| Synopsis | INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA
WS: Live shot of honor guard standing around the flag draped coffin of former
President Ronald Reagan.
INT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Live shot of interior of church.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Exterior of the National Cathedral.
INT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Live shot of interior of church.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Exterior of the National Cathedral.
DISSOLVE: Live shot of exterior of church dissolves into shot of interior of
church.
INT THE NATIONAL CATHEDERAL
Tilt shot of interior revealing people sitting.
WS: Live shot of ceiling.
MS: Live shot of stained glass window.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC EARLIER
WS: Former President George Bush and Ronald Reagan's former Secretary of State
James Baker walk outside of the White House.
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA EARLIER
WS: People walk around Reagan's flag draped coffin.
WS: United States (US) Marine Corporal James Wright, lost part of arm and hand
in Iraq, salutes Reagan's casket as Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
and others look on.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
Live panning shot of on lookers standing outside of the Capitol Building.
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA
WS: Live shot of honor guard standing around the flag draped coffin of former
President Ronald Reagan.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
Live panning shot of the exterior of the Capitol Building.
Shot zooms out on Presidential Seal on side of hearse.
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA
WS: Live shot of honor guard standing around the flag draped coffin of former
President Ronald Reagan.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
HIGH WS: Overhead shot of American flag blowing on flagpole outside of the
Capitol Building.
10:04:45
Brokaw is joined by NBC News correspondent Tim Russert.
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA
WS: Live shot of honor guard standing around the flag draped coffin of former
President Ronald Reagan.
10:05:48
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ROTUNDA
WS: Live shot of former First Lady Nancy Reagan being escorted to casket by US
Army Major General Galen Jackman.
MS: Live shot of Mrs. Reagan touching the casket and kissing it.
WS: Mrs. Reagan and Jackman exiting the rotunda.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
HIGH WS: American flag blowing in the wind outside of the Capitol Building.
INT THE CAPITOL BUILDING
WS: Live shot of honor guard standing around casket.
10:08:28
Brokaw is joined by NBC News correspondent David Gregory
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Shot of hearse.
WS: Shot of soldiers marching with rifles.
HIGH WS: American flag blowing in the wind outside of the Capitol Building.
BRIEF CUTS: Procession of soldiers marches into Capitol Building.
10:11:20
Brokaw is joined by NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
Live tilt shot of staircase outside of the Capitol Building.
HIGH WS: Honor guard walking into Capitol Building.
WS: Rear shot of Military officer standing facing brass band outside of the
Capitol.
10:12:43
Brokaw is joined NBC News correspondent Chip Reid.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
Live shots of soldiers standing on steps of Capitol Building.
10:14:14
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Soldiers stand at attention on stairs outside the Capitol.
GFX: Insert shots of the exterior of the National Cathedral and of soldiers
standing at attention on the steps of the Capitol Building and people gathered
inside the cathedral. Insert shot of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and wife
Cherie Booth walking in the national cathedral. Insert shot of soldiers standing
on the stairs leading to the Capitol.
INT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
WS: Live shot of Blair and Booth walking down aisle with unidentified man before
Blair stops to speak with man.
WS: People gathered in the cathedral.
10:16:14
Brokaw is joined by former Reagan Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
MS: Former Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper Gore walking toward Cathedral.
GFX: Insert shots of the Gores and Reagan's pallbearers Merv Griffin, Fred
Ryan, Charles Wick and others walking.
EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC
WS: Live shot of Griffin, Ryan, Wick and others walking toward Capitol.
10:17:36 Former Reagan Administration official Michael Deaver standing with man
outside cathedral.
VO: Brokaw, Duberstein and Mitchell.
18:18:42 Members of the Reagan family, Patti Regan, Michael Reagan, Ron Reagan,
Jr. and others outside Capitol.
10:19:48 At the Capitol inside the rotunda, honor guard walking near the casket
of President Ronald Reagan. Honor guard pallbearers entering rotunda. Honor
guard lift casket.
10:22:38 Live shot of former President Bill Clinton and wife Senator Hillary
Clinton inside the National Cathedral. GFX: Insert interior live shots of the
rotunda and cathedral.
10:23:10 Honor guard at casket. Overhead shot of honor guard near casket. Insert
live shot of rotunda and cathedral.
10:24:25 Live insert shot of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in cathedral.
10:24:55 Honor guard lifting casket and exiting rotunda.
10:26:51 Brokaw beings interviewing former Senator Bob Dole. Live shot of the
Reagan family outdoors and overhead shot of rotunda. Interior overhead shot of
cathedral.
10:28:18 Live insert shot of former New York City, New York Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani entering cathedral. Live outdoor shot of Mrs. Nancy Reagan near
vehicle. Reagan family outside cathedral. Mrs. Reagan standing with General
Galen Jackman outside Capitol. Overhead shot of guards standing near carpeted
walkway from Capitol as they present arms. On lawn outside Capitol, cannons
firing salute. Jackman and Mrs. Reagan. Overhead shot of area outside Capitol.
10:31:27 Live insert shot of people at cathedral. Reagan casket being taken from
Capitol. Wide shot of the Capitol steps. Reagan and Jackman.
10:37:54 Guards carrying casket to hearse. Overhead shot of American flag flying
and overhead shot of marching band near hearse.
10:39:51 Mrs. Reagan and Jackman walking to car. Mrs. Reagan getting into
limousine. Wide shot of vehicle. Men walking including former Reagan
Administration official Michael Deaver and entertainment personality Merv
Griffin.
10:41:58 Overhead shot of Mrs. Reagan's limousine. Live insert shot of former
President Clinton talking to former President Gerald Ford. Former Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev in cathedral.
10:43:02 Hearse driving away. Various shots of the motorcade driving from
Capitol.
10:45:45 Exterior shot of cathedral. Inside cathedral, candle burning as
overhead shot of congregation seen. US Attorney General John Ashcroft inside
cathedral. Live insert shots of cathedral exterior and motorcade.
10:47:00 Brokaw in vo says he is going to attend the funeral service for
President Reagan as Williams reports in vo. Tracking shot of hearse. Wide shots
of police officers and vehicles. Hearse passing spectators.
10:49:53 Foggy overhead shot of motorcade from the Washington Monument.
10:50:01 Ashcroft sitting in cathedral. Overhead shot of altar area.
10:50:24 Exterior shot of cathedral. Stained glass window. Bill Clinton standing
with Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry.
10:50:24 Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher standing with Gorbachev
and others. Choir inside cathedral.
10:51:15 Motorcade. Low shot of cathedral ceiling. Overhead shot of
congregation. Wide shot of choir.
10:51:57 Williams is joined by presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. Prince
Charles sitting with woman. Bill Clinton sitting with wife Senator Hillary
Clinton. Overhead shot of congregation. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney sitting with Thatcher.
10:52:48 President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush entering cathedral
and speaking to pastor. Camera pans back.
10:53:25 Secretary of State Colin Powell sitting with wife Alma Powell. Former
Secretary of State James Baker taking seat. Exterior shot of cathedral.
10:53:56 Mr. and Mrs. Clinton seated as behind them sits Ford and former First
Lady Betty Ford and former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosilyn Carter.
10:54:07 Level shot of motorcade approaching. Former US presidents and wives,
stained glass window and motorcade approaching.
10:55:07 Miklaszewski reports in live vo. Motorcade approaching. Wide shot of
cathedral.
10:56:48 British Prime Minister Tony Blair sitting inside cathedral next to wife
Cherie Booth. Exterior shot of cathedral. Thatcher and Gorbachev sitting near
Mulroney. Mr. and Mrs. Ford. Choir entering area. Mulroney and Prince Charles
seated with woman.
10:58:24 Gregory reports live in vo. Overhead shots of cathedral. US military
personnel outside cathedral as camera pans back. Live inserts of motorcade and
military personnel. Zoom out on candle.
11:00:00 Motorcade approaching. Military orchestra in cathedral. Stained glass
window. Former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush walking
down cathedral aisle. Stained glass window. Cathedral exterior. Honor guard
outside cathedral. Motorcade approaching and turning corner.
11:03:36 Cathedral exterior. Former President Bush and Mrs. Bush. Tenor soloist
Dr. Ronan Tynan performing Ave Maria in cathedral.
11:04:40 Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynne Cheney walking down cathedral
aisle and being seated near the former presidents. Ronan performing.
11:09:01 Police vehicles and motorcade arriving outside cathedral.
11:09:24 Ronan concludes performance. Motorcade arriving.
11:10:00 President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush walking in aisle and
being seated next to Vice President Cheney. Cathedral exterior and interior.
11:11:04 President Bush sitting with his father and mother behind him. Overhead
shot of congregation and area with President Regan's casket is to rest.
11:12:05 Zoom out on Reverend and former US Senator John Danforth outside
cathedral with others. Honor guard outside cathedral.
11:12:25 Mr. and Mrs. Bush seated. Stained glass windows.
11:12:58 Reid reports live in vo.
11:13:13 US military officers. Cathedral exterior. Griffin standing outside
cathedral as camera pans back. Wide shot of grounds outside cathedral. Deaver
standing as camera pans back. Guards outside cathedral as camera pans back.
Interior shot of cathedral. Organist playing. Live insert shots of hearse
passing. Interior shot of cathedral. Organist performing. Overhead shot of
hearse arriving.
11:17:10 Hearse pulling up in front of cathedral. Honor guard moving near
hearse. Man moves casket into position. Casket in hearse. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman Richard Myers standing with other generals. Wide shots of honor guard
and others outside cathedral.
11:20:04 Members of the Reagan family outside cathedral. Cathedral exterior. US
military pallbearers walking to hearse and taking casket.
11:23:05 Mrs. Reagan with Jackman. Band plays Hail To The Chief. Casket being
carried near stairs.
11:25:40 Bishop John Bryson Crane outside church, with Danforth near by, speaks
prayer. Mrs. Reagan seen.
11:27:25 Casket is carried into church. Rear shot of Reagan family. Jackman
escorting Mrs. Reagan into cathedral. Interior shots of cathedral. Procession of
clergy and military personnel walking down aisle.
11:30:50 President and Mrs. Bush as procession walks past. Danforth walking down
aisle reads prayer.
11:31:48 Pallbearers carry in casket. Jackman and Mrs. Reagan entering church.
Overhead shot of casket being placed. Mrs. Reagan and family entering seat pews.
11:34:13 Jackman escorts Mrs. Reagan to President Bush as he escorts her to
seat. Danforth says prayer. Mrs. Reagan headshot.
11:35:43 Rabbi Harold Kushner of Temple Israel Natick, Massachusetts reads
Biblical passage at podium. Reagan family.
11:37:02 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor reads sermon by pilgrim
leader John Winthrop that contains the city on the hill passage. Patricia and
Mrs. Reagan. Overhead shots of casket.
11:39:08 National Cathedral Choir performs.
11:43:43 Danforth introduces recorded tribute by Margaret Thatcher to President
Ronald Reagan. Thatcher sitting next to Mulroney.
11:44:25 (EJ=9:27) Prerecorded tribute by Margaret Thatcher in honor of
President Ronald Reagan. Thatcher says on-camera and in voice over, We have
lost a great president, a great American, and a great man. And I have lost a
dear friend. In his lifetime Ronald Reagan was such a cheerful and invigorating
presence that it was easy to forget what daunting historic tasks he set himself.
He sought to mend America's wounded spirit, to restore the strength of the free
world and to free the slaves of communism. These were causes hard to accomplish
and heavy with risk. Yet they were pursued with almost a lightness of spirit.
For Ronald Reagan also embodied another great cause - what Arnold Bennett once
called `the great cause of cheering us all up'. His politics had a freshness and
optimism that won converts from every class and every nation - and ultimately
from the very heart of the evil empire. Yet his humor often had a purpose
beyond humor. In the terrible hours after the attempt on his life, his easy
jokes gave reassurance to an anxious world. They were evidence that in the
aftermath of terror and in the midst of hysteria, one great heart at least
remained sane and jocular. They were truly grace under pressure. And perhaps
they signified grace of a deeper kind. Ronnie himself certainly believed that he
had been given back his life for a purpose. As he told a priest after his
recovery `Whatever time I've got left now belongs to the Big Fella Upstairs'.
And surely it is hard to deny that Ronald Reagan's life was providential, when
we look at what he achieved in the eight years that followed. Others prophesied
the decline of the West; he inspired America and its allies with renewed faith
in their mission of freedom. Others saw only limits to growth; he transformed a
stagnant economy into an engine of opportunity. Others hoped, at best, for an
uneasy cohabitation with the Soviet Union; he won the Cold War - not only
without firing a shot, but also by inviting enemies out of their fortress and
turning them into friends. I cannot imagine how any diplomat, or any dramatist,
could improve on his words to Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva summit: `Let me
tell you why it is we distrust you.' Those words are candid and tough and they
cannot have been easy to hear. But they are also a clear invitation to a new
beginning and a new relationship that would be rooted in trust. We live today in
the world that Ronald Reagan began to reshape with those words. It is a very
different world with different challenges and new dangers. All in all, however,
it is one of greater freedom and prosperity, one more hopeful than the world he
inherited on becoming president. As Prime Minister, I worked closely with Ronald
Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked
regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to
reflect on what made him a great president. Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He
had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he
acted upon them decisively. When the world threw problems at the White House, he
was not baffled, or disorientated, or overwhelmed. He knew almost instinctively
what to do. When his aides were preparing option papers for his decision, they
were able to cut out entire rafts of proposals that they knew `the Old Man'
would never wear. When his allies came under Soviet or domestic pressure, they
could look confidently to Washington for firm leadership. And when his enemies
tested American resolve, they soon discovered that his resolve was firm and
unyielding. Yet his ideas, though clear, were never simplistic. He saw the many
sides of truth. Yes, he warned that the Soviet Union had an insatiable drive for
military power and territorial expansion; but he also sensed it was being eaten
away by systemic failures impossible to reform. Yes, he did not shrink from
denouncing Moscow's `evil empire'. But he realized that a man of goodwill might
nonetheless emerge from within its dark corridors. So the President resisted
Soviet expansion and pressed down on Soviet weakness at every point until the
day came when communism began to collapse beneath the combined weight of these
pressures and its own failures. And when a man of goodwill did emerge from the
ruins, President Reagan stepped forward to shake his hand and to offer sincere
cooperation. Nothing was more typical of Ronald Reagan than that large-hearted
magnanimity - and nothing was more American. Therein lies perhaps the final
explanation of his achievements. Ronald Reagan carried the American people with
him in his great endeavors because there was perfect sympathy between them. He
and they loved America and what it stands for - freedom and opportunity for
ordinary people. As an actor in Hollywood's golden age, he helped to make the
American dream live for millions all over the globe. His own life was a
fulfillment of that dream. He never succumbed to the embarrassment some people
feel about an honest expression of love of country. He was able to say `God
Bless America' with equal fervor in public and in private. And so he was able to
call confidently upon his fellow-countrymen to make sacrifices for America - and
to make sacrifices for those who looked to America for hope and rescue. With the
lever of American patriotism, he lifted up the world. And so today the world -
in Prague, in Budapest, in Warsaw, in Sofia, in Bucharest, in Kiev and in Moscow
itself - the world mourns the passing of the Great Liberator and echoes his
prayer God Bless America. Ronald Reagan's life was rich not only in public
achievement, but also in private happiness. Indeed, his public achievements were
rooted in his private happiness. The great turning point of his life was his
meeting and marriage with Nancy. On that we have the plain testimony of a loving
and grateful husband: `Nancy came along and saved my soul'. We share her grief
today. But we also share her pride - and the grief and pride of Ronnie's
children. For the final years of his life, Ronnie's mind was clouded by illness.
That cloud has now lifted. He is himself again - more himself than at any time
on this earth. For we may be sure that the Big Fella Upstairs never forgets
those who remember Him. And as the last journey of this faithful pilgrim took
him beyond the sunset, and as heaven's morning broke, I like to think - in the
words of Bunyan - that `all the trumpets sounded on the other side'. We here
still move in twilight. But we have one beacon to guide us that Ronald Reagan
never had. We have his example. Let us give thanks today for a life that
achieved so much for all of God's children.
CLIPS: Then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev holding child as then-President
Ronald Reagan shakes child's hand. Various stills of Mr. and Mrs. Reagan.
President Regan with Thatcher and greeting Pope John Paul II with Mrs. Reagan.
1987-06-12 shot of Reagan delivering speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin,
Germany. Reagan sitting with Gorbachev at the White House in Washington, DC.
Thatcher walking stepping from limousine and greeting Mr. and Mrs. Reagan
outside White House. Reagan and Thatcher walking. Reagan with then-National
Security Council member Colin Powell. President Reagan on the USS New Jersey.
Reagan and Gorbachev walking onto stage. Reagan and Gorbachev signing nuclear
arms reduction agreement and shaking hands. Mr. and Mrs. Reagan walking from
White House with dog. Exterior of Capitol. Reagan at leadership desk during
State of the Union address. US flags. Stills and clips of Mr. and Mrs. Reagan.
INT WASHINGTON, DC
11:54:01 Thatcher seated with Gorbachev inside the National Cathedral. Mrs.
Reagan and family.
11:54:29 Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney walks to podium to
deliver speech. Mulroney says, In the spring of 1987 President Reagan and I
were driven into a large hangar at the Ottawa Airport, to await the arrival of
Mrs. Reagan and my wife, Mila, prior to departure ceremonies for their return to
Washington. We were alone except for the security details. President Reagan's
visit had been important, demanding and successful. Our discussions reflected
the international agenda of the times: The nuclear threat posed by the Soviet
Union and the missile deployment by NATO; pressures in the Warsaw pact,
challenges resulting from the Berlin Wall and the ongoing separation of Germany;
and bilateral and hemispheric free trade. President Reagan had spoken to
Parliament, handled complex files with skill and good humor--strongly impressing
his Canadian hosts--and here we were, waiting for our wives. When their car
drove in a moment later, out stepped Nancy and Mila--looking like a million
bucks. As they headed towards us, President Reagan beamed, threw his arm around
my shoulder and said with a grin: You know, Brian, for two Irishmen we sure
married up. In that visit--in that moment--one saw the quintessential Ronald
Reagan--the leader we respected, the neighbor we admired and the friend we
loved--a president of the United States of America whose truly remarkable life
we celebrate in this magnificent cathedral today. Presidents and prime ministers
everywhere sometimes wonder how history will deal with them. Some can even
evince a touch of the insecurity of Thomas d'Arcy McGee, an Irish immigrant to
Canada, who became a Father of our Confederation. In one of his poems, McGee,
thinking of his birthplace, wrote poignantly: Am I remembered in Erin, I charge
you, speak me true, Has my name a sound, a meaning, In the scenes my boyhood
knew. Ronald Reagan will not have to worry about Erin because they remember him
well and affectionately there. Indeed they do: from Erin to Estonia, from
Maryland to Madagascar from Montreal to Monterey. Ronald Reagan does not enter
history tentatively--he does so with certainty and panache. At home and on the
world stage, his were not the pallid etchings of a timorous politician. They
were the bold strokes of a confident and accomplished leader. Some in the West
during the early 1980s believed communism and democracy were equally valid and
viable. This was the school of moral equivalence. In contrast Ronald Reagan
saw Soviet communism as a menace to be confronted in the genuine belief that its
squalid underpinning would fall swiftly to the gathering winds of freedom.
Provided, as he said, that NATO and the industrialized democracies stood firm
and united. They did. And we know now who was right. Ronald Reagan was a
president who inspired his nation and transformed the world. He possessed a rare
and prized gift called leadership--that ineffable and sometimes magical quality
that sets some men and women apart so that millions will follow them as they
conjure up grand visions and invite their countrymen to dream big and exciting
dreams. I always thought that President Reagan's understanding of the nobility
of the presidency coincided with the American dream. One day President
Mitterrand in referring to President Reagan said: Il a vraiment la notion de
l'Etat. Rough translation: He really has a sense of the State about him. The
translation does not fully capture the profundity of the observation: what
President Mitterrand meant was that there is a vast difference between the job
of president and the role of president. Ronald Reagan fulfilled both with
elegance and ease, embodying himself that unusual alchemy of history, tradition,
achievement, inspiration, conduct and national pride that define the special
role the president of the United States must assume at home and around the
world. La notion de l'Etat--no one understood it better than Ronald Reagan and
no one more eloquently summoned his nation to high purpose or brought forth the
majesty of the presidency and made it glow, better than the man who saw his
country as a shining city on a hill May our common future and that of our
great nations be guided by wise men and women who will remember always the
golden achievements of the Reagan era and the success that can be theirs if the
values of freedom and democracy are preserved, unsullied and undiminished, until
the unfolding decades remember little else. I have been truly blessed to have
had a friend like Ronald Reagan. I am grateful that our paths crossed and that
our lives touched. I shall always remember him with deepest admiration and
affection and I shall always feel honored by the journey we traveled together in
search of better and more peaceful tomorrows for all God's children, everywhere.
And so, in the presence of his beloved and indispensable Nancy, his children,
family, friends and the American people he so deeply revered, I say au revoir'
today to a gifted leader, historic president and gracious human being. And I do
so with a line from Yeats, who wrote: Think where man's glory most begins and
ends and say--my glory was that I had such friends.
12:02:27 Mulroney concludes speech.
12:02:47 Former President George Bush walks to podium and delivers speech. Bush
says, When Franklin Roosevelt died in 1945, the New York Times wrote, Men will
thank God 100 years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House.
It will not take 100 years to thank God for Ronald Reagan. But why? Why was he
so admired? Why was he so beloved? He was beloved, first, because of what he
was. Politics can be cruel, uncivil. Our friend was strong and gentle. Once he
called America hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent and fair. That
was America and, yes, our friend. And next, Ronald Reagan was beloved because of
what he believed. He believed in America so he made it his shining city on a
hill. He believed in freedom so he acted on behalf of its values and ideals. He
believed in tomorrow so The Great Communicator became The Great Liberator. He
talked of winning one for the Gipper and as president, through his relationship
with Mikhail Gorbachev, with us today, the Gipper and, yes, Mikhail Gorbachev
won one for peace around the world. If Ronald Reagan created a better world for
many millions it was because of the world someone else created for him. Nancy
was there for him always. Her love for him provided much of his strength, and
their love together transformed all of us as we've seen ? renewed seeing again
here in the last few days. And one of the many memories we all have of both of
them is the comfort they provided during our national tragedies. Whether it was
the families of the crew of the Challenger shuttle or the USS Stark or the
Marines killed in Beirut, we will never forget those images of the president and
first lady embracing them and embracing us during times of sorrow. So, Nancy, I
want to say this to you: Today, America embraces you. We open up our arms. We
seek to comfort you, to tell you of our admiration for your courage and your
selfless caring. And to the Reagan kids ? it's OK for me to say that at 80 ?
Michael, Ron, Patti, today all of our sympathy, all of our condolences to you
all, and remember, too, your sister Maureen home safe now with her father. As
his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from
anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. I learned kindness; we all
did. I also learned courage; the nation did. Who can forget the horrible day in
March 1981, he looked at the doctors in the emergency room and said, I hope
you're all Republicans. And then I learned decency; the whole world did. Days
after being shot, weak from wounds, he spilled water from a sink, and entering
the hospital room aides saw him on his hands and knees wiping water from the
floor. He worried that his nurse would get in trouble. The good book says
humility goes before honor, and our friend had both, and who could not cherish
such a man? And perhaps as important as anything, I learned a lot about humor, a
lot about laughter. And, oh, how President Reagan loved a good story. When
asked, How did your visit go with Bishop Tutu? he replied, So-so. It was
typical. It was wonderful. And in leaving the White House, the very last day, he
left in the yard outside the Oval Office door a little sign for the squirrels.
He loved to feed those squirrels. And he left this sign that said, Beware of
the dog, and to no avail, because our dog Millie came in and beat the heck out
of the squirrels. But anyway, he also left me a note, at the top of which said,
Don't let the turkeys get you down. Well, he certainly never let them get him
down. And he fought hard for his beliefs. But he led from conviction, but never
made an adversary into an enemy. He was never mean-spirited. Reverend Billy
Graham, who I refer to as the nation's pastor, is now hospitalized and regrets
that he can't be here today. And I asked him for a Bible passage that might be
appropriate. And he suggested this from Psalm 37: The Lord delights in the way
of the man whose steps he has made firm. Though he stumble, he will not fall for
the Lord upholds him with his hand. And then this, too, from 37: There is a
future for the man of peace. God bless you, Ronald Wilson Reagan and the nation
you loved and led so well.
12:08:38 President George W. Bush walks to podium. President Bush says, Mrs.
Reagan, Patti, Michael and Ron, members of the Reagan family, distinguished
guests, including our presidents and first ladies, Reverend Danforth, fellow
citizens: We lost Ronald Reagan only days ago but we have missed him for a long
time. We have missed his kindly presence, that reassuring voice and the happy
ending we had wished for him. It has been 10 years since he said his own
farewell, yet it is still very sad and hard to let him go. Ronald Reagan belongs
to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us. In a life of good
fortune, he valued above all the gracious gift of his wife, Nancy. During his
career, Ronald Reagan passed through a thousand crowded places, but there was
only one person, he said, who could make him lonely by just leaving the room.
America honors you, Nancy, for the loyalty and love you gave this man on a
wonderful journey and to that journey's end. Today, our whole nation grieves
with you and your family. When the sun sets tonight off the coast of California
and we lay to rest our 40th president, a great American story will close. The
second son of Nell and Jack Reagan first knew the world as a place of open
plains, quiet streets, gas-lit rooms and carriages drawn by horse. If you could
go back to the Dixon, Illinois, of 1922, you'd find a boy of 11 reading
adventure stories at the public library or running with his brother Neil along
Rock River, and coming home to a little house on Hennepin Avenue. That town was
the kind of place he remembered where you prayed side by side with your
neighbors. And if things were going wrong for them, you prayed for them and knew
they'd pray for you if things went wrong for you. The Reagan family would see
its share of hardship, struggle and uncertainty. And out of that circumstance
came a young man of steadiness, calm and a cheerful confidence that life would
bring good things. The qualities all of us have seen in Ronald Reagan were first
spotted 70 and 80 years ago. As the lifeguard in Lowell Park, he was the
protector, keeping an eye out for trouble. As a sports announcer on the radio,
he was the friendly voice that made you see the game as he did. As an actor he
was the handsome, all-American good guy, which in his case required knowing his
lines and being himself. Along the way certain convictions were formed and fixed
in the man. Ronald Reagan believed that everything happens for a reason and that
we should strive to know and do the will of God. He believed that the gentleman
always does the kindest thing. He believed that people were basically good and
had the right to be free. He believed that bigotry and prejudice were the worst
things a person could be guilty of. He believed in the golden rule and in the
power of prayer. He believed that America was not just a place in the world, but
the hope of the world. And he believed in taking a break now and then, because,
as we said, there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a
horse. Ronald Reagan spent decades in the film industry and in politics, fields
known on occasion to change a man. But not this man. From Dixon to Des Moines to
Hollywood to Sacramento to Washington, D.C., all who met him remembered the same
sincere, honest, upright fellow. Ronald Reagan's deepest beliefs never had much
to do with fashion or convenience. His convictions were always politely stated,
affably argued, and as firm and straight as the columns of this cathedral. There
came a point in Ronald Reagan's film career when people started seeing a future
beyond the movies. The actor Robert Cummings recalled one occasion: I was
sitting around the set with all these people and we were listening to Ronnie,
quite absorbed. I said, 'Ron, have you ever considered someday becoming
president?' He said, 'President of what?' 'President of the United States,' I
said. And he said, 'What's the matter? Don't you like my acting either?' The
clarity and intensity of Ronald Reagan's convictions led to speaking engagements
around the country, and a new following he did not seek or expect. He often
began his speeches by saying, I'm going to talk about controversial things.
And then he spoke of communist rulers as slave masters, of a government in
Washington that had far overstepped its proper limits, of a time for choosing
that was drawing near. In the space of a few years, he took ideas and principles
that were mainly found in journals and books and turned them into a broad,
hopeful movement ready to govern. As soon as Ronald Reagan became California's
governor, observers saw a star in the west, tanned, well-tailored, in command
and on his way. In the 1960s his friend Bill Buckley wrote, Reagan is
indisputably a part of America and he may become a part of American history.
Ronald Reagan's moment arrived in 1980. He came out ahead of some very good men,
including one from Plains and one from Houston. What followed was one of the
decisive decades of the century as the convictions that shaped the president
began to shape the times. He came to office with great hopes for America. And
more than hopes. Like the president he had revered and once saw in person,
Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan matched an optimistic temperament with bold,
persistent action. President Reagan was optimistic about the great promise of
economic reform, and he acted to restore the rewards and spirit of enterprise.
He was optimistic that a strong America could advance the peace, and he acted to
build the strength that mission required. He was optimistic that liberty would
thrive wherever it was planted, and he acted to defend liberty wherever it was
threatened. And Ronald Reagan believed in the power of truth in the conduct of
world affairs. When he saw evil camped across the horizon he called that evil by
its name. There were no doubters in the prisons and gulags, where dissidents
spread the news, tapping to each other in code what the American president had
dared to say. There were no doubters in the shipyards and churches and secret
labor meetings where brave men and women began to hear the creaking and rumbling
of a collapsing empire. And there were no doubters among those who swung hammers
at the hated wall that the first and hardest blow had been struck by President
Ronald Reagan. The ideology he opposed throughout his political life insisted
that history was moved by impersonal tides and unalterable fates. Ronald Reagan
believed instead in the courage and triumph of free men and we believe it all
the more because we saw that courage in him. As he showed what a president
should be, he also showed us what a man should be. Ronald Reagan carried
himself, even in the most powerful office, with the decency and attention to
small kindnesses that also define a good life. He was a courtly, gentle and
considerate man, never known to slight or embarrass others. Many people across
the country cherish letters he wrote in his own hand to family members on
important occasions, to old friends dealing with sickness and loss, to strangers
with questions about his days in Hollywood. A boy once wrote to him requesting
federal assistance to help clean up his bedroom. The president replied that,
unfortunately, funds are dangerously low. He continued: I'm sure your mother
was fully justified in proclaiming your room a disaster ... therefore you are in
an excellent position to launch another volunteer program in our nation.
Congratulations. See, our 40th president wore his title lightly, and it fit
like a white Stetson. In the end, through his belief in our country and his love
for our country, he became an enduring symbol of our country. We think of the
steady stride, that tilt of the head and snap of the salute, the big-screen
smile, and the glint in his Irish eyes when a story came to mind. We think of a
man advancing in years with the sweetness and sincerity of a scout saying the
pledge. We think of that grave expression that sometimes came over his face, the
seriousness of a man angered by injustice and frightened by nothing. We know, as
he always said, that America's best days are ahead of us. But with Ronald
Reagan's passing, some very fine days are behind us. And that is worth our
tears. Americans saw death approach Ronald Reagan twice, in a moment of violence
and then in the years of departing light. He met both with courage and grace. In
these trials, he showed how a man so enchanted by life can be at peace with
life's end. And where does that strength come from? Where is that courage
learned? It is the faith of a boy who read the Bible with his mom. It is the
faith of a man lying in an operating room who prayed for the one who shot him
before he prayed for himself. It is the faith of a man with a fearful illness
who waited on the Lord to call him home. Now death has done all that death can
do, and as Ronald Wilson Reagan goes his way, we are left with the joyful hope
he shared. In his last years he saw through a glass darkly. Now he sees his
savior face to face. And we look for that fine day when we will see him again,
all weariness gone, clear of mind, strong and sure and smiling again, and the
sorrow of this parting gone forever. May God bless Ronald Reagan and the country
he loved.
12:19:14 Profile shot of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Blair and other
dignitaries including King Abdullah II of Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton. Afgahn
leader Hamid Karzai, former Vice President Al Gore, Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Rdige and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson seated.
12:25:34 Bush concludes speech and walks from podium. Orchestra and Armed Forces
Choir perform Battle Hymn of the Republic.
12:30:45 Catholic Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick reads
passage from Bible.
12:32:04 Reverend John Danforth delivers homily to congregation and says, May I
speak in the name of one god, who created us, who redeemed us, who comforts us.
Amen. This is a service about Ronald Reagan, and it is a religious service.
We've gathered to celebrate the life of a great president in a church where
believers profess their faith. So this is not only about a person, but about
faith. And the homily is the place to connect the two. For President Reagan, the
text is obvious. It's from the Sermon on the Mount: You are the light of the
world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. It was his favorite theme, from his
first inaugural address to his final address from the Oval Office. For him,
America was the shining city on a hill. His immediate source was the sermon
preached by John Winthrop, just read by Justice O'Connor. Winthrop believed that
the eyes of the world would be on America because God had given us a special
commission, so it was our duty to shine forth. The Winthrop message became the
Reagan message. It rang of optimism, and we longed to hear it, especially after
the dark years of Vietnam and Watergate. It was a vision with policy
implications. America could not hide its light under a bushel. It could not turn
in on itself and hunker down. Isolationism was not an option; neither was
protectionism. We must champion freedom everywhere. We must be the beacon for
the world. What Ronald Reagan asked of America, he gave of himself. The great
American theologian Reinhold Neibuhr wrote Children of Light and The Children
of Darkness. If ever we have known a child of light, it was Ronald Reagan. He
was aglow with it. He had no dark side, no scary, hidden agenda. What you saw,
was what you got. And what you saw was that sure sign of inner light, the
twinkle in the eye. He was not consumed by himself. He didn't need to be
president to be a complete person. The only thing he really needed was to be
with his wife. Mrs. Reagan, you shared him with us, and for that we will always
be grateful. He shined the light, but not upon himself. Personally modest, he
disclaimed the title the great communicator and claimed only to communicate
great things from the heart of a great nation. He liked to laugh, especially at
himself. There was nothing petty or mean-spirited about him. Even his opponents
liked him. I recall sitting at a table with President Reagan and Speaker O'Neill
listening to their jokes. It was the opposite of negative politics. He inspired
devotion more than fear. Mike Deaver wrote, There was something about him that
made you want to please him and do your best. This applied to everybody. It
certainly applied to those of us who served in Congress. His most challenging
test came on the day he was shot. He wrote in his diary of struggling for breath
and of praying. I realized that I couldn't ask for God's help while at the same
time I felt hatred for the mixed-up young man who shot me, he wrote. Isn't
that the meaning of the lost sheep? We are all God's children, and therefore
equally loved by Him. So I began to pray for his soul and that he would find his
way back to the fold. He was a child of light. Now consider the faith we
profess in this church. Light shining in darkness is an ancient biblical theme.
Genesis tells us that in the beginning, darkness was upon the face of the deep.
Some equate this darkness with chaos. And God said, Let there be light, and
there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Creating light in
darkness is God's work. You and I know the meaning of darkness. We see it on the
evening news: terror, chaos, war. An enduring image of 9/11 is that on a
brilliantly clear day a cloud of darkness covered Lower Manhattan. Darkness is
real, and it can be terrifying. Sometimes it seems to be everywhere. So the
question for us is what do we do when darkness surrounds us? St. Paul answered
that question. He said we must walk as children of light. President Reagan
taught us that this is our mission, both as individuals and as a nation. The
faith proclaimed in this church is that when we walk as children of light,
darkness cannot prevail. As St. John's gospel tells us, The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. That's true even of death. For
people of faith, death is no less awful than for anyone else, but the
Resurrection means that death is not the end. The Bible describes the most
terrible moment in these words: When it was noon, darkness came over the whole
land until in the afternoon. That was the darkness of Good Friday. It did not
prevail. Very early on the first day of the week when the sun had risen, that's
the beginning of the Easter story. The light shines; the Lord is risen. In this
service of worship, we celebrate the life of a great president, and we profess
the resurrection faith of this church. It is faith in God's victory over
darkness. It is faith in the ultimate triumph of light. We believe in this
victory every day of our lives. We believe it as individuals. We believe it as a
nation. There is no better time to celebrate the triumph of life than in a
service for Ronald Reagan. Amen.
12:41:17 Danforth concludes homily. Mrs. Reagan and Patricia. Orchestra and
Tynan perform Amazing Grace.
12:45:13 US honor guard marching outside church.
12:45:26 Tynan concludes song, Danforth leads congregation in Lord's Prayers.
Bishop Theodore Eastman leads congregation in closing prayer.
12:48:45 Organist, choir and congregation sing Ode To Joy. Danforth and other
clergymen stand near casket and recite prayers. Crane says prayer. Eastman says
prayer.
12:53:04 Military honor guard entering church and turning casket. Reagan family.
Military pallbearers entering church. Clergy walking down aisle.
12:57:03 Pallbearers taking casket from church. Mrs. Reagan and Jackman walking.
Overhead shot of Reagan family walking.
12:58:39 Pallbearers outside church. Band plays Hail To The Chief and God
Bless America. Casket placed in hearse. Jackman and Mrs. Reagan walking outside
cathedral.
13:01:00 Exterior shot of cathedral. Honor guard pallbearers walking from
hearse. Jackman and Mrs. Reagan standing. Bells begin tolling.
13:01:25 EXT DAY DIXON, ILLINOIS
MS: Bell tower at the First Presbyterian Church.
13:01:41 EXT DAY MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
MS: Bell tower at the Idlewild Presbyterian Church.
13:01:54 EXT DAY FORT WORTH, TEXAS
WS: Exterior shot of the Travis Avenue Baptist Church.
13:02:03 Mrs. Reagan getting into limousine with Jackman as the Reagan family
follows. Hearse outside National Cathedral. Overhead zoom out on honor guard
marching as wide exterior shot of cathedral is seen.
13:02:56 Thatcher, Prince Charles and others walking outside cathedral.
Presidential Seal seen on hearse as camera zooms out. Overhead panning shot of
people and limousines outside cathedral. Low exterior shot of Cathedral as
chiming bells are heard.
13:04:00 Crane, Eastman and former Vice President Dan Quayle standing in
cathedral entrance. Williams and Brinkley report in vo. Overhead panning shot of
people and limousines outside cathedral. Exterior shot of cathedral. Military
guard. Hearse. Wide exterior shot of cathedral. Interior overhead shot of
cathedral.
13:06:09 Live interview via telephone with former Secret Service agent John
Barletta. Wide level shot of hearse and motorcade driving off. Exterior shot of
cathedral and motorcade driving off. Motorcade driving past spectators. Vehicles
driving from church grounds.
13:08:54 Brokaw reports live in vo and comments on funeral service. Hearse
driving past. Wide exterior shot of cathedral. Honor guard walking outside
cathedral. Overhead shot of people inside church. Low exterior shot of church.
People inside church. Mid size shot of people exiting cathedral. Wide exterior
shot of cathedral.
13:11:38 CBS News anchor Mike Wallace in cathedral. People outside cathedral.
Wide shot of cathedral. Brinkley comments. Interior and exterior shots of
cathedral.
13:13:33 Russert reports live in vo. People outside cathedral. Orchestra playing
inside cathedral. People exiting cathedral.
13:15:45 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia inside cathedral. People exiting
cathedral.
13:16:04 Tracking shot of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright walking
holding umbrella.
13:16:12 (EJ=:11) During funeral service, First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President
Cheney and former US presidents section seen. President George W. Bush
delivering speech.
13:16:25 Wide exterior shot of cathedral. Russert reports in live vo. Overhead
shot of people walking outside cathedral.
13:17:17 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (face unseen) in cathedral.
Wide shot of cathedral.
13:17:33 Russert and Brokaw report live on-camera. Former Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich exiting cathedral.
13:18:29 (EJ=:20) Thatcher and Gorbachev inside cathedral.
13:18:49 People exiting cathedral.
13:18:56 (EJ=:35) Thatcher talking to former Secretary of State George Schultz.
Overhead shot of people inside cathedral.
13:19:31 Live wide exterior shot of cathedral. Level mid-shot of people outside
church. Interior overhead shot of Supreme Court Justice David Souter and Supreme
Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
13:19:56 Live interview via telephone with Reagan political strategist Stu
Spencer. Still of Spencer and Reagan shaking hands. Wide exterior shot of
cathedral.
13:21:20 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in cathedral. Wide shot of police
vehicles and motorcade approaching and passing spectators. Wide exterior shot of
cathedral. Overhead shot of people outside and inside cathedral.
13:23:21 Duberstein comments in vo. Live insert shot of Duberstein commenting on
the funeral service. Live interior overhead shot of cathedral. Full screen shot
of organist in cathedral playing.
13:24:34 Actor Tom Selleck comments on his memories of Ronald Reagan in live
interview via telephone. Exterior shot of cathedral.
13:24:55 EXT DAY ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND Mid size and wide shots of US
military personnel and honor guard marching on tarmac. Air Force One jet in
background.
13:27:47 Live insert shot of Duberstein speaking. Wide shots of honoring guard
on tarmac. Duberstein, Brokaw and Russert. Wide shot of motorcade and hearse
passing. Insert stills of President Reagan.
13:30:59 Wide shot of Air Force One carrying President George W. Bush taking
off. Spectators. Gregory reports in live vo. Military officers walking. Cloud
obscured shot of Air Force One.
13:32:10 (EJ=1:00) Former President George Bush's speech during funeral service
for President Ronald Reagan. Insert still of then-President George Bush and
former President Ronald Reagan. Wide shot of tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base.
Officers standing. Wide shot of Air Force One jet on tarmac. Children sitting on
tarmac. Insert stills of Reagan and Bush with First Ladies Barbara Bush and
Nancy Reagan. Officers and civilians standing on tarmac.
13:34:57 (EJ=:34) Mrs. Reagan leaning on casket and mouthing words inside the
Capitol rotunda.
13:35:31 Commercial break. |