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

john david? you go by john david? >> i'm saying this right now, it's john david. mom hates it when people call me john. one name, no middle name. john, david, no middle name, washingtonpace 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 for 10 bucks. you would have had the autograph on the check. so before acting you played college football? >> yeah. >> jimmy: what school? >> i went to

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

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

john washington, a lot of buzz around his performance in particular. he happens to be the son of oscar winner denzel washington. we sat down with john david a hollywood icon. >> we think you might be the man to open things up around here. >> sometimes the role of a lifetime comes via text. >> how did you land this gig? >> so i was on location for another film in cincinnati, and i get a text saying spike was calling me. >> spike, as in legendary director spike lee. the filmmaker wanted john david washington to play the lead in "blackkklansman," a movie based on real life story of colorado detective ron stallworth who infiltrated kkk. >> over the phone and in person, a combined john stallworth. >> can you do that? >> i believe we can with the right white man. >> what was it like for you. >> seeing a group of people help this african-american man 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 time in colorado springs. >> the movie is funny, relevant, and at times tough to watch. most difficult scene in the movie for you. >> banquet scene. >> the true white ame

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

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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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. >> jimmy: ron stallworth, and he's -- and, so, when john david washington -- >> denzel's son. >> jimmy: john david. i go -- i never -- i don't know -- i never saw "ballers." i don't him that well, his acting. but he was fantastic. so he's talking on the phone, but then it's adam driver who actually goes and has meets these guys, and those guys were great too. >> yeah, well -- >> jimmy: well acted. >> adam driver plays the white ron stallworth. >> jimmy: ron stallworth, yes. >> so, john david's character can only could talk to him on phone, but in person he can't do that. >> jimmy: yup. >> so adam driver, those guys team up. >> jimmy: and they start kind of working on -- almost like an impression of each other's voice. so they can be like -- be like, "hey, how are you doing?" he's like, "that's not how the way you sounded on the phone." it's like, "oh, no. that was -- well, i had -- i had an allergies, so -- [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: but it's -- it's just well done, and there's good music. i know you know your music -- >> thank you. >> jimmy: and there's some great m

with the same last night. >> we didn't land onh plymo rock, plymouth rock landed on us. >> john david washingtonis business, being the o son denzel washington -- >> and pauletta washington. >> thankniyou. >> e more money than he was when they married, before s they got marri was on broadway working. she paid for the first date, paid the bill, paid the cab ride. so classically trained pianists, went to juilliard. she's a great artist in her own right. helearned a lot from her. make i f taught me how to hunt. my mother taught me how to love. >> seeing d act o one of the toughest stages hooked a young j.d. >> my father did shakespeare in the park when i was 5 years old, richard iii. seeing him up there limping, it was sort of like a mullet going . i thought it was the coolest thing ever. i wanted to do that. >> instead of running po' into that same spotlight jn david initially ran from it and onto the football field. >> as he startedom bg successful, people started changing around me. it gave me a lit anxiety, resentment, anger. so all those happening to me, i filtered them through this outlet, foo

. >> 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

>> yes, i knew he could do it. >> seth: not only do you have this incredible dst, adver, john david washingtonlm. >> 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 thing because for years mr. belefonte would say, "spike, can you just have ossie davis sit out one film so i can get in. [ laughter ] and we had this running joke when i -- when we wrote this part.d i knew i wanm right away. but he's 90 years old. and there was some -- you know, 91. his doctors had to okay it. we saved it, too. i wanted to push to the last t day, so we h most tim for him, you know, to rest of them. and so the last day to shoot i edld the crew the day before, "everybody get dre suits, ties. we

. >> 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. >

let's talk about this.ou craig, had a chance to sit down with john david washington ahead of the releasechatted about the breakout role to growing up as denzel's son, but it's washington's support from his mother paul etta that had social media buzzing. >> as you got started in the business, being the son of washington. >> and pauletta washington. who was earning more money than he was. she was on broadwayworking. she paid for the first date, paid the bill, paid the cab ride. classically trained went to juilliard. she's a great artist in her own right. i learned a lot from her. my father taught me how to hunt, my mother taught me how to loves >> t interview resurfaced on social media. octavia spencer saide this m me cry like a baby. that's right, john david washington, honor thy father and thy mother. >> beyonce's mother writes i love how john david reps har foris mom. just warms my heart. pa pauletta isxc antional 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 q

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you had a chance to sit down with john david washington ahead of his release of the latest movie "blackkklansmanzel washington's m's son. here is what he had to say. >> being the son of denzel washington. >> and pauletta washington. >> thank you. >> earning more money than he was when they married, before they got married. she was on broadway working. she paid for the first date, paid the bill, paid the cab ride. classically trained pianist, went to juilliard. she's a great artist in her own right. i learned a lot from her. my father taught me how to hunt, my mother taught me how to love. >> this portion of the interview resurfaced on social media. actress octavia spencer said, this made me cry like a baby. john david washington, honor thy father and mother. you are born of kings. i love how john david reps hard for his mom. just warms my heart. pauletta is an exceptional entertainer, wife and 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 sai

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

. >> 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

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

john david washington is legit. >> no, he's the real deal. >> real deal. >> he comes from 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 humor. it's okay to laugh. but, when that final scene comes, takes place in charlottesville, when you step out of the theater, be conscious, you know, like, there's no joke. this is serious, serious business. serious business, for our children, for our grandchildren, for the world. this is no joke. >> and the fact that he could infiltrate the klan, at a time you have the president of the united states equating klan-like groups br

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

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

here's john david washington and adam driver in spike lee's new movie, "blackkklansman."other. the 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 -- buness. >> 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 ] ♪ so what do you guys want? pistachio. chocolate chip. rocky road. i see 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 things they don't. jet-setting moms can video-chat from europe. movie-obsessed teens can stream obscure cinema.

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 eleven nine

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

that was john david washington. >> some people might know his father. >> i think so. >> i want to talkstanding ovation from the crowd. >> it was received well. that was the launching pad for the release of the film. >> i watched the film. it is a thriller and a performance by you. a strong political commentary and moments of humor and lightness. to pull all of that together isn't easy. >> it is a hard thing to do but several film makers have done the same thing. very serious subject matter and putting humor into it too. >> i wasn't familiar with this story. >> called me out of the blue and said i have this project. i said what is it? and he said it is hollywood high concept. a black man infiltrates the kkk. six words. >> impossible to believe and find out it was true. >> i thought it was a dave chappelle skit. and it wasn't that. and 1970s true story. >> infiltrates with a help of a colleague who is jewish and white. >> and adam driver. >> what ensues is fascinating and it is also, you know it moves you because you see the words and the actions of the kkk. >> i've always thought that w

denzel washington's son-- john david washington -- stars as ron stallworth. k-k-k leader david duke. "black-klansman" is rated "r." (lydia) coming up in the next hour... police are investigating a shooting that killed a man in castro valley. we'll have the latest in a live report. (lydia) plus... a mother and her two daughters are killed in a house fire. now investigators say it started... when the mother set áherself on fire.fire. a homicide investigation in castro valley.im live with the details. ( james ) plus ... the search is on for this man ... accused of sexually abusing a child. outside lands kicks off today...bringing hundreds of thousands of people to golden gate park. golden gate park. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... some changes in the forecast to look forward to in some changes in the forecast to look forward to in the way of cooler temperatures and improved air quality. temperatures along the coast will again be felt in the 60's and 70's with 80'

true story of an african-american police officer who infiltrates the ku klux klan, starring john david washingtonl washington, your thoughts on this? >> a powerful film, spike lee always has something to say even if i don't agree. it is a timely film. two days before the 1-year anniversary of charlottesville, makes a direct connection to what was going on than it is an interesting story. ron stallworth pretended to be white on the phone and send in a white officer pretending to be him and he ended up getting a good relationship with david duke and becoming head of the local chapter of the ku klux klan. a disturbing and powerful film. maria: there are new reports about the front runner to become the next james bond when daniel craig hangs up his tux he. this will be the first black james bond. what do you think? >> i would like to see it happen. they floated this before and supposedly the director of denzel washington's film had a conversation about it and she said it is inevitable. he is the best choice out there. maria: i like it a lot. we will see what happens. the russian foreign ministry has

. >> thanks, 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

john mccain. notably the person who will not be there, president trump, who is expected to already be headed to camp david by the time john mccain arrives in washingtone of the reasons that this moment feels so grounding for all of our fellow americans is that john at the end of his life came to symbolize so much because of the way he lived his life, because of the way he practiced his politics, because of his abiding belief in the fundamental american values, has given us all a pause to reflect on being better at that in the practice of all of the rest of our lives. and it does stand in shocking contrast to the president's behavior, the pettiness with which president trump practices his politics is something that disgusted john. i can see that look of disapproval on his face as these things would happen. we actually need to be better than this. and john lived a life exemplifying that. the forgive neness, the desire patch up relations between vietnam and the united states that john led is, i think, a shining example of what he was capable of and what he believed all of us needed to be capable of. >> corey, how are you going to personally remember him

joining me is "washington post" columnist david ignatius, and john kelly, ceo and co-founder of graphicaa social media analysis company. thank you very much. the other john kelly, or you're the real john kelly. someone is the real john kelly. you were testifying yesterday and we were all watching as you were making clear that what we're seeing in the social media space is from russia, because there's been so much quickbblin and from the white house, from the first national security meeting last friday, less than an hour, that was devoted to this and the statement afterwards did not even acknowledge that russia was the main actor here. but dan coats has acknowledged that. >> yes. it's clearly russia. there's a lot of data from the internet research agency that's making its way into the public and a lot of folks are into it, including us, and it's pretty incontrovertible. >> what are you seeing that shows this is fancy bear or whatever? >> fancy bear is a middle government part of the russian government. this is from a contract shop that was for years conditioning the russian public and mo

john meachem. columnist for "the washington post", david ignatius.ional reporter for nbc news, carol lee. also "new york times" reporter michael schmidt as well as u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and msnbc contributor joyce vance. john meachem, before we get to rudy telling us that the truth is not the truth, that perhaps what the meaning of "is" is or is not, i wanted to ask you, we always talk about turning points in this trump administration, and many people believe that we will never have a turning point. trump is just going to plow through one thing after another. but you had a lot of people comparing what happened with admiral mccraven this past weekend, with what happened to the mccarthy hearings when welch finally said, "sir, have you know shame." how impactful do you think admiral mccraven's comments were and the response to that? >> i think they were essential. i think they speak incredibly well of the admiral and of that broader national security community that i think signed a better, bob gates among others, people who

david ritz. joe, before the break and before, of course, we are celebrating the lives of two huge american titans today. in washington, johnre in detroit, aretha fra franklin. pick up from when you were talking about how she also symbolized a level of independence. she was able to be in the church of her dad singing gospel, but then branch out, taking her talents to so many variations of music. >> that was part of the daring. aretha franklin once said to me, what really makes an individual great is you have to be authentic, original and daring. she was all of that. it's interesting sitting here going between mccain and franklin, between aretha and john, the -- so many parallels. the one parallel that you can see is look at the adversity of people, the two of them have brought together. that is what it should be remembered as we celebrate these two lives. these individuals had a sense of humanity. aretha franklin didn't just stop with martin luther king junior. aretha franklin would help -- helped angela davis when she was in jail. when we were doing voter registration and get out the vote efforts with the naacp, she would

david katz from baltimore after shots rang out in the 2019 video conferce. >>> honoring the life of senator john mccain, this morning we have new details on what's ahead from arizona to washingtoninst pope francis, a former arch bisho up. >>> family and friends gather for the funeral of

david katz from baltimore after shots rang out in the 2019 video conference. of senatorg the life john mccain, this morning we have new details on what's ahead fr arizona to washington. >>> a stunning allegation against pope francis, f aormer arch bishop accuses him of knowing about allegations against a cardinal and helping to cover it up. >>> family and friends gather for the funeral of mollie tibbetts. >> remembering one of erica's most celebrated playwrights, neil simon. early todayrt sright now. >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. an online gaming tournament in florida took a deadly turn when a gunman opened fire killing two people before fatly shooting himself according to authorities. the rampage left several wounded and send dozens of others scrambling forrever. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> i think apl couple p mentioned their kids. a couple people were st like -- i don't remember exactly. i know a couple people were panicked and that's when i told them god's got our back. >>> the jacksonville county eriff has identified the suspected shooter as 24-year-old david katz of baltimore. they did not dis