leland: president trump tweeting on jobs and trade all weekend as canada debates joining the u.s. and mexico on a new nafta deal. what it all means for your pocketbook and the midterms. gillian: the attorney for president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, talks to fox news. we'll hear from lanny davis who once served as special counsel to president clinton. >> when michael cohen came to me, it took me quite a while to listen to him as to why he had changed his mind about donald trump and i took on the representation because he was ready to speak what he felt about donald trump. leland: senator john mccain

to be laid to rest this afternoon at the united states naval academy in annapolis. lucas tomlinson is there ahead of the service. >> reporter: senator mccain's body is expected to arrive at the naval academy in 45 minutes. we'll have more on america's news headquarters. leland: we'll go back to annapolis as the arrival ceremony takes place. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. gillian: i'm gillian turner. president trump touting job numbers this morning on twitter, he's focusing on minority unemployment during his administration. he tweeted out the fact is, african american unemployment is now the lowest in the history of our country, same with asian, hispanic and almost every other group. the democrats have been all talk and no action. my administration's already

produced like no other and everyone sees it. allison barber joins us live from the white house with more. allison. >> reporter: hi, gillian. the president is spending the day at his golf club in virginia. he left the white house a little after 10:00 this morning. he was up well before then, tweeting about job numbers and also tiger woods. yesterday, president trump spent a significant amount of time and spent a significant amount of his tweets having those focused on trade. the u.s. reached a trade agreement with mexico. he said it's a deal canada could join if they want. a day later on twitter president trump said canada is not a political necessity and warned congress not to interfere or he would simply terminate nafta entirely. despite that tough posture, mr. trump's former press secretary said a deal will happen. >> remember, nafta went into force in the mid-1990s. the nexus of nafta was the canadian, u.s. free trade agreement signed in 1998. it is that agreement that

brought mexico to the table because they thought they were losing out on an agreement that benefited canada and would institute more trade, more trade would flow to the north. it's that same tactic being used in a reverse way, bringing canada back to the table after the president negotiated a better deal with mexico. >> reporter: the president of the nation's largest trade union fefederation took a different approach to what president trump had said. he felt canada was incredibly important for this deal. he told fox news sunday earlier today that the economies of the u.s., mexico and canada are so integrated that in his view it would be difficult to see how a deal would work without canada. negotiations between canadian and u.s. trade officials are set to start back this week on wednesday. gillian. gillian: allison, thanks for that. leland? leland: we bring in radio talk show host from the great state of pennsylvania, r.j. harris. good to see you as always, my friend. we got the president tweeting

about the economy this morning, basically saying, hey, look i've done great things for the economy, you should continue to support me, toss up the latest real clear politics average though on the president's approval numbers. they don't really look so good. 42.2% approve, 54.1 disapprove. this is an average of all of the reliable polling over the past 15 days. you break it down to the group of african americans that the president was tweeting about this morning, that he says have the low unemployment numbers, abc poll says just 3% of african americans approve of the president's job. where's the disconnect? >> well, the disconnect i think is still in the mainstream media. the mainstream media is blamed for everything, so i'm not trying to take the easy path here, but they spend so much time beating him up. he's getting no credit for nafta. once again, the art of the deal negotiator brought mexico to the

table and canada's our biggest trading partner, they're going to come to the table and everybody poo pooed this when he started down this path. he can never do anything right. i think that's part of it. leland: at some level are we getting voters and our listeners and our viewers enough credit? when you sit here and continue to say blame the mainstream media, people are smart. if their pocketbooks are full and they're feeling good and they're buying stuff and they feel like they're going to get a promotion and a raise at work, do they really care what the mainstream media tell them? >> well, overall, no. and i think america's pretty darn happy right now. people are upbeat. the economy is roaring. leland: why isn't that reflected -- if people are so happy, why isn't it reflected do you think in the polling numbers? >> well, i'm not sure why the african american community is not higher. they're doing much better. so is the hispanic community.

i like to talk about how we working people elected trump and that is not code for white people. it's truly the people who have been the ox with the yuleing wid the neck carrying people in america. there's opportunity for everybody, particularly people of color, all the stats show that. leland: john james is making points just the same as you did. you talk about working people. one of the ways that president trump won was turning blue collar union democrats red for this election. the head of the aflcio this morning on fox news sunday, we'll take a listen, get your reaction. >> unfortunately today the things that he's done to hurt workers outpace what he's done to help workers. he hasn't come up with an infrastructure program that could put a lot of us back to work. he overturned a regulation that would actually deny over

5 million people overtime that they would have had. he overturned some health and safety regulations. leland: this is the guy who is the spokesperson for a lot of the working folks you just talked about, r.j. >> this is a guy who is not acknowledging any of the current numbers and that things are going through the roof in terms of this economy. i think it's the same old union stuff and, frankly, it was only a pause in union swinging towards trump anyway. they never went his way in wholesale fashion. they've been democrats all this time. i don't see them changing in a big way. leland: interesting point. when it comes to places like pennsylvania, the union workers who as you said really had swung towards president trump, the unions themselves aren't following their workers' will who are happy with the president. >> i think that ultimately the union workers are going to vote for trump because they see what's going on. you know, you talk about nafta.

i'm two minutes, literally, from hershey pennsylvania and we lost the plant to mexico quite a few years back. that plant should be here. there was a lot of sorrow over those jobs not being here where they belong in hershey, pennsylvania. leland: we'll see if they come back with the president's new deal, if he gets it with canada and obviously what's happened with mexico. r.j., it's always good to see you, my friend. thank you. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me on. leland: gillian. gillian: president trump is doubling down on a tax against special counsel mueller's russia investigation. lanny davis is speaking to fox news about his work and his client, president trump's former attorney and fixer, michael cohen. molly henenburg has the latest. >> reporter: long dark time washington insider and democratic lawyer lanny davis says it wasn't tensional, -- intentional, it wasn't a lie, it was, quote, a mistake. he's talking about his role as

an anonymous source to reporters earlier this summer, who said michael cohen would tell special counsel investigators that trump knew in advance about a meeting between his campaign officials and a russian lawyer. davis outed himself as the source and suggests he shouldn't have floated that story. >> i was never sure in my confirmation. i was uncertain and in fact i expressed my uncertainty but not clear enough. so i can understand that they interpreted what i said as a confirmation and have not blamed cnn. i have blamed myself for not being more clear that in my mind i did not know the details about that meeting and i should not have encouraged any reporter. the lesson that i've learned, if i'm not certain, even on background, i should not be asking reporters to do investigative work when i'm not

sure. >> reporter: president trump has said repeatedly that he did not know about that meeting in advance. here's what davis, again, as michael cohen's lawyer, said today about whether trump knew. >> i can't tell you what mr. cohen has told me except i can say to you that i'm not sure he did and that it requires additional reporting and i'm not sure he did not. >> reporter: cnn says it's sticking by its reporting on this story. president trump says cnn refuses to, quote, admit the mistake. and michael cohen pled guilty in august to campaign finance violations, tax evasion and other charges. gillian. gillian: thanks for that, molly. leland. leland.♪ leland: just about an hour from now the private memorial service starts at the u.s. naval academy for senator john mccain. mccain will be buried there with military honors.

following the service, lucas tomlinson, joins us from outside the gates there. hi, lucas. >> reporter: hi, lee hand. i spoke to -- leland. i spoke to some midshipman who said they're expecting 1500 classmates to attend the service unvoluntarily over the three-day weekend, a glowing tribute to senator mccain. it's notable senator mccain's father and grandfather, both naval academy graduates are buried at arlington national cemetery, not the naval academy, another example of senator mccain doing it his way. he was instructed to be buried along side his classmate, add admiral charles larson. they were known as the odd couple. larson was the brigade commander at the highest rank of the school. mccain was better known for his mischief but had leadership qualities that did not require rank. larson commanded a submarine and

was one of the youngest admirals in u.s. navy history. he led the naval academy twice. mccain spoke at had alma mater often. he spoke about al-qaida, saying they can ask god for mercy but we bring just ticks not mercy. a -- justice, not mercy. he finished fifth from the bottom in his class. 25% of mccain's class washed out, many point to mccain's rebellious streak and fierce loyalty to the military's code of conduct to accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy to get him through five and-a-half years of torture in north vietnam. unlike his public service, today's service is private. defense secretary mattis is an honorary pal bearer. he issued a statement saying senator mccain, whose name alone describes a better description of a patriot than all the words in a dictionary's definition, everything i love about america is resonant in this game.

senator lindsey graham will offer a tribute. everett alvarez was only 26 years old when he was shot down over north vietnam in 1964, the first u.s. pilot shot down in the war and was with mccain for many, many years including everett went over eight years. leland. leland: lucas there, as you noted, even president bush paid honor to senator mccain's legacy and time at the naval academy and some of the fond memories that folks there have. as we take a live look outside from a little bit past your position, you can see folks waiting to pay their respects to senator mccain as the hearse carrying him with pass by on the way into the gates of the naval academy. the mid-shipman you talked to who were all planning to go to this service on their holiday weekend to honor senator mccain, what about his service, what about his time at

annapolis stands out to them that they want to honor so much? >> leland, senator mccain never broke. he went to the naval academy. he lived by the honor code. he lived by the code of conduct. just because he had some minor infractions, sneaking out, jumping over the wall, doing things that most mid shipmen were not doing, certainly not those who finished at the top of the class in 1958, john poindexter who was later inindicted in the iran contra scandal, mccain was a fighter and he used that to his benefit in his service. he rebelled against his captor, he obeyed the lawful orders of those senior over him and he did everything he could to escape but also not accept any special favors from the enemy inlewd leaving -- including leaving prison early. his father became head of the u.s. forces in the pacific and

he was offered an early release, thinking it would be a propaganda victory and mccain wouldn't buy it and endured many more years of harsh conditions. leland: it's one thing to say willing to be tortured and another thing to say i'm willing to take more to maintain the oath i had given. we'll be back to lucas a little later in the hour as senator mccain arrives for the memorial service. catch fox news sunday after our show, chris wallace talks with senator lindsey graham about his friend and colleague, the late john mccain. they'll discuss the upcoming hearings for supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, our panel on that in a couple minutes. gillian: a colorado woman and two daughters whose murders sparked a nation wide outyeah have been laid to rest. shannon watts and her girls were mourned by family, friends and a nation that called for just cities for the victims, but no

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gillian: senate confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh kick off two days from now on tuesday. the 53-year-old federal appeals court judge sure to face tough questioning as the confirmation battle has become a micro some of the larger political climate. >> reporter: supreme court nominees always face tough

questions. these hearings are expected to be particularly brutal because democrats know this could be their last chance to block offkavanaugh from the high court. republicans will have a 51 seat imagmajority. they're expecting some democrats to support kavanaugh as well. democrats failed to delay the hearings. the new goal is to force the judge to make a mistake and commit a gaffe of some sort in his answers that can use to pick off support. on fox news sunday, senator lindsey graham said he is confident that won't happen bees he expects to see political grandstanding by democrats who are eyeing potential runs in 2020. >> we're going to have a hearing, there's no drama in this hearing, the only drama is those running for president, how will they handle the hearing on the democratic side. we're going to get this good man confirmed. >> reporter: kavanaugh is expected to face tough questions. he's been going through tough hearings known as murder boards

to prepare for the senate this week. judge kavanaugh is expecting those tough questions and is going through the murder board preparations and senate sources say democrat are expected to grill kavanaugh on his views regarding the separation of powers, voting rights and about his work in the bush white house as a top lawyer. more than anything, democrats are expected to focus on kavanaugh's views of presidential power which senator dick durbin discussed on fox news sunday. >> there is a serious question as to whether this president, given the opportunity, will end the mueller investigation and we ask of course judge kavanaugh what do you think and he says it's hands off when it comes to a president during his term in office. i think that's a mistake and it's one of the major reasons people have misgiving bought his nomination. >> reporter: based on the mock hearings over the last few days, administration officials say they are confident judge brett kavanaugh will shine in confirmation hearings this week and will be confirmed in time for the next term starting october 1st.

gillian: here with some analysis is kerry sebarino, and elizabeth widerow. ladies, thank you for being here. wonderful to have you. carrie, first question is for you. friday, the white house decides to announce that they're going to withhold about 100,000 pages of documents that comprise a sizable chunk of kavanaugh's record from his time at the white house. what is in these that is so sensitive or damming that the administration decided to hide them from the american people? >> any document review those be done with respect to the president's privileges that are being maintained and that's true of this nominee and every other one. so it's just when it got to the end of it, we heard which pages were being withheld. when they're sensitive discussions, a lot of them had to do with vetting of judges, et cetera, if they disclose all that, then every other president is going to not be able to speak freely with his own staff. this is a very typical thing.

i think this whole document discussion is in most cases a distraction. a lot of people who decided what they want to do with kavanaugh, this isn't a make or break issue. the key thing is 300 plus decisions, his dozen years on the court will tell us what kind of judge he will be. gillian.>> i think the core pois it's about access to information for the american people. when making a decision about the future of the nation, as in this case it's going to be happening with a new supreme court justice, that should take precedence over everything else. gillian: next question to you on this issue. is it a distraction? >> no. gillian: is this issue energizing the american people, is it energizing voters in the midterm or they really care about the issues here, gun control, abortion rights, executive privilege. >> i think the american people absolutely care about the issues and when you look at what's at

stake in this particular supreme court nomination, look, it's a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land to the seat that was often the deciding vote in many of the hot button issues that are important to the american people. the reason why the records issue is not a distraction is the way the senate can fulfill its constitutional requirement of advising and giving consent or not on judicial nominees it's by getting all this information and during brett kavanaugh's time as staff secretary in the white house which he himself called one of the most formative periods in his career, we know there have been discussions about the war on terror, about whether we should amend the constitution to preclude lgbq americans from marrying the person they love, issues about presidential power and whether or not the president is ever going to be held accountable or will be above the law, which goes against fundamental american values. the two are linked.

>> moving from substance to the optic side of this, carrie, having clerked for justices, you know how important these kinds of hearings are as a sort of public display for the american people, for the senators that are ultimately confirming the justices. tell me a little bit about kavanaugh. he seemed to be very much of the moment in washington. he's hugely connected with the washington establishment. but he has the demeanor and sort of temperment of a supreme court justice. does that kind of -- how much does that count for? >> i think it's going to be a great opportunity to contrast the real judge kavanaugh who is actually very thoughtful, articulate, balanced person, with the apocalyptic rhetoric we're hearing, there's a lot of 2020 hopefuls on the commit you at this and we've seen people kind of rushing farther and farther to the left to try to position themselves rather than talking about the actual record of the nominee and again, this

is someone who we know a lot about already. we can quibble over some of the documents. it's almost half a million pages we have, more than the last five supreme court nominees combined, more documents than we've seen. gillian: people will say it's because he has a considerable history of government service. >> he came into office in those positions after e-mail as well. but it's also because it is falsely inflating some of the numbers. the democrats requested documents that even mentioned his name, things he never saw on his own desk. that's something that never was done before when elena kagen was being considered the republicans agreed not to ask for her documents, including when she was the solicitor general. that was hugely relative and probative. they recognized -- maybe a few years ago we had a little bit of bubipartisan ship. >> president obama didn't issue -- bent put forth an executive

privilege protection for any document from elena kagen. it's not about you stack the documents side-by-side. brett kavanaugh is a very establishment washington lawyer. he's been in government for a very long time and important things happened. so the question is, why are we not getting those documents, why are we not even getting the documents that chuck grassley asked for from the national archive. they said they couldn't finish their review until octoberst. that doesn't seem like the process that the constitution sets forth when it comes to an important job like the supreme court. gillian: it's not just numbers here, it's about transparency and accommodating the american people and their right to know about their future supreme court justice. >> exactly. getting these rights, don't rush it through. gillian: thank you for joining me. >> great to be here. gillian: fox news is your place for the latest on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's nomination hearings. we'll have live coverage starting tuesday morning and throughout all of next week. we hope you'll stick with us.

mike: still ahead, as we continue to remember senator john mccain, his family and friends are preparing to say good-bye to the maverick lawmaker at a private service in annapolis, senator mccain to be laid to rest at the naval academy ceremony. there you see video from that hallowed ground, live to annapolis when we come back. ♪ oh, danny boy oh, danny boy i love you so. ♪ ♪ and if you come one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. it helps block six key inflammatory substances. most pills block one. flonase sensimist.

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gathering there to pay tribute to senator john mccain. the hearse carrying him will arrive at the academy in the next couple minutes for a private service for friends and family. we are told by our crews on the ground that 1500 navy midshipmen havshipmendecided to come to the to pay their respects to one of the most fay u famous alumni oft storied institution. gillian: for more on his legacy, let's bring in james cheevers and heritage command director, retired rear admiral samuel cox. tell us about the significance of the senator wanting so much for his final resting place to be on the grounds of the academy. >> well, i think he definitely wanted to influence future generations of midshipman to

provide an example of service with honor which i think is very important for midshipmen to understand and live by the same code that he did. leland: john, quoting president bush yesterday, he, meaning mccain, remained a troublesome cleave to the end. much has been made about his graduation, i think it was fifth from the bottom at the naval academy and then goes on to have his incredible and storied career, bringing enormous honor on himself and the academy and the ideals it stands for. is there a history of those who were troublesome, who had an independent, maverick streak, going on to do incredible things later in their service. >> there have been examples of those. one of the most famous was a fellow from the class of 1882, named phylo mcgiffin. he is honored with a boat they haul around the stadium at

football games, named after him. leland: what about the maverick, troublesome plebe who is contrary in so many ways, and snuck out, what about those qualities in mccain led him to such incredible fort tied during his time as -- fortitude during his time as a p.o.w.? >> he had really great leadership skills buried in him that he probablyen haterre probm his father and grandfather. he knew even though he was a bad character at times, he had a great influence over the people that joined him in that including add initia initial la- admiral larson. gillian: it's not just that senator mccain want todd be laid to rest on these grounds, it's who he want todd be there

with, and that's his wife one day when she passes but also two of their closest friends. can you tell us about them. >> admiral larson graduated near the top of the class. gillian: the opposite end of the spectrum. >> exactly. there is the saying that well, how do you address the lowest person in the class? it's sir. you're still a commissioned officer. you still go on to serve your country. his father was also a troublemaker. his grandfather was more of a model midshipman. when you're looking for a warroir, someone who is willing to break the mold, innovative and different, a lot of times that's what you need to persevere on a field of battle. sometimes those who are strictly by the book don't necessarily make the best combat commanders or officers. gillian: when we talk about a

spirit of service and how important that was to senator mccain, there's a little bit of an end of an era flavor to his passing, not in the trite sense but in the real sense that the generation of baby boomers that saw and experienced the world war ii and then the vietnam war are now starting to pass on and with them goes the american firsthand recollection of those wars. what does that mean for millennials and future generations of americans? >> i'm not worried. i know the next generation will come along and produce good leaders too. leland: i want to interrupt you for one second so our viewers know what they're looking at right now. you're seeing the beginning of the motorcade for senator mccain. you can see some of the maryland state police motor bikes coming here, clearing the way. we're told it's going to be a slightly shorter processional than what we've seen throughout the past couple of days. you'll have the hearse carrying

senator mccain and a couple suvs that will carry his family for their private memorial service which they're going to be joined by family, friends and then 1500 mi 1500 midshipmen ano for a private burial service at the academy cemetery. admiral cox, as we watch the pictures, give us a sense of who else senator mccain will be buried there with. we know his best friend, admiral larson. who else is in that cemetery? what is special about it? what is different about it than, say, arlington. >> the cemetery is for naval academy graduates, so you will have people nearby like commander curbing who wa was-cushing who was a hero during the civil war and fleet admiral king who was an officer during word war 2, responsible for u.s. strategy in winning

that war and numerous other naval academy luminaries. when i was there, i would go there for inspiration and also to get away from some of the upper classmen. but -- leland: senator mccain will have visitors. >> yes, i think so. i think that's why he wanted to be there, so midshipmen -- when you feel the pressure, which is frequently and you want to recalibrate yourself as to what's important and what's not, the cemetery or memorial hall is kind of where you go to get a sense of how you connect to everyone in that institution who has come before. leland: we're watching now the motorcade approach the academy, gillian. gillian: it reminds me of one of the poignant moments we saw yesterday en route from the national a cathedral. cindy mccain, general kelly and general mattis got out at

the vietnam memorial to pay respects to the fallen on behalf of senator mccain because he couldn't be there. this procession and the fact that he's being laid to rest at the cemetery at the naval academy is a beautiful gesture. it shows that he can be there in spirit to support his navy brothers and his military brothers which is where he wanted to be in life and obviously in death as well. >> when i was giving a tour last week to the media at the cemetery, there were midshipmen looking for the grave site already. leland: that is very telling as we watch now. these are the vans carrying the friends and family of senator mccain there down into the naval academy. it was also senator mccain's son who was at the academy while senator mccain was a senator and obviously a larger than life figure, presidential candidate at times. does the fact that you've got these four generations of mccains who went there, did

that make it in some way harder on them individually as they came through, grandfather, great grandfather and father were e exalted alumni. >> yes. however, there were a number of classmates that never knew senator mccain's father was a captain in the navy. he didn't brag about it. leland: wow. so humility as well in addition to his other -- when we're talking about when senator mccain was a midshipman which would have been in the '50s, '54 to '58 at the academy and his father at the time was one of the more revered combat tested alumni of the naval academy and you're saying he never told anyone. >> right. >> his father was a submarine commander during world war ii and had sunk several japanese ships including a destroyer so he had a very stellar combat record and was clearly someone who was on track to go a lot

further and he certainly did. so i think having that legacy is kind of a double-edged sword in the sense that you have learned some things from your father and grandfather about how to behave, how to be an officer, but you also have this how do you live up to someone who was so successful as his father or grandfather. gillian: a lot of the things john mccain learned over the course of his life are not obviously things you can be taught. tell us a little bit, jim, about how your understanding -- your understanding of how the senator's military service influenced his policy making later on. >.>> oh, i'm sure it did. the discipline he did learn at annapolis and although most naval officers are a-political during their careers, there is

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leland: extreme weather alert. as the long weekend in lancaster pennsylvania is turning into a long clean-up. dangerous flash floods tearing through that community. meteorologist adam clots following the latest in the extreme weather center. >> this is fueled by more summer-like conditions. we're talking about the last weekend of summer, not feeling like it. temperatures across the country at least on the eastern half of the country running into the upper 80s, spots will be in the 90s, that has been fueling widespread showers. some of the heaviest rains have been falling along the gulf coast, we've seen the rain along the mid-atlantic. and right along the frontal boundary we've been seeing heavy showers across portions of the midwest into the plains states.

this is the forecasted rainfall for the next five or six days. notice where it really comes down, falling mostly all along that frontal boundary where you'll be getting spots getting 3, 4, 5, 6 inches of rain, that's something we'll continue to pay attention to. as far as the rest of the weekend forecast, you're looking at temperatures hovering in the 90s today for your labor day holiday, back into the lower 90s, it stays hot, lingering that way into the week ahead. more news coming up after the break. hi there. this is a commercial about insurance. now i know you're thinking, "i don't want to hear about insurance." cause let's be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance, right? which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable. i like dennis quaid. awww. and they want me to let you know that, cue overdramatic music, they're on a mission to make insurance painless. excuse me, you dropped this. they know it's confusing. i literally have no idea what i'm getting, dennis quaid.

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gillian: u.s. army lieutenant general, austin scott miller, takes command of the u.s. and manato missions in afghanistan today. attacks by insurgents in the nation are on the rise. i spoke with rod norland on the future of america's role in afghanistan and the impact that senator john mccain had on america's longest running war. good afternoon. i want to ask you first about senator mccain's legacy when it comes to the war in afghanistan. he was a fierce advocate for ade for increased military presence there. he called for a mini surge as he called it. he also immediately stood up on

the senate floor and said military force alone wasn't going to get us to where we want to be in that country. tell me about the duality there of his beliefs. >> i think it's a duality that's shared by most american military commander in afghanistan. that is a belief that there is no way to fight our way out of afghanistan. the only enduring eventual solution is some kind of peace settlement between the taliban and the government. i think mccain was also a big supporter of that attitude. gillian: tell me a little about the strange and dangerous confluence of terrorist organizations inside afghanistan on the ground. we've got isis, al-qaida, the taliban is sort of enjoying a resurgence over the past couple years. >> the taliban is enjoying a resurgence. they've been gaining steadily, not on a massive scale but they now are at the point where they control between one-third and two-thirds of the country, depending how you calculate

that. isis has grown in a couple isolated pockets. it's not that big a force. al-qaida is pretty much a force in afghanistan. they may have some small cells but nothing on the scale of syria, their biggest operating area. and isis is nowhere near the force that it was and still is to some extent in iraq and syria. gillian: u.s. skeptics and critics of the current administration will certainly say that's due to lack of u.s. leadership. do you agree with that? >> i think it's due to many factors and leadership is probably one of them. the americans have had a leadership role in afghanistan. they basically run the war on the ground to a large extent, although officially it's afghans doing the fighting and americans doing the advising. in a very real sense america runs the war to the extent that it can. the resources are scant. we have 14,000 troops there, at one point there was 140,000.

there isn't a lot that 14,000 troops can do to change the situation. leland: as you noted in that interview, so much of senator mccain's legacy is tied up in the war in afghanistan and doing what he thought was right, fighting for what he thought was right for our troops and for the country. a lot of that will be discussed coming up in about four minutes on fox news sunday. lindsey graham, senator mccain's side kick, will join chris wallace for an interview. gillian: you don't want to miss that. leland: that's coming up. great having you here. senator mccain being laid to rest as we speak at the naval academy, a place he loved so well and will be remembered so fondly at. see you next weekend. get your groove on with one a day 50+. ♪ get ready for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamins with key nutrients that address 6 concerns of aging, including heart health, supported by b-vitamins. your one a day is showing. at priceline, to save you money.ways like mixing and matching airlines

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