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
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martha, it was hard for me to watch 43 because i could tell he was trying to hold back tears and i don t think it s easy obviously to grieve anyway but certainly more difficult to know when the cameras are on you at all times, of course they know that and they are gratified that people want to come and pay their respects to him and that will continue through the night and through tirm and i do think that the words of people like mcconnell, ryan and pence and the ones that will come wednesday at the cathedral and then in houston on thursday will be moving to the family and help them in their grief, because if you read 41, a portrait of my father that 43 wrote and if you also read decision points decision points is president bush s autobiography it starts i am the firstborn bon of george h.w. and barbara bush
cnn s suzanne malveaux is near the bush family home. another one of the sons, george w. bush was also elected to the white house some years later. what can you tell us about that relationship between the 41st and 43rd presidents? well, certainly, ana, one of the things that both of these men shared is they talked about each other, they most certainly got very emotional and usually cried when referring to each other. they re extremely close and i really had an opportunity back in november of 2014 to see the unveiling of the book, 41, a portrait of my father. this was in college station, texas, and george w. bush said to his father it was less of an autobiography or a biography, rather, and more of a love letter to his father. george h.w. bush was in the audience in the front row. he was wheelchair bound at that time, unable to speak. his mother, they both sat there and smiling and laughing as he revealed the family secrets in
cia people often forget he was head of the cia. vice president, president, but most important to him as being a father and a grandfather and then a great grandfather, of course. he truly was a thousand points of light, which was his legacy of giving that was so important to him. he taught us, i think, to live with gratitude, and with grace and dignity, but also, just this unbelievable modesty that sometimes frustrated his communications handlers because he would never, ever brag about himself, and then makes it sometimes hard when you are running for office, trying to convince people that you are the best one for the job. i also picked up a couple of weeks ago the book that 43, george w. bush, wrote about his father, it s called 41: a portrait of my father, and i think, upon learning this news
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