u.s. senator john mccain.elcome to viewers here in the united states and around the ho headquarters in atlanta. he served as a u.s. senator for more than 30 years, six terms in that role, better known as the maverick. u.s. senator john mccain passed away saturday afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona, surrounded by his family in his final hour. he just recently discontinued treatment for the aggressive form of brain cancer he was fighting. people knew this moment would come. but still it didn't make it any easier for the many, many people who knew him,e who loved him. his senate colleagues remember him as a giant in that body. politically conservative but fiercely principled and independent. his absence in the u.s. senate this year due to declining health, it was clear a true warrior 'til the end. he battled an aggressive form of brain cancer first diagnosed in 2017. john mccain served as a u.s. navy aviator for more than 20 years. mr. mccain was shot down over north vietnam in 1967, captured and

i was here as a candidate for the u.s. senate, had recently won my primary, and i was meeting senators at one of our lunches. senator murkowski, my colleague from alaska, was taking me around, introducing me to a number of republican senators, and she said, oh, dan, have you ever met john mccain? i said, no, i'd be honored to meet him. so i walk up to senator mccain. of course i was a bit nervous. my colleague from alaska, senator murkowski, was introducing me and telling a little about my background and said i was a marine and i was in the reserves commanding a battalion, and senator mccain looked at me and very serious said, wow, that's interesting, dan. i almost joined the marines. and i said, really, senator? he said, yeah, i almost joined the marines, but the marines told me i wasn't qualified. and i said, really? why weren't you qualified? and as i was asking this question of him, i notice other senators gathering around, all smiling, said why wasn't i qualified? because i knew who my parents were. of course everybody laugh

john mccain served in the u.s. senate for more than 30 years, six terms in that term and many people in the u.s. and around the world know this man by that nickname, the maverick. >> that is right. absolutely. >> senator mccain passed away on saturday afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona, he was surrounded by his family in his final hour. >> he just recently discontinued treatment for cancer. people knew that this moment would come, but still, it did not make it easier for the many who knew him, who admired him, and who loved him. his senate colleagues remember him as a giant. politically conservative, but fiercely principaled and independent. >> and mccain's absence was felt this year in the u.s. senate due to declining health. a true warrior though, until the end. he battled this aggressive form of brain cancer that was first diagnosed back in 2017. mccain served as a u.s. navy aviator for more than 20 years. he was shot down over north vietnam, and he was captured and held there as a prisoner of war. >> t

the u.s. senate. and as we were standing out here we saw a parade of suvs arrived, led by a procession of police officers on motorcycles and a hearse and then not so much longer after that we also saw that same procession leave the property here. and from what we understand the senator was very much a part of planning how he wanted to be remembered and also planning how he wanted his funeral procession to go. just another showing of just the strength that this american icon had all the way up until the end. stephanie elam, cnn, sedona, arizona. >> stephanie, thank you. let's now bring in political analyst michael genovese. michael president of the global policy institute at loyola-marymount university joining us this hour from los angeles. michael, again, thank you for taking time with us. it is certainly a day that many people in the united states and quite honestly people who know of this man around the world mourning his loss. let's talk about the career first of senator mccain. the statesman. he

john mccain served in the u.s. senatean 30 years, six terms in that term and many people in the u.s. and around the world know this man by that nickname, the maverick. >> that is right. absolutely. >> senator mccain passed away on saturday afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona, he was surrounded by his family in his final hour. >> he just recently discontinued treatment for cancer. people knew that this moment would come, but still, it did not make it easier for the many who knew him, who admired him, and who loved him. his senate colleagues remember him

kelli ward/(r) u.s. senatee's senator mccain, the person, and i feel very, very bad for him and for his family. there's also senator mccain the politician that has let down arizona again and again and again."nats riding with ward conservative provocateurs tomi lahren and mike cernovichkyung lah/cnn national correspondent:"do you welcome their viewpoints?" kelli ward/(r) u.s. senate candidate from arizona"i welcome viewpoints from everyone."kyung lah/cnn national correspondent:"even if they're completely false and dangerous."kelli ward/(r) u.s. senate candidate from arizona"and how does that pertain to me?"kyung lah/cnn national correspondent:"you have him on your bus."natsthis is the battle for arizona's republican base.ward in lockstep with trumpcalling her opponent, establishment- backed arizona congresswoman martha mcsally a g-o-p phony. kyung lah/cnn national correspondent:"do you think that martha mcsally is trying to dupe republicans in this state?"kelli ward/(r) u.s. senate candidate from arizona "i do.

now as promised we will take you to live coverage of the u.s. senate debates in nebraska between senator deb fischer who is running for a second term and democratic challenger jane labeled, a city councilwoman in lincoln. >> at 9:00 a.m. and 10 a clock easton, sitting u.s. republican senator deb fischer is preparing to debate the democratic challenger, lincoln city councilmember jane raybould and we take you to live coverage here on c-span. ♪ >> welcome to today's debate in the race for u.s. senate in nebraska. i am craig . >> we will be the moderators for your hour-long debate. off with deb fischer and democrat lincoln city councilmember jane raybould. rules before you start. we will give equal time to each candidate. we are asking you to keep your answers to 60 seconds each. when we ask you to move on, please do so. in addition we reserve the right to follow up. also want to give the candidates a time to respond if you are directly attacked. without further ado, let's get started. nebraskans are struggling with rising health care. the democratic plan

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the most.i did that in the u.s. senate . ssedht -- got the bill , offering help and results to people who need it. deb fischer: senator fischer's family leave involves working on a voluntary basis with corporations. when a corporation does offer family leave, the corporation is asked to provide the time off for the quality, which is good, but the corporation is not getting reimbursed. proposalischer's expires in 2019. what i would do is work with the states on an individual basis. we are seeing real progress made where states, like new york or california have instituted family leave where the employee contributes a small percentage and the employer matches it. that is how the families can enjoy more and greater security. not just a temporary piece of legislation. jane raybould: you did not disturb it -- deb fischer: you do not describe it correctly. >> let's move on. jane raybould: this morning, we submitted a letter to the senate ethics committee to investigate how your estimated net worth as reported on your senate finance

u.s. senator.ing at the time with how to deal with his injuries that he got, obviously, when he was a prisoner of war after he was shot down. the fact that he wasn't going to be able to be the navy officer that his father and grandfather were. he realized he could change his public service to the u.s. senate and just to watch these pictures coming back to the senate. really powerful. >> very powerful. the hearse has arrived with the casket. there will be a formal ceremony. all of this is worked out in a lot of detail. i just want you to remind our viewers that the senator himself over the past 13 months, once he was diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer, he personally was very much involved in planning every step of the way. >> he was. making the u.s. capitol part of his final journey was so critical, as critical as yesterday in arizona was. because he spent three decades in the u.s. congress. he loved being a senator. he love d actual length latgisle art of fighting for your principle but t

u.s. politics senator john mccain has fallen silent a vietnam war hero and one time presidential candidate mccain died overnight at the age of eighty one after a year long fight with brain cancer his wife cindy paid tribute to her late husband saying he passed the way he lived on his own terms also coming up to zimbabwe's new president emerson and dog law is sworn in after his narrow victory in july as disputed election he now faces the difficult task of uniting the country after an election that the opposition says was rigged. and in italy the standoff over a monitoring ship triggers a criminal investigation into the country's far right interior minister prosecutors are looking into charges of abuse of office kidnapping and illegal arrest. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us. tributes are pouring in for a u.s. senator john mccain who died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain had been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year on friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career mccain

up a bunch of websites doppelganger is of those belonging to prominent political groups and the u.s. senate this technique is known as fishing designed to lure unsuspecting users to pages that look just like the real thing and then basically steal their data according to microsoft that they recognize this tactic from a few years back we saw this during the united states general election in twenty sixteen last major in the french presidential election and now in a broadening way as americans are preparing for the november midterm elections. midterms are a big deal in the states for those of you unfamiliar that's elections in congress with close to all seats up for grabs this november for russians to mess it up would be the second worst thing after rigging the presidential race except microsoft's panic post has raised doubts among the i.t. crowd one you don't have to be a hacker let alone a member of any organization to create a fake website or the senate or even the president all they need is an internet connection about thirty minutes of spare time and about fifty bucks job done to microsof

u.s. senator john mccain died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain had been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career he passed away at his ranch in arizona surrounded by his wife and other family members. the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nation's highest office. born into a family of navy admirals john mccain served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot when his plane was shot down over one noir in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven he became a prisoner of war enduring five and a half years of torture and captivity. there he entered politics after his release and went on to be the senator of arizona for more than thirty years the republican also made two failed bits for president in two thousand and two thousand and eight he was known as a man of integrity and willing to stick to his convictions rather than toe the political line tributes are coming in from both sides of the political aisle.

attempts by russia to hack u.s. senate and conservative groups for hacking group affiliated with the russian government the russian military operation the intelligence operation the russian military intelligence unit r t z goes down of commentary on microsoft's claims microsoft is ringing the alarm russians are at it again apparently how has set up a bunch of websites doppelganger of those belonging to prominent political groups and the us senate this technique is known as phishing designed to lure unsuspecting users to pages that look just like the real thing and then basically steal their data according to microsoft that they recognize this.

u.s. senator john mccain.re in the united states and around the ho headquarters in atlanta. he served as a u.s. senator for more than 30 years, six terms in that role, better known as the maverick. u.s. senator john mccain passed away saturday afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona, surrounded by his family in his final hour. he just recently discontinued treatment for the aggressive form of brain cancer he was fighting. people knew this moment would come.

u.s. senate's intelligence committee has sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we allknow the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview at a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but tension lead this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leaks or julian assange his legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high ethical standards well of course all of this falls under the existing narrative led by the west that julian assange along with russia had something to do with getting donald trump elected back in twenty sixteen and of course when it comes to the topic of russia and being somehow invol

conservative think tanks in the u.s. senate. united states senate the latest targets of hackers linked to military intelligence. microsoft stopped the attack last week. the company took control of six web sites operated by the same group behind the 2016 dnc hack. let's bring in fred pleitgen. >> reporter: we are talking about fancy bear. it is apparently linked to russia's military intelligence. organizations targeted were members of the senate and two think tanks which are conservative think tanks. hudson institute and international republican institu institute. both are conservative, but critical of the trump advances to russia and critical of vladimir putin's foreign policy. we have to point out it is unclear, or there is no proof, any of the domains have been used for any sort of successful attacks. this is big enough for microsoft to come out with this statement and we expect to get more information later today. all of this, christine, comes only about a month after attorney general rod rosenstein indicted 12 russians for ha

draw their usual conclusion about who might really be behind it all attempts by russia to hack u.s. senate and conservative groups for hacking group affiliated with the russian government and russian military operation the intelligence operation the russian military intelligence unit erosion of takes us through microsoft's claims microsoft is ringing the alarm russians are at it again apparently how has set up a bunch of websites going as of those belonging to prominent political groups and the u.s. senate this technique is known as phishing designed to lure unsuspecting users to pages that look just like the real thing and then basically steal their data according to microsoft that they recognize this tactic from a few years back. we saw this during the united states general election in twenty sixteen last major in the french presidential election and now in a broadening way as americans are preparing for the november midterm elections midterms are a big deal in the states for those of you unfamiliar that's elections in congress with close to all seats up for grabs this november for russi

as you were saying, elected six times to the u.s. senate representing the state. he is a beloved son and iconic figure defensively in arizona. but for sure around the world. and when you think about senator mccain, you know, you know he is also the father of seven children and one of those children, megan mccain, had just a beautiful testament to her father that she tweeted out yesterday. and released this statement. i want to read it to you now because it is really beautiful. it starts with my father, united states senator john sidney mccain the third departed this live today. i was with my father at his end as he was with me at the beginning. in the 33 years we shared together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me, and supported me in all things. he loved me and i loved him. he taught me how to live. his live love hnds a care always present, always unfailing, took me from a girl to a woman and he showed me what it is to be a man. all that i am is thanks to him. now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his exampl

u.s. senators led by seven richard shelby of alabama respectively killing senator murphy's amendment. and as if to pour salt on these wounds of political cowardice and warmongering by senator shelby and his fellow fellow congressman less than twenty four hours after stopping murphy's bill dead another twenty six children were killed in an air strike in yemen last weekend i think it's time to start watching the hawks. what it. looks like. it's like. in the last few days but the bottom. like you that i got. with. this. is exactly. welcome aboard the watch for the dark side to robot and capitalists show the latest another airstrike hits another another school bass. kills more children and were we seriously have to really like even think about the fact that we should stop. early if you're in the sun yeah especially if you're in the so it's like well. it's tragic but we should we shouldn't abandon our allies in saudi arabia even though they're killing children even though they're killing how does children with our hardware and our logistics and our help and our gasoline and our gas station

u.s. senator for more than 30 years, six terms in that role, better known as the maverick. u.s. afternoon. he was at his home near sedona, arizona, surrounded by his family in his final hour. he just recently discontinued treatment for the aggressive form of brain cancer he was fighting. people knew this moment would come. but still it didn't make it any easier for the many, many people who knew him, people who admired him, people who loved him. his senate colleagues remember him as a giant in that body. filitically conservative but

set up a bunch of websites doppelganger of those belonging to prominent political groups and the u.s. senate this technique is known as phishing designed to lure unsuspecting users to pages that look just like the real thing and then basically steal their data according to microsoft if they recognize this tactic from a few years back we saw this during the united states general election in twenty sixteen last major in the french presidential election and now in a broadening way as americans are preparing for the november midterm elections. midterms are a big deal in the states for those of you unfamiliar that's elections in congress with close to all seats up for grabs this november for russians to mess it up would be the second worst thing after rigging the presidential race except microsoft's panic post has raised doubts among the i.t. crowd one you don't have to be a hacker let alone a member of any organization to create a fake website or the senate or even the president all they need is an internet connection about thirty minutes of spare time and about fifty bucks job done to microsoft

u.s. senators try to overhaul obamacare. >> they're trying to focus on a skinny repeal. >> three nights later when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare appeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. >> i think he was conflicted because he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare, and there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. i said do what you want to do. >> as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a healthcare repeal bill with very little replacement, i think was really close to his heart at that moment. >> hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. >> he was getting the world's best care. there was nothing that would be beyond his reach if he needed it for his own treatment. and i think he did really consider all of the people that he represents in arizona and people across the country, and worried that because it was rushed through and there was so little thought to it what would happen to them. >> thoughts that weighed on mccain well into the early morning hours of friday, july 28t

he ascended to the u.s. senate from arizona, and won the 2008 gop nomination, losing to barack obama. he was called the maverick. >>> a 16-year-old is dead span 18-year-old in critical coa high school in fairfield. that led to a lockdown of the high school and a frantic search for two suspects who are both now in custody. >> it was astonishing to seeing? s to be the happen. >> reporter: this senior still trying to process what happened. >> we were all worried and had chills, and just the fact that, like, something like this could ever happen this close to a school and this close to that many people in our first home game, that it was something that was actually, like, really saddening. >> reporter: on friday, just after 5:00 p.m., a gun fight broke out at the corner of bell avenue and washington street, just two blocks from the school. >> we heard a couple of more shots, and then my dad was, like, those are gunshots. >> reporter: a 16-year-old shot in the head, and bleed energy the street, just outside the cano fam

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soft claims russian hackers are added again by targeting u.s. senate and conservative think tanks but while listing the supposedly culprits said the tech giant took the chance to push its products. and as the syrian army gears up to take the rebel held on craven western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre the same outlets though failed to mention much of the air. under the control of hardline islamist groups accused of war crimes. iraq has a lot of our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us and sanctions were high on the agenda in washington this tuesday with yet more calls to tighten restrictions against russia over a series of issues for which moscow is being blamed the british foreign secretary who is on his first official visit to the u.s. or urged western partners to ramp up the pressure on russia. those who do. use need to know that there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines across but today the united kingdom its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure its

u.s. senator john mccain has died at the age of 81. his passing comes after a battle with brain cancer first diagnosed in july of 2017. the republican from arizona was a giant in politics and respected on both sides of the aisle. elected to the senate six times, the first time in 1987. mccain also served in the u.s. navy for more than 20 years. he was a captain. he was shot down over north vietnam and held as a prisoner of war for more than five years. he ran for president twice and in 2008 he became the republican nominee for president eventually losing to obama. he has become an outspoken critic of donald trump. i want to go back to dana bash. i know you were in close contact with those who are very close to john mccain this evening as he passed away. what have you learned about his final hours? >> reporter: my understanding is that they were peaceful and he lived his final hours, final days, final weeks in his favorite place in the world and that is a place they call the cabin. it was a little bit more than that, but a beautiful spo

ien i get to the u.s. senate, will be a strong ally of president trump. i will be the conservative fighter you can rely on to stand up for coal and miller energy resources, and we will tackle -- and we will tackle this opioid epidemic more aggressively than anyone. >> [cheers and applause] mr. morrisey: it is my honor to be here tonight on the same stage with the president. mr. president, thank you for your leadership, your work, and

two domains that would be used by those at the u.s. senate like senate group senate dot services senate email and then those two think tanks are a dot org and hudson org dot org i was making a mistake. mistake to make but the so again it would be suspicion campaigns so that the user would think that he's communicating with someone in the senate or at the hudson institute but in fact he would be communicating or she would be communicating with the hackers and giving sensitive information potentially we do have a denial from the kremlin as you said this is the quote from a climber spokesperson translated we do not know what hackers they're talking about we don't know what is meant by influence elections we hear confirmations from america that there was no influence on elections who exactly are they talking about we don't understand what the proof and the basis for them drawing these kind of conclusions such information such proof is lacking and we haven't seen any proof really for a microsoft there is that little bit of irony here though that o

u.s. senator john mccain we'll speak to german lawmaker andreas nick about what mccain's passing means for germany and for the future of transatlantic relations. make no mistake my friends the times but you should not count america out. or we begin today with another night of right wing demonstrations in eastern germany amid suspicions that there is a link between law enforcement and the nazis in the city of camden it's right wing groups gathered again tonight the demonstration follows two nights earlier this week a violent anti migrant protest that included up to seven thousand nazis far right supporters and according to police hooligans it was all allegedly triggered by the stabbing death of a german two migrants a syrian and an iraqi have been arrested in connection with the killing of this was the scene earlier this evening as people gathered in the center of the city of cambridge police say this time the numbers were in the hundreds rather than thousands and the protest was calling for the most part linda is covering the protests course in quetta. no clashes tonight kenneth but massiv

microsoft takes on moscow, shutting down sites it says were targeting the u.s. senate and think tanks. christian: the russian military was behind the latest attempt to disrupt american democracy. katty: it is increasingly left to tech companies to protect elections, which leaves britain's foreign secretary urging the e.u. to increase sanctions on moscow. and brexit enters its final phase, but judging from what the negotiators said today, there is still a lot of differences to overcome. christian: also, no one has run faster than

you heard from cory booker and, let harris, two members of -- kamala harris, two members of the u.s. senate. [applause] that is who we are. that is our american identity. that is the one we are going to own and fight for. that's what makes this fight a fight that is born out of love of country.

u.s. senator lost his fight with brain cancer on sy, andever since, his legacy service has been remembered and celebrated. but there has also been contt versy. presidump refused to comment on senator mccain's legacy until late today. nick bryant reports. nick:ashington without john mccain is a lesser place. he h wasan landmark, an american hero who is broken body

the u.s. senateintelligence committee has sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we all know the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview it's a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leaks or julian assange his legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high ethical standards well of course all of this falls under the existing narrative led by the west that julian assange along with russia had something to do with getting donald trump elected back in twenty

. >> and up next, few people were closer to john mccain in the u.s. senate than lindsey graham. senator graham is going to be here to talk about his friend up next. >> the bottom line is, folks, that the people that he served with in jail will tell you the same thing in prison that i will tell you. he is loyal to his friends. he loves his country. and if he has to stand up for his country, so be it. he would die for this country. i love him to death. it was here.

joining us now, john kyle who was mccain's colleague from arizona in the u.s. senate from 1995 until to 2013. he's been discussed as a possible replacement. thank you for coming on. you join us by phone. could you share with us your thoughts this morning.

a politician mccain represented the state of arizona in the u.s. senateor thirty one years the republican was known for his fierce independence and for reaching across the political divide but with mccain gone arizona may soon be represented by a very different type of politician. a veteran stands watch at the local march cherry in phoenix where john mccain's body is being held before the public viewing on wednesday many arizona have already visited this makeshift memorial to pay tribute to the late senator one of the things that i admired the most going about him was his drive if you believed in something and it wasn't being done even though he got mad about it. he stood his ground it was stress he was easy to get along with says tommy espinosa us the latino advocate and the senator were close friends for over there you know obviously you're so close to entertain us espinosa to be a key player in the senate comes hands. up john i said you know i'm a democrat so i'm not sure it's going to get you any votes you know and he said i don't care you're my frien

u.s. senator for more than thirty years and made to feel for the presidency. so francis has said mass to huge a two huge crowd on the last day of his visit to ireland earlier here asked for forgiveness for the catholic church in its sex abuse scandals he said it had to take far man decisive action in the pursuit of justice and truth. to zimbabwe where the president has now been officially inaugurated has called on the country to unite it comes just a day after a court upheld emma was narrow election victory the results have been disputed by the main opposition party which claimed that the vote was rigged. tens of thousands packed zimbabwe's national stadium in harare to watch their leader take the oath of office. has risen to. the surface. but despite all the pomp at this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on guard had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c. opposition leader nelson shimmies still won't accept the results. is disputed. i. g

u.s. senator john mccain has died at the age of eighty one mccain has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year a maverick republican served more than thirty years in the u.s. senate. you're up to date now on d w news will be back again at the top of the hour with an update i'm marrying everything from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. and on demand. video or you know. any time anywhere. time for an upgrade. on a church grows on buying. a house with. your design highlights you can make yourself. trends tips and tricks that will turn your home to something special. upgrade yourself with g.w. interior design channel on your to. cut. cut the bun this league is back to defending champions byron munich picked up where they left goals and tomas known as god speed scoring boots on again missing the first goal of the new season. after the convincing at three one win over one hundred make me call. kovacs was all smiles and hugs with another of his goals are you and robin with robert live and of the also finding the back of the net byron's already confiden

u.s. senator john mccain has died at the age of 81.ng comes after a battle with brain cancer first