the casket of secretary colin powell now in the hearse. his family members lining the steps of the national cathedral behind me here as they say go back to a great lion, in the words of his son, somebody who embodied not just the values of a true professional, a warrior/statesman as you heard former secretary of state madeleine albright describe him, but someone who you heard from his son michael was a warm and loving father, who loved to tinker with cars, who loved to spend time with his family members, as busy as he was. helaine cooper, that stood out as much as the recitations of his professional accomplishments, the kind of dad, friend, and colleague he was. yeah, it definitely did. funerals are more for the living than for the dead. in this case the funeral, the service, i think, was certainly a comfort to everybody there. i certainly felt comforted watching this. it s such a it s such a familiar yet very washington scene, seeing all of these familiar faces that we
Him. that was, as you say, an intentional choice, colonel jack pointed that out too, an intentional choice by the family to make this about colin powell the man, the family man, the friend, and not the diplomat. and the army quintet, the brass quintet, the military escort. it s terribly moving. i m so grateful for you being here, it s not an easy day for a lot of folks who knew colin powell. we re grateful to all of you for joining us on our special coverage on msnbc honoring colin powell, former secretary of state. i m hallie jackson, wrapping up this coverage, we ll have more coming up on msnbc with chris jansing right after the break. there s a different way to treat hiv. it s once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month, complete hiv treatment for adults who are undetectable. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable.
Seem to be in his prepared remarks, to let us know he was going to hustle back to the oval office to continue to make these calls, to appeal to these holdouts in between giving this speech on the october jobs report and heading to colin powell s funeral, i think tells you a lot about where the president is today in terms of his engagement. and we know he just returned to the white house from that memorial service. and it s possible that he will be engaging again just as he was earlier today and all night, talking to those house democrats, publishing them to try to get on the same page. the president seeming to be still cautiously optimistic, as i m told by white house aides here, he is the eternal optimist when it comes to this. he s the one in the room who usually says i think we will actually get it done and believes it whereas others may have their hesitations and their doubts. we will hear shortly from the white house in a press briefing in terms of where negotiations stand. this i
It s an extraordinary family. i know that you i m not sure where you were seated in the cathedral, we had a good shot of the former presidents and current president lined up, hillary clinton, the former first lady, bill clinton could not be here on his doctor s advice, but a remarkable display, not just some of the most powerful people, the most powerful people in this country, but bipartisan support for somebody who in some ways transcended political party. and the fact that dick cheney was here was really very interesting, because dick cheney played a very large role in the saddest chapter of colin powell s life, which was the false information about intelligence and weapons of mass destruction. that speech before the united nations in 2003. exactly, february of 2003. and he said it was the greatest blot on his career, and he
Albright, from another party, who could speak to him as, you know, a warrior/diplomat, as she put it. those are the people chosen to speak for him on this day as we mark his life and his service. peter, to the point you re making, it was i think rather remarkable, when we heard from richard armitage, just how i want to say personable that eulogy was. it was about funny stories, interesting stories about colin powell that maybe folks hadn t heard before, like getting down on one knee and singing mamma mia to the swedish foreign minister. colonel jacobs, i wonder if that struck you as well. it was clear richard armitage wanted to show, hey, colin powell is all of these wonderful things, former secretary of state, former chair of the joint chiefs of staff, et cetera, but he s also a really good friend, a really good person. well, what s interesting is that everybody there, and a lot