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41st president. >> and i think what susan glassers getting at there is that these celebrations, the lives of people whose whole careers and families and lives were about public service, felt so devastating. in washington, there was a pal paable sense of loss of everything thats been lost by the current politics. its impossible to divorce the way people feel about the current state of politics from the loss of those three individuals. >> the optics and the theater surrounding the presence of the ...

To the average person, if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy. >> seinfeld, gaffigan, regan, they inspire others to try it as a challenge. funny without talking about anything that would offend their mother. >> freedom, freedom is great, but i dont pop up alone in bed in the middle of the night going i can do whatever i want. im not rolling around in bed, look at the freedom. i have so much freedom. freedom. >> comics dont get credit for high degr...

He believed in and express them as logically and concisely and convincingly as he could and beyond that he wanted to enjoy life and enjoy people. one of his defining qualities, he was interested in everyone else and everything else. he wasnt a self focused person. that was a great character aspect that allowed him to learn so much about the world. heather: there is your eulogy to him. i wanted to read that. you said what you learned from him, dont be defined by what life throws at you at that yo...

Concisely and convincingly as he could. beyond that, he just wanted to enjoy life and enjoy people. that was one of those defining qualities. he was interested in everyone else and everything else. he wasnt a very self focused person. i think that he was a great character aspect, it allowed him to really learn so much about the world. >> shannon: one of the beautiful things in the closing of the book is your eulogy, want to read some of that. you said, what you learn from him, he said to be defi...

Commander-in-chief club. i think the day was less about donald trump and more about -- should have been more about george h.w. bush and his legacy. howie: jon mech am read the eulogy to george h.w. bush. there was a lot. meacham. thank you so much for being here this sunday. appalling revelations about how les moonves tried to cover up his sexual misconduct at cbs. the next u.n. ambassador used to work here at fox. today is the day youre going to get motivated...

Commander-in-chief club. i think the day was less about donald trump and more about -- should have been more about george h.w. bush and his legacy. howie: jon mech am read the eulogy to george h.w. bush. there was a lot. meacham. thank you so much for being here this sunday. appalling revelations about how les moonves tried to cover up his sexual misconduct at cbs. the next u.n. ambassador used to work here at fox. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Family gathered for her funeral. and the man who delivered the eulogy was none other than the officer who had raced erica to the hospital, steve kelsey, who also served as a minister in a local church. >> and it was so moving and personal, because he had been on the scene. >> but for jesse halladay, crime reporter for the louisville courier journal, what elevated this story was simple, erica. >> the public concern from the very beginning was always that there was a 2-year-old involved. >> after ...

Seated. >> yeah. >> his hands together, he was rocking at one point. it was impossible to listen to the eulogies and not take some of it as a kind of comparison to the sitting president. it was not intended that way. im certain. but what -- people thought he looked petulant. people thought he looked angry at the content of the eulogies. >> look at what was said about george walker bush. what aisle he resided on politically, whether you thought his policies were successful or failures, at his cor...

Looked petulant. people thought he looked angry at the content of the eulogies. >> look at what was said about george walker bush. what aisle he resided on politically, whether you thought his policies were successful or failures, at his core this was a decent man who lived his life well, who was considerate of the people he did politics with. he was loving to his family members. and had a long and successful marriage with his wife. almost every one of those points are not a description of who d...

Failures, at his core this was a decent man who lived his life well, who was considerate of the people he did politics with. he was loving to his family members. and had a long and successful marriage with his wife. almost every one of those points are not a description of who donald trump is. and he had to be sitting there being very aware of that because it wasnt just john meachams eulogy. >> right. >> right. alan simpson gave a beautiful recounting -- >> mulrooney about the states man -- >> y...