modulated bill clinton, clearly aged. with me, chuck todd here in the studio. chuck, we haven't seen bill clinton in a while speaking. and reflecting the elijah cummings that was beloved in washington and on capitol hill. >> i think it's remarkable how easily is a nation we mourn without our president. nobody i don't think is missing the president's voice in this. you think about some of the political leaders we've buried in the last two or three years, and of course some of them have requested not to have the president around. it's remarkable how he doesn't get involved in this. >> here we see another former president. >> i'll keep my mouth shut. >> governor, friends, colleagues, staff. the seeds on good soil.