everybody did a good job. >> jimmy: john, john david? you go by john david?all me john. one name, no middle name. john, david, no middle name, washington. >> jimmy: you don't need a middle name. >> exactly. >> jimmy: is there space between them or all mashed up? >> it depends on the feeling. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you go with the flow. >> yeah, yeah, yes. >> jimmy: so did you -- growing up did you have a lot of famous uncles and aunts around all the time that didn't seem weird to you? >> i mean, like -- so my favorite movie was "glory" growing up. [ cheers and applause ] y'all know the movie "glory"? morgan freeman, he'd come by the house often. i remember getting so excited and build up the courage to ask him for an autograph. mr. freeman, can i get your autograph? he looked at me, i can't do the voice. "no, you can't, we're family." and i was like, but i really want your autograph. i never got it because he said we're family. >> jimmy: you don't give family -- >> i wanted that autograph, man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: should have asked him to write you a check

adam driver, john david washington in the centre of it, john david washington is brilliant, i mean, carryingr and the horror. i thought it was really remarkable and i think you'll like it. ok, i certainly did like what you've chosen as best 0ut. yeah, i'm sorry... oh, my goodness! i'm back, you see? you're back to mamma mia, you can't give it up. but i sobbed, i sobbed. i do, and my love, my life... oh, i know. i was gone. what makes it so brilliant is if it didn't have that emotional sucker punch, it wouldn't be half the film that it is. it's not just that you smile and all the rest of it, it's that when you weep, you weep buckets. i thought it was — i thought it was really good. it does what a film's meant to do — is it reaches in and it grabs you by the heartstrings. it was, dare i say, so much better than i expected. yeah. and that's a plaudit in itself. i know! no, absolutely, and believe me, i went in thinking "this can't, this isn't gonna work, i mean there's no way that the godfather 2 structure can work with mamma mia" and you come out saying, i just want to go see it again and agai

plymouth rock landed on us. >> john david washington is denzel's son.lette a washington. >> being the son of denzel washington. >> and paulet. >> earning more money before they got married. she was on broadway working, paid for the first date, paid the billers paid the cab ride. the classically trained pianist. went to juliard. i learned a lot from her. my father taught me how to hunt. my mom taught me how to love. >> it looked a young j.d. >> my father did shakespeare in the park had i was 4 years old and richard iii, seeing him limping. he had this mullet going on. i thought it was the coolest thing ever. i was like, i want to do that. >> instead of running into the spotlight, john david initially ran from it and on to the football field. >> as he started to become successful, people started changing around me and gave me a little anxiety, resentment, anger. so i filtered those emotions through this outlet. football. >> football carried him through college and briefly into the pros before an injury closed the door on the game and opened another for ac

craig sits down with john david washington to talk about his breakout role in black clansman. >> how film in cincinnati and i get a text saying, it's spike. call me. >> what he's revealing about the highly anticipated film and the lessons he learned from his famous parents. today, august 8, 2018. >> from st. louis. >> debby from d.c. is turning 60 ♪ >> here with my sister. >> and our two kids. >> we always start our morning off with the "today" show, but today's extra special. it's my birthday. >> celebrating 54th birth. >> i'm here for my awesome daughter ella. >> that's cool. how lovely is that. >> we like having you with us on wednesday morning whether you're right there on the plaza or own personal plaza sending in you video. >> hashtag my today plaza. my today plaza. >> that's the hashtag to get on tv. >> every time we see those, we get so excited. send them in. we want to see you beautiful faces. a lot to get to. here's the news at 8:00. votes are still being counted in nail biter in ohio. special election, congressional race and still too close to call this morning. get right

adam driver, john david washington in the centre of it, john david washington is brilliant, i mean, carryingthe horror. i thought it was really remarkable and i think you'll like it. ok, i certainly did like what you've chosen as best 0ut. yeah, i'm sorry... oh, my goodness! i'm back, you see? you're back to mamma mia, you can't give it up. but i sobbed, i sobbed. i do, and my love, my life... oh, i know. i was gone. what makes it so brilliant is if it didn't have that emotional sucker punch, it wouldn't be half the film that it is. it's not just that you smile and all the rest of it, it's that when you weep, you weep buckets. i thought it was — i thought it was really good. it does what a film's meant to do — is it reaches in and it grabs you by the heartstrings. it was, dare i say, so much better than i expected. yeah. and that's a plaudit in itself. i know! no, absolutely, and believe me, i went in thinking "this can't, this isn't gonna work, i mean there's no way that the godfather 2 structure can work with mamma mia" and you come out saying, i just want to go see it again and again and

here's john david washington and adam driver in spike lee's new movie, "blackkklansman."so-called chosen people. you've been passing for a a w.a.s.p. white anglo saxon protestant. cherry pie, hot dog, white boy. >> hmm. >> it's what some light-skinned black folks do. they pass for white. doesn't that hatred you've been hearing the klan say, doesn't that piss you off? >> of course it does. >> then why you acting like you don't have skin in the game, brother? >> rookie, that's my -- business. >> it's our business. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: spike lee, everybody. "blackkklansman" is in theaters this friday. we'll be right back with a a performance from big boy. stick around! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ it's the final days of the ford summer sales event. ♪ there are only a few days left to take advantage of great deals like zero percent financing for sixty months on the built ford tough f-150. so hurry and save big on ford, america's best-selling brand. get zero percent financing for sixty months plus twenty-eight hundred bonus cash on a 2018 f-150 xlt equipped with 2.

here's john david washington and adam driver in spike lee's new movie, "blackkklansman." the so-called "chosen people." you've been passing for a prw.a.s.p. white anglo saxoestant. cherry pie, hot dog, white boy. >> hmm. >> it's what some light-skinned black folks do. they pass for white. doesn't that hatred you've been hearing the klan say, doesn't .hat piss you off? >> of course it do >> then why you acting like you don't have skin in the game, brother?e, >> roohat's my -- business. >> it's our business. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: spike lee, edy. "blackkklansman" is in theaters this friday. 'll be right back with a a performance from big boy. stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ so what do you guys want? pistachio. chocolate chip. secky road. i what's going on here. everybody's got different taste. well, now verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plans so everybody gets the plan they want, without paying for thgs they don't. jet-setting moms can video-chat from europe. movie-obsessed teens can stream obscure cinema. itow like everyone gets thein

sat down with john david and taed about his breakout big screen role and what it was like growing upe. >> sometimes the role of a lifetime com via text. >> how did you land this gig? >> so i w l onation for another film in cincinnati, and i get a text saying spike w calling me. >> spike, as in legendary director spike lee. the filmmaker wanted joh david washington to play the lead in "blackkklansman," a movie based on real life story of colorado detective ron stallworth who infiltratedkkk. >> over the phone and in person, a combined johnth stallw >> can you do that? >> i believe we can with the right whiteman. what was it like for you. >> seeing a group of people help th african-american m acleave the goal to execute this mission. they believed in the case, they believed in him, and they did not look like him at that timeo in co springs. >> the movie is funny, relevant, and at times tough to watch. most difficult scene in the movie for you. >> banquet scen >> the true white american race, the backbone from whee came our southern heritage. >> the banquet scene felt the most authentic,

. >> i always kid john david, i knew you before you were born and his first role was in "malcolm x."e is malcolm x at the end of the film. i knew to do it. i didn't make an audition or have a meeting. i sent him the script. i sent him the book. i said, let's go. a lot of times people think of cliches. you know what? a lot of times they come with cliche because it is true. the fruit don't fall far from the tree. john david washington is legit. >> no, he's the real deal. >> real deal. >> he comes from good stock. >> good stock. >> not only denzel. don't go short on me or pauletta. she is the real deal. >> yes, yes. and denzel always makes a point of talking about how important pauletta is in not just raising john david, but the other four children. tonja, for me, too. >> the best part of you is tonja. that's the only reason we tolerated you. >> she's in there. thank you very much. >> what do you hope people walk away from this movie seeing? because people really need to see it. what do you want them walking out saying? >> i will say, rev, there's a lot of humor in this film, a lot of h

adam driver, john david washington in the centre of it, john david washington is brilliant, i mean, carryingll like it. ok, i certainly did like what you've chosen as best out. yeah, i'm sorry... oh, my goodness! i'm back, you see? you're back to mamma mia, you can't give it up. but i sobbed, i sobbed. i do, and my love, my life... oh, i know. that's gone. what makes it so brilliant is if it didn't have that emotional sucker punch, it wouldn't be half the film that it is. it's not just that you smile and all the rest of it, it's that when you weep, you weep buckets. i thought it was — i thought it was really good. it does what a film's meant to do — is it reaches in and it grabs you by the heartstrings. it was, dare i say, so much better than i expected. yeah. and that's a plaudit in itself. i know! no, absolutely, and believe me, i went in thinking "this can't, this isn't gonna work, i mean there's no way that the godfather 2 structure can work with mamma mia" and you come out saying, i just want to go see it again and again and again. you do. a very quick thought about dvd? yeah, so in the

adam driver, john david washington in the centre of it, john david washington is brilliant, i mean, carryingst out. yeah, i'm sorry... oh, my goodness! i'm back, you see? you're back to mamma mia, you can't give it up. but i sobbed, i sobbed. i do, and my love, my life... oh, i know. i was gone. what makes it so brilliant is if it didn't have that emotional sucker punch, it wouldn't be half the film that it is. it's not just that you smile and all the rest of it, it's that when you weep, you weep buckets. i thought it was — i thought it was really good. it does what a film's meant to do — is it reaches in and it grabs you by the heartstrings. it was, dare i say, so much better than i expected. yeah. and that's a plaudit in itself. i know! no, absolutely, and believe me, i went in thinking "this can't, this isn't gonna work, i mean there's no way that the godfather 2 structure can work with mamma mia" and you come out saying, i just want to go see it again and again and again. you do. a very quick thought about dvd? yeah, so in the fade, which is a hamburg—set revenge thriller. diane kruger w

john david washington is brilliant at the centre of it, carrying this drama.e centre, balancing the humour and the horror. i thought it was remarkable, and i think you will like it. 0k. i certainly did like what you chose as best out. you are back to mamma mia. you can't give it up. i sobbed. just floods of tears. what makes it so brilliant is that if it didn't have that emotional sucker punch, it wouldn't be half the film that it is. it's not just that you smile and all the rest of it, it's that when you weep, you weep buckets. i thought it was really good. it does what a film is meant to do: it reaches in an grabs you by the heartstrings. it was, dare i say, so much better than what i expected, which is a plaudit in itself. i went in thinking, this isn't going to work. there was no way that the godfather 2 structure can work with mamma mia, and you just want to go and see it again and again. dvd? in the fade. diane kruger won best actress award at cannes a year ago. her performance is brilliant. the film has some flaws, but she carries it shoulder high. it i

how john david reps har foris mom.onal entertainer, wife, and mother. and jada pinkett smith said a son and his love for his mother. washington's parents just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. denzel was quick to praise pauletta as hewell. says she did the heavy lifting, making their hois a home and sacrificing forheir four children. so craig, lesson learned? >> there was no lesn to be learned. no lesson to be learned because they knew the topic was going to be covere like we said, obviously -- >> i thought with a young man, he loves his mom. it was cool. >> so sweet. >> in edit, we thought it was important to leave the whole thing in. i can tell you this, next time i lk to john david washington, we'll start with his >> that was a cute way for him to answer. i'm sure he's always asked about your dad. >> very cool. >>cute. >> pop start please. >> switching over to pop start, and first up, big f news crazy rich asians. theco filmd big, raking in more than $25 million in its domestic debut weekend and a total of

i love how john david reps hard for his mom. just warms my heart. mother. jada pinkett smith simply writes, a son and his love of his mother. they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. when talking to "people" magazine he was quick to praise pauletta as well. he said she did the heavy lifting made a house a home. craig, lesson learned. >> no lesson to be learned. they knew the topic would be covered. >> i thought the young man loves his mom. i thought it was cool. >> so sweet. >> in edit we thought it was very important we did a whole thing. i can tell you this, next time i talk to john david washington we'll start with hu is pauletta doing. >> that was a cute way to answer. i'm sure he's been asked, your dad, your dad, your dad. very cool. >> cute. >> "pop start" please. >> switching over to "pop start," first up big news for "crazy rich asians," scored big at the box office raking in $25 million in its domestic debut weekend and a total of $34 million since it hit theaters last wednesday. it's themantic comedy to perform well at the box offic

from "blackkklansman," john david washington. and music from brett eldredge. and now, first and foremost, here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome, welcome. very nice. thank you, everybody. very nice, thanks. hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. welcome to hollywood. you know what, it was a big day in hollywood today.

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john david washington plays him in the movie. >> how do you propose to make this investigation?some familiarity with the clans men over the phone. i will continue in that role -- >> black ron stallworth over the phone and white ron stallworth face-to-face. >> can you do that? >> i believe we can. with the right white man we can do anything. >> i love that >> spike lee and ron stallworth, we will talk about the movie, mr. lee, joins us now at the table. welcome, welcome and congratulations and we've all seen the movie and been talking about it all morning. that it started with a call from jordan peele and it sounds like a skit. >> i thought that's what it was. and thank you for having me this morning. >> what did he say to you? >> he called me up and said i want to pitch you something. you can't get more high-concept hollywood than this. six words. black man infiltrates kkk. >> but it was a true story. you'd never heard it. >> never heard of this guy, the story, nothing. >> yeah. >> go ahead, ron. the black man -- >> i have heard of spike lee. >> where did the idea come from? tak

john david washington and tofer grace.ck klansman in theaters august 10th. >> a fascinating conversation to wrap it up for us here this hour. does that do it for me. please be sure to catch "kasie d.c." sunday's at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. thank you so much for watching. "deadline white house" with my friend nicolle wallace starts right now. /s >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. there are new signs today that the president is starting to sweat. special counsel robert mueller's obstruction of justice investigation, after the nonnegotiation negotiation over a presidential interview, the president's lawyer last night described out loud and on television exactly what he's afraid of if donald trump ever sits for an interview. rudy giuliani explained exactly how trump could perjure himself and what the topic might be. >> he's going to ask him, did you tell comey to go easy on flynn? the president is going to say, no, i didn't. hey, bob, you know it. why do you want to get him under oath? do you think we're fools? yo

. >> seth: and you cast, for those who don't know, john david washington is your star?t? >> seth: he is denzel's son, yes? there you go. [ cheers and applause ] very much an incredibly impressive actor on his own. >> yes. he's been on "ballers." i think they're in their four -- fourth season but i offered him the part. he didn't have to audition. no meetin', no nothin'. i sent him the book and i said, "i'll see you in september." >> seth: wow! >> yes, i knew he could do it. >> seth: not only do you have this incredible cast, adam driver, john david washington, harry belefonte is in the film. >> right. >> seth: obviously, this is -- i hear of the civil rights movement -- >> yeah. >> seth: somebody you've known for a long time. >> long time. >> seth: you have a very moving scene where he recounts a tale of a lynching. >> real life, really happened. >> seth: a real life lynching that really happened. >> jesse washington in waco, texas, 1915, and he plays a character, his best friend who witnessed it, but was looking from the window down. i want to have -- it's a funny thin

. >> reporter: john david washington, denzel washington's son, plays stallworth in the movie.as it for you as a young black man relating to this story about a young black man from the 1970s? did it seem familiar? >> that language of hate did. i mean, i was called the n word by a white person in north carolina when i was 10 years old. >> and you remember that still? >> yeah. oh, yeah. but i have a lot of fond great memories of north carolina too. so that's just one. >> i'm not risking my life to prevent a couple rednecks from inviting a couple sets on fire. >> reporter: a white officer agreed to go undercover. >> i'm going to get you your membership card so you can go to the cross burning and get in deeper with these guys. >> reporter: in the movie adam driver plays his white counterpart. >> have a seat. once they send you your membership card you'll be able to participate in all our programs. >> reporter: stallworth even managed to get david duke himself on the phone. >> grand wizard of the ku klux klan, that david duke? >> yes, that grand wizard and national director, yeah. >

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michael michael feroli >>> want to get to john harwood in washington for breaking news this morning john >> davidews and sad news senator john mccain, war hero from service in vietnam spent years as a pow, became a congressman, senator, and candidate for president, republican nominee in 2008 has announced through his family in a statement that he ceased treatment for brain cancer he has been home in arizona for some time. he has been suffering brain cancer for the last year or so he of course took some legislative action, including casting the deciding vote to kill the obamacare repeal in the united states senate last year but he has not been in washington for some time and he is not going to come back because he announced today he is ceasing treatments now, that probably will not trigger a special election this fall, a second election in the state of arizona jeff flake, his colleague is retiring that's because john mccain remained in that seat until after the end of may, and i believe that that is the legal trigger for when you would have a special election democrats may try to contest that in c

one called the amnesty of john david herndon and the other called sherman's march and vietnam. this overarching theme of reconciliation after a divisive war, i believe is an eternal question and one that we will face, perhaps today in relation to iraq and afghanistan and in the future, forever. i remember the choice my generation was faced with, to be involved or not in the ill- conceived, arguably immoral war, to protest and avoid or to serve. i was personally and deeply involved in trying to decide that in my own personal life and, therefore, very interested in how that extended to other of my contemporaries. this book is not about the vietnam war that was fought but the memory of that war. how it should be remembered -- that first phase had its most intense time with the fight over the vietnam -- a vietnam memorial, as to whether there would be one at all and if there was to be one what should it be. that period is totally forgotten now. the intensity of the fight between 1979 and 1984, but i believe it is instructive to go back to that period and to that fight. i think with

john david washington. if you close your eye, it's freaky how similar their voices are.really cool. it's kind of a full circle. denzel worked 26 years ago. great to see director working with son. he does a great job. to me t coolest spike lee thing here we get the staples of floating shaft we always expect. he leaves in archive footage here. opens with the same infamous confederate crane shot from gone with the wind. right before the credits go to real life rally down in charlottesville virginia. it really hits home. i think again, it's most inspired work in years., virgin. it really hits home. i think again, it's most inspired work in years. arriving theeek of actual white nationalist rally on the national mall. frankly, my dear, it's horrifically spot on. everyone should see it. hi parts in movie that will make you uncomfortable. parts you laugh out loud. definitely a movie i would suggest getting a drink after with friends. you're going to want to talk about mit. >>> l ask you about something different. d.c. black film festival back for a second ye. what can we expect

. >> that was john david washington. >> we have to talk about john david washington.lk about you. beuse this film was at the cannes film festival and received a ten-minute standing d ation from that raref crowd. how did that feel? >> felt good. you know, don't know how long it was, six minutes, ten minutes, but it didn't matter to me. i was just happy that the film was received well. that was the launching pad for the release of the film, which is this friday. >> you know, i watched the film. it's such a virtuoso performance thriller.cause it's a it's obviously there's a strong political commennry, and t there are moments of humor and lightness, and to pull all those things together couldn't be easy. >> a tightrope. a hard thing to do, but there are several other films, m favorite filmmakers have done the same thing where you have very serious subject matter and put hum into it too. >> tell me about the story. i certainly wasn't familiar with the story. >> i wasald out of the blue, and he said i have this project. i said what is it? he said it's really high hollywood

and later this week, kristen bell, john david washington, awkwafina plus music from brett eldridge andurprise mystery guest, unless he cancels on us. so we'll see you tomorrow night too. our first guest tonight is an actor, director, producer and forever a bluth. he is a double emmy nominee for his excellent show "ozark." >> what would you like to do, wendy? you want to send them out of here? >> no. we tried that already. it didn't work. we need to be here for them. >> what does that mean? was that for me? >> marty, you can't sit in this house for more than 15 minutes without being distracted. >> okay. that's enough. >> with the deposits, the meetings you're hiding from me. you're hiding from the kids. and i'm not going back to that life. i mean, you want the know why jonah is laundering money? because he wants to prove to you that he is useful so you have to pay some attention to him. what? >> season 2 of "ozark" premiers august 31st on netflix. please welcome jason bateman. >> it's good to see you. >> hi. >> jimmy: i see you all the time. >> it's really weird to see you. >> jimmy: it

. >> be sure to watch my interview with john david washington, the actor who plays ron stallworth, that'smorrow morning on the "today" show and of course right here on msnbc as well. this is the ocean. just listen. (vo) there's so much we want to show her. we needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. (avo) subaru outback. 98% are still on the road after 10 years. come on mom, let's go! (avo) right now, get 0% apr financing on the 2018 subaru outback. two index funds with a zero expense ratio. and zero account fees for self-directed brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ saved by zero gimme two minutes. and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza... [mmm pizza...] is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80 percent... medicare will pay for. what's left... this slice here... well... that's on you. and that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company comes in. this type of plan helps pay some of what medicare doesn't. an

tomorrow night, kristen bell will be here, john david washington will join us, and we'll have music fromldridge. and on thursday awkwafina and fire-nado known as kanye west. he will be here, kanye live -- [ cheers and applause ] sitting right there. or over there, i don't know, wherever he wants to sit is where he's going to sit. our first guest won two emmy awards for the original run of "will & grace" and they have risen from the dead for more. she is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy. please welcome megan mullally. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> hi. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> great to see you. >> jimmy: i'm not pandering, you look fantastic. i think you're getting younger, this is happening? >> well, yes. >> jimmy: you figured out a way? >> officially benjamin buttoning out. >> jimmy: good, it's about time somebody benjamin buttoned out. everything good in your life? >> yeah everything's great? did you work today? were you shooting "will ask grace" today? >> i was not. but my husband, sire nick offerman and i -- [ applause ] ye

part of david duke the smiling modern face of the clan adam driver as the jewish detective and john david washington as the lead he by the way is the son of denzel washington and this is not his first spike lee joint he actually was in malcolm x. as a little boy with his dad in the lead ok so even the film seems to have an element of comedy but the subject is they see it is so what is spike lee's message in the film i think his message is the same one that the real life officer ron stallworth wrote in his memoirs which basically he says i'm going to paraphrase if he has a black guy with the help of some decent white folks and some decent jewish folks managed to show white racists for the idiots that they are and triumph over them in that way then what could the country do if everyone can begetter but the talking about trying to divisions within american society in fit my lowest fear is talking about his latest documentary what's that about right like spike lee michael moore is of course a very political filmmaker whose movies are meant as a wake up call his new film is called fahrenheit e

adam driver as the jewish detective and john david washington in the lead role he's actually the son of denzel washington and this is not his first part in a spike lee joint actually he was back and he was in malcolm x. when he was a little kid when his dad played the lead and it's interesting to say i mean it's such a serious subject such a serious topic but their delivery is at times comic absolutely i think though that there is a very serious message at the heart of this movie and it's the same message that the real life officer ron stallworth wrote in his memoir when to try to paraphrase it basically he said that if he as one black guy with the help of some decent white white folks and some decent jewish folks manage to take down or triumph over the white racists by showing them to be the idiots that they really are than just imagine what the country could do if like minded people came together talking about betraying america as division another filmmaker who often does that is michael moore and he's got something out that's right and he does like spike lee michael moore is very

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through his extraordinary sacrifice john helped save more than 20 american service members. >> we have more on all of this. here's david martin. >> reporter: al qaeda was waiting for air force sergeant john chapman and a team of navy s.e.a.l.s when they came off the helicopter. >> the enemy was in basically overhead positions around him on three sides raining down fire in three different directions. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel michael wendelken spent 2 1/2 years analyzing every frame of surveillance video of the 2002 battle in afghanistan. >> that's chapman. you can see him running up the mountain. >> reporter: straight at a bunker where an enemy machine gun was firing. it's hard to understand why he wasn't cut down. harder still to understand where he got the courage. >> there were two enemy inside the bunker. he killed them both as they were shooting at him. >> basically, we watched what m circling overhead trying to blast al qaeda off the mountain. the video is hard to follow, so the air force commissioned this animation, which wendelken says is accurate down to the exact location of chapman's wounds. >> he was

i hoped the president would do that. >> david gergen our senior political analyst on the phone with us, rec the life and legacy of the u.s. senator johnthank you again for taking time to join us by phone from massachusetts. >> i'm privileged to take part in honoring him. thank you. >> again, the united states rec an american hero. this u.s. senator from the state of arizona. john mccain. passed away just a few hours ago after a long battle with brain cancer. after the break stay tuned for our cnn documentary about his extraordinary life. "john mccain: moments that made the man." remember again, john mccain, a person who was really the spirit of bipartisanship. a man who many people who remember him define him as a person who stood for integrity. john mccain. stay with us. how do you win at business? stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com start winning today. now t-mobile has unlimited for the rest of us. unlimited ways to be you. unlimited ways share with others. unlimited way

land a rescue a team. >> reporter: if ever a man went down fighting for his country, it was john chapman. david news, hurl bert field, florida. >> what an incredible story. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and, of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. >>> it's >>> it's friday, august 24th, 2018, this is the cbs morning news. hurricane lane is lashing the hawaiian islands with heavy rain, high surf and powerful winds. we're tracking the storm's path. jeff sessions strikes back. the u.s. attorney general ramps up the war of words with president trump about where his loyalties lie. but will sessions be fired for speaking up. >> a safe full of secrets.

former republican congressman david jolly from you florida, john pod or ritz and kimberly atkins, columnist for the "boston herald." david, let me start with you. i'm looking at the story from this district. i'm seeing three different stories looking at we showed there franklin county. clinton won it and tonight you saw the energy was there for democrats. the support level for o'connor was higher than it was for clinton by will ten points. turnout level was higher. i'm thinking that story is trouble for republican members of congress, barbara cop stock right outside washington, d.c. from the suburban areas highly educated, trouble for them when you see that. >> a lot of my former colleagues in congress will have hard conversations with party leadership in the next month or two. the party may begin to pull resources from districts. they might be too vulnerable incumbents to hold toes seats. we're also seeing this trend away from republicans almost at large. these are districts that trump won, states trump won. we're seeing a contrast between the trump effect in a general election which is th

david: yes, i am. melissa: john friedman, hunter college, stoneybrook media professor, gary and lenore with us. john, let me start with you, what do you think about the miss in terms of movies? are you surprised by that? >> i'm surprised by that. movies is disney's culture. the youth movement and all properties they acquired last couple years. to miss is stark and worrisome for investors. melissa: yeah. lenore what do you think of that? >> well, media, they command taking over the fox assets about 40% of the box office. so yes, not real excited to see that. what i would also like to see though, here if they're getting more guidance on espn plus, they have been really quiet on that. that's been a long-time loser for them. they haven't been giving much metrics. i would like to see if we're getting anything there, the lack of metrics, indicates struggling part. melissa: gary, we're seeing studios and parks up 6%. what do you think of that number? >> well, first off the total earnings look up about almost 20%, so not th

john brennan was doing a good enough job on his own making himself irrelevant. >> david: there's beenritique about the method on which they played out that the president could have just done it, let it happen and not given john brennan a bigger megaphone. the president said he's elevated him. what do you say?e' >> first off, i don't think john gotten ahould have security clearance in the first place. fast forward to currently, he's seeking to monetize his position as former cia director. as i mentioned earlier, he's become unhinged. for the president of the united states to make an example of him, he's sending a strong message to others there are rules, you do have a right to your first amendment freedom of speech. you do not have a right to a security clearanceou. you also need to follow the rules of the united states government. you can't set your own rules on what is right and what is wrong, because one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threat we've seen historically as far as access to classified information isss when you have n individual gone rogue who is setting their

much more to come on the life and legacy of senator john mccain. david, take it away. >> thank you. i'm david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. today the nation remembers the maverick. senator john mccain. >> for 60 years now i have had the great honor of being involved in the arena, and i have loved every minute of it. >> we look back at his life from his service in vietnam to decades in national politics. he passed away last night after battling brain cancer. and in washington robert mueller's investigation continues. what are the special counsel's remaining options, and is the doubt that president trump continues to cast on that investigation starting to affect americans? >> on the campaign trail some candidates are calling for impeachment. one of them, maxine waters, will join me live from california. >> we begin by remembering senator john mccain, who passed away last night. here is a look a makeshift memorial in his arizona office honoring his career of public service. the senator will lie in state in the capitol rotunda in the arizona capitol. the spoke with tom broke a

former republican congressman david jolly from you florida, john pod or ritz and kimberly atkins, columnist for the "boston herald." david, let me start with you. i'm looking at the story from this district. i'm seeing three different stories looking at we showed there franklin county. clinton won it and tonight you saw the energy was there for democrats. the support level for o'connor was higher than it was for clinton by will ten points. turnout level was higher. i'm thinking that story is trouble for republican members of congress, barbara cop stock right outside washington, d.c. from the suburban areas highly educated, trouble for them when you see that. >> a lot of my former colleagues in congress will have hard conversations with party leadership in the next month or two. the party may begin to pull resources from districts. they might be too vulnerable incumbents to hold toes seats. we're also seeing this trend away from republicans almost at large. these are districts that trump won, states trump won. we're seeing a contrast between the trump effect in a general election which is th