good morning, it s 6 a.m. and it s a day of remembrance. senator ted kennedy passed away and the tributes are pouring in. some of the funeral arrangements have now been sechlt he will be laid saturday in boston, a funeral mass and maultly laid to rest at the natiarlington nagst senator. that was boston remembering ted kennedy last night at fenway. a remarkable day of remembrances yesterday. george will, writing in the new york post that ted was the most important kennedy. of course, we ve grown up hearing the legends of john kennedy and bobby kennedy. again, historians, when they look at this man s life work, are going to, i think, in the end, see that he did more to change this country, the laws of this country than anybody else. we have mike barnicle up in hyannis port and pat in washington. mike, set the scene up there. when did you get there? who have you talked to? what s going on? i got here from new york, joe, yesterday, late morning. it s obviously, you k
the beauty and why the kennedy family and why teddy in particular was so drawn. this really was like, you know, franklin roosevelt going back to hyde park, that s what revived him. and hyannis port became what revived teddy kennedy on so many occasions, because you look out over the water. it s very serene today. you know, it s quite sparkling. and you can just see that it s a peaceful place. yeah. for him. and i think in some ways, you know, the perfect place for him to die. because he was with family, and he was in the place that he loved. david, i m going to ask you to stand by, and doug brinkley, you as well, because you ll be joining kyra phillips in just a moment. so, let s do this. let s do the handoff. let s push forward now with the next hour of cnn newsroom with kyra phillips. thanks, tony. well, farewell to hyannis port. you re looking at the live picture right here. any moment now ted kennedy is going to leave his beloved family compound for the last t
couric: good evening, everyone. from the john f. kennedy library the 35th president personally chose the site here along the charles river just a month before he died. and tonight, his youngest brother, senator edward kennedy, here in repose. two days of public viewing began this evening, mourners lining up to file past his casket, pay their respects, and sign a book of condolence. tomorrow evening, there will be a private service here with the senator s family and close friends, including vice president biden, gathering for a kind of irish wake on the eve of the funeral. but the final good-byes began this morning on cape cod. generations of kennedys left their hyannis port compound, along with the man they described as the center of their family and joyous light in their lives. after a private mass, the motorcade began a 70-mile journey, winding past landmarks that had special meaning throughout the senator s life. from hyannis, where the kennedy clan started gathering in