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George. >> civility. civility, a gentleman, a class act, you saw it all right there, wolf. >> certainly was. all right, jamie gangel, we will get back to you, i know you have a lot more stories to share with our viewers. we will look forward to your documentary later tonight. 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. joining us now on the phone, democratic senator from vermts, patrick leahy, senator, thanks so much for joining us, i know you served in the senate when george h.w. bush was vice president, during the reagan administration, and during his own presidency, you worked with him on a number of ...

Difficult for so many across the state. a wreath outside the houston home where america's 41st president lived. joining us are our correspondent kaly hartung, in houston. describe the mood there. >> reporter: well, wolf, george h.w. bush served this country with valor and integrity but to houstonians, he was one of their most relatable and esteemed neighbors. those are the words of houston's mayor, sylvester turner. and the bushes could have moved anyway. when he left public office. but they chose to make houston their home in 1993 and in the time sense, barbara and george became interwoven in...

Distinction, all of his life. >> we are also learning of the president's final words before his passing. cnn's jamie gangel is joining us now, and what have you learned? what do we know? >> reporter: i've just confirmed, wolf, with a source who is familiar with the final hours, that actually former president bush's final words came in a phone conversation with his son, former president george w. bush, who we called 4i 4i, t -- 43, the two men were on speaker phone and i'm told that president george w. bush, the son, said to his dad, you have been quote a wonderful father, and that the father s...

Vladimir putin with the high five and it seemed like an oughtocrat summit and the president passed up on the meeting to go to vladimir putin and say listen, these are the problems would he have with you right now, you need to change your ways. and the president gave up that opportunity, because they say, because of the crisis with ukraine. not because of the russia investigation. it seems he is going to be leaving this summit, having more extensive conversations with the chinese president xi jingping, obviously, then he had at all with vladimir putin. >> sitting down with him. and it is intere...

Oxygen alone. and so there we were, now, that day, wolf, it was rainy, and we were going to jump on a postage size stamp of land, there was a church steep until kennebunkport, a flag pole, all kind of things going on, and they needed a hole in the weather, we were broadcasting it live, so everything was like about timing, and he asked the guys, hey, guy, i want to show robin my boat, could you fly around and tilt the plane so i can show her my boat? and i said mr. bush, i could clearly see the boat, and i could count the engines, mr. bush, why do you need 900 horsepower, and he said, to beat t...