do you agree with meghan mccain's assessment that it's because he knows he can never be like john mccainer have the respect john mccain had. the narcissism is extraordinary about the tweet about thad cochran. he never let the country or, parenths, me, down. trump was president for the last two years of cochran's being a senator. has nothing to do with trump. he can't just say thank you for your service and after he dies and he has to bring himself into it. but it does turn out that trump is easily triggered. he's more easily triggered than some undergraduate at -- no offense. >> the move of his staffers to move the ship or whatever they wanted to do to hide the ship is part of a larger pattern. "the new york times" reported that mick mulvaney, acting chief of staff told them not to discuss the russia probe in front of the president to avoid working them up. politico detailed how aides only has access to positive newspaper articles. i mean, they really try to shield him. the presidency is a bubble no matter what. and you are surrounded by sycophants but this seems to be taking toa new lev

. >> he maligns john mccain.d there, more an attack on trump full in mentioning. >> trump refers to that vote but doesn't usually call out mccain by name. i'm interested in the fact that most of these the democrats, if they were voting on a peeves legislation, would probably not vote with john mccain on many of them. >> what's interesting, too, in poll, you saw among democratic voters, john mccain was more popular among democrats than he was among republicans, particularly after that thumbs down vote on the repeal of the affordable care act. >> meghan mccain criticized klobuchar but cindy mccain has been quiet. the last time she spoke out on politics saying joe biden is a wonderful man and a dear friend of the mccain family. however i have no intention of getting involved in presidential politics and she says i think what's best for me is to stay out of it and make myself happy and presidential politics is not that. >> biden and mccain's families have gone through these horrific experiences with cancer, bonded go

did that when john mccain was sick and now continues to do it after john mccain has passed away.have some democrats and trying to claim in some ways -- reclaim what mccain meant to politics, what the republican party was like before donald trump, and i think that's why you see meghan mccain step in. there was an erroneous report that cindy mccain and meghan mccain were going to endorse joe biden. cindy mccain said joe biden, he's been great to our family but we're not going to get involved in politics. john mccain had a really good brand, political brand. there's a lot of attempt to latch on to that, interestingly enough among democrats, not republicans. >> that's right. so when it comes to the president though, how does he benefit from slamming mccain all the time? >> his base likes it. if you watch any speech he gives us the 2:00 a.m. thumbs down, that's okay, we'll repeal healthcare and it will be better and he gives that line in every campaign speech. the crowd boos or cheers, whatever he wants them to, and mccain, this is not true, just because of that one vote on the so-cal

mccain who's 107 years old.ly that has to be reminded of this in terms of what the president of the united states, if not doing directly, is acknowledging or sanctioning indirectly, and the notion that show they were well meaning, i don't doubt that he didn't know about it directly. i'll give him credit for saying that. he doesn't have to. this is what michael cohen said, michael cohen said you don't have to give direction, we know what he wants, and what he wanted and has wanted is wants mccain's name out of the picture, and what's disgratefce about is john mccain is not just an american hero. he's a global hero. you had at his funeral, that was something reserved for royalty in this country. you had people from all over the world who came to pie tribute for what he was trying to do, and that is to remind the world america is the reason why we are holding that lamp of liberty up so we prevent the darkness from swallowing swallowing up the world 12k3w4r50i6r7b8g9sds in terms 12k3w4r50i6r7b8g9sds 12k3w4r50i6r7b8g

and john mccain went to the senate floor, by the way, i called mccain after he voted no because there improvement with obamacare, but they just have no replacement. i saw fred upton today over in michigan. he said i didn't vote to just get rid of the thing, there was no replacement. how are you going to strip health care away from 20 million people then you're bitter at somebody because they said, no, i think these people need to have help. >> the people -- john, the people who needed it the most, who need the health care the most, are people who voted for trump. they're in red states. >> some of them. >> so -- >> some of them. >> it makes absolutely no sense. listen -- >> i know. i was trying to tell you earlier. if you lost your job at lordstown and you don't have a job, and you don't -- and who -- and he said he's going to make sure you get the job, but you don't have the job, ainge yound well, it wasn't his fault. if you say, they found out they were going to get rid of health care and you would have lost your health care, but somehow that's okay, it doesn't add up to me. i just h

to me, john mccain, i wasn't a fan. but i would never do a thing like that. >> in a may 15th email sent toito u.s. naval and air force officials, the white house outlined instructions saying in part the "uss john mccaekahlo medina needs mccain needs to bef sight. >> somebody thought i didn't like him. so they were well meaning. i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> askpatrick shanahan also insisted he had no knowledge ever nor did he authorize the request. >> i never authorized, never approved any action around the movement or activity regarding that ship. furthermore, i would never dishonor the memory of a great american patriot like senator mccain. >> hans nichols is joining us with the latest from the white house. you've spent a lot of time in the pentagon. it is entirely possible donald trump didn't know anything about this and that he said somebody was acting well meaning saying hey, trump doesn't like mccain, let's not have the ship with his name on it there. and entirely po

john mccain on missile. a very d bush to make bad decision in the middle east, o i wasn't a fan of him and i never will be but certainly i could care less whether or not a boat named after his father. not say --ueller did [inaudible] were no trump: there charges. none. look at bill clinton, that very nice gentleman who has side, as you on my know, his special prosecutor, it guilty, ty, guilty, guilty, guilty. nome guilties. with me, there was no guilty. one, there was no crime. and number two, i fought back, you, wait, wait, wait, there was no collusion, collusion.o read volume one. there was no collusion. say said he could not there was no crime. he -- >>. president trump: that means you're innocent. excuse me. then he should have said, you're guilty. be ut he said that would unfair. president trump: that's wrong, no, because, he said it the first time. so he said, essentially, you're innocent. all charges.of and, you know, thing that nobody no crime. there was he's obstructing something and there was no cr

john mccain" needs to be out of sight."his was such a concern, the e- mail states, "please confirm number three will be satisfied." a picture shows a tarp covering the name of the ship, but thevyd before the president arrived. the acting secretary of defense says he had no knowledge of any plan to hide the "mccain." >> i would never dishonor the memory of a great american patriot like senator mccain. >> reporter: today meghan mccain, the late senator's daughter, fired back. >> it's impossible to go through the grief process when my father has been dead ten months is constantly in the news cycle because the president is so obsessed with the fact that he's never going to be a great man like he was. >> reporter: now, during this very week back in 1973, john mccain was here at the white house. president nixon welcomed him here after he spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. of course, president trump has famoaiator mccain was considered a hero because he was captured and that the president prefers people wh

i couldn't care less if there's a ship named after president mccain's father and senator mccain.hief and he couldn't care less. i'm not sure what message he thinks that those sailors are hearing. the "mccain" was involved in a fatal collision months ago. there was navy loss of life on board that ship and today the commander in chief is saying he couldn't care less. there's a long naval tradition in this country. sailors are very proud of who and whom their ship may be named after. setting that aside it does appear that the white house military office that was advancing the president's trip approached the navy out in japan and said keep that ship out of sight. can you ask yourself why they bothered with all of this. it does appear that there was discussion about it, but eventually navy leadership stepped in, we are told, and said no way, knock it off. we're not hiding any u.s. navy ship. there's a lot of conflicting information. a tarp was put up at one point, but it came down. it was covering apparently the name of the ship, came down in the days before the president even got the

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you served as best man at senator mccain's wedding with cindy mccain. and so you have a longstanding friendship with the late senator. what did you think of the way the president, when he was asked about this today, responded and he keeps pointing out, even though senator mccain has passed away, he keeps pointing out how he disagreed with him on health care and the war in iraq and other issues. >> he also continues to say he was no hero. anyone who knows john mccain, knows about him, there's no question he was a hero of tremendous proportions. and also the fact that john was a hero on a global scale. whether you were talking about japan or china or any other place, they looked to him as a man of great courage who would endure tremendous personal suffering and still not yield his place in going back to the united states. that takes a real hero. takes real courage. and i think when the president is unable to have even a grace note, a note that said, yes, he was a hero. i disagree with him. i regret the fact he voted against me, but we ought to raise up an

i was not a big fan of john mccain. had a lot tomccain do with it, going to the middle east which was a catastrophe. to me, i was not a fan. i would never do a thing like that. somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him. they were well-meaning. i will say. reporter: do you owe sailors an apology? the mccainrump: thing i knew nothing about. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: i think i have been tougher on elections than president obama. he was told in 2016 for the election that russia may try to interfere with the elections, he did nothing. the reason he did nothing is because he thought hillary would recap. we are trying to do paper ballots as much as possible. old-fashioned paper in this modern age is the best way to do it. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: i think we want a relationship with russia and china and everybody, and i said that for a long time. getting along with russia, getting along with china is a good thing if we can do it on fair terms or our terms, . reporter: [inaudible] venezuel

mccain."arp was since taken down. there's a barge protecting the view or preempting the view on saturday. the military since said that barge was there for waste purposes and we still don't really have a good sense of whether or why the sailors on "mccain" were given liberty and not allowed to listen to the president on the "u.s.s. wasp." what is clear, the president thinks his speech is a success. he's not overly upset with anyone in his white house for this and he thinks it was a well intentioned, well meaning gesture, and that he's still upset with senator mccain. kasie? >> susan page, this is really kind of remarkable in its -- yes, the white house is saying the military insists that they didn't do anything in particular, but clearly, i mean, we have is confirm that there was a white house -- there was a request for this to happen. these -- how concerned are you about the politicization of our military? >> you know, i think this is one more example of increasing kind of political cloud over

patriot like senator mccain. >> reporter: todaying meghan mn fired back. >> it's impossible to go through the grief process when my father has been dead ten months, is constantly in the news cycle because the president is so obsessed with the fact that he is never going to be a great man like he was. >> during this same week in 1973, john mccain was here at the white house. president nixon welcomed him here after he spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. of course, president trump has famously said that senator mccain was considered a hero because he was captured, and that the president prefers people who weren't captured. margaret? >> ben tracy at the white house, thank you. >>> well, the president posted surveillance video today showing migrants breaching a border fence in el paso, texas. a border patrol official confirms more than a thousand people were detained, the largest mass arrests to date. nearly a year after the president's so-called zero tolerance immigration policy was struck down in court, cbs news has learned some migrant families are still being separa

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that's why i love john mccain. that's why i think we need a lot more john mccain's. >> what should the repercussions be to try to block that ship? >> thank, guys. >> thank you. >> what about impeachment? >> i'm not going to go into anything. this is a ceremony here in delaware that we take extremely seriously. we have done it for since 1972. s >> joe biden is saying he won't answer about impeachment because he's at a memorial day ceremony which is an annual event. you heard what he said about the uss john mccain. he was a friend. they argued but he loved him. obviously, critical of this effort to hide the ship's name. >>> coming up, democratic div e divide. house speaker nancy pelosi give in to growing pressure to begin impeachment proceedings against the president? stay with us right here on andrea mitchell reports right here on msnbc. l reports right here on msnbc. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix

the ship is named after john mccain's father and grandfather, both admirals, both named john mccain.geration or even fake news, but why not? everything else is. i'm not sure what the president means by a disclaimer. a spokesman for the fleet said nothing was moved and the name was not obscured. however, the white house and lower level officials did exchange emails about keeping the ship out's name out of sight less it provoke the president's anger. this morning at the white house the president exhibited more of his anger and resentment regarding the late senator and this story. >> i would not have done that. i was very angry with john mccain because he killed health care. i was not a big fan of john mccain in any way, shape or form. i think john mccain had a lot to getting president bush, a lot to do with it to go into the middle east which was a catastrophe. to me, john mccain, i wasn't a fan. but i would never do a thing like that. now, somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him, okay? and they were well meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would neve

to john mccain.will never get a ship named after him. at best he could ask for a hot air balloon. that would be more appropriate. there is nothing donald trump can do to remain john mccain from history. in the last few weeks ukraine named a street after him and this week in lithuania, a great hall is being named after him. you will not erase john mccain no matter what you do donald trump, but you were thinking about the men and women serving on the "uss john mccain," you know what i was thinking of, john mccain iv who is still serving in the u.s. navy right now. just returned from two years in afghanistan. jack mccain is part of this service. he is part of this navy. apd was -- and i thought with great sorry and worry about how much donald trump has done to harm the institutions of the united states. the presidency, the military, the fact that he has now surrounded himself by sycophants who serve not the country or the constitution, but serve the whim of donald trump. did this because they thought it

john mccain's mother, roberta mccain, is 107 years old. she can hear this.he is aware of the president's attacks on her son. she's an admiral's widow and an admiral's daughter-in-law and the mother of a p.o.w. the three generations of mccains in the u.s. navy for whom the "uss john mccain" was named. "the wall street journal" was first to report on emails exchanged between the white house and the navy ahead of trump's trip to japan. a copy of the email obtained by cnbc reads, ""uss john mccain" needs to be out of sight. according to the journal to comply, a tarp was hung over the ship's name ahead of the president's trip and sailors were directed to remove any coverings from the ship that bore its name. you can see the trump in question taken during trump's trip. sailors aboard the "mccain" were apparently also barred from the president's event. senator mccain's death changed nothing about how the president talks about it. it all stems from mccain's thumbs down vote that upheld obamacare and coverage of pre-existing conditions. his daughter, meghan mccain, r

john mccain" sorry here.e can add this to the list of inconceivable ideas for this president, if someone else did it would have been stunning and outrageous and it is in this case but i go he is not surprising, fair to say? >> i think so. senator mccain was bank woe's ghost for trump, he represents everything that donald trump is not. heroic figure, sacrifice, so that's clear. the other thing that's clear is basically we now have a capital city that is trying to childproof the presidency. right? you want to take everything away, all the sharp objects, you know, everything that he might, you know run over and so, i mean, this is where we are. we thought the soviet union ended on christmas day 1991, but apparently not. apparently we just sort of airbrush out things. we cover things up that might upset dear leader. so, you know, we're going to be dealing with this for a long time. one of the things -- i know i've said this before, but that's never stopped me -- we know that the presidency has not changed donald

you keep an eye on john mccain, he'll be back. john mccain adjusted.tion. and then he started flying commercial, started flying in coach, he had two, three, four, five people and he rebuilt his campaign from the ground up. that is what you want to see on a candidate. that is what you want to see in a politician. that is what you want to see in a leader where they make a mistake and they are agile enough toed d ed adjust on the. i'm not saying that beto will win, but we'll see. it is early. >> i just think that there is no time for regrouping and for trying to see, you know, how you mess up your campaign along the way. this is a different situation we're in. and if you look at pete buttigieg, everything he does is pitch perfect, it is laser focused, right or target in terms of tone, dynamic, message. everything. and that matters. that is why he is standing out. i feel like being a democrat potentially running against trump this time around, it is like being a woman in tv news trying to break through. you have to be perfect. and then everything else come

mccain" during my visit to japan. the president visited the navy base over the weekend where he delivered memorial day remarks to troops stationed there. before his speech, this photo showing a sharp over the warship's name. navy officials saying they didn't hide or obscure the ship saying the picture of the tarp was from friday. it was taken down on saturday. all ships remained in normal configuration during the president's visit. according to the "wall street journa journal", the crew of the u.s.s. mccain was released from duty and sailors were directed not to wear uniforms bearing the ship's name. adam schiff responding. >> this is pathetic. below the dignity of the office of the president. >> president trump criticized the late senator mccain in the past, both in life -- >> he's not a war hero. i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> reporter: and after his death from brain cancer last year. >> i was never a fan of john mccain and i never will be. >> reporter: mccain's daughter defended her father saying tru

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i was very angry at john mccain because of health care.hn mccain in any way, shape or form. i think john mccain had a lot to do with it to go into the middle east which was a catastrophe. to me, john mccain, i wasn't a fan. but i would never do a thing like that. now, somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him, okay? and they were well-meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> let's bring in felicia mills, sam cedar, host of the majority report. i have to say, you have a lot of stories in the trump era that are head scratchers. this honestly really brought me up short. for a bunch of reasons. one, the depth of the man. also the white house has a country to run. this is a difficult job with very high stakes and this occupies white house staff time. >> yeah. first of all, the fact that they are going to a different -- another country and they wouldn't be proud of a symbol of america, first of all, is just outrageous. the fact that they don't think enough of the president that he won't

i disagree with john mccain on the middle east.ush to make a very bad decision and go into the middle east. so i wasn't a fan of john mccain, i never will be, but i couldn't care less if there is a boat named after his father. [ inaudible question ] >> there were no charges. none. if you look at -- if you look at bill clinton, that very nice gentleman who has been so much on my side, as you know, his special prosecutor it was guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. so many guiltees. with me there was no guilty. number one, there was no crime and number two i fought back and i will tell you -- wait. wait. wait. wait. there was no collusion. there was no collusion. read volume one. there was no collusion. [ inaudible question ] >> that means you're innocent. that means you're innocent. excuse me. then he should have said you're guilty. [ inaudible question ] >> that's wrong. that's wrong. no. because he said it -- he said it differently the first time. so he said essentially you're innocent. i'm innocent of all charges and you know the thing

mccain" as part of its crew. whether or not there was this directive but it did not reach the highest levels of the pentagon. however, officials tellis us there was indeed a directive from the white house to lower level navy officials and one senior navy leadership found out about it, they stopped this effort its in tracks. but those conversations were being told by officials did in fact happen. >> david, what do you think happened here? donald trump said that he didn't drebl direct anybody to do it, but the person who did it was well meaning. what do you think happened? >> one, i wouldn't agree with the characterization of it being well meaning. whoever made this decision, whoever communicated this, did the wrong thing. i think the navy very quickly needs to get a handle on exactly what happened, how it happened, why it happened. and they need to provide those answers to questions to the public and to the press very quickly. there's a lot of speculation out there. it's a very sad and embarrassing episode for the

mccain" playing out.ent say there's nothing to see here but the "wall street journal" has temp mail and you can clearly see in the picture the tarp hanging over the name where it would have been on the ship. how do you think this will all play out, scott? >> well, i think it's a black eye for the navy, for the pentagon, for the trump white house. and, you know, who knows what the fall will be. i don't think we know the individual or individuals who sort of orchestrated this activity. but there's going be a lot of pressure to find out who exactly was responsible, and whether they should be held accountable, whether they should keep their jobs. but i think it is notable that the president is defending these people as well meaning individuals and so clearly there's no love lost between the president and the late john mccain. that is well-known. and, you know, as long as the president wants those people to stay working in the white house, they probably will remain but i think we probably will see at least dem

i was very angry with john mccain because he killed he can apartment.way, shape or forges wasn't a fan, but i would never do a thing like that. the now, somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him, okay, and they were well meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> two navy officials confirmed to cnn that the white house military office communicated with lower level navy officials about moving or obscuring the ship during the president's visit. there were actually communications about it. a tarp was placed over the name because it couldn't be moved because it was undergoing repairs. but the tarp was removed before its arrival and the ship and its name were viewable during the president's visit. when navy higherups heard about the plan. acting secretary patrick shanahan says he was not aware of the controversies surrounding "the uss john mccain." >> i never authorized or approved any movement around the movement or activity regarding that ship. furthermore, i would never dishonor the memory of a grea

meghan mccain took them to task for it. would john mccain welcome his name being invoked during this presidential election? that was one form of legacy that people still try to embrace what he stood for. joked every time president trump criticizes him, somewhere john is laughing to be the subject of attention here in washington. i know he and senator klobuchar were good friends. i don't speak for the mccain family, obviously. i did not witness the conversation senator klobuchar and senator mccain had, but i'm sure it's fine. david: as we look to 2020, what is the one thing you like the candidates to take to heart from john mccain? one part of his legacy, ideally, that you could take to heart. whether republican or democrat. to understand how much this country means to the world. its leadership means to the world. haveast few years adversely impacted america's standing in the world. if they are privileged enough to be the party nominee, privileged enough to be elected president, they need to do a lot of repair work, reassert

i was not a big fan of john mccain in any way, shape or form.id it because they thought i didn't like him, okay? and they were well meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> i just can't -- he's dead. >> let me phrase that for the president. it's terrible what they did. the ship should be there. they should take down the tarp. i'm proud to stand in front of that ship. instead it was like he was a cornered school kid by a teacher. it was such a weird thing for a president to do. >> this is just a nitpick but that had cochran, the great late senator from mississippi died today. trump tweets about it. he has to throw in, he was very, very sick but he made it for a key vote on health care which was another obvious -- >> let me explain the story for anyone that missed it. what he was referring to is reporting that the white house wanted the u.s. navy to move a warship. the warship was called the uss john mccain, out of sight for the president's visit to japan. this is according to emails between the milita

president is denying he had anything to do with moving the uss john mccain. >>so he couldn't see the ship during his trip to japan. he says he would never do anything like that and that whoever did it was well-meaning because they thought the president didn't like senator mccain, but instead of moving the ship. the wall street journal reports the tarp was to cover mccain's name on the fan tail of the ship. however, officials say that tarp was there for repairs and it was taken down before the president arrived historic floods have devastated sections of arkansas thousands of people along the arkansas river are experiencing flooding in their home is governor there says it's at a level they've never seen before want to show you flooded home in fort smith, arkansas. >>in the upper northwestern corner of the state. the living room kitchen, even some of the stairs are under water. the national weather service says every large community along the arkansas river will see major or record flooding within the next week to 10 days and on top of the destruction. the stat

whose name sake john mccain is reveered in the navy.er he owed them apology. he said no. now, the question becomes which staffer or staffers at the white house is behind those emails, telling the navy to move the ship from view? it should be easy of course for them to figure that out if they haven't already. but given the president as we just heard is out there praising that person's intentions, it doesn't seem likely there will be much punishment. erin. >> thank you very much, alex. i guess the president thinks whoever it was had his back. outfront now one of the "wall street journal" journal gordon lubold. gordon you have new details how it went down. tell me. >> i thinkway we know is that based on the reporting yesterday about the email that what happened was you know a seniorish level person from the white house, white house military office directed advance people on the ground to do something about the optics that were presented -- the optics challenge posed by the chip being there. and i think part of the problem is and see any di

uss john mccain needs to be out of sight. dan, donna, an fauns olfonso ar.but it was an attempt to keep him from seeing it. what does this tell you about how this staff operates? out of fear? is it out of fear of him or fear of what he could say? >> well, you remember a week ago when he lined all the members of his team up and said what was my demeanor like when i met with nancy pelosi? >> dear leader. >> but sarah sanders said i've seen both, which was an indication that they are away of him being able to blow and they don't want to see that. i don't think it's just people around him. i heard a story about two foreign leaders who were talking about an upcoming meeting and how you shape the agenda in a way that doesn't set off the president of the united states. so it's not just the white house staff. >> alfonso, i think it's. [ applause ] -- plausible that the person who did this was keeping him from saying or doing something that would be embarrassing. >> i think that's plausible. i think there are a lot of people in the white house that reflect the presid

john mccain — i wasn't a fan.y did it, because they thought i didn't like him, 0k? and they were well—meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. so it is clear that the president wasn't asking for the ship not to be there in the background while he was touring the naval yard, but perhaps this speaks more about the way the staff see his psyche, they felt they had to send an e—mail like that because he has this ongoing grudge with the late senator. and a p pa re ntly with the late senator. and apparently the e—mail came from the white house military officer. not exactly a staffer, someone part of the military chain of command, telling the navy, we mustn't let donald trump see there is a uss naval vessel called thejohn mccain. it is actually named afterjohn mccain putt father who an admiral. it is jaw—dropping. some that someone it is jaw—dropping. some that someone would think the president seeing that would be so upset. but you had donald trump saying, it was well ie that wa

the president wouldn't see the name mccain.arp but it was for maintenance and it was removed days before the president got there. there was a small barge also part of the repair work, not there to obscure the name of the ship, we are told. there was also part of this original reporting that the sailors aboard the mccain were told they could not come to the ship where the president was appearing, that they would be barred. the crews of two ships -- the mccain and another ship had liberty passes. they were told there would not be room for them but it was not the mccain in particular. two crews having that issue. john? >> it is interesting though that the request did, in fact, come from the white house. the question is how high in the white house? who knew? the acting defense secretary said there is an investigation ongoing now and there are people in the white house who thought the president would be so upset by the sight of the uss john mccain they had to do something. >> unless they thought they didn't want it as a backdrop. wh

then meghan mccain tweeted this. on behalf of the mccain family, amy klobuchar, please be respectful to all of us and leave my father's legacy and memory out of presidential politics. certainly, we understand, and obviously, the mccain family wanting privacy, wanting to preserve her father's image, but how can john mccain will left out of presidential politics? i mean, he is a vital ingredient in all of these conversations. >> yeah, i don't understand this pav back and forth at all, honestly. what klobuchar, who was a colleague of john mccain, i think was doing was making an obviously. you could see any democratic candidate for the presidency making it, as a criticism of donald trump. it is no mystery how the late senator mccain felt about donald trump. i just don't understand meghan mccain's response here. i think john mccain will be held up by certainly a lot of democrats. anyone opposed to trump thdonal his legacy, his views, his votes will be held up. certainly views about national security and foreign policy. i

i wasn't involved. >> a military officer told the navy, "uss john mccain" needs to be out of sight. it is not clear who gave the order. >> i would never give an order like that. somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him. they were well meaning >> rep nor vieted to the president's speech the ship not only honors senator mccain but his father and grandfather. megan mccain fought back >> it creates a culture in the military where people are fearful to show my father's name and that is what started this chain of events in action. >> thank you for that report >>> police in l.a. were taken on a wild chase by a tattooed and shirtless man who stole an suv he played cat and mouse by repeatedly stopping and starting the car. he made several moves like hitting other cars and speeding through the intersection they had to use a spike strip. the man climbed out of the damaged sug caught >>> can you spell unprecedented? for thfi cochampions. >> absolutely incredible all night long >> over the course of three and a half hours, the field was narrowed from 16 to 8. after the 17th round,

mccain" during my recent visit to japan. mccain's daughter megan responded to the report attacking the president saying he will, quote, always be threatened by the greatness of my dad's life. >>> amazon has unveiled a new feature for echo devices aimed at boosting privacy protections. the echo software has been updated so that users can erase what they've said to the device. all you have to say is, alexa, delete everything i said today. amazon has been accused of illegally collecting recordings made by some devices. >>> here's something you may not expect, customerthe reasons why rpt. ns at the >>> and you better be careful because a bad rating may cost you an uber ride. it laid out behavior which might cost you including leaving trash behind and asking the drivers to speed. now, kenneth, don't worry too much. low rated riders will get a chance to improve before they're banned. >> tell the people, i have a slightly higher better rating than you do. >> we learned recently kenneth has a better uber rating than me and the worst

john mccain" needs to be out of sight during the president's visit. it's not clear who gave the order. >> i wouldn't do a thing like that. sobody did it because they thought i didn't like him and they were well meaning, i will say. >> reporter: sailors from the mccain were thosnot invited to the president's speech. the ship honors not only senator mccain but his father and grandfather, both famous admirals. today meghan mccain firing back. >> when you repeatedly are attacking my father and war heroes, it creates a culture in the military where people are clearly fearful to show, you know, my father's name an in one way or her and that started these actions. t >> reporter:he senate armed services committee is asking e thnavy who ordered a disgraceful coverup. savannah? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. pi>> that heart stop moment at a major league baseball game in houston. a 4-year-old girl hit a foul ball and the audience watching in horror. here is miguel almaguer. >> look at your team and that went sizzling off. >> reporter: the play by play team didn'

john mccain," which is named after both john mccain's father and grandfather, the first two father and son pair to hold the rank of four star admiral. he said the president, they thought they were doing me a favor. the president apparently confirming -- >> is that someone in the what u.s. did that. >> on direction from the white house felt the need to block out the name of a u.s. naval war ship because it might insult the president in some way. this is the world we live in today. we've got a panel of very smart people around us here, but we have abby phillip at the white house, she was there with the president. abby, what stood out to you there from what was really a greatest hit list -- greatest hits list of the president's claims? >> reporter: yeah, jim and poppy, where do we even begin on this one? i think what really struck out at me was how angry the president was at robert mueller. i think he's come really full circle on this. in the days after the mueller report was released he acknowledged that mueller acted on rablly. today when he was asked do you still believe that robert mu

not invited to the president's speech in fact, the ship honors not only senator mccain but also hisather and grandfather, both famous admirals. today meghan mccain firing back. >> when you repeatedly are attacking my father and war heroes, it creates a culture in the military where people are clearly fearful to show, you know, my father's name in one way or another. and that, i think, is what has started this chain of events and actions. >> reporter: the top democrat on the senate arms services committee, jack reed, is asking who in the white house orders what he calls a disgraceful coverup. savannah. >> thank you >>> now to the heart-stopping moment in a baseball game in houston. a 4-year-old girl hit with a foul ball, the players watching in horror tonight there are new calls for safer stadiums here is nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: though the play-by-play didn't immediately know it -- >> just hope everybody is okay out there. >> reportehe reaction from playera 4-year-old at d park, albert almora need in disbelief. >> as soon as i hit it the first person i locked eyes on was

john mccain away during his trip to japan. the u.s.s. john mccain needs to be out of sight. the journal's parent company share common ownership. president trump targeted the late senator and war hero and his attacks have not ended with john mccain's death as you know doubt know. for his part, the president said he was unaware of the request from his staffers and says that they "meant well." in the end, by all accounts, the ship was not moved. the journal reports and i'm quoting, senior naval officials in hawaii and japan made the call to keep the ship right where it was. jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. jen? >> we confirmed the u.s.s. john mccain was not removed and remained in the ship's berth prior to the president's visit.i can confirm as you mentioned after speaking to several sunia i have officers that there was an e-mail from the white house military office including white house staffers requesting that the mccain be kept out of sight during the president's memorial day visit. the president admitted as much after his spokespeople called the entire sto

navy sailors who were assigned to mccain were told to stay away during the president's visit.hey tell us they were on leave during that time for the long holiday weekend. but, as you said, acting secretary shan 00 wahan was ask about it again today during this visit. he shed a little light on what he has done to look into this. he directed his chief of staff to look through their e-mails here and see if there is any record of this request, steph. here's what he had to say. >> was there any e-mail to my, i call it the front office, but basically the executive office, is there any e-mails we received on the subject. and i would say we did an exhausted look and we received none. >> it's interesting. he calls it quick and exhaustive which fight each other. he doesn't talk about. he spoke specifically about e-mails, but so far we haven't heard whether he was briefed on this or whether he was ever made aware of the request. he continues to say or anyone in his office made aware of the requests. he continues to say he was not notified in advance, though. >> okay. jeff, so, let's just

john mccain's name is hidden from the presint and left-behind hard drives reveal a republican push tocensus. it was a big week. thankfully, we have the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's "new york times" columnist david brooks, and "washington post" opinion writer jonathan capehart. welcome to you both. david, robert mueller broke his silence, we have finally heard from hk . i want to u, though, because the conversation about impeachment continued on the democratic side. nbc's been updating their list of how many democrats, how manyt members house are supporting an inpeople. inquiry. 53 last time i checked. last week you said speakerig pelosi was to slow walk the prosessmentsz do you still believe tt based on what we've heard? >> a whole week later i still believe that because have a reasonably attractive presidential field and if they spentheir entire early election season fighting for impeachment, it will detract from that and give what donald trump wants fighting congress. republican support for donald trump is now at a tie and the more they go to impeachment, the more solid t

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. >> there were talks about moving the uss john mccain ahead of president trump's visit to japan. navy leaders said knock it off. >>> a big scare in houston, screaming line drive hits a little girl in the stands. the batter understandably distraught. >> and welcome news from alex trebek, the jeopardy host making significant progress against pancreatic cancer. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> i'm dave briggs, it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we start in the nation's capital. the special counsel robert mueller has spoken, offering public comments on the russia investigation. his words offering clear discrepancy of the explanations of the attorney general bill barr, and even though the justice department and mueller's office released a joint statement claiming there is no conflict between them, the video suggests otherwise. >> he was not saying but for the olc opinion, he would have found obstruction. >> the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice and by regulation, it was bound by the department policy. charging the president with a crime was the

navy to keep the uss john mccain out of site during his recent visit to japan.l security correspond anne jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> reporter: i can confirm after speaking to several u.s. navy officers there was an e-mail from the white house military office, including white house staffers, requesting that the uss john mccain be kept out of sight during the president's visit. the president admitted as much this morning after his spokes people called the entire story fake news. >> i would never do a thing like that. now, somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him. okay? they were well meaning, i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> reporter: wall street journal was the first to report the story. the e-mail from the white house preceded the president's memorial day speech on board the uss wasp which is parked near the uss mccain. the acting defense secretary was forced to push back on any suggestion he was involved. >> i have never authorized, i have never approved any action around the