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Spend part of this pivotal week, this week when he has a lot going on, including a little thing called tax reform, tax cuts, going after the gold star widow? or is he just going to move on and change the conversation topic? and it is an open question. >> we talked to many of the lawmakers looking for more information on what happened there. it is important to remember framing-wise, it is not just about this conversation between the president and one woman, one widow. it is also broadly about rea...

Was diagnosed with bone spurs in his foot according to a doctor. mccain never mentions trump by name in the c-span interview about the vietnam war, but mccain talked about wealthy sons getting deferments and he used the term for a bone spur, while low-income americans were shipped off to war, were drafted. in an interview today mccain tried to clarify his remarks, sort of. >> drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bon...

About 16 months ago, me and a small group of reporters were talking to lindsey graham as he was near tears describing his agony that donald trump was going to be the republican nominee. later that night he spoke at a dinner with c-span cameras rolling doing a stand-up routine that ended him with, again, near tears describing his agony that trump was taking over. now theyve played golf twice, talking on the phone all the time. at the same time, grahams best friend in the senate, mccain, is being ...

Hes doing it he needs to have this ego filled somehow he is correcting something thats been wronged. there is no winning or losing when it comes to this. just drop it, let the widow mourn, figure out what happens so it doesnt happen again and act like a president, especially in these hard times. these are the hardest moments you can have a as leader. ive made these phone calls. awful phone calls. no right way to do it. but the wrong way to do it is to go on the attack afterwards. >> sometimes le...

Family. i was raised in the concept and belief that duty, honor, country, is the lodestar for the behavior that we have to exhibit every single day. >> i mean, its pretty powerful, chris, hes contrasting "miss america" -- >> yeah. >> -- with the concept of duty, hon honor, and country. >> i mean, he doesnt say donald trumps name all the time, but its pretty clear whether it was that c-span interview or "60 minutes" interview that john mccain views donald trumps life with some level of disdain....

>> its like yothe more eloquen you were -- >> your guy cruz. >> cruz was speaking at a sophomore to junior college level, and trump was speaking at third grade level according to "the new york times." and by the time cruz was done with the campaign, we had him down to the seventh grade. >> on purpose. you dumbed him down on purpose. speaking of issues that people seem to care about once upon a time but that have not been as front and center or caused as many political problems as maybe they did ...

Theyre not hearing about america being talked about in this way anymore. >> its like the more eloquent you were -- >> your guy cruz. >> cruz was speaking at a sophomore to junior college level, and trump was speaking at third grade level according to "the new york times." and by the time cruz was done with the campaign, we had him down to the seventh grade. >> on purpose. you dumbed him down on purpose. speaking of issues that people seem to care about once upon a time but that have not been as ...

Disaster in puerto rico, theres so many bigger things than dealing with allege ed crooks in d.c. if you arrest all the crooks in d.c. we wouldnt have a congress lets get something done in our country that matters to the american people. >> dagen: gary b., why doesnt this matter getting to the bottom of what jim comey said and what was the real truth? >> gary: look it does matter. i agree with every single thing that emily said but im going to put myself in the shoes of the average american. thei...

Now theres a new show in town taking on some of those. abby: c-span and when he left the white house may be more influential than closed doors and hes been out there singing you better be on notice. heres what he said. >> theres a time and season for everything. right now it is a season of war against a gop establishment. [applause] it is no longer acceptable to tap you on ahead and tell you everything will be fine, just get these guys in office. this is my work. the establishment started it. da...

For "the new york times." two veterans of our business and trade. andrea, about every other day thaurs a panel discussion on c-span about the era of the national security adviser and the white house and the friction it has sometimes caused between presidents and their secretaries of state. but in your time and in your knowledge has there ever been a briefing where the spokes woman for the secretary of state denied that he called the president a moron? >> i mean, its -- no. the short answer is no...