Inouye first Asian American to lie in state at U.S. Capitol

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Friends from both sides of the aisle stood shoulder-to-shoulder Thursday in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to remember the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), who became the first Asian American afforded the honor of lying in state at a revered spot.

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