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Yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me thou shalt prepare a table for me against them that trouble me thou hast anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full but thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever a reading from the second letter of st. Paul to the corinthians. So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes...

He was a congressman. He was a senator. He was a nominee for president of the United States. These are all the titles and the roles of a life that has been well lived, but they are not the greatest of his titles, nor the most important of his roles. He was a great man. We gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. He was a great fire who burned bright. The america...

Thank you for lending him to us longer than we had a right. Thank you for supporting him while he supported us. Half a world away wearing our nations uniform, john mccain stood up for every value that this Capitol Building represents. Then he brought that same patriotism inside its walls to advocate for our service members, our veterans, and our moral leadership in the world. So it is only right that today near the end of his long journey, john lies here in this great hall under this mighty dome like other American Heroes before him. Here as a restless wave approaches the shores of eternity, w...

Bill clinton will be speaking in a few moments. Lauraingle has the latest, quite a Memorial Service already. It certainly has been. This has been, as they say, a tribute fit for a queen. Aretha franklin, earning that moniker, queen of soul, when she was just in her 20s. That name bestowed kwon her from a d. J. In chicago once he heard her voice, he said thats it, she is the queen of soul. We have been listening to celebration of her life all day long. We can take you back inside with the cameras live there, anticipating former president bill clinton on the roster and on the list expected to sp...

Tell us your fondest memory. The fondest memory was not when he beat me, john, i will tell you that. [laughter] it was never personal. In fact, john mccain was able to defeat me in South Carolina and that was the turning point. I was getting momentum up until that time but he had decided that if he did not win South Carolina he was pulling out because he was about out of gas and out of money and i was a critical moment. He and Fred Thompson had a great plan. The plan was fred would stay in the race, use ready to get out, fred would stay and basically drive back and forth between greenville and...