we celebrate the life of zell miller. we talked about baseball. 60 years. he was my very first mentor outside of my family. what a mentor. he was a man and i was a boy. even when we both grew old, he was still the man i was the boy. on our honeymoon, i wanted to go to the grand ole opry and my wife wanted to go to gatlinburg. we compromised and went to gatlinburg. [laughter] rev. harper: and the good news was, we could meet zell and shirley miller. on our honeymoon. sorry, you were there too. she does this to me sometimes. shirley got to meet my mentor zell miller. shirley cooked fish for those of us on the baseball team and we would catch them. i'm sorry we infringed on you but you made us feel welcome. you had that way of caring and loving us. but he was my baseball coach. top of the ninth inning, and two men on second and third and zell said walk this hitter who is the best hitter. there was a little measly guy, zell said we'll get him. president bush knows what a drop is. i said we are going to fool him with a fastbal

not zell miller. he did eventually tell me he would like to serve on the american battle monuments commission. a government agency charged with .aintaining military gravesites as a zell put it, i'm just an old man looking after cemeteries. that was typical of self. humble man who put service above self. he never forgot where he came from or where he was headed. as he said in his senate farewell was, everywhere i've really been, really, was on my way back home. hirley and the members of the miller family, thank you for sharing zell with us. there will never be anyone like zell miller and he leaves an example that we need more of our political leaders to follow. he lived out the marine corps semper fidelis, always faithful. faithful to our country, faithful to his family, and now the boy from the little rock house has reached the top of the mountain. we know he is home. may god bless you. [applause] [organ music] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> amen. >> i don't think anyone could improve on what brian had to say. it was a wond

god bless you and god bless zell miller's history and i'm sure his history will continue in georgia. he member of zell's larger political family and to all the former governors and first , there is senators probably no one who could speak year and feels more of a to zell miller than i do. -- and to shirley. and especially to the extraordinary kindness over decades she has extended to him me and hillary. everyone was just not quite caring they were. 1991, i was giving a speech here. i checked in with the governor and first lady of georgia and they asked me to stay the night. so i spent the night. we stayed up until 3:00 in the morning talking. maybe because i've talked to much or maybe because we were having a good time. after all those hours of , if you his advice was want to run for president you need to call james cargill and get good speeches. i took 50% of the advice. so began this long relationship. i never won a primary election until we got to georgia. everybody said, oh, clinton has to win big in georgia and he will never get there he will be toast. that is what i was warned i

hundreds in atlanta offering former governor zell miller at his funeral. he died friday.is family revealed he had parkinson's disease. he spoke at the 2004 republican convention backing president george w. bush. in 1992 he had done the same for democrat bill clinton. today, both returned the honor along with former president jimmy carter. >> one of the most wonderful public servants we've ever seen in georgia and a good friend of mine for whom i'm deeply indebted, is zell miller. >> his life is a testament to all that is good and all that is possible in this country we love. >> i not only liked zell miller, i admired him. >> zell miller will lie in state of a georgia capitol building until tomorrow's funeral. we'll be right back. ways to lose stubborn belly fat. the roasted core wrap. 3, 2, 1... not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool! coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. and no surgery. results and patient experience may vary. some rare side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort and swelling

senator zell miller. death friday at the age of 86, the comments you read most often over this past weekend came from people think thanking him for sending them to college. mill are allowed a statewide lottery in georgia to fund college scholarships. it meant if you were from a poor family and maintained at least a 3.0 gpa, you went to college for free in georgia. miller, a lifelong southern democrat became the first person to deliver the key note address at both conventions, democrat and republican in '04. the three men remembered him. >> he was never an idea log. as he put it, you won't find average americans on the left or on the right, you'll find them at kmart. he also reminded the country about wendell welke, a republican nominee who supported franklin roosevelt's melt policy. pelke said if he had to choose between an epithet that say here lies the president or here lies one to contributing to freedom, he would prefer the latter. and he went to to ask where are such statesmen today? >> he also agree

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zell miller was years old.ll to come on the newshour: students from around the nation prepare to protest against gun violence. shields d brooks on the many shake-ups at the white house. how cutting-edge technology can reveal the rich history of bermuda's shipwrecks. and, much more. >> woodruff: we return to the most recent shakeup by president trump of his national security leadership. what change will john botlon bring to the job of national security advisor? for that, we get two views.y naeldowney was a career foreign service officer. and ambassador.ed she sen the national security council staff during the clinton administration. she is now director of georgetown university's masterfo of science iign service program. and, matthew kroenig worked forh the office osecretary of defense during the bush and obama years, and at the c.i.a.of he is now a sor of government at georgetown university. >> reporter: and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". nancy mceldowney. to you first, what do you think of the choice

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senator zell miller be laid to rest today.ected to attend and eulogize miller are former presidents jimmy carter, bill clinton and george w. bush. >>> and swimmer katie ledecky is going pro. after dominating college swimming at stanford for two years, the six-time olympic medalist says she will focus on training for the 2020 olympics while still attending classes. ledecky will now be eligible to accept endorsement deals as well. >>> now to the story of how a single instagram post led an nfl cheerleader into a legal battle against one of the most popular football teams in the country. a former cheerleader is suing the saints alleging the team tries to control cheerleaders' personal lives. it could have a ripple effect on sports teams nationwide. here is nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: for three seasons, bailey davis was a cheerleader for the new orleans saints until she was fired this january, she says, for posting this picture on her private instagram account. >> it was a bodysuit that i got from a boutique. and they saw th

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senator zell miller died today. he was a life-long democrat, with a fiercely independent streak.1992, he campaigned for de president, and keynoted the party's convention.cu later, he d democrats of veering to the left, and ynoted the 2004 republic convention for george w. bush. ze. miller was 86 years old still to come on the newshour: stnents from around the nat prepare to protest against gun violence. shields and brooks on the many shake-ups at thehite house. how cutting-edge technology n reveal the rich history of bermuda's shipwrecks. and, much more. uf >> woo we return to the most recent shakeup by president trump of his national security leadership. what change will john botlon bring to the job of national security advisor? for that, we get two views. nancy mceldowney was a career foreign service officer. and ambassador. she served on the nationalnc security c staff during the clinton administration. she is now director of georgetown university's masterof cience in foreign service program. and, matthew kroenig worked forh office of the secretary of defense during the bush a

and, three former presidents eulogized former georgia governor and senator zell miller at his funeral in atlanta today. jimmy carter, bill clinton and george w. bush remembered miller as a bipartisan force who transcended ideology. a he wemocrat, but he backed. bush in 20e still to com the newshour: why a citizenship question could compromise the accuracy of the u.s. census. teformer president jimmy con north korea, the trump admistration. low-wage workers struggling to keep a roof over their heads, and much more. >> woodruff: the u.s. dertment of commerce announced monday it plans to add back a question o citizenship status to the 2020 census. commerce secretary wilbur ross explained the move on fox business this morning. >> we've heard from people on all sides of the equatn. we've done elaborate analyses within the department, and we've concluded that the benefits to the voting rights act enforcement of asking the question outweighs these other sues. >> woodruff: the state of california is suing thera adminion, calling the move unconstitutional. california attorney general xavier be

the governor of georgia, through the olympic process, zell miller national press for the two strikes you're out. this included provisions for life without parole for felons, no exceptions for violent crimes, adult punishment 14's who committed crimes, and lower -- the law had put thousands of criminals in jail. , it set the course for 28 states to pass three strikes legislation. the severity of the punishment was left to the discretion of the prosecutors. the punishment for petty criminal recidivists could result in life sentences. this caused the prison population to increase by 800% over the past quarter of a century, and the effect on state even greater. federal prosecutors who had run on a platform of being tough on crime made careers from the legislation that they could charge criminals with the three strikes law and send them to prison if they did not plead guilty. basically what we are talking about here is the prison industrial complex. atlanta demonized and criminalized. let's do one more. ♪ direct conversation around the atlanta child murders and the prosecution of wayne wi

senator zell miller. he died last week at the age of 86. his funeral was held at the peachtree road united methodist church in atlanta.

condition while the other two received minor injuries >>> georgia giving its final farewell to zell millerrmer u.s. senator that gave them hope. the state funeral was held in the state capitol rotunda. he's best known for launching the hope scholarship. >>> a proposed bill would make it illegal for employers in new york city to make employees respond to e-mails after work hours. it would fine employers at companies with ten or more employees. the legislation doesn't apply to government workers >>> so any dropping the price of the playstation v.r. $100. it will now be $299.99 it takes effect tomorrow more than 2 million units have been sold. it wants more gamers to get in on the action at a greater value. of course it does. that's the news update this hour melissa, back to you. >> thank you, sue. >>> the oil market is closing for the day. let's get to the cnbc commodity desk. >> crude oil dipping under $64 at one point finishing with a loss of 1.25%. over 64. the inventory report having a role in this estimates were looking for unchanged. u.s. production ticking up slightly over 10.4 millio