american people. it's good for the opioid crisis, responding to that. it's good for so many different issues, for infrastructure in this country, for funding our agencies. we did the right thing. neil: senator cardin, thank you very much very good seeing you again. >> thank you, neil. neil: meantime we had looking live in houston guests are arriving for former first lady barbara bush's formal funeral. mike emmanuel is there with the very very latest. hi, mike. reporter: neil good morning to you we are seeing early arrivals for first lady barbara bush's funeral including actor chuck no rris, trying to identify some of the other folks we're here but with security extremely tight and 1,500 guests obviously it takes time to get them all here to st. martin's church. among the dignitaries former secretary of state condoleeza rice, chelsea clinton, caroline kennedy, daughters of former president johnson, richard nixon and of course gerald ford and texas governor greg abbott. there was a touching moment