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Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. im ali velshi in for brian williams. day 587 of the trump administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to robert mueller during the russia investigation is out. white house counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. axios was first out with a report this morning. that was quickly followed by this tweet from president trump. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leavi...

Mcgahns departure on twitter, where else? and moments ago said this. >> he was a good man, very good man. don? excellent guy. don mcgahn is an excellent guy. with me a long time, privately before this, he represented me. been here almost for two years. a lot of affection for don. hell be moving on probably to the private sector, maybe the private sector, and hell do very well, but hes done an excellent job. >> reporter: are you concerned about what he said to the mueller team? >> no. i knew he w...

Its appropriate to have people like that around. if were going to remember this man properly, after the services are done and he is laid to rest, the best way to honor john mccain is by congress actually doing something. i mean, solving some problems. whether its on or on fiscal reform. thats what he would want us to do. people had a general affection for him. we heard the stories about the temper and all that. but he was passionate. and ill tell you, he was an institution. and the governor just...

Of the mueller probe now on his way out. >> don mcgahn is a really good guy. been with me for a long time. privately before this. hes been here you now almost two years. and a lot of affection for don. >> reporter: days after learning that he was interviewed by special counsel investigators for 30 hour, president trump tweeting mcgahn will be leaving his thinks in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. ive worked with don fo...

>> reporter: yeah, the federal judiciary looks a lot different than it used to and that will continue on because of efforts by specifically don mcgahn and mitch mcconnell over the last year and a half or so. it will continue through 2020 at least. >> ive got a little bit of what the president had said about don mcgahn. lets listen to that together. >> don mcgahn is a really good guy. been with me for a long time. privately before this he represented me. hes been here now it will be almost two ye...

Letter that john mccain wanted read out loud after his passing. so we did hear some of that. senator king, i want to ask you specifically, again, you didnt know him before you got to the senate. >> right. >> but then you did get to know him. and he developed an affection for you. and from what i can tell, its because you were willing to work. yes, youre a nice, charming guy. but at the hearing you would sit at, you would be one of the few senators to be in there for the whole hearing. and the re...

The passing of senator john mccain with warm praise and order the white house flag ordered to half staff, the president finally relented to both. here with us now is david gergen who knows a lot about presidents, knows a lot about presidential presidential ego. what was behind this? >> anger, resentment, rage at the fact that john mccain so much more popular than he was with the president and john mccain blocked him as he thought on repealing obamacare. but they have two different value sets. yo...

Angies boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. boom! ♪ tributes to the late senator john mccain, span the world, including the city of hanoi, in vietnam, where john mccain was held captured and held prisoner for five and a half years. ivan is in hanoi. i find the affection and respect for john mccain from that country to be fascinating. >> reporter: it really is remarkable. im coming to you on a soggy evening, john, from a lake in the heart of hanoi. this is where john mccain splashed down on o...

Footsteps of john mccain. >> lets hope. dana, its interesting. the president finally did speak words out loud. the flag finally was lowered to half-staff there. do you think it was this pressure and this outpouring of emotion that david gergen was just talking about there that ultimately made it just impossible for the president not to step up? >> who knows. you know, the american legion was putting pressure on him and veterans groups are very important politically to the president. i know from ...

The fact that there is this ideologic debate what john mccain is accomplishing, warning that we cant take them for granted and what donald trump represents policicale ical poli. >> isnt it also striking in this era of the presidents relationship with the media, john mccain had a great relationship with the media. he used to refer to the media as his base. >> yes. >> and he cultivated that. that went through ups and downs, too, but he cultivated that back in 2000. that is part of this farewell th...