credit the late senator for his rise to the presidency. he has often said that senator reid called him into his office to say that he should run for president, and he then did and of course won. so this is going to be quite a big ceremony and memory event for the late senator who is from a very small mining town 45 miles away from here called search light, nevada. he grew up with no running water, no toilets. he had to hitchhike in order to go to high school 40 miles to the town of henderson. he has come a long way, and this is quite a sendoff, alex. it is quite a sendoff. i know you covered him as well, and had a remarkable interview with him just about two years ago. thank you for your perspective as well. for all of you, stay with us for the live coverage of the memorial service. we re going to bring you president biden s address as well as the eulogy delivered by former president obama, and also in the next few minutes, i m going to get the inside story on