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Emotional goodbye. Good morning, im sandra smith live inside americas newsroom. Jon good morning to you, im jon scott in for bill hemmer. Mourners gathered if phoenix yesterday to celebrate the life of the sixterm senator. Joe biden lost his son to the same aggressive form of brain cancer and Larry Fitzgerald who became friends with mccain in the last few years. John was a hero. His character, courage, honor, integrity. I think the thing understated is his optimism. Thats what made john special. Made john a giant among all of us. Many people might wonder what a young africanamerican kid from m...

“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, you’re talking about real money.” That’s a quote from Senator Everett Dirkson, from back in the 1960’s.

Higher-income households that power the consumer economy have higher student loans but can afford it. The burden of resuming student-loan payments will fall...

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Everett dirkson once said every american politician has to get right with lincoln, and i think every american in this hour, i believe, needs to grapple with what he did because, as mike just said, we may be confronting this question ourselves. and so why wouldn't we want to be in conversation with someone who saw us through a storm like this? >> jon meacham, thank you very much. and jon will be back with us throughout the week for more on his brand new book entitled "and there was light" abraham lincoln and the american struggle. historian, michael beschloss, thank you as well. >> you know, le...