his american journey was our american journey. it shows what america is capable of, while he remained the greatest nation in the world, so i look at him and all the people around him, he was a giant even among the giants that are assembled at the national cathedral today. he stands head and shoulders above most of them. sandra: it is a moment that we will all remember, sharing in this final goodbye. we have right back. that s 2.25%, with an apr of 2.48. this is their lowest rate in history. the newday two and a quarter refi can cut thousands of dollars off your mortgage payments. there s no money out of pocket and no up front costs. lock in your rate.
john: as we watch the final journey of general colin powell through the entrance of the national cathedral, the georgia dome at gorges national cathedral in the northern part of washington, d.c. we will come back in jennifer griffin, live at the cathedral. jennifer, set the scene for us there as general colin powell makes his final journey. john, i think it was striking that when the bells of the national cathedral began ringing and playing earlier as colin powell was escorted into the cathedral behind me, it was america the beautiful that was playing. you ve heard some of the hymns chosen. they are uplifting. the sun has come out and we are just waiting for the coffin to
be brought out through these doors behind me here at the cathedral. it is really quite a stunning scene here, very peaceful. when we think back to the last time this cathedral was filled for a state funeral, it was president george w. bush who was being eulogized. and of course he, colin powell, played such an important role in president bush s administration, overseeing, as we mentioned, the first gulf war and the successful prosecution of that brief war which was so significant. colin powell, when we look back on his life, he broke so many barriers. not only being the first black national security advisor, chairman of the joint chiefs, and secretary of state, but he said one of his most proud moments was when his best was placed at fort leavenworth next to a statute that he had
national cathedral there. bob marley, who have course is from the powell families native jamaica. abba, they played dancing queen because powell was a huge fan, as we heard in the service, of abba. at one point i think it was caught on video come him dancing to dancing queen. if you look at the real enduring velocity of general colin powell, it was the powell doctrine. use overwhelming force of there s no question about the outcome. how far we have we gotten from that philosophy now? well, i think what is so surprising looking back over the last 20 years of constant war, really, since 9/11, the fact that the powell doctrine was not invoked in some of those conflicts after 9/11, into afghanistan and into iraq, those wars dragged on and they did not follow colin powell s own