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President obama and vice president biden are going to be speaking at todays service. nbcs mike vakera will be there. >> good morning, thomas. president obama and vice president biden got a warm here and hes expected to have a speaking role as well as well as the governor of the state, senator rockefeller. his colleague from west virginia, the junior senator from west virginia. senator byrd now rests there at the bottom of the red carpeted stairs, next to senator mcconnell. it was very interestin...

>> in the halls of the u.s. senate where robert byrd became known as the soul of the senate, a fierce defender of the constitution, aspectedecte historian, and an absolutely fearless legislator. >> this is a great loss to the senate. the man is without question the all time great senators and certainly the longest serving of all time. senator rockefeller and senator hatch from both sides praising the longest serving member of congress, robert byrd, who died at 92 in a virginia hospital this morn...

To have regulate emissions. his colleague from west virginia, jay rock fell earl voted against that. >> talk about the junior senator from west virginia. i think theres an interesting distinction to be made here. whereas senator byrd, the late senator byrd seemed to manage around to understanding that the future for west virginia has to be a future that is not as solely dependent on coal, it doesnt seem like senator rockefeller has made that leap. >> i think youre absolutely right. i think what ...

Constant viewers will agree when it comes to political and social satire, its nearly impossible to watch stuff from comedian lewis black that is not the a material. it often happens lewis outdoes himself on the daily show. such an occasion? last nights monologue about lonesome rhodes beck. here a few weeks back, lewis was placid compared to his eruption last night. they are familiar with the routine. fox news and glenn beck are also headquartered in rockefeller. somehow lonesome missed that one....

Fox news and glenn beck are also headquartered in rockefeller. somehow lonesome missed that one. glenn beck keeps bringing the stupid. as a public service for those who take beck seriously, heres lewis black on glenn beck. >> arizonas new immigration law has a lot of people outraged. some people more than others. >> some have likened having to carry papers around to nazi germany. >> thats a little bit of a hyperbole to compare arizona to nazi germany. first of all, nazi germany had a much nicer ...

Explosive. >> new york to its credit is filled with iconic facilities. you have obviously the statue of liberty. obviously the empire state building. the brooklyn bridge. theres so many places there. chrysler building. 30 rockefeller, rockefeller center. so many spaces in new york that would make a big name. times square is enormous. any way to have surveillance cameras and defense apparatus to capture these activities completely? >> you can never capture them completely, chris. the technology d...

Nation, we would compound tragedy if we let life go on unchanged. certainly nobody should have to sacrifice their life for their liveliho livelihood. [ applause ] but as the governor and senator rockefeller said, well have that conversation later. but before that, the rest of us bear responsibility as well. and that responsibility is to be aware of, to recognize, to respect, to honor those who risk their lives so that we can live ours. and those who will continue to do this hard and dangerous wo...

Livelihood. [applause]. >> but as the governor and senator rockefeller said well have that conversation later. but, before that, the rest of us bear responsibility as well, and that responsibility is to be aware of, to recognize, to respect, to honor those who risk their lives so that we can live ours. and, those who will continue to do this hard and dangerous work. so often, when we are met with this kind of sorrow and pain, we search as the clergy here today can tell you, for meaning and purpo...

Saw this right after the 76 election when the reagan and rockefeller wings of the party were fighting it out in the late 60s and 70s and in fact the 78 midterms, not to get too arcane here, but the 78 midterms, we saw similar things. you were involved in some of those campaigns you had them on the democratic side, between the carter and kennedy wings, you had it going on in the reagan/rockefeller/ford wing. so weve seen it before. i think this time it has to do with frustration. you know, look, ...

Seen as not conservative enough. when the reagan and rockefeller wings of the party were fighting it out in the late 60s and 70s. the 78 mid-terms, not to get too or contain hearcane here. you were involved in some of those campaigns you had them on the democratic side, between the carter and kennedy wings, you had it going on in the reagan-rockefeller-ford wing. this time it has to do with frustration. look, when a party loses like they did in 06 and 08. and republicans lost two straight elec...