mitchell: it is september 1918. the americans are about to undertake the first independent action against the enemies there because that was formed in september of 1914. is that correct? guillaume: that is correct. the germans had a big offensive and surrounded the town. mitchell: there is pershing at his headquarters. this would have been in leenee. this was a surprise attack against the germans who were vacating the area. guillaume: we see a bulge around this town of st mihiel which is west of that map. you see the landscape. part of the offense of his starting from the big plain and had to reach plateaus that you can see in the distance. this was for five heavy days. mitchell: i think that was a naval railway gun. guillaume: exactly, that is. that is probably samyiel already. mitchell: the monument was built and commemorates a campaign. you see the netting on top to protect the camouflage. in the event the german planes fly over. guillaume: that is the artillery preparation. that was a four hour long artillery pr

mitchell: yes. sec. billingslea: i agree with that. sen. corker: we obviously are putting tough measures in place. we are seeing no behavior change, is that correct? they are still doing the same things that they have been doing for years. have we seen any behavior change as a result of what it is we are doing? sec. mitchell: what i would say is that by the net weight of our actions and sanctions, i think we are forcing the russians, and specifically putin to reconsider his preferred strategy. the combined effect of our sanctions, together with our larger defense establishment is a cost strategy. cost in position is what won the cold war. i would argue very clearly by increasing the cost and forcing them to up their game in developing military technological advances to keep pace with the united states, we are having an impact on his preferred strategy. sen. corker: again, i'm not being critical of what it is you are doing, it seems there are discussions about what we might do to prevent further invo

mitchell: yes. i believe it is. it also reflects policy directed by the president. sec. billingslea: i agree with that. sen. corker: we obviously are putting tough measures in place. many will advocate for more. we are seeing no behavior change, is that correct? they are still doing the same things that they have been doing for years. have we seen any behavior change as a result of what it is we are doing? >> i would not want to characterize that, in a classified setting, the intelligence community would be better position. what i would say is that by the net weight of our actions and sanctions in particular, i think we are forcing the russians, and specifically putin to reconsider his preferred strategy. the combined effect of our sanctions, together with our larger defense establishment is a cost strategy. it is important to remember that cost in position is what won the cold war. i would argue very clearly by increasing the cost and forcing them to up their game in developing military technologic

that was nethaneel mitchell—blake's lanes.mitchell—bla ke's first individual medal as a senior. katerina johnson thompson finished the opening days of the pentathlon at the top of the table. she has claimed gold in the world indoors, gold in the commonwealth games. i have been trying to focus on one event at a time. it must give you confidence going into the second day that you are ahead of the olympic and world champion? three more events tomorrow. traditionally they have been her strongest events. she is in line for a medal. over in glasgow, adam peaty won his fourth title of the european championships as gb‘s swimmers finished with nine golds and 2a medals in total to match their previous best haul in 2014 as our sports news correspondent natalie pirks reports. it is the very picture of serenity. the reality of open water swimming is the opposite. jazz carling in herfirst is the opposite. jazz carling in her first major championship since making the switch from 800 metres in the pool to ten kilometres. it was notjust here w

guestlet's hear from our josh mitchell. guest: i am not aware of airline schools, so i cannot go into detail there. to the bigger question, it is hard for me to get ahead of this administration. i do get the sense based on what they say in their actions that they really do feel that for-profit colleges do offer something to students in higher education. i think the other big argument mademake and others have is i gainful employment rules what i basically apply to for-profit schools. but why not apply them across higher education in general? if there was a public school that is leaving their student-debt with low incomes, why shouldn't they have to abide by the same rules? and i would ask the obama administration, and they would say, that is the law. but currently, the law only really allows us to go after pro-factored -- allows us to go after for-profit schools. there is a big question of, why should this will only apply to for-profit schools? in his administration says, look, if the only apply it to one sector of higher ed

i'm kristen welker in for andrea mitchell. president trump firing back at former white house insider omarosa manigault newman in a tweet storm targeting her media blitz writing, wacky omarosa who got fired three times on "the apprentice" now got fired for the last time. she never made it, never will. she begged me for a job, tears in her eyes. i said okay. people in the white house hated her. she was vicious but not smart. i would rarely see her but heard really bad things. nasty to people and would constantly miss meetings and work. when general kelly came on board, he told me she was a loser and nothing but problems. i told him to try to work it out if possible because she only said great things about me until she got fired. omarosa responding here on msnbc just the past hour. >> i think it's sad that with all the things going on in the country that he would take time out to insult me and to insult my intelligence. this is his pattern with african-americans. and he doesn't know how to control himself. he has no impulse contr

right now we'll send you to andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> coming up on "andrea mitchell reports," omarosa wages psychological war on team trump, with aides inside the west wing fearing who else might be caught on tape. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump utter the "n" word on a recording in any context? >> uh, i can't guarantee anything. >>> sins of the fathers. a shocking grand jury report revealing a pattern of predator priests who abused thousands of children for decades. and a series of church leaders who systematically concealed the truth. >> we should emphasize that while the list of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. it was child

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i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump and his personal attorney rudy giuliani are trying to do damage control after two major developments over the weekend. the president unleashing a three-day twitter diatribe against the special counsel and "the new york times." in response to new reporting by the times detailing extensive cooperation in the mueller investigation by white house counsel don mcgahn. 30 hours of interviews over the past nine months. then mr. giuliani taking a page from the president's playbook by using his twitter account to explain a stunning exchange with chuck todd on "meet the press." >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. and when you tell me that he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and shouldn't worry, that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to -- >> no, it isn't. truth isn't truth. the president of the united sta

right now we'll send you to andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> coming up on "andrea mitchell reports," omarosa wages psychological war on team trump, with aides inside the west wing fearing who else might be caught on tape. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump utter the "n" word on a recording in any context? >> uh, i can't guarantee anything. >>> sins of the fathers. a shocking grand jury report revealing a pattern of predator priests who abused thousands of children for decades. and a series of church leaders who systematically concealed the truth. >> we should emphasize that while the list of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. it was child sexual abuse, including rape, committed by grown men, priests, against children. >>> and closing arguments. the jury will soon begin deliberating the fate of paul manafort. the prosecution has just finished its case. can manafort's lawyers sway the jury with their final defense without having called a single witness? >> mr. manafort just rested his case. and he did

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. after president trump's admission that his son's june 2016 meeting with the russians was to get information about clinton. the president also denied knowing about the meeting but does not say whether he knows he didn't know about it before, during or after. and at the time, he was in his office only one floor away. let's drill down on how this story has evolved over the months starting 18 months ago in march of 2017. trump jr. tells "the new york times" he had no meetings with russians where he was representing the trump campaign. then four months later, don junior gives two responses in two days to this "new york times" article uncovering a meet with a kremlin-linked lawyer. first saying the meeting was about adoptions. days later, trump junior releases his e-mail correspondence about that meeting. president trump, his lawyers and his press aides issued their version of the meeting in a statement the president helped coordinate on air force one. >> the president didn't sign off on an

let me start with you, andrea mitchell. today is a day, the three clips i played, i happened to be there for all three of those moments. john mccain's been one of the most important voices during the trump presidency, and i read that clip after the helsinki summit because there was nothing that animated this president or this senator, senator mccain more than sort of the urgency of being who we're supposed to be. the urgency of this country being at its best. i think that as he sort of enters the final stages of his fight against cancer, it's that voice during the trump era that has been the most valiant and the most clear. >> absolutely. and as great as he's been all of these years, he acknowledges his ups and downs. you've watched it along the way. this year has been so memorable because of his uniquely strong voice, a searing voice against many of the policies and decisions of a very difficuvisi president. having the strength and wisdom to speak out strongly in a way that most republicans, certainly those in the senate,

and i don't want to be political science researcher at haifa university and also in west jerusalem mitchell barrack a former adviser to former president shimon peres and speechwriter for ariel sharon welcome to you all mitchell i want to start with you based on what we heard today from prime minister netanyahu is there any reason to believe that he will back off from the stance he's taken all along here back off from from what sense as far as considering any changes to the law trying to cede to any of the demands of have been made by the druze community. i think this is just the start of the discussion i think that the government didn't realize that they were disenfranchising or almost insulting the gers community i think they didn't take it into account and i think they were a little bit surprised at the heated passion of the druze community to be included i mean they feel part and parcel of the state of israel as you showed in your segment they are fighting in the idea if they are dying in the i.d.f. just like anyone else and the israelis israel relies on that they are israeli in every ma

i turn you over to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> former paul manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness stand. >> reporter: they're going to say he's damaged goods, he comes to court as a convicted felon. he was convicted of lying to the fbi when agents were investigating manafort's political consulting in ukraine. and they'll argue that because he cut a deal with the prosecutors, he would be able say anything to save his own skin. >>> election day, the last special election before november. today in ohio, will president trump's weekend appearance there help or hurt the republican? >> he definitely brought major excitement. and they were excited to see him up here. he is the president of the united states. >> reporter: how much is donald trump on the ballot in this race? >> well, he's not. >>> and california burning. 14,000 firefighters struggling against the state's wildfires, including now the largest in california history, taking lives and leaving thousands homeless. >> there's a lot of fire on the landscape and not a lot of good ways to catch it. >> they sa

mitchell, where do we stand on discussions with russia. we have ongoing discussion, negotiators, what is the status of the new treaty and our discussions with russia? >> thank you for that question. if i could respond briefly to the first part of what you said, i agree with you that sanctions are a tool of strategic statecraft. right now the united states has 4190 sanctions worldwide and 580 against the russian federation. what that points us toward is the need for sanctions to always be linked with clear strategy. the u.s. has continued to be very specific about what change of behavior is needed in order for the sanctions to be lifted. with regard to new start, we been very clear that russia's violation of the inf treaty has treated the deficit of trust and that extends across the arms control ecosystem in all of our conversations with the russians. we're looking very carefully and closely at the question of the future, i would just say, any decision regarding an extension would be made at the appropriate time and we would determine wheth

just want what i will fly in one sentence two to watch mitchell said before which of the things that you mentioned c.p. livni tells you that's politics you know very well as a livni is a will for years is fighting against and is moving for one party to another just to challenge his leadership so i won't take her position you know in a such serious way of thinking not replying to one and i want to tell you are not is that you were not important from when she said she would vote for it some so i'm telling you i'm telling you. the way i see it ok if netanyahu would edit democracy which just just doesn't relate to this law that's a reason it's not you but if it's she would find us a reason to go against it because you know very little she's that it's a nation state law against how can you say democracy shall listen ancient state law which she supported in the beginning of the way when she was in the north could be ok when others. began to rag on but it's a nation state law how could you say ok. listen mitch i don't want to vote for you all she wanted was a democracy as you in your resear

. >> we're handing it over to our friend andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports, red alert. in a rare show of force, the country's top national security officials vowed to defend america's elections in the face of a pervasive threat from russia. >> russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. >> it is real. it is continuing. and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have trust in. >> parallel universe. hours later, president trump undermines that unprecedented warning by ridiculing the russian threat. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? >>> hey, big spender. as the first week of paul manafort's trial wraps up, late night comedians pile on for his lavish lifestyle. >> he had a coat made from an ostrich. which explains the state's first witness. >> for the man with discriminating taste and incriminating clothes. >> if you're trying to n

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historian mitchell yackelson and gion mozan provide commentary sink me or i'll drive." mihel is about 175 miles east of paris. >> so it's september, 1918. the americans are about to undertake their first dependent action against zit mihiel sailian. and that was formed in 1914, is that correct? >> yeah, exactly. the germans have a big offensive. >> there's per shing in his headquarters. this would have been before soui. so it would have been there before that. >> correct. >> this was a surprised attack against the germans who were actually vacating the salient. >> here's a map of the offensive. bridge which is down west of that map. this is the landscape. >> it's looking like a bigger town. >> they showed us now where the american monument which commemorates the actual campaign and was built. >> these are some of the big -- big cannons. >> right. and you see the netting on top to protect his camouflage and the event the german planes fly over. >> so that's the operation. that was short, in fact, it was operation. artillery but almost 3,000 gunns we saw the barbed wire qu

now it's time for andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> coming up, a few good men join forces in rebuking president trump for stripping former cia director john brennan of his security clearance. sae >> i've gotten tremendous response from having done that because, uh, security clearances are very important to me, very, very important. and i've had a tremendous response for having done that. >> the use of a national security tool for political purposes is inappropriate, unprecedented, and dangerous in a democracy. >>> tale of the tapes. omarosa manigault newman says she will not be silenced by the president's latest threat to have her arrested and will still release new recordings, she says to protect herself. >> i'm not going to be bullied. i'm going to go toe to toe with him. believe me, michigy tapes are m better than theirs. >>> the president cancels the military parade that he had planned for october, inspired by what he saw at the bastille day parade in paris last summer. >> it's hard to envision that this parade the way president trump wants it would be less than $50 mi

, with a big day on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> now on "andrea mitchell reports," john mccain rememberedcain family returning to arizona before the arizona farewell to john mccain. his casket kissed by his widow cindy. his daughter meghan overcome with emotion. late wednesday, several of mccain's children came back to grieve and hug some of the 15,000 people who stayed for all hours, coming to pay their respects to the man who represented arizona for more than 30 years. nearly a quarter of the senate here in washington left the capitol early this morning to be in phoenix for today's service. the memorial, the speakers, the readings, and the music

the violenceerscalating aft a second suspect drives up in a black chrysler 300 and joins mitchell ineating the husband and wife, at times pushing and kicking them, all before getting back in the car, throwing it in reverse and running over then nd her husband. >> they've done this before. they're folks like this, all they understand is brute force against brute orforce. >> rr: a deputy on patrol saw what was happening, rushed in, and immediately got in handcuffs. >> the deputy being in the right place at the right time no doubt helped, you know, make this arrest happen. >> that was andy karradapo ing. the woman was taken to a local hospital in critical condit sn. her husbafered bumps and bruises. >>> authorities in alabama area reg dramatic body cam footage of a fiery rescue. >> hg on to me. grab on to me. come on. >> this was taken back in early july bhe t local police department. two officers wer called in for a structure fire, andhen they is.ived, they saw he officers found the flames shooting from the roof. both went into action, saving two people who we trapped inside. the city

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we hand it off to our colleague andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> for the first time, the president issues a call to the attorney general to fire robert mueller as the special counsel's first case against the former trump campaign chairman goes into its second day. the president's twitter outburst creating its own firestorm. >> these kinds of threats are no accident. they reflect a state of mind, an intent to obstruct justice. >> i'm not going to be like the daily -- like everyone wakes up, he tweets something, and we're supposed to respond to his tweets. >>> russian trolls. a coordinated campaign using social media to exacerbate political divisions in america and try to manipulate the midterm elections. >> russian manipulation did not stop in 2016. after election day, the russian government stepped on the gas. they are targeting both sides of our political spectrum simultaneously, both before the 2016 election and right now. >>> and checked out. pushing a need for voter i.d. the president shows he is rarely if ever inside a supermarket. >> you know, if you go out and

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. >>> time now for "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," john mccain remembered. the nation mourning the death of statesman and war hero, senator john mccain, with flags at half-staff on capitol hill but no longer at the white house. the maverick, former presidential candidate and vietnam prisoner of war remembered by those who knew him best as a modest man who would have been embarrassed by all this attention. >> he would have been very touched. when we left his beloved ranch in cornville and made the drive to phoenix -- i'm sorry. the roads were lined with people who spontaneously showed up to put their hands over their hearts. >> his co-author mark salter and former secretary of defense bill cohen, another close friend. >>> standing by their man. with the midterms looming, a new poll shows the president's base is still solidly with him, even after his worst week yet on legal setbacks for his inner circle. >> look, at this point if there's no russia and no goods on russia, doesn't -- base doesn't care. >> and wake-up call in the grim aftermath of the

rick mitchell blake and adam gemili. katarina johnson—thompson currently leads the heptathlon with three events to go. 87 points, ahead of the reigning world and olympic champion. she has already won gold world indoors, bolder the commonwealth games, good chance of her another gold medal here. ade, thank you very much. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the other action. the swimmers are back in the pool. and so are the divers. jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, after victory in the 1 metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and prove myself, and to see that score

. >> now it's time for andrea mitchell with "andrea mitchell reports." >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. breaking news, the defense in the paul manafort trial has closed its case. joining us, julia ainsley. >> reporter: the defense has rested, andrea. they didn't bring any witnesses. it's important to remember they don't have to bring any witnesses, it's the burden of the government to show that beyond a reasonable doubt what paul manafort did was criminal. the defense does not have to show anything, to the contrary, he's presumed innocent. if they tried to bring forth character witnesses, it wouldn't do enough for the jury. what they want to do is plant a seed of doubt on every one of these counts, so the bank fraud or tax evasion, they want enough for the jury to say on each of these 16 counts, perhaps that's not the full story, maybe what the prosecution is saying shouldn't be believed because of the way the defense conducted their cross-examination. yesterday they were somewhat successful in how they cross-examined some people, putting some doubt on

andrea mitchell, our correspondent, host of "andrea mitchell reports" noon eastern weekdays on this network. clint is with us as well, a member of the joint terrorism task force. peter baker, chief correspondent for the "new york times." welcome to you both and good evening andrea, you get to define this. is this a giant, shiny object or an action of deep consequences or both? >> it is both. you are an astute observer. and you recognize a bright shiny object, the timing clearly this was dated july 26th or at least today of a distraction from omarosa and all the rest of reality tv show that the white house have become. there are real implications of this, first amendment as jim clapper suggested and mike cayden says not just outside commentators, they are tough and they can make their own decisions of what to do but the intelligence community who are also tough. they have to stand up to this president now that they see the repercussions. one of those is possible futures security clearances. bruce orr who is in the justice department right now and had a relationship. a working relationship wi

and we know that he called john mitchell. but this is when the cover-up began. but we didn't quite know that then, because the tapes hadn't come out yet. the transcripts didn't come out till later that summer. they told us a lot, but there was still more to come and there was still more that i learned in the last couple of years. tonight, the president disclosed that he did call john mitchell on june 20, 1972, in order to cheer him up, after the men were caught in the watergate. he goes on in detail, why the tape ran out. suddenly we discovered there are 18.5 minutes missing on a tape. they tried to pin it on his secretary, rose mary woods. she was in court, trying to act out how she answered the phone, you know, putting her foot on the pedal, but it didn't work. she couldn't do it. in the end, it was nixon sitting at camp david, running the scene, erasing 18.5 minutes from that day, from the cover-up conversation with holderman. that's not anywhere except when i put it all together later. he goes into detail about why the tape ran out and we're further from the

mitchell is being held without bail. ( james ) in berkeley...looking for the people who caused thousands of dollars worth of damage... during a protest. it happened sunday afternoon during the "no to marxism" protest... when a group of people dressed in black and wearing masks... damaged 21 cars in a parking lot. those vandals smashed out windows... and set the inside of an s-u-v on fire. berkeley firefighters quickly put out the flames. most of the damaged cars are now repaired. police also say those people tried smashing windows to a marine corps recruiting center... and damaged 2 a-t-m's. ( james ) police in petaluma are asking for your help... finding the 2 people who vandalized a business. it happened around 11:15 tuesday night... on f street near second street. the two were caught on video vandalizing fencing around a business... the owner says the business has been repeatedly vandalized with graffiti. ( lydia ) happening today... thousands of people are expected to flood san francisco for the annual outside lands music festival. ( james )

response to what analysts say yes i do i just want what i will fly in one sentence two to watch mitchell said before which of the things that you mentioned c.p. livni tells you that's politics you know very well that livni is a week for years is fighting against and is moving for one party to another just to challenge his leadership so i won't take her position you know in a such serious whale sinking not replying to one and i want to tell you anon that you would not import from a dump when she said she would vote for it some so i'm telling you i'm telling you . the way i see it ok if netanyahu would add a democracy which just just doesn't relate to this law that's a reason it's not you but if she would find us a reason to go against it because you know very little she's that it's a nation state law against how can you say democracy shout listen ancient state law which she supported in the beginning of the way when she was in the north ok when others. began to rag on but it's a nation state law and get your way ok. ok listen mitch i don't want to vote for you all she wanted was a democra

mitchell reports," enemies list. president trump revokes former cia chief john brennan's security clearance and threatens other former intelligence officials who have criticized his policies, saying they could be next. >> i've seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and despots and autocrats for many, many years during my cia and national security career. i never ever thought that i would see it in the united states. >>> mixed messages? the president says he pulled the clearance because of the so-called rigged russia probe. but sarah sanders offers a different story. >> any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with mr. brennan are outweighed by his erratic behavior. >>> and r-e-s-p-e-c-t. aretha franklin dies at the age of 76 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. the queen of soul a cultural icon around the globe, the undisputed greatest popular singer of her time. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t is what it means to me ♪ ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ ♪ >>> an

right now, "andrea mitchell reports." >>> all the president's men. congressman chris collins becomes the fifth member of the president's inner circle to plead guilty or be charged with a crime. will voters punish an administration that had promised to drain the swamp? >> rest assured i will continue to work hard for the people and constituents of the 27th congressional district of new york and i will remain on the ballot, running for reelection this november. >>> "star wars." while russia and china are modernizing their militaries at warp speed, the president is insisting on creating a whole new branch of the military to fight wars in 'spacspace. >> to be clear, the space force will not be built from scratch because the men and women who run and protect our nation's space programs today are already the best in the world. and since the dawn of the space age, america has remained the best in space. >>> and we were soldiers. among the remains returned by north korea, a single dog tag, broken and battered. today it's in the hands of two sons recovering a

nbc news chief correspondent and a host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. for bbc world news america, katty kay. historian and the author of "soul of america" and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt ju vanderbilt university, john meacham. mika has the day off. john meacham, you going through all of the paradoxes, all of the conflicts internal to the united states of america and its greatness, and you talk about also arcing towards -- ever upward in our trajectory of civilization. john mccain had some conflicts. he had some contradictions. he had sharp elbows. he had sharp edges, and yet in all of my years dealing with the man it made me love him even more, even when i knew at times when he loathed me, he was a straight shooter who spoke his mind, and he was exactly what america needed not only in the 1960s in vietnam, the courage that he showed, the extraordinary strength he showed, but also in the age of trump. a mon wa whman who just didn't t a tweet from a blustery president because he had been through hell and back and he could put up with

nbc news chief correspondent and host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell.idt as well as u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and msnbc contributor joyce vance. john meachem, before we get to rudy telling us that the truth is not the truth, that perhaps what the meaning of "is" is or is not, i wanted to ask you, we always talk about turning points in this trump administration, and many people believe that we will never have a turning point. trump is just going to plow through one thing after another. but you had a lot of people comparing what happened with admiral mccraven this past weekend, with what happened to the mccarthy hearings when welch finally said, "sir, have you know shame." how impactful do you think admiral mccraven's comments were and the response to that? >> i think they were essential. i think they speak incredibly well of the admiral and of that broader national security community that i think signed a better, bob gates among others, people who are, in fact, standing up and saying that as george h.w. bush said in another conte

>> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. and chuck todd, thank you so much. >> when we think of john mccain, it was eluded to by the reporting, and this is his service to the country. during the vietnam war, john mccain was a prisoner of war, as many remember for more than five years and his captors, tortured him. more on that. >>> he was john mccain, iii, the son and grandson of u.s. navy admirals. his war was vietnam. in july 1967. the brash young fighter pilot narrowly escaped death on the deck of his ship. 23rd combat missionore than 10 in, his plane was hit by enemy fire. >> three american planes were shot down and at least two of the pilots captured. one of them was lieutenant commander, john mccain, iii, the son of a naval captain. >> he was knocked unconscious by the ejection and injured. my arms broken, and my leg broken. >> dragged from the lake by an angry crowd. mccain was severely wounded and in shock. the vietnamese denied him attention. >> i was dumped in a dark cell and left to die. >> then they realized his

now time to hand it over to "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," heading for the exits. president trump announcing white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving after the vote on his new supreme court nominee. the announcement on twitter is the president is reportedly still eager to fire attorney general jeff sessions despite support for sessions among some top senate republicans. >> i have total confidence in the attorney general. i think he ought to stay exactly where he is. >> should jeff sessions be replaced? >> i don't think so. i think jeff sessions is a good man. he brings unquestioned integrity to this office. >> coming up here, dianne feinstein. the top democrat on the judiciary committee. feinstein holds the supreme court hearings in the committee next week. >>> the trump factor. in the florida governor's race, the republican nominee is rewarded for wrapping his arms around the president while an upset victory for a progressive democratic nominee sizes up how the president will play in november. >> talking about donald trump and reminding folks

. >>> now we'll hand it over to andrea mitchell, with a big day on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> now on "andrea mitchell reports," john mccain remembered. the mccain family returning to arizona before the arizona farewell to john mccain. his casket kissed by his widow cindy. his daughter meghan overcome with emotion. late wednesday, several of mccain's children came back to grieve and hug some of the 15,000 people who stayed for all hours, coming to pay their respects to the man who represented arizona for more than 30 years. nearly a quarter of the senate here in washington left the capitol early this morning to be in phoenix for today's service. the memorial, the speakers, the readings, and the music all selected by john mccain personally in the year since his diagnosis, including asking his good friend former vice president joe biden to deliver one of today's eulogies. their friendship reflected in their last public appearance together almost one year ago. >> i hope he has heard my profession of gratitude for him. >> it was always duty, honor, country. that's john. john understand

andrea mitchell, nbc news washington. >> a great man. the entire week before he's laid to rest. >>> great news for a state that really needs it. >> there you have it, hawaii wins it. >>aw decade,eating south or >>> i seen somebody on the ground, i seen a body on the ground, i seen a kid with blood all over him. >> the suspected is david katz from baltimore, maryland. >> the gravity of senator john mccain's death is sinking in. >>> and announcement over a new trade deal with mexico, could be just hours away. we will get an early read on wh

tel aviv and on what a political science researcher at haifa university and also in west jerusalem mitchell barrak a former adviser to former president shimon peres and speechwriter for ariel sharon welcome to you all mitchell i want to start with you based on what we heard today from prime minister netanyahu is there any reason to believe that he will back off from the stance he's taken all along here back off from from what sense as far as considering any changes to the law trying to cede to any of the demands of have been made by the druze community. i think this is just the start of the discussion i think that the government didn't realize that they were disenfranchising or almost insulting the gers community i think they didn't take it into account and i think they were a little bit surprised at the heated passion of the jews community to be included i mean they feel part and parcel of the state of israel as you showed in your segment they are fighting in the idea if they are dying in the i.d.f. just like anyone else and the israelis israel relies on that they are israeli in every mann

joining me, tom broe okay, andrea mitchell, susan page and david broaddy. welcome to sunday for a special edition of "meet the press." >> good sunday morning. he was a warrior, a politician, statesman and maverick. the news that senator john mccain died late yesterday at his home in arizona was not unexpected. but it was no less tragic. some deaths leave a greater hole in our national psyche. let's do straight talk here given our current political environment. the loss of a man who walked so hard to build bridges rather than burn them seems particularly poignant. my hard is broken, i'm so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. peaced the way he lives, on his own terms, surrounding by people loved and place he loved best. he was a prisoner of war for five and a half years in hanoi, congressman, senator, a two-time presidential candidate. and always his own man, a maverick as he was so found of saying about himself. and his last moment in the senate came in dramatic fashion. walked on the floor and delivered a now famous

. >> chuck, stand by, we also have andrea mitchell, just joined the conversation as well and, andrea, over the years that you've covered washington, d.c. and certainly john mccain, senator john mccain and his family, as chuck was just reminding us, the very energy and force that he represents of doing good work, that will remain. >> absolutely and you were just saying especially at this time in history, not just the campaigns but his standing up on things and ran up against the cia, he was honest with senator dianne feinstein, the leading democrat of course to go up against the intelligence community because he believed to oppose george w. bush and dick cheney on how detainees were being treated. it was a very tough position for him to take and he did that among everything else he has done so he would say himself he had pluses and minuses and made mistakes along the way but in the house before that he really showed that kind of determination and dedication. and he liked to portray himself as a maverick. he wasn't always a maverick, but when he was, he was grand. >> and the way he was

right now here's andrea mitchell with "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now, the manafort jury asking judge what to do if they cannot all agree on one of the 18 counts. >>> remote control. president trump says he could take charge of the mueller investigation himself if he wanted to, raising alarm bells on capitol hill. >>> massachusetts senator and potential 2020 president that candidate elizabeth joining me next. >>> fighting back. president trump still refuses to blame russia for russian hacking. >>> also with us, the top democrat of the senate intelligence committee, mark warner. >>> and the breaking news today, good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, a lot to cover. we're following breaking news in the manafort bank and tax fraud trial. the jury in alexandria submitting a note with a question to the judge. let's go to nbc intelligence and national security correspondent ken

um, mitchell, can i see you over here, please? hang tight, sweetie.