where is joe biden from? joe biden, from scranton, pennsylvania.you think he could have won the extra 70,000 votes? >> could joe biden have defeated donald trump? >> oh, i don't know. i'm not going to speculate on it. >> the rust belt? >> look, i -- >> your home territory. >> it's -- >> regrets? >> no, i just wasn't prepared to do it after i lost my son. i have no regret in the sense that did i make the wrong decision. i made the right decision, but do i regret that my point of view is not going to be reflected in the next administration because we have mr. trump? yeah, i do regret that. >> coming up -- >> november 7thth we were sitting on top of the world. december 18th our world had collapsed. i cannot imagine managing my diabetes without my dexcom. this is the dexcom g5 mobile continuous glucose monitoring system. a small, wearable sensor measures your glucose every 5 minutes and sends the data to a dexcom receiver. i feel like, oh my gosh, i'm in control now. with the dexcom g5 mobile, you always know the direction and speed your glucose is hea

where is joe biden from? joe biden, from scranton, pennsylvania.you think he could have won the extra 70,000 votes? >> could joe biden have defeated donald trump? >> oh, i don't know. i'm not going to speculate on it. >> the rust belt? >> look, i -- >> your home territory. >> it's -- >> regrets? >> no, i just wasn't prepared to do it after i lost my son. i have no regret in the sense that did i make the wrong decision. i made the right decision, but do i regret that my point of view is not going to be reflected in the next administration because we have mr. trump? yeah, i do regret that. >> coming up -- >> november 7th we were sitting on top of the world. december 18th our world had collapsed. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being ame

with joe biden, who's son beau died two years ago of the same brain cancer. words of encouragement to mccain's daughter. it's long but worth watching. take a look. >> couldn't get through your book. your son had the same cancer my father was diagnosed with six months ago. and i'm sorry. >> there's a lot of hope. >> i think about beau almost every day. and i was told -- sorry -- that this doesn't get easier. but you cultivate the tools to work with this and live with this. i know you and your family have been through tragedy that i couldn't conceive of -- it's not about me. >> no, it is about everyone. but look, one of the things that gave beau courage, my word, was john. your dad, you may remember when you were a little kid, your dad took care of my beau. your dad, when he worked with me, became friends with beau. and beau talked about your dad's courage, not about illness, but about his courage. and look, there's a lot of things happening. if anyone was diagnosed with it, which is about as bad as it gets, there's breakthroughs that are occurring now. and thin

it is pure joe biden. >> what this showed about joe biden was something i think democrats missed withatability. that's why they called him uncle joe, even in his gaffes. we all know as republicans we would make fun of joe biden as a gaffe machine, get a chuckle out of it, but it made him human. i have my own experience with the biden family and they are amazingly wonderful, good and decent people. i may disagree with them on policy and politics, but you cannot -- i cannot emphasis wze enough how good they are. i looked at what his favorables were in 2015, and he was the only democrat that was not under water. hillary clinton's favorable versus unfavorable, she was under water, so was bernie sanders. to be honest, if it had been joe biden versus donald trump, i would have had flo problem kr s casting a vote for him. >> we're going to talk about joe biden. he was asked if held run against president trump in 2020. his answer and the panel's take on that next. like t-mobile and. right now when you get an unlimited family plan, netflix is included. ho ho ho! t-mobile covers your netflix su

we're still trying to wok it out here. >>> former president obama and former vice president joe biden to joke about their very close friendship. >> which do you like better? these or these? >> joe, they're the same. >> they capture different moods. >> that was good. ahead vice president joe biden takes us inside their so-called bromance. he'll be here ahead on "cbs this morning." >> i love joe biden, i really do. i want to thank him for his friendship, his counsel, for always giving it to me straight, for not shooting anybody in the face. ntrol like snoring. (snoring) introducing theravent anti-snore strips. clinically shown to reduce snoring. theravent. the answer is right under your nose. clinically shown to reduce snoring. if yorheumatoid arthritisevere and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a medication, this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further irreversible damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. humira has been clinically studied for over 20 years. humira works for many adults. it targets and blocks a specific

get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. >>> former vice president joe biden's loss of his n his personal and political life. beau biden died two years ago after battling brain cancer. in his new book "promise me dad: a year of hope, hardship, and purpose" biden focuses on the challenging time. former vice president joe biden is in stu >> good to be back. >> i wanted to ask you about the big political news. down jones winning in alabama. what mench does that send? >> it sends a message that not only did they reject luther strange and his attitude toward women. >> roy moore, yeah. >> excuse me. roy moore. he talked about the issues he cares about. i've known doug jones since law school. he campaigned for me. >> have you talked to him since the victory? >> yes, i have. i talked to him three times yesterday. >> what did he say? he was so giddy. >> he's over the moochblt he's really anxious to get to work. last night he talked about children's health care. with all the excitement he didn't go after moore. he talked about children's health care. this is a guy who was a serious, s

we're back with former vice president joe biden.d purple." so mr. vice president, when i read this book, what's at the heart of it? what's at the center of it? >> two things. one, i wanted people to know what an incredible young man my son was, and i also wanted people -- a lot of people have gone through it. i've gone through it without any of the help i had. i didn't want it to be about grief alone. i wanted to let people know you can find hope and purpose and i really mean that. you know, a phrase, you know, there's three things to happiness, something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to, it's all about trying to take what beau -- what i think, my family thinks beau would be doing were he still here and doing it. and it gives you -- it gives you purpose. it gives you a sense of and still, you know, being with you. >> but you tell a very beautiful story in the book, mr. vice president, about the death -- the murder of police officers in new york city and you were talking to the widow of one of the police offic

please welcome vice president joe biden!ause ) ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: sir, mr. vice president, thank you so much. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> stephen: joe biden, everybody. nice to see you again. >> now would be a good time to leave. thank you very much. >> stephen: donald trump is the president of the united states-- spoiler alert-- and the last time you were here was in december after president trump was president-elect and before he had been inaugurated and you said at the time, "we're going to give this guy an even shot, we're going to give him a clear shot to do the job." have we given him enough of a shot at this point? ( laughter ) >> look, there are certain things that, when they occur, you just can't remain silent. and charlottesville, for me, was a moment where i thought silence would be complicity, i mean, for real. so i wrote an articl

house, and as a citizen than joe biden. >> i would never count joe biden out.gizer bunny. he just does not quit. >> that's tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. up next, my colleague, yasmin vossoughian. and yasmin, he definitely brings the energy all the time. >> he certainly does. you hear andrea mitchell there, never counting joe biden out. >> never. >> it's interesting to see a young joe biden there, takes you back. thank you, richard. let's keep rolling. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >>> too close to call. the countdown begins. less than 48 hours until polls open in alabama. roy moore finally speaks out today. what he's saying about the allegations as the president goes all in. >>> and the reckoning. franken out, farnhrenthold stil in. and should the president answer his accusers? >>> and prosecuting the prosecutors, the push to discredit bob mueller and his investigation. can they withstand the onslaught? >> are you comfortable that the leader of your party is all out for roy moore? >> within the party, there will be disagreements. obviously we're seeing one now. >> how

>> it's a question joe biden has been asked for decades. >> all the time. particularly now. eryone, the second they say hi valley, is joe going to run. >> usa, usa, usa! >> with donald trump's electoral victory over hillary clinton, speculation about a biden 2020 run has only intensified. >> do i regret not being president? yes. i thought there was a need to bring the country together. >> he'd be a formidable opponent. he has good standing with the american people i think. people like joe biden. >> i can't think of anyone with more experience both in the senate, the white house, and as a citizen than joe biden. >> i would never koucrnt count . he is the energizer bunny. >> headliners airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. that think these days. businesses are thinking. factories are thinking. even your toaster is thinking. honey, clive owen's in our kitchen. i'm leaving. oh never mind, he's leaving. but what if a business could turn all that thinking... thinking... endless thinking into doing? to make better decisions. make a difference. make the future. not next week wh

that name is joe biden. i any joe biden understands. he understands the plight of the working man. he's from scranton, pennsylvania. kennedy: more than populist bernie sanders? >> i think joe biden is the working man. i think it was how he treated our former colleague on "the view." that exchange speaks to why he would be. >> good candidate. kennedy: she said the first person they called to talk about his son. you can't have it both ways. >> i think what you are starting to see is candidates like danica rome. and justin fairfax. but you are starting to see young candidates come out of nowhere and win these races because they understand the issues. they work hard and they are having real conversation with the voters and not depending on the democratic establishment. kennedy: you know why i think howard dean is so scared of old people in because young people who will be voting in the future hate the two-party system. they don't care who you say they should vote for because they are a democrat. >> i think one of the biggest problems the democratic party has, we have to change how we d

joe biden.honored to have you here today since you began your career you have stood up for the middle class, for working people, for families and the interests of the less fortunate everywhere. your time in the senate and in the white house have made this country better and i just want to welcome you back home to pennsylvania. [ applause ] >> i'm proud to be here to help commemorate the opening of the new museum, this museum of the american revolution that will act as a monument to the lives of those who created this great nation. there is no better home for this museum than in philadelphia, than in pennsylvania, am i right? [ applause ] >> because this museum tells the story of the women and the men who created this nation right here in philadelphia where this nation began. located with only -- within only a few blocks of the museum are a number of historic treasures that tell the story of how a loose band of cologne yalz toppled a mighty empire for two centuries from independence hall to the s

he said thank you joe biden and the entire biden family for serving as an example and source of strengthn family. what an unusual moment on television. >> i watched it play out live. i just happened to catch it. i knew something was happening when meghan started to cry. joe biden is so special that he can zero right in. he knew just what to say to turn her from crying to laughter. he does that. he guys from poignants to humor in that way. it was a special moment, you know? >> look, she needed it. he is a very empathetic guy. but it was a window into something else. take the cancer out of it. take all the emotion that you don't want. something people don't get to see anymore. i know joe biden. i know john mccain. they used to be friends down there. they used to fight on the ideas, not on the insults of individuals. it used to be that way. i lived it. i watched it. it is not that way anymore too often. and i hope that was a reminder for people. even on top of the cancer and the sentimentalities, this is how they treated people. it didn't matter they were different parties. it didn't matter

after 36 years in the senate and another eight as vice president, could joe biden make another try forhe white house? in this "headliners," a revealing look at what makes joe run. >> could joe biden have defeated donald trump? >> oh, i don't know. >> this is the great what-if. >> i say to democrats and republicans and independents alike, don't sell this country short, folks. >> joe biden has spent a lifetime as a political power player.

house, and as a citizen than joe biden. >> i would never count joe biden out.man is the energizer bunny. and longest serving advisors questioned in the mueller investigation. >>> and why they went that white house to warn her about russia. >>> plus donald trump campaigns about alabama not in alabama telling people why they should send roy moore to the senate. and about when america was last great and why his answer invoked slavery. all of this ahead as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a friday night. busy night to end it week. good evening once again from our nbc head quarters in new

house, and as a citizen than joe biden. >> i would never count joe biden out.is the energizer bunny. he just does not quit. >> you can watch it sunday night at 9:00 p.m. that's tonight's last word. coming up, how much influence does zrufrp have over alabama voters who don't want to vote for roy moore? the 11th hour with brian williams takes that on next. >>> tonight hope hicks one of the president's closest and longest serving advisers questioned in the mueller investigation. also why the fbi reportedly went to the white house to warn her about russia. plus donald trump campaigns in alabama without going to alabama, stopping just across the border telling voters why they should send roy moore to the u.s. senate. and about that campaign, new scrutiny over some old comments by moore about when america was last great and why his answer invoked slavery. all of it ahead as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a friday night. go

battling brain cancer, now back in the hospital, as joe biden, who lost his son to the disease, offers powerful words of comfort to mccain's daughter meghan. >> so there is hope. and if anybody can make it, your dad -- her dad is one of my best friends. >>> explosive text messages revealed. what two fbi officials who worked on the russia investigation told each other about then-candidate trump. >>> and 12 days till christmas, but did you know even bigger shopping deals are still out there? the secret is knowing precisely when to buy. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. with the new year rapidly approaching, tonight we're finally getting some specifics of what the republican tax overhaul will look like. house and senate republicans reaching a deal in principle that could land a bill on the president's desk soon. details revealed today include the fate of state and local tax deductions and other popular write-offs. today, president trump was selling the plan even as he tried to shrug off yesterday's loss of a republican s

joe biden on "the view" yesterday with one of their hosts who was megan mccain. biden having just gone through this horrible tragedy with his own son with the same diagnosis as john mccain. let me play a little bit more of what actually transpired between megan mccain and joe biden. >> but look, one of the things that gave bo courage. my word was john. your dad -- you may remember when you were a little kid, your dad took care of my bo. your dad when he was an aide and worked with me became friends with bo. and bo talked about your dad's courage. not about illness but about his courage. >> i mean, the connection between the mccain family and then john mccain tweeted a thank you to joe biden for all the support he's given for the entire biden family for serving as an example and a source of strength for my own family, wrote john mccain from the hospital. you and i both covered joe biden. i covered his very first race when he first lost his first wife and his daughter in that horrific car crash. so i've known him since the '70s through all this tragedy and some triu

. >> joe biden as emotional words of wisdom for john mccain's family. >>> it's a season of giving and communities across our area are helping for the holidays. the good deeds happening today that will lift spirits. and we're tracking wet wintry weather this morning, taking a live look at delaware county. snowfall is making for a messy morning commute. look at those cars there coated with snow. what to expect for your drive to work. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. for the holidays. >> people in and around the city of brotherly love are doing what it takes to help friends and neighbors and people

joe biden on "the view" consoling cohost meghan mccain.her, senator john mccain, battling the same form of cancer that claimed biden's late son, beau. >> one of the things that gave beau courage, my word, was john. your dad, you may remember when you were a little kid, your dad took care of my beau. your dad, when he was a mil aide, worked with me and became friends with beau, and beau talked about your dad's courage, not about illness, but about his courage. >> it was a moving moment. late word today that senator mccain is currently being treated at walter reed medical center for what his office describes as normal side effects of his cancer therapy. senator mccain and meghan both thanking biden for his support. >>> quite a discovery in new zealand to report. imagine penguins the size of humans. fossils up to 60 million years old revealing a giant penguin measuring 5'10", 220 pounds. the biggest penguin these days, the emperor penguin, standing less than four feet tall. we all love that documentary. >>> and the new inductees into the rock

cohost meghan mccain consoled by former vice president joe biden on air, biden moving seats to sit next to mccain, taking her hand in his as mccain's tears well up with tears. >> your dad took care of my beau . your dad became friends with beau. your dad's about >> joe biden and senator mccain share a personal friendship outside of washington where they have worked together for several years from across the aisle. >> if i picked up the phone tonight and called john mccain and said, i need your help, he would get on a plane and come. i would for him, too. >> the unfortunate common bond for their families these days is cancer. earlier this year, mccain's father was diagnosed with the same form of cancer that took the life of both biden, the former press -- vice presidents son. >> if any of you have somebody who was diagnosed with glioblastoma, about as bad as it gets, there are breakthroughs that are occurring now. the thing that i have found is you've got to maintain hope. >> the vice president who created and the biden cancer initiative is adamant that a cure will be found. >> i said, w

maintain hope. >> senator john mccain tweeted a clip of that interview with a message, thank you joe bidenbiden family for serving as an example and source of strength for my own family. of course we wish him so, so well. >>> minutes from now, doug jones will speak to reporters after his mega win in alabama. we will take you to birmingham live. we've started a campaign to let the american people raise their voice to say that this president is unfit for office and needs to go. i love it! yes! yes! [ chuckles ] there it is -- over there! mcminnville, tennessee... poughkeepsie, new york... milton, indiana... chattahoochee, florida... wow... we're looking at the whole country. not just the coasts. even in utah, we're starting to realize trump has been doing things that are against our laws. i definitely worry about war. north korea. i don't want that guy's hand near the bomb. sick to my stomach. he's not the kind of person that should be running our country. the things that he does has consequences. is this going to be here for my grandchildren? he's not being held accountable. if we have the

lot of things happening -- >> that was a really special moment today between the former president joe biden and megyn mccain, the daughter of senator john mccain. beau died from the same aggressive brain cancer john mccain was diagnosed with earlier this year. during an appearance on the view biden took megyn's hand and said it doesn't get easier but there are tools to live with this. >> there is hope. and if anyone can make it, her dad is one of my best friends. her dad -- [ cheering & applause ] -- her dad comes after me. we are like two brothers who somehow were raised by different fathers or something because of our points of view, but i mean this sincerely, even when your dad got mad at me and said i should get the hell off the ticket -- [ laughing ] >> before that appearance joe biden was on the "cbs this morning" show and spoke about the 2020 presidential race. he did not rule himself out of the running but says he want as new crop of talented people to step up. biden noted that new york senator kirsten gillibrand is someone to watch. >>> a surprise on the receipt. why uber charged o

video making its way around twitter has a lot of people asking questions if the holiday message from joe bidenans that he's soft launching a biden 2020 run. it was put on twitter by joe biden along with his wife, jill, encouraging small acts of generosity and addressing troops far from their families this holiday. let's talk about it with our political p political panel. we have antoine here with us. great to see you. antoine, at least the former vice president leaving open the popty of a 2020 run? >> it's very smart politically smart for the middle class messenger and chief vice president biden to flirt with the idea of running for president in 2020. he's still very popular among the democratic base. when you look at the early primary states, the road to the democratic nomination, it comes through states like south carolina where i'm from. he's still very popular here with working class democratic voters. it's very small for him to continue to flirt with the idea. let's keep in mind, we have a very unpopular president that occupies the white house. it will be an opportunity for the democrats

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there were three in all eight years of obama. >> let's talk about an extraordinary admission from joe bidenl. a lot of us who covered the thomas hearings know that he was one of the men, it was an all-male judiciary committee, biden was the ranking democrat, and there were a number of republicans especially. orren hatch, arlen specter, let's see, alan simpson and others who were really tough on anita hill, and in terms of jurisdiction and procedure, she was not permitted to come back the second day with polygraph test results, which we understand from all the attorneys, did prove that she was telling the truth. so here is joe biden's interview, in fact, with teen vogue, i think it is. he said, i voted against clarence thomas and i insisted the next election i campaigned for two women senators on the condition if they won they would come on the judiciary committee so there would never again be all men making a judgment. i wish i had been able to do more for anita hill. i owe her an apology. he said he believed her. >> he said he believed her, but he did not allow her to defend herself in the

former vice president joe biden consoling meghan mccain.w going through and just to see that moment like that and we're going to talk to dr. jen ashton about the advances that we're seeing with cancer research and treatment. >> yeah, the senator is back in the hospital this morning. we are thinking of him and his family. we have a lot of breaking news including that blockbuster deal between the walt disney company, our parent company and 21st century fox brings together two entertainment giant, $52.4 billion deal and rebecca jarvis has the details and talked to bob iger and he said this will make a big difference over time to the consumer. >> absolutely. a big difference for consumers because it means bringing more premium content under one roof. disney will continue to offer family-friendly content like "frozen" and "coco" but now it can deliver fox's edgier channels like fx, natgeo and "the simpsons" foreshadowed this on the show 20 years ago and got a lot of stuff right on the future about that. the other major thing this deal does is gi

. >> what brought meghan mccain to tears and what joe biden said that nearly broke the internet. >>> and, as hard as it may be to believe, it's been 40 years since we first hustled to saturday night fever, we're going to tell you about the big bash in brooklyn and the club where it all happened. we are grooving like it's 1977 on this thursday, december 14th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ stayin' alive spin. >> i think you're going the wrong direction. is it more -- spin, you think i'd know-it-all these years later. can't believe it's been 40 years. >> i think we'll have ample opportunity to practice as people celebrate. >> but first we're going to get to the interesting news that people are talking about. the high-profile aide leaving the white house, omarosa leaving the job. >> sources say it was a madeor she made about 1$180,000 a year in one of the ill-defined roles of the chief of staff was reportedly looking to cut. >> president trump tweeting, thank you, omarosa for your service and wish you continued success. >> you're fired. >> reporter: it happened three tim

yesterday on the show, former vice president joe biden sat down with her and spoke to her not as a clinician but as a father and friend. >> one of the things that gave beau courage, my word was john. your dad, you may remember when you were a little kid, your dad took care of might have beau. beau talked about your dad's courage. not about illness but about his courage. >> mccain has the same type of cancer that killed biden's son two years ago. the arizona senator is being treated at walter reed. >> beautiful moment to set aside politics and talk to somebody who needs their hand-held. >> former vice president joe biden, always talks about beau. >>> it is 4:32 right now. later today, the future of just internet service could be decided by the federal government. >> the federal communications commission is set for a final vote on internet regulation. let's go back to megan mcgrath with details. megan, what can we expect? a lot of people are confused about this. >> we're going to break it down for you. as you said, later today they will be voting to reveal most of the net neutrality rules. you

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. >>> this just in, joe biden has finally stopped praising the president. i think he had to sleep at some point, so it's just now came to a close. thursday, december 21st, 4:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 p.m. in seoul, it's 11:00 a.m. in jerusal jerusalem. we'll check in there shortly. >>> first, the republicans taking a victory lap, passing their tax reform, tax cut bill, which now awaits the president's signature, but in touting the bill as a huge tax cut, the president himself made what could be a serious tactical error, admitting the measure was just as much about gutting obamacare. >> the individual mandate is being repealed. so in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed obamacare. we didn't want to bring it up. i told people specifically, be quiet with the fake news media because i don't want them talking too much about it, because i didn't know how people would -- but now that it's approved, i can say, the individual mandate has been repealed. >> it is important to note, obamacare has not been repealed

i would argue you are like the number one supplier of the joe biden o bma meme. in strength. i mean they were really a team. and you know, joe bied enwent through some very difficult times during his tenure at the white house with his son and everything like that. >> trevor: yeah. >> and i think he became closer to president obama through that, through those times. >> trevor: why does it look like in all your pictures o bma is scolding joe biden for like a prank that he was planning to, like it looks like in the first picture is he like oh man, we should like tell trump that the white house moved. and then look, in the second picture, look, when we do it tell him the white house moved somewhere else and he can't fine it and obama is like look, we can't do t but it's really funny. was he scolding him ever or was it just how it looked in the pictures. >> i think this is a case where you have cur rated the photos to show more than me. >> trevor: you know what i am just going to believe the story that i'm going to believe. because that's the way i like it thank you s

. >>> words of encouragement from joe biden. weighs in on john mccain's battle with cancer. a touching moment with the senator's daughter. >>> late yesterday president trump was out playing salesman to the american people trying to drum up support for the plan. peter aaron hicks has more on the potentially major changes coming to your taxes. take a look. >> reporter: president trump just in time for the holidays promising to put more money in your pockets. >> we want to give you a giant tax cut for christmas. when i say giant, i mean giant. >> what do they agree on. individual takes rate will drop from 39 to 37. what had been a strategicing capped at $10,000. mortgage interest deductions protected, but overturned. crucial component of obama. ending the penalty for not having health insurance and potentially jeopardizing already fragile marketplaces. that repeal, john partisan budget scorekeeper warned leave 13 million people uninsured for the next decades. >> this is only a small beginning to the incredible things that our people will achieve over a very sport period of time

it was clear wednesday with an exchange between joe biden and meghan. biden's son, beau, died in 2015 after battling the same cancer as mccain. meghan mccain tearfully sought bide especially's advice. >> one of the things that gave beau courage, my word, was john. your dad -- you may remember. you were a little kid. your dad took care of my beau. your dad, when he was a mil aide became friends with beau. and beau talked about your dad's courage. not about illness but about his courage. look, there's a lot of things happening. any of you who have somebody that is diagnosed with glioblastoma, which is about as bad as it gets, there are breakthroughs that are occurring now. you have to maintain hope. there's hope. you have to have hope >> reporter: mccain's office saying mccain is grateful to his daughters and the outpouring of support. no word when he will return to the senate. his office would only say as soon as possible. chris and alisyn. >> well, thank you, mj. that was quite a moment. i watched it play out live. it was riveting. you couldn't take you

again you have obama and joe biden, recording robocalls. will that help doug jones with the vote?ll of that will help doug jones and turnout in general. this been the major political event in america this month. his take at the center stage is a proxy war between the republicans and democrats, and all that stuff. all the attention will add to something. we will see whether or not it was a wise idea for barack obama to record a robocall down there. i think given the intense unpopularity of obama even with independence, willing to vote for jones or stay home and let the election happen without them, inserting obama in the race will not help jones with those of voters. >> dana: we will see appear in new york for the special election coverage. chris stirewalt, thank you so much. the white house briefing expected to get underway shortly, we'll take you there as soon as it starts. plus, the house and senate inching closer to a deal on tax reform. how the treasury department says tax cuts will pay for themselve themselves. ♪ cale, nobody does it better. he's also an avid cookie connoisse