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For him with us. south africas president delivered the main eulogy. archbishop desmond tutu has been our moral compass, but he has also been our national conscience. it was during south africas long and violent struggle against the countrys brutal regime that he rose to prominence. we will be free! after the country became a democracy, he presided over the tumultuous reconciliation process. in accordance with his wishes, the archbishop will be aquamated — this is a greener alternative to crema...

>> "the new york times" called your new book "a eulogy for the newspaper business." others called it a love letter. which is it? >> its both. and it also, bob woodward and i did a program last night online from politics and pr ose, the great bookstore, and what you see in this book is this straight line from what i learned at the "evening star" about having two sources. about the best obtainable version of the truth. a straight line about what real reporting is to the watergate reporting we did ...

Respects is just under 2000 came yesterday to pay their last respects isjust under 2000 people were here. it is expected that many others will be here today but we do that his wife is now sitting next to the coffin. she is being allowed a moment with her husband. after she is done, the members of the public will be allowed to file past the body of archbishop desmond tutu. we expect that the service, the funeral service tomorrow will start at ten oclock local time. guests will arrive from around ...

Dont let the republican party morph into something else. restore the institution of the senate the way it was designed to be. senate rules were just changed to raise the debt ceiling so we wouldnt renege on our debt for the first time in history. prevent an economic crisis. that was done by a simple majority. as senator warnock said in a power speech, if we change the rules to protect the full faith and credit of the united states, we should be able to change the rules to protect the hard and so...

Becoming vice president and now president. he really ticked through a laundry list of things that simply would not have happened but not for harry reid. saving social security, the affordable care act, the wall street reform, on and on. but i think it was the private, personal matters where president biden minced no words. he added him to the ranks of the most powerful and successful and greatest senate leaders of all time. a giant of this time in the capitol, but it was president, former presid...

Nevada history. lets bring in jeff zeleny. we see that president biden is already there. whats expected at this service today? >> reporter: well, fredricka, the service is just getting under way right now. as you said, president biden, first lady jill biden, former president barack obama, vice president kamala harris, speaker nancy pelosi, senate majority leader chuck schumer and many more are here to pay tribute and honor the legacy of former senator harry reid. this is going to be the a servic...

Work in south africa truth and reconciliation commission. and he joins us from johannesburg. and our deep condolences for you. this is a profound loss for so many in south africa. we just heard the eulogy and others, talking about his lifes work which resonated with so many. you worked with him. what would you like us to know about his convictions and how he pursued them? >> i thank you for having me. i think this is the end of an era in south africa. and, i think, you know, many people will fee...

Only memorial along with president barack obama delivering the eulogy. the senator died december 28th from complications from pancreatic cancer. he was 82 years old. josh, we have president biden certainly in las vegas for that memorial, but still facing a lot of challenges back in washington. that includes covid as well as the economy, so whats the latest? >> reporter: yeah, those two issues there, alex, covid and the economy are really combining to form a perfect storm for president biden. jus...

Sheldon adelson, the late casino magnate that was one of the former supporters of former president donald trump. he passed away about a year ago, but there are people attending the service today who worked alongside sheldon adelson because they were friends with harry reid. hes a bit of a throwback. his relationships crossed the aisle and he has a long list of legislative achievements. president obama is likely to say in his eulogy to give credit to harry reid for encouraging him to run for pres...

To shape the real landmark legislation and legacy building legislation that came out of his administration. so, as you mentioned, the american recovery act, making sure that people got jobs and pulling us back from the recession, making sure we stabilized our economy to the affordable care act in ensuring that over 31 million americans had access to healthcare and health insurance and making sure that the policies that were developed out of the obama administration were able to make it through a...