john mccain himself is in an incredibly awkward situation on that front. senator mccain is among the sitting members of congress who have criticized mr. trump this week for his picking a fight with the khan family, who lost their son in iraq. but even as senator mccain has differed strongly with donald trump on that issue and on several other issues, senator mccain still says he supports donald trump to be the next president of the united states. he still supports his candidacy. and john mccain is up for re-election this year in arizona, and that stance on donald trump is not helping him in his race for re-election in arizona. >> donald trump is dangerous for america. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? >> i would bring back a hell of a lot worse than water boarding. >> but no matter what donald trump says, john mccain would support him for president? >> she said he's a pussy. like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes -- blood comin

senator john mccain. [ cheers and applause ] and then, according to the rules agreed to by both parties, john will have approximately 30 seconds to make a rebuttal. >> that night before his inauguration, the night before he was due to be inaugurated in 2009, the soon to be president did this event in honor of john mccain, praised john mccain as a require and courageous public servant. he brought john mccain up to the front of the room to join him on stage, he thaveged him for his service to the country. he praised john mccain as an example for all americans to follow. everybody always said, it's the whole belt way line, if that darn obama had only reached out to republicans when he first started out as president then things would have gone so much better for him all these years. honestly, the night before he was sworn in as president, he spent that night, celebrating john mccain, celebrating the guy he had just beaten in order to win the presidency. and then famously the very next day, inauguration day, while obama was being sworn in, the republican congressional leadership held a fatef

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here is what donald trump says about john mccain. he says i have never been there with john mccain. he has not done a good job for the vets and i always felt he should have done a better job. kelly ayott who is running for reelection for senate in new hampshire. that is a state that donald trump would like to win. if you want to talk to republicans here in washington, there are some that will never be here, but they want to hang on to the senate. they want to hang on to the house. so to hear him go after paul ryan, john mccain, and kelly ayott, it has to be jaw dropping. >> trump saying i don't know her, i know she has given me no support, zero support, and i'm leading her in the polls. we need fighters in the country, we don't need week people, we have enough of them. kelly has given me zero support and i'm going great in new hampshire. >> i can tell you i was just in new hampshire recently covering donald trump. there are ads being run in new hampshire that don't talk about donald trump. that may have been what has gotten under his skin. he says that in the article, but he doesn't

that loyalty is evident. >> frankly, i wouldn't want to endorse john mccain either. 's kind of betrayed our party. i can't support him. >> reporter: the trump/mccain relationship has been strained since last summer when trump declared former p.o.w. mccain is not a hero. >> i like people who weren't captured, okay? i hate to tell you. >> reporter: on monday, trumcca released criticism of trump regarding the khan controversy. he stopped short of withdrawing his support of trump for president. >> i think he has his opinion and i have mine. >> reporter: what's yours? >> my opinion is you don't [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: you don't want to -- do you like that about him that he's tough and doesn't apologize? >> yeah. >> reporter: some do feel mccain did the right thing by writing the letter about what trump said. do you agree with john mccain, what he said about trump? >> yes. yes. he should have never said it. >> reporter: would it have made you feel better as a trump supporter if donald trump said i watched him during the convention, i'm really sorry they lost their son a

both john mccain and paul ryan. >> yet. >> he says i'm not there yet with john mccain. this is his statement on john mccain. he has not done a good job for the vets and i have always felt he should have done a much better job for the vets. i've always had a difficult time with john mccain for that reason because our vets are not being treated properly or fairly. megan mccain tweeted tonight and said character matters. paul ryan and john mccain still supporting him but denouncing his comments on the content. this all coming after the khan family. >> megan mccain has never been a fan of donald trump, that being john mccain's daughter. i think the question now is, when it comes to the john mccains of the world running for reelection will have a pretty tough fight against his democratic opponent. and how the trump factor plays into that race, and also looking across the country to new hampshire, kelly ayotte, republican senator there, donald trump was critical of her today calling her weak. i talked to a new hampshire republican today that said it was a political gift, beca

trump said, i haven't endorsed john mccain and i've never been there with john mccain because i've always felt that he should have done a much better job for vets. mccain has not responded, though he did meet privately with trump's running mate governor mike pence in phoenix last night. aides say they discussed national security issues but pence did not address trump's comments or mccain's during his arizona campaign swing. >>> president obama is urging republicans to withdraw their endorsements of donald trump. during a press conference yesterday the president issued some of his strongest criticisms to date. >> i think the republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. the fact that he doesn't appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in europe, in the middle east, in asia, means that he's woefully unprepared to do this job. i think what's been interesting is the repeated denunciations of his statements by leading republicans. including the speaker of the house, and the senate majority leader, and prominent republicans like

appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> coming up a democrat and fellow war veteran like senator john mccainnow that friendship is strained over mccain's support of donald trump. we'll talk to a congressman from arizona reuben gallego. >> donald trump is a man who questions those that served our country, self-serving. that's not patriotic. service and sacrifice. donald trump says about senator mccain he, quote, likes people who weren't captured. as a marine, as an arizonan, as an american, i am offended. the lights go out. people get anxious and my office gets flooded with calls. so many things can go wrong. it's my worst nightmare. every second that power is out, my city's at risk. siemens digital grid manages and reroutes power, so service can be restored within seconds. priority number one is keeping those lights on. it takes ingenuity to defeat the monsters that live in the dark. hi mi'm raph. tom. my name is anne. i'm one of the real live attorneys you can talk to through legalzoom. don't let unanswered legal questions hold you up, because we're here, we're here, and we've got your back

john mccain is one of them. he's in a primary fight tonight even if he prevails, can mccain and other endangered republicans survive the year of trump? that's ahead. >>> plus, outspoken trump supporter and maine governor paul lepage now says rumors of his political demise are greatly exaggerated. this after he suggested he might step down after targeting a democratic lawmaker with a vulgar voice mail. but the calls for his resignation continue to grow. >>> new information on how the clinton campaign is preparing to debate donald trump. they are working with trump's ghostwriter, the writer who helped trump put together "the art of the deal" 30 years ago, working with him to try to bait trump into embarrassing blunders on national television. >>> finally, the "hardball" roundtable will be here to tell me things about this election campaign that i don't know. >>> new poll numbers for you from the key battleground state of pennsylvania. let's go to the "hardball" scoreboard. this from monmouth university, their respe

people tried to beat incumbent john mccain, which would have been abenormous upset. he wins by almost 20 percentage points. kelli world could not get by him. a deep war chest and he has been arizona. it is a difficult race for anyone to beat him but there is your matchup in november. ann kirkpatrick will be the challenger and anne kirk pat wick comes with a big war chest. you see her ads running up tonight. >> linda williams covering john mccain and she was with him when he made his victory speech. i sense a sigh of relief battle goes on and it goes into high gear starting right now. >> reporter: it does. what a fun night for john mccain and his supporters here at his headquarters in phoenix. i don't think anyone was nervous but i think towards the end as the polls tightened and some of the national headlines started saying this was going to be a squeaker of a race for mccain, maybe some people started thinking is he in trouble and he crushed kelli ward. in addressing his supporters here tonight, he told them that it is imperative for republicans to keep control of t

status of a war hero like john mccain, and even general flynn did not want to call john mccain a hero, because he doesn't want to go against the candidate. but it is the lengths that you have to go to support him. and mr. khan has it right no longer enough for speaker ryan and mcconnell to distance themselves, but it is time for them to disavow him as candidate for president. >> and some of the writers are accusing the democrats for exploiting for political purposes the khan family and the grief. how did the appearance of the democratic convention in philadelphia come about? >> well, wolf, the story of captain khan is one that hillary clinton has invoked for months now in the immediate aftermath of donald trump taking this outrageous position of suggesting that we have a bar on muslims from entering the country, and hillary clinton had heard of this story, and wanted into v to invoke an appearance in minneapolis about how to come together as americans to deal with the threat that we face on the radical jihadi terrorism here on the home front and how to prevent the home grown radicaliz

john mccain coming in with 53%, the closest challenger 37%. >> that means john mccain will face an kirkpatrick in the general election. the latest from the john mccain camp. >> thank you to coalitions that are here. [ cheers and applause ] >> we owe so much, we owe so much to our coalitions. >> dennis welch was in the room when john mccain made the comments. john mccain had a very rocky relationship with the republican presidential nominee. >> and talk about a move that has everyone talking. tonight he confirmed on twitter he is going to mexico before coming to the valley for a rally tomorrow evening. donald trump will travel to mexico city to meet with the president. he will then come to the valley for a rally at the phoenix convention center at 6:00 p.m. in the evening. we will hear a lot about that meeting during his rally which is going to focus on immigration. >> we have more answers on reaction from sheriff joe arpaio on his win for another nomination as sheriff and how his campaign is dealing with the possible criminal charges. that is coming up at 10:15 p.m. tonight. keep it right here

i've never been there with john mccain. a much better john b with the vet. aides say they discussed national security issues. >> trump also took kelly ayotte, he told the post i don't know kelly ayotte. i know she's given me no support. we need loyal people in this country. we need fighters in this country. we don't need weak people. kelly ayotte has given me zero support. i'm always going to stand up for our military families and what's best for the people of new hampshire. the one thing i found was -- when after newt gingrich who is a very popular republican figure. we ran him out of town. you know what? there are a lot of people in my district that weren't happy about that. i hold town hall meetings, i explained why. i got 80% of the vote. you know the next race i ran. you can explain this stuff away. you can tell people i'm going with my conscious. you disagree with me. i understand you like newt or i understand you like trump. this is why i'm doing it. >> it's the petty grievances thing. i was really disappointed watch

>> john mccain was very critical of donald trump. it interesting, you mentioned the original controversy when donald trump way back when in iowa, i believe, questioned whether or not john mccain was really a war hero. at that time mccain was circumspcircu circumspe circumspect, he didn't say much about it. it wasn't until fast forward until now when the controversy was about the parents of a fallen soldier in an iraq war, that there was no question clearly irked donald trump, why was request why he said he wasn't going to endorse mccain in the republican primary that he's having in arizona. so, look, it's very scrambled, very unclear how or if this is going to play out with the voters but what it is doing, i'm told by republican sources on capitol hill, particularly with the paul ryan situation, he's got a big reservoir of support. for people who reluctantly endorsed donald trump, they might be thinking, really, this is what we get in retrospect? >> here's what he said -- >> yet. >> he says i'm not there yet with john mccain. he has

is tomorrow real bell weather of the indicators for john mccain of the forecast for november about a on and trump? >> it could be. i think everyone anticipates a pretty close race in the general election between mccain and kir patrick and a close race between hillary clinton and donald trump here in arizona. obviously, arizona is usually a e red state, but it is close. even mccain's folks have acknowledged to me their internal polling show clinton and trump are very close. it could be a swing state this year. >> we'll wait and see how that goes. we're also getting initial reporting about the speech from trump that's going to happen at the phoenix convention center coming up on wednesday on his immigration and unity rally for the arizona republican party. . more e details on that. this is one of the first spots he held a rally last year. thanyou so much, appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, more reaction to the announcement from hillary clinton's long-time aid who announced today she decided to separate from her husband anthony weiner all because of a new alleged sexting scandal.

when john mccain made the comments. john mccain had a very rocky relationship with the republican presidential nominee. >> and talk about a move that has everyone talking. tomorrow donald trump will have a busy day. tonight he confirmed on twitter he is going to mexico before coming to the valley for a rally tomorrow evening. donald trump will travel to mexico city to meet with the for a rally at the phoenix convention center at 6:00 p.m. in the evening. we will hear a lot about that meeting during his rally which is going to focus on immigration. >> we have more answers on today's election, including reaction from sheriff joe arpaio on his win for another nomination as sheriff and how his campaign is dealing with the po tonight. keep it right here on cbs 5 news for campaign 2016 on air and online. >>> a tow truck driver praised for his actions this morning. and the family on the receiving end of his help is reaching out, they reached out to us so that they could thank him. cbs 5's amanda goodman with this story tonight

all i can say is keep being john mccain. john mccain spoke out when mr.said things that were highly inappropriate regarding the khan family. he wants to support the nominee of our party. and i understand that. i just can't got where mr. trump would take the party. the bottom line here is donald trump should want john mccain in arizona to win the primary because he will win the general election. he should want paul ryan to be the nominee in that congressional district because he'll perform so well. he should want kelly ayotte to be on the ballot in new hampshire because she's our strongest candidate, which helps mr. trump. >> senator, william weld, former republican governor of massachusetts, he says he thinks donald trump has a screw loose. do you think donald trump has a screw loose? >> no, i mean, you can't be as successful as he's been without being -- he's not crazy. he doesn't have discipline. this is not a real estate deal where you can bully your way into a good deal. he's running against somebody who is very week and if he could get on this, make

host: how will john mccain thread the needle? he needed trump supporters in the primary and he is trying to expand his base. how does he do this without alienating republicans and bringing in democrats? jeremy: doing what he has been doing. he supportsthat trump, the republican nominee. he always seems somewhat tepid. the relationship between mccain and trump, he has endorsed him. it was different from last year, when trump made his comments of "i like people who were not captured. talking aboutd." clinton competing here, trump is still expected to win and kirkpatrick -- confirm for our audience, john mccain has an 18% lead over kelly ward in the republican primary. you can get these results at politico. tomorrow, a speech by donald trump in phoenix on immigration and he will travel to mexico to meet with the mexican president. what are you looking at? jeremy: tomorrow? well, we will see what he says about immigration. there could be a shift. if there is, it will be interesting to see if there is a blowback. this has been a pilla

john mccain may have finally lost it.e he's just jealous that a fellow senator can stand, talk and refrain from urinating for 12 hours. let alone 12 minutes. he's letting his myopic world view question his already questionable judgment. attacking john mccain the way trump did, it makes no sense. but in places like breitbart.com, sure. there, john mccain's no hero. he's a scoundrel who needs to be debunked, a disgrace, a weakling. go back even further, to the first time that donald trump, the celebrity, tried to make political hay out of president obama supposedly having a fake birt certificate. trump got a lot of attention for it, but he first did it in 2009. when he did it in 2009, breitbart.com, under normal political calculus, that would seem like a weird issue for somebody who wanted to run for president to plant his flag on. but when donald trump went there on the birth certificate thing, breitbart praised him as a selfless patriotic hero for bringing up president obama's secret foreignness and not having a real birt

it's been john mccain understanding arizona. rubio has been in florida a lot working that state, he understands that state. that's what this is about more than the establishment striking back. i think this is really personalized. >> angela. >> these are incumbents who, again, they had challengers who weren't necessarily -- i know marco rubio had a challenge who poured millions of his own dollars in the race but -- >> ryan lizza? >> i would say one hinthing on mccain victory, there was a debate after that campaign after the incident with the khan family and donald trump over whether mccain should retract his endorsements of donald trump. the faction that won said you're in a relatively tough primary, wait until your primary is over, don't rock the boat. >> do you think that position will change? >> i don't know if you look so heroic if you do it now that the primary is over. i do think that politically if it's in his interest do it going into the general election, that you might see more of these republicans doing it now that the

they are basically saying to him if john mccain won't stand up for us. >> reporter: mccain primary opponent kelli ward issued this statement. the battle is done, but the war for america's soul will continue. and now, let's go to joe dana at republican party headquarters where sheriff joe arpaio spoke tonight. >> reporter: that's right. he was so confident, he was already giving interviews 30 minutes before the first numbers came in. he cruised to victory. but if are any indication, the generals will not be a sure thing. another election, another victory for arizona's most successful politician the last two decades. >> i report to the people. they are my bosses. and, i hope that they just rehired me the first time. >> reporter: six term sheriff joe arpaio winning easily against republican challenger dan saban and two others. arpaio not willing to discuss what is ahead. >> i'm not going to get into road. since 2000, arpaio's support has gone down from 66% to 50%. >> his record in office has diminished considerably. it has cost us over $150 million in lawsuits. we have seen civil rights violat

john mccain, marco rubio both winning their respective primaries. what do these results say about the effect on the down ballot races? >> well, i mean, both of these, i think, were expected. so, i don't know how much we can read into it in terms of how it's going to ultimately affect the down ballot races, though the expectation is that donald trump is going to be a drag on those races. and so i don't have any reason to believe that that has changed. the only thing that would change it is if somehow he turns around his approval rating numbers and can become more popular among the general electorate, sort of broaden out beyond his base. and not be scaring away more moderate voters and swing voters. >> what happens to folks like john mccain and marco rubio in the general election now? are they between a rock and a hard place? someone said that john mccain, you know, if he does come out now against trump, he's not going to look as heroic and if he doesn't, maybe it's smooth sailing, he'll sort of ride this through. >> i think there is a sense that as p

across the country, john mccain facing a tough le election battle tonight. 80-year-old mccain pitted against a woman 33 years his junior. manu raju is out front tonight in kissimmee, florida. >> reporter: tonight, senators marco rubio and john mccain each facing primary challengers who aligned themselves with donald trump, but both still needing to woo the billionaire's backers to win in november as well as voters put off by the gop nominee's words. >> trump is losing in this state. you're obviously battling some national headwinds because of him. >> i'm not sure trump is losing in florida, but its irrespective how the top of the ticket does. i have to earn my own way. it's the u.s. senate seat. people know who i am. >> when it comes to appearing with trump. >> would he campaign with trump when he comes to florida? >> we have our own schedule and we won't disrupt our schedule and if it makes sense we'll look at it on a case by case basis. >> gop leaders successfully convinced rubio to run for reelection and help keep their eight-seat majority, but will rubio

you remember the old john mccain joined at the hip with ronald reagan. he was so conservative then he became known as the maverick. i think people thought if mccain faced a vulnerability it would come from the right, not left. if he gets more to the center, he has a pretty good chanc now, they know more than we do internally. they may have internal polling that way to go, right down the middle is certainly the way to win. you know, he has shifted, rolled with the punches, that is what he is good at. he hasn't lost yet and nobody is counting him out. no one is saying he is too old. everyone believes he will ann kirkpatrick will give him one heck of a fight. >> he is walking a tight rope with donald trump who is going to be in phoenix tomorrow. many people question, could mccain show up in support of trump? you think that could happen, linda or would that be a long shot? >> reporter: i don't know. it is such an interesting dance around donald trump. you see doug ducey taking the stage with him. so maybeha establishment republican saying, you know what, i'm

. >> john mccain, many people thought this was a tough primary. he did have to beat back tea party candidate kelli ward but look at that. he won big and he won early. >> let's look at house district one on the republican side. this is wog of -- one of the largest in the country. paul babeu, not declared the winner yet but is over wendy rogers who won the ninth district so it is a race between if babeu holds on, this will be an interesting race in the fall. >> has babeu been declared the winner in a.p.? not official by the a.p. >> he will face tom o'halleran once a republican, now a democrat. it is a battleground and split. >> o'halleran former sedona police officer and has that connection to norther >> let's move to district five. christine jones has put out slick commercials. she is ahead by roughly of 1,000 votes here. andy biggs is the one that has been supported by matt salmon. christine jones is giving him a battle. >> andy biggs, if he keeps this close, it may be because of the mormon vote. handpicking him. matt salmon was winning the races,

. >> and john mccain's last stand. what next week's arizona senate primary could tell us about the future of the gop. this is "mtp daily" and it start right now. >>> what to make of where the republican party is headed, pretty much our entire show is dedicated to this issue. i'm chuck todd is washington. welcome to "mtp daily." a fire storm that's been ignited between donald trump and hillary clinton. now you will hear the term alt-right in this campaign. with what is it? who's part of it in what does it potentially signal about the future of the republican party? we will dive into that, i promise. right now hillary clinton is trying to define it herself. she wants to call alt-right a trump filled movement built on white spremists. clinton is looking to drive a wedge between mainstream republicans and their candidate. here is clinton in nevada moments ago. >> i is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. the paranoid fringe now calls itself alt-right. >> there's always

perhaps don could have trouble carrying this state and if donald trump has trouble, then maybe john mccainght up in that as well and could give the democrats in the race and then you see that it has mccain out to an early advantage and a lot of people look at the race and say that there's volatility here and one of the things to look at as the race playing out is how is john mccain going to handle having donald trump -- donald trump that said that he was not a war hero and how will he handle running against him on the same ticket. kelly is there today and what are you hearing on that? >> reporter: well, they have tried to keep an arms length or distance from donald trump. john mccain said that he would support the nominee of the party long before it was determined that donald trump would be the nominee. that's in part of being a republican. he was the nominee in 2008 and once that was made, wanted to stand by it. when trump is saying things or doing things that he does not agree with. certainly when it comes to conservative voters and trump supporters, mccain needs them today to help them

and you're willing to throw under the bus john mccain who is -- you might not agree with his policies. i don't agree with everything that john mccain does but i tell you what, he's an american hero, just like bob dole was and to attack them -- and he's in your same party. to attack them and say he's some type of -- he's not an american hero and to put that out to the american psyche, is that where we want to go with this country? is that the type of message that the gop wants their presidential

he beat john mccain by 11 points in the general election in 2008. again, look at the map. while mccain won most of the county, if you just add them up, mccain took most of the pennsylvania counties, barack obama had overwhelming strength again, right there, the southeastern corner of the state. philadelphia, the philadelphia suburbs. that is really where barack obama's margin came from. four years later, barack obama wins pennsylvania again, beating mitt romney. again you can see it there, the strength, philadelphia, the philadelphia suburbs, the southeastern corner of the state. but the republicans did make progress in 2012 in pennsylvania. that 11-point margin from 2008, it was cut in half. barack obama won it by just five points. now this year, donald trump, the republican nominee for president, he has been making noise about winning a lot of states, but none of them more than pennsylvania. >> i won the elections in landslides. you know, very important to say. you look at these elections. we go to new york, we win almost 62% of the vote with three people running. we go t

senator john mccain, greg stanton, and justice o'connor all expected to be there. >>> in the race for the white house, donald trump says he's not really running against hillary clinton. instead, the nominee says he is running against the media, poll numbers. he tweeted today that if his words were not given false meaning, he would be leading by 20%. his running mate mike pence doing some damage control, reaching out to republicans like john mccain and jeb bush. >>> members of congress will be granted access to notes taken during hillary clinton's three- hour fbi interview. director james comey says she put sensitive information at risk with her private email server, but no criminal charges were ever filed. several republican lawmakers have requested more information.

>> donald trump has not treated john mccain with a lot of respect during this campaign.ormer vietnam pow was not a hero. >> i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> many republicans denounced trump at the time for saying that and many of them are not supporting trump and john mccain, the chairman of the sen adarmed services committee is not one of them, at least yet. >> are you comfortable with donald trump possibly having control of the nuclear arsenal? >> i -- anyone that the people of this country choose to be the commander in chief and the president of the united states, therefore can lead this country and will lead in a responsible fashion, anyone who is elected president fairly of this country and that's the way that our democratic system works. that's who our government works. the american people select the next president of the united states knowing full well what the role of the commander in chief is. therefore, i have the utmost respect for the verdict of the people. >> and gary joins us from chandler, arizona. did mccain have anything else have to say abo

general john mccain who -- senator john mccain who won for phoneesidency twice, our lines are open. we expect to hear from senator mccain momentarily. itsill be showing you in inirety what kelly ward said a few minutes. in scottsdale, arizona, john mccain is in phoenix arizona. here the results. republicans and democrats on screen. also a line for those of you who live in arizona. to those calls in a moment. senator john mccain easily surviving a challenge in arizona. let us go to where senator mccain is expected to speak momentarily. applause] senator mccain: well, thank you. thank you. i hope everybody can hear me. can you? let me try this. all right. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you all for being here. i am humbled and grateful for our success tonight to and for the honor to be the arizona republican party nominee for election to the united states senate. thank you to the interns who their evenings and weekends. [cheers and applause] i just askain: could our interns to raise their hands? thank you and god bless you. thank you. they sacrificed their evenings and weekends

speaker ryan and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell today a long and detailed statement from john mccain who's up for reelection in arizona. we've also heard from roy blunt who's up for reelection in missouri. notably in that, he names him, both mccain and blunt name donald trump. others who are in, you know, coming to this from like the foreign policy point of view or from the armed services point of view have been speaking about this sort of sacred sacrifice of this family, leave them alone. a less political tone to those statements. but, for republicans, this is an issue. democrats were running those campaigns, trying to unseat republicans or win seats. are certainly using this. and donald trump has tweeted away as he has been known to do, critical of this family. >> paul ryan, both leaders and ryan, mcconnell resisting naming trump or being overtly critical, then on paul ryan's website, on the speakers website, we see a new picture just posted, they can say it's not related, but look at him holding up the constitution. that is a not very subtle connection. >> and this was taken at a

john mccain is a different story. he has a primary at the end of the month and a tough reelection race against a democrat and already, anderson, his democratic opponent assuming he wins this primary is out saying, remember, john mccain has said that he would support the nominee 49 times or whatever it is. so the democrats are trying very hard to tie john mccain and kelly aillot who is also in a tough campaign in new hampshire to donald trump. it's a tougher position for somebody like mccain. >> this is part of what donald trump does, right? during the primary, so much of his strategy was about sort of swagger and cowing his republican rivals, sort of into submission. he's almost sort of daring mccain and ryan almost to take president obama's side on this and somehow sort of move off of them. the question, though, for the republicans is what happens to all of these kind of down-ballot candidates who have looked to ryan as the guy to give them signals about donald trump when even that relationship seems to be fraying. >

i stood up for john mccain.ut, brooke, what i hear most from people as i travel around the state of arizona is that they're surprised that john mccain won't stand up for himself. here's what they think. if he won't stand up for himself, he's not going to stand up for us. that's what's really surprising. >> but he did in that statement. in that powerful statement on the khan family on monday. >> you know, he continues to say he supports trump over and over again. over 50 times he's continued to say that. look, my heart goes out to the khan family. they deserve our respect. i'm a mother. i'm a grandmother. i can't imagine, especially mrs. khan, the grief, that loss that she feels and will feel the rest of her life. they deserve our respect. but again, john mccain comes out and says he supports trump, in spite of the very -- >> but, forgive me for interrupting, that statement senator mccain released, multi-paragraph -- it was powerful. do you give him some credit for that statement, for how emotionally charged it w

john mccain and kelli ward going after it. >> john mccain has fallen down on the job. he has gotten weak and old. >> reporter: ward saying mccain is basically too old to serve arizona. >> it is a diagnosis anyone can make. you don't have to be a doctor to say john mccain is an 81- year-old man. >> reporter: a tv diagnosis that comes with a second mother told him he should not run this time. >> reporter: it is the latest in a recent political trend. republicans going after hillary clinton questioning her health. parkinsons and epilepsy mentioned. now, ward playing the age card. >> he does not want the contrast of an 80-year-old man who has been in washington almost four decades versus a 47- year-old female physician problem solver. >> reporter: when asked about the comments made by ward, the mccain camp responded with a trails must be getting to kelli ward. ward and mccain is becoming must see tv. so stay tuned. who know whats will happen next. the most recent polls show mccain up by about 25 points. the election is next tuesday. the day after senator mccain's birthday.

in their upcoming primaries even though they're supporting him. >> never been a big fan of john mccain. >> reporter: trump criticized mccain's capture in vietnam and this comes at a time when his relationship with military families is already on the rocks. after his public battle with the family of a muslim-american soldier who died fighting in iraq and a "new york times" report revealing his five military deferments and then this happened. >> a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. >> reporter: the retired lieutenant colonel giving trump his purple heart as a show of support. >> i said, man, that's like -- that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart, this was much easier. >> reporter: many top republicans continue to distance themselves from their nominee and now former silicon valley executive and major gop fund-raiser meg whitman is taking her anti-trump stance one step further saying she's decided to support hillary clinton and going on to urge all republicans to reject donald trump this november. president obama also jumping into the fray. >> i th

john mccain will go on to the federal election in arizona.orida, senator marco rubio and democrat debbie wasserman schultz were both victorious. it is the "washington journal." ofthe last days of august 3016. both the donald trump campaign and a hillary clinton campaigns have traded comments over releasing personal health record

and john mccain, the sitting governor of arizona who have both endorsed him. ideo of mccain. that is a man who seems like donald trump has taken a piece of his dignity there. you know he doesn't want to stand behind donald trump but he almost seemed forced to. >> why doesn't john mccain say i unendorse donald trump? >> i think he feels he has to stand with trump in the republican primary. donald trump, remember, won the republican primary in arizona. john mccain is in a republican primary right now. he probably feels he has to do it for political reasons. i think he should be a maverick and unendorse donald trump. >> okay. so andre dana bash is reporting a source close to reince priebus is upset with donald trump for refusing to endorse the house speaker paul ryan. because reince priebus has been publicly supportive of donald trump. he's trying to unify his party. now donald trump comes out and says i'm not sure about paul ryan. is reince priebus right to be upset? >> i'm sorry to step over you, in a family fight, i'm not sure you're unifying the party. i ran f

coming up, senator john mccain's underdog primary opponent goes there. >> john mccain is falling down on the job. he's gotten weak, he's gotten old. >> do you feel comfortable diagnosing him on air like this? >> diagnosing him as an 80-year-old man? yes, i do. >> republican kelly ward even makes mention of the average life expectancy, and says the soon to be 80 year-old may not live out his six-year term. this is incredible. coming up, we'll have the very latest on the primary battles ahead. i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto® significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at lea six blood clotting factors. xarelto® is selective targeting one critical factor of your body's natural clotting fun