president george w. bush s former white house political director. are you with me? i short schram, harris. harris: can you see on the screen right now? yes, ma am. harris: we were choreograph our audience together what is happening. this is the departure ceremony. the last that we will see as the president leaves, his remains and family, they leave aboard this restraint. i want to get your thoughts. that train is so right, he said. it s terrific. we honor it going down houston to college station, through opening the library. it s an awesome trade. it s more than just the engine. the whole train is configured to be like harry truman s train, in a way. everyone on it is fabulous. president bush is very happy right now. there is no place he would rather be than being on 4141. i m sure that harris: wrong, i m going to
that he has taken in his long life of service. one nmore ceremony on the groun here before he is sent off. we re told the motorcade has now arrived at joint base andrews and this formal departure ceremony is about to begin. there will be full honors rendered. as you point out ruffles and flourishes, hail to the chief. you see the top military brass. they have gathered there to pay their respects to george h.w. bush himself, a world war ii hero, who volunteered for the u.s. military at the age of 18 on the day he turned 18, fought in world war ii. the military clearly paying their respects for this extraordinary person. we learned a lot, even at this stage, jake, in those eulogies
less than his 1988 opponent, mike dukakis, former governor of massachusetts, praising how wise he was. there s his son, george w. bush, the 43rd president, here for the final good-bye. he s there with general michael howard, who is the head of the command here in d.c., which includes the honor guard. all the family on the tarmac getting ready for this final departure ceremony. they ll be boarding this plane and heading off to houston with the casket of course. there will be more state services tomorrow in houston followed by the burial at texas a&m university, where the george h.w. bush presidential library is based. look at how george w. bush is becoming right before our eyes the patriot yack of tarch of th
and it sends a message that if you cooperate with special counsel mueller you are not going to do jail time. i think it is important to understand that special counsel mueller has been charged with this with these duties, he has been asked as a representative of the united states government to find the truth. when he finds the truth, and in this case flynn told the truth, he is going to avoid jail time. everybody stand by. there s a lot more we need to discuss, but right now i want to show our viewers what is happening in houston, texas, right now. the presidential aircraft has landed. the family is now on the ground. the bush family is there. the body in the casket of the 41st president of the united states is now back home in texas. jeff zeleny, our white house correspondent, you were at joint base andrews earlier in the day. there was a formal departure ceremony there. now there will be another arrival ceremony at ellington field out in houston as this,
there are a lot of tensions between the bush family and president trump. that s the hearse arriving at joint base andrews. jeff zeleny is there on the scene. this formal departure ceremony is about to begin. it is, wolf. we are seeing the motorcade, the hearse with the two american flags, as well as the poignant seal. president bush and laura bush are directly behind the hearse as well as other family members as can you see filing through there. they will be taking their place on this windy tarmac here at joint base andrews and they will, of course, be having one more ceremony. this is one of the keefe stops. we will see the casket taken out of the hearse and loaded on to fair force ic.