to recover. but the chief of staff tells cnn this is not two years ago, gene becker says it s a hiccup, he should come home in a few days. the comedy the interview set to hit about 300 movie theaters across the u.s. today. president obama, who s vacationing in hawaii for the holidays says he s happy sony had a change of heart. i m glad it s being released. merry christmas, everybody. sell-outs are being reported at some theaters that have decided to show the movie. if you can t see it in theaters, check it out online. it s now streaming for a price on several sites, including youtube, google play and the microsoft xbox video game console. a few of the kids calling norad s santa tracker hotline got an unexpected christmas present, phone time with first lady michelle obama. the fifth year mrs. obama has answered the call. she spent a lot of time on the phone talking to a few kids.
was hospitalized for bronchitis for two months. but his staff tells cnn this is not two years ago. gene becker says it s a hiccup, he should come home in a few days. talk about a christmas miracle, this is 13-year-old boston terrier sammy from sacramento, california. the little guy somehow woonderred on to a neighbor s balcony. when he lost his bearings, he plunged 15 stories. he landed in the hot it up and was able to pull himself out despite a cracked pelvis and some broken ribs, but he s going to be just fine. i ve seen him stand up and walk. it s just it s amazing. amazing, i would say. merry christmas, special holiday edition of new day continues now. welcome back to our very special holiday edition of new day. christmas day, you ve opened up all the gifts, eaten the fruitcake, i ve never really liked fruitcake and you ve had the eggnog.
president, you may remember, spent nearly two months in the same hospital in houston for a pron i could tis related cough and other health issues. a family friend telling fox this is not the same situation. molly is live with more on this. yes. harris, as far as the latest any time a 90-year-old is rushed to the hospital for shortness of breath, doctors take it very seriously. so far there s no suggestion that former president george h.w. bush has taken a turn for the worse. in fact, gene becker, chief of staff to the former president, said today, in a statement, quote, the bush family certainly appreciates all your prayers, love and concern. this is not two years ago. it s a hiccup. he should come home in a few days. at the end of 2012 the former president was hospitalized for two months, which apparently was much more serious according to becker than the situation this time. harris? i thought this was interesting, i was reading that this is actually not unexpected for someone who
doorman at the prime minister s home. george bush just has so much love for people. whether they agreed with his politics, his point of view, it didn t matter. he didn t have a mean-spirited bone in his body. friend to all. friend to all. friendless. just knowing what i know, the kind of guy he is, if he wasn t your friend, he would make you his friend. that s just the way he makes people feel. comfortable. so it was a totally different time period where people like me really thought our jobs were on the line if our bosses maybe knew that we were gay. at this point i was president bush s chief of staff, having worked for him for maybe ten years. a couple of months after i became chief of staff i told gene becker that i was gay. and she had asked me then if i was going to tell the bushes. and i said, you know, that s not something i feel that i could ever talk to them about. it was just too personal and they meant too much to me and i
what he has lived proves that he is not a wimp. there are a couple ways you can handle that you can retreat or do what dor and i did was spend more time with him. my dad is famous for letter writing. that gives you a glimpse of who he is. george bush expressed his gratitude of others through a continual stream of personal letters and notes. they were edited and collected into a book by his long time assistant gene becker. he describe them as letters written when my heart was empty or full of joy. caring and rejoicing letters. he had no interest in looking back at his life. he sits in his office and thinks of ideas of fun plans and things to do in the future and who can he call. daughter doro was the author of my father my president the