you can imagine my surprise when in 1977, i did meet captain john mccain. liaison officer the naval legislative office. i was by far the youngest member of the senate foreign relations committee. and i got an opportunity to travel all over the world. like john, i've met every major world leader without exception since 1976. in the beginning, one of the most consequential days of my career, and we have all look ed back on our careers, and think of those things and moments that had an impact on how your career moved forward. and not only that -- i not only got to work with john mccain, i got to know him. i got to know an awful lot about him. he got to know an awful lot about me. we traveled hundreds of thousands of miles together, we got to know each other's families. sitting on my lawn in wilmington, having a picnic with his family when he was still in the navy. my son, beau biden. army, purple heart -- excuse me, a bronze star, other service medals he was awarded. he looks at john from the time he was a high school kid with nothing but absolute rock -- raw

brian: you are senator john s. mccain iii. youyou know i knew your father because when i was in the navy, the first admiral i met was john s. mccain, jr. who was he in what role did he play in this war with the? you? brian bothsen. mccain: both my r and grandfather were navy admirals. my grandfather was the navy aviator in world war ii. my father was a submarine officer during world war ii and worked, and was promoted and commander in chief of the pacific during the vietnam war during the time i was in prison which was very difficult for him. much more difficult on him than it was on me. brian: what year did he die? sen. mccain: he died in 1980. brian: did he see you elected to the senate? sen. mccain: he did not. brian: did he know you were going to run? sen. mccain: he did not. brian: you got out at what rank? sen. mccain: as a captain. i was a navy liaison officer to the senate. brian: that give you interest? sen. mccain: exactly. it made me very interested in life, life, not because i found it particularly attractive, but c

john mccain being on board backs up some of the bullish people. i've been really surprised given the republican party failures that there are so many bullish people. white house is excited, senate is excited and outside groups are. collins is coming out with announcement. shy is leaning positive. lankford said he would support it. corker had same problems corker did, adds to the deficit. they're trying to add a provision, automatic tax cuts come in if the deficit rises too high. that will get more conservatives pushing back. neil: tax hikes, excuse me. >> tax hikes. neil: excuse me. neil: that seems asinine to me. what if it has to do with economic cycles or recession taking hold nothing to do with tax breaks, we have a recession or slowdown we hike taxes to make the numbers balance out which compound the slowdown? >> not making sense. a lot of people who are deficit hawks, they're being disingenuous about it, we all know entitlements are -- neil: cut spending. >> you have to cut spending. u.s. economy, republicans basically held as the bible sinc

find of those investigation into the june and august collisions of the uss fitzgerald and the uss john mccain. admiral richardson spoke to reporters at the pentagon, calling the collisions preventible. this is 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. ladies and gentlemen. start withan opening statement. thank you first for the opportunity to be here today and brief you o. the recent incidents in involving surface forces in the western pacific. the comprehensive review that examined the systemic issues surrounding these incidents and then review the corrective action. before i begin, i must say that throughout this investigative process, our first and last thoughts have been with our fallen sailors and families. i want to offer my deep condolences to those who lost a loved one and ensure them they will always be part of the navy family. a review of your navy today shows this morning there are 100 ships and 64,000 sailors and navy civillages forward deployed. this includes three carrier strike groups and air wings, three amphibious readiness group and their embarked marine expeditionary units. the vast m

, the icing on the cake so to speak, john mccain came out as yes on tax cuts. d that it is almost certain we get a tax deal out of the senate, do you agree? >> i do. there are a couple senators in different stages of maybe but it seems the gop is hurting the cats to 50 and when that happens, there was pressure on these moderate democrats, up for reelection in 2018, joe mention, joe donnelly from indiana, they have voted no on even starting to talk about tax reform. if they see the gop coalescing behind a yes vote you might get some democrats released by chuck schumer to vote for tax reform. stuart: you think chuck schumer would release some of his senate democrats? would he do that? >> if it is going to pass, they are on the edge, i think it is tough for them to go back to their states and make the play they voted against even talking about. stuart: i am sure you saw it when donald trump was speaking in missouri, he kind of not went after her but made a big deal out of it, how she was bad on immigration, bad on crime, that was quite a way to try to get her on yo

john mccain is big.ut the joint committee on taxation which is under the control of the republicans, of course, who because it's -- they control the congress, they are going to come out probably today with what they call a dynamic estimate of the growth effects of this bill. >> but, john -- >> hold on, stephanie. let me just finish the point. let me finish the point. if, in fact, they show as other centrist modelers have shown that the bill doesn't generate very much growth and doesn't generate very much revenue, that is going to make it a more difficult vote for people like jeff flake and bob corker and jim langford and jerry moran who say they are concerned about the budget deficit. so watch that jtc score which will come out later today. >> isn't it stunning, though, that john mccain would come out as a yes hours before you're getting the dynamic scoring which is important? >> yes. i'm very surprised about that. i figured that john mccain would wait for that data. the joint tax committee said they wer

he has been vicious. >> the way that you marginalize john mccain, you can get more republicans say, john mccain, vote however you want -- >> laura: i agree. thank you so much. he broke news about the uranium one deal and controversies about the clintons, peter schweitzer is going to tell you what you are not hearing. don't go away. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. you can whip up a dessert.ball. just use pam baking spray. (sfx: spraying) made with real flour. plus, the superior non-stick you love. (sfx: mixing) check you out... it looks like a christmas card in here. >> laura: welcome back. the justice department con family roomed this week that attorney general jeff sessions is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate several matters relating to hillary clinton. one is the sale of uranium one to a russian-backed company in 2010. hillary clinton's state depart

i tried to talk to john mccain. that may be the shortest john mccain interview i had. he said stay tuned. i think if we see the vote getting pushed back later and later that might be cause for concern. but right now this bill is being worked on in the final hours up to the moment it gets voted on. >> we are watching mitch mcconnell live speaking there on the senate floor. we're monitoring that. jill and jonathan are back with me. guys, not to put my own dance card out there but we asked a half dozen republican senators to talk about this. we wanted to talk about taxes. no go. hey, maybe it's a scheduling thing. maybe it's me. you haven't seen a public push on this. >> i don't like promoting my competitors. >> i don't know where you're going with that. >> a very good journalist tweets we're about a day from the final senate vote from the tax bill and still no trigger provision, final bill text, dynamic score. >> in english? >> the information you need as a senator to vote for something is just simply not there. >> and that's significant obviously, jill, and yet, this is

that's an amazing thing that the democrats think john mccain are dangerous.: what's he suppose to do? have a fistfight. everybody agrees they meddled. >> he doesn't disagree with that. judge jeanine: john mccain comes out and he says he wants to comment, it's so personal with him and the president. that his personal convenient i am does not allow -- his personal venom doesn't allow him to be objective. he says there is nothing about america first about the president taking the word of a kgb colonel instead of the national intelligence agency. you have got to worry whether this person mccain is more interested in america and the success of this country or in destroying donald trump. >> it's just another black mark on john mccain's legacy. it's a terrible thing on veterans day. john mccain is an american war hero many years ago and i respect him for that. but what he has become. what he is doing in the united states senate goes against the republican party and what we are as conservatives. for him to personally attack this president on a daily basis. it's benea

those are words of a friend and colleague, john mccain. we owe him and all of our nation's veterans and families our profound gratitude and respect. senator mccain endured more than 5 1/2 years, 5 1/2 years of torture as a prisoner of war during the vietnam conflict. when he final hi came home, john mccain found another way to serve our nation with honor. we thank him for that. this week the united states congress dedicated a commemorative chair to honor all americans ever held as prisoners of war. the antique empty chair will stand in the capitol as a solemn reminder of these service members who were missing for years in captivity and those who remain missing today. as we prepare to celebrate veterans day, i want to tell you about another patriot, also a prisoner of war, his war world world war ii. he survived, came home, married, raised a family, and spent decades in pub hilic service. his name is richard lockhart. 93 years old, a lobbyist in springfield, illinois. dick lockhart represents the little guys, the public workers, and the fam

senator john mccain, talking about his health, the state of the union and whether there's any bipartisan left, bipartisanship rather in d.c. tom brokaw is here to talk about it. let's start with the breaking news and kasie hunt on capitol hill. this thing is changing by the minute. i've been watching your coverage. bring us up to speed on things like the corporate tax rate and the numbers republicans need to pass this. what's up? >> reporter: hallie, this is an incredibly thorny math problem they are trying to solve as they are heading into the big unveiling for what promises to be a change that in law, in tax law that touches every single american. we are still learning exactly what the details are going to be, and we have some critical questions still. behind closed doors they're here in the ceremonial room in the lo longwirth office building. they are walking through fact sheets about the individual and corporate rates that are set to be incomed in this bill. forgive me if i keep looking over my shoulder to see if there's anybody we want to talk to more about this. essentially we -- t

john mccain is the crucial vote. out they might get those two back but they don't mess with the repeal. >> i think you are right but i don't like seeing the same game almost like the anti-trump gang, the same bad actors that keep coming back and -- look at the people opposing what trump has got or the republican party, trying to be unified, mccain, flake. rob: there are some personal vendettas and the president has made some enemies and you see how it becomes a mess that mcconnell has to deal with trying to satisfy all these different needs. you don't get paid enough. thanks for coming and. we appreciate it. jillian: the war on christmas has officially begun after this ad urging worshipers to find the perfect gift is banned from the public. carly shimkus is here live with the church is fighting back. ♪ ♪ what you made me do ♪ what you made me do ♪ what you made me do ♪ rob: cnn boycotting white house christmas party but could the white house get the last laugh? jillian: carly shimkus with serious xm with the burning

that's an amazing thing that the democrats think john mccain are dangerous.esse: what's he suppose to do? have a fistfight. everybody agrees they meddled. >> he doesn't disagree with that. judge jeanine: john mccain comes out and he says he wants to comment, it's so personal with him and the president. that his personal convenient i am does not allow -- his personal venom doesn't allow him to be objective. he says there is nothing about america first about the president taking the word of a kgb colonel instead of the national intelligence agency. you have got to worry whether this person mccain is more interested in america and the success of this country or in destroying donald trump. >> it's just another black mark on john mccain's legacy. it's a terrible thing on veterans day. john mccain is an american war hero many years ago and i respect him for that. but what he has become. what he is doing in the united states senate goes against the republican party and what we are as conservatives. for him to personally attack this president on a daily basis. it's b

what will john mccain do? that is not mccain. but what will john mccain do? we got signals tonight from the senator that gave obamacare. what is he going to do now? we'll be right back. ♪shostakovich playing ♪ from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. aleve direct therapy. the only remote controlled tens device that's drug free, wire free for deep penetrating lower back pain relief. and now get aleve direct therapy with $10 off at your local target. >> martha: so breaking tonight. alaska senator lisa murkowski is now saying she is a yes on the republican tax reform bill. that is thanks to an added provision. everybody has their things they want to get out of this, right? for her it was to open up a small portion of the arctic national wildlife refuge to energy production. that takes her name off the list of the so-called wild cards. the big question remains. what will senator john mccain do this round? will he be for this or will he bring down the tax cuts? the arizona senator telling reporters today keeping them hanging,

senator john mccain gave thumbs up to tax reform. giving enormous boost. senator mccain voted against the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. the senate tax debate sunday way. we're tracking debate and votes there. now to the dow. it crossed 19,000 in november, just days after the election. stock values are up $6 trillion since the president was elected. 79 record closes since election day. that is a far cry from the market collapse pundits predicted on election night. took the dow just 43 days to cross the 24,000 mark since it blitzed past 23,000 on october 17. s&p 500, russell 2000, dow transports hitting all-time highs today. wall street firm ubs says the market faces another leg up because corporate tax cuts are still not fully priced in. the investment bank estimates only 20 to 40% probability of those corporate tax cuts happening, is priced in. that is year-to-date. let's go to nicole petallides at nyse with the latest. nicole? >> we watch market. markets were in turmoil the night of election. we were back to 18,000, 19,000, street threw to a new mile st

he and john mccain, no love lost. you'll recall during the presidential campaign, mr.rump even, at one point, said john mccain was, in fact, not an american hero because heroes aren't captured. >> before you go, jeff, there was also the tweet that came out from the president about north korean leader kim jong-un and very different from the scripted remarks during his time in vietnam. let's talk about that tweet. >> reporter: the president has been urged by his advisers and largely followed sued suit by not going after kim jong-un mostly for his time in asia but that changed overnight again. let's take a look at this tweet, of course, on twitter. he says this. of course, strange words there, but the president asked at the press conference if he thinks that could happen to be friends and he said, look, stranger things have happened. he believes a good thing for the world for them to be friends, but a long way from rocket man that the president referred to him as just a couple of months ago. but i can tell you before we sign off from here on this hour, i visited that pris

we now have john mccain. senator susan collins is holding out. she said it would be difficult for her to support the bill. what are the issues? she has a host of issues. the obamacare individual mandate . she doesn't think that should be on the bill. she is pushing for the alexander murray plans to stabilize the markets and give certainty to the health care system going forward to you once that vote by the end of the year and is looking for those assurances. she is concerned it doesn't do enough for the middle class. she has filed amendments that would get rid of carried interest loopholes used by hedge fund managers to give more to the child tax credit. there are different issue she is working on. she could see the corporate tax rate go up. she would have another amendment for the state and local income tax deduction, an issue that the house came up with a compromise. the senate completely gets rid of that deduction. there could be a bringing the cobble together of a bunch of little things to get susan collins on board. she seems uncertain and i

[applause] announcer: arizona senator john mccain and john kerry were honored at separate events. mccain was given the 2017 liberty medal and john kerry was given the everett kennedy institute lifetime achievement award. that is coming up tonight. tomorrow thanksgiving, president at a pardoned two turkeys white house rose garden ceremony. bush established the tradition in 1989 when he spared a 50 pound turkey. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, u.s. discussesearch groups consumer protections following recent data breaches. then the ongoing efforts to restore puerto rico's energy grid and congressional oversight of recovery contracts. later a discussion on efforts to reform the u.s. postal service after a $2.7 billion loss in 2017. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. senator john mccain was honored with the national it -- constitution center's liberty medal in philadelphia. john --ice president joe biden attended the event and presented the award. [applause] good

heather: that's what john mccain has a problem with. positive about it regardless of what happens and he had this tweet, we can put that up, republican senators are working very hard to get tax cuts and tax reform approved, hopefully it will not be long and they do not want to disappoint the american public, this is what you said. >> i hope they are working hard over thanksgiving break. but, yeah, there's an understanding in the senate that this is chair chance to get something done, that they need to. what we saw from the white house yesterday, you had mark and then also budget director mulvaney on a lot of the sunday shows showing that there's flexibility. they don't want something ideological like the individual mandate repeal to slow things down, so don't think for a moment that they wouldn't scrap that part of the tax plan if it meant really getting something to the president's desk for once. heather: yeah, that's very interesting to see the inner workings of this, philip, thank you so much for joining us, i appreciate your insight

. >> with this news, a lot of news, start with this, with john mccain an official yes, are you prepared to say that the votes are there and thing thing is cooked? >> it's almost ready to take out of the oven, yeah. we're going to get there. a matter of how we get there. it's not if we get there, how we get there. we will get a pass, pass this tax cut bill this week. >> i mean, ron johnson has been one of the people on the fence and you've been working with him. you two are now pushing for a change that would increase one of the key things, a credit for pass through entities, the credit be higher, that would get ron johnson on board. do you have any indication the leaders are on board with that? >> i don't know. c corporations, can deduct state and local taxes individuals can't, and pass through entities cannot, so i want to put the c corporations who get a tax cut from 35 to 20, that they put in the same boat as everybody else

nobody stepped as far as john mccain said she should get out. thanks, one and all, appreciate it. in tonight. cnn has a live special town hall on this very topic. it's called tipping point, sexual harassment in america. new day's alisyn will be hosting the live event. it all starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. we're going to be right back, stay with us. t-mobile family plans now come with netflix included. that's huge. that's right. t-mobile's got your netflix subscription covered... ...when you get a family plan with two or more lines. really? that's incredible. so go ahead and watch however you want. you're messing with me, right? all at no extra charge. this is awesome! another reason why t-mobile is america's best unlimited network. mic drop. >>> welcome back. menus have changed the way america eats. this sunday, cnn's anthony bourdain explores the remarkable life of jeremiah tower. one of the most controversial in american dining. ♪ ♪ >> he was the master of ceremonies. he was the ring master. and he enjoyed being someone who could play host to the gathering of rich and

not everyone is going to take moore at his words, mitt romney tweeted -- senator john mccain called on roy moore to withdraw and barbara comstock said moore should not serve in the u.s. senate. but moore has made it clear he has no intention of dropping out of this race. his name will almost certainly be on that ballot, which means the only person standing between roy moore and the u.s. capitol is doug jones, a former prosecutor who put away members of the kkk. we'll see if jones picks up any endorsement. meanwhile, moore supporters have been circleing the wagon portraying the judge as a victim of a motivated smear spain. his brother jerry telling nbc news, it's kind of like when jesus christ was hung on the cross, i'm saying the allegations the way they're treating him is like the way they treated christ. he went on to say there quote ought to be something filed against moore's accusers, echo an alabama state rep, -- >> already, rush limbaugh is calling up with of the women a wacky woman and a well known alt right figure posted her photo and work place on twitter before taking them do

john mccain has not said how he will vote yet. susan collins does not like the fact that it is in their bank. she just in there. she has not said if it will be a dealbreaker. she wants a middle-class tax break and property deduction for individuals. all of the senators are still in play. at this point, even though some senators have said they would vote against the current ill, every republican senate -- current bill, every republican senator is trying. of republican senators who voted yes on the skinny repeal, although they did not like it and were trying to give something to congress, this is a different thing, something a lot of republican senators are enthusiastic about. host: you often keep your own count for these important bills that come to the floor. how many babies are there right now? are thereed -- maybes right now? guest: i think maybe six or seven senators in play, and maybe three or four really in play. people like steve daines and ron johnson, it is hard for me to imagine in the end they will not the for a bill. th

community including the cia has determined and that has prompted criticism from criticism from john mccain. that is one question that is likely to come up. , judge, whether he can definitively say without equivocation whether he believes his intelligence community or whether he believes russian president by. also, another question could be whether or not he got everything he was looking for from china on north korea where he was looking for china and the united nations security council resolutions regarding north korea but the president has always said he wanted china to do more. we didn't hear q&a from president xi jinping because president from because xi jinping doesn't like to ask and answer questions. there are a few other things swirling around whenever the presence traveling anywhere. judge jeanine: john, it is interesting because the president has already said that he agrees that there was meddling and yet people expect that he will change the answer and people like john mccain who were jumping on him every chance he can get when the guy isn't even in this country and is trying to

that won steve daines of montana but it could repel john mccain john mccain.e's had concerns about the tax cuts benefiting wealthier individuals. >> bret: we have details we will get into as the debate goes forward. thank you. next up, the fox news exclusive james rosen reporting on the trump dossier. just serve classy snacks and be a gracious host, no matter who shows up. do you like nuts? the market.redict but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >> document requests for a long time and they've been stonewalling. speak of the battle is not just with house democrats. it's also with the department of justice. access to the information we need. >> we have asked since march to have this information. we sent subpoenas out in june, july, and august and they haven't been complied with. i think stonewalling would be putting it lightly. >> fox news exclusive, james rosen reporting about an internal house memo obtained by fox.

john mccain will introduce a bill, maybe it's a lindsey graham says john mccain will introduce a bill. but if it's a heavy charge, the responsibility on the journals to try to find t some corroboration and give the accused a chance to respond. >> host: will go to dennis next in indiana, on outline for republicans. thank you to the conversation. >> caller: i would like to want the gentleman that not only was bill clinton guilty of having an affair with monica lewinsky he was accused of rape and sexual assault by many women. congressman barney frank ran a brothel inrn his home, so -- >> guest: not exactly. there was a brothel in some butter think he ran it. >> caller: his boyfriend read. are you trying to tell me the menu slip with didn't know it? give me a a break. >> host: what's your point? what your point next. >> caller: my point is, is how phony the media on the left is. everything that is ever said about anyone the p right. barack obama come out and lied to the american people for your about i'm going to cut your brain is like $2500. were going to do this and that. the left in th

he would have to be an idiot to believe that. >> bret: the big deal was senator john mccain.out from his office saying "i believe this legislation, though far from perfect, would enhance american competitiveness, boost the economy, provide long-overdue tax relief." went on to say he would vote for. that set the stock market soaring. past 24,000. you can see the milestones here, the 1,000-point jumps since january. january, march, august, october. the joint committee on taxation put out its score on the bill and said it would reduce the deficit by 407.5 billion over ten years. the bill would still cost about 1 trillion. the report estimates the plan would lead to a .8% rise in gdp relative to current framework. democrats jumped all over it. >> if steve nugent said the bill would generate so much growth, it would take care of the 1.5 trillion and generate a trillion dollars on top of it. the facts are in. the republican plan loses a trillion dollars. the growth fantasy is over. >> i can't believe we wouldn't have more confidence in the american economy that we could generate hi

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. >> laura: we have jeff flake and john mccain who do not want it -- >> i could have got john mccain's vote. the president of the united states didn't get john mccain's vote because of the way he treated him. never said he was sorry or apologized to him and asked him for his vote on obamacare. the president of the united states should take fault for not getting the vote from the senator of arizona. you could have gotten it. i could have gotten it. this president because he doesn't like to apologize, didn't get it and that's on him. >> laura: michael, john mccain's ego bruised ego and hurt feelings? >> that's -- >> laura: basically -- >> we -- >> laura: what are you talking about? he is acting as a democrat on almost every issue. every issue right now, almost he is acting like a democrat. because he is mad about donald trump? get over it. he said brutal things about talk radio, about the tea party. this has been vicious. >> the way you marmarginalize - >> laura: i agree. thank you so much. he broke news about the uranium one deal and controversies about the clintons, peter schweitzer is

john mccain voted against it and he was in the minority at the time. it's maybe in large part a reaction to that that there is even a discussion in the republican party about deficits. but, look, i think at the end of the day the whole question is how they get to yes. it's not unlike any piece of legislation, but particularly among republicans how you get the 50 republican senators who are going to vote yes. and lindsey graham said to me on cnn yesterday, failure is not an option here. and that is a very, very, very big driving force. if it wasn't really an option with the obamacare repeal, which did fail, but this is -- the stakes are even higher on this because of the obamacare. >> because the congressional budget office says it will over the next ten years increase the national debt by $1.4 trillion. >> yeah, and, look, there has been a pattern of republicans when they are in power caring a lot more about tax cuts. when they're out of power and a democrat controls the white house talking more about deficit. so there is some, you know, for strategic

community including the cia has determined and that has prompted criticism from criticism from john mccain. that is one question that is likely to come up. , judge, whether he can definitively say without equivocation whether he believes his intelligence community or whether he believes russian president by. also, another question could be whether or not he got everything he was looking for from china on north korea where he was looking for china and the united nations security council resolutions regarding north korea but the president has always said he wanted china to do more. we didn't hear q&a from president xi jinping because president from because xi jinping doesn't like to ask and answer questions. there are a few other things swirling around whenever the presence traveling anywhere. judge jeanine: john, it is interesting because the president has already said that he agrees that there was meddling and yet people expect that he will change the answer and people like john mccain who were jumping on him every chance he can get when the guy isn't even in this country and is trying to

community including the cia has determined and that has prompted criticism from criticism from john mccain. that is one question that is likely to come up. , judge, whether he can definitively say without equivocation whether he believes his intelligence community or whether he believes russian president by. also, another question could be whether or not he got everything he was looking for from china on north korea where he was looking for china and the united nations security council resolutions regarding north korea but the president has always said he wanted china to do more. we didn't hear q&a from president xi jinping because president from because xi jinping doesn't like to ask and answer questions. there are a few other things swirling around whenever the presence traveling anywhere. judge jeanine: john, it is interesting because the president has already said that he agrees that there was meddling and yet people expect that he will change the answer and people like john mccain who were jumping on him every chance he can get when the guy isn't even in this country and is trying to

>> john mccain is a wild card. he is very unpredictable.uppose they can afford to lose just one senator like john mccain. let's assume you have 46, 45 committed to voting for the bill. mccain, you just don't know. i think part of that, with the health care veto that he essentially executed over the health care reform bill, was personal with president trump. now you could say with senators flake and corker as well. but you have to ask, melissa, why do these people come to washington? they come to washington to do big things. this tax bill is very big. i do not see any of those senators standing in the way of it. melissa: at the same time, susan collins, might as well be a democrat. feels like it every time she talks about anything. >> yes. melissa: when she said, she thought the business tax cut was too large, that is like going after the one line in the sand that the president has really drawn. so to me saying something like that is like saying well, i'm just not going to give you anything you can work with. i'm not getting on board. here i

what in the world is going on with the likes of john mccain? telegraphing something that surprised a lot of folks. some had thought he was an almost certain no vote on this. this is the point in the day, a little around 11:00 a.m. eastern time when senator mccain indicated that you know what? i'm support this tax cut plan. this is the same mccain that did not like either of president bush's tax cuts. he says this is not his cup of tea but it's better than what we have right now. so that yes vote was deemed in the eyes of the financial community as a sign that maybe other senators will go with this as well. there's a lot of wheeling and dealing in the meantime. we'll talk about what is going on with that wheeling and dealing with senator ted cruz in just a moment. first to ashley webster on this. >> yeah, neil. once we got that announcement from senator mccain, it was like rocket fuel to a market that was moving higher. we look at the closing numbers once again, my, blockbuster year and another blockbuster day today for those people that are inv

and john mccain, and yes, mitt romney and the others who read the story. you know, i held back until i read every word of that story. if i could just ask the people of alabama, read the story, follow your heart and your mind. don't be blinded by anything else but that story. because we know it's real. you just have to read it. you can feel it as a human being, as a mom or a dad or as a victim. but let me say i am surprised, particularly at mitch, who i worked very well with toward the end of my tenure. i'm surprised because he went through the packwood case and this was another situation where bob packwood was re-elected to the united states senate, he had run on a very strong feminist agenda from oregon and right after he won, "the washington post" wrote one of these incredible, in-depth, investigative stories like this one, and named sources, about 15, 16 women who said he had abused them. no children. by the way, that's a whole other thing we can talk about. and mitch, for several years there, i had to fight so hard with bob dole and mitch mcconnell. an

watching members who are quiet would worry me, like john mccain.hery: they could come on last minute with a "no" vote. where are the democrats in office? -- in all this? do they have any influence? they were waiting for a moment when the president would reach out to them -- >> which didn't work out. scott: democrats are waiting for a bill they think is more tilted toward the middle class. they are looking for things like , rather thanest pieces of the bill they feel are tilted toward the wealthy and corporations. there have not been a town of overtures in their direction. overtures in their direction. david: john mccain is a special case. his big issue is procedural. he wants discussion, the normal course. would he consider this regular order? scott: with regard to regular order, he has seen enough to get what he wants. the bill going to committees in the house and senate. john mccain, much like jeff flake, not a particular fan of the president. he really is weighing the substance of the bill. what leadership would tell these menu -- what leadershi

went above 23k for the first time on october 18th >> john mccain becoming a yes.s a crucial swing vote here for republicans and he put out a statement that said he doesn't think this is perfect legislation but he does believe it brings much-needed relief to american families. >> the white house not denying this report that appeared in "the new york times" earlier today that there's a plan here at the white house to replace rex tillerson as secretary of state with mike pompeo who is currently running the cia. >> this is the decoration of corporation, what they decided sp wh is what we thought it would be, going from january now to december 2018. they're ripping up the last three months of this deal, replacing it with a brand new 12-month deal. >> with the tax break and with the way you have the emerging markets being so strong, i have to admit that there might be a very strong underpining to this market so in other words i think it's just run away, you know, it might have a big correction but i can't say it's the same. >> and mike, that story, "the new york times"

what about john mccain? >> i think at the end of the day almost every republican will vote yes except john mccain. he likes high military spending but he doesn't want to cut taxes. charles: that leaves the flake, langeford, and corker. it's still tough to break out the confetti. >> i think they will not be the sole person that holds out and says no to this. i still think it gets to the finish line. the fastest thing they can do is vote on the house bill. but nobody seems to be talking about that. charles: something offered to corker yesterday was a trigger. if deficits go up taxes go up. it sounds crazy to me. it sounds like a death wish. >> i hate it. the last time you want to raise taxes is when the economy starts to dwindle. you should never have to justify allowing the american people to keep the money in their own wallets. what the senate passed in their budget was cut spending. jeff flake says if you want to put in triggers. trigger cuts in spending if the economy goes our. charles: they did that with

arizona senator john mccain announced he would vote yes. that's a big deal. democrats are opposed, of course. the plan they say cuts taxes for businesses and the rich more so than the middle class. senate leaders, they want a final vote by the end of the week. >>> ready for a philosophy lesson? this story starts with a quote. gandhi once said those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either. that is definitely the case with a church in dupont circle. >> reporter: we've all heard of the face palm. now it's called the face palm. it's jesus doing a face palm with the words, the president said what? written right next to it. this is not the only sign here. >> we wanted to add a different voice. >> reporter: he's shown us these four signs. >> the president said what? what is it with america and guns? i never said i hated anyone. yes, science is real. >> reporter: it's where the historic church is being rebuilt. then this happened, an international journalist saw them, snapped a pick, and it went viral. >> the last i heard it had 23,

. >> navy flier john mccain was shot down over north vietnam during his 23rd mission on october 26, 1957. despite life-threatening injuries. on this 50th anniversary, senator mccain talks with american history tv on those events. cook senator mccain, when you look back 50 years ago when your thee went down, and through last 50 years, what today in your opinion are the legacies of >> before we get into a conflict we have a strategy and capability. and one of those gradual involvements, starting out talking about the resolution, where to this day the confrontation between the vietnamese ship or ships and american ships, which led to a resolution. a complete lack of focus and strategy. i'm veryto's -- sympathetic, because one of the things that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, was china,. --certainly didn't one have want to have a confrontation. it would lead to a real conflict there. it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then not only didn't harm the enemy, but strengthen the resolve. that led, of course, to all kinds of i

individual mandate and that's part of the tax plan there's other senators who we haven't heard much from john mccain who is one of the three senators who sunk the healthcare repeal earlier this year. he has voted against republican tax-cut plans of the past. he has this streak of being a maverick. others to watch for, ron johnson from wisconsin who has pushed for more favorable treatment of small businesses relative to large corporations under the plan. he was a member that voted to advance the tax plan today, indicating he's feeling good about getting some changes to satisfy his concern. there's a lot of moving pieces at this point. >> president trump back on capitol hill. a pep rally going into the debate house the white house expected to stay involved in the process? >> we see more involvement from gary cohen and steve mnuchin, they been actively involved. the prisoners were corporate tax policy than he was with the repeal effort. white house is more involved so to make it pass both chambers we've seen the president tweet out certain ideas we can expect that to continue, to the fact that will hav

and today john mccain says he'll back the bill.key move of course because republicans can only afford to lose two votes. mccain has blocked trump's bills before, famously on obamacare. but today mccain argued that process is different than taxes saying, on this bill tsenate usd regular order for the normal legislative process and a markup in the senate finance committee. my next guest knows that process well. lawrence o'donnell was the top staffer on the senate finance committee in the 1990s and hosts of course "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". >> put that back. it's a great picture. >> when i was writing tax law i had so much more hair. >> with moynihan. >> senator moynihan. >> and you know, john mccain is, to put it mildly, exaggerating. this was not regular order on tax legislation. that's right outside the senate finance committee hearing room and the senate finance committee staff offices where reporters will hang out forever trying to find out what's in the bill. >> you're saying mccain's not quite right? >> they didn'

john mccain seemed to be the one person to say i believe this woman. it's also striking, ali, over the last couple weeks we've been trying to ask republican senators about roy moore. he's a very controversial figure. >> right. >> he's said things like homosexual access should be illegal. second time he got kicked off the bench in alabama, was for refusing to enforce a supreme court decision about same-sex marriage. he says keith elson shouldn't be in congress because he's a muslim. all of these things. when you ask republican senators last week, i don't have to agree, i'm going to support him. disagreements in the family and that's good enough. this is apparently a line not good enough for republicans and you're seeing republicans get off the roy moore train, like the last person has to pick up the check. getting as far from him as they k. it wouldn't have taken much for some republicans to get off the train. this was not the republican establishment's choice. there is a sitting senator from alabama who was defeated in the primary. luther strange. big

john mccain is still a holdout. join us later to talk timeline on whether any democrat like claire mccaskill of missouri by about guests. the dow was up 106. we will be back. . . . . stuart: here is be a example of the gross abuse of power by the out of control consumer financial protection bureau, which by the way is the creation of senator elizabeth warren. the bureau was suspicious of car dealerships. they thought they might be guilty of racist lending practices. now, they're not allowed to regulate car dealers, so they went after banks that financed them. senator warren hates banks. they cooked up some extremely dodgy numbers to show people with black-sounding last names paid a higher interest rate on car loans than people with white-sounding names. they fined the banks and distributed some of the money to activist groups. doesn't that remind you of the notorious acorn group? it does, doesn't it? the banks can not appeal, neither can we. the cfpb sun touchable. the bureau is senator warren's radical government w

can discuss this with jacqueline very good he joins me live in the studio thanks for coming in john mccain now what prompted this statement from russia's communications watchdog well this morning comes in response to the national defense authorization act for next year which congress is currently reviewing and that legislation specifies the budget of the u.s. department of defense and hefty sums are found there within the cap is seven hundred billion dollars for national defense and even notes that that's in fact twenty six billion dollars more than the president actually asked for so it's no small change but that is the setting that aside it's of course a defense act and it should come as no surprise that there's a whole page dedicated to russia under the headline of countering russian aggression and in that section huge sums of money are proposed to be dead dedicated to a number of friends from authorizing billions to reassure america's nato allies in europe against russian threats to set this setting aside three hundred fifty million dollars for assisting the security of ukraine and the

john mccain is in. live on capitol hill and wall street this hour amazing amazon that stock up 55% this year and just got the most bull ish call yet. the analysts who made it tells us why he thinks the bang will rack up huge double digit gains even from here and chip stocks had a rocking year amd left out of the party recently stock down in 2017 a rare exclusive with amd ceo. her plan to power growth a 24 carat edition of "power lunch" starts right now. ♪ move yeah what y'all trying to do ♪ >>> all right, bruno mars may make want to dance but these numbers on wall street will certainly get you out of your chair. welcome to "power lunch," everybody. i'm tyler mathisen dow, best day of the ye so far final trading day of november. the dow giving ply son macke a wonderful birthday present happy birthday mack! best day of the year dow, s&p 500, russell 2000, small caps and transports all hitting new all-time highs the dow up triple digits this hour look at that, topping 24,000, 25,000 in sight. intel, united