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Very, very old. >> reporter: senator john mccain two months after winning the 2018 republican party nomination cracking jokes on saturd"saturd night live". one of countless opportunities the senator took to poke fun the at himself. >> i even opposed federal water projects even when they ben fitted my state. thats why thanks to me 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. >>. >> reporter: he was the first sitting senator to host "saturday night live" and return to the sho...

President? certainly someone who is very, very, very old. >> senator john mccain, two months after winning the 2008 republican party nomination, cracking jokes on "saturday night live." one of countless opportunities, the senator took to poke fun at himself. >> ive also opposed federal water prejts even when they benefitted my state tp. thats why thanks to me 15% of arizona citizens must get drinking water from cactus. >> he was the first to host "snl" and return many times. his comic timing alw...

Water projects, even when they benefitted my state. thats why thanks to me, 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. >> reporter: he was the first sitting senator to host "saturday night live" and returned to the show many times. his comic timing always impressive. mccain played everything from a creepy husband -- >> youre so lovely. >> oh, oh. >> i could watch you for hours. >> oh my god, david, how did you get in here? >> the door was open, angel. shall i loofah your ...

Looking for in our next president? certainly someone who is very, very, very old. >> reporter: senator john mccain two months after winning the 2008 republican party nomination cracking jokes on "saturday night live." one of countless opportunities the senator took to poke fun at himself. >> ive also opposed federal water projects, even when they benefitted my state. thats why thanks to me, 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. >> reporter: he was the first sitting s...

Around the country which means nor for senator mccain because of his military service and his years in the hanoi hilton. the flag symbolism does help to define him, that code of honor i think runs in a straight line from vietnam and how he handled being a celebrated p.o.w. to capitol hill. even to the campaign trail since a duty to the country that was unairing. we all saw it, which is why the democratic minority leader chuck schumer suggested that the russell senate office building on capitol h...

And his reluctance to cross the president has been a frustration not just to critics of donald trump but sol republicme republ well. >> the best jokes always have a grain of truth. self-defacing humor -- he has a create personality and great comic timing. he nailed those. can i see people saying paul ryan, you should bristle at the nature of the presidency and how dare you joke about the fact that you pretend to ignore the tweets which he probably does. but its the al smith dinner. its a roast o...

Jake pressed the sec of state on whether or not he called the path moron. listen. >> im not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. this is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor, innuendo and feed on it. >> you have a cattle ranch. you dont want to say anything about the senator calling -- suggesting you will be gelded before the world? not anything that bothers you? >> i checked. im fully intact. >> so, betsy, kudos to the secretary for comic timing. that was fantastic, the response to...

With brill cream. he was a big influence, comic timing, ability to mine, to orchestrate -- >> robert, thank you so much for coming on. we do appreciate it. and well keep in touch. thank you so much. all right, right now as we move on, the search for a suspect in the spain terror attacks ramping up as we learn the terrorists may have had a much bigger plan in mind. an update on that investigation is coming up, and something you dont see every day, a total solar eclipse in the united states, and...

He was a big influence, comic timing, ability to mine, to orchestrate -- >> robert, thank you so much for coming on. we do appreciate it. and well keep in touch. thank you so much. all right, right now as we move on, the search for a suspect in the spain terror attacks ramping up as we learn the terrorists may have had a much bigger plan in mind. an update on that investigation is coming up, and something you dont see every day, a total solar eclipse in the united states, and business for this...

>> you have to balance your humor or youre going to offend somebody. mort didnt care. >> the act is the statement of a lone guy in a rebellion. thats why people call it negative. i dont talk about the news, im a victim of the news. >> former speech writer for president obama. david lit joins me live from los angeles. good to see you. you wrote a lot of speeches for president obama. now youre the head writer for the funny or die website. how important was comedy in your speeches? >> i wrote for a...