. >> you said recently that this isn't the party of ronald reagan and john mccain. this is the party of cindy mccain. >> her activism. >> take to heart when people say no, they're not the finest people. i disagree. >> and the fight to protect her late husband's legacy. >> i wish he were here. we need him more than ever. we really do. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "the axe files." >>> mrs. mccain, it's great to be with you here in your home. >> call me cindy, please. >> okay. it's been a little more than a year since your husband's passing. how are you doing and how is your family doing? >> we're doing fine. my job right now is to make sure that our family is -- everyone's in good shape and there are varied stages of grief and of processing and everything else, so -- but we're doing fine. we're doing okay. >> people said he was larger than life. >> he was. >> even in your family. he was what we rallied around. he was our guiding light and our savior and our warrior, so when you lose someone of such magnitude in any family, it doesn't necessarily mean john, but in any family, it'

i didn't want anything to overshadow john mccain that day.t's why we were there. >> words matter. >> words matter. words matter. especially to a dieing man. >> what would john mccain be saying right now? >> oh, gosh. i think he would be disgusted with some of the stuff going on, i really do. what he would be saying is he would be railing against what is going on. i think john provided a lot of cover for other members. he would do it and they would get behind him kind of thing. i know he would be terribly upset about this whole thing. he was upset before he died when he saw what was going on. so i just wish he were here. but we need him more than ever. we really do. >> that's just part of the interview. you can catch the rest on the axe files with david axelrod. >>> jim jordan made headlines for defending donald trump against his impeachment inquiry. now jordan is making headlines for entirely different reasons. a new lawsuit accuses him of failing to take action against sexual misconduct back when he was an assistant wrestling coach at ohio s

president's faux pas or may uncouth behavior, it was the way he of spoke senator mccain when senator john mccainanything surprise you by that? >> it was interesting to me because at that point when senator mccain died last year, several things had already happened that i think other people might have taken as a warning that the president perhaps was not rising to the leadership opportunities in his office. and, you know, for instance i mn mentioned in my review the unite the rights protest from charlottesville a woman was killed by a white supremacist. trump reacted to that there is violence on many tiesides. and another was the family separation policy and anonymous said for anonymous, essentially, the last straw wasn't any of those things, it was what -- how president trump reacted to the death of john mccain and the president, his desire to actually raise the flags above half-mass that was was particularly offensively to the author. so me, you know, it was sort of telling. it does suggest to meal someb p is a prominent figure is how they describe themselves. >> we appreciate hearing your poin

john mccain said, that is not how this works. the earlier you get there, the earlier you get to leave. spursuy said he had bone and did not go to vietnam, tried to make john mccain into a laughingstock. it was repeated over and over on fox news and all over this country. if a kid in my household did whateverohn mccain, you do in the 21st century, wash their mouth out with soap. if your grandparents said that about john mccain, you would say, we apologize. that will not happen again at our dinner table. we lost something of ourselves in the last election. that we comecency to expect from each other. to have someone in the white house who cannot model the most basic behavior of politeness and civility, who is turning our border into a symbol of hostility, who believes our differences are weaknesses and not strengths, someone who does not believe in the separation of powers or independence of the judiciary or freedom of press, all the things new hampshire fought for over the years, who does not even believe in our democracy, who bel

is the guy who got elected among other things, attacking john mccain news patriotism. a guy is an hilton for five years, in solitary confinement, was given the opportunity to leave alternately because they said we know you are an admiral son. and you can get out. mccain said this at the way this works. we do get there, and the earlier you get there, the early get to leave and you stay for five years. the sky was bone spurs or didn't go to vietnam. try to make john mccain into a laughingstock. and is repeated over and over again on fox news. it repeated over and over again all of this country. when if the kid in my household did that, john mccain, whatever you do the 21st of three, wash their mouth out with soap. or if your parent are your grandparents said that about john mccain, you would see, we apologize. that's not going to happen again at a dinner table. and we lost something of ourselves in the last election. the basic decency that we come to expect from each other. and have somebody in the white house who can't model the most basic behavior the politeness and ci

in unprecedented fashion was determined to use his office to limit the nation's recognition of john mccain'sfiles, cnn's axelrod speaks to cindy mccain about the decision not to have president trump at her husband's funeral. here is a preview. >> so you had two presidents speaking and one president who wasn't there obviously and that was president trump. why? >> well, i had to -- i had to worry about my family. and the family was somewhat bitter about things that had been said about their dad. and so it would have been very disruptive to my children and so i took their lead on this whole thing. it was ultimately my choice and my decision. but it just -- i just didn't want any disruption. i didn't want anything to overshads -- overshadow john mccain that day. >> because words matter. >> words matter. especially to a dying man. >> be sure to tune in. a brand-new episode of the axe files airing tonight at 7:00 here on cnn. >>> i'm ana cabrera in new york. i'll see you two hours from now. se cupp continues the coverage of today's news right after a quick break. stay there. we made usaa insurance

don't protect john mccain's legacy.the right thing lindsey for the sake of the american people. >> great to see you as always. this broadcast has been reporting for weeks now about a senate bill that serves to accelerate the flow of indian h-1b visa workers into the united states to compete for u.s. jobs at much lower wages. the chief sponsor of that bill senator mike lee is refusing to hold a public hearing on the bill. and he won't take up a debate on proposals brought forth by democrats. talking to reporters, durbin calls lee's refusal unusual. lee has taken in thousands of dollars this election cycle from some of the top sponsors of h-1b visas including microsoft, alphabet, amazon and facebook. the south at lake city area was second only to silicon valley in the percentage of leases signed by tech companies. warringly, he seems to have the support of another republican. senator john cornyn says durbin's tactics won't work. mexico appears to place the blame on america for a deadly cartel shooting. president trump set

with the immigration reform bill that john mccain and i passed overwhelmingly and then blocked in the house every foreigner who got a phd in stem at american university got a green card stapled to their diploma imagine how that would help us as we seek to take the lead. and along similar lines with the stem education to recruit a top-notch ready workforce at the moment with ten years of experience in the field. and then to expand this advantage. so we need to invest heavily in ai. and those other technologies whether content - - quantum computing or cybersecurity or robotics or biotechnology. in the old days companies could do research. we had bell labs not too far from where we lived they were monopolies to put billions of dollars into research even the head of bell could not even see a way where that could create profit for co- we are not in that role anymore armor companies don't have that kind of ability. so what we need to do is to have a dramatically increased investment in ai basic research we are great of taking that basic research turning that into practical things that we wi

were too busy figuring out how to buy greenland is just a telegraph that this guy is you know is john mccain refer to people he's a whack a bird taylor also claims that discussions on financial aid to ukraine were delayed because the trump administration was distracted by attempts to buy greenland. what do you deduce from that that's our ally is funston with the russians but all of these agencies that support this camp gets a meeting with the president to discuss it it turns out mr chairman that those principles as we call them were on different trips to different times i think this was also the time of the greenland question about purchasing greenland which to come out of energy in the end i see ok that's disturbing for a whole different reason this just tells you how far out of the loop taylor actually was we could afford to do multiple things at the same time and to suggest with a straight face that the trouble house could not have could not consider his in treaty because they were too busy figuring out how to buy greenland is just a telegraph that this guy is you know as john mccain refe

with the immigration reform bill that john mccain and i passed overwhelmingly and then blocked in the house every foreigner who got a phd in stem at american university got a green card stapled to their diploma imagine how that would help us as we seek to take the lead. and along similar lines with the stem education to recruit a top-notch ready workforce at the moment with ten years of experience in the field. and then to expand this advantage. so we need to invest heavily in ai. and those other technologies whether content - - quantum computing or cybersecurity or robotics or biotechnology. in the old days companies could do research. we had bell labs not too far from where we lived they were monopolies to put billions of dollars into research even the head of bell could not even see a way where that could create profit for co- we are not in that role anymore armor companies don't have that kind of ability. so what we need to do is to have a dramatically increased investment in ai basic research we are great of taking that basic research turning that into practical things that we wi

i didn't want anything to everybody i don'tyo ei don't wa to overshadow john mccain. words matter.lly to a dieing man. >> words matter. >> yeah. still deep wounds associated with -- and, of course, president trump continues to go after john mccain even in death. while she was very, very polite about it, clearly, these things have seared her and her family, and they have not forgotten. >> i know there's so much more to your intersue and i look forward to this as well. david, good to have you here. be sure to watch david's interview with cindy mccain tomorrow night at 7:00 right here on cnn on "the ax files." >>> meantime more drama in a d.c. courtroom at the roger stone trial today. more talk about "godfather" movies and a big-name witness just showed up to testify. stand by. in one week... a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. making wrinkles look so last week. rapid wrinkle repair® pair with retinol oil for 2x the wrinkle fighting power. neutr

john mccain was treated by democrats? that, you know, you saw both joe biden and lindsey graham both eulogizing john mccain in arizona just a couple -- you know, year or so ago. and i think that's another indication of how the republican party has shifted, how lindsey graham has shifted, and how this relationship really. because at the core, i, think it's hard to t overstate how cle joe biden and lindsey graham were. they were partners on many issues and i think joe biden, this is sorthi of a very person front. even asve a political front, as well. >> matt visor and rick wilson. rick, go get some soap and wash your brain out, my friend. wash mine out, actually. >> mine, too, man. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. if i don't seery you, happy thanksgiving. that will do it for me this hour. i think we've done enough damage here today, ali. >> you can do something in the next hour y to cleanse your bra. i'm going to be thinking about rick wilson. >> all week, i'm doing the 5:00 p.m. tune in. and i'm doing your show on friday

don't protect john mccain's legacy.the right thing lindsey for the sake of the american people. >> great to see you as always. this broadcast has been reporting for weeks now about a senate bill that serves to accelerate the flow of indian h-1b visa workers into the united states to compete for u.s. jobs at much lower wages. the chief sponsor of that bill senator mike lee is refusing to hold a public hearing on the bill. and he won't take up a debate on proposals brought forth by democrats. talking to reporters, durbin calls lee's refusal unusual. lee has taken in thousands of dollars this election cycle from some of the top sponsors of h-1b visas including microsoft, alphabet, amazon and facebook. the south at lake city area was second only to silicon valley in the percentage of leases signed by tech companies. warringly, he seems to have the support of another republican. senator john cornyn says durbin's tactics won't work. mexico appears to place the blame on america for a deadly cartel shooting. president trump set

>> i knew john mccain very, very well for a very long time. an honorable man and very much a war hero for this country. >> today, sir, as lieutenant colonel vindman was testifying, our president used the official twitter account of the office of the president to attack lieutenant colonel vindman's credibility. i presume you don't approve of those types of tweets either, do you? >> i was not aware of that and as for ambassador yovanovitch, not appropriate. >> thank you, sir. thank you for your service and mr. morrison for yours as well. >> that concludes the member questioning. i now recognize ranking member for any closing comments he has. >> the first day of this week's tv marathon draws to a close. i would like to remind the american people what we are watching. the public hearings are the culmination of three years of incessant democrat efforts to find a crime to impeach the president. first, they try to manufacture evidence that the president colluded with russia. to accomplish this task, the dnc and the clinton campaign worked with the fo

and he lived off of john mccain's reputation. now he's got another tough re-election, he's going to be donald trump's guy. it says a lot about -- i think he was being genuine when he was talking about joe biden. >> he was. >> but it says a lot about lindsey graham that at this point you -- you know, you just can't trust anything he says. >> let's talk about another one of the president's men, rudy giuliani. >> a lot of the impeachment hearing testimony led to him, right. here he was today, and he had a message for his boss. >> you can assume that i talk to him early and often. >> yeah. >> and have a very, very good relationship with him and all of these comments which are totally insulting -- >> yeah. >> i have seen things like he's going throw me under the bus. >> right. >> when they say that, i say he isn't, but i have insurance. >> giuliani just went on social media to say he was being sa sarcastic there. this was not the first time that he said "i've got insurance." and again, here he is on the president's favorite network. d

in the immigration reform bill that john mccain and i had written and that passed the senate overwhelmingly in them was blocked in the house, every foreigner who studied stem and godhead ma or phd in stem in an american university got a green card stapled to their diploma. can you imagine how that would change the country and help us as weei seek to take the lead on ai? and along similar lines we must bolster america s.t.e.m. education from grade school to grad school and recruit a top-notch ai ready workforce. at the moment dated scientists on average have ten years of experience in the field, and china has five. we need to maintain and expand disadvantage. but finally, this is what i want to focus on a little bit or have you focus on in what i have said today, we need to invest heavily in ai, and in other related technologies whether it's quantum computing, j5 or anything else like that, cybersecurity, robotics, biotechnology. in the old days companies could afford to do much more of that pure research. we had a bell labs not too far from where i live. i was in new york. there were monopo

i knew john mccain very, very well for a very long time. he was an honorable man and very much a war hero for this country. >> well, today, sir, as lieutenant colonel vindman was testifying our president used the official twitter account of the office of the president to attack lieutenant colonel vindman's credibility. i presume you don't approve of those types of tweets either, do you? >> i was not aware of that. and as with ambassador yovanovitch, it's not appropriate. >> thank you, sir. thank you for your service. and thank you mr. morrison, for yours as well. >> that concludes the member questioning. i now recognize ranking member for any closing comments he has. >> thank you. as the first day of this week's impeachment tv marathon draws to a close i'd like to remind the american people what we're watching. the public hearings are the c l culmination of three years of incessant democrat efforts to impeach the president. first they tried to manufacture evidence that the president colluded with russia. to accomplish this task the dnc and

and here's a gay who got elected other things, attacking john mccain's patriotism. guy who was in the hanoi hilton for five years in solitary confinement. given an opportunity to leave and wouldn't leave because you're an we know admiral's son and you can get out and mccain said that's not the way this works. when you get there, and the earlier you get there the earlier you get leave and he years.for five this guy with bone spurs who didn't even go to vietnam, tried mccain into laughing stock and it was repeated over and over again on and ews and repeated over over again all over this country, when, if a kid in my that, to john mccain, you know, whatever you century, wash their mouth out with soap or if your parent or grandparent said know, john you mccain, we would say we apologize. that's not going to happen again at our dinner table. and we lost something of election. in the last that basic decency that we come to expect from each other. and to have somebody in the white house who can't model the behavior of politeness and civility, whose border into a symbol our

i presume that you would disapprove of all of those attacks on john mccain. >> i knew joon a smile. >> today as lie tenant and they used the office of the president to attack lieutenant colonel vin man's availability. >> i assume you don't approve. >> i wasn't aware. >> thank you for your service. >> that concludes the member questioning. i now recognize ranking member for any closing comments he has. >> thank you. as this draws to a close, i'd like to remind the american people what we're watching. culmination is three years to find a crime to impeach the president. first they tried to manufacture evidence that the president colluded with russia. they worked with a sign. still, adossier. next they primed their hopes on the work of robert mueller. he spent two years seeking a crime that we know wasn't committed. mueller's failure didn't provide for the removal of the president. we are witnessing the ukraine hoax to the russia collusion hoax. the plot of the ukraine hoax is hard to follow low. first they said they had kwooid, exportion. >> like any good hollywood production, democrats

that would be the late john mccain's assessment of where his republican party is right now, accordingo the senator's widow, cindy. daif david axelrod sat down with cindy mccain for a wide-ranging interview. >> i think he would be disgusted with some of the stuff that's going on. what he would saying is he would be railing against what's going on. i think john provided a lot of cover for other members, and when he would do it, then they could get behind him kind of thing. i'm not seeing a real rudd der the senate right now. >> why do you think that is? it seems there is a reign of terror about the president, criticizing him. >> i think it has to do with reelections and keeping their heads down. i'm not being critical because i understand what it means to get reelected, but at some point you have to do what you were elected to do, and that is represent the country, as well as your local people. but i think john would be -- i know he would be terribly upset by this whole thing. he was upset before he died when he saw what was going on. >> cindy mccain also spoke about the president's rec

megan mccain, whose late father senator john mccain has long been a target of president trump put in her two cents. >> mr. trump, a lot of americans and politics mischaracter. a lot of people miss the soul of the country, you and your family have hurt a lot of people and put a lot of people through a lot of pain, does this make you feel good? >> i don't think any of that make me feel good but we got into this because we top do what is right for america. my father has been working tirelessly, to bring back the american dream who watched politicians with no business experience send that american dream abroad to country that hate our cu guts, he brought jos back, created unprecedented levels of unemployment numbers for african-americans, and hispanic-americans. >> oh,. >> you can argue with the -- th- >> for more than a half hour. who gets the trophy after this. >> showdown on the view. let's ask party panel, former house democrat congressional press secretary, rochelle ritchie. and comedian host of part of problem dave smith. and town hall.com political editor, fox news contributor, th

there's a certain man that we both admire the late senator john mccain. who unfortunately was attacked not only when he was alive but after he died by the current president is that right that is true and i presume that you would disapprove of all of those attacks on john mccain right now as i know joe i knew john mccain very very well for a very long time he's on our bowl and very much a war hero for this country well today sir as lieutenant colonel been was testifying our president used the official twitter account of the office of the president to attack lieutenant colonel been moments credibility i presume you don't approve of those types of tweets either do you i was not aware of that and as with ambassador you on of it's not appropriate. thank you sir thank you for your service and thank you mr morrison for your sins well. i concludes the member questioning i now recognize ranking member for any closing comments yes thank you as the 1st day of this week's impeachment t.v. marathon draws to a close i'd like to remind the american people what we're wat

senator john mccain. let's play "hardball." arnold schwarzenegger. john kerry. robert de niro. robin williams. joe biden of delaware. live from westchester university outside philadelphia, the "hardball" college tour with our special guest senator barack obama. let's play "hardball." i promised you the president of the united states, and he's here. let's play "hardball." hillary clinton. welcome to this exclusive town hall. tonight for a full hour our guest is the front-runner for the presidential nomination, donald trump. should a woman be punished for getting an abortion? and the isis not something you can dodge. if you say abortion is a crime or murder you have to deal with it under the law. should abortion be punished? >> well, people within certain parts of the republican party and conservative republicans would say, yes they should be punished. >> how about you? >> i would say it's a very serious problem. >> do you believe in abortion is a problem, yes or no as a principle sph. >> the notion is there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman? >> yes, there has t

host: john mccain, ok. steven, wheatland, pennsylvania. what did you think? hi, what did you think of today's testimony so far? caller: i'd like to start to say y saying this, i'm not a democrat or republican, i'm an american and veteran. what i see in my country after being 47 and dyslexic that makes me 74, i am appalled what's going on in my country. the division is making me ill. what we are leaving as citizens in this country o our children and grandchildren -- to our children and grandchildren is pathetic. what i'm watching is division and more division and i am going to speak to this through my podcast, youtube channel, that i will create in my own home because i want to wake up 38% of the people that voted in the last presidential election were registered voters. where were the other folks? we got too many people in this country with their head in the sand, with their cell phones in their face, listening to everybody else's opinion and they don't have an opinion themselves because they are all too busy. i worked in the steel mill for 34 years. i have w

john mccain would have sought the truth in this moment. of the president or the exoneration, mccain would have sought the truth. lindsey graham and house republicans have abandoned any pretense that they're interested in the truth. we will hear from bill taylor on wednesday that, yes, there was a quid pro quo. he will introduce to the nation that rudy giuliani was acting on behalf of the president's personal interests, not a coordinated state department diplomatic strategy. george kent will say this went all the way to the oval office, that sondland spoke with mick mulvaney. ambassador yovanovitch will say this overturned all of the traditional diplomacy occurring on behalf of the united states in the ukraine. that will be the truth. what you will hear from republicans is a 2020 campaign strategy. they can't overcome the truth, they can't beat back the votes on impeachment, they're already there. what republicans will focus on is how do we shore up the base for republicans and donald trump going into 2020. >> former congressman david jolly

and in 2007, with the skeleton staff, republican john mccain did it in new hampshire before turning hisampaign around and winning his party's nomination. sunday marks 92 days until the iowa caucus and exactly one year until election day 2020. elaine? >> ed o'keefe, thank you. >>> fire crews in california helped by better weather are gaining ground on those wildfires. red flag warnings have been lifted. the maria fire burning northwest of los angeles is about 50% contained. that's allowed some people who evacuated to return to their homes. and north of san francisco, the kincade fire, currently the state's largest wildfire is now more than 75% contained. >>> president trump today renewed his threat to cut fire aid to california. he accused governor gavin newsom of doing a, quote, terrible job of forest management. >>> now to a murder mystery in texas. a vigil is being held tonight for james and michelle butler. the navy veteran and his wife had been missing for weeks when their bodies were found buried on a texas beach. but their rv was seen being driven into mexico. here is meg oliver.

i didn't want anything to overshadow john mccain that day because that's why we were there. >> yeah, matter. >> words matter. words matter. especially to a dying man. >> so important. >> yeah. so my guess is that whatever don junior did on "the view" was not adequate to repair the damage that's been done because the president continues to harang john mccain, even in death. something else we talked about. yeah, i don't think that breach will ever be repaired. >> likely won't see an apology from the president. >> looking forward to seeing that. cindy mccain talks about her late husband and the state of the republican party on "the ax files" tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> former vice president joe biden takes questions from voters in a presidential town hall live from iowa on monday night at 9:00 p.m. >>> new this morning, president trump's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney received a subpoena to go testify before congress this morning. he's not going to show up. will it make any difference? we'll ask a house democrat, next. that's why we're offering 50% off family line

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though superintendent tief of the president, anonymous said trump's behavior after john mccain's death-staff was the final straw leading them to speak out writing, quote, president trump in unprecedented fashion was determined to use his office to limit the nation's recognition of john mccain's legacy. stephanie gresham put out a statement responding to the details in the book and called it a farce and she writes, quote, that the coward who wrote this book didn't put their name on it because it is nothing but lies. real authors reach out to their subjects to get things fact checked but this person is in hiding making that basic part of being a real writer impossible. jake, a white house that emphasizes alternative facts demanding fact-checking and urged reporters to treat this book like as piece of fiction. >> facts suddenly important. thank you. >>> michael bloomberg could be the next billionaire in the 2020 race. how he's already taking attacks from bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and potentially hurting the campaign of vice president joe biden. that is next. stay with us. the ne

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attacks those who intimidate him by their own example whether it's the con family, whether it's john mccain, whether it's this ambassador who seems very clearly to be working in a tradition. our first three diplomats in this country were benjamin franklin, john adams, and thomas jefferson. so, we started pretty high on the chart, and we've done very, very well ever since then. my sense is that we have a president who is congenitally incapable of seeing beyond his own self-interest. and what these witnesses have done is proven that while he wants to build a wall at the border, he has no interest in building a wall around our elections. my hope is -- i looked this up the other day. 13% of self-identified republicans voted for barack obama in 2008. exit polls, so a solid number, why would you say it if it weren't true. if you could get half those folks, if you could get 7%, 8% of those republicans to say this is not what we want and whatever we may think about hillary clinton, that election already happened, i would ask those republicans tonight do they think mike pence, a president mike pence

it's hard to see what he's done with john mccain and now joe biden to say he's a man of integrity. >>anged his persona whether he likes it or not. >> not just persona in terms of whether you like someone or you don't. >> his long term image. >> his policies. the whole thing. what sort of policy he was aligned with or how he sort of conducted himself as a senator. >> it's so politically -- it's exactly what they all say. it's to transactional. it's like -- >> well to the trump era. >> i can carry donald trump's golf clubs. i got a feeling the voters of south carolina is not what they want. >> i'm a huge lindsey graham fan. >> his approval rating went up 20 points. >> the base. >> i don't understand this exactly. i will say he's not the only one. there's been an entire nuttiness around the administration on left and right. >> carol, cornell, danielle, happy friday. that's all we have tonight. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press" on nbc. we have a lot going on. we have adam schiff, roger wicker and the gps fusion founders behind the steel dossier. the beat with ari melber starts now. >>

the only one to finish outside the top three in open nomination process since '72 was john mccain backmination and he finished fourth in iowa. so, no, i don't think so. we'll see if that $58 million and so on and so forth can move the numbers. let me just say, i'm very, very suspicious that i can. >> let's talk about pete buttigieg. he is going on tv in south carolina. it's important because he's only polling at, what, 4% in the latest polling among non-white voters in south carolina and has a very large african-american portion that makes up some of the vote. >> right. >> so he needs to make end roads. >> our poll he was polling 4% among non-white voters nationally. in south carolina he's getting at most 1 or 2%. when african-americans make up 20% plus of the national primary vote and make up 50% plus of the south carolina primary vote, it's very, very difficult to conceive how pete buttigieg can win nationally given no democratic nominee since 1992 has won the nomination without winning a majority of the african-american vote. >> what about biden and sanders right now? their numbers

but are you surprised -- you know, i've talked about sitting in the back of an suv with john mccain, lindsey graham, and joe lieberman, where they passed a telephone back and forth, sha shakishvili would call, and john mccain said yes, and lindsey graham would say, no, you have a debate, you won't be on the call. the republican party a short while ago stood on the line with people like fiona hill against russia. just talk about how dramatically donald trump has reoriented u.s. policy toward russia. >> oh, my. that's one of the great stories, the death of facts, or the attack on fact, and this bizarre shift. i think in many ways american politics from 1933 until 2017 can be seen as a kind of figurative conversation between fdr and ronald reagan. even obama governed on that field. there were two central questions. one was the relative role of the state in the marketplace and the relative projection of force and influence against commonly agreed-upon foes and rivals, right? so you could argue about the extent of the cold war or our position in the cold war, but nobody doubted, no americ

jeb bush, mitt romney and john mccain. >> for the bulwark a lot of people contribute here.nd, look, you know who they are. we all know who they are. and dhefz been very vocal and very, very willing to attack donald trump from the right. it obviously bothers him more than sort of the garden variety attacks from the left. but i do think that being a never-trumper in his world is a terrible thing. if someone is serving in government and they are not for donald trump, they are a never-trumper and that should be interchanged with the notion of treason or something. >> it's all about branding. that's what this is that they have branded anyone who is not or who has gotten in his way, who has gotten in the way of the narrative that spent to spin it off of the ukraine story, as someone who is disloyal to this country. but the only way through this is to brand anyone who's not for them aggressively as disloyal and disloyal to the president, disloyal to the country. >> unbelievable. after the break republicans seeking to unmask the whistle-blower going a step further today what they h

other countries of eastern europe although of course as we know the un curtain itself came in june john mccain really john crush hold on to call john d. tony in his hold that thought we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the fall of the berlin wall stay with me. nobody wants to look at the wildfires and say the obvious number one the taxes are being misused and they're not being adequately distributed to where they are needed on the infrastructure side because there's a government failure number 2 climate change regardless of whether you believe it's happening or not the damage that is going to be applied to your pocketbook that you will pay for climate change whether you believe it or not you know it's still the price is still there. today there are good tennis and bad debt it's the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat the good those who work in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right

i miss john mccain.r a lot of reasons. >> talk as a pundit about the question of whether someone would put country above party. his wait campaign, albeit one that came up short from achieving his desired effect, was at times setback or delayed because he was on the phone with the leaders of these countries who were threatened by russia. and i remember we would say you've got to rally in the hanger, the crowd is crazed and they're waiting for you, if you could just conjure up that image for a second i'll leave it to you. but he would be on the phone. he wants to talk to me about aid. and the idea that republicans have had some sort of hijacking of their souls, hijacking of their consciences and hijacking of their moorings in terms of u.s. national security, meaning that no questions asked, you stand by an ally, you don't mess with military assistance when the enemy, the common enemy is russia, is shocking on me moments before this starts. and i really wonder what it would be like if john mccain were aroun

media fell in love with them and their commander solemn interest even got a surprise visit from john mccain the u.s. senator slipped across syria's borders so he could meet with america's dream team fighting against the syrian government and sense then solemn even appeared on major to. networks in the united states i spoke with general salim idriss just moments ago he's head of the free syrian army i spoke earlier today to rebel leader general salim he connected with us via skype from inside syria egypt spoke to state department correspondent margaret brennan in turkey and 2014 the pentagon splurge $500000000.00 on syrian opposition groups to the now infamous train and equip program the goal was pretty glorious $5000.00 soldiers a year for the following 3 years however at the end of the day the mathematical calculations ended up with a pretty big margin of error it's a small number. the ones that are in the fight is is is we're talking 445 the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mess to be able to get work done on the ground a lot of the weapons and money spent and it up in the

that they are not being replaced they are leaving government people like senator john mccain who died recently who had been a big figure in the might on here all these people had a personal interest in this region are gone and they're placed by people who really couldn't care about ukraine's fate to the same personal level so a real worry here that there's just a kind of lack of leadership and a lack of interest yeah that's a very good point nick. this from the you know gordon so he donated a $1000000.00 to the inauguration and was rewarded with the ambassador position in ukraine republican presidents do this democratic presidents do this. other countries do not they reward their best diplomats with the title of ambassadors of the united states says money buys access to these jobs. does that needs to change does and i think you make a good point and going back to your what you were saying about him donating to the term campaign it does make it interesting that fact as well as the fact that he did fly also on air force one and then trump came back and said that he hardly knows the guy