i might be a gampy myself if i'm lucky enough.aditions. >> how is your family doing? >> you know, it's hard to, as you read in my post, it's hard to imagine that when i pull through the gates that kind and decent man won't be there on the other side to greet me. that's really a selfish sadness. again, i know that he's in a much better place and surrounded by his maker and reunited with my awesome grandgrandmother. the thing is this george h. w. bush, gampy lived an incredible lifelike a forest gump character. he died with no regrets. he lived a life that benefitted others and he was very at peace with that. our family is mourning the loss of our great point of life. we are also so happy to have had him in our lives. for me it's been 32 years. that's how old i am and my dad it's much longer than that. >> your grandfather, gampy was 94 years old. give us your earliest memories of your wonderful grandfather. when did you realize, for example, he was more than just your grandfather. he meant so much to the entire country and so much t

today i stand before you as the oldest grandson of the man i simply knew as gampy.l ever know. we are here to give thanks for his extraordinary life, but i'd like to talk about some of the things that he was thankful for, the things that to him mattered most. my grandfather 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, the letter read, i've been thinking about it a lot. the most fun was the big rock boat climbing out on it, watching you and well playing on it. near the end of summer when the moon was full, the tides were high, there was that special day when it almost seemed like the boat was real. in those few words, my grandfather said more about his life than i could ever tell you this morning. here's a man gearing up for the role of a lifetime, and yet, his mind went back to his family. this is a book about policy issues, an

god bless you, gampy, until we need again. -- meet again.be out on that rock boat we built together. nancy: the first letter of paul to the corinthians. "and i will show you a still more excellent way. if i speak in the tongues of mortals and angels but do not have love, i am a noisy gong or a clanging symbol. and if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and knowledge, and if i have all faith, so as to remove mountains but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and if i hand over my body so that i may 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 its own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." georgia: "love never ends. but as for prophecies, they will come to an end. tongues will cease. knowledge will come to an end. for we know only in part and we prophesy o

god bless you, gampy, until we need again. -- meet again.at we built together. nancy: the first letter of paul to the corinthians. "and i will show you a still more excellent way. if i speak in the tongues of mortals and angels but do not have love, i am a noisy gong or a clanging symbol. and if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and knowledge, and if i have all faith, so as to remove mountains but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and if i hand over my body so that i may 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 its own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." georgia: "love never ends. but as for prophecies, they will come to an end. tongues will cease. knowledge will come to an end. for we know only in part and we prophesy only in part. when the

today i stand before you as the oldest grandson as the man i simply knew as gampy.h was the most gracious, decent, and humble man i will ever know. we are here to give thanks for his extraordinary life, but i would like to talk about some of the things he was thankful for, the things that, to him, mattered most. my grandfather 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. "p," the letter read, "i have been thinking about it a lot. the most fun was the big rock boat. watching you play on it. near the end of summer when the moon was full, the tides were high there was a special day when it seemed like the boat was real." in those few words, my grandmother said more about his life that i can tell you about this morning. here's a man gearing up for a role of a lifetime, and his mind went back to his family. this is a book about policy iss

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god bless you, gampy until we meet again.a and georgia grace koch. >>> the first letter of paul to the corps rintens. and i will show you a still more excellent way. if i speak in the tongue of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, i am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. and if i have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and if i hand over my body so that i may 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 its own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. love never ends. but as for privacies they will come to an end. as for tongues, they will cease. as for knowledge, it will come to an end. for we know only in part and we prophecy

today i stand before you as the oldest grandson of the man i knew as gampy.ow. we are here to give thanks for his extraordinary life. i would like to talk about some things he was thankful for, things that to him, mattered most. my grandfather 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 our recent experiences together in maine. "the most fun was the big rock. watching you play on it. near the end of summer when the moon was full, the tides were high, there was that special day when it almost seemed like the boat was real." my grandfather said more about his life then i could ever tell you this morning. gearing up for the role of a lifetime, yet his mind went to his family. issues, yet policy he still found time to write about an imaginary boat he built with his grandson. a typical day, he would wake up at 5 a.m. to review security briefings and grab his first coffee of the d

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loyal husband, gampy, great grandfather, father, and i think you will be remembered while ine history of this country. >> shannon: i think you are right. we leave with a beautiful cartoon tonight, and fox news >> if you're joining us, breaking news coverage in the death of president george h w bush. we are at foxnews headquarters in new york. president bush 41 he was the oldest president u.s. history. 41 at the home and his condolences and fond memories are ripouring in for former advisers and well-wishers from around the world. he's been remembered as a statesman and icon of the greatest generation and one-of-a-kind. we look back at the life of thi american hero. >> and new breeze is blowing. in a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn. for in man's heart, it's not in fact the day of the dictator is over. >> george bush hardest task as president was giving a green light for operation desert storm . but he is credited with rescuin the new oral rich nations. before george herbert walker bush took his first up into the white house seem learned to wal in maine. born june 12, 1924, in th

gampy? >> they called him gampy.n the last couple of days that george h.w. bush and barbara bush, too, by the way, instilled in this family a sense of service. and you have seen it not only in their children, but in each of their grandchildren. they have gone on to do something in public service. that is something. service before self. george h.w. bush would say. and what's interesting to me, though, is as we were as we watched them listen, it was, as john said, a recognition of their father and their grandfather's presidency and his importance to this country. there were certain words that vice president pence said that i couldn't help but notice, civility, kindness, modesty. these are words that, you know, we can't help but notice in this time. this was another era, and george bush 41 represented a very different time and a very different kind of person and president. >> yeah. this is -- and there you see john roberts, the supreme court chief justice, and the other associate justices of the supreme court, who have

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. >> so gampy to find the culprit you know, drafted this scheme where he pretended to be the districtin portland, maine. and he wrote a letter to my grandmother saying, you know, dear mrs. bush, this is very uncomfortable but -- >> it has come to our attention that you have been using your computer to go on porn websites. >> you know, we're going to have to come down to the portland office and answer to them. >> but it was very official, and we did dummy stationery. and someone drove to portland and mailed the letter so it had a portland stamp date. and mrs. bush fell for it hook, line, and sinker. it's a family tradition. the bushes are in bed, reading the paper, drinking coffee, and the whole family goes in there. and mrs. bush a lot of times would go through her mail in the morning. so he made sure that her mail pouch was sitting right there. and sure enough, with a bunch of family in the bedroom, she opens that letter and she is beside herself. >> and he kind of pulled all of his grandkids, i think i was probably the younger age that got pulled into this meeting. and he read the l

. >> gampy, we all called him gampy. around him, you felt this immense energy and excitement. >> he had this kind of itch that he needed to scratch through activities. >> he's the most competitive human being i've ever known in my life. i used to be his tennis partner. >> his boys are throwing up these lobs over his hiead, and he's running all out to go get these lobs that i wouldn't even run after. >> golly. >> boy oh, boy, he would never, never, never give up. >> he liked to win, and he played fiercely. >> one thing after another. >> starts at about 5:30. we would go fishing in the morning. usually get an 8:00 or 9:00 tee time, 18 holes. his nickname playing horseshoes is "mr. smooth." >> i thought, this is exhausting. >> come on, partner. >> he's a hell of an athlete. i always wondered why he played so fast. i think the answer's because he wanted to get to the next event. >> including racing around on fidelity, his beloved speedboat. >> i remember vividly over the years that he would come flying into the cove and do a

said, quote, nothing gave me gampy more joy than service to others.his leadership taught us to be kinder and gentler. >> jamie gangel sat down with more members of the bush family to talk about their father and grandfather. >> reporter: give me some words to describe your father. >> my dad is just -- the kindest person. he's been an extraordinary role model. it's hard to be objective. i believe he's as close to perfect perfect as anyone can get. if people were more like him the world would be a way better place than it is right now. >> what would surprise people about your grandfather? >> he's a big cryer. he cries easily. there's a genetic i guess trait for all the bush men and -- that they just were -- put on a disney move and tears up. >> he likes to play pranks. the ranking committee was a way that he used to judge down on different disagreements develop cousins, disagreement between his kids. he'll sea we'll have to take this before the ranking committee. >> reporter: who was the ranking committee? >> it was always him. he had a picture where he

god bless you, gampy. until we meet again.oisy gong or a clanging symbol. and if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all of my possessions, and if i hand over my body so that i may 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 its own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things. hopes all things, endures all things. >> love never ends. but as for prophecies, they will come to an end. as for tongues, they will cease. as for knowledge, it will come to an end. for we know only in part and we prophecy only in part, but when the complete comes, the partial 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 e

a love letter to gampy.will air right here on nbc bay area. >>> up next, he just agreed to host the oscars. now he's out. the surprise announcement from the comedian kevin hart. >>> why you could pay more for your tree. >>> a cool 53 in san francisco. we'll show you where it drops down to the 30s. my brand new update and when showers could return in about eight minutes. upcoming oscars. s -- he weas named the >>> it's no hafg matter. the comedian stepping down as the host of the oscars. he was named the host. some of his old tweets surfaced expressing anti-gay sentiments. he said he has already apologized the issue several times years ago. late tonight he tweeted he was sorry and does not want to be a distraction to the awards show. >>> and the golf club in new york is headlines tonight because of immigration status. she said when she started working as housekeeper at the trump golf club five years ago, she was honest and disclosed she didn't have proper papers and didn't speak english. she said she was told

god bless you gampy, until we meet again. >> reporter: and long time best friend james baker. >> my hope is that in remembering the life of george herbert walker bush and in honoring his accomplishments we will see that we are really praising what is best about our nation. >> reporter: the burial service was private with just family members. the grave site will be open to the public beginning this saturday. reporting from college station, texas, i'm elizabeth hur for abc 7 news. >> and you will find more coverage otformer president george h.w. bush's funeral on our website. it includes a photo gallery that looks back on his lifetime of service. >>> in other news tonight oakland police hope to make more arrests after capturing several people suspected of robbing cannabis related businesses. a surveillance camera rit a gund by ring.com. officers arrested suspects and served search warnts in several citiesod they also seized weapons include assault rifles, ammunition and marijuana during those raids. >>> a teacher is arrested after forcibly cutting a student's hair. >> it happened in class

. >> reporter: jenna bush hager cried when her precious gampy told her he looked forward to the afterlifebecause he would be reunited with people he's lost. his grandson george peabody bush writing, he was more than a good man, he was a great man. his courage was missed by that compassion. it was that compassion that seemed to bridge the political divide. former president clinton wrote, mr. bush's life is a testament to the notion that public service is a noble joyous calling. fittingly, last month came his final public he vot >> president trump said today that air force one will ort esident shngn on monday, where it will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. tex a&m university, he will be laid to rest later in the week on the grounds of his presidential library. lester? >> all right, gabe gutierrez in houston tonight, thank you. >>> a father and son story like no other. two presidents each presiding over the most significant events of our time. and through it all, drawing on a bond unique in our modern history. kristen welker on the presidents bush. >> reporter: they shared a name and member

. >> so gampy to find the culprit you know, drafted this scheme where he pretended to be the district portland, maine. and he wrote a letter to my grandmother saying, dear mrs. bush, this is very uncomfortable but -- >> it has come to our attention that you have been using your computer to go on porn websites. >> you know, we're going to have to come down to the portland office and answer to them. >> but it was very official, and we did dummy stationary. and someone drove to portland and mailed the letter so it had a portland stamp date. and mrs. bush fell for it hook, line, and sinker. it's a family tradition. the bushes are in bed, reading the paper, drinking coffee, and the whole family goes in there. and mrs. bush a lot of times would go through her mail in the morning. so he made sure that her mail pouch was sitting right there. and sure enough, with a bunch of family in the bedroom, she opens that letter and she is beside herself. >> and he kind of pulled all of his grandkids, i think i was probably the younger age that got pulled into this meeting. and he read the letter aloud.

how did your gampy impact your gre career path? >> in a big way. i recall that interview.s a great discussion in loredo, texas. you know, i constantly sought his advice. who knows better about texas politics than gueorge h.w. bush and he's really the architect to helping turn the state republican in the last century along with secretary baker, and, you know, between the two of them, they were just filled with wisdom and i would roaeach out. he was always a family while being involved in politics and we'll have a chance to talk about that in terms of his leadership, you know, that he actually had a life, and he spent time and devote it had to his children and his grandchildren, and you can still have character. you can still have class, even in a difficult and challenging political landscape, so i definitely relied on his device and after the election he sent my best and told him he was proud of me. >> george p. bush, i know he loufd and you loved him. i'm thankful you took time out to share memories of your grandfather again and again our condolences to your loss and thank

it will be their first interview since their beloved gampy's passing.w you what's going 'v. got some cold air coming in. this is a big spans o canadian area. temperatures will 5 anywhere fr to 15 degrees above average from new york down to wilmington. pittsburgh, nashville, cincinnati, all below average. tomorrow from san francco to washington, d.c. down to mobile and up to chicag everybody below average temperatures. later in the week, it will be 39 in new york city. it will be temperatures -- highs there be 25 degrees below average. 42 on friday in nashville. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. seewe, too, will temperatures colder than average starting tomorrow. today enjoy the mildest day of hee week. still in mid-40s across most of the suburbs. afternoon highs not a wle lot higher than where we are now. what little cloudiness we have left this morni will beoing aaway. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles hoan . tomorrow sunshine but way colder. highs tomorrow d about 15rees colder than today. that

god bless you, gampy, until we meet again. if i speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, i am a noisy gong. if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if i have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and hand over my body so i may 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 its own way. it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in the truth. it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. >> love never ends. as for pro at the sis they will come to an end. as for knowledge, it will come to an end. we know only in part. when the complete comes, the partial 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 no

we are calling a love letter to gampy.miss thi aturday night 8/7 central on nbc, guys. >> we are going to go redo our makeup. mat was really beautiful. wow. roker. >>> well let's take a look. we have got really cold air to talk about. with that storm system coming across the country we ar going be dealing with that as well. another round will be coming in from canada. boston today 11 degrees below average at 34. cincinnati 33. lookt new orleans. 11 degrees colder than usual. m55. thursdayneapolis you are going to be 16 degrees. that's not factoring in the windchill. tallahassee 57. new york will be 39. heading into the weekend temperatures in the upper 30s in d.c., amarillo texas struggling to get above freezing. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. right here in the nation's capital skies are mostly cloudy. there are lingering snow flurries and snow showers across parts of northwest virginia and down towards t south side of fredericksburg. not expecting any accumulation, but flurries are a

here on twitter, reaction from one of his grandsons saying nothing gave my gampy more joy than service to others, especially supporting and caring for those who make the ultimate sacrifice every day. his leadership taught us to be kinder and gentler and love each other. george p. bush, a texas stand land commissioner said my grandfather was the greatest man i ever knew. his life spanned the american century. he took part in the texas oil boom and served out a career in public service serving as president during the final days of the cold war and married the love of his life and a father to six including a president and two governors but to me, he will always be gampy who taught me to ho horseshoe, swing a baseball bat. he was a good man courage matched by compassion and dedication was equalled by devotion to family. we'll miss you and love you but never forget you. a series of tweets there from george p. bush, jeb bush's son, one of the grandchildren of george h.w. bush. we have nicole wallace back on the phone with us. nicole, the end of george h.w. bush's presidency, excuse me, in 19

it will be their first interview since their beloved gampy's passing.he weather. >> let's show you what's going on. we have cold air coming in. this is a big expanse of canadian air that's going to literally go coast-to-coast. the jet stream to the south and the last day of warmth along the eastern seaboard. temperatures will be 5 to 15 degrees above average, from new york all the way down to wilmington. but pittsburgh, nashville, memphis, cincinnati, all below average. and tomorrow, from san francisco to washington, d.c., down to mobile, and up to chicago, everybody below average temperatures. later in the week, it will be 39 in new york city. it will be temperatures, highs will be 5 to 20 degrees below average. chicago, 33 on thursday, 32 in kansas city, 42 on friday in nashvi >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's mostly cloudy as we take a live look outside in san francisco. no rain. we'll see showers holding off until tomorrow morning. now as you get ready to step out, it is cool with some upper 30s and low 40s and then some upper 40s

i'm honored to be here to install this symbolic anchor which will rest for generations to come as gampy'sou. [ applause ] >> i'm not even dead yet! what's going on here? it's amazing. [ laughter ] >> and now barbara and i would like to ask all of you, every single one of you, to come to the gate and walk up and see this house from the other point of view. on the end of the house you'll see my favorite slogan. ceiling and visibility unlimited. cavu. and that's the way my life is here. i think barbara feels the same way about it. politics is a noble calling. don't be turned off by the scandal of the moment, by the criticism from the press about politics and politicians. do your best, get in there, if you believe in something, and work at it. and it's worth it. it's worth doing it. it's worth serving something other than your own self, your own pocketbook. public service is a noble calling, and i still feel that way. >> i know you. i know you. presidents come and go, but george handy stays. >> gorge, heorge, how are you? good to see you. they haven't run you off yet, huh? >> no. >> how about

god bless you, gampy, until we meet again. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> reporter: in hisamily reverend russell levenson jr. invoked the same prayer mr. bush had read at his presidential inauguration in 1989. >> we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor name. >> there is but just one just use of power, and it is to serve people, help us remember, lord, amen. ♪ but now i see >> reporter: following the service, the nation's 41st president was placed on a train marked "4141," for the 70-mile trip to his burial on the grounds of the bush presidential library. ( horn blowing ) thousands paused along the way for the historic moment. across the country, 250 buglers played "taps," and in college station, there was a 21 aircraft naval flyover, marking the end of an extraordinary week of mourning late this afternoon, where mr. bush was buried, alongside his three-year-old daughter, robin, and his wife, barbara. george and barbara bush were active members of the st. martin's church for over 50 years. this is where they sat, right un

. >> so gampy rather than be quiet, little girl, go to your room, leads the search for spikh stuffedaby-sitting us the night before the debate anywhere. y where we? >> i was preparing for the debate. i don't know where i was. the good henews, found spiky. >> reporter: even during his busiest days in the white house or on the campaign trail, he was always simply gampy to uno >> i don't kif you remember in 1984 when you came to mid land, texas,nd jenna came on thetage and kept whipping up her skirt in front of the crowd. >> i was trying to get youd. elec i was 4. >> he was very tolerant. >> you were a great grandfather. you are a great grandfather. >> so swee >> reporter: my grandfather considers serving his country his greatest privilege. his family the ultimate gift. and now my d offers a loving tribute to his father. >> a kind of question people ask all the team who is the most influential presiden - you know, li- it's no contest. george h.w. bush. g would you say the same th about him? >> unconditionally. >> wow. >> i have been good all morning and i get teary when i hear jenna's v

god bless you, gampy. until we meet again.uilt together. >> sean: godspeed, hw bush. good and grateful servant. our thoughts and prayers with the bush family. thank you for being with us and let not your heart be troubled. the news continues. laura ingraham is up next. >> laura: i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. with disgraced fbi director jim comey set to testify on the hill tomorrow, there are specific questions that need to be asked and answered, namely why did hillary aides cheryl mills and who huma abedin likely get away with lying. byron york has some answers. while the resistance cheers, the mueller probe may have

we want to encourage you to watch jenna bush hager's special hour-long tribute, a love latter to gampyon the frantic search r missing crew members after two planes collided and crash off the japanese coast. keir simmons with the latest on this one. good mornin >> reporter: good morning. it's now almost 24 hoursince this crash. concern is increasing for the five missingwsarines. f dramatic rescues. two marines pulled from the sea. the question now, why did two planes go down at th time? right now multiple rescue ships racing against time in the s of japan. five u.s. marines still missing redibly twog, but i have been rescued. one said to be in a fair condition. the other t to a hospital for evaluation according to the marines. the u.s. ambassador hearing the news at an event in japan. >> my heart goes out to the milies and the colleagues of the marines that are involved in this tragedy. e reporter: two planes w conducting regularly scheduled training, the military calling the accident a mishap, but not giving more details about what happened. the desperate search for survivors overnight

. >> his oldest grandson recalling fond memories of his gampy . >> always the competitors. >> he alwaystime to help others. >> he left a simple pro found legacy to his children, grandchildren, and this country. service. reporter: after the funeral, last leg of former president's journey made by rail, only 8 presidential funeral train, first since eisenhower. custom-made union pacific locomotive, numbers 4141. and painted sky blue as air force one, train slowing for thousands who came to pay their final respects it carried bush's body 70 miles to college station, his final resting spot. his presidential library, he was privately buried next to his beloved wife barbara and wife robin. per their request, the final good-bye was private, theirs alone. >> alicia thank you for that report, speaking of late member, a member of his white house, may be a part of trump white house, sources tell fox news president trumpments to nominate bush 41 former attorney general william barr to be his new attorney general. other names remain in play. matthew whitaker, and tom rat cliff, and former new jersey

>>> good morning, today i stand before you as the oldest grandson of the man that i simply news as gampi 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." 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 thei

his oldest grandfather and name namesake honoring his gampy. his best friend and former secretary of state jim baker, struggling to say good-bye. >> because our glory, george, was to have had you as our president and as such a friend. >> reporter: long before his passing, bush had asked his favorite group, the oak ridge boys, to sing at his funeral. ♪ bright shining as the sun another favorite, reba mcentire ♪ for thine is the kingdom brought president george w. bush to tears. as his flag-draped caskets left the chapel and adopted hometown of houston for the last time, thousands lined the streets and train tracks leading to college station, as a locomotive bearing his name carried the 41st president back to the place he always felt most comfortable, at his wife's side. jay gray, nbc news, college station. >> a bay area tribute to the late president could be heard throughout the city of alameda. [ shots ] members of the coast guard fired the cannon 21 times, a rare military honor. president bush was the last u.s. president to see active service

god bless you, gampy, until we meet again. >> jesse: we have seen the ceremonies over the week. any reflections that you've had? my thing that struck me personally is the friendships that this man has endeared over the years. he was more than a president. he was a dear, dear friend all the people who worked with him and for him. >> martha: jon meacham said he was the last great soldier statesman. i think so much of our feelings about the greatest generation are wrapped up in this president, this 41st president of the united states, who represents to so many of us a generation that we have an understanding about our own families and we watch the passing of his president and all of the beautiful military components that have accompanied it. the incredible music. it gives you pause and makes you think about the life of, but because whenever someone like this passes, you think about where we stand as a country and what we care about and who we are and what it means to be an american. he gave us a potent reminder every day through his, as you say, his personal expression of the impor

. >> jon: that nickname, "gampy," that's what the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. that's how they knew him. to get the census was a very close family and they will miss this man very much. as it has been pointed out, for them, this is not a deep sadness. another time of sadness. it's a time to celebrate a life lived well, lived long, and great accomplishment and service to this nation. >> sandra: his dog, sully come on board with him seeing him off safely to washington. one of a note -- family spokesperson today sending out a picture of the socks you will be laid to rest wearing. he was a style fashion icon, if you will. you love to wear fashionable, loud socks at times. he became known for it. the family made sure to let us all know. he will be wearing some special ones to be laid to rest in today. a beautiful ceremony, sending the former president off to washington to lie in state at the u.s. capitol rotunda where he will be for the next couple of days. thank you so much for joining us live in america's newsroom to see off the 41st president to passed away on fri

>> gampy.ut, that these children were very well raised, about dropping notes. i will just say that i, when 41 passed, i sent a quick note and e-mail to his son, former president george w. bush. he immediately e-mailed back, thanking me. he didn't have to do that. but that's this family. so these are the grandchildren, walking over. that's george p. bush there and it's a little hard to see in the sunlight. i believe that's neil's daughter, ashley and her husband and then in the back, you see pierce with the beard and his wife. >> it's truly a wonderful family, indeed. and over these past couple of days, john, we've gotten to know some of these family members a bit better. and it's such a loving, wonderful family. and you've got to give, you know, the former president and his wife, who unfortunately passed away last april, an enormous amount of credit. >> veterans of the rough and tumble of politics are -- >> i'm just going to interrupt you. there is president bush's -- i'm going to get a little

our colleague,en na bush haggar cried when her gampy told her he would be renighted with the people he had lost. for mr. bush, people always came before politics. patriotism before partisanship. that patriotism on display until the end. last month came the final public act of the 41st president of the united states. he voted. president bush obviously beloved here in texas. the city of houston was planning a celebration of life for monday and last night a touching tribute from the houston symphony orchestra. president bush known for his colorful socks. last night members of the orchestra wore their own to remember a life well lived. >> gabe gutierrez. thanks so much. jon meacham is a pulitzer prize winning historian. he wrote his biography. good to see you. we heard there that the final words from president bush were to another president of the united states, his son, saying i love you, too. there's also a beautiful account in "the new york times" this morning of james baker, president bush's long-time friend, his secretary of state going in on friday, the morning that the president wou

bush, a love letter to gampy" starts 7:30 saturday night on nbc bay area. >>> developing right now insearch for five missing marines continues. >> one pilot already confirmed dead after two war planes collided. here is hans nichols at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: good morning. coming up, we're going to have the latest on the search for those five missing marines. now, you remember, they ended up in the ocean there in the western pacific, after a crash between a kc-130 and f-18 touring a refueling operation. it's a complicated maneuver, but also one that they do fairly regularly. this shouldn't happen. initially, the reports were that two of them ejected from the f-18. one of the pilots ended up dying and the search continues in some very difficult waters. we'll have all the latest coming up on the "today" show. >>> 5:58 now. also new jo every nigovernight, an office in new york city home to cnn. the phone threat came in around 10:00 in the evening. that caller claimed there were five devices planted all around that cnn building. the all clear was given right around midnight. >

. >> today i stand before you as g the oldendson of the man i simply knew as gampy.rge herbert walker bush was the most gracious, most decent, most humble mathat i will ever know. >> nawaz: one of the president's farite country groups, the oak ridge boys, performed an a capella version of "amazing grace." ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ that saved a wretch like me ♪ >> nawaz: and, after more than an hour, the service ended with "battle hymn of the republic"... ♪ ♪ >> nawaz: ...before the flag- draped casket was carried from the church. the 41st predent, accompanied t family and friends, then traveled 70 milerain, past crowds of well-wisherta to college son, texas, and his final resting place on the grounds of hli presidential ary. mr. bush was buried during a private service, alongside his late wife, barbara, and daughter robin, who died of leukemia as a child. in the day's other news, wall street took a wild ride after the arrestf a chinese tech executive sparked doubts about a possible trade deal with china. then came a rally on reports that the federal reser

and nela said well, of course it's happening right before christmas, gampy had to get to ganny so theyd decorate their christmas tree. and i thought, you know, from the mouth of babes because they had never spent a christmas apart. >> wow, jenna bush-edgar this morning from the "today" show. michael beslos is with us, his latest books contains the character of 41 who we'll be remembering today, just one aspect of george herbert walker bush who will be remembered today. and, of course, michael has been writing about history and talking about history for years and years. michael, where will your thoughts be when you're inside the cathedral today? >> well, of this wonderful life of 76 years of public service. but maybe the most poignant moment that i think george h.w. bush spent in this cathedral, right after 9/11, there was that service of remembrance of those that lost their lives and the tragedy of that day. he was sitting in the row with his son who was at that time the 43rd 43rd president of the united states. and it was so human. he reached over and grabbed his hand in comfort. >> a