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To be playing "hail to the chief." they will be a 21-gun salute as the casket is loaded onto the aircraft. the band is going to play the him "going home," and finally, the special honor guard will render the final salute of special air mission 41. as it takes off to houston, texas. before it lands, its going to be making a flyover over his final resting place, which is at his presidential library on the campus of texas and m university. the big flyover -- that is going to be taking place tomorro...

To support me in my endeavors. my number one goal, basically, is to get close to where i was. i am more than ready to work hard to get to that goal. i am living proof to never give up and i will never give up. [♪] alicia: live from "americas news headquarters," im alicia acuna. senator john mccain laid to rest along side his best friend and former naval academy classmate admiral chuck nelson. the flyover with the missing man

Hi, your hours top stories. a private burial for senator john mccain. the end of a week-long remembrance of the two-time presidential nominee. a missing man formation flying overhead to honor the navy pilot at the end of todays ceremony. the democrats are demanding the release of 100,000 documents of judge brett kavanaughs time in the george w. bush white house ahead of his confirmation hearings on tuesday. the trump administration is claiming executive privilege to keep them secret. now back ...

A military flyover honoring the late senator john mccain. the jets in the missing man formation, a salute to a fallen pilot. mccain was buried today at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. the senators family and inner circle of close friends kbaer g gathering there tend of five days of public mourning and celebration of mccains life. his final resting place has sentmental value. it is next to one of the academy classmates. admiral chuck larsson. mccain and larsson made a pact 20 years ago to be...

It, because he understood that the p.o.w. code was the last guy in is the last guy out, and that is the order you go in. so the symbolism here with the flyover symbolizes all of that, really, the power, the commitment and the sacrifice that he gave to the united states, and what drew him back here to be buried here in the final resting place. just a powerful moment all of the way around and a very emotional afternoon, fredricka. >> it is an arresting moment an you did not have to be there right ...

Man flyover which is reserved for those in aviation and he was a combat pilot. that missing man formation is -- it just gets the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up when you see that one aircraft take off and advance in altitude and head to the heavens and let the other three keep going. its a -- again, part of who we are in the navy about saying good-bye. >> it is powerful. it offers a certain finality but at the same time there is a peace that comes with that. all right. retired rear ad...

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Capital. two of his colleagues lindsey graham and joe lieberman speaking today about their good friend. colleagues john loved the senate. he was a man of the senate. he loved the institution. when you write in history about it he will be in the first chapter. >> this was a treasure. to have the friendship of john mccain and lindsey graham as ive blessed to have had, and continue, it is just, i said goodbye, my heart will be heavy. arthel: lucas tomlinson is outside of the naval academy. set the ...

Really see the mark made on him by this institution and this building in ways that he didnt fully understand at the time. he arrived here, class of 58 as a 17-year-old mid shipman. he still had a little resentment when he left. it wasnt nm the captivity in vietnam that he understood the impact that this institution had upon him. this was as you mentioned a private ceremony. we just saw guests filtering out here. there was -- they went down horse drawn carriage, down to his final resting place on...

Known as the missing man formation. fly-overs are often associated with celebrations, but this is the one that is used for memorials. it is important to show the respect to those remains that are coming back. and certainly, this is a very somber, a very symbolic day for the u.s. military here and also for the united nations command. as i say, its not just the u.s. military that may be represented within these remains, but 17 countries were part of the combat forces in the korean war. many more n...