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Quarters. senator john mccain laid to rest today at the u.s. naval academy cemetery and annapolis, maryland. he was honored with fighter jets of flying over in the missing information after a private burial ceremony. senator mccain is buried next to admiral chuck larson. today service marks the end of five days of remembrances. mccain passed away last weekend at the age of 81, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. at least four people are missing after two boats crashed on the colorado riv...

Academy in annapolis, maryland. they share these pictures from the ceremony. six term senator and former navy pilot very next to his best friend in 1958 academy classma classmate, admiral chuck larson. mccains burial closes a week a morning in which the center was honored in his home state of arizona in the us capitol rotunda where he laid in state. the highest honor bestowed by congress. the pentagon is putting $300 million in military aid to pakistan they the country is not doing enough to bat...

Scripture and song with "danny boy" ♪ oh danny boy ♪ the pipes, the pipes are calling ♪ >> reporter: hell be laid to rest sunday in a private ceremony, the u.s. naval academy in maryland. the senators final resting place will be on a grassy hill on the u.s. military academy ceremony next to chuck larson, another veteran of the vietnam war. he sclekt selected this out of the way spot rather than in arlington national sem twraer his father and grandfather are both buried. jeff zeleny, cnn, w...

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Friend and naval academy classmate chuck larson. the ceremony is the conclusion to an extraordinary week of mourning and celebration, including eulogies from two former presidents at the national cathedral yesterday. perhaps just as notable, the fact that the sitting president was not in attendance at mccains request. it may have been a thinly veiled shot from meghan mccain that caught president trumps attention. >> america does not boast because she has no need to. the america of john mccain ha...

Beautiful. the naval academy is a special place. its obviously important to the mccain family and, for that matter, to the armed forces to see him go home. and by the way, he is lying in rest next to another officer i dealt with for years, admiral chuck larson, a brilliant man. conscientious. you know, we noted mccain was the fifth in the bob muellbotto class. chuck larson was nearly the number one graduate. the two were lifelong friends. both navel aviator. of course, mccain got shot down on hi...

A private ceremony for senator john mccain is drawing to a close right now at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. right there the ceremony ringing to an end what has become a week of mourning and celebration, including eulogies from two former presidents. the late senator is to be buried alongside his lifelong friend and naval academy classmate, admiral chuck larson. nbc news pentagon correspondent, chan hans nichols, i was looking through some of those there giving tributes....

Respective countries. one time we even went to -- we had dinner with one of his sons who was stationed there. so it was a very special moment for him. but it was also a very special moment for those of us that were with him to see that bond and see them have the opportunity to share a holiday together which in the military often times is just not going to happen. >> senator mccain often reached across the aisle. also sometimes a foe to his own party or a friend and foe to either party you could ...

Home going fit for a queen. queen of soul, aretha franklin. >> gospel praise from the clark sisters to an aretha classic performed by pop princess ariana grande. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: two weeks after her passing the 76-year-old in a gold-plated casket was celebrated as an artist, friend, icon, and inspiration. >> ive been watching the celebration of your life from everywhere. the world is going to miss you, and i know that im going to miss you so much, becaus...

>> old friend, chuck larson, witnessed the crash and says mccain finally kicked the canopy open. >> i dont think it changed him at all. john went back to the room, went to bed for about two hours, got up, we went over to the club for happy hour and he regaled everybody with stories of his crash. >> i dont think until actually the "forrestal", which was a really miraculous that he survived, that he began to take his military career seriously. >> it was july 29th, 1967. his first combat mission ab...