president of the united states, when he was vice president of the united states. so we got to know him, we got to see him. but it s really nice, especially now, when there is such bitter partisanship, as you know, brooke, in washington, around the country to see liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans getting together to honor the 41st president of the united states in this really special way. here in texas obviously since he s a texan, the people have come out and they re waving at the train and they re taking pictures, they re saluting. they re really proud of this man. it s been an excellent experience for all of us who have flown out here to cover this. i was listening to some of your coverage off and on today and you were talking to i think one of the speech writers who was saying if president h.w. bush were alive today, he d be saying, speed up, speed up my train, but this train is going
sides here. but overall people just waiting to see. you see everyone anxiously looking down the train tracks. i know it s past ed but it hasn t been here. and i m in navasota, texas. kids coming to witness a dale they ll likely never forget the rest of their lives. wolf bliltzer is in college station, texas, where this train journey will end. it s been such a beautiful thing to see veterans, americans, children all coming out to wave good-bye and thank you to this 41st president of the united states. it really has been amazing, amazing today, amazing yesterday. all these past six days or so since we learned of his passing, it s been really a wonderful experience, especially for those of us who spent a lot of quality time covering him when he was
are reacting to this. john bolton said he was aware but not going so far as saying president trump was aware as far as when she was going to be arrested. got it. bush cate lynn at the white house, thank you. coming up next, you ve been looking at these shots of this train traversing texas. we are following the final journey of president george h.w. bush. live coverage with wolf blitzer in college station, texas, as a very special train prepares to full pull in to college station. it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they were on it. it was unbelievable. having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa- now that s a privilege.
coverage. a final farewell to the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush. i m wolf blitzer reporting from college station, texas. right now a train carrying president bush s casket is nearing the end of a two and a half hour journey from the houston area to where we are at college station, texas, where president bush will be laid to rest, and right next to his wife barbara who passed away in april, and their 3-year-old daughter robin at the presidential library here at texas a&m university. with us here in college station, our chief political correspondent dana bash is here, our chief national correspondent john king, and former speech writer for president george herbert walker bush mary kate carey. mary, as the train gets closer and closer to where we are, remind our viewers why the presidential library of president george h.w. bush is here at texas a&m university. you may recall when he was deciding to have his library, the then students at yale