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friday and for saturday. >> sounds good. thank you. and thank you for watching kpix 5 news this morning. your next local update is at 7:26. >> have a great day everyone. good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, december 6, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." at least one marine is dead and two missing after two planes collide in midair off the coast of japan. the mission already found one crew member alive. texas says good-bye to president george herbert walker bush today. bianna is at the houston church where people paid their respects throughout the night. >> more than 1,000 mourners are expecteder to at this morning's funeral. we'll talk with the barbara bush biographer and show you the train that will bring the 41st president to his final resting
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place. first, the new apple watch feature that can detect if you have a serious heart problem. how well do they work? should you be concerned about your privacy? plus, the chilly reception a holiday classic is getting because of me too concerns. why some say "baby it's cold outside" sends the wrong message. we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in o90 seconds. >> through our tears, let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man, the best father hi cou i could have. >> president george bush will be laid to rest in texas. >> a storm with snow and ice all the way to the mid-atlantic. >> on the move, making a complete mess. >> usa gym of the thattics filed for chapter 11 bankrupt i as the organization reaches settlements in dozens of lawsuits. >> the organization has proven
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themselves very poisonous. >> bombshell new allegations against former cbs chairman les moonves. >> he held me very close and didn't kiss me -- >> "baby it's cold outside" being yanked off the air waves in the era of me too. >> all that -- >> all successful space x launch. the landing not so great. >> no, no, no no, no. >> trevor noah lost his voice but that isn't stopping him from hosting the daily show this week. >> go on, say something. >> in 100 feet, turn right. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the announcement that michael flynn may walk away without serving a day in prison. here with the statement, wow, big crime for a special whatever. >> special whatever. i think giuliani has entered his mean girl phase. whatever. >> whatever.
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>> whatever, whatever, whatever. whatever. oh. you're going to indict michael flynn wearing those shoes? whatever. we're not saying whatever this morning because there's a lot of news. welcome to "cbs this morning." bianna golodryga's reporting from houston. we'll talk to her in a second. as you wake up in the west, at least one u.s. marine has died in japan after a plane and fighter jet collided in midair. searchers are looking for five others who are missing. david martin is tracking the search from the pentagon. david, good morning. >> reporter: the accident occurred during nighttime training off the southern coast of japan. the training included aerial refueling in which the f-18 comes up behind the kc-130. the two planes hook up and the f-18 takes on gas.
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it is an inherently risky maneuver, particularly at night. we don't know what went wrong. both plaeps went in the water. there were five crew men aboard the kc-130 and two in the f-18. two marines were picked up out of the water, still alive. but one of them has now died of his injuries. the f-18 is equipped with rocket propelled ejection seats which allow the crew to get out quickly but it's a very violent event and pilots are frequently injured. right now, the toll from this accident is one marine dead and five still missing. >> david, thank you. very tough morning for those families. thank y thank you very much. david will be back with an update on last year's plane crash in mississippi. a widow of one of the 15 men killed responds to the news that plane should not have flown. that's coming up later. the late president george
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h.w. bush is back in his home state for one last round of farewells before he's laid to rest. the presidential plane bringing him from washington to houston yesterday passed over his presidential library where he will be buried today. next to his wife barbara and their daughter robin. mr. bush lay in repose overnight at his longtime church to give people in houston a chance to pay their respects. a few miles away, mourners waited in a long line to board buses to take them to view the former president's casket. bianna golodryga is outside st. martin's episcopal church where his funeral will begin in less than an hour. >> reporter: good morning. think about this, in the past 12 hours that the president has been back here in houston, some 12,000 people came to say their final respects to the former president. right here in houston, texas. last night, i spoke with russell levenson.
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he gave that beautiful homily in washington yesterday and he said he's just been touched by the outpouring that he's heard. he's expecting a full house this morning. there's well over 1,000 people expected to attend this funeral. the public repose here at the church has closed. it closed earlier this morning. nearly 4,000 military and civilian personnel from across branches of the u.s. armed forces, including research and national guard, provided ceremonial support during the president's state funeral yesterday. president george h.w. bush returned home to houston wednesday night. greeted by presidential anthem "hail to the chief" at ellington field. earlier in the day, in the company of dozens of family members, the former president left washington for one final
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trip aboard the airplane that usally serves as air force one. fitting into a majestic morning. where mr. bush was honored. >> -- has risen upon you. >> and song. ♪ and touching eulogies by longtime friends like former wyoming senator alan simpson. >> he was a man of hue mity. those who travel the high road of humility in washington, d.c. are not bothered by heavy traffic. >> reporter: representing the family was former president george w. bush who recounted his father's final words. >> 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
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too. >> reporter: and choked up when it came time to say good-bye. >> the best father a son or daughter could have. and in our grief, knowing that dad is hugging robin and holding mom's hand again. >> reporter: former canadian prime minister brian mull rooney formed a lasting bond with mr. bush when they served as leaders of neighboring nations. >> every single head of government in the world knew that they were dealing with a gentleman, a genuine leader. >> reporter: mullrooney said despite his strained ri eed relationship, it was important to his friend that president trump attend the ceremony. >> bush was the one who insisted trump be invited. >> reporter: mr. trump's presence presented an awkward moment as he took a seat in a row with all living u.s. presidents. alongside a predecessor whose legacy he tried to dismantle and a former rival am he's
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threatened to jail. but mullrooney said such moments present a rare opportunity for national healing. >> it was great to see a wonderful map receive such a magnificent sendoff. because in his case it was richly deserved. >> reporter: the buss with guests have started to arrive behind me. former secretary of state and longtime friend james baker will deliver a eulogy this morning as will the president's grandson george p. bush. the callous ket carrying the remains of the former president will be pulled by a train numbered 4141 from houston to his presidential library in college station. that train made the debut at the presidential library where president bush drove the train himself for a few miles. incidentally, over the past few years, he's become very interested in bringing high-speed rail to the state. in fact, three years ago, at the
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age of 91, president bush was speaking with a woman who was overseeing that project and said i want to be on that inaugural train ride. she said, mr. president that won't happen until 2023. his response was, what's your point? once again, you see his humor there. >> all right, bianna, thank you. cbs news will bring you a special report this morning of president george h.w. bush's funeral in texas. you can watch it here on cbs. >> i woke up this morning thinking about that service yesterday. of course we were all sitting there watching as many of the country was. yesterday, the country said good-bye. today, the family's good-bye. i woke up thinking how touching and how loving it was. i thought the president said it best, so richly deserved for him. >> a moving tribute. >> i thought so too. a developing storm system will bring coast to coast rain and snow over the next several days. nearly a foot of snow fell in the mountains outside palm springs, california, overnight.
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the storm will most east from there and is predicted to hit texas tomorrow and the carolinas by sunday. now tracking the storm. megan, good morning. >> good morning. we're talking about cold temperatures across the lower 48 this morning. and not very warm this afternoon either. looking in the west coast, we'll be at 50 degrees in san francisco this morning. 65 in l.a. salt lake city just 27. the east coast, only 40s and 50s for parts of florida. a storm system coming on shore in the west. impacting those of you in southern california, bringing some rain and high-elevation snow. as that progresses eastward, we'll start to feed more gulf moisture in the storm system and could be talking about hefty rinfall amounts as well as high snowfall totals. it's snow and ice on the northern extent of the storm system. could see upwards of 4 to 8 inches of rain across parts of
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the deep south and texas. that does bring the potential for flash flooding into the picture. could find up to a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the mountains of north carolina. >> all right, well, it is winter sort of kind of. china is demanding answers from the u.s. over an arrest that could complicate trade talks. police in canada are holding a top executive. she may be sent to u.s. to face reported charges of trying to evade u.s. sanctions on iran. mung wo jo is her name. china's president is trying to end a showdown over trade. wall street opened with more big losses this morning over investors fears of new tariffs on chinese imports. another big story, usa gymnastics is filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces about 100 lawsuits over its handling of the larry nassar
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sex abuse scandal. the governing body says bankruptcy will help resolve the lawsuits but a victim's attorney says it's just a delaying tactic. nassar was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. how one prominent critic says the organization's problems extend well beyond the bankruptcy issue. >> good morning. usa gymnastics says the bankruptcy is a new organization to help move the organization and sport forward. a former board member and nassar whistleblower says usa gymnastics is no closer to protecting what matters most, its athletes. still reeling from the nassar sexual abuse scandal, gymnastics filed chapter 11 as it faces over 100 lawsuits. in a statement, the organization said the filing will help resolve claims made by nassar's sexual abuse survivors, calling it a critical first step in
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rebuilding the community's trust. >> i don't see how anybody can trust that organization to run the sport of gymnastics. >> reporter: jessica howard is a former team usa gymnast and board member. >> i trusted usa gymnast ins but i was sexually abused. >> reporter: she was among the first gymnasts to speak out against nassar saying she too was a victim. >> usa gymnastics have made absolutely no changes that have affected victims, survivors. >> reporter: the filing would stop all 100 lawsuits from proceeding, including a complaint by the u.s. plik comm plik committee that seeks to revoke. >> this is an american tragedy. >> reporter: this attorney whose firm represents more than 180 of victims, called bankruptcy a delay tactic. howard says the organization is not capable of protecting
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athletes. >> i don't think the sport will survive at the highest levels if we don't get this right. >> reporter: wednesday's filing comes as usa gymnastics continues to search for a new ceo. the lawsuits costing the federation as much as $150 million. michigan state university where nassar also worked announced a $500 million settlement with more than 300 victims. usa gymnastics says the filing does not affect the amount of money available to victims which they say is funded by insurance. nor norah. two separate school bus crashes. in illinois, a tractor semitrailer crossed the highway and crashed head on into a bus carrying a girl's team yesterday. two men died. the students suffered nonlife threatening injured. in indiana, one student was killed when a truck rear ended a
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school bus yesterday. 38 students were on board. this month, there have been 13 school bus crashes in the united states. >> we're all paying attention. does some like quite a bit. an alarming new study shows countries are releasing a record amount of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. the u.n. secretary gem sa-gener we are in deep double with climate change. that's roughly 100,000 times the weight of new york's empire state building. china is the largest carbon emitter in the world. the u.s. is number two. ben tracy shows us the effects of dangerous air in beijing. >> reporter: good morning. it's a rare blue sky day here. but generally during the winter it's so polluted that most of us are walking around with one of these masks. and using sensors to check the air quality in our homes and
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offices. chinese cities often look like this. toxic clouds of pollution block out the sun and make breathing hazardous for your health. a lot of the carbon emissions are from burning coal which not only fuels much of china's manufacturing economy, but also heats people's home also in the winter. china produces 27% of the world's global emissions and they're expecting to rise 4.7% this year. the u.s. is the world's second worst polluter accounting for 15% of global emissions. the european union and india round out the top four. oil demand has risen for five years in a row. we have more efficient cars but around the world more people are driving and they're driving further distances. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, beijing. this is the third major recent report to raise the alarm about global warming. world leaders are meeting in poland and they're trying to figure out how to keep temperatures from rising more
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than 3.6 degrees farn hide. this is very sear. >> and getting worse. >> i keep thinking certainly this is going to be the major issue, with rising sea levels, rising temperatures, all of it, droughts, which affect agricultural prices, it's a real thing. >> u.s. policy is not really addressing that issue. a space x rocket landed with a splash after a technical malfunction. booster was supposed to make a landing in cape canaveral after lifting a cargo flight to the international space station but it began to spin out of control when one of its hydraulic spins stalled. edngines stabilizing it, ben fel over. space x says it will use the data to improve flights. a contaminated blood pressure medication. what they need to do to protect
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good morning. it's 7:27. let's head straight to redwood city. busy as well coming off the dunbart bridge. look out for an accident there. hopefully it's over to the right shoulder but we're still seeing some delays through downtown san jose. that crash now cleared out of lanes. the damage is done. slow from highway 4. a dry start to the day and we'll continue will that drier weather as we head through the rest of the week. a beautiful view with our mount vaca cam. sunshine as we go through the next few days. daytime highs right around where we should be for this time of year. upper 50s to low 60s for many of us. plenty of sun friday, saturday, dry on sunday. rain chances sunday night into monday.
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kevin hart will host the 2019 oscars. [ applause ] >> i'm excited for him. he's making oscars history. first black man to host the oscars who's the same size as the trophy [ laughter ] >> that's going to be like, i want to thank the academy and kevin hart, put me down, put me down, put me down. my bad. >> at least we know the ceremony will be short. >> she got jokes.
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she respond on trevor's show and she's ship sitting there because trevor lost his voice. he's the host of the global citizens event in south africa, and he killed -- he's from south africa so they love him there. and he did such a great job. so i'm not surprised that he lost his voice, he did a lot of talking. >> tell you what, i think sloan just made a star out of herself. >> yeah, trevor, we need to see more of her. i can't wait for you to get your voice back. he was great. and the joke about kevin hart works because kevin also always jokes about his height. so it's not even mean spirited because he's the first one to take a crack at himself. >> welcome back everybody to "cbs this morning." here are -- >> let's go. >> not short but long stories we're going to show you this morning. first this, wisconsin's governor elect tony evers ebetters is threatening to sue after republicans is threatening to
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take away his power. a second bill makes it harder for new leadership to withdraw a lawsuit seeking the repeal of the affordable care act. evers takes office on january 7th. they're accusing republicans of a power grab. he says he'll first ask outgoing governor walker not to silent legislation before he takes legal action. >> that's going on in a lot states this back and forth. mylan has expanded a nationwide recall of medication conhe taining valsartan. it's linked to cancer. multiple batches of these medicines have been recalled since july. the fda says the risk is very small so affected patients should continue taking their medication until their doctor replaces the pills. and house speaker paul ryan will light the people's tree on capitol hill tonight. the capitol started lighting the christmas tree on its lawn
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annually in 1964. this tree is decorated with thousands of unique ornaments donated from americans all around the country. this year's tree is 82 feet tall and it's from oregon. the marine corps acknowledges a maintenance issue that caused a deadly military plane crash should have been detected. 15 marines and a sailor died when a kc-130 aircraft broke apart and crashed in mississippi last year. marine forces reserve investigation found a problem with the plane that should have been fixed years ago. david martin spoke with the victim's widow. he's at the pentagon. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. when this crash happened, it seemed like the airplane fell out of the sky for no reason. now we know why and we also know this accident could and should have been prevented. >> it kills me inside because my children could still have their dad. i could still have my husband. >> reporter: ashley kundrat has been waiting 17 months for the
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briefing she got this week from the marine corps about what caused last year's kras ofcrash c-130 that killed her husband william kundrat and 15 others. >> it's hard to know that he's been gone so many times and deployed all around the world, but then he -- he dies on american soil. >> reporter: the transport plane, a workhorse of the american military had disappeared from radar during the routine cross-country flight. the plane called yankee 72 was at 27,000 feet when without warning a blade on the left inboard propeller sliced through the fuselage. that caused so much structural stress the right inboard propeller came off and spun into the fuselage. the cockpit was severed from the plane and plummeted to earth followed moments later by the fuselage. the doomed aircraft belonged to
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an air wing commanded by bigga deer general bradley james. >> you know the question every family's going to ask, did my husband, did my son suffer? >> that is the number one question and my answer's been i'd like to think that they did not long. >> reporter: the records were strewn across five miles of mississippi soy bean fields. that's the propeller blade when triggered the fatal sequence of events. the investigation found tiny pits of corrosion which over time had become a crack that caused the blade to fail. when did that corrosion occur? >> we tracked it back when it two went to rework in 2011. >> so a failure to detect erosion in 2011 causes this fatal crash in 2017? >> yes. >> reporter: in 2011, the propeller had undergone a scheduled overhaul at this maintenance center in georgia. brigadier general is the current commander. >> the procedures in place at
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2011, those procedures if properly done should have detected that erosion in 2011. >> this could have been prevented. the guys could still be here with us today had that he just done their job. >> reporter: but determining exactly who at the overhaul facility was responsible may be impossible. in 2011, maintenance records were destroyed after only two years. >> i have more questions and i'm sure i'll get some answers. sergeant kundrat had been a marine for 15 year and done nine overseas tours. like all the others on board that plane, he never had a chance. sergeant kundrat leaves behind his wife and their two children. >> i'm going to tell them, you know, daddy should still be here with us and i know it will hurt them. but they're so proud of him and he's their hero and he always will be. >> reporter: as a result of this accident, the air force suspended its overhaul of c-1
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thu 30 propeller blades until it could be sure this wouldn't happen again. >> we reported this morning on a similar plane accident. is there any relationship between the two? >> we don't know what caused that accident out in japan, but it would seem unlikely in the plane that we have just been talking about was on a cross-country flight with no other aircraft around it in the middle of the day. the plane in japan was conducting training, aerial refueling training in which two planes are operating in very close prox him sity to each other in the middle of the night. >> thank you, david. >> it's hard not to feel heartbroken and angry when you hear ashley kundrat see that this possibly could have been prevented. >> sounds like we could do more investigative reporting on this in terms of why those maintenance records were destroyed and whether they're not following up correctly on this. all right. recreational marijuana is now legal to smoke in michigan, but
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michigan is now the first american state to legally allow recreational marijuana. a new law took effect overnight. michigan is the tenth state to legalize recreational pot which is also legal in washington, d.c. nikki battiste is in detroit with what some say could make michigan's law especially dangerous. nikki, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it could take a year before michigan starts licensing marijuana shops like this one to sell to recreational users. critics worry the wait to lead to high demand on the black market where there's no oversight. starting today, you can legally carry 2 1/2 ounces of pot, that's roughly what's in this jar, and some say it's too much.
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>> this is a little different smell. >> reporter: stuart carter shows us a product at his medical marijuana shop in detroit. >> we've had to turn people down. >> reporter: he says he's eager to sell recreational marijuana at his store, but the state is requiring them to go through a lengthy process. >> you don't think you'll be able to sell recreationalally until 2020? >> they're not going to take applications for about a year and then the vet process. >> reporter: though people will have to wait to buy recreational pot in stores, the new law allows people 21 o -- older to keep 21 ounce ms. their home and 2 1/2 ounces for personal use. scott greenlee is president of healthy and productive michigan. opposes the high possession limit allowing people to carry
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up to 2 1/2 ounces. >> you can carry this in michigan. >> it's the largest recreational carry limit in the country. >> it's too much. that's going to lead to a lot of crime as well. people are going to realize that, you know, all of this product is sitting around. our law enforcement communities are very concerned is all of that marijuana in those large kaun quantities -- >> reporter: the new law may be good for low-level pot offenders. 20,000 people were arrested for marijuana use that is now legal. >> marijuana is now legal. >> reporter: california legalized recreational pot use in 2016. since then were san francisco district attorney has cleared over a thousand misdemeanor marijuana cases. >> quite frankly can impact your ability to get employment. >> reporter: minor charges, he blefd believes, can have a minor impact. >> it can affect your ability to get housing or subsidized
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how'sing, it may affect your ability to go in military services. >> reporter: but greenlee says most low level offenders don't face consequences. >> sometimes we'll get a ticket or a fine, we'll get a ticket, pay our ticket and move on. >> reporter: one county prosecutor in michigan told cbs news he's already dismissed 50 pending cases for misdemeanor marijuana offenders that are no longer illegal as of today. under the new law, it is still illegal to use pot in public on college campuses, and while driving. norah. >> well that seems reasonable. nikki, thank you. starting later today, apple watch users can track a potentially deadly heart condition with two new features. ahead, we'll look at how apple is addressing privacy c
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning. it is 7:56 i'm michelle griego. the public works department is preparing for coastal flooding with some extremely high tides expected in the next couple of months. the department urges people to be aware of potential flooding especially when high tides coincide with stormy weather. in san francisco the muni driver shortage is twice as bad as officials claimed. low pay and dangerous working conditions for the lack of employees. >> and right now the city of college of san francisco is holding a special meeting to weigh in on the proposed free
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friend, and george p. bush, the texas land commiter and his grandson. the oakridge boys and reb amc -- r reba macintre. we will be joined from houston shortly, john, let me begin with you. this will conclude six days of public mourning. >> yeah, and ending on the personal family -- hard to say intimate because it is a global event, but i'm familiparticular focused on what james baker will say. he was with president bush all of the way until the end, but he was with him so much in public
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life, but we will hear about the personal relationship between these two men that endured for so long. >> and the comfort that james baker provided to the president in those final days. we heard some of these stories, of course the lighter stories about smuggling in the vodka and the steak from mortons, which i think meant so much for the president. let's listen to dr. levinson. the bush's have been membered at st. martins for more than 50 years. it was important as they planned all of this out, for the former president, to of course do it there. let's listen to "oh beautiful for spacious skies" ♪ for purple mountain majesty
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through faith we pray with confidence, the giver of life, that he will raise him to the perfection and the company of the saints. your servant, deliver him from all evil and set him free from every bond that he may rest with all of your saints in the internal habitation where with the father, the spirit, you reign with one god forever and ever, amen. let us also pray for all who mourn that may cast their care on god and know the consolation of his love.
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>> in life, say the lord. believe in me, shall he live, and so who believe in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer liveth and he shall stand on the latter day upon the earth. this body shall be destroyed and i shall see god, and see for myself, my eyes shall behold not as a stranger. for none of us liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself. for if we live, we live unto the
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twilights lost last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪
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the lord be with you. >> and with your spirit. >> remain standing and let us pray. oh, god, whose mercies cannot be numbered except our prayers on behalf of thy servant, george herbert walker bush, and grant george an entrance into the land of light and joy in the fellowship of thy saints, and jesus christ, your son our lord, live and reign with you for now and forever. amen. please be seated for the lessons.
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>> a reading from lamintations. >> the steadfast love of the lord never ends, they are new every morning. great is thy faithfulness. the lord is my portion and i will hope in him. the lord is good to those who wait in him, for those who seek him. it is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the lord, for the lord will not cast off forever. he has grieve but compassion. he does not afflict or grieve the sons of man. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god.
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>> today's appointed psalm is psalm 23. the lord is my shepherd. i shad not want. he lead me beside the still water website he restore my soul. he leads me in the path of righteousness for his name sake. >> though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i shall not weep. thou prepare a table in front of me, anoint my head with oil, my cup runneth over, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all of the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of
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for his friends, his family, and for our grateful nation. for more than 60 years, george herbert walker bush has been my friend and role model. we trust his soul to heaven, his name to history, and his memory to our hearts i must begin with an apology. i'm about to do something you always hated, and that your mother always told you not to do, brag about yourself. ly do this because it must be done, and because as a lawyer, i see that thing beloved by all lawyers, a loophole. don't brag about yourself you once wrote, let others point out
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your virtues, your good points, well today, mr. president, i am that other with the special privilege and joy of sharing your good points. as we have herd and know, george bush was a charter member of the greatest generation. as we gather here to salute him, his incredible service to our nation and the world are already etched in the marble of time. after becoming the youngest navel aviator, he served an increasingly responsible positions on behalf of his country. congressman, ambassador to china, and to the eye nieted nations, director of the cia and vice president. then, as history will faithfully record, he became one of our nation's finest presidents and
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beyond any doubt, our nation's very best one-term president. for millions and millions across the globe the world became a better place because george bush occupied the white house for four years. he was not considered a skilled speaker. but his degreed were quite eloquent. and he demonstrated their eloquence by carving them into the hard granite of history. they expressed his moral character and they reflected his decency. his moundless kibound lesless l. and the best to do it to his best ability. they testified to a life
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noeshlly lived. he possessed the classic virtues of our civilization and of his faith. the same virtues that express what is really best about this country. the same ideals were known to and shared by our founding fathers. he was temporate in thought, word, and deed. he considered his choices and he chose wisely. the berlin wall fell in november, 1989, less than a year into his presidency. it was a remarkable triumph as east and west germans danced on the remains of that hated wall, he could have joined them
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metaphorically and claimed victory for the west and for america, and frankly for himself, but he did not. he knew better. he understood that humility toward and not humiliation of a fallen adversary was the very best path to peace and reconciliation. and so he was able to unify germany as a member of the north atlantic stretreaty organizatio. thus the cold war ended, not with a bang, but with a sound of a pulley at the kremlin as the flag of the soviet union was lowered for the last time. need we ask about george bush's
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courage? during world war ii he risked his life in defense of something greater than himself. decades later when saddam hussein invaded kuwait and started to brutalize kuwaitis, he never wavered. he had the courage of a warrior. but when the time came for prudence he always tmaintained the greater courage of a peacemaker. he ended the wars in central america. he signed two nuclear arms induction treaties and he brought israel and all of their arab neighbors together for the first time to talk peace. the deeds for his fellow man
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always spoke to him. give someone else a hand, he would say, and he did. when a friend is hurting, show that you care, he would say, and he did. be kind to people, he would say, and he was. to the parents of a young son who lost to cancer, he wrote "i hope you will live the rest of your lives with only happy memories of that wonderful son that is now safely tucked in god's loving arms around him." his wish for a kinder, gentler nation was not a cynical political slogan, it came honest and unguarded from his soul. after they left the white house, george and barbara bush conti e continued to display their compassion for others. their dedication to the points of light, the barbara bush foundation for family literacy,
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and countless other charities is a model for all former first families. past, present, and future. to these virtues question had one more source of his character, his family. as a friend once put it, george bush believed that family is a source of both personal strength, and the values that one needs to face life. and of course history has shown that few families have accomplished as much as his has. barbara wrote the book on how to be a great first lady. his legacy lives on with his children. who have contributed so very much to making our nation great. and who knows what the future will bring for his grandchildren and their children. i have always been proud that george bush used to describe our relationship as one of big brother and little brother.
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he used to say that one of the things he liked best about me is that i would always tell him what i thought. even when i knew he didn't want to hear it. then we would have a spirited discussion about that issue. but he had a very effective way of letting me know when the discussion was over. he would look at me and he would say baker, if you're so smart, why am i president and you're not? he was a leader and he knew it. my hope is that in remembering the life of george herbert walker bush, and in honoring his accomplishments, we will see that we're really praising what is best about our nation, the nation he loved and whose values he embodiy yiy yiy yiembodiyed.
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our words are very inadequate when trying to measure his life. so i conclude these remarks with his words, written some years ago to his old tennis buddy, we have known each other a long time he wrote to me. we have shared joy and sadness, and time has indeed gone swiftly by. now it races on even faster and it makes me treasure this line of william butler yates about where man's glory begins and ends. namely with friends. my glory is i have you as such a friend. to which i reply on behalf of his friends here today, across america and throughout the world, we rejoice, mr. president, that you are safely
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simply news as gampi. he was the most gracious, decent, and humble man that i will ever know. we're here to give thanks for his extraordinary life. but i would like to talk about some of the things that he was thankful for. the things that, to him, mattered the most. he was thankful for his family. when he began running for president in 1988, my grandfather released a campaign book outlining his views for the future. the book opened with a letter to a grandson. it was addressed to me and recounted some of our recent experiences together in maine. "pete, i have been thinking about it a lot. the most fun was the big rock boat. near the end of summer when the moon was full and the tides were high, there was times when it seems like the boat was real."
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in those few words he said more about his life than i can tell you this morning. here is a man gearing up for the role of a lifetime, but his mind went back to his family. it is a book about policy issues and he still found time to write about an imaginary boat that he built with his grandson. he would wake up around 5:00 a.m. to review security briefings and grab his first coffee of the day. grand kids would try to get in their bed while they would read the paper in bed. the first to host intense horseshoe matchups among family, secret service, or any willing head of state. while encouraging trash talk like "power outage" if your horseshoe was short, or if you're long and your shoe hit
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the wooden backstop. his spread included barbecue, tacos, port rinds with hot sauce, blue bell ice cream and cl klondike bars. he would always challenge all of the grandkids to the first asleep award. he would write letters of encouragement to us all. whether one of us had a hard semester at school, whether one of us, and for the record, not me, drove his fidelity on to the rocks, or one of us, definitely not me, ended up in gannies cross hairs. i knew too much. at the close of one summer after he left public service he wrote an e-mail to us all saying the only thing wrong with the last five months is that none of you were here enough. promise this old gampster that
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you will spend more time hear. i can't fly fish off of the rocks now, but there are plenty of fun things to do. i think of you all a lot and i wonder how you're doing in school and life. if you need me i'm here for you because i love you very much. in the psalms gold makes us promise with long life i will show his salvation. we know he is enjoying the beginning of his next life, rejoining those with whom he lost but by grace has now found again. he was thankful for his country. he was grateful to lead a country where people can go as far and fast as as he can take them. a bright hope for america that he evoked so brilliantly when he spoke of a thousand points of
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light. it was not someone he talked about, but something he lived. he never saw his heroism greater than anyone else that wore a uniform. he was proud when walker and i joined the navy. in our times ogt otogether our wonderful, and competitive family saw the goodness that lead to his historical great ness he left a profound legacy to his grandchildren, service. the fulfillment of a complete
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life cannot be achieved without service to others. he said god is good, but his love comes with a cost, we must be good to one another. his faith drove him and led him to a life of public service. here in houston, he recounted his time on the ship that rescued him after being shot down. he stood the watch and looked out into the dark. he said the sky was clear, the stars were brilliant, like a blizzard of fire flies in the night. there was a calm inner piece. halfway around the world in a war zone there was a calm inner peace, god's therapy. today after 94 years, the heavy hand of time has claimed the life of my gamps.
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but he has won for he exchanged his earthly burdens for a heavenly home and is at peace. yes, george herbert walker bush is the most gracious, decent, and humble man they will ever known and it is the honor of a lifetime to share his name. god bless you, gampy, until we meet again, maybe on that rock boat that we built together.
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the first letter of paul to the corinthians. i will show you a way, if i speak in the tongue of morale mortals and angels, if i have all mysteries and knowledge and all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, i am something. if i give away all of my possessions, and if i hand over my body so that i my boast, but do not have love, i gain nothing. love is patient, love is kind. love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. it does not insist on it's own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrong
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doing, but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. love never ends, but as for prof if prof if prophets, they will come to an end. when i was a child i spoke like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. when i become an adult, i put an end to childish ways. for now we see in a mirror dimly, but then we will see face to face. now i know only in part, then i will know fully, even as i have been fully known. >> and now faith, hope, and love
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the gospel of our lord, jesus christ, according to john martha said to jesus "lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. but even now i know that god will give you whatever you ask of him. jesus said to her your brother will rise again. martha said to him i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. jesus said to her i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live. and everyone who lives and
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♪ ♪ please bow your head for prayer. mighty god, the source of all life, my our eyes and our hearts, this day, give thanks for this remarkable life. our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man. in christ name, i pray, amen. a few days before barbara bush's death i was called to the bush home and the president asked me to pray with her.
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i went and knocked on her door, and barbara answered, "hello, russ, i'm not checking out yet." we talked for a bit. i asked permission to anoint her head with oil and pray with her. and we did, we prayed. i left and then she called me to come back in. bar, are you okay? i said. she said yes. just tell him i adore him. today we're gathered to sbra celebrate the life of a man that we all adored. at the beginning of a journey that began june 12th, 1924,
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george herbert walker bush was born into a family that held fast to the values of family, friendship, faith, integrity, honesty, loyalty, character, courage, and service. now at the end of that journey, that cradle that sustained him has released him into the loving arms of his heavenly father. the end depends on the beginning and this is a good ending. from the very beginning george bush was committed to a life not for himself, but for others. and so we gather today charged with three tasks. saying goodbye, giving our thanks, and lifting up our lives to hope. bidding farewell is the hard ers
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-- hard eest of the tasks, the tectonic plates of our word have shifted. and sometimes we recoil at the complexion emotions instead of shedding the tears of grief. he was never afraid to shed tears so today i encourage you to follow his example. also to give thanks for the actions of this incredible public servant that improved the lives of so many arnoound the world. and in our great city of houston. we have gathered to mourn the death of one of history's greatest leaders. we have lost more than a leader. he, like his wife of over 70 years, barbara, had that unique ability to make you feel like he
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was your best friend and you were his. and he pulled it off with charm, humility, and humor. so however you do it today whether through quite meditation or jubilant story, remember his life brushed up against yours. goodbye, thank you, but there is one more thing we come to do, to lift up our lives to hope. what do i mean by that. president bush was a man of faith barbara bush were devoted and active members of the church for over 50 years in a talk that the president gave here in 1982. he spoke of his love for st.
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martins, teaching sunday school, serving coffee, and worshipping here? he said i remember sitting in the back how my pew wiggled and shook at our boys and dora sometimes would get the giggles. how many of you can say my grandson was a shepherd in 1980 and his sister, an angel, in the same year. as he was giving this talk, barbara said did it ever occur to you they both made it because you had just been elected vice president? but there was an open letter of faith, just before his inauguration, the president elect, bush, wrote worship is basic to my own life.
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our family has endeavored to uphold our faith by participation in the life of the church. in an address two years into his presidency, he recalled president lincoln's response at the height of the civil war when he asked if he thought the loshd was on lincoln's side. make no mistake about it, george bush was on god's side, we carefully choose the lessons of this service that i hope you will take home, read, and it speaks of the love of gom, the comfort of god, and the hope of life eternal given to us. the patron saint of this parish is best phone for tearing his cloak in two to dress a beggar.
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he did it instinctively knowing it was the right thing to do those of us fortunate to work with george and barbara bush suffer a similar. if they arrived and someone beat them to it, they never created a problem. in fact particularly crowded days, christmas and easter, they would often relinquish their seats to a mother over loaded with children or a son with his elderly parents. one particularly cold day as the president came in the back he was met by an usher who didn't have on an overcoat. aren't you cold, the president
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asked? and the young man say "i'm fine." before he could finish the sentence, the president took off his coat and placed it over the gents shoulders and he walked into worship with a smile and not another word. he loved our lord and our lord loved him. it was that connection that berthed in him a desire to serve. we discussed his deteriorating health. at the time he didn't know how that would end, and he put a question to me very simply. what do you think heaven is like? it was a confident statement one that bespoke of a resolute faith. he didn't want to know if there was a heaven or whether he would be there, instead he just wanted
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to know what it was like. he was ready for heaven and heaven was ready for him. my guess is that on december 330 30th when the president arrived in heaven, that barbara was standing there with her hands on her hips saying "what took you so long?" but then a big old texas sized hug from his wife and daughter with the words "we adore you." his very first act after being sworn into office as the 41st president was to lead our nation in prayer. as the end depends on the beginning, and as we say our goodbyes, i want to invite you to pray and honor in
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thanksgiving and celebration of this man that we know and love, this man we adore. bow your heads, may his pray ere, this was his prayer, on the day of his inauguration. his first act as president. heavenly father, we bow our heads and thank you for your love. accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes it's continuance likely. make us strong to do your work willing to heed and hear your will and write on our hearts these words. use power to help people. for we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world,
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house when he was vice president, and he said "fellas, would you sing me a few songs? i'm a big fan. for decades we have sang for him and this is, again, a real honor to be here. what a lot of people may not know is he fancied himself to be a good bass singer. he was not. we'll sing for our president. ♪ amazing grace, how sweet the song ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me.
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so in the life eternal, i invite you to turn to page four and recite the i believe in god, the father almighty, maker of heaven and earth in jesus christ his only son our lord, it was conceived by the holy ghost, born of the virgin mary, was russ filed dead and buried. descended into hell. the third day he rose again from the dead. he ascended in heaven and on the right hand of god the father a almighty on this he hall judge to come. i believe in the holy ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgi forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and the light. amen.
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