Because she went through this passage with tremendous faith. And also sending a message about individual choice. She did not want more treatment. She had been in and out of the hospital. Any of us who know what its been like to nurse your own parents or be with your own parents as they go through these stages now how complicated it is. So she made she made these choices for herself and her family supported her. Her husband was with her as she was going into her final sleep. Her children had been in and out of houston, neal bush was very emotion in an interview this morning and others in the family deeply ached. Our own Jenna Bush Hager expressed her thoughts about the woman that she called affectionately the enforcer the today show yesterday morning. They knew she had been very ill for a long time. Although threw have been so much focus, of course, on the former president bush, he suffering from parkinsons and in a wheelchair and frail, it was she with congestive Heart Failure and with
Our breaking news tonight from texas. Sad news, former First Lady Barbara Bush has died. She was 92 years old, the matriarch of an american political dynasty. She had ben battling congestive Heart Failure and cardiopulmonary disease. His son, george w. Bush, wrote, my dear mother has passed on at age 92. Laura, barbara, jenna, and i are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers was. We thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. Wolf blitzer has more on her remarkable life. America loves barbara bush. Reporter barbara bush was the woman behind two u. S. President s. The wife of one, the mother of another. Barbara pierce was born in queens, new york on june 8th, 1925. She grew up in suburban new york. At a Connecticut Country Club dance, she met a young man who would change her life, George Herbert walker bush. I was square all throug high school. I just tried to do the best i could. I manner the firrried the first kissed. You talk about a bore, im the worlds worst. Report
Lived in ignorance about hiv aids, mrs. Bush went to a home for infected infants and hugged the children there. As well as an adult male patient. The images sent a powerful message. One of compassion, of love, and of acceptance. Molly then it was time for one last journey, the motorcade making its way to the george h. W. Bush president ial library at texas a m university, the final resting place of barbara bush. Mike emmanuel is live in houston, but we start with alicia acuna on the campus of texas a m university in college station. Molly, at the request of the bush family, we the media have moved our live location away from the president ial library because for the rest of the day, it will be a quiet place. Todays burial was a very private moment as was designed by the former first lady herself. At the completion of the Funeral Service in houston, the bush family made its way to the campus of texas a m here on college station, the home of the george bush president ial library museum.
Tumu tumultuous times. Bush was a man who dedicated his entire life almost to public service. Az navy pilot, as a congressman, a diplomat, director of the cia Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Although he was a politician that could at times play hardball, he achieved a reputation as a gentleman known for his kindness and grace personally, for his love of family, and for his faith. Theres people in heaven that you want to see. Definitely. I cant quite sort out in my mind how were going to find them. Who would you want to see first . It depends in barbara predeceases me. I would probably go with her. I think my mom and my father and maybe robin, our little girl that died. Robin. The political cartoonist of the jackson, mississippi, ledger Marshall Ramsey creating this touching tribute. Bush flying the same plane that he flew in the navy during world war ii up into the clouds to join his beloved wife barbara and their 3yearold daughter, robin, who died of leukemia in 1953. Cnn is now l
Waitress. The last days, the last words. Plans leading to a last resting place, how george h. W. Bush will be memorialized by the nation he served. President trump running to the u. S. From the g20 with a china trade truce but facing headwinds here at home. Members of congress pressing for answers. First, why did trump deany business dealings of any kind russia while on the campaign trail . And was roger stone a facilitator . It was publishing hacked democratic emails. I have never done anything politics that was outside the norms of my colleagues and my contemporaries. I have always made it clear that so called dirty tricks come up to but do not cross the line into legality. On another front growing concerns. This line of questioning from the man who once said he would take a bullet for trump. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying congress. He lied about his efforts to secure a real estate deal for the organization. Cohen admitting he talked to the president and his family about it mu