spent in hanoi in the hanoi hilton during which he was tortured and given the opportunity to leave captivity earlier and he wouldn't do it and it came out. so it was not only the courage, but most of all is this. anyone who had been through that experience for five and a half years, you would expect afterwards to be justifiably angry, they wouldn't be able to operate in life in a way that all of us would like to see. the thing about john mccain was despite that experience this was someone who was gracious, in was someone civil who did have a sense of proportion about life and maybe the best example of that, i think, was as you know andrea and you reported and we've talked about this too, in the 1990s when there was a movement to restore relations with vietnam, another kind of person who had gone through 5 1/2 years in the hanoi hilton would have said absolutely not. i'm a holdout. last country on earth we should restore relations with is vietnam.

let's bring in ivan watson from the hanoi hilton. ivan. >> reporter: i'm at the prison which used to be a french colonial prison. it is now a museum. this is the facility where john mccain spent a substantial part of the five and a half years as prisoner of war. you can see the pilot uniform which he would have been wearing when he was shot down over hanoi in 1967 and the conditions the prisoners were living in during what was a harrowing ordeal by his accounts when he was subjected to torture a and malnutrition. what is remarkable about his relationship with vietnam is after conducting dozens of bombing missions over the country and held as prisoner of war, he was one of the strongest voices for the normalizations of relations here. i just read a rare honor for mccain. i saw a deputy foreign minister of vietnam who had been ambassador to the u.s. a few years ago who described mccain as a good friend. he was mourning the passing of this lawmaker and another official described as a symbol of a generation of lawmakers and veterans who

of course, now known as the hanoi hilton. and what we found there all these years later, it was profoundly moving. so many american families deeply effected to this day by the vietnam war. >>> but in the meantime, we do move onto the other news this monday night. new developments in the deadly shooting rampage at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida. the red laser dot, you can see on one of the victims who was then shot. authorities say david katz was armed with two handguns when he opening fired, killing two, wounding at least 11, as many were watching the competition unfold right in front of their eyes online. the fbi swarming his home in baltimore tonight. and abc's victor oquendo from jacksonville. >> reporter: the shooting began around 1:30 sunday afternoon inside this jacksonville mall, where hundreds of people from around the country came to play in a "madden nfl 19" video game tournament. among them, 24-year-old david katz. on the livestream of the competition, you can hear the shots police say he fired, t

the north the enemies captured him and moved him to the infamous hanoi hilton prison. >> it was terribly injured, fractured arms, broken knee, left arm was out of the socket. he is often said and basically he was starving to death. >> mccain's captors offered him early release because he was an admiral son but he refused. he endured torture in more than three years in solitary confinement. he said air force colonel day is like. >> he was the most steadfast in the most inspirational and toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> mccain released 1973 and awarded silver and bronze stars. a purple heart in the distinguished flying cross. his wounds left him with impaired physical abilities for the rest of his life. he retired from the navy as a captain in 1981 after marrying cindy hensley, a teacher from arizona. he moved to phoenix and got into politics serving two terms in the house of representatives. he was elected to the senate in 1986 redeveloped repetition as a maverick. while he voted with this party was the time it became clear is willing to bu

the north the enemies captured him and moved him to the infamous hanoi hilton prison. >> it was terribly injured, fractured arms, broken knee, left arm was out of the socket. he is often said and basically he was starving to death. >> mccain's captors offered him early release because he was an admiral son but he refused. he endured torture in more than three years in solitary confinement. he said air force colonel day is like. >> he was the most steadfast in the most inspirational and toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. >> mccain released 1973 and awarded silver and bronze stars. a purple heart in the distinguished flying cross. his wounds left him with impaired physical abilities for the rest of his life. he retired from the navy as a captain in 1981 after marrying cindy hensley, a teacher from arizona. he moved to phoenix and got into politics serving two terms in the house of representatives. he was elected to the senate in 1986 redeveloped repetition as a maverick. while he voted with this party was the time it became clear is willing to bu

take us -- we drove around --are they all called hanoi hilton's? them alldia called that. we had different names for them including plantation. the hilton will for us was the french prison. and there was another large prison also. we called the hilton itself specifically was the old french prison. the one we are called -- driving around out is the plantation. this is a complete around the block of the prison inside. does this look familiar? >> the outside does not. i only saw the inside. when we were taken someplace we were handcuffed, blindfolded and taken at night. in 1984you went back with walter cronkite, what was the purpose? >> a review of the whole u.s.

john endured the hell of the hanoi hilton more than many, and he served in the senate longer than many. he leaves his mark on this body and our nation. when the issue of torture and detention was front and center before the american people, when we were trying to decide what were the boundaries for this democracy, faced with the threat of terrorism, there was one voice in the senate who was credible. it was john mccain. i had made speech after speech on the subject, but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence on the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment, realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same humanity we expected if americans were taken prisoner, and his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes, a strong bipartisan roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who serve in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never ha

conditions at the hanoi hilton were deplorable. it was nasty, very heavy, heavy concrete doors, just a very scary dungeon like life. >> his north side vietnamese captors interrogated him, but mccain would not cooperate. >> you were told during the interrogation that the only information that you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. >> mccain's injuries were left untreated. it he developed a horrible ineffei infection and horrible fever. but the vietnamese decided to treat mccain after learning who his father was. >> it made john mccain a valuable prisoner, somebody who could potentially be exploited for propaganda purposes. >> his arms were put in bulky casts. mccain was offered an early release from captivity, but he refused, citing the military code of conduct. >> a 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 any act of charity on their part, that it

some are still upset about his behavior in the hanoi hilton.he points you just raised is critical. john mccain represented an age of bipartisanship. not complete. the parties have always and will always stand for different things. but he was willing to work for either side. that's why people on both sides, who are in the middle. some people call it establishment, i call it mainstream. a lot of us wonder if we'll ever see it again. howie: thanks very much for joining us on short notice. stay with us as we look at the life and legacy dealing with the death of john mccain. howie: yankee * died yesterday at the age -- john mccain died yesterday at the age of 81. steve, we watched him in the primaries when he came out of nowhere was through the town halls. what do you remember of candidate mccain? >> he had a unique time of campaigning. john elevated it to an art form. and he outworked the bush campaign. he said he welcomes republicans, democrats, independents, vegetarians and reforming socialist. he would take any question from any heckler. people

. >> the conditions at the hanoi hilton were deplorable.s nasty, dirty, infectious, heavy, heavy concrete doors, just a very imposing, scary, dungeon-like place. >> his north vietnamese captors interrogated him, but mccain would not cooperate. >> you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. >> mccain's injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death, but the north vietnamese had a change of heart and decided to treat mccain once they realized just who his father was. >> the knowledge that his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific made john mccain a valuable prisoner, someone who could potentially be exploited for propaganda purposes. >> his broken bones were badly set. his arms put in bulky casts. mccain was offered an early release from captivity, but he refused. citing the military code of conduct. >> a code of conduct required prisons of war to be re

some are still upset about his behavior in the hanoi hilton.aised is critical. john mccain represented an age of bipartisanship. not complete. the parties have always and will always stand for different things. but he was willing to work for either side. that's why people on both sides, who are in the middle. some people call it establishment, i call it mainstream. a lot of us wonder if we'll ever see it again. howie: thanks very much for joining us on short notice. stay with us as we look at the life and legacy dealing with the death of john mccain. ok, show me what you got. i am going to vote for myself using nothing but this remote and the sound of my own voice! vote for... wait wait, that's not a talent. any xfinity customer with an x1 voice remote can do that. watch this... i want to vote for... obviously not you. ooh that guy... cast your votes during every live show. just say "vote for agt" into the x1 voice remote. howie: yankee * died yesterday at the age -- john mccain died yesterday at the age of 81. steve, we watched him in the prim

the prison here known as hanoi hilton, is now a museum. it is filled with flight suits with pilots would carried out combat missions over vietnam. john mccain spent a big chunk of the five and a half years as prisoner of war and he is presented prominently here with the exhibits. and this is a moment where he was badly hurt after being taken prisoner here when he splashed down. the display here shows the transformation in relations from the conflict. i'll zip around here to 2000 when he was a visitor here to the same museum talking about the time and also talking about peace between the u.s. and vietnam. he became a prominent voice advocating for improved relations. he is being honored here by top officials where there's a monument by the lake where he spla splashed down in 1967. there are flowers and tokens of tribute here. the u.s. embassy here is holding a rare honor for him. a book of condolences open to the public. when he was ambassador in washington, the deputy prime minister of the country saying he is a symbol of a generation of l

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we actually went to the hanoi hilton where it has been talked about a lot this past week or john mccain suffered, was tortured. there is a tribute in that place of torture. not really a tribute but it has pictures of him or to walk in and looked at the end there were americans in front reading about this. they turned around and they saw john mccain. two of them just started crying. by the way, when you're in vietnam with john mccain, he is treated like a hero. the hero that he is, by the vietnamese people which is amazing. these code out her senator mccain has let them all over the world with senators have got a lot of attention. of course, they are very important. senator graham was talking recently in the senate we focus a lot on foreign policy and national security. you can't learn that from watching cable tv. you can learn it when you go out into the world and travel and meet with leaders and meet with people and see the suffering, see the opportunities, cb challenges. john mccain took so many of us in his leadership, mentorship way on these congressional delegations all over the wo

but if you talk to people as i have who were with him in the hanoi hilton, they'll tell you that he's the bravest guy they ever saw. they just happened to find his breaking point. if there is one thing that john mccain's life teaches us, it is that you can't do anything about yesterday. but you certainly need to gear up to do as much as you possibly can about tomorrow. and he had a heck avenue sense of humor. i was talking with him at a lunch and -- and i remarked injudicially that he looked a lot like charlie chaplain and he paused for a second and he said, i think i did. but i'm a lot funnier than he was. >> a great recollection. colonel, thank you very much. colonel jack jack job -- jacobs and joining me now is mike floots and our condolences to you, part of the political family and such a close family it was. >> thanks, andrea. he was great and led by example. and he had a great team around him that was loyal and i was someone who came from president george w. bush's world and the primary had been with mayor giuliani who was a good friend of senator mccain and the team brought us

torture by his own accounts in -- in, among other places, that infamous facility known as the hanoi hiltons after his release, mccain went back to vietnam again and again, back to the hanoi hilton, which i've been to which among its displays, it's a museum now, it shows photos of mccain both as a prisoner and then as a returning u.s. lawmaker. he played a role in trying to reestablish relations between the u.s. and vietnam after their terrible and bloody history '95 when the clinton administration reestablished ties. senator mccain applauded this and said it was time for people to put any ill feelings towards vietnam behind them to reestablish diplomatic relations. but there are also comments coming from other countries here in the region, the south korean president moon jae-in tweeting this morning u.s. senator john mccain was a figure who symbol lieds america's value of freedom. i believe that he would overcome the illness with a strong spirit but now i cannot meet him again. i give my heart felt condolences to the bereached family and to all those who mourn for the deceased. martin, chr

but if you talk to people as i have who were with him in the hanoi hilton, they'll tell you that he'she bravest guy they ever saw. they just happened to find his breaking point. if there is one thing that john mccain's life teaches us, it is that you can't do anything about yesterday. but you certainly need to gear up to do as much as you possibly can about tomorrow. and he had a heck avenue sense of humor. i was talking with him at a lunch and -- and i remarked injudicially that he looked a lot like charlie chaplain and he paused for a second and he said, i think i did. but i'm a lot funnier than he was. >> a great recollection. colonel, thank you very much. colonel jack jack job -- jacobs and joining me now is mike floots and our condolences to you, part of the political family and such a close family it was. >> thanks, andrea. he was great and led by example. and he had a great team around him that was loyal and i was someone who came from president george w. bush's world and the primary had been with mayor giuliani who was a good friend of senator mccain and the team brought us to

week, as we rightly should, there's going to be a lot of people talking about his time in the hanoi hilton. john mccain was in prison to fight for our freedom for more than five years. he was in solitary confinement for about three years. he was tortured for years. and if you ever met any of the p.o.w.'s that were in the cells around him, almost to a man they credit the fact that they didn't lose their minds during that time to the fact that john mccain kept them sane. he kept them stable. john mccain told me a story one time on one of those overnight flights, and he's told it to many other people around here, about tap code, which is something sort of akin to morse code. but new folks in the army learned tap code, and it's a way to kind of spell out a five by five grid and you can put letters together and make words and make sentences and make paragraphs. and john mccain thought it was very important that the men who were in prison with him would learn to tell each other stories. they would tell poems that they knew from their youth. they would tap out songs that they knew from when they

witht to the hanoi hilton john. it is now a museum and we are the bad guys because they get to write how the museum reads. i remember being in front of his cell, you can see the wheels turning in the memories coming back. forward, surrounded john wash of handlers, elvis and vietnam. it was the most amazing thing in the world how people adored him in vietnam. i saw photos on the wall, prisoners playing volleyball and sitting in the sun. john, it must not have been that bad after all. he said, i don't remember at this way. -- it this way. bracing a war him -- embracing a war that nobody wanted to talk about because he understood what it would cost to lose it. i remember him supporting the surge. -- search -- i remember the fighter. i remember the 2008 campaign. was fifthohn mccain in a four-person race. written off as politically dead. nobody had no wheels. out of sheer determination, to emptyisit to iraq, chairs in the front with boots. he said, what was that about? to then't make it ceremony but were getting their c

shot down, captured and tortured. 5 1/2 years in vietnamese jail dubbed hanoi hilton. >> you have to have faith that your countrymen are doing everything to bring you home quickly as possible. >> decorated hero turned to politics as second callingment ran for congress from arizona, home to second wife, phoenix school teacher who was his sweetheart after the war. raised three children, including adopted daughter from bangladesh. served five terms in u.s. senate and ran for president twice. >> i'm not running for president to be somebody but to do something. >> in 2000, lost the gop primary to george w. bush, then staged storybook comeback to get party nomination. catapulted sarah palin to acclaim. in shadow of unpopular republican incumbent, struggled to build momentum and at times strike the right tone. >> fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> overtaken by resurgent senate colleague barack obama, on a history making run. true to form, mccain didn't fade away, turning misfortunateune into role of senior congressman. july 17 no vote on the gop health care repeal, one of the severa

after the stories that you've heard of him being shot down of spending all of those years in the hanoi hilton, beaten nearly to death when he was fished out of the lake in downtown hanoi, he continued to serve his country in the navy, in congress, in this senate, and, of course, as the party's nominee for president. his call to serve, his sense of duty and honor is the legacy of john mccain. he's an example for all of us. he was a fighter and he was funny too. maybe it was the years in prison or the long time of military service or the sometimes tense humor of the fighter pilots, maybe it was that legacy of his family in the military, but he knew in his soul how special the united states was and what the united states could do for its people and for the world. sometimes we forget the stories of the excruciating pain that senator mccain went through as a p.o.w. in 2000, david foster wallace in "rolling stone" magazine wrote, and i want to give you my reciting that article some of the graphic detail after he had been nearly beaten to death and his weight had gone down to 100 pounds, so the comm

[laughter] but you know the infamous hanoi hilton. know -- as you know and you've heard time and again and john knows and still bears the scars of the brutal beatings and the and the damage done to him. after about eight months, you also know about the offer of release. i have had the opportunity as vice president to sit on the stage of the president and confer a number of medals of honor. i'm sure it's occurred, but i cannot think of anyone that i'm aware of -- i'm sure it's occurred -- who, given the opportunity, after knowing -- not having to guess, knowing what it meant to stay in that prison. not having to be threatened and wonder what was coming, knowing what would happen. given the opportunity to leave, no matter what the code was, imagine. i want you to think about it. imagine it in real terms. again, not having to wonder what he would face by refusing to leave. knowing the excruciating pain and isolation. and he stayed. he stayed. that man, he spent almost five more years in that hellhole of captivity, inhumane conditions. 19

i went to the hanoi hilton, one of the highlights of my life with john. it's now a museum and we're the bad guys because they get the right how the museum reads. i remember being in front of his cell and you can see the wheels turning and the memories coming back. and as we walked forward surrounded by a bunch of handlers and john mccain was elvis in vietnam. it was the most amazing thing in the world how people adored him in vietnam. i saw a bunch of photos on the wall of the prisoners playing volleyball, sifting in the sun with -- sitting in the sun with sunglasses on. i said john, must not have been that bad after all and he said with a smile, i don't remember it this way, which allowed us to get out of vietnam. i remember him embracing a war that nobody wanted to talk about because he understood what it would cost to lose it. i remember him supporting the surge when everybody was willing to get out of iraq because they were so tired of it and so no way forward. i remember the fighter. i remember the 2008 campaign when in 2007, john mccain was fifth in

> you have said that john mccain is one of the people you thank for surviving your time at the hanoi hiltont kind of support did he provide? >> he was the kind of a person who added levity to a situation. i think his ability to inspire people by his own conduct, his sense of humor was the levity we needed in dark times. we weren't there together in the darkest of times. they were not really bright times. we have been away from home for a very long time. john's pension for conversation, he knew so much about so many things. you can engage him about just about anything in the world. he was good for moral and always up beat and quite a patriot. his knowledge of american history, he just really loved this country and its people and our history. >> i understand you and john had a long friendship after you were freed. what did that look like? >> i was speaking to one of your producers. the last moment i was with him they were separating us by date of shot down. i was going to be getting out before him. i said something very insulting to him and teasing him. he was stunned that i said it as i was

he said, well, the only place i've spent a longer amount of time is the hanoi hilton. that silenced all of the -- >> little bit hard to come back from that. >> end of that discussion. >> you may be seated. on behalf of the mccain family, thank you all so much for being here this morning. as we remember and celebrate the life of senator john mccain. a man loved by this church. a man loved by this nation and this city. a man of courage. a man of faith. a man who dearly loved his family. as we celebrate and get into the service, i want to offer you a word of scripture from the word of god. it comes from the book of 1 the thessalonians chapter 4:13. the word of god says this. brothers and sisters, we not want you to be uninformed by those who sleep in death. so that you do not grieve like the rest of man kind who have no hope. for we believe jesus died and rose again. we believe god will bring with jesus those who have fallen asleep. what a word of promise, hope and comfort from the word of god. let's pray together. father in heaven, the creator and maker of all things. th

john spent more than five years in captivity at the hanoi hilton, but rather than allowing the horrors to continue to color his life, he returned to the navy before beginning a career in business. not long after he again heeded the call to service and won a seat in the house of representatives representing arizona. the first indication that senator mccain would be an outspoken leader and staunch defender of service members came when as a freshman member of the house he opposed legislation supported by president reagan to keep marines in lebanon. he refused to further endanger service members for an objective that he viewed as unattainable. it took political courage and conviction for john to stand up to a man who has called one of his heroes and oppose him on principle. this willingness to stand by his convictions and speak his mind, no matter the perception, would become a hallmark of senator john mccain. first in the house, then in the senate, and on the presidential campaign trail with the aptly named "straight-talk express" john was renowned for the candid expression of his thought

i've often joked that the people at the hanoi hilton needed therapy after john finished with them. he treated every issue with the that people deserved. he would fight tooth and nail for his vision of the common good, depending on the issue, you knew that john mccain would be your staunchest ally or you are most stubborn opponent. at any moment, he might be something eloquent on human liberty or a joke served up with his signature act oh and glint in hisain eye. he had a fighting spirit, our and areatriotism slightly irreverent streak all rolled into one. i will miss a dear friend who smile reminded us that service is a privilege, and whose scars reminded of that sum up was a this for our freedom. john felt like family. john felt like family, but of course, it is cindy and roberta and joe and doug, andy, megan, jimmy, jack, and bridget, who could call this man their own. on behalf of the senate and the entire nation, thank you. thank you for lending him to us longer than we had a right. thank you for supporting him while he supported us. thank you for supporting him while he suppor

confinement while being held in various prison camps, including one commonly referred to as the hanoi hilton. he was released five and a half years later. condolences are pouring in from around the country, including from the president and first lady, the book -- of isolating president, and his colleagues in the house and senate. c-span's washington journal, live every day with business and policy issues. coming up, christian science monitor white house correspondent linda feldman discuss the future of the trump presidency. and then, the red policy researcher rebecca zimmerman discuss the future of afghanistan. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. q&a,ncer: tonight, on national constitution center president and ceo talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. who served aide before as an intimate aid that "i will not play a part for popularity." he has this madisonian view. his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed that majority's should rule,

he always was, not only from the time he served in vietnam and spend the time at the hanoi hilton asr of war, but also as a senator where he fought vigorously for the u.s. military and counter-terrorism efforts against al qaeda and terrorists around the world, and he fought for regular order in the united states senate. he's a figure that's a lion of the senate. if you think of the senate, ted kennedy, orrin hatch, john mccain is a big name when it comes to the u.s. senate. the 2008 presidential nominee taking a lots of controversy. some conservatives had a problem with his vote on obamacare late in the night on the senate floor with the thumbs down and repealing and replacing obamacare. he gave one of his most of compassionate speeches saying regular order had to happen. and that it wasn't about stuffing legislation down lawmakers' throats. he was somebody who stood up to power. he was a unique figure in american history. i think you can't really put your finger on many people who everr served as much or the kind of service john mccain has served the united states. marianne: even th

i saw the same grit and commitment that made him turn down early release from the hanoi hilton prisonng of messages from leaders here in the u.s. and all over the world on the passing of senator john mccain. mccain was known as a war hero and foreign policy -- >> he flew combat assignments during the vietnam war. he was shot down. he spent more than five hell years as a hanoi prisoner in a war camp. here is what his peers had to say about his military service. >> his dad was a four-star admiral and so was his grandfather. so when john talks about the military, he does so with a reverence. when he visits the troops, he feels compelled not to let them down. there is a part of john mccain that, to this day, is driven by not letting people down. >> he flew a lot of dangerous missions during the vietnam war. probably the ultimate was when he was captured and, you know, beaten badly. he never complains about it but his live was altered. >> when you saw the small cell where he was for five and a half years, what was it like? >> you just think about how you get through something like that phy

prisoners, a place called the plantation, not the hanoi hilton, where mccain and the early prisoners were released two weeks before, they were in these p.o.w. pajamas and all that. i heard one of them saying i did not think they were really going to let us go until i saw walter cronkite there. then i knew it was true. that was the impact walter had. host: i want to go back to the convention in 1968. this is walter cronkite's reporting of the demonstrations taking place outside as the democrats are about to nominate hubert humphrey in 1968. [video clip] >> as we reported earlier, and this is not live, this is on film, had happened some time ago. 45 minutes to an hour ago. the demonstrators did get into .he lobby of the hilton hotel national guard was called. we do not see national guard in this scene. i assume this film is even longer ago than the last videotape we saw. this was before the national guard was called apparently. that would put it at two and a half hours ago. >> wisconsin. most delegates of this convention do not know that thousands of young people are being beaten in th

fighter pilot in vietnam, mccain was shot down and held captive in a vietnamese prison, the infamous hanoi hilton. mccain was offered early release because of his father's rank and refused. for six years tortured as a prisoner of war. he was first a congressman, later senator, where he would be reelected five times. his wife cindy was often by his side throughout his political career, including his bids forf >> in 2000 mccain lost a bitter primary fight to george w. bush. but in 2008, he secured his party's nomination to face democratic candidate barack obama. despite the hard-fought campaign, mccain's principles were on display when he famously defended his opponent at a campaign rally. >> he's an arab. he is not? >> no ma'am. >> no? >> no ma'am. no ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. he's not. thank you. >> in his final memoir, the restless wave, mccain mourned the loss of civility in today's politics. >> before i leave, i'd like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes a

i went to the hanoi hilton, one of the highlights of my life with john. it's now a museum and we're the bad guys because they get the right how the museum reads. i remember being in front of his cell and you can see the wheels turning and the memories coming back. and as we walked forward surrounded by a bunch of handlers and john mccain was elvis in vietnam. it was the most amazing thing in the world how people adored him in vietnam. i saw a bunch of photos on the wall of the prisoners playing volleyball, sifting in the sun with -- sitting in the sun with sunglasses on. i said john, must not have been that bad after all and he said with a smile, i don't remember it this way, which allowed us to get out of vietnam. i remember him embracing a war that nobody wanted to talk about because he understood what it would cost to lose it. i remember him supporting the surge when everybody was willing to get out of iraq because they were so tired of it and so no way forward. i remember the fighter. i remember the 2008 campaign when in 2007, john mccain was fifth in

. >> the conditions at the hanoi hilton were deplorable.ous. heavy, heavy concrete doors. just a very imposing, scary dungeon-like place. >> his north vietnamese captors interrogated him, but mccain would not cooperate. >> you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. >> mccain's injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death, but the north vietnamese had a change of heart and decided to treat mccain once they realized just who his father was. >> his father was in charge of all u.s. forces in the pacific. it made john mccain a valuable prisoner, someone who could potentially be exploited for propaganda purposes. >> his broken bones were badly set, his arms put in bulky casts. 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 captur

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she thought she lost him before when he was held captive at the hanoi hilton. she thought her son died then. best news she heard was he was captured. she said imagine hearing that and thinking it was good news. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan will also be making remarks, as well. >> i saw -- it was interesting to see former secretary of defense bill cohen and his wife janet, kellyanne conway, chuck schumer, barbara comstock who has a difficult race coming up in the state of virginia and then the connection of john mccain today to abraham lincoln. we so often today hear so many members of mike steele's party that like to say that the republican party is the republican party of lincoln. and maybe john mccain represented the republican party of abraham lincoln but what is it today? >> you're now seeing a redressed casket of john mccain entering the rotunda. let's take a minute and just listen. right step. down. the u.s. capitol police have just taken over from the honor guard to stand watch over senator john mccain's casket. not a dry eye in the house it looks like.

and coming home on the plane we were talking about his arrest, his detention in hanoi, at the hanoi hilton. and he told us about how he and his colleagues developed a tap code so they could tap on the wall and communicate. this tap code was like a morse code. and so as we were flying in the air, he was tapping and saying what the tapping meant. and to this very day, he retained that. and that was amazing to me. he was a very independent -- he could have very sobering outbursts, but when the chips were down, john mccain was there with heart and muscle and it made a difference. it makes a difference to the senate. and i know it made a difference to the republican party. and yes, it made a difference for those of us who are democrats as well. john mccain in my book is a great hero. >> thank you so much for your reflections on john mccain. thank you, senator, it's great to see you today. >> thank you, good to see you. >>> and coming up next, phoenix son. the family and friends will gather shortly in arizona to honor john mccain. fellow arizona senator jeff flake joins me. stay with us. flake j

lot of people forget, he not only overcame the hanoi hilton and the pain that he suffered there, but in 1989, the keating five, keating went to prison, it was a savings and loan scandal. the five u.s. senators' careers were cut short but one of those was john mccain. and he tediously, laboriously worked his way back to integrity until today, now, at his passing, he's seen as the epitome of honesty. the mccain-feingold act which reformed corruption in campaign financing, the straight talk express, the name of his bus. so he's going to be missed as a moral compass for the u.s. senate, but he's a wonderful lesson for me and for anybody that you can make mistakes in life and you can come back. it's work, but you can come back. doesn't always mean the end of your career or your life in public service. connell: good point. thoughts on a successor to senator mccain, at least in the short term. governor doocy in arizona will make that appointment after the funeral. it was said or reported that senator mccain himself would have liked an hispanic woman to be his successor if he could pick. tha

how "scoop" jackson really mentored a young john mccain, not so i don't thiyoung was out of the hanoi hiltonts the liaison between the navy and the senate, and traveled with him throughout the world. colonel jack jacobs, you remember that service. that's what first interested him in politics, really. then he decided to move to arizona, of course after marrying cindy and running for the house. >> one of the interesting things about john mccain is that he was -- it had seemed from time to time that he was a quick a q personality. by the time he came into politics, he had already been through the mill. i have known people who were in prison with him. each one you talk to would say the same thing about john mccain, that effeche was the br guy they ever met. this was coming from people who were very brave themselves. as difficult as it was for him, getting tortured every day, he managed to be an uplifting force at the hanoi hilton. the second thing that comes immediately to mind is that john mccain, unlike most people, even those in politics, had an extremely sensitive capability to determine whe

he even visited the jail where he was held, known as hanoi hilton. genie: another big story today, focusing on the pope, innpart because of thii trip he just pade to ireland. dheepthika: a trip overshaddwed by reccnt accusations of sexual abuse by u.s. clergyman, and allegations from one vatican diplomat that the pope helped cover it up. it perhaps explains the relatively low turnout, about 130,000 people, in a country that is hugely catholic, and for this wriier from the irish does not have as much sway in preland anymore. another writer in the same ppper accuses the pontiff of failing a church that is genuinelyder of shocked at its own deep moral failings. youusee in this cartoon from he british daill "the times" -- we see lots of rhetoric frommthe pope, but no actions on how to coobat ssxual aause. tennis. the u.s. open is gettiig underway. competing. tennis officials up in arms. dheepthika: a lot of the press has pointed out the irony of france being such a fashion forward country, taking to task -pserena williams and her attir. this article echo

being shot down he was held and tortured as a prisoner of war for over five years in that infamous hanoi hilton. so on that trip to asia, we went to that prison and i saw that cell where john had been held for those five years, the cell in which he had made the decision to allow other prisoners to be released before him because he didn't want to look like he got special treatment. that was a moment i will never forget. but then we went on a tour of the rest of the prison. and again with that signature wry humor and resilience, as the guide is showing us a new exhibit which included sort of happy pictures of prisoners of war sitting around a christmas tree or playing table tennis, and she proudly showed us those pictures, and he nodded his head with all the media behind him, and then he whispered to me, i don't remember any of this. we then went to an exhibit that was brand-new of his flight suit, and it was this pristine flight suit with his name enembryo tkered in it and next to it was a picture of him, the plane being shot down and the flight suit was all torn up. and they show us the flight