it is i probably would have published it because it was just had a lot of typical themes of ernest hemingway's stories, that is the theme of war, the theme of bravery the theme of mortality nostalgia for a time had gone by. >> brown: the story reflects a nostalgia for hemingway's own life as g man in paris in the 1920s, a heydey when he socialized with artists like gertrude stein, james joyce and ablo picasso. it takes place in the ritz hotel, one of hemingway's the tel's bar is now named after its most famous patron. kirk curnutt is a board member of the hemingway foundation and society. >> paris was absolutely crucial to his artistic sense of himself. that was t place where he lound his voice. i think he alwayed at the liberation of paris in 1944 as as asking himself what would have happened had paris been sormanently lost to the nazis. so it's a very pl question for him and i think at the end of the life as he's going back over those early years and calculating the loss of aging and the loss of his first wife he's really identifying in that period with the city itself. a a young man, he ven

mebedded with the soldiers: a giant ofrican literature. 12 years later, ernest hemingway captured the mood and the moment in a short sto that bears the llmarks of his classic works. now, "a room on the garden side" irs been published for the time, in the literary magazine, s he strand." andrew gulli is naging editor. >> it starts with a bunch of soldiers and they're s in the ritz hotel and they're drinking and you cld tell that they've gone through a stressful experience because they've just marched into paris afteraris was liberated from the nazis. so you see there's all this laughter of men who would fight a battle and you know in essence relieving stress. but then there's also neath that some sadness and some pathos for the men who did not make it. >> brown: in 1956, ernest hemingway sent word to his publisher about five new short stories he'd written: "i suppose they are a little shocking since they deal with irregular troops and combat and with people who actually kill people. anyway you can always publish them after i'm dead." hemingway committed suicide five years later, in 196

i had been reading a lot of ernest hemingway andi reading a lot of ernest hemingway and i was beating that situation. i was flipping the road outside the natural history museum when my friend drove up in his land rover. i think you should get in, he said ina rover. i think you should get in, he said in a tight voice, he then told me my father had died. i often think i have no memory for detail but i can remember every colour, the blue of the sky, the darker green of the seats, the coat i was wearing, an italian looking coat, which i had worn with such swagger at school, with my blue scarf which meant i had earned my colours at rugby. i tied it to keep out the wind of london streets. that's not a bad bit of writing. basically what i do read is using the slight pathetic nature of meat to underlie what i was feeling. your father jumped off a meat to underlie what i was feeling. yourfatherjumped off a cliff meat to underlie what i was feeling. your fatherjumped off a cliff and, ina your fatherjumped off a cliff and, in a curious way, it did that liberate you to do the hemingway thing, do

the great bulk that evening was unpublished work by ernest hemingway. originally they were going to do the killers, which would have been a terrible choice, but it was a presentation that eventually became published in 1970. a select few after the evening was over were invited up to the yellow over room in the private residence. some interesting insight into t the evening recounts how a new social aid t came out to him to say that the president would like you to, stairs to the residence, he said -- [laughter] said they knew it. asap or my wife. well, as it turns out they had a great evening made plans for sailing with the kennedys and a couple of months. robert frost was there. it was a select group of about a dozen people. so i'd be glad to talk more about someon of the people who e people who were there, interactions and r relationships which are really fascinating backs tories. really it is - the source -- cod be the source for numerous books. i just want to say in conclusion that no dinner had ever been held but is that the white house previously be

john's favorite novelist ernest hemingway for whom the bell tolls. i suspect we will hear it quoted quite a bit in the days ahead. the lead character is an american ex-pat named robert jordan who risked everything in the spanish civil war. he's a little bit brash, maybe a little hotheaded. in fact, he is a dynamite specialist whose specially literally is blowing things up. he goes down fighting right down to the books final pages. i'm sure some of us can imagine why john might identify with this guy. i recently rediscovered something john wrote of years ago about this book. he noted that his favorite literary hero wasn't some contrived caricature of a hero from central casting. the book is full of complexities. the character has to face all of the messiness of life and war. his idealism is challenged but he realizes the imperfections of this world don't mean the concept of sacrifice is outdated. they don't make love of cause or country into something quaint or naÏve. they only make patriotism, service and hope that much more noble and necessary. it t

. >> john mccain was practically a character written by ernest hemingway. >> absolutely. >> and if you'veading "for whom the bell tolls" i recommend everyone doing it. i don't want you to tell us what your private conversations were about necessarily the last time you saw him but can you tell us what the visit was like? >> well, it was -- it was how do you sum up a 30-year friendship when you know this may be the last time you see them? so we visited past memories from the time we met and had our differences throughout but the thing i'll remember most was his -- even at that time he talked about this country, its exceptional nature and how important it was for him in his entire career to advance what he considered to be the values and the idea of freedom and democracy around the world. till the very end a great champion of human rights, a great champion of what this country meant to him. i can't tell you anything you haven't heard from anybody else before but his character is embedded in his call to service so i will never forget that time with john. on ironically on his last day in washi

one of the things he said, an allusion for ernest hemingway -- i hate to leave it, but i don't have a complaint, not one. it's been quite a ride. i think we all keep that in mind, his own words as he's clearly in his final days. >> quite a ride indeed. what does this mean practically speaking for the u.s. senate? >> for the u.s. senate and for politics in general, it is no secret that john mccain is no friend of president trump, and not just a friend. he's something who thinking he's destroying the institution of the presidency, never mind america's leadership role around the world. so i want to play for you part of an allusion to that, that senator mccain talked about in his most recent book, which was just out in may -- >> before i leave i would like to see our politics returns to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations. i would like us to recover our sense that we're more alike than different. >> that's not happening. the man in the white house hasn't heeded that. the people who serve with him in congress have not heeded that. as we

john's favorite novel was ernest hemingway's, "for whom the bell tolls." i'm sure we will hear it quoted quite a bit in the days ahead. the lead character is an american named robert jordan who risked everything in the spanish civil war. he is a little bit brash, may be a little bit hotheaded. in fact, he is a dynamite specialist. his specialty, literally, is blowing things up. it goes down fighting, right down to the books final pages. i'm sure some of us can imagine why john might identify with this guy. honestly, i rediscovered something john wrote a few years ago about this book. he noted that his literary hero was not some contrived character here contrived from casting. the book is full of complexities. the character has two face all of the messiness of life and war. his idealism is challenged. but, he realized the challenges don't mean that the sacrifices are outdated. they don't make love of because our country into something quite or naive. the only make favoritism, service and hope much more noble and necessary. it takes one type of heroism to un

john's favorite novel was ernest hemingway's, for whom the bell tolls. i expect we'll hear it quoted quite a bit in the days ahead. the lead character is an american expat named robert jordan who risked everything in the spanish civil war. he is a little bit brash, maybe a little hotheaded, in fact he is a dynamite specialist, whose specialty literally is blowing things up. and i goes down fighting right down to the book's final pages. i'm sure some of us can imagine why john might identify with this guy. i recently rediscovered recently john wrote about this book. he noted his favorite literary hero wasn't some contrived caricature of a hero from central casting. the book is full of complexities. the character has to face all of the messiness of life and war. his idealism is challenged. but he realizes the imperfections of this world don't mean the concept of sacrifice is outdated. they don't make love of cause or country into something quaint or naive. they only make patriotism, service, and hope that much more noble and necessary. it takes one kind of

restless wave," one of his many larger-than-life heroes, the fictitious robert jordan from ernest hemingway'she bell tolls." he said, the world is a fine place and worth fighting for, and i hate very much to leave it. but then mccain said, i don't have a complaint, not one. it's been quite a ride. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> joining me now, republican congressman ryan costello of pennsylvania. congressman, good morning to you. and we want to talk about, of course, some of the pressing issues of the day, but i want to also start with senator mccain and his assessment it's been quite a ride. your thoughts your colleague there in congress. >> sure. certainly, we can reflect upon i think we can reflect upon but- senator mccain's public service and be proud as americans that we have a leader like senator mccain who allowed his conscience to be his voice, who spoke truth to power, who oftentimes told his republican supporters things that he didn't want to hear and who also had the humility as an elected official to say that he didn't always get it right. i think in this country, we are looking f

spoken by a hero robert jordan in ernest hemingway's for whom the bell tolls. "and i do too.e to leave it. but i don't have a complaint. not one. it's been quite a ride," he says. let's bring in lonnie chen now. a research fellow at the hoover institution. he was the public policy director for the presidential campaign of mitt romney in 2012 and joining this hour from mountain view, california. thank you for your time. >> thank you, george. >> lonnie, people who remember the life and legacy of this man, he was fiercely conservative but bipartisan in his approach. it is hard not to contrast that to the current political environment of polarity. >> no, i think the differences are glaring. you had here a man in john mccain who was fierce in defense of his own principles yet willing to work across the aisle when it required -- when it was required to be done. and he was someone who i think we don't see enough of characters like john mccain in our politics here in the united states today and i think we're worse for it. you look at the people who have expressed their condolences an

if i can just share those thoughts because you know that ernest hemingway was a literary hero of his. nicolle wallace, our colleague, was recounting one day in the campaign in '08, when they were in some no-name motel in the midwest and he was reading "the snows of kilimanjaro" to nicolle and the rest of the staff. what an ingrate i would be to curse the fate that includes the blessed life i led. i give life to those blessings and the love of those who bless med with theirs. the bell tolls with me. i knew it would. i tried the best i could to stay a part of the main. i hope those who mourn my passipass ing and those that don't, will celebrate a happy life, live in imperfect service to a country made of ideals, whose continued success is the hope of the world. and i wish all of you great adventures, good company, and lives as lucky as mine. the final words that he wrote. >> a beautiful passage, andrea. and certainly reflective of the stories that you and others who have known him for so long, have been sharing with us today. you had many interactions. what stands out to you? is it the

wave and from spending so much time with john mccain over the years, his inspiration was also ernest hemingway. >> yeah. senator mccain really saw himself from the time elves 12 years old as a kind of robert jordan figure. the protagonist of hemingway's "for whom the bell tolls." he was the -- in one of the books he did with mark salter, mark salter by the way, as ted southernson was to jack kennedy, mark salter was to john mccain. it's one of the most vital literary and political partnerships of the 20th and 21st centuries. so our thoughts are with mark as well. but young john mccain was in the yard outside his parents' house in arlington. when he was 12 years old. and found not one but two four-leaf clovers. and ran in to his father's study, grabbed a book off the shelf, to press the four leaf clovers in. and it was for whom the bell tolls. his eyes fell on it, and you know, as you know, that's an age when books can really leave a deep imprint on a young mind. and he saw in robert jordan there doomed hero, a romantic someone who believed in the cause in the spanish civil war. that figure res

. >> ernest hemingway had a famous line, man can be destroyed but not the sea.is because of his strong will to live and fight for what he believes in. >> mccain was placed in solitary confinement. >> it is a test of strength. >> by the time he joins his fellow pows, he weighed 100 pounds, his arms useless. >> they put me in a shell with other americans. i could not feed myself. they did it for me. those men saved my life. >> the experience changed him from a rebel without a cause to maverick on a mission. >> europe the mercy of your captor and the only thing you hold onto is your ability to be faithful to your country. >> after 5.5 years, mccain was sent home. his time made him appreciate that america's freedom was an honor and with honor comes obligation. he retired and won a seat in congress the following year. member of the house and the senate, he has been a champion of veterans. >> someone who had the backs of the men and women in the military. clinton called for normalizing relations with vietnam, mccain became a leader. >> john kerry was another one. >> w

saw that hbo documently about for -- documentary for whom the bell tolls, that deals with the ernest hemingway which mccain just really saw his life, and he would often refer to for whom the bell tolls, and today the bell tolls for john mccain. ed: absolutely. you know, bret baier, quite well. he will, of course, be leading our coverage in this week on "special report," 6 p.m. eastern every night, but also throughout the day giving insights and analysis like that. and after labor day, the senate is going to be going back and dealing, of course w the confirmation hearings of brett kavanaugh. and bret will be leading our coverage. we appreciate you taking time out this morning. rachel: thank you, bret. ed: all right. it is at point, is it an attempt to repair the democratic party? the dnc, as we noted earlier, is now limiting superdelegates. we look ahead to the impact on the next presidential election. i bet bernie sanders wishes they had done that. rachel: a little late for that. and our coverage of the legacy of john mccain continues with the tributes pouring in in this morning. >> my great p