and thousands of people have begun streaming through to pay their respects to the body of senator robert kennedy. >> for 2 days mourners lined 25 blocks outside st. patrick's cathedral to pass by kennedy's coffin. for the service itself, 2,000 mourners crammed the cathedral. they included the rich and the powerful and the famous but also the poor and the dispossessed, farm workers, people who felt close to rfk. >> bobby's father, joe, is too ill to attend the funeral. his only surviving son, ted, delivers the eulogy. >> he had to be tested immediately. the world expected him. >> i'd rather not be idolized