and god bless my friend, harry. great american. god protect our troops. and that is president biden wrapping up his remarks honoring the late senator harry reid there in las vegas following former president, barack obama. i want to bring in jeff zellny to talk about this. cnn s senior political analyst, david gergen and susan page. very moving remarks there. jeff, at one point, president biden said of harry reid, it was all search light, not spotlight. i think that sums it up pretty well. he certainly did sum it up through some powerful and poignant remarks. joe biden worked alongside harry reid for a long time before
control and keep his 60 democrats together in order to pass the affordable care act which is signature legislation for not only president obama but senator reid as well. we ll also hear a lot about how as you mentioned, he went from humble beginnings to the most powerful senator. he grew up in searchlight, a small mining town where he had no running water as a kid. he had to hitchhike to high school because there was no high school in his town. he had to go to henderson, nevada 40 miles away. this will be a very emotional tribute today for someone that many of these people in this room knew personally and worked with. and his remains being walked into the rotunda now. let s listen.
conserved lake tahoe. how he always championed native americans and tribal communities. so much more. none of it was easy. or particularly popular when he was doing it. tell you about harry, he never gave up. he never gave up. he never gave up on anybody who cared about him. like every great leader, he led the democratic caucus just not by speaking, but by listening. by hearing all points of view. finding a common ground. harry cared so much about his fellow americans and so little about what anybody thought of him. it was all search light, no spotlight. always appreciate private
in a lot of ways. and one of the reasons he rose to leader is he loved the institution. he would sit on the senate floor for hours just observing the way it worked. what made members tick. you know, that s really why this quiet man from search light, nevada, a tiny desert town in the middle of nowhere, really, came to rise. the other thing adam, i m losing your audio. adam, i ll see if we can get a better audio connection with you, because i want your thoughts on this. the deputy, one of the senior advisers to senator reid. jose, i can t even think of one of the many times i went to see you at the senator s office, and we discussed issues about the your constituency and of
as i was prepared to make them, fred. wow, yeah. he was poignant and really powerful. natasha chen, he touched so many of us in so many different ways. thank you so much for bringing those perspectives to us. right now in las vegas, family, friends and politicians are gathering to honor the man from the tiny town of search light who became a titan of the u.s. senate. we ll take you live to the memorial of the late senator harry reid. orrr. you could use slack. and work faster with everyone you work with, together in one place. slack. where the future works. some of my best memories growing up,