bush, but norah o'donnell spoke to three former presidents who gave their take on the man.th the son, busch iv 3. >> the mission was not george h.w. bush. the mission was, how do we serve the united states? how do we help the united states? how do we make the united states better? which is very important in establishing a culture that can succeed. >> reporter: that the office was more important than the man? >> the office is more important than the man. it is really one of the most important things for americans to understand. dad taught me this, and therefore, one of the jobs is to strengthen the institution of the presidency, bring honor to the office. and that clearly george h.w. bush did. >> reporter: and bringing honor to the office, the institution, why is that so important? he a the institution of the presidency is a shock absorber. look, everybody president has his strengths and weaknesses. we just want to make sure the country, the ballast of the ship of state is strong enough to withstand either tumultuous times or, you know, the foibles of mankind. >> reporter: y

here is norah o'donnell. >> reporter: to understand president george h.w. bush, just look for that familiar handwriting. >> dear kids, this letter is about aging. last year there was only a tiny sense of "time-life." >> reporter: a letter to children in 1998, the father of six reflected on getting old. >> i want to play golf with you w h when i say be there in the game, in the lineup. really involved in your lives even though i might be miles away. >> reporter: he didn't say those words for just family and friends. he also shared them with rivals. >> you'll be our president when you read this letter. i wish you well. >> reporter: on "60 minutes" president clinton read the letter from the man he beat in 1992. >> i'm rooting for you. good luck. >> there was a kindness about the man. >> reporter: during his remarks monday, vice-president mike pence shared a letter his son, a first lieutenant in the marines, received from president bush ahead of his ceremony aboard the uss george h.w. bush. >> congratulations on receiving your wings of gold, though we have not

i'm gayle king along with bianna golodryga, norah o'donnell and john dickerson.rning. he is just the 12th president to receive that honor. >> during a ceremony there yesterday, mr. bush was praised as a great leader and a good man, who personified grace. norah o'donnell is on capitol hill. norah, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. it is an incredible scene here on the u.s. capital as the sun is just coming up here. there have been thousands of people who want to pay their respects to the 41st president of the united states. i talked to many of them just early this morning. people coming from connecticut, maryland, all over the country because they say george herbert walker bush was the last of his kind, that in some ways this marks the end of an era. members of president bush's cabinet and former vice president dan quayle were on the steps as his casket arrived at the capitol for the final time. you could see president george w. bush was emotional as he looked on, as well as his wife, laura bush, and their four other siblings all there. such an incredibly

. >> -- >> janel monet got choked up on cbs this morning after norah o'donnell announced she was nominated for the grammys album of the year award. >> i am sorry. it is not about me it is about community of dirty computers and being a young black [null] woman in america. >> kendrick lamar's black panther soundtrack is also up for album of the year. the star earned the most nominations with eight. drake followed closely behind with seven nominations including album, song, and record of the year. rounding out the list for best out them cardi b , brandi carlisle and post malone. shawn mendez earned his first two ever nominations including song of the year for in my blood. >> you aren't expecting it to feel so crazy and then you are really super emotional. >> he is up against kendrick lamar . is one of six women com and women also account for five of the best album nominees which is a change from last year when women were mostly overlooked in the top categories. >> this is the first year the grammars have expended -- grammys have expanded the nominees in the grammys are live february 10 right

for tomorrow night's "60 minutes," bill clinton shares with norah o'donnell the note he received from george h.w. bush. >> i, william jefferson clinton. >> reporter: former president bill clinton says he learned a lot about the character of the man he replaced from a letter. he read us the note george bush left him in the oval office in 1993. >> "dear bill, when i walked into this office just now, i felt the same sense of wonder and respect i felt four years ago. i know you will feel that, too. i wish you great happiness here. i never felt alone as some presidents have described. there will be very tough times made even more difficult by criticism you might not think is fair. i'm not very good one to give advice, but just don't let the critics discourage you or push you off course. you will be our president when you read this note. i wish you well. i wish your family well. your success now is our country's success. i'm rooting hard for you. good luck." this letter is a statement of who he is. and it's why he's a world-class human being, in my book. >> glor: tomorrow's "60 minutes" wil

norah o'donnell has the story for "60 minutes." >> reporter: the love of the father was never more importantan in the days after september 11, 2001. >> on tuesday, our country was attacked with deliberate and massive cruelty. >> reporter: 9/11. >> yeah. >> reporter: you speaking at the national cathedral, and your parents there. >> yeah. that was a hard speech to give for starters. the country was very emotional. the national cathedral was full. to the children and parents whose spouses and families and friends of the lost, we offer the deepest sympathy of the nation. and i knew not to look down there to see laura, mother, and dad-- the emotions were unbelievably high. i thought, "i better focus on this baby," because there's nothing worse than a blubbering president. and so i got through the speech. and i got-- i sat down in the pew there, and i felt his hand, my dad. it was very comforting. it was just a beautiful gesture, and it was captured on film, and so i'm able to reminisce about that moment, and the emotions of it are still with me. >> glor: and three former presidents-- george w. b

norah o'donnell spoke to the younger bush about 41. >> reporter: so much has been written about georgeh as a president. what was he like as a father? >> he was a great father. if you were to interview my brothers and sister, to a person we would say, couldn't have a better father. and i think the reason why they would say -- i know the reason why i would say it, is because he gave us unconditional love. some of us tested it, i might add. he was -- there was noou about how much he loved us, which i think is a very important gift that a father can give to his >>t's been one of t joys of my life, my friendship with him. >> he was a good reminder that as fiercely as we may fight on policy and on issues, that ultimately we're americans first. >> when you look back at your father's term in office as president -- >> yeah. >> reporter: he starts to many people look better and better. >> we all do. that's the way time works. i think he's going to go down as the greatest one-term president ever because of his foreign policy, deftally handling the end of the cold war, reunification of germany. >>

. >> as, you can see norah o'donnell is off and i hope she is somewhere dry. the west part of the pacific northwest are cleaning up after winds knocked out power and snarled travel. wind gusts up to 70-mile-per-hour waves up to 30 feet high lash the coast. >> in the east a huge storm is packing heavy winds and drefrmging rain. flooded roads are snarling traffic as well. nearly 8,000 flights were delayed yesterday. hundreds more cancelled or delayed this morning. flood watches and warnings in effect in 13 states. chief weather caster of our new york station wsbc is tracking the path. we heard the meteorologist call it a frinch storm is it. >> the grinch is trying to ruin christmas. this storm is trying to ruin christmas on the eastern half of the country. low back at the western half we go from west to east. the big storm on the pacific northwest moved to idaho. you have rain around the bay area. but the big story on the eastern half of the country. the grinch storm. notice a lot of green, the color of the grinch because it's crazy. but in thing is all rain fro

norah o'donnell is at the capitol. >> we'll talk to some of the thousands of people lining up to say good-bye to the 41st president. plus a look at his personal letters to friends and family. >> lesley stahl will be in studio 57 to share memory. >> also, the search for a missing florida woman in costa rica. why the family questions the accounts of people who saw her alive. >> a wells fargo computer glitch may have for

i'm norah o'donnell with john dickerson and gayle king and cbs news contributor bob scheaffer.e here in washington with thousands of other americans to witness this morning's state funeral for president george herbert walker bush. it will be a funeral befitting a warero. the 41st presi d

. >>> this is a cbs news special repo i'm norah o'donnell and john dickerson in washington where flags here and elsewhere are flying at half staff. george h.w. bush is in houston where he will soon make his final journey to the nation's capitol. the 41st president died

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he was asked norah o'donnell, if you look back over time, the legacy of the president gets better andsident bush 43 said, we all do. we all look better, that's the way time works. but he also said that he thought his father would go down as the greatest one term president ever, because of his foreign policy experience in the way he conducted foreign policy, deftly handling the end of the cold war. he said for example, reunification with germany. during their bilateral meeting at the g20 in buenos aires on saturday, the german chancellor angela merkel completely agreed with that, saying that bush 41 is seen as and, and his body will lie in state, and i'm sure he had gone down as one of the greatest two-term presidents ever. working with mikhail gorbachev on that, and the way that he allowed his commanders, including colin powell and general schwarzkopf to conduct the gulf war one in such a way that it was one very swiftly, very decisively, and one back the oilfields of kuwait, his approval rating by the way. after that conflict, was 89%. it's interesting to note that the only other pre

norah o'donnell has the story for "60 minutes." >> reporter: the love of the father was never more importantthe son than in the days after september 11th, 2001. >> on tuesday, our country was attacked with deliberate and massive cruelty. >> 9/11. >> yeah. >> you speaking at the national cathedral and your parents there. >> yeah. that was a hard speech to give, for starters. the country was very emotional. the national cathedral was full. >> to the children and parents and spouses and families and friends of the lost, we offer the deepest sympathy of the nation. and i knew not to look down there to see laura and mother and dad. the emotions were unbelievably high. man, i better focus on this baby. nothing worse than a blubbering president. and so i got through the speech. and i got -- sat down in the pew there. and i felt his hand. it was my dad. it was very comforting. it was just a beautiful gesture. and it was captured on film. so i'm able to kind of reminisce about that moment. and the emotions of it are still with me. >> that is the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the ne

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i'm norah o'donnell with john dickerson and gayle king and cbs news contributor bob scheaffer.e are here in washington with thousands of other americans to witness this morning's state funeral for president george herbert walker bush. it will be a funeral befitting a warero. the 41st president died at the age of 94 at his houston home. and the bush family is leaving the blair house across from the white house. being led by the former president's oldest son. president george w. bush and his wife laura has been staying at the blair house. >> they are headed from the blair house to the u.s. capitol for a depart yur ceremony where the late president lay in state more than 36 hours. a long line of well wishers the whole time came to pay final respects to his life. he will be honored with a 21-gun salute. they will then enter the national cathedral, 20 minutes from the kpop. the funeral is expected to begin at 11:00 eastern time just under an hour from now. more than 3,000 guests invited including president trump and the first lady, along with all four living former presidents. >> fo

i'm norah o'donnell wit dangerou to get around this morning. snow and slush froze overnight. parts of his state got as much snow from this storm as they usually do in a whole year. >> police say they've responded to nearly 2,000 road accidents in north carolina and virginia, too. snow plow drivers in north carolina alone have used more than 35,000 tons of salt and sand to treat the roads there. >>> president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner says the administration's focus in the middle east is now on an israeli/palestinian peace deal. in a rare interview last night, kushner was asked whether the the killing oto na jamkhashoggi has hurt the relationship. he has come uned criticism for his relationship with mohammed bin salman. the saudis have denied his involvement in the killing. kushner pivoted from khashoggi when asked if there would be more punishments. >> our intelligence agencies are making their assessments and we're hoping that there's justice brought where that should be. we're focused now on the broader region, which is figuring out how to hopefull

i'm bianna golodryga with gayle king and more norah o'donnell. >>> well, michael cohen will be goingee-year sentence after pleading guilty to financial fraud and caver char -- campaign finance charges. he'll pay $2 million in penalties. cohen was sentenced after telling the court that mr. trump directed him before the 2016 election to make payments to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels who allegedly had affairs with mr. trump. the president troy he directed cohen to break the law and he tweeted this was not campaign finance. >> the jorm ustice department revealed a non-prosecution agreement with the "national enquirer" that paid karen mcdougal for the rights of her story. david pecker met with cohen and at least one member of the trump campaign in 2015 to discuss how to deal with negative stories about the candidate. prosecutors say that ami admitted paying her "in concert with the candidate's presidential campaign to suppress her story as so as to prevent it from influencing the election." lanny davis is communications adviser to michael cohen. he's one of cohen's attorneys. he's her

. >> i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell, john dickerson and bianna golodryga.ichael flynn will learn today whether he will go to jail for lying to the fbi. special counsel robert mueller's office has asked the judge to consider no jail time for flynn, who has cooperated with the russian probe and other investigations. >> flynn admitted lying about his contacts with the russian u.s. ambassador after the election. he is now the fifth associate of president trump to plead guilty in connection with the russia investigation. >> president trump and congress have three days left to prevent a partial government shutdown and there's no sign of progress. a shutdown on friday could leave about one-quarter of the federal workforce without paychecks, just before christmas. congress needs to approve a $450 billion spending bill. the president wants $5 billion for his southern border wall. democratic leaders are offering 1.3 billion for fencing and border security, not a wall. legislators on both sides say there's no clear plan to avoid a shutdown. a new poll finds 54% of ame

. >> good morning, i'm bianna ayle ryga with john dickerson, norah o'donnell and gayle king.season in history and the weather won't help. weat recorddicts 112.5 million people will hit the road for christmas and new year's day. one-third of the total u.s. poplation. analysts say heavy highway congestion begins today with the tost traffic expected tomorrow. than could take four times ake er than initial the most wesested cities >>> a require tornado hit west of seattle. ringrrow that system could bring damaging winds to florida and linas.flooding to the carolinas. ongvy rain and strong wind gusts will hit the northeast on friday ir wing down highways. >> former national security adviser michael flynn has to advi more moneral more months to ng yeste he's going to prison. speciale agreed to postpone his sentencing so he can answer more ation.on in robert mueller's investigation. prosecutors recommended no erated wime after flynn cooperated with them for more than a year. the june unexpectedly blasted dlynn warning he was preparing used thehim up and judge ullivan accused the ret

i'm gayle king with bianna golodryga, norah o'donnell and john dicker zorn.llion americans will be moving across the country through the weekend. forecasters predict snow and ice for the southern plains and appalachian mountains. up to six inches of snow could fall in the texas panhandle and asheville, north carolina could get snow for the first time ever. >> the storm has brought record-breaking rainfall to southern california causing mudslides and wildfire damaged do down. a plane kidded at the burbank airport but there were no injuries. a soft sand like material helped stop the jet from sliding toward a nearby road. >> unbelievable to see those pictures. >>> former secretary of state rex tillerson is speaking about what led to his firing in march by president trump. cbs news political contributor bob schieffer interviewed tillerson in luce on thouston t a cancer center. tillerson said the greatest foreign threats are china's rising influence and what he called a belligerent russia. he talked about the president. >> how would you describe donald trump? [ la

norah o'donnell, gayle king and bianna golodryga.it's true. and we have it here even early because we recorded part of this broadcast in the days leading up to the holidays. so right now let's go to the newsroom for a check of the morning headlines. >> good morning. i'm adriana diaz. president trump and democratic leaders are trading blame for the partial government shutdown now in its fourth day. the president tweeted yesterday democrats must end shutdown and finish funding, billions of dollars and lives will be saved. he says the shutdown will last until a border wall is funded. likely incoming house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority lead leader chuck schumer said president trump is plunging the country into chaos. >>> an attack in kabul climbed to 40. the violence began when a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb, and armed gunmen stormed inside and ljm siege to the building for eight hours. three attackers were killed in a shootout. no one's claimed responsibility. it comes days after president trump ordered a major reduction

norah o'donnell, john dickerson, bianna and gayle are off but we are here. billions of people around the world planning to ring in the new year tonight. it is already 2019 in places like auckland, new zee land. thousands celebrated with a party and fireworks. >> here in new york, more than a million people are expected to pack into times square, roughly 7,000 police officers and heavily armed counterterrorism teams will stand by to keep them safe. for the first time this year, a high flying supreme court measure will watch from the sky. tony dokoupil is in times square. tell us all about it. >> reporter: good morning. i'm standing in what will be the heart of the crowd in a little more than 12 hours from now. the ball drop is directly behind me. let me give you a little overview of security. these barricades went in overnight. the nypd has cleared out all the trash cans. they've even sealed the manhole covers underneath our feet in this entire area. all that. and an on duty force described to me as larger than the police force of most major cities any night

bianna golodryga and norah o'donnell are off. >>> the customs and border protection are ordering newps to protect children in u.s. custody after the death of an 8-year-old guatemalan boy, he died just before midnight on christmas eve, the second migrant child to die this month after being detained near the border. >> that's right. the first, 7-year-old jakelin caal, also from guatemala was buried yesterday in her home town. she died in a u.s. detention facility from dehydration and septic shock. janet shamlian is in alamagordo, new mexico, at the hospital where the latest boy died. janet, good morning. >> good morning. this is the hospital where felipe was treated and ultimately where he died late on christmas eve. he arrived into the united states about a week earlier with his father. reportedly in good health. before he was taken into u.s. custody. so what happened? this morning, we have new information on his death. customs and border protection now report that at about 9:00 christmas eve morning, detention center agents noticed 8-year-old felipe gomez alonzo coughing and appeared

norah o'donnell is reporting from washington this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.n the room where it happened, that's the phrase this morning. cohen pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws in connection with hush money payments. we're starting here in washington with weijia jiang at the white house where the president denies knowing anything about them at the time. good morning. >> president trump is pushing back hard claiming the accusations are only being made to make him look bad. even after cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. in part for pleading guilty to the very crimes the president is denying. >> nothing at the trump organization was ever done unless it was run through mr. trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters. >> reporter: in an interview with abc news, michael cohen said the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels and karen mcdougal were made to impact the election. >> you have to remember, at what point in time that this matter came about. two weeks or so before the elect

norah o'donnell has more on the life of the 41st president. >> it was 2011 when president barack obamawarded george h.w. bush the highest honor a civilian can receive, medal of freedom. >> i'm a man who sees life in terms of missions. missions defined. and missions completed. >> the son of a u.s. senator, he enlisted in the navy on his 18th birthday becoming the navy's youngest fighter pilot during world war ii. in fine te1944 his plane was sh in the pacific. >> i knew if someone didn't pick me up i would be captured. >> he returned home a hero. just weeks later he married barbara pierce. they had met at a christmas dance several years before. >> i think he's the wisest, smartest, most decent, caring person i know. >> after his gradation from yale in 1948, they moved to texas. he built an oil business and together they built a family. they would have six children, but their first daughter died of leukemia at age 3. >> that had a profound effect on me and on barbara. and i think that horrible incident drew us even closer together. >> what a day. >> in the early '60s, mr. bush pivoted to

and you talked about last night to norah o'donnell, he talked about how he and his dad method in thei just got sworn in and andy card said why don't you go down to the oval to see what it feels likes a president. i said okay. so i went down, sitting down there. and just kind of taking it all. in and in walks dad. andy had told dad i was down there and he walks in and says mr. president, welcome. he said thank you, mr. president. and that's pretty much all that was said for a while. it was a very profound moment for me. >> what did he say to you when you were president? >> i love you. and, you know, as corny as that sounds to some. it is the most important words you can hear in life. you don't hear a lot of people say i love you when you are president. [laughter] ainsley: that's pretty incredible. james baker said those were his last words "i love you." and he said them to his son. steve: on the speaker phone. ainsley: he said dad, i love you, and he said i love you. those were his last words. steve: complete coverage of the funeral of george herbert walker bush. ainsley: great man li