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Afghanistan about their work. lets listen together. >> how are they feeling about trade? as you know, trade to me is a very big subject all over. we have been taken advantage of for many years by bad trade deals. we dont have any good trade deals, how are you finding things in the region? >> mr. president, from our perspective out on the watt, sir, we are seeing there is an abundance of trade happening in the region. >> so that was a question to the coast guard about trade. weird, right if colon...

Broad side attack on sunday. i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. im a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents, regardless of their political party who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. joining us at the table, retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, and msnbc military analyst. betsy woodruff, zerlina maxwell, director of progressive programming at si...

Considers themselves to be the guy who makes all the decisions and then ironically, the decisions wind up getting made at a lower level which is not a bad thing necessarily but it does mean that the president doesnt know whats going on and thats very dangerous indeed because its only one instrument. its going to be integrated into the diplomatic instrument, the economic instrument and as a result, our foreign policy then becomes fragmented because its -- youve got nobody who is going to integrat...

Libertari libertarian. he was from washington state, a great environmentalist, a hard liner on the soviet union, a hard liner on national security. i cared about him, his family, deeply, spent a lot of time with him. in reading back and learning more about how "scoop" jackson really mentored a young john mccain, not so i dont thiyoung was out of the hanoi hilton, but effects the liaison between the navy and the senate, and traveled with him throughout the world. colonel jack jacobs, you remember...

♪ and welcome back. joining me now, as we watch the hearse going from the state capitol in phoenix to the north phoenix baptist church for the memorial service for john mccain, joining me are msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient who of course also served in vote familiar. john weaver, political director for senator mccains 2000 presidential campaign, now an msnbc contributor. and msnbc political analyst michael steele and political historian michael beschloss.

And unless the united states generates more people like john mccain, we are going to be in a difficult place for a long time. the other thing about senator mccain is that he motivated the people around him to do the kinds of things they otherwise wouldnt be able to do. he motivated them with guidance. i mean, if you said something silly and it was because you were ignorant, he educated you. if you said something silly because you were a jerk, he took care of you pretty quickly. but he motivated ...

Analyst. deputy director general for the international institute for strategic studies, corey shockey. she served as policy advisor on the mccain/palin foundation. presidential historian mark uptagrove. jack jacobs and kelly odonnell. colonel jack, you have watched this entire funeral. this man didnt just give himself to american politics. this man gave himself to service. to the military. >> think about the fact that he has been serving this country in uniform and out for 65 years. i mean, that...

That he looked a lot charlie chapm chapman. he took the beat and he said yeah, i guess i do but i am a lot funnier than he was. the things that most people dont get because serious and wn the issues. >> yeah. >> and was such -- he really was a mountain of a man intellectually, despite his low finish in his class at the naval academy. never forget he had a great sense of humor. >> colonel jack, thank you so much. on this, what would have been his 82nd birthday, senator john mccain now lying in st...

This place is important. the work we do is important. our strange rules and seemingly eccentr eccentric practices are important. we are an important check on the powers of executive. our powers are necessary for the president to appoint government officials and in many respects conduct foreign policy, whether or not we are of the same party, we are not the presidents sub a ordinates, we are his we quaul. >> jack jacobs, retired colonel and a good friend here. colonel jack, good to see you. mccai...

Does that memory ever fade for you? is it there constantly or can you park it somewhere? >> it doesnt fade. but i have parked it. tom, in life we have to go on. and put it behind us and be grateful and every once in a while something reminds me of it or i hear from an old friend who calls up and asked me why i voted wrong and they never call me and tell me i voted right. so think about it. but what i really think about is the people that i had the honor of serving with. some of the gutsiest, mos...