>> john mccain: yes. they thought it was serious enough that they had to act immediately. >> stahl: and before the blood clot operation, did they mention glioblastoma to you? >> john mccain: yes. but, as you know, doctors are interesting. >> stahl: they cover themselves. >> john mccain: i kept saying to them, "tell it to me straight." "well, there's always this, there's always that." you know, and... and i said, "i can take it. just tell me." and... and then they... they were more forthcoming. >> stahl: five days after the surgery, lab results confirmed he had glioblastoma. what did they tell... tell you about the prognosis? >> john mccain: they said that it's very serious, that the prognosis is very, very serious. some say 3%, some say 14%. you know, it's... it's a very poor prognosis. so, i just said, "i understand. now we're going to do what we can, get the best doctors we can find and do the best we can," and at the same time celebrate with gratitude a life well lived. >> stahl: was he that tough? >>

now, john mccain's list -- [ crowd booing ] >> john mccain's name was not on the list. so that was unexpected. terrible. repeal and replace, because john mccain, if you look at his last campaign was all about repeal and replace, repeal and replace. >> so although that the president -- what john mccain did today potentially dealt this fatal blow to another effort by the republicans to repeal and replace the affordable care act the president still soupded hopeful. in fact, he thinks that he can get senator rand paul of kentucky who has been a hard no on this bill the entire time, that he can get him to say yes. and the president said wouldn't it be ironic if he got rand paul to say yes while john mccain was saying no because he said that rand paul and john mccain don't like each other. but, yeah, he took several swipes at john mccain here tonight in huntsville. >> is there any word on whether they're going to continue their efforts to wrangle these votes? he's saying he is, but have you heard anything from the white house. >> one person did tell our dan that what john mcc

mccain won't support the latest attempt to repeal obamacare. on capitol hill now ryan it does not look good for the gop bill. >> reporter: that's right, jim. mccain announcement today doesn't kill the graham cassidy plan out ride but puts it on serious life support. if you've been paying attention how he's been handling the debate. his decision today should not be a surprise. tonight they are fading fast. senator john mccain one of the swing votes announced he would not support the graham cassidy plan. a huge set back that need 50 votes to pass the bill by september 30. in a statement released friday afternoon mccain said i cannot in good conscious vote for the graham cassidy proposal. i believe we can do better today, republicans and democrats, and have not yet really tried. mccain has been upset with the health care reform process from the beginning. he for shadowed today's move in july. during his dramatic return to the senate floor after being diagnosed with brain cancer. he warned his colleagues then thatny attempt to reform health care ou

now, john mccain's list -- [ crowd booing ] john mccain's name was not on the list. so that was unexpected. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace, because john mccain, if you look at his last campaign was all about repeal and replace, repeal and replace. >> reporter: so although the president -- what john mccain did today potentially dealt this fatal blow to another effort by the republicans to repeal and replace the affordable care act the president still sounded hopeful about this. in fact, he thinks that he can get senator rand paul of kentucky, who has been a hard no on this bill the entire time, that he can get him to say yes. and the president said wouldn't it be ironic if he got rand paul to say yes while john mccain was saying no because he said that rand paul and john mccain don't like each other. but, yeah, he took several swipes at john mccain here tonight in huntsville. >> is there any word on whether they're going to continue their efforts to wrangle these votes? he's saying he is, but have you heard anything from the white house? >> reporter:

john mccain. he notably did not -- >> reporter: softer, i would say, when he was there. >> does this push the president more into the democrats' arms? >> you know, it may. i think the president is most comfortable lately with chuck schumer. chuck and nancy but chuck especially, there's a real chemistry there. >> you can't underscore the value or understate the value of chuck schumer being the senator from new york. chuck schumer being a brooklyn guy. >> they speak the same language. they are deal makers and they are trying to make deals on all these issues. if you take health care off the table, the president's going to be dealing with them on daca. >> i take issue with calling donald trump a deal maker. >> he fashions himself. >> he fashions himself as a deal maker. he hasn't made any deals so far in congress except for the package for hurricane relief. he hasn't made significant bipartisan deals. he campaigned, he campaigned saying i alone can fix this, because i alone am the person who can reac

i think john mccain brought relief to their minds. that's what i'm thinking about today. >> trump has repeatedly claimed that this bill will cover preexisting conditions. what is your reaction to that? does he know something that others don't? >> it makes coverage available. you could make a hit affordable me but it doesn't mean i could afford it. yes it would be available but it wouldn't be affordable. states have a lot of leeway as no how that could go. it is a cruel promise that wouldn't be able to be cashed in. people with preexisting conditions need to know they can get insurance at a price they can afford. this wouldn't have done that. >>. >> and you said you believe this is more about the health of the party and not without help of americans. >> we made this promise for seven years, repeal and replace. repeal and replace. if we don't keep it there will be held to pay among our base. we see stories about republican donors being angry they haven't gotten it done. i think they were racing to a deadline that was opposed by every me

and the mccain msnjohn mccain y today is the mccain of 2000. as he faces the illnesses and the battles he faces now, i think he is consciously seeking to recapture the energy and the emotion and the best of himself politically that he saw in that earlier campaign. >> and that's all the politics and the relationships. we have david here. i want to play something from one of your colleagues, josh earn aest. he is a much better communicator than you. he is a writer, you're a talker. just messing with you. in one blizzard last night, where i was watching last night. i was glued to my tv screen. all the facts you were unfu unfurling. put the personalities aside. he talks about where people and companies involved in health care are on this new trump care bill. take a listen. >> it seems that every single group that is in any way involved in providing health care to americans opposes this bill. hospital executives oppose it because it is bad for hospitals. doctors oppose i had because it is bad for doctors. patient advocates oppose it because it is ba

mccain let his best friend l.g. down." l.g., of course, a reference to lindsey graham, one of the sponsors of the bill. the president, however, as he said last night at his rally in alabama, is not giving up hope on a repeal and replacement of obamacare. listen. >> john mccain was not on the list. so that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace, because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different, and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance -- we're going to do it eventually, we're going to do it eventually. >> now, as you mentioned, victor, a margin here for republicans is razor thin, so this morning the president is tweeting at other republican senators, including alaska's murkowski, who said she's undecided in this bill. in the previous version of repeal and replace she voted no. one vocal critic of the graham/cassidy bill has been rand paul. the president tweeting

let's make it about senator mccain. he just tweeted and gave a personal thank you note to a republican senator. >> yeah. he definitely did do that. i do think, however, jimmy kimmel's story how overregulation hurts health care for all of us. i think the over regulations we have seen time and time again make it so difficult for people to receive access to quality care. they have driven up the cost of health care for everyone. i mean, hospitals over bill you because they know your insurance will step in and handle it because they are required to do so. we take a step back and look at the story, we can see the rag letting the market and making it free for everyone is what's going to help us for the long run. >> i have to imagine what democrats are thinking on the hill. of course, i'm not inside their heads but i do have emily here. i know what you are thinking. >> i think this really kills the momentum for this bill. i think the thing so interesting about this is actually the timing. recall with the last vote, mccain waite

john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list so that was a totally unexpected thing. honestly terrible. repeal and replace because john mccain, if you look at his last campaign was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different and that's fine and i say we still have a chance -- we're going to do it eventually. >> despite john mccain saying he's a no on john cassidy, the president sounding hopeful they can get something done with health care. >> this hurts their effort. >> another target of the president's ire was north korean dictator kim jong-un. it started on tuesday but listen to what he had to say about him in huntsville. >> we can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place and by the way, rocketman should have been handled a long time ago. he shouldn't be handled now, but i'm going to handle it because i have to handle it. >> those comments come after new economic sanctions on north korea and after he spent a week at the united nations rallying the community to rally against north korea. >> thank you v

now, john mccain -- john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list. so that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace, because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance -- we're going to do it eventually. we're going to do it eventually. with luther and -- we're going to do it. but i have to tell you this story because we're here tonight for luther strange. i'm here for luther and i'm actually here -- it's a friday night. i really do love the people of alabama because you've treated me so well. in fact -- in fact, i said -- i don't want to speak negatively. i said, though, if i lose this election, maybe i'll end up moving to alabama or kentucky or like some states. nice to go where people love you and where you love them because it's special. so here is what happened. here is what happened. we never want to lose, right. despite that, we don't want to l

john mccain is a hero. whatever problems have with health care, they go back years and years, that's not -- that's got nothing to do with john mccain. republican struggles are a party creation. what will donald trump's role going to be now? he has shown us he is willing to go around congressional republicans and work with democrats. if that's the move he makes whether or not the republicans have a majority i think is in serious question. >> are you surprised his senator couldn't convince him on this? is she there with us? >> i think that -- >> well, i was told she is with u us. >> okay. go ahead. >> if you no anything about the relationship between lindsay gram and john mccain. the type of friendship we should all be blessed with. they can deliberate about issues. they can agree and disagree. that's what with true friendship is all about. too often in today's political world we expect friends to align themselves 100% with what we believe. that's not what john mccain and lindsay gram -- they are individuals.

mccain let his best friend l.g. down, again, lindsey graham one of the sponsors of the graham/cassidy bill. last night at his rally in alabama though, the president did say that he still holds hope that republicans will be able to undo the affordable care act. listen. >> john mccain was not on the list, so that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace because, john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign was all about repeal and replace, repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance, oh, we're going to do it eventually. we're going to do it eventually with luther and -- we're going to do it. >> reporter: as you said, victor, the margin is thin for republicans here. they cannot afford to lose anymore votes. so the president is now focusing on other republican senators. he tweeted about alaska this morning and lisa murkowski, if you recall, last time repeal and replace bill came up she voted against

tell me about john mccain and his role in all of this. >> reporter: i think john mccain was in a position to say things that he has long held but now has a little more political latitude and a certain sense of, of his own voice in this process that really motivated him to speak about the need for the senate to be what the senate should be, in his view, and that is to work together on big things and in a bipartisan way. we hear, to regular order. it means senators across the spectrum participate in their committees and write legislation from the ground up, not something decided on by a few behind the scenes under a deadline. mccain, because he is now in his sixth term going through a very kind of pivotal personal experience is also someone who when having covered him for -- known him 20 years. cover him most of that time -- when under pressure, someone who digs down and finds what he needs to do. sometimes people have criticized him for that. other times and places on issues like immigration, in this moment especially given the fact he's going through his own issue, issues related to healt

now, john mccain -- john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list so that was a totally unexpected thing, terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and he replace because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last contain was all about repeal and replace. repeal and re-mays. so he decided to do something different and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance to -- we're going to do it eventually. >> despite john mccain saying he's a no on graham/caddie, the president still sounded hopeful that they can get something done with health care. but after one administration put it, the this undeniably hurts their effort. another target of the president's ire during this rally was north korean dictator kim jong un. listen to what he had to say about him in huntsville... >> we can't have madmen out there shooting rockets all over the place. and by the way, rocketman should have been handled a long time ago. this shouldn't be handled now. you but i'm going to handle it because we have to handle it. >> now, those fiery comments come shortly after the president authorized new economic

now john mccain's -- [ audience booing ] john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list. so that was a totally unexpected thing, terrible. honestly terrible. repeal and replace. because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance. oh, we're going to do it eventually. >> so why is the president in alabama tonight? he's there for the most fascinating race of 2017. more on that ahead. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and

>> i want to see john mccain do what john mccain thinks is the right thing to do. i think he's giving it a lot of thought. i think he's very deliberate about it. i think that he is free to exercise his conscience. >> do you think it's a good bill? >> look, i think it's a flawed bill. i think obamacare is flawed. i think we have no perfect solution right now. and i hope that at some point we get to a compromise, a bipartisan compromise because i'm one that believes that huge national crises like this should not and cannot be solved by one party. we saw the democrats try it and it is a flawed system. and that flawed system is made even worse and can be made even worse by regulation and by the administration. that is happening. so it is going to have even more problems because donald trump can make it an even worse program. he's always said let it fail of its own weight and then they'll come to the table and deal. i think we need a bipartisan compromise on big, hairy issues like health care, like immigration. i think we need due process. i think with he need to air th

now john mccain's -- [ audience booing ] john mccain was not on the list, so that was a totally unexpected thing, terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace. because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance, or we're going to do it eventually -- >> despite john mccain saying he's a no on graham-cassidy, the president still sounded helpful during that rally that they can get something done with health care. but as one administration official put it after john mccain came out as a no, this undeniably hurts their effort. now another target of the president's ire during this rally was north korean dictator kim jong-un. they've been trading barbs all week, starting with the president's combative speech at the united nations in new york on tuesday. but listen to what he had to say about him in huntsville. >> and we can't have madmen out there shooting rockets all over the place. and by the way -- rocket man should have been han

>>> john mccain announced he would vote no and as you can see if the rundown this is the big story. john mccain said, quote, i cannot in good conscious vote for the partisan mesh because he shalls a better can be reached by having both parties work together, right now, republicans control the senate 52-48. he is not the only gop senator to oppose the graham cassidy bill. rand paul said he would oppose, su susan collins is leaning against it >> breaking vote. mike pence was in new york at the u.n., came back to dc to try to do -- at this point, i think the question is what happens next? it's where dave from axios and this came down about 2:30 and really a stunning move that happened we at least have insight going into before the votes. how this may fall. >> so this is the second time john mccain done this, you are not there was a vote on the floor few weeks ago and john mccain shocked his colleagues by voting against the proposal on the floor at that time. came up with a new plan and now vote again. is the deciding no - >> let me ask you, it's also not clear where alaska senator lis

they want to blame it on mccain. they've already blamed one of these on mccain. they know the mccain has a vendetta against this president. they can say it's personal. you can't hate the guy for what he's been through and what he's facing now. that's the smart move. blame it on mccain and walk away. >> i think that's been a lot of the narrative leading up to this. mccain is thinking about his legacy. he's weighing a lot more. >> what's his legacy. he's a maverick. >> there's a maverick component and he's dealing with his own health issues. he's weighing with how he wants to be remembered. and he's close friends of lindsey graham. >> didn't president trump say something nasty about the guy who spent seven years in hanoi hilton? >> he said a lot of nasty things about john mccain before. i'm sure that senator mccain is not bringing the personal into it at all. he doesn't think about that ever when assessing how he's going to deem with politics. >> that tells me that he is. >> it makes it harder for the president to convince him if he's on the fence. >> can you imagi

, but he saved his sharpest criticism for senator mccain. he said quote john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill, which his governor loves, he campaigned on repeal and replace, let arizona down. and no matter what you say, a no vote from mccain which was announced yesterday would be a major major setback for this bill, if not a death blow outright. and of course, eric, he did this just two months ago back in july with the last republican attempt to repeal and replace obama care. eric? eric: yeah, remember him walking on the senate well torpedoing that. >> the thumb down. eric: exactly. in a few minutes we will be talking to a senator from south dakota on his view on what mccain did and on the bill's future. thank you. arthel? arthel: this is a fox news alert. the fiery rhetoric intense fe fiing between -- intensifying between washington and pyongyang as north korea's foreign minister delivers a speech to the united nations general assembly. he calls president trump quote a mentally deranged person. this comes after the pre

and maybe it won't be john mccain who killed the bill. but i happen to agree with john mccain that anything that's going to last is going to have to be bipartisan. republicans railed against this bill and so did i on the show with you, bret, for so many years -- we went including john mccain, we should point out. >> a bipartisan bill jam through without consensus for lasting change. he was right when he said that anything they jam through -- by the way, doesn't look like it can even pass the house right now even if it had, if it does squeak through next week, it's just going to be something that continues to create uncertainty and will phase change in the next power shift in congress. i think he's right about that. yeah, there are others that think that john mccain is taking one for the team, they don't want to vote for this, they know it can die in the house. a cbo score will surface. when they have, in the past, as irrelevant people think the cbo is, let's create a backlash is against these bills for the 17% approval rating. i think of

now john mccain's -- [ audience booing ] john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list. so that was a totally unexpected thing, terrible. honestly terrible. repeal and replace. because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance. oh, we're going to do it eventually. >> so why is the president in alabama tonight? he's there for the most fascinating race of 2017. more on that ahead. my hygienist told me to try... ...a mouthwash. so i tried crest. it does so much more than give me fresh breath. crest pro-health mouthwash provides all... ...of these benefits to help you get better dental check-ups. go pro with crest mouthwash. checkup? nailed it it's my decision ito make beauty last. >>> right now president trump is . and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™ >>> right now president trump is holding a rally for senator luther strange which would be a normal

why can't they adhere to normal order which is all that john mccain wanted and which is what john mccain said he wanted when he came back to the senate chamber? >> time is running out. the hourglass is nearly empty. we have until september 30th. this bill was a desperation pass, a hail mary. and when you get beyond the process, there are substantive issues here. for those of white house represent medicaid expansion states, much of the big ten conference, we saw this as a transfer of a lot of revenue from our states to states that did not expand. texas, mississippi, alabama, georgia. so my state, we would take an $11 billion hit between 2020 and 2026, and then there's a cliff in 2026. there's some big issues here for us. we need to work this issue out from the center out. we have a proposal to do that. i wish people would embrace it. >> republicans with a conscience. and white house without a lot of legislative skill helped sink what is just deja vu all over again. another failed attempt to repeal obamacare. do you think the president is sort of looking around his golf club and saying, wh

mccain shows the same courage in congress when he was a naval aviator. i've assured senator mccain that as soon as repeal is off the table, we democrats are intent

take a listen. >> now, john mccain. [crowd boos] >> john mccain was not on the list. so that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace. because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so, he decided to do something different. and that's fine. i say we still have a chance -- oh, we're going to do it eventually. abby: it is very close. the way it stands now. you think about it 52 republicans in the senate. it needs to be at 50. so you already have two nos, rand paul and john mccain. now up to susan collins and murkowski of alaska. collins said she is veering no on this. it's not looking very good. griff: guy in washington when i'm not in hurricanes i'm in washington, d.c. for reporting. i feel like i have seen this before. breaking news, they have agreed on something, and it's going to pass. the house passed it. but the senate, this seems like it's not going to go anywhere. pete: breaking news susan collins and lisa murkowski is voting with the democrats. the

this is what mccain said earlier this afternoon. quote, ki not in good conscious vote for the graham-cassidy proposal. i believe we could do better working together. republicans and democrats have not really tried. mccain went on to say, quote, i take no pleasure announcing my opposition, far from it. the authors are my dear friends. i think the world of them. i know they are acting consistently with their beliefs and their sense of what is best for the country. so am i. and mccain's decision today isn't that much of a surprise. he's been very disappointed with the process that the republicans have used to get to this point in the health care negotiations. he believes there should be regular order, meaning committee hearings, debate and votes in committees as well and none of this has happened. so what happens next? well, the bill is not completely dead yet. because republicans have the 50 votes in their pocket necessary to pass the bill. but there are at least a dozen republican senators who are undecided and there are two, in part

john mccain's last campaign was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different, and that's fine. and i say, we still have a chance. we're going to do it eventually. we'll do it eventually. with luther and everybody, we'll do it. >> reporter: comedian jimmy kimmel outspoken for months on republican's efforts, after his infant son needed heart surgery, thanking mccain and calling him a hero. >> there was hope mccain's close, personal friend from south carolina, graham, the bill's namesake, would be able to bring mccain along. >> reporter: he couldn't. republicans turn to collins and alaska's lisa murkowski. two votes they must hold if the replacement has any hope of passing. >>> here's a look at what's coming up tomorrow on "meet the press." chuck todd will have exclusive nancy pelosi and rand paul. he'll also be joined by the director of legislative affairs. "meet the press" airs every sunday here on nbc 4 at 10:30. >>> this just in. president donald trump tweeting his withdrawal of the white house invitation to the golden

and they gave me a list of ten republican senators, and now, john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list, so that sis a totally unexpected thing. terrib terrible. honestly, terrible, and repeal and replace, and if you are looking at the last campaign, i was about repeal and replace. repeal and replace, and so he decided to do something different, and that is fine, and i say, we still have a chance to -- oh, we will do it eventually, and with luther and even, we are going to do this, but i have to tell you this story, because we are here tonight for luther, strange and i am here sort of for luther, and i am here because it is a friday night, and really do love the people of alabama, because you have treated me so nice. and in fact, i said, e don't want to speak negatively, but i said though that if i lose this election, maybe i will end up moving to alabama or kentucky or some states, i mean, nice to the go where people love you and where you love them, because it is special. and so here is what happened. here is what happened, but we never want to lose, right? despite that, w

rick: the president had choice words for john mccain noting that mccain had campaigned for repeal and replace pretty aggressively and that the arizona governor supports the bill and the president says that mccain will have to let arizona down. >> there is certainly no love lost between the president and senator mccain as we know their history stretches back to the campaign when then candidate trump was perceived by many people to disparage senator mccain's wrapper during the vietnam war. setting that aside, for a second rick, it is actually a true statement to point out that senator mccain did indeed campaign to lead the fight against obamacare is one of his campaign in 2016 so in that perspective at least the president does have a valid point. rick: what is the problem is that they have control of the senate and house and why can't they get this done? >> i think, because ultimately no proposal they have put forth yet has seemed particularly popular with the broader population and this is the politics are compensated because among the supporters of the rubble can party it is imperativ

they want to blame it on mccain. they've already blamed one of these on mccain. they know the mccain has a vendetta against this president. they can say it's personal. you can't hate the guy for what he's been through and what he's facing now. that's the smart move. blame it on mccain and walk away. >> i think that's been a lot of the narrative leading up to this. mccain is thinking about his legacy. he's weighing a lot more. >> what's his legacy. he's a maverick. >> there's a maverick component and he's dealing with his own health issues. he's weighing with how he wants to be remembered. and he's close friends of lindsey graham. >> didn't president trump say something nasty about the guy who spent seven years? >> he said a lot of nasty things about john mccain before. i'm sure that senator mccain is not bringing the personal into it at all. he doesn't think about that ever when asszing how he's going to deem with politics. >> that tells me that he is. >> it makes it harder for the president to convince him if he's on the fence. >> can you imagine that over the p

but the last bit, booing john mccain, where he blamed mccain for the death of repeal and replace last time and said the vote might get through without him this time. he assured the crowd, repeal and replace will get passed. >> for seven years, i've been hearing, repeal and replace. >> they like the say mr. trump, president trump sat on the oval office. i'm on the phone screaming all day long for weeks. they gave me a list of ten people. that were absolute no's. ten republicans. now john mccain's list -- john mccain was not on the list of the so that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. i call up to different people. well, mr. president. could you have dinner with my wife, myself, my kids, my cousins, my uncles? and i would like to talk to you about it. okay. so they come over, the family. pictures all night. everything. okay. i'll get a vote or whatever. but brutal. you know what that is, folks, right? it's called brutality. >> the hopes for this latest repeal and replace bill. graham/cassidy went all but dark because mccain msnbc said he couldn't support it.

senator mccain: mr. pendleton. >> thank you for having me here today to summarize the gao work on navy readiness. i don't know what caused the recent accidents, but as i know from my work, the navy is caught between operational demand and limited supply. i'm skeptical that the navy will be able to make significant readiness gains unless the demands of them are decreased. even with increased funding going forward, my assessment agrees with the navy that it will take several years to rebuild training, manning and maintenance. foundations of readiness have become shaky overtime. our work has revealed significant management issues that the navy must confront. in a 2015 report, we found ships based in japan had such aggressive deployment schedules that they did not have dedicated training periods like ships in the u.s. we were told that oversee ships were so busy they had to train on the margins. when i asked what that meant, it was explained that they had to squeeze in training when they could. the assumptio

. >>> president trump lashing out at john mccain and others. >> he bashed mccain, who says he will not support the republican's newest effort to repeal and replace obama during his campaign rally friday. the president released a series of tweets we've been talking about these, you say that criticize mccain and points to the failure of the current system, allison barber has more >> a spokesperson for majority leader mitch mcconnell told fox news mcconnell intended to consider the graham cassidy bill this week but that was before senator mccain said he wouldn't be supporting it. here's secretary tom price >> the promise of the majority in congress senate was to repeal and replace. the reason it's not dead is because it's not finished. the bill hasn't been completed. we continue to work with the authors on it through this weekend and it will be likely rolled out next week >> republicans can't afford to lose more than two republicans and mccain is the second to publicly say he will not support. rand paul is not on board. and maine senator susan collins is very much on the fence. the white

groupie and so i looked at some of the things mccain tapper was saying back in two thousand when mccain was running for president he compared himself a verbally to mccain's how did she said i'm patty hearst and you know there's no way that you won't come under mccain's spell in fact he likes to call me tanya this was when he was a white house correspondent who was covering mccain and he's continued to be mccain's groupie to the president if we remember last week john mccain went on jake tapper unsaid. you know north korea needs to be extinguished it needs to be we need to see the extinction of that regime and jake tapper just nodded along and then he said you know how's your family doing how cindy house. you know. how many. gets thrown out there there's what kind of you know allusions to death and destruction just kind of been thrown out there on the show and other shows on c.n.n. and other murders and it's kind of like oh cool how are you doing you know is everything ok and there's something about it being with jake tapper especially. i remember the first time i ever experienced his wo

john mccain is the senior republican there. he would expect some consultation and respect, and he was shown none. this is a quarrel that goes back a long time, all the way back to president trump's preference of people who are not p.o.w.s. he likes the guys who don't get captured. i think you see here the beginning of john mccain emerging as a much more powerful voice than he has been until now -- i'm sorry -- beginning with the health care vote, of course. >> that's right. >> yes. let's take a look at what david just referred to. president trump in arizona talking about john mccain in what was deliberately a very insulting way to this arizona crowd. >> obamacare is a disaster, and think -- think. we were just one vote away from victory after seven years of everybody proclaiming repeal and replace. one vote away. i will not mention any names. very presidential, isn't it? very presidential. >> maria teresa, john mccain clearly not afraid of donald trump and not afraid to hit back at him after that kind of speech. >> well, and wh

. >>> tonight, mccain's bombshell. the senator deals another major blow to his own party's efforts to repeal obamacare. is this newest gop plan doomed? >>> breaking point. heart-pounding rescues and new evacuations as floodwaters rise in puerto rico. the entire island still without power. tonight the urgent relief mission under way. >>> race against time. survivors pulled from the rubble three days after mexico's earthquake. but the clock is ticking to save others still trapped. >>> war of words. president trump calls kim jong-un a madman after kim labeled him mentally deranged, while north korea threatens to detonate another h-bomb. >>> 911 emergency. when no one answers your call for help. the life-threatening problem plaguing communities. >>> and top cops. the women taking command in one major american city. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here ton

and senator graham couldn't get senator mccain on board. senator collins on maine, said she wouldn't be on board. blake talking about lisa murkowski. you add this up, looking at washington, d.c., everyone, does not have votes it needs to get things through. health care stocks are i here right now. we could potentially looking more obamacare. more of the status quo. and there are a lot of questions what this will mean for tax reform. are they able to get anything done? interestingly enough, you're seeing the sort of anti-swamp rhetoric and mentality pour out in alabama where there is hotly-contested race between former chief justice at the alabama supreme court, and, the guy president trump picks, luther strange. president trump traveling there, to alabama tonight. mr. strange is seen as the establishment candidate and yet president trump is going to be supporting him. i will have live coverage tonight at 8:00 p.m. of the president on the ground in alabama. so i do hope you will join me, enjoy it. and i will indeed enjoy being there. for mor

go home, you will be freed and john mccain said, for those of you booing john mccain right now and are too ignorant to read a book, john mccain said, no, i'm not going to go home tell all my men go home with me. you should keep your mouths shut and you should go home and you should talk to your children and you should tell the story of john mccain to your children. a man who served his country in uniform when he could have done what donald trump did. he could have avoided the draft. his father was one of the most powerful men in america. he could have stayed home like donald trump and he could have chased models. but john mccain wanted to serve his country and you know even serving his country, when you put the uniform on, john mccain could have hid behind enemy lines, you know what he wanted to, do he wanted to fly communism. so he flew mission after mission after mission into north vietnam. when he got shot down. when he got beaten. when he got abused, to such a degree that the man can't even raise his arms up to his should e ers, he gets thrown in prison and refused to leave. becaus

even with mccain repeal and replace because john mccain was all about repeal and replace repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different. and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance to -- we'll do it eventually. >> and time is running out for gop to repeal and replace. and senate can pass the bill 50 votes under budget reconciliation and after september 30 needs 60 votes. >> let's track president trump tonight and talk why he was speaking in alabama and here to stump for luther strange or big luther as the president calls him because it makes sense the guy is 6' 9". strange is running in special election to fill the senate seat he received interim appointments and now filling rest of term. that runoff is next week and president says he's campaign are for strange because of how senator reaengted when president called to ask for vote on healthcare. >> now i call luther strange and this guy and he's a no. right. and i say senator i need your help. i heed i got to get your vote on healthcare and he serksd you got it. >> despite support pour from strange if strange losses prima

thank you, john mccain. and john mccain has a conscious that i wish very much hopes to pass healthcare legislation by the end of september in part because with special budget \rule\rule{#n}s they could pass the bill with a simple majority, 50 yeses instead of 60. in washington, i'm ellison barber, fox news. >> well, we have been talking all about the weather because it feels like summer even though we're in fall so a that's going to be continuing into our weekend. >> it is. look at tomorrow, 90- degrees. can you believe it? we should only be in the 70s. the week looks great, too. the temperatures hanging around into the 80s. it does feel like summer. i'm remind rewind. a little humid, too. >> thanks for joinings us. we're back on tomorrow morning. goodbye. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous romance, to ridiculous plot twists. (gasping) son? dad! we also know you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so we're partn

john mccain and his decision late today. jimmy kimmel tweeting him and tonight the two key senators who could make or break this bill. where they stand right now. >>> the stunning moment now days after the earthquake. this person pulled from the rubble alive. >>> north korea tonight and their new warning responding to president trump. now promising an h-bomb in the pacific. >>> and breaking now, the hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. several reportedly trapped inside. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. a dam at imminent risk of failure, a life flaet threatening situation. a mass evacuation under way. some 70,000 people across the island. catastrophic flooding and mudlieds already. the cover saying it's time to get people out. we begin with abc's rob marciano on the scene to get tens of thousands to higher ground. >> reporter: a large dam is beginning to fail. two towns and tens of thousands of people in dang

. >>> tonight, mccain's bombshell. the senator deals another major blow to his own party's efforts to repeal obamacare. is this newest gop plan doomed? >>> breaking point. heart-pounding rescues and new evacuations as floodwaters rise in puerto rico. the entire island still without power. tonight the urgent relief mission under way. >>> race ainst time. survivors pulled from the rubble three days after mexico's earthquake. but the clock is ticking to save others still trapped. >>> war of words. president trump calls kim jong-un a madman after kim labeled him mentally deranged, while north korea threatens to detonate another h-bomb. >>> 911 emergency. when no one answers your call for help. the life-threatening problem plaguing commie the women taking command in one major american city. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. and thank you for being here tonight. senate republicans may feel like they've seen this mo

you got 52 republicans you're going to lose senator mccain so that's 51. you're probably going to lose senator collins of maine now you're hat 50. that's it. right? >> rand paul >> well -- >> you thunk heink he's going tp again? >> i don't think he unflipped. he voted for the last one. >> after saying he wouldn't. >> let me make my -- well, you know, sometimes senators to have say certain things i think rand paul is going to vote for it. he knows the stakes. he's made his point. it's a very imperfect bill i have glitches with this bill nonetheless, this bill stops single payer, this bill pulls back obamacare this bill stops bernie sanders care the stake are very high here, okay i think rand paul as a conserve conservetive will wind up voting for it i'm not sure i'm speculating. second point, miss murkowski, senator murkowski of alaska. i believe she will come around i'm not sure lord knows it's not just about medicare money, or medicaid money to alaskans, it's about a lot of other money. >> the "journal" today -- >> kim strassel wrote a fabulous, smartest

nobody thought he was nate nobody thought he was negative about without john mccain we already would have the help. care bell and it would have been very good by the way what are your thoughts on that well i mean it shows a fundamental mis understanding of how congress works i mean there is four hundred thirty five members of the house or one hundred senators i mean you know a couple of democrats could have switched over to put it all at the feet of john mccain you know is i think really unfair it's particularly unfair given that you know he's shown independence throughout his career i saw him i also served worked in the house lindsey for ten years he was a house member then this guy even though he didn't agree with many of the things my bosses one or to do mccain that is was truly a real statesmen and you know now the guys facing brain cancer is the time on earth is limited and to have the president like the bully that he is sort of beat up on this guy for standing by his principles is just a sad state of affairs that certainly could have been lots of other members who change their