s ultimate goal we'll tell you what he said just ahead then senator john mccain goes rogue again overseas his trip to ukraine is the latest of the senator traveling the trouble nations to exert foreign influence on the maverick and is their super war coming up. the u.s. senator releases a report on wasteful federal spending the waste book two thousand and thirteen covers everything from military spending to tax breaks for brothels an in-depth look at government waste later in the show. it's wednesday december eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. and we begin with a developing story the white house today released a report written by a review board set up to investigate possible n.s.a. abuses now that report includes forty six specific recommendations to reform the n.s.a. in light of what we've learned since the edward snowden leaks began in june recommendation one was to limit section two fifteen of the patriot act forcing the government to submit focused requests for data rather than bulk collection the review board also called on the n.s.a. to trans

and senator john mccain goes rogue again overseas is trip to ukraine is the latest on the senator traveling to troubled nation is to exert foreign influence more on the maverick and his thirst for war coming up. in the past decade newspaper circulations have faltered now a gallup poll shows that only twenty three percent of americans have any confidence in newspapers this while the current owner of the washington post offers his cloud services to the cia more on these developments later in the show. it's wednesday december eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin with breaking news the white house has released a report written by a review board set up to investigate possible n.s.a. abuses it included forty six specific recommendations to reform the n.s.a. recommendation one was to limit section two fifteen of the patriot act forcing the government to submit focused requests for data rather than bulk collection that's important the review board also called on the n.s.a. to transition away from story data on its own to having that data stored b

so pretty simple is john mccain the foreign policy kiss of death. yeah i would say pretty much a man if nothing else he goes into a country he opens his mouth and he gives a local authoritarian regimes great cover to say their local nationalists look i'm being leaned on by the us you know this is what set up an area obvious we don't want to go in mccain's direction even when he's right by accidents he doesn't they're always a bull in a china shop so he does an enormous damage at that around the world well mccain isn't the only one who sort of subscribes to this belief lindsey graham is with him on a lot of these issues and connecticut's democratic senator chris murphy when with mccain to ukraine this week how is this hyper interventionist ideology still legitimize despite its disastrous effects that we've seen over the last several years because more than anything it plays to the local t.v. audience and plays the media the united states i'm not even sure that it's intended to that effect on the international stage and certainly it's counterproductiv

senator john mccain win on what is famous or infamous diplomat. yet remain with opposition leaders and protesters and push for closer ties with the european union. mccain whether the state department likes or not has become a maverick ambassador to the world in recent years though often with not so satisfactory results. is that the whole highs are points of the suite in the wire when john mccain comes to town talking freedom disaster ensues. most recently mccain is in cairo august following an egyptian military coups since the protests continued in the country as most violent crackdown. now the former democratically elected president on a more student is facing terrorism charges that could result in his execution. also mccain visited syria back in a word he met with the rebels and became the biggest supporter of arming the opposition in the steering civil war. since then that opposition has been rapid and far more aloe radical elements of the opposition are exerting more and more control in initiating violence within the ranks. mccain also met wit

john mccain is a cliche, he writes, no one has been prerp traitor of more myth making than john mccain. war hero bent on tran skending the call of self-interest to serve a cause greater than himself, sore loser, old bull, last lion, loose cannon, happy warrior, elder statesman, lion in winter, you lose track of which mccain cliche is operational at a given moment. at this particular moment mccain is playing several roles, fighting for the soul of the republican party, jetting off to the ukraine in syria, very much considering running for a sixth senate term in 2016 and apparently now leading yet another legislative battle, health care. yesterday in a surprise move during mccain's preferred crowded hour, a moment of character testing, the senator took to the floor to introduce his very own repeal and replace obama care. >> i don't think there's any doubt in the majority of americans minds that obama care is a failure and the american people do not believe in it. it is as some of us fought it day after day on the floor, an experiment in social engineering, a redistribution of the wealth.

well it's not the first protest aimed at regime change where senator mccain has popped up here he is embracing ukraine's aren't revolution almost a decade ago he was a frequent flyer to georgia another former soviet republic which saw a color revolution mccain is friends with its now former president mikhail saakashvili who after coming to power move swiftly to crackdown on protests against his own administration we are of spring of course didn't escape the attention of john mccain he supported protesters on egypt's tahrir square and also in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in its civil war as for syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates for america to start bombing the regime and are being its rebels international relations professor marks the border says the u.s. senator demonstrates a highly selective approach when it comes to anti-government anger. senator john mccain hasn't shown any such concern for occupy wall street protesters when they were brutally repressed in the united states and driven from zuccotti park and from the main centers of american

mccain's been involved of course it's not just him we saw victoria nuland as well and having her say look like a government official say didn't it why is america so interested in what's going on in ukraine right now that. what i what i can't understand is how on earth ukrainian government would allow foreign officials to come in and actively support those who are trying to overthrow the ukrainian government you know can you imagine that happening in the united states can you imagine if president putin came to the us during the occupy wall street rallies and encourage people to overthrow the government and how long would that be put up with not at all so i was i often wonder what's wrong with you on a covert charges why does he let these people into his country almost certainly go to not nearly as he thinks it's free free speech everyone's got a right to have their say. but even in the u.s. if you're calling for the violent overthrow of your government you can you can be certain you'll find yourself on the wrong end of a police baton you know what's interesting about someone like mcca

shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with as he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater trans-atlantic community and he like many a western officials is viewing through this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geo politically weakened state. political turmoil a crackdown on the protests an economy in limbo life in egypt is no is why just ahead a look at what happened to those dreams of the dreams rather of those who took part in the arab spring uprising almost three years ago plus. no one welcome for new members as immigration and finance drives a wedge through the european union. if you leave the. economic up and downs in the final month they belong to the new york sang i and the rest because i was doing the case you will be every week. prevails sleep peacekeepers for a program of concerned with monitoring peace deals in a post conflict environment nowadays they are increasingly asked to operate in a high risk obama while believe vio

kiev starting up the trouble there is senator mccain clearly belongs to the school of u.s. foreign policy in the world in all its complexities and challenges it is used to join with movie so these are the people that we're up against the danger for us is not so much the rebels on the ground who are being held or cli resisted and defeated as i speak by the syrian army and its allies but these politicians who are in charge of our foreign policy this is quite staggering jihadi groups have united and created the so-called islamic front are we seeing a possible solid base of forces here and if so i mean what impact do you think they could have if any. well the consolidation is being driven by who know if stepped into the breach. a clear with us policy of conciliation towards iran. from mounting a full scale military intervention in syria recently has just mentioned so there's no stepped into the breach be over see believe we can fund as insurgency years with huge resources so this is driven as a c. from riyadh they want to shift to console additional forces those recently contro

he told me that mccain is simply doing his job. what's interesting about someone like mccain is he goes over to ukraine and he are siding with these people are often very violent calling for the overthrow their government has a genetic in ukraine is to say mrs has been his agenda for decades you know he's the chairman of the international republican institute. as an organization and in geo that is funded solely by the us government and its purpose is to change regimes overseas in a kilt this is nothing new he was very active in the nineteen nineties by in places like albania and slovakia of bulgaria and elsewhere. he is up. he is a person that is in charge of love changing regimes. still at the program this morning that crushed hopes of those to a coming of age now we knew of this disillusionment among the country's image. how the honor of spring turned out to me that made going out is to get over liverpool the story coming up shortly i'm thankful for the crunch it is to avoid all the student protest is making some heavy handed tac

remember john mccain's media conference in kiev was rich in loud statements thinly veiled warnings to moscow we need to make it clear. to the russian government and latin your putin that interference in the affairs of ukraine is not acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country in the world followed by explain. the threats to kiev if the movement membership and he does not achieve that is going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in u.s. trained relations he accused russia of interfering but many questioned why he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen playing a visit to those the united states is currently lending its support to he had a photo op with some syrian rebel kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician and mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine his appearance that gives independent square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters the reason they are there is bluntly because i think these people want to de

senator mccain says the u.s. will not stand by and allow the ukraine government to brutalize it's own people. >> these people love the united states of america. they love freedom. and i don't think you could view this as anything but our traditional support for people who want free and democratic society. we are not talking about military action. we are not talking about blockades. we are talking about the possibility of sanctions if they continue to brutally repress their people. >> mccain calls the uprising in the ukraine an incredible display of patriotism. >>> helicopters dropping barrels filled with explosives on residential neighborhoods killing dozens of people, including 16 children in syria. >>> appears contact sports like football and hoik aren't the only ones causing brain injury. nearly one year after he committed suicide at the age of 36, researchers say former big league baseball player ryan freel had cte, he is the first major league baseball ever diagnosed with the disorder. he was a fearless play

we do join mccain's media called friends and tube was reaching mild statements. in the veiled warnings to moscow we need to make it clear the russian government revenue from invading interference in the affairs of ukraine is not acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country and world gold quite explicit threats to kenya with the movement and membership in the eu. she is caught is going to have very curious effect here in ukraine. and you ask. korean relations. he accused russia of interfering with many questioned why he was there in the first place. it's not the first time join mccain hasn't seen paying a visit to both the united states is currently lending its support to the other photo op with some syrian rabble kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine. his appearance acute independence square was preceded by us assistant secretary of state accordion door and handing out takes to the protest is getting to know that in probably because i think these people wanted

has there been a real it's not the first protest aimed at regime change with senator mccain's popped up in the not here is on the screen behind me embracing ukraine's orange revolution almost a decade ago that was he was also a frequent flyer to georgia to another former soviet republic of the revolution and became friends to this day with the now former president because saakashvili who after coming to power move swiftly to crackdown on protests against his own administration mustn't forget that the arab spring didn't escape attention either john mccain supporter protesters in egypt area square also too in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in the civil war and so to syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates for america to start bombing assad's forces and bring its rebels down with adam z's executive director ron paul institute he told me that mccain is simply doing his job. what's interesting about someone like mccain is he goes over to ukraine and he is siding with these people who are often very violent calling for the overthrow of their government his a

mccain: could i just interrupt, my friend? i forgot one aspect of reining in behavior that is the most egregious -- their sponsorship of hezbollah. there are 5,000 hezbollah from lebanon sponsored by iran that are killing syrians as we speak at the bidding of the ayatollah and maybe rouhani who is supposed to be a moderate. mr. graham: i think what you have just described, the litany of chaos and mayhem spread by the iranian regime, that you knew probably better than anyone because you spend so much time there, it is hamas -- i mean hezbollah, but also hamas. they have actually -- they are all in, the people who create the biggest upheaval for israel. they are all in for their buddy, the butcher of damascus, without iran's support, one of the most evil people on the planet wouldn't have a chance. don't you believe, senator mccain, we're in a proxy war between us and the iranians in syria, and that if we don't -- and our actions towards we're going to use force, we're not going to use force, assad is winning, that our policies

involvement in its civil war syria didn't escape either the mccain turret she was among the most vocal advocates for america to start bombing the regime and arming its rebels. well back to ukraine again as the e.u. and antigovernment protests in the capital are rumbling on they're becoming a source of conflicting media reports too early we spoke to graham phillips he's a british journalist living in kiev he wrote an article on what he calls the mythical mantras of the protest movement. ukraine's our most popular band ok an l.c.d. a good performance there and it's become very can be to conflate the numbers in attendance in that crowd with protesters i think it's become quite fashionable to it's almost become a festival what we're looking at is a very pleasant to use or by a definition have you seen the pictures as we only have a protest as we all need weapons for a change to tear gas attacking police since they themselves have received an injury they switch over from effectively terrorists to becoming innocent protesters what we're really looking at is a picture of quite ambiguous count

it's not the first protest over regime change where senator mccain's popped up either here or on the screen see him bracing ukraine's orange revolution in its tail most a decade ago he was also a frequent flyer to georgia another former soviet republic that saw a color revolution to mccain's indeed friends with its no former president mikhail saakashvili who after coming to power then swiftly moved to crackdown on protests against his own administration and the arab spring didn't escape attention either john mccain supported protesters on egypt terry square and also in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in its civil war plus two involvement in syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates for america to stop bombing the regime and arming its rebels. now that back to crane for a moment as the pro e u n antigovernment protests in the capital rumble on the becoming a source of conflicting media reports tonight earlier we spoke to graham phillips he's a british journalist living in kiev who wrote an article on what he calls the mythical mantras of the protest moveme

mccain says the u.s. could take action against the ukrainian government we do not want to impose sanctions it is not our desire to do show but obviously the american people would want to react. to support the people of ukraine in case of violence and that's just what we have done you know other cases throughout the world. before mccain the murphys arrival assistant u.s. secretary of state victoria nuland handed out stats on kiev central square on wednesday but what are high profile american and european politicians doing there among the protesters legal experts and blogger alexander mccord has told us why he thinks these officials are constantly turning up in ukrainian capital. but the reason they are there is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters and here they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the bonds between the ukraine and russia economically a

shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with is he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater trans-atlantic community and he like many a western officials is viewing through this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geo politically weakened state. political turmoil a crackdown on protests and an economy in limbo life in egypt is no easy just ahead as we take a look out whether the dreams of those who took part in the arab spring uprising almost three years ago. plus. no warm welcome for new members as immigration and finance drives a wedge through the european union. the . economic ups and downs in the final months the on the deal and the rest because it's going be casey will be if we told me. one of the wonderful strong arming allies the new knowledge base i describe you know both. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today i'm sure. you know more you know i mean people name is ali baba. going to a mobile solti. sadly i've got a

shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with is he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater trans-atlantic community and he like many a western officials is viewing through this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geopolitically weakened state political turmoil a crackdown on protesters and economy and a limbo life and it is no easy ride just to add we take a look at whether the dreams of those two card in the arab spring uprising almost three years ago came true plus. warm welcome for new members as immigration and finance drives a wedge through the european union. will be the. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style seinfeld's that's not on. the books. and markets finance scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines joining to cause a report on. to be told language. programs and documentarie

and with john mccain, i think you're right. when he did face a challenge he moved very far to the right on things like immigration that he had long stood for and he's taking a courageous stand, a principled stand. it may look a little different but i'm still glad that he's there to support some sanity at this moment. >> and mcconnell would have voted for this if he wasn't running for re-election. they did something very smart. they didn't want to leave it at just 60 because each one of the republicans who voted for it could have been blamed as being the deciding voter who made this happen. >> right. >> so mcconnell made sure that there was enough of it well over 60 so no individual could be blamed for this and mcconnell made sure it passed. most of the people who voted against it very much wanted to see it passed. >> don't forget this got a bunch of republican votes in the house. >> yeah. >> 169 republicans voted for this in the house and that's been a heavier lift for anything that wreaks of compromise. so i do think that they

senator john mccain is in kiev and joins us now. senator, you actually went out and talked to the protesters this morning, and urnalled them to keep pushing for closer ties with the west. why do you think this is important enough to u.s. interest to go to kiev, this morning? >> i think, bob, there's no doubt about the strategic and geographic and every other aspect of ukraine, it's a large country, it's a cultured country, it's the he beginning of russia which a lot of people don't know. and what's happening here is not only desire to be part of the european union, which makes them look to the west and not be coerced in to the customs union that the russians and putin are trying to push them in to bought they're tired of corruption, tired of a bad economy because of that. they really want change. that change epitomized by a turning to europe and relationship with europe that they think would benefit them and their lives. >> schieffer: are you concern thad this could make tensions between putin and the united states worse. >> well, i

the most famous, of course, john mccain. john mccain came with a message of u.s. support. what he essentially told the crowds here on independence square is that america stands with it, and it also told them that they should be moving towards europe. that europe was their future. now, russia is not going to like that message at all. russia is saying this procession of western diplomats through the ukraine is the west meddling in ukrainian affairs. it went down very well with the people here. they were cheering thank you, thank you usa. >> rory, well-done. a difficult report to deliver over the loud noise in the background. >>> history was made last night in the sports world. this year's heisman trophy winner was the second freshman ever to win the prestigious award. >>> a humanitarian crisis in central african republic. they're being critical of the slow response to the crisis. >>> as we mentioned earlier in the broadcast, south africa buried nelson mandela today marking the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner turned president who transformed the nation. here's

mccain addressed thousands of protesters sunday. they're angry at the president's refusal to sign an agreement with the european union and instead focusing on russia. mccain told protesters the destiny you seek lies in europe. mccain also spoke out sunday on robert levinson, the american held captive in iran for seven years. the associated press reported last week he was working for the cia on an unapproved mission. the cia did not tell the truth to congress about levinson. the senior republican senator said he doesn't think there is any doubt about whether iran knows levenson's fate. >>> the world lost a legend of the silver screen. peter o'toole died saturday at the age of 81 despite a film career full of highlights like the "lawrence of arabia "oiflt he never won an academy award. o'toole received an honorary oscar in 2003. he said always a bridesmaid, never a bride, my foot. i have my own oscar with me. it will be with me until death do us part. >>> another acting giant passed away this week, joan fontaine known for her hitchcoc

i think john mccain is with them. i want to check and see how far that extends to the united states. >> i think as tom said it's hard, we have it in our. >> dan: to love the protesters in the cold, that's what mccain was talking about. ultimately it's really the european union's fight not the united states' fight. very difficult to imagine scenario which the threats that pout is in making about withholding frayed agreements and what have you are able to be resisted. putin is railroad irresistible. >> the american people are emotionally with the ukrainians. i think the obama administration i can like a lot of issues, seems less interested in engagement. the perfect example is 2009 in iran when there was the green revolution, obama administration was very hesitant to say you guys are standing for what we stand for. i think today i think senator mccain is on to something. i think that people proceedesters look to america for moral leadership on these issues. it's a complicated issues. russia and eu plays primary role but

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senator john mccain joins other american and e.u. politicians who are putting their full support behind ukrainian opposition. also this week syria is shaken by another wave of atrocities islamist rebel forces are said to have massacred dozens of civilians in the latest in a series of attacks. and desire to exit its three year long bailout program the prime minister thanks citizens for their resilience but warns the economic situation won't change overnight. i welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now a senior official has tweeted that trade dealing with ukraine have been frozen because demands are unrealistic but ukraine wants official confirmation of that message sent by and large commissioner stephan fuel. has more. well we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union particularly doing eastern direction with the staff and feel able to weed out more on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the kremlin president and government re

. >>> john mccain said the u.s. could take concrete action against the ukraine, that is if its government cracks down on dissent. in the capital of kiev on sunday. they are angry at the president's refusal to sign an agreement with the european union and instead focusing on russia. in support, mccain told protesters the destiny you seek lies in europe. mccain also spoke out sunday on robert levinson, the american held captive in iran for nearly seven years. the associated press reported last week he was working for the cia on an unapproved mission. mccain told cnn the cia did not tell the truth about levinson. the senator said he does not think there's any doubt about whether iran knows levinson's fate. >>> the world has lost a legend over the weekend. british actor peter o'toole died saturday at the age of 81. despite full career highlights like the epic 1962 "laurence of arabia," o'toole never won an academy award. after eight nominations and zero awards, o'toole received an honorary oscar in 2003. o'toole quippin

rory, why is senator mccain there? >> reporter: essentially what john mccain is doing by coming here to ukraine, he's showing exactly both sides, and clearly the u.s. is on the side of the protesters here in independence square. he was giving them a very, very warm message of support and saying that the people of the united states stand with the protesters who have been out here on the streets of kiev for weeks now. now, of course, this sort of message is not going to go down well with russia. russia thinks that western diplomats coming to ukraine is meddling in ukrainian sovereign affairs. the people here liked it very much indeed. there were chants in the square here of thank you usa just after john mccain spoke. he also -- after he had been on stage here, he had a few words to say for the journalists. let's listen to his message. >> i'm looking forward to meeting with our opposition leaders tonight and tomorrow in the square, and i'm proud of the people of ukraine and their steadfast efforts for democracy. >> rory,

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it would be fair to say there is no reaction other than perhaps a written statement from senator mccain who has been bashing president putting for years since he wrote this russian president vladimir putin's announcement today that he may pardon me the surprising and welcome news well first of all send a mccain misinterpreted the president's announcement a little bit it did not say he may pardon he said part of the u.s. media said that the decision had to do with the olympics this late for example ran an article saying that it's because of pressure from the u.s. that president putin his pardoning of the cost but again no official comment here in washington. or let's take a deeper let's talk to political analyst john laughlin dr joy joining us here live for the breaking news on r.t. international thanks for coming on so quickly john first the amnesty from the russian president regarding pussy riot and the greenpeace activists this being announced yesterday in the past twenty four hour i suppose twenty four hours or so now now we have called the course of his pardoning after a decade in j

senator mccain, an our to have -- an honor to have you with us. [applause] >> well, thank you, fred. thank you for the kind introduction. thank you for your wise advice and counsel that you always provide me on transatlantic issues. i want to think damon, i want to thank all of you of the atlantic council, which is now, i believe, one of the premiere intellectual leaders in foreign policy and national security, not just on transatlantic but on global issues. i'm very happy to have those kind words. thank you for not mentioning that i ran for president. i appreciate that. as i've often said, after i lost, i slept like a baby, sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours, wake up and cry. i also thank you again for your warm words, given the approval rating of congress, in case you missed this now, 9%. i have a line i use all the time that we're now down to paid staff and blood relatives. and that's pretty clever line, but i received a phone call the other day from my mother, who is 101 years old, and we're now down to paid staff. so, -- [laugh

but back to what you were saying, senator mccain? >> it just gives -- gives raul some propaganda to continue to prop up his dictatorial brutal regime. >> was it propaganda when president george w. bush talked oil prices when strolling hand in hand with the saudi leader? gee. they seem pretty chummy. how about the time donald rumsfeld extended a hand shake to saddam hussein. that's a nice, firm hand shake right there. but this is about more than just gop hypocrisy and the party's real leader let it out of the bag today. >> there are a lot of people trying to say ah-ha, it proves president obama is a socialist. we don't need him shaking his hand to know this. >> that's what it's about. that's what this is about. this whole charade is about painting our president as a socialist, as the other, as someone who pals around with terrorists. and what makes those attacks so ugly is that today was about something much bigger. it was about celebrating a life that was above that pettiness. >> it took a man like madiba to free not just the prisone

us tennis until mccain joining other american and eu politicians who are putting the full support behind the train you know positions. also this weight syria is shaken by another place that the prophecy is on its rebel forces had massacred dozens of civilians in the lake system a series of attacks. design and is set to execute the ailment ii program the prime minister's insistence of every city and billboards that the economic situation when challenge i've been on. the another honor to our new books new week again in actual already know that the top stories from the nuanced setbacks. the icu official tweaking the trade deal against nations that occur with the crying hugging friends and because kids demands are unrealistic but ukraine wants official confirmation of that message sent by nineteen commissioner stephen fuel bill atr ships in a small. we have a statement by one of the appeal. who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union to be doing. the directors and staff aboard a boat or on his dislike of the white coated words and deeds over the ukrainian president the gover

dan asked john mccain this question, do you think the straight talk express could no,t today, and mccain said there is no way. the reporters are too young. there is no filter. every little gas -- gaffe will make it out there. i talked to john todd about this, who said there might be somebody to crack the twitter code. reporters who are evolving will maybe be a little more forgiving if a candidate says something off-color, and we realize that was just a little bit of a slip up. you not worry about that. we are not going to tweet that. the other is to just shut the media out completely. , andmpletely barraged them we will not be able to keep up, and that maybe another way. one other point i make in this paper, which i think is important in 26 teen, looking at the people who might run, jeb bush, hillary clinton. i mean, jeb bush's last statewide campaign was 2006? no, 2002. hillary clinton? look. a lot of reporters covering politics now were not even in elementary school when the clintons were in the white house, so they do not necessarily hold the clintons in the same esteem the way a lot

senator mccain, it's an honor to have you with us. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for that kind introduction. thank you for your wise advice and counsel that you always provide me on transatlantic issues. i want to thank all of you of the atlantic council, which is now, i believe, one of the premier intellectual leaders in foreign-policy and national security, not just transatlantic, but on global issues. i'm very happy to have those kind words. thank you for not mentioning that i ran for president. [laughter] i appreciate that. as i often said, after i lost, i slept like a baby. sleep two hours, wake up and cry. [laughter] i also thank you again for your warm words, given the approval rating of congress here in case you missed it, it is now 9%. it is a line i use all the time that we are now down to paid staff and blood relatives. i received a phone call from my mother who is 101 years old. we are now down to paid staff. [laughter] thank you. i'm pleased to have the opportunity to be here. as mentioned, last weekend, i went to the ukraine with my friend

before mccain's arrival in kiev assistant u.s. secretary of state big story noland handed out snacks on maidan square on wednesday but what are high profile american and european politicians doing there among the protesters legal experts and blogger alexander mccord has told us why who thinks these officials are constantly turning up in the ukrainian capital. but the reason they are there is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters and here they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the bonds between the ukraine and russia economically and culturally ethnically and simply too strong and i think for american politicians and indeed european politicians to go to the ukraine and to try to do that is actually very unwise and very dangerous and he simply exacerbating making worse the differences the divisions in the ukraine which are already very great and you can read more about mccain'

please join me in thanking senator mccain for his time. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> i was a donor to marco's table, like so many of your viewers. i would do the annual of things we care about because they were important to us as we grew up. issues that we cared about because they matched our broader believes. communityyers in our doing good work every day. martha's table delivered hot meals to the park outside. van every night and i would see the lines of people there every night and i that it was volunteer- driven. 10,000 volunteers. working steve on -- hard- staff and they had enormous influence in the community that they were serving. why wouldn't i join that organization? betterld i understand why do we have this issue, persistent child poverty, why do we have so many children who are not graduating high school and going on to college and being able to have a career the way i was able to. >> the president and ceo of martha's table. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> this was a deliberate move to simply end with a controvers