sandra: fox news alert. we are awaiting the arrival of president george h.w. bush aboard air force one, which has been temporarily renamed special mission 41. let s go to rick leventhal. special airlift mission 41 has completed its flyover of college station where bush 41 will be laid to rest tomorrow afternoon. it s on its way here. should be touching down here at about 30 minutes. i can tell you there s a large crowd gathered to my right. we can t show them big because there s a lot in the way. it includes family, friends, and some invited guests, including houston texans and houston astros. the president was a big fan in front of the teams. also members of a couple area high schools and the the administrations of a couple area hospitals for an arrival ceremony that will mirror the departure ceremony we saw on moy with the 77th army band.
having it. bret: that s true, chris. as the motorcade leaves, they are heading now to joint base andrews where air force one will again become special mission 41, heading back to houston. there will be another ceremony tomorrow. i was struck, martha, as we wrap up here with our stations, about the music in this event. the irish tenor was an unbelievably powerful version of last full measure of devotion, backed up by the arm forces course and the united states marine orchestra. it really sent goose bumps through everyone listening. he was a friend of the bushes, and saying silent night to president george w. bush on the last day that he was on earth here. martha: he didn t. he said president bush was mouthing the words to silent night as it was sent to him in his room in houston. so moving, his rendition of that
juan: this is a fox news alert. what you re looking at is special mission 41, previously known as air force one. president trump has designated it as such to take former president george h.w. bush back to texas. the plane already flew over the bush library in college station. it s going to land at ellington field. tomorrow the president will be buried at texas a&m outside the library alongside his wife barbara. his wife of 73 years who just died in april of this year. also at the cemetery site is robin bush, the president s daughter who died at age three back in 1953. we have been talking with rick leventhal who was on the ground at ellington field. he says that right now there are long lines of people waiting the president s posthumous arrival. people, as rick told us, members
or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don t start humira if you have an infection. help stop the clock on further irreversible joint damage. talk to your rheumatologist. right here. right now. humira. harris: a day of mourning and reflection prayed you ve been watching fox news coverage of the state funeral for america s 41st president, george h.w. bush. i m harris faulkner. we are now awaiting the arrival of the bush family at joint base andrews, where they will take part in a departure ceremony. you can see air force one there. the former president will be taken to houston, texas aboard air force one. it is now dubbed special mission 41 for his final trip home. it is following a beautiful and
soaring, as you can see there. what did the u.s. gain after months and tension and threats? we ll look into that. we re on top of all of it. first, an entire country coming together, as america mourns the passing of the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush, a war hero, congressman, u.n. ambassador, vice president, then president and father of a u.s. president as well. he will make his final flight to washington today, u.s. air force one rename this had week as special mission 41. traveling with the president s casket will be his devoted service dog, sully. look at this photo there. moving photo of sully, lying next to his flag-draped casket of his owner with the caption, mission complete. let s get to cnn s ed lavandera in houston with more on the