Tim Russert's Casket will be on View in St. Albans School Dining Hall from 2 -9:00 p.m. today. [View All]

[KoKo]

MSNBC will cover...and they don't know if the crowd will be 2,000 or 5,000. Luke Russert attended St. Albans and his pictures are still displayed in the school and Tim Russert gave a lot of money to the school.

There will be a bill passed by Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer to rename a stretch of road in Buffalo, NY, near the Foot Ball Stadium in Russert's name.



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St. Albans Prepares For Tim Russert's Wake
Washington Bureau Chief Suffers Heart Attack
POSTED: 3:05 pm EDT June 13, 2008
UPDATED: 6:50 am EDT June 17, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A closed-casket public wake for the late "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert will be held Tuesday at St. Albans School.Russert died from a heart attack Friday.St. Albans officials said the wake will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. The school is located at Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues in northwest Washington. Thousands of mourners are expected to attend, so extensive preparations are under way at the school.Russert's son, Luke, graduated from St. Albans in 2004, the same year his dad delivered the commencement speech. On the "Today" show Monday morning, Luke Russert talked about how he and his mother are coping with his father's death."It's definitely taking its toll on her," he said. "She grieves like a wife, and I grieve like a son, so it's different kinds of grieving, but we're definitely in the same boat. We miss my father immensely."Since Russert's death, a steady stream of viewers have been leaving cards, flowers and personal mementos outside NBC4's studios in northwest Washington.Luke Russert said he believes his father struck a chord with people from all kinds of backgrounds."I believe he saw himself as the questionnaire for the American people," he said. "He obviously did his job for himself, for his network, for his family. But, at his core, I believe he had a higher calling, a responsibility to educate the American people about the candidates that seek the highest office in the land."A private funeral and memorial service for Tim Russert will be held on Wednesday. Russert's family has requested that the public respect their wishes by attending the public service on Tuesday and not the private service on Wednesday.

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