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Area of the state, and it was booming and bustling, so it was a busy six years that she was in office. >> there are two views to this whole thing. levi is quoted in "us" magazine saying he's serious about moving into politics and wants his son tripp to be proud of his dad but there's another group that says this is all about selling a reality tv show. what do you think the truth is here? >> well, you know, the truth always comes down somewhere in the middle now, doesn't it? and, you know, the news as it broke here, unfortunately, for mr. johnston and his group, his reality group, they could no...

Ted's money, that's what they called it there. and uncle ted did. and the way he cared for the -- you saw something that needed to be fixed in the villages, he got it done, whether it was improved air service. we've flown in, he and i have, into airports into alaska that is the biggest and finest thing there because that's how they communicate with the outside world and he fixed the mail system so they can get air mail. they're even receiving groceries by mail. it's awesome what they've done and what he did. he'll be long remembered, long revered and -- but i tell you, i've never met a man who...

Distance a long way from washington, they are a long way from the minds of those of us in washington. ted made sure that was not the case. i think that's one of the reasons why people really did love him in alaska and i heard it saiim referring im as uncle ted. he was everybody's uncle, everybody's father, everybody's patron saint in the state of alaska. a wonderful man. he'll be sorely missed by not only people in alaska but a lot of us who knew him so well. >> senator frist i have a minute to go. let me give the last word. we all know when senator byrd died some weeks back he was touted and ...

Conditions out here last night were very dangerous to be flying any aircraft around. ceiling, the ceiling is as low as 100 feet, visibility very limited. we talked to a pilot earlier here today who said he saw the conditions out here last night and he would not be flying. >> jason, what has been the reaction in alaska to the news of the crash and specifically to senator stevens' death? obviously he's a figure who looms so large in alaska political history. >> reporter: yes, that's true. we've been hearing from elected officials and from just everyday alaskans coming by, just very, as you can i...

Southeast, out to southwest and dillingham. you always know it is a little bit of a risk, certainly, he was not a bruder, he was a can do type of guy. just a march forward type of person. there was no obsession or premonitions. he just loved his state and nothing was going to stop him from grabbing a rod reel and going out and grabbing salmon. >> senatorceiveens was the longest serving republican senator in history. 40 years in congress. i know people called him uncle ted in alaska, but what did he really mean to the people there? >> he had a motto to hell with politics, just do what's right w...