the next day, the phone rings and it is john mccain, not you, not a secretary. it is john mccain. he proceeds to apologize to me and say he had an irish temper. my mother's maiden name was sullivan. i'm familiar with that. the humility with which he did that and the genuine nature of his apology. you learned about his temper as well. that he and you got locked into a terrific argument, we had both been hotheads, the two of us, one of us should calm down. talk a little bit about john mccain's temper, and -- >> a summer squall. and moved on to sunnier skies. he had argued in a heated way, had great license that they were never afraid to challenge or disagree with him but he would argue back if he didn't agree. he felt he lost control of himself, the security and personal, he always regretted that, they had been recipients of phone calls like yours or a note, hastily written note or apology. that was really exaggerated. it wasn't that big a problem, it would come up quickly, a thing to behold, a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed in the best line anybody ever wrote, bob timber i

john mccain told you that over and over again. to follow the money john mccain knew all about cancer. voting rights are under attack we do our best it's no surprise that it is declining the structures are antidemocratic to reward and punish compromise it should respond to the will of the majority of protecting the rights of the minority and instead we have the tyranny of the minority that is super wealthy and politically powerful dangerously out of touch with the american people the majority of americans support pandemic relief and health care for every american and racial justice and police reform and so many other priorities that don't see much progress in the senate people are losing their faith in the system if we are to take bold action necessary to tackle those urgent problems before us we must reform our democracy and make it easier to votein and and big money and root out corruption. we do not have any time to wast waste. we have no choice but to be pulled because the crisis before us. hundreds of thousands of americans ar

one of them was senator john mccain. senator mccain was a friend to me and a friend to my family. when john first came to the house, my uncle moe , they uncle know, six foot five took him under his wing. john did the same for me and we worked together on issues like campaign-finance reform, native american issues and others. john often said to me, we did disagree in politics but not in life. that's remember that. we disagree in politics but not in life. my great-grandfather else phil st. john's, small farming and cattle community on arizona new mexico border in the 1880s . he ran an embroidery that hung on the frontier hole that read it if the good folks that don't get into politics, the scoundrels will take over. i believe vethere are a lot of good folks are in the senate. but the system we are caught in makes it too hard to work together. to remember that we need to remember that we disagree in politics but not in life. and i'm not the first to say in farewell address and i will be the last, the senate is broken. the senate is broken. and it's not working for the american people.

social media gave a sort of credit to deceased figures like congressman john lewis and senator john mccainormal contribution to the election is our friend and ghost enthusiast, john mulaney >> where were we >> seth: oh! >> oh, i'm sorry i startled you would you like to pause? do you need to cut camera? > seth: no no, i'm okay so, john, what was your reaction to the various conversations about lewis and mccain having played a role in the election outcome? >> well, as with many things, i was psyched and then i overthought it, and i became annoyed and that's still where i'm at can we show the video clips that i brought, please? >> the evidence among the deceased people who had a real influence in this election are john lewis in georgia and john mccain in arizona >> i felt like john lewis was speaking to us and he was doing his happy dance in heaven. >> i have had a vision of john mccain up in heaven, smiling down at these results. >> and frankly, i think ruth bader ginsburg, and john lewis, and john mccain are looking down on us and smiling >> seth: so, john, your annoyance is >> it's like, "

fred the fbi newly revealed emails show john mccain, senator mccain leaking to carl bernstein about aossier. we don't know if it is the steele dossier that has since been debunked. that leak came in 2017. >> i have heard rumors of that, liz. i'm not sure what to think about that. i don't want to speak ill of the late john mccain. elizabeth: okay. but you know, so here's the other issue, fred. the doj intelligence unit, also these government documents show that in december 2016, the justice department intelligence unit said we're not going to support the fbi getting fisa wiretaps on trump campaign aid george papandreou. your take on that? >> well i mean there was no evidence to justify spying on the trump campaign. there were some people in the government who were well aware of this but john brennan and comey and so many others they were out to destroy the president. we also know from these documents that the referral that started the whole investigation in late july actual didn't start, strzok makes it clear, when the u.s. government got a referral from the australian government about

for the last two years senator mcsally s has held the seat from occupied by a dear friend john mccain. it's only fitting our maverick was followed by a fellow veteran and pilot who approached her service to theth people of ariza with such unabashed pride. by their own account if you would as the school age martha mcsally who was apparently both shy and prone to motion sickness, whether a career in cockpits and then in politics sounded appealing, she would've lookedou at you like you were crazy. but even then the future full bird colonel and senator was already on her way to a life defined by service. when martha lost her father, , a a young age, his final words to her work, quote, make me proud. make me proud. with this challenge in mind, the youngest of five children took her academic and athletic talents to the u.s. air force academy. the plan wasl to earn a trip to medical school through military service. back then a ground-based group must have sounded like a sensible plan. after all, being a combat pilot wasn't an option. back then for female officers. she was on the wrong side o

henry: it seems to me that when john mccain, that was a fault line that people did not respond to the at all. as i suspect you probably know within the past few months, and appelbaum, whon is a follower of totalitarianism , a very pungent piece about collaboration and talking about why people collaborated and what the rewards were for collaborating. it sure looks like a lot of republicans, or republican officeholders, saw benefits in collaborating, right? bret: i am leery of the term collaboration. ofhas too much of a kind association. i think if we are going to heal this country, we have to be very measured in terms of our thinking and in terms of, especially our thinking about the motives which led many people to vote for trump. because many people who did vote for trump did so for reasons that included the fact that they could not stand the guy and wished they did not have to vote for him and wish that it were not an option. i do think if collaboration is not the term, something that happened to republican politics in 2015, happened around exactly that episode that you mentioned, d

it's all of john mccain's fault.ing that arizona governor ducey who's close to john mccain -- was close to senator mccain in life, that that was part of president trump's grievances. so it's just a sign of how he's pulling everything out. something very interesting he's saying behind the scenes that he was going to reach out to these private legislators, trying to convince them to do something at the very last minute. here's what's interesting. yes, a lot of people around him think he'll announce for 2024. they're very skeptical about him actually doing it, but he won't talk much about it because it's acknowledging he's losing. he won't say i lost. he will say eventually i did not win. >> of course. because -- of course. all right, mike allen, thank you as always. my friend, i really appreciate that. remarkable reporting about john mccain. i will leave you with one thought which is something that john thune told reporters about donald trump's loss. he said at some point you have to face the music. thank you to gettin

he and his wife, former congresswoman, gabby giffords, paid their respects to john mccain tuesday attery academy. >>> overseas, a 9-month-old baby was killed after a man drove into a crowd of pedestrians in southwest germany. police say he may suffer from mental illness. >>> today's weather, snow moves through new england. chilly temperatures will extend into florida this morning. a new storm system brings snow to the plains and rain to the gulf coast. >>> and finally, the lucky parents introducing us to their miracle newborn. >> their baby has set a record being born from a 27-year-old frozen embryo. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, a tennessee family celebrating their new miracle baby. >> we always make the joke that they've been frozen for so long, of course, they don't sleep now. >> reporter: molly everett gibson, now a healthy little girl, was a frozen embryo for more than 27 years, making her the longest embryo frozen before birth. >> hi. >> reporter: her birth, breaking the record previously held by her biological sister, emma. >> when i achieved pregna

mcsally. >> these are things most support and apparently senator mcsally does not. >> reporter: john mccainre being sworn in today. senator kelly has spoken to cindy mccain of using john mccain's old desk in his new senate office. this will be the first time in nearly 70 years two democrats will now be representing arizona here in the senate. >> sunlen, thank you. >>> the growing pressure on president-elect joe biden from some of the very groups who helped get him elected. stay with us. we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. no matter what it does, or how it changes. and we kept going. so you only pay for what you use. because at dell technologies, we stop...at nothing. ♪ so wrap up a supportive casper mattress and pillows. soft percale sheets, all things cozy for your best night's sleep. give the gift of a better bedroom with 10% off at casper.com now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ yeah i feel free ♪ to bare my skin, yeah that's all me. ♪ ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin that's my new plan. ♪ ♪ nothing is everything. woman: k

he was sworn in today to occupy john mccain's old senate seat.y veteran and failed trump acolyte martha mcsally. his life has been one of soaring highs and crushing lows. the fourth astronaut elected to congress, and he may decide he prefers space to the senate chamber. he spent a combined 54 days in space. prior to that, he flew combat missions in desert storm. mitch mcconnell should know he doesn't scare easily. he would likely not be in the senate if not for a horrible morning in tucson, arizona, when his wife was shot. gabby giffords and her husband, both gun owners, embarked on a national campaign to keep guns out of the wrong hands. just yesterday, they went to the final resting place of john mccain, longtime p.o.w., u.s. senator, republican presidential nominee. his name and memory have sadly been savaged by the incumbent president, but his name and memory will live on with the new democratic senator from arizona. that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. with our thanks to you for joining us, on behalf of the men and women at the ne

faith and he created each of us for that purpose many we live up to that purpose when we live as john mccain exhorted to us for causes greater than one's self. this was encapsulated by teddy roosevelt in a famous speech 100 years ago. i came across it when i was just a teenaged cadet at the air force academy and it spoke to my purpose-driven spirit. so i cut it out and i put it on my bulletin board. the same, yellowed torn paper is on my refrigerator today more than 30 years later. we can truly say in this short season where i joined you that we were daring in all we did to advance worthy causes and our place shall never be with those timid souls who knew neither victory nor debate. it's been a true honor, arizona, we are an extraordinary state with extraordinary people. i know our future is blessed and bright just like our state motto, god enriches. i've been enriched by the privilege to fight for you and serve you these past six years, two leer in the senate. -- here in the senate. i wish my successor, mark kelly, all the best as he represents our incredible state in this hallowed chamber.

bush and senator john mccain, and katherine rampell, i am glad to have each of your minds here tonight with you, john, president trump has been holed up in the white house with the one in well, what can be described only as a crisis, the coronavirus is raging, we are under a cyber attack. what is mr. president trump doing? >> laura, you know, i think it's not all that hard to figure out. the presidency is a really hard job. especially if you do it right, and to do it right, you have to care about things other than yourself, to be interested at least to some degree in public service. donald trump is interested in self service, for most of his presidency, he has gotten gratification from the public performative part of the job, the adulation the news coverage that kind of thing. but once he lost the election, those public duties become humiliating, so what the president has been doing, is staying in private, nursing his grievances, and lying to claim that he did not lose the election, saying it was stolen. lashing out at his enemies and not attending to the american people's business, ei

i saw the power of one senator when john mccain took to that floor and said, no you don't., no you don't. [car horns honking] >the power of just one individual. and georgia, columbus, you've got the power to send two. it is within your hands, within our grasp to send these two leaders to washington, d.c. who will fight for your voice. they are born out of this election cycle, when people tried to silence and suppress you. triumphant, they were born out of this election cycle when people dared to try and have us count three times your votes. and they are here to tell the story. they are born out of a moment when people dared from other states like texas to recall your votes and your voice. but they lived to tell the story. they are strong. they have survived these games people are playing because they are the strong voices of the people of this state. so, we have got it within our power and you have it within your hands to make a statement about who is georgia. and the power of the voice of , jonia sending these two ossoff and rafael warnock, to the united states congress, t

look at john mccain as the one i don't know and i don't know what and i don't and i. don't know who the i know we're going to be like the last no when i was at the ground floor because you. know you show. up at our view of. someone you don't think you know you have you know so it's not that by not. thinking. if you go. back to university i'll let you base your base if they're now in asia but then i mean it's not me but that they're not. busting tell you that when. you look you know i'm going to put the base know my show where never got over where before you might be an equal meaning my did you call me one i don't know who we're going to back up we're glad i did and you know what i mean i met up with. the program and we're going to vote for. him but we want to thank you i think it makes you actually. money for the right and that's what i got to do the younger can use and that's why i'm the only. one to have. one today and i know that you know by benjamin who i did a quick look at a bed. one when i flew. a coffin to france do you need a it i never letting you do i i com

in 2008 john mccain confronted one. the disinformation was coming from his running mate sarah palin. and the calls that john mccain would get on the bus from his former senate colleagues, most of them from the democratic side of the aisle, but there was a conversation, as you just said, ben rhodes, among adults, who are the adults right now on the republican side of the aisle? i don't count any. >> yeah. and i want to be very clear. it's not that everyone needs to agree to everybody issue. let's get back to fighting about the size of government or taxation or national security policy or -- they can hate every policy that joe biden puts forward. but if we can't agree on facts and democracy in this country and we can't agree that the president of the united states claiming that he won an election that he clearly lost and lost by a pretty good margin, that the entire rather party shouldn't go along with that. you would think, nicole, and you know the party better than i, that there are people who were around before trump a

bush and senator john mccain. and also, cnn economics commentator, catherine rampell. i'm glad to have each of your minds here, tonight. thank you. i am going to begin with you, john. because president trump, he's been holed up in the white house, with the country in, well, what can be described only as a crisis. the coronavirus is raging. we are under a cyberattack. so, what is mr. president trump doing? >> laura, you know, i -- i think it's not all that hard to figure out. the presidency is a really hard job. especially, if you do it right. and to do it right requires you to care about things, other than yourself. to be interested, at least to some degree, some public service. donald trump is interested in self-service. so, for most of his presidency, he's gotten gratification from the public-performative parts of the job. the adulation, the attention, the news coverage. that sort of thing. but, once he lost the election, those public duties become kind of humiliating. and so, what the president's been doing is staying in private. nursing his grievances. lying to clai

he was sworn in today to occupy john mccain's old senate seat. veteran and failed trump acolyte martha mcsally. without being treat, mark kelly's life thus far has been one of soaring highs and crushing lows. he becomes the fourth astronaut in our history elected to congress. john glenn, of course, was the first. indeed he may decide he prefers space to the senate chamber. he spent a combined 54 days in space. over four shuttle missions. prior to that, he flew combat missions in desert storm. mitch mcconnell should know he doesn't scare easily. he would likely not be in the senate if not for a horrible morn in a supermarket parking lot in tucson, arizona, in 2011, when his wife survived an assassination attempt that day and for nine years now has been working valiantly every day to recover from those wounds. both gun owners, embarked on a national campaign to keep guns out of the wrong hands. just yesterday, they went to the final resting place of john mccain, a revered american military hero, longtime p.o.w., u.s. senator, republican presidentia

referring to john mccain. 5% of americans said they would never vote for a black person, 11% they would vote for a female. 24% said they would never vote for a mormon. 42% of americans said they would not vote for somebody who would be 72 years old when he became president. obama had a less disadvantaged than these three white people, so can we knock it off? and back in 1997, "time" magazine and cnn, two left-wing organizations, it a massive survey of black jeans and white teams and ask them about racism. do you think racism is a major problem in america? not too surprisingly, both black teens and white teens said yes. then they asked of the black teens if racism was a big problem, a small problem, or no problem in your own daily life. 89% said small or no problem. in fact, more black teens and white teens said they failure to take advantage of opportunities, 24 years ago, before obama got elected or reelected. can we knock it off? racism has never been a less significant problem in american life than today. >> tucker: i bet if you pulled that exact same question now, you would find ver

she told an anecdote about the late senator john mccain, saying he was with one vote, a lone senator republicans from taking health care from americans. she said, you have that choice twice. you can send two senators. she was trying to explain, of course you'll have someone that will represent your state. you have people who do not know your name who will be impacted by what happens in georgia for years to come. >> i want will never, as long as i have memory, forget john mccain walking in, his thumb up and then pointing down his vote that sunk the effort to repeal obama care. earlier tonight, vice president-elect harris was on with joy reid making the point that you were making, that's a remarkably important vote to cast in an effort to make people understand if they don't care had that much about jon ossoff or reverend warnock, why it's so important. let's listen to what she said. >> we know that we absolutely intend to work closely with all people in the united states congress, regardless of their party affiliation, but on some issues, we just know and have to believe that if we ha

two years of john mccain's term. also number farewell tributes to senator lamar alexander has retiring after three terms. you. [inaudible conversations] live senate coverage here on cspan2. sue becr watching cspan2 your unfiltered vie of gornment. created by america's cable tevision company as a public service. and brought fuchsia today by your television provider. number republican democratic republicans outgoing senator lamar alexander and his efforts to work across party lines on major pieces of legislation. center alexander chairs the senate health commiee pretty also served at tennessee's governor, education secretary, and spent time early in his career as a senate staffer. his term ends in january pretty talked but his time in e senate. >> surprise i think my friend mitch and my friend chuck for their remarks. i will have more to say to themater. on march 9 covid 17, senator howard haker junior the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address. his first speech on the floor of the united states s

one of them was senator john mccain. senator mccain was a friend to me and a friend to my family. when john first came to the house, my uncle mo, big uncle mo, 6 feet 5 took him under his wing. john did the same for me and worked together on issues like campaign finance reform, native american issues, and others. john often said to me, we disagree in politics but not in life. let's remember that. we disagree in politics but not in life. my great grandfather helped settle st. john's, a small farming and cattle community on the arizona-new mexico border in the 1880's. he had an embroidery that hang on his frontier home that read, if the good folks don't get into politics, the scowndz drells will take -- the scoundrels will take over. i believe there are a lot of good folks here in the senate, but the system we're caught in makes it too hard to work together, to remember that we -- we need to remember that we disagree in politics but not in life. and i'm not the first to say in a farewell address and i won't be the last but the senate is broken. the senate is broken. and it's not work

my husband john mccain fought his whole life to promote american character leadership and democracy to the public and it's incredibly important today to carry that legacy forward by any means possible. today's installment, the roles of freedom and democracy and american foreign-policy will feature general h.r. met master who served in the military for 34 years and held the position of the 26th assistant to the president for national security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. he will be talking about his new book "battlegrounds" the fight to defend the free world with dr. #drphilno of the 16 present at arizona state university mccain is institute trustee and a deer friend of my family. we are honored to host thought leaders with general muck master in president crow for world being important and timely discussion on u.s. foreign policy. >> dr. crow you can begin. >> led to see everybody here. general muck master nice to see you again. what i want to do first is say the book is a fantastic piece of work. a they got many little tags on it. i want to say

leave the country you serve to britain's help speed borne veterans who fought for the union john mccain iraq and afghanistan to get out. because the hall grinding moment that the young children of one of the soldiers find out.

woman and elderly care facility was among a small number of people to receive the 1st finds a job john mccain has more from berlin we know that here in germany at least talking about immunising up to 5000000 people in the 1st quarter of the year to come 2021 and again if you then pull out of just germany and look at it from a e.u. perspective it's clear they are talking about immunising very many millions of people but of course the population of the e.u. is hundreds of millions so it means that even most people might think this start of the vaccine campaign now being good news many many millions of people will be waiting a long time for this vaccine voting is underway in central african republic unit service say the vote is running smoothly the opposition wanted the election to spawn the rebels have united to reject the polls they're accusing president 4 star are shown to adela of rigging the election proposing is also under way in ne share a nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power president's mohamedou is who food who came to power in kuwait for being elected in 2011 is

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campaignsple in the for john mccain admit romney ercome involved in "nev trump." they endorsed joe biden for president in a way that was unusual. whohave a lot of people were sort of chagrined at the direction of the party, beginning with reagan, or in some cases george w. bush. in some cases it is a continuation of the party being more conservative is a problem for them, and certainly many democratic voters might feel that way. hogan, thely, larry governor of maryland, potentially looking at running for president in 2024, he seems to be that sort of blue state republican in the mold the did not like reagan or the bushes, but he has tried to cast himself as a reaganite and move the party from trump back toward reagan. some people who share his inclinations, and certainly maryland republicans at that time, feel differently about reagan, although at least reagan did carry maryland at least once in 1984. who iset's talk to john calling from pennsylvania on the republican line. caller: good morning and merry christmas, america. jim, i want to kind of go back over the

to me toeply offensive ,ear john lewis and john mccain american heroes dearly departed, attacked.people want a debate. they want a discussion of issues. they understand the friction that happens in american politics, but they also want the boundaries of decency and respect on how officials conduct themselves in. --lic host: our guest conduct themselves in public. host: our guest is marc morial. we know the full story is not written yet, but what is your reflection on the election and the fact that many women and people of color were elected in how would you like to see those policy.fluence -- policy? many state ande members. charlotte, north carolina, just to name a few places where there are strong black women in public office. thing. a positive .hey vote for people you have african-americans who are elected to non-majority african-american districts. that is a bit of a new trend. being an african american not something that will the quality -- disqualified them. -- disqualified them. that is all you want. for people to look and understand and it has long been the case that afric

born veterans who fought for the union john mccain iraq and afghanistan to get out of the top is the heart rending moment that the young children of one of the soldiers find out. all of this mania and mysterious metallic structures pop up across the globe social media have a field day conspiring over where they come from. a very good morning to you from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with minichiello. and an extremely rare criticism of his police force the french president's admittedly racism on violence among officers it comes after his government was forced to rewrite a hugely controversial security bill has sparked mass rallies with protestors claiming it put police rights above those of the population and a monument wrong now admits law enforcement are not beyond blame. yes live you know as an associate the there is violence in society there is racism in society in france today this is a franked therefore as a police reflects society some members of the police force display violent behavior we must go after and punish. the bill that would have blocked

kelly won a special election to fill the seat held by the late senator john mccain. his wife, gabby giffords, the former congresswoman who survived a 2011 assassination attempt, spent the day by her husband's side. this was a big day for american airlines and for boeing. for the first time since march of 2019, passengers flew on a 737 max. the jetliner was grounded worldwide following two deadly crashes overseas. cbs' kris van cleave had a seat on today's flight. >> reporter: tonight, back in the air with passengers aboard. we are on an american airlines 737 max as it takes off from dallas heading for tulsa, oklahoma. this is a demo flight. it's part of american's effort to get people comfortable with the idea of flying on a max again, but it's also really the first time anyone from the public has been allowed to fly on this airplane since it was grounded 20 months ago. >> you can control that side. i can control this side. >> reporter: but first, its fleet of 24 max jets are undergoing extensive maintenance due to the prolonged grounding and required f.a.a. system u

and variant of the virus 1st attempted in britain also added to the agence impose new lock downs john mccain reports now from ballen. christmas in rome during code where goodwill to others mean socially distance events providing presence of the poor and homeless as welcome as these gifts may seem what many people want this winter is the coded vaccine and now the 1st consignment of it have arrived in rome ready for distribution on sunday to people who the pope says should be 1st on the list. i pray for all those in charge of nations companies international organizations to promote cooperation and not competition and look for a solution for everybody vaccines for everybody especially for the most vulnerable and needy ones in every region of the planet as in many other e.u. countries the vaccine will also start being distributed in germany on sunday it's a development many hope will transform the situation. in the. end of this tunnel we see the long awaited light at the end of the tunnel become brighter we will come closer to the exit from this crisis step by step how long the road will be depe

most recently the uss john mccain was doing just that with the navigation exercisece during the pay of peter the great and was engaged by a more assertive russian navy. the united states navy and united states marine corps had a recommitment to the arctic and we operate much more than we have historically although as you know the navy has operated consistently in the arctic since the inception of our submarine force today we need that physical presence and peace of operation talked about a few months ago and the ability to ensure through partners and allies into her own people that way and united states navy have that first and foremost in our mind to release and arctic strategy with the recent trip to alaska and the importance of how the blueprint will recommit ourselves in a much more visible way to activities in the arctic but we must recognize if we don't step forward quickly those who challenged us those were there and we have seen it to we build the arctic into be committed itself to build icebreakers and to move its homeland to western markets and half of the amount of time that

i strongly supported john mccain in the primaries. it got pretty heated at times. when george bush became president, i think i was definitely the guy in the back seat. tragically, we had 9/11. that is when i really started to work with president bush. i formed a close working relationship with them. i was a in new york -- up in new york. he turned out to be an extremely good friend. to this day, we still have contact. when i announced i was running, i got a beautiful handwritten letter from president bush. we keep in touch. unfortunately, it is the sad way. so many of the victims he came to know. i recall his office always sends a note. ago, he spoke at a college. i had a chance to meet him at a reception. this is a very first-class person. in politics, people look to demonize. republicans hated bill clinton. i found him a very good guy to work with -- good president to work with. when you are with him, you see what a thorough person he was. president obama was different from the others in that he was more remote. i've heard this from democrats, too. he offered me

that includes implementing veterans choice, a bill led by my friend, bernie sanders, and john mccain, signed into law by president obama in 2014 to help veterans access quality health care that they need, when they need it. in this role, i've given him a clear mission, to fight like hell for our veterans and our families. anyone who has worked with dennis will tell you, he will move heaven and earth to fix any problem and get a job done. i've also worked closely with our secretary of defense designee, lloyd austin. and jill, as first lady, we will pull every lever to help us build back the v.a. better than ever. it is a family endeavor. he leads a nonprofit so that they can connect veterans and families so they can help each other out and build a stronger country together. both of our spouses feel incredibly strongly about this and have for some time. all the veterans and military families nominated to v.a. secretary is one of the most important decisions a president can make. and dennis will always be there for you. i promise you, always fighting for you, as will the vice president a

most recently john mccain was doing just that o the exercise near the bay of peter the great and was engaged by a more assertive russian navy, the united states navy, the unite states marine corps has had every commitment tohe arctic, we want to operate in the arctic today more historically although as you know the navy has operated consistently into the arctic since the incepon of ourubmarine force is just you cannot see our vessels today we need the visible presence ashe chief of naval operations talked about a few moments ago power. projection in the ability to ensure our partners and allies and were own people that we the united states navy have the first and forost inur minds. we are about to release an arctic strategy that you and i a talked about during a recent trip to alaska in the importance and how the blueprint will recommit ourselves in ata visibe way to activities in the arctic. but we must recognize if we don't step forward quickly, those who have challenged us on the stage of great power competition are there, i've seen it russia has re-militarized arctic and china ha

i strongly supported john mccain mccain in the primaries. onemember debating karl rove television shows and it got pretty heated at times. when george bush became president i thought i would definitely be the guy in the backseat was being ignored. and then tragically, we had 9/11 and that is when i really started to work with president bush. i formed a very close working relationship with him, was up in new york with him and other families so many times. he turned out to be an extremely good friend and to this day, we still have contact. when i announced i wasn't running, i got a very long, beautiful handwritten letter from president bush. also, if we keep in touch. unfortunately, it is a sad way, so many of the 9/11 victims we came to know. i will call his office, he always call the families were sent a note. we spoke about that, i guess it was about two years ago. again, just a very first-class person. you find in politics, people love to demonize. republicans say that bill clinton is not a very good guide to work with george w. bush, demo

bush and john mccain. that republican party that took patriotism, honor and duty seriously, is that m.i.a. for good because of the sway trump has had on the base and the fear it's inspired on so many? >> it's going to be m.i. acres longer than i thought. it's quite clear he's not going anywhere. he'll be at mar-a-lago, but a presidency in exile. he'll say he's running right up until he doesn't in order to maintain a hammerlock on the republican party, so the notion of rebuilding the republican party will be pushed off. as we've seen, from even what's happening on january 6th among republicans, is nobody will wander from the trump flock very soon. so we'll have to been waiting a while, i'm afraid. >> thank you both for your perspective. happy new year. >> thank you, john. >> happy new year. >>> senate leader mcconnell said the bill for the $2,000 checks has for way to pass. we'll have a senator king if that's true. >>> the nypd has a message about times square -- don't come here. we're live on new year's ev