president george h.w. bush remains in the hospital, but a spokesman said they are hoping for news about a possible discharge soon. the family said the ailing ex-president and mrs. bush watched the houston texans football game together. he is the oldest living former president. he was taken to the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath as a precaution. two years ago he spent a month in the hospital, but officials say that was a more serious illness, part of his parkinson s syndrome. we will bring you more as we have it. you are watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44. whoooo! forty-four, that s me! get some cold cuts. get some cold cuts. get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.
man. we re going to learn more about ed henry in a few more minutes. that s a little tease. absolutely. we begin with the latest on former president george h.w. bush while you were sleeping. he was rushed to a hospital in houston. peter doocy is live in washington now with the breaking details. good morning. good morning again, ed. the president was rushed to a hospital last night because he was having a hard time breathing. so his offers sent along this statement with a little bit of detail. it says, president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president, age 90, will be held for observation again as a precaution. the 41st president has parkinson s, which limits his mobility and keeps him in a wheelchair. he was hospitalized last year for two months with bronchitis. but he still managed to sky dive for his 90th birthday in
bronchitis, a prolonged bout of bronchitis. that is something else you might think of here. sometimes with parkinson s you can t manage the saliva that easily and you get bronchitis much more easily. i remember two years ago being in hawaii with president obama and former president bush had gotten ill. a lot of people were worried about hill but he had a lot of strength. number one is courage. he s indomitable. i believe when you have a spirit like his and the courage to overcome and everyone s prayers are with him, the outcome is always better. and that kind of force of will is why he s still jumping out of planes at the age of 90. i think that is a big factor. this is a milder form of parkinson s. it affects your legs and he s in a while chair. i have predicted before and would predict again that if i don t hear anything else i would expect him to make full recovery. what would the time line on that be?
houston. peter doocy is live in washington with what the spokesperson for the former president is saying this hour. good morning, peter. good morning. we know the 41st president was hurried to the hospital in an ambulance because he was having a hard time breathing. many of the other details about this health scare are still unknown. but we do have some new information that came in late last night from president george h.w. bush s office. quote, president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president, age 90, will be held for observation again as a precaution. the 41st president has parkinson s, which limits his mobility and keeps him in a wheelchair. he was hospitalized last year for two months with bronchitis. he about still manage to sky dive for his 90th birthday. doctors say with health problems like this, attitude and
featuring her child. the father has since been killed during the fighting. a fox news alert. former president george h.w. bush rushed to a hospital in houston. dr. marc siegel just heard from the president s spoke person. he joins us with the late-breaking details. good to see you. sorry it s under these circumstances. what did his office tell you? the key here is it s a precaution. when you have parkinson s syndrome, he has a form that affects his legs but you get a stiffness of your breathing muscles. you get a lot of perceived shortness of breath in that situation and they re always very, very cautious with president bush, so we can t jump to any conclusions that there s a big problem because the breathing is a very common sign that he s possibly not breathing properly. it may not even be anything worse. he s had infections before. last time he was at houston methodist hospital he had