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I had the great opportunity recently to sit down and talk about the past and the present and current politics and policy at a private gathering, an academic gathering with jeb bush. and we talked about his eloquent eulogy for his mother. it was very much on his mind because we all knew that his fathers health was failing. remember at age 90 when he took that parachute jump and when i listened to barry mccaffrey talking about him as a commander and working in the first gulf war for george bush, t...

Academic gathering with jeb bush. and we talked about his eloquent eulogy for his mother. it was very much on his mind because we all knew that his fathers health was failing. remember at age 90 when he took that parachute jump and when i listened to barry mccaffrey talking about him as a commander and working in the first gulf war for george bush, the commander in chief, you think of him as being the youngest naval aviator in world war ii, to think of his rescue in the pacific is just extraordi...

At a private gathering, an academic gathering with jeb bush. and we talked about his eloquent eulogy for his mother. it was very much on his mind because we all knew that his fathers health was failing. remember at age 90 when he took that parachute jump and when i listened to barry mccaffrey talking about him as a commander and working in the first gulf war for george bush, the commander in chief, you think of him as being the youngestviator think of his rescue in the pacific is just extraordin...

And thousands of people have begun streaming through to pay their respects to the body of senator robert kennedy. >> for 2 days mourners lined 25 blocks outside st. patricks cathedral to pass by kennedys coffin. for the service itself, 2,000 mourners crammed the cathedral. they included the rich and the powerful and the famous but also the poor and the dispossessed, farm workers, people who felt close to rfk. >> bobbys father, joe, is too ill to attend the funeral. his only surviving son, ted, d...

Lauren are scattered at sea. a private memorial mass is held in new york. >> it seems to fall to ted kennedy that he must eulogize everyone whos taken too soon. >> i think the most difficult moment of that funeral service was teddys final eulogy when, at the end, he said john had every gift but length of years. that single line incapsulated both the tragedy on a personal level but also what tragedy it could have been for the country. ! higher! higher! parents arent perfect, but then they make us...

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...

Of thing people expected to hear. >> she goes i dont care when you do it, where you do it, i want it now. >> it was an unusual and not very emotional eulogy for reasons only tom my understand. her parents were furious. >> he had that opportunity to speak and share about the woman he so-called loved and called his eternal wife, all he did was degrade her. >> what was it like to hear that? >> it was shocking. it was unbelievable. >> as the days turned into weeks, tom remained free, ashleys parents...

His gun stopping the bullet. the gunman, dead at the scene. >> had those officers not engaged that guy yesterday, theres no telling how much loss of life we would have had. >> reporter: tonight, tributes to the lives lost. officer jimenez, a husband and father of three. dayna lesss father says she was set to marry her high school sweetheart next year. >> i was going to be giving a wedding speech instead of a eulogy. >> reporter: and dr. oneal, with a beaming smile on the day she found out she wo...

American heroes. this is a quote, steve, from your sons last post on facebook and he was talking about how proud he was of the afghan people, 4 million afghans came out to vote in the elections, and he said the strong turnout despite the attacks and challenges with the success of the long-suffering people of afghanistan and the cause for human freedom, a lot of people look at that battle, weve been there for 17 years and they think its a lost cause. but your son did not, and his words make it ve...

The synagogue. loved going here. a mile from here, more than 1,000 seats, every seat full. and more than 150 people standing in the back and standing on the sides. >> i heard more than 100 members past and present of the steelers came. >> and that is remarkable. the steelers are very important institution in this city. and more than 100 former players and current players came in for the viewing where the caskets were in front. and the ownership, art rooney ii came in also. these are important pe...