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FNC just reported the President will pay his respects later today

Also .. You were correct .. it was Jack Ford and his wife greeting the public

Jack Ford puts his arm around his wife Juliann Ford as they view the casket of his father, former U.S. President Gerald Ford, in the rotunda at the U.S. Capitol as it lies in state in Washington December 31, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

Jack Ford (2nd R) and his wife Juliann Ford (R) greet the public as they arrive to view the casket of his father, former U.S. President Gerald Ford, in the rotunda at the U.S. Capitol as it lies in state in Washington December 31, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

And that look on Michael's face that everyone was complaining he gave to VP Cheney .. here is a later picture and he has the same look .. which leads me to the impression that Saturday night had nothing to do with Cheney and everything to do with a man who lost his beloved father and wanted to support his mother in her time of sorrow

Michael Ford, the son of former President Gerald R. Ford, places his hand on the flag draped casket of his father as it lays in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Here is Steven

Steve Ford, the son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford, reaches out to touch his father's casket as his body lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington December 31, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)

Steven Ford, son of former President Gerald R. Ford, sits with his head in his hands after he visited the casket of his father, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

and Susan

Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former U.S. President Gerald Ford, lays her hand on her father's casket as it lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 1, 2007. Her husband Vaden Bales (2nd R) and brother Mike Ford (R) are also pictured. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)

Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, center, is hugged by an unidentified mourner who viewed the flag draped casket of her father as it lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Grief, exhaustion, the responsibility of an eldest son towards his mother, and he is also a Minister. Did you know he was at his father's bedside when he died, and that he administered last rites according to the Episcopal Church?

And the weight of trying to console his mother while dealing with his own grief... I'm sure he felt his place was at her side as she approached the casket. I'm just sorry the wires were crossed somehow, that VP Cheney was trying to escort her there and something happened that was very unfortunuate.

But you are right. people interpreted that look as one deep anger toward Cheney. But if he still has the look, then it's overwhelming grief and exhaustion and the weight of helping his 88 yr. old mother, I say.

And thank you so much for posting those pictures...they speak volumes.