i pray you take some comfort knowing that because you shared, john, with all of us, your whole life, the world now shares with you the ache of john s death. it was interesting at the end of that ceremony, you could hear the bagpipes playing, they were playing going home. a traditional scottish song played at funerals. we ll hear about on capitol hill tomorrow. in the morning, they ll break john mccain s body to the capital. they will bring the horse drawn carriage of the capital, they will rest his body on the wooden platform that they position to the center of the capitol rotunda. they used of used it originally for president lincoln s funeral in 1865. one of the things that are striking by the capitol rotunda is that they keep politics out of there. that is why they wanted to do that in here and also one of the things i will look for tomorrow is you always hear the silence,
i pray you take some comfort knowing that because you shared john with all of us your whole life, the world now shares with you the ache of john s death. reporter: interesting at the end of that ceremony you could hear the bagpipes playing, they were playing going home, traditional scottish song played on capitol hill tomorrow. in the morning they bring john mccain s body to the capital. stable rest his body on the wooden platform they positioned in the center of the capitol rotunda. they use it for president lincoln s funeral in 1865. one thing that is striking about the rotunda is they keep politics out of it.
but, i know something else, unfortunately, from experience, there s nothing anyone can say or do to ease the pain right now, but i pray, i pray you take some comfort knowing that because you shared john with all of us, your whole life, the world now shares with you in the ache of john s death. look around this magnificent place. look what you saw coming from the state capitol yesterday. it s hard to stand there but part of it, part of it was at least it was for me with beau, standing in the state capitol, you knew. it was genuine. it was deep. he touched so many lives.
that there is nothing anyone can say or do to ease the pain right now. but i pray, i pray you take some comfort knowing that because you shared john with all of us, your whole life, the world now shares with you the ache of john s death. look around this magnificent church. look what you saw coming at the state capitol yesterday. it s hard to stand there, but part of it, part of it was, at least it was for me with bo standing at the state capitol, you knew it was genuine. it was deep. he touched so many lives.
ali velshi. in the words of former vice president joe biden to the family of senator john mccain, the world now shares with you the ache of john s death. this hour the casket carrying decorated war hero senator john mccain is being transported to a flight now. they are at phoenix sky harbor airport where the casket will be loaded onto an aircraft. roughly 3,500 mourn s paid their respects at the north phoenix baptist church to remember the beloved american hero who devoted his life to serving this country and whose impact on the country will continue for decades. with me now is somebody who knows these stories that katy and i were just talking about and knows them well. nbc s kelly o donnell is one of those people, one of those reporters who john mccain wove into the fabric of his political existence. kelly, you know when people tell these stories, there s a familiarity and similarity to them about reporters