George. civility. civility, a gentleman, a class act, you saw it all right there, wolf. certainly was. all right, jamie gangel, we will get back to you, i know you have a lot more stories to share with our viewers. we will look forward to your documentary later tonight. 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. joining us now on the phone, democratic senator from vermts, patrick leahy, senator, thanks so much for joining us, i know you served in the senate when george h.w. bush was vice president, during the reagan administration, and during his own presidency, you worked with him on a number of issue, including passage of the americans with disabilities act, 28 years ago. what are you remembering about this president today? i remember him as one of the most down-to-earth people you will ever meet. we became very good friends during the time he was vice president. my wife marcell was active with the senate spouses, and barbara
Difficult for so many across the state. a wreath outside the houston home where america s 41st president lived. joining us are our correspondent kaly hartung, in houston. describe the mood there. reporter: well, wolf, george h.w. bush served this country with valor and integrity but to houstonians, he was one of their most relatable and esteemed neighbors. those are the words of houston s mayor, sylvester turner. and the bushes could have moved anyway. when he left public office. but they chose to make houston their home in 1993 and in the time sense, barbara and george became interwoven in the fabric of this town. we have seen this outpouring of condolences and emotion from other world leaders, and dignitaries, even his political adversary, but here in houston, you didn t need a tight until front of your name to feel a connection to the former president. it seems as if everyone we come across here has a story of an encounter with him. whether it was at an astros
Distinction, all of his life. we are also learning of the president s final words before his passing. cnn s jamie gangel is joining us now, and what have you learned? what do we know? reporter: i ve just confirmed, wolf, with a source who is familiar with the final hours, that actually former president bush s final words came in a phone conversation with his son, former president george w. bush, who we called 4i 4i, t 43, the two men were on speaker phone and i m told that president george w. bush, the son, said to his dad, you have been quote a wonderful father, and that the father said back, to his son, and replied, i love you too. and that those were his final words before passing. wolf? powerful words, indeed.
Vladimir putin with the high five and it seemed like an oughtocrat summit and the president passed up on the meeting to go to vladimir putin and say listen, these are the problems would he have with you right now, you need to change your ways. and the president gave up that opportunity, because they say, because of the crisis with ukraine. not because of the russia investigation. it seems he is going to be leaving this summit, having more extensive conversations with the chinese president xi jingping, obviously, then he had at all with vladimir putin. sitting down with him. and it is interesting that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, told me that the dialogue between the u.s. and russia is not going to resume on a substantive level until the russians do, a, return the ukrainian ship, and the ukrainian sailors that they captured. so he was laying down specific hard-line conditions for any improvement in this dialogue. talk a little bit, matt, about what we can anticipate at this di
Oxygen alone. and so there we were, now, that day, wolf, it was rainy, and we were going to jump on a postage size stamp of land, there was a church steep until kennebunkport, a flag pole, all kind of things going on, and they needed a hole in the weather, we were broadcasting it live, so everything was like about timing, and he asked the guys, hey, guy, i want to show robin my boat, could you fly around and tilt the plane so i can show her my boat? and i said mr. bush, i could clearly see the boat, and i could count the engines, mr. bush, why do you need 900 horsepower, and he said, to beat the guy who has 800 horsepower. it was almost like a no duh answer but it was evidence of a man who was competitive. even at the age of 85. he needed the horse power to beat the guy that had 800. and i just loved that about him. because you need to be competitive in nature if you re ever going to run for office. and he still had that. he still had that then.