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Not to build his legacy, he wanted america, to remind them, to understand. i think johns legacy is going to continue to inspire and challenge generations of leaders as they step forward. and john mccains impact on america is not over. its not per boly, its not -- not hyperbole. its not over. cindy, john owed so much of what he was to you. you were his ballast. when i was with you both i could see how he looked at you. jill is the one, when we were in hawaii and he first met threw, he kept starin...

To follow the course of your own spirit. are you a living legacy, not hyperbole, you are a living legacy and proof of john mccains success. now john is going to take his rightful place in a long line of extraordinary leaders in this nations history, in their time and in their way stood for freedom and stood for liberty and have made the american story the most improbable and the most hopeful and the most enduring story on earth. i know john said he hoped he played a small part in that story. joh...

You may not have had your father as long as you would have liked, but you got from him everything you need, to pursue your own dreams. to follow the course of your own spirit. you are a living legacy. not hyperbole. youre a living legacy and proof of john mccains success. now john is going to take his rightful place in the long line of extraordinary leaders in this nations history who, in their time and in their way, stood for freedom and stood for liberty, and have made the american story the m...

Democratic friend and former rival vice-president joe biden. >> johns story is the american story. thats not hyperbole. it sounds like it. its the american story. grounded in respect, in decency, basic fairness, the intolerance through the abuse of power. >> joining us now is jonathan cape heart, washington post opinion writer and msnbc contributor. it was an emotional ceremony, jonathan. the speakers were emotional. i was struck by how each one of the speakers seemed to rebuke a different aspec...

Understand. not to build his legacy. he wanted america, remind them to understand. i think johns legacy is going to continue to inspire and challenge generations of leaders as they step forward. john mccains impact on america is not over. its not hyperbole. its not over. i dont think its even close. cindy, john owed so much of what he was to you. you were his ballast. when i was with you both, i could just see how he looked at you. jill is the one who we were in hawaii and he first met you there...

Up with see the world and, say, folks in california and new york. that is true, and that does influence the media. so i give you that point. but this is being exploited, and its being used, and its being weaponized in a way that i think goes beyond the facts and goes beyond whats fair. and the danger is once you get to a point now where then you have half the country that believes that good, hard-working, mostly broke journalists at places like, you know, cbs news are a part of some conspiracy a...

Biggest, even when it is not, but exaggerating makes it hard to know what he you actually have and have not accomplished. >> tom foreman, thanks very much. tom referenced the presidents explanation and ill quote from his book, art of the deal, he says people want to believe that something is the biggest and greatest, and the most spectacular. i call it truthful hyperbole. an innocent form of exaggeration and very effective form of promotion. is this the way the president should speak. >> im fasc...

Hyperbole in his book, but not the presidents lust for exaggeration is having serious implications at home and abroad, whether it be in a nuclear crisis with north korea that is certainly far from over, or in a u.s. territory such as puerto rico where earlier today the president once again applauded miss administrati his administrations response to hurricane maria. >> were still helping puerto rico. i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate what weve done. >> appreciate what we...

Thats very dangerous, and i dont think its fair. i think the president should be very careful about stuff like that. >> ill agree with you on one thing. i believe in a strong media. i believe the media is essential, and i believe the media has to be trusted. let me give you an example of just today. dweert blew up and said -- reporters tweeting and stories were written that said president trumps adviser today said he wants to regulate google. when you look at the question he was asked, would you...

He regularly excised hyperbole. where is the fun in that, number one? number two, is that whats going to happen just a short summary to rosenstein and he wont release a public report? >> i really doubt that it will be a short summary. it may not have a lot of adjectives in it. it may be supported by underlying documents and testimony. but i think the facts of what he discovered will be laid out. >> this will not be a ken starr-like report? >> no, it will not have dirty parts in it. im sorry. >> ...