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Perhaps underestimated or didnt realize right away what an enormous outpouring of grief there would be? >> its not just the queen underestimated it. everybody underestimated it. >> the next day, 2.5 billion people watch on tv and on the streets of london as dianas coffin is carried to westminster abbey for her funeral. her young sons walking solemnly behind. inside the abbey, charles spencer gives a surprising eulogy that is critical of the royal family. >> diana was the very essence of compassi...

Announcement on twitter, where else? moments ago. and im joined now by the author of the new book "the soul of america." pulitzer prize winning presidential his attorney jon meacham who i just saw at the barbara bush funeral. your eulogy was touching and wonderful. you have written a new book "the soul of america" but i want to ask about the news that the president is expected to make tomorrow. iran has been a thorn in americas side for a long time. you have seen presidents try to deal with it. ...

>> -- her number one fear. oh, absolutely. he used their daughter as a way to manipulate shauna, time and time again. >> reporter: shauna had been letting her work mates read the text messages george sent as things got worse in the marriage. >> one text, it would be nice, you know, short and sweet. like, "i love you. ive been thinking about you all day," "we need to work things out." and then, you know, we would be working. she wouldnt be able to text him back right away and ten minutes later, h...

Question came up. one of the reporters asked what does this mean? is there possibly some sort of military effort in the offing in term of iran and the president said thats something he didnt want to get into but he guaranteed that iran wouldnt go nuclear. of course thats what this agreement is supposed to prevent, going into 2025. so that was something that came out of this news conference as well. whats interesting is you did see merkel really playing to trumps ego but also trying to remind tru...

Decision to help get that through committee. did you feel like it wasnt going to pass? it sounded like there was a lot of wrangling. >> there was, but we were always going to vote him out. the question was is he going to get a positive recommendation or a negative recommendation? >> martha: and one woman, he was kind of choked up. >> i was grateful for the chance on monday to make a small gesture for johnny isakson of georgia. i know he had an exceptionally difficult day. he delivered the eulogy...

Leave or vote the way you would have voted so it doesnt change the outcome. that meant a great deal to me. so every now and then we should find our way toward each other in ways like this. >> really was an amazing gesture. what do you think moved senator corker so much, though? >> i think it was probably the combination of the fact that senator isakson was delivering a eulogy at a funeral, and the very rare moment in the trump era where people were trying to show personal courtesy to one another...

Isakson and his need to deliver the eulogy for his best friend at his funeral. >> it seems like such a rarity that these kind gestures happen, maybe at least in public. that bob corker the chair of the committee, he was visibly moved afterward. just for viewers if they havent had a chance to see it, i want to play for you bob corker after the committee meeting and chris coons explaining his reasoning why he did it for johnny isakson. >> i particularly want to thank the senator for displaying the...

Steve: political. brian: bobob corker was so moved that he did that, buckled his party. is he friends with johnny isakson. they are friends. johnny is giving the eulogy at his best friends funeral. we know how he stands. chris coons said i will vote present we will put it to the general floor which means is he going to pass. democrats who said they would vote for him. joe donnelly all supporting him on the fence is you chuck schumer, mark warner, angus king claire mccaskill he is going to have v...

>> senator isaacson was delivering a eulogy at a funeral and calling what he did was coons -- then the vote would have had the same outcome if they had waited for isaacson to return. >> sandra: what happens next in all this? >> the vote could go to the senate floor as early as wednesday or thursday this week. the administration would need to secure 60 votes to get him through. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: so much to discuss. james freeman is the assistant editor wall street editorial page and ...

Chairman corker had to say afterwards, to be clear, i voted against mike pompeo in the committee and witness vote against him on the floor. but because of a senate rule, he couldnt advance from the committee to consideration by the full senate unless a majority of senators present voted that way. and my good friend, johnny isaacson had been at home in georgia, delivering a eulogy for his best friend that afternoon. the only thing that changing my vote to "present" did was change the hour of the ...