at the same time, john mccain says this kind of stuff all the time. mccain and a lot of others not only do they need to comment , on what trump says, but the press and democrats are on high alert for controversial statements. saying things that are like what donald trump says in this case , pretty specifically close to what trump says, and that means they are going to lose some news cycles because when they make mistakes, they have to figure out if you walk back or apologize. or like donald trump does, bull through it. mccain will not be the last one who has to deal with that dynamic. margaret: backpedaling is not the headline you want. mark: mccain and donald trump have a rough history and mccain cannot like the headline he sees in front of him. trump clearly not getting any lifelines from the republicans we just talked about. ryan, bush, 43 or mccain. at this point, is there anybody out there in the republican party who, if they decided they to help stop this donald trump slide, besides trump himself and the people working for him is there anybody wh

this is not the same old john mccain you used to know, the maverick, the straight talk express. as changed. i think that is really helping the democrats. a lot of senate races in this cycle to take a look at. obviously, immigration is a hot button issue in the state of arizona. as it has been perceived in the last couple of weeks that he is in trouble and national numbers are bad, what are arizona republicans saying about the trump candidacy? i think they are pretty uneasy about trump at the top of the ticket. i think gradually, they are starting to come around. he is coming to town on saturday coinciding with a deadly heat wave that is coming to town. i think they are coming around and the argument they are making is that he is not a great conservative by any means, but he is preferable to hillary clinton. exceptions like senator jeff flake who have not endorsed him. of all the washington republicans with standing here, who do you think today is both most uneasy about trump and actively strategizing about what to do about it? i think mitch mcconnell obviously is playing this in

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and i think that is what came out with john mccain's comments. and i think it's incredit mri disappointing coming from john mccain, someone who was famous for the straight talk express in 2000. and then later, in 2008 who stood up to one of his bigoted supporters and defended barack obama. >> john mccain is a grown man. he's been around forever. he survived being a prisoner of war. you think donald trump has that much influence on john mccain? come on. >> interestingly enough, this is not the first time that john mccain has kind of done a double-take and gone against what he has -- what he has thought and done and believed before. this is why he lost in 2008, don. let's remember this is somebody that was a huge proponent of sensible immigration inform. had the mccain-kennedy bill. >> isn't that what the -- >> he completely did a 180 and turned his back on it and lost the election. >> stick to the particular subject. >> do you agree with what john mccain did? >> he retracted and said he went too far. it's not a hard case to make at all, that what

here is what the senator woke up to this morning on local tv. >> senator john mccain is clarifying some comments he made about the orlando mass shooting blaming president obama. >> 4:32 this morning, senator mccain walking back the comments he made. >> senator mccain is backtracking on a bold statement. >> back peddling from statements he made yesterday. he's facing criticism for blaming the orlando attack on president obama. >> his likely democrat challenger said today we saw john mccain cross a dangerous line. >> what lessons can we learn ant the current and future state of the party from john mccain's situation with this walk back? >> we've seen this before to some extent. there's some time when he's really his worst enemy, and i would say this is the time. it's been awful to watch the last several weeks, the positions he feels he's been forced into. the president was hoping he would accompany him on this asia trip to vietnam. he felt like he couldn't do that because of the election. even his walk back, it's not really a walk back, it's a halfway, sort of awkward walk back. john mcca

where is that john mccain? >> well, that is my question to you, then.n is a grown man and he has been around for a long time forever, and survived being a prisoner of war, and you think that donald trump has that much influence on john mccain? >> well, interestingly enough, this is not the first time that john mccain has done a double take, and gone against what he has thought and done and believed before. this is why he lost in 2008, don, and let's remember that this is somebody who was a huge proponent of sensible immigration reform, and supported the legislation that had his own name on it, and the mccain/kennedy bill, and then in 2008, he knew in the primary he had to go to the right, and he completely did a 180, and turned his back on it and lost the election. >> and okay. stay to the particular subject, maria. and buck, do you agree with what john mccain originally said and donald trump did? >> no, he retracted it and he said that he went too far. look, there is not a hard case to make at all that what barack obama did as commander in chief in ira

bush with the advice of john mccain that caused isis to be created.rruption sent a well-equipped army to the north of iraq and gave all those weapons to isis because he didn't bother to pay the soldiers. they stole the money for themselves. maliki was installed by george w. bush and it created anti sunni, incredibly corrupt and oppressive regime, which gave us isis today. and then, not only did they run away from their weapons, they ran from the mosul bank. and in just a few days, isis became the most -- the richest and the best armed terrorist organization, all because of a government we installed in baghdad under the bush administration. >> all those gold bars they got. okay, so you're saying it's outrageous. but governor brewer, president obama is saying something very different about where the blame lies. let me tell you a little bit. here's what he said today about that. >> those who were killed and injured here were gunned down by a single killer with a powerful assault weapon. the motives of this killer may have been different than the mass sho

john mccain is in a tough fight, mccain and democratic and 42% each.t's according to rocky mountain poll in april. last thursday senator mccain accused obama of being directly responsible for the terrorism attack in orlando. >> barack obama is directly responsible for it because when he pulled everybody out of iraq, al qaeda went to syria and became isis and isis is what it is today. thanks to barack obama's failures, utter failures by pulling everybody out of iraq thinking that conflicts end just because you leave. the responsibility for it lies with president barack obama and his failed policies. >> [ indiscernible question ] >> directly responsible because he pulled everybody out of iraq and i predicted at the time that isis would go uncheck ed and there would be attacks on united states of america. it's on record. h he's directly responsible. >>> responsible referring to fundraising bonanza. congresswoman kirkpatrick, thank you for being here. tell me how that comment by mccain, which sort of reflects stay in iraq forever war stance, how is that pl

as we're talking about john mccain and president obama, i'm also wondering about donald trump. and trump highly critical of senator mccain and he has's not shown trump a ton of love. how does donald trump respond to this comment? >> donald trump has already said his own piece about president obama for which he was roundly criticized although probably not by the supporters and questioned the president's motives in terms of dealing with isis and i think that's one reason you have this tweet from senator mccain being very quick to clarify that he was talking about policy and not talking about the president personally. because what trump did was talk about the president's own personal motives and where he was coming from and, you know, mccain, mccain who's been out there criticizing the president as dana and manu know for a listening time over the handling of isis, you know, had to clarify this. i don't think he wanted to be in the category of somebody questioning the president's bona fides in terms of how much he loves and cares of this country. mccain is not a fan of president oba

clearly, john mccain is trying to clear it up. he's in a very difficult re-election primary in august. he should be okay there but a very difficult general election and democrats are already trying to use this against him, jim. >> manu raju on the hill, thanks very much. joining me now is the ranking member of the house intelligence adam schiff. you heard senator mccain's initial statement blaming the president, in effect, and you've since heard a qualification, a clarification. what's your response? >> well, i was very disappointed to hear the statement. i have a lot of respect for john mccain. he's an american war hero. frankly, that statement sounded a lot more like donald trump than john mccain. i wish he would retract it in its entirety. i don't think it adds anything to the national debate and i think it was a graveous mistake. >> very quickly, he issued this clarification both on twitter and also in a more formal statement. it seemed that he was attempting to distinguish himself from donald trump's position directly blaming

even if john mccain and george w. bush had liked each other, which they didn't particularly, honestly, nobody wanted an endorsement from president george w. bush in 2008. but political realities being what they are, you've got to do it. they arranged for john mccain once he got the nomination wrapped up, they arranged for him to come to the white house, they put% on the north portico to wait for him. do you remember that? john mccain did not appear. president bush sort of did a little dance at one point. then he did a different little dance. kind of a softshoe tap dance thing. then he did that thing where you lean into the wind and you pretend like the wind is holding you up. he was out there for a long time, it was very awkward. eventually they finally did get john mccain out there. president bush endorsed him. he said at one point, if he wants my pretty face standing by his side at one of these rallies, i'll be glad to show up. turns out john mccain did not want that, after that initial very awkward presidential end

it's not lost on john mccain.ll vote. >> matt, before we get too far over there, there is a startling poll i want to raise this week. nbc polled americans are split on trump's call for a muslim ban. 50% support it. 46% oppose it. i mean, is that what trump is appealing to this wide spread hostility toward muslims? >> i mean, he has popularized that. that number would be different if he wasn't talking about this for six months that gets in our minds the steaks of this election and rhetoric around it, which should i think be alarming to a lot of people. it's ridiculous on the face to ban people waiting to ask them, are they muslim. >> or constitutional doj. >> that's a little bit less clear. for mccain, remember last time john mccain had a competitive election in 2010 and made the worst commercial we've seen in a long time called complete the dang defense, right? the problem with trump is not necessary he's so different than republicans but actually emanates from things we've seen from him for the last 15 years, not

i'm going to highlight senator john mccain there.just heard that sound about common sense legislation, all ten voted against that 2015 measure. it looks like it's the same slide. it's not. john mccain has taken more money since 1999 than any other senator. how does this compare to anti-gun or gun control measures? well, there is no comparison. take a look here at the nra and how they have spent. and take a look at groups like every town trying to get sensible gun control measures in place. new town happened right here. that's when we say a major uptick in public action committees. yo presumptive nominees have not taken a lot of money by any side. they obviously have to report that number by the quarter. >>> at the heart of the gun debate is access to so-called assault weapons like the ar-15. in all, this style of rifle has been used in at least ten recent mass shootings including orlando and san bernardino. one of our producers made a list of at least 17 different kinds of weapons all based on the original ar-15. now, the family of t

one of their prime targets is john mccain.e one of the toughest. one that wasn't expected and it is in part because of the pretzel that he and others up for re-election on the republican side are tied in and how especially facing a republican primary. >> that's how much independence. >> jeff, how far-fetched is this notion there could be a coup? the rules committee at the convention meet before a convention, come up with a rule saying pledge delegates can abstain both their conscience. is that totally far-fetched? >> a talked to a republican today involved in another presidential campaign earlier. he said two words, it's wishful thinking. and that's the reality here. donald trump won 13.4 million votes. he comes in there with more pledged delegates. as dana smartly pointed out in her piece, it is technically possible they could change the rules before the delegates arrive and change it to require a two-thirds majority of delegates. but it really would fuel the suspicions that the system is rigged, and, in fact, it would be rig

. >>> meanwhile, senator john mccain blames the president for the massacre that killed 49 people at the pulse nightclub. tense rhetoric that has democrats accusing mccain of following donald trump's lead. >>> and warriors melt down, steph curry loses his cool as lebron james and the cavaliers force the nba finals to game 7. it is 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, june 17th. i'm alex witt. usually known as a voice of calm amid a combustible campaign season, senator john mccain turned heads yesterday when he said this about president obama. >> barack obama is directly responsible for it. because when he pulled everybody out of iraq, al qaeda went to syria, became isis. and isis is what it is today. thanks to barack obama's failures -- utter failures by pulling everybody out of iraq, thinking that conflicts end just because we leave. so the responsibility for it lies with president barack obama and his failed policies. >> directly responsible -- >> directly responsible because he pulled everybody out of iraq and i

john mccain is a true american hero. and he brings a personal perspective to this argument that i think the president frankly doesn't have. as far as the back and forth, the president is the policy i have just learned from conversations i have had direct whether i federal law enforcement officials i have had, eric, going back to the very beginning of the obama administration, there was a directive to scrub training manuals for the fbi to. scrub them of any references to any groups that may be considered offensive in the world of political correctness. one of those terms was radical islamic terrorist. if we're north willing to call the threat for what it is, my opinion is, we're doing very little to stop it. >> um-huh. and ms. haq, one of the other terms they were told to scrub was jihadist. too we have a political correctness problem at the fbi, do you think? >> absolutely not. i think this is, again a red herring approach. instead of having substantive conversations about tough issues, is to say you are not using this w

john mccain.e is now saying he misspoke when you look at the transcription, and he said barack obama is directly responsible. so mccain is saying it is the president's middle east policy decisions and failures that are to blame, not the president himself. will this ongoing battle, this blame game block any action on the four bills on monday? >> i don't know that donald -- that john mccain's comments will have an impact on the bill. it was a dim thiumb thing to sa the president has any attempt to politicize a mass shooting is dumb, tactless and tasteless. john mccain has been one of the more descent republicans. but the tone and tenor of the times are raising their rhetoric. the donald trump effect. when he has a challenger in the right, he can say things that are off center. it is to explain any implication that any person is personally responsible for the attack, other than the shooter, is insane, and not relevant, not worthy of debate in the senate chamber. >> and jason, general stanley mckristo

. >> your colleague senator john mccain from your home state of arizona, he's in a tough re-electionht. do you think that his support for donald trump ultimately could hurt him more than it helps him? how do you think that's going to play? obviously he needs trump voters to vote for him but at the same time is supporting donald trump taking away support that mr. mccain has built up with latino voters? >> as you mention, anybody who has worked with john mccain or examined his record knows where he is on these issues with latinos and others. he doesn't share donald trump's sentiment. i think that john mccain has his own brand and he's independent, he's conservative and i don't think -- i think that he's better off than most candidates in the country because donald trump has attacked him personally. so trying to put him in the same position as donald trump just isn't going to work if that's what the democrats try to do. >> what did you think of it when he went after john mccain's war records, specifically saying that he's only a hero because he was captured. "i prefer people who weren't

john mccain is sounding like trump. it is ridiculous. john mccain understands the nuances of foreign policy. he is in a very tough primary fight in arizona so he is putting out this redmeat slogan a stick kind, trace this back primarily to the fact that we were in a disastrous war in iraq that created all these problems we are trying to deal with today. trish: as much as people want to go back in time say we shouldn't have gotten into iraq and that is a fair point given what we now know but we did get in and we got out too fast and that is on this president's shoulders. >> talk to any fbi agent in this country, their hands are tied. they are getting orders from on high to go easy on muslims, be nice to muslims. look what the department of homeland security -- trish: i apologize, i am out of time, we have to take a quick break, see you back here in two. it's more than a network. it's how you stay connected. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you get an industry leading broadband network and cloud and hosting services. ce

john mccain is a true american hero. he brings a personal perspective to this argument that i think the president frankly doesn't have. as far as the back and forth, the president is the policy i have just learned from conversations i have had direct whether i federal law enforcement officials i have had, eric, going back to the very beginning of the obama administration, there was a directive to scrub training manuals for the fbi to. scrub them of any references to any groups that may be considered offensive in the world of political correctness. one of those terms was radical islamic terrorist. if we're north willing to call the threat for what it is, my opinion is, we're doing very little to stop it. >> um-huh. and ms. haq, one of the other terms they were told to scrub was jihadist. too we have a political correctness problem at the fbi, do you think? >> absolutely not. i think this is, again a red herring approach. instead of having substantive conversations about tough issues, is to say you are not using this word.

>> thank you. >>> as the president met with those families today, senator john mccain ignited a firestorm in washington that quickly spread saying the president was directly responsible for that attack because of his decision to pull out of iraq. mccain quickly moved to clarify his remarks in an interview with nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: just after president obama landed in florida to offer condolences, senator john mccain on capitol hill blaming him for the orlando shooting. >> barack obama is directly responsible for it. because when he pulled everybody out of iraq, al qaeda went to syria, became isis. >> reporter: democrats pouncing on the rhetoric with mccain in a tough re-election fight calling his comments proof senate republicans are puppets of donald trump. late today a walkback from the senator. >> he bears responsibility. >> i want to be clear. are you back tracking on your statement? >> i'm not back tracking on anything. i am saying that the president of the united states' actions -- actions were responsible because of the full withdrawal of troops from iraq. >> reporter

john mccain is a true american hero. and he brings a personal perspective to this argument that i think the president frankly doesn't have. as far as the back and forth, the president is the policy i have just learned from conversations i have had direct whether i federal law enforcement officials i have had, eric, going back to the very beginning of the obama administration, there was a directive to scrub training manuals for the fbi to. scrub them of any references to any groups that may be considered offensive in the world of political correctness. one of those terms was radical islamic terrorist. if we're north willing to call the threat for what it is, my opinion is, we're doing very little to stop it. >> um-huh. and ms. haq, one of the other terms they were told to scrub was jihadist. too we have a political correctness problem at the fbi, do you think? >> absolutely not. i think this is, again a red herring approach. instead of having substantive conversations about tough issues, is to say you are not using this w

. >> i am sure you heard john mccain's comments that the president is -- >> i have known john mccain years. he is not that the kin of guy to say -- >> wherever he was, that is exactly the release of all of those folks, he is the -- all of those policy decisions let to an i i ice -- >> it is interesting that he prays, how did he blame it on the obama administration? enough to go around? >> the intelligence that we had clearly show, it was going to be a huge problem. the folks on the security team didn't want to hear it. they wanted to hear they automatic automatic than could have been -- >> they didn't make an aggressive effort to do it. when awry rack sh, we don't want to do two, three, four. and i thought that i was that is what i think john mccain was focused on. >> i see your point. do you we need -- do you thi-- >> not to mention, i think it is racist. when you make broad statements, i don't think it is helpful, what you are looking for, to there are problems in our immigra immigrant if they have extremist views, remember, the cia director said they use referee streams to operate

candidates like veteran senator john mccain who's up for re-election in arizona.not that mccain hasn't made some head-scratching comments of his own, like what he said this week in response to the orlando shootings. >> barack obama is directly responsible for it because when he pulled everybody out of iraq, al qaeda went to syria and became isis. >> i want to be clear, are you backtracking -- >> you want to be clear? i'm not backtracking on anything. i am saying that the president of the united states' actions, actions were responsible because of the full withdrawal of troops from iraq, which led then to al qaeda going to syria, which then led to isis. >> although mccain did walk back that comment, the original remark came on the heels of trump's even more shocking allegation that the president was complicit in the pulse massacre. it just goes to show that republicans are scrambling to hit just the right note after the deadliest shooting in u.s. modern history and to prevent their party from full-on trumpian implosion. who are you going to call? >> there's an issu

senator john mccain said that president obama was directly responsible for the orlando attack. >> barack obama is directly responsible for it, responsibility for it lies with president obama and his failed policies. because he pulled everybody out of iraq and i predicted at the time that isis would go unchecked and there would be attacks on the united states of america. it's a matter of record. so he is directly responsible. >> mccain attempted to clean up those remarks with nbc's hallie jackson. >> the president had not pulled everybody out of iraq, we would have never seen the rise of isis. so he bears responsibility. >> so i want to be clear. are you back tracking on the statement he's directly responsible? that's the quote. >> i'm saying that the president of the united states' actions were responsible because of the full withdrawal of troops from iraq which led to al qaeda going to syria, which then led to isis and the failure to have a strategy to destroy isis has led to attacks on the united states of america and europe. >>> scary moments at a meat loaf concert when the 68-year-ol

a lot of hillary clinton supporters said they were going to vote information john mccain. they didn't give that up. this time eight years ago 20% of clinton supporters in the draek primary said they would vote for john mccain and went up by 22% and stayed around 18% and 19% in august and september and a month before the election still, a good portion of hillary clinton supporters in the democratic primary, it was still 14% in october. the equivalent bernie sanders is already down at 8% already. so straight up polysi analysis says the democratic party doesn't need an august right now, doesn't need an august choice for vice president in august coming out of the drrk convention in philly, the democrats will be fine in terms of party unity. but you know what, polysi isn't life. and the clinton campaign knows all that stuff i just said like everybody does, everybody knows those basic details if you care about them. still, the clinton campaign is doing something here with elizabeth warren today that really makes it look like they're going to pick her. regardless of those polysi

mel rrl john mccain slamming the president. ying the president is responsible for the orlando shooting. mccain walking back the comments saying he misspoke. but graham isn't backing down. >> barack obama dismantled this country's ability to interrogate suspects. we read them their rights and put them in federal court. we'll have less agents in 2016 then we did in 2015 and i blame president obama for that. >> i might have chosen slightly different words. i would say president obama facilitated the rise of isis through neglect. he didn't create isis. but his effectiveness, his unwillingness to act seriously has certainly key aired the an environment in which isis can thrive. john: mccain had the right thrust. but we all have days when we choose the wrong words. i think john mccain had one of those days. but you are right. the basic thrust is correct. melissa: president obama was talking to a graduating military class, and he said he turned back 50 years of failed policy by using diplomacy over war or aggression. basically that he'

vin weber a former congressman from minnesota was cochair of the john mccain and mitt romney presidential campaigns. this year he was a top advisor to jeb bush. welcome to you both. >> great to be here. >> thank, al. >> let me just start off, this is the beginning of the general election, i suppose. there is a d.c. primary next week but we really-- it's in full circle now. what are the odds going in, anita? >> well, i think dem graphically hillary clinton has always had an edge in this race in the general election that the last two elections have shown us that the republican party needs to broaden its coalition. they nominated probably the worst possible candidate for doing what they need to do and as a party they know they need to do it but it's going to be a close race because this is a closely divided country. i don't think the clinton campaign has ever been under any illusion that this was going to be a blowout or something easy. it's going to be tough and they're running against a candidate who doesn't play by conventional rules. >> vin. >> i agree with anita. i would add another poi

. >> and that is going to bring us perfectly to john mccain and thet president.in's comments saying that the president is directly responsible, and now he said that he misspoke, and said that the president's national security decisions, and that is what he is talking about. >> and yes, i have known john mccain for years and he is not that kind of the guy to say that he is personally responsible, and i do believe he misspoke, and when you are in the walking down the hall or wherever he was, and i think that is probably what happened, and he does believe that his policies have been a problem going back to the unilateral pullout of iraq, and the release of baghdadi and all of those folks pooled up, and he is the leader of isis, pooled up in eastern syria and no plan as they grew, and metastasized from al qaeda to isis, and i think that john mccain sees all of the efforts, and through his frustration, and i do think that he meant, hey, all of the policies, and decisions led to the isis that is able to inspire people to commit acts of violence here, and so he is think

he's raising eyebrows, given the incendiary nature of what he's saying, including senator john mccain >> and kristin welker, you had a very different response, of course hillary clinton, she was not on camera, she was issuing a statement and talking about working with our allies and the need to do more against radical jihadism, but the importance of our alliances and this attack on a nato ally. a very different response indeed from secretary clinton. >> reporter: there's no doubt about that. and that is because she's essentially trying to do the exact opposite of that strategy which map out. she is picking herself as a steady leader, has the most experience, of course she served as secretary of state under president obama, and she's trying to draw that sharp contrast that donald trump can be bombastic in these moments. he can shoot from the hip, of course saw that after orlando where he congratulated himself for being right about another terrorist attack happening. interesting to hear president obama, and joining secretary clinton next week on the campaign trail and he is going to be

which is the same level john mccain had in 2008 and he claimed the nomination. >> this has been a very atypical primary. it has been very unusual at best , with a lot of nuances to it. the reason donald trump is called the presumptive nominee , in the way hillary clinton is nominee, ise because they have to wait to be confirmed by the delegates in cleveland. there are a lot of republicans who are showing cause for pause with mr. trump. maybe it is a case of the delegates having their voices heard. you are right, the rules of the game are set out before anyone of these people became a candidate. if you reach 1237, you get 1237. you are going to be the nominee or at least the presumptive nominee. mr. trump has a big meeting on june 21 in new york with faith leaders. i will be attending that. you ask, what can he do? i would say can we trust him and who is he going to surround himself with? that starts out with the vice presidential choice. who is going to be his cabinet members, what type of supreme court justices will be a point? the list he put out, we readily applauded. when he said i

john mccain is in the right -- >> let me ask you.e we have a nominee, dot, dot, dot. there are a lot of people in your party who finish the sentence in different ways. the governor of maryland, larry hogan, he thinks it's regrettable you have a nominee named donald trump. fred upton, he has no plans to vote for donald trump. because this campaign has been so strange, i think sometimes they get swept under the rug but this is not normal. it is not normal for these important figures in the party to say they're not going to vote for the nominee. what impact do you see this having going forward? >> well, you're right. in the intro of the segment, you said donald trump is like an island. i would go a step further and say he's a sinking island. his poll numbers are under water. his poll numbers continue to go down compared to hillary clinton, and it's about to get a lot worse as we move forward when you look at the disadvantages he has going into the general in terms of his fund-raising, in terms of his organization. i think that the repub

when john mccain wrote, last american combat troops leave iraq.credit. i u wonder if he thinks george bush deserves some blame for what happened in orlando. i don't think george bush deserves blame. kpi don't think barack obama does either. >> watching john mccain there it seemed like he knew he overstepped when he linked it direct ly to what happened in orlando. >> he didn't admit it though. >> he should have walked it back. to say that the president caused that to happen is ridiculous. >> the john mccain there really reminds me of the john mccain who came back to the senate after the end of the 2008 campaign. i remember being in elevators and having him looking at the floor, grouching at his aids n a mood that was really negative. since then and in the following eight years, i have covered him extensively and he's usually this cheerful, full of life, having a good time, working on serious things, but a completely different demeanor. what you're seeing there is a reflection of the difficult position that he's in every day trying to grapple with h

last night, republican senator john mccain said the isis leadership is doing everything it can to deploy these operatives. >> as long as they have raqqah, a base with which to export these acts of terror, they're going to be more attacks, either self-radicalized and/or directly sent out. we know that baghdadi is giving them encrypted phones and telling them to join the refugee phones. >> reporter: we're also learning new details about the first bomb going off outside the entrance to the international arrivals termin terminal. and the third bomber inside the terminal once he was shot by security and unable to run, kimberly. >> catherine, thank you so much. >>> newly released video of a plainclothes officer shot during the attack. you can see one of the suspec dressed in dark clothing talking to the officer. then he shoots him repeatedly. you see the victim rolling on the floor in pain. the suspect walks by the injured officer and gets into an elevator. we'll continue to follow the developments in istanbul and we will be bringing you the very latest information. >>> this is a fox news aler

john mccain disagreed with you. you fought it at the supreme court and you lost. that was pretty battle, what's your relationship with john mccain today? >> guest: very close. it went over about ten years, it was really pretty stressful between us at various points but, you know, i called him up today after he won in the supreme court, one of the worst days of my life actually was watching a republican house, a republican senate and a republican president pass a bill that i was opposed to and i deeply opposed to and i was lost in the supreme court, called him up the day after, congratulations, john, you won, i lost. we found there were a lot of other things we could work on together. we became friends and allies and a whole variety of other things. that's the way the senate ought to work. frequently does. i'm not sure many people in the public know that. >> host: do you consider john mccain an american hero? >> guest: absolutely. >> host: first thing that comes to your mind, henry clay? >> great compromiser. >> host: lyndon johnson. >> guest: as a senator? >> host

the very person who said i don't respect john mccain. i respect those who don't get captured.y would have died had we done what john mccain was advocating, which was to remain full force in iraq. what would that body count be today. i guess a third point would be this is what drives isis. the idea that we are activists in what they regard as the so he called arabian peninsula. i thought it was wrong, wrong and wrong. >> you talk to the american people everyday on your radio show. with gun violence, have we just all sort of surrendered, congress will do nothing, we expect them to do nothing, and this is the new normal. >> the fatiguing moment came post newtown, the death of 20 school children, to f nothing could be done then, i don't hold out hope that nothing could be done. you would see that every phone line is ee lu-- illuminated, an it is split down the middle. >> i think frankly the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle, particular with regard to what just took place. >> can we look at a couple of other political imagines. co consoler in chief, george w. bush did it

in fact saying at one point today the president is directly responsible, john mccain's words directly responsible for this. let's play what mccain said earlier today to the associated press. >> barack obama is directly responsible for this because when he pulled everybody out of iraq al qaeda went to syria and became isis and -- and isis is what it is today thanks to barack obama's failures, utter failures by pulling everybody out of iraq thinking that conflicts end just because you leave so the responsibility for it lies with the president president obama and his failed policies. >> how is he directly responsible? >> directly responsible because he pulled everybody out of iraq and i predicted at the time that isis would go unchecked and there would be attacks on the united states of america. it's a matter of record. so he is directly responsible. >> those words you hear john mccain repeat, directly responsible and many democrats condemning him for saying that. mccain trying to clarify his statement on twitter this afternoon and then again this afternoon in an interview with our own h

your comments as a professional on this issue. >> i absolutely agree with john mccain.he school that had the only authorized waterboard in the department of defense in mccain boulevard in coronado, california, which was named after him, his father and grandfather, all great naval aviators. john mccain went through torture in the hanoi hilton. he knows torture. it does not work. we teach thousands of people every year it does not work. it is just sadism that is satisfied that people who think it works, this is not an american value. we are not just having a debate about torture and what satisfies us. this is an honor crisis we're going through, when a presidential candidate believes george washington's own standing orders about the ethical treatment of prisoners is going to be violated we will throw away 240 years of our values. no one in the military, no one in government should ever believe that and if they do believe it they need go out and read some books. . i don't think i can add anything to that, michael nance, thanks for being with us. >>> more here on msnbc. sta

john mccain, running for re-election in the senate and thinks he has to support trump.ountry first. i think it's time for country first not party. >> paul ryan was unveiling the domestic program in anacostia, a challenged neighborhood in d.c., and it was in the spirit of jack kemp and the questions he was being asked, of course, were about donald trump. >> and paul ryan's staff were annoyed about this. come on. that's what the reality is. i think they have a pretty good anti-poverty agenda. there are a lot of policies out there. they won't get a hearing as long as donald trump is the face of the republican party. >> bill kristol, thank you. thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. >>> and coming up, sneak preview with exactly five months to go to election day, clinton and trump premiering a summer blockbuster. tune in to "nightly news." lester holt will interview hillary clinton after her history making victory. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. & in a world held back by compromise, businesses need the agility to do one thing & another. only at&t has the networ