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Achievements with shakespeare, with milton, it shaped the language for centuries, it will feel a little old-fashioned but thats the church that senator mccain grew up in. remember he went to boarding school in alexandria, virginia. as a prisoner in hanoi, he was the chaplain of his cell block and would repeat liturgy he remembered from the old boarding school days. the first hymn we will hear is one that will be familiar to most americans with familiarity of history which is the navy hymn, etern...

Of their character and the contents of their hearts. >> mccains body, fittingly carried out to frank sinatras "my way." >> you can feel that presence here. the private ceremony later this morning will begin at 11:00. it will be remembering john mccains life. an indication by the house chaplain, remarks by myself pence, and the benediction by the senate chaplain. after that family, the family will be escorted out and the doors will be opened for the public around 2:00 in the afternoon until about...

Followed by family members and mourners who spend generations and bridge the political divide and they all found their own personal way to say goodbye. members of the public are paying their respects to the senator as well. before the procession, the senate chaplain put into words the gratitude many felt. >> we give thanks for the consequential life of senator john mccain, a drum major for courage, truth, and justifiable. >> there was a touching private moment later when senator lindsey graham b...

>> a lifetime of service from the united states naval academy to vietnam, to decades here in the halls of congress. trace? >> trace: and mike, today wasnt all about the politicians. >> no question about that, trace. as you mention, the public is getting a chance to pay their respects throughout the course of the day on a steamy hot day in washington. you have military brass giving their final salute to their ally, cane can and his mother, roberta mccain, 106 years old was on hand for the memoria...

Of honor, grant that all who attend to these proceedings might transcend smallness and limitation and emerge as people desirous of being our best sevls in service to all our brothers and sisters as you might call each of to be. dear lord, thank you for inspiring such greatness in senator john mccain and continue to bless the united states of america. amen. >> youre listening to the house chaplain deliver an invocation, patrick conroy up next. we expect to hear forever senate majority leader mitc...

A woman was taking a dig asking a question about now president obama, and john mccain stopped her. and he said, well, i might disagree with barack obama politically, hes a decent man. hes a family man. there was another video of him speaking at the al smith dinner talking about how he couldnt wish obama luck in the election but he could wish him well and what an impressive thoughtful man he thought obama was, and its that level of decency and respect that washington so desperately needs right no...

Services, they held them in secret. mccain was designated as chaplain. much to his dismay. he said im not particularly deeply religious. bud said well you went to episcopal school, and he had to go to service every day. you know the episcopal litter ju by heart. mccain said yes. he got up in the middle of hell, north vietnam, and he said, he said, and it was, he said i take my words from romans, from pauls letter to the romans. render unto ceasar who is ceasars, render untoo god who is gods. don...

Producer for capitol hill that when the senate meets today at 4:00 p.m. eastern, we can expect an invocation which will touch on the passing of mccain from the senate chaplain, very black. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader schumer will likely make remarks on their friends and the timing on that will be up. they will drape a black cloth over his desk as custom and place a bouquet of flowers on his desk. >> john mccain is and we can hero, he is an icon. he was larger-than-...

Of us experience. and i think thats part of the reason for this reaction is we honor that service and i think all of us wonder what would we do if we were shot down out of the sky over enemy territory and found ourselves in captivity without doctors, where the only entertainment was mccain once had to steal a bible, copy down some passages in order to memorize them and read them. he was the chaplain in the cell. he would repeat the episcopal litergy that he had learned in alexandria. he used to ...

I had also someone who worked on the 2000 presidential campaign speaking with me earlier from london. she fought back tears. there was tremendous affection it seems for john mccain. john alter, our colleague here at msnbc, he said that even journalists that covered him had affection for him. yes, he could be tough. he could fight with the best of them, and free somebody up for a little bit, but what was it you think that had people -- develop a kind of a love for him. they really appreciated him...