walks up to the podium, looks around, and he begins, i, robert j. dole, the crowd is cracking up, do solemnly swear and then a theatrical pause. oh, sorry, wrong speech. once the laughs began to die down there became the self-deprecating punchline, i thought i'd be here this historic week receiving something from the president, i thought it would be the front door key. the thing is, madam president, there was no contradiction in all of it, no paradox, bob's life and career were very, very consistent. the virtues and the values that led bob dole to raise his right hand, enlist in the army and fight bravely until he could not raise that hand any longer, were the same virtues and values that compelled him to raise his left hand for a different oath in the kansas state capital a few years later. and then across the rotunda in the u.s. house and then here in the senate, the same virtues and values that animated bob's pointed speeches in the 1960's about a citizen's duty animated his great empathy toward those who needed help. with bob dole, what you saw was w

i robert j dole. [laughter] [applause] do solemnly swear. [laughter] sorry. wrong speech. [laughter] but i had a dream. [laughter] that i would be here this week receiving something from the president. but i thought it would be the front door key. [laughter] mr. president and mrs. clinton and mr. vice president and distinguished guest. knowing can claim to be equal of this honor but i will cherish it for as long as i live because this occasion allows me to honor others who are more entitled than looking at a fellow soldier who helped me a long time ago. and at every stage of my life to witness the greatness of this country even playing a small role i have seen american soldiers praying hope in every corner of the road to segregation and communism turning back model threats to human freedom and i stood in on of courage and decency. the virtue so rare and history and so common in this precious place. i can vividly remember the first time i walked into the capital as a member of congress it was an honor beyond the dreams of a small town. i felt a part of something great and n

the time came for bob's remarks bob except to the podium, looks around and he begins i robert j dole, the crowd asserted cracking up, do solemnly swear then a theatrical pause. oh sorry, wrong speech. once the audience died down there was a self-deprecating punchline. i thought i would be here this historic week receiving something from the president but i thought it would be the front door key. the thing is madam president there was no contradiction in any of it no paradox, bob's life and career were very, very consistent. the virtues and the values that led bob dole to reese's right hand and enlist in the army and gravely until he could not reset hand any longer. with the same values that compel him to reese's left-hand for a different oath in the kansas state capital a few years later. then across the rotunda in the u.s. white house and in the senate the same virtues and values that made bob's speeches in the 1960s about a citizen's duty he made his great empathy towards those who needed help. with bob dole what you saw is what you got. from his comrades in t the tenth division to

. >> senate resolution 258 to designate balcony f230 and f2031 as robert j dole balcony. [applause] bret: the robert j dole balcony is a tribute to the service he made within the halls of congress but also to his membership in the dwindling group of americans who served their country in world war ii. >> 16 and a half million world war ii veterans, there are only half million of us left. and we lose about a thousand a day. >> in early 2021, dole shared that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 lunge cancer. in a statement he said, quote, while i certainly have some hurdles ahead, i also know that i join millions of american who is face significant health challenges of their own. days later he was visited by newly inaugurated president joe biden at his watergate apartment. the two had a bipartisan friendship and served in the senate together for almost 25 years. months before his cancer announcement, dole spoke remotely to the national press club about reaching across the aisle and his hopes for america. >> i had a great ride. i mean, i made so many, many friends, democrats an

your thoughts as we look at this moment and it is truly incredible personal, political life of robert j. dole. >> well thank you, martha. i didn't realize you worked as an intern for bob dole. just part of your illustrious career. what an honor and what an education it must have been for you. i've been thinking about it a lot over the last couple of days, and i say this as a full compliment, bob dole was an old-fashioned politician and by that i mean he was somebody who wanted to get things done and yes, he had principles and he was very deeply conservative but he understood that just standing on principle by itself could get nothing done and so he worked across the aisle and accomplished a lot of things. he saved back in the 80s when it looked like social security was in terrible trouble. president reagan started a commission and ronald reagan and tip o'neil. you can't get further on the political extremes than that. bob dole was a key member. they saved social security and kept it solvent and he worked together with a lot of democrats to pass the americans for disabilities act which of cour

. >> reporter: at washington's national cathedral, a celebration to honor the long life of robert j dolege bob dole had >> reporter: grievously wounded in battle but resilient a political warrior who believed in compromise, mentor to a freshman democrat named joe biden. >> we disagreed, but we were never disagreeable with one another. i found bob to be a man of principal, pragmatism and enormous integrity. >> reporter: his wife of nearly 46 years, former senator and cabinet member elizabeth dole, and a storied love affair for the ages and daughter from a previous marriage, robin. >> i love you, dad i promise you will never walk alone ♪ that you never walk alone. >> reporter: his casket then driven to the world war ii memorial he helped create. a memorial to peace, he said. and to the half million soldiers unlike him who did not return >> he was never able again to button his shirt or sign his name as he had. he saluted, and he made your acquaintance with his left hand. >> reporter: family friend savannah guthrie. >> he stood for principal. he stood for dignity and even when he couldn't s

and we -- as we recognize the life and service of the honorable robert j. dole. thanks to the leaders and members of our congressional community here with us this morning, we all come to pay tribute and on their behalf i extend a special welcome to senator dole's loving and dedicated wife and partner in service, elizabeth -- senator elizabeth dole, and his dear daughter, robin. it's sad for all of us. as speaker of the house, it's a special source of pride for us in the house that senator dole began his congressional career in the house of representatives. and it is fitting that as we gather in the capitol rotunda home to american heroes memorialized in marble and bronze, to pay tribute to an extraordinary patriot. once before we gathered here in the rotunda, in his name, in 2018, it was my personal and official honor to join our colleagues and the leadership to help bestow upon him the congressional gold medal. the highest honor congress can bestow. on that day, as we do on this sad day, we recognized senator dole among the pantheon of patriots, honoring his duty

. >> i, robert j. dole -- [ laughter ] sorry, wrong speech. >> reporter: one of dole's last public appearances was at the memorial for president george h.w. bush. dole giving one final salute. back in 2013, he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. >> veteran. who gave his most for his country. which i think is true. and i tried to make the most of it. and i think i did. >> dole grew up in a small farm town in kansas, coming of age during the great depression. he always said, it's good to know where you came from and never forget that. mona, ike? >> dole leaving behind an incredible legacy. christine, thank you. >>> coming up, what you never want to find in your couch. the story from florida. >>> also ahead, the fallout after the firing of cnn anchor chris cuomo and the new accusation against him. bye mom. my helpers abound, i'll need you today. our sleigh is now ready, let's get on our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is

. >> i, robert j. dole. do solemnly swear. sorry. wrong speech. >> reporter: tributes to the late senator are pouring in since his death on sunday. a wreath laying ceremony at the world war ii memorial. the advocate for veterans who helped pass the americans with disability act. in his final op-ed saying, meaningful change comes for the country when everyone puts aside their party label and works for the good of the country. for public viewing for those te- invited until tonight. and on friday, a funeral service at washington national cathedral. >> em, thank you. >>> mark med dose is suing the committee investigating the attack on the capitol. meadows has handed over thousands of pages of documents. but he did not show up for his deposition yesterday, saying he will no longer cooperate. the committee is pursuing contempt charges against him. >>> new evidence in the kim potter case. she is the police officer on trial for shooti iing dauntae wright. minnesota's governor is preparing the national guard to provide security. we want to wa

the robert j dole institute of politics opened at the university of kansas in lawrence. >> he wanted to make sure the institute isn't a shrine to bob dole. instead he wanted it to encourage public service and civilized debate. he received a number of awards over his lifetime. president clinton presented him with the presidential medal of freedom in 1997. he received the american patriot award in 2004 for his service to the country and in world war 2 senator dole went on a statewide tour in 2014 to thank for giving him the privilege to serve the state in january 2018 president donald trump awarded senator dole the congressional gold medal for his service to the nation in september of 2018 washburn university honored him with the statue on campus in december of 2018 a touching tribute from senator dole to honor president george herbert walker bush. >> and 8 helped him stand and salute. the former president's casket the capitol rotunda. the next year, congress unanimously voted to promote him from captain to colonel for his service in the u.s. army. he called it humbling when he was incr

. >> i robert j. dole -- -- do solemnly swear. oh. sorry. enator bob dole saluting president george h.w. bush's casket in the capitol rotunda. and tonight, the elizabeth dole writing, "we're grateful to have witnessed their love. a love that spanned decades, different seasons of life, and only grew stronger over time. br bay area moving forward findingr solutions this is abc 7 news? this is a surge of the unvaccinated unv. so that number is likely to rise thus far the signals are a bit encouraging regarding the severity. and more cases of the omicron variant, but there is some good news. it might not be as bad. good afternoon. i'm kristin z and i'm dan ashley. you're watching abc 7 news at 4 live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream. so here are today's coronavirus headlines mississippi is the latest state to detect the omicron variant. the new variant has now been found in at least 18 states. new york city is enacting a vaccine mandate for all private employers in response to omicron. tournament is the first of its kind anywhere i

later, when presented with the presidential medal of freedom by president clinton, his hu >> i robert j. dolewe all remember that moment, former senator bob dole saluting president george h.w. bush's casket in the capitol rotunda. and tonight, the elizabeth dole foundation writing, "we're grateful to have witnessed their love. a love that spanned decades, different seasons of life, and only grew stronger over time." >> bob dole. an extraordinary life. good night it the bay area bras for an omicron surge, butea bras there's preliminary data from south africa. sports call promising i'm laura anthony and contra costa county where there is confusion and mixed messages about whether the county is enforcing their own requirements around vaccine mandates in restaurants. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm amidate and i'm dan ashley. you're watching abc 7 news at 6 live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream we'll begin with covid-19 developments. the us is now averaging more than 100,000 new cases p

and he starts speaking and says, i, robert j. dole, do solemnly swear as though he is taking the oath of office as president and continues that nn that frame. the audience cracks up. he says, mr. president, this is not what i thought you would be presenting to me at this historic moment in time. i thought it was going to be i'd be arriving at the white house and you'd be presenting me the keys to the front door. his humor was often not just directed at others but at himself as well. eugene? i think we are waiting for the president of the united states. according to our schedule, this was supposed to begin at 11:02. i can imagine a lot of things, and not traffic because he has a motorcade. a lot of things that could have intervened. as we now think the motorcade is just arriving outside, i think my colleague garrett haake is outside. >> yeah. looking at these conversations -- >> can you see a presidential motorcade? >> andrea, we could hear the helicopters, but i'm told the motorcade arrived through the back. the president and the ento

not only general eisenhower, but also second lieutenant robert j. dole was a genuine hero from kansas who helped satisfy our nation's thirst for leadership, who was steeped in home-spun american values and proud of it, who fought with great courage and valor on the battlefield, and whose concern for the most vulnerable in our society came right with him into the halls of power. i mentioned that eisenhower was bob's second to last quotation in his farewell remarks to the senate, so i want to close today where he closed 25 years ago. musing on both his past and his future, our colleague's final quote was from the midwestern poet carl sandburg. yesterday is a wind gone down, a sun dropped in the west. i tell you that there is nothing in the world, only an ocean for tomorrows, a sky of tomorrow. now for our remarkable friend, the sun of of his world has sett last but we pray in faith that he now beholds an even brighter light, that the endless ocean of tomorrows now stretches before him. the entire senate sends our prayers to elizabeth and robin and his so m

, personal friend and as president, and as we recognize the life and service of the honorable robert j. dole. thanks to the leaders and members of our congressional community here with us this morning, we all come to pay tribute and on their behalf, i extend a special welcome to senator dole's loving and wise and dedicated partner in service, elizabeth, senator eliz elizabeth dole and his dear daughter, robin. it's sad for all of us. as speaker of the house, there's a special source of pride for us in the house that senator dole began his congressional career in the house of representatives and it is fitting that as we gather in the capitol rtunda to pay tribute to an extraordinary patriot. once we gathered here before in the rotunda in his name in 2018, it was my personal official honor to join our colleagues and the leadership to help bestow upon him the congressional gold medal. the highest honor congress can bestow on that day, as we do on this sad day, we recognize senator dole among the pantheon of patriots honoring his duty, he always talked a duty to our nation with courage, dignity

colleague, personal friend, and as president as we recognize the life and service of the honorable robert j. dole. thanks to the leaders and members of our congressional community here with us this morning, we all come to pay tribute, and on their behalf, i extend a special welcome to senator dole's loving and dedicated partner in service, elizabeth -- senator elizabeth dole and his dear daughter, robin. it's sad for all of us. as speaker of the house, there's a special source of pride for us in the house that senator dole began his congressional career in the house of representatives. and it is fitting that, as we gather in the capitol rotunda, home to american heroes memorialized in marble and bronze, to pay tribute to an extraordinary patriot. once before we gathered here in the rotunda in his name in 2018. it was my personal and official honor to join our colleagues and the leadership to help bestow upon him the congressional gold medal, the highest honor congress can bestow. on that day, as we do on this sad day, we recognize senator dole among the pantheon of patriots honoring his duty to o

. >> robert j dole never won nationwide elected office but was one of the most recognizable and most powerful politicians of the 20th century. born in russell, kansas, july 22, 1923, he was a part part pat methodist church and boy scouts. his studies were interrupted by the second world war. assigned as a platoon leader, he saw action against german units in 1945. a month into the conflict, he was seriously wounded and an experience he would write about years later. >> i did not know if i was dead or alive. i was unable to feel my arms. >> he never regained the use of his right arm. he continued his education. he was elected to the u.s. senate where he would emerge as a powerful national figure. americans got there first look at the lawmaker in 1976 when president gerald ford chose him as his vice presidential running mate. the ticket was unsuccessful, but the senator rose to begin senate majority leader. he reagan. he finally won the top spot spot the republican ticket in 1996. running against incumbent bill clinton during a time of peace and prosperity turned out to be an impossibl

bob dole, robert j dole gives us hope for a brighter and better tomorrow. we say thank you. i can't say it to my dad, bob dole, and i can't say it to you, except in this symbolic way, but we can say it to all those who served our country. we say this today, senator dole, i respect you, i thank you for your service, and we love you. thank you. >> elizabeth, robin, all the teen dole members here. governor kelly, leader mcconnell, secretary chao, all of my fellow senators in congress members and their spouses, people of russell, kansas. much has grown on kansas planes, crops and pastures stretch as far as the eye can see. great elevators, skyscrapers and the whisper of the wind substitute signs and traffic. what truly makes the prairie special the people. churches that seem entirely too big for the tiny towns that tower over are filled. and neighbors are checking in on each other sharing food last, a cup of coffee and maybe a few beers. perhaps it's because senator dall reminded me, roger, always remember where you're from. i thought allow -- i thought a lot about that this week

. >> i robert j dole. [inaudible] do solemnly swear, sorry, wrong speech.ally did have quite a sense of humor but he was a guy who could work across the aisle. these days that doesn't seem to be very popular. do we need more bob dole's in the u.s. senate? >> of course we do. that is a problem that we have today. goes back to world war i and a lot of ideology we represent the organization that we have of the country. remember the clip that he made very typical of bob sieber. he had a quick wit. i remember he did a lot of bios on people and they said bob who had an acerbic sense of humor. i had the first district, roberts must be underwater, the worst thing that you can do on the allegation where everybody was there to be right after dole or right before him. if you are before him and try to be a little bit funny, all my goodness. if you were after him you didn't know what to do. he could really break the balloon where we just can't get anything done and his wit and humor. i tried to animate that. i got a lot more done in the house when people thought that bo

robert j. dole is lying in state there. he's just the 33rd american so honored. the 34 steps on the east run of the capitol for the nation to pay its respects. >> robert joseph dole, he belongs here. in this place. in this temple of liberty, a temple to possibilities. >> dole became friends with a hawaii senator after they recovered after the words. dole rose from his wheelchair and walked to the casket to pay his respects when he laid in state in 2012. >> as bob approaches the pearly gates, let us take comfort that he can reunite with his old friend once again. >> although a somber day, his former colleagues recalled dole's sardonic humor. >> bob described his senate management challenges with his trademark wit. if i had known we were going to win control of the senate, we would have run better candidates. i swear bob could have made it as a stand-up comment. >> dole held many titles, but he was defined by his sacrifice to the nation during world war ii. dole said his favorite title was veteran. neil? >> neil: indeed. thank very much, chad pergram on that. to ka

with us think hour richard norton smith, bob dole's longtime friend and founding director of the robert j. dolecs. leanne, start with you. what can we expect as sayre more thanes get under way this morning? >> reporter: good morning. dobb bole died 98 but spent 11 years as republican leader both majority and minority leader. the late senator is going to arrive in a casket with his family at 9:45 a.m. the ceremony in the rotunda behind me will start at 10:00 a.m. where he will be greeted by defense secretary lloyd austin. symbolizing the service of bob dole. he was a world war ii veteran who was badly injured, and stayed with him the rest of his life. speaking today is going to be speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, leader schumer and president biden, who served with senator dole for 24 hours in the senate. it's going to be a short ceremony. just about 45 minutes. and after that time, then members of congress, staff and friends and family can come and visit his casket in the rotunda until 8:00 p.m. tonight, but we can expect to hear some themes during the speeches today including civility, humanit

robert j. dolen the most hallowed shrine of american democracy, the capitol rotunda. >> robert joseph dole, he belongs here in this place, in this temple of liberty. >> dole was just the 33 american to lie in state in the rotunda. his wife, former senator elizabeth dole beamed alongside former colleagues and friends. >> inspired to reach into the depths of town virtues or our big city bravado to emulate this plain spoken statesman. >> the great depression and world war ii defined a generation, a wounded bob dole from the dust bowl personified that generation with grit and determination amid adversity. >> bob was the last of the greatest generation to run for president. but he was never stuck in the past. >> dole lost the use of his right arm during world war ii. while recovering, dole forged a seven decade friendship with future hawaii senator daniel inouye who lost his right arm, as inouye lay in state in 2012 dole rose from his wheelchair and walked to the casket casket. dole said he didn't want h

the robert j dole institute of politics opened at the university of kansas in lawrence. >> he wanted to make sure the institute isn't a shrine to bob dole. instead he wanted it to encourage public service and civilized debate. he received a number of awards over his lifetime. president clinton presented him with the presidential medal of freedom in 1997. he received the american patriot award in 2004 for his service to the country and in world war 2 senator dole went on a statewide tour in 2014 to thank for giving him the privilege to serve the state in january 2018 president donald trump awarded senator dole the congressional gold medal for his service to the nation in september of 2018 washburn university honored him with a statue on campus in december of 2018 a touching tribute from senator dole to honor president george herbert walker bush. >> and 8 helped him stand and salute. the former president's casket in the capitol rotunda. the next year, congress unanimously voted to promote him from captain to colonel for his service in the u.s. army. he called it humbling when he was inc

. >> i, robert j. dole -- [ laughter ] >> do solemnly swear. sorry. ch. >> reporter: and dole built his senate career on also working across the aisle. >> and bob never hesitated to work with democrats to get things done. >> reporter: with daniel patrick moynihan to rescue social security in the 1980s and tom harkin and teddy kennedy to pass the americans with disability act in the 1990s. the president reminding his fellow politicians how it used to be with bob dole. >> respect for one another as colleagues and as fellow americans. it was real. it wasn't fake. and we became great friends. >> reporter: does it make a funeral to remind elected officials they used to get along? >> it's almost like walking in pompeii. we're looking at a bygone era that maybe someday will come back, but not any time soon. >> and andrea joins me live. it's great to see you on a sunday morning. there's always romantics when we look back at a different time. how did things change relatively quickly in washington? >> you're so right, willie. good morning to you. it's great to b

. >> i robert j. doleer ] do solemnly swear -- sorry, wrong speech. [ laughter ] but i had a dream that i would be here this historic week receiving something from the president, but i thought it would be the front door key. >> so alan simpson, that was a moment, you were probably in the audience that day. >> well, the best line was he said, you know, i'm not worried about what happened to me. he said i sleep like a baby. i wake up every two hours and cry. he had hundreds of those things, and he loved his country and gave so much. but humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. my mother taught me that, and when he ran for president, people who worked with him, the higher ups of the great exam pain said don't use humor, don't use humor. you're running for president. hell, that was like chopping off his leg. his humor was who he was, and his campaign, he just said it was tough to be limited by, you know, a whole lifetime of humor. often times just like that, just like the man he is

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. >> i, robert j. dole -- [ laughter ] >> -- do solemnly swear -- sorry, wrong speech. receiving something from the president. but i thought it would be the front door key. >> he always had great comic timing. in a tweet today, former president bill clinton said, quote, bob dole spent his entire life serving people from his heroism in world war ii. after all he gave to the war, he didn't have to, but he did. he has inspired generations to come. bob dole, the member of the greatest generation who embodied american greatness was 98. >>> i'm jim acosta. phil mattingly takes over after a quick break as you look at the flag half staff in memory of bob dole. good night. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. the living room slash yoga shanti slash regional office slash... and this is the basement slash panic room. maybe what your family needs is a vacation home slash vacation home. find yours on the vrbo app. ♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenop

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collection of the robert j dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. we join the conversation in progress. >> my larger question is there a concern at the beginning of the bush presidency about how loyal a leader you were going to be? >> will bob dole try to torpedo bush and john towers came along about that time and a very good friend of mine. >> did he get a raw deal? >> he got a raw deal by people -- i won't name names but i know a couple people who had drinking problem speaking against him on the floor and sam was a really great guy but i thought he got into opposing john tower and they were good buddies but i later forgot it all because we had a memorial service for tower at arlington, sam showed up. >> there are those who think there was a little of payback involved, that over the years tower had been a very bright guy. >> stiff collared, very bright, no small tower and he did have a problem. i'm not sure if it is as bad when it ended were started and all that, but i think that was the thing to convince the bush people -- i even wanted to bring t

. ♪ >>> i robert j. dole -- do solemnly swear. oh, sorry.tial nominee joking about his 1996 loss to bill clinton as he received the presidential medal of freedom from clinton just before inauguration day 1997. dole passed away on sunday at age 98. this afternoon we learned that dole will lie in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda on thursday. right now flags are flying at half-staff in honor of dole following an order from president biden. i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now -- president biden is tested by two of his most powerful foreign adversaries. we're getting new information about his high-stakes video call with vladimir putin tomorrow. and the red lines that are being drawn. this as china is threatening to retaliate for a new u.s. diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. also new covid-19 requirements as u.s. cases, deaths and hospitalizations are all on the rise. will the upward trend be impacted by stricter trave

. >> i robert j. dole -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> do solemnly swear -- sorry. wrong speech. esident but i thought it would be the front door key. >> bob dole died yesterday at the age of 98. and joining us now is sheila burke, adjunct lecturer in public policy at the kennedy school of government at harvard university. sheila, thank you very much for joining us tonight. it is great to see you. let me begin by saying i'm sorry for your loss. >> thank you, lawrence. it is a wonderful treat to see you again after all these years and it has been a bittersweet day suffice it to say to watch all the clips of dole and hear people speak so well of him. your commentary was certainly kind and thoughtful remarks about him and his time in the senate. so thank you for that. >> i was one of the lucky democratic staffers who had a lot of intersection with you and with senator dole since he was a member of the finance committee as well as the republican leader of the senate. all legislating had to include bob dole and sheila burke at some point in the discussion. and so i felt very lucky abou

. >> i, robert j dole, do solemnly swear. sorry, wrong speech. reporter: contributes pouring in since his death on sunday, the kansas congressional delegation honoring him with a wreath-laying ceremony at the world war ii memorial. arc on his final at-bat, "meaningful change came's -- in his final op-ed, "meaningful change comes from the heart." for friday, a funeral service at washington national good day drought. -- washington natural cathedral -- washington national because cathedral. kumasi: the california supreme court overturned his death sentence last year due to jury misconduct. yesterday, peterson came face-to-face with his murder his wife's family for the first time in 17 years. inside the courtroom, his former mother-in-law blasted him for the deaths of her daughter and unborn grandson, saying "no matter what happens in the future, they will always be dead and you will always be there murderer." peterson says he's innocent and that is a claim that family members echoed outside the courtroom. >> he has been in prison for a crime he did

gave him the medal of freedom, bob dole takes the podium and he starts his speech by saying, i, robert j. dole, as if he was about to take the inaugural address, and the room cracks up. he was able to laugh at himself, he was able to laugh at our system. he was sometimes sharp with it, sometimes a little bit of an edge to it. he certainly had a reputation early on as being a partisan hatchet and we shouldn't romanticize that, but he recognized that politics was about people, about relationships that you could be in opposite parties and still have respect and an admiration for each other as public servants. he served in world war ii, gave so much to his country. you see the tributes today coming from both sides of the aisle. i remember from that would be the case with today's politicians. if you look back at what we're saying today about bob dole, will people say that about them in 20 or 30 years. >> that's so interesting. i seem to recall a time when he was on "meet the press," and he was reminded that he was like the one who had been on "meet the press" more times than anybody else. and the q

he said, i, robert j. dole solemnly swear, then he said, oops, sorry, wrong speech, i had a dream i would be here receiving something from the president but i thought it would be the front door key. it's funny. and jon, i know we have you back, that's a funny, humorous anecdote that shows that even in the face of losing a presidential election, he could still go to the white house and show some -- not only some humor but some humility. >> that's what those of us in the press really loved about the guy, even when we concluded that he probably wasn't going to make it as president, he was miscast in that role. he was just a lot of fun to cover because he had this biting wit. and one time he came back from the white house where ford, carter, and nixon had gathered, and he called them see no evil, hear no evil, and evil. and you could pretty much get a chuckle out of every conversation with bob dole. but i'm also just very moved by this most recent commemoration at the world war ii memorial. i went there with my lat

on april 14, 1945, second lieutenant, robert j. dole, # 1 months away if k.u. student, was leading a small squad up a hill they called 913 in the mountains northern italy. as he leaped out of a fox hole he felt a sharp sting in his upper right back. probably an exploding shell that smashed his shoulder, shattered his collarbone, punctured a lung and damaged a vertebrae, paralyzing the young shoulder from the neck down temporarily. his buddy gave him the biggest dose of morphine he could, then put a large m in blood on his forehead so he medics wouldn't give him more, perhaps fatally. the young soldier did survive. he began a public service career that lasted more than a century. senator kohl continued to practice law and comment on politics on programs raging from "meet the press" to "the daily show request jon stewart wts. he co-chaired a commission with the former secretary of health and human services, donna shalala, to investigate misconduct at the v.a. medical center. but he's only 50% of one of d.c.'s most compelling pow every couple and only 50% of our s

not only general eisenhower but also second lieutenant robert j. dole.f it. who fought with great courage and valor on the battlefield. and his concern for the most vulnerable in our society came right with him into the halls of power. i mention that eisenhower was bob's second to last quotation. in his farewell remarks to the senate. so i want to close today where he closed, 25 years ago. musing on both his past and his future our colleague's final quote was from midwestern poet carl sandburg. yesterday as the wind gone down, the sun dropped in the west, i tell you that there is nothing in the world only an ocean of tomorrows, a sky of tomorrow. now for our remarkable friend, the son of this world, has -- the sun of this world has set at last. we pray in faith he now beholds and even brighter light. that the endless ocean of tomorrows now stretches before him. the entire senate sends our prayers to elizabeth and robin and to so many family friends and former staff of senator dole. the whole country stands with you, not only in grief, but in gladness and

dole died early this morning in his sleep. he was 98 years old. we have a look back at the life of the world war ii hero and republican lawmaker. >> robert j dal never dole never won elected office but he was one of the most powerful politicians of the century. his young life was taken up with his family's methodist church, the boy scouts and athletics. but his studies were interrupted by the second world war. he saw action against german units in italy in 1945. a month into that conflict, he was seriously wounded. >> for a while i did not know if i was dead or alive. i laid face down in the dirt, unable to feel my arms. >> he never regained the use of his right arm. after the war, he continued his education, attending law school in topeka. 18 years later, he was elected to the u.s. senate where he would emerge as a powerful national figure. americans got their first look at the ambitious lawmaker in 1976 when president gerald ford chose him as his vice presidential running mate. although the ticket was unsuccessful in the bid for the white house, he ran himself in 1985. he lost the nomination in 1982 ronald reagan. he misted a second time in 1988 b

and we as we recognize the life and service of the honorable robert j. dole. ngressional community here with us this morning, we all come to pay tribute and on their behalf i extend a special welcome to senator dole's wife and dedicated in service senator elizabeth dole and his dear daughter, robin. it is sad for all of us. as speaker of the house it is a special source of pride for us in the house that senator dole began his congressional career in the house of representatives. and is fitting that as we gather in the capitol rotunda, home to american heroes memorialized in marble and bronze to pay tribute to an extraordinary patriot. once before we gathered here in the rotunda in his name in 2018, it was my personal and official honor to join our colleagues and the leadership to help bestow upon him the congressional gold medal, the highest honor congress can bestow. on that day as we do on this sad day, we recognize senator dole among the patriots honoring his duty, he always talked about duty to our nation with courage, dignity and integrity. as i stand here

your thoughts as we look at this moment and it is truly incredible personal, political life of robert j. doleeducation it must have been for you. i've been thinking about it a lot over the last couple of days, and i say this as a full compliment, bob dole was an old-fashioned politician and by that i mean he was somebody who wanted to get things done and yes, he had principles and he was very deeply conservative but he understood that just standing on principle by itself could get nothing done and so he worked across the aisle and accomplished a lot of things. he saved back in the 80s when it looked like