john mccain who at his own funeral is playing hollywood games by having warren beatty as a pall bearer i mean i would have loved to have been the call to warren from his agent like warren we got a job laurie and apparently there they were very very old friends good friends but sure the other interesting thing was that john mccain's lawyer at the time was john dowd who then became trump's lawyer. are there all the actually there were a few people that were involved back then the s. and l. crisis getting all these senators and everybody absolved the powerful people who did not go to prison at that time they had these lawyers that are still in power now but also the other legacy of john mccain is he was he was a war hawk despite what the media might have said they call it heroism and a great patriot and many people in the world might consider it a war hawk ism so i want to see like it does work obviously america is very powerful they have a huge army our dollar since one nine hundred seventy three by the way when the you know john mccain returned to america from a prisoner of war camp whi

off and eric holder didn't give him a great answer oh i need to know about john mccain is that warren beatty was appalled or ok so here's a guy who is friendly with the press who is a media bore another word that starts a w john mccain who at his own funeral is playing hollywood games by having warren beatty as a pall bearer i mean i would have loved to have been the call to warren from his agent like warren we got a job laurie and apparently there they were very very old friends good for. sure the other interesting thing was that john mccain's lawyer at the time was john dowd who then became trump's lawyer there all is actually there were a few people that were involved back then in the s. and l. crisis getting all these senators and everybody absolved the powerful people who did not go to prison at that time they had these lawyers that are still in power now but also the other legacy of john mccain is he was he was a war hawk despite what the media might have said they call it heroism and a great patriot and many people in the world might consider it a war hawk ism so i went to see like it

suffered so much for the five-and-a-half years in a hanoi prison, and he invited someone like warren beatty, hold only, we're going to watch the casket come into the u.s. capitol. come out of the capitol. [ silence ] >>> let's bring in john mechum as we watch the casket being brought down. you never know, watching history, when things come, you're not ready for how big they are. i think we're all struck by the power of this loss. >> it is a sacred hour for a hand who gave his all to preserving our journey toward a more perfect union. he was a perfect man who kept us moving guard higher ground, and today by his conscious design, is an extraordinary embodiment not of the fact that we should always agree or that there is a mythical centrism in the american spirit, because there's not. we fought from loyalists versus revolutionaries, federalists and antifederalists. north and south. interventionists and isolationists. we have fought and fought, but at our best, and john mccain understood this, we had to be one great family. one of the statues that senator mccain spent last night under the gaze

john mccain who at his own funeral is playing hollywood games by having warren beatty as a pall bearer i mean i would have loved to have been the call to warren from his agent like warren we got a job laurie and apparently there they were very very old friends who are good friends but sure the other interesting thing was that john mccain's lawyer at the time was john dowd who then became trump's lawyer there all is actually there were a few people that were involved back then in the s. and l. crisis getting all these senators and everybody absolved the powerful people who did not go to prison at that time they had these lawyers that are still in power now but also the other legacy of john mccain is he was he was a war hawk despite what the media might have said they call it heroism and a great patriot and many people in the world might consider it a war hawk ism so i want to see like it does work obviously america is very powerful they have a huge army and our dollar since one nine hundred seventy three by the way when the you know john mccain returned to america from a prisoner of war

john mccain who at his own funeral is playing hollywood games by having warren beatty as a pall bearer i mean i would have loved to have been the call to warren from his agent like warren we got a job laurie and apparently there they were very very old friends good for. sure the other interesting thing was that john mccain's lawyer at the time was john dowd who then became trump's lawyer there all is actually there were a few people that were involved back then in the s. and l. crisis getting all these senators and everybody absolved the powerful people who did not go to prison at that time they had these lawyers that are still in power now but also the other legacy of john mccain is he was he was a war hawk despite what the media might have said they call it heroism and a great patriot and many people in the world might consider it a war hawk ism so i went to see like it does work obviously america is very powerful they have a huge army our dollar since one nine hundred seventy three by the way when the you know john mccain returned to america from a prisoner of war camp which was a h

i mean warren beatty he is sitting there.k warren beatty, yet when you think of the movie he did, "bull worth," john mccain could be bull worth every once in a while. >> and i'm sure he thought of that, too. >> mr. and mrs. bush. >> i love it that the community you spoke of after 9/11 was managing to bring al gore and bill clinton back together. i was sitting -- >> for those just joining us, they laid a wreath at the washington memorial. she was accompanied by white house chief of staff john kelly. a moving tribute as senator mccain made his way from the capitol to the vietnam memorial, and now at the doors here at the national cathedral. >> and i think we saw a former vice president cheney. this is someone in the george bush administration felt strongly about enhance ds interrogation. john mccain fought back strenuously. >> there is probably not a person in this room that he didn't have an argument with. and yet didn't walk away also probably shaking hands at the end of that argument. >> with john you didn't have an argument

so, we are talking about actor and friend warren beatty, vice president joe biden, former new york mayorichael bloomberg, among many of the others. victor? >> and suzanne, from your years on capitol hill, you covered senator mccain. what are you thinking? what are you feeling today? >> reporter: well, this is one of those times where you really believe and can feel what he was about. and one of my favorites memories was in 2000, when he essentially had given up the race. he invited all of the reporters down to his ranch in sedona, and he loved that place. and he and cindy mccain hosted, had a little kind of impromptu barbecue, and all of them realizing he had lost this bitter primary to george w. bush. what was next? he took his blackberry, and they all took their blackberrys and just tossed them over the side, really kind of symbolically, but also realistically, saying look, this is a new part of my life, this is a new step, and i'm going to do something else, i'm going to look ahead, look forward at how i can contribute to my country. and that was really a wonderful moment to remember.

among the mourners, former secretary of state henry kissinger and actors warren beatty and annette beningas dignitaries paid their respects away from the cameras, lindsey graham escorting cindy to the senate floor to see her husband's desk draped in black. thousands lining up to say thanks and goodbye to a man who loved his country and the hallowed institution he served. even at this hour, there are thousands more who are waiting outside for their opportunity to say goodbye. tomorrow, before a memorial service at the national cathedral, mccain's motorcade will make one last stop at the vietnam veterans memorial where cindy will lay a ceremonial wreath honoring the lives lost. kate? >> peter alexander at the capitol, thank you. >>> another emotional goodbye in detroit today for the queen of soul, aretha franklin. an epic sendoff lasting more than eight hours with a who's who of a-list guests and performers all paying respect to fromt nger who died 76. nbc's ron mott has more. >> reporter: it was a funeral fit for a queen. the music stirring souls, lifting hearts. ♪ in the crowd, famous eve

also the actor warren beattie, a russian dissident, a range of different people. that he reached out to both sides. he could be a divisive political figure, out to both sides. he could be a divisive politicalfigure, he could bea divisive politicalfigure, he could be a maverick, he could be extremely stubborn. at the same time, he was also someone who was able to see through party politics sometimes in order to follow his own true beliefs. he believed ultimately that's what was right was right, it didn't come down to party politics. that did lead to on occasions coming into conflict with the republican party. but i think what you see today will be a service that representsjohn mccain today will be a service that represents john mccain in today will be a service that representsjohn mccain in every way. he has been meticulous in the planning of this because he has had the last couple of years to think about this. he has battled with ill—health, he had surgery for a brain tumourand ill—health, he had surgery for a brain tumour and ultimately his life was claimed by ca

among them the actor warren beatty, famous liberal.hey bonded on the issue of campaign finance reform, former senators tom hart, tom ridge, bipartisan group there. personal friends, political allies. cindy mccain. michael bloomberg also a pallbearer. >> you see there the russian paul bear, vladimir kara-murza, survived two assassination attempts. many believe vladimir putin behind it. john mccain sending a message there as well. ♪ ♪ oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea ♪ ♪ o christ whose voice the waters heard and hushed their raging at thy word ♪ ♪ who walkedst on the foaming deep ♪ ♪ and claim amidst its rage didst sleep ♪ ♪ oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea ♪ ♪ most holy spirit who didst broad upon the chaos dark and rude ♪ ♪ and bid its angry tumult cease and give for wild confusion peace ♪ ♪ oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea ♪ ♪ o trinity of love and power our brethren shield in danger's hour ♪ ♪ from rock and tempest fire and foe ♪ ♪ protect them wheres

. >> jimmy: what awards show did you and warren beatty get engaged?n't it. how did you get engaged? do you mind me asking? >> i don't mind. just privately. he gave me this ring when we were just on a place in our house, just a quiet moment by ourselves. >> jimmy: it wasn't like a big planned kind of ceremonious type of thing. >> no, no, no. >> jimmy: is he not that way? i know you had a big birthday this year. did he throw you a big shindig? anything like that? >> i actually planned my party. >> jimmy: you planned your own birthday party. [ laughter ] >> yes. it was at dodger stadium. i'm a big dodger fan. we did it in a suite. at dodger stadium. quite a few of my kids were there. my friends were there and it was great and the dodgers won. >> jimmy: that's nice of them to do it on your birthday. [ cheers and applause ] i didn't know you were such a big dodgers fan. >> i became one really when my son started getting -- when he was little and he played baseball and we started taking him to games, we had a friend who was inviting us to games and that's h

but also you've got an interesting pan apli of doves like warren beatty the actor/director who's here as pall bearer. and gary hart who ran the campaign for george mcgovern in '72 against nixon. of course barack obama who also i think was fairly called a dove as well. i think we're seeing everybody here today. it's probably unfair to single a few out but of course roberta mccain, 106 years old, burying her son today. that is a tragic fact of their lives. john mccain hoped he could live as long as his mother. of course she hoped that too. all parents want their children to outlive them, and john mccain suffered the same death of the brain cancer that joe biden's son beau suffered from and died from and ted kennedy suffered from and died from. that has become a consistent sort of pattern of death here in washington, those three all celebrated figures who died of the same disease. i want to bring in michael steele, former sem nair yan, and talk about this. it's interesting, we have a jesuit giving the homily today, father edward reebes. he was head of the jesuit school in phoenix, arizon

friend and actor warren beatty, vice president joe biden, who spoke so eloquently yesterday, former nework city mayor michael bloomberg, former defense secretary as well, william cohen, among many of those other notable dignitaries that will be there. this is an ongoing celebration of his life and truly a whose who of people who want to pay tribute. and finally, victor, if i can tell you this morning, just watching people pass by here -- there was a young woman who was jogging, and she just went right back and put a thumbs up, a thumbs up as she passed by the east steps here, knowing that senator john mccain lies in state here at the rotunda. >> absolutely. suzanne malveaux for us there from the capitol. suzanne, thank you so much. our next guest is mark salter. he worked for senator mccain for nearly 20 years, chief of staff, speechwriter. they worked together on seven books. mark, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we talked a little bit before the show started here that you met him 30 years ago. >> i did. >> and on this day, how are you remembering him? >> oh, you know

former vice president al gore, former vice president cheney, and you know, warren beatty, who's a pallbearer and a good friend of the senator, among those there. gabby giffords, of course, the former congresswoman from arizona, and an array of foreign dignitaries, as we said. >> that's right. you see the top diplomats from a number of arab countries, in particular saudi arabia, from qatar. i'm looking, though, what stands out here is there is a theme -- and bob, you touched on this earlier -- of the foreign leaders. they are from countries who feel very much at risk of invasion or aggression by russia. senator mccain really standing out. part of his legacy was being very much a foil to vladimir putin of russia. he has here on this list the president of ukraine, the head of nato. he's got the former president of georgia. all countries, small countries, countries that wouldn't necessarily be, john, you know, on the list of world powers, but those who felt that they needed a strong ally and found one in senator mccain. >> that's right. and he would -- and he did this while he was sick, while he

warren beatty, joe biden, michael bloomberg.as they go from the vietnam memorial to the cathedral peer festival about cindy mccain. john mccain was once asked to think of the 2008 campaign, what you admire about your wife? which is kind of an odd question but he said, her strength and the fact that she was able to bring up our family. while i was away so often on my duties, my adventures and one of the things i've seen over the next couple of days i'm sure i will see today and tomorrow, the strength of cindy mccain, she was, has gone through it must be a very difficult set of public appearances, he saw that again they are with putting the wreath at the vietnam veterans memorial with just great dignity and tremendous grace and my guess is that john mccain is looking down at her and saying, well done. and the second thing is going to say, i don't know if we'll see inset also but this is another one of the buildings you very much want to see if you come to washington. it is not on the tourist agenda but the national cathedral is on

he brought in people that were there during the time he suffered, warren beatty, gary hart that ran apiscopalian service, but it had a revival aspect to it. we must bring back the spirit. i thought meghan, his daughter, delivered that fully. >> absolutely. chris, you're there in washington. do you believe, do you have hope that the senators particularly in that church, in that sanctuary got that message and will carry it forward? >> i think they're probably embarrassed, petrified of their base. four out of five republicans that will go down the line for this president have almost superimposed themselves between the senate and the united states government. they're afraid to govern. they believe what's going on in every poll has to be the governing force of the country, they're all petrified of being defeated in the next primary. it is a fact. it is a fact. every tuesday we see this. the next chance for the president of the united states to dictate the victor, it is powerful stuff. you're asking people to put their careers on the line. we'll see if they do. i think there's a lot of peop

between jack nicholson and michael douglas and warren beatty there was a little contest. >> i think who >> it was like sports. >> well, yes, but you see i was the new trophy in town. >> but you didn't want to be the trophy. >> i don't think so. no, that was never going to happen. >> reporter: in the mid '90s her movie career stalled. diagnosed with painfully severe rheumatoid arthritis and turning to booze. you've talked very openly about your drinking. >> oh, i abused alcohol, yeah. >> reporter: in the years since turner has developed a thriving stage career and the occasional movie project. you talk about this role in "dumb and dumber." >> i'm fredo. >> sorry fhot daughter fredo jr. >> you picked that for a specific reason, to send a message kind of not so secretly. >> well, that i had changed and aged. >> look, guys, it's me. freida. >> and my body was not "body heat" anymore and get over it. >> reporter: for "good morning america," juju chang, abc news, new york. >> that is going to be quite the read. we're looking forward to that one. "kathleen turner on acting" is out now. >>> com

the actors warren beatty, his wife, annette bening, journalists, conservative thinkers, liberal thinkersd out earlier, margaret, everything in the program you will see today was dictated by mccain himself. and so, when you hear the famous opera singer renee fleming belting out "danny boy," that is no accident. that is exactly what john mccain himself wanted. that's the way that he wanted to be sent off. i'm here this morning with senator tom udall of new mexico, a democrat, served in the senate for the past decade with john mccain, but you go back so much farther than that with this man. >> i really do. you know, nancy, i knew john when i was much younger, when i was a teenager, because my uncle mo talked a lot about him. he talked about the relationship they had working across party lines -- >> reporter: you're talking about mo udall, congressman from arizona, democratic candidate for president, and really revered by a young congressman mccain, then senator mccain. >> the wonderful story is that mo has 14 years in the house, and he takes john in under his wing and travels around new mex

honorary pal bearers, mark salter who helped him choose the readings, and long time fund-raiser, warren beattyend over the years will all be accompanying him. >> there will be powerful eulogies from two former presidents and others. i'm looking forward near the end of the service, the great opera singer renee fleming will do a musical reflection, danny boy, in honor, in memory of senator mccain. >> right, which we understand is one of his favorite songs. he picked it. and here we have the presidents, former presidents together. former president barack obama and michelle obama, former president george w. bush and laura bush, former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> and of all those, hillary clinton is close to senator mccain. they formed a huge bond in the senate, traveled around the world together. thought they would be running against each other. >> there's roberta mccain, the 106-year-old mother of senator john mccain who looks amazing. >> still lives in washington, in the washington area. she was a central figure in both of senator mccain's presidentia