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Its a grab bag today on the different topics. michael, starting with you. you just walked out and, you know, you tell me if there was any headline per se. but what i really want to know is is the white house explaining at all this turn around from this president on senator john mccain? >> well no. the white house is trying to turn the page of the john mccain story. their version of the john mccain story and obviously they have been having trouble doing that because the president has been unable ...

Personally. me needs to learn what true patriotism is, worrying about the veterans. they had a plea with the president to do the proper, you know, going at half staff and gave proper kind of eulogy. learn that putin is not the friend of the united states. i thought it was one of the worst. i do think he is missing a gear because it is a no brainer to recognize he was an american hero. he served national symbol of endurance. he seemed almost like we had to claw out of him like a simple kind remar...

Mccains family has invited barack obama and george bush, both men that he ran against, to come and give a eulogy, that shows what americans should do, not try to divide people but to bring people together. john mccain tried to bring people together. just before we went on the news, you were showing about nafta. excluding canada, nafta wont pass the senate. i mean the only way it passed last time was because canada was part of it. it sort of falls in the same category, were all waiting for mexico...

Better. its hard to find that in politics today period. we were all just so, so lucky to be able to have that opportunity. >> doug, at senator mccains request, the presidents not going to be invited to his funeral on saturday. obama and george w. bush, they kept mccain from the presidency at different points, they are invited. they are giving the eulogy. what does it mean the sitting president of the united states will not be in attendance? >> he was told in advance he wouldnt be invited might h...

Just a short time ago. >> i think -- you know, im going to try very hard not to think or talk about donald trump for this week and just do what i can to help make sure that john is buried with the honors and decorum hes earned from years of faithful service to his country. >> lets go live to phoenix and nbcs kelly odonnell who has covered senator mccain for so many years both on the campaign trail and in the halls of congress. kelly, it is very john mccain it seems to me that he chose two men to...

Baptist church. senator mccains body will be flown to washington on friday. he will lie in state at the rotunda. only the 30th american to receive that honor. again, the public will be invited to pay its respects. on saturday theres a memorial service at the national cathedral where barack obama and george w. bush are expected to deliver eulogy and friday a private memorial service followed by burial at the naval academy where senator mccain graduated in 1958 as he was fond of saying, fifth from...

He had really no respect or liking for president trump. they are very different personalities, but the straw that broke the camels back was helsinki for john mccain, an arch cold warrior and turned great skeptic of putin, to watch donald trump grovel to vladimir putin in helsinki, i mean, that was unacceptable to john mccain. but, you know, gerald ford had jimmy carter give his eulogy. this happens. what the point is is that mccain respected george w. bush and barack obama in the end. he was a b...

Was unacceptable to john mccain. but, you know, gerald ford had jimmy carter give his eulogy. this happens. what the point is is that mccain respected george w. bush and barack obama in the end. he was a bipartisan man in spirit, mccain, at his wedding to cindy he had william cohen the republican from maine and gary hart the senator from colorado as his groomsmen. so its part and parcel to with his believing that he knew how to pick who are the best and the brightest in america and that includes...

Once was or are required to show the kind of courage that he did. but all of us can aspire to put the courage above the greater good, about our own. >> president obamas already been asked to give a eulogy at mccains funeral. of course they sparred on the campaign trail, even in the fierce political fight. mccain defended president obama to a voter when this voter called obama an arab. take a look at what happened. >> i cant trust obama. i have read about him and hes not -- hes not -- hes a -- he...

And so he was somebody. >> you mentioneded that moment on the campaign trail. i think that one stands out for a lot of us as journalists covering different races and particularly the presidential races and as you point out, it was a moment of him showing his character but also a rare moment in which a political person defends their opponent which is extremely rare. and we know he has asked that, president obama, and george w. bush speak at his funeral. what is your take on him asking these two m...