a funeral and we have to say that he was not close to either of them they were his rivals george w. bush was his republican rival in two thousand primaries and. democratic for in the two thousand and eight federal elections but these two men who men who dashed his dreams of the white house to speak here is sending a message not only to his fellow republicans democrats to all americans that it's important to put. country over party that it's more that unifies that separates them all right i'd like to bring in tyson who's here with me in studio obviously tyson we've heard glowing. things being said about this man mccain but obviously he did have critics as well what did they have to say well i mean you had critics from the right and the left from the right people so the. he was a rhino a republican in name only that as it was mentioned that he put sometimes country before party but he wasn't a loyal party hollower and sometimes he would defect from his party beat on torture be it on campaign finance reform the most importantly on immigration where he really tried to forge a compromise

bush administration gave us the trump presidency. if you had a george w. bush administration that had been more mindful of some of this dislocation caused by permanent, normal trade relations with china, if you had a bush administration that, when it was approaching the immigration issue, didn't say, "hey, the answer is, we need a large guest worker program," if you had a george w. bush administration that was a bit more mindful of the interests of blue-collar voters -- not just republican blue-collar voters, by the way, but writ large, then you would have had a very different politics in the subsequent decade. so, i've got to say, i have a huge amount of respect for my friends and colleagues, people i've read and admired for a very long time, but until you acknowledge that, "wait a second." it really was the kind of past of conservatism that contributed so much to the fact that a lot of conservatives found themselves turfed out and marginalized in this new era. >> reihan, thank you for coming on "firing line." i appreciate you being here. >> thanks for ha

president george w. bush and former president obama we heard from bush he praised john mccain for his courage and decency he said that he was very often frustrated by the senator and what he had to say but at the same time he made him a better man so it was a very porous powerful. we also heard as you said from president obama. when he was asked by john mccain to speak here today he was sad and surprised a little bit because he's he was his political rival in the two thousand general election but he of course thought that it would be to speak here today and then he joked seeing that john mccain is no probably laughing that both his political rivals bush and obama are speaking very talking telling very nice things about john mccain but president former president obama's speech was also sort of political when he said that john mccain fought against a habit of bending the truth because it. tarm the u.s. democracy when he said that john mccain championed the three a free and independent press it could be. in

remember him from the george w. bush era? elaine chow. she was labor secretary under george w. bush. now she's transportation secretary under donald trump. george w. bush's deputy chief of staff was joe hagan. donald trump hired the same joe hagan for the exact same job last year. so on the planet, where the trump administration is just the next republican administration after george w. bush, it was a bit of a yawner when trump announced that his latest nominee to the supreme court would be, surprise, a bush guy. and probably the most bush guy he could have found. dating back to the year 2000 when the bush campaign dispatched this guy to work on the florida election recount. the following year brett kavanaugh land ad primo position working in the george w. bush office. he was later promoted to white house staff secretary. that is a crucial but influential position in which he mlgd the flow of all documents across the president's desk. brett kavanaugh was there at the closest range during the george w. bush years for a lot of those years. by the time he was nominated to become a

president george w. bush. both of these gentlemen were competitors and rivals and sometimes serious rivals of the president. i don't know how john mccain got over the treatment he got at the hands of george w. bush back when he lost the fight for the nomination back in 2000, especially what happened in south carolina, but he has gotten over it. he picked him to speak today. he also has barack obama who put him out for the presidency in 2008 and he's also speaking today, as meghan mccain who has been crying all morning here. we've been watching that. his daughter is going to be speaking today as his fellow amigo as he put it, joe lieberman, a democrat who he wanted to put on the ticket with him in 2008. maybe we should go back to steve for a thought on that. was that a real possibility that he was going to break all protocol and run a bipartisan ticket for president and vice president? >> sure was, chris. it came very, very close to happening. he wanted to pick joe lieberman and basically the message of the cam

president george w. bush and barack obama paid tribute to the late senator john mccain they say the man they both defeated to win the white house may both of them that the president. you think you for joining us thousands of protesters have been taking part in rival demonstrations in the eastern german city. over the last few hours far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti migration. silence this evening come to demonstrators have already been gathering in the city. broke out at demonstrations earlier in the week spock by a stabbing of a german man two suspects syrian man and an iraqi were arrested in connection with the killing. let's now bring in correspondent seana chill some people who is in kenneth social demonstrations from both sides of the divide can you tell us what the situation is like at the moment. yes there are thousands of people gathered here behind me the protest here has been organized by the right wing f d party and the anti islam biggie to movement now the

you know former presidents barack obama and george w. bush are among those who are also expected to give tributes here alexander what does this tell us. well i think that this is very telling that it was john mccain himself who explicitly asked former presidents george w. bush and barack obama to deliver at his funeral although he was not close to any open to them. asking them to speak here but both men who actually dashed his dreams of the white house is very telling and we can it's you that it was supposed to send a message to mccain's fellow republicans but also to democrats and basically to all americans a message of how important it is to cross. across the aisle across party lines how important it is to put country over party because that is something that mccain believed it's the best way of serving us interests and yet beyond this skill in spite of these skills tyson he somehow managed to fail on his two bids for the presidency where did he go wrong well you know he had been in politics for a long time and he came you know rose to

former presidents barack obama and george w bush will give eulogies. there will be political friends from bush will give eulogies. there will be politicalfriends from both sides. but it is worth remembering that he did have some political enemies and those came from the left and the right. of course, there will specifically be some shadow, i suppose, because the president, donald trump, will not be there. he was a man who wasjohn mccain's political nemesis in recent years and there were people who did not see a lot in each other. —— they we re see a lot in each other. —— they were people. others feel strongly thatjohn mccain should be remembered in the most sincere way possible. i think that will take place today. we can see some of the scenes taking place inside the national memorial. people have already been arriving. over the last few hours. the ceremony itself is set to start within the next 45 minutes. this is the last, the final public sendoff. his burial to take place tomorrow. yes, there will be a private service tomorrow that takes pla

george w. bush. and laura bush who did pay their respects to john mccain in recent months at cottonwood. hillary clinton, al gore. jon karl, as we see everybody coming, he was a great drinking buddy of hillary clinton. >> yes, he struck up something of a friendship with her in the senate. they joined forces on a couple of causes. i wouldn't say it was an incredibly warm relationship but it was a remarkable one. she came in under extraordinary circumstances, obviously, the first former first lady of the united states to be elected to the united states senate and she set out to kind of charm john mccain and to court him and to ask his advice when she first came to the senate. >> we see there former vice president dick cheney, the president's national security adviser john bolton along with senator clinton there. boy, terry, it's hard not to address the elephant in the room as we see those former presidents there, as we see the president's staff, as we see george w. bush, as we see laura bush, glaring i

smu at that point was preparing to open up the george w. bush library and the george w. bush institute. they had decided to create a brand-new institution to study the presidency, especially as an academic counterweight to the political think tank on campus. i do not mean to suggest these are equal in weight, but they wanted something purely scholarly. when the opportunity arose to create a new center from scratch , that was something i had to jump on. brian: president bush was here in 1998 when he had his book about foreign policy. about to run some video george bush talking about the power of the oval office. i know we are jumping way ahead. but when we hear him talk about this i want your reaction. >> every president would confirm that experience. i'm going to tell this guy off, i will get him, then they go in and there is something about the office itself and the respect all americans have for that office where you do not feel like calling out the president or taking him on the way you told your colleagues you were going to. brian: what do you see their? china,el: wh

former us presidents george w bush and barack obama will deliver eulogies at the national cathedral. president trump has not been invited. official documents reveal that hm revenue and customs uses a traffic light system to rate the tax arrangements of people nominated for an honour. the united states ends its funding for the un's palestinian refugee agency — deeming it irredeemably flawed. more misery for northern rail passengers as more than two—thirds of services are cancelled — in a dispute over driver—only operated trains. a memorial service for the american senator and vietnam war veteran john mccain isjust getting under way at washington's national cathedral. the former presidents barack obama and george w bush will lead the mourners during the ceremony. todayis today is a day full of ceremony and thatis today is a day full of ceremony and that is obvious even when you take a look at the washington national cathedral. all of this funeral was planned byjohn mccain himself. he had of course been suffering from brain cancer and he was very aware of his own mortality. and

bush and michelle obama share an you are watching george w. bush slip a piece of candy to obama.e he only slipped her one candy. michelle obama shared an unlikely friendship, and the internet is happy about it. >> now that i get to see the video, that's actually coming from laura bush, the candy. >> i do want to know what kind of candyy 91 degrees is the big number we're talking about, because we are inching into a bit of a warm and hot zone, then we cool down an a little bit by labor day. don't worry, it will still be sunny outside. >> big question, with the candy in the wrapper, you have to be worried about the noise. >> it was a mint. >> thanks so much for join bein us, "saturday night live" is next. >> you're watching iraqi state television -- your only alternative. >> hello, and welcome back to continuing coverage of the 2002 iraqi presidential election.we r hands tonight. and so far, it shows few signs

i visited with the george w. bush a few days, talked about brett. he put it simply brett kavanaugh is a class act. and endorsing brett conformable to president bill clinton bob bennet called him a strong advocateet of decency and civility. by the way, of all the attribution to appoint a judge what could be more important than good judgment? but definitely showed good judgment in marrying ashley. so did she. and they are a great family. it's wonderful to have their daughters, margaret and liza with us here today. brights parents are also here. that's a special appropriate since brights first introduction to block it from listening to his mom, practice closing arguments at the dinner table. she was afi trailblazer. went to law school at age 34 and eventually became a trial judge. wright has said to him, martha kavanaugh will always be the true judge kavanaugh. during the process of st. louis more spirited discussions about brett legal flossie and his experience and background as a lawyer at a judgment i quite a bit it already today. and theyy should b

presidents george w. bush and barack obama paid tribute to the late senator john mccain they say the monday both difficult to win the white house made both of them better presidents. and thank you for joining us thousands of protesters the taking part in rival demonstrations in the eastern german city of kenneth's far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti migration. marched in silence this evening demonstrators have already been gathering in the city broke out of demonstrations early in the weeks by a stabbing of a german man two suspects a syrian and an iraqi were arrested in connection with the killing as no bring in correspondent who is in chemist's so shallow demonstrations from both sides here what exactly is taking place in chemist's right now. good evening yeah the protest has largely dispersed now you're joining me it was a purchase that was organized by the far right of tea party and the anti islam movement now protesters here have been told by police that they need t

both president trump and george w. bush appeared to lack empathy. president trump tossing paper towels to a crowd in a relief certainty and bush flying over new orleans on air force one instead of viewing the damage from the ground. and in both storms federal and local leaders blamed each other. >> president donald trump taking aim at san juan mayor after her public plea. >> i am done being polite. i am done being politically correct. i am mad as hell. >> the challenges that we face on the ground are unprecedented. but there is to doubt in my mind we'll success. >> 20,000 people are coming here. they're not here. it is too dog gone late. now get off your as and let's do something and fix the biggest [ bleep ] crisis in the history of this country. >> you can't put a price tag on the loss of life but the damage in dollars for hurricane maria is estimated at $90 billion and for katrina $125 billion. it took a decade for some part of thes gulf coast to recover and there is no telling how long puerto rico will need help. but one thing both storms proved

bush and george w. bush." mark is a commentator for abc news, good morning america, and "this week." and finally, our third panelist is stewart mclaurin. his 30-plus career in washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, the american red cross, and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming me -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark updegrove, and stewart mclaurin. [ applause ] >> thank you, bob, very much. and i would also lake to recognize gael west on our board of directors and teresa barrett, the wife of our other board member, john barrett, who couldn't be with us today. wonderful board members and anita is on our board. and these men and women give extraordinary leadership, guidance, and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, non-partisan partner to the wh

george h. w. bush did make the request for the fbi to reinveste then the nomination process got back on track. of course supreme court , two nominations during george w. bush, justice roberts and then harriet miers was nominated and that had to be pulled back. i remember watching the alito hearings in my office and seeing seeing martha alito crying and then mrs. bush calling her and saying, it is going to be ok. this is politics. this is what people who go into public service unfortunately have to put themselves through. i hope that it doesn't keep people from being willing to serve their government. when you hit a crisis in a nomination, of course it is important for all hands to be on deck. everybody needs to be in the room together. it is a war room situation. but, the one thing that has been absolutely consistent, both from the white house and that dr. ford should be heard. the other point is that brett kavanaugh has said i want to uphold my integrity. host: again, twitter available to you if

i visited with george w. bush a few days ago. we talked about brett. he put it simply. brett kavanaugh is a class act. in endorsing brett, former lawyer to president bill clinton, bob bennett, called him a strong advocate of decency and civility. of all the attributes you look for in a judge, what is more important than good judgement? brett definitely showed good judgement in marrying ashley. so did she. and they're a great family. it's wonderful to have their daughters margaret and liza with us here today. brett's parents are also here. that's especially appropriate since brett's first introduction to the law came from listening to his mom practice closing arguments at the dinner table. she was a trailblazer. she went to law school at age 34 and eventually became a trial judge. brett said to him, martha kavanaugh will always be the true judge kavanaugh. during the process of this hearing, there will be more spirited discussions about brett's legal philosophy, experience and background as a lawyer and judge. i heard quite a bit of it already today. and there should be

george w. bush, laura bush, the obamas, the clintons. and there you're looking the a number of trump administration officials. director of national intelligen intelligence, economic adviser, ambassador john bolton, national ppresident.viser to the and of course, john kelly, chief of staff there, longtime friend of the mccain family. ivanka trump along with jared kushner, family members of the trump family, personally representing him and former vice president al gore. former defense secretaries panetta and ash carter there, who served in the administration. leon panetta served many roles, cia director as well, longtime congressman. the voice you were hearing earlier with the opening prayer is the right reverend mariann edgar budde there at the national cathedral, beginning the ceremony. ♪ >> of course, henry kissinger, former secretary of state, national security adviser, someone whose fate was very much intertwined with john mccain. he, of course, negotiated the end to combat in vietnam in 1973. and john mccain recalls thanking him af

george w. bush and barack obama and they did today. >> i want to say amen, brother. i feel like you just took me to church, tim. but it was so powerful to watch the service because it was just one of those moments. i mean really the service in itself was a moment i felt like in this country. but it was so striking the mesening in contrast to what we've seen in our political dialogue and just society right now, the divisiveness we have. of course president trump was not there. how unusual, how unprecedented is it for the sitting president not to be invited to the funeral of a member of his own party? >> well, i think i want to dwell today on the unprecedented nature of two presidents from different parties kwraoeulogyiz same man. they both of the -- to have two men of different parties that both fought mccain and beaten mccain too, have them speak was about something bigger than party and that was the point, which is we can fight but at the end of the fight we're still americans. we trust and respect each other. we shouldn't be so petty that we never can embrace the o

hw bush and george w. bush. mark is commentator for abc news. good morning america, and this week. and, finally, our third panelist mclaurin. he's president of the white house historical association. his 30-plus year in washington has been in senior roles, georgetown university, red cross and motion picture association. he also worked with the reynold reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming today's panel. anita mcbride, mark updegrove mclaurin.t [applause] >> thank you very much. and i'd also like to recognize the wife of our other board member barrett that couldn't be here today. wonderful board members. and anita is on the board. these men and women give extraordinarily guidance and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961. we are honored to be conceiver this site summit this he can -- let's dive into lbj. mark your leadership with the , lbj foundation monday would have been

. >>> george w. bush, his was classic w today. take a listen. >> for john and me, there was a personal journey. our hard-fought political history. back in the day he could frustrate me, and i know he would say the same thing about me. but he also made me better. in the end, i got to enenjoy one of life's great gifts -- the friendship of john mcand i'll miss him. moments before my last debate ever with senator john kerry in phoenix, i was trying to gather some thoughts in the holding room. i felt a presence, i opened my eyes, and six inches from my face who was mccain who yelled, relax, relax! [ laughter ] john was above all a man with a code. he lived by a set of public virtues that brought strength and purpose to his life and to his country. he was courageous, with a courage that frightened his captors and inspired his countrymen. he was honest, no matter whom it offended. presidents were not spared. >>> that relax aneck dote reminded everyone, of course, that mccain had a great and sometimes wicked sense of humor. >> there's so

george w. bush and barack obama. amid moments of humor. >> from trouble making plebe to presidential account. he confronted practices and policies he believed were unworthy of his country. to the face of those in authority, john mccain would insist we are better than this. america is better than this. >> reporter: but the personal tributes came at the sharp critique of today's tribal politics. >> trafficking and bombast and insult, and phony controversies and manufactured outrage. it's a politics that pretends to be brey and tough but in fact is born of fear. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. >> reporter: despite deep differences over politics and policy and obama said there were many with mccain, he still fostered a sense of american unity. >> when all was said and done, we were on the same team. we never doubted we were on the same team. >> reporter: while trump's name was never spoken, his absence was an unmistakable undercurrent. mccain made it clear he didn't want

presidents barack obama and george w bush were among many dignitaries who said goodbye at an emotional service at washington's national cathedral. karin kay-fa has the story. former president barack obama said that john mccain understood that some principles transcend politics and some values transcend party. mccain's service here today saw two eulogies from two former political rivals, obama and former president george w. bush and brought together some of the biggest names in both parties to reflect on mccain's legacy.for the final time in public, america said goodbye to arizona senator john mccain. former secretary of state henry kissinger: john mccain was one of those gifts of destiny.saturday's ceremony at washington's national cathedral included remembrances by two former presidents and political rivals president george w. bush: some lives are so vivid it's difficult to imagine them ended. some voices are so vibrant and distinctive it's hard to think of them stilled. president barack obama: we come extraordinary man, a warrior, a statesman, a patriot, who embodied so much that is

to eulogize him he invited 2 men from the white house, george w. bush and barack obama. amid moments of humor. >> from trouble-making plebe to presidential canned zblat praise for mccain's core beliefs. >> at various points throughout his long career, john confronted policies and practices that he believed were unworthy of his can't. to the face of those in authority, john mccain would insist we are better than this. america is better than this. >> but the personal tributes came with a sharp critique of tribe balance contrast. >> insult and phony controversies, and manufactured outrage, it's the politics that pretends to be brave and tough but, in fact have born of fear. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. >> reporter: despite deep differences over politics and policy, and obama said there were many with mccain, he still fostered a sense of american unity. >> when all was said and done, we were on the same team. we never doubted we were on the same team. >> reporter: while trump's name was never spoken, his absence was an unm

presidents barak obama and george w. bush are leading tributes to the career politician and the vietnam war veteran again died of brain cancer on august twenty fifth people in power is next. desperate for a safer more prosperous life for millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes the dreams have come true sometimes disenchantment until stability have driven them home in the second of two films in these conflict experiences people in power has been stricken beaten or disillusioned for them like us a trying to persuade others from falling into saying oh oh.

about 27,000 documents relating to kavanaugh‘s time working for former president george w bush are being protected under constitutional privilege. let's cross now to washington where i can speak to our correspondent chris buckler. tell us more about brett kavanaugh, and what these documents that president trump is not willing to disclose, what they might contain. brett kava naugh has disclose, what they might contain. brett kavanaugh has been donald trump ‘s mike real choice become a supreme courtjustice. trump ‘s mike real choice become a supreme court justice. he trump ‘s mike real choice become a supreme courtjustice. he is regarded as conservative, and democrats are concerned that could push these are being caught further to the right. that is something they have been talking about at length. they have been going back and looking at the background of brett kavanaugh to did work for george w bush during his time in the presidency. mr bush's lawyers have been going through hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, looking at what brett kavanaugh was involved then, comments mad

president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer a bomber and bush praised him as a consummate statesman who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain. long serving senator an american war hero lies in states. becoming the great and the good from across the political divide paying their respects. by his own account john was a rebellious young man. in his case that's understandable what faster way to distinguish yourself when you're the son and grandson of admirals then to munich. eventually though he concluded that the only way to really make. his mark on the world is to commit to something bigger than yourself and for john that meant answering. the highest of calls. serving his country. in a time of war mccain's family emotional and his daughter

at the way chairman chuck grassley has treated acuments as senior official in the george w. bush administration and a former assist and and close friend of calf mau and the attorney for several figures to sort through the papers to decide which should be released publicly i can only imagine what that was like. quote not guilty, smoking gun, not guilty, smoking gun. thousands of documents were declared confidential and withheld although they were relevantd extremely top ekes such as torture during terror y. the secrecy. why the. bass they are to protect the counselt from special robert muleer's investigation. he guess on this morning. you can find that globulin at the u.s.a. today website. al prank in who served on the us thoughts ong the process that played out over the last couple of days. democrat's line. hi. >> caller: hi. good morning. let me -- i wish he everybody crying especially the republicans about judge kavanaugh. ok. ok. one thing is when you, when you got your job,n did you have to go through work backgroundriminal checks? yes. yes. you had to do that to get the

what the white house and the george w. bush administration are saying is that they should be protected because they were part of deliberations, because they were part of -- they're characterizing them very broadly, citing attorney/client privilege, citing communications privilege, deliberative privilege, things that are so broad it's hard to know exactly what all is being held back. but we know lots are being held back. they're saying anything brett kavanaugh might have done on judges, because he was in the white house counsel's office when several individuals were chosen for very important federal appeals court, and then also for the supreme court during some of his tenure. i have to tell you that when john roberts was up for confirmation, he had also worked in the white house counsel's office during the reagan administration, and several of his papers on those exact same issues were made public. >> so the democrats are arguing unnecessarily too much is being withheld, and this represents a lack of transparency. so how im

the instinct of the george w. bush white house, investigate it. don't assume it's true, don't assume it's false. and look at this case, where we are today despite repeated requests of the white house and the republicans from the federal bureau of investigation to look into this matter, despite repeated requests of them to ask the fbi to do this, they've refused. the republicans refuse an investigation of the charges by dr. ford. dr. ford has called for the fbi to investigate her own charges. they refuse. if they truly believed that there was no evidence, no witness to back up the charges of dr. ford, wouldn't they obviously have called the fbi and said, do your job. find what you can and we're confident at the end that judge kavanaugh will be exonerated, but they haven't. they haven't. and despite all the calls for fairness, fairness over and over again by senator mcconnell, fairness would dictate that a nonpartisan investigative group like the fbi look into this matter and come to conclusions, whatever they may be. i listened as senator mcconnell

only he and george w. bush as he did athe mccain memorial speech last weekend feel they can explain and kresse their -- express their concerns. the risk, of course, is if he overplays this, it bomes a midterm election about two presidents and not about congressional and gubernatorial candates all across the country. pete: is there concern some places where he might do damage? >> exactl we are already hearing some say we welcome obama as aharacter, as a person in the 2018 race and while the house, a lot of the territory is favorable to the mocrats, particularly a lot of the districts that hillary clinton won in 2016. we've talked for the last year and a half about how difficult this senate map is for the democrats. 10 states that trump one, some in double digits in 2018. n,nator manhe democrat up in november won't even say whether he voted for obama in 2012. if obama does become a larger figure in the 2018 race,t could become difficult for a lot of democrats. >> obama will focus on house and government race

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george w. bush's view, because this is not the first time a u.s. president has ripped up and withdrawn from a deal that you were involved in, that democratic presidents were involved in. george w. bush famously pulled out of the talks and negotiation with north korea back in the early 2000s, which led to the nuclear capability they have right now. president trump and at the time george w. bush believed that they were tough, that they could rip up these deals and make better ones. that isn't the case, is it? >> that is not the case. in fact, when people talk about soft power, really diplomacy is about being tough and smart. hillary clinton used to talk about smart power all the time. it's also tough power. you have to be ready to walk away. you have to be very clear about what you want and go for it. but again, be ready to say no, not going to cross that line, not going to go down that road. i think the best negotiators are the ones who have clarity, persist, but also understand the stakes and t

worked in the white house for george w. bush and has now 12 years on the bench. now critics the democrats have said that means they haven't gotten all the documents they want. all that time in the white house. here is what the chairman of this committee chuck grassley said this morning. >> it's equal to or more than all five supreme court nominees prior to him. so we've got more documents on this person than anybody else in the history of the supreme court nominees. >> as you know, republicans hold the slightest edge here now in the senate and when they get to the floor there are two senators everyone will be watching on the gop side senators collins and murcowski want somebody who will recognize abortion rights. they're going to be respectful of the roe versus wade precedent. keep an eye on them. they haven't said where they're going yet. the aba gave a unanimous well qualified rating to judge kavanaugh. not one discenter. schumer and leahy have said that's the gold standard. hopefully they will cast their vote for judge kavanaugh. >> shannon. >> let's bring in

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former presidents barack obama and george w. bush eulogized mccain at his request. here is president obama's speech in its entirety. >> to john's beloved family, mrs. mccain, to cindy and the mccain children, president and mrs. bush, president and secretary clinton, vice president and mrs. biden, vice president and mrs. cheney, vice president gore, and as john would say my friends. we come to celebrate an extraordinary man. a warrior, a statesman, a patriot who embodied so much that is best in america. president bush and i are among the fortunate few who competed against john at the highest levels of politics. he made us better presidents just as he made the senate better, just as he makes this country better. for someone like john to ask you while he is still alive to stand and speak of him when he is gone is a precious and singular honor. now, when john called me with that request earlier this year, i'll admit sadness and also a certain surprise. after our conversation ended, i realized how well it captured some of john's essential qualities. to start with, john l

former presidents barack obama and george w. bush eulogized the senator... the two men who kept mccain from becoming president himself. after all what better way to get a last laugh than to make george and i say nice things about him to a national remember him as he was, undimmed, unequal. the mourners invitation only... they ranged from presidents... to comedians and congressional colleagues... to president trump was pointedly not invited. but first daughter and trump and husband jared the service.daughter meghan he was a great great american, i admired him for things, but i loved him because he was a great father. senator mccain's final resting place annapolis, maryland at the u.s. naval academy. that private ceremony will take place on sunday. reporting in washington, morgan wright. (jrs) feeding the hungry. the way one man is giving back to the homless in the easy bay. (justine) one california girl is flying high for her dream. we take a look at how she got the opurtunity to have her dream job for the day. (jrs) coming home.

the applause there for george w. bush as he finishes his eulogy at john mccain's funeral mccain wasn't necessarily a hero to everyone we heard from they'd be who is a political analyst and author of the struggle for iraq's future and he told us john mccain use the conflict in iraq to further his personal ambitions in relation to his positions on iraq are specifically he was broadly speaking very off the mark most of the time if not even all the time i mean first of all he really bought into the narrative about weapons of mass destruction when the bush administration back in two thousand and two in two thousand and three was making its case people like me and others could clearly see that there were huge problems with the narrative about weapons of mass destruction of so many holes in this story that were simply not credible but senator mccain bought into it. back to the funeral service for john mccain for president barack obama is now speaking as a mr bush rose and secretary clinton. vice president biden vice preside

bush and george w. bush." mark is a commentator for abc news, "good morning america," and -- finally, our third panelist is stuart mclauren. he's president of the white house historical association. his 30-plus year career in washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, the american red cross and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan se centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark, and stuart. >> thank you, bob, very much, and i'd also like to recognize gail west on our board of directors and teresa bar et. these men and women give extraordinary leadership, guidance, and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan partner to the white house, and we're honored to be the convener of this presidential site summit this week. today, we're going to talk a littl

also on the program at a memorial service in washington former presidents george w. bush and iraq obama paid tribute to senator john mccain who died last week it made us better presidents they both said. hello and welcome one is christopher spring a good to have you with us here in germany the eastern city of kennett's was again the scene of demonstrations and counter-demonstrations today far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti migration a.f.d. gathered for what they called a silent more march of mourning for a german man who was stabbed to death in chemists last sunday counter-demonstrations also converged on the city to support an anti racist pro diversity stance tensions were high off the violence broke out at demonstrations earlier in the week. two suspects a syrian and iraq you know arrested in connection with the killing on august twenty sixth. and standing by for us in camden it's very close to where that stabbing actually took place you know we shot that child some people charlotte six days since that fatal stabbing of a german

also on the program at a memorial service in washington former presidents george w. bush and barack obama paid tribute to senator john mccain died last week and he made us better presidents they said. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a thanks for joining us here in germany the eastern city of ken that's has again been the focal point of demonstrations and counter-demonstrations sparked by the killing of a local man last week two asylum seekers are in custody news that one of them could have been deported two years ago fuelled saturday's anti migration protest but that was met by counter-demonstrators supporting an anti racist city stance. the far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti immigration a.f.d.c. paraded through came nits in what they called a silent mourning march for a german man he was stabbed to death in the eastern german city last sunday by the fellow. i'm here because we are no longer prepared to accept incidents like these in germany where murders are committed by people who should already have been deported