Senator john mccain. It will head for a funeral home tomorrow and the senator will lie in state at the u. S. Capitol, just the 31st person to do that. Joining me now, president ial historian, Douglas Brinkley and retired general mark herling, doug, this is a week long week for senator john mccain the likes we havent seen. You dont see this for anyone other than a u. S. President , perhaps Robert Kennedy, the one exception to that. Maybe not sense Robert Kennedy have we seen this outpouring of emotion for u. S. Senator. I think thats exactly right. The fact Senator Mccain will be lying in state in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol building one of only 31 others to have had that honor. We do it for president s or Supreme Court justices. The country has fallen in love
with john mccain this week. We always loved him and admired him. The more were learning about his lifelong career in politics and Military Service the more were kind of nostalgic and longing for the virtues that he had. They
Monday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. Weve got you covered. Fair, balanced, still unafraid. Harris faulkner sitting in for my friend Martha Maccallum in new york with continuing live coverage. Harris we begin with the fox news alert with the wait that is finally over. Tonight Special Counsel mueller maul submits his Robert Mueller submits the final report on russian interference, what many called collusion in the 2016 election. After nearly two years the Mueller Report is now in the hands of tern general william barr. A question at this hour . What will barr do with it . The Attorney General has been clear about his intentions to release the report findings. But some lawmakers doubt it. In primetime, im Harris Faulkner in tonight for Martha Maccallum. Who is on assignment. The story tonight is to conclusion of 675 days of speculation over whether
president donald trump or his campaign coordinated with the russian government. They confirmed to d. O. J. No further indictment will come from
and any connections with russian operatives. [tim] trump had the power to fire comey. the question is whether it was wise. and the answer is simple, no, because the firing of comey creates a crisis. the justice department has just announced a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with members of the trump campaign, the department naming former fbi chief robert mueller as special counsel. [chris] robert mueller, he was seen as the g-man, the g-man. if there was ever anybody that you didn t want on your trail, it was robert mueller. [gloria] mueller remains silent, instead letting his work speak for itself. the mueller investigation, in short, was examining two things. one was possible conspiracy between the trump campaign and russian officials, and the other was possible obstruction of justice of that probe itself by president donald trump. and these ended up as two sort of parallel, but intertwined tracks.
these folks forget to tell you that the guy they re defending spent four years demanding that his white house counsel order an investigation into his 2016 opponent hillary clinton. and for then fbi director james comey to literally lock her up. and when he didn t, he literally wanted to fire comey. that didn t happen because his white house lawyers warned him if he did that he would be impeached. he dropped that and moved on to joe biden and his family, trying to extort the president of ukraine to dig up fake dirt. and he was impeached for that. here is the thing. when trump has his back against the wall, he is happy to break everything, including america. his second impeachment was for fomenting a little insurrection when he didn t get reelected. yesterday, after he used the trappings of the presidency to fuel the notion that he is still somehow president, you know, closing udown highways and having his tv lawyer lie on camera, he headed to a cuban restaurant versailles to nurture t
[music] the fbi is investigating the russian government s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. in the spring of 2017, james comey goes before congress and says that russia had been working to help donald trump get elected in the 2016 election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. the white house was absolutely furious at this because they wanted to say, we won it fair and square. good evening, we begin with stunning late breaking news. president trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. [jeff] this president has not been pleased with james comey particularly because of this ongoing investigation of the trump campaign and any connections with russian operatives. [tim] trump had the power to fire comey. the question is whether it was wise.