he is name is john mccain. -- his name of john mccain. >> after two terms in the house, mccain won electiont 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 hone

mccain before. this is just a small sampling of some of what he has said. >> -- but -- frank -- frank, let me get to it. he hit me -- a war hero he's not. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> you also had people that were -- very fine people. on both sides. >> his wife -- if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. you tell me, but plenty of people have written that. >> again, i mean -- the president has been critical of john mccain. we get there's no love lost between the two men. here's a guy who's planning his funeral. >> right. >> the republican nominee for president just less than a decade ago, and no one, forget what the president -- the president's aide has said about john mccain. there's no one shouting from the rooftops that this is unacceptable. >> i think the person who said this should be fired. i think that this is an example of, you have to draw

mccain is battling brain cancer. while the president did not utter the offense, his lack of condemnation so far speaks volumes. mccain's daughter megan speaking out today. >> whatever you want to say in this kind of environment, the thing that surprises me most is -- i was talking about this with you, joy, that i don't understand what kind of environment you're working in when that would be acceptable and then can you come to work the next day and still have a job. my father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years. >> i agree. >> these people, nothing burgers. >> megan mccain was reacting to a comment made by white house aid kelly sadler. a white house official says that sadler was dismissing senator mccain's opposition to trump's pick to the cia director when she said as a joke about mccain, quote, he's dying anyway. and the white house issued a response saying we respect nor mccain's service to our country and we are thinking of he and his family are in our prayers at this time. >> r

the source says sadler called meghan mccain to apologize. it is unclear how mccain responded. his wife responded, my husband has a family, seven children and five grandchildren. >> john mccain urged senators to reject gina haspel after she declined to say torture is immoral. this after the fox commentator general thomas mcinerney. >> he will not endorse haspel and in part because she believes in torture. she thinks it works. >> john mccain. it worked on john. that is why they call him song bird john. >> they did not call him that. also no evidence torture got mccain to betray the country. he later tweeted an apology saying he missed the remark in the moment, but would have challenged it. >> a spokesperson for fox says he will no longer appear on fox news. on a more positive note, senator graham visited mccain in arizona. he said mccain is getting stronger. there is no question that john mccain is a national hero. one of my kids said he wanted to be in the navy and be like john mccain. this is someone you aspire to be like. >> mccain is a divisive person in the republican party

." >> the mccain smear. senator john mccain's daughter just now responding to cruel remarks about her father by a trump aide. >> i don't understand what kind of environment you're working in when that would be acceptable and then you can come to work the next day and still have a job. that's all i have to say about it. >> going it alone. former president george w. bush without naming donald trump warning against america's retreat from the world on global issues. >> very important for our fellow citizens to remember these words from winston churchill "america is indispensable for the world and the dangers of isolation loom." >>> and mergers and accusations, at&t saying today it was a big mistake to hire michael cohen for advice on their pending merger with time warner. despite president trump again claiming he is draining the swamp. [ crowd chanting "drain the swamp." ] >>> good day, i'm ran dree ya mit -- andrea mitchell in washington where family members are speaking out about outrage outs comments about jo

. >> reporter: about john mccain.didn't deny that sadler made the remark. i can tell you that three sources confirmed that sadler did say that. the white house put out a statement saying that we respect senator mccain aens service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time. but, look, kelly sadler apparently made the remark because she thought it wa go over well in the room. and frankly why wouldn't she in the president has disparaged john mccain in a way that goes well beyond him being a political opponent. this is the part of crudeness being such a public part of the discourse these days. will kelly sadler keep her job? we don't know yet. >> thanks very much. geoff bennett for us at the white house. >> ali, i just keep asking for the same thing. just how about a public apology? we all say things that we regret. just say you're sorry. own it. >> yeah. >>> another story that we haven't touched on yet is all these payments to michael cohen. the new reaction from at&t this morning

a secretary questioning john mccain's conduct while he was a p.o.w. >> john mccain said he was not going to endorse haspel also, in part because she believes in torture, that she thinks it works of the. >> john mccain, it worked on john. that's why they call him songbird john. >> i honor your service, sir, but i don't honor those comments. meghan mccain took issue with that, too. >> it's a really ugly nickname. at some point when you're tortured, everyone breaks. that's how it works and that's how you get information. my father's legacy will be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years. these people? nothing burgers. >> beyond that, especially not even true despite the criticism -- the comments which were pretty stunning of someone to say that. there is no evidence that mccain gave any information to the vietnamese against the americans while he was brutally tortured in vietnam. >> in fact, when they offered to release him because his father was an admiral and they thought they would get a p.r. spot, john mccain refused. >> they don't like the positions he's taken over the years, t

so rand paul, john mccain. they're still looking for others to follow his example on that. >> i was talking about rudy giuliani being adamant that they're far away from sitting down for an interview with the special counsel. you've got this legal team saying we're far away from that and at the same time you have associates calling for an end to the investigation. >> i think that rudy giuliani is sort of the buffer between the president, who has said he wants to sit down and the legal team who is encouraging the president not to sit down. they're weird he may say something not true, enter into what's called a perjury trap, not necessarily follow where the facts are. what we know about this mueller investigation is they have done a lot of work talking to so many different people and figuring out the fact pattern that has gotten us to this particular place where we are now. the president may decide to go awry from the facts. his role is to make a public argument saying this is a witch hunt, they're not necessarily

mccain's move prompted this response from fox business commentator retired general mcirnerny. >> mccaine haspel in part because she believes in torture and she thinks it works. >> it worked on john. that's why they call him song bird john. >> side note. that's fake news. no evidence torture got mccain to betray the country. the host tweeted he missed the remark at the moment. >> fox news says the general will no longer be invited on fox business or fox news. mccain will address the comments on "the view" today. on a positive note, senator graham visited mccain and said he is getting stronger. joe biden, former colleague of mccain, was there the week before. john mccain has read parts of his books coming out. he talked about reflecting on his life. it is a tough moment for that family. there's no question that john mccain is an american hero. >> and back to being the maverick we remember. joining us to discuss this is cnn white house reporter sarah westwood live in d.c. good morning, sarah. >> good morning. >> it is odd. john mccain is preparing to say good-bye and is the most divisive i

haspel, someone who mccain is opposed to. when she said something that was intended to be a joke, she said "he's dying anyway", dismissing his objections. the white house said we respect senator mccain's service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers at this time." but many are calling her out, including his daughter, megan. >> i was talking about this with you, joy, i don't understand what kind of environment you're working in when that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job. my father's legacy will be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years. these people, nothing burgers. nobody's going to remember you. >> former vice president joe biden, who is a long-time friend of mccain's, was just advice ii -- visiting him in arizona. he said "people have wondered when decency would hit rock bottom with this administration. it happened yesterday. john mccain is a genuine hero. a man of valor whose sacrifices for his country are immeasurable. i want to bring in kaitl

> meghan mccain had it right. it's about how you live your life and kelly sadler and the people in that white house that are tearing down our institution s pitting american against american, they're the opposite of john mccain. he is the type of man that would aspire and i think any parent in this country would aspire for their son to be like and i don't think there's a lot of parents in this country saying i want my kid to grow up like donald trump and one thing i know for sure, there will never be a person on television -- not now, and not for a thousand eons that every just said what i just said about john mccain of donald trump, that he's a great man, he's a small and vile man and that's the difference between the two men. >> joining us now, jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for the daily beast. malcolm nance, a veteran who taught the navies and marines how to survive if captured. he's an msnbc counterterrorism analyst and susan del percio, a republican strategist. thank you for being here.

those three men, veterans of that war, but john mccain, the only -- john mccain tortured repeatedly. he was an instrumental leader in the reconciliation of our countries so that this generation could be friends. his life has been about decency and honor compared to a president who is unworthy to say his name out loud, a man who is small and vile and mean and cruel and narcissistic, a man who is a coward, a man who dodged the draft, a man profoundly unworthy, unworthy enough that he can't even understand at a conceptual level the meaning of john mccain's life. the virtues and the values that john mccain stands for in his long life of service to this country are unextinguishable. they light the sky like a star to guide us to the antidote for this vile, debased, corrupt administration. and so meghan mccain had it exactly right. it's about how you live your life. and kelly sadler and all the people in that white house that are tearing down our institutions, pitting american against american, they're exactly the opposite of john mccain. he's a guy that i've known well and i was honored to

monuments after john mccain. but there won't be for any of these people and perhaps not even donald trump. >> susan, steve schmidt also tweeted today -- he has been vocal about this. >> of course. >> people who don't know john mccain about this are vocal. but say why have no republican as fors stepped forward and expressed outrage about this by a white house staffer it's despicable is cowardis is nauseate zblag people don't have to say. john mccain engaged in debates with people willingly. i debated him others have. but his honor is not to be questioned. and the idea that you say that john mccain doesn't matter. >> let's and -- what kind of spurred this on was john mccain saying he had a policy difference. >> right. >> and did not want to support the current nominee for cia director. he is entitled to. he backed it up it wasn't personal at all he made a point of it exactly right. what i find amazing is how kelly saddler still has a jb. and i don't think it should have made its way up to the president. she is a mi

i covered john mccain on the campaign trail a couple of times and. they always laid out very thick the idea that he was a maverick and a change agent that term was tossed around quite a bit but if you actually look at mccain's history he does have a history of opposing some people within his own party he certainly has a history of personal dust ups with members of his own party but in terms of actual change he was very much in line with most american policy particularly when it came to military interventionism he was never really able to come to grips with the mistakes of the war on terror. or even really the vietnam era for that matter and he was one of the one of the earliest proponents of the iraq war and i say this hating to criticize terminal brain cancer but there was always this this myth making around him that was that was always laid on very thick and that is sort of the thing that makes a so hard to understand and i think that's what's and frustrating for a lot of people yes he's in this position and nobody's nobody's taking heads on and i

on the table tonight, attacking mccain, a horrible joke about john mccain from someone inside the white house, wrap it up, that's what the vice president suggested. the mueller investigation has gone on long enough. and credit where credit is due. an upcoming summit, what's at stake and who gets the credit. the president and vice president just finished up speaking tonight. jim acosta is there, he joins us now. >> what more are you learning about these comments said about john mccain? >> we find ways to find new lows, that's what happened earlier today. kelly sadler, in charge of surrogate communications, was at a communications staff meeting with other white house staffers this morning, and the discussion came up about gina haspel. also opposition to gina haspel. he was tortured when he was a pow when he was in vietnam. he doesn't want to support gina haspel's nomination for that reason. because of her past involvement in torture at the cia. according to a source who has confirmed it to cnn at this meeting. sadler said to the other staffers, well, mccain's opposition doesn't matter, be

john mccain is a hero and that's why those two men are different. >> steve, john mccain knows who his friends are and there he is at his beautiful ranch in arizona. he's been visited by so many of them over these past few weeks as he deals with his illness. are you frustrated that your friends and other republicans have not risen up and raised their weapons and gone into the battle these past two days? >> there's nobody who loves a flood saloon fight more than john mccain so if it's time for a saloon fight, so be it but it's not about john mccain, it's about the values john mccain stood for selflessness, service, sacrifice, valor. valor that beggars the imagination. they're good and right and these were the values and virtues that built the united states of ameri america. we're a flawed people, john mccain is a flawed man but the idea of america. the nation that said all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the first country in the history of the world founded on that idea, it's a per if he can idea. t

that quintessential john mccain smile. he basically said, why don't you go out and figure out how to do it? and who have a hell of a good time making it. and what we did, under john mccain leadership was in fact, break the rules of the road, 10,000 taxing jurisdictions in america as a result of those early days, you cannot discriminate against electronic commerce. which would have clobber the internet with discriminatory decisions. there was digital signatures. we wrote the regulatory rules that are often cited as while we have the social media. creating $1 trillion worth of wealth in the private economy. and to a great extent, john mccain, brought his typical passion to those new areas that he would be the first to say he didn't know everything about. he said, look, we ought to do something that is in america's interest. we didn't care about democrats and we didn't care about republicans. and as senators proceed to this vote in and a half hour, and historic vote, in my nhumble opinion. i hope they will reflect on john mcc

mccain is battling brain cancer. on "the view" today his daughter meghan suggested history would be on her father's side. >> my father's legacy will be talked about for hundreds of years. these people, nothing burgers. nobody will remember you. >> she wonders how the staffer kelly sadler still has a job. >> i don't understand what kind of environment that is acceptable in and how you can still have a job. >> meghan mccain his daughter wondered why kelly sadler has a job today. >> does she still have a job? >> i'm not going to comment on an internal staff meeting. >> cindy mccain tweeted may i remind you my husband has a family. he has seven children and five grandchildren. former vice president joe biden saying decency in the trump administration has "hit rock bottom." the attack on mccain came a day after the senator forcefully opposed trump's pick for cia director, gina haspel, over her role in enhanced interrogations. saying her "refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying." mccain himself was tor

here's what he said about john mccain. >> the fact is that john mccain it worked on john. that's why they call him song bird john. >> that's absurd. he stayed in prison refusing to be let out when he had the opportunity to show solidarity with his fellow soldiers. >> it is both inaccurate. unfortunately, there's a lot of people with unfortunate views of the world who are on television who can make those kinds of statements. nobody who knows anything about senator mccain, republican or democrat, would give that any attention. you know, there's lots of subset on fox news that doesn't really deserve comment. >> mccain is called the maverick. that man was thanked for what he said on that show. i know fox put out a statement saying he won't be on anymore. in the moment he was thanked for his comments. >> one less sign of i think the situation we're dealing with in this country. last fall, john mccain was more popular among independents and democrats than republicans. this is a lifelong regan republican. somebody the far left has never been fond of. that fact that he is more pop

john mccain is a war hero. he's a hero -- the sacrifice that he made, and those like him, have made, give us the freedoms that we enjoy. and we have to respect that. and beyond that, there is a certain decency associated with someone that's dying of cancer that may be dying of cancer, to their family, to their friends and the loved ones. you just have to be sensitive. certainly an insensitive, inappropriate comment that she's probably going to regret and i would hope that she does regret. that being said, you know, i think it's okay to criticize senator mccain for his views on health care, it's okay to criticize senator mccain for his views on gina haspel's candidacy to the cia. we can disagree on that. that's okay. that's what politics is all about. and it's okay to play hardball politics with that. it's just not okay to be insensitive and to make it personal. >> can't the white house say, i'm sorry? why hasn't the white house come out and said it? >> well, the white house said that the family is in their pray

he hates john mccain. and he knows that john mccain hates had him. so this, of all things, is not going to prompt an apology. >> the idea of decorum, thinking about the institution is something he is not as concerned about. >> i think every day when he brings in the mentality of the reality tv star or of a businessman, every day he brings in china breaking style he thinks is a good day. not just for supporters but because it's a better way to run things. >> when the president says something, it can have a contagious effect, a ripple effect across tv. so then yesterday we see tom mcinerney feel that on national tv he can say something arguably more outrageous of john mccain on fox business. >> the fact is john mccain, it worked on john. that's why they call him songbird john. >> what he was referring to was torture. it worked. >> no, it didn't. this is the whole point of why he is a war hero. this is his legacy, that he didn't actually go home when his captors gave him an opportunity to because he said not until everybody is released. >> by the way, n

. >>> senator john mccain's wife speaks out after a white house aide dismissed mccain's influence saying he's, quote, dying anyway. the backlash and new information on mccain's condition as he battles brain cancer. >>> sticker shock at the gas station. the new warnings about prices and the states now paying more than $3 a gallon. >>> those stories, plus wild video from the highway. a truck out of control taking down light poles. >>> a major league star pitcher responds to claims that his love for the video game fortnite has kept him off the mound. >>> and the story behind this photo. what's being called the best selfie ever. >>> certainly the cutest selfie ever, i would say, as we do say good morning on this friday. we're going to start with president trump and a bold prediction ahead of his upcoming summit in singapore with kim jong-un. >> the president held a campaign rally in indiana last night celebrating the return of u.s. prisoners from north korea ahead of that summit. but in the meantime, there's more turmoil at the white house including word of a presidential reprimand aimed at

mccain -- it worked on john. that's why they call him "songbird john." >> reporter: but there is no evidence mccain caved under pressure. instead giving his captors false information. the host of that fox program later apologized. but there's another apology mccain still has yet to receive: one from the president himself, who famously questioned mccain's past during the campaign. >> he's not a war hero. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> mary bruce with us live tonight from washington. mary, we know the white house put a statement overnight saying they respect mccain's service to the country and his family is in their prayers. we saw when the white house was asked how someone like this remained employed, how did they respond? >> the white house said very little. no public apology. one source told us that aid did call meghan mccain to apologize. she's still employed at the house. >>> we're following severe storms at this hour. they move into tonight into tomorrow. for

john mccain did not talk.n mccain resisted to his utmost and served with faith and honor and returned with honor. and so for -- granted, you can get rid of him as a guest. but this is a mindset that has now imbued many trump voters. i hear veterans mimic this, and it's disgraceful. it's dishonorable, and it really needs to stop. >> president trump has repeatedly launched personal attacks against mccain. here's what then candidate trump had to say about the vietnam war veteran back in 2015 after mccain criticized him for firing up the crazies with some of his remarks about immigration. >> he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay? i hate to tell you. >> news of the sadler's reported mark, that's the white house staffer who made the remark. former vice president joe biden issued a statement saying, people wondered when decency would hit rock bottom with this administration. it happened yesterday. given this white house's trail o

john mccain guy on a lot of issues. he came to the senate and joined the commerce committee that he chaired and i'll talk a little bit about that. but he sure sums it up right on torture. he says, it's wrong. it harms america because of the statement it makes about american values around the wor world. and then he points out it's not effective. but since the program has been largely declassified, it can be discussed openly. the c.i.a. captured innocent people. it tortured dozens of detainees, didn't just water board people. it placed detainees in ice water, kempt them awake for weeks, stuffed detainees into small boxes. the list goes on and on. and they were always worse when they were described to congress or the department of justice. through it all, it seemed that the c.i.a. and the government rarely held anybody accountable. the c.i.a. also provided numerous false claims to the department of justice, congress, everybody else about torture. now, i have never been a big believer in confirmation conversions. my general

of course, meghan mccain, that she did call mccain and apologize. it's unclear what mccain's response was. we heard from her today really raising the question that a lot of people here in washington are also asking, which is why does kelly sadler still have this job b here in the white house with no apology or anything else from the white house. >> simple answer seems to be because the president allows her to. thanks so much. "outfront" with me now, reed galen, former deputy campaign manager for john mccain and rick santorum, former senator from pennsylvania. thanks so much. reed, first to you. where do you land on this? is it fair to put this on the president when this comment came from a staffer? >> you know, i think it is for a couple of reasons. one, i've been privileged enough to work with president trump and he set the tone and it was one of respect and one of dignity. not only for the people that work there, but all americans. if this had happened while president bush was in office, first you would have been marched to the oval office then fr

in all, mccain spent 2008 days in captivity, five years. he has been awarded many, many, many medals and awards. he then went on to spend 31 years serving his u.n. country as a united states' senator. to recap, he survived being blown out of the sky, nearly drowned in a lake, five years of cancer and is now battling brain cancer. to this day he walks with a lich and cannot raise his arms above his shoulders. he fought and nearly died for the freedoms we andcaly sadler enjoy every day. for anyone wondering, including those at the white house, senator john mccain matters. i'm joined by senator bob kerrey. he knows mccain well. they served in vietnam and in the senate well. he was a navy s.e.a.l. and was severely injured and received several medals as well. thank you for joining us us on the phone. >> thank you for having me. >> what did you think when you heard about this senator mccain. >> surprising. the culture of any organization is set by the person at the top. the president's modus operandi is to insult people. that's what he does. almo

happen before john mccain leaves us. him, good for john mccain. he has the right to say how he wants h iz funeral, how he wants people to come and honor him. he doesn't think that trump being there will be a way to honor him. i completely agree. i think it was very telling also in the reporting that cnn did about joe biden's visit to john mccain. and what he said about how john mccain is so worried about our country, about the image of our country, about the civil -- the lack of civility in our country and it all points back to donald trump. and interestingly enough, he also said he regrets not putting joe lieberman on his ticket, and by doing that, he's also saying he regrets putting sarah palin on the ticket and a lot of people believe that sarah palin was like the gateway drug to a donald trump. >> quickly, i always wanted to know, what would you have said as a democrat if john mccain had put joe lieberman on the ticket? >> oh, i probably would have hated him, but, you know, that's what politics are. i also think that

john mccain's career certainly is just . it's all centered around this idea of of america's role in the world military intervention ism continuous war and whether or not that's popular and whether or not there's a backlash against that i think the the backdrop to what happened in two thousand and eight when mccain took on barack obama was not just that mccain had the misfortune to be to be opposing a historically gifted politician in terms of his ability to rally his base and barack obama but also there was an incredible amount of discontent not just over the economy which of course was cratering at the time but over the iraq war i mean . george w. bush's approval ratings were lower than donald trump's ever were at the end of his presidency he was down and in the low twenty's at one point and that had almost everything to do with the iraq war an invasion which mccain and most of the people featured in the film supported or wrote it for and so i still think we haven't come quite come to grips with the enormity of the error th

and i wish john mccain and his family nothing but the best. >> meghan mccain said the thing that surprisest understand what kind of environment kelly sadler is working in when that would be acceptable and she could come to work the next day and still have a job. >> i've just given my view. >> but doesn't the white house have an obligation to apologize for this remark? >> i said what i've going to say on the subject. >> we thank you so much. we hope you'll come back. >> glad to be with you. >>> democrats are expressing confidence about victory in november in the mid terms. but are there new signs that the so-called blue wave has turned into a blue trickle? we'll talk to senator bernie sanders next. stay with us. and the safey for "most parallel parallel parking job" goes to... [ drum roll ] ...emily lapier from ames, iowa. this is emily's third nomination and first win. um...so, just...wow! um, first of all, to my fellow nominees, it is an honor sharing the road with you. and of course, to the progressive snapshot app for giving good drivers the discounts -- no, i have to say it -- for givi

the white house owes an apology to john mccain and all other service members. >> mccain has for a longime been a combative senator and done things to undermine this president. you have to understand that not everybody on this planet loves john mccain. at this point in time we need to let his family and the senator -- >> it's really disappointing, though, when the target suddenly becomes john mccain and not the person who made the comment or the person who stands with them. it may have been said in private but it is public now. making a private phone call to apologize is not enough. apologize publically. it's the right thing to do. >> let the family be in peace. this is the second phone call megan mccain has to take from someone apologizing. rather than spending precious moments with her family she has to take the time to listen to these people apologize and then go in the spot light and have everybody one watch her response. a lot of people go through these terrible situationwise family who have cancer but to do it in the public spot light and then pretend you are the good guy because

but john mccain is an american hero.d repugnant attacks we've seen from white house staff and the far right are disgusting. and show how small they are next to this honorable man. you've been in congress since 200 t 2009. you lived in the greater washington area for longer than that. are we seeing a change here when it comes to comedy, when it comes to how members of different parties get along with each other, when it comes to civility in the nation's capital in sn ? is this a turning point? >> i think it is a new low coming from a white house that has had a number of record lows. to really actually dismiss somebody publicly in such a incensive way who is very, very gravely ill and to actually dismiss him because he's dying anyhow is something that is beyond the pale of anyone's politics in our country. anyone's. and the white house should have run not walked to not only apologize but to hold that individual, kelly sadler, accountable. and the fact they choke on an apology as recently as today in the sunday talk shows,

megan mccain said don't feel bad for her or her family. her father is doing well right now which we are very glad to hear. one thing she says she doesn't understand. >> i don't understand what kind of environment you are working in where that would be acceptable and come to work the next day and still have a job. >> at the white house today multiple reporters tried to ask this multiple times. >> does she still have a job? >> i am not going to comment. >> does the white house think you should not have to condemn these remarks. >> i am not going to validate a leak one way or another. >> are you saying she doesn't say this? >> i am not going to validate. >> does she still work in the white house? >> yes, she does. >> no condemnation of the remarks and no acknowledgement that they happened. seemed more concern that the remarks were leaked than they were said in the first place. we all know a tax -- given that we have all seen it. john mccain's wife and daughter has talked about it. kelly saddler called to apologize. the president always has ta

i think the problem is a lack of respect for senator mccain. i disagree with john mccain on a lot of issues, but i don't see how anyone cannot respect the man, the hero he is, his service to our country and that lack of respect is evident in the white house. the last thing i'll say is john mccain has a lot of friends on capitol hill and in the u.s. senate in particular. and this attitude from the trump white house is going to cost them up on capitol hill if they want to try and get anything else done up there in the foreseeable future. >> john kelly said i remember when women were held sacred. apparently he does not remember when prisoners of war were sacr sacred. >> you would think if john kelly had control over this white house and again, he's a military man, he must, on some level -- he must respect john mccain's sacrifice, respect john mccain, so he must either feel as though he's given up on trying to contain some of the excess in the white house or he feels cowed by president trump who he's afraid if he were to order the person who commit

and senator mccain has incurable brain cancer. so she made the remark and it got released to the media and the white house more concerned with the fact the comment leaked than the fact that sadler made the remark like that about someone who served the united states in vietnam, someone who is a senator and someone who has brain cancer. the white house standing by kelly sadler, saying, yes, she still does work here and still does have a taxpayer-funded job and not acknowledging she made this remark. i'm not sure any p.r. company in the world would agree with this strategy. it seems quite easy to apologize for the remark to say that they've discussed this with her or anything like that. none of that is what we got in that briefing just there. instead, the white house seeming to be critical of the fact that another staffer revealed to the media that kelly sadler made this comment at all. and of course, sarah sanders was asking, some comment because of the tone that is set the -- at the top. and this is a president who mocked john mcca

when cindy mccain — sorry — meghan mccain talks about the environment here in this white house, you haveself in the campaign in 2015, early in his campaign, criticised john mccain in very personal terms and said he was not a war hero, he was only a war hero because he became a vietnamese prisoner of war and he prefers his heroes, or likes his heroes, not to be captured. the idea this was an attitude that comes down from the top, from the president. the president and john mccain have sparred repeatedly in the past few years, most recently with the cia head story but also you'll remember john mccain voted against donald trump's healthcare repeal bill last year. there's a lot of bad blood and i think a lot of this is spilling out now in the last days ofjohn mccain, releasing a memoir criticising donald trump, speaking out vociferously from arizona, where he is recuperating from brain surgery and i think you are just seeing this reaching a crescendo. antony zurcher there. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the iaea says the chief inspector for the un's nuclear wa

during the campaign, mccain said trump was firing up the crazies, so trump fired back by dissing mccainor having been a prisoner of war. when trump became president, mccain killed his healthcare plan. even from the hospital, mccain trump and said trump wasn't invited to his funeral which is the highest level of dispossible to uninvite someone from something you technically won't be at. i won't be there but i don't want you anywhere. personally i want trump at my funeral because i know he would hate being at an event that wasn't about him. i can be in a hole, too, folks! they said i was dead, too, folks! 270 electoral votes but i got them, folks, i came back! ( laughter ) trump and mccain hate each other. when the story came out, the white house cared less about mccain's feelings and more that the story was leaked. so sarah huckabee sanders held a meeting to see about the leak. >> on the weekend, meeting, sarah sanders has a meeting saying i know somebody will leak this, then goes on to condemn people for leaking the comment press aide made about john mccain and within hours it's leaked

mccain remains in arizona, where he is fighting brain cancer. today his daughter, meghan, defended her father's history of service and had this to say about the current political clime. meghan mccain: whatever you want to say in this kind of environment -- i think the thing that surprises me most is i don't understand what kind of environment you are working in where that would be acceptable and you just come to work next day and still have a job. that is all i have to say. rajini: a brief time ago i spoke discussed all this with molly hooper, who covers congress for "the hill."an for coming in. your publication broke this story. the comments were made in a private meeting, but nonetheless, how much do they mark a newow in an already rky washington political landscape? molly: you know, it is one thing to say these kinds of remarks about anybody, but especially when you are talking about somedy like senator john mccain, who did give his life for his country, who served in the miliry and the navy, comes from a long line of navy admirals, actually,

the are not a piece entitled "mccain the sellout."ased on the fear that the candidate might govern as a conservative. in 2010 "vanity fair" headlined the man that never was. mccain is called so desperate to keep his senate seat. he repudiated hits record, principles and even his maverick reputation. entrenching himself as the anti-obama. we're hear toen talk about mcca. the man is james h. warner. a pow with him during the vietnam war. he was a pow for six years and also my old colleague in the reagan administration. a former policy advisor to president reagan and frank luntz who show how the media use mccain to fit whatever narrative they find convenient. it is great to see t both of yo. jim, i want to talk to you. first great to see you. longt time. i was young. you were even more handsome back then in 1987 sharing an office together. >> before i got took on the appearance of a homeless man. >> laura: it is all cool here. jim, look. you have better than anyone know the experience that john mccain had in vietnam. you've known it for