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>> a reading from the second letter of st. paul's to the corinthians. so we're always confident, even though we know while we are home in the body we are away from the lord. for we walk by faith not by sight. yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the lord. the word of the lord.

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♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪ then sings my soul, my siefor god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ then sings my soul, my savior god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪ then sings my soul, my savior

god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ then sings my soul, my savior god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great

thou art ♪ ♪ then sings my soul, my savior god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪

♪ then sings my soul, my savior god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ ♪ then sings my soul, my savior god to thee ♪ ♪ how great thou art, how great thou art ♪ >> a reading from the gospel according to st. john. chapter 15, verses 12-13.

jesus said, this is my commandment that you love one another, as i have loved you. no greater love than this to lay down one's life for one's friends, the word of the lord.

. >> let us remember john mccain with the words of the jesuit poet gerard manley hopkins. what i do is me for that i came. but i say more, the just man justices, keeps grace, that keeps all his goings, graces. acts in god's eye, what in god's eye he is, christ, for christ plays in 10,000 places lovely in limbs, lovely in eyes, not his. to the father, to the features of men's faces.

don't misunderstand me, i am not recommending john for sainthood. he was so very human and for that reason, we can see god in his life. he was the just man, justicing, for john mccain every human being deserved to be treated justly. he saw god our father through the features of every person, especially the poor and those persecuted by power and those in need. john was a man who loved and he

knew that love is seen in action, in doing. he was so often surrounded by the servicemen and women he had such a special affection for. we can hear him in shakespeare's words, but we, we shall be remember remembered. we, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. love is truly shown in action and god in his love has given us this warrior as a sign who acted in god's eye, what in god's eye he was.

though we are sad, we do celebrate the life of our friend, husband, father, senator, and warrior by because he did keep grace, christ playing in 10,000 places. he gave us an example of how to live, how to be the just man. with st. paul, john can now say, i have fought the good fight. i have finished the race. i have kept the faith. goodbye, john mccain.

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♪ ♪ oh, danny boy, the pipes, the pipes of calling ♪ ♪ from glen to glen and down the mountain side ♪ ♪ the summer's gone and all the flowers falling ♪ ♪ it's you, it's you must go and i must bide ♪ ♪ but come ye back when summer's in the meadow ♪

♪ and all the valley's hushed and white with snow ♪ ♪ i'll be here in sunshine or in shadow ♪ ♪ oh, danny boy, oh danny boy, i love you so ♪ ♪ and if you come when all the flowers are dying ♪ ♪ and i am dead, as dead i well

may be ♪ ♪ please come and find the place where i am lying ♪ ♪ and kneel and say an ave there for me ♪ ♪ and i shall hear, though soft you tread above me ♪ ♪ and all my grave will warmer, sweeter be ♪ ♪ if you'll bend and tell me

that you love me ♪ ♪ then i shall sleep in peace until you come to me ♪ ♪ then i shall sleep in peace until you come to me ♪

>> as jesus taught us so we now

pray, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses and we forgive those who trespassed against us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen. >> for our brother john, let us pray to our lord jesus christ who said, i am resurrection and i am life. lord, you consoled martha and

mary in their distress. draw near to us to mourn for john and dry the tears of those who weep. >> hear us, lord. >> you wept at the grave of lazarus, your friend. comfort us in our sorrow. >> hear us, lord. >> you raised the dead to life, give to our brother eternal life. >> hear us, lord. >> you promised paradise to the thief who repented. bring our brother to the joys of heaven. >> hear us, lord. >> comfort us in our sorrows at the death of our brother. let our faith be our consolation, and eternal life our hope.

>> father of all, we pray to you for john and for all those whom we love, but see no longer. grant to them eternal rest. let light perpetual shine upon them. may his soul and the souls of all the departed through the mercy of god rest in peace. amen. ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purple mountain majesties ♪

♪ above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ o beautiful for heroes proved, in liberating strive ♪ ♪ who more than self their country loved ♪ ♪ and mercy more than life ♪

♪ america, america, ♪ ♪ god mend thine every flaw ♪ ♪ confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law ♪

♪ o beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years ♪ ♪ thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears ♪ ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪

>> give rest, oh, christ, to your servant with your saints. you only are immortal, the creator and maker of mankind and we are mortal, formed of the earth and to earth shall we return. for so did you ordain when you created me saying, you are dust and to dust you shall return. all of us go down to the dust yet, even at the grave we make our song alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

alleluia. >> into your hands, oh merciful savior, we command your servant john. acknowledge humbly we beseech you, a sheep of your own flock, a lamb of your your own fold, a sinner of your own redeeming. receive him into the arms of your mercy and to the blessed rest of everlasting peace and into the glorious company of the saints in light. >> amen. >> and may the god of peace who brought again from the dead our lord jesus christ, the good shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will. in the days you have and in the

lives to which you have been called, working as he worked in you, what is pleasing in his sight. and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son and the holy spirit be with you and remain with you now and always. amen. >> let us go forth in the name of christ, thanks be to god.

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service and others, in death, he's being treated as if he had, and both sides on capitol hill agreed that it should happen this way. the 42nd president in attend, the 43rd president, the 44th president. presidents bush and obama delivering eulogies today. the 45th president was not invited to attend, but he clearly was a part of the ceremony in a unique way, an emotional eulogy from senator mccain's daughter meghan. martha: an epic and glorious and feisty service today and send-off for john mccain and very much a personal message from him to america, as he leaves-- as his daughter pointed out the earthly bonds to touch the face of god. perhaps some of the most memorable moments from today will be the words of meghan mccain. bret: former secretary of state henry kissinger saying our

country has had the good fortune that in times of national trial, a few great personalities have emerged to remind us of our essential unity, john mccain was one of those gifts of destiny. as we look now at the casket, which will be transported to the funeral home and eventually the burial at the u.s. naval academy. an emotional day, one filled with a lot of specific lines of john mccain's lives. martha: meghan mccain saying as she watched her father near the end. an old man shock off the scars of battle one more time and arose a new man to pilot one last flight up and up and up, bursting clouds right and left and straight on to the kingdom of heaven and slipped the earthly bonds to put out his hand to touch the face of god. a lot of emotion from meghan mccain today and a lot to be read on face of cindy mccain as she watched all of this play out, three presidents in the

front row, saluting her hero, an american hero, senator john sidney mccain. for those of you leaving our coverage now, thank you for joining our special coverage of the funeral of senator john mccain this morning. i'm martha maccallum. bret: i'm bret baier in washington. and please stay tuned for fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage. have a good day. >> we continue now with peter doocy who has been watching all of this from outside washington national cathedral, as we wait for the hearse to set in motion

on its way for its next stop there, peter. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon, martha, and just a few feet in front of where the hearse is located, i'm looking as some of senator mccain's senate colleagues, who were bused over here this morning all together are watching and waiting for the late senator to be taken away and i also just watched and she's been taken back inside now, but the late senator's mother, roberta, stayed at the top of the stairs while the rest of the family walked down to see senator mccain off as he was placed very gently by members of the armed services into the back of the hearse. we can hear now that the motorcycles from the capitol police are starting and so, it does seem like senator mccain is going to be leaving soon and again, you'll see, he is going to go past a handful of his senate colleagues, tough it tell exactly who is over there, but i can see that there are a handful of them, democrats and

republicans, and let's watch. [applause] >> peter, thank you. you know, there were moments in the ceremony that were humorous.

there were funny jokes, and even telling a couple that senator mccain used to tell all the time. there were moments in the speeches from president bush and president obama-- president bush saying that john mccain remained a troublesome plebe, and they were not exempt. president obama saying what a perfect, a better way to get the last laugh than to make george and i say all of these nice things about him to a national audience. but, really, the moment that i think will be remembered most from this, from this service will be from meghan mccain. two lines will likely stand out, even though the eulogy itself covered a long history of love with her father and talking about that in an emotional way, but these two lines likely will get the most attention. take a listen. >> we gather here to mourn the

passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. the america of john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. [applaus [applause] >> that line receiving applause. >> out of that line from meghan mccain and that sound bite will be played over and over as we watch the coverage. the former white house chief of staff for former president bush spoke eloquently about his foe and friend, now joined by karl rove on the phone. good to have you with us today. your thoughts? >> well, you know, we've, as a country, become accustomed to seeing such great celebrations

of life of our departed presidents, but rarely have we had moments where we celebrate figures like john mccain who didn't-- who strove, but didn't achieve the highest office. it-- i remember as a very young man watching the celebrations of the lives of robert kennedy and martin luther king in that terrible year of 1968 when both men were assassinated and i saw up close the celebration of life of coretta scott king. so this is a rare moment that the country comes together as one to honor someone who's not achieved the highest office in the land and it speaks to the character and the service and the life of john mccain that we do see. martha: i mean, this is a person who was willing to suffer the slings and arrows of battle in combat and also the slings and arrows of political life as well and i think he did both with a joy of the battle and of the fight in a way that is really

unparalleled throughout the course of his life. there's joe lieberman as he leaves. he talked about leaving office himself and john mccain saying, gee, i hope this means you're going to get a house in jerusalem with a balcony i can look out over and he says he hoped the balcony he could look out over existed for him in heaven. bret: you know, karl, talk about the underlying message. senator mccain made all of those decisions about the memorial this week both in arizona and in washington, and clearly, the message that he wanted to get through was that the country needs to work together, republican and democrat, and in the symbolism of the choices he made, talk about that and what you -- as you look at jay leno coming out of the cathedral, different friends from all over. general petraeus. talk about that overriding message and what you think of it. >> well, look, it was an extraordinary moment. president bush was-- i don't want to say surprised, but he was taken aback when he received a phone call and here is john mccain planning his

funeral, and asking him if he would take a role in it. and, yes, he wanted to send a message, a message that america can do better, that america is a great country, that america is the necessary and worthy recipient of all that we can give her, and i think that was an important message. i'll tell you though, there's one thing that struck me throughout this entire service, and that is the loyalty of john mccain. the loyalty of john mccain to country, to service, to the navy, and to his friends, because you saw there, his best friend on this globe, on this earth, lindsey graham, you could tell the emotion in that very short moment that lindsey had to read a scripture. you saw it in kelly ayotte, former senator from new hampshire who was like-- mccain was her mentor. you saw it in the honorary pallbearers. there was joe lieberman and joe biden and colleagues among the

senate. among the honorary pallbearers, probably somebody you've never heard of. carla eudy, she's like john mccain, brash, straight-speaking, unafraid. she helped raise money for john mccain's first congressional race and he honored their lifelong friendship. her loyalty to him, his loyalty to her by asking her to be a pallbearer. a man in every fiber to his being, loyal to his friends, loyal to his country, loyal to great principles and that's what animated everything. animated his personal relationships and his service to our country and you know, if you were with him-- if he was with you, he was your best ally. if he was on the other side, he was a tough competitor, whether it was over a policy issue, or as a political competitor because he was fighting on behalf of great principles as he understood them. martha: well, one of those

people who was on the other side, as you say, is the 45th president of the united states, who was notably absent and you saw the former three presidents in the front row, all singing "america the beautiful" together. your thoughts on that and what was clearly the barely underlying message of what meghan mccain had to say about they are father? >> well, she is her father's daughter and those-- and what she said you could easily hear the voice of her father. you could see him nodding as she spoke. and look, i know that mccain didn't feel this way, mccain was concerned about bigger things, but the people around john mccain, family and friends, i think never forgave president trump for his comment about he didn't honor people who were p.o.w.'s, and, but mccain clearly wanted to leave a message, and the message was a call to inspiration, not just to the people who were in that

cathedral today, but to everyone, including, i think, the president. i think his message was, we are better as a country if we strive to achieve the great things that are jut lined in our constitution and in our declaration of independence, and our grand and glorious history and we must do that as a country if we want to keep this great experiment of democracy alive. bret: karl, thank you. there were emotional moments throughout this service. the singing by renee fleming of "danny boy", a hat tip to john mccain's scotts-irish roots, really, had everyone, i think, pretty teared up, including cindy mccain who has been stoic throughout this particular service. as you look now, the funeral home, they're getting ready to arrive. the motorcade making its way there. and then, martha. >> thank you, sir, you bet. bret: the battle hymn of the

republic. the playing of it, it was an american moment and in that setting, which we've seen before in big events and big funerals, you know, after 9/11, it just, it strikes you when you hear it. martha: absolutely. it was a very moving service overall and the music, perhaps, some of the most moving moments of all, as you rightfully point out, bret. when you see the men in uniform walking in and out of national cathedral today, you're just reminded of a young john mccain, who spent his whole career-- you know, we see people come in and out of business, spent his whole career devoted for fighting for his country and serving his country in the capitol dome behind us, an extraordinary moment. let's go for a moment here to grant woods who worked very closely with senator mccain throughout his career in arizona and here on capitol hill. grant, i hope you can hear me. welcome, welcome to our coverage. >> thank you very much. martha: your thoughts on the service today, sir? >> boy, i thought it was

beautiful and i thought it was-- well, you know, john planned it so i guess we can safely say he would have liked it, but it was classic john mccain. it had-- i think if he-- i was thinking about that, if he was watching it, and i'm assuming he was, i think he would have been very proud of his daughter. he would have appreciated president obama's line about there's a little bit of this was making obama and bush say something nice about him in front of a bunch of people and frankly, there was just a little tiny part of it, probably. and he would have-- i don't think he could have gotten through "oh danny boy", he would have loved that. and overall, the basic message and patriotism that just came through this, it's really pretty remarkable. bret: if you had to tell people at home, real quick, something

about your former boss that you want them to leave with. what would it be? >> well, i think it would be this, that you know, i've been with him my whole adult life now and one way or the other, even when i was an attorney general, he gave me plenty of advice, too. what i would say is john mccain on the big stage or behind closed doors, he was the same guy and what he was, one of the people you ever meet who was driven by duty, duty to his country. that's what it was all about for him and consequently, he would always just do what he thought was right, and obviously, you know, everybody makes mistakes, you change your mind, but it was always in good faith and always for one reason and one reason only and that is what's best for this country. because he not only loved his country, but he felt this obligation to serve his country. so, that's what it's all about.

i'd like people to know that there are people like that in our country and if we want to honor the legacy of john mccain and the life of john mccain, then he would tell us that now it's up to us. it's our turn. we have to do something. bret: grant woods, former chief of staff for then congressman and then senator john mccain. grant, thank you for your reflections. you know, what an amazing day, and it's been an honor to kind of anchor through this. martha: yes. bret: and have america see it. it's important. martha: it's important to remember the lives of people like john mccain, true servant of the united states of america, and it's important to look at his life and his legacy as you see standing next to us his family. bret: have a great day. martha: thanks. bret: we're continuing coverage here on fox. i've always looked forward to what's next.

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>> america's northern neighbor put on notice. president trump says there's no necessity to keep them in the deal if a fair deal can be worked out. we will take you alive to the white house with more on that. >> did senator ted cruz get a promise from president trump at a major rally at the biggest stadium in texas he can find this october. our political panel onpresident trump's coattails . ♪. >> america remembers senator john mccain. we have highlights from his funeral at the national

cathedral that wrapped up moments ago . >> welcome to "america's news hq" live from washington. i am gillian turner. >> great to be with you. we will have analysis and thoughts on senator mccain's life and legacy and throughout our show. i am leland vittert. president trump at his golf club but continuing his fight with our neighbor to the north saying that canada has taken advantage of the united states for years.the commons, as there appears to be a deadlock in negotiations over a new nafta deal. ellison barber at the white house on words the president that were off the record are not exactly helping things. >>reporter: neither are those tweets. trade representatives are set to start talking about nafta negotiations. those are supposed to start up

again on wednesday. the presidents tweets surely are not making an easy task for those over at the u.s. trade department. on twitter the president said quote, there is no political necessity to keep canada in the new nafta deal. if we don't make a fair deal for the u.s., canada will be out. congress should not interfere with these negotiations or i will simply terminate nafta entirely and we will be far better off he added quote, we were better off before nafta. should never have been signed. we will make no deal or go back to pre-nafta. yesterday he made a comment off the record to bloomberg. - - [indiscernible]. according to the toronto star, president trump told reporters, told bloomberg news he is not compromising with canada when it comes to nafta talks and he can't say it publicly because

it would be so insulting. he confirmed the remarks at an event in north carolina. an event that was meant to focus on the signing of an executive order related to retirement plans. at another fundraiser, he talked about the leak again and redistricting in north carolina. >> at least canada knows how i feel your so it's fine. [applause] >> i think it's unfair with this whole redistricting thing they're doing in north carolina. how unfair is that? you have an election and a little more than 60 days and they changed the district on you. you've already won primaries. how does that work? the court system. how does that work? there has to be something going on. >>reporter: a panel of federal judges struck down north carolina's congressional map and upheld an earlier decision that districts unfavorably drew their districts to favorparties. president trump is focused on the midterms and in november. he said he plans to spend

upwards of five days on the road campaigning as we get closer to election day. he said he is getting ready to hold a rally in the state of texas for senator ted cruz. >> ellison barber at the white house. thank you.>> for more insight, let's bring in our political panel. democratic strategists - -. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. president trump says he's going all in for the upcoming midterm elections. the latest news is he will campaign as hard as he can for incumbent ted cruz. what you make of that? a lot of risk, little reward. what's your take? works ted cruz won his first election by 16 points. >> the fact that he's in the margin based on recent polling is kind of stunning. the fact that he's calling and help from president trump who has insulted his wife. said his father killed jfk and

is calling and backup from the president is pretty extraordinary in terms of how close this senate election is in a deeply red state like texas. >> what you say to that? do you think this is something senator ted cruz is thrilled about? do you think he's on edge about that? >> i think the new polling, i think of anything will help ted cruz. it's going to fire up his base. the danger in midterms is complacency.this will be a helpful thing for the campaign seeing these polls come out. i think ultimately, it will comedown to voter turnout . in texas under the age of 30, i don't think that will happen. i still think most people think senator ted cruz to pull out a relatively easy victory.the fact that he's accepting the support shows a change of heart toward president trump. >> accepting the support but maybe swallowing a bitter pill along with it considering the

two menus to be archrivals. i want to ask you about millenial's and the upcoming midterm election. kevin, which are take on this? are they fired up about the midterms? are they lackadaisical? >> it's a great question. millenial's will be so critical in terms of turning out. we saw the enthusiasm behind barack obama. we saw it to a lesser degree with hillary clinton. they will be critical in a lot of these suburban elections especially around college campuses to put our candidates across the finish line. we need to do better as a democratic party in terms of turning those folks out and giving them a reason to vote for our candidates. >> i've spoken to thousands of millenial's in the last year or so on many campuses. there's a commonality of millenial's on the left where many of them feel betrayed with a democratic party with what

happened with bernie sanders. they feel the party itself stole the election from them. i think there will be some disenfranchisement where the party has to earn back their support. that resistance movement is not enough to get many people to polls. it will take a platform actually having something you're standing for and supporting. we haven't seen it yet from the democratic party. it's just been about opposing president trump. >> what are your predictions for the midterms? do you think we will see a red wave as president trump said? what are your protections for the house and senate? >> i think it's an uphill battle for the senate. there's incumbent members in indiana and north dakota, west virginia. i think the house is more in play especially with recent polling that says 67 percent of americans don't think the president is doing a good job. >> it's a lot harder to take power once you've taken it.

i think the publicans have been blessed with a favorable map for the senate. i think they hold the senate. the house will be an uphill battle. i won't make hard predictions but it will be tough for republicans to keep the house given the factors in play. >> that's a wrap for us today. >> as the friday before labor day came and went without a major announcement from bob mueller's team, it appears more likely the investigation goes through the midterms. president trump went on the offense this morning launching more attacks against the justice department and the fbi. the press joining us with details. >>reporter: there's been a lot of these attacks over the last week whether it's on twitter or at campaign rallies. today, those frustrations were directed over the fbi's use of surveillance warrants known as the foreign intelligence surveillance court. those were used to get warrants to survey all members of the trump campaign team.today, he tweeted about that quoting traditional - - writing in

part, you've got corruption at the doj and fbi. they are completely out to lunch in terms of exposing and holding those responsible for responsible for that corruption. after raising speculation that attorney general jeff sessions would be fired.on thursday he said he would stay in his job at least until the midterm elections. but just a few hours later, the president was once again criticizing the justice department and the fbi. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. but at some point, if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job. i will get involved if i have to. >>reporter: the president has grown increasingly frustrated over the continued employment of bruce or.

during the deposition he told investigators that have a dozen fbi and doj officials knew about his back channel contact with christopher steele who compiled the controversial dossier on candidate trump. two sources with direct knowledge tell fox news that he kept him in the loop before and after the election as well as the origins of the dossier is a piece of democratic funded opposition research. - - they are once again asking the president to declassify the records about bruce ohr and the - - >> garrett, thank you very much but with that, we bring in republican congressman francis rooney. it was all the way back i believe in december where you said it was time for a purge,

to use your word, of the fbi. we haven't seen that wholesale change. the head of the fbi reports to president trump as does the attorney general. yet, a lot of criticism of the fbi and the doj. no real meaningful executive actions by the president and is it time for that? >> i think it took a long time to get peter strzok out of there. i thought that would be a quick decision. it took a lot of time to get comey out of there after he botched the hillary clinton, are we investigating or are we not. now we still have the lingering issue of the fisa warrants on the basis of the steel memorandum. >> this is a president you talk to all the time about being a man ofaction . he constantly criticizes jeff sessions. it certainly can clean house in a much different way inside the fbi. you can declassify everything you and your colleagues want by the stroke of a pen, yet hasn't

done it. >> i think is compensating factors that bear on what the president can do. jeff sessions has executed a lot of his agenda despite the controversy surrounding the mueller investigation. the other thing is, what happens if he does it? it's like the iraq invasion. you take saddam hussein out, what have you got left? you take sessions out you got rosenstein and you may not be able to get anyone else confirmed. >> i know republican senators have talked to him about the perjury said needed to happen at the fbi. you still feel that way, do you still feel as though more heads need to roll? >> i don't know. i read the classified documents that were made available to all congressmen so i can't comment anywhere near that. we know mccabe is gone, we know that peter strzok is gone but i wonder about this page lady. sounds like bruce ohr through everybody under the bus in his

testimony. >> wanted to get your thoughts on something else. former ambassador to the vatican before your position now as a congressman. the chicago tribune out now with an editorial. accountability for abuse can't stop at the vatican gates. have we reached a tipping point when it comes to the vatican and the child sex abuse scandals? is it time for congress to get involved? >> i think when you look at this, absolutely out of the blue situation that came up a few weeks ago with cardinal mccarrick.building upon pittsburgh and now with archbishop - - letter alleging there was a meeting between him and pope francis in 2013. i agree with the u.s. conference on catholic bishops and professor robbie george's op-ed in the wall street journal yesterday. let's get the facts on the table. kind of like the reagan and

iran contra. >> the facts have been so hard to find because, at least the accusations are that the vatican is stonewalling.you wrote a great book on the vatican and have a mac interacts with the vatican. these were american kids. these were american boys in the end. does congress have a responsibility if the vatican won't tell us what the pope knew and when he knew it for congress to find that out for us? >> i'd like to see the advice of the conference of catholic bishops and the american perspective. sometimesit's hard for the europeans to accept our perspective but we need to know the facts. i know that don't know that congress will have a role but certainly law-enforcement. pope benedict made sure any time a suspected abuse case came up, the civil law enforcement officials would be brought in right away. he limited the bishops

discretion to throw the matter under the rug. >> there are still questions on what happened looking backward when it came to them. congressman, we appreciate your time. we'll see you back in dc. >> ask for having me on. >> coming up, mourners still leaving washington national cathedral after saying goodbye to senator john mccain. we will have the most poignant moments from that service. plus, they will strip away the politics and take a fair and balanced legal look at what we know about robert mueller's russian investigation. coming up after the break.

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the two countries have stalled on the negotiations. the president tweeting this morning, there's no political incentive to keep canada in the naphtha deal. if we don't make a fair deal after a decade of abuse, canada will be out. congress should not interfere or i will simply terminate nafta entirely and will be far better off. with that, we bring in a member of the donald trump for president advisory board. nice to see you as always. really, we'd all be better off if we canceled our bilateral trade agreements with canada?

>> more concerned. >> ma'am, either way, in this idea. there's also tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of american jobs that rely on having nafta in place to trade with canada. those people lose their jobs just the same if you cancel nafta. >> the presidents going to make sure as he always has. this president ran on the subject of jobs. he has not forgotten that for one second. even the stock market reflects america's confidence right now in this president's ability to

lead on economic issues.i don't think that's a concern of most americans. >> i don't know. i've interviewed a lot of businesses that have been hurt by president trump's tariffs. i've interviewed a lot of people that they president trump's tariffs will put them out of a job. this guy in a missouri with a nail company that cost him more to buy steel from overseas than it does for a contractor to buy imported nails from china. there's winners and losers in any trade war. no such thing as a no lose situation here. >> growth always requires a little bit of pain so they will be short-term pain for long-term gain.i think that's how the president has used this whole negotiating tactic. >> ma'am, i've only got 30 seconds. should we read these tweets were he says i'm willing to cancel this or do that, is this a tactic? is this taking out oneanother

extreme position only to come back to the middle? >> the president wants to negotiate for everyone but he doesn't look for just america's success, he looks for the whole world. but he looks to be the leader of america and for america to have absolutely fabulous success is what he's always said and that's what he's fighting for. >> thank you, appreciate it. >>gillian: president trump slamming the accuracy of a "washington post" poll friday that found nearly 2/3 of americans back robert mueller's investigation and believe the attorney general jeff sessions should keep his job. for more insight on what these results mean and what's next to come in that probe, let's bring in former prosecutor robert bianchi. the latest don mcgann white

house counsel, out. some gop lawmakers are worried the office of white house counsel is getting too thin doubt. they are worried that this leaves him vulnerable if the democrats retake the house. what do you say?is it okay i think to have one more deputy counsel left at the white house? >> i lead a prosecutorial agency for six years. one of the hallmarks is to try to get the most talented people. even if they disagree with your opinion in order to have institutional knowledge and give you proper advice. with the removal of donegan, you are weakening the ability to give the proper advice. ultimately, the president will accept or not except you want them to get more talent andvoic in the room. he is in a bare-bones scenario and he will be in for a fight for his life because of the storm clouds are looming all over the place with respect to this investigation. at a sobering and steady voice will be very important. >>gillian: sounds like it's not just about the numbers.

sounds like it's more about what the point of views are and what their perspective on the law is. he wants a range of advice. not just a bunch of yes men. >> when i was in the room as a prosecutor, i ultimately made the call. but i wanted to hear people that i trusted and respected. many times, we had vociferous arguments and disagreements with the matter in which an investigation should take place. ultimately, they all knew when i stepped out of the room when i made a decision, it was final. but i took their advice and counsel seriously. sometimes, people want yes men. they want confirmation bias. they want people to agree with what their personal viewpoint is and that can be very dangerous. for example, it would be wise for the president to stop continuing to tweet the things he is because it's building a more nefarious scenario for him. potential obstruction issues all over the place. decide

to go about things. >>gillian: the american people probably want the president to get what he needs and not necessarily what he wants at any moment in time. here's the president on thursday at a rally. he starts talking about a threat to get involved if things don't go the way he wants them to go.take a listen. >> people are angry. what's happening is a disgrace. at some point, i wanted to stay out. but at some point, if it doesn't straighten out properly. i want them to do their jobs. i will get involved and i will get in there if i have to. >>gillian: should he stay out of the fray or should he jump in? >> absolutely should stay out of the fray.

what i find odd is when i was appointed with the governor with the advice of the senate. i was black boxed at that point in time. i had a term that could not remove me from office from anything short of impeachment or a cause. with the system we have now, the attorney general are under the backbone of the president but if the president is being investigated and he doesn't like it, he can attempt to try to remove him. remember that during the campaign, we had the trumpet speech encouraging russians to hack the emails. we had the constant adulation of putin. we had the ukraine platform as the only thing changed. we had george papadopoulos, australian official telling that he's trying to reach out with respect to compromising information on clinton. we had the trump tower minute. then after the election, what

we had? the comey firing. lester holt interview. white house meeting where he said he was fired because of the russia investigation. attacks on sessions, rosenstein, mueller, chris ray. many of whom he appointed. pressuring congress. calling for hillary clinton investigation. >>gillian: sounds like the present has put a total in the water. it's not so much if he's going to get involved as whether he's going to insert himself into the process. thanks for joining us. be sure to tune in at 11:00 a.m. eastern for media buzz. - - will have an exclusive interview with michael cohen's attorney, lenny davis. >>leland: after the break, remembering u.s. senator john mccain. peter doocy outside the national cathedral. >>reporter: the last of the mourners have left the washington national cathedral. we will have a rundown of the service that was as unique as the senator. next. i'm really into this car,

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>> america remembering senator john mccain. in a way only reserved for presidents. peter doocy outside the national cathedral. >>reporter: during a 2 and a half hour long ceremony at the national cathedral. the late senator john mccain was respectfully remembered as someone was expressed as a lawmaker and prisoner of war and a father created a worldview to only ever do what he wanted to do. colleagues and rivals alike lined up to salute him one last time even though many of them made clear they didn't always agree with him. >> he was honest. the matter whom it offended. presidents were not spared. [laughter] >> the 44th president barack

obama revealed that he in the late senator mccain who he beats in the 2008 election, regularly huddled in the oval office for meetings about the personal lives and policies of the day.obama cemented the respect he had for the late senator. but he, like many others, that he had an appreciation for the late senator's sense of humor. >> a little bit of a mischievous streak. what better way to get a laugh laugh then to make george and i say nice things about him to a national audience. >> there were no direct references to the current president, president trump who was not invited but there was an unmistakable illusion to him and his famous campaigns slogan during attribute by the late senator's daughter, megan. >> america does not boast because she has no need to be in the america ofjohn mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great . >>reporter: that line drew

something that you really don't expect to hear at a memorial service for someone who just passed away. applause. >>leland: peter doocy, we will be remembering and analyzing those lines for a long time. outside the national cathedral, peter, thank you. >> today, the news reports indicate that russian military courses crossed and internationally recognized border into the sovereign territory of georgia. russia should immediately and unconditionally sees its military operations and withdraw all forces from sovereign georgian territory. >>gillian: that was senator john mccain in 2008, shortly after russian troops invaded neighboring georgia, sparking international outrage and severely straining the russian -u.s. relationship. joining me now to talk about senator mccain's lifelong commitment to - - and his

foreign policy legacy. mr. president, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>gillian: one of the things i want to discuss is senator mccain, and lifelong commitment to countering russian aggression across the world. he believed fiercely that an attack on democracy anywhere was an attack on democracy everywhere. what's your thought about that? >> i'm just coming from this very emotional ceremony. it was as beautiful as his life. as his soul. as his spirit. i think he was smiling at us. today, there is an outpouring of grief, notonly in the united states. in ukraine, the embassy of the u.s., flowers. in georgia, they wrote his name with lights . that's, nothing is accidental.

this man who has the title of national hero of georgia. it was awarded to him because not only did he abandon his companions in the middle of his campaign. he never stopped to remind the world about it. they wanted the world to forget and to brush away. mccain was always there to remind them. this sheer presence, the fact he was so much, he felt very passionately. he impersonated american greatness. american presidents more than anybody else. >>gillian: 10 years after the invasion, parts of georgia are still occupied. what is the plan without senator mccain's voice in opposition? >> it will be very hard to fill issues. he was someone who would never compromise. he said we will never surrender.

he repeated many times because that's what we need. we should never give in. neversurrender to this force. he gave a compliment , he said, [indiscernible]. in fact, i have to say, he was - - why he was a hero. not only his personal commitments or statements. he came in 2006, they shot a grenade launch. a very narrow mess. everyone was scared. the u.s. embassy said we are stopping this trip and went back to the capital. he said no, i will continue. after all the threats he and the word. then we went all the way to - -

it was very stormy. he went into the waves. he jet skied for one hour. we were scared like what the hell is he doing? i had to follow him but i was frankly scared. then we ended up at - - at 3:00 in the morning. then he says you know what, i would rather - - [indiscernible]. that's where i belong. of course he also wanted to fight. [indiscernible]. i hope he's there now. >>gillian: last question for you quickly. in his final statement, he said america is a nation of ideals rather than blood and soil. you think that was a message for democracy? >> he was the inclination of american greatness, american spirit, american briefly and he will be remembered like this amazing man.

amazing close friend of ours but my close friend. it's a huge loss for all of us and me personally. today, i was moving between tears and smiles. it's like we lost somebody very dear to us. somebody cannot be replaced who would be dearly missed. this guy - - >>gillian: we know it's been an emotional day. thank you for coming here to the studio. thank you for sharing your memories. we appreciate it. we hope to see you again. >>leland: we will try to get the video and pictures of the jet skiing coming out. the former nato secretary-general joins us to look back on how senator mccain supported our european allies change the catalyst for so many overseas.h that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used minivans with no reported accidents.

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terms of an off the record interview . with this, we bring in - - windows a whole lot about interviews. most of your interviews are on the record. it's important to understand about this story that these quotes the president gave to bloomberg that were off the record. were then published by the toronto star. no clue whether bloomberg actually leaked to them to the toronto star. no reporting they did get the president holding them responsible. leaks could have come from somebody else who was in on the conversation. >> the leaks could have come from anywhere. the president has decided to blame it on bloomberg. i'm not going to be the president mind or bloomberg's mind. but if you do an off the record interview and those quotes and up somewhere else, you might be upset with the guy who did the interview who said they were off the record. i'm not going to get into whether or not someone flying

here. >>leland: does this speak to the president's willingness, and picking a fight with the media. you and i have talked about it on the radio. it works well with present space.>> there's no doubt but it's not picking a fight that works well with the president space. we discussed this a lot on my station. we discussed the fact that the president is in putting the voice to this at the first. millions of americans have felt the press has not been honest in conversations. have been misrepresenting, attacking him and calculating how they do things to underrepresent large swaths of america.president trump is giving it a voice that millions of americans haven't voiced themselves but he's just louder and better at it.>>leland: it certainly has a large twitter following and then we talk about it afterwards. as brett bear noted earlier, of all the things that have been said about senator john mccain,

to the most poignant and memorable ones were from his daughter earlier today. listen to one and then get your thoughts. >> america does not boast because she has no need to. the america of john mccain has no need to me made great again the cousin america was always great. >>leland: thoughts question mark. ? >> there's a lot of conversation happening about the daughter of john mccain and this eulogy. if you want me to somehow slam a morning daughter, i'm not doing that. my hope for her is, is that she doesn't regret what she said going down the road. she clearly loves her father. i have no comment whatsoever to john mccain as a father. like i wouldn't as a husband or anything else. i only hope for her sake that

it's not something she says, i wish i could have done this differently or would have. because if the purpose is to eulogize and remember the legacy of senator john mccain. if you go to your social media fees, everyone's talking about this eulogy. and the slam on president trump as is being described rather not talk about the legacy of john mccain. if the mission was the legacy, right now, that's not what got done. that mission was not successful. >>leland: it was karl rove who just said megan mccain was certainly her father's daughter. someone who spoke, he spoke with was on his mind and she did there. tony, thank you. a little bit more as we remember john mccain. we will speak with the former nato secretary-general about how america's european allies will remember what many thought to be the greatest friend in washington.

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we mustappreciate the limits of our power but we cannot allow ourselves to question the rightness and goodness of the west . >>gillian: that was senator john mccain in 2017 reaffirming the u.s. commitment to its nato allies. he was a staunch supporter of nato and there have been calls to rename the alliances russell headquarters after the senator. here to weigh and is former nato secretary-general andrew rasmussen. thank you for being here. what happens now in the wake of senator mccain's laws, who from your perspective is the advocate for the transatlantic alliance here in america and washington? >> i am encouraged by the fact that when i visit congress, i see bipartisan support for not only nato, but also for a continued american global leadership. and we need that. i think in both political parties, i hope also among the republicans, there will be voices that will continue the work of mccain . >>gillian: you and others have

said that empathy was at the heart and the core of senator mccain's outlook on foreign affairs. his approach to foreign policy. elaborate on that a little bit for me. >> i think he was a person who taught us all how to commit to something bigger than yourself. he had a strong moral compass. he strongly believed that there are certain principles and values that transcends politics and power. including the fight for freedom. that's why i do believe the best way to honor him in nato is to rename nato headquarters. given his name. i have suggested that for the nato allies to decide whether they will follow that suggestion.

>>gillian: there is undoubtedly strained relations right now between the u.s. and its closest european allies whether it's germany, uk, france. how do you think that the u.s. senate approaches the issue of strengthening the nato alliance without senator mccain's voice? how can he take steps, he was the number one advocate. >> also within the republican party, i also think i believe like senator mccain, that a strong american-european partnership is the cornerstone of transatlantic security. >>gillian: on paper, the nato

alliance is a military alliance, right? we all know over the past several decades, it's played a much larger role in terms of shoring up relationships between the united states and the rest of europe. do you think moving forward this administration in america, the trump administration, is pushing to put the emphasis back on military might? >> unfortunately, i have to tell you that from a european perspective, the current administration undermines the strength of nato through the rhetoric. not on the ground. we still have deployed strong territorial defenses in eastern europe. when it comes to what is happening on the ground, it's okay. but, i think it's dangerous when the president undermines the confidence which says an

attack on one is an attack on all. you have to always send a clear signal, especially to president putin that he shouldn't even think about attacking nato allies. so mccain was a great american but he's also a great european. >>gillian: mr. secretary-general, thank you for your time.we look forward to continuing to speak with you. >>leland: remembrances of senator mccain continue tomorrow with his internment in annapolis. live coverage of that. that's it for us in washington. more news from new york. we'll see you back here tomorrow at 1:00 eastern.

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