George h. W. Bush from the time just after he left the white house until his death in 2018. From the kansas city public library, this is an hour and ten minutes. Good evening. Im Steve Wieberg with the librarys Public Affairs staff and first of all before we start, jean is going to give us a wonderful, wonderful presentation about george h. W. Bush. Well have question and answer afterwards and what i want to ask everyone because cspan is filming tonight, please use the microphones that we will place i think one right there and one over to the side there. Thats so your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome all of you and let you know how much we appreciate you all being here tonight, especially knowing that the Democratic Party has done a little bit of counter programming. [ laughter ] of course, weve got another 15 monthsplus to get our fill or probably more than our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here were going to take a few moments to remember a man who won i
Bush. We will have question and answer afterwards, and what i want to ask everyone, because cspan is filming tonight, please use the microphones that we will place, one right there, and one over to the side there, and thats so the question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome all of you and let you know how much we appreciate you all being here tonight, especially knowing that the Democratic Party has done a bit of counter programming. We have another 15 months plus to get our fell, here we are going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988, president who it seemed, the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated he became. I was struck by the outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to the funeral of George Herbert walker bush last november. The funeral of his wife barbara was seven months earlier. Former president al gore said bush 41, gore said he served the nation with extraordinary integrity and grace, unquote. [applause] [applause] a
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And while i thank you so much for your Company Everyone and welcome to our special report on this national day of mourning in the United States in honor of former president george h. W. Bush he died on friday at the age of ninety four these are live pictures of the Funeral Service at Washingtons National cathedral members of the forty first president s family are due to arrive shortly the motorcade as just arrived at the washington National Cathedral the hearse made its way down pennsylvania avenue with crowds lining the streets on the sidewalks or trying to catch a glimpse of the hearse with the casket of former president bush has been lying in state since monday and there were tons of the Capitol Building where our mourners including President Donald Trump and first lady madonna have been paying their respects here in germany george bush sr will be remembered as a president. Closely linked to the Historic Events that marked the end of the cold war and brought about german unification