World. Tributes, condolences, fond personal memories and prayers for the family of the 41st president of the United States. This wreath now gracing the entrance to the houston home of president george h. W. Bush who passed away there last night. Plans have been set for his funeral and veernts events to honor his life. He was 94 years old. His service to this nation was vast. It began when he was a teenager volunteering for the navy, becoming a Fighter Pilot. Afterward, a congressman and an ambassador, head of the cia, Vice President and then the white house. I want to show you whats happening overseas to pay tribute to president bush right now in kuwait. A nation that holds him in especially high regard for leading a coalition that evicted Saddam Husseins forces after his 1990 invasion there. And right now, over the white house, the American Flag lowered to halfstaff. In honor of the man who once told cnn that he has fears but dying was not one of them. It doesnt scare me. It used to.
Members. I wonder who hes talking about biden spoke to reporters just a short time ago in iowa. Take a listen. Lets get something straight, first of all, no one, no one has indicated of any consequence that anything was done wrong or illegally by me or by my son. Every major national, international, and local news operation has looked into it, has said its a lie. This is the president flat lying, number one. Number two, the statement my son put out today, which i saw when he put it out i was told it was going to be put out. I did not consult with it being put on, in fact represents the kind of man of integrity he is and what, in fact, he has done and why he stepped down. And i can tell you now, if i am your president , next president , i am going to build on the squeakyclean, transparent environment that we had in the Obama Biden White house, and no one in my family or associated with me will be involved in any foreign operation whatsoever, period, end of story. Now lets focus on the p
Intermittent fires this and that. It doesnt surprise me necessarily. But thats what were picking up. Thats what were seeing so far. The president offering a similar assessment on twirt. Despite calling his defense secretary President Trump would later correct it, but stuck with the rosy description of whats happening on the ground which the former allies say is flat out false. They say turkey and its mercenaries are routinely breaking the cease fire and that 16 of their fighters were killed in one 24 hour period. Nick peyton walsh is on the ground if northeastern syria. What are you witness iing . Today, we saw part of this the largest Troop Movement that the u. S. Has done inside syria to withdraw some of their number here. We understand that within this Troop Movement, there will be 500 or so american personnel. Remember you heard from the secretary of defense, 1,000 will be taken out of syria and moved into surrounding nations, but mostly remark and kurdistan. Earlier today, we saw
trial where and when. joining me is presidential historian tim neftali, former director of the nixon presidential library. oh so good to see you. put this into perspective for us. it s been an unprecedented week and according to trump s campaign, it has been a moment that he s been able to cash in on to the tune of $7 million in fund-raising by having that mug shot. so help people understand, this is a humiliating moment, you know, to have an arrest, or is it a gain for this president? well, let s look at this in two different ways. in terms of fund-raising, the former president has preyed on a lot of small donors who are basically funding his defense. that is sad for our country and
i believe history will hold him accountable. i believe republican primary voters know we need new leadership in this party. that was from cnn s state of the union earlier today. pence went on to say judgment about trump s conduct on january 6th should be left to the american people, as you heard him say, in the upcoming primaries. for more on all this, let s talk to cnn presidential historian tim neftali. tim, great to see you. great seeing you, fred. so pence was evacuated from the capitol on january 6th while trump supporters stormed the building, many of them chanting hang mike pence because they were outraged that he was doing his constitutional duty in certifying the election results. what do you make of his comments today, that he says the words of the former president and even the actions were reckless? well, i think that vice president pence or former vice president pence left the door