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This means to the average person if you would rather be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing eulogy. >> those are the fellows that inspire other people to try it as a challenge just to be funny based on funny without talking about anything that would offend their mother. >> part of single life is great. you have freedom. freedom is great. but i dont pop up alone in bed saying, i can do whatever i want. im not rolling around in bed saying look at the freedom. i have so much ...

Prison, i said mom, are you scared of the prisoners, and she said, no, these are the exact same men ive been teaching in the public schools for years. i love the prisoners, and they love me. she was never scared. and when she -- when she died you know she had a pretty big funeral because people really loved her. and one of the people who gave a eulogy was a guy whod been in the navy with my dad and had been my dads law partner for probably 30 years and he was a conservative republican and my mom...

According to police and survived by his wife and two sons. former congressman john conyers was 90 years old. thousands gathered this past weekend to honor the life and legacy of the late congressman elijah cummings in his beloved hometown of baltimore. among the eulogy, including president clinton and barack obama, who paid homage to their friends integrity and character in the face of political opposition. >> people will look back at this moment and they will ask the question, what did you do...

On, and giving us your great reporting. we appreciate it. and in baltimore today, two presidents and political powerhouses came out to honor congressman elijah cummings. his life and his fight. >> theres nothing weak about kindness and compassion. theres nothing weak about being honorable. youre not a sucker to have integrity. and to treat others with respect. >> and heres more of president obamas eulogy for the honorable elijah cummings. >> as president, i knew i could always count on elijah ...

From barack obama. >> you could feel it across the country and at home on the television. just watching on television. when you hear barack obama treat others with respect, its very different than what we hear from the current president. and right after the beautiful eulo eulogies, we go to this president complaining about a witch hunt and back to the same destructive language. what did you make of the contrast? >> really, you can tell we are starving for integrity and respect. to hear bill clin...

Blatantly. that is not conduct becoming a member of congress. i cant believe that the speaker is not going to address that at some point and shes not going to tolerate it. >> thank you very much. still to come tonight, john boltons attorneys are talking with house investigators about a possible deposition. well speak with one member of the house oversight committee about the state of the committee and the eulogy of elijah cummings. >> you are not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others wi...

Perceive it to a comparison or a reference even if he may not mean it as such? >> heres what i would say about all of the speeches that we worked on for president obama. in my experience, the big question -- he was always pushing us to ask bigger questions, questions that transcended politics. and the big question is, who are we as a country? and i think that question, if you can write a eulogy that identifies what makes someone special but that also identifies what makes us special, then i thin...

House to reprimand those members who really broke the rules blatantly. that is not conduct becoming a member of congress, and i cant believe that the speaker is not going to address that at some point, and shes not going to tolerate it. >> john dean, elliot williams, david gergen, thank you very much. still to come tonight, john boltons attorneys are talking with house investigators about a possible deposition. well speak with one member of the house oversight committee about the state of the ...

Country, questions that are bigger than politics -- those are questions that i think president obama has always addressed in his speeches and absolutely did today. >> whats the process like, and specifically i mean in reference to these words and things that i was just talking about there, when president obama is coming up with that or in the speechwriting process? do you think he at least knows that some in the audience will perceive it to a comparison or a reference even if he may not mean it ...

Testified in recent days and been attacked by the white house. >> michael schmidt, thank you very much for coming on and giving us your great reporting. we appreciate it. in baltimore today, two presidents and political powerhouses came out to honor congressman elijah cummings. his life and his fight. >> theres nothing weak about kindness and compassion. theres nothing -- theres nothing weak about being honorable. youre not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect. >> and he...