GEORGE H.W. BUSH".
>> GOOD MORNING, PETER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
TODAY MARKS THE FINAL DAY OF
REMEMBRANCES OF GEORGE H.W.
BUSH.
WASHINGTON BID ITS FAREWELL.
NOW IT'S TEXAS'S TURN.
IT WAS AN UPLIFTING SERVICE.
POWERFUL AND POIGNANT.
A DAY FILLED WITH AMERICAN
PAGEANTRY TO HONOR 41.
>>> THIS MORNING GEORGE H.W.
BUSH BACK HOME IN TEXAS TODAY
BEING LAID TO REST.
THE REMAINS OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT ARRIVING ON A LAST LEG
OF SPECIAL AIR MISSION 41.
TAKING A CEREMONIAL LAP IN THE
SKIES ABOVE HIS PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY.
CANNONS ROARING ON THE GROUND.
HIS FAMILY LOOKING ON.
IT FOLLOWS BUSH'S STATE FUNERAL
AT WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL.
INSIDE PARTISAN POLITICS TAKING
A PAUSE.
A RARE MOMENT OF UNITY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP GREATING
PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA.
FACE TO FACE WITH HIS
PREDECESSOR AND THE CLINTONS.
MRS. CLINTON LOOKING STRAIGHT
AHEAD.
THEN GEORGE W. BUSH THANKING HIS
GUESTS.
EVERY LIVING PRESIDENT TOGETHER
TO REMEMBER 41.
BIOGRAPHER AND FRIEND JOHN
MEACHAM HAILING HIM AS THE LAST
STATESMAN.
>> LINCOLN AND BUSH BOTH CALLED
ON US TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT OVER
THE CONVENIENT.
TO HOPE RATHER THAN TO FEAR, AND
TO HEED NOT OUR WORST IMPULSES
BUT OUR BEST INSTINCTS.
>> RECALLING A DEFINING MOMENT
IN BUSH'S LIFE WHEN THE WORLD
WAR II AVIATOR WAS SHOT DOWN.
>> THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH WHO
SURVIVED THAT FIERY FALL INTO
THE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC THREE
QUARTERS OF A CENTURY AGO MADE
OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF
NATIONS FREER, BETTER, WARMER,
AND NOBLER.
>> FORMER SENATOR ALLEN SIMPSON
PRAISING HIS HUMILITY.
>> THOSE WHO TRAVEL THE HIGH
ROAD OF HUMILITY IN WASHINGTON
D.C. ARE NOT BOTHERED BY HEAVY
TRAFFIC.
>> THE MOST POWERFUL TRIBUTE
FROM 43 ABOUT 41.
A SON CELEBRATING HIS FATHER.
>> HE WAS BORN WITH JUST TWO
SETTINGS FULL THROTTLE THEN
SLEEP.
>> AND SHARING WHAT HE LEARNED
FROM HIS DAD.
>> HE SHOWED ME WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A PRESIDENT WHO SERVES WITH
INTEGRITY, LEADS WITH COURAGE,
AND ACTS WITH LOVE FOR THE
CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> RECALLING HIS SHORTCOMINGS.
>> HIS SHORT GAME WAS LOUSY.
HE WASN'T FRED ASTIARE ON THE
DANCE FLOOR.
HE COULDN'T STOMACH VEGETABLES.
ESPECIALLY BROCCOLI.
AND BY THE WAY, HE PASSED THESE
GENETIC DEFECTS ALONG TO US.
>> AN ETERNAL BOND WITH HIS
BELOVED WIFE, BARBARA.
>> IN HIS OLD AGE HE ENJOYED
WATCHING POLICE SHOW RERUNS.
THE VOLUME ON HIGH.
ALL THE WHILE HOLDING MOM'S
HAND.
AFTER MOM DIED, DAD WAS STRONG,
BUT ALL HE REALLY WANTED TO DO
WAS HOLD MOM'S HAND AGAIN.
LAST FRIDAY WHEN I WAS TOLD HE
HAD MINUTES TO LIVE, I CALLED
HIM.
I SAID DAD, I LOVE YOU AND
YOU'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL FATHER.
AND THE LAST WORDS HE WOULD EVER
SAY ON EARTH WERE, I LOVE YOU
TOO.
>> A CELEBRATION OF HIS FATHER'S
LIFE DEFINED BY LOYALTY, FAITH
AND FAMILY.
INCLUDING THE DAUGHTER HE LOST
WHEN SHE WAS JUST THREE YEARS
OLD.
>> SO THROUGH OUR TEARS, LET US
KNOW THE BLESSINGS OF KNOWING
AND LOVING YOU.
A GREAT AND NOBLE MAN.
THE BEST FATHER A SON OR
DAUGHTER COULD HAVE.
AND IN OUR GRIEF, LET US SMILE
KNOWING THAT DAD IS HUGGING
ROBIN AND HOLDING MOM'S HAND
AGAIN.
>> THOSE WORDS PWITH EVERYONE -
>> THE SENSE OF RELIEF WASHED
OVER W WHEN HE WAS FINISHED.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AFTER
CELEBRATING HIS DAD KNOWING IT
WAS A TRIBUTE THAT WOULD MAKE
HIS FATHER PROUD.
YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE EULOGIZING
YOUR FATHER AND SITTING THERE
AND HOPEFULLY REALIZING JOB WELL
DONE.
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