Good evening. Brian is off tonight. Im lester holt. Former president george w. Bush is hospitalized tonight, recovering from a procedure to open up a blocked artery in his heart. Doctors discovered the blockage during a routine exam and placed a stent in the artery. Its a pretty common procedure, performed thousands of times each year in the country. Still, the news caught a lot of us offguard, as the 67yearold former president has always appeared quite fit, and is known for maintaining a vigorous exercise regiment. And so tonight, his diagnosis has put the spotlight on the limits of a Healthy Lifestyle when it comes to a healthy heart. Our chief medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman starts us off. Reporter when he was in office, president bushs medical team declared him to be in the superior fitness category. With low Blood Pressure and low cholesterol levels. I had my physical. And im feeling pretty good. Reporter even after leaving office, president bush has continued to maintain an ac
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I am pumped y'all, Artemis 1 launched last night and with it, NASA is officially on its way to the moon once again and will use that platform to eventually launch to Mars. Oh no, I think I have Sqeeed myself again.