By with us, brad, want to talk more about his life and legacy. Thank you for joining us. If you will stand by. Shannon this is breaking news. Im Shannon Bream at wagners World Headquarters in new york. President george h. W. Bush has died. He was 94, the oldest president in history. Bush 41 spent the summer at his home in maine, which he loved so much, he talked about how happy was to be there but returned in october to texas, where his spokesman said the president was looking forward to some proper texmex, the day after his stomach the funeral of his wife, barbara bush, he checked into a hospital with and infection. He went home a couple of days later. He had a former Parkinsons Disease. Doctors treated him for pneumonia and other infections in recent years. George Herbert Walker bush was born on june 12th, 1924. In milton, massachusetts, south of boston. He was a decorated u. S. Pilot who flew torpedo bombers, and survived being shot down during world war ii. He met barbara pierce at
together also from a very wealthy family in connecticut. the pearson family. they could have had a very easy, confident life, living in new england, the united states senator, but no, he leaves, goes to the part of the country he really does not know at all, texas, and becomes an oil man. again, takes the hard road, not the easy road, and to make a name and a life for himself, and that was george h.w. bush. one of the other things i think we need to point out, yes, he was a great gentleman, yes, he was extremely polished and great fun to be around, he was fiercely competitive, whether it was politics, whether it was a horseshoe game in the back of the white house, this he was a fighter. when he lost to bill clinton in 1992, and of course, this was just a year after he presided over the enormous victory in the
questions here. and then it can either be knocked down, emails produced and as you said very carefully in your talking points none of of this has proven to be illegal but there are questions. there is just, there has to be an investigation. if the justice department refuses to do it. then congress, somehow can get involved. can they not? they can get involved. look at what has happened with the benghazi committee. this is bigger? it is bigger, but the fact of the matter is i m just staying again i m sticking to the facts as i know you are. trey gowdy keeps talking about how he is going to get the emails on benghazi. this makes benghazi. he can t enforce it without getting a court order. they haven t brought it to a court yet. this makes benghazi look like a horseshoe game. it could. it does. loss of life in libya. but, being involved in uranium deal with russia to the tune of $145 million, that is a staggering. right. it s got to be defined by the federal governme
questions here. and then it can either be knocked down, emails produced and as you said very carefully in your talking points none of of this has proven to be illegal but there are questions. there is just, there has to be an investigation. if the justice department refuses to do it. then congress, somehow can get involved. can they not? they can get involved. look at what has happened with the benghazi committee. this is bigger? it is bigger, but the fact of the matter is i m just staying again i m sticking to the facts as i know you are. trey gowdy keeps talking about how he is going to get the emails on benghazi. this makes benghazi. he can t enforce it without getting a court order. they haven t brought it to a court yet. this makes benghazi look like a horseshoe game. it could. it does. loss of life in libya. but, being involved in uranium deal with russia to the tune of $145 million, that is a staggering. right. it s got to be defined by the federal governme