Letter from a father
Clip: Season 30 | 2m 6s
"I can confidently tell my guardian angel that my life is CAVU; and it will be until the day I die." George H.W. Bush passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the age of 94.
Aired: 12/04/18
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Clip: Season 30 | 2m 6s
"I can confidently tell my guardian angel that my life is CAVU; and it will be until the day I die." George H.W. Bush passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the age of 94.
Aired: 12/04/18
Rating: NR
Letter from a father
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Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
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