john mccain has his own tradition. for 10 of the past 11 years, he has celebrated july 4 with troops overseas without a hint of obligation. being among the men and women in uniform is a joy for him and his face lights up. there is a balance to his step. he has said there is no place she would rather the. does trips and all that he often keep him from family and home. to cindy and the mccain children, our gratitude for your sacrifice is an extraordinary opportunity to say thank you to the entire family. in sharing your beloved husband with us, we feel your love of country. you help from uncommon stock. your grandfather served in the navy and your father entered the naval academy at the age of 16 and spent 41 years in uniform. remarkable wartime heroes. you have warned that the cloth of the nation for most of your adult life and yours is an uncommon love and commitment to country with no comparison in modern life. , captain of the united states navy, recipient of the silver star, recipient of the legion of merit, recipie

. >> what is he going to do to john mccain? is he going to send a mean tweet to john mccain? >> i have faced some pretty tough adversaries in the past. >> this is a fight that i think mccain is prepared to take to the president. i don't think the president knows that this is one he doesn't want to take. >> last night at this hour, we brought you the first report of john mccain's speech in philadelphia in which he attacked trumpism last night without ever mentioning president trump's name. and of course, donald trump reacted to that today in his small-minded and always ugly way. and trump himself described his reaction as ugly. before we show you the trump reaction, let's take another look at the portion of senator mccain's speech in which he defined the essence of trumpism while railing against it. >> to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake solve some half baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than so

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. >> john mccain was john mccain first. i'm not saying he was always like this. >> wow. >> he was probably a very good senator. there was even a time and i like him but over the past 10-12 years, he has turned into the maverick that the media love and the reason they love him is because he's always dumping on republicans and the campaign he ran against, barack obama in 2008, that was an utterly lifeless and failed campaign. and i have a hard time thinking -- looking at the situation now and not something that john mccain isn't -- again, john mccain first -- screwing over the president because he accomplished something he could never accomplish. >> legislatively, charlie, what couldn't he accomplished? >> steve: to be fair, legislatively on the things he was able to do, he's been able to do through executive action. for example pulling out of tpp, paris accords, border enforcement, these are all things that clearly are of result -- you can call it nationalist if you want. >> these are executive actions, orders, think that co

john mccain is the son of another man named john mccain, who served in world war i and world war ii and was on the battleship missouri when the japanese surrendered. mccain himself -- senator mccain was tortured for our country. he's an american hero. and for him to call a policy unpatriotic -- he was running against barack obama and never used language like that. opposing him in the election. in fact, back then, there was a woman, remember famously at a town hall meeting for senator mccain who said, i don't trust this obama. i think he's an arab. and i looked it up, and senator mccain said, no, ma'am, he's a decent family man. a citizen i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. he didn't say that about president trump and his ideas today. he called him unpatriotric. it's remarkable. >> that's what a lot of republicans -- i like john mccain, but i can hear rush limbaugh saying exactly what you just said, which is that when john mccain ran for president, he didn't go nearly as hard after barack obama as he goes after his own team. >> because he thinks what the presi

john mccain is john mccain first. i'm not saying he was always like this. for a long time he was probably a very good servant. there was a time that even i liked him, over the past 10, 12 years, he's turned into this maverick that the media loves. and the reason they love him -- >> you can say that about donald trump. >> he's dumping on republicans and the campaign he ran against barack obama in 2008 was a lifeless, failed campaign and he lost and i have a hard time looking at the situation now and not sensing that john mccain isn't, again, john mccain first, screwing over the president because the president accomplished something he could never accomplish. >> what has donald trump accomplished legislatively? >> steve: to be fair, he made the point that legislatively not the case, but on the things that he was able to do. he's been able to do through executive action, for example, pulling out of t.p.p., paris acards, what he's done on border enforcement. all things that are clear examples of -- you can call it nationalist if you want. i'm still waiting to h

president since fdr would have embraced john mccain's words and said, right on. you're saying, you're preaching to the american choir. however, donald trump is a different an massachusetts aima offense to the fact that donald trump was intimating that they are creating a half-baked isolationism that will be dangerous for future generations to come. he felt at this point, he's fighting cancer, he's in that stage right now in his life that he could come forward and tell the truth, speak truth to power. donald trump didn't like it. and he's already warned donald trump, hey, i can fight back, you know. so you may be in the next few weeks or months having a tit for tat going on between trump and mccain. and i give mccain already the bronze star for that fight, because i think he will defeat trump if it gets to being who's right about the democratic ideals are all about. >> and john mccain will be a formidable ally, no doubt, in that debate. douglas brinkley, tim notali, thank you so much to both of you. it's the top of the hour. i'm breanna kieler in for brooke baldwi

john mccain's been married to the same person since 1980. during that time period donald trump has gone through three marriages and one horrible scandal on the front page of the tabloids and he was happy for it. so there's really not anything that's beneath him and that's the thing troubling the rest of us. michael and doug thank you so much. >>> when we come back a 360 exclusive. i'll talk to the attorney representing kaepernick. this is the attorney's first interview since filing this multimillion dollars agreement that points the blame at the president. that's next. alk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. bayer aspirin. we come into this world needi♪ others. then we are told it's braver to go it alone. ♪ but there is another way to live. ♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ ♪ ♪ you nervous? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis? how do you chase what you love do what i did. ask your doctor about humira. it's proven to help relieve pain and protect joints fr

john mccain has his own tradition. for 10 of the past 11 years, he has celebrated july 4 with american troops serving overseas. he makes these trips without a hint of obligation. being among the men and women in uniform is a sincere joy for him. his face lights up. there is a bounce to his step. he has said there is no place she would rather the. those trips and all that he does often keep him from family and home. to cindy and the seven mccain children, on behalf of all americans, our gratitude for your sacrifice is an extraordinary opportunity to say thank you to the entire family. [applause] mr. schultz: in sharing your beloved husband with us, we feel your love of country. senator, you hail from uncommon stock. your grandfather served in the navy his entire adult life, and your father entered the naval academy at the age of 16 and spent 41 years in uniform. both were remarkable wartime heroes. you humble us with your service. you have worn the cloth of the nation for most of your adult life. yours is an uncommon lo

john mccain, however, has his own deeply held tradition. for 10 of the past 11 years, he has celebrated july 4 with american troops serving overseas. he makes these trips without a hint of obligation, being a month our men and women in uniform is a sincere joy for him. up, there's as bounce to his step, an independence day, he has said there is no place rather be. those trips, and all he does in service to our nation often keep them on the family and home. to cindy and the 7 mccain children, on behalf of all americans, our gratitude for your sacrifice is an extraordinary opportunity to say thank you to the entire mccain family. [applause] in sharing your beloved husband and father with the rest of us, we feel your love of country. senator, you hail from on common stock. served ourather navy's entire adult life. your father entered the naval academy at age 16, and spent 41 years in uniform. both were remarkable wartime heroes. u2, humble us with your service. the cloth of the nation for most of your adult life. yours is an uncommon love and

john mccain's been married to the same person since 1980. during that time period trump's has gone through three marriages and one really horrible scandal that was on the front page of the tabloids, and he was happy for it. so there's really not anything that's beneath him. and i think that's something troubling the rest of us. >>> when we come back, a 360 exclusive, i'll talk to mark geragos, his first interview since filing this multiple million dollar grievance, pointing blame at the president. that's next. one-a-day men's. complete with key nutrients we may need, plus heart health support with b vitamins. one-a-day men's. i'm an outdoorsman. so i've asked chase sapphire reserve cardmembers to find my next vacation. chile, what's going on? i'm at the el tatio geysers. geezer. geyser. geezer. geyser. enough. geezer. whoaa, wooooo. dude, be careful. i think you should come camping. why would i camp in the atacama desert? oh... 3x points on travel and restaurants on every continent. sapphire reserve, from chase. make more of what's yours. di

is this going to send a mean tweet to john mccain? does he have any idea who john mccain is? this is the toughest living human being that you can find. but i do think if he picks john mccain as an adversary and he has, i can't think of another example where a man so unworthy has chosen as his adversary a man so deeply worthy as john mccain. >> when we come back, we'll turn to the man at the table investigating donald trump's potential ties to russia and find out where the inquiry stands, stay with us. sarah: every year we take a girl's trip. remember nashville? both: kimchi bbq! amazing honky-tonk! i can't believe you got us tickets! i did. i didn't pay for anything. (sigh) you never do. send me what i owe. i've got it. i mean, you did find money to buy those boots. (alert beep) are you serious? is that why you don't like them? those boots could make a unicorn cry. yeah! tears of joy. (groan) pay back a friend day is october 17th. get the bank of america mobile banking app today. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke as far as i used to. due to afib, a type of irregula

john mccain has always been a maverick. there has a lot of criticism over john mccain. he was never hesitant to go after people in his own party. he's owned the right to have the opinion he has, to say whatever he wants to say because he is a hero, and he served this country honorably. i've had many policy disagreements with kean, but that doesn't take away away from the validity of his criticism of the current president. everything he's saying are things a lot of folks don't have the courage to come out and say, and not enough republicans are willing to say those things. making the distinction about this nationalism populism that's effected the republican party that trump has fueled, and steve bannon has really fueled, is dangerous. it's very dangerous. there's a difference. they're cloaking this as patriotism, and it's not. there's a big difference between nationalism and patriotism. and the tribalism. >> here's the fact of the matter. senator kean was much closer to secretary clinton when it comes to foreign affairs. this global intervention ideology that the senator

john mccain occuies that space. he's in that rarefied group. >> not justus, but people we represent, people we fought with, performed well, in difficult circumstances, pow's perform well over five years, seven years. getting tortured every day with a few that they would never ever go home. those are the tough guys and we all look up to them, and look up to them, because they are tougher than anybody. >> why pick a fight with a former pow member of the senate? >> there's an argument that says, if you're an expert, you're not very good on your feet, and you don't know very much, you'll do exactly that, and i think that's so in this case. it doesn't make any sense to pick a fight with anybody, if you're president of the united states, you're the most powerful person on the face of the earth, and if you have to do that, there's something missioning somewhere, to pick a fight with somebody like john mccain? or anybody in uniform when you yourself have not served, speaks to a certain ignorance that i think is difficult to

we've had health care approved, and then you had a surprise vote by john mccain. we've had other things happen, and they're not getting the job done. >> that criticism came in reaction to his former chief strategist and his pledge to primary republican incumbents next year. >> yeah, mitch, the donors are not happy. they've all left you. we've cut your oxygen off, mitch. >> even as the president echoed bannon credit seek, he also seemed to be looking ahead to his lunch with the establishment majority leader. he seems to be trying to have it both ways. >> there are some republicans, frankly, that should be ashamed of themselves, but most of them -- i tell you what, i know the republican senators. most of them are really, really great people that want to work hard and they want to do a great thing for the american public. but you had a few people that really disappointed us. they really, really disappointed us. so i can understand fully how steve bannon feels. >> he knows how steve bannon feels. well, despite today's positive talk about mcconnell, it's been a preside

what is john mccain doing? this is now second time he's referenced the president not by name, he gave that speech last week. >> what goes around comes around. it's much deeper than that. >> if what we're seeing here is confirmation of donald trump, the president of the united states, who has never had a record of consistent honesty in his life. that too is a fact that holds together so many things, the russia investigation, the widow, what he says publicly day after day, which everyone in the press room, including his press secretary knows are lies. >> i think this is the difference between -- >> but it's really important to go back to basics because every day we have a kind of new standard that gets lower and lower in which we hold the president to less and less accountability. he lies day in and day out. that's what senator mccain is talking about, as well as what you're talking about michael. >> i would say that's a journalistic approach to what donald trump said on the tape. what donald trump would say to t

you are not going to bully john mccain. at this point john mccain could care less. i think he is going to say what he wants to say as we heard last night. i'm sure mccain would say bring it on. whatever have got. >> i guy like connell is encouraging him to work the base and pressure members and all of that. that's good typical strategy when you are the president. this president not only loves twitter, if we noticed, we might be on him about how he deals with the press corps. he takes a lot of questions. we should be happy about that, but he is one insult or one controversy away from doing something that blows away what he is trying to accomplish. whether he lies or takes someone on like john mccain. it always seems to get in the way of what he is trying to push. that has to hurt him. at least prevent him from getting something big done. >> we are numb to this. she threatening to get back at senator john mccain, a republican senator, a veteran, a five-year pow who is suffering terminal brain cancer. >> that would disrespect the military. >> it's the vote he needs the

let's -- john mccain does not need to say donald trump's name. donald trump surrounds himself with generals. his branding is the flag. patriotism. what john mccain said on "60 minutes" is i'm the military hero. >> bone spurs. thank you both very much. >>> next, cnn spoke with isis leaders who said they saw the battleground defeat coming. the next phase of the war, though, is about to begin. wait until you see the money they have. >>> dr. sanjay gupta's "outfront" into heroin addiction. will president trump's wall stop heroin from coming in? >> no, i don't know if we get immediately safer over hard narcotics. >>> tonight, president trump's top general contradicting his boss, general joseph dunford today warning that isis is a, quote, global challenge. days after president trump said, "isis is giving up, they're raise ing up their hands." arwa damon went to speak to isis fighters and she's "outfront" tonight. >> reporter: isis' survival is not tied to the fate of its crumbling caliphate. it planned for this date. isis did calculate one day they wou

he has to work with john mccain. and now it's begun personal and ugly between the two. >> on behalf of the republican agenda if i may, number once, we know john mccain has a history of voting against tax cuts proposed by republican presidents. that's a problem. we know mccain and trump have a history of fighting with each other in a nasty, apparently way. number three, we know the 52-seat majority has be unreliable in passing the trump agenda. number four, we know john mccain cast the vote in the most recent key vote. this makes this feud concerning. the bone spurs, the thing is interesting, but if you're someone who cares about the republican party keeping its promises to the american people, this feud between these two guys is extraordinarily concerning. >> do you really not believe the president lies just regularly? lies i guess means he knows what he's saying is not true. but even just last week saying about his calling about families. now the white house has to play catch up on that. >> i think the american peop

and that is john mccain's view, it has always been his view. and certainly this speech was directly specifically at it president and the views that he has with regard to foreign policy. and the two of them disagree fundamentally on many issues, but hats off to john mccain for taking this opportunity to make his feelings known with regard to our national security and his position given his service to our country. >> douglas brinkly, that blood and soil reference i think was a clear reference to charlottesville and the white supremacists there shouting blood and soil, jews will not replace us. >> well, absolutely. and i think john mccain did us a great service by delivering this speech. it reminds me in a way of dwight eisenhower's fair well address, that someone who has unimpeachable great credentials as a war hero like john mccain and eisenhower are warning our country about this half-baked nationalism going on. and the under mining of international order in u.s. policy. it's great for john mccain. it's going to play well in history. and he con

and john mccain was very tough and you heard it on donald trump. he was equally as tough on barack obama, the sequestration, gutting of the legal department. john mccain is a -- not -- and i think he's attacking both ends. >> dana? >> i think -- i think senator, you certainly were serving in the senate and you were around more republicans who were like john mccain is now, very internationalist. clearly what he has been saying since donald trump became the republican nominee and more so since he's become president, he's very concerned the republican party is becoming much more inward looking, much more national lisk and led by the person in the white house. you're absolutely right that mccain and other republicans and this came out in the open a couple of weeks ago when the former relations chair, bob corker said what he said about the national security team being a steady enforced. mccain agrees with that, he is a very big fan of the -- it is just the president and the rhetoric that he uses that is very concerning to somebody like mccain whose numb

is john mccain right, congressman? >> i think it's kind of a sad statement for this man of john mccain's distinction to resurrect the draft statements during the vietnam war which was a torn period of time. i registered for the draft and i knew nothing about wealthy kids that i went to high school or lived with that were able to game the system and get out of it. was that out there? it was out there. it's always been out there. as you know it's a big issue, 1992, when bill xhnts was running for president. i think to resurrect it without all the facts is inaccurate. i knew of nothing that wealthy kids were getting out of it and the -- what i did know is that vietnam war got everybody studying harder so that you can get your student deferment and that to me would have been the biggest difference between an "a" student or "c" and "d" student or somebody dropping out. but i'm not sure why senator mccain, with his prestige, has decided to go there. it just to me is below him. >> amanda, i with wonder why. why do you thnk jo

bush and john mccain. one man yelled about mccain "hang him." >> is this where we really want to be, america? >> no, it's not. this is the death cry of the republican party. a party that shouts "hang him" for john mccain, a war hero, and boos past presidents, past presidents that i didn't really care for their policies much but still that is a sick, sick party. >> you saw over the weekend mitch mcconnell stand up aggressively to steve bannon. karl rove did it last week. the establishment of the republican party is not cowering in fear anymore. they're going hard after him at the same time this president has this extraordinary on again, off again, but mostly on again relationship with steve bannon. and i think that the tale will be told, to a large extent, on whether bannon's candidates can win these primaries or not. >> you mentioned mitch mcconnell. we have that sound bite. let's take a listen. >> they've been out there for a number of years. they cost us five senate seats in 2010 and 2012. we would have

john mccain and thad cochran. so leaders could get stuck if they're receiving treatment. so there's the wild card of the senate race in alabama. there's a lot of interest in the house and senate and getting moving. the chairman of the ways and means, the house's tax committee says it pivots off of the budget. >> when that is signed, sealed and delivered, we'll announce the date for the tax reform plan and the ways and means markup as well. the answer is soon. this keeps us on the timetable to get this to the president's desk by the end of the year. we know that's an ambitious timetable. we think, look, america is falling behind. people are sick of this tax code. it's time to move. >> kentucky senator rand paul says he's in for tax cuts. the biggest, boldest cuts possible and soon. on the other side, democrats are charging that 80% of the republican tax plan benefits the top 1%. a senate independent member is criticizing the gop budget. >> it's a horrific budget bill and extremely cruel bill. the most unfair budget ever presented in the modest history of our country. at a

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>> and then, of course, john mccain came in and went thumbs down at 3:00 in the morning. i know so much. >> things are strained between president trump and republican senator john mccain. who voted against the president's healthcare proposal. senator mccain unleashed on the leader of the free world at the liberty metals ceremony in philadelphia monday. >> i refuse the obligations leadership and our duty to remain last best hope on earth for the sake of some half baked nashism cooked up by people who would rather find escape to get than solve problems. >> reporter: bob chiefer knows a thing or two about politics in his 60 year career he's seen a lot and he says the spat is concerning >>> john mccain is not afraid of anything. john mccain says what he thinks is best. >> reporter: the president hit back against mccain on talk radio this morning >> you heard what he said yesterday >> yeah, well, i hear it. and people have to be careful because at some point i fight back. you know, i'm being very nice, but at some point i fight back and it won't be pretty >> you know what? aft

in the light, in the fight for his life, john mccain talks about his military career, politics and his newest enemy, brain cancer. >>> and screen time, can you guess how much time young sisters spend in front of computers now? >> and we have more weather from accuweather, ducis rogers with news on the >> white house chief of staff john kelly who lost his son to the war in afghanistan recould wanted what his best friend told him when his son died. >> he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting in into. he knew what the possibilities were, we were at war. when he died, in the four cases we are talking about, he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. that's what the president tried to say to four families the other day. >> members of congress say they are frustrated with the lack of details in niger with john mccain. two weeks after the fact, questions are unanswered. were the green berets properly protected? was their intelligence bad? what led sergeant johnson to had been separated from his team his body not recovered unt

senior senator from arizona, john mccain. a unique voice in the senate for two decades or so saying today he has almost no relationship with the president, a fellow republican. mccain had a lot to say this morning on the view, especially relating to the matter of the ambush in niger. >> werkd not be fighting about a brave american who lost his life serving his country. that should not be the topic of discussion in america today. >> yes. [applause] >> it still makes me mad when i thank that if we all ask to serve, wonderful. but if some of us are allowed not to because of our income or our position or our influence, then that is a zbras. i don't consider him so much as a draft dodger as i feel that the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade their responsibilities to serve the country. we've got to lift the national dialogue. let's stop insulting each other. let's start respecting each other. the point is that we need to have a kinder, more respectful but vigorous debate and discussion, but based on what we want

but john mccain is a hero, right? and john mccain served his country in a way that donald trump could never. the level of self-sacrifice that john mccain gave to this country is something that make donald trump look very small when he attacks john mccain personally. because he'll never measure up. and i think he realizes that, so he tries to fight back against a man who is an american hero, who is self-sacrificed in ways that donald trump could never. >> i can just repeat it again. mccain stands up on the floor of the senate, bad-mouths half of the country and the party in a terrible way. and all trump is saying is people can attack me over and over. same thing with flake. flake can wray book and everybody can say wow, what an interesting book. he says terrible things about the president. >> he doesn't say terrible things about him. >> the president has a right to fight back. that's all he is saying. we're glad we have a president that doesn't sit there and take it from these people that lecture us. sick of it. >> wha

senator john mccain getting in on the skwrult game. blasting wealthy americans who got bone spur deferments for serving in the war. joe johns live at the white house. >> reporter: chris, there are so many questions bubbling up about that ambush in niger as well the american mission in that congress. congress is set to hold its first hearing this day on the issue while many other questions continue about the president's condolence call that started a controversy last week. >> the call was a very nice call. it was so nice. >> reporter: president trump refusing to back down about the nature of the condolence call with the widow of la david johnson. frederica wilson firing back. i'm sick of him giving people nicknames. he doesn't want me to give him a nicknames. >> reporter: shifting the focus back on the investigation into the ambush in niger that killed johnson and three other soldiers. >> i want people to understand what actually is happening in afri africa. this is going to be trump's benghazi, trump's niger. >> reporter: the congressw

this john mccain feeling saying they are not being up front? >> well, erin, i think a mistake was made. they were clearly surprised in an ambush. the intelligence was bad. they shouldn't have been there. there was no back up. the fact contractors had to rescue them, the fact that the french flew over the sight, but couldn't fire, it was a fiasco. they were set up. through command, through the pentagon, people understand this. a huge mistake was made. whose fault was it? the fact that these guys fought heroically and got out of there, the fact somebody was left behind, that happens in the confusion of combat. the question is, who sent them up there and, you know, the president is saying, look, we have defeated isis in raqqah, i have done it, finally, the past administration failed. in fact, isis is very much active and this is something that people aren't prepared to admit in the administration. >> i want to talk more about that in a moment. that's a crucial point. sean, what about the point bob raises. they go into this village and they obvious

>> and then, of course, john mccain came in and went thumbs down at 3:00 in the morning. i know so much. >> things are strained between president trump and republican senator john mccain. who voted against the president's healthcare proposal. senator mccain unleashed on the leader of the free world at the liberty metals ceremony in philadelphia monday. >> i refuse the obligations leadership and our duty to remain last best hope on earth for the sake of some half baked nashism cooked up by people who would rather find escape to get than solve problems. >> reporter: bob chiefer knows a thing or two about politics in his 60 year career he's seen a lot and he says the spat is concerning >>> john mccain is not afraid of anything. john mccain says what he thinks is best. >> reporter: the president hit back against mccain on talk radio this morning >> you heard what he said yesterday >> yeah, well, i hear it. and people have to be careful because at some point i fight back. you know, i'm being very nice, but at some point i fight back and it won't be pretty >> you know what? aft

and john mccain clearly does not think the president is doing a good job of that. he brought up today trump's deferments, the idea that five different times, once for bone spurs, he avoided being sent to vietnam. he has suggested that he wishes things were different in this country, and that president trump conducted himself with more honor and more grace on this particular issue. it goes beyond -- you've heard the quote there that he has no relationship with the president. certainly it's another example of this president not doing the outreach he needs to a member of his own party to get his legislative agenda through. it's bigger than that. this is someone john mccain, who represents things that donald trump does not, and he does so now also on the eve of the president's asia trip where more than any other time he will wear the hat of commander in chief as he goes over there and talks about the threat posed by north korea, as a lot of our allies nervously wait to see if he orders some sort of military strike. one of his stops during his tour will be vietnam. he w

senator john mccain came out, david gregory. look, he's battling cancer and he is speaking his mind. >> right. >> let's just remind people about the message that john mccain is trying to send. listen to this. >> the fear of the world we have organized and led three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems -- >> what do you hear there, david gregory? >> the voice of institutional memory in the senate, a voice of history in our country, a voice that is now completely unafraid of standing outside of the populism of donald trump and essentially saying shame on you. and he's joining other republicans who are doing the same. but that doesn't necessarily change the calculation of steve bannon, of this grassroots work. the president has signed on to say the gop establish

senator john mccain has the maverick reputation. and he never sort of -- >> it's kind of interesting. if you think about it, it increases the hrefrplg that john mccain will have down the road by approving the resolution, by going along with this, somewhere down the vote there will be a 50 vote majority required to win the thing. john mccain will stand in the well of the senate and be able to give a thumbs up or thumbs down on this entire tax plan. it is a very interesting ma tphaouf. >> so let's talk about what this actually might mean. >> it was verified. >> of course they knew. that's a spin statement. we are seeing the same thing on health care and taxes. they saw it is a middleclass tax cut. he puts out punch points on his deal. his punch points. none of them are meaningfully giving vantage to the middleclass over anybody else. same thing on health care. not only will they repeal and replace but it will be better. once again we see even if this new bill to bring back the cost sharing revenue, it just returns it to where it was a

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john mccain is a pow. he was a prisoner of war. he has given service to this country, and he continues to serve. and he is a republican. it does not bode well for this president to fight back against john mccain at this point in time when republicans and democrats are very hurt in their heart about what's happening over these last -- over this last week with the war of words, with various people. john mccain has a right to speak like anyone else, but right now, i guess like you said early on, the president has to take it. >> thank you all. i appreciate the conversation. thank you very much. >>> when we come back, president trump essentially calling gold star widow johnson a liar today. i'm going to ask one of his close friends why the president can't just apologize and let the whole thing go. whoooo. you're searching for something. like the perfect deal... ...on the perfect hotel. so wouldn't it be perfect if... ....there was a single site... ...where you could find the... ...right hotel for you at the best price? there is. because

john mccain is not a hero because he votes yes on something. he's not a hero because he votes no on something. he's a hero because of the years he spent fighting for our country, being shot down, and spends time in a squalid in hanoi. >> providing to other prisoners there, providing amazing leadership as they struggled to get through unimaginable conditions. you mentioned golf, errol and the president spent another weekend at one of his golf courses and he's spent more than 75 days of his presidency at one of his golf properties. the administration won't discuss if he golfs and it's hard on a large, expansive golf course to not occasionally be able to see someone. why so secretive? >> well, i mean, thank god the bone spurs didn't stop him from playing, first of all. look, the reality is it is a terrible sort of graphic that you can show americans engaged in real sacrifice, people doing all kinds of different things to try and advance this country, and the president of the united states in between sending out caustic, irrelevant and sometimes ve

keep going after john mccain? >> it's hard to imagine many people in the white house think it's a good idea for the president to be going after john mccain. i think there's a myth that no one in the white house says no to the president or no one says this isn't a good idea. the president doesn't necessarily listen. i think it precisely was a threat. the thing to keep in mind is senator mccain has been through a lot worse and faced a lot tougher adversaries. he holds where he was sort of the vote that brought it down just as much power over this president in a white house who has a very slim harr gin for error for legislative achievements. i don't mean that john mccain would take a vote to spite this president but he feels liberated to do exactly what he feels is right, is best for the country, best for his constituents. >> he's also not making friend by the vast majority of the senate who have great respect for john mccain. that's at the very least, i would think. let's talk about what you were just saying is if h

and john mccain. [ booing ] >> you heard it. hang him. as politico reported that report, when bannon mentioned that name, someone in the audience yelled "hang him." ken vogel is with "the new york times." carla, it's good to see you again. i haven't seen you since chronicle days. thank you for coming on. could you hear that guy yell "hang him"? >> oh, yeah. this was one of the most shocking things i've seen. i've covered these conventions for almost 20 years. and to listen to bannon mention mccain and that cry of "hang him." i was expecting someone in the audience to respond, to say no, to get up and walk out. there was complete silence, chris. it really showed how there we were in orange county, the birthplace of the reagan revolution. >> true. >> and the 11th commandment, thou shalt not speak ill of another republican, the 11th commandment has been shredded. >> i think it was mccarthy knew he would run against lyndon johnson when he could go any bar in america and not get punched in the nose. now you can go into any trump rally, say som

that's the definition of john mccain. >> john mccain gets the liberty medal here tonight on independence mall. we'll have the full story for you on "action news" at 11:00 monica. >> thank you, jim. we'll look forward to that. the liberty medal ceremony will stream live on outer loop web site 6abc.com starting at 7 o'clock tonight and you can see the liberty medal presentationtation here on 6abc this sunday at 1:00 p.m. >>> come up local activists calling on people to boycott nfl games this weekend and new coach new smile. thousands of children in the philadelphia region got a brand new jacket just as the temperature is set to drop. cecily. >> that is perfect timing with the jackets because a cold front moved through and this sets the stage for frost advisories across a large part of the midatlantic and the northeast. get ready for the coldest night of the season. i'll have all the details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> ducis rodgers with sports and much more when "action news" continues in a moment. >> ♪ do your research.nd. find the best fit. why not do the same for your prescr

so, john mccain is here to get this award. we thought it was going to be a lovefest with him and joe biden. he shows up, and he makes some remarks, and then the president responds. we'll let you hear some of what they said, and then there was more to come in the week. let's get started with this. >> to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last, best hope of earth for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems... >> and, indeed, speaking of "not pretty," shortly thereafter there was a back-and-forth between the president and a democratic congresswoman from florida over his condolence call to the widow of one of the soldiers killed in niger. and, also, we heard from two former presidents, former president bush saying this later this week, that it was "time to reclaim our identity," talking about casual cruelty. "nationalism distorted into nativism." president obama, campaigning for democrats in virginia and in

they had heard from john mccain but they hadn't heard from the president. so there's clearly a problem here, and it may be bureaucratic. it may being the white house doesn't have the back up that it needs to figure out how to do these things appropriately. and on top of that, of course, you have a president who can't help but brag on himself and say i did it better than obama and other presidents where i made calls and they didn't and of course they did. you have the white house scrambling to make the president a truth material when in fact he isn't in this case and it makes a bureaucratic problem become a real political problem. not to mention the personal problem it is for mrs. johnson who felt heard by the president of the united states and he continues to get into an argument with her. >> just explain how the white house staff tried to fix this. if your piece you write about how they scrambled to try to make what the president said true. >> well, they just wanted the information about the 65 americans that sung to the e-mail was condo lessons letter sin

in the light, in the fight for his life, john mccain talks about his military career, politics and his newest enemy, brain cancer. >>> and screen time, can you guess how much time young sisters spend in front of computers now? >> and we have more weather from accuweather, ducis rogers with news on the predators, when "action news" continues? just a moment. ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best things in life keep going. that's why i got a subaru, too. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. >> white house chief of staff john kelly who lost his son to the war in afghanistan recould wanted what his best friend told him when his son died. >> he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting in into. he knew what the possibilities were, we were at war. when he died, in the four cases we are talking about, he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. that's what the president tried to say to four famil