♪ ♪ >> good morning, and we start with a fox news alert. arizona senator john mccain has passed away at the age of 81. >> the senator, a war hero and former presidential nominee, using his year-long battle with brain cancer. >> on friday senator mccain's family announced he was discontinuing treatment. he passed away just days before his 82nd birthday. >> good morning, and we have, obviously, a sad day but also a day we look back and remember really a remarkable legacy of service. the entire mccain family,

we've been talking about it overnight in our breaking news coverage. john mccain, 60 years of service including his military time, his time in the u.s. house, the u.s. senate, of course, a presidential candidate nominee twice, in 2008. but his father and grandfather were also navy admirals. he was a navy fighter pilot, obviously, a p.o.w. in vietnam for five and a half years. just a remarkable legacy of service he leaves behind. griff: it is a morning to wake up and be grateful that we had such a patriot and the remarkable things he did that embody and personify the american spirit. tucker carlson did an obit package, and he looks back on the legacy of senator john mccain. >> john sidney mccain iii was born on a military base in the panama canal zone. mccain's grandfather accepted the imperial japanese surrender

in tokyo bay in 1945. his father, also a four-star general, later commanded all american naval forces in the pacific. after graduating from episcopal high school in virginia, mccain followed their lead, entering the naval academy in 1958. by the time the war broke out in vietnam, mccain was an aviator. in june of 1967 he nearly lost his life for a third time. a rocket aboard the aircraft carrier he was on went off accidentally and struck his plane as it idled on deck. 134 senators died, but mccain rolled through the flames to safety. >> i felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out, so i probably reacted a little more quickly than those in the planes near me. some of those in the planes near me didn't survive. >> four months later, his luck ran out. on october 26, 1967, during a

daytime bombing mission over downtown hanoi, mccain's plane was hit by a missile he later described as a flying telephone pole. mccain landed in a lake in front of thousands of angry north vietnamese civilians, one of whom stabbed him in the groin with a bayonet. they dragged him in chains to prison hate arer dubbed hanoi hilton. to this day, there's a statue of john mccain on the lake where he was shot down. >> he was terribly injured; fractured arms, broken knee, left arm was out of the socket. he had not been fed, and basically heavens starving to death -- he was starving to death. >> mccain's captors soon discovered he was an admiral's son, and they offered him early release. mccain refused. he spent the next three years in

solitary confinement being tortured with ropes. the experience pushed him repeatedly to the edge of death. he was sustained by fellow american prisoners with whom he communicated by tapping in code on the walls of the prison. one of those men was bud day. >> bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and the toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> mccain was finally released in 1973 to a hero's welcome back in america, but his health and his marriage were permanently damaged. to the end of his life, he could never fully raise his arms, and though as a rule he never mentioned it, he sometimes needed help to brush his hair and dress. in 1981 he retired from the navy and moved to marry cindy hensley. encouraged by ronald reagan to run for congress, mccain spent two terms in the house of

representatives before being elected to the senate in 1986. mccain held that seat for 31 years. he became one of the most visible politicians in america, famous for his subversive sense of humor and his savage temp ther. after -- temper. mccain developed into a champion of campaign finance reto form. the mccain-finegold law a passed in 2001 is maybe his signature legislative achievement. although less well known, mccain also spent decades working on behalf of american indian tribes and airline deregulation, two of his personal passions. in 1999, mccain began a run for president. he crisscrossed the country in an aging tour bus. a star struck press corps were yawed by the reckless, exuberant way he ranch for a brief period, it looked like mccain might win the nomination.

he beat george bush in the new hampshire primary, but his seat of the pants challenge collapsed soon after, and he conceded in march of 2000, returning to the senate. mccain soon emerged as a leading voice on american foreign policy. he helped lead the charge for george w. bush's invasion of iraq in 2003 as well as for the bitterly debated troop surge in that country several years later. at the end of bush's second term, mccain once again announced his candidacy for president. this time he won the nomination. in a surprise move at the republican convention in minneapolis, mccain introduced his running mate, alaska governor sarah palin. he later conceded he barely knew palin. in the end, unified media support for his opponent and a historic financial collapse that voters blamed on the republicans proved insurmountable. mccain's concession speech that year revealed as much about him as anything he ever said in

public. beneath the aviator's bluster and his legendary temper lay a bedrock of decency and a total commitment of good manners in the face of defeat. >> senator obama and i have argued our differences, and he has prevailed. no doubt many of those differences remain. these are difficult times for our country, and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. >> back in the senate mccain retook his place as the most powerful voice for new conservative foreign policy, expanded american military commitments abroad, nation-building, the spread of democratic government. he rallied for military information in libya against gadhafi, he pushed for political reform in egypt, he called for regime change in syria. he became one of the few elected officials willing to argue for more american troops in iraq and afghanistan. even as he remained ferociously hawkish on foreign affairs, mccain -- like his hero and

friend mo udall -- moved studily leftward on domestic matter, notably immigration. by the time the republican party nominated donald trump, mccain seemed close to a complete break with his own party. he he pulled his endorsement of trump and became one of the new president's most persistent critics. for a man battered in his early decades, mccain spent the second half of his life in hale health. he kept a travel schedule that would have exhausted athletes. his final illness, an incurable brain tumor, could not be stopped. as news of his cancer was announced, mccabe's colleague -- mccain's colleagues argued that congress was losing a singular man. >> you are defined by your courage and redeemed by your loyalty. courage and loyalty, i can think of no better description of the man we're honoring tonight, my friend john mccain.

>> the one thing that i like most about john mccain, he doesn't run away from the shortcomings. when you balance out john mccain's life, it's something we admire. i don't know about you, but i feel like i've been very lucky to have in his shadow and to be his friend. >> john mccain is survived by his wife cindy, seven children and his mother roberta who's 106 years old and every bit as tough as her son. ♪ ♪ ed: it's wonderful that tucker ended on roberta the mccain who is 106 years old, still alive. i think about cindy mccain, his spouse, who's also a very strong woman and fights human trafficking all around the world. she has issues she cares deeply about and has not just been, quote-unquote, a political spouse. and i think about all the children, but especially meghan

mccain, a very strong woman just like you are. >> and she is, and clearly her father's daughter in that regard. this package was so beautifully done, and i think probably john mccain's finest moment was that concession speech with barack obama. i think he set the standard of how to concede of after a tough the, hard-fought election. and that really touch thed me. he famously once said what have we to lose by trying to work together to find solutions? we're not getting much done apart. kind of simple talk that we really need right now at a time when we need to bring our country together. with regard to meghan, you know, one of the things we don't hear a lot talked about with him is his really remarkable consistent pro-life record. that's something that meghan also is championing. and something we done hear much about, but she is one of the greatest voices for life in the

millennial generation. and her father's record on life, boy -- ed: sure. there's a lot of layers to the story. give grif in arizona late last night a procession near senator mccain's ranch to honor senator mccain. >> and soon americans will have the opportunity to pay their respects. iowa liberty a shah acuna is in phoenix with more. >> reporter: good morning to all of you. as you would expect, multiple services and ceremonies are expected to honor the late senator john mccain. here in his home state there will be church services, and he will also lie in state here in the capitol building. not long after the passing of this american hero, we saw a motorcade leave his family ranch in cornville, arizona. that is about 90 minutes north of phoenix. those who knew him know that that home was a sanctuary to mccain and his family. he represented the people of arizona in washington for 36 years, and when news surfaced of his passing, some paid tribute

outside his home and the mortuary where his body was brought last night. from here, the nation will have the opportunity to pay its respects. senator mccain is expected to lie in state in the capitol rotunda in washington. that will happen later this week. after that he will receive a full dress funeral service at the washington national cathedral where vice president mike pence is reportedly going to attend. mccain will then be laid to rest at the cemetery at the u.s. naval academy at annapolis. this was a wish that he expressed sometime ago, that his final resting place be his alma mater. his father and grandfather, both four-star navy admirals, are buried at arlington national cemetery. back to you guys. ed: alicia, we appreciate your reporting. griff: thank you, alicia. you know, as alicia points out, senator mccain will be only the 29th person in history to lie in state.

he'll be take into the capitol rotunda as we saw with reverend billy graham. he lied in repose, which is just one level below state. but to see him honored with that flag and the honor guard that will stand guard around him for 24 hours as he lie there is in state is really something because of what he meant to the military and thousands of young people that look back on what he did in vietnam and the really defiance that earned him the nickname "maverick" in the senate. ed: absolutely. and there'll be all kinds of tributes and remembrances, and we're going to talk to a lot of his friends and others who will help us remember. we are going to talk to someone who met senator mccain nearly 30 years ago when he volunteered to drive her for him. the lessons learned as we honor the senator this morning on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪ >> i don't mind a good fight. for reasons known only to god, i've had quite a few tough ones

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♪ ♪ ed: the nation mourning the loss of senator john mccain while also paying tribute to his decades of service. >> our next guest knows firsthand mccain's devotion as a public servant. give give longtime friend and former driver of senator mccain, john cates, who also an arizona state legislator, joins us now. good morning, sir, how are you? >> good morning. ed: john, we got to know each other a few years ago covering

arizona politics, we have some mutual friends, and i remember you telling me you met john mccain as a volunteer driver for him, and it really was an incredible education about the world of politics. >> yeah. i found the best way to know the senator was to drive him each and every day. i was an assistant the attorney general, a weather man on channel 12 here in phoenix and the driver for senator mccain in my 20s. and i continued to do that all the way through our relationship over time, when he was running for president of the united states, i would fly in different locations and drive him around because it's the only time that i got to spend real personal time with him and to talk about the family and issues -- ed: and what was he like when he's in the backseat and you're driving him? for our viewers that didn't get a chance to meet him, what was he like when he was in the backseat, joking? family? >> he was never in the backseat. [laughter] he was always in the front seat, and he was always tell thing you how to drive. [laughter] the thing about john mccain is

that he was a amazingly interested in the people around him. so i always felt from the day i met him -- i was introduced to him true congressman tom ridge who i had worked for in pennsylvania -- and from the day i met him, he called me johnny. we were friends. i found that he was really open, caring, hard working and an intentional listener. so when you had something to say that was important, he was there to listen and to care about what you had to say. >> john, i'm the wife of a politician, the wife of a congressman, so i know exactly what you're talking about the, that the staff often wants to be in the car because it's only time they can get his undivided attention. and really some personal moments with him. tell us a little bit, we're hearing about his legacy as a politician, as a statesman, as a military man, but what can you tell us about, john, about john mccain as the husband, the father, the friend? >> well, andy mccain's a friend of mine and cindy, deeply

devoted to his family, that's for sure. you know, i'll tell you, i love those moments where the chips were down, where the chips were down either personally or professionally. i could tell you the story in 2008 just before the new hampshire primary in december he was in sixth place. we held a fundraiser for him in arizona. only his oldest friends showed up. we raised $20,000, and it was his biggest fundraiser three and a half weeks before the new hampshire primary. he said, johnny, do you have anybody that could come to new hampshire? because we've had to let staff go, we are -- [laughter] running a skeleton crew here, and i sent an apb out to my friends and employees and sent a friend of mine who was in his 20s to new hampshire. the kid gets off the airplane, is pounding in signs the first day, and a week later he's the east coast new hampshire campaign director. [laughter] ed: big promotion. >> yeah. and then three weeks later john

mccain wins the primary, and i see his name clint, i see clint on fox following the senator around with an earpiece. [laughter] ed: next thing you know he's the chief of staff. griff: john, just before we run out of time, you know, as the nation remembers senator mccain, if you had to chose a word or -- to choose a word or a phrase to will be him, what would you choose? is. >> hero, without a doubt. he is an american hero to the all of us. there's hundreds of thousands of people who owe their, a lot of their success in their life to john mccain. thousands and thousands of arizonans who who he served. he's just a wonderful, wonderful hero. ed: john, we can hear the emotion in your voice, appreciate you getting up so early. remember, you're a longtime friend and colleague. john, thank you so much for coming in and sharing those wonderful memories. >> anytime. ed: senator mccain, an inspiration and a maverick. our next guest was a strategist

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expected throughout the day. and australia's new prime minister officially inviting president trump for his first visit down urn. the president speaking on the phone with scott morrison so congratulate him on his recent win. the prime minister tweeting in part, quote: we affirmed the strength of the relationship between the u.s. and australia. griff: today we pay tribute to the life and legacy of senate john mccain. ed: he notably is remembered for urging a polarized nation to come together while accepting the republican nomination for president way back in 2008. >> despite our differences, much more unites us than divides us. we are fellow americans, and that's an association that means more to me than any other. [cheers and applause] rachel: here with more is oliver mcgee, a former strategist for

senator mccain's 2008 presidential campaign. thank you. ed: good morning, oliver. what are your reflections on that campaign? we heard the senator there talking about bringing together a divided nation. boy, that was ten years ago. it sounds like make we're even more divided now. >> oh, absolutely. i, first of all, wanted to give my condolence ares for cindy and meghan and the mccain family. my heart goes out for them today. john mccain, the maverick, was really solom the contrarian, and that was an athenian lawmaker who is really trying to deal with the chaos in athens, and that's similar to what we're dealing with in the political chaos and the divide today. i often, what i'm thinking of the one word that reminds me of john mccain is he's a uniter. and what his campaign was doing in 2008 was country first. and he was really trying to really heal and unite the nation

to get it prepared for the first black president in barack obama. i first met john at the buckeye corner with my best friend, or randy, and we were locked in the store buying buckeye goodies with the secret service who came in with the country first bus. and it came into the store -- he came into the store with -- i got to meet him, john and zinke and sarah, and they were the most warmest people that i've ever met. they were so folksy. we were actually shopping for buckeye goodies with them, and we were in the store for about a half hour. they took pictures with randy and his son carl who was just giddy taking a presidential nominee's picture. and it was really a warm

experience to talk with him about his life, his life citizen a war hero. he gave me the title of my book, jump in the aisle. so that's what is really signifying his life. he was bipartisan statesman and very beloved in the senate and also today by the nation. griff: oliver, we're almost out of time, but we spoke to you about the need for the senate to bridge bipartisanship. ed raised the point we're really divided. in his last speech in july of last year, he spoke about bipartisanship. how important do you think that was to him? >> i think that was really his legacy speech. i posted that up on twitter, and i think he was really trying to say that as we deal with the challenges of a divided nation, he was really paying his respects to the senate floor that was so dear to him. and like solom, they both loved the constitution, they both

loved their countries, and he was about country first. this is why he was a war hero, he gave his life for his country, and he was really giving a message to his colleagues: stay together, work together, solve the nation's solutions. work with this president and work with making america great again but also country first. griff: very, very important. oliver mcgee, thank you very much for getting up and sharing your thoughts with us this morning. >> thank you for having me today. griff: well, the political world honoring mccain. tributes pouring in as we remember senator mccain, coming up. >> my accomplishments are more a testament to my country, the land of opportunity, than they are to me. in america everything is possible. ♪ ♪ welcome! hi there. so, what do you look for in a vehicle? sleek designs. performance. dependability is top on my list. well then, here's some vehicles that deliver on that.

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remembered. >> reporter: or john sidney mccain iii was born in 1936. mccain's father and grandfather were both four-star admirals. the family moved often between bases on the mainland and abroad. it was inevitable he would pursue a navy career. he graduated from the naval academy in 1958. mccain volunteered for duty. he flew attack planes against the north vietnamese and escaped serious injury in june 196 7 when a rocket accidentally struck mccain's plane. explosions and fires killed 134 people. >> felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out. so i probably had reacting a little more quickly than those in the planes near me. some of those planes near me didn't, didn't survive. >> reporter: on his 23rd air mission on october 26, 1967, his

plane was shot down. in this time during a bombing mission over hanoi. the north vietnamese captured him and moved him to the infamous hanoi hilton prison. >> he was terribly injured, fractured arms, broken knee. left arm was out of the socket. he had not been fed. and, basically, he was starve ising to death. >> reporter: mccain's captor offered him early release because he was an admiral's son, but he refused. he endured or torture in morn three years in -- in more than three years in solitary confinement. >> bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and the toughest of anybody that i -- must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> reporter: mccain was released in 1973 and awarded silver and bronze stars, a purple heart and the distinguished flying cross. his wounds left him with impaired physical abilities for the rest of his life.

he retired from the navy as a captain in 1981 after marrying cindy hensley, a teacher from arizona. he moved to phoenix and got into politics, serving two terms in the house of representatives. he was elected to the senate in 1986 where he develop thed a reputation -- developed a reputation as a maverick. while he voted with his party most of the time, it became clear he was willing to buck republican leadership and occasionally align with democrats. his political career hit a bump many 1989 when he and four other senators were implicated in a savings and loan scandal and accused of corruption. a senate ethics committee investigation found that, though mccain used poor judgment, he was not guilty of any wrongdoing. mccain said that experience inspired him to co-author the mccain feingold bill on campaign finance reform which finally passed in 2001. and as chairman of the senate commerce committee, he took on the tobacco industry with legislation to increase cigarette taxes.

mccain published a memoir, faith of my fathers, in 999. it became a bestseller and later a film. in the meantime, he announced his candidacy for president, appealing to independents and traveling aboard the straight talk the express. but after defeat in south carolina, texas governor george w. bush gained momentum, and mccain went on to lose 9 of 13 primaries on super tuesday. he withdrew from the race in march 2000, returning to the senate. the senator threw his support behind president bush in the iraq war, but he later criticized the bush administration for not sending enough troops to iraq. he became the first republican senator to demand defense secretary donald rumsfeld's resignation. >> we're in the one heck of a mess in iraq, and the american people told us loud and clear they're not happy with the course of this war. neither am i. >> reporter: he also continued to partner with his colleagues on the other side of the aisle. mccain and democratic senator ted kennedy made a push for comprehensive immigration

reform, though the legislation failed to pass both houses. with president bush's second term coming to a close, mccain again announced his candidacy for president. >> i do so grateful for the privilege this country has already given me, mindful that i must seek this responsibility for reasons greater than my self-interests. >> reporter: this time cane won the majority of delegates on super tuesday and on the march 4th primaries, giving him the lead he needed to secure the nomination. his surprise vice presidential pick was alaska governor sarah palin. they surge in the polls following the republican national convention, but obama gained momentum and ultimately defeated mccain in the general election are. >> these are difficult times for our country, and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

>> reporter: mccain remained active on foreign policy. he rallied for military intervention in libya, pushed for democratic reforms in egypt and called for withholding u.s. aid to the egyptian army after it ousted president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood party. he also criticized the obama administration for the attack on the u.s. mission many benghazi that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. >> have no doubt, we are holding the president of the united states responsible, and he is responsible, and he has not -- and he has given contrasting versions of events to the american people. >> reporter: in 2015 mccain became chairman of the senate armed services committee and used the platform to push for an expanded u.s. military presence in iraq and syria and a new strategy in afghanistan. >> we need to have a strategy to win. the strongest nation on earth should be able to win. >> reporter: as the 2016

presidential election candidates began to emerge and he campaigned for his own senate re-election, mccain pledged to support the eventual republican nominee. he later pulled his endorsement of donald trump, citing their differences on public policy issues like national security and trump's controversial comments about women. then in the midst of his sixth senate term, he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye and was later diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. he remained a dominant voice in the senate, at times going against his own party's efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. in july 2017 some senators audibly gasped as arizona senator gave a memorable thumbs down gesture on the floor. mccain cast the deciding no vote which killed the gop's health care measure. all this as mccain released another memoir in his final days, the restless wave. the maverick senator offered

this candid assessment writing i'm not sure what to make of president trump's convictions, his reaction to unflattering news stories calling them fake news, whether they're credible or not, is copied by autocrats who want to discredit and control a free press. flattery secures his friendship, criticism his enmity. the man who made public service his life's passion reflected on what he considered his unforked legacy. >> maybe i'll be gone before you hear this. my predicament is, well, rather unpredictable. but i'm prepared for either contingency or at least i'm getting prepared. i have some things i'd like to take care of first, some work that needs finishing and some people i need to see. and i want to talk to my fellow americans a little more if i may. >> reporter: john mccain is survived by his wife cindy and seven children. in washington, mike emanuel, fox news. ed: great job by mike there. we also want to note roberta

mccain, his mother, still alive at the age of 106 years old. a remarkable life. rachel: and if you've ever seen an interview with his mother, you absolutely understand where his feisty nature comes from. griff: gillian turner is in washington with us. gillian, i believe you've got some of the tributes coming in. what have you got there? >> the sense of loss here in washington where the senator spent many of his adult years is particularly poignant. here are some tributes from his closest friends and allies in the nation's capital. senator joe lieberman writes: i was lucky to know and work with him and am comforted by great memories of our times to together and by the words he spoke to me last summer when he was recovering from the brain cancer surgery. of he said i want to live as long as i can, but if my life ends soon as a result of this cancer, i will be blessed to live a great life, so i'm going to go forward with a lot of gratitude and joy every day i can. and this from longtime senate

colleague joe biden who writes: john mccain's life is proof that some truths are timeless. character, courage, integrity, honor, a life lived embodying those truths casts a long, long shadow. john mccain will cast a long shadow can. his impact on american hasn't ended, not even close. it'll go on for many years to come. and lastly from senator lindsey graham, a heart broken tweet last night. he said america and freedom have lost one of the greatest champions, and i've lost one of my dearest friends and mentors. ed: we appreciate it, gillian, because you mentioned the emotion there from lindsey graham. they are very close, we know that. he and joe lieberman, they were known with john mccain as the three amigos. they would travel around the world, bipartisan senate delegation. so we're going to talk to a lot more people ahead. rachel: yeah. lots of tributes pouring in. ed: dana perino saw firsthand

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the statue will be put back up due to state law. and finally, superdelegates may no longer have the power to vote for the democratic presidential nominee. the dnc voting to limit their power starting in 2020. superdelegates will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot at a national convention. it comes after bernie sanders' supporters accused the dnc of stacking superdelegates in hillary clinton's favor. rachel: past presidents remembering senate john mccain. griff: former president george w. bush: some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. john mccain was a patriot of the highest order. he was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country. ed: dana perino, of course, served as white house press secretary for the president. she joins us now live. dana, we appreciate you coming in on sunday morning. what i'm struck by in that statement from president bush, among other things, is these guys had a spirited debate, to

say the least, in 2000. and there were some bitter moments there. but it seems to me, and you saw it up close, both of these men got past that and tried to work together. >> i do think that one of the most important things i learned in washington, d.c. was the power of forgiveness especially in politics. so president bush and mccain certainly fought bitterly, right, and all the way down to the south carolina primary. and like terrible things were said not directly man to man, but, you know, by their supporters and in the media and certainly there were ads that were run. and i think that's amazing that people can get past that and then work together on policies and issues like the tax cuts of 2001. certainly after 9/11. and john mccain became somebody that president bush would turn to often for his advice, his consultation and to help get things through the congress. and remember this, ed, john

mccain traveled tirelessly. when he was well, when they had recess, he didn't go on vacation. he went to visit the troops all over the world. he was an absolute tireless advocate for that so i do think forgiveness in politics is important because it allows others to move on, including their staffs. the staffs can work together. rachel: dana, you talked about the power of forgiveness but also the power of humanity. i think in -- humility. i think in his final speech to the senate he readily admitted that his personality, his feistiness sometimes got in the way of bipartisanship or made it difficult to come together, but yet he called on the senate to make that their priority, to cooperate and work across the aisle. >> a young man that used to work for me one time basically had his head bitten off by senator mccain, and he never forgot it. but he certainly respected the

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ed: so many important parts of john mccain's legacy that we're talking about, and really one of the most important is the living legacy of the family he leaves behind. one key part, obviously, very familiar to the fox family being meghan mccain who had worked here for some time, now at abc. she's somebody who's very close to all of us, we've been keeping in touch with her as her dad battled this illness. you think about her strength throughout all of this, she clearly got a lot of that from her dad. rachel: she absolutely did. and we talk about all the wonderful things that john mccain has done in his career, but he's somebody's dad. and she left a very touching message that we want to share with you. she says all that i am is thanks to him. now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example. meghan mccain has been sharing her thoughts on her father, his legacy and just what he means to her personally over the last few

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of the most prominent families in the united states navy. mccain's grandfather accepted the imperial japanese surrender abode the uss missouri in tokyo bay in 1945. his father, also a four-star general, later commanded all american naval forces in the pacific. after graduating from episcopal high school in virginia, mccain followed their lead, entering the naval academy in the class of 1958. by the time war broke out in vietnam, mccain was an aviator, having already bailed out of two airplanes during training. this june of 1967 he nearly lost his life for a third time. a rocket aboard the aircraft carrier went off accidentally and struck his plane as it idled on deck. 134 sailors died, but mccain roll through the flames to safety. >> i felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out, so i probably had reacted a little more quickly than those in the planes near

me. some of those in the planes near me didn't survive. >> four months later his luck ran out. on october 26, 1967, during a daytime bombing mission over downtown hanoi, mccain's plan was hit by a missile he later described as like a flying telephone pole. gravely injured during ejection, mccain landed in a lake in front of thousands of angry north vietnamese civilian, one of who stabbed him in the groin with a bayonet. authorities dragged him to a prison later dubbed the hanoi hilton. to this day, there's a statue of john mccain on the banks of the lake where he was shot down, celebrating his capture. >> he was terriblier injuredded, fractured arms, broken knee. left arm was out of the socket. he had not been fed. and, basically, he was starving to death. >> mccain's captors soon discovered he was an admiral's son, and they offered him early

release as a propaganda coup. mccain refused, sharing his guards with defiant profanity. he spent the next three years in solitary confinement being tortured with ropes. the experience pushed him repeatedly to the edge of death. he was sustained by fellow american prisoners with whom he communicated by tapping in code on the the walls of the prison. one of those was air force colonel bud day. >> bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and the toughest of anybody that i -- must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> mccain was finally released in 1973 to a hero's welcome back in america, but his health and his marriage were permanently damaged. to the end of his life, he could never fully raise his arms, and though as a rule he never mentioned it, he sometimes needed help to brush his hair and and dress. in 1981 he retired from the navy as a captain and moved to arizona to marry cindy hensley,

a teacher from a prominent phoenix family. encouraged by ronald reagan to run for congress, mccain spent two terms in the house on of representatives before being elected to the senate in 1986. he became one of the most energetic and visible politicians in america famous both for his sense of humor and savage theming per. after a brush -- temper. after a brush with scandal in 1989, mccain developed into a champion of campaign finance reform. the mccain-feingold law is maybe his signature legislative achievement. he also spent decades working on behalf of american indian tribes and airline deregulation, two of his personal passions. in 1999, mccain began a run for president. he crisscrossed the primary states for the better part of a year in an aging tour bus he called the straight talk express. he was accompanied by former p.o.w.s and a star struck

press corps awed by the candidate's wit and candor. for a brief period, it looked like mccain might win the nomination. he he beat george w. bush in the new hampshire primary by 19 points that year, but his seat of the pants challenge collapsed soon after, and he conceded in march of 2000, returning to the senate. mccain soon emerged as a leading voice on american foreign policy. he helped lead the charge for george w. bush's invasion of iraq in 2003 as well as for the bitterly debated troop surge in that country several years later. at the end of bush's second term, mccain once again announced his candidacy for president, this time he won the nomination. in a surprise move at the republican convention in minneapolis, mccain introduced his running mate, alaska governor sarah palin. he later conceded he barely knew palin. in the end, unified media support for his opponent and historic financial collapse that voters blamed on the republican

donor class proved insurmountable. mccain's concession speech revealed as much about him as anything he ever said in public. beneath the aviator's bluster lay a bedrock of decency and a total commitment to good manners in the face of defeat. >> senator obama and i have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. no doubt many of those differences remain. these are difficult times for our country. and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. >> back in the senate mccain retook his place as the most powerful voice for neoconservative foreign policy, expanded american military commitments abroad, nation building, the spread of democratic government. he rallyied for military intervention in libya, pushed for political reform in egypt, called for regime change in syria. he became one of the few elected

officials willing to argue for more american troops in iraq and afghanistan. even as he remained ferociously hawkish on foreign affairs, mccain -- like his hero and friend arizona democrat mo udall -- moved steadily leftward on domestic matters, notably immigration. by the time the republican party nominated donald trump in the summer of 2016, mccain seemed close to a complete break with his own party. he pulled his endorsement of trump ask is became one of the new president's most persistent critics. for a man battered by physical suffering in his early decades, mccain spent the second half of his life in hale health. he kept a travel schedule that would have exhausted seasonedded athletes, he beat melanoma in 2000, but his final illness -- an incurable brain tumor -- could not be stopped. as news of his cancer was announced, mccain's colleagues in both parties acknowledged that congress was losing a singular man. >> you are defined by your courage, and is you're redeemed by your loyalty.

courage and loyalty, i can think of no better description of the man we're honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. >> the one thing that i like most about john mccain, he doesn't run away from the shortcomings. when you balance out john mccain's life, it's something we admire. i don't know about you, but i feel like i've been very lucky to be in his shadow and to be his friend. >> john mccain is survived by his wife cindy, seven children, and his mother roberta who's 106 years old and every bit as tough as her son. ♪ ♪ ed: terrific job by tucker to pull that together. rachel: absolutely. our next guest says senator mccain always believed in serving a greater purpose and inspired those around him to do the same. ed: douglas holtz-eakin served as director of economic policy for senator mccain's '08

campaign. good morning, douglas. what are your thoughts as you try to make sense of this? we knew this was coming, but i know you served him so closely in that campaign and kept in touch with him, and he meant so much to you. what are you thinking about this morning? >> well, you're right in that it's not a surprise, but it's still just a horrible shock to realize that he's passed, and his legacy will endure, and he'll continue to inspire. it's a tough morning, to be honest. griff: doug, let me ask you, you know, you say that something that a lot of people don't talk about is that people like you that have served senator mccain and worked with him, you did your best work with him. what do you mean by that? >> yeah. it just struck me as i thought about his life that, you know, people focus on john, understandably, just a giant man with a huge presence, and there were so many people like me who would say, you know, it was such an honor and a privilege to work for him. and then i realize i did my best

work for him, and and i looked at other people, and they were at their best for him. it's because really in the end it wasn't for him. if you were around him, you bought into the notion that there was something greater at stake. it was this country, this shining city on the hill, and your efforts were directed toward that. and it inspired others to do all things -- i let ed henry see me the in my bare legs. it was a shocking moment. [laughter] ed: oh, my gosh, i wasn't sure it was appropriate -- [laughter] >> it's not appropriate. ed: i knew you were emotional. so on election day 2008, i went to interview douglas holtz-eakin, i had in this assignment to do a behind the scenes, what's the candidate doing. what do they do on election day? they're getting poll numbers, they're probably going to lose, and i run into douglas, i couldn't find other mccain aides. i'm like, please, you've got to help me. and he's in running shorts. i just went jogging, dude, aye got to shoot this piece right

now. he agreed to do the piece, he said but if you show my knees on tv, i will basically never speak to you again. [laughter] i kept my word and did not show his knees, and he helped me. i was going to mention that story because what i remember about being at that hotel, it was election day, i was covering the mccain side, you're there. you know you're probably going to lose, the polls didn't look good. still hopes for the best when you're in a campaign, obviously. and that night we elected the nation's first african-american president. and as the republican nominee, john mccain could have said a whole bunch of things that night, and i remember him coming out and saying i lost fair and square. i think it's wonderful for this country that we now have a black president for the first time, and he really tried -- it didn't always work because there was still a lot of division in this country, but he tried to bring people together. what do you remember about that night? >> ed, it wasn't just that night. that's what he said the whole campaign. he said we're going to conduct ourselves with honor. we're in the middle of history. he will possibly be the first

african-american president, and we are going to conduct ourselves with honor. it was a tremendous act of leadership. because the temptation is the opposite, you know that. ed: of course. rachel: you worked with him, you know he's a rebel, that he had a good sense of humor -- [laughter] >> fantastic. rachel: exactly. he joked so much about himself and didn't take himself so seriously. having graduated fifth at the bottom of his class. is that something else that you remember about him? >> oh, yes. i -- in a fit of lunacy, got frustrated with the press. i know that's shocking. [laughter] and they were saying he had no experience as a regulator, and he'd been chairman of the commerce committee. i got frustrated, i pulled out my blackberry and said john mccain invented the blackberry. it was a joke. et went viral -- it went viral, that i was claiming he was the next al gore, and they through me under -- threw me under the bus. i said i'm sorry about this, senator, he said i'm disappointed no one asked me, i was going to tell them i

invented the telegraph. [laughter] ed: that shows the man and the sense of humor. douglas holtz-eakin, we're glad you came in, you wore pants is and not running shorts -- [laughter] seriously, on a difficult day for you and everybody in the mccain family, appreciate you sharing wonderful memories. thank you, doug. our next guest calls senator mccain an inspiration for her life, morgan or teg -- ortegas. >> nothing is inevitable here. americans never quit. we never surrender. [cheers and applause] we never hide from history, we make history! thank you and god bless you, and god bless america.

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lawmaker and war hero john mccain. the late senator serves add a mentor to our next guest who remembers him as a tireless depender of our national security. morgan or teg gas, a familiar face to this channel, good morning, thank you for taking the time. take me back, so you consider senator mccain a mentor in your relationship with him. tell us. >> well, i think that saying that he's a mentor is probably a step too far, but i would say that he has been a great inspiration in my life in several ways n. january of 2016, senator john mccain and senator lindsey graham founded the veterans coalition for my pac, ma rick pac. -- maverick pac. it was a freezing night in new york city, and we ran through new york without our coats on make the launch of this pac on time. the fact that there were so many young veterans that were waiting for him that were politically

active, he went through harrowing feats that night to get to the event. he was an inspiration to so many. and over these past few years, he graciously allowed me to join the munich security conference where he takes a delegation. he's been taking a delegation for many years. and he really spent the time with those of us who were young on the delegation to make sure that we were fighting for democracy and for freedom and for all of the ideals that he believes in. so over these past couple of years i've had the chance to get to know him and see his love for his family, see his love for his country up close. and i think i'm one of many, many young people that he has inspired. griff: well, thank you for share ing that. i want to turn you just to one topic in the news though because this is your wheelhouse, and you can help us best understand, and that is the human rights council, blasting the administration's sanctions against iran.

idris says, quote: these unjust and harmful sanctions are destroying the economy and currency of iran, driving millions of people into poverty and making imported goods unaffordable. what is this about? >> well, there's one person that's responsible for destroying the iranian economy, and that's the ayatollah khamenei. i think, you know, the human rights council -- which we could go into, griff, for another five minutes about how almost a majority of their resolutions are against israel, no resolutions passed against china, against cuba, against zimbabwe, some of the most egregious, you know, human rights violaters in the world. for them to focus their time on legitimate sanctions from the u.s. is a disgrace. this administration withdrew from the iran deal, from the jcpoa, because it was not a ratified treaty by our senate. it was executive action that president obama took, and we withdrew for many reasons but principally when you look at it from the economic perspective, they got -- the iranians got over $150 billion in sanctions

relief are. of they spend millions of dollars a year wreaking havoc in syria, funding the houthi, in yemen -- houthis in yemen, they're going to rebuild the syrian economy. so this is why the iranian people are protesting. this is legitimate action taken by the united states government, and if there is any economic troubles by, that the iranian people are facing, it's from their own government. they don't have to spend billions in syria. they don't have to spend hundreds of millions fomenting terrorism around the world. these are actions that their government decides to take. case in point, this is why we withdrew from the human rights council. griff: we will keep our eye on that. thank you for your thoughts on senator mccain, certainly someone who devoted his life to making sure we had international order. >> he's a hero. thank you sir. griff: we'll be back with more "fox & friends" after this. and they greeted me as they always do.

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motorcyclist. the firefighter was thrown from the side of the truck seconds before it crashes, only minor injuries reported, thank goodness. socialism still gaining in popularity with some on the left. ed: that's right. with the promise of getting everything for free, rachel. a brooklyn professor tweeting about his new op-ed on socialism saying "the new york times" asked me to write a piece on what socialism means. my answer, the socialist argument against capitalism is not that it makes us poor, it's that it makes us unfree. but as an added irony, the link to the op-ed is stuck behind "the new york times"' web site's pay wall. so even the article is not free. here with reaction, managing editor of olympic media, katie frates. this idea that getting free stuff brings you more freedom seems ironic, to say the least? >> it is, absolutely. i don't know if he's perhaps aware that a few of the core tenants of socialism are

removing our freedoms within that system. you know, ed, there's a reason why utopias only exist many fiction, and that's because in reality they just don't play out the way perhaps we might want them to. and, of course, it doesn't make us more free. giving us free things, you know, nothing is ever actually free. someone is always paying. and just because it's not you doesn't mean that it's not hurting other people. and that's really not a hard concept to figure out. ed: right. and corey reuben is the -- rubin is the professor involved. he's an excerpt. he says we live not in freedom, but domination. socialists want to establish freedom from rule by the boss, from the need to smile for the sake of a sale, from the obligation to sell for the sake of survival. but, kate, when you -- katie, when you get this free stuff that we're talking about, it seems to me like you're a little more dependent on the man or, in this case, big government. >> well, of course you are, and

the great thing is you won't have to smile for a sale, because all of your stuff will be taken away. so you don't have to sell anything at all. the irony of this is so thick that it's hard to know where to start, of course. one of the reasons capitalism is so successful, one of the reasons america itself is so successful and the most powerful nation in the world is because of capitalism. because capitalism reins this our worser impulses as human beings and funnels them into a productive manner for the rest of the people we live around. socialism does not do that. is capitalism perfectsome be absolutely not, but it is the most effective system we've found to date to bring everyone from the poor to the middle classes to the upper class into a higher standard of living. and that is just a fact. ed: absolutely. and as you can imagine, there was a lot of blowback to this op-ed. free country, professor corey robin can write what he wants, and people can react how they want. so he went on twitter to try to

explain himself. of i'm not sure this explains it. "the new york times" asked me to the write a piece on what socialism means, my answer, the argument against capitalism is not that it makes us pure, it's that it makes us unfree. that seems even more bizarre. >> well, of course it is. i almost am happy that it's behind a a pay wall, because it stops a large amount of people from reeding it in the first place. [laughter] you know, as he said, capitalism, you know, socialism prevents us from being unfree, that paywall is also unfree. ed: well, good point, especially right now when you have a growing number of democrats, it seems, admitting that they're for socialism and just putting it on the table in these midterms. katie, appreciate you coming in. >> thanks. ed: all right, coming up, senator john mccain, he was a loyal defender of american freedom after spending five years as a prisoner of war. joey jones lost both his legs, you've seen him here many times.

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capitol rotunda in washington. that is a rare honor and will happen later this week. he will then receive a full dress funeral service at the washington national cathedral where vice president mike pence will reportedly attend. mccain will then be laid to rest at the cemetery at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. this was a wish he expressed some time ago, that his final resting place be his alma mater. his father and grandfather, by the way, are buried at arlington national cemetery. within hours of his passing last night, a motorcade left his family ran north of here making its way to phoenix and the mortuary. he was first elected to congress in 1982 representing arizona in the house for two terms, then the senate for six. the word institution is an understatement to describe his presence here, so it was no surprise that when news surfaced of his passing, folks showed up to pay tribute to this true american hero. and as we get more detail the firmed up on the coming

ceremonies, of course, we will bring them to you. back to you. griff: all right. thank you, alicia. he will be the 29th person in history to lie in state in the capitol. it's going to be a big, big honor. the last one to do so, senator daniel inouye. ed: and bret baer, of course, is the host of "special report." long before he was covering presidential campaigns, he was covering the pentagon and traveling around the world with men and women in uniform. and, bret, we appreciate you joining us this morning. this is a man we could talk about so many layers of his life, but his impact on the military and defending this country seems to be pretty massive. >> yeah, good morning. i think that's the biggest part of his life, his service not only as a member of the u.s. military and, obviously; his time as prisoner of war, but also his service to protect, fund, make sure that the military was doing the right thing as the senate armed services committee chairman, and he was such a big figure, you

know? i talked about it yesterday a little bit, that when i covered the pentagon, you know, people were, would shudder in their boots to testify in front of him. but they always knew that he had the military's back. and, you know, remember abu ghraib during iraq, you know? mccain was on the forefront of pushing the administration on that. remember, you know, all of the different elements. gitmo, pushing back on extreme interrogation techniques. i mean, he stood on principle, and a lot of it had to do with the u.s. military. ed: yeah, when you mentioned that last night, vice president cheney put out a statement honoring his legacy. they didn't always see eye to eye because, you're right, you and i covered the bush white house. and the fact of the matter is they were frustrated that john mccain was pushing back on enhanced interrogation techniques, but his experience five and a half years in that

p.o.w. camp gave him a much different perspective than others. >> yeah. and he was respected because of that. and his relationship with people across the aisle was really unique. he could stand on principle, he could be a fighter on republican, you know, talk points and bills, but then he could reach out with people like john kerry and, you know, help during the clinton administration in the normalization with vietnam. or he could, you know, he was one of those rare figures in the senate that sometimes you didn't know where he was. griff: bret, you said last night in our news coverage that you feel like the last speech on the senate floor in july of last year is really the one that we will look back to. he spoke a lot about reaching across the aisle, and what's so important about that speech that we will remember? >> well, i think he was talking and kind of instructing his colleagues to stand up for what they believe.

and if -- and just don't be bullied over and rolled over by a late night process that jams things down their throat. that is how a lot of things, as you know, have gotten through, because they're up against a cliff one way or another, a financial cliff or a deadline. mccain was fighting for regular order and fighting for each individual person representing their voters. rachel: bret, you know, we hear a lot in politics about term limits, but when i read john mccain's last speech, i was really reminded of the wisdom and the institutional knowledge and the love of the senate that comes from somebody who serves for such a long time in the senate. can you speak to that? >> yeah, exactly. i mean, listen, there are a lot of people who had a problem with john mccain. let's not sugar coat it. there were conservatives who really had a, an issue. not to mention beyond his vote on obamacare.

he, though, knew the way the senate worked, you know? you had chuck schumer yesterday come out and say they're considering rea naming the russell -- renaming the russell senate office bidding for john mccain. and he's going to put that forward. well, russell was pretty much the guy who figured out the senate, who knew how it worked. and johnson, lyndon johnson, learned from him and became kind of the operator of the senate. senator john mccain was another guy who knew how to run the senate and how to get things through various ways. ed: you know, chad pergram, our great senior producer on capitol hill, was saying last night, of course, if it's the mccain senate office building, it's be mccain s.o.b -- [laughter] and maybe mccain would have a laugh about that because as you know how much he reached across can aisle, he was up front about saying when people got in front

of him. >> yeah. and he would needle him and give you that impish smile. i think he would love of the mccain s.o.b.. [laughter] you look back at his life and you saw that hbo documently about for -- documentary for whom the bell tolls, that deals with the ernest hemingway book and movie, obviously, and his protagonist, robert jordan, the center of that story in which mccain just really saw his life, and he would often refer to for whom the bell tolls, and today the bell tolls for john mccain. ed: absolutely. you know, bret baier, quite well. he will, of course, be leading our coverage in this week on "special report," 6 p.m. eastern every night, but also throughout the day giving insights and analysis like that. and after labor day, the senate is going to be going back and

dealing, of course w the confirmation hearings of brett kavanaugh. and bret will be leading our coverage. we appreciate you taking time out this morning. rachel: thank you, bret. ed: all right. it is at point, is it an attempt to repair the democratic party? the dnc, as we noted earlier, is now limiting superdelegates. we look ahead to the impact on the next presidential election. i bet bernie sanders wishes they had done that. rachel: a little late for that. and our coverage of the legacy of john mccain continues with the tributes pouring in in this morning. >> my great privilege was to serve in the company of him. i witnessed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love. and it was spiritually uplifting in many ways. and those that i love most and respect and admire are those that i was there with. ♪ ♪

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a mission to honor a father's memory ends in tragedy. one man is dead, another seriously injured after their small plane crashed in massachusetts. the men were trying to scatter their dad's ashes over their family home, and then tragedy struck. horrible story. all right, griff, over to you, buddy. griff: thanks, ed. we're going to bring in kevin jackson. he's a fox news contributor. you know him. he is the executive director of the black sphere. kevin, good morning. i want to talk to you a little bit about a story, the passion of hero john mccain, but there's another story out there, and that is what the dnc is doing over superdelegates, choosing to get rid of them perhaps day late and a dollar short for bernie sanders. what do you make of this? >> well, it's the, do the democrats are known for cheating, and hillary clinton was certainly one to use the superdelegate process. i think the democrats have realized the futility of what happened during the last election cycle where hillary was just shoe horned in. it was pretty much made the

democratic nomination was made for her. so i think that a the democrats are taking a serious look at how the perception of what they did to bernie is being perceived in their party. gary give it's not a perception, i mean, it is a reality, kevin. for the channel i was covering the bernie sanders supporters or in the protest movement outside of the convention in philly at the dnc. >> right. griff: and unlike protests i've covered in the past in 2008 and other ones, you know, they were legitimately mad with the message because of what had been done by clinton's own admission. do you think the democrats are going to get this right, or are they headed for more turmoil? >> yeah, interesting question. the answer is will they get it right in terms of process? is probably. i think that they'll still try to implement rules that will let them shoe horn in the candidates of their choice.

and let's face it, the republicans have tried to do the same thing. but the democrats have a bigger problem. the reality that faces them in terms of what is the democrats' message going into 2018 and 2020. they still don't have one. they've gone from better, better, better to trying to steal the concept of maga, make america great again, from president trump. and the biggest problem that they face, quite honestly, griff, is the president. donald trump's a rock star in terms of his policy. hook at every demographic that the democrats dominate typically, and donald trump has essentially been chipping away. the walkaway movement from democrats is real. griff: yeah. >> and a lot of democrats don't believe it. griff: that's a great point, kevin. do you believe this decision by the dnc was made more out of trying to do the right thing in the wake of wronging bernie sanders or more out of fear in anticipation of donald trump in 2020? >> i think it's a combination of both. i think they know that the bernie -- i forget what they called it at the time, but the

bernie sanders group that was so offended when this happened, you know, when they used the superdelegates to kind of cheat bernie out of the nomination. so there's a part of that, but then bernie sold out. so i think that delegation is -- that ship has sailed to some degree. but i do believe there is a reaction that's occurring right now for the democrats because the blue wave, it's a pebble in the ocean. it's like throwing a rock into the ocean, it's gone. and as much as they try to reassure themselves they're going to have a good midterm, it isn't going to happen. the republicans will maintain the house in the midterms, and they will gain senate seats. i think this is a reaction to that, yes. griff: kevin, i wanted to give you a second, bernie sanders even put out a kind statement, your thoughts this morning remembering senator mccain as we mourn this hero. >> well, i feel for the mccain family, you know? be i'm friendly with meghan. when i did "outnumbered" with her and met her, and she was very magnanimous in helping me

and my move to phoenix. needless to say, here in phoenix he's an icon. i feel for the family. i think from a legislative point of view, and i think bret made this comment, mccain does have some people who feel like he let arizona down, but on this day i think we have to dismiss that and just feel for his family. griff: kevin jackson, thank you. the political world remembering senator john mccain, the tributes pouring in as we honor mccain when "fox & friends" continues. ♪ ♪ you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. so why accept it from your allergy pills? most pills don't finish the job because they don't relieve nasal congestion. flonase allergy relief is different. flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one.

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rachel: his daughter meghan sharing a heart-felt message read anything part: all that i am is thanks to him. now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example. ing. griff: gillian turner is live in washington with more on those remembering his legacy. good morning, gillian. gillian: good morning, guys. the response last night and this morning here in washington where the senator spent much of his adult life has been mournful on both sides of the aisle with the current administration and former american presidents all expressing a deep sense of loss. president trump tweeting at the mccain family last night: my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator john mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you. and from the vice president, commendation of mccain's military service. he says in the part: we honor his lifetime of service to this nation in our military and in public life. his family and friends will be in our prayers. god bless john mccain. and former president obama writing in part: few of us have been tested the way john once was or requested to show the

kind of courage that he did. but all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own. at john's best, he showed us what that means i and for that we are all in his debt. former president george w. bush also writing in a statement: some voices are so vibrant, it's hard to think of them stilled. john mccain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order. from across the aisle former president jimmy carter writes: john mccain was a man of honor, a true patriot in the best sense of the world. americans will be forever grateful for his heroic military service and for his steadfast integrity as a member of the united states senate. it's noteworthy that both current and former leaders of the free world from all across the political spectrum here in washington are rallying together in their grief this morning. back to you. grif give that's a good point. a lot of the military leaders as well, the commandant of the marine corps and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, joe dunford, saying that senator

mccain exemplified what it means to be a warrior. and it's really a testament -- ed: secretary mattis put out a strong statement last night almost immediately as well, of course, from the defense department. and you think about when we talk about legacy and we talk about service, it's not just john mccain. he's had children who have served in our military. his father was an admiral in the navy. his grandfather, an admiral in the navy. rachel: long history of military service in that family. i'd also say i think that the coverage we're seeing this morning has to be encouraging to so many of the young troops that are all over the world defending our freedom. they're seeing what appreciation our country has for a veteran, for a war hero, for a former prisoner of war. america loves their veterans. griff: he did, he traveled the world quite extensively on holidays and other times, thanksgivings and christmases to pay tribute, to spend time with the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines in iraq and afghanistan -- ed: who were away from their

families. griff: when i got to go, i was with greta once, and we were in vietnam, and we stood at the hanoi hilton. and to think that his young career began when he faced down his captors and the legacy behind him today. rachel: so true. still ahead, senator john mccain, a loyal defender of american freedom after spending five years as a p.o.w -- ed: we mentioned a short time ago joey jones, you've seen him many finals on our air. he lost both his legs while serving in afghanistan. he's here to discuss john mccain's lasting impact on men and women in uniform like himself, next. ♪ ♪ >> in helping keep america the strong, aspiring inspirational beacon of liberty and defender of the dignity of all human beings and their right to freedom and equal justice. that is the cause that binds us and is so much more powerful and worthy than the small differences that divide us. ♪ ♪

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we are reflecting on the legacy of senator john mccain. >> the maverick of the senate went home for treatment in december. >> on friday they announced he would end his treatment. tucker carolson has a look at mccain's legacy. mccain's grandfather accepted the surrender on the u.s.s.

missouri. after graduating from high school in virginia mccain followed their lead entering the naval academy in 1958. he was an aviator. a rocket abroad the aircraft went off accidently and struck his plane as it idolled on deck. hundreds died but mccain rolled to safety. >> i felt a blow to my aircraft. i reacted more quickly. some of the planes near me didn't survive. his luck rainout.

mccain's plane was hit by a missile he described like a flying telephone pole. he landed in a lake in front of thousands of angry civilians. one stabbed him in the groin. he was taken to prison. to this day there is a statue on the banks of the lake were he was shot down celebrating his capture. >> i had a broken knee. left arm was out of socket. i hadn't been fed. he was starving to death. >> they discovered him an admiral's son. they offered him release as a propaganda. he spent the next three years in solitary being tortured with

ropes. he tapped in code on the walls of the prison. one of those men was aeroforce coronal bud day. >> bud day was the most inspirational and steadfast and toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> mccain was released in 1973 at a heros rescue. his health and marriage were permanently damaged. to the end of life he could never raise his arms. he sometimes needed help to brush his hair and dress. he retired and moved to arizona to marry cindy hendrix. he spent two terms in the house of representative. he held that seat for 31 years.

he was one of the most energetic in america. after a brush with scandal in 1989 he developed into a champion of finance reform. this may be his signature achievement. less well known, he spent decades working on behalf of american indian tribes and airline deregulation. in 1999 he began a run for president. he kri kris crossed the stage te press corp. he beat george w.

bush but later conceded. he was the leading voice on american foreign policy. he lead the charge for george w. bush invasion of iraq as well as the troop surge. at the end of bush's second term he announced his candidacy for president. this time he won the nomination. in a surprise move at the republican convention mccain introduced his running mate sarah palin. he addition boosted the ticket for a time. in the end unified media support and final collapse that was blamed on the donor class. mccain's concession speech revealed much about him.

he had a total commitment to goodmanners. >> senator obama and i have argued differences and he has proveiled. no doubt many differences remain. these are difficult times for our country. i pledge to him tonight to do all to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. >> back in the senate mccain retook his place as the most powerful voice for foreign policy. expanded military commitments abroad. he rallied for intervention in libya. he pushed for political reform. he became one of the few elected officials willing to argue for more american troops in iraq and afghanistan. he remains hawkish on foreign affairs. mccain moved left ward on

domestic matters. by the time the republican party nominated donald trump in the summer of 2016 mccain seemed close to a complete break. he pulled his endorsement with trump. for a man battered by physical torture. he beat skin cancer in 2000. his parties acknowledged they would lose a singular man. >> you are defined by your courage and redeemed by your loyalty. ity think of no better description for the man we are honoring tonight.

>> the thing i like most is he doesn't run a way from the shortcomings. when you balance out john mccain's life it's something we admire. i don't know about you, i feel like i'm lucky to be in his shadow and be his friend. >> he's survived by his wife cindy, seven children, and mother who is 101 years old. >> he had a great sense of humor. mccain would tell us how he went in new hampshire. he said hey, i'm running for president. yeah, we were just laughing about that the other day. they could laugh about themselves but they had a serious legacy when it came to the military. two years in so solitary

confinement. >> he joins us to reflect on mccain's lasting impact on military and heros. what did senator mccain mean to you? >> good morning, guys. he showed me 40 years before i needed to know. war doesn't have to steal you of your will tomorrow. it might take pieces of your body but not your soul. i talked to young marines and service members the idea that surviving is thriving. it's up to you what path you go down. i guess you can say i came to the grand old party late. having already survived iraq. that's when i learned the story.

it was young finance reform. i learned about his time as an pow and how he treated the country. with humility and try um -- tryump and defeat. >> you met him in 2011 at a dinner in georgetown, tell us about that? >> i did.

at the end of dinner he was asked to stand-up and speak. someone mention we still love you after he lost the campaign and asked how he was doing. he said after the campaign i slept like a baby. he said i would sleep for a few hours get up and cry. i'll tell you, his delivery was unmatched. it was quiet the moment. it means so much to me to have gotten to know his daughter meghan. she shows integrity. it means a lot to celebrate him today. >> when i think about you.

i can't image how difficult it was to adjust to losing your leg. how does someone who spent five and half years in the military come out of it. he wasn't perfect. he had moments when he was angry. he was optimistic and sunny. talk about the connection you had with him before you knew him. both of you found a way to bind something positive and good about dark moments. >> it's not hard to find something policy. you can be born into any situation. when you give that much of yourself for me it's physical and you it's time. when you step food back on the country you make a decision. it was either completely worth it or wasn't. thinking it wasn't was a dark path to go down. for me it wasn't easy but an

easy choice. at the beginning there was a difference between surviving and thriving. senator mccain showed me the later is much more fun and fulfilling. he doesn't have shoes any of us can fill. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> senator mccain said i fell in love with my country when i was a prisoner in another country. joey embody's that as well. thank you, joey. the new report is out about cohen. >> we'll continue to honor senator mccain when we come right back. so, i needed legal advice, and i heard that my cousin's wife's sister's husband

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our nation is morning the loss of senator john mccain. >> in america's newsroom, welcome to the show. >> hey. by the way, i was watching your commentary all evening. what a story and what a life. it's been a pleasure to look at his amazing career this morning and last night. looking back at all of those moments that made john mccain the senator to know. he was a presidential candidate

and long severing senator. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. >> this morning people will see they all over to country. what do you want to hear from him. there were a lot of tributes. you do this everyday as you interview people. it seems difficult to brick people together. in his final senate speech he said it's not perfect but america is a place where we try to settle differences peacefully. >> certainly, a big question about who will fill his senate seat. senator kyle could be a replacement. really interesting we got to kavanaugh confirmation hearing

coming up next week. that will be a defining moment. which way everybody decides to go on this. the senator came to washington and rallied and john kyle is doing the same thing for brett kavanaugh. we want to ask of them about that. >> we have another story we would like to address. a report out there the fbi is ignoring the lions share of hillary clinton e-mails and the president tweeted about that yesterday. the fbi ignored tens of thousands of crooked e-mails. also gave election information. we'll soon get to the bottom. >> that was the key line in the president's speech. at some point i may have to get

involved. he's going off a report of a technical glitch about hundreds of thousands of hillary clinton e-mails. a big question into what the president might do about that. >> we have corey and others talking about that. >> yes, the feud with jeff sessions continues with his own attorney general. we'll have the former attorney general. we'll ask him about what the president should do. lindsey graham said he's entitled to have a attorney general he has confidence in. we'll talk to the judge about that. corey will join us as well. >> sounds like a great show. >> good luck, appreciate you stopping in. the dnc delegating super delegates. bernie sanders wishes may they would have fixed it four years

ago. >> governor huckabee is here live.

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end about john mccain. first let's stick to the debate. >> well, i think this, of course, was an important move in terms of transportationcy and restoring confidence in the democratic party. we have to remember that super delegates never swayed an election. as much as i supported bernie sanders, hillary clinton won the primary fair and square. the key is moving forward we have to make sure the party is inclusive of not only young people but people feeling disenfranchised. >> let me bring in giano. are you buying this from jason. he's trying to make a claim it didn't impact 2016. late in the primaries when bernie sanders was closing in we

heard it doesn't matter. the superdelegates will put her over the top. >> before any other democrat got in the race she had almost 400 superdelegate goating for her. i spoke to bernie sanders press secretary on a regular and consistent bases. that was one of the issues that they believed really disenfranchised. had it not been for the superdelegate process we would have had a different outcome. democrats needed to get their house in order. more honesty and fairness i should say when it comes to the process. >> jason, i see you shaking your

head no with a smile. you are not doing it angrily but with a smile. i spoke to a lot of democrats that say they are worried they don't have anybody to take on donald trump. it will be harder for them to figure out what to have in charge. >> a lot of options is a good thing. give them options to chose from and unify behind one candidate. that's a good thing. he's my guy and i have a lot of love for him but he has this wrong here. every now and again he's wrong. he's wrong here. super delegates have been around since 1984. they have not decided an

election. i have love for simone as well. >> it's not about selecting them but giving them momentum. >> bernie sanders called it rigged. >> she was well known and the front runner from the beginning. >> it was a rigged system. >> 15 seconds each for john mccain. >> you know what, john mccain wasn't simply a war hero but my hero politically. during a heated battle for president i recall the moment when he was at a town hall and the woman said i don't trust obama. senator mccain said he's a decent family man who i have fund -- fundamental disagreement with. this is a level of civility.

>> i just want to say as the son of an army veteran and grandson of a world war ii sailor i had great respect for his sacrifice. any one that questioned his sacrifice should be ashamed of themself today. some of our leadership has questioned that. i would like to send my condolences out to his family. >> wwe thank you for your insigt today. mike huckabee will share his insight as well. >> tech: at safelite autoglass,

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flags at the white house are at half staff honoring senator mccain that died last night at the age of 81. >> soon all americans will have a chance to pay their respects. >> lisa has been following the story as she tried to bring us

important details. she is live with more details. >> good morning, ed, i'm sure you had as much sleep as i have had with your amazing reporting. what i can tell you is what we do expect is to see multiple ceremonies and services. here in his home state there will be church services for senator mccain and he will lie in state in the capital building behind me. last night we saw his motorcade on the way to the mortuary. some paid tribute outside his home and back in phoenix.

from here they will have the opportunity to pay their respect. he will lie in washington. that will happen later this week. after that he will receive a full funeral at the washington national cathedral were mike pence will attend. mccain alma mater is where he wanted to be buried. his father and grandfather both four star admirals are buried at arlington national cemetery. he wanted to be where it started for him. >> we appreciate your reporting. mike huckabee is a familiar face here. he was on last night. you were reflecting on the

softer side as well. i mentioned that iran into him on a plane in boston and all he wanted to talk about was baseball. he liked paul goldsmit. you and he shared a love of ball. >> we were out campaigning in 2008. we went to a barbecue restaurant. he wanted to spend time in the kitchen talking to the chef and finding out what temperature they cooked and what kind of wood did they use. how long did they cook the pork butt and ribs. the staff said senator, we have to go. honestly, i thought we would spend the rest of the day there. i loved it because i was getting the same information. he clearly enjoyed that. this wasn't the side people saw

on the senate floor. it wasn't just a one dimensional person. it's great that people reflect upon him and remember things like that. he did have a love of sports and love of barbecue. the thing i also saw behind the scenes is a tremendous love and respect for his family and their love and respect for him. to me, maybe the most gratifying thing of all. >> so, important. let me turn to a topic we are 72 days a way from the midterm elections. the bull is still running. in that speech at columbus, ohio where you have spoken a number of time there was a real chose here or the democrats which are merely a resistance. >> yeah, i don't understand how

people will say let's go back to the economy were people were losing wages and jobs in record numbers and the gop was anemic. let's go back to when the 401ks weren't gaining momentum. who would want to go back to that? retirees wouldn't. workers shouldn't want to do that because their wages go down. they don't get bonuses. who would want that. the only people are the people, you know, who are true socialist who would like uncle sugar to take care of them and have no idea where the money comes from. they have no idea. they should want a better economy. the government has to have money and taxes that people pay on better wages and salaries is where the money comes from. we have an economic ignorance

that's staggering. >> there is a reason for that. this is record breaking economic news. news that any president would be dying to have. yesterday at the front page of the new york times there was nothing about it. you had to go to the business section to find out about the record breaking week. how flustering is it that the media isn't helping out? >> any good news about president trump and the administration and what it's doing not only economically but also if you look at it in terms of how well we are doing and regaining american straight. if you want that news you have to ask for it. it's kept behind the counter wrapped in brown paper. you have to ask for it quietly. it's a news nobody would like america to hear. it's a tragedy and where the president calls it fake news and

rails on it. the answer to what they are upset about is not to fight him back and act indignant. just report the news as it is and let the american people make the decision if they like the news or not. >> novel idea. >> we went from pork butt to uncle sugar. >> it's a southern thing. >> thank you, governor. pastor robert jeffers talks about how we can morn as a country. the presidential team weights in on a bo li politicaly coming up. >> all human beings and their right to freedom and equal justice.

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the word over and over. they said this is a personal matter handled by the principal. the boy has been removed from her class. >> seems like we need more information on that one. americans are reflecting on the life and honor of senator mccain. >> here to tell us how to morn his loss is pastor robert jeffers. we received information from the family that he didn't want medical treatment anymore and he's at peace with this. how do families come to term with something like this. >> we all need to remember the end is coming soon for all of

us. we were going to talk about politics today but we need to pause and reflect on the brevity of life. meghan mccain beautifully described life as the author of all things. mccain was able to look back on his life with a few regrets but knowledge that he severed his country and family well. that's how you want to end your life. >> you have the opportunity to meet him in the green room once. tell us about that. >> yeah, i met him a few years ago in the green room. he was over in the corner wolfing down a sugar cookie. when he saw hehe wiped the crumbs a way from his mouth. he said i'm senator john

mccain. we had differences but he didn't bring those up. he said encouraging words. it's a reminder to me you can be gracious with those you disagree. i remember talking about the 2008 election. i asked him why do you think senator obama won the election. he said it's simple. he out campaigned me. that was just an illustration that you can be gracious in victory and defeat. >> he really wanted to talk about standing for his convictions. >> yeah, we have two lessons. first of all to be ta ten nayci. we shouldn't condeem either one

for standing up for their convictions. john mccain made great sacrifice. president trump and every president that went before him. we should honor our leaders and pray for him. >> one of the convictions is highway strong his pro-life record has been in the senate. >> yes, that's exactly right. he didn't waver on that at all. that's a great legacy for him to leave behind. the upcoming midterms are a reminder to have representatives and senators like mccain in office. this president can't do it by himself. he's the most pro-life president in history. he needs a congress and senate

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senator mccain will remember bringing people together. >> here to reflect on that is former campaign adviser.

welcome to fox and friends. >> i just want to send my condolences to the mccain campaign. we lost a tireless public servient. >> tell us about the legacy of bipartisanship the senator had? >> you have to understand i didn't know mccain before i went to work for him. i was one of the few that really didn't know much about the man. i was just there to do the job. what i learned was invaluable. this was embodied in his 2018 slogan. that wasn't about republicans or democrats or mccain or obama. i respect and admire obama. i'm not sure if we'll here a presidential nominee say that again. that was with respect and

perseverance. >> in your personal experience with him. did he say anything. was there a moment that stood out that you are reflecting on this morning? >> john could be really stubborn at times. it wasn't a particular moment. it was the totality of the circumstances. when your back is against the wall you realize you weren't working for john mccain. you were working on something bigger. you were working for the country and he was a public servant. >> after that 2008 campaign i asked him if he planned to stay longer in the senate. he mentioned his father and grandfather. his grandfather after being abroad the uss missouri when the japanese surrendered he died 4 days later.

his grandfather and father died young after retiring to the navy. he said if i walk a way from the senate i would die in a week. he felt like he needed a fight. he needed that focus in his life to continue on. >> i think you are absolutely right, ed. that's the mark of a public servant. you saw it with his grandfather and father. he had to be engaged in the democracy of america. that's why he's a good man. >> we appreciate your insight. >> thank you, ford. senator mccain spent five years as an pow. a prisoner with him talks about that experience. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactly when we'll be there. saving you time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa!

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>> we're remembering the legacy of senator john mccain leaves behind the former republican presidential nominee losing his year-long battle with brain cancer. rachel: he's passed away at the age of 81. he went home to arizona for treatment in december. ed: on friday his family announced he had decided to end that treatment and passed away saturday afternoon just days before his 82nd birthday. good morning, again, everyone and it's remarkable because you think back to the fact that he died nine years to the day that ted kennedy one of his close friends in the senate also died of brain cancer a remarkable coincidence and tucker carlson takes a look at the life and legacy of john mccain. >> john sidney mccain iii was born in 1936 on a military base. it's one of the most prominent families in the united states navy. mccain's grandfather accepted the imperial japanese surrender aboard the uss missouri in 1945.

his father also a four star general, later commanded all american naval forces in the pacific. after graduating from episcopal high school in virginia, mccain followed their lead entering the naval academy in the class of 1958. by the time war broke out in vietnam mccain had already bailed out of two airplanes during training and in june of 1967 he nearly lost his life for a third time a rocket aboard the aircraft carrier went off accidentally and struck his plane as it idled on deck. 134 sailors died but make cane rolled through the flames to safety. >> i felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out so i probably had reacted a little more quickly than those in the planes near me some of those planes near me didn't survive. >> four months later his luck ran out. on october 26, 1967, during a

daytype bombing mission over downtown hanoi, mccain's plane was hit by a missile he later described as like a flying telephone pole, gravely injured during ejection mccain landed in a lake in front of thousands of civilians one of whom stabbed him in the groin. authorities dragged mccain in chains to a prison later dubbed the hanoi hilton. to this stay there is a stat out of john mccain on the banks of where he was shot down celebrat ing his capture. >> he was terribly injured, fractured arms, broken knee, left arm was out of the socket. he had not been fed and basically, he was starving to death. >> mccain's captors soon discovered he was an admiral's son and they offered him early release. mccain refused showering his guards with profanity and he spent the next three years in solitary confinement being

tortured with ropes and the experience pushed him repeatedly to the edge of death. he was sustained by fellow american prisoners with whom he communicated by tapping in code on the walls of the prison. one of those men was medal of honor recipient air force colonel bud day. >> bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa up bringing. >> mccain was fine pally released in 1973 to a heros welcome back in america but his health and marriage were permanently damaged. to the end of his life he would never fully raise his arms and there was a rule he never mentioned it he some types needed the help to brush his hair and dress. in 1981 he retired from the navy as a captain and moved to arizona to marry cindy hensley, a teacher from a prominent phoenix family encouraged by ronald regan to run for congress mccain spent two terms in the house of representatives before being elected to the senate in

1986. mccain held that seat for 31 years. he became one of the most energetic and visible politicians in america famous for his sense of humor and his temper. after a brush with scandal in 1989 during the savings and loan meltdown, mccain developed into a champion of campaign finance reform. the mccain law passed in 2001 is maybe his signature legislative achievement although less well known, mccain also spent decades working on be half of american indian tribes and airline deregulation, two of his personal passions. in 1999 mccain began a run for president. he chris crossed the primary states with a better part of the year in an aging tour bus he called the straight talk express he was accompanied by former pow 's and a star struck press core who were with the wreckless way he ran. for a brief period it looked like mccain might win the nomination and he beat george w. bush in the new hampshire

primary by 19 points that year but as the challenge collapses soon after and he conceded in march of 2000 returning to the senate. mccain soon emerged as a leading voice on american foreign policy he helped lead the charge for george w. bush's invasion of iraq in 2,003 year as well as for the troop surge in that country several years later. at the end of bush's second term , mccain once again announced his candidacy for president. this time, he won the nomination in a surprise move at the republican convention in minneapolis, mccain introduced his runningmate, alaska governor sarah palin. he later conceded he barely knew palin, and boosted the ticket for a time but in the end unified media support for his opponent and historic financial collapse that voters blamed on the republican donor class proved insurmountable. mccain loss that race in november. mccain's concession speech that year revealed as much about him as anything he ever said in public, but the i've crate or's

bluster and temper lay a bedrock of decency and total commitment to good manners in the face of defeat. >> senator obama and i have had and argued our differences and he has prevailed. no doubt, many of those differences remain. these are difficult times for our country and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. >> back in the senate mccain re took his place as the most powerful voice for conservative foreign policy, expanded american military commitments abroad, nationbuilding, the spread of democratic government. he rallied for military intervention in libya against pushing for political reform in egypt and called for regime change in syria and became one of the few emechanics materials ed officials willing to argue for more american troops in iraq and afghanistan. even as he remained hawkish on foreign affairs, mccain like his

friend who steadily leftward on domestic matters notably immigration. by the time the republican party nominated donald trump in the summer of 2016, mccain seemed close to a complete break with his own party. he pulled his endorsement of trump and became one of the new president's most persistent critics. for a man battered by physical suffering in his early decades mccain spent the second half of his life inhale. he kept a travel schedule that would have exhausted seasoned athletes and he beat melanoma in 2000 and wore the scars on his face to prove it but his final illnessness, an in curable brain tumor could not be stopped. mccain's colleagues in both parties announced that congress was losing a man. >> you are defined by your courage and you're redeemed by your loyalty. courage and loyalty. i can think of no better description of the man we're honoring tonight, my friend, john mccain. >> the one thing that i like

most about john mccain, he doesn't run away from the short comings. when you balance out john mccain 's life, it's something we admire. i don't know about you, but i feel like i've been very lucky to be in his shadow and to be his friend. >> john mccain is survived by his wife cindy, seven children and his mother roberta whose 106 years old and every bit as tough as her son. ed: interesting to me that tucker ended that by talking about roberta mccain who outlive s john mccain she's 106 years old still alive today and lindsay graham whose in there at the end told me my favorite mccain story which is that a few years ago, late in her 90s against her son's wishes goes to europe on a big adventure on her own and wants to go rent-a-car and whatever the car, the rental place was, they said sorry we have rules and actually you're too old because of liability

reasons we can't rent you this car. she didn't miss a beat and she said how much is it i want to buy it? griff: she basically bought the car and drove through europe. that is the drive that the senator got from his mother and you know lindsay graham talking about the balance of mccain's life and recommend to anyone, should you get a chance to go to hanoi, vietnam, and stand and stare at the cell where he was held captive for more than five years and then came back and since the better parts of more than three and a half decades in the senate fighting for the freedom in the final speech he gave last july on the senate floor he says america has made a greater contribution than any other nation to an international order that has liberated more people from poverty than ever in history. ed: absolutely. griff: and he played such a critical critical role and not only doing that but leading the way and i think that's what lindsay graham is talking about. rachel: leading is so important and we've interviewed so many

people who have been connected to him through his campaign and all of them say they were surprised once they started working for him and they were kind of impressed they said it wasn't about him. it was always about the country first, and a mission for freedom and advancing the values of this country and that's really a testament to who he was. ed: absolutely and the bus that he rode around on the campaign trail the straight talk express taking any and all questions from the media even when he wasn't happy with us, because he wanted to be transparent and he was very direct and authentic i think as a candidate. griff: you covered, ed, so many of those campaigns and whether it was ford o connell or, they spoke to one thing specifically, which was that being around john mccain, serving with john mccain was greater than yourself. ed: i imagine when people on campaigns you get tired it's near the end, you're likely to lose, you haven't slept, everybody is come paining and

you look at this guy who can't lift his arms over his head to come his own hair, i'd see him near a tv camera in the senate i'd do a live shot and he might be on after me on the show and one of the staffers would go up to his hair with a come because he couldn't comb his own hair and lift his arms over his head. those were the war wounds he still had decades later. so a testament to his service and his life and legacy we've been honoring today. rachel: that's right and senator john mccain spent five years as a pow in vietnam and we have everett alvarez in prison with him he joins us live to talk about that experience, coming up next. >> offered the chance to go home because my father was the commander-in-chief in the pacific and the code of conduct says that you come home and everett alvarez had been there since august of 1964. i came down in october of 1967. i couldn't go back before him.

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rachel: john mccain spent five years as a pow, after his plane was shot down during a have it vietnam war. griff: joaning us now is that former pow retired pilot alvarez thank you for joining us this morning. what are your thoughts as the nation mourns a war hero? >> well, thank you very much for allowing me to be here this morning. can i first express my sincere condolences from my family to cindy and the mccain family. ed: absolutely. >> we knew this was coming but it's very hard. i have a lot of memories about john. i didn't know john until six months before the war ended. personally i didn't meet him but through our communication system we knew when john was first shot

down and we knew the difficulties he had, how really he was pretty helpless, he was in a body cast. he owes us a lot for his first cell mates, that day was one of them. he's now deceased a medal of honor winner, others who took care of hip, fed hip, cleaned him. john was just totally helpless but he made it. he's a scrappy fellow and what always impressed me about john is that his father and his grandfather, senior naval officers, john could have used his influence but he didn't. his commitment to service, to his country, he wanted to be in the front lines and he has quite an exciting story including the captivity. ed: everett and when that captivity ended and you were released and some of the other prisoners as well, as i

understand it, he was really the first person john mccain you saw as you were being released . take us to that moment what it was like? >> well i was actually just before we were released when i first saw him and i first met him and the vietnamese had loosened up the conditions they had knocked down the barriers, the walls between the big cells and the hanoi hilton so we had pretty free access to all of the big cells containing about 40-50 men in each cell and i remember looking across the courtyard for the first time i could see the other side and see this one particular cell where this fellow was standing in the doorway, and he was shaking hands with everybody that walked by. he was patting them on the back. he was talking away, talking away and i turned to one of my colleagues and i said whose that fellow? and he looked over and said oh, that's johnny mccain and i thought at that point, i said you know, he's going to be a

politician some day. ed: wow. >> look what happened years later. rachel: absolutely everett first of all i want to say what an honor it it is to have you join us on the couch to talk about this. very few people have this common bond with john mccain of having served in a prison for that long together. we've had guests on that have said that it's not a coincident that his campaign model was country first. what is it about the experience that you shared with hip that you think really propelled him in his political career? >> well i think that the experience of being a prisoner of war really really focuses to the fact of how lucky we are to be citizens of the united states and then what we developed, the organization that we developed i think strengthened our belief in that because we really served in tough times with fellow americans, fellow pilots, and i

think that that really has a profound effect when we came out , i followed john's career. i got to know him better, and by the time in 1998 at a christmas reception, at his home, he came up to me and to one of the other fellows and said i want to do one more mission, and i was to run for president. he says let's go for it, and i remember, you know, right after that sometimes just john and i, i was able to join him and help in his travels, that's sometimes just two or three of us but he was, it was always interesting to see how he was committed to public service, to doing what was right and what he himself felt and he always really felt this way, that his service to country and what was right for the country came first, and i

would say in those cases that was how he thought about his position and how he conducted his life. griff: everett do you believe in the final speech he gave in the senate last july when he talked about bridging the bipartisanship and the tone in washington that it really was that service going so many years back when he learned that you're there serving with the man and woman next to you do you think that played a big role? >> i think it played a huge role and that, that a life- forming experience, something like that. it just carries right through the rest of your life and everything that you do, and john was just, he is a unique individual, but he was committed to this country, and what's in the best interest of this country and he demonstrated it. he walked the walk as he heard it. ed: everett we appreciate it. we would be remiss as we honor john mccain if we didn't also say thank you, sir, for your service to our nation as well.

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griff: quick headlines to begin with a fox news alert eight people are dead including six children in a devastating house fire in chicago. two others are being treated in a hospital along with an injured firefighter. officials say no smoke detectors were found inside the home. the cause is under investigation and turning to extreme weather. flash floods are putting hawaii an notice parts of the big island receiving as much as 45 inches of for en shall rain, the devastation trapping families inside their homes, as tropical storm lane begins to drift away from hawaii another five to 10 inches of rain is expected throughout the day. and a 13-year-old boy crashes a

stolen ambulance. the teen was being evaluated at a rhode island fire house when he pulled out in front of a motorcyclist. the camera caught the moment of impact the firefighter was thrown from the side of the truck seconds before it crashes only minor injuries thankfully were reported. ed: all right, meanwhile we've got a lot of other news including shocking new revelations about those suspects from the new mexico compound that investigators say were training kids to become school shooters. rachel: newly released court documents reveal the so-called extremists were also planning to attack a major hospital in atlanta. griff: here with her reaction michelle malkin, on the crtv. good morning, michelle. >> good morning, everyone. griff: tell us what is going on with this? >> well apparently there was a manifesto in possession of the members of this compound titled "phases of the terrorist attack" so it wasn't just the information that we already know about the kids allegedly being

trained to shoot up schools but also these very specific threats against soft targets including atlanta's grady memorial hospital, so all of the new information that's been disclosed by the da to appeal the judge's decision to grand bond to these suspects, i think makes the judge even look worse than she already did when she was condemning law enforcement the da for bringing up the jihad origins of the plots against innocent american school children and families. it's very troublesome and one thing that i detected in looking at these latest filings too is theres some troubling jurisdictional conflicts that i think may have led to the unnecessary death of the three year old boy, because what we do know is that the property owners had alerted local authorities. tonya and jason badger and i really do believe that this couple are an unsung hero in all

of this because they did what authorities always tell you to do which is if you see something say something and the local authorities apparently had their hands tied because of the pre- existing fbi investigation and i think more questions need to be asked about that whether there were dropped balls in this case. rachel: well this is a blockbuster story the types that i'm hearing about it i'm so shocked there's been so much attention on school shootings. we know what they were up to on this compound. have you been shocked by the lack of attention on other networks to a story that really is very news worthy? >> rachel it's a really good question it's a million dollar question and i'm not shocked unfortunately because you see a lot of this especially since 9/11. there's this pathology it's a liberal pathology it is a mainstream media pathology to whitewash jihad out of these stories of potentially violent massacres and you're right. where are the gun control people allegedly, these people were armed to the teeth or they had many weapons in their possession

and the idea of training kids to shoot other kids you'd think that the gun control left would be all over it and instead, we get this silence. this is much more than just a run of the mill story about child abuse and when the story initially came out that's how it was framed and unfortunately, the left is clinging to that narrative because they do not want to talk about the radical roots, the islamic imperative that lies underneath. it's not for the badgers who did their own googling and found out that the son had been wanted in georgia on the search warrant. this thing may have never been uncovered in the first place. ed: michelle we've got just one minute. to your point the latest court documents we've gone through them. 13-page motion, the prosecutors say that among the things they found at at this compound is a booklet about the "phases of a terrorist attack" and that they've interviewed the children who survived and saying some of

the leaders stated"he wished to die in jihad as a martyr." what is the judge thinking to say okay we can let these suspects out on bond. >> yes, that's right and i'm glad that the law enforcement authorities are at least appealing this, but there's a larger question here in the post -9/11 environment too, ed, which is again, were there dropped balls? were there red flags that the fbi ignored? did they slow walk once the badgers had alerted local authorities and local authorities allegedly had contacted the fbi and knew there was something going on here, it is in the long line whether we're talking about the boston marathon bombing, the orlando nightclub massacre, fort hood, san bernardino aden/o where we get information that the fbi knew something was going on and didn't do anything about it. ed: well michelle has been all over this story and will stay on it and so we will. we appreciate you coming in. rachel: thank you, michelle. ed: we also continue our coverage of the life and legacy

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ed: spending much of the morning remembering the life and legacy of arizona senator john mccain who was 81 years old.

rachel: the senator war hero losing his year-long battle with brain cancer. griff: on friday senator mccain 's family announced he was ending treatment he passed away saturday afternoon just days before his 82nd birthday and joining us now on the couch maria bartiromo, host of sunday morning futures. good morning, maria. maria: good morning, good to see you all. john mccain should be celebrated and praised because of his incredible work for our military he worked so hard and severely took on so much in his service to our country so my condolences to his family. ed: and also to the seat of the pants sometimes and you covering the economy better than anyone in the middle of the 08 campaign when everything was falling a bart he decided to suspend his campaign and go back to washington to try and help save the economy and i remember then talking to the speaker john boehner a few years later and he says he finds out that the campaign is suspended and he's line well what are we supposed

to do? he calls mccain, mccain calls him back and boehner says what's your strategy john and he says well i don't know, john boehner what do you think i should do and so for all of the wonderful things he did he admitted later he was impulsive, he had a temper and he would jump on things a little too quickly. maria: it was a moment in time i remember that when he suspended the campaign and it gave it to the leadership barack obama. rachel: it was a turning point that's absolutely true maria so you have a lot of guests on today some will be able to speak about john mccain, but other issues because politics is churn ing all the time. maria: absolutely we'll get their reaction to john mccain's passing from the inside the house when we speak with the majority leader kevin mccarthy as well as darrel issa we'll talk about that but also we want to get to what's going to be coming up in the coming months the mid-term elections are obviously the most consequential mid-term elections in our lifetime. i would say so many things are

on this mid-term election. ed: bruce ohr is finally going behind closed doors and being interviewed by house judiciary. you've got critics saying the president has conspiracy theory. no wait a second this guy is right in the center of the dossier. maria: there's no conspiracy here. the bottom line is bruce ohr and his wife were profiting from the dossier which was used to get a warrant to wire tap the american citizen. most people don't realize he was speaking to christopher steele way after he was supposed to be. he wasn't even supposed to be a source any more for the fbi and there you have bruce ohr having meetings with christopher steele and then of course as i mentioned we learned his wife was working for fusion gps putting that dossier together so bruce ohr and his wife profited from the dossier. what i want to know is did his boss know that, sally yates, at the time sally yates was the one that bruce ohr reported to. did she know that his wife was at fusion gps coming up with this dossier and they were both

making money on this dossier? rachel: or did they know that the dnc was funding that dossier maria: well of course and they didn't tell the fisa court that the dnc had funded that so we're going to talk about that and obviously, darrel issa will be one of those people who will be questioning bruce ohr. we want to find out what happens after this closed door testimony because my guess is that the next target becomes sally yates after bruce ohr. griff: you have leader mccarthy on and i'm guessing you want to find out a little bit about how concerned his is, his name is certainly at the fact of the pack to be speaker and we're less than just over 70 days away from the mid-terms. maria: i find it really difficult to understand why so many people are saying well the house will probably flip, because when you look at what this group has been able to achieve, the atlanta federal reserve just came out yesterday with a new expectation for gdp growth for the third quarter, 4.6%. so you're talking 4.1% for the second quarter now possibly 4.6%

for the third quarter and here you have the majority leader mccarthy and his colleagues among the important part and catalyst to that growth with their tax cutting plan so we'll talk about the mid-term elections what is kevin mccarthy expecting and will he be the next speaker? rachel: and people who laughed at donald trump when we said we might get to 5% we're at 4.6%. maria: it's pretty incredible. that means better productivity, more job creation, economic growth more money in your pockets so as people go to the polls i suspect the economic story will drive them but let's not underestimate the lies and the abuse of power with these people at the top of the fbi and the doj. i think the american people understand what took place in the 2016 election more than people understand that they give them credit for and as a result they think that's also going to drive people to the poll so we'll see the mid-terms the post consequential in a long time. ed: pretty tumultuous week over

the last week between michael cohen and manafort and yet the markets which usually hate uncertainty still rolling along. maria: because i think the markets right now are recognizing this between the two parties and i think the markets are just basically investors are waiting to get some real evidence of more progress, so this week, we may get a deal with mexico. we may actually see a new trade deal, a handshake, whatever you want to call it, between the u.s. and mexico and then perhaps the thinking is that canada follows suit. that's important the markets will sore on any new deal. rachel: that's a big deal. griff: 20 minutes away sunday morning futures do not miss it. thank you maria. rachel: thank you maria turning now to your headlines. a train slams into a dump truck killing two people and injuring several others, both people in the truck died after allegedly driving past the crossing arms 11 of the 50 passengers on board were taken to a hospital. two are in critical condition, the texas incident is under investigation. and seven people are thrown into

handcuffs following a protest over a torn down confederate statue. >> [crowd chanting ] rachel: demonstrate ors at the university of north carolina clashing over a 105 year old monument toppled during a rally and the surveillanceses arrested aren't affiliated with this include the charges include assault and resisting arrest. the statue will be put up due to will be put back up due to state law and tomorrow, president trump will be hosting kenya's president at the white house. talks will be held on trade and security. should we decriminalize illegals crossing at the border in texas? some democrats say yes. griff: texas attorney general says that's lunas it and he joins us live coming up next. ed: plus the political world honoring senator mccain a live report from capitol hill that's coming up. >> migrate privilege was to

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griff: some democratic candidate s in texas are pushing to decriminalize illegally crossing at the border. a democratic senate candidate running against ted cruz saying these a seem you'll seekers attempted to do what any human would do which is to request a seem you'll in between the ports of entry we should not criminal ize that and then the democrats running for office are expressing similar opinions, so are they just hindering for votes? texas' attorney general ken paxo n joins me with his reaction mr. attorney general good morning thank you for joining us very much. >> good morning from texas.

griff: we have lupex valdez, veronica escobar running for congress and governor as well, what are the democrats doing in your state and what does de criminalizing crossing the border even mean? >> so this is a little scary. obviously, you know we're a border state we are struggling with protecting our people to have a policy like this that takes away criminalizing crossing the border. you're basically opening up your borders and the reality is we already struggle with this. we've had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 201e had human trafficking, we've had all kinds of drug crimes and if we make it more lenient, we're going to get more of it so it's going to cost lives if we go down this path. griff: ken speak if you will to the fact that when you talk to the border patrol and go down on your border as i have done many times in recent years they will tell you that things like this

draw more people across, makes our problem much worse. >> that's absolutely true. as you have done i've also done i've talked to a lot of our border agents and they are grateful that this administration has finally allowed them to do their job and now you have lupe valdez who want to have statewide offices in texas and takeaway the tools that have allowed us to be more effective which i think is absolutely crazy and not in the best interest of the people at texas putting them at great risk griff: ken what message do you think that it sends to everyone across the country when you look at the tragic case of mollie tib bets, and this is not just confined to texas. >> that's absolutely true. a lot of people think it's a border issue but once people cross the border they can travel to other states and they do. this mollie tibbets is a perfect example of what risks we are at

if we make border crossings easier which is what they seem to be trying to do here. griff: let me just ask you in fairness to democrats that are running like escobar and valdez, you know, they look at the tolerance policy of the administration and say that wasn't fair to families that wasn't humane behavior. >> well you know that was a difficult issue for the trump adminitration that was put in place by the clinton administration saying that families couldn't be separated so the way the clinton administration dealt with that is if you came with a family just let people go. obviously that's not a solution that worked it's proven not to have worked so the trump adminitration was caught with this clinton policy and also following the law so they were in a difficult spot trying to make the security issue solve a security issue at the same time trying not to separate families. griff: attorney general of texas thank you very much for joining us we will watch what happens down there as immigration is certainly going to be a big part of his mid-term elections, thank you, sir. >> it'll be interesting thanks for having me on.

griff: the political world honoring john mccain the tributes pouring in we're live from capitol hill, next. th an it originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

griff: both sides of the aisle are mourning the loss of senator john mccain this morning. ed: americans soon will be able to pay their respects. rachel: chad bergrum joins us live from washington in the details. chad? reporter: in a couple of days they will bring john mccain's body to the united states capitol to lie in state. they will be the 38th person to lay in this honor. it means he puts this casket on

a wooden platform they used for president lincoln's funeral in 1865 in the middle of the capitol rotunda. no one has laid in state since the late senator from hawaii who died in december of 2012. there will be an honor guard standing around the casket and members of the public will file into the rotunda and be able to pay their final respects to john mccain. in the final days of john mccain being here last fall he had been getting treatment and some reporters talked with him in the hallway and he said something very pragmatic. he said well every life has to end somehow. he was very resigned if this was the fate that was in-store for him and he has not been on capitol hill since the 7th of december. ed: chad you have been reporting that democrat leader in the senate chuck schumer has come up with this idea to name the russel senate office building the very first senate office building in history others have

spouted up rename it in honor of john mccain. i saw in the last five minutes nancy pelosi put out a statement saying she thinks it's a great idea. should we see that at face value as a way to honor someone on a bipartisan basis or is there something else going on here in that it would replace the name of richard russel who as you know when he died in the 60s was the most senior member of the senate and was a southern leader against the civil rights movement at a time of people taking down statues in the south and all of that as we see a statue right there on the screen of richard russel. do you think that might be at play here as well? >> well we are in election season and democrats are concerned about getting out their base. that statue is directly below me one level down in the russel rotunda. this is the russel senate office building so named after richard russel and john mccain's office is in this building and also the armed services committee which he chaired and richard russel was a giant. say what people will say about his views on civil rights. he was kind of the defacto

majority leader in fact there's a reason why this building is named for him and that could be a big fight if they try to push that. we don't know what the political response would be, but richard russel, lyndon johnson, the senate majority leader is called master of the senate and lyndon johnson kind of learned all of his senate tricks from rush and russel because there had really been no one who mastered the senate until johnson & johnson learned everything from richard russel that's why that russel even though controversial such a towering figure and i should point out that i can't think of any instance where there's something certainly on the context of a capitol building that's been renamed and so that would be a big thing. ed: and the audio tapes some of the way some of the most colorful conversations are between russel and lbj, some not to be repeated. griff: i want to ask you because you are our resident scholar there, you did a great job last night and thank you for joining us today but what will the folks

in those halls of the senate most miss about john mccain do you think? >> i think we'll miss his frankness and miss him sparring back and forth but also miss his compassion. i remember a key moment last summer when they were trying to get together on a bill to repeal and replace obamacare and there was a late night meeting and word came while we were standing out in the hallway and senators were in this meeting and john mccain was suffering from brain cancer and first of all people became concerned with his health but that was going to create a big problem for repeal and replace o back a care. they prayed on the phone and that's something that people will remember. ed: very moving indeed you always bring us such wonderful information and remembrances we appreciate it. more fox & friends on the other side. (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach, agent beekman was one step ahead of them. because he hid his customers' gold in a different box.

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that have known john mccain knew this american war hero and just touching tributes all day long. ed: here is a way we felt we could honor him by looking at his life. thank you. >> i don't mind a good fight, for reasons known only to god i've had quite a few tough ones in my life, but i learned an important lesson along the way. in the end, it matters less that you can fight. what you fight for is the real test. we are americans first, americans last and americans always. let us argue our differences but remember we're not enemies with comrades and a war against a real enemy, and take courage from the knowledge that our military superiority is matched only by the superiority of our ideals and our love for them. nothing is inevitable here.

americans never quit. we never surrender. we never hide from history. we make history. thank you and god bless you and god bless america. maria: good sunday morning everybody thanks so much for joining us welcome to sunday morning futures of maria bartiromo remembering the life and legacy of senator john mccain who passed away yesterday at the age of 81 tributes have been pouring in this morning for senator mccain the war hero died in arizona one day after his family said he had ended treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer. the man known as the maverick left this world just as he lived in it on his terms. we have a report from washington straight ahead on new information this morning, about how the nation will honor senator mccain as well as where his final resting place will be and we'll also get reaction from house majority leader kevin