we are going to show up and work for barack obama. there was a lot of life before anything cool happened. i would say that say really close to the people in your community and see what's up. i think specifically they should get involved with the party. whether it's your local party or state party. practically and an old people's game. they need the young people. it is trying to offer and help modernize the technology of state democratic parties around the country they had been in a bunch of states. the things they found are deeply disturbing -- disturbing. some of them don't have twitter accounts or facebook. the amount of impact that one interject -- is tremendous. in virginia and that reason they were able to tie in the state assembly. it was they decided to run and get involved. in just a running people for office. and being aggressive about it will make a gigantic difference. this is partially why i wrote the book. tell young people your only hope we need you to get involved but politics is not terrible is a great way to make a di

and, you know, and barack obama, got along well. but not donald trump, because they have a totally different view of what it means to have american service. john mccain really was about doing something for your country, not for yourself. donald trump has made a career in many ways as a self promoter. so the idea that they were antithetical characters to each other, there's not much in common between a john mccain and a donald trump. >> let's talk about his life in military, douglas, because that life certainly helped to shape his life in politics. >> military means everything to john mccain. i mean, he was born in the panama canal zone. when he ran for president, some people wondered, are you an american citizen, being born in the canal zone? but of course he was, and he had an incredible family of naval heroes, father, grandfather and others. they meant everything to him. he was a quintessential cold war your. he always wanted to beat the soviet union. he loved what we fought for in this country, believed in democracy. when you loo

we got eight years of barack obama, lied on everything. the list is too long to go through. this guy is a great president, he is going to be a great president and 2020 because the democrats yet again have not found anybody to run against him that is going to be temporary and he is going to be president so that is too bad for them. host: randy calling from tennessee on the democratic line. the national retards of , are running our money now. the national retards of america. kevin, calling from fort lauderdale, democrat line. you are a parkland teacher? it should have been the independent line, but yeah, i am a teacher there. i'm on sabbatical right now. i want to talk about this because i'm hearing people on both sides and it frustrates the as i heark out of me about this president and that president. no one ends up being smart enough to call out their own party because i am sitting here as the school year is about to start, the kids are stressed, but better. we have a school district that is the sixth largest in the united states that is working on a reactionary basis after

what would happen if barack obama or george w. bush or any other president out of the blue stood up in public, in whatever medium, whatever way and said to their recused attorney general, shut down, immediately, the probe into my campaign? >> people would be calling for his head. we know that because we've seen it. when he mentioned things about the hillary clinton investigation, and people's heads exploded. as the prosecutor was saying this is one piece of a larger puzzle that shows that there is certainly a consciousness of guilt. this goes to the question of whether what's bothering the president so much that on the very same day that one of his former campaign chairman has gone on trial, he has the presence of mind to say these things. >> as you say, on the very week the campaign chair is on trial, the first trial that mueller has reached. >> exactly. and the fact that this has happened --. it's not even the main trial mueller will be handling. there's a separate d.c. trial where the stakes are much higher. this is happening a

eventually losing to barack obama. most recently he has been an out spoken critic of president donald trump. our dana bash has a look back at his distinguished political career. >> reporter: his dramatic senate return against doctor's orders after being diagnosed with brain cancer. >> i've been a member of the united states senate for 30 years. >> reporter: the thumbs down that single handedly crushed the party's push to repeal and replace obamacare. it captured so many nof complexities of his character. a stubborn man who survived many a brush with death, who spent a lifetime looking for moments to shine as a leader and put country first. yet forever a hot dog fighter pilot with dramatic flair and white knuckle political instincts. john sidney mccain iii was born with a storied legacy of service to live up to. his father and grandfather were both four-star admirals. >> his father grandfather instilled in him a sense of duty, honor and country. >> reporter: young cane's passion was literature. >> hemmingway's always be

who has covered barack obama longer than anyone else. you know, that will have -- she was president of the white house correspondents association and in that role, she led the fight for press cores to have more access to information from the white house. shewon't degrees from -- holds degrees from the university of alabama and -- [laughter] >> let me look at the alumni database. law school. she is a devoted fan, so welcome. >> thank you. [applause] >> last but not least, kristin nbc news white house correspondent whose hard-hitting political reporting appears across all these news platforms. she has appeared on nbc nightly news for lester halt and anchored the nightly news last night in new york. today, meet the press, nbc news.com. she began covering the white house in december 2011, traveling domestically and internationally with president obama, the first lady, and joe biden. sher to the white house, was a network correspondent in burbank, california. during her first year at the networks, she was nominated for a national emmy award f

barack obama has an amazing sense of humor. he was able to key in on some of the comical aspects that exist in our history. so much of what my work does is echo the ego, the chest beating, the bravado that exists in 19th and 18th century british and french art. the president's portrait had to take a completely different direction and i am proud of the direction we took. >> okay, i am really grateful for you talking to us today. it is an amazing moment, congratulations to both of you. kihinde and amy, thank you so much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> there are more than 700 memorials to the confederate cause across the country, but there's never been one to more than 4,000 lynchings, those black victims of vigilante mob killing. until this week, of course. my guest, brian stevenson, is taking a major step towards righting an historical imbalance. he's the visual force behind the institutions that wrestle with racism. the first is the national memorial for peace and justice. it is dedicated to the thousands of men, women

former presidents barack obama and george w. bush will deliver eulogies at mccain's funeral at the national cathedral. mccain's family has asked that trump not attend the service. for more, we are joined by three guests. and washington, d.c. mehdi , hasan, columnist for the intercept and host of their deconstructed podcast. he's also host of "upfront" at al jazeera english. he's been tweeting in response to mccain's death and wrote a piece last year headlined, "despite what the press says, 'maverick' mccain has a long and distinguished record of horribleness." also in washington is medea benjamin, co-founder of codepink. and here in new york we are joined by norman solomon national coordinator of roots , action. he's also executive director of the institute for public accuracy, and author of "war made easy: how presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death," among other books." we welcome you all to ♪ norman, let's begin with you. your response to the death of senator mccain, his life and his legacy. >> it is natural to hav

bush and barack obama to eulogize him. that is to me -- i was like wow, that's huge. >> that's the bipartisanship that he dedicated his life to. let's remember how bitter the election was in which he lost the election to george w. bush. in south carolina, it got ugly and dirty where the bush campaign had rumors where he had an illegitimate africa know american child. that riled up senator mccain. he was furious about what happened, but he got over it and understood for the good of the country, you have to get behind president bush and the 2008 campaign was bitter in many ways. it was hugely disappointing to mccain that he was ahead in early september and wound up losing and got over it for the good of the country which is what he whole was about and the way he was able to reconcile with bush and obama is a great example that i wish donald trump and others would pay attention to. >> listen, he took the high road. this one couldn't find a high road with a gps and a driver and secret service motorcade. >> low road every time.

. >>> former president barack obama endorsing 81 candidates in a bid to help the democrats take back control of congress. there are some notable absences from the list. and will his backing really make a difference? >>> but first, reaction pouring in to white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who gave life to another old and false anti-media conspiracy from the late '90s, listen. >> we fully support a free press but there also comes a high levelle of responsibility with that. one of the worst cases was the reporting on the u.s. ability to listen to osama bin laden's satellite phone in the late '90s. because of that reporting, he stopped using that phone and the country lost valuable intelligence. >> that's not true. it's been debunked for more than a decade. the taliban itself, by the way, released information on osama bin laden's phone records two years prior to any report in the u.s. looking for advantages. the smart ones look to fidelity to find them. we give you research and data-visualization tools to help identify potential opportunities. so, you can do it this way..

bush and barack obama. while the current president won't be there. >> what's america like without john mccain? >> what i hope is that john mccain's legacy will rub off on a few people. future politicians who look at this and say, john mccain was the real deal, maybe i ought to follow that model. >> reporter: senator mccain's first stop will be here at the arizona state capital where he will lie in state this wednesday. what would have been his 82nd birthday. savannah? >> peter, thank you. >>> those who knew senator mccain will tell you he could be incredibly kind and wickedly funny but also cranky and crusty sometimes. we all have our moments. but despite that maverick label, he could also be as fiercely partisan as the best of them. what set him apart is decency and what he displayed at moments big and small. cynthia mcfadden on mccain the man and the void he leaves. >> reporter: john mccain was proud to be a straight talker. >> i will not take the low road to the highest office in this land. >> reporter:

obama never saw consistently, and he wants you know, the entities within government to support the strong economy, that is what he wants, but look he understands where the fed is he made opinion known skra. maria: . >> so not first time he talked about fed i spoke with vice

that is how i got to know barack obama. so that kind of worked in my favor. he always had time to talk, and there was plenty that was said. jennifer: from day one, he got on that helicopter and you were out of there. you did not go back to the white house. christi: well, i did. i covered the trump administration for six weeks. it was very brief. but not because it was terrible. that is a great story. i really wanted to cover it. but i had done it for eight years and covered the obama white house from two years of campaign all the way through the white house and then to the last day when i waved goodbye at andrews air force base. and i felt like i had done it and i had done it well. and it is a little bit exhausting, even for a newspaper. it's even worse for network reporters. but yeah, it was a really great ride. that was also a great story. it's easy to look back now and think that things were so much easier during the obama years, that the white house was so much easier to cover and they had such a different attitude toward the press, and that is true. but

is what eight years of barack obama did for this country. host: thanks for the call. we go to martha in cypress, texas, independent line. from the "washington post" -- "paul manafort convicted on eight counts, and 10 other charges thrown out. the jurors unable to reach a conviction on those charges." the headline from the "washington post." martha, go ahead. caller: i think it is an absolute joke. robert mueller is a joke. if he cared about the russian collusion, why doesn't he look about obama the great and killary. host: from charleston, west virginia, the president of writing about an hour and a half ago and addressing supporters at a make america great again rally. live coverage here on c-span and c-span radio app. also posted on our website at c-span.org.

who has covered barack obama longer than anyone else. she will have some good stories to tell us, i know, tonight. she was president of the white house correspondents association and in that role, she led the fight for press corps to have more access to information from the white house. she won't degrees from -- roll tide -- from the university of alabama and -- [laughter] >> let me look at the alumni database. yale law school. welcome. christi: thank you. [applause] >> last but not least, kristin welker, an nbc news white house correspondent whose hard-hitting political reporting appears across all nbc news platforms. she has appeared on nbc nightly lester holt and anchored the nightly news last night in new york. today, meet the press, nbc news.com. she began covering the white house in december 2011, traveling domestically and internationally with president obama, the first lady, and joe biden. prior to the white house, she was a network correspondent in burbank, california. during her first year at the networks, she was nominated for

- sarah palin's gonna have this unique ability to takon barack obama as an african-american candidate because of who she is-- a white woman that's just way less threatening than any white man. palin is probably gonna be able to get away with eaging attacks that from mccain would have looked, at minimum, like loud dog whistles-- possibly even like overtly racial attacks. - did you see it the same way-- that the convention was a rousing success? - she was greeted with enorms enthusiasm, particularly by the conservative wing of the party. crowd: usa! usa! usa! - thank you so much. crowd: usa! usa! - wow. - she did exactly what needed to be done for a vice presidential candidate, and thatas energize the republican base. - you're all joe the plumber and we're alhis together. so it doesn't like too many of you on november 4th will be supporting barack the wealth-spreader. [crowd boos] - it was absolutely astounding. she gets named, and she energized the campaign in a way that was like, "whoa!" drawing gigantic crowds. - two mavericks come together on a team to take onhe tough challenges eri

if you am more here are defeated barack obama —— defeated by barack obama in the presidential election decided to stop treatment the cancer two days ago. john mccain was a politician of principle — a patriot who believed in his country and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. during the vietnam war, he was shot down over hanoi. captured, interrogated and tortured. the beatings he received during those years as a prisoner left him with lasting injuries. on his eventual return to the united states, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. he was to spend well over three decades representing republicans in congress. mr mccain was seen as a maverick, but he was respected, too. in 2008, he was selected as the republican presidential candidate, but his campaign was not without mistakes and he was criticised for choosing sarah pailin as his running mate. ultimately, was to lose to history in the form of america's first black president. i wish the outcome had been different, my friends. the road was a difficult one from the outset. barack obama is, alongside president george

barack obama's. >> how tim meadows figured that out, i don't know. but that's what you call a oops, and we tracked the guy down and he's joining us from brooklyn, new york. congratulations on really one of the great moments in game show history right there. >> thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: what do you do for a living, evan? >> well, i was a comedian. >> jimmy: but that was not a joke, right? >> no, that was a terrible, terrible mistake. i actually, i work for a parenting website called fatherly, and i make a web series about raising my son called "dude to dad", and i'm not setting a great example. >> jimmy: yeah, how old is your son? >> he is 4 months old. >> jimmy: okay, so it's going to be a little while before you explain that to him i guess. >> he found out about it. >> jimmy: you were saying you were sleepy because your son had been keeping you up all night. so you blamed your instant son for this. that's a great way to start out, very fatherly by the way, yes. >> yeah, yeah. he was born on april 22nd, and i went on the show two weeks later, and y

did -- between the press and barack obama? >> for me personally, it got a lot harder to get his time, so that was the problem. [laughter] >> there were more than one of you covering him. >> exactly. he had a long time to talk in the statehouse, but after a while, it -- [laughter] >> but over time, you just got better at figuring out who was really paying close attention and who the most knowledgeable reporters were on the subjects he wanted to talk about. and he gave a lot of access to those reporters, and who he attracted and whom -- who he thought would understand the story as he wanted to tell it, which is not to say they were not independent and adversarial -- they were. i cannot say that any of those people who got that deep access to the president were writing fluffy pieces. they just were not. but in general, they were somewhat positioned to accept the president's general take on things or they at least were going to cover it it in a way that gave it enough credibility that it was useful to the president. i think he was

lost to barack obama. his concession speech was considered one of the most gracious in the years since he remained a vital control on national security and senate armed services committee chairman and the bill to provide for the pentagon bears his name. senator john mccain, a friend i have known for 22 years and covered all that time passed away peacefully today. richard. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell there with the mccain family with the sad news and details. kelly, thank you very much for that. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. >> hi, richarrd lui at nbc headquarters with a special report. sad news, again, arizona senator john mccain has died. we have heard this happened at 4:28 local time. we're getting that announcement from senator mccain's office on friday his family announcing medical treatment was being stopped. mccain had been fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than one year. cindy and john mccain were married for 38 years, senator john mccain would have been 82 this w

bush and barack obama. what's going to happen next is the casket will remain there in the rotunda. >> let's listen to the benediction. >> he term lord god who has made of one blood all the people of the earth, we give thanks for the consequential life of senator john mccain, a drum major for courage, truth, and justice. accept our gratitude for his commitment to make decisions based upon principles, for his pragmatic leadership during turbulent times and for his life of exemplary and heroic service. lord, we are grateful for his efforts to do what was in the country's best interests and for providing inspiration that kept our nation strong. we praise you for permitting senator mccain to remind us that we are tied to a single garment of destiny needing one another to fulfill your purposes for our lives. may the life of this american patriot inspire us to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly each day. now unto him who is able to keep us without stumbling or slipping and

barack obama was very popular with his base but he lost th majority and was never able to get it back. we'll see what happens with donald trump. that's certainly a possibility. the 23 districts that hillary clinton won that republicans still sit in are a key to the medicine terms. riley republicans als see cavanaugh as something that's going to motate their voters. how does that play out? >> both turning some women away if they're trade roe is endangered and definitely ring toind republicans look, this is why it's important that we stay in power in order to do things like change not.s just the supreme court but the federal judiciary for some period of time. p it's aitive thing that most republicans can get behind. a lot of republicans who wince at the president's twitter whatnt are very happy with he's doing with the judiciary. robert: you spend every day talking to trump and his advisors. what is behind the language about the nfl at this point? >> there are a couple of factors in play. and regarding the tweets from friday, the president is accusing his nfl players of not being able t

however, george w bush and barack obama, who both defeated mccain in his presidential bids, have been asked to give eulogies. in death, as in life, he works across the aisle to make a point. there aren't any politicians quite like him left in the senate. as he liked to say himself, he really was a maverick. commanderjohn mccain.

why didn't they like barack obama better than? if you look at the sheer numbers, barack obama were much better for jobs for americans than this president has been and the job employment was on upswings. should trump supporters love that? >> no, it was a 1.9% annual growth and rages were flat, people were working harder. >> rages are still flat. >> unemployment are going down. you can argue about the economy, the regulatory roll backs that he has done taken the foot off the economy and helps things expand. we should all that. >> a good economy does not excuse bad behavior. >> you got ten seconds here. >> that's what trump's defenders are using as a way to say it does not matter what he says or does not matter if he says the "n" word on potential trade. >> it does matter. >> it should matter. >> i am glad to hear you say that rob, a lot of trump supporters say it does not matter. black unemployment is down and does not matter if i have a history being racist or a bigot. >> that should matter. when we come back, a lot more to discuss

and that's what barack obama's statement focused on he talked about how little in common she and mccain had but he still said for all our differences we shared a fidelity to something higher which of course talking about public service but particularly notable here is obama's qualifier towards the end he wrote at johns best he showed us what working for the greater good means at johns best which many obama probably included would say over mccain was not always at his at his best well over a span of nearly sixty years of public service so many things you mention some of them how do you believe mccain is likely to be best remembered well how he liked to be seen which was as a maverick as we've talked about he really love that maverick name his straight talk express from the two thousand presidential campaign has become stuff of legend in u.s. political history. he went he went against his party on torture during the bush administration years he stood up for some environmental policies that were against his party's line and he's probably best known for pushing through bipartisan campaign f

bush and barack obama will deliver eulogies, something i'm told each asked to do before he died. two men who at different times kept mccain from becoming president. in a statement president obama wrote, few of us have been tested the way john was once or required to show the kind of courage that he did. but all of us can aspire to the courage and put the greater good above our own. at john's best, he showed us what that means and for that, we are all in his debt. and from president george w. bush, some lives are so vivid it is difficult to imagine them ended. some voices are so vibrant, it is hard to think of them still. he was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country and to me he was a friend whom i'll deeply miss. and mccain spent years going aout of his bway to take senatos in both parties under his riwin. and senator chris coops of delaware, a democrat is one of them and joins me from his home state in lewes, delaware. i know it's a very difficult morning for you and also you went to see the senator at his home within the past few months. talk about that. >> w

it was not that long after he had lost the election to barack obama. and political because he has views and he had views that have been articulated about barack obama, but it was not -- it was not unfair. it was not unfriendly, it was not unkind, it was not disrespectful, there were no barbs at all. it was a conversation that he would have had with you or anyone else or on camera if there was a camera around. there wasn't, we were just in the car together. it was truly reminiscent of what kind of a guy this was. >> do yourself a favor and go back and watch his 2008 concession speech to barack obama. watch how he said it was a fair race. watch how he said barack obama is a good man. >> and he will be my president. >> he will be my president. the way that he took his voters in what was a divided election. >> that is correct. >> and tried to bring them into the fold, tried to make america whole again despite the fact that he lost. >> and folks who thought that wasn't a divided election, it was a very divided election and a very divided electorate. there w

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obama. among her many accolades she was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame the first woman to receive the honor that was in one thousand nine hundred seven she received the presidential medal of freedom in two thousand and five and won a total of eighteen grammies the music industry's highest award i. i last year she announced she would reduce her appearances on stage her declining health forced her to cancel a planned concert earlier this year. with a career spanning over fifty years aretha franklin made an indelible mark on american music and influenced generations of singers. more mess from david levitz from the w. cultural welcome david so retha franklin's passing sad news but not unexpected no initial reports came out at the beginning of this week that her friends and family were gathered at her home in detroit to say their goodbyes her health had been in the news for several decades several setbacks and comebacks actually two thousand and ten she had a tumor removed came back h

he could have let the rumors fester against barack obama. not that there's anything wrong with being an arab but it was being used in a trogtory sense and he picked up on that right away and corrected the woman at a town meeting in public at a very important point and it showed that he was -- if he's not going to win the presidency he was going to lose with dignity. >> michael beschloss, one of the things that mccain cited as a regret is that he didn't choose one of his best friends, joe lieberman, as his running mate. he hasn't said anything about sarah palin but he had the sense of wanting to have the country come together, get beyond partisanship, he would use that term, things larger than yourself as important to him. >> that was mccain and one of the most important parts of his legacy and in 2004 john kerry was serious about trying to recruit john mccain to be his running mate on the democratic ticket. that was what he was like and that goes back to the founders, i think, founders wanted members 60 the senate, wanted all of us to have s

this came across our feed just a few minutes ago, it's barack obama, mr. barack obama, he tweets out aretha helped define the american experience. in her voice we could feel our history, all of it, and in every shade our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. mate queen of soul left in eternal peace. so as you can see, plenty of people doing much more than paying just a little respect. back to yu, jessica. >> thank you. . >>> and of course you can remember aretha franklin on the abc 7 news facebook page. that's where we've posted this badge where you can post your thoughts to the queen of soul. >>> a bus careened into a ditch happened just before 8:00 on 101 near san ma toy e te'o. the driver says he was driving and the bus veered to the right. he said he tried to regain control but the bus went into a ditch. there were 45 people on board and no one was hurt. >>> what a frustrating morning for b.a.r.t. passengers. three issues led to a cracked track led to a major delay system wide. matt cellar jo

bush and barack obama in the end. he was a bipartisan man in spirit, mccain, at his wedding to cindy he had william cohen the republican from maine and gary hart the senator from colorado as his groomsmen. so it's part and parcel to with his believing that he knew how to pick who are the best and the brightest in america and that includes obama and bush and it's fitting that they will be there at the memorial services. >> and, mark, one of the reasons i think this feels like such a gut punch to so many of us, including both of you, is that the environment that we are in right now. i wouldn't exactly say it's a pride of lions in the senate these days and mccain tried to stand for bipartisanship and decency, straight talk and we have the exact opposite of that in a lot of quarters. >> well, that's what really hit me, jake. you know, the news was expected, we through that this disease was going to take the senator at some point. we wished not this early. but when i heard it, of course, immediately i missed the man, but i

and that's what barack obama's statement focused on he talked about how little in common he and mccain had but he still said for all our differences we shared a fidelity to something higher which of course talking about public service but particularly notable here is obama's qualifier towards the end he wrote at best he showed us what working for the greater good means at john's best which many obama probably included would say over mccain was not always at his at his best well over a span of nearly sixty years of public service so many things you mention some of them how do you believe mccain is likely to be best remembered it well how he like to be seen which was as a maverick as we've talked about really love that maverick name his straight talk express from the two thousand presidential campaign has become stuff of legend in u.s. political history. he went he went to get his party on torture during the bush administration years he stood up for some environmental policies that were against his party's line i mean he's probably best known for pushing through bipartisan campaign finan

that is how i got to know barack obama. that sort of worked in my favor. he always had time to talk, and there was plenty that was said. jennifer: from day one, he got on that helicopter and you were out of there. you did not go back to the white house. christi: well, i did. i covered the trump administration for six weeks. it was very brief. but not because it was terrible. that is a great story. i really wanted to cover it. but i had done it for eight years and covered the obama white house from two years of campaign all the way through the white house and then to the last day when i waved goodbye at andrews air force base. i felt like i had done it and i had done it well. it is a little bit exhausting, and even for a newspaper. it's even worse for network reporters. but yes, it was a really great ride. that was also a great story. it's easy to look back now and think that things were so much years,during the obama that the white house was so much easier to cover and they had such a different attitude toward the press, and that is true. but it was by no

obama's integrity. in his last years mccain became an outspoken critic of president trump he gave a thumbs down vote to trump's repeal of obamacare earning the president's enduring wrath in july two thousand and seventeen he was diagnosed with brain cancer which eventually forced him to withdraw from public life. on twitter mccain's wife said that he passed the way he lived on his own terms. john mccain will be remembered as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than tow the political line. naaman tributes to the great man pouring in give us a sense of how the u.s. is reacting to this huge loss. well the big news networks year in the united states reporting around the clock about this news of the death of john mccain since the news broke as you said lots of tributes to this unique politician pouring in one among many former presidents barack obama who defeated mccain in two thousand and eight in the presidential elections came was his opponent rock obama praised his courage and

bush to barack obama until we went from barack obama to donald trump. is there anything in the idea that trump has played this so hyperbolically, so badly there's a positive backlash to this as we move forward? >> i think the positive backlash is only if people start understanding how far we have come. he looks bad to everybody. liej like i watched -- we watched and a porn star was accusing him. if you ain't worried about gonorrhea, how are you going to help us with north korea? i don't understand that. >> by the way, again, boroed -- borrowed that from kevin. >> no, it was gibbon. >> i hate to be one of those guys, because i can't -- like one guy, they think all black people, we all have the same, because one guy can't encapsulate people, we got kanye west and barack obama. i think there seems to be an emboldening of people who are racist or misogynist. they team to have found their voice and i think they can do a lot of things that are hurtful. just like jackie robinson, people didn't start to change the way he felt until they saw what he was going th

bush and barack obama. and mike hayden, who i love and i worked for was critical of the obama administration's policies after he left office. so the question is, what is the line? and donald trump is taking this -- >> sean: there is a difference between being critical of the policies and talking about things that he would have had direct knowledge of and still question whether he -- if you have a clearance and you are talking about an investigation, an active investigation, it clouds the idea for the viewer to know whether or not you are speaking based on experience or your access to information. so it's one thing to be critical of overall policies. if brennan was talking about our foreign policy, that would be one thing could we would be having a completely different discussion. but the fact is he is talking about an active investigation about intelligence that he has had access to. he is not making it clear, he is not saying, i have not looked at anything new paid i have no new information. he is not allo

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. >> barack obama enters the fray. >> storm, the great awakening. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> military intelligence most likely has been talking to all of us. >> good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, today the president of the united states publicly told his attorney general to shut down the investigation into the trump campaign. it is the furthest, the president has ever gone in his ranting about the probe and we may know why. the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani told reporters that special counsel wants to talk to the president. >> the most recent letter, they sent us a proposal, we responded. and they took ten-days and yesterday we got a letter back and now we are in the process of responding. >> the letter yesterday set the president off this morning with mueller wanting to ask trump about obstruction of justice. in that letter quote, mueller's team suggested, it is unclear which topic or topics would be left out. in subsequent twitter tirade, donald trump will quote, this is a terrible situation and attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rig

in fact, the president is one of barack obama's favorite leaders in the world. in a speech just a few weeks ago, obama praised him, he praises the racist government of south africa and the president by name for "inspiring hope throughout the country." does our current bureaucratic elite agree with that? apparently they do. we called over to the state department for comment on south africa's land seizures, which should be getting worldwide attention because they are immoral, but are getting basically none, and the state department replied with what is honestly an unbelievable statement. we are going to quote it for you at length. here it is. "we are aware of these reports and have been following this i issue very closely for some time. south africa is a strongep democracy with resilientnt institutions, including a free press and an independent judiciary. south africans are grappling with the difficult issue of land reform through an open process including public hearings, broad-based consultations, and active civil society engagement. president ramaphosa has pled

here was his opponent, barack obama, who spent very little time in the senate. he really believed he was the right guy for that job. and he had some massive blowups with people in the bush administration. hank paulson, he believed those people screwed him and cost him the election. i would hate to be on the other side of that conversation with john mccain thinks you are screwing with him. howie: if he was mad at you, he let you know it been other people in the room. as we seat glowing tributes and newspaper stories, he got good press. but if the press thought he did something wrong or was taking a conservative point of view and not taking on the gop establishment. there were a lot of stories, was he a hot-headed psycho and had the wounds really healed. charlie: very unfair. on record he was a very qualified man. in a short period of time this guy had the resume and he put in his time, not just in a prison camp. but putting his time in politics. i think he felt he got a bad shake out of the press. he was a man qualified for the job. you could make the case he mad

obama. and also the. total chaos and dysfunction in this administration so the president gave his ultimatum senior officials worked on negotiations with the europeans i don't think there was any process to brief the president on the progress and so you know he heard about it from president mccrone and from chancellor merkel but that had not been buying into the decisions made along the way as you pointed out in one of your articles they were a number of things that trump could have done he could have extended the sanctions waiver to allow a little bit more time for the talks and yet he decided to end it abruptly after all those meetings cordell meetings with president micron and chancellor merkel to the russians that looked kind of through a do you think he was trying to make some point to send some assets to the europeans or is it just mr trump being who he is you know it's hard to know if he was trying to send a message but certainly after all the bonamy of the mccrone meeting after the su

obama. among her many accolades she was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame the first woman to receive the honor that was in one thousand nine hundred seven she received the presidential medal of freedom in two thousand and five and won a total of eighteen grammys the music industry's highest award. last year she announced she would reduce her appearances on stage her declining health forced her to cancel a planned concert earlier this year and now. with a career spanning over fifty years aretha franklin made an indelible mark on american music and influenced generations of singers. let's talk now to entertainment journalist k.j. matthews who joins us from los angeles k.j. thanks for being with us what a loss for the world of music is there any way of putting a dime mention on this loss. really is what we see represented i mean there are people waited more than sitting here because everyone is losing american lives you say all that stuff because you started in gospel in she moved his

according to "the new york times," former president barack obama will also be there. but on this emotional day, perhaps the most poignant statement came from mccain's fellow arizonan, senator jeff flake. >> it's tough. i'm going to miss him. >> yeah. >> i have admired him, like i said, my entire life. and it's tough to imagine the senate without him. it's tough to imagine politics without john mccain. but we need to go on. >> you can see the impact senator mccain had on his colleagues. and terry, two former presidents speaking at the funeral, two people he fought so hard against in two presidential campaigns. it tells you a lot about his character. >> reporter: it does. and it tells you a lot that joe biden will also be speaking at the funeral. showing that john mccain always moved forward. there were a lot of things that knocked him down. his experiences as a p.o.w. could have broken some people. he went forward. in politics, he fought hard. it hurt to lose. but he got up, he kept moving forward with gusto, to the next challenge. the next fight for our country. >> al

obama's integrity. in his last years mccain became an outspoken critic of president trump he gave a thumbs down vote to trump's repeal of obamacare earning the president's enduring wrath in july two thousand and seventeen he was diagnosed with brain cancer which eventually forced him to withdraw from public life. on twitter mccain's wife said that he passed away he lived on his own terms. john mccain will be remembered as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than toed the political line. and let's get more on this now from our washington correspondent custom phenomenon contributes to the great man pouring in give us a sense of how the u.s. is reacting to this huge loss. was the big news networks year in the united states reporting around the clock about this news of the death of john mccain since the news broke as you said lots of tributes to this unique politician pouring in one among many former presidents barack obama who defeated mccain in two thousand and eight in the pre

obama. in his last years mccain became an outspoken critic of donald trump he gave a thumbs down vote to trump's repeal of obamacare earning the president's enduring wrath. in july two thousand and seventeen he was diagnosed with brain cancer which eventually forced him to withdraw from public life. john mccain will be remembered as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than toe the political line. and let's get more on this now from our washington correspondent causton phenomenon tributes to the great man pouring in give us a sense of how the u.s. is reacting to this huge loss. well the big news networks year in the united states reporting around the clock about the news of the death of john mccain since the news broke as you said lots of tributes to this unique politician pouring in one among many former president barack obama who defeated mccain in two thousand and eight in the presidential elections cain was his opponent but rock obama praised his courage and hi

obama. in his last years mccain became an outspoken critic of donald trump he gave a thumbs down vote to trump's repeal of obamacare earning the president's enduring wrath. in july two thousand and seventeen he was diagnosed with brain cancer which eventually forced him to withdraw from public life. john mccain will be remembered as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than tow the political line. and let's get more on this now from our washington correspondent costume phenomenon contributes to the great man pouring in give us a sense of how the u.s. is reacting to this huge loss. well the big news networks year in the united states reporting around the clock about the news of the death of john mccain since the news broke as you said lots of tributes to this unique politician pouring in one among many former president barack obama who defeated mccain in two thousand and eight in the presidential elections cain was his opponent but rock obama praised his courage and

obama. among her many accolades she was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame the first woman to receive the honor that was in one thousand nine hundred seven she received the presidential medal of freedom in two thousand and five and won a total of eighteen grammys the music industry's highest award. last year she announced she would reduce her appearances on stage her declining health forced her to cancel a planned concert earlier this year. with a career spanning over fifty years aretha franklin made an indelible mark on american music and influenced generations of singers. and we've been getting more from entertainment journalist k.j. matthews in los angeles you told us earlier what aretha franklin will be remembered for oh as is the queen the slowly rolling stone magazine once called her the greatest singer ever to live i mean he's just amazing he's transcended he is so he is armed eat he is opera he could even do country there wasn't any music genre that aretha franklin could do a

bush and barack obama have been asked to give eulogies and weer understand that mccain will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in maryland, we should note that mccain toll several friends that he did not want president trump to attend his funeral. >>> we have an indepth interview with john mccain about almost becoming president twice, take a listen. >> does the ambition ever go away? >> i had that ambition but i also had a lot of people who came to me, and said, we think you ought to run and we would like to help you. and that of course kind of reinforces the whole situation. after i lost had in 2000 and we conceded immediately, cindy and i went to that heat-- i went to it was one of the most idealic places on early. i was crazy. you cannot almost go full stop. at the hotel we were staying at, they would come out with a one page sheet of paper about the latest news of the day. i found myself hanging around the desk waiting for it to come in. i'm not kidding you. >> it was like detox. >> yes, it was cold turkey. so, in 2008, when i lost, i went right back to work. and th