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Managed to stand before the flag draped casket of fellow world war ii veteran president george herbert walker bush. knowing physical challenges made him a credible champion of the americans with disabilities act. ambitious yet also self-effacing. in victory and defeat. >> i leave you all tonight with a full heart and a fervent prayer that well meet again. >> bob doles commitment to country, tested and lifted by his resilient spirit. kelly odonnell, nbc news, washington. >> you have been watching...

>> the disability community is not large. but its important. >> reporter: ambitious yet also self-effacing in victory and defeat. >> so i leave you all tonight with a full heart and a fervent prayer that well meet again. >> reporter: bob doles commitment to country tested and lifted by his resilient spirit. kelly odonnell, nbc news, washington. next, congress is running out of time to pass bidens build back better bill by the end of the year. this as biden faces several new challenges on the d...

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There is no improper intend to cooperate with the inquiry. >> only person to moderate 12 presidential debates a giant of journalism, but always funny, folksy, self effacing. a collector of bus memorabilia, married for almost 60 years to novelist kate lehrer father of three daughters, grandfather of six always telling his staff its not about us. >> present every story with the care i would want if the story were about me. >> jim lehrer was 85. andrea mitchell, nbc news >> a true legend in our bus...

Primary, ted cruz, marco rubio. both are here in the senate. cruz on this panel with an oversight function and senator graham himself. he made self effacing remarks that he wasnt seen as a big enough candidate to wind up in the texts. i wonder if you could walk our viewers through the politics that hangs overall of this with candidates who lost to donald trump, who are now trying to defend him and as you say are trying to carry water for a view of a quote, unquote, witch hunt even on the day of ...

>> all right. >> his disciplinary hearing for a night full of harassing correctional staff. it more memorable than most weve ever covered. >> youll just hack it off? >> i admit that. >> yeah. ive let that escalate. i escalated that. >> reid was serving an 11-year sentence. he had stabbed a friend during an argument, and the man died. but reids personal demon had made him no stranger to prison. >> how long have you been in prison? >> most of my life. >> why? what was your life like out there befo...

And then he got to a vote and he said thumbs down. and our country would have saved a trillion dollars and we would have had great health care. so he campaigned. he told us hours before that he was going to repeal and replace. and then for some reason, i think i understand the reason, he ended up going thumbs up. frankly, had we known that, we would have gotten the vote. because we could have gotten somebody else. so i think thats disgraceful. plus, there are other things. i was never a fan of j...

Teleprompter in formal setting. not what hes good at, hes good riffing more. i think that moment surprised them a little bit. didnt expect it. >> werent supposed to do that. >> he actually to his credit for someone who sometimes his asides are disastrous politically, he was fine. congratulations. he was as good as he can be in a setting like that where hes not naturally comfortable and taken aback by people seizing what he thought would be the moment, seizing it from him. probably first time ive...

What did you think of that? >> well, i mean, bush 41 really is from another era. and he didnt like to have the word legacy even used around him, because it -- >> talk about that. because you interviewed him to this point. >> well, i was working on a book about vice presidents. and i had asked about his greatest accomplishment during his eight years as vice president under ronald reagan. and he just really didnt answer the question at all. he said history will judge. and im sure that doug isnt su...

Pedigree and that the character of the man was humble, self-effacing and a preu kwrot serving his country in so many roles. >> harris: judy? >> i was struck by the outpouring of affection for the man. i believe it was because we were mourning not just the death of a man, but the end of an era that he represented. of decency, of kindness, in political terms bipartisanship. there was so much that george bush accomplished because he was willing not to take the credit and be humble. >> harris: what ...