first, who was john mccain? john was a man deeply in love with his country and its promise. a man optimistic that tomorrow would be better than today and the man grateful for the chance to serve a cause greater than himself. his humor was rooted in that hopefulness, the sometimes sharp sting of his words in debate rooted in his passion for his cause and the love of the fight and his restlessness rooted in an impatience to get on with it, defending y, liberty or making a difference in the world, to help soften the burdens of millions not yet free. john was both a romantic and a cynic as some have said, with love and passion about the causes he fought for yet clear eyed about the long odds he often faced in our ideals. trying to summarize john, just reviewing a few of his titles fairly captures this complexity of this man. naval aviator, pow, captive, congressman, senator, chair of the commerce committee, chair of the armed purposes committee, presidential nominee of his party. hero. john also treasure deeply plto titles rarely mentionedhere . president and father. he clearly

that's what made john special, made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. we used to talk about and i liked most about him is he understood what i hope we all remember. heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things. extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity, and birthright of every child. good communities are built by thousands of small acts of decency. that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. buried deep in the dna of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago that each of us carries with us and each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, and we can screw up the courage to ensure it's not extinguish. it's a thousand little things that make us different. the bottom line was i think john believed in us. i think he believed in the american people, not just all the preamb

john mccain had both. fortunately, all that intensity came paired with a world class sense of humor. as we all know, john really hated to lose. the line he used after his presidential campaigns still makes me laugh. some would ask how he's copying with defeat and john would say, actually, i'm sleeping like a baby. wake up every two hours and cry. seriously, it's hard to describe this larger than life figure without lapsing into what sounds like cliches. we've all heard our whole lives about the importance of patriotism and self-sacrifice. but we cannot take that culture of commitment for granted because just like our nation's security and our american liberty, the very notion that some causes really are greater than ourselves only survives because service members and statesmen like john mccain will fight and even die to defend it. the bond between john and his country was so deep, but of course other bonds ran deeper still. while john's colleagues grieve our own loss, we also send our love and support to t

john mccain had both. fortunately, all that intensity came paired with a world class sense of humor. as we all know, john really hated to lose. the line he used after his presidential campaigns still makes me laugh. some would ask how he's copying with defeat and john would say, actually, i'm sleeping like a baby. wake up every two hours and cry. seriously, it's hard to describe this larger than life figure without lapsing into what sounds like cliches. we've all heard our whole lives about the importance of patriotism and self-sacrifice. but we cannot take that culture of commitment for granted because just like our nation's security and our american liberty, the very notion that some causes really are greater than ourselves only survives because service members and statesmen like john mccain will fight and even die to defend it. the bond between john and his country was so deep, but of course other bonds ran deeper still. while john's colleagues grieve our own loss, we also send our love and support to t

john was a hero. his character, courage, honor, integrity, but i think the things understated the most is his optimism. that's what made john special, made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. what i talk most about him is he understood what i hope we all remember, heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things, extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity, and birthright of every child. good communities are built by thousands of small acts of decency. that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. very deep in the d.n.a. of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago, that each of us carries with us and each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, and we can screw up the courage to ensure it's not extinguish. it's a thousand littl

. >> thank you, john. john: we just had some of the video of john mccain up. ed, spent a long time in washington covering various branches of government including the senate. interesting to see senator joe lieberman behind mccain. they were close. >> i remember being at the republican convention in st. paul in 2008 and joe lieberman as a democrat, very nearly became the vice presidential nominee. john mccain later years that he regretted not taking him and there was concern among his brain trust that is a pro-choice democrat who had been on the ticket with al gore just eight years earlier in 2000 that he would lose the conservative base. john mccain, frankly, thought i should have all the dice. i listen to the smart people about what i should've done, would have, could have, should have. i covered that 2008 campaign on the mccain side and you are absolutely right that he was gracious. in the final days of the campaign remember a moment and i believe it was in wisconsin but in the midwest and you have these candidates and their tired and they know they are like

thanks, john. honestly, seeing him down range, i never traveled with a colleague who was better to our enlisted or harder on our generals. john mccain loved the men and women who served in the uniform of the united states, and he was a champion of our armed forces throughout his career. in every generation, there are those who put country first. who prize service ahead of self. who summon idealism from a cynical age. john mccain was such a man. today, he lies in the place where he served to the last, the congress of the united states. soon, he will go to rest on the grounds where he served first, the united states naval academy. the eyes of the american people will be upon him as he goes. and so, too, will their prayers. for him and especially for his beloved family gathered here today, and we will pray that those who mourn shall be comforted. so we mourn with those who mourn and we xwreeb with those who grieve but we do not grieve like those who have no hope. because john mccain like millions of a

john was immune to jet lag. and he was never more excited than we had an opportunity to share america's values abroad. and, of course, he was devoted to the men and women of our armed forces. from countless visits with deployed unit in iraq and afghanistan, to his committee meetings right here in this body, john honored their sacrifices in a way that only he could. he never forgot them but not with any segment of our military might and technical problems, our armed services made up of people, of our constituents, of volunteers, of the brave. john's favorite novelist ernest hemingway for whom the bell tolls. i suspect we will hear it quoted quite a bit in the days ahead. the lead character is an american ex-pat named robert jordan who risked everything in the spanish civil war. he's a little bit brash, maybe a little hotheaded. in fact, he is a dynamite specialist whose specially literally is blowing things up. he goes down fighting right down to the books final pages. i'm sure some of us can imagine why john mig

i think we should find a way to honor john mccain in a way that john mccain would have seen fit, and that is we ought to pass a piece of legislation that we wouldn't have passed absent this moment. we ought to come together in a bipartisan way and we ought to do something that makes both political parties really uncomfortable. that was one of the things john mccain was great at. this man is gone and we are surely poorer for it, but we can do something big that's in line with the spirit of how he wanted to disrupt this place. if we wanted to make both parties uncomfortable -- and john was a guy who loved to point both barrels at pwoergt -- both parties i think we could find a way to do that in a way the american people would applaud and i think that would be the right way to honor john mccain. his willingness to take on everybody and all the sacred cows in this town was why a lot of people hated him but more why a lot of more people loved him. if we're going to honor his spirit we ought to find a way that's big, disruptive and uncomfortable for washington, d.c. thank you, mr. presiden

technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactics combat controller attached to a navy se a, land and air seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, two thousand two. -- 2002. during insertion, the team's helicopter was ambushed, causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of combatants below. sergeant chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snowcapped mountain into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own. without regard for his own safety, sergeant chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker in five deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, he assaulted an

thank you, john. in all seriousness, senator mccain's leadership was vital in numerous authorization acts that have substantially improved care for service members and increased the capacity of our military to meet the myriad national security challenges we face. steady force in turbulent times in global afarmers the threats to our national security and the stability of the global order are more numerous and diverse now than way any point in our recent history. we should remain john's guidance that we live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. we are the custodians of those ideals, at home and their champion abroad. he believed in an america that is united by its values, not divided by manufactured distrust and animus. most importantly, he emphasized a moral obstacles that we as americans carry to provide leadership in the world and serve as the beacon of hope, opportunity, and justice -- both here and across the globe. as a further reflection, i was always impressed by john's respect for coll

and sure enough, john mccain without the massive campaign operation, john mccain the maverick, john mccain on a ring and a prayer came back and he won that nomination. and i think that really -- it really epitomized the type of person he is. he was -- when you walk into his senate office, it wasn't cold or corporate. it wasn't like a lot of senate offices that you walk into. there was just a bustle of activity. and any time you went into to see the senator, you weaved through a thousand different desks and stacks of paper everywhere and people -- people roaming here and there. it was not the most organized office in the world. he was -- a constant -- he was just constantly in motion and constantly moving. i think the one time that i wanted -- i went into his office through the years where there was more of a silence and it was more contemplateive was when i saw him in february -- think it was february of 2017. and it is so interesting when i went to the hill, which i've been going to for 20 years. every time i went to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say who do you want to meet or wh

. >> nothing at all about john mccain? why won't you say anything about john mccain? >> we're finished. >> mr. president, any comment on john mccain, sir? mr. president, why won't you call john mccain a hero, sir? >> could have been easy for him. he could have said he's a hero. >> yeah. you know, there's a gracelessness there that i think is worth noting. this isn't about politics. john mccain and donald trump didn't see eye-to-eye. that's a fact. but, as an admiral, the letter he read speaks to, this is not really about what john mccain thought of donald trump. this is, in the end, what john mccain sacrificed for our country. donald trump has repeatedly been unable to take the high road to understand there's a moral leadership role inherent in being the president of the united states that people like admiral kirby. his son, others who served, i'm sure kirby didn't agree with everything said about the military, but you honor the service. right? me, who never served, you honor the service because he has given so much for the country. this is not about what he said abou

>> well, i wore john's p.o.w. bracelet for a number of years, and one day in the senate, i decided to let john know, and so we got off in a corner, i extended my arm, and on my wrist was john mccain p.o.w. bracelet. he was kind of an emotional thing for john. but he was my friend. what do you say about a man like john mccain. >> i have learned so much more about john mccain in this last year of his life that i had really no understanding or comprehension of the depth of this man until now, and i wanted to read you something that i thought that hit home for me. these were some of the opening lines from his speech when he nominated you for president in 19 1996. he said in america we celebrate the virtues of the quiet hero and the modest man who does his duty without expectation or praise, and the man who listens for the call of his country and when he calls he answers with reservation and not for fame or are reward, but love. he loves this country. and senator, those were senator mccain's words about you, but i bet

it was john mccain. i had made speech after speech on the subject, but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence on the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment, realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same humanity we expected if americans were taken prisoner, and his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes, a strong bipartisan roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who serve in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never had a stronger ally. he was a leader in the fight to curb the influence of special interests and politics and to make our government truly a government of, by, and for the people, with russ feingold and john mccain, they moved us toward what america is longing for, putting the special interests behind us, putting the peop

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what was it like to cover and deal with the senator john mccain and john mccain the person. reporter: really a fascinating character. he was serious about the issues, you heard him talk about the iraq war and afghanistan and policy matters. you see mccain when you are about to do a life shot with us or another network. he would wink with a twinkle in his eye. he would say what are you doing, boy? i would look over and realize i was being heckled by john mccain. my understanding is john mccain believed if we were telling the stories about what's going on and writing the stories in our nation's politics, having a relationship would help us know what he was thinking with his votes over the years. howie: i think he enjoyed the give and take with the press. he was such a fixture on the sunday shows. he was the most of frequent guest on "meet the press" ever. sometimes he got testy or i am patients with journalists. but i think he viewed it as another form of combat. >> reporter: no question. i think he enjoyed being the senior statesman on cap hill. putting his arm around a new m

i said that's very nice, john. you know why, lindsey? i said no. why, john? if you had been in my class, i would be sixed from the bottom, not fifth. thanks very much, john. humiliation and affection were constant companions. the more he humiliated you, the more he liked you. in that regard, i was well-served. to my colleagues, thank you again so much for what you have done. the only way i know to put this in words that maybe john can relate to is that after a military operation is over, after a mission is complete, the pilots come back and debrief. there's a military operation, do an after-action report. i thought to myself, what would it say? what would the after-action report for john mccain say? and the purpose of these records is for lessons learned. so that others will benefit and make sure that will remember. remember the things that went well and the things that did not so we'll be better off as a unit, as a nation. the title of the operation was easy. you can say a lot of things about me but clever is not one of them. operation maverick. it began in

john mccain understood that. it's not good enough to be smart and committed to your positions on public policy. it's not good enough just to be there for votes and for debates. that's obviously critical, but character still matters, and john mccain was living proof of that. i remember one occasion where we had, he and i had an acrimonious exchange in the senate elevators just a couple of seconds when the elevator went from the basement to the second floor. john was very heated. i was taken by surprise at how heated he was. yet as we've heard so many times over the past several days, john mccain never let a public policy disagreement impact personal relationships with his colleagues. a couple of hours later we were back on the senate floor, and i wanted to continue the argument, and i started to approach him on the floor to continue the argument. i guess i wanted to get the last word, which might be a mistake with john mccain. but as i got close to him, john mccain lifted up his arms and reached out to me, embrace

john glenn of ohio and john mccain. he broke no role, said that they didn't find any direct wrongdoing but mccain said the appearance of his association with the saving and loan. and that gave rise to the mccain-feingold bill that campaigns are financed while are financed by with a very liberal democratic senator, russ feingold of wisconsin that curb soft money in politics. as we approach the midterms we hear a lot of these tv ads where the last decade or so they say it ain't so and so when i approve this message. that's a result of mccain-feingold. it was john mccain seen has wrongdoing, trying to right the ship some years later. >> you is not never afraid to say he was wrong be it in south carolina. impossible to find you might say. chad, good to see you. >> we are going to like about john mccain's navy experience set the pace for his lead in u.s. foreign policy. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with

senator john mccain. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around world. i'm george howell at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. john mccain served the u.s. senate for more than 30 years. six terms in that role. better known as the maverick and what you're seeing right here, these images in progress, the hearse being carried through the city of phoenix, arizona. john mccain being remembered in that state. the senator passed away saturday afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona surrounded by his family in his final hour. he just recently discontinued treatment for the aggressive form of brain cancer he was fighting. people knew this moment would come. still it didn't make it any easier for the many people who knew him, people who admired him, people who loved him. his senate colleagues remember him as a giant in that body. politically conservative but fiercely principled and independent. his absence in the senate this year due to declining health it was clear a true warrior until the e

john could be annoying. in munich, accepting an award for john, his beloved cindy said i love him most of the time. his temper could be explosive. i read once of a man nicknamed for a south american volcano because he constantly fumed and regularly erupted. and i thought of john. he loved a good fight and was eager to pile in. a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed, he would say. an extraordinary man is not a flawless man, and in his full humanity, john gave the rest of us more tallies hope. you need not be perfect to try and be extraordinary. well, he was extraordinary. i think we all found in him qualities of affection, principle, courage, and drama that were extraordinary. and at the end of the day, as compass needles turn toward true north, you knew where he would be pointing. i will quote some of his last public words here. although the true radiance of our world may at times seem obscured, although we will suffer adversity and setbacks and misfortune, never, ever stop fighting for all that is good a

thanks, john. honestly, seeing him down range i never traveled with a colleague who was better to our enlisted or harder on our generals. john mccain loved the men and women who served in the uniform of the united states and he was a champion of our armed forces throughout his career. in every generation, there are those who put country first. who prize service ahead of self. who summon idealism from a cynical age. john mccain was such a man. tod today, he lies in the place where he served to the last, the congress of the united states. soon, he'll go to rest on the grounds where he served first -- the united states naval academy. the eyes of the american people will be upon him as he goes. and so, too, will their prayers. for him. and especially for his beloved family. gathered here today. and we'll pray that those who mourn shall be comforted. so, we mourn with those who mourn. and we grieve with those who grieve. john mccain like millions of americans, held firm to that hope from an old hymn tha

it was john mccain. i made speech after speech on the subject but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence in the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same community we expected if americans were taken prisoner. in his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes a strong person roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who served in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never had a stronger ally. he was a leader in the fight to curb the influence of special interest in politics, and to make our government truly a government by and for the people. with russ feingold and john mccain they moved us towards what america is longing for putting the special interest behind us putting the people first ending sof

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john likes to move fast. so if we were in iraq and were trying to go from the embassy anywhere in the country, we had to get on a black hawk helicopter, we had to fly with an he is kofrescort, maybe get armored vehicle, a really big cumbersome armored vehicle but had to move quickly. getting in and out, moving, not holding him up. i think that's part of what he means. i kept up with him, i was able to go wherever he went. that was important. because he would tell me occasionally, i won't share names, i took so and so, both men and women from the senate, and they just couldn't keep up. so i knew it was important to keep up. >> also interestingly when secretary clinton was really criticized as you remember in a very strong and extended way by republicans for the attacks in benghazi that resulted in the loss of life of the u.s. ambassador and three others, john mccain criticized a lot of the operation and things that went wrong but always was reluctant, never criticized hillary clinton personally, and she rememb

john berman here in for anderson. those are the words of a trump supporter and republican strategist today after flags at the white house were lowered back to half-staff in honor of the late senator john mccain. the question tonight, what took so long, and why was the president still in the wrong place two full days after the senator died? what was so hard about offering a kind word to, praise to a arizona republican as praise poured in from around the globe, paying tribute to man, because keeping them hostages o honest, none of she should have been hard. when a significant national figure dies, white house procedure is more or less automatic. it was followed recently after the passion of barbara bush a few months ago. the president issued a proclamation reading in part, as a mark of respect for the memory of barbara bush, i hereby order by the authority vested in me by the laws of the constitution of the united states of america the flag of the united states shall will flown at after staff at the white house and upon

like so many today, i rise to honor john mccain, to sing john mccain's praises. there are many here, most here who knew him longer than i did. i'll admit that when you and i, mr. president, first got here in 2014, i knew john mccain as somebody from the history books. i knew john mccain as somebody destined for the history books. i knew john mccain as an american hero. but i didn't know john mccain the man. i didn't know john mccain, the flesh and blood, genuinely hilarious guy. but over the past 48 months i had the privilege of actually getting to become friends with john mccain. it's sort of weird to say when you're our age -- you're a good bit older than i am, but when you're roughly our age, mr. president, i'm 46 and john mccain was an octogenarian, and he befriended me. i've been on many overnights with john mccain, i've been to war zones with john mccain. i've been cussed out by john mccain lots of times. he would call me stupid bastard on a regular basis and he meant it affectionately. i'm convinced he didn't use the term stupid bastard lately. he reserved

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john was better than me, and i know it. john was the best of my generation. john mccain was and is a great human being. i don't know what's going to be said in the next few days about john mccain, by whomever it's going to be said. i don't know what's going to be done. but anybody who in any way tarnishes the reputation of john mccain deserves a whipping, because most of the ones who were do the wrong thing about john mccain didn't have the guts to do the right thing when it was their turn. we need to remember that. so i would say to the president or anybody in the world, it's time to pause and say this was a great man. he gave everything for us. we owe him nothing less than the respect that he earned. and that's what i intend to give john. in return for what he gave me. john took me to kosovo 20 years ago when clinton said we're going to send some people over to verify the crime sites, the ethnic cleansing. i went to pristina with john, went to montenegro, went to the world security conference in munich a few years after that. got to sit with piewp putin the

john mccain was a great man. they have a big family and i hope they are there for each other. >> you never get over it, but you live with it. this whole coverage i have been watching this weekend, this is what we do. i hate to mention president petty in the same sentence with john mccain. i don't think this president even deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence given the way he has acted. over the last couple of years when it comes to john mccain, but especially the last couple of days. this is an american hero who deserves all of our respect and who would debate you on the issues and leave with a smile or tell you that you were -- what was the saying? i can't believe. >> how can such a big head hold such few thoughts. i remembered that. >> listen, i'm going to have to do it, but just know i hate mentioned this president. >> remember this. there is a reason you do it. john mccain would have done it. you are pointing out proof of contrast in a moment where the country is remembering what matters. >> thank yo

that was very john mccain-like. we need people like john mccain now more than ever. >> i want to ask you about your party when it comes to accusations of hacking. senator bill nelson, democrat of florida, has been under scrutiny for his claims russians hacked the florida electoral systems. there is no evidence of that that we have seen. the dnc this week said that it had been hacked when it was really just a test by a state organization. are some democrats being too careless in public about accusations of hacking, sensitive national security matters? >> well, look, i think that everyone is really on razor's edge right now wondering is the other shoe going to fall in terms of russian intervention in the midterms. it is certainly our expectation from the top intelligence officers of the country on down that the russians never stopped interfering, at least not on social media. that they certainly according to microsoft and facebook are at it once again. so i think all of us are really on hair's edge here and we see all

it was john mccain. i had made speech after speech on the subject, but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence on the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment, realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same humanity we expected if americans were taken prisoner, and his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes, a strong bipartisan roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who serve in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never had a stronger ally. he was a leader in the fight to curb the influence of special interests and politics and to make our government truly a government of, by, and for the people, with russ feingold and john mccain, they moved us toward what america is longing for, putting the special interests behind us, putting the peop

as was john. and when i found out that he had this incurable form of cancer, i got down on my knees and i prayed very hard that he would survive and be cured of this dreaded disease. it was not to be, and when i got up on sunday morning and found that he had passed away, it was like getting hit with a sledge hammer right in the knees. i knew then that the country was going to be absent of an exceptional american who was patriotic, courageous, and dedicated for the country. >> you first met him inside of a prison cell, you spent two years as cell mates, what did you learn from senator mccain? >> the single most important thing that i learned from john mccain subpoena sum summarizes in a statement about military leadership. it is the mission and the men in the prison camp. it was resisting exploitation, and at the same time, caring for those of us that inhabited that place. what he said on the floor of the senate for that spaesh that i think will go down in history by a senator ever made, and i woul

that's what made john special. made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. we used to talk about what i liked most about him, he understood what i hope we all remember. heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things. extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity and birthright of every chi child. that communities are built by thousands of small acts of de n decency that americans show each other every single day. that very deep in the dna of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago and each of us carries with us, and each of us has the capacity and responsibility and we can screw up the courage to ensure it's not extinguished. it's a thousand little things that make us different. bottom line, i think john believed in us. i think he believed in the american people, not just all the preambles. he believed in t

today, people wanted to be around john mccain. >> this is a message about john mccain but also john mccain's message to america. >> well said. joe biden gave a hymn to america. he said the america we know is an idea. it's a declaration of universal human dignity. 7.5 billion people across the globe created by god with rights. you don't have rights because we gave them to you. john was the proponent of that american ideal. you heard a lot of people singing a mccain refrain to that. >> one more question, how do you -- how do you take this message and continue it in a practical way? how do you take his life and legacy and what he did in the u.s. senate and politics and continue it in a real way, not just talking about it now, but in the future? >> sure. this is obviously a week, not just yesterday and today, through saturday and the burial coming. this is a time to celebrate john. one of the things you see are a civic that is are bigger than policy preference in john. we have a lot of people in politics who are mostly interested in their own incumbency and low grade tribalism. what should we do

and sure enough, john mccain without the massive campaign operation, john mccain the maverick, john mccain on a ring and a prayer came back and he won that nomination. and i think that really -- it really epitomized the type of person he is. he was -- when you walk into his senate office, it wasn't cold or corporate. it wasn't like a lot of senate offices that you walk into. there was just a bustle of activity. and any time you went into to see the senator, you weaved through a thousand different desks and stacks of paper everywhere and people roomi-- p roaming here and there. it was not the most organized office in the world. he was -- a constant -- he was just constantly in motion and constantly moving. i think the one time that i wanted -- i went into his office through the years where there was more of a silence and it was more contemplateive was when i saw him in february -- think it was february of 2017. and it is so interesting when i went to the hill, which i've been going to for 20 years. every time i went to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say who do you want to meet or wh

john: not monroe. in fact, there were times when jefferson would turn to madison, many times jefferson would turn to madison and and ask madison to write something. james monroe would jump in and write something. you could almost see jefferson rolling his eyes at the thought that monroe was writing. he was just not very good writer and did not leave behind anything that was particularly noteworthy. brian: did he write the monroe and what was it? john: i am not sure if he was the actual author whether it was written by john quincy adams or someone else. brian: john quincy adams was his secretary of state. john: right. in the case of paine, it is hard to say because i like everything he wrote. ifo closer to paine then i did to the others because i saw some similarities in his background and my background. he came from a working-class background. my dad was working-class. he was a hard hat. brian: where? john: he worked in texas for a large chemical company. he started in charleston, west virginia. and th

mccain's sons, john and jimmy, jack john mccain the fourth, went to, and jimmy mccain. i read this and it's important to because it's called arizona. it says, i love you arizona, your mountains, deserts and streams, there are two very famous "twin peaks" and "twin peaks" in arizona. and the outlaw i see in my dreams, we will first hear from andrew mccain and bridget mccain and we will hear from the former vice president joe biden and he will talk about, we are told to come up the relationship going back 40 years. he will also have some very funny stories and we will talk to larry fitzgerald, the wide receiver for the arizona cardinals will also speak. it is an amazing tribute to know that there are professional athletes from every sport, from local arizona teens, and the passion that john mccain had for his hometown teams, the cardinals, the coyotes, the sons, and of course the arizona diamondbacks who won the 2001 world series. what is it that you think that john mccain, who planned all this come up with think about ceremonies today? biko he clearly did put a lot of th

john mccain had both. fortunately all of that intensity came paired with a world-class sense of humor. as we all know john really hated to lose. the line he used after his presidential campaign still makes me laugh. someone would ask, how he was coping with defeat. john would say, actually i'm sleeping like a baby. wake up every two hours and cry. seriously it is hard to describe this larger than life figure without lapsing into what sounds like cliches. we've all heard our whole lives about the importance of patriotism and self-sacrifice. but we can not take that culture of commitment for granted. because just like our nation's security, and our american liberty, the very notion that some causes really are greater than ourselves, only survives because servicemembers and statesmen like john mccain will fight and even die to defend it. the bond between john and his country was so deep but of course other bonds ran deeper still. while john's colleagues grieve our own loss, we also send our love and support t

he's john mccain. he passed away on saturday at the age of 81, and he leaves a legacy that's certainly unmatched by any

john: thank you, ashley. president trump canceling secretary of state mike pompeo's trip to north korea next week, saying the trade tiff with china is contributing to problems with north korea. >>> a dozen of the largest tech companies in the country meeting today to prepare for the midterm elections. but they have already taken down hundreds of misinformation accounts originating out of russia and iran. is it too late? >>> the war of words continues between president trump and attorney general jeff sessions. trump telling sessions he should be investigating democrats. we bring you the latest. thank you for joining us. thank you for watching. money, politics. we have the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm john layfield in for liz macdonald. "the evening edit" starts now. john: the dow closing the day up 133 points at 25,790 while the s&p and nasdaq closed at record highs as netflix jumps. more on your money in a second. >>> first, president trump canceling secretary of state mike pompeo's planned trip to

john mccain, there it goes. doug, i want your thoughts as we watch this plane kind of start moving toward the runway. >> i think it's been a gorgeous send-off from the state of arizona. the service this morning, just a fabulous tribute. what he's given to the state and gave in the right way. i think it's worth repeating the research you made earlier. he could have gone after the goodies for arizona. that's not the way he did business. there was a larger purpose, the governance of the united states and things would be right for arizona. that's how he saw it and that's what happened. >> doug, senator kelly ayotte, very good of you both to join us. a remarkable day. my mistake. the plane is not moving. the camera was moving. apparently the plane is still static. so we're still waiting. we're going to take a fast break and come back. if the plane moves, we'll come back. we're going to take a fast break and continue our coverage of john mccain, the tribute to the former senator of arizona. >> many people might wonder

technical sergeant john a. chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactics combat controller attached to i a navy, sea, air and land seal team, conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan in 2002. the helicopter was ambushed causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of combat ants below. the team voluntary reasserted onto the snow capped mountain into the heart of a known enemy strong hold to rescue one of their own. without regard for his own safety, sergeant dhap man immediately engaged moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire directly engaging the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, sergeant chapman assaulted and cleared the position killing all enemy occupants. with complete disregard for his own life, sergeant chapman deliberately moved from cover only 12 meters from the enemy and expose

that never happened with john mccain. everybody was john's friend. and if you didn't agree with him, it was all right with him. and sometimes he, you know, he would boil over a little. but people understood why it happened. >> my thanks to senator bob dole and in this hour we'll have much more on the life and legacy of senator john mccain including his impact on u.s. foreign policy and the indelible mark he left on the nation's capitol. plus john mccain the family man. i'll talk to a reporter that got to visit the grand canyon with the mccain family. and we're following breaking news out of florida where sources tell cnn a gunman killed three people and injured 11 others at a video game tournament. details straight ahead. you're live in the cnn newsroom. hey allergy muddlers. are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec®. it's starts working hard at hour one. and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. what i just introduced you worto my parents.g? psst! craig and

john says, let's go. and we met with dissidents, and john spoke up on their behalf, and thank god we got out of there. >> he believes that human rights are the birthright of all and we ought to speak up for people that are being deprived. i have a daughter in the peace corps in cambodia. he said we need more influence in the united states. john mccain will try to help us. there's just some random guy. some random guy in a rural province in a third world country, knows who he is, knows he'll fight for him. cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from other money managers. fisher investments. clearly better money management. the first survivor of alzis out there.ase and t

technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force , for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactics combat controller attached to a land and air seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, 2002. during insertion, the team's helicopter was ambushed, causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of combatants below. sergeant chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snowcapped mountain into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own. without regard for his own safety, sergeant chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position, despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, sergeant