be one of the first ever can american women nominated by a major party. >> the summit in singapore, between president donald trump and kim jong-un. things are not looking good. scheduled for june 12. we will see if there's a div element this week. >> watching that standoff. that does it for us on "kasie dc". for now, goodbye from washington. we never give up. we never quit. we never hide from history. we make history. >> mccain is not in it for the wins and losses of politics. mccain is in it for the worthiness of the fight. >> from p.o.w. to presidential contended. >> the mac is back.

>> he weathered scandal. >> he was willing to walk away. >> and stuck by his principles. >> i can't trust obama. he is an arab. >> he is not. no, ma'am. no, ma'am. >> he didn't let ambition prevent him from doing what he thought was right. >> people always say that we will never see his likes again. >> a true political maverick. >> we sure showed them what they come back looks like. >> his resolve once again put to the test. >> the fight of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive rain tumor. >> app -- at the epicenter of a legislative slow down, his true grit on full display. >> you show how did -- showed how he would do it. >> mccain reflective on his remarkable life in his latest book.

>> john mccain is opening up like never before about the current climate in washington. john mccain is an american hero. his soul is as close as perfect as his service could be. ♪ >> i don't mind a good fight. reasons known only to god, i've had fight -- quite a few tough once in my life. >> john mccain lived a life of intense hardship, patriotism, and perseverance. >> in the end, it matters less that you can fight. what you fight for is the real test. >> former navy fighter pilot, of war, and two-time presidential candidate found himself in the center of new

fight. challenging his old party's president and what he said would be his last book, the restless wing. >> never at a lost for would -- loss for words. he is taking president donald trump and others. >> it was a conflict that often turned personal in nature. as mccain's war record and battle with brain cancer has been marked by the administration. -- marked by the administration. >> it happened yesterday. >> his life has been about the -- decency and honor. >> mccain clashes with the trump white house, pales in comparison to his other fight. >> john mccain is very much a fighter. it's a tough diagnosis. >> i think it has drawn people back to john mccain for the

sweep of his place in american life. >> over his career, the senator made a name for himself with his approach to bipartisanship and his inclination to take on his own party. >> i spoke out strongly on several other issues where i thought that mr. trump was absolutely wrong. i have not been shy about it. >> john did his best when he is fighting as a maverick. what i mean is he is happy. he is most happy when he gets something done. >> at this very moment, there's a bill on the floor of the united states senate that would effectively kill obamacare. >> making office health issues -- mccain's health issues came at a critical juncture. dismantling the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. the majority in the senate left little margin for error on the vote. less than two weeks after they removed a blood caught in his

eye -- blood clot in his eye, mccain made a romantic return. >> senior senator from arizona is recognized. >> thank you, mr. president. >> mccain live -- delivers this speech that is the encapsulation of everything he wants the senate to be. >> let's return to regular order. we have been spinning our wheels onto many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to do it without help from across the aisle. >> if there's one person who is not a former president of the united states who has the unquestioned ability to talk about that in a way that people can hear, it's sidney mccain pick >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. >> he is no friend -- fanned -- fan of obamacare.

he wasn't going to put up with it. >> president donald trump made the appeal of obamacare one of -- repeal of obamacare one of his top priorities. in the hours leading up to what was called the skin and repeal, the usually reliable republican was tightlipped about his decision. >> john mccain said, we should watch to show. we had no idea what that meant. >> two republican senators, so -- susan collins, lisa, voted against the bill. throwing the entire democratic caucus. john mccain would be dean -- the deciding vote. >> he walks back out on the floor. and almost like a moment out of gladiator where the emperor is like thumbs up, thumbs down, there were gasps.

when he put the thumbs down, when he said no, there were gasps in the chamber. it was like, oh, he actually did that. >> nobody should underestimate john mccain's ability to seize advantage of a traumatic moment . he is not uncomfortable on center stage. >> we talked about this. it was not so much a vote against the skinny repeal. it was a vote against the whole screwed up process that is washington. >> for a man like mccain, at this moment allowed him to say, i put my country before my party. >> when i saw the vote and saw the fact that john walked up to the floor and put a thumbs down, i said, that's my friend. that's a hero that i had. >> when you came back from arizona, did you always know that you're going to do it? >> i made a my mind on the -- up my mind on the way back.

frankly enough. a, quote, skinny repeal, whatever that means. >> it's not why i came to the senate pick. however, in december 2017, mccain, as he has in the majority of issues, did support the republican bill on tax reform, which included a repeal of obamacare's individual mandate. back to the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> his opposition to trump did not mean he is a liberal. went democrats criticize him for being a conservative, he says, well, that's who i am. >> it's a fascinating carrier to see, it's not about the victories. it's about the worthiness of the fight. >> coming up -- >> he was fell -- held in solitary confinement for years. >> every date was basically about one thing, survival. i want to believe it.

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>> i am not a hero. the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. >> john s mccain the third was born august 29, 1936 to eight multigenerational military party in the panama canal zone. his father was a navy officer who was eventually campaign -- became a four-star admiral. present for the japanese surrender in baltimore two. for john mccain, entering into the naval academy was a foregone conclusion. as a cadet, mccain quickly established a reputation as a rebel and a party boy. >> we really did have the most enjoyable times perhaps i've had in my life.

was that period of that naval academy when i ran around with a like-minded but perhaps not quite as assertive in this troop of young men. >> he was very knowledgeable. well read in history. he was a strong leader. you knew when he was in the room. you just had a lot of energy. always had a sense of humor. that attracted him to a lot of people. >> graduating from the naval academy, bottom at his class, mccain decided to become an aviator. his first experience with combat came when he was shipped to vietnam in 1967. at the onset of his department, mccain was assigned to the us-s. it was at the center of one of the deadliest naval disasters of the vietnam war. >> because of an electric malfunction, very large rocket was fired across the flight deck. it hit the fuel tank underneath

my airplane. >> cameras mounted on the flight deck captured the horrific scene. >> explosions. one after another. the ship was completely engulfed. >> mccain escaped the fire with minor shrapnel wounds. but 134 of his shipmates were killed. mccain was given an option. he could return to the u.s. or stay in vietnam. >> he could have cycled back to the united states after the fire and never returned in vietnam. he specifically volunteered to go back. >> it would be a fateful decision. mccain was reassigned to the uss. the missions launched from the deck where some of the most dangerous of the war. his 23rd bombing mission over

vietnam in 1967. mccain's skyhawk was hit by enemy fire. >> he was shot down by air missile. immediately parachuted out. he was injured upon bailout. so both arms broken. a leg broken. and not unconscious. >> mccain came to a lake. escape was impossible. he was immediately set upon by an angry mob. >> mccain was banged up in the foot and growing. rifle smashed over his shoulder. he was hauled off to a local prison. known to american pow's. >> the conditions were deplorable. it was nasty. dirty, infectious

, heavy, heavy concrete doors. just a very imposing scary dungeon like place. >> his north v nieves -- vietnamese captors interrogated him. mccain would not cooperate. >> the only information you are obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number, and date of birth. >> mccain's injuries were left untreated. he would be left with infection and subsequent fever. the north vietnamese had a change of heart and decided to treat mccain went they realized who his father was. >> his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific. it made john mccain a valuable reasoner, someone who could possibly be exploited for propaganda purposes. >> his broken bones, arms put

in bulky tests. mccain was offered an early release from captivity. but he refused. citing the military code of conduct. >> the code of conduct required prisoners of war to be released in the order that they were captured. >> i understood that the vietnamese didn't single me out for an offer of release because of in the act of charity on their part. it would be an issue of exploitation on their behalf. there wasn't any doubt about that. >> john mccain made it -- an affirmative decision that he would take -- stay in prison and likely die rather than disorder the united states navy, and break the code of conduct. >> over the next 5 1/2 years in captivity, he was subjected to repeated torture and experienced frequent towns of dysentery and constant

isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for three years. so that tested his will to live. and his belief system. >> every date was basically about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1990 -- 1972, the u.s. increased its bombing rome to north reaven him -- vietnam. >> and that is believed is what caused the communist negotiator to finally agree to terms acceptable to president nixon. >> within 60 days from this saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout china will be released. >> as part of the negotiations, the americans held in captivity were released. five and a half years after he was pulled from that lake, john

mccain finally was freed. >> mccain had a -- from a young man and when he came down the steps in california and limped across the tarmac, it was such a dramatic moment. >> coming up -- >> the notion that anyone would question his honesty or integrity was so antithetical to who he was that i think he was almost at the point of where he was willing to walk away. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. make more of what's yours.

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when john mccain was released in march 1973, he received a hero's welcome back in the state. free from his nightmare in for hilton, he was -- >> he would acknowledge after he returned home, there was a time when he was sort of fighting himself again. >> his marriage to his wife,

whom he wed shortly before leaving to vietnam fell apart. >> i had no idea whether i behaved irresponsibly. i did so. it was improper on my part. >> mccain's naval career was also at a crossroads. >> it was clear to him that he was never going to become an admiral. having spent the best years of his life in captivity. >> mccain changed direction but stayed in the navy. became in -- the chief lobbyist. >> it was a job that really opened the door to politics and allowed him to see politics from the inside.'s -- inside. >> he was one of the favorites of the senators to travel with. >> one of those trips to hawaii, in 1979, john met a teacher. cindy from a wealthy arizona

family. >> she was just a beautiful, young woman and great spirit. it was clear to me that he was very much in love with her. >> his first divorce was finalized. he and cindy were later married. he was also ready for a fresh start to his career. mccain wanted to run for congress as a republican. but where? he never settled down anywhere long enough to call it home. >> i just did he go to the state where his wife was from. >> from the start, mccain's opponents labeled him a carpetbagger, an opportunist politician with weak ties to the areas he is running in. >> prisoner of war. nobody ever raised that question again. >> mccain won the primary and

general election. as a freshman congressman, that reputation for not necessarily going the party line. the war in lebanon, by the fall of 1983, the situation was a powder cake. mccain sided with the majority of the democrats in calling for the withdrawal of troops employed to lebanon. >> he has made this a hallmark of his career to try to be a truth teller on all things foreign policy. it's sort of a first step along the way. >> this is a man that we will want to watch. he is name is john mccain. -- his name of john mccain. >> after two terms in the house, mccain won election to the senate. it didn't take long for scandal to threaten his political career. the savings and loan crisis

marked the country. >> it was a mini version of what became the wall street blowup of 2008. and voters were angry. >> john mccain's old arizona friend and political contributor was at the heart of the scandal. because of his close ties to the embattled businessmen, mccain became embroiled in one of the biggest financial scandals in u.s. history as a member of the infamous keating five. >> the keating five scandal was the accusation that members of the u.s. senate had been showered with campaign contributions and that they had intervened with federal regulators. >> hearings into the keating five, senators fought back against charges of wrongdoing. >> when mccain proceeded in 1987, asked him to do something i thought was improper.

i said no. >> mccain was criticized for meeting with regulators on keating's behalf. eventually he was cleared of wrongdoing. >> the notion that anyone would question his honesty or integrity or to think that he could be bought off on a vote was so antithetical to who he was. that i think he was almost at the point of where he was willing to walk away. >> but mccain didn't walk away. and the scandal helped motivate him to take on one of the defining issues of his career, campaign finance reform. >> this nation needs to reform a system that is broken. we will continue our efforts to achieve that. >> john mccain having gone through the whole keating five issue felt that money was seen as corrupting members of the senate and the house and was determined to try to do

something to fight against it. >> mccain reached across the aisle. senator russ feingold. >> we never had a serious conversation. he called me and said, i was looking at your voting record. i would like to vote -- work on reform issues. >> working to get money out of politics. >> the way he treated me was like a mentor, friend, father figure it was a relationship where i really benefited tremendously. from being able to see his abilities and his willingness to cross the party line. >> people didn't talk to us in our respective caucuses. >> we were not at the cool kid lunch table for many ears. >> coming up, -- >> barack obama was beginning to walk on the mountain tops and he would defeat him in the presidential campaign. >> you thought of this republican governor from alaska named sarah palin?

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>> from the very beginning he was an underdog and the son of a political dynasty. >> george w. bush emerged in the summer of 1999 as the most potent political force, either party had ever seen. >> short on cash, mccain's 50 iowa caucuses focused all his attention on the new hampshire primary >> >> that's where he would start. >> mccain rolled out the straight talk express. all access bus tour. 24/7 is conference on leaders. >> straight talk express in 2000 was unlike anything that i had ever seen and that i have ever seen since. >> you had no idea what was going to happen in any moment. you aren't being spoonfed anything. it was just completely spontaneous. >> mccain held more than 100

town halls in new hampshire. and the hard work played off -- paid off. he beat george w. bush and his state's primary by 18 points. >> he comes roaring out of new hampshire. everybody thinks he is not only the next republican nominee but very likely the next president. >> at the sudden burst of energy in new hampshire, faded with a bruising primary. >> malicious rumors spread about him and his family. >> mccain's daughter, bridget, adopted from bank the dish became the focus -- bangladesh became the focus of attacks. >> fathering of a biracial child out of wedlock. underhanded tactics were going on. >> mccain lost south carolina. the straight talk express ran out of gas.

>> i announce today on this fine arizona morning and indisputable place that i am no longer an active candidate for my party's nomination for president. thank you. >> mccain through a support behind -- through his support behind bush and help him defeat al gore. although he was a republican, mccain bumped bush on numerous issues. >> taking positions on healthcare, taxes, guns, environment. at odds with the bush administration. >> during the bush years, mccain scored perhaps his biggest legislative achievement when mccain signed his bill, tireless work on campaign finance reform. signed into law in 2002. >> times when it seemed like it was never going to end. quite honestly, john was so much fun to work with i didn't mind. >> by 2004, mccain the maverick was more popular than ever.

despite having come up short in his first presidential campaign, mccain's national profile continue to rise. in 2005, he cosponsored ambitious legislation on immigration reform with democrat ted kennedy. joining bipartisan support, mccain geared up for a second president children. >> today, i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> he was popular. he was prominent. he had the money and the resources and the brains and the party behind him. >> despite a long list of boulders and heavy hitting operatives, his campaign struggled. >> the fundraising estimates didn't pan out. the campaign was top-heavy and bankrupt. >> it reaches a point in the summer of 2007 that the obituary is written. >> i will never forget i was walking my dog in northern

california and the phone rang. he said, will you help me, boy? will you help me? everybody quit. they are all gone. i'm not getting out. literally flew up to new hampshire. in the middle feed on a southwest airlines with the national press waiting like vultures to pick over his bones , when are you getting out of that race? it's all over. and he didn't. >> with nothing less -- left to lose, he made new hampshire his last stand. >> you come to the town hall meetings because you want to see the candidates. you want to examine them. you want to make a judgment up close and personal. >> town halls after town halls. >> the happiest that john mccain was ever in a campaign wasn't on the night you want. it was on the date that you are within a point or two. and you knew you could win it. the joy of the struggle as he

was surging in new hampshire. crowds were building. >> completely improbable. >> on the night of the primary, mccain pulled out of five point victory over mitt romney. >> i'm past the age where i can claim a kid, no matter what additive proceeds it -- adjective preceded. but we know what a comeback look s like. >> his challenger, hillary clinton, faltered in her own campaign. in an upset, newcomer, barack obama won the nomination. >> two types of elections and election -- america. i'm not sure looking back in 2008 that we could have elected abraham lincoln as a republican to the office of the presidency. >> as the general election heated up, barack obama took a

lead in the polls. >> always knew that we had to take a risk, that we had to throw the ball into double coverage over the middle of the field to get ahead in a race where all the headwinds were against us. >> really but the idea was was that john mccain was going to pick joe lieberman. >> i get a call from rick davis who is the campaign manager for john mccain in 2008. he said john would like to put you on the list of people to be vetted to be his vice presidential running man. >> i said, are you kidding me? he said, no, i'm not. it was a bold idea. barack obama was beginning to walk on the mountain tops. you are not going to defeat him . >> in his book, the restless wave, mccain expressed regret for not picking lieberman, having been talked out of it by his staff.

it was found advice. but my gut told me to ignore it and i wish i had. >> john mccain sent, where else can i go? simply said, hey, have you thought of this republican governor from alaska named sarah palin? >> coming up -- >> we surprised everybody may be too much. there were a lot of things we didn't know about her. no, no. no, honey, we meant that progressive would be protecting us 24/7. we just bundled home and auto and saved money. that's nothing to be afraid of. -but -- -good night, kyle. [ switch clicks, door closes ] ♪ i told you i was just checking the wiring in here, kyle. he's never like this. i think something's going on at school. -[ sighs ] -he's not engaging.

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there. was a close regarded -- closely guarded secret. >> i walked into a hotel room. and he said to me, meet the next vice president of the united states. the governor of the great state of alaska, sarah palin pick i never heard of her. i never met her. i took her hand. she was lovely. i walked out. and i said, she seems great. who is she? >> palin, the 44-year-old first- term governor made a name for himself as a reformer in alaska. >> she had a better than 60% approval rating. she had an ability to spark interest. >> john mccain look at sarah palin i think as his bold move, his sneak attack. the one that they wouldn't see coming, that would make them sit up and take notice. >> on august 29, sarah palin made her national political debut. >> as governor, i stood up to

the old politics as usual. >> it keeps people watching. we found a political style in alaska none of us had ever seen before. >> so fresh and dramatic. woman and this is great. >> we surprised everybody. maybe too much. there were a lot of things we didn't know about her. how long has she been governor? not long. it was a disaster. it went off the rail. >> katie couric, anchor of cbs evening news, asked a question, what books do you read, what newspapers? >> i read most of them with great appreciation. >> i mean specifically. >> all of them. any of them. >> that became the unraveling.

that was really the moment where her response was showing that she wasn't ready. >> without question, the nomination of sarah palin was a cynical move to tap into the republican race. >> i don't believe she's ready to be president of the united states, which is a job for the vice president. on that race in question in my mind as to the judgment that senator mccain made. >> i think it was seen as a mistake in judgment. they knew this old country song. i knew what i was doing, but what was i thinking? >> let me ask you about your running mate, governor sarah palin pick you continue to defend her. >> i don't defend her. i praise her. >> many people think that she is simply not qualified to be president. >> the fact is she is a dynamic person with executive experience, leadership reform. she is exactly what washington needs. >> mccain was old and had been through cancer. the idea of resident palin

wasn't some extraction. it was a real possibility. >> heading into the fall of 2008, the race was neck and neck. on september 15 -- >> the american financial system is rocked to its foundation as top wall street institutions topple. >> just before the first scheduled provincial debate, mccain decided to suspend his campaign to handle a deal in the economy. in a meeting at the white house he was largely silent. while barack obama offered substantially more input in the conversation. >> as the economy cratered, the campaign struggled to maintain momentum. >> they had to go after barack obama's early days in politics. sarah palin was much more willing to be the person on the stump to say these things about barack obama. >> our opponents and someone

who sees america as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists, who target their own country -- >> boo! >> the crowds got angry. any mention of barack obama's name would trigger a chorus of booing and vitriol. that john mccain was deeply, deeply uncomfortable with. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him. he is not -- he is an arab. he is not -- no? >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. he is a decent family man citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with. on fundamental issues. and that's what this campaign is all about. >> i remember thinking that john mccain has no idea what he just did. that he just stood up against the darkest and ugliest forces in american politics. >> i knew that was the end of

the campaign. really eight surrender to the inevitable by a man who is the furthest thing from a quitter that you could ever imagine. >> in the weeks leading up to the election, obama had what appeared to be an insurmountable lead. >> mccain became a change election on the heels of that war and the economic collapse. i think at the -- appetite for change was almost insatiable. >> it is now 11:00 on the east coast. we can report barack obama is projected to be the next president of the united states of america. >> in arizona, supporters waited outside the hotel mccain gathered with his closest advisors. >> john mccain showed me the concession speech. i read it with tears drooling on my face. i said, it's incredible.

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john mccain returned to washington after losing the 2008 lx election. then in his fourth term in the senate he was at odds with president obama. >> john mccain would become a

regular antagonist towards barack obama's leadership. >> it's time president obama woke up to the reality in the world and reassert american leadership. >> mccain kept a lower profile but continued to be as he had his entire career, one of the biggest supporters of the american troops abroad. >> the thing he's most proud of being able to contribute to the national security of the united states. that's the thing that he feels most strongly about as he described it to me. >> during the lead up to the 2016 primary, unlikely newcomer was about to thrust mccain back into the national spotlight. at a presidential forum in iowa, john mccain war record came up between the pollster and the republican candidate, donald trump. >> he's not a war hero. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't

captured. >> i was out raged. i couldn't believe he said it. >> i felt rage. wait a minute, you didn't serve in the military. john mccain did. and you're saying anybody who has been shot down or captured by the enemy and tortured in prison. is not a war hero. >> john mccain's response was it is what it is. he didn't respond. that's typical of john. >> as a loyal republican, mccain endorsed trump once he won the parties nomination. >> he felt it was incumbent on him to support the nominee. >> that changed after donald trumps lewd comments dirg an access hollywood segment leaked. >> you can do anything. whatever you want. >> the access hollywood tape was mccains final straw. that's when he wouldn't vote for

donald trump. >> i have daughters. i have friends. i have so many wonderful people on my staff. they cannot be degraded in that fashion. >> but on election night. >> in one of the most shocking u.s. elections in u.s. history. donald trump over came the odds and defeated hillary clinton. >> he wakes up november 9. utterly stunned. trump as won. and beyond all the other things about trumps personal behavior, mccain most troubled about trumps world view. >> and his concerns didn't subside after the inauguration. >> what concerns me is his views on national security. and russia and vladimir putin. and sanctions. >> mccain criticized the trump administration refugee ban and handling of a controversial navy seal read in yemen. also in his book, he defended former fbi director james comey.

after comey was fired by president trump. >> during a june 27 senate intelligence committee hearing with. the normally sharp minded senator stumbled and appeared to be confused. >> she was clearly involved in this whole situation. where fake news as you just described it, big deal. >> i was on the air live. at the time of the comey hearing and i was alarmed to say the least. >> in the case of mr. comey, the president comey. >> no, sir. >> case of president trump. >> a month later, it was announced that mccain under went surgery to remove a blood clot from over left eye. >> it did indicate that there was some pathology testing to be done and suggested there was going to be a follow up. >> four days later.

>> the senate maverick in american hero not fight of his life after being diagnosed with aggressive brain tumor. >> i actually was on the phone to john mccain when i heard about it. just almost he said i have chemotherapy coming up. it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things that are more important or bigger. by the way i have this cancer i have to deal with. >> when people talk about the probabilities of this disease that he has, those are averages. he's not average. so, we're hoping and praying for the best. >> mccain under went treatment for his brain tumor. but, true to form. in october, 2017. he made his feelings about the current political climate known when he received a national constitution centers liberty medal. >> to refuse the obligation of

internashl leadership and duty to remain the last best hope of earth. half baked nationalism cooked up by people who find scapegoats than solve problems. it's as unpatriotic to any other dogma of the past that americans consigned to the ash heap of history. >> he's the real deal. a giant figure. in the life of the united states senate. and the country. >> january of 2018, john mccain left washington for arizona. to continue his battle are cancer at home. >> you have had so many lives. you're the son of a distinguished naval family. a bit a wild child for a time sfl to say the least. >> a fighter pilot in vietnam.

a war hero. spent that time in the prison and came back and you have been in the senate twice presidential candidate. >> both times lost. >> what do you want to be remembered for? >> hopefully with the word honorably on it. that's all. prince harry and meghan markle tied the knot in a stunning royal wedding. over seeing it all is the family matriarch. who reigned as queen for more than six decades. >> she's the boss. she runs the firm. >> i obviously think if we lived a thousand years, we should never see anything like it again. my whole life, whether it's been long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> she's often said to insiders,