for many years, it was john mccain who was the main hater of russia and everything connected with it after the euro maidan in kiev, even a street named after mccain appeared like this the southern neighbors already had landmarks then, the senator, the author of the famous expression that russia is a gas station, which for some reason disguises itself as a country, said this politician at a meeting in the us senate, lobbying for sanctions against moscow, he always called the russian president vlad and meladtsy, gazprom about which he denied until his death and, like any american politician , mccain certainly loved to write books. especially for such fees, according to journalists, the senator received almost 20 million dollars, basically. this is a collection of a history of advice on how to wet russia. sparing putin from serious punishment for his attack on our democracy not only encourages further aggression. tells the victims, the potential victims of russian aggression in ukraine, georgia, the baltic countries, poland, moldova and montenegro, and in russia itself, that the united

arizona senator john mccain has died.ing an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than one year. when john mccain died, a big part of the gop legacy that stood up to donald trump passed away. [chuck] it's a sad moment, i think, for a lot of americans, and i think there is this extra stomach punch that some people feel tonight because there's this feeling that john mccain was one of the last people holding up the guard rail. the blood was so bad between trump and the mccain family that it was pretty obvious that this was not going to be a normal funeral proceeding. [hallie] when i talk to people who are close with the senator, and who are reflecting on his life and legacy, here are two words they don't wanna hear today-- donald trump. [john] the whole of the political world was there, but the family had said to trump, "don't come." [meghan] we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. if you wanted to r

john mccain has died.ng an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than one year. >> when john mccain died, a big part of the gop legacy that stood up to donald trump passed away. >> i think there is this extra stomach bunch that some people feel tonight because there is this feeling that john mccain was one of the less people holding up the guard rail. >> the blood was so bad between trump and the mccain family that it was obvious this would not be a normal funeral. >> when i talk with people that are close to the senator, here are two words they don't want to hear. donald trump. >> the political world was there. but they told trump not to come. >> we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness. the real thing. not cheap rather from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. >> mccain could not have done any better. >> so much of our politics seems small and mean. >> when it came to sending a message about where the country should be, mccain and his family understood that

that is because the mccain institute was inspired by the late -- the legacy of the late john mccain,e fight for democracy, human dignity and security. our program is to prevent targeted violence and promote the raucously dust hit -- dovetails with the adl's important mission. the work of both of our organizations as you would imagine is not only domestic but global. the u.s. secretary general stated in the 21 addressed to the human rights council that white supremacy and neo-nazi movements are more than domestic terror threats. today, these extremist movements represent the number one internal security threat in several countries. unfortunate, the united states is one of those countries. the fbi reports that there was a 32% increase in domestic terrorist incidents from 2020 -2021, and in march 2021, the director to testimony to the senate judiciary committee where he said quote the problem of domestic terrorism has been metastasizing across the country for a long time now, and it is not going away anytime soon. in his october 2020 home threat assessment, the department of homeland se

after the euro maidanov , a street named after mccain even appeared in kiev.is a gas station that for some reason disguises itself as a country, this politician said at a meeting in the us senate , lobbying for sanctions against moscow, he always called the russian president vlad and the melads, whom he denied gazprom until his death and, like any american politician, mccain, of course, loved write books, especially for such fees, according to journalists for the restless wave, the senator received almost $ 20 million, in fact. this is a collection of the history of advice on how to wet russia putin's deliverance from severe punishment for his attack on our democracy not only encourages further aggression. he tells the victims and potential victims of russian aggression in ukraine, georgia, the baltic countries, poland, moldova and montenegro, as well as in russia itself, that the united states, the world's greatest power , cannot be relied upon to protect its own democracy. it is our sacred duty to infiltrate these countries and stop moscow; became a make-up.

and the bushes and john mccain and don rumsfeld, not a lot of love there. and they were always said, what do you like that one better than me? i love them all. and now i i'm sure they're a bad books out there. not too many. you know, each one represents something. and i love meeting these people every week. i love reading things that i might not otherwise have picked up off a shelf. it's fantastic. you ever go up to new york, to the publishing houses? yes. and it's like anything else. it's an older industry. it's consolidating. it has its rules. it's you know, these kinds of things. but there are individual people in each one of those publishing houses that get up every day saying, i want to do the best for this author, even if he or she is not well known. i want to make sure this is the greatest interview for these established people like ken follett. so i've identified some people and each one, i really like them. i hear from them every day and we're in constant communication. yeah. so you've gotten on the map enough that the publishers are contacting you

and the bushes and john mccain and don rumsfeld, not a lot of love there. and they were always said, what do you like that one better than me? i love them all. and now i i'm sure they're a bad books out there. not too many. you know, each one represents something. and i love meeting these people every week. i love reading things that i might not otherwise have picked up off a shelf. it's fantastic. you ever go up to new york, to the publishing houses? yes. and it's like anything else. it's an older industry. it's consolidating. it has its rules. it's you know, these kinds of things. but there are individual people in each one of those publishing houses that get up every day saying, i want to do the best for this author, even if he or she is not well known. i want to make sure this is the greatest interview for these established people like ken follett. so i've identified some people and each one, i really like them. i hear from them every day and we're in constant communication. yeah. so you've gotten on the map enough that the publishers are contacting you

but but this is this is mccain moments after he was shot down. it's it's i guess one of the first photos that was taken of of mccain. i send out to his office. and i got a response back. i say, by the way, in case you care, here's a picture. the senator after he was he was captured this is what the war was like for american ma and soldiers. you're just you're basically you're just walking around throh through through jungle. right. forces.ain, vietnamese communist they know how vulnerable they n be if they're exposed. so, so o inhe deepest areas of the country, usually mountainous jungles, regions, and they just wait for the americans to come to them now. now something like 3 million americans serve in vietnam. like you often see these guys vietnam, their license plates as. it turns out only 20% of americans who served in vietnam were actually in combat. but the overwhelming majority of americans who served in vietnam were not combat. and of the 20% in combat, 10% only ever experienced combat. so only a minority of americans are serving in vietna

for many years, it was john mccain who was the main hater of russia and everything connected with itn kiev , even a street named after mccain appeared, such landmarks were already in the southern neighbors the senator, the author of the famous expression that russia is a gas station, which for some reason disguises itself as a country, said this politician at a meeting in the us senate, lobbying for sanctions against moscow, he always called the president of russia vlad and melation, which gazprom denied until his death and how any american politician mccain, of course , loved to write books. moreover, for such fees, according to journalists , the senator received almost $ 20 million for the restless wave, in fact. this is a collection of history advice on how to wet russia ridding putin of serious punishment for his attack on our democracy not only encourages further aggression, but says, to the victims and potential victims of russian aggression in ukraine in georgia in the baltic countries of poland, moldova and montenegro, as well as in russia itself that the united the states of

but i'll tell you something else i know about john mccain, john mccain had a long memory.ohn mccain listened to donald trumpba beat him senseless day after day after day after day starting with the beginning of his campaign when he said he wasn't a war hero because he got captured. now, i would just suggest something on a human relations basis, if you're looking for somebody's vote who was kept in the t hanoi hilton for years asa prisoner of war and beaten and abusedca and didn't leave becaue he said i will not leave unless my men leave with me, if you want his vote, how about trying not to say he's not a hero? how about we tart at that minimum amount of -- start at that minimum amount of public discourse. [applause] and now i heard him say if we made a -- president again, he would settle the ukraine war in 24 hours. did you hear that one? that's a beauty. that's really in a career of complete falsed hoods. falsehoods, that makes the top five. but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. let's say donald trump could settle it in 24 hours, let me tell you how he would. he'd

bush mccain. remember w john mccain exchange blows? >> you should be ashamed.ou should be ashamed. >> that man there who attacked -- >> let me finish. >> that man wasn't speaking for me. let me finish, please. >> is listed -- >> let me finish. you didn't call this ad. a man's windshield yesterday, the question -- this is an attack piece. >> paid for by john mccain. [laughter] >> that's will, how about when hillary clinton and this guy senator barack obama went head-to-head. >> international experience. >> i haven't been to washington enough. >> claiming basically the entire eight years of the clinton presidency is wrong except for the stuff that didn't work out. >> we can't forget about the spine that took place between our current president and vice president. >> you also worked with them to oppose buzzing. >> my position across the board, i did not praise them. >> do you agree today you were wrong to oppose buzzing in america? do you agree? >> i did not oppose buzzing in america. what i opposed was busing ordered by the department of education. that's what i

, the late senator mccain. could you talk about how they related to you and to the senate and why there is such a contrast, it seems to me, in how they presented themselves as members of the senate? well, i don't claim to have had close working relationship with mitch mcconnell. he he has been very effective in gaining the support of the republican senators for the leadership that he there. but to my mind, he's he's focused on. as much republican as he possibly can. there there in the senate. john mccain was also a very partizan on some things, but i think was was really more focused on issues than than on party and, you know, i say in the book that i, i believe his vote to vote against the of the affordable care was a statesman like type vote and had added greatly to his legacy. what was your relationship with senator when it came to public lands specifically in the west? well, we we had our disagreements and but we tried to work them out. and in some cases, we able to well he he of course you had particular v

. >>> finally the new head of the united nations world food program, cindy mccain, joins us to talk abouthere the hunger crisis is worst and why we need to do more. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "face the nation." there is a lot we don't know yet about the motivations behind and the consequences following wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin's actions in russia this weekend. what we do know about what one senior administration official calls a very bizarre episode, is that there seems to be a pause, at least for now, due to a truce struck between vladimir putin and prigozhin that was brokered by the president of belarus. the terms of the deal are emerging but even after prigozhin abruptly stopped his march to moscow yesterday, there remains trepidation about the risks ahead on this unpredictable path for russia which holds the largest nuclear arsenal. ian lee reports from dnipro, ukraine. >> rarely do failed mu tain eyres received place. as they left the city last night, come back alive and take care of yourself shouted people in the crowd. the

you're working for mccain. i'm not kidding. neil: [laughter] >> it's politics. but do you ever worry about that in the back of your mind. you might slip or say something about the investigations? you have, but all of a sudden, you're dead to him. >> i just talk about what's going on in the economy and that's like when you asked me questions about things that aren't economics, and overtime it happens now and then i just say well it's not my area of expertise. so, i think that it's unlikely talking about the economy is going to get any politician for or against -- neil: kevin, you never know. you said about the economy, you know the federal reserve did yesterday, pausing on rates. i always go back to what donald trump had said about jerome powell that he regrets choosing him to run the federal reserve. i don't know any updated views on that from him, but there are many who wonder whether the fed has gone too far with these rate hikes. what do you think? >> well i think the fed hasn't gone far enough and i do remember you could google it at one point president trum

. >> when i worked with john mccain on the am pain trail, i used to sit in the back of the suv with hed lindsey graham. we'd be heading into an important swing state and i'd be trying to tell them about their local sport team, and he's get off the phone and want to talk about -- he was almost ahead of his time, right? what do you think he would think of his republican party? >> i don't think he'd think much of it. i don't know that, okay? >> no, we can't speak for him obviously, but he was so strong. >> he was strong. >> in articulating what you just did. >> look, when i went out to see him when he was dying at his home in arizona, he asked me going out, he said, joe, would you do my eulogy. it was one of the greatest honors that i've had. we used to -- you remember he started working with me when he came back as a prisoner of war from being a prisoner of war, and i helped talk him into running, and i used to kid him. you know, we used to argue like hell. argue like hell, but like brothers, we'd end up hugging one another. >> that's the way politics used to be. you'd fight for the came

you all remember john mccain coming in and going, vote no.at is a failure of presidential leadership. why do you think john mccain voted no? he is gone, we cannot ask him anymore. it may be that john mccain, i fathom he was a principal guy, he did not believe in the bill. i will tell you something else, john mccain had a long memory. john mccain listen to donald trump beat him senseless day after day after day after day, starting when he said he was not a war hero because he got captured. now, i would suggest something on a humans relation to -- human relations basis. if you had someone who is kept as a prisoner of war beaten and if used -- be in and abused, who said, i will not leave unless my men leave with me. if you want the vote, how about saying he is not a hero? how about the minimum amount of public discourse? [applause] and now, i heard him say, if we made him president again, he would settle ukraine war into a four hours. did you hear that one? that is a beauty. in a career of computer -- of complete falsehoods, that makes the top f

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got tickets for the upcoming world tour and the daughter herself about a week ago in her instagram mccain posted a photo with the caption to come before the storms. everything was gearing up to the celebration of her for to your career in music. yeah, can please, i'm expected i assume for her and, and for her management team and for the fans. let's talk a bit more about about this too. uh well basically the tier was about to start in 2 weeks time in vancouver, in canada. and actually, um, take the look at the 2 gate, it's your dates rather. and apart from a short break between october and november, she was going to be performing pretty much constantly. the true star thing, obviously in, in canada and is going to end here in europe in amsterdam, in december. now you, there's the new indication yet about new dates not being cancelled. it's being postponed. and obviously funds will have to wait a little bit longer for that, but really at the move in online, it's just a mass of 8 poring of support from a donor saying, you know, funds are saying focus on getting well and we will see you on tou

the money keeps mccain. and thanks so much for joining us. evacuation efforts of picking off across parts of ukraine affected by flooding. following the destruction of the massive kirchhoff could um, russian officials and now saying that more than 5000 people have been relocated from areas under its control, russian emergency service crews have released videos of the rescue operations, sidewalks that is still spreading. as the kickoff the reservoir continues to empty, the hydro electric power company says it has last 5 meters since tuesday, and is now at 11 maces. and the demo has also still not completely collapsed yet. meanwhile, there were warnings that the entire flooded region is now a land mine danger zone. the red cross says up rooted minds will pose hidden danger for decades to come in mind skin depending on all of their, their, their shape. then what they're made of can float for 4 kilometers down straight, particularly as plastic, while the mines control to low guess and, and, and that's the, that'

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i remember senator harry reid, senator john mccain, senator orrin hatch, elijah cummings, alcee hastings and others who i met here in 2016. and who sadly are no longer with us. mr. speaker, standing here seven junes ago, that a june when hamilton swept all the wars, i say that is behind us. now when our -- we are at the crossroads, i am here to speak about our calling for this century. through the long and widening roads that we helped pave, we have made the best of friendships. a lot has changed since i came here seven summers ago, but a lot has remained the same between india and the united states. in the past few years there have been many advances. at the same time there have been even more momentous development in another area, america and india. mr. speaker and distinguished members, the beauty of democracy is the constant connect with the people, to listen to them and fill their pots and i know this takes a lot of time, energy, effort and travel. it is a thursday afternoon. you fly out there, for some of you. so i'm grateful for your time. i also know how busy you've been this las

. >> pride is mccain sure everybody has fun. it is a joyous time. happy pride.ornell: pride organizers expect a half million people will be in san francisco for the event this weekend, may be more. san francisco police providing security for us, for everyone here, for the weekend as wel the festival wraps up at 6:00 p.m. tonight. tomorrow, the pride parade is happening tomorrow morning. happy pride. dion: what an awesomeurnout. cornell, thank like you mentioned, this sunday, abc7 is the only place you can e pride parade broadcast live. the morngrewill be there. coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. we will also be online. and in the meantime, a show of strength in the north bay as people took pride in a march this morning. the route was between two businesses who are lgbtq plus owned orpheum -- or friendly to the community. the rally organizers say both businesses were previously vandalized, and let go of the march was to promote, educate and support the lgbtq community. we are looking live outside right now. things are looking clear, but the big question -- will it be

assistant secretary of defense for russia ukrainian and eurasia, she's the executive director of the mccainfor public diplomacy and affairs. now at nbc news political analyst. kevin baron, executive editor of defense twine, great to have all three of you with us. i will start with you. hard to say there are winners and losers in the scenario. if there is a win, or if there's someone whose hand has gotten stronger, the arguing kenny may that it is alexander lukashenko of belarus. we don't really know how much he played a role as opposed to how much perhaps he was told by vladimir putin, can you offer you've ghani prigozhin a way out and tell him you will take him man if he calls off this assault? >> yeah, i, mean there's so much we don't know. we don't know also whether potentially prigozhin line this up as his plan be, in case all the support that he may have been counting on it did not come through. so, because we do know that prigozhin and lukashenko knew one another. he could have lined that up with lukashenko behind the scenes, rather than putin lining it up. there are a lot of permutat

technological advance that has been significant but the final point i will make is the point john mccain used to make and donna rumsfeld used to make, -- and donald rumsfeld used to make, how do we make our defense budget more efficient and effective. i hope we can do both. we can get more out of the existing dollars we spent in make more technology -- we spend and make more technology advancements. host: have you picked a horse in the gop primary? guest: i have not. i would love to have a candidate that was a little younger in both parties and a candidate in the republican party that can serve two terms because we have a lot of challenges. host: do you have anything in mind? joe, republican. the morning. -- good morning. caller: i have been a lifelong reporting -- republican. i am a christian and i'm perplexed how the republicans handle two social issues i believe lends us to lose many elections. the abortion issue. i think we want -- won a great victory when we overturned roe v. wade. i think that is where that issue should die. it is time for the republicans to let people make up thei

but part of that might have had to do with him going after john mccain. went after brian kemp suggesting that stacey abrams would have been a better bet for georgians than brian with kemp which infuriated a lot of georgians, georgia began republicans. and then you have florida and him going after desantis and saying, suggesting that andrew cuomo might have done a were the job as -- a better job as governor than ron desantis. he keeps shooting himself, one would think, in the foot againsf republican voters in those states, no? >> yeah. i mean, look, we've seen this going all the way back to 2018. the american electorate took their chances with donald trump in 20 the 16 because they wanted to send a message they wanted something different. and i understand that sentiment. in 2018, though, after a couple of years in office and those midterms it had been clear that you looked at the exit polls that donald trump had managed to, through his style the, his language, as you said going after other republicans, he had managed to alienate a number of republicans or