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Capitol rotunda. ronald reagan in 2004, gerald ford, late 2006 and 2007. to give you an idea of the history, there is a wooden platform that the casket sits on and that is the same wooden platform that was used at president abraham lincolns funeral in 1865. so they keep that in storage here and they know the sense of history and how where this is to have a former president lying in state. some remarkable moments in the rotunda, you saw democrats like nancy pelosi embracing george w. bush. , one ...

Seen in the first viewing purposes only in the google isnt the treasure is comprised of a range of smaller and larger items is there perhaps one thing that stands out. that really because even some of the smaller objects have a great history lisa was abusive to the most important items are made from very different things that have been put together to do it and. is it still is and some of the samwell gospel for example is an elimination work and that later received the cover of gold the hudspeth...

To think that it sets the agenda for political discussions occasionally at that but much more important to the artwork by making connections both between people to people look at the same work and suddenly understand the existence of other people by the common viewing of the view of the piece of art as a social activity that is not only you have seen the work but other people also see . and by the confirmation. it gives to us of who we are. can trace his family had fled and he semitic programs i...

Bipartisan way. >> no doubt about it. ill tell you that bipartisan spirit continues today in helping to arrange the capitol services and viewing. weve had to work with both sides of the house and senate, the majority and minority, and i can tell you that every person weve come in contact with has been hospitable. theyve been accommodating. the military district of washington in charge of the entire operation, this is a military operation from start to finish, could not have been more professiona...

Roberts. a motorcade now and his remains will lie in repose beginning, when? >> beginning later on this afternoon, shep in the 4:00 hour there will be a ceremony to begin the public viewing starts at 7:30 tonight. so, for right now, it will be just members of congress, vice president mike pence will be there as well. you saw just as they were pulling back off the tail of special air mission 41 the numbers 29,000. there are two 747s configured to be the main aircraft for air force 1, 28,000 and 2...

Mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate remembering george h.w. bush, a man of a very different time than the political era we are living in now. now, of course, it is time for msnbcs special coverage, remembering president george h.w. bush. i want to hand over to chris matthews, the host of hardball here on msnbc. chris. >> thank you, thank you. this is a live look right now as we await the arrival of the 41 st president of the united states from his home in houston, texas. the plane i...

Stage operas such as iran bags what which addressed the colonial conflicts during the first world war. optimistic to think of art changing the world or to think that it sets the agenda for political discussions occasionally at that but much more important to the artwork by making connections both between people and people look at the same work and suddenly understand the existence of other people by the common viewing of the view of the piece of art as a social activity that is not only you who ...

I mean, the other thing im aware of too is, on this trip, is still that thing of not wanting to feel like i have come home, you know? and yeah, there is a sense that there is this diasporic connection, even though i did not come from kenya, you know? its nice to have that connection. even if the frame that that connection was built through was colonialism. even though thats not -- its the good part of colonialism. it brings people together. [ laughter ] >> anthony: i dont know. it should kind of...

Equator. its very flat, not very rocky. they chose that for a reason to minimize any potential damage, not steep. and it will perform all of its duties right there from that one spot. and also close to the equator so it will get a lot of sunlight. its powered by the solar panels that will soon hopefully deploy. theres a lot of dust that happens when this lander -- when the thrusters go off, so theyre waiting for the dust to also settle before they deploy those solar panels. but being close to th...

Threshold? >> so, for me, its whether this is what i need to be doing. its sort of, you know, are you prepared as a -- you know at a time such as this to do something thats very hard and difficult? regardless of whether you will win, regardless of whether its easy. but youre doing it because out of that moral conviction. and so for me the -- the sole thing i have to consider, that i have to think long and hard about, is whether this is what im called to do. and otherwise i just -- you know, i wi...