They share their side of the story. Good saturday morning to you. Thanks for staying with us. Nice to be be with you. Welcome to americas news headquarters from washington. This programming note. Neil cavuto and the cost of freedom will air at a special time today beginning at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Meanwhile, a somber day in delaware and across the nation as the funeral of beau biden is set to begin in delaware. The 46yearold son of the Vice President died one week ago after a twoyear battle with brain cancer. Doug mckelway is standing by in the familys hometown of wilmington where people are beginning to arrive for services. Doug . Reporter hi, elizabeth. Weve just gotten word that the president and first family have arrived at the Delaware Air National guard air base here outside of wilmington and should be arriving at the church momentarily where people are already being seated in the pews inside the church. It is difficult to imagine the totality of the grief that the biden family mu
Just a short time ago. He and the first lady boarded air force one to go to wilmington. The white house says mr. Obama will honor delawares former attorney general as a remarkable son, father and public servant. Cnn National Correspondent Sunlen Serfaty is going to be with us in a bit. But we do want to get right now to Douglas Brinkley and talk to you, douglas, if we could, please about beau biden and the legacy that he leaves. Well in some ways its fitting that todays dday. Because day of we think of as a great day of military service and beau biden, who had an opportunity to stay in politics stay in delaware make money, work in a law firm decided to dedicate his life to public service. In his mind that meant joining the national guard. That meant becoming a major in the armed forces and serving overseas duty in iraq. So doods funeral will have a military feel to it. But its also he was a religious man. A child of Roman Catholicism. Somebody who believed in god and jesus christ. And
Her he was gay in 1979. I asked him, stevie when was your first samesex experience . He just looked at me and said it was with Dennis Hastert. And i just, i know i was stunned. I said why didnt you ever tell anybody, stevie . He was your teacher, why didnt you ever tell anybody . He just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me . The fbi contacted burge two weeks ago. Hastert is due in federal Court Next Week on charges of bank fraud and lying to the fbi about alleged hush money that he paid to someone identified only as individual a. Many open questions and its possible that hastert himself is a victim in all of this. Here to help me break it all down defense attorney and cnn legal analyst mark omara. Youre not used to this but allow me to ask you leading questions. You ready . Certainly. Absolutely. Isnt it true that he is not being prosecuted for any Sexual Misconduct . That is correct. Hes not. Isnt it true if the underlying facts, if the underlying facts stem from eve
Biden served for two terms as delawares top Law Enforcement official. He announced last year that he would be running for gunfire of delaware in 2016. Beau biden was also a major in the Delaware Army National Guard. He was deployed to iraq back in 2008 and he was awarded the bronze star for his service. On thursday his body lay in honor in delawares legislative hall in the state capital in dover. The biden family including Vice President joe biden, dr. Jill biden, beaus widow halle and their children all of them attended the memorial where state dignitaries spoke about bidens life including the Current Governor of delaware jack markell. Beau made delaware a better place for us all. And he did so because of his determination and his persistence, because of his intellect and his willingness to fight. Because he persuaded and cajoled. And most of all, because beau had an extraordinary heart. And from that heart, he lived a life that is a model for us all. The family received hundreds of m
And this is the western edition of the broadcast. More than 42 years after he lost his wife and daughter in a car accident, Vice President joe biden is again wrestling with crippling grief. The biden family, along with the president and first lady, and hundreds of others, filled st. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic church in wilmington, delaware today for the funeral of beau biden. The 46yearold son of the vide president died a week ago of brain cancer. The Vice President himself did not speak, but president obama delivered a moving eulogy. Beau biden was an original. Axelrod a deeply moved president obama spoke in highly personal terms about the loss of beau biden. He was a good man. A man of character. Axelrod 1,000 people gathered to celebrate beau bidens life father, husband son, delawares attorney general, a major in the national guard. He did in 46 years what most of us couldnt do in 146. He left nothing in the tank. Axelrod but the president wanted to make it Crystal Clear that b