E! Personality Marc Malkin told me on site: "This is more media than the Oscars"

Rev. Jesse Jackson - 1st celeb to hit the press platforms at 8AM.

A friend outside Staples: Of the 10,000 or so loiterers without tickets, more than half were selling just selling stuff.

Melissa Rappaport and I were not the only ones to take photos in front of screens throughout the complex - cycling images from all decades.

Doing Good Morning America (ABC) with Robin Roberts

Emotional Final Moment of the service when the Jackson family spoke.