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Start to rise again. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has the latest. arriving back from ibiza this afternoon and off the plane from majorca. the sudden return of quarantine for those flying in from spain is causing headaches. the rules are changing all the time, which is very difficult for people like ourselves. we were on a 65th birthday celebration when this broke, and it kind of shattered the day in a way because everyone then had problems with travel. so, to me, it feels like i was ...

Was fortunate enough to know him over almost 30 years -- but he was absolutely focused, as late as june of this year, on his own sense of restlessness, that he wished he could do more. think about that for a second. he wished he could do more, as he put it, to save our country, to save our world, maybe even to save our planet. coming from some people, perhaps that might seem like a platitude or just sort of chatter. it was absolutely from the depth of his soul, that he believed he was ordained, ...

Congressman john lewis as a mentor, as a friend. senator booker joining us from the hill. senator, youve shared before that on the day that you were first sworn into the upper chamber, the last meeting you had before being sworn in was with congressman lewis. what lessons will you hold on to from your years of friendship? >> you know, first of all, my dad had just died, and the fact that john lewis stepped up to sort of send me off to be sworn in was a very powerful moment for my mom and me. my ...

Of as our heros, at some point, disappoint us. you just cant say that about someone like john lewis. he was on the right side of human rights at all times. he was very early on the side of gay rights. he was very -- always on the side of womens rights. on the rights of black people to continue to protest and to continue to fight for the rights of all americans. so he was not one who were ever going to be co-opted. im not a person who was ev ever star-struck. when i interview people famous, i nev...

Fire at home. one of the first moments was in your native state, sad to say, in rockhill, south carolina, when, on the freedom rides, he walked into -- and you may remember this -- one of the klansman who beat him that day. had a conversion experience when barack obama was inaugurated. reached out to congressman lewis, and they reconciled. in fact, theyve made several public appearances to testify to the power of forgiveness. nobody actually forgives. thats whats so amazing about this man. he to...

Consumed news like few people. i mean, in terms of the newspapers. some of his family members proceed to the plane here to salute. we just saw speaker of the house nancy pelosi, as well, there on the tarmac at joint base andrews. jon meacham, what was he like, not as a civil rights icon, not as this larger-than-life figure we came to know him, but what was john lewis the guy, what was he like? >> he was a nationals fan. as a yankee fan, i find that to be the one thing we have to hold against him...

Congresswoman, what was john lewis like as a colleague there on the hill? as a legislator. >> i think the most appropriate term for john is self-effacing. that he was unaware of his own importance. so that when you met him, or certainly when people who were not his peers, lets say other members of congress met him, he engaged them in simple conversation. i think thats one of the reasons he is so revered. that in the congress of the united states, he simply was not an icon. he was a member of con...

Even if you dont know all the history, and i dont say that lightly, you and i and van and nia have all had the privilege of meeting a lot of powerful people in our careers, and he was a quiet yet incredibly powerful presence, and youre right. you knew that you were with somebody who did some remarkable things but just had an aura about him of peace hand power at the same time. congressman cliburn told me earlier today that he and others studied, you know, peaceful protests and nonviolence but he...

In. this is joint base maryland, a very short drive from the nations capitol and then the procession will go through the streets, again, passing several landmarks including just by the white house, by the justice department which congressman lewis pushed to have named in honor of the late robert kennedy whose 1968 presidential campaign he was working on at the time, senator kennedy was assassinated. this is a man who made history and who witnessed so much history in this country. dana bash, van ...

He will have some very good news to tell while he is down here in north carolina with a biotech company, u.s. biotech company, but theyr -- they have started injecting this vaccine candidate into the very first of about 30,000 american volunteers. >> bill: thank you, kristin fisher. you can see air force one touchdown there. we will see the president and a matter of moments here. we do expect comments in addition to the tour that we just talked about this biotech facility there in north caroli n...