we'll start with megan mccain. escalating her criticism of president trump after his weekend twitter attack on her father. trump most recently slammed mccain in two tweets over his alleged involvement in the russia investigation. megan mccain hit back on twitter telling trump no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. she continued her attack yesterday on "the view". >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because knees it and i know it and you all know it he'll never be a great man. when my father was alive up until adulthood we would spend our time together cooking, hiking, fishing, celebrating life. i thought your life is spent on your weekends not with your family. not with your friends. but obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to. that tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now. >> so "the view" co-host abby huntsman daughter of john huntsman defended mccain tweeting proud of my good friend megan mccain for staying so composed through th

megan mccain hit the nail. senator john mccain, the late senator john mccain was a hero for this nation. the president did not serve in the military because of bone spurs. not only did john mccain serve, he was a prisoner of war. he could have been released, but he chose to stay. he was bloodied and broken for us as a nation. we talk about patriotism and we talk about the constitution and we talk about freedoms. he was a person who truly personified freedom. not only senator mccain but his whole family. she has a right as a daughter to speak out in defense of her father, but also as someone who knows the history of a man who served this nation and cared about this nation. and the only reason why he went after senator mccain in death, he is haunted by what his staffer did about russia. that's not presidential what happened this weekend anyway you look at it. we have never seen this before. granted twitter wasn't around during george washington's time or lincoln's time. >> thank you both for being here. we appreci

megan mccain, john mccain's daughter, tweeted back at president trump, launching this attack. listen to this. quote, no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i'd been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend years with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine. clearly the president's obsession over john mccain and the grudge between the two men continues on, even seven months after the late senator's death. >> all right. boris sanchez at the white house, thank you so much. let's talk further on this. joining me now, "new york" magazine's washington correspondent, olivia nuzzi. good to see both of you. so julian, what was your reaction that the acting chief of staff would say the president is not a white supremacist, not necessarily answering the question that was asked, but making that statement? >> well, it's obviously stunning that we need an answer to that question with the president of the united states. but it's either a chaos strategy, where you have the chief of staff and others trying to clean up what the president tries to do, or i

john, the president has been on a tear in the last few days against the late senator john mccain whose daughter megan responded and today he's coming for mccain again. >> yeah, they got to do a twitter fight over the weekend. megan mccain, that unlike her father, president trump wouldn't be a great man. president trump said this. >> he told us hours before that he would repeal and replace and for some reason, i think i understand the reason, he ended up going thumbs up. had we known that, we would have gotten a vote. i think it's disgraceful. there's other things. i was never a fan of john mccain and i never will be. >> the president talking about mccain's vote on repealing and replacing obamacare. no response from megan mccain other than retweet a tweet from the president. >> ahead, we'll check in on the killer flooding covering parts of the u.s. midwest. we'll also show you before and after pictures of some of the hardest hit areas. if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to

spreading the fake and totally discredited dossier is unfortunately a dark stain against john mccain." meganesponded, no one will ever love the president the way they loved her father, referring to the american people. the president's recent attack on mccain who died last year is the latest in his feud against the late senator. >>> authorities in north carolina are headed to arizona today to extradite a man arrested for allegedly killing his wife. investigators say a warrant was issued for rexford keel in north carolina. he led police to a manhunt only to be arrested at a traffic stop. his wife went missing march 9th, and her body was found days later. >>> so coming up in the "morning news," new details about the suspect arrested in the shooting of a mob boss. >>> and march madness in full swing. which schools will be which schools will be participating in this year's big when it comes to so,type 2 diabetes,.. are you thinking about your heart? well, i'm managing my a1c, so i should be all set. right. actually, you're still at risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke. even if i'm taking heart

i wanted to have this conversation in front of cameras but first to megan mccain's point to this new bizarre low. when you look at what cindy mccain shared, it's disgusting. why do people feel so free, emboldened to speak like this now? >> well, two things we have to keep in mind. one, is we're talking about a new national low. we're not talking about a low. there's been times in our history when a fellow americans have done unspeakable things to each other, but what we've got now is an enabling climate where cyberbullies feel that somehow it's okay. there are no social sanctions. there's no stigma attached to being wretched in public. there's no other way to describe the attacks on the mccain family than heartless, wretched, inhuman attacks. the folks that do it feel somehow it's okay. donald trump is not responsible for every bad deed and every bad thought by every american. i want to put that on the table. >> uh-hum. >> but there are some presidents that believe they have a moral purpose. look, every president's a human being that mean that every president's flawed. with the office

megan mccain tweeted in response, no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i was given more saturdays to be with him. maybe you should spend more time with yours instead of obsessing over mine. yesterday the president tweeted so it was indeed just proven in court papers last in his class annapolis, john mccain sent the fake dossier to the fbi and media hoping to have it printed before the election. he and the democrats working together failed as usual, even the fake news refused this garbage. now "the washington post" notes that trump's tweet contained three errors. mccain a member of the naval academy class of 1958 graduated fifth from last in his class and the senator was not made aware of the dossier until november 18th of 2016 after trump won the election and there's no evidence that mccain gave the dossier to the media. >> while trump was prolific about subjects troubling him he remain silent on violent extremism from the far-right saying friday he does not see it as a major problem. >> i don't really. i think it's a small group of people that ha

. >> now, senator john mccain's daughter megan mccain over the weekend showed outrage over what the president said about her father. today on "the view" seems to sense the irony in john mccain continuing to hit the president's goat. listen here. >> i think if i had told my dad seven months after you're dead you'll be dominating the news, he would think it's hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death as well. >> johnny isakson a close friend of john mccain didn't have any irony about it at all. listen to what he said earlier this afternoon. >> it's deplorable what he said. that's what i called it from the floor of the senate seven months ago. it will be deplorable seven months from now and i will continue to speak out. >> there you go. some of the president's republican colleagues slamming him for what he said about john mccain. we thought going into today the feud with john mccain might be over. but then suddenly out of the blue at the tank plant, the president said i got asked about john mccain. let me tell you what i have to say about t

. >> reporter: the president was not invited to the senator's funeral and megan mccain has said she was surprised that the president's daughter and son-in-law attended. >> it made me uncomfortable and i hope i made them uncomfortable. >> reporter: megan mccain tweeting this photo of herself wednesday night with the message nothing breaks me, a reference to the moving story she told at her father's funeral about being thrown off her horse as a little girl. >> i look back across that time and see the expression on his face when i climbed back up and rode again. and i see the pride and love in his eyes as he said, nothing is going to break you. >> reporter: despite the president's vit treeal, the majority of republicans remain silent. mccain's close friend senator lindsey graham choosing not to condemn president trump. >> i think the president's comments about senator mccain hurt him more than they hurt the legacy of senator mccain. i'm going to try to continue to help the president. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports that some close to the president have attributed his frustration

him of colding wi democrats to doom his election chancet he w after mccain on a health care bill megan mccain defended her father on twitter. she said, n quote, one will ever love you the way they loved my father. end quote. >>> let's take a turn now to the weather. we're just three days away from spring. some of you could see somenow flakes and for many of us we will also be dealing with rain the start of your work week. so we're joined now to talk about who is seeing what really depends on where, you li right? >> yes. it does. this is a no hypest fore tomorrow actually a lot of the models trending drier but we're going to be seeing some activity so we have to talk about it. ht e a look at the radar r now. it does a good job of setting up who is going to see what. north of the district, spotty flakes there. spotty rain drops further souts this going to start to increase through the overnight hours. so what to this forecast is trending drier. we're still going to see spotty showers and flakes and stick around i'llou help y plan out your monday and really break it down. >> thank you so much. l

megan mccain responded on twitter, accusing trump of being fixsated on her father's legacy. she told the president nobody would ever love him the way they loved her father. >>> gillibrand plans to take on president trump directly in her campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. she's the latest democrat to announce she's running. her kickoff speech is scheduled next weekend in front of a trump building right here in new york. >>> meanwhile, beto o'rourke was in wisconsin yesterday and made a campaign promise. he'll stop using the f-word, bu? >> i'm told i am being criticized by the new left. i have the most progressive record of anybody running for -- of anybody who would run. [ cheering ] >> i didn't mean -- >> a slip of the tongue from joe biden getting a lot of cheers there. other remarks at the dinner sounded as if he is about to to take on president trump. >>> the artist known as the king of surf guitar, dick dale, has died. you may know one of his most famous songs. take a listen. ♪ >> such a catchy tune. dick dale's music was featured in a sound track for "

the latest from megan mccain rebutting the president's recent attacks on her father. eghan mccain delivering a stinging rebuke of president trump. >> that tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life. >> reporter: the daughter of the late senator john mccain on "the view" not mincing words. >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he knows it and i know it and all of you know it, he will never be a great man. my father was his kryptonite in life. he's his kryptonite in death. >> reporter: mccain remembering how before her father's death from brain cancer nearly seven months ago, her family would spend time together cooking, hiking, and fishing. comparing that to the president's weekend activities. >> your life is spent on your weekends not with your family. not with your friends. but obsessing -- or ebsessing o great men you could never live up to. >> reporter: that rebuttal a response to the president's weekend tweets talking about ken starr who blamed a mccain ally for leaking parts of that steele dossier. >> this is unfortunately a

. >> reporter: megan mccain calle. >> your life is spent on your weekends, not with your family, not with your friends but obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to. >> reporter: during a weekend with 52 tweets and retweets, the hev ysz tweet storm of his tweet-heavy presidency, mr. trump accused mccain of leaking the so-called steele dossier before the 2016 election, that dossier filled with unsubstantiated allegations about the president was, in fact, given by mccain to the f.b.i. in december 2016. mr. trump also said mccain finished last in his class at the naval academy. he was actually fifth from the bottom. south carolina republican lindsey graham, a long-time mccain friend who has become a white house ally, defended mccain. >> when it comes to criz k th's a huge mistake.epor mr.m with mccain goes back years. in 2015, he mocked mccain's captivity during the vietnam war. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> reporter: back then advisers feared mr. trump's attack on mccain might doom his embryonic presidenti

. >> with megan mccain. also k078ing to mccain's defense is mccain's best friend lindsay graham. said. it was once of the most con again shl senators. nothing about his service will ever be changed or diminished. talk about being in a rock and a hard place. you know, you served with lindsay gr graham. >> i remember him coming and helping me in the first election. he was a gracious gracious man. i don't see how anybody can criticize someone that served their country. you can get, you know, you can do whatever you want to. to continue to attack senator mccain, it's just -- it doesn't make any sense to me. again, this is the mistrust. there are people that are trying to figure out when am i going to be next? if i disagree how is he going to throw me under the bus? this is the time where you say i am going to stick with my principals. at least that will not fail me. >> look, donald trump and john mccain had a few that lasted until john mccain's funeral until it was very tense and the fact that he was asked not to come and the fact that it was made public. you combine it with the fact

because megan mccain was very upset by the comment and obviously, you don't feel like you have to apologize. not reconsidering at all? considering how hurt she was? or -- >> no, the big business republicans, chamber of commerce and the people who are blocking the agenda that put donald trump in office should apologize to america. >> all right. michelle, dan bongino, thank you very much. now to a "watters' world" exclusive investigation into congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. she entered chief of staff a ready accused of funneling nearly $1 million. $1 million! in campaign contributions to a business in order to avoid campaign finance laws. now she is facing possible ethics violations regarding her twitter account. and, and -- accused of being a green hypocrite. joining me not to break it all down, president of american commitment, phil kerpen. let's begin with the campaign-finance violation for their calling a possible felony. her campaign manager i guess was playing loose with a bunch of cash. $1 million. is she in trouble for this possibly? >> well, she certainly in trouble. the ques

you also have daughter megan mccain and cindy mccain saying she has gotten some bullying tweets because of the president's escalating his attack. all of this basically serves to overshadow the policy message. he is heading to the major battleground state to talk about jobs, cars and the economy. this is what he is focused on. he is going to depart today. we'll have a chance to ask him about all of this and his messaging. is it a preview of things to come? undoubtedly it will be. he is making it very clear he is not holding any punches. >> that is for sure. i'll see you in a bit. thank you. >>> let me bring in bob here. he could not have been more clear about how he felt about the president's attacks on his late friend. i just want to lay it on the line that the country deserves better. the mccain family deserves better. i don't care if he is building the greatest immigration system in the world. nothing is more important than those that fought and risked their lives for all of us. do you think it will reasonate with the president or not? >> it is not reasonating with the president they

. >> i think of megan mccain who said it on the view yesterday referring to her father as kryptonite. he was kryptonite for president trump in life. he's kryptonite in death. why can't perfecth president let it go? >> because he knows john mccain didn't like him and, you know, some where in heaven john mccain is laughing about this thinking that he's still getting the president upset and he's probably chuckling and saying, well, i don't mind it at all. what the president is doing is disgraceful. it's beneath the dignity of his office. he belittles himself. he does not belittle john mccain in the least and it shows you that -- that this is a president, even when a man who has passed away who is a genuine american hero, who served as a prisoner of war, as opposed to claiming he had bone spurs when he did not, who cannot get over his obsession with mccain and how he opposed him on health care and other things and that, you know -- that's because the way the president likes people to treat him is to flatter him and one thing we know about john mccain was flattery was not something he was

because megan mccain was very upset by the comment and obviously, you don't feel like you have to apologize. not reconsidering at all? considering how hurt she was? or -- >> no, the big business republicans, chamber of commerce and the people who are blocking the agenda that put donald trump in office should apologize to america. >> all right. michelle, dan bongino, thank you very much. now to a "watters' world" exclusive investigation into congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. she entered chief of staff a ready accused of funneling nearly $1 million. $1 million! in campaign contributions to a business in order to avoid campaign finance laws. now she is facing possible ethics violations regarding her twitter account. and, and -- accused of being a green hypocrite. joining me not to break it all down, president of american commitment, phil kerpen. let's begin with the campaign-finance violation for their calling a possible felony. her campaign manager i guess was playing loose with a bunch of cash. $1 million. is she in trouble for this possibly? >> well, she certainly in trouble. the ques

it drew the ire of megan mccain that said the president should spend his saturdays with his family instead of worrying about her family. she went on "the view" yesterday to say one thing president trump knows, unlike senator john mccain, she said unlike my father, he will never be a great man. he's opening up a lot of old battles, feuds, if you will, when as you said, so many things are going right with this administration in terms of the economy, the stock market, the president and got another round of trade talks with china that is opening next week. why is he fighting he's old battles? it plays to the base. the president's ratings are 42% in a new cnn poll, which is a high for him. so to your question is he distracting himself from the task at hand? that may be a valid question. the president trying to get things back on track in terms of foreign policy today meeting with the brazilian president. a man that fancies himself and has been dubbed the trump of the tropics. the two of them have a lot in common including policy on venezuela. neither one of the leaders when asked today would sa

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. >>> megan mccain says today trum has hit a bizarre new low. >> you would think it was lilairious that o president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle. >> next seniordi politicalr mark murray with a look at what ♪ you know yeliable support wh have it, and that dependability is what we want to give our customers. at comcast, it's my job to constantly monitor our network. prevent problems, and to help provide the most reliable service possible. my name is tanya, i work in the network operations center for comcast. we are working to make things simple, easy and awesome. storm to the southe t, coming together right over our area during the day tomorrow providing us with heavy rainfall. 1 to 2 inches likely, some areas even more tha that. and behind it much windier enditions. weoing to have much more on the impacts of this. amelia joins me in just 15 minutes. >> thank you, doug. right now heating up several f ongoinds. one of those feuds with the senator john mccain. >> just within the last hour the president hit mccain with a fresh attack while speaking at an army t

megan mccain and cindy mccain weighing in. as my fauls father always used to say to me [ speaking foreign language ] which of course don't let the bass ards get you down translate from the latin. but what also stuck out to me is just the hateful messages that are being sent not just from the oval office, but ha this family seine during, a message that cindy mccain posted. she said i want to make sure all of you could see how kind and loving a stranger can be. i'm posting her note for her family and friends to see. take a look at that. just vile things being said about the late senator, about her daughter. and listen, we know that there is a lack of decorum, certainly on social media. but when it gets to that point, at the same time, toluse, that we have the president saying social media is against me, they're trying to silence me, it's just remarkable to have these two things juxtaposed. >> normally you expect the president to refrain from sort of targeting people and putting people even in dang we are her rhetoric. but there

megan mccain wrote over the weekend that john mccain is living rent free in donald trump's brain. she then took that tweet down, but this goes to show what's happening here. all right. stick around and we'll talk to you in a little bit. erica. >>> there's breaking news out of new zealand where that country's government is taking swift action on guns in the wake of the massacre that left 50 people dead at two mosques. they say two gun laws could be in place in just a motor of days. ivan watson is life in christchurch with more for us at this hour. ivan. >> reporter: good morning, erica. that's right. t new zealand was quick to call this a terrorist attack to denounce it, and quick to call for new gun control laws. she shok about it a few hours ago. take a listen. >> i want to acknowledge when australia found itself tragically in a similar position who to what we found ourselves now, they take 12 days to make the decision. we have taken 72 hours. there is some detail that needs to be worked through want to do that, but still move as quickly as we can. >> reporter: she says quinn ten

. >> reporter: megan mccain came to biden's defense arguing standard in 2019 are much different than1991. >> joe biden is one of the truly decent human beings on the planet. of democrats cannibalize each other -- >> she said if she was going to run it would be as a presidential candidate. he would not jump in is a vp but asked if she would do it down the road is a vp if asked, she would consider it. daymac thank you very much. congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez taking aim and senator mike lee over the green new deal and the poster behind them, the senator as responsiveness the nation for that, president reagan with a rocket launcher riding a dinosaur, that is next. that we just hit the motherlode of soft-serve ice cream? i got cones, anybody wants one! oh, yeah! get ya some! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ed! ed! we struck sprinkles! [cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> clima >> climate change is the next te potential threat. >> we must act now >> green new deal, i'm

of course, his daughter megan mccain who has smart words from president trump, saying no one will lovee my father. why is the president tweeting? that's the question, in such a large volume? we are waiting for the mueller report to be turned over to the attorney general. now on a separate topic, the white house answering tough questions when it comes to that terrorist attack in new zealand, of course, he did mention president trump in his manifesto. kelly anne conway asked about that again today. here's what she has to say. >> this president hates evil and bigotry and people should feel safe, especially feel safe in their places of worship. nobody should blame folks other than the evil hateful shooter. >> reporter: so kellyanne conway out doing the messaging for the white house this morning even as president trump continues to tweet. what's also on his mind, halle? 2020 not surprisingly. former vice president joe biden hasn't announced, he had that flub where he almost walked up to the line, perhaps a preview of the battle to come, we'll have to see. >> kristen welker we'll look for mo

john mccain's daughter, megan mccain tweeted back at the president very quickly. she fired back writing, quote, no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i had been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine. the spat between these two prominent republicans carrying on months after senator mccain passed away. let's not forget where this started many years ago in the summer of 2015 when president trump said that john mccain was not a war hero. >> yeah. he says my heroes don't get caught to that effect. all right. boris sanchez, thank you so much. >>> our cnn political analysts are joining me right now. senior white house correspondent for bloomberg news and white house correspondent for the atlantic. good to see you both. let's talk about that stunning statement, you know, from mu mulvan mulvaney. the president is not a white supremacist. he took to the sunday shows today. what is your reaction to why the chief of staff felt like he had to defend the president in this manner? >> w

megan mccain fiercely defending her father and saying president trump will never be a great man and never be loved like her father. rare to see this level of back and forth from the 1600 pennsylvania, mike. this is new. >> absolutely, shep. some of the context here, johnny isakson is the chair of the senate veterans affairs committee. he says the family of john mccain deserves better. >> you may not like immigration, you may not like that. you may be a republican or a democrat. we're all americans. we should never reduce the service that people give to this country. >> it's not just isakson. mitch mcconnell tweeted this afternoon today and every day i miss my good friend john mccain. it was a blessing to serve alongside a rare patriot and american hero in the senate. his memory continues to remind me every day that our nation is sustained by the sacrifices of heros. chuck schumer wrote i look forward to reintroducing the renaming of the senate building after john mccain. here's president trump. >> he told us hours before that he was going to repeal and replace. for some reason, i think i

in a new post on twitter, megan mccain writes as my father always used to say to me [ speaking foreign language ] translate from the latin as you know that means roughly don't let the bastards grind you down. the president's new attacks on the senator came along with the conspiracy theory about social media and approval of an attack on the media by the so-called trump of the tropics. our joe johns is live at the white house with the very latest. joe. >> reporter: john, you know, when you think about it it's kind of amazing this is a country that faze pays so much attention to its fallen war fighters. we've got veterans day, arlington cemetery, he and we've got a president who never served in the military, got deferments to keep from going to vietnam going after the memory of a fallen american war hero. the president has gone after john mccain before, but never quite like this. >> i was never a fan of john mccain and i never will be. >> reporter: president trump double down on his criticism of senator john mccain more than six months after his death, blaming him for the failure of his e

shannon: megan mccain had to relive a lot of this and she is still grieving, she thinks the president is still making headlines with his name. >> i'm trying to think about what president reagan would say in a situation like this, trying to conceive of any situation where president reagan whatever talk about a member of the senate, a public servant in the way this president has talked about john mccain, democrat or republican. i don't think it is conceivable. isakson calling deplorable, it is a tragedy. shannon: a lot of senators are siding with senator mccain. >> if you look back at the congressional testimony and records we have seen over the past couple years it looks like the fbi had this information, this dossier well before senator mccain gave it to them. i would take a little bit of issue with the record there, predicated on mccain giving it to them. they had this information for quite some time. christopher steel rightly or wrongly appears to have been a source for them for quite some time. there are a lot of unanswered questions i think the senate judiciary will get to the bot

megan mccain and others found it to be tasteless.s also important to note that the president is in some ways saying the russia probe was started by this dossier. not tru george papadopoulos, a young advisor to the tru campaign, was bragging about russia having evidence and dirt against hillary clinton to an australia diplomd that diplomat told the united states you need to look a into thaat and tht's how the russia probe started. so the president has beenht mislead thrisn a completely different vain, it's not just big names the i'm is ing. a he's gone after a local union leader. what's that about? is it some connection to manufacturing jobs? >> the tweet sunday, he tweeted, democrat uaw local 112 president david grown ought to get his act together and produce g.m. let our country down but much better car companies are coming into the united states in droves. i want action on board. stop complaing and get the job done. here again was the president tweeting about a segment that peared on fox news st minutes before he put this tweet out

he retweeted something to cindy, to megan mccain the other day. the idea that he is going through his own feed i assume it's him and finding, you know, tweets that agree with him. >> isn't that nor the president to spend his time doing that weird? >> there are better battles to choose, no question. and i think he should choose better battles going forward in terms of the things he's pushing forward on his agenda and some of the folks coming at him from congress, certainly that's fair game as it relates to members of congress coming after him in a partisan way to punch back and his base expects him to punch back. but in this instance, i think he could have picked a different fight. certainly. >> you know, to pretend that anything on these twitter wars is about the good economy or you know trade issues with china, this is about racism and it's about bigotry and about discrimination and people like that about trump. and that's what i think we have to you know think about in a really hard way. >> you think -- >> not about the economy. >> you think he

megan mccain was reacting to attacks on her father.focus on his own family than hers. >> my father's kryptonite in life was his kryptonite in death. i thought your life is spent on your weekends not with your family, not with your friends, but obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to. >> that tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now. >> president trump is apparently still angry over mccain's decision to vote against the repeal of the affordable healthcare act, also known as obamacare. he blames the late arizona senator for his role in the russia investigation a former >> a former pennsylvania pediatrician heads to prison for 79 years for sexually abusing children. 19 people gave impact statements, including his wife. saying he has been lying to her for 62 years. officials, though, throughout that case saying the claims didn't match his reputation. >>> a young woman in washington state has entered a guilty plea for pushing her former friend off a bridge. you probably seen this video.

. >>> megan mccain is upping her push back against the president after he launched attacks against herts up with senator cory booker taking on his competitors. we'll have his remarks. >>> parts of the midwest are bracing for historic flooding. at least three deaths are blamed on the disaster and hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. >>> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, march 19th. i'm yasmin vossoughian

. >> amanda, megan mccain tweeted a cons, cowl u actually a couple of them. of them was taken down. one of them she said that my father, john mccain is living rent free in donald trump's head. she also put out no one will ever love you the way they love my father. i wish i had been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine. what do you make of that, amanda? >> it's really sad that the president of the united states would put the daughter, someone who lost her father in the position of having to defend his grave. but this isn't really about john mccain. president trump wants to distract from the real questions about the russia investigation and shut down internal republican criticism. a few weeks ago he said that republicans were slightly dangerous. yes, they are to his campaign because if enough republicans say they've had enough of this nonsense, they're fatigued, they're fed up and stay home, he will lose in 2020. we saw in 2016 there weren't a lot of democrats who were fully enthusiastic abou

when you hear megan mccain referencing your family, i'm wondering given the comments being made latelyt, what has been going through your mind? >> well, first, i wish to pay tribute to all of our veterans and their families, men and women serving in uniform and their families. and to mccain family for their valor and for their sacrifice and of course senator mccain. >> you knew him? >> of course. we had known him for years. i used to, after he passed we decided we would present the gift of the book that he read last and that book was senator mccain's book -- >> why courage matters. >> why courage matters. >> so you sent senator mccain's book to your son? >> i month before he died and the title of that book was a way to braver life. and i asked him the last conversation i had, i said i sent you senator mccain's book, have you read it? he said, yes, i have read it. it's a wonderful book. others are reading it in my camp. so we decided this would be the book that were joining them. how wonderful it would be if senator mccain would be kind enough to inscribe the book. so i took about 20 co

here is what megan mccain, the daughter of the late senator tweeted out. he writes, quote, no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i had been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine. it is clear even after the late senator passed away seven months ago, he still harbors some resentment toward the senator from arizona. >> thank you so much. >>> all right. let's talk further on this. joining me right now, former communications director for ted cruz, and former director. alice, why doesn't the president speak for himself? why have the acting chief of staff go out, as he did today, trying to explain? >> it's not unusual to have chief of staff and members of your cabinet go out and speak. the problem is any time you are on defense, you are losing. and unfortunately that's what it appears happened today. i think it's important, though, to really take note of what mulvaney did say. look, it is quite clear in this instance and many other times we have terrorist attacks or ter

while megan mccain blasts the president for his tweets about her late father. >> he spends his weekendobsessing over great men because we all know he will never be a great man. >>> sold out? a stunning report overgh

. >> i do want to get your take too on what we've heard from megan mccain who has always staunchly defendedviously. i found her take really interesting on the view. i just want to play a portion of that. >> do not feel bad for me and my family. we are blessed, we are a family of privilege. feel bad for people out there who are being bullied that don't have support. there are kids committing suicide because of cyber bullying online. there are people going through rough times. there are veterans who come back, we have 20 vet traps a day committing suicide. focus on these issues. these are the issues i beg the white house to pay attention to. >> you know, there's a two part they're. there's the yes, there's so much more the president could focus on. what you just discussed with anthony scaramucci. 71% on the economy, that's great for him. and yet he continues to go down that road. she continues to take a high road. she's your colleague at the view too, probably not surprising to you that that's where she's at. >> look, you know, anybody who's had a father who they love tremendously is defensiv

the late senator's daughter, megan mccain, tweeted in response, no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i had been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend your with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine. but the president didn't stop there. yesterday he tweeted so it was indeed just proven in court papers, last in his class in papers, john mccain that sent the fake dossier hoping to have it printed before the election. his condition is getting worse. it's something we talked about in the last two years. we're getting to a point, joe, where reason will tell you something is wrong. it may have been too early to be emotionally jumping to those conclusions. i regret that. but reason will tell you something is very, very wrong and at the very least this president, knowing his patterns, is desperately trying to deflect from some sort of reality that bothers him butch he does not have the discipline, he doesn't have the ability to hold himself back when he spends an entire weekend where the world should be mourning over the ramifications of hatred, tw

and it's so bad we are not going to show you, we can say the message attacks both john mccain and their daughter, megancain saying on twitter, quote, i want to make sure all of you see how kind and loving a stranger can be. >> incredible. >>> the special counsel's team had immediate interest in former trump attorney, michael cohen. we have just learned that search warrants were obtained only two months after robert mueller was appointed, and that was nine months before the raids on cohen's home, office and hotel room allowing the russia probe to look at e-mails and his cloud backup files. the released documents are heavily redacted indicating the investigation into cohen's activities is still active. >> meanwhile, mueller may be getting help from a top justice official. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is delaying his departure for at least a few weeks. rosenstein appointed mueller and he's indicated he would not leave the justice department until he is satisfied that the russia investigation was either complete or close to it. >>> there's no official word yet on whether patriot's owner, robert k

senator mccain's daughter megan responded on the view. >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he knows it and i know it he will never be a great man. >> i can't bhaj the president expects to gain from such disparaging remarks. >> reporter: jill buck is a former campaign volunteer in buck ton and directed his campaigns in california and she is a veteran who served as a lieutenant in the navy. she said she and other veterans are upset by the rhetoric. >> disappointment is a pretty soft word for the way we feel and this isn't okay, not in the least bit. i'm proud of the senators who were friends of senator mccain who had stood up and re-buicked the president's remarks. i'm proud of them for having the encourage senator mccain certainly had. >> these twi don't think they help anybody and i want to look forward. nobody i've admired more than senator john mccain. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell tweeted it was a bless to go serve alongside a rare patriot and genuine american hero in the senate. in a republican party meeting while some disagree with the rhett ricks they like

i get to twitter myself, i said to senator mccain and megan and the family, i said to ignore this, you'reccain should be honored for his service but the criticism is beneath the office of the president. >> bret: meghan mccain address it on the view. >> i think if i told my dad seven months after you're dead you're going to be dominating the news and oliver twitter, he would think it was hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominated the news cycle in death as well. >> bret: our colleague brit hume tweeted out why the president of the united states gets involved in petty disputes with someone most americans have never heard of it is beyond me, this is talking about george conway, the same goes for his continuing feud with the late john mccain, why bother? >> i get why donald trump doesn't like john mccain and he has some legitimate grievances against john mccain but he isn't hurting john mccain, john mccain is dead, he's hurting himself. he went to ohio today because he had a message to deliver about the manufacturing boom in this country that he has unleashed. it

. >> reporter: mccain's daughter megan describes the president as a man her father despiedz. >> thanks conway are using twitter as a marriage counsellor. >> why not, it's cheap. >>> joining us on set bureau chief for vice news tonight on hbo and should note nbc alum. >> yes. >> we always like to plug that. >> my desk used to be back there. >> probably still there. let me ask you quickly about this public feud taking place between the conways, i should say george conway and president trump. what is he trying to gain to discredit a spouse of a trusted adviser who has been there since day one? >> he doesn't gain too much. he elevates george conway, since he's putting the oval office behind what he is saying. this is one of those stories that is definitely intriguing in washington, d.c., especially amongst the circuit as "the washington post" reported. miss kellyanne conway goes to a lot of party, she goes to events. she is around town a lot. it's kind of why she is as powerful as she is in d.c. and the white house. so it's an interesting thing to talk about in those kinds of circles when

. >> i will also respect and applaud senator mccain's service to the >> reporter: but his daughter megan". >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he knows it, i know it, you all know it, he will never be a great man. >> reporter: lashing out ashe special counsel robert mueller's investigation seems tbe winding down. the margin of error on the poll saying 50% say it's a witch hunt. some experts say the wording of the poll is not well written and can be confusing. the question is written that th presidlled the investigation a witch hunt and says he has been subjected to more investigatins t any previous president and asked the responder do you agree. so eerts say do you agree or disagree with two separate questions. >>> the u.s. supreme courtears arguments on a racial gerrymandering case which could help determine which partynt cols the virginia general assembly. people lined up outsi the high court this morning to get in. justices areng exami whether republicans drew boundaries on the basisf race. a federal court ruled the boundaries were unconstitutional because black

mccain was not last in his class at the u.s. naval academy. the late senator's daughter, megan, responded to trump earlier today on "the view." >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he knows it and i know it and all of you know it, he will f r never be a great man. >> yeah. >> and so, he's -- my father was his kryptonite in life. >> yeah. >> was his kryptonite in death. >> trump's weekend messages also asked whether the federal government should, "look into why "saturday night live" is allowed to make fun of him." also for the record, the show he apparently saw this weekend was a rerun and he defended fox news host jeanine pirro who did not appear on her own show saturday night following her anti-muslim comments about a member of congress. at one point, trump addressed fox news directly. "fox must stay strong and fight back with vigor. stop working soooo hard on being politically correct which will only bring you down. be strong and prosper. be weak and die. they can't beat you. you can only beat yourselves." while the president exhorted a sympathetic cable

mccain's now infamous thumbsowvote on the health care repeal. >> i will always respect and applaud his service to the country. >> reporter: but his daughter megan speaking on heview. >> he spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he will never b a greatman. >> reporter: the president lashes out as special counsel robert mueller's investigation seems to be winding down. the president citing a pole that sa 50% agree it's a witch hunt. some expert pollsters say the question is confusing andss ly misleading, poorly written at best. here's what the question says, it says president trump has investigation a wit hunt and says that he has been subjected to more investigations than previous presidents, do you agree? experts say that's asking people to agree withif tworent questions. >> open to interpretation. >>> beto o'rourke set a record with his ery into the 2020 presidential race. his campaign announcing that it more than $6 million in online donations in the first 24 hours. with that first day of fund-raising, he beats out two democratic opponents, bernie a sander kamala harris. they did not say how many donors contributed or the amounts