then at the burial, they spotted a caisson team that edaparpe arto berehearsing. demanding that something be don't to reduce the wait. >> that is something you can do as a senator and i think this is the least we can do for our fallen heros and befor their families. >> reporter: the cemetery cials said the horse team the kopp family saw was returning from another burial. they have not commented on the backlog for using caisson teams. >>> it is time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with trouble for a hot local company. >> we'll consider this temporary trouble. we are talking about roseetta stop a lot of people have heard about it from ad on tv or the kiosk at the mall. they are one of the fastest growing companies in the region but it seems they have hit a bump in the road. the stock price dropped by 25% yesterday. they cut the stock outlook. >>> one of the country's most popular magazines is filing for chapter of11 protection. reader's digest has been hurt by dropping circulation and ads slump. >>> let's talk about reducing your debt. time

in a hearse, while president kennedy, of course, was borne to arlington cemetery on a horse-drawn caisson. once senator kennedy's body will arrive here at the grave site, it will look like the full-blown military ceremony, with a nine-member military casket team. there will be taps played and a three-round volley in a military rifle team. it is then after a brief ceremony with the former archbishop of washington, cardinal theodore mckerick, that senator kennedy will be laid to rest alongside his brothers, president kennedy and robert kennedy. >> jim, thanks. i should mention the burial ceremony will be offered live here on this nbc station. tom brokaw will be along for that coverage. michael, all these many days, people have been talking about his life and career in the senate. and more than one staffer quoted as saying, people in other states who had two senators, after all, didn't necessarily know who their senators were, so letters would just come to senator ted kennedy, the one senator they thought they knew. really an incredible sweep of power. >> and i think if they asked ted kenned

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a world war ii, korean or vietnam veteran wishes to be buried here with full military honors and caisson, it could take as much as two nmos thto schedulefter the veteran has died. he will join brothers jack and bobby in these hallowed hills. >>> take a look over my shoulder n. photo of the kennedy clan snapped way back in 1938 well before the family realized the tragedies they would face. of the four brothers, ted was the only to die of natural causes. his brother and joe were plane in a -- were killed in a plane crash. tonight only one kennedy sibling remains. that is jean kennedy spight. she'a former ambassador to ireland and founder of a nonprofit group of people with disabilities. >>> for much of his adult life, washington, d.c. was senator kennedy's second home. he lived in the -- [ indiscernible ] and supported several fund raising efforts for churches and schools. >> every year he would donate one of his paintings which was very generous and usually brought in kind a bit of mon. >> senator kennedy and representative boehner reached across the aisle and put together this dinner. th

on june 9th, 1999, a flag-draped casket carrying his remains was borne on a hearsh-drawn caisson to its resting place at arlington national cemetery. he was buried with full military honors that includedded a flyover by four a-10's in the missing man formation, the wing man spiraling away symbolizing the lost pilot. when the planes rode above us i was literally pulled out of my chair it was so powerful a tribute. it was appropriate for my father to be honored by these modern version of the p-47 thunderer bolt. for the events that led to that day began more than half a century earlier. i am the only child of second lieutenant george phillip gaffney jr. who at 23 went missing in his p-47 on march 11th, 1944 in new guinea. my mother was six months pregnant with me when the telegram arrived two weeks later. having seen planes crash at one of her husband's training sites, she had no illusions about his having survived. as far as she was concerned. m.i.a. was k.i. a. mother spent that night in grief with family and friends, having labor pains, fearing she would lose her baby as well as her hu

on june 9th, 1999, a flag-draped casket carrying his remains was borne on a hearsh-drawn caisson to its resting place at arlington national cemetery. he was buried with full military honors that includedded a flyover by four a-10's in the missing man formation, the wing man spiraling away symbolizing the lost pilot. when the planes rode above us i was literally pulled out of my chair it was so powerful a tribute. it was appropriate for my father to be honored by these modern version of the p-47 thunderer bolt. for the events that led to that day began more than half a century earlier. i am the only child of second lieutenant george phillip gaffney jr. who at 23 went missing in his p-47 on march 11th, 1944 in new guinea. my mother was six months pregnant with me when the telegram arrived two weeks later. having seen planes crash at one of her husband's training sites, she had no illusions about his having survived. as far as she was concerned. m.i.a. was k.i. a. mother spent that night in grief with family and friends, having labor pains, fearing she would lose her baby as well as her hu