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The, you know, the toughest most hard-boiled political figures who've had extraordinary roles in our modern history were really, you know, today was really about humanity and about their humanity. the same way it was about family. it's very common at a presidential funeral for other presidents to deliver eulogies. it's not common for that president to also be a son eulogizing a father. and so, as much as we were see the pomp and the ceremony, we were seeing something profoundly human. i think jim baker's reaction was a sign of that. >> certainly was. nancy gibbs, thank you as well. chris cuomo...

You can see baker -- it's not a moment -- i mean, it's just something i'd never seen before, certainly of jim baker and it was just such an intimate moment for the pastor to be talking about it. >> it was, and it was a reminder of, apart from everything else, yes, this is a major public figure that was being mourned, but the affection that people felt for him, i think, was palpable, certainly in the cathedral, in the city, and in so much of the conversation that we've been having since he died. these friendships were long and deep and profound, and some of the, you know, the toughest most hard...

And you're going to hear that in different layers of eulogies today, and you are going to hear that from family members, that that's what they want this day to be about, the right way to lead. so i'm with jaime and dana bash. and of course the moment of the memorial of this particular funeral service will be when, and you see karl robe there on your screen coming in. there are many big shots coming in. you will see them on your screen. we will point them out when necessary. but a father eulogizing a son, i know it is historic. >> a son eulogizing a father. >> i know it is historic on many leve...