Very well in politics. He reached the highest peak. He was the president of the United States. But we must remember as has been pointed out in this statement that was released he was a texing otexas oil pioneer. He was a very successful businessman. He really gave that up to serve his country in another way outside of the military. Absolutely. There is an expression, you see this at his president ial library, i mean his office, his personal motto, he has two of them. One was faith, family and friends. And the second was to your point, any definition of a successful life must include service to others. So while a lot of people think of him as being raised in
grinwhich, and a new england born and bred welltodo family, he did go out and make his fortune, and he was pretty humble once he started out. Once he made money, he turned back to what he thought was most important, which was Public Service. Lets go onto talk about as well, so he became the 41st president of the United States, survi
Coming days. We understand the family the bush family will be congregating here. In the next couple days. There will be a private service held at st. Martin church. The church they attended for many years. Here together the same church barbaras life was remembered a couple blocks behind us here. And then President Bush will be flown to dc. Theres men before him of his stature have been. The public will be able to view him. Hell lie in state. And a Funeral Service at the national cathedral. Before he is again returned home here to texas. Then we will see the largers service the at st. Martin church. Which we can expect i would think to be something similar to what we saw for barbara bush. Of course on another scale. And then his body will be taken by motorcade to the president ial
hi library. In ledge station. An hour and a half from here. He will be laid to rest along barbara and their daughter. Who passed many years ago. You get the sense as neighbors here come out of their homes and
The Vice Presidency, which as you know surprised him, he always respected the role of the press. All right. Andrea mitchell joining us by phone. Andrea, appreciate that. And again, just continuing our coverage here. It is 1 00 in the east. We continue our coverage of the death of former president George Herbert walker bush, americas 41st commander in chief. He has died at the age of 94. That word came to us now just over an hour ago, the word being passed from a statement from his son, george w. Bush. We are joined by Hallie Jackson. Let me start with you because we have heard from the current im sorry. That is my mistake. We will be hearing from her in a minute. We are going to pause here just for a few seconds because were going to be joined by our Network Affiliates and pick up the network coverage. This is an nbc news special report. Steve kegeorge h. W. Bush has away at the age of 94. That word coming to us just over an hour ago. A Statement Released by his son, the 43rd president
rotunda to pay his respects to george h.w. bush. a live look at capitol hill. the former joint chiefs and commanders from desert storm are there saying their goodbyes. an official salute. bill: think about the leadership that president bush displayed during the invasion of kuwait in august of 1990 and how he summoned dozens of countries from around the world to join the u.s. coalition to assembly in the deserts of saudi arabia and in january of 1991 pushed saddam hussein out
george, i haven t seen anybody fall that fast that s run for president. i want you to standby, david, and i want to bring in cnn s wolf blitzer. wolf blitzer is traveling with the current president now. wolf, if you can hear me wolf, can you hear me? i hear you. you became white house correspondent shortly after bush left office, if my timing is accurate. but certainly his legacy carried on into that administration you were covering in that white house. well, i was the pentagon correspondent for cnn while he was president of the united states, don. and i remember vividly covering all of his aspects as president of the united states, including of course during the first gulf war operation desert shield and operation desert storm. remember it was in august of 1990 he was president of the united states. dick cheney was then the defense