Are always important, but never more so important than the time that were living in. We heard former president bill clinton use the words total class. And we heard former president barack obama, a democrat, say a gentleman. And i think civility, his graciousness, the way he handled himself is a role model we all will miss. Jamie, dana, thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Im don lemon. It is the top of the hour. Here is our breaking news. The 41st president of the United States, george h. W. Bush has died at the age of 94. The flag at the white house flying at halfstaff right now as flowers pile up outside the bush home in houston, texas. Tributes are pouring in from President Trump and former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton. As well as former Vice President al gore and condoleezza rice, james baker, and so many more. The nation mourning the man who devoted his life to service to his country and to his family. Cnns john king now with the story of george h. W. Bush, the polit
a memorial growing outside the residence, and you said people have been coming out and looking across the street at the residence. and i m not sure if folks are gathering. it is late. it s 2:30 in the morning there. that s right, don. i will say there are more members of the media in the streets surrounding the bush residence than there are onlookers. but you there will be people in this neighborhood familiar with both george h.w. bush and his late wife barbara, who will wake up to this news in the morning and recognize that their neighbors they came to know across the street aren t there. that that chapter has ended for the bush family here in the tanglewood neighborhood. we were reminded tonight in a statement by the mayor of houston that the bushes could have gone anywhere when they left the white house, but in 1993, they chose to make this their beloved city their home. the place where his political career began when he was the chairman of the harris county republican party. and