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Bush white house as staff secretary. the most instructive period of your professional career. so let me just conclude by saying, you know, what we share, i think, is a deep respect and reverence for the united states supreme court. i was a law clerk, as you were. ive argued cases before the court. most of my life has been spent in the courtroom, as u.s. attorney or as attorney general. the power of the supreme court depends not on armies or police force, it has done, but on its credibility, the ...

Secretary. the most instructive period of your professional career. so let me conclude by saying that what we share, i think is a deep respect and reverence for the united states supreme court. it was a law clerk, as you were. i have argued cases before the court, and most of my life has been spent in the courtroom, as a u.s. attorney or attorney general, and the power of the supreme court depends not only armies or police force, because it has none, but the credibility, and the trust and the co...

Letter to colin kaepernick, what you are doing is disrespectful. they said, lets meet. as a result of that meeting, kaepernick learns the respectful thing to do was to kneel. thats what members of the military do to honor the fallen. that is -- that has all been obliterated and erased thanks to donald trump. he has turned it into reverence for the flag. youre not respecting the flag when what colin kaepernick was doing was respecting the lives that had been lost at the hands of police and wanted...

But meghan mccain yesterday -- i cant imagine having the strength or courage to do what she did. and the nostalgia we had of a republican party that once was. i think when we saw george w. bush or barack obama there remembering a man like john mccain you understand that this republican party isnt what it once was. my question to people like lindsey graham who comes on later this morning is how do you admire and hold in reverence a man like john mccain but then cowtow to someone like donald trump...

Admire and hold in reverence a man like john mccain but then cowtow to someone like donald trump? i think john mccain deserves better. >> congressman ryan, do you think genuinely you are going to go back after labor day to congress and really heed the message that all of these mccain memorial services were very clear about -- work together? >> im cautiously optimistic. the momentum is going so much in the other direction that i think it could be tough. i think its interesting. when you have the ...

And this perfect culture that raised her and decided to be the composer of her own lifes song. and what a song it turned out to be. >> reporter: arethas grandchildren speaking with reverence. >> her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note, every emotion. in the songs she sang, her voice brought peace. >> i know youll be watching me from the windows in heaven and i promise to carry our family legacy with pride and joy. long live the queen. ♪ >> reporter: some of the music...

The family, of course, will be there as well. were going to have a lot of extensive coverage on this truly, truly moving moment in american history, the passing of senator mccain and the respect he so deserves here in the nations capitol. david gergen will join us, jamesie jame david axelrod, essie cup. the reverence for this senator transcends political divisions. >> it does. it comes out in a moment like this when people can be more reflective and not down in the arena in combat. people can st...

Who have talked about how much she would give, not just in music and song, but how she would mentor, how she would invite people into her home. among the places you talked about, the ten places, were the towers, the riverside towers, her last residence. she almost had an open-door policy, from what i understand. >> it was interesting, too, how many people, even though it was an open secret and how many people still guarded her privacy, even though many people knew she lived there, but they alway...

>> even though aretha franklin was a queen and was -- will be revered as a queen, she was never above the people. she was the people. and thats the reverence and love and dignity and respect and honor that you see throughout the thread of this service. you see the love, the adoration, because she really lived a life that is reflective of the character and integrity that she wanted to see in humanity. she very much, when you look at detroit and look at how she contributed to the civil rights move...

Throughout his life. at the service on saturday, his son jimmy will read a poem by robert lewis stephenson that mccain read at his own fathers funeral. so really personal to him. >> its perfect john mccain too. this is somebody whose life was marked by both the deepest reverence for duty, honor, country, tradition. but also someone who was deeply irreverent too. to start with "amazing grace," that traditional hymn thats a staple of so many funerals, but to end with frank sinatras "my life" is qu...