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Personal term he is speaking in and the personal emotional sentiment he is feeling. the anniversary of his sons death was yesterday. you heard biden in the remarks addressing that directly. his son, of course, was a veteran of the iraq war, died of a brain tumor shortly after coming back from iraq. he said that he understands not only the pride that military families see but the fear and the anxiety and the worry that comes with being a military family and tried to relate to that in this role we...

At this hour president biden is honoring those who gave their lives for this country on his first memorial day as commander in chief. the president just spoke at arlington national cemetery taking part in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier a short time ago. cnns jeremy diamond joining us now live from the white house with more. jeremy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this was president biden using his role once again as consoler in chief, a role that he i...

Anniversary of the passing of beau biden, who died of brain cancer. its something the president acknowledged right away in his remarks. of course, hon herring service members ahead of memorial day tomorrow and speaking to the sacrifice at large that so many have suffered. this is a president who, of course, is all too fa many with grief and loss. he tried to extend that to the gold star families in attendance saying one day he hopes the memories of those who have been lost either in the line of ...

Service in the military overseas. how hard will this anniversary be for him? talk to us about that moment. >> this is a president who speaks so openly about all his experience with grief and loss and thats why weve seen him really as a consoler in chief often in just these 4 1/2 short months he be been president, but this something has been been open about. hes discussed the possibility of this linkage before in interviews. and he said this was something he was wondering about and wasnt quite su...

Hes able to sign it once it gets to his desk, it has everything in it that is important to the members of the floyd family. i thought it was quite notable that this meeting took place behind closed doors. that was a decision, were today, came directly from the president. he wanted to have apersonal conversation. you see that reflected from the family when she say he spoke from the heart, that he was genuine, that he was able to do what hes done so many times just in the last couple of months, bu...

But i wonder what you think donald trumps photographer sees. >> well, i think we saw that after the shootings in ohio and texas when he wanted to make a point that he was treated like a rockstar when he was greeting the families. thats not what a president is supposed to do. you are there to represent the country. you are the consoler in chief. its not a game. its not are people taking pictures with you? it is to comfort people that are hurting, victims of mass shootings or hurricanes or tornado...

White house. he has it on the campaign trail. and when erin asked him about what that was for him, that others shared their stories of grief to get some solace from him, he saw that as a really purposeful way for him to deal with his own grief, that it gives him purpose to hear those stories and relieve some of that burden from people. i mean you know that we have talked often about at times when theres a national tragedy or an event happens and we talk about the role as president to be sort of ...

He has it on the campaign trail. and when erin asked him about what that was for him, that others shared their stories of grief to get some solace from him, he saw that as a really purposeful way for him to deal with his own grief, that it gives him purpose to hear those stories and relieve some of that burden from people. i mean you know that we have talked often about at times when theres a national tragedy or an event happens and we talk about the role as president to be sort of the consoler ...

Right now, theyre afraid to go to the store and send their kids to school because they dont want to be next. as someone who led a state after a mass shooting, how do you lift people up during such grief and fear? >> well, it is part of the job of being a governor or a mayor or a president. you become consoler in chief. and you have to kind of be where people are. and, you know, in a fenwunny wa these shootings affect everyone, not just victims and the fast of victims, but the whole community. wh...

Presidents going and being consoler in chief, has that always been in our history. >> no. transportation. for example when when theodore roosevelt had to deal with the san francisco earthquake, he couldnt go to san francisco. in the modern times. tv anchors would be the ones to do it. walter cronkite would be the person, by linden johnson got in a boat and actually went at night where people were suffering and put a flashlight in his face and said, you know, i hear you, im hear. america loves yo...