senator mccain.'ve been on this for a while writing letters to general shinseki, asking him about these allegation. the information we received back does not comport with the information in the ig's report today. i join senator mccain in calling for general shinseki to resign. if he does not resign, for the president to ask for his resignation, and also that the department of justice needs to be involved now. we have instances in this report that came out today, where the information supplied to the v.a. headquarters was not correct informati information, it was information in terms of wait times that they knew was not correct. you have to, i think, at this point, call for the department of justice to be involved and investigate as well. there are a lot of good people at the v.a. who work very hard but we cannot have a situation like this persist. >> questions? >> senator mccain, obviously being a veteran yourself, do you feel as though this system has let down the men and the women who have fought f

now i will go to this and turn it back to senator mccain. president obama after this attack said the following -- "but everything that -- every piece of information we get, as we got it, we laid it out for the american people." i am here to tell you that that statement has not borne scrutiny, that this administration did not live up to this statement. here's another statement. from jay carney. "i can tell you that the president believes that ambassador rice has done an excellent job as the united states ambassador to the united nations, and i believe that -- and i know that he believes that everyone here working for him has been transparent in the way that we've tried to answer questions about what happened in benghazi if you were trying to be transparent about what was happening in benghazi, why would you fail to provide the relevant information, the information that was provided was based on the available assessment at the time? i'm here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, they have not provided the relevant information. why? because the re

perhaps john mccain, republican of arizona, once, of course a p.o.w. himself for so many years in north vietnam, saying he was very happy that berg drzal was owas -- bergdahl was out but wants to hear what the security conditions will be in that nation of qatar where those five detainees are going back to. what promises, what guarantees have the qataris made to keep an eye on them? dana? >> so many questions, and, against, just we get to the questions i want to underscore, every time you say it and report it, barbara, it gives you the chills. the idea of him having to write s.f., for special forces, on a paper plate. just to make sure that what he thought was actually happening to him after nearly five years in captivity was happening. that he was in the hands of -- >> reporter: dana, if i could interrupt, actually, as you say. the information keeps coming in. a u.s. and -- you know, i'm reading it to everyone off my blackberry as cnn gets it. a u.s. military official is now telling us that a u.s. military c-17, went wheels up, if you will, from guanta

particularly the act of 2002, mccain-feingold. in our article submitted to the committee, we explain that the current problems can be traced back to the statute itself. as we predicted back in 2002, mccain-feingold has become a warped version of itself. party committees have taken a backseat. we suggest a different approach that flows from our first amendment tradition. in order for voters to be informed, they need to hear directly from the candidates themselves. the candidate's voice ought to be the central voice. in our view the parties are the , best vehicles to assist with achieving our goals. political parties are uniquely situated to echo the candidate'' messages. our views are not designed to transfer relevancy back to the parties for relevancy's sake. recall buckley versus valeo, james buckley was not mounted by -- nominated by either of the two parties. it was that candidate that felt the burdens of the reform the most. we care first about grassroots and local activity by ordinary citizens and believe that mccainfeingold

particularly the act of 2002, mccain-feingold. we explainined -- that the current problems can be traced back to the statute itself. back in 2002, mccain-feingold has become a warped version of itself. party committees have taken a we suggest a different approach that flows from our first amendment tradition. in order for voters to be informed, they need to hear directly from the candidates themselves. the candidate's voice ought to be the central voice. the parties are the best vehicles to assist with achieving our goals. political parties are uniquely situated to echo the candidate'' messages. our views are not designed to transfer relevancy back to the parties for relevancy's sake. recall buckley versus valeo, james buckley was not mounted by either of the two parties. candidate that felt the burdens of the reform the most. we care first about grassroots activity by ordinary citizens and believe that mccainfeingold has reached too far into state and local politics and contributed to pushing local activists outside the parties.

senator mccain supported obama's decision. he said "if he had not acted, history would have remembered qadhafi in the same breath as former yugoslavia. a source of international shame." in an op-ed in april 2011, senator mccain wrote this, "the president was right -- gaddafi finally met his ugly demise. he was an extremely dangerous tyrant. during the 1980's he supported international terrorism during the 1980's, including a bombing which claimed the lives of 270 innocent civilians. he also reportedly pursued chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons. after gaddafi was killed, the new libyan government reportedly uncovered two tons of chemical weapons gaddafi had kept hidden from the world, yet armed and ready to use. as we all know, a dedicated and patriotic special envoy named christopher stevens arrived in benghazi to work with the libyan people on their transition to democracy. he had forged deep connections with the libyan people during his career. he understood the challenges caused by 40 years of oppression. ambassador

mccain's app!it's nothing like tinder. [ laughter ] and i was very disappointed. >> seth: got it. >> very disappointed. >> seth: now, i remember -- because you just first started doing this, you just went -- >> what'd you say? i really didn't hear you. >> seth: i know. >> you know i love you, by the way. >> seth: yes, i know. >> and you're doing so well and i'm so proud of you and i think the show's amazing. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you. and i'm proud of you. 'cause i remember, you first went out on the street and you were just doing this with a video camera, posting stuff online. >> yeah. >> seth: and i remember at snl, both amy poehler and rachel dratch were huge fans of yours. >> yeah, that's so nice. >> seth: and they would sort of just show it to all of us. but you at the time didn't know -- >> no. i was like a struggling comedian doing live shows in new york, and doing these videos and putting them on youtube and thinking, "no one knows me. no one likes this." and then years lat

mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to address the senate in a colloquy with the senator from south carolina as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, 19 months ago, a terrible thing happened in benghazi, libya. four brave americans were murdered, and the issue has never been not only resolved but as each of the last 19 months has ensued, the issue of how and under what circumstances this heinous crime was committed continues, and the senator from south carolina and i, the senator from new hampshire and some others have vowed we will never give up on this issue until the truth is known and the people who perpetrated it are brought to justice. we have seen another page turn in this chapter of cover-up and obfuscation by this administration by the belated 19 months later release of the following emails. first one we will not pay much attention to. this is from the benjamin rhodes, who is supposed to be the public relations -- public a

chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. they's hearing is about third parties that operate behind the scenes as consumers use the internet. thearticular, subcommittee's report outlines the enormous complexity of the .nline advertising ecosystem simply displaying at the consumer see as a browse internet can trigger interactions with the chain of other companies and each link in the chain is a potential weak point that can be used to revert privacy or host malware that can inflict damage. exampleseen a dramatic in the visuals that senator mccain presented to us, as well as his outlined in the report. is outlined in the report. report andittee's senator mccain's opening statement highlight the hundreds of third parties that may have access to a consumer's browser information with every webpage that they visit. according to a recent white house report, more than 500 million photos are uploaded by consumers to the internet each day, along with over 200 hours of video every minute. the volume if information that people create abo

mccain-feingold must be revisited. thank you for the opportunity to present these views. >> thank you. mr. norman ornstein. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, and it is really a pleasure to be here to talk about this issue. i want to miss part by commending senator ted cruz for his full- skirted support of disclosure. i look forward to his vote for the disclose act when it comes up in the senate. >> i wrote that down myself. [laughter] >> i also want to thank senator roberts for putting up the text of the first amendment which i read and reread as i have done so many times. i am still looking for the word money in the first amendment. i just have to say that, if money is defined as speech then the rights of citizens as equals in this process to participate simply gets blown away. those who have lots of money have lots of speech. those who have little money have very little or no speech. having said that, i want to really talk about to larger concerns that are generated by the multiple recent moves that i believe have

>> my concern and senator mccain can tell you if he has concerns. my concern is that if he were to go right now, the focus would be on the new guy and new person and they would be given time to get it right and we should shift responsibility or accountability. we need to get to the bottom of what is going on and -- >> so even though it happened under his watch, do you think the transition to a new person is more difficult than keeping the same and competent person in place? >> keeping him there to be accountable until we found out what went on and then decide what to do upon that. but right now, let's hold somebody accountable. let's have him testify before congress as he is as the secretary of veterans affairs, not as the former secretary. >> senator mccain, your thought? >> sean, veterans in the house which in has done an in depth study. they are going to have him as the secretary before him. i think we can wait until after that testimony. i have to say that testimony before the senate veterans affairs committee was not a very strong performance.

they denied everything. >> reporter: mccain says falsifying patient wait times may be widespread. >> we're hearing reports of atlanta, colorado, california, a number of other va facilities where the same kind of scandalous procedures are being pursued. >> reporter: brian turner is a va medical scheduling clerk in san antonio, texas who says clerks were coached to change numbers and dates to erase wait times of weeks or months. >> if you have a longer time frame than the 14-day window, you would receive a report, and it would tell you, you need to change this. >> reporter: turner says he has not seen a separate or secret waiting list. but claims he was told to change dates. >> my belief is we're changing numbers in order for the va to reflect they have a shorter wait period time. >> reporter: the san antonio va told nbc news, it reviewed turner's claims last month and found they were not substantiated. given the scope of the allegations, mccain says he's disappointed in eric shinseki. >> i would have expected him if this is this big and wide spread as it appears to be, he should have

senator mccain you a plawd the president's decision.a press conference in libya he stated, had president obama and our allies not acted, history would have remembered benghazi in the same breath pass former yugoslavia, a scene of mass atrocities and a source of international shame end of quote. in an op-ed senator mccain wrote this. the president was right to intervene. he now deserves our support as he and on you coalition partners do all that is necessary to help the libyan people secure freedom. october 2011 qaddafi finally met his ugly denies. during his oppressist rule he was an extremely dangerous tie rant. during the 1980s. you supported interest national terrorism including the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland which claimed the life's of 270 innocent civilians. he also pursued the chemical and biological weapons. patch qaddafi was killed the new libyan government reportedly found two times the chemical weapons that qaddafi kept from the world. christopher stevens arrived in benghazi to work with the libyan p

senator john mccain is joining us.booked you to talk about the president's foreign policy speech in west point, but i need to get your immediate reaction to the breaking news just coming into cnn. from a report from the inspector general of the department of veterans affairs saying an initial review of the veterans hospital in phoenix, arizona, found multiple unofficial wait lists of veterans seeking care and identified, get this, 1,700 veterans seeking care but were not on any existing waiting list. the inspector general's report says this, we recommend the veterans affairs secretary take immediate action to review and provide appropriate health care to the 1,700 veterans we identified as not being on any existing wait list. i want to get your immediate reaction. this is pretty shocking information, senator. >> well, it's terrible, too, and it obviously calls for immediate action. the report requires. i think also, wolf, it's probably about time for the justice department to get involved here. if records were falsifie

and that was the issue with john mccain.ou worked for someone who it's either none of our business or kind of wonderful that he happens to have this adopted daughter. and if you believe the reporting that's out there, rove and that campaign went around and helped defeat your old boss in a racist way. >> well, i worked for president bush as well, and i take karl at his word for it that he was not involved in that effort, that smearing of john mccain in the 2000 campaign. absent evidence to the contrary, you have to believe karl's take on that. that being said, politics is tough business. these health issues that have now been introduced into the campaign, you know, hillary clinton is going to have to demonstrate through the campaign, assuming she runs, with vitality, with vigor, that she is up to the job. she'll be tested like any presidential candidate will be every day that she's on the road. and for sure, she's going to have to answer questions to the media in the same way that mitt romney did about his taxes on this issue

mccain: how much time is remaining before the vote? the presiding officer: eight and a half minutes. mr. mccain: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that immediately following the vote that senator graham and i be a0 loud 20 minutes -- 20 minutes to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. grassley: i ask for the yeas and nays and yield back remaining time. the presiding officer: without objection all time is yielded back. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the question is on the chuang nomination. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote:

senator mccain supported obama's visit. he said "if he had not acted, history would have remembered qadhafi in the same breath as former yugoslavia. a source of international shame." in an op-ed in april 2011, senator mccain wrote this, "the president was right -- gaddafi finally met his ugly demise. he was an extremely dangerous tyrant. he supported international terrorism during the 1980's, including a bombing which claimed the lives of 270 innocent civilians. he also reportedly pursued chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons. after gaddafi was killed, the new libyan government reportedly uncovered two tons of chemical weapons gaddafi had kept hidden from the world, yet armed and ready to use. we all know it dedicated and patriotic special envoy named christopher stevens arrived in many ghazi to work with the libyan people on their transition to democracy. he had forged deep connections with the libyan people during his career. he understood the challenges caused by 40 years of oppression. ambassador stephens believed i

i'm joined by senator john mccain from arizona. senator, thank you very much.think of the deadline, the withdrawal, and the troop component of 9,800 by year's end? >> well, obviously i'm very disappointed, because it sends a clear signal to the taliban and other enemies in the region that we will again be withdrawing. i had hoped that the president had learned a lesson from our preliminary withdrawal and unnecessary withdrawal totally from iraq. and now the black flags of al qaeda fly over fallujah. the scene of the greatest losses in the war in iraq. the syria/iraq border has now turned into a base for al qaeda that our director of national intelligence has said will be planning on attacks on the united states of america. look, andrea, we left troops in korea after the korean war, we left troops in japan, we left troops in germany. and what the president is now signaling to the taliban, hang on, because we're leaving. and afghanistan military, as good as they are in many respects, are not prepared for a total lack of united states support in a number of areas,

according to senate mccain, credibility. he understands the emotional trauma, emotional and physical, he's been through. and nobody understand more than senator mccain. his voice comes forward, i'm honoring sergeant bergdahl and let's not blow it, america. make sure we have eyes on and understand what they're doing in qatar. they're not out on the street slipping away so they can re-appear. he's absolutely correct, and i guarantee you, our intelligence community, state department, is, would go has in hand. >> and so viewers know, we're talking about john mccain. i want to actually read the statement that was released from his office just a short while ago. he said, these particular individuals are hardened terrorists who have the blood of americans and countless afghans on their hands. i'm eeg are to learn what steps are taken to ensure these vicious and violent taliban never return against the united states and are partners or -- or engage in activities that can talent the prospects for peace and security in afghanistan, th

i want to thank senator mccain bringing this to us and i agree with his comments and the this report. associate director of the thesion of privacy and federal trade commission in washington and the managing of the digital advertising alliance in new york. we appreciate both of you being here this morning. i think you know the rules of subcommittee. all testifying today need to be ask that you stand and raise your right hand. swear that the testimony you give today before the subcommittee will be the truth, whole truth, so help you god. work going to have to around the testimony and the afraid.s, i'm let's try to do this in eight minutes each if you could and we'll put your statements in the record. please start. levin andou, senator members of the subcommittee. i'm from the federal trade commission partnership opportunity to committee's statement. i thank the subcommittee for the yesterday.ssued we look forward to working with you on these important issues. the primarily a civil law enforcement agency enforcing section five, which prohibiteds unfair practices. we're committed to using

you saw it with mccain, dole, reagan. this is an issue karl rove wants people talking about sooner rather than later. >> is it different, michelle, because it's a woman now? because i've heard some suggest sexism, as well as ageism in this. >> you're going to have that come up because you've had people say things like i don't want to watch a woman grow old in the white house for eight years, and you do have to be more careful with female candidates because it's so easy to step over that line. that said, age and health are always an issue, but i think rove handled this a little bit over the line here in that he's going to engender sympathy for her, and it is always dangerous for republicans when they start going after the clintons personally, because then people start feeling like the republicans have gone too far. and clintons have always benefitted from the fact that their enemies just always kind of go a little mad. >> now, talking about enemies going a little mad, president clinton said, get ready for more and more of

did john mccain not hear anything about what's happening in his state?g of their criticism of the handling of the va. but congress created the va, funds the va and presumably provides oversite. what do these members of congress doing all this time? that wraps things up for "the reid report." join us back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. "the cycle" is up next. >> hey, joy. >> we're going to start off with the latest on the va scandal. will secretary shinseki step down. as we know, the problem is much bigger than that. what happens next? we're going to spin about edward snowden in the big interview last night. does putting a human face on the human story we've been following so closely, does that change the way we think about him? leah thompson is talking about her new movie "ping-pong summer." i'll talk about time management. how we should spend time doing things important to us, like maybe watching t"the reid repo " report." >> of course. i can't wait to see that, indeed. "the cycle" comes up next. dad!! i missed you. i missed you, too. hi buddy. mom

mccain had strong words for s t vladimir putin. senator, good to see you, as always. want to get your reaction to this video of vladimir putin strutting around crimea like sinatra. what do you make of that? >> he does own the joint and he's got literally without firing a shot and the price he has paid for that, it's been that we've sanctioned a handful of people and he has paid no penalty whatsoever. you can see why he's strutting around as he is. frankly, one of the many disgraces is he refuses to give the people of ukraine defensive weapons for which to defend themselves. >> do you agree with what we're told is the white house assessment that russia's going to go after odessa next? >> well, i certainly believe that that's very likely. odessa is a major port and they send a lot of stuff through there, including weapons and drugs and other things. and then of course, it's a hop, skip, and a jump to moldova. the cost ratio so far has been virtually nothing for vladimir putin. i'm not positive he will go to odessa. i know that his troops haven't withdrawn from the borde

now i will go to this and turn it back to senator mccain. president obama after this attack said the following -- "but everything that -- every piece of information we get, as we got it, we laid it out for the american people." i am here to tell you that that statement has not borne scrutiny, that this administration did not live up to this statement. here's another statement. from jay carney. "i can tell you that the president believes that ambassador rice has done an excellent job as the united states ambassador to the united nations, and i believe that -- and i know that he believes that everyone here working for him has been transparent in the way that we've tried to answer questions about what happened in benghazi if you were trying to be transparent about what was happening in benghazi, why would you fail to provide the relevant information, the information that was provided was based on the available assessment at the time? i'm here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, they have not provided the relevant information. why? because the re

speaks for anything other than john mccain. and of course lindsey graham and occasionally kelly ayotte. but that's it. nobody thinks that they are the republican party on foreign policy. but who is? when the republican party had to nominate somebody for president after john mccain, they picked a ticket that made no pretense of having any interest in foreign policy or military issues whatsoever. while we were at war, mitt romney gave a speech accepting the republican party's nomination for president in which he never mentioned the fact that we were at war. not even a little lip service aside. it just didn't come up. that whooshing sound you hear whenever you open the international section of the newspaper, that is the vacuum subbing sound of absence and nothingness where there used to be the republican contribution to the foreign policy debate in this country. and that absence has been going on for five plus years now. there is just nothing there in terms of what the republican party is offering on foreign policy. they're not pa

i like john mccain, i think he's one of america's great politicians and just people, but john mccain voted against that. he could have been the 60th vote, but he didn't. i didn't expect it from anyone else. i expected it from him. >> relationship between harry reid and john mccain has run i would say hot and cold. i think it's more cold and chillier lately. by the way, senator reid told me yesterday that he had overcome more than 500 filibusters since 2007. it's also a claim the president made just this week. this morning "the washington post" fact checker gives the 500 filibuster claim four pinocchios. according to post number cruncher, since 2007 there have been 528 cloture motions that have been filed to end debates on bills but there have just been 133 successful filibusters, meaning a final vote could not have taken place. 527, if you use that number, some of those were democrats holding things up as well. it is a little bit of a misleading number. "the washington post" concludes if you want to just talk about legislation and pinning the blame on republicans filibustering, the n

there was a moment john mccain was the nominee. his old school interventionist, never met a war he didn't like, might have become the new republican way had john mccain done better. he lost that election. nobody thinks he will run again. when he does his arm the rebels, let's bomb the new country speech, every week or two, nobody thinks that john mccain speaks for anybody other than john mccain, and of course lindsey graham and occasionally kelly ayotte. but nobody thinks they are the republican party on foreign policy. but who is? when the republican party had to nominate somebody for president after john mccain, they picked a ticket that made no pretense of having any interest in foreign policy or military issues whatsoever. while we were at war. mitt romney gave a speech accepting the republican nomination for president, never mentioned that we were at war, not even lip service aside, just didn't come up. that whooshing sound when you open the international section of the newspaper, that's the vacuum sucking sound of absence and

. >> john mccain, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you, andrea. >> be sure to tune in tonight for brian williams' exclusive interview with edward snowden. the primetime special airs at 10:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have much more on that tomorrow, of course, right here on "andrea mitchell reports." and we'll be right back. 

. >> let's see,ed media -- the media talked about mccain's age, bob dole, reagan's age. >> i have to give credit to fox for holding his feet to the fire. bill hemmer had an interview with him the next day in which he said, okay, karl, let's talk about this inaccuracy, where you said she was in the hospital for 30 days. she was only in the hospital for 3 days, this could have been an issue because karl rove is a fox news contributor we could have swept under the rug and not dealt with. >> the difference between mccain and hillary clinton, because the media was curious and reported on mccain's age whether there was any type of scandal. they are only focusing on the hillary issue because karl rove raised it. they are acting like she's a frontrunner. >> he had to overstate it in order to get the saturation coverage he wanted. otherwise, she had this small incident and a health problem. >> this is not unique to fox, when you have somebody playing two roles both a cable comment tater and a partisan fund-raiser, there's no secret he helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the repub

i'm morgan radford. >>> senator john mccain taking heat for a tailure. first the temperatures with meteorologist eboni deon. >> a nice warm-up in store over the eastern last of the u.s., including minneapolis. we'll see numbers soaring. highs of 70, 70 into denver, and we'll get in on a few lower 80s. over the next few days many areas along the west coast will fill the heat. for now, it's across interior sections, going up to 93 in phoenix. los angeles 71. over the next five days, look at the increase in our temperatures. by monday, closer to 90, getting in to the low or mid 90s, tuesday into wednesday. it will not be the case together as temperatures take a dive around the denver area. we are expecting to see low temperatures dropping to the upper 20s, and there's a storm system approaching, bringing snow levels down. we'll watch for the snow to pile up around denver as we two from rain to storms to mild temperatures. by the time we get to the end of the weekend denver 39 degrees. a 30 degree temperature drop is expected. the heat will build, wrapping u

i think they'll have control of boat john mccain jis. >> just very quickly, i think the reason you dent feel that way is when we normally have these wave years, the party that catches the wave has been out of power. the question is are voters so

senator mccain. >> thank you to the witnesses. we have an important going on. we saw this previous -- do you believe that's an accurate depiction of malvertising? >> i do and frankly no matter what the numbers i believe it's a problem. it's a serious problem and we are using all of our tools at our disposal. >> what you think the google and yahoo! guys would say that it's not accurate? >> i don't know senator. >> in my view this is certainly. >> we haven't done our own independent research but i have no reason to doubt the statistics. regardless it's a significant problem for consumers. >> the only other question i have her, this seems to me consumers are being harmed whether it be a quote sliver as the witnesses testified or whether it's more widespread and on the increase. would you agree that it's on the increase? >> i don't know but according to this light it looks like it is. >> the person -- make the consumer that is harmed has no place to go for help or compensation it appears. do you agree with that? >> i do. >> so what do we do? >> i think this is a ve

>> or mitt romney or john mccain? >> i think he says this so we all talk about karl rove because that's the only time he has relevance in the national news. when was the last time you were in a room when somebody said i wonder what karl rove thinks about that? it's been a really long time. >> last neverary. and i'm sorry i referred to you as emily, jess. you work for emily's list. chris you did a great breakdown of what this author's note meant and singled out the line which set off alarm bells in my mind, one thing himry writes, that's never been a hard choice for me is serving our country. it's been the greatest honor of my life. chris, as you rightfully pointed out how can you say that and not be running for president? >> you can say she was looking retrospectively as her life as u.s. senator and first lady but she knows the context of the thing. to the strategy involved here, this is the author's note of the book that was released by the publisher to get some buzz. so it's impossible to separate out 2016 from what

. >> then it ends up being, john mccain -- >> seen a lot of bushes already. i don't know. i think we're just starting to get bob warmed up, you know. >> i'm for ted cruz. >> you're going to campaign for him, right? >> ted cruz and palin together would make a hello of a team. >> with that thought, new developments in the firing that has so many folks all fired up. "new york times" axing its first female editor amid reports she sought equal pay. what the paper is saying now plus some of your reaction. >>> the pc police may be at it again. why one parents complaint took fun out of classic song for first-graders, all because of this guy. ♪. h. heartburn.

we have mccain's response as well here. now that this disease thought to be nearlier rad kated in the united states is making an alarming return. a new report today shows 288 cases of measles this year. and it's just may. compare that to ten years ago when the cdc says there were only 7 million cases of measles in the u.s. for the entire year. the disease is easily preventable with a childhood vaccine but nearly half of these cases are people who never got that shot. complicating the problem is that measles have been so rare for so long that most doctors have ner never treated a case. students joined what is called the paddle out. his writings about rejection by society and women indicate this kill kill killer prove that he was unstable. jeopardy winner arthur chew, a self-professed nerd wrote this. i have heard elliot roger's voice before. i was expecting his manifesto to be incomprehensible madness. it's a standard frustrated geeky guy manifesto except for the part about mass murder. it was an incredible piece. very real

senator mccain mentioned judge soto. i have had the honor of getting to know judge soto and his family for a bit. he served for 13 years in the county of santa cruz's superior court and is currently a presiding judge. the only thing at that hearing that came up is the people of santa cruz county are going to be sad to lose him as a judge. he has been -- has been great there and he will be a great district court judge. i -- again, i am so happy to go through this process. this is my first time, being relatively new in this position, to go through the process of having judges nominated and go through the process, and it was a pleasure to work with senator mccain on this and also with the white house, and the president in making these nominations happen. so i urge my colleagues to vote both for cloture and for final confirmation of these three judges today and hopefully the other three tomorrow or later. i appreciate again the president for making these nominations, and arizona has waited a long time to fill these judgeship

today, senator john mccain, his home state is where the ig report was targeting, senator mccain took an unusual step today and actually called for shinseki himself to step down and that if he's not willing to step down, that the president actually asks for the resignation and make sure that he's no longer there because of the accountability need. in addition to that, there was a request from the -- to the department of justice for there to be a criminal investigation because it does -- there is an accusation that some documents, government documents were altered in order to prevent anyone finding out about this atrocious behavior at the v.a. >> i think the bottom line here, in what the report actually says is that union workers in the v.a. were letting vets die for money. they were doing it for bonuses, bob. >> union workers were letting them die. >> they were hiding -- these guys on a secret waiting list so they would get a bigger bonus. and they died because of it. that's a fact and that's what the -- [ multiple speakers ] >> that's just ridiculous. >> that's a fact. >> if they wer

joining me now is a sharp critic on ukraine and other conflicts, senator john mccain.or joining us. >> thank you. >> what is the administration doing right and doing wrong in its approach to ukraine? >> i can't think of a lot that they are doing right. there's a myriad of things they are doing wrong, beginning with the failure to provide them with defensive weapons. you know, they decided finally to give meals ready to eat but didn't want them flying in american military aircraft so they trucked them in. ukrainians will fight and they have every reason to fight if this continues because it's their sovereign territory. and for us not to give them capability to defend themselves is worse than shameful. the whole issue of further action will be taken, the merkel/obama agreement is basically ratifies what he's done in crimea and what he's done so far. meanwhile, watch odessa, andrea, because he wants that port and he's now doing this same pro vok tore sending in russians undercover, et cetera, there. then of course, it's a very short distance to moldova. if you look at it

mccain-fi mccain law is taking a back seat. we suggest a different approach. in order for voters to be informed they need to hear from the candidates themselves and that ought to be the central voice in democracy. the parties are the best vehicle to assist with that goal. political parties are situated to echo the messages of the people. recall the playoffs -- plaintiff in buckley wasn't nominated by any of those parties. we care about the grassroots and local activity by ordinary citizens and believe the effort to change the culture of washington, d.c. has reached too far into state and local politics and contributes to pushing local activist outside the party. the current law has federalized all state and local programs. the direct contribution limits remain at low levels that don't match the level pof inflation. the $10,000 state limit ought to be about $48,000 after inflation. and the cost of campaigning has sky rocketed particularly due to the cost of television advertising. those that limit the ability to party committees to assist candidates. it has gon

mccain is older than the golden gate bridge. >> and the lincoln tunnel. >> mccain is older than thents. all right, not really, but he is older than plutonium. >> i have seen variations of this about old celebrities. bob dole, letterman drived him nuts with old age jokes. is this fair? >> i think in the texas race, it it wasn't an age issue, it was a tea party issue. that was also 19,000 to 21,000 was the vote. it was a low turn out. in each individual race, there was an individual story. but in general, i think if anything, average or median age is 60 and the house is just under 60. and we are an ageing population. so when reagan was elected as a 73-year-old in 1984, america is a lot older. but still you talk about the school lunch program. how many congressmen have school age kids? i do think we are a little too old when it comes to our congress and we have age limits, but there are lower limits, you have to have at least 25 and 30 to be a senator. >> joy, let me ask you this. we have a couple polling bits. are you less likely to support a candidate many their 70s? in 2007, democra

john mccain is a traitor. we're listening, christine. why do you say that? john mccain is a traitor because he called my friend a jerk for bringing that up at a memorial. to --host we're going to look at the significance of this day and the historical perspective. we'll are going to be talking with doug brinkley, author and presidential historian.

that's when senator john mccain for the first time, called for secretary erik shinseki to step down. since then, events have unfolded at a furious place. the white house says secretary shinseki is quote on thin ice with president obama. the administration says the president found the report on the scandal quote deeply troubling. the scathing report says at least 1700 veterans waiting to see a doctor at the phoenix v.a. hospital were never scheduled for appointments and they were never put on a waiting list. members of the house committee went ballistic at a hearing last night. >> how you can stand in a mirror and look at yourself in the mirror and shave in the morning and not throw up -- >> unforgivable. >> a question about destruction of documents and you don't know who did it or their motive. >> this is nearly a decade of excuses. >> the house is on fire and nobody is going to survive. >> all of you, i think, have to find something else to do. >> one person still not calling for secretary shinseki's resignation, is the house speaker, john boehner. here's what he said just a little

. >> how about senator mccain? >> we do not know. it is disappointing. we need him to step up. he and senator walsh can be like the g.i. bill. working together and putting what is right ahead of politics. >> are you optimistic? >> i am. i am not normally optimistic about washington. clay hunt, a young sniper we lost a few years ago. he was on the hill. he went to the white house to advocate for mental health care. we lost him to suicide. >> there is more the president can be doing? >> yes. he can have a national call to action. there are 1000 open mental health positions at the v.a. and most people do not know that. the president can say, you can go be a qualified health care professional. that is one example of how executive action could make a difference. >> you have been supportive of the ratification of people with disabilities act. it has not mustered the vote. why do you have confidence it will? >> it is the next phase of the american with disabilities act. we have stood with senator dole. we have 60 votes and we will need a couple more. we hope to pass it by senator dole