washington, senator reid came back to las vegas to southern nevada. he grew up just about 45 miles outside of here in the small town of searchlight, nevada. it s barely a town anymore, other than the fact that there are some memorials for the late senator. it was a mining town, as was known to having a dozen brothels and zero churches. he grew up without running water, without a toilet, and once he finished eighth grade, there was no high school, so he would hitchhike 40 miles to henderson, nevada, which is just a suburb of las vegas, to go to high school. and from then, he just continued to fight his way to through law school, through college, to washington, d.c., as well where he eventually became senate majority leader, and he had a lot of accomplishments there, including the passage of the affordable care act, and we expect president obama, who is
of him where he used a lot of his personal experience and personal beliefs, legislative as well. of course, he was also a divisive figure. he was very partisan. he had republicans who were always trying to beat him, of course, but some of those republicans are actually going to be here today, including senator roy blunt, senator shelby of alabama, those are two senators who are currently serving in the senate who are retiring, but this is quite a memorial service for the late senator from searchlight, nevada, very small mining town about 45 miles away from here. leigh ann, thank you so much for that. we saw the honor guard carrying in the casket of the late senator, and we are looking right now, of course sh at president biden who will be speaking and offering a poignant recollection and he has reason to. president biden served alongside the late senator for more than two decades while they both were in congress. also those eight pivotal years during his time as vice president. let s
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