in the wake of mccain's death, some lawmakers have suggested renaming the russell senate office building after the senator. google maps apparently getting ahead of itself, briefly displaying the building's name as the mccain senate office building. it has since been corrected. nbc's peter an >> reporter: at the arizona state capitol for the celebrated senator and statesman, a final salute. john mccain's wife flanked s flag-draped casket leading the somber procession. mccain just the third person to lie in state here in the past 40 years. >> imagining arizona without jo's jhncct not natural.

i also propose that we recognize senator mccain's legacy by renaming the russell senate office building in his honor. for three decades, senator mccain was a fix tour in those marble halls, an institution of the senate. it is only fitting that his name should adorn a physical institution of the senate, particularly one that housed the armed services committee.

it's no surprise the senate minority leader chuck schumer is pushing to rename the russell senate buildingfter john mccain. joining me from capitol hill is mike emanuel. what was it like to cover and deal with the senator john mccain and john mccain the person. reporter: really a fascinating character. he was serious about the issues, you heard him talk about the iraq war and afghanistan and policy matters. you see mccain when you are about to do a life shot with us or another network. he would wink with a twinkle in his eye. he would say what are you doing, boy? i would look over and realize i was being heckled by john mccain. my understanding is john mccain believed if we were telling the stories about what's going on and writing the stories in our nation's politics, having a relationship would help us know what he was thinking with his votes over the years. howie: i think he enjoyed the give and take with the press. he was such a fixture on the sunday shows. he was the most of frequent guest on "meet the press" ever. sometimes he got testy or i am patients with journalists. but i think

russell. it used to just be called the senate office building or slb for short. one close friend of mccain joked that would fit the late senator perfectly. >> here to weigh in former governor of arkansas mike huckabee, great to see you, governor. >> great to be here. >> i want to read something alabama senator richard shelby had to say about this controversy. he said you want to get into that you have to get into george washington and thomas jefferson and most of our founding fathers maybe with the exception of hamilton. easy to prejudge what they should have done, we didn't live in that era, talking about stepping russell's name from the building but is that the end game for some folks anyway? >> the question is are they doing this to get rid of richard russell last name or to honor john mccain? if they're doing it to honor john mccain that is a wonderful thing to do. he is an american hero, this man served his country his entire life in ways beyond the call of duty. he is truly somebody who understood what sacrifice and service was all about it anyway to honor

and over again with the countryd he loves and so that generations will study his example at the russell senate office buildinghn it is a fitting tribute to a man who considers ussell here in themittee senate headquartered in the russell building for armed services committee reside most . the next career man who wouldas replace russell towering figuren in his day and the architect of it we passage. it's time it's time that we recognize it's time to change our war heroes i i will be introducing a resolution to change the name of the russell building to the mccain buildingd and i i hope my colleagues will cosponsor this in support of the resolution but it isn't the only way to honor senator mccain we can't honor him by trying to carry out the principle fee byi, we can try as he did to putfo country before party and try as he always did as he summons us to try store the senate to its rightn leg and our national political life up until the very sete was end john mccain still believe tt the senate could solve our rule countries greatest challenges fe arcane rules and procedures designed the one-part

you're co-sponsor of the resolution to rename russell senate office building. what would it mean to you to walk into the mccain senate office building? >> well, i think it would be a wonderful thing. he had his office here during his entire time and still remains on the second floor near mine. i want to make sure that's what the family wants, first and foremost. i think it would be a great honor. there are other ideas coming to the fore as well. i think this would be a good one. >> do you think the resolution, assuming the family is on board, do you think the resolution will pass, and what would it say about the senate if it doesn't pass? >> well, i want to make sure, like i said, i don't want to get out in front until i have discussions with the family and with some of my colleagues, but i think he needs to be honored. i think there is a desire to honor him in a big way. and this would be certainly a good way to do it, i think. >> senator mccain left the very moving farewell message. listen to a few lines from that statement. >> i tried to serve our country hon

russell. it used to be called the senate office building or sob for short.lose friend drove to fox without for the late senator perfectly. shannon? >> shannon: chad pergram, thank you very much. here to a n, fox news contributor, mike huckabee. great to see you, governor. >> great being here. >> shannon: i want to read something that alabama senator richard shelby had to say about this controversy. he said, you want to get into that, you have to get into george washington and thomas jefferson and most of our founding fathers, maybe with the exception of hamilton. easy to prejudge what they should have done. we didn't live in that era, talking about stripping russell's name off the building. it is at the end game for some? >> i think the big question is, are they doing this to get rid of richard russell's name are they doing it to honor john mccain? if they are doing it to honor john mccain, that is a wonderful thing to do, is he'sn american hero, he served his country's entire life, in ways that were beyond the call of duty. he is truly somebody that underst

it's no surprise the senate minority leader chuck schumer is pushing to rename the russell senate buildingis mike emanuel. what was it like to cover and deal with the senator john mccain and john mccain the person. reporter: really a fascinating character. he was serious about the issues, you heard him talk about the iraq war and afghanistan and policy matters. you see mccain when you are about to do a life shot with us or another network. he would wink with a twinkle in his eye. he would say what are you doing, boy? i would look over and realize i was being heckled by john mccain. my understanding is john mccain believed if we were telling the stories about what's going on and writing the stories in our nation's politics, having a relationship would help us know what he was thinking with his votes over the years. howie: i think he enjoyed the give and take with the press. he was such a fixture on the sunday shows. he was the most of frequent guest on "meet the press" ever. sometimes he got testy or i am patients with journalists. but i think he viewed it as another form of combat. >> repo

ed: there were times i saw him in the senate russell building and right before he went on one of his affers would say, hey, senator, come here. he couldn't reach his arm over his head to comb his own hair. those are daily reminders of the scars of war. jean where i think we are being joined by chad pergram, chad? >> hi, how are you? judge jeanine: how are you, chad? >> it's a sad night in washington. this is a night a lot of people on capitol hill have been expecting for a long time. but this is the inevitable. judge jeanine: given that you have spent your career in washington and working with the congress and you are almost the government historian for fox here, talk to us about how john mccain was held or seen by other members of congress, and your on personal thoughts when you heard he had passed. >> one of the first things i remember about john mccain. he was a man in a hurry. i remember going into the russell subway senate building. there is a subway that runs between the capital and the senate office buildings, and he was in a hurry and he kept pressing the button to get the sub

it's named after richard russel whose a democratic senator from georgia. richard russel was very controversial. he served 38 years in the senate but his views on civil rights were not exactly with what we would think in contemporary society today so this could be a fight to try to change the name of this building it's something that doesn't go to the president. if the senate votes to do so they would just change the name of this building there are two other buildings on capitol hill also named after congressional legends everett dirksend, the former republican senate leader from illinois and phil hart, so changing the name of a building is a big big deal. a couple of stories here one thing i remember about john mccain a lot of people talk about him but one thing i always noticed is that he was often in a hurry and there's a subway that runs underground between the capitol and the russel senate office building and he would always be going back and forth to get back to a committee meeting or make it to the floor for a vote and there's a button where you would

the i endorse the proposal to renamr the russell senate office a building in honor of lieutenante commander senator john mccain. d skhope decades from now childrea or visitors to the capitol grounds will ask who was our mr. mccain the named building after they will discover he was a man r eswpeorctthy, of our rei amman in is part of a servant and a man who was an american euro. i yield the floor . . . . was complicit. but demand prime time on c-span2. in her book, "rescue board," rebecca erbelding writes about the state department created in 1944 that worked to save european jews. she talked about the u.s. response to the holocaust an event in washington. this is just under an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. my name is bennard fajardo and i'm a bookseller here at politics & prose. on behalf of the staff would like to welcome all of you to this afternoon's event. as you may all ready know at politics & prose rehost hundreds of events like this all throughout the year. one such event, the one we are doing next saturday, may 12, for edge

so i will be introducing a resolution senator flake to change the name of the russell building to theccain building. i hope my colleagues will cosponsor and support the resolution. but it need not be the only way we honor senator mccain. we can honor him by trying to carry out the principles he lived by. we can try, as he did, to put country before party. we can try as he always did to speak truth to power. and we can try as he summoned us to try to restore the senate to its rightful place in our national political life. up until the very end, john mccain still believed the senate was capable of solving our country's greatest challenges if you believe that arcane rules and procedures designed to frustrate one-party rule were an antidote to the polarization of our politics. at the very least he believed in the senates ability to make progress. to set aside for a moment our party affiliations, political interests and personal ambitions in the service of a larger cause. the cause that is what he did. after all his cynicism, he still believed the senate could reach higher calling. deep in

. >> senator schumer wants to rename the russell senate office building the john mccain senate officelding. a lot of democrats are on board. i assume a bunch of republicans are as well. what are you hearing from the white house, what are you hearing from capitol hill? is that likely to be renamed? >> it seems like if democrats agree, and obviously richard russell was a democrat, and jeff flake, the other republican from arizona was on board with that, i would not be surprised to see other republicans sign on in that effort. it's not something the president would have to sign is my understanding so i wouldn't be surprised if the white house didn't touch the issue. clearly that would be a symbolic thing and i think folks on capitol hill are looking for as many symbolic ways to honor his legacy. in a time the president is not playing that unifying role, we see congress and certainly former presidents obama and bush will be eulogizing him. >> that's on saturday morning. we're expecting to hear again from the president, the kenyan president is in town. we'll see if he says anything about s

there's a proposal by chuck schumer to rename the russell senate office building after senator mccain. do you support that idea? >> i'm going to take a real serious look at it. i don't want to preclude and prejudge a committee, a bipartisan committee of senators that mcconnell is just announcing today that he's going to set up to see what would be appropriate on capitol hill here to recognize john mccain. but a building in his honor would be certainly appropriate. >> dana: senator, let's change topics. i want to go to your next big assignment. the judge kavanaugh confirmation hearing. you and your staff have looked at 430,000 documents that you received. senator schumer tweeted this this morning. i wanted your take. he said this is new. senator grassley admitting that the senate will receive half the documents he requested before the hearing starts. that means senators will have seen 6% of kavanaugh's records around the public will have seen 3%. this is unprecedented secrecy. how would you respond to him? >> 100% of the documents are relevant to kavanaugh and our questioning him about

this one is known as the russell senate office building. senator mccain's office has been for many years. it's also where the armed services committee holds its meetings and conducts its business. chuck schumer said he wants future generations to remember the life and legacy of john mccain. >> so i'm introducing a resolution to rename the russell senate office building after john mccain. i'd like decades from now little children to ask their parents, who is john mccain? they'll explain his sacrifice, his patriotism and most of all his fidelity to do the right thing as he saw it. >> expect more tributes this afternoon throughout the week as washington and the nation prepare to say good-bye. >> shepard: thanks, mike emanuel. katelyn is here for axios. good to see you. >> you too. >> shepard: so many questions about how this will change the tone and tenor in the senate, especially as it relates to controversial matters from the president. >> mccain had a specific role in congress, especially in the senate. we were just talking about when he vo

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the man whose name he would replace, senator richard russell, a towering figure in the senate of his day, was nonetheless an avowed opponent of civil rights and the architect of the southern filibuster that long delayed its passage. it's time that we recognize that as times change, so do our heroes. so i will be introducing a resolution with senator flake to change the name of the russell building to the mccain building. i hope my colleagues will cosponsor and support the resolution, but it need not be the only way we honor senator mccain. we can honor him by trying to carry out the principles he lived by. we can try, as he did, to put country before party. we can try, as he always did, to speak truth to power. and we can try, as he summoned us to try, to restore the senate to its rightful place in our national political life. up until the very end, john mccain still believed the senate was capable of solving our country's greatest challenges. he believed that our arcane rules and procedures, designed to frustrate one-party rule, were an antidote to the polarization of our politics.

senator chuck schumer wants to remain the russell senate office building after senator mccain. >> i'd like for decades from now little children to ask who was john mccain, they'll explain his sacrifice, his patriotism, amos of all his fidelity. >> he will lie in state on his 82nd birthday. mary mulroney, abc 7 news. >>> bart passengers say the closure of a stretch of track had a bigger impact on their trip than expected. trains are not running between the west oakland and merit stations. buses are taking riders between trains. it's a maintenance project replacing decades old rails. the crowds were bigger than expected. one commuter tells abc 7 news it took her an hour and 20 minutes to get from raf yet to civic center bart. that trip usually takes a half hour to 40 minutes. others put up with the travel delay in stride. >> keeping the tracks up to date, though, that's the important thing, keeping everything safe for bart. >> kind of a hassle though? >> well, yes, i won't argue that. >> the agency plans more closures next weekend, and labor day weekend. >>> firefighters stopped a brush

democratic leader chuck schumer proposed renaming the russell senate office building where mccain worked after him. >> and i'd like decades from now, little children to ask their parents, who was john mccain? >> reporter: in a statement, mccain's wife cindy said, my heart is broken. i am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. his daughter megan said he was a great fire who burned bright and we lived in his light and warmth for so long. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: it was his willingness to call out anyone and work with anyone, rerm, immigration, and foreign policy. >> his voice will be missed, but his legacy in that area certainly lives on. >> reporter: there are few places mccain loved as much as the sedona hills, but the u.s. naval academy was one of them. he loved to remind people that he finished 5th from the bottom of his graduating class. and he has asked to be buried there in annapolis, maryland near the grave of a long time friend. elaine? >> nancy cordes, thank you. >>> mccain was b

leader chuckority schumer said that he plans to introduce a resolution three name the russell senate office building. the idea has gained the support and nancy pelosi. senator schumer outlined his proposal earlier today and mitch mcconnell responded to it at a press conference this afternoon. here's a look. >> i also propose that we recognize senator mccain's legacy by renaming the russell senate office building in his honor. for three decades, senator mccain was a fixture in those halls. his name fitting that should adorn a physical institution in the senate. particularly one that housed the arms services committee. encourager way to current senators to study his

i endorsed the proposal to rename the russell senate office building in honor of lieutenant commander and senator john mccain. like senator schumer, i hope that decades from now, children who are visitors to the capitol grounds will ask, well, who was this mccain they named the building after? they will discover he was a man worthy of our respect, a man who was in his heart a public servant, a man who was an american hero. madam presidimous consent that l proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: mr. president, i come to the floor today to speak in honor and memory of our colleague, senator john sidney mccain iii. i asked myself a series of questions as i was trying to prepare for today's comments. first, who was he? who was john mccain? john was a man deeply in love with his country and its promise, a man optimistic that tomorrow would be better than today, and a man grateful for the chance to serve a cause greater than himself. his humor was rooted in that hopefulness, the sometimes sharp sting of his words in debate rooted i

the debate over renaming the russell senate building after the six-time senator wages on. republicans installing the senate minority leader chuck schumer's proposal for the name change. >> instead of worrying about the name is, let's be more like him. >> reporter: another person who has been remembering late senator ov t06-year-old mother robertaortedly said earlier this week that she is proud of her scent, but sad to bury a child. >> you talk about some of the dignitaries who will be there and will be speaking. do we know if members of his family will be there as well? >> reporter: at 10:00 senator mccain's motorcade will arrive. it will have senator mccain's casket as well as his wife cindy , their silver and children, and five grandchildren. -- their seven children and five grandchildren. >> i'm sure there will be a huge turnout for that today. thank you so much for that live report. >>> former fighter pilot who is now the republican nominee for arizona's other senate seat paid tribute to john mccain in her victory speech last night. >> i am to know him, learn from him,

in the wake of mccain's death, some lawmakers have suggested renaming the russell senate office building after the senator. google maps apparently getting ahead of itself, briefly displaying the building's name as the mccain senate office building. it has since been corrected. nbc's peter an >> reporter: at the arizona state capitol for the celebrated senator and statesman, a final salute. john mccain's wife flanked s flag-draped casket leading the somber procession. mccain just the third person to lie in state here in the past 40 years. >> imagining arizona without jo's jhncct not natural. >> reporter: for mccain's grieving family, the void is deep. mrs. mccain saying goodbye. daughter megan overcome. despite withering heat, thousands coming here to pay their respects. >> whether you're republican, democrat, it never mattered. he has always been my moral compass. >> service members and veterans arriving early to honor one of their own. >> john mccain to you was much more than a politician? >> he was brother. >> reporter: on this day when the former p.o.w. would have turned 82, a long-ti

--and to celebrate his spirit of bipartisanship -- senator chuck schumer wants to rename the russell senate: "i'd like, decades from now, little children to ask their parents, 'who was john mccain?' and they'll explain his sacrifice, his patriotism, and most of all his fidelity to do the right thing as he saw it." wednesday -- mccain will lie in state at the arizona capitol -- on what would have been his 82nd birthday.then - he will lie in state at the u-s capitol --dan rivera / mourning mccain: "god bless john mccain."i'm mary moloney reporting. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz ... hawaai finally catches a break.. a former warrior is caught by the cops.. steph curry routes for his daughters and your's.. and the dancing dad.. will anyone admit to owning him? maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) stepping outside today to another comfortable late summer day. temperatures will continue their trend below average with 70's and low 80's inland a

tell me about senator russell. >> senator russell was a powerful legislator. e early 1950s until 1969, he was chairman of the senate armed services committee and he was chairman of the armed services subcommittee of the senate appropriations committee. in other words, he was the key person on spending money on the military. and he made the position of armed services committee chairman even more powerful. every new military system had to get his approval before it could actually be paid for. the house plays a role but without the senate it doesn't happen. he's very famous among students of the national security state of that. he's also well-known because he was a quiet critic of vietnam but this is the key part. his greater loyalty was to lyndon baynes johnson. he was the mentor of younger -- of younger johnson. when johnson got stuck in the morass of vietnam, even though russell said, don't do it, he stood up for him and he kept pushing through military budgets that helped further the war in vietnam. >> you turned our attention to this sound from the early '60s

. >> senator chuck schumer, senator mccain's longtime friend, has proposed renaming the russell senate building after john mccain. praising mccain for refusing to be bound by party lines. >> he was always willing to speak truth to power at a time when there were so for people -- so few people to do that. he didn't let party stand in the we have truth. >> a heartfelt reaction came from one person who knew him best, his wife cindy mccain who wrote, my heart is broken. i'm so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. he passed the way he lived, on his own terms surrounded by the people he loved in the place he loved best. here is a look at the scheduled memorial services for senator john mccain. on wednesday the body of senator mccain will line state at the arizona state capitol. the public is invited to pay their respects. on thursday a memorial service will be held at the north phoenix baptist church. on friday senator mccain will line state at the u.s. capital in washington. on saturday there will be a private national memorial service that will be l

senator chuck schumer will introduce a measure to rename the russell senate building named after a georgia lawmaker who opposed civil rights legislation to the mccain building. i'm andria borba, kpix5. >> you can find much more on the death of senator mccain on cbssf.com. >>> breaking news, reports of a stabbing at a bart station, just after 9:00, there was an argument aboard a warm springs bound train. the argument led to a fight. and a 40-year-old man suffered a one-inch long cut to his thumb. it isn't clear if a weapon was involved. the suspect ran away. no description of the suspect. mcarthur station has reopened for normal service. it is the third stabbing to at the bart station since july. >>> a tesla may have been in self-driving mode slammed into the back of a fire truck. the crash happened around 1:00 a.m. on southbound 101 in san jose just south of bailey avenue. firefighters had just shown up to a crash when they say a black tesla rammed right into one of their parked fire engines. no firefighters were injured but the driver of the tesla was put on a stretcher and a chp officer

. >> one tribute that we may not see is having the russell senate office building named after john mccainsomething that chuck schumer proposed, but it is not catching fire. there are other republican senators that said we'll we're not so sure that is a good idea, and i'm sort of surprised. he was a democratic leader for a long time, but he was a segregationist. i don't see why it would be controversial to change the name of the building for john mccain. >> we live in a time where we have a president who is constantly sending messages to, if not white nationalists, to people that have some of that sentiment, that segregation was maybe not so bad. >> is that what this is about, or not wanting to give john mccain that much credit? >> sure, and i don't think it has to do with john mccain. i think that there is not -- there would not be a lot of support within the republican party right now to do this. and i think it does say something about our politics. that we can't -- this is, we have a president that talked about there being bood people on both sides in charlottesville, saying we should n

democratic leader chuck schumer proposed renaming the russell senate office building where mccain worked after him. >> and i would like decades from now little children to ask their parents, who was john mccain. >> in a statement mccain's wife cindy said my heart is broken. i'm so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. his daughter megan said he was a great fire that burned bright warmth for so long. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> it was his willingness to call out anyone and work with anyone too that earned him the nickname maverick and put him at the forefront of fights over campaign finance reform, immigration, and foreign policy. >> his voice will be missed, but his legacy in that area certainly lives on. >> there's few places mccain loved more than the sedona hills but the u.s. naval academy was one of them. he loved to remind people that he finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class and he's asked to be buried there in anapolis maryland near the grave of a long time friend. >> here's a sc

. >> a discussion on capitol hill to rename the russell senate office building after the late great senatord the bill saying i circulate a letter asking all our colleagues to join us in a resolution to rename the russell building the mccain building. no decision has been made yet but for a few hours yesterday google maps in the russell building the mccain senate office building. google spokesperson suggested the change was prompted by user suggestions. i share the mccain family appreciates that. jillian: an interesting situation in north carolina. >> reporter: postal workers have a rough. they have to battle the element, barking dogs but this may be a first was a woman in north carolina revealed why she didn't get her package on time. the reason, bear in driveway. she thought it was so funny she posted it on social media, thousands agreed. got to get back in your car and hightail it out of there. you would have delivered the package? rob: know. that is why couldn't come to work last week, there was a bear on sixth avenue. >> reporter: that is worse than the dog ate my homework. jillian: san

, master of the senate from richard russell. lear whether the senate will try to rename this building after john mccain. arthel. arthel: thank you pretty much, chad. turn to senator mccain's relationship with the president was blocky to say the least. he questioned his status as a war hero. recently he failed to mention the sender's name and assign a defense spending bill named after mccain. the sender recently called trumps all thinking this conference with vladimir putin, quote, disgraceful. their report to senator his family told the white house they do not want president trump at his funeral, though mike pence is acceptable. joining us to talk about this complicated and contentious relationship is white house correspondent for the "washtington examiner." the president has simply not been gracious to the senator during his sickness and long before that. he's been rude, unforgiving and downright demeaning. >> i would say we're looking at one of the most complicated political relationships in recent memory featuring two of the m

the building was named after senator richard russell who opposed bills be in mainland china civil rights to all americans. he was a democrat. a democrat. another democrat by the name of schumer now using senator mccain stepped he tried to conceal the history of the democratic party whose class segregation left us in 2010 are joining us tonight, ed rollins, political strategists and chairman of the great america pac, hall of fame political consultant and served as white house political are under ronald reagan. ed rollins, great to have you here. let's start with the poll numbers. this president is just, he just continues to amaze with not only his accomplishments, which are historic, but with his ability to withstand and defend himself against all of these assaults. >> all 46%, "the wall street journal." he was 46% last month. that's the strongest number any modern president has gone on a midterm election in the first term other than bush after 9/11. so he is very well-positioned. he is 95% of the republican base and his party. it is extraordinary. he's got over 30 independents and it's i

so, the generations will study his example, i propose that we renamed the russell senate office building. after john mccain. it would be a fitting tribute to a man who considers his service here in the senate headquartered in the russell building where his beloved armed service committee also resides. the most significant of his distinguished career. a man whose name will be replaced, richard russell, a towering figure in the senate of his day was nonetheless -- it is time that we recognize that as times change, so do our heroes. so i will be introducing a resolution to change the name of the russell building to the mccain building. i hope that my colleagues will cosponsor and support the resolution. but, it need not be the only way that we honor senator mccain. we can honor him by trying to carry out the principles he lived by. we can try as he did to put country before party. we can try, as he always did, to speak truth to power. and we can try, as he summoned us to try to restore the senate to its rightful place in our national and political life. up until the very end, john mccain st

democratic leader chuck schumer proposed renaming the russell senate office building where mccain workedfter him. >> i would like decades from now ruttle children to ask their parents who was john mccain. >> reporter: in a statement, mccain's wife cindy said, "my heart is broken. i am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years." his daughter meghan said, "he was a great fire who burned bright and we lived in his light and warmth for so long." nd we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done! >> reporter: it was his willingness to call out anyone, and work with anyone, too, that earned him the nickname "maverick," and put him at the forefront of fights over campaign finance reform, immigration, and foreign policy. >> his voice will be missed, but his legacy in that area rertainly lives on. naaces mccain loved as much as the sedona hills, but the u.s. naval academy was one of them. om loved to remind people that he finished fifth from the s ttom of his graduating class. and, he has asked to be buried there in annapolis, maryland, ne

the two of us marched up to senator mccain's office in the russell building. even though we came unannounced, senator mccain gladly received us, and together mitt and i made the case for emergency funding. within days we had secured the resources we needed to move forward with the games, all thanks to senator john mccain. were it not for john's quick action, i can honestly say the 2002 winter olympics would not have been a success. in fact, it would have been an embarrassment. and he was not real excited about putting up federal funds either, but all i had to do was ask and he said fine. so esteemed was john by his republican colleagues that we didn't hesitate to throw our support behind him in the 2008 presidential election. senator mccain mounted an admirable campaign refusing to stoop to the political mudslinging that all too often defines presidential contests. i agree with the assessment of the late charles krauthammer: quote, mccain ran a valiant race against impossible odds. he will be, he should be remembered as the most worthy presidential nominee ever

the debate over renaming the russell senate building after the six-time senator wages on.ublicans installing the senate minority leader chuck schumer's proposal for the name change. >> instead of of worrying about what to name for him, we should name something, just be more like him. >> another person who will be remembering senator mccain this week is his 106-year-old mother roberta. she reportedly said earlier this week that she is proud of percent, but sad to have to bury a child. >> thank you. >>> news this morning, three people in antioch safely escape from their burning homes. the fire was at home on gentry town drive near buchanan road south of highway four. it happened at 12:40 this morning. no one was hurt but the flames were contained to the attic. the three people were helped by the red cross. >>> some quick work by east contra costa county firefighters who stopped flames from spreading beyond a metal shed. that is northeast of brentwood and discovery bay. a chp officer first reported the fire on knighton avenue shortly after noon yesterday. a nearby fire engine

--and to celebrate his spirit of bipartisanship -- senator chuck schumer wants to rename the russell senatefice building after mccain. sen. chuck schumer / -d- senate minority leader: "i'd like, decades from now, little children to ask their parents, 'who was john mccain?' and they'll explain his sacrifice, his patriotism, and most of all his fidelity to do the right thing as he saw it." wednesday -- mccain will lie in state at the arizona capitol -- on what would have been his 82nd birthday.then - he will lie in state at the u-s capitol --dan rivera / mourning mccain: "god bless john mccain."i'm mary moloney reporting. (jrstone) plans are coming together for services and other events to honor the late sen. john mccain over the next week. those involved in planning mccain's farewell say the arizona republican will lie in state in the arizona state capitol on wednesday. a funeral is scheduled for thursday at north phoenix baptist church. in washington, mccain will lie in state in the capitol rotunda on friday. a funeral will take place saturday at washington national cathedral. a private mem

it's extraordinary, you mentioned democrat chuck schumer proposing that honor of renaming the russell senate to being the mccain senate building. that is extraordinary in itself. with regard to the funeral, mike, has there been any discussion as to whether or not the president will attend? theirs was certainly a contentious relationship. >> reporter: well, we have reports, not confirmed so far as i know by msnbc or nbc news, alex, that john mccain actually said in his last days that he did not want president trump to speak at his funeral. we do expect president obama, former president obama, former president bush to speak there. i haven't heard anything about former president clinton and his plans, but this is what we're hearing. obviously, the acrimony and the bad feeling between president trump and the 2008 nominee for the republican presidential nominee for his party, john mccain, a lot of bad blood there and acrimony, alex. >> and i believe that, vice president mike pence may also as well be trying to prepare a eulogy. joining me now, nbc presidential historian, michael beschloss. so goo

. >> schumer, the minority leader, said he plans to introduce a bill to rename capitol hill's russell senate office building for john mccain. >>> local leaders are reacting to mccain's death. senator dianne feinstein tweeted, john mccain was a leader, a public servant, and a patriot and he'll be terribly missed. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi wrote, he was a patriotic, courageous hero who served his country above all. >> east bay congressman eric swalwell said, we remember senator mccain as a selfless patriot who put family and country first. >> we sent a breaking news push alert after john mccain died. if you want notifications on your device, download the abc news app. >>> president trump has escalated attacks on jeff sessions, hinting at firing the man he picked for the job saying sessions quote doesn't understand what is happening underneath his command position. today's tweet follows another attack by mr. trump during an interview with fox news. >> jeff sessions. never took control of the justice department. and it's sort of an incredible thing. he took the job. then he said, i'm

. >> garrett, chuck schumer had suggested renaming the russell senate building after senator john mccain which has had a couple effects, a whole bunch of people dig into who there russell actually is. but tell me about that. >> well, it caught republicans off guard, ali, which is one of the reasons why it probably didn't get more support right out of the gate than a lot of people assumed might. that's one of several options now being discussed for how to honor john mccain here in washington, d.c. what physical legacy can he leave behind in the senate beyond just his words and beyond what so many have said they want to see more senators act like john mccain. right now, the majority leader mitch mcconnell said he wants to appoint a bipartisan group to look at possible nominations possibly renaming the armed services committee room, there's a couple smaller scale options on the table there. lindsey graham joked with me earlier this week they should rename the capitol visitors center in honor of john mccain because he hated so much and thought it was a waste of money and that might be a fitt