A private Funeral Service will be held friday for former first Lady Nancy Reagan who died yesterday. Mrs. Reagan will lie in repose wednesday and thursday at the reagan president ial library in simi valley california and be buried next to her husband on the grounds of library. President obama ordered flags flown at halfstaff to honor the former first lady. Nancy reagan was 94. As campaign 2016 continues preprimaries and one caucus is taking place in several states tomorrow. The special focus on michigan and mississippi. Join us beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan for live coverage of the Election Results candidate speeches and fewer reactions. Taking on the road to the white house on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. President obamas Homeland Security adviser said the white house will begin releasing annual numbers of People Killed in u. S. Drone strikes in an effort to dispel what it says is misinformation about civilian casualties. Lisa monaco announced the policy during a spee
With you today. One of them was who is your personal hero . Mine was jim brady. One was a personal connection. Anyone with any objective research would find that we were the last of the press secretaries who shared the hollywood good looks and fashion sense that very often you see in the movies. He is a hero not because of what happened to him. People faced tragedy in the lives. He is a hero because of what he did with it. We live in a very partisan and difficult town right now. It is hard to believe that we can find Common Ground on issues that arent that hard. Jim and sarah got things done. We should not forget that. What was your favorite data white house . Another easy one. When we renamed the press Briefing Room after jim brady. It was my favorite day. It honor jim and i think it brought great joy to jim, sarah, and the family. Probably just as important for me, it honor his legacy forever. Whoever the president is or the press secretary is, where ever they stand on issues, when t
[no audio] [applause] [applause] welcome. We are greeting you as jim brady would greet you, with an irish blessing. We begin the service to celebrate his life. May the road rise up to me to, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sunshine warm up on your one, and the rains fall soft your fields. It until we meet again, may god hold you in the palm of his hand. Have walls forys the wind and a roof for the rain. You, those youer love near you, and all your heart might desire. May Saint Patrick guard you wherever you go and guide you in whatever you do. Protection be a blessing to always. Good morning. I am joe lockhart. Be in a very small fraternity of former White House Press secretarys. To walk up after a prayer, subtly different than what i used to say to myself. Please god, let me get to the next hour. On behalf of the brady family, we want to thank you for coming. Your presence means so much to them and to the family. We have some former press secretarys here. Thank you for comi
What was your favorite day at the white house . The day we renamed the press Briefing Room the jim brady white house Briefing Room. It was my favorite day. It honored jim and i think it brought great joy to jim, sarah and the family. Probably just as important for me, it honor his legacy forever. Whoever the president is or the press secretary is, where ever they stand on issues, when they Say Something it will be recorded as being said in the James S Brady white house Briefing Room. That is an important acknowledgment. We are going to hear from a lot of people. We will start professionally and in washington with a couple of people jim worked with in the reagan white house. Sheila tate will speak next, she was Nancy Reagans press secretary, many of you know her. She has a special message she wants to share. And jim brought along Mark Wineberg who will share some of his experiences in the white house. Sheila . Good morning, everybody. Trying to figure out where to put my water without s
Then the Funeral Service of former washington, d. C. Mayor marion barry followed by Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito and former Florida Governor jeb bush talking about the bill of rights. On the next washington journal we look at the state of the Affordable Care act and what changes are coming to healthcare coverage in 2015. Our guests are julie rovner and margot sangerkatz of the New York Times the upshot. Well also take your calls on the healthcare law. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 eastern. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Tomorrow night on cspan, a special presentation remembering public figures passed away in 2014. Beginning with former Senate Majority leader howard baker. Well show you a 2007 interview we had with historian Richard Norton spigot which looked at senator bakers career in congress and as chief of staff to Ronald Reagan. I guess in february of 1981 the first serious challenge i had as the new majority leader, the first repub