FIRST, LET’S TALK TO CRAIG MELVIN, WHO IS IN HOUSTON, TO
GET US STARTED.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YOU. YOU MAY NOTICE THE BUILDING
ILLUMINATED IN RED, WHITE AND
BLUE HERE IN HOUSTON.
THAT’S CITY HALL AND ONE OF THE
TRIBUTES BEING PAID TO GEORGE
H.W. BUSH.
H.W. BUSH. AFTER HE CAME HERE IN THE ’50s.
WHEN THE BUSHES LEFT WASHINGTON,
THERE WAS LITTLE QUESTION WHERE
THEY WOULD LIVE, THIS CITY,
WHICH LOVED THEM BACK.
THIS MORNING, HOUSTON AND THE
WORLD ARE REMEMBERING PRESIDENT
BUSH.
BUSH. THIS MORNING, A MAN WHOSE ENTIRE
LIFE WAS DEFINED BY SERVICE.
FROM THE THEATER OF WAR, TO THE
HALLS OF CONGRESS, ALL THE WAY
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE’S NOW BEING HONORED BY THE
COUNTRY HE LOVED SO DEEPLY.
>> HE LIVED A LONG LIFE.
AND HE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF
GREAT THINGS.
GREAT THINGS. IT’S KIND OF AN END TO AN ERA.
>> Reporter: TRIBUTES POURING IN
FOR FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE
HERBERT WALKER BUSH.
OVERNIGHT, A STAR-STUDDED
STANDING OVATION AT THE KENNEDY
CENTER HONOR CEREMONY.
>> I THINK IT’S APPROPRIATE TO
RECOGNIZE THE PASSING OF A
WONDERFUL MAN, WHO DEDICATED HIS
LIFE TO SERVICE, AND ATTENDED
THIS EVENT MANY TIMES IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: IN HIS SUMMER HOME
IN KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE, HIS
ABSENCE FELT.
ABSENCE FELT. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND
MRS. BUSH HAD A REALLY
REMARKABLE PRESENCE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: MOURNERS LEAVING
SOCKS AMONG THE FLAGS AND
FLOWERS.
FLOWERS. A NOD TO BUSH’S LONG-TIME LOVE
OF THE CRAZY AND COLORFUL
FOOTWEAR
FOOTWEAR FOOTWEAR.
FOOTWEAR. IN HIS ADOPTED HOMETOWN OF
HOUSTON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE
SUNDAY BEFORE THE TEXANS GAME.
AND MEMORIALS AT HIS STATUE,
OVERLOOKING THE CITY SKYLINE AND
HIS HOME.
HIS HOME. >> IT IS REALLY SAD.
HE WAS A GREAT MAN.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE DOG, SULLY,
BY HIS SIDE, SLEEPING NEXT TO
HIS CASKET.
HIS CASKET. THE PHOTO POSTED WITH THE
CAPTION, MISSION COMPLETE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING AIR
FORCE ONE TO CARRY MR. BUSH BACK
TO WASHINGTON, WHERE HE WILL LIE
IN STATE IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA
LATER TODAY.
LATER TODAY. IT WILL BE THE START OF FOUR
DAYS OF SOLEMN AND SOLITARY
EVENTS, WHO HONORED A HUMBLE
HERO.
HERO. >> I SAID, TELL GANNY WE SAY HI.
>> Reporter: BUSH, REUNITED WITH
LOVED ONES LOST, BARBARA, HIS
DAUGHTER OF 73 YEARS, AND
DAUGHTER, ROBIN, WHO DIED OF
LEUKEMIA.
LEUKEMIA. >> WE KNOW HE’S IN A BETTER
PLACE.
PLACE. HE’S WITH GANNY.
HE’S GOOD.
HE’S GOOD. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S FORMER FRIENDS AND
POLITICAL ALLIES, JAMES BAKER
WAS BY HIS SIDE DURING HIS FINAL
MOMENTS, AS HE SAID HIS LAST
WORDS.
WORDS. HE SAID TO HIS SON, GEORGE W.
BUSH --
BUSH -- >> HE SAID, I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
43 HAD CALLED IN TO TELL HIS
FATHER GOOD-BYE AND HOW MUCH HE
LOVED HIM.
LOVED HIM. >> Reporter: FORMER COLLEAGUES
REFLECTING ON THE LAST PRESIDENT
OF THE GREATEST GENERATION.
>> I’M ALWAYS ASKED WHICH JOB I
LIKED BEST OF THE ONES I HAD.
AND I CITE THAT PERIOD OF
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR GEORGE
BUSH.
BUSH. >> EVERYTHING HE DID IN PUBLIC
LIFE WAS DIRECTED TO HELPING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE WAS THE PATRIOT.
HE DEMONSTRATED THAT IN WAR AND
DEMONSTRATED THAT IN PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE MAN WHO SPOKE
SO ELOQUENTLY AS A THOUSAND
POINTS OF LIGHT, NOW BEING
REMEMBERED AS A SHINING EXAMPLE
FOR ALL AMERICANS.
A PRESIDENT, A PATRIOT, AND A
HUMBLE SERVANT OF OUR NATION.
IT IS HARD TO OVERSTATE HIS MARK
ON THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR.
THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEARS
HIS NAME.
HIS NAME. HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IS 90
MILES NORTHWEST OF WHERE I
STAND.
STAND. AIR FORCE ONE IS GOING TO BE
CALLED SPECIAL AIR MISSION 41
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY, AS IT
TRANSPORTS THE FORMER PRESIDENT
TO AND FROM WASHINGTON.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WILL BE
DELIVERING A FEW REMARKS WHEN