile, general powell is rightly being celebrated for his historic military and foreign policy achievements, but his ...

Popularity at this time. there is the military side of general powell and the moral authority that we have been talking about. we showed a clip on general powell addressing the birthism conspiracy and calling it racist. this is not true, we have to say it's not true and we have to make the case for our policies and ideas and not get into this stuff which of course infected the party down the road. you think of republicans today, you have to look and check with donald trump before they stayed with my opinions. general powell never had that problem, it's something that's in short supply today. >...