john mccain has been congressman and then senator mccain for going on 30 years now through two houselections and four elections for the senate. nobody has ever been able to beat him. in the political season we're all acid tripping through together this year, he's become test case number one for democrats new strategy, not just for unseating him but trying to unseat republicans up and down the country from coast to coast. the democrats this year have one strategy that they are counting on. one strategy they think will work against every kind of republican there is. it's going to be kryptonite. if it doesn't work, huh. hold this thought. >>> republicans have posted record turn out in 14 of the 15 states they voted in this ri mare season. that shows how much turn out was up in each of the states. look at that. texas up 95%. minnesota up 78%. arkansas up 73. republicans have set voter turn out records everywhere they have voted so far this year except vermont. maybe a little crossover voting for bernie, do you think? democrats have seen turn out down in every state they voted in so far t

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obama: john mccain calls these plans cadillac plans.nd in some cases it may be that a corporate ceo may be getting too good of a deal. but what if you are a line worker, making a good american car like the cadillac? what if you are one of the steel workers, who are working right here in newport news? and u increases in exchange for better healthcare? well, senator mccain believes you should pay higher taxes, too. the bottom line, the better your healthcare plan, the harder you fought for your good benefits, the higher taxes you'll pay under john mccain's plan. sharyl: but now, under obamacare, he'd be imposing exactly what he criticized mccain for proposing -- a massive tax hike on american workers' health insurance. emanuel would later reveal how it took some convincing to get the president to go along. mr. emanuel: the president campaigned against john mccain, who wanted to get rid of the tax exclusion entirely, with over $100 million dollars of ads saying, you know, "republicans are gonna tax your health benefits for the first time e

to suddenly have romney and mccain coming after you? >> no, i didn't know mccain came after me.better -- i'm sure -- >> reporter: ed he agreed with what romney did? >> oh, he did? well, that is not nice and he has to be very careful. >> reporter: why? >> i will -- he'll find out. but romney is a failed candidate. he made a fool out of himself. he should have beaten barack obama and he feels badly about it. the fact is mitt romney choked as bad as i've ever seen anybody choke other than marco rubio when he was grilled by chris christie, he choked. but i will tell you, mitt romney should have been president. he disappeared. he choked. something went wrong with him and i wasn't happy about it and neither are a lot of other people. >> reporter: does a conversation about trump university help you or hurt you? >> well, it's a smallea they try and make this such a of deal. deals and doing tremendous work all over the d. big s, here is the th when you're talg about trump university, you're not talking about other things? >> i agree. they will take one deal or two deals and out of hundre

mccain: mr. president, i ask to suspend the quorum call and address the united states senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i came to the floor today to support' reserve 377, a resolution to enforce a subpoena of the permanent subcommittee on investigations against backpage.com and carl ferrer, the company' company's chief exe officer. this comes with regards to the on-going investigation of the sex trafficking of minors and the use of the internet facilitating this horrific crime. i'd like to express my deep appreciation to the chairman. senator portman has been tenacious. he is committed. he is forcing us, as a body, to address an issue that is so unpleasant that many times we shy away from it. that we'd rather talk about more pleasant subjects and issues that are less emotional. but what is happening in america and in the world, thank to the leadership of senator portman, is being addressed in a forthright manner that alerts all of us and indeed alerts th

mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the preamble is agreed to and the motion to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to two minutes each, and i ask that the senator from south carolina and i be in a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, briefly, the senator from south carolina and i discussed this announcement that russia will begin withdrawing some military forces from syria. it obviously signals that vladimir putin's belief that he's bombed and killed enough of his opponents in the murderous assad regime to assure assad survival. for four years, this administration, this president, stood by as the assad regime slaughtered nearly a half a million people in syria. then when assad appeared weak, it watched, watched as putin intervened militarily and

kennedy is the give of matthew mccain. mccain died in jail back in january. he held her daughter against her chest, the daughter she tells me mccain never got to meet. >> people are dying because they're not getting what they need. >> reporter: the marchers met at the jail, the same spot as a protest earlier this month, but this one was completely different. >> he is not forgotten. >> reporter: rather tan blocking the streets, the group said prayers an released balloons into the air, asking mcmurray who say they were neglected. >> according to the durham county sheriff's office, they say the cues of death in mchurry's case was a drug overdose. as for as mccain's case, the sheriff's office has released this statement. they say we are investigating as we have done so in previous cases. we want to provide the family with answers as soon as possible, however, thorough and complete investigations require time to produce credible answers. our thoughts and prayers go out to mr. mccain's family. cbs north carolina. >>> this next story is really going to make you feel

it's not just john mccain. it's the thinkers that people who know best have trusted for a very long time. can you react to that, barry bennett? >> yeah, i mean, they are the establishment in the industry, right? i mean, by very nature. they are the neocons, very upset, they might not have any power in a trump administration. you know, i'm sorry. he doesn't think like they do. >> doesn't establishment also -- you have to concede that establishment also offers experience. and -- >> yeah, but there are more than 70 experts on foreign policy. in america. you know, you have got a list of 70 who are all washingtonians part of the establishment who can't wait to be part of the next administration and know that won't be a trump administration. so it's self-importance, if you will. listen, what we saw today, one, i think was mitt romney hit a new low. i've not seen any former presidential candidate or former banner carrier for our party ever go quite that low, which is sad. but what is really happening is, the battle li

maria: meghan mccain, weigh in here. the terror alert for maximum. >> i lived with my father every day and whether or not he brings up syria and terrorism in most conversations and takes it home with him at night. it's easy for people to want simplistic answers, but as you said closing the borders are only going to solve a tiny piece of the problem and you're trying to attack symptom instead of the cause and it's exhausting to live in times when we're speaking in simple platitudes about such complex issues and i really, really worry about the future of this country. hillary clinton, donald trump, everyone in between. no leader that's running for the president that i have the utmost confidence can fully grasp what's going on in the middle east. dagen: aren't you more optimistic than the last seven years. i think a toddler can do better than the last several years. dagen: with your dad, there was focus on al qaeda and usama bin laden was killed and the terror threat was diminished and wiped away, instead we stood by and wa

mccain's family. cbs north carolina. >>> a weekend animal adoption event ended a day early in sanford, the reason? a good one. all of the pets fund a new home. hundreds of people came out to the center yesterday looking for a cat or a dog to take home. you may remember the story back in january. 700 animals were rescued from a shelter, and since then the a. s. p.k. a. has spent the last several weeks getting them all back to good health and now they all have new places to call home. >>> and an update in the flint, veterinarians in that area are new testing pets for lead. you may remember that early they are year the city began testing children for lead poisoning in response to lead being present in drinking water and now the vets are asking the owners to get their pets tested if they were given that water. some residents say they are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure their pets are doing well. >> well, i feel guilty because i didn't know not to give it to him. i just feel guilty, that's all

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city leaders say mccain's claims are accurate three shootings in or fic over the weekend are leaving sheriff bob mccabe to speak thinks is a concern about the norfolk police department it's very concerning cousin offers a great city i love it it's not as bad as it's being portrayed one of the things that often doesn't do it they'd do they do not fill all of their police positions the sheriff points to a lack of funding from the city as the main factor behind the vacancies. he claims it upwards of fifty positions are unfilled leaving officers to resort to a hot spot policing methods we don't have the positions we have to pull policeman from one area to another to solve things we don't have enough people in the gang's y to workout in between his work in schools but a response from city leaders disputes with sheriff mccabe claims they say officers are equipped with resources and training needed and hot spot policing is a nationally recognized strategy that is not related to staffing needs and doesn't diminish resources from other says this is an issue he feels needs to be discussed as c

and you bring a good point of romney and mccain. i remember when mccain was nominated he was against water board anything bush tax cuts. people were told to follow-up and soldier on on. and donald trump, they are talking about a third party. can you make sense of that? >> i believed them with mccain and romney. they went in hiding and was playing it cool. and told my friends. don't worry he has a strategy. and the american people don't like when they are aggressive. they are wrong and i was hide. they want to hide their way through the election. >> don't youjz/em you see lisa, time you weaken donald trump you are strengthening hillary clinton? >> i think you are strengthening him. let's face it. he had 35 million in attack ads spent against him and a lot in florida and look how well he did. he defeated a u.s. senator and did had in ohio. kasich represented the state 38 years now. >> and was reelected two years ago. i mean as much money as they throw it emboldens him and mitt rom no attacked him and that emboldened him. people are fe

kennedy is the girlfriend of matthew mccain. he died in jail back in january, and for the entire march, she held his daughter against her chest, the daughter he never got to meet. the marchers met the mother at the jail, the same spot of the protest, but this one was completely different. >> he is not forgotten. >> reporter: rather than blocking the streets, the group balloons into the air, asking for justice for both mccain and mcmurray who they say were neglected. >> according to the durham county sheriff's office they say the cause of death was determined to be a drug overdose. as far as mccain's case, the sheriff's office has released a statement. they say we are investigating as we have done so in previous cases. we want to provide the team with answers as soon as possible, however, thorough and complete investigations require time to produce credible answers, and or thoughts and prayers go out to the family. cbs, north carolina. >>> a weekend an million adoption event ended a day early in sanford. the reason? a good one. a

>> no, i didn't know mccain came after me.e better -- i'm sure -- >> reporter: he said he agreed with what romney said. >> oh, he did? careful.at is not nice and he has to be very careful. >> reporter: why? but romney >> i will -- he'll find out. ate.romney is a failed andidate. he made a fool out of himself. he should have beaten barack obama and he feels badly about it. it. everact is mitt romney choked as bad as i've ever seen anyone chok choke other than marco rubio when he was grilled by chris christie, he choked. but i will tell you, mitt romney should have been president. sh he disappeared. he choked. d iething went wrong with him and i wasn't happy about it and ationer were a lot of other people. >> reporter: did the conversation about trump builtsity help you or hurt you? >> well, it's a small deal and they try and make this such a big deal. they don't talk about the buildings i've built over the world. >> reporter: they are trying to ake it appear something representative of your larger image. >> my larger image is b

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why does it have to be restricted to these mccain goodold rules? the public is providing candidates and a renegade candidate like trump at the state level hurts the party brand. we can talk about chairs and directors and if you are organizing together, you are going to push back against such renegades. the fact is the laws discourage party ticket campaigning, the kind of campaign that encourages this mutual campaign. high costo use these federal dollars. in some states, party leaders focus on a few candidates in competitive races rather than the full slate. act more likearty a super pac and encourages political fragmentation. the party isn't careful to circumscribe its activities. they stay in their lanes. that is what we heard a lot of. lane, grassroots activity -- that is their lane, the super pac. parties cope by specializing. they focus on two big things -- voter data, voter mobilization, and that is the holy grail of american politics. parties seem to dominate year but they still face more and more competition. concerns about the program suppo

i know senator mccain, they are emphasizing. methodology of how to get there and an agreement of who's not and who is doing something to bend the sphere is philosophical and not widespread agreement. then there's a cost component. i'm mindful of secretary gates, we're just going to get rid of jefcom, right? that was just waste or unnecessary and we'll get rid of it, and all of a sudden, you saw jefcom hanging out in the joint staff and there wasn't any cost savings or anything to show from it. even secretary gates, when he shows the growth of officers, general officers and flag officers, even though commands under them have been removed or reduced, you're going, well, maybe he doesn't require four-star. i believe he achieved 10% of his goal. all right, the secretary of defense who just published a book on management, how to deal with bureaucracy and achieve outcomes essentially wasn't even close to accomplishing his goal on it. so broad notion is what we want to see. the challenges are how to execute it, and i don't think anybod

he's nothing like john mccain. >> i'm just saying john mccain has never cared about the party. >> butpeople feel strongly about him, whether it's strong love or strong dislike, he makes people feel strongly about him. and the question is, whether as he fills the party with these new voters who feel like they've been ignored for so long, whether he's going to empty the party when people like eric erickson and others say i'm out, i'm not doing it. >> i think for everyone he brings in, he'll bring in ten new ones for every one that won't come. in the end, people will hold their nose and vote for him. come november, people will just want to stop hillary. >> i've held my nose and voted for republicans far to my left and to my right, people i didn't agree with. but the goal is to advance the ball and to win the election to beat the democrats. i get that, i've done it my entire life. donald trump is different. >> barry, what do you make of the women? already the republicans have released an ad against him highlighting his controversial comments about women, the subject i asked him about at t

joining for reaction senator john mccain.h the republican establishment get behind donald trump if he wins the nomination. >> i would assume that we, the majority will support the nominee of the party. and could i just add into your -- i don't disagree with your commentary but i am saddened and upset about this level of discourse. just two weeks ago we had the director of national intelligence before the armed services committee and, bill, i wish every american could have seen it it there will be attacks on america. putin dismember ukraine. thanks to feckless failed policy of failed leadership of barack obama. what are we talking about? we are talking about the size of people's ears and throwing water around the stage and talking about the size of people's hands. that's not -- the american people deserve a lot better. and i'm saddened. i am saddened that we are not discussing these issues when we are facing the greatest threats the security of the united states in 70 years. >> okay. valid point. valid point. but you know that

this is a guy who said that john mccain is not a war hero, yet he sought his own five military deferments. because he says things people want to hear after seven years of mom jeans from barack obama who refuses to fight the enemy and has restrictive rules of engagement that hurt our men and women on the battlefield. but he goes too far and when the military says we won't follow illegal orders, like torture or killing families, he realizes wait, i might be commander in chief. the problem here is, voters don't know whether you get the bluster trump, which is the armchair tough guy, or you get the one who walks it back now on a statement who says no, i'll follow the wall. >> general michael hayden, who ran the nsa and cia said this is a dangerous position. he's not a trump supporter. he said this is dangerous.

>> no, i didn't know mccain came after me. he better -- i'm sure -- >> reporter: ed he agreed with what romney did? >> oh, he did? well, that is not nice and he >> reporter: why? >> i will -- he'll find out. but romney is a failed candidate. he made a fool out of himself. he should have beaten barack it. the fact is mitt romney choked as bad as i've ever seen anybody choke other than marco rubio when he was grilled by chris christie, he choked. but i will tell you, mitt romney should have been president. he disappeared. he choked. something went wrong with him and i wasn't happy about it and people. >> reporter: does a conversation or hurt you? >> well, it's a small deal and they try and make this such a big deal. they don't talk about the buildings i've built overthe world. >> reporter: they are trying to make it appear something representative of your larger image. >> my larger image is buildings all over the world. we are working on hundreds of deals and doing tremendous work all over the world. big deals, much bigger than

i backed mccain, he lost. i backed romney, he lost.aid this time we are going to do it ourselves, folks. we are going to do it right. [applause] we got to do it right. so, the biggest story in politics worldwide, it is all over the world, is what is happening with the republican party. here is the story -- i have won 16 states. i think we will have a great day tomorrow. [applause] the one's that is closest is you get out and vote. i think we will have a phenomenal day. florida is looking fantastic. florida is really looking -- a senator that does not show up to vote. how would you like to have a senator that does not show up to vote? you cannot have that either but florida is looking really fantastic. they have a little bit of the same characteristics. you have rubio who does not vote. and your governor is absentee. he goes -- listen to this because i know. i still work. i have a job. so, your governor kasich, if you look at him -- i'm being totally impartial. he goes to new hampshire, he is living in new hampshire. where's chris? even

. >> reporter: arizona senator john mccain has called trump's views uninformed and dangerous. democratic senate challenger, anne kirkpatrick, from running ads like this. >> no matter what donald trump says, john mccain would support him for president. >> reporter: new york senator chuck schumer warned today that strategy will be replicated in dozens of races across the country. >> donald trump won't make america great again, but he will make republicans minority again. >> reporter: unlike mccain, many republicans have been reluctant to outright denounce trump. they fear that weakening the likely nominee will lead republican voters to stay home in november, hurting g.o.p. candidates down the ballot. but today, the senate's democratic leader, harry reid, said that silence is giving his party fodder, too. >> some of these people are running for reelection. rob portman, roy blunt. i just don't know how these people could run and say why i'm supporting this guy for president. he can't-- and he can't run away from it. he's the nominee. out they're the ones seeing record turnout in the primarie

and a veteran senator from arizona, john mccain, good to have you on, sir. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> richard engel is here in the studio with us, our chief foreign correspondent. richard, first question to you, as to pick up on senator mccain's answer to that question. >> well, you do hear that theory a lot, that there needs to be a force to drive isis out of its safe haven. that they can't have a safe haven, not just in raqqah, but also mosul and many places in between. the problem is, who's going to be that force? is it going to be american troops? some component of american troops? >> the senator says 10,000 of them would be americans. >> i ask you that question. would that be palatable in this country after the last decade of middle east entanglements? i'm not so sure. >> and what does that do for those living in brussels and san bernardino? >> so there's two elements of this. there needs to be some -- some force, as this is what experts tell me. and some of that force is being used, and john mccain and others, senator, don't think that enoug

tonight -- senator john mccain. comedian j.b smoove. music from lukas graham. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and janet weiss. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers! >> seth: good evening i'm seth meyers. this is "late night," how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is wonderful to hear. let's get to the news. donald trump's campaign released boycott tomorrow's debate saying roger ailes and fox news think they can toy with him. but, mr. trump doesn't play games. a statement that would carry a lot more weight if trump hadn't literally hosted a game show. [ laughter ] that was a game. no one there was an actual apprentice. following donald trump's decision to boycott tomorrow's debate. ted cruz says trump is afraid to face moderator megyn kelly, because if she asks him mean questions, his hair might stand on end. [ laughter ] and that's a sight no one wants to see. only swirled, stacked not on end. after donald trump's decision to boycott tomorrow's debate jeb bush told trump to stop whining. although, i think what

and you bring up a good point about romney and mccain. i remember when mccain was nominated, the guy was pro amnesty, and against waterboarding and voted against the bush tax cuts, but the people who didn't like john mccain were told to fall in line, and soldier up, because he is the nominee, and now when donald trump is looking to be the nominee, they are talk about a third party. can you make sense off that? >> well, i believed them. i believed it with mccain and i believed it with romney when they were hiding and going into the debates and romney was playing i cool and not going on the attack, i was telling my friend, don't worry, he has a strategy, the american people don't like when the republicans are ing a graggressive and, you was wrong and they were all wrong, but they are is the sticking to the playbook. they want to the hide their way through the election, and they can't do it. >> and you see, lisa, any time you try to weaken donald trump, you are strengthening hillary clinton? >> well, i mean, you are strengthening him, becaus

they nominated two losers with mccain and romney. and they didn't do what the american electorate wanted when they were elected in the midterms this last time. i think the voters have just had enough, and they know that on both sides, the establishment are just failed. >> you're right. you're looking after their pocketbook s instead of the pocket books of the american people. you bring up a good point about romney and mccain. i remember when mccain was nominated, the guy was pro-amnesty, he was against waterboarding, he voted against the bush tax cuts. but people that didn't like john mccain were told to fall in line, soldier up, he's the nominee. now when donald trump is looking to be the nominee, they're talking about a third party. can you make sense of that? >> well, i believed them. i believed it with mccain. i believed it with romney. when they were hiding and went into the debates and romney was playing it cool, he wouldn't go on the attack. i was telling my friends, don't worry. he's got a strategy. the american people don't

why does it have to be restricted to these mccain feingold rules? the public good is providing candidates and a renegade candidate like trump at the state level hurts the party brand. we can talk about chairs and directors and if you are organizing together, you are going to push back against such renegades. the fact is the laws discourage party ticket campaigning, the kind of campaign that encourages this mutual campaign. you need to use these high cost federal dollars. in some states, party leaders focus on a few candidates in competitive races rather than the full slate. it makes the party act more like a super pac and encourages political fragmentation. the party isn't careful to circumscribe its activities. they stay in their lanes. that is what we heard a lot of. this is our lane, grassroots activity -- that is their lane, the super pac. parties cope by specializing. they focus on two big things -- voter data, voter mobilization, and that is the holy grail of american politics. parties seem to dominate year but they still face more and more co