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Who had been with him for his 98th birthday just this summer. doles casket will be flown from andrews joint force base with his family to kansas. his hometown of russell, kansas for services there. joining us now, nbc news presidential historian, michael beshlosh. michael, weve seen too many of these services. this one is so meaningful, especially in a time of such stalemate in congress, to hear the speeches and hear from tom dashl, from others there in the front row and in the senate rows, just...

Senate or when running for higher office, the bitterness that he sometimes felt because of the hand that fate dealt him, would eventually melt away, and he would deal with other people as human beings. and so i thought that tom dashls eulogy, the fact that one of bob doles closest friends was bob strouse, chairman of the democratic party, and the other many examples of him reaching across the aisle, of what his true legacy is going to be. >> and eugene robinson, when we think of bob dole, we thi...

The president of the united states. coming in, theyll take their places in the first pew. and then were going to see a service you will hear from president roberts, the former senator from kansas. youll hear from tom dashl from a minority leader defeated when he left the senate. here are the bidens walking up the aisle. to their seats in the knave in the front seats. theyll be directly across from the dole family, senator elizabeth dole, robin dole. senator doles daughter from the first marriage...