. >> senator frist, always an honor to talk to you.e serving alongside your friend ted stevens. tell me about ted stevens. we hear a lot about, we just did the accomplishment, a man who made alaska number one. but behind-the-scenes, in the office of majority leader with closed doors you saw a man who was compassionate, a man who was genuine, a man that on the same day that he would wear the incredible hulk tie because he was a gruff guy and he was in there fighting, he was fighting for the underserved, the people who didn't have voice, the people who didn't get attention. i remember traveling with him. i fished. been in planes with him throughout alaska. we've traveled to china, around the world together representing the united states. he loved america. he loved our military. he loved the american flag. at the same time when it came down to things like family and the personal, the intimate side he was there. his daughter lily who was married last year i remember him talking before wedding he was so blessed to be able to live to the day