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
That memory . With that, its very simple. Whenever i feel sad, depressed, worried, i think of that day and the courage of those First Responders and it lifts me up and it works every time. Really . When you have witnessed so much courage and heroism, there is no way you can complain about life. Not wanting to find a solution. Thats a pretty remark annual thing if thats what you take away from it. Yes. Not all of the loss and the pain and the horror but you saw the beauty and resolve of people to save others. Yes. You always see that. Thats a big lesson weve learned. The moment where the world seems the darkest, thats where you have this ray of light, this ray of hope that comes. For us it was the First Responders that saved us. Or Everyday Americans or people were in the towers saving people and helping each other. Be sure to watch the full episode of the film 9 11, fifteen years later. You can see it here on cnn at 6 00 p. M. In hong kong, 8 00 p. M. In london and 8 00 p. M. In new yo
Moment that led the eventual defeat of nazi germany and the liberation of europe. the war in ukraine loomed over d day commemorations on thursday, where president zelensky and western leaders paid tribute to world war ii veterans. ukraine s president shared an emotional moment with one of those veterans. take a listen. (laughter) you are the saviour of the people. i have got tears in my eyes. as d day commemorations wrap up, i spoke tojovita neliupsiene, the european union s ambassador to the united states. we are remembering these past few days, d day, the strong transatlantic alliance, the ending of world war ii. in those commemorations, are we seeing an effort to reaffirm the transatlantic relationship? of course. we listen to the speeches of president macron, president biden and president zelensky, as well, and we see that our commitment to each other s security
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history, their sacrifice in that defining battle led to liberation of europe from nazi germany. ultimately, the end of world war ii. in addition to the veterans and their families on hand today. so we re many world leaders, some of whom warned of increasing threats against western democracies. most notably russia s war in ukraine. we talked about some of president biden s remarks earlier. he said democracy is more at risk than at any point since the end of world war ii and warned against ignoring the war in ukraine we will not walk away because if we do ukraine will be subjugated. and it will not end there ukraine s neighbors will be threatened. all of europe will be threatened. as we showed you earlier, ukrainian presence landscape is also in attendance. he received a standing ovation, shared that emotional embrace with a war veteran seen as chief international anchor, christian amanpour witnessed at all joins me now christiane prison binds speech focused on the dangers of isolati