PAUL: Seventeen minutes past the hour right now. And the top admiral overseeing U.S. naval forces in the Middle East was found dead yesterday. Investigators say there's no evidence of foul play thus far.</s>BLACKWELL: CNN national security reporter Ryan Browne has more for us.</s>RYAN BROWNE, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: Vice Admiral Scott Stearney, the most senior naval officer in the Middle East was found dead Saturday in his residence in Bahrain, U.S. Navy officials are telling. Now Stearney's death is being investigated by both NCIS and Bahraini officials but the Navy is saying for now foul play has been ruled out. Now Stearney was commanding fifth fleet which is a critical command overseeing naval operations throughout the Middle East in places like the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea where both Iran and Houthi rebels firing missiles are a concern to U.S. security officials. Now the Navy is so concerned about this command that they are sending the deputy chief of naval operations Admiral Jim Malloy to fly out to Bahrain to assume command on an interim basis while replacement is found. Now Stearney was a very senior naval officer who had been on an F-18 fighter pilot and head of command at a carrier strike group before taking command of fifth fleet. His death coming as a major shock to the naval community today. Ryan Browne, CNN, the Pentagon.</s>BLACKWELL: Thank you. Tonight at 9:00 CNN's Fareed Zakaria investigates impeachment and what could happen when the U.S. really needs to use it. CNN's special report "President's Under Fire" the history of impeachment.</s>PAUL: President George H.W. Bush will be given a state funeral. It's customary for former U.S. heads of state. We're going to discuss with our presidential historians how Bush 41 became a guiding influence in the Republican Party specifically.</s>BUSH: I am guided by certain traditions. One there is it there's a God and he is good and his love, while free, has a self-imposed cost. We must be good to one another.
Top U.S. Naval Commander In Middle East Found Dead.