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mike emanuel life on capitol hill as well as on the presidential trail. hi, mike. >> john mccain was certainly quite serious about major issues affect in this country from our military to the nation's veterans and immigration reform. having a playful personality. new hampshire republican senator kellya out spoke about the john mccain she knew. >> i remember him first of all what a tremendous loss for his family, but for the entire nation. i remember john for his courage, his tenacity and his wonderful sense of humor. he was tough as nails come incredibly bright and also just always cracking a joke, always a smile. trick the lawmaker representing arizona took the emotional and difficult issue of comprehensive immigration reform that one of the democrats from the so-called

gang of eight talks five years ago spoke about mccain's passion as they wrestled with addressing immigration. >> there would be that time when he would blow his top and get that steely look in his eye in the think to yourself, i don't want to be around this may be fire pilot. and then he would calm down the next thing we know we're moving into an area of agreement. he was widely respected that he knew what the goal was. the goal was to make it a better nation. >> many are praising john mccain for putting the nation about his own political party but let's be real here, he was also not afraid to fight with the other side of the aisle. >> could make fun of himself. there were many times that a legislative battle and we knew we were not going to win this and we were going against the odds of the establishment and others. he didn't care and he would never give up. >> thinking is expected to lie in the united states capital later this week as both

washington and the nation prepared to say farewell to an american hero. >> mike emanuel in the rotunda. developing now possibly named after senator mccain if chuck schumer gets his way. thank you very much. kristin is a lot more. >> for more, let's bring in california congressman tom mcclintock. thank you for being with us today. >> everybody seems to have a story, their own story about senator john mccain. what is yours? >> i'll remember him most fondly. he was added best as a fierce deficit hawk. he passionately believed in our nation's defense, but he also understood that you cannot provide for the common defense of the campaign for it in the countryside to encrypt themselves aren't around very long. he took strong stands, for example, he was a big supporter of the brack process, the process to consolidate in the

military bases because he wouldn't waste any division of the government. he devoted much of his career to promoting. >> a lighter take on president transfers onto senator mccain's passing. he's been a longtime critic of president trump and president trump in response put out a statement on twitter in which he sent out his deepest sympathies in respect to the family of senator mccain. he said nothing about the man himself. is that enough? >> the bitter rivalry between mccain and trump found its roots in the fact that temperamentally they are very similar. they feel very passionate about things. and sometimes that passion drifted over into personality. they were rather it tame compared to the things that george w. bush and his

supporters said about mccain in the 2000 race. a lot of that is political. >> congressman, president trump's remarks that senator mccain was perhaps not really a war hero. i was one of the first great big controversies in the 2016 campaign and it really shaped a lot of the race. in terms of style, two very different types of politicians, right? >> he said the movie and finger having writ moves on. no of the piety nor tears can call all-day tuzla showed a word of it appeared both titles are behind us. john mccain's battles are behind him. which you have is a legacy in our country. >> now looking ahead, senator mccain has been called the conscience of the senate. one of the senate great moral

accomplices. he was going fill that void that is senator mccain left this earth? >> i don't think any single person is able to fill the void. but we have left are the lessons that he taught us and i think that all of us heeding those lessons can make the process better. >> a cut so many lessons, but what is one that sticks with the outcome of the greatest blessing of take away from his life and legacy. >> the fact that he never gave up in in that way he was very much churchillian and did not allow a party to determine how he viewed right and wrong. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. tranter from the other side of the aisle, dan kildee. good to see you as always. appreciate it. it is interesting in washington especially these days to find somebody who is so uniting and

receiving universal praise as john mccain has. why? >> well, we were all drawn to. the entire senate and the entire house in the one person i wanted to make sure i could meet and talk to with senator mccain. it's because of that. this is a guy who i did not always agree with but had this sort of calm and centered character that you look for in a person who can really be a leader. the one thing he always was able to do sometimes to the chagrin of many around him was bring us back to the point. bring us back to the point of the conversation whether it's a policy question or something we were debating on the budget can get away from the personal sort of big days and get back to policy consideration. >> the way he conducted himself the way he lived his life.

the character encoding country above his old political games by example after example. yet no one can give examples of bad other than john mccain. where have we gone wrong? where has politics gone wrong. >> i think it's become far too personal, far too focused on the peripheral issues in the game that got you. democrats and republicans all but into this all the time. we overreact to things the president says good john mccain was always able to get his re-centered. maybe there is the way we could take this moment to commit to one another to try to live the lessons he left us with, to remember that moment during the campaign where he corrected a critic of president obama and said he was a good man that he had differences with her on the night of the election where

rather than trying to console himself he actually called attention to the moment in history that was occurring that president obama was elected and what that meant to this country. we all should take a lesson from that. leland: we all should. the big question is will we. there's a lot of reason for hope unless you got one. maybe this is just an opportunity for us to ask ourselves the question. in a way we always have senator mccain to correct us when we went too far. leland: is there anybody, namely pinpoint do now that is the pinnacle of service in a country before itself. >> i think unfortunately there are so many that don't have the same profile that senator mccain has. you and i talked in the past.

more instances of bipartisanship taking place that don't get much attention. maybe we need to show it a little bit more and not to falter differences, but celebrate what we actually share. >> senator mccain celebrated what he thought was first, which was service to country and putting america's interests ahead of his own. good thoughts as always. >> thank you very much. >> john mccain's legacy extends well beyond the halls of congress. he was not only a political powerhouse but perhaps most importantly of featurette who service and sacrifice made him a total american hero. joining us now for more insight as john mccain military legacy. senior strategic analyst general jack keane. i know you've had the opportunity to speak with your friend over the last few months in his final battle with brain

cancer. anything that i could share with us from this conversation? >> the ending was just like john's life. i mean, he didn't buy them asleep, heart attack or fault on the streets. probably the way most people would like to go. he was in a battle for his life every single day given the pain, torturous pain. in doing a little bit better without disease than most but because of that fighting spirit. when i think of senator mccain, it is the brass of public service that is so extraordinary. two decades of military service, for decades of public service as a congressman and senator. but if the character of it that is so defining john mccain. is more than a career. it's more than a profession. the same kind of attributes to it. a special calling burchfield's

energy and a sense of energy. he also had incredible devotion to our country, to the american people, to the ideals of america. finally, this persistent determination and discipline he had. just to get things done no matter what the obstacles. that is really quite special for me dealing with the senator. tranter in terms of his military legacy, he had a hand in so many conflicts from vietnam to iraq to what we are dealing with right now in russia. is it even possible to pick one. >> the separation between myself and him and making the foreign-policy and national security is the anti-daylight. people sometimes try to put them in a box with a warmonger in a war hawk. he was not bad. what he was promoting stability,

security and prosperity. and then you have distorted viewpoint, quite churchillian and a sense. you should probably win it. and a strategy to win the war. it's not coming up with the proper strategy to fix it. he constantly pushed people in afghanistan and push people in iraq. where is the right strategy? he did note the right strategy was. he did the wrong thing when he saw it. he went to is that pain by syria. he's dealt with two administrations, particularly the obama administration because they had it the longest they were not able to get their arms around the bend exercise the political moral will of american leadership and we still struggle with that. >> what are my favorite things is how he liked to spend his fourth of july in afghanistan or

iraq with the troops. how much does senator mccain being tormented women in uniform? >> he is adored, but loved it and also i didn't travel with john mccain, but i was in the shadow of him in eastern europe and the middle east in the far east. whether reaction you got from people, particularly people facing pressure in the baltics in eastern europe and the middle east elements of the far east. you have a clarion call to the, that he identified with that sacrifice, without suffering of second place and he was always pushing america to do something about these problems. but all the problems in the world, but the ones in our national interest. kristin: three years ago "new york times" reporter asked him what he wanted his tombstone to say and he said he wanted it to say that he served his country in that he most certainly did hear general keane, thank you

for sharing your stories. i know it's a tough day for you as well. good to talk to you. the land. leland: president trump has been remembering senator mccain. he treated out his condolences. the flag at the white house now at half staff. to the white house for reaction in a couple minutes. a fox news alert as pope francis' departing ireland. he was there for a brief visit. the pope visited ireland to attend the world meeting of families. you can see the live picture from the airport in dublin as the pope says goodbye appeared this is not simply a visit by the pope to say hello. the sexual abuse scandal continues to rock the catholic church. pope francis condemned the action taken by priests involved in a scandal and apologize for lack of action on the part of the church to intervene. they are to the pope on word from dublin.

back now as we continue to remember senator john mccain. they came in last night. live on the white house as we mentioned the flag they are flying at half staff. >> it is no secret that john mccain really saw eye to eye them are critics of each other all the way to the end. the white house lowered its flags. the finisher of their condolences with resident trump tweeting my deepest sympathies in respect go to the family of senator john mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you. first lady melania trumpeted our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathy to the mccain family. thank you for your service to the nation. the president was once again back at it with his attorney general by re-tweeting several of his jabs at jeff sessions earlier this week including tweeting sessions for the statement he released this week.

the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. this is whatever one wants. the pritchett on the other side including the illegal surveillance of the trump campaign, russian collusion by dems. you can do it. the country is waiting. the president's latest wave of criticism is once again stoking speculation that his days could be numbered. on "meet the press," jeff flake said byron sessions would still raise a lot of concerns for folks on capitol hill. >> there may be a few isolated voices saying that the president not to fire now. as a body we are saying please don't. the concern is the domino to fall than what happens with rod rosenstein and bob mueller. irene jeff sessions would concern us all that that is the first domino.

>> for the past year and half the president has received enormous blowback from republican anytime he suggested the floated the idea he could be considering friend jeff sessions as attorney general. republican lawmakers suggested he may not be the case anymore. they could be open to a new attorney general, meaning this rivalry between the president and the ag that has gone very public this last week could be going on for another few months. garrett penny at the white house. more from the president if we get it here on this sunday. garrett, thank you. kristin: senator mccain's former running mate sarah palin is remembering him saying today we lost an american original. senator john mccain was a maverick and a fighter, never afraid to stand for his release. john never took the easy path in life and your sacrifices and suffering inspired others to serve something greater than

self. after the break, we'll speak with a member of the mccain's presidential campaign on his lasting legacy. >> seemed a good in your opponents, the fact that george w. bush will be speaking at his funeral where he was asked to. the person that defeated him. also barack obama. that says all we need to know about john mccain. his opponent love, admire and respect. it's absolute confidence in 30,000 precision parts,

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>> when he was the campaign that takes years off your life. when you win one it takes two years off your life. everything we stood for was embodied in the campaign slogan country first. a lot of times it wasn't specifically about republicans or democrats or insult for obama. it was about america in the direction of the country. sometimes he was stubborn and ornery but that was john driving the ship. leland: in a town of adjectives so often, you almost don't need them for john mccain because he lived out what he said he was going to do. a rare thing for a politician. as we look back on the clips of him he spoke out about unity and turns around, goes to the senate in 2009 and began working with oracle, who became part of the gang of eight. >> it's not the first time he stressed unity. just look at the 2008 campaign trail could make out the acceptance speech in minneapolis, the first thing he said i still respect and admire

him. there were other times when you push back on people because he knew we were going to fight like dogs in the presidential campaign trail. when it's over the voters cast a ballot. without a come together to do the peoples were. that is what john was all about. kristin: when i watch these clips of john mccain, one of the things i'm struck by as a journalist is how refreshing it is to have somebody who hated the talking points, who was so authentic, spoke from the gut. having worked in a campaign with him, what was it like to work with a candidate who throughout all the talking points? >> sometimes you wanted to strangle him because he was really open, honestly. he was facing great thing is a really authentic and other times it's like however are you going to walk that back. and yes you don't want people to sit on the talking points, but there's a reason why we use talking points. you have to give saturation. leland: he answered the

questions before they were asked in many cases. he knew what was coming. a lot of times you just did what he thought was right even if it was in his own political best interest had one clip everyone is talked about. you remember because you are watching it. we'll get your reaction to it and a 2008 town hall pushing back on a one or shall we say has since various thoughts and concerns about barack obama then the senator. >> fees in arab. he's -- >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man from a citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. leland: we all mourn and we all say thank you to john mccain. it's part of the for realization by folks in washington who will never see another politician who will do what john mccain did in not clip.

>> never say never, but it's highly unlikely particularly in this era of social media and cable news. today everyone is watching that clip. in 2008 he didn't get a lot of credit. was actually two people in a town hall pushing back saying over and over i don't trust barack obama and he said will come our differences are not personal. it's about policy. unfortunately, that's how rob it was on the campaign trail. i just hope someone it would come out so they can do things like that in the future when supporters on either side speak up like that. leland: that clip is only eight years ago. it seems almost to the point by now. >> that is how fast time flies. use knows what he'll be like in another copiers wanted to do this in 2020. hopefully a little more stability there right now emotions are so brought across the country. leland: thank you for coming in. tributes pouring in for people who knew senator john mccain best including lindsey graham,

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still sunday morning. reporter: valent, everyone has a john mccain story. i was a reporter in the 1980s when i was at the first editorial board meeting were assessed a working cover where he was running. immediately he had this energy and charisma which was very immediate and likable but he had no political ax periods. he was an evil act -- to the senate had one of his first debate that woman accuses him of being a carpetbagger. one of the best lines delivered here, the only place i've lived longer than arizona was hanoi, referring to his pow days. he was very likable and very corrupt, but personable. arizona has produced, for its size, leaders like goldwater, udall, john rhodes, sandra day o'connor, bill rehnquist and john mccain. the >> he didn't have to turn it on her fake it. he genuinely cared about these

people and i was 24/7. >> senator mccain was transported last night to a funeral home in phoenix later this week. on wednesday he will lie in state at the state capital according to governor ducey. so many chapters in his life also together by his love of country. he believed in american exceptionalism and when he wasn't in d.c. he would be preaching democratic bodies, believe in civil talk would lead to civic action. the >> is one of the best known political figures in the world today because he's a man who stood for principle and stood for what he believed and despite very often his party been in another place. reporter: people would turn out in the thousands to pay their respects to john mccain. as for his replacement, that's up to him. whoever does will have to face voters in 2020. we won't go into it right now,

but it will be pretty big shoes to fill for anybody. not to you. leland: as you note, it is nice to take a moment of a thank you to the shoes themselves before talking about who will fill them. william la jeunesse in arizona. thank you. kristin: a quick dip into politics because there's some big news about superdelegates. the national committee now wants to weaken the power of superdelegates in the nominating process. molly henneberg is light with more. >> yes, specifically limit their influence on the first round of voting for the nominee. under the new rules passed by the democratic national committee is the first ballot is contested, meaning no one candidate has enough pledged delegates from state primaries and caucuses to win outright, superdelegates cannot vote. if there is a need for a second ballot, superdelegates can though. democratic superdelegates are hundreds of party insiders who are not bound to any one

candidate. in 2016, bernie sanders campaigned in supporters accuse national democratic leaders abusing superdelegates to drive up the numbers for hillary clinton even as sanders was still trying to challenge her. this change in the role of superdelegates is meant to address that. tom perez said in a statement, quote, these reforms will help grow our party come unite democrats and restore voters trust the indicator 2020 nominating process the most inclusive and transparent in our history. most importantly, reforms will empower voters and ensure they feel like their voices are being heard, especially young people who share the democratic party values. the same people whom democrats are counting on to turnout for the midterm and presidential elections. some say the role and impact of superdelegates during the 2016 democratic primary is being overblown. >> as much as i supported bernie sanders, hillary clinton won the

primary fair and square, never in the hands of superdelegates. the key is moving forward we have to make sure that the parties inclusive not only of young people, but also the people feeling disenfranchised. >> superdelegates make up about 15% of the vote at the party's national convention every four years. >> molly henneberg, good to see you. train to it that we bring our talk radio can a washington-based carla nixon in the philadelphia host don cara donna. they've got your site on their respective sides. early on the left, don on the right side. does this change anything for 2023rd is a problem that really didn't exist? >> definitely a problem there but it also had to be done to the midterms. the party recognizes a progressive portion of their base our very happy. they haven't put much of a platform, policy platform

together, but they have created these administrative changes so that progress is one at least be infuriated up then. they will take advantage of having the wins of their backs going into the midterms at least. >> how the republicans take advantage of this? >> it's obvious it's always good when a party is transparent in doing the right thing on paper. what this does i think is that ensures that you're going to see a further left of it that's possible in the democratic party nominee in 2020. superdelegates despite the politics of it were the establishment candidate with hillary clinton versus bernie. bernie sanders has to declare that he is running as a democrat. >> of you follow that logic out from a lot of democrats who view bernie sanders is a much better challenge to president trump in 2016 or 2020 than someone like

hillary clinton. does this make it more likely that there is a viable challenger to president trump in 2020? >> well come i thought he was a better challenge her. is the evidence not a parrot? he would agree hillary clinton was a horrible candidate. she decided not to go to wisconsin. it was on this country mrs. clinton. it would've been a more viable candidate. what i'm saying is this is another nod. you will not see any wiggle room here. the basement to the far left. leland: i've got to get you to 15 seconds on this. a more progressive 2020 nominee? >> if you trust the base during the primaries, maybe the basal trust a little bit more and show up for you during the general election. trade you gentlemen thank you unappreciated. your understanding as we are cut a little bit short as we remember the life of john

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from the russell rotunda after russell back in the, quote of the democratic party in 2018. chuck schumer said he might want to rename not for john mccain. jeff flake said he is the first republican cosponsor of the bill. is this going to actually happen? >> it's hard to say because no one has been here to weigh this. this assured politics by chuck schumer. it is not what the southern democrats were in the 50s and 60s and this is where richard russell was standing in the way of civil rights legislation. you look at the folks on the left to dominate the democratic party right now. look at who want a new york city or joe crowley's successor cortez. to distance themselves from those old-style politics is important for democrats right now.

this is something internal to the senate. it is meant to be signed into law, but pretty impressive that it changed the name of a senate building. they've all been named one. >> you've been on capitol hill covering capitol hill for years. global senator mccain's dns or something that stood or something that stood out to you is something i'll never forget? >> look at who shoes he stepped into. barry goldwater. only two persons have represented that feed since january 1953. a lot of commonality. both of them were chairman of the armed services committee. both of them hunt or eligibility for president contacted because john mccain was born in the u.s. panel market now. barry goldwater was born in the territory before it came to stay. a lot of people will remember john mccain for that moment in the senate on health care. here is another one.

he's part of the scandal in late 1980s and only two of the five sanders came out okay. john glenn of ohio and john mccain. he broke no role, said that they didn't find any direct wrongdoing but mccain said the appearance of his association with the saving and loan. and that gave rise to the mccain-feingold bill that campaigns are financed while are financed by with a very liberal democratic senator, russ feingold of wisconsin that curb soft money in politics. as we approach the midterms we hear a lot of these tv ads where the last decade or so they say it ain't so and so when i approve this message. that's a result of mccain-feingold. it was john mccain seen has wrongdoing, trying to right the ship some years later. >> you is not never afraid to say he was wrong be it in south

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leland: as a naval aviator, john mccain endured five and a half years of torture and hardship in the north vietnamese camp called the hanoi. leland: and then one of the largest sources. one of many foreign policy issues became champion. his good friend, lindsey graham saying that freedom lost one of her greatest champion today in a tweet. we will bring in gillian turner has with us now. before you were an all-star reporter, you were in both the obama white house and the bush white house on the national security. when john mccain said something, didn't have special meaning and if so what? >> is absolutely dead on both sides of the aisle. my fondest memories of working with john mccain's team and meeting with him are from my

days in the obama administration and the national security council legislative affairs that. i used to have to take my boss at the time, national security adviser jim jones over to the white house to brief senator mccain on then-president obama's foreign policies. he was always very candid with this thought. shocking there was no tip toeing around disagreements. there was no mincing words. his candidates for something people appreciated about him. >> fair to say he was candid in a sense his thoughts were country's first-ever politics first when it came to foreign policy. >> country first and also the men and women in uniform over and above politicians. you know, people like to talk about how he was the defense hawk, national security hawk and he was. but he was not a reckless advocate for foreign intervention. quite the contrary.

part of the reason our men and women in uniform loved him so much. >> exactly. he carries a 10 this he opposed the use of force is something that should always be restrained and always be appropriate and that was his big beef with president george w. bush as he felt he did not resource the war in iraq are properly printing out at any never forgive him for that. >> he was one of the most vocal critics on russia and we're losing him out of time when russia is continuing to interfere or try to meddle in the upcoming mid-terms. so what will his absence do in terms of that discussion as we head into november? >> that's a good point. i hadn't thought about losing him at this moment when it comes to u.s.-russia relations. there's an all-time low. others might feel differently. it is a crucial time to lose coming you know, people called him the line of the senate, someone to serve as a

counterweight. leland: a call from russian television today as they say john mccain decided implacable opponent of russia who supported tougher sanctions. that is a tribute or an afterthought from the russians john mccain would be happy with. >> he would consider it high praise if i don't say so. i no one overstepped my bounds. leland: you on safe ground there. thank you very much. great insight. fox new sunday coming up next with a long tribute to senator mccain and some great interviews there. sandra smith is in for chris wallace. >> nice to be with you. i'm kristen

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>> i'm sandra smith and burke chris wallace. lawmakers from both parties honor a political giant. senator john mccain for his decades of public service. >> the senate, country are lesser places tonight with the loss of john mccain. >> the war hero, presidential candidate six term senator, dead at 81 with the battle with brain cancer. this hour, will talk to somebody served with him. former senators. >> a thanks for having me on again. i love o