senator mccain: senator sessions. senator sessions: thank you, senator mccain. the grim nature of your remarks are justified. ms. wormuth, how long has it been since we had this train and equip program in effect? ms. wormuth: we started the actual training earlier this spring. we started the program in december when we got authority from congress. we spent time putting together -- senator session: you have to say we started in december that's when it was authorized and funding provided. we have to acknowledge this is a total failure. it's just a failure. i wish it weren't so, but that's the fact. so it is time to -- way past time to react to that failure. i just would say the whole idea that we've got to wait for the locals to take ownership and to take a lead and do this kind of activity without any leadership support sufficient from the united states or our allies is also a failure. they are not able to organize well. mosul has fallen. there are divisions within iraq that make it very difficult. so i just wish it weren't so, but i'm afraid that's the reality w

senator mccain: and that is no american leadership. there is no american leadership, no american leadership. suzanne: leadership isn't a magic word to do what we want. senator mccain: there is no deal that we can say and should, if they don't do business with iran, they don't do business with us. that's when america leads. but america doesn't lead anymore. suzanne: are you able to say there will be no business between the united states and europe? senator mccain: i'm prepared to tell the american people what this deal is and millions of refugees now floug into europe and probably the united states because of failure of american leadership and we have to restore that leadership, because other wise things are going to get worst. look at the map of the world of the middle east in 2009 and look at a map of the middle east today. and tell me how things are going. [applause] leon: this is no alternative. the argument that there was no alternative to this deal that gives respite of 10 and 15 years gives resspite of 7 and 12 or 3 and eight or

senator mccain? senator mccain: if you like, i will talk from here. thank you for coming. when i come to brookings, i always mention and always wonderful to see old friends and enemies again and those in the overflow room, i notice there is quite a bit of alcohol back there. thank you, it's great to be back. i had some prepared remarks, but i think i'll maybe just mention the scenario in which we are considering and the debate will start tomorrow afternoon. as major garrett just pointed out, the president probably has enough votes to sustain a veto. and i'm sure that that is a great triumph for those who greatly favor this agreement. i would also like to point out, and i'm a student of history, first time in history that an agreement will be voted on on a strict party-line basis, strict party-line basis. not a single republican senator will be voting in favor of this agreement. you can draw your own conclusions as to what the ramifications of that are. but they're not good. they're not good. either somebody failed in outreach or somebody failed somewhere to at least obtain

senator mccain: i see. so basically, general, what you're telling us is everything's fine as we see hundreds of thousands of refugees leave and flood europe, as we're seeing now 250,000 syrians slaughtered, as you see more and more iranian control of the shiia militia that are only ones that are really doing the fighting, besides the peshmerga. as i say, i have never seen a hearing that is as divorced from the reality of every outside expert and what you are saying. does the massive flow of refugees from syria have any effect on what you think we should be doing in syria? general austin: sir, i want to be clear that i believe that this is a horrible tragedy and this is a thing that the entire international community is not recommend such action? general austin: i would not going to have to continue to work together on. and so there's always -- we would hope that as as these refugees continue to be disadvantaged that we see more countries joining in to ssist. senator mccain: so you would not support a policy

it happened to john mccain. you know, you've got to push back. >> i think it's a disgrace to again question whether or not the president of the united states was born in this country or whether he's a christian. i thought we were beyond that. it's an outrage. >> trump has a history of questioning president obama's birth and religion. now, the place of birth we all know is hawaii and in 2011, he sent detectives there to say investigate the matter. trump also offered president obama millions to produce his birth certificate, which he did, famously, at an april 2011 news conference and in august, chuck todd asked donald trump about his previous comments in support of birtherism. >> do you believe president obama is a citizen who was born in the united states? >> well, i don't like talking about it anymore because honestly, i have my own feelings. i think he should have taken the $5 million. i don't know why he spent $4 million in legal fees to keep his records, you know, away. nobody's seen his records. i don't kno

i said somebody should run against john mccain who has been in my opinion not so hot. i supported him. i supported him for president. i raised $1 million for him. that's a lot of money. he lost. he let us down. but he lost. so i never liked him as much after that because i don't like losers. frank, let me get to it. he's not a war hero. he's a war hero. >> 51/2 years. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> july 18th this year even for somebody as proudly offensive about donald trump, a comment like that was trouble. all the other candidates in the race denounced him for saying it. the republican party. you could feel people recoil a little bit, even people who liked him otherwise. if donald trump was going to survive that misstep, he was going to need backup. probably it would be good to have backup specifically from veterans. so he got one. he got joel arends, the guy from south dakota who had moved on to his latest super pac. veterans for a strong america appears to be just joel arends. when donald trump says what he said

we heard barbara's reporting and we also married from senator mccain earlier.id there's no love lost between vladimir putin and john mccain. you know, no mistake there. he also said that these actions, just these actions just today, are going to prolong and complicate this conflict, this war, this crisis in syria. what's the impact of this not only in military terms but huge diplomatic implications here. >> the obama administration and our allies in the region, countries like turkey, saudi arabia, jordan, allies in europe like france, britain, germany, we've all hoped to get to a negotiation, a serious negotiation, that would involve serious compromise on all sides. the russian actions will probably give bashar al assad the sense that he doesn't need to make serious compromises and therefore makes getting to a political settlement all the harder. >> why should i talk when i have russian planes doing my bidding what i want them to do? >> precisely. >> spider, i'm going to ask you to put on your political hat. you're a retired general, a retired diplomat, but sen

stopped short by john mccain. >> i have read about him. he's not - he's been here - he's not - no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happened to have disagreements with. he stood up to the party's base when people expressed feverish imaginings. it's risky to do. those sentiments exist in the conservative base of the republican party, and it takes courage to stand up to it. >> reporter: which is something trump's opponents seized on, that he did not. >> u.s. president oma and his cuban counterpart spoke by phone ahead of the pope's visit to cuba. they have agreed on new regulations easing restrictions

you work for john mccain. a lot of people are comparing this incident to that one that we are all three very familiar with at a mccain town hall back to 2008 where at that time your candidate john mccain said this. we'll listen to this. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he's an arab. >> no ma'am. no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. and that's what this campaign is all about. he's not. thank you. >> so many applauded john mccain for standing up at that moment. why did not donald trump do the very same when he had the opportunity? i want to go through the actual words said. >> he's not john mccain. >> certainly. we have a problem in this country. this is what that questioner said. we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. that is already one very inflammatory statement. we know our current president is one. that's number two. you know he's not even an american. that is number three. but anyway we have trai

mccain: please, general. chairman dempsey said exactly there's thing, so clearly a disconnect between your view and that of our outgoing and ingoing of the joint chiefs of staff. really, in your view, everything should remain as it is. for example, do we think we no-fly zone in syria? >> that's a policy decision. mr. mccain: would you recommend it? >> not at this point. mr. mccain: would you recommend setting up a buffer zone in syria where refugeee may be able to come some be protected? will take a ground force to protect refugees. like to n: would you have a zone there? i don't see a force available. wouldn't be able to shoot down the aircraft as barrel bomb innocent men, women and children? we have capability to protect them mr. mccain: but you would not recommend it? you are telling us everything is fine, as we see hundreds and refugees.of slaughtered, as you see more and more iranian militia f the shi'ah that are the only ones that are the fighting. as i say, i've never seen a hearing that is as divorced

to the senate floor, john mccain is speaking. you well know the breaking news taking part in syria. >> -- with as much time as i may consume. >> without objection, the senator is recognized. >> mr. president, we now have information that the russians have now launched air strikes in syria ostensibly against isis. in reality, it is not clear. in fact, there is information that some of these strikes were at homs and the latest information is that the syrian observatory for human rights reports that at least 27 people were killed and that six children were among the dead. these strikes near the city of homs is not under control of isis of the islamic state. so already we are seeing the true intentions of vladimir putin, which is to maintain a strong position in syria, his foothold in the middle east, and his propping up of bashar assad. bashar assad, who has killed at least 250,000 of his own citizens through the horrible process of barrel bombing, has driven millions into refugee status, with the full and complete support of iran,

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thank you. >> of course, donald trump is no john mccain. donald trump obviously still believes that john mccain was wrong when he said the president of the united states is a citizen of the united states. >> you're not allowed to be a citizen if you're not born in this country. he may not be born in this country. right now, i have some real doubts. i have people who have been studying it and they cannot believe what they're find pchg. >> you have people searching in hawaii? >> absolutely. and they cannot believe what they're finding. >> joining us now is the co-chair of the donald trump's campaign in iowa. thanks for joining us. did you interpret donald trump's answer tonight, when that man said that the president is a muslim and donald trump said right, did you interpret that to be your candidate agreeing with that man's statement? >> absolutely not. that's one of the disadvantages that mr. trump has when he doesn't use teleprompters, and he doesn't tell his team that he needs to see all the questions before he gets them. he is unscripted,

it happened to john mccain. you know, you've got to push back. >> i think it's a disgrace t

senator mccain: i see. so basically, general, what you're telling us is everything's fine as we see hundreds of thousands of refugees leave and flood europe, as we're seeing now 250,000 syrians slaughtered, as you see more and more iranian control of the shiia militia that are only ones that are really doing the fighting, besides the peshmerga. as i say, i have never seen a hearing that is as divorced from the reality of every outside expert and what you are saying. does the massive flow of refugees from syria have any effect on what you think we should be doing in syria? general austin: sir, i want to be clear that i believe that this is a horrible tragedy and this is a thing that the entire international community is going to have to continue to ork together on. and so there's always -- we would hope that as as these refugees continue to be disadvantaged that we see more countries oining in to assist. senator mccain: so you would not support a policy that would help these refugees that are being slaughter

republican senator john mccain is expected to speak on russia's involvement in syria. senator mccain has been to syria and spent time with the free syrian army which is the target of russia's bombing campaign. we are waiting and watching for his words. and deadline day for fundraising as the rhetoric keeps up where do the candidates in the crowded gop field stand money wise. and trying to track down suspects who robbed a pot shop with the criminals in this case getting away with more than money. v >>> american election headquarter and the fundraising trial. these numbers are crucial because they show evidence on if a candidate can mount a serious campaign. on the gop side, governor jeb bush in front wracking up double the dollars. ted cruz at two. marco rubio not far behind in number three. democrats, hillary clinton is leading over competitors. back to the crowded gop field where the rhetoric is heating up as well. take a listen. >> calling him a clown. >> he was a member of the presidential. >> okay, listen, he was a member of the gang of eight which was a disaster.

dominic. >> i wanti want to acknowledge what a classy answer john mccain gave. don't we have important issues, real terrorism, isis threat command we are still talking about this man's birth certificate? liz: but trumps success continues to roll on. >> he may start to undermine himself. it really defines a lack of class, what he did. >> continuous mudslinging on either side. more traditional republicans are saying that this is not a traditional campaign and if your running for president the needs to be some dignity in the office. all very established and respected. whether they agree on the issues is what matters. that is what the voters are supposed to care about. it has turned into this entertaining circus and hopefully that is the good thing. liz: i will give a me the final word, doubling down saying the president in this country, attacking christians. >> he missed an opportunity to show leadership and shift the conversation. liz: did he look presidential? >> i don't think so. don't forget when president obama said of hillary clinton that she is likable enoug

a bigot. >> many did honor mccain for standing up. they have been chiming in on donald trump. >> this is a cynical strategy that too many republican politicians had dabbled in because for some of them it's proved to be successful. but there are consequences for it. there are consequences for their ability to governor the country and there are consequences at the ballot box, too. i'm confident that the voters are paying attention. >> what do you think? what will the consequence of this be with the larger electorate? >> well, the consequences are that you can't win a general election. and in a micro level the whole birthism idea is like scooby doo logic. the idea that you and your friends have figured out that obama is not a citizen, and no one else could but this group of birthers. it does not make sense to anybody. the degree that donald trump or any other republican pretended that this is reasonable, the vast majority of americans, white, black, asian, hispanic, jewish, christian, they think that these are silly questions. and the pa

honor in senator mccain for saying that.us have been sitting around saying how did the guy get to 30% in the polls? this is how. the element of the primary electrici republican elect rate that is angry. that's the element that is supporting donald trump and it was exemplified in that man's question. >> we've had racial prejudices in this country, to some degree. clannishness, whatever you want to call it. this guy is talking about truth. he's playing with the belief, i would argue, some would argue, this guy is some sort of interlope. he somehow snuck him. he wasn't really in the high schools like the records weren't really his. he was snuck through and created a false biography and somehow got to the white house. this is really conspiracy nut case stuff and there he is perpetrating it. saluting it. >> i'm not surprised, though. the sort of scooby do logic of birthers that somehow they figured out that barack obama snuck in but no one else has that's been the thing he's been playing for years. >> can you repeat that for me,

i would love to hear john mccain, john mccain if he were president today when he would have said two years ago, what would have been is his mind to depose bashar al-assad, in the middle east we saw how that played out in iraq, what is the alternative? >> i hear what you are saying but here's the problem. by not going and getting involved in made isis more powerful. at the same time you look at russia getting involved because they are best buddies with bashar al-assad. they are making their own friendship very and if you want to wash your hands of this whole thing i completely understand but only festers and gets bigger in europe who has ignored it, watching refugees who are fleeing this, so the problem is even though you don't want to get involved, in the end you end up involved. when isis terrorists come here and inspire people to attack our country, to attack someone else i don't think there is a choice. >> i don't disagree with the end resolve. the russians getting involved with bashar al-assad is russia's potentially may be fighting isis and want to work to do that. that is one a

it was a different reaction than donald trump gave than somebody like donald mccain. when a person wrongly maligns people of the muslim faith or mischaracterize the president's faith. i will leave that to trump. >> jeffrey, we have waited for more than a day for a response from donald trump. he has responded now in four tweets but still has not spoken to the center of the man's question, his criticisms of muslims. why not now that you have had time and you have heard the entire question, respond. >> look. i don't think he is obligated. >> maybe not obligated but he wants to be president. >> i have heard the exchange. it is a very clear the guy had a question about training camps, of which he was unspecific. trump responded to that. that's really all there is. if governor o'malley really feels this way. he should be asking why jeremiah wright wasn't fired by president obama. he as a member of the church i share with him dooesn't do that. it wasn't done. >> jeffrey, ben, unfortunately, we have nine minutes on that topic. we have other things happening this morning. than

mccain to return with him and meet with kissinger. mccain's briefing was grim. the communists took cambodia south vietnam would be next and the war would be lost. mccain emphasized the need for speed into of the precarious situation. he thought the the united states should send every weapon to the joint chiefs of staff quickly assembled weapons for the cambodian army. that was the easy part. now the president needed a plan for the invasion of cambodia and the destruction of what the united states called, the the central office of south vietnam. america war planners envisioned it as the communist nerve center as a bamboo pentagon. construct did beneath the jungle canopy. they thought if you could blow it up, you could cripple the enemy's capacity to command control attacks on american forces in south vietnam. adm. mccain said the united states should destroy and win the damn war. but nixon, and his joint chiefs of staff never understood the cousin, the bamboo pentagon was not a place, it could it cannot be bombed, it had no fixed address, it was a small mobile gr

the president is christian. 2008 republican nominee john mccain dealt with a similar question in the heat of the campaign, but defended then-senator obama and corrected the questioner. >> he's an arab. he is not-- >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's-- he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. >> reporter: mccain had no comment today but reaction from trump's g.o.p. rivals was swift. new jersey governor chris christie: >> if somebody at one of my town hall meetings said something like that i would correct them and say, "no, the president is a christian, and he was born in this country. >> reporter: of." >> reporter: democrat hillary clinton, also campaigning in new hampshire, denounced trump. >> and he should have, from the beginning, repudiated that kind of rhetoric, that level of hatefulness in a questioner in an audience that he was appearing before. >> reporter: the white house described trump as less courageous than mccain. trump canceled an appearance in south carolina where he likely would h

speaking of senator mccain, in his versionon of senatorion reform -- mccain has gone from more dramatic cnge. at the core of it, o one of the key elements is to shift acquisition authority from your office that was created. f fmer service chiefs have commented that they ink that's right, there is elective clalarity and they do't have enouginfluence over the syst. how can the current system be improved short if demoting your function? >> we have been working hardo improve it for yes now. the latest version of our annual repoport was released. it shows steadand good prprogress. i thk we're moving in the right direction. it''s difficult to chanange an enrprise so vast. is of the things it requires consistency direction, and we have provided th. you also h have to stayy with things until you start to see results. 'm encouraged by the progress we are making. one of the concerns i have about making the specific provision, the senate version, is it wouldd and our abity to do that. my wor with those programs is relatively limited. it makeses the decisioion to cmt large bodies of resources to th

mccain: i did both. [laughter] it is really: important to remember that the surge that mattered most was not the surge of forces, but the surgeon ideas. it was a change in strategy. big ideas are everything. and shifting from consolidating on big aces and getting out of the neighborhoods to recognizing that the only way -- mega bases and getting out of the neighborhoods to recognizing that the only way is number way. it was costly but necessary and it actually did bring security and broth violence down by some 90%, coupled with the other big idea that you can't kill or capture your way out of an industrial-strength insurgency. you have to promote reconciliation. thank you for your service and your wise words. i think it is a challenge for us to see if we can't at this point in history develop an overall view of the middle east. i think we need to see the whole region. and within it, we will have allies. we will have our problems. we will have things that we will have to accept, even if we don't like, and

mccain emphasized the need for speed in view of the precarious situation. he thought the united states should send every weapon it could find if south vietnam's troops should attack and squadrons of b-52s. the joint chiefs of staff assembled tons of weapons for the cambodian army. that was the easy part. now the president needed plan for the invasion of cambodia and the destruction of what the united states called the central office for south vietnam. american war planners envisioned it as the communist nerve center, a bamboo pentagon constructed beneath the jungle canopy. they thought if you could blow it up, you could cripple the enemy's capacity to command and control attacks on american forces in south vietnam. and admiral mccain said the united states should i destroy t and win the damn war. but nixon and the joint chiefs of staff never understood that the bamboo pentagon was not a place. it could not be bombed. it had no fixed address. it was a small, mobile group of communist officers. they could be located only by the radio signals they transmitted.

john mccain stopped that person and corrected them.onald trump said he didn't and he doesn't have a moral obligation to. he said mccain ripped a microphone out of a woman's hands which i think was a little harsh, don't you think? and he got applause. >> i disagree with him. he said do i have a moral obligation to run around and correct everything that someone says about another politician. when you're paying for it, you're the one that bought the mike time and you're the one that invited someone and somebody at your event crosses a line, it is your obligation and duty, especially when you're saying i want to be the leader of the free world, to at the bare minimum lead in that situation to say, look, i even looked into it. and you can make a joke about it. he is an american. this guy said he is not american. that's where donald trump really could hurt himself in this campaign. if you want to be a leader, you have to do this at your campaign event when you're the guy in charge. that's just the bare minimum of being a true leader. >> kayl

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he is john mccain on steroids. the beauty of trump, and i say the to clinton people, people call to complain, he is on the record all of the time. shouldn't other politicians learn from this? >> i do but it goes back to, i think, my initial point which is like it is the kardashian's

then to the last few years where i went to asia with john mccain and all those male leaders. john would start the meeting and they look over at lindsay because he was the second man and john would say no senator klobuchar is the democratic lead on this and you will address her next. i think those people that have helped you, is hasn't been all women but they have helped me along the way. in the book you write a lot about your family you write a lot about your dad who was a long time and much beloved columnists and he worked for the associated press in fact in the year that you were born he played a really important role in that presidential election. tell us about that. my dad was dad was the one that called the election and this was a situation where alan wake, california and minnesota were the last three states. it was all down to the wire and you

thank you. >> now, granted, john mccain didn't win that election. it wasn't about that one moment or one other moment, but could donald trump take a page from john mccain on that? >> yeah, look, i'm not always the biggest john mccain fan, but he deserves great credit for having the character and to have the -- he just responded correctly. and once again, i think that when you're running for president, there are times when you simply have to look at a supporter who's for you and thinks the you're great and simply say, you know, you're off on this. and i think as a country, we have to be awfully careful when it gets into questions on bigotry on religion and racism. and i don't believe donald trump to be any of those. i think it's a great thing that donald trump is running, he is our front-runner and adding a lot to the debate. i think he missed an opportunity to make it clear that he's running against these policies. he's not running against these characteristics of the man. and i think as the days move forward, i think we're going to get back to talk

mccain: what is critical to all of us, mr. secretary, that we have verification and inspections of iranian activities because they have a clear record of cheating. secretary moniz: we agree. mr. mccain: so we agree, all of us, i believe, that we should see those instruments of verification. otherwise how can we make a thisment as to these -- agreement be enforced and verified with a country that has a long record of treating? -- cheating? secretary moniz: the iaea will then take the information that iran must provide by october 15 and complete the report. and at that time, i think we will understand the iaea's confidence in their verification measures. so we are -- i might say -- mr. mccain: so we are then dependent on the confidence of the iaea, not the actual viewing of the agreement and verification. i don't think many of us would agree with that process. general dempsey, you told the committee just a few weeks ago, quote, under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities a

, as you know, would have liked donald trump to have responded to that question the way that john mccain008. >> listen a lot of people would have liked donald trum top respond and handle things a lot differently, and that is not who he is, and donald trump, it is not long ago how he was out there paying investigators to investigate president obama's birth certificate, and so it is not an anomaly, and john mccain handled it better than hillary clinton and when she was sinking in the primaries to stop barack obama's momentum, she was on "60 minutes" saying he is not a muslim than i know of, and so john mccain was more authoritytive than john mccain was when she was losing in 2008 and so this is par for the course and i don't know any more republican kacandidates and chr christie gave the answer which is strorngs and i don't know any other republican candidates who would entertain this nonsense and it is nonsense, and we are blowing it out of proportion, and this is trump being trump. >> and we did a poll a week or so ago, and we asked people all over the country, and do you believe and hap

we'll talk to senator john mccain about america's responsibility for the refugee crisis. >> we are human beings. we live in homes. we have homes somewhere. and that we came not -- we are not happy to be refugees of war. it's not -- it's not a matter of choice. we didn't make this choice. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. bernie sanders is rewriting the political playbook for democratic candidates after drawing huge crowds at two events in virginia on monday. more than 8,000 sanders supporters packed a rally last night just hours after the candidate ventured to liberty university, the conservative christian school founded by the reverend jerry falwell. sanders clearly spent time adapting his progressive message for the student audience. >> amos 5:24, but let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream. justice, treating others the way we want to be treated. matthew 7:12 and it states so in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you. for this sums up the word and the prophets. that is the golden rule. >> vermont senator democratic

john mccain's character and judgment passed the test. i think if there is anything that a lot of voters are going to take away from this, and i'm not going to pass judgment on it, but i obviously disagree with the way he reacted. this will be a window into issues like judgment and character. >> kevin, just one -- >> don -- >> go ahead, bob. >> oh good, thank you. there's 120,000 voters who go to the caucuses in iowa. the republican caucuses. i would bet that 80% agree with the guy that asked the question. now i don't know if -- i've been in iowa for five presidential races. and among the republican caucus goers, this is a very extreme group of people who do not believe that obama is anything but the devil. and they want him gone. and they do believe he wasn't born here. they do believe he's a muslim. they're wrong, obviously. but trump -- in my own mind, this guy has grown as a politician. he knows how to let somebody else do his dirty work. >> go ahead, robert. >> i don't disagree. i -- >> i would just say something real quick on the re

senator john mccain faced a similar question and he was quick to push back against the accusations.ake a listen to that. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him, and he's -- he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he is not -- >> no. no. >> no? >> no ma'am. no ma'am. he's a decent family man citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. and that's what this campaign is all about. he's not. thank you. >> all right. so that was very different, kevin, from trump's response. >> yes. >> so is trump's lack of a response, really, does that show that he's trying to keep this rhetoric going? >> you know, i think that the clip that you just played is just an example of why so many people think that senator john mccain is a true profile in courage. and i think that there really is a clear contrast in the type of rhetoric that mr. trump uses, as well as senator mccain, and at the end of the day it's going to be up to voters to decide what they want in terms of a republican candidate. >> well, hillary clinton has already decided. she's quick to respond, saying it

here is mccain answering a similar situation. he was in trouble at this time.e wasn't leading obama at that time. he was fighting for his life. here is how he responded quite differently than trump did tonight. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he's not -- he's an arab. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. he's a decent family man citizens that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is about. he's not. thank you. >> he makes you proud. >> it does. >> it makes you proud it's an american answer. maybe we shouldn't be saluting it but it made me proud at the time. >> especially after watching trump's performance right there. because not only did he have one opportunity to knock that down. let's say, you know, any crowd can have one nut. a few questioners after him said, boy, am i glad that you took that question from that guy about the muslim training camps. because we really do need to do something about the muslim training camps. trump engaged in this joking back and forth saying don't get nervous

as john mccain described him he is a rogue dictator, a thug and bullly. he will advance viciously russian interests in the middle east. russia's interests at moment is keep assad in power. to align closely with iran as well. we are seeing a new axis developing between damascus, moscow and tehran in opposition to u.s. leadership in the region. that is very dangerous development. trish: what is confusing he was here in new york city, less than 48 hours ago and meeting with the president of the united states and never told him he was going to do this? what does this say about our president and our white house's approach to all of this? gina. >> how does the rest of the world view it? trish, i think you make a great point here. the weakness of this president has brought us to this point. what i find particularly reprehensible about the comments just now from the administration is the fact that anyone would politicize at this moment and use this as a partisan issue. if there is a partisan argument to be made, this president has weakened us in the face of a bul

point, i got to sit , and wecindy mccain were talking about the challenge that senator mccain faces inrying to bridge the divide within his own party and how much he really cares about immigration reform, but he is apparently being challenged in the coming election in primaries. that effort is not just between parties, but among all of us to find ways to move forward, so what i think we have to do, with the pope did so well, with speak to our best selves, our vision of who we are, that idea we can have a dream. is his call, to be our better selves so that we move towards solving our problems. jim, it was remarkable before americans he chose to celebrate, abraham lincoln, martin luther social activists , and one other. what did you make of it? >> i thought they were great metaphors for the points he was trying to make and the inspiration he was trying to angles.to be bigger really though, i think his talk was right on the gospel -- out of the gospel. we all have a duty to help her neighbor, but the golden rule in and use these americans to illustratere with their lives with they were ab

the situation with john mccain probably was not.ought that that worked out really well for them, so they were going to do it again. the carson situation, look, he has said some strange things. i think he's a somewhat naive man. he's a brilliant man and a great role model, but the dynamic here is that the american people need to realize that they're being set up. and the republican candidates have got to stop adjusting to this narrative and solving for it. >> that's the republican party because your leading candidate is not talking about the issues. he's not talking about isis -- >> your leading candidate is under investigation by the fbi. >> if i could, please, not be interrupted. i didn't interrupt you. >> yes, you did, dear. >> okay. you go then. go. >> look, this is a conversation. >> i'll talk when you're done. >> yeah, well, i think i've made my point, and i think this also is an example of the nature of what's happening now where we've got to discuss the issues and not have the left and liberals set up the environment where it

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