BLITZER: World leaders gathered in Jerusalem for the funeral of former Israeli prime minister and president, Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday. His body was laid to rest this morning in a cemetery on Mt. Herzl as President Obama and other dignitaries looked on. President Obama praised Peres for his efforts to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians and spoke warmly of their friendship.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: As an American, as a Christian, a person partly of African descent, born in Hawaii, a place that could not be further than where Shimon spent his youth, I took great pleasure in my friendship with his this older, wiser man. We shared a love of words and books and history. Perhaps, like most politician, we shared too great a joy in hearing ourselves talk. But beyond that, I think our friendship was rooted in the fact that I could somehow see myself in his story and maybe he could see himself in mine because for all of our difference differences both of us had lived such unlikely lives.</s>BLITZER: A remarkable site before the service, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who have had their serious differences in recent years, were seen shaking hands. Abbas and Peres were linked by the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords with Abbas signing on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Peres signing on behalf of Israel. Shimon Peres was 93 years old. That's it for me. Thanks very much for watching. I'll be back at 5:00 p.m. eastern inn The Situation Room. The news continues right after a quick break.
Obama Eulogizes Shimon Peres, Laid to Rest Today.