we're following right now, former us senator and vice presidential nominee joe lieberman is dead at the age of 82. his family says he suffered complications from a fall. right now, i want to bring in our political commentator, alyssa farah griffin. are senior political commentator, van jones and cnn his, political correspondent, dana bash. you and i covered joe lieberman for many years, talk a little bit about his legacy as far as our country is concerned >> well, he certainly was one of the most maybe the most pious politician that i ever covered. ever met and he was well-known as very important jewish figure. but it's not just that he was jewish wealth. it's that he was an observant jew, very open and proud of his judaism and has traditions. and that no question gen. led him through a very long career of politics and he started out in the connecticut state house, then he became attorney general in connecticut. and then of course was a senator and the us senate for almost a quarter century. >> and we'll he was very well known as pretty hawkish on defense issues and on some domestic iss