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Of senator john mccain, his family in the motorcade as well. all of this unfolding very, very dramatically. s.e., lets talk about your friend meghan mccain. we saw her sobbing yesterday at her dads coffin. you know her well. i assume theres going to be more of that. >> yeah, i cant imagine getting through the next three days. you know, this is a man who certainly deserves all of this pomp and circumstance and honor and celebration, but as a member of his family, i cant imagine how they will get ...

Knows and he served with. thats one of the touches that was so important to the family. >> jimmy mccain, who enlisted in the marines, as you said, during the iraq war, something that john mccain, who was at the front of policy and the fight over that war, never, ever talked about. then he left and became a member of the national guard. there you see his friends, as you mentioned, from his platoon. >> although, remember on the campaign trail in 2008 how cindy always had her phone out in the back ...

Bridget, of course, was born in bangladesh. cindy mccain brought her home, without even telling her husband and said this is our new daughter. i think its really telling that his adopted children are speaking at the service in his adopted home state of arizona. >> and doing readings that really mean a great deal to him. >> wolf? >> you know, its a moment that is both sad, but its certainly, s.e., a tribute to this unique man, this celebration that were about to see as well. >> and just on the fa...

Mccain the family man. >> oh, its hard to imagine a man who is more proud of his family. he has seven children. he has this incredible wife, like s.e. was saying. you look at the things that cindy has accomplished in her life and her work on human trafficking and her work on eliminating land mines, and he loved to talk about what they were doing. he loved to elevate what they were doing. obviously both jack and jimmy and their military service, he was very private about that, but it was somethin...

The course of the ceremony, including from the former vice president, joe biden. there will be a prelude, a processional, hymn "amazing grace" and they will read from ecclesiastes. more than 1,000 people including regular folks in arizona have gathered. s.e., this will be emotional and so powerful. >> undoubtedly, undoubtedly for everyone there. its impossible to overstate how much this man meant to this state and how much this state meant to this man. and so there will be a lot of emotion, espe...

Current and 4 formers. there are 13 democrats and 13 republicans, dead even. but when you include joe biden, its 14 -- there are more democratic senators here than republicans. >> the family is now coming out. theyre going to be waiting for the casket to be taken from the hearse into the north phoenix baptist church for the ceremony. you see all the military color guards, they have gathered as well. we will watch all of this unfold. jamie gangel, this is a somber moment, but its a great tribute,...

But i cant imagine them watching them watching this, how theyre feeling right now. to send off this man that the whole world is paying tribute to. but to them, he was just a father and a husband. its really remarkable to be able to witness this poignant, poignant scene.

Talked about his imperfect service, how many times do you hear that? my service was imperfect. you dont. you just dont hear that today. >> s.e., you think were going to step back at this moment now over these next few days as we honor appropriately senator mccain and see any change emerging here in washington as a result of what he tried to bring forward? >> i would certainly hope so. wouldnt that be an incredible honor to him? i was really touched, grateful that in those final remarks he chose,...

Great american. s.e., i know this is a sad moment for you, and we saw an emotional family, a truly emotional family reacting to this moment. i know youre very close with meghan who was seen, understandably, crying the whole time. >> yeah. yeah, my heart is broken for her. she is, as anyone who knows her will tell you, the strongest person i know. and she has been such a pillar of strength through this very, very difficult year. she has spent countless hours alone with her father. shes had to can...

His campaign was in trouble. but he was just so calm. so peaceful. and its like hes about ready to go on the stage and he was just -- it was almost a surreal experience for me. ill never forget that conversation. also just a couple years ago had dinner with him and senator reed and durbin, with general miller at the marine corps barracks. and to see him operate. you could understand his commitment to the troops to the service members. but more importantly, you could see how he interacted with hi...