bill: i had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time with him in the build-up fought war of iraq in 2003. he was thoughtful and kind and a man who cared about the country and direction we were going. dana: understood the ability to bring the military and the diplomacy of america to light for many people around the world. david spunt is live at the white house with reactions are pouring in. good morning. i reached out to the white house for a statement on secretary powell s death. nothing yet but there will be a statement. president biden and secretary powell have known each other for decades. we know the statement from powell s family announced his death on facebook about an hour or so ago. i want to read the statement. general colin powell, former u.s. secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff passed away this morning due from complications from covid-19. he was fully vaccinated. we have lost a remarkable loving, husband, father, and grandfathe
Imagine he s going to get full claim when it comes to laying in state in the capitol building i imagine. ainsley: i m sure. will: all ready we ll turn it over now to america s newsroom picking up the story thank you for being with us on fox & friends as they continue the breaking news that general c olin powell died at the age of 84.
We will get a perspective and general sense from our doctor next hour. i think the other thing if you think back to the first gulf war of 1991, we were a country that we were we found ourselves, you know, together. you think about in late january of that year, early february, when whitney houston sang the national anthem at the super bowl and if you are too young to remember, google it, check it out and crank it up. it later came out it was pre-recorded that took away a little bit from the moment. but it was an awesome moment. i ll save that information. we were embarking on a military venture here that many americans had not experienced since the vietnam war and colin powell, for he was face of this operation out of the bases
Significantly. colin powell was a towering figure in american life and history. he was respected around the world. he was a gifted natural leader who had this commanding presence about himself and an unflappable temperament. and as such, he became one of america s great soldier statesmen in the vein of eisenhower and george marshall. he grained prominence because of his leadership and operational capability to be able to transition to a very complicated world of foreign policy and national security and politics. and be able to make that transition and be as effective as he was certainly set him apart from many of his peers. on the personal side, colin powell is disarming when you
Entered the city college of new york to study geology during the rotc program that he found his calling. then later graduated at the top of his class. dana: his parents produced his name with the he changed it to colin after he learned about the u.s. army corp pilot colin. bill: he was 84 years of life, colin powell gave so much of that in service to his country and today we say thank you. colin powell dead at the age of 84. dana: we ll bring you other news now and the border crisis, of course, continues to escalate into gunfire. mexican cartels regularly firing at u.s. personnel. we re live at the border. we ll bring it to you next.