national correspondent jim axelrod is there. >> reporter: jeff, the kennedy family chose this church because of its special meaning to senator kennedy as a place of hope and optimism. they wanted an uplifting farewell. ted kennedy's casket was met by an honor guard and escorted into the basilica of our laeld of perpetual help, where his widow and children were joined by 1500 mourners. >> we pray for our dear friend and brother, ted kennedy. >> reporter: in many ways, it had all the trappings of a state funeral-- former presidents, senators and cabinet secretaries movie stars, and world-famous musicians. all gathered in an ornate church a eulogy from the sitting president. >> he was given the gift of time that his brothers were not and he used that gift to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow. >> reporter: but when ted kennedy's grandchildren offered the prayer of the faithful, using their grant pa's own words. >> for my grandfathers brave promise last summer that the work begins aa new, the hope

>> smith: jim axelrod in boston. thanks. peter canellos is editorial page editor of the "boston globe" and he edited a "boston globe" biography of senator kennedy called "last lion: the fall and rise of ted kennedy" and joins us this evening. peter, good evening. >> thank you. >> couric: what are are you hearing about what is going to happen to the senator's... to kennedy's senate seat? >> i think the first question is whether there will be an interim appointment and i think that's likely to happen. then there will be an election and we'll have several candidates, probably somebody from the kennedy family, there's speculation about joe kennedy or perhaps even his widow vicki. there also are three congressmen and the state's attorney general all possible candidates. >> smith: i think thing that struck so many of us is hearing these individual testimonials from folks far and wide, powerful and powerless who the senator intervened in their lives in such dramatic fashion. he was an old-fashioned retail politician. >> absolutely.

katie. >> couric: jim axelrod, jim, thank you so much. and we're really just now beginning to learn how many lives senator kennedy changed, how much he did for people, sometimes publicly, but often with little fanfare. >> i look at all the-- the causes which i'm involved in through a human face. and i think that is what has been enduring and continuing and inspiring. >> couric: a sea of human faces touched by the life of ted kennedy came out to thank the man who had done so much... for so many. at the brookside community health center today, just miles away from the j.f.k. library, they remembered a man what saw the promise of centers like this one in massachusetts, and later in the mid-60s, sponsored legislation that established them all across the country. >> there are 52 across massachusetts serving one in every nine people. community health centers have grown to serve 17 million people through 3,000 community health centers. >> couric: people like linda montannas and her baby, julian. she's been coming to brookside all of her life. >>

jim axelrod takes a look under the hood. >> reporter: looking to recharge out business, general motors is turning on its volt. the first hybrid that will plug right continue the wall. >> having a car that gets triple digit fuel economy, we believe, can and will be a game changer for us. >> reporter: triple digits, as in 230 miles per gallon. the magic numbers g. m. hopes will bring a surge of sales. >> i think it's a game changer technology wise. image wise. report he's impressed but says g. m. is only planning to make 60,000 vehicles. >> the battery capacity that gets you those mind blowing, and i mean mind blowing kind of epa fuel economy numbers, at the same time that comes at a price. >> reporter: try $40,000 for the volt, when it hits showrooms next fall. eve between the $7500 tax credit volt buyers will get, that's still 10 to 15,000 more than top competition like toyota's prius or honda's insight. those two are gas powered cars that get an electric boost. the volt is an electric car that gets a gas assist. but the volt is not without some p. r. problems. >> the car can hardly ma

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news. i'm katie couric.d night. >>> this is "entertainment tonight" in high definition. >>> a michael jackson propofol bombshell. the startling new accusation against dr. murray. >>> plus, michael jackson's body moving from this marble tomb. >> i'll tell you what i uncovered about the family's reported new plan to bury the king of pop. >>> when did they get those stories? >> the lost footage with michael with then-wife lisa. >>> sthoet they don't really

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news. i'm katie couric.d night. >>> let's get to brett heyer ho is standing live in baltimore. brett, you're dry and it looks like game time, just a minute away? >> reporter: yeah, the rain has passed through the sunny skies here in baltimore. we're ready for this preseason opener. you know as well as i do, come 11 tonight, we'll all be overreacting to everything that happened in this otherwise meaningless game even though that most of it will be placed out there on second and third stringers. you know that they will be calling to them for the quarterback of this team. but that's beauty of the preseason football. we are just about half an hour away from kickoff in this opener. they are arriving with a mu

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jim am el -- axelrod, new york. >> couric: the biggest bank failure so far this year, the u.s. government has shut down colonial bank group, place based this alabama it was once a fast growing lender in real estate. but the bank will reopen tomorrow and will be taken over by bb and t bank. one more note about the economy, the recession andler energy costs are keeping a lid on prices. the government reported today that consumer prices did not budge in july, and over the past 12 months they're down 2.1%, that's the biggest annual drop in nearly six decades. turning to the continuing battle over health care reform now, president obama headed west today to big sky country to once again moderate his own town meeting. one of his goals, to win over some blue dog or conservative democrats, skeptical of his plans. chip reid is traveling with the president tonight in belgrade, montana. >> reporter: the president's critics predicted that at today's town hall in conservative montana he would finally see face to face the rage over health care reform. >> hello, montana! >> reporter: it was c

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cbs news correspondent john axelrod is in boston this morning. good morning, jimt place he came after receiving his cancer diagnosis last year. the senator prayed here daily when his daughter kara was facing her own cancer battle. he would live inconspicuously, kneel and pray at the shrine of the lady of perpetual health. >> a little indescribable, the comfort you get here. kennedy knew that too. and i'm very happy for that. ♪ when irish eyes are smiling ♪ >> reporter: the funeral will follow a more light hearted celebration of the senator's life last night. >> and two weeks ago as i was coming out of surgery, i got a call from ted. well, he roared, between going through prostate cancer surgery and doing town hall meetings, you made a great choice, he said. >> reporter: the family wanted something close to an irish wake, with music. ♪ >> reporter: and with stories and laughs. >> there we were just two weeks before the caucuses and his voice boomed out, you voted for my brother, you voted for my other brother, you didn't vote for me. and as the crowd roared with la

national correspondent jim axelrod is there. >> reporter: from the priest saying midday mass at a downtownton church... >> senator kennedy was a worshiper here and a great supporter of st. anthony's shrine. >> reporter: to new england's high profile superbowl coach. >> i have a lot of personal regret today on the passing of senator kennedy. >> reporter: and everyone in between. >> he was for the rights of everybody. he was for the rights of the disabled. he was for women's rights. he was for the civil rights movement. >> reporter: the people of boston are mourning deeply. for as much as senator kennedy was a player on the world stage, here he was teddy. and teddy belonged to them. reporter and boston native marty nolan covered kennedy for 40 years and wrote today's obituary in the "boston globe." >> he was full of charm and he enjoyed the odd drop after hours and so did i and he could sing an irish song like a clancey brother put together. he'd do it at an a.f.l.-c.i.o. meeting as well as he'd do in the a saloon somewhere. >> reporter: when kennedy threw out the first pitch of the red sox

cbs news national correspondent jim axelrod is there this morning. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. people who want to pay their final respects can do so up until 4:00 this afternoon. there'll be a private memorial service after that. what a scene here last night and into this morning. the crowd snaked through the parking lot at the jfk library, some 20,000 people, a few familiar faces, but mostly regular folks had waited hours for a few seconds at senator kennedy's coffin. so many, in fact, doors were kept open until 2:00 this morning. kennedy's family, including his widow, made it a point to come out and say thank you. >> teddy loved the people of this state. he loved this city. and it was just extraordinarily moving. >> reporter: the long emotional day started yesterday in hyannis with a private family mass. then a last trip through the city of boston. a final chance for those he served to say farewell. >> i just wanted to be here. i just felt like i lost a family member. vo: why spend $5 per person at the drive-thru, vo: when yo

>> reporter: jim axelrod in boston, thank you.age on the life, passing and legacy of senator ted kennedy. right now let's check in with russ mitchell at the news desk. >> the fda authorized emergency use of an h1n1 flu test for troops overseas. it would allow for quicker diagnosis and treatment. public officials are preparing to launch a massive campaign targeting high-risk populations. >>> we are learning more about the final hours of michael jackson's life, especially the period of time when his doctor says he found the singer not breathing to when someone called 911. hattie kauffman joins us from las vegas with more. >> reporter: good morning, russ. behind me is the medical office of dr. conrad murray. according to police, after he found jackson unconscious, he called this office and stayed on the phone for a full half hour. a police affidavit says dr. murray found michael jackson not breathing at 11:00 a.m. the day the singer died. >> did anybody witness what happened? >> no. just the doctor, sir. the doctor's been the only on

steve: and at the axelrod meeting, a deputy chief of staff for the white house, jim mussina, told meez democrat senators in the white house -- he said, quote, if you get hit, we punch back twice as hard. it kind of sounds like that chicago politics we've been hearing all along. but what they're really upset about at the white house is the fact that the right and those who are opposed to the president's health care initiative have been so successful in, you know, going to these things and turning them into events where they wind up getting televised and then we start talking about how there is opposition to the president's health care plan. peter: and apparently no so coincidentally the afl/cio announced yesterday that they are going to mobilize labor activists to attend town hall meetings in 50 congressional districts this month to counter the opposition to the health care reform. so if you're attending these town hall meetings, anticipate buses full of labor activists, as they're called, who will be attending. coincidentally to discuss. gretchen: the interesting thing will be to see h

axelrod told members of congress yesterday? >> i was not there. i have seen different reports that said that there were up there talking about it. i have not talked to david or jimbout it appeared >> you do not know what advice is being given to members of congress. >> i do think it is any different from what i have said. it is important that people be civil. we can discuss these issues without being a uncivilized. it is the same thing i tell my 6-year-old. >> but if they are not civil -- >> [unintelligible] [laughter] >> but if they are not civil, the stand up and fight them or shoot them down? >> i think the best advice would be to finish your answer -- i think the town hall meeting is always bigger than when one person asks a question. if you're asking me a question, the answer is for the benefit of everybody. continuing to discuss the issues that are important, ranging from health care to the economy to the war in afghanistan, i think those are things that are of great interest to the american people. asking a question of those who represent you in washington is a time-honored tradition. >> i am talking about people who are getting booed and shouted down a r