down. i ejected and broke my leg and both arms. and went into a lake, parachuted into a lake. and i was picked up by some north vietnamese and taken to the hospital, where i almost died. my next guest served and lived through that horror alongside john mccain. he is retired navy fighter pilot captain charlie plum. captain plum, an honor sir. thank you for your service to this great country. i m so sorry about the loss of your friends, your brother. but if i may just begin with, can you take me back to hand oi and that prison camp and when you saw mccain rolled in on that
and daughter dying in a crash, and then trying to raise these two young sons by himself. yep. and beau would go on to serve honorably in the military and go to iraq and mccain would see him in iraq and then mccain just starting growing emotional thinking about it all. and there is beau byte biden and mccain, who both died of the same brain cancer. he grew emotional, stopped talking, got in the elevator and left. just hearing all of these stories what a way to honor him. paul cain thank you so much for being with me today. you know, the nation will spend this entire week paying tribute to senator john mccain, a survivor of torture. mccain couldn t actually raise his arms because of the wounds he suffered as a prisoner of war. but for decades he excelled at reaching across the aisle even in these times the most difficult period in modern political history.
captain, john mccain could be buried anywhere in the world. he chose annapolis. i know you are a u.s. naval academy graduate. can you tell me why is annapolis home to him, a place where i hear he didn t originally want to go. he comes from great naval traditions. his father and grandfather graduated from annapolis. i was in school with his younger brother joe. the transition and the ambiance and the tradition of the naval academy is the perfect place. what was he like as a flight instructor? was he pretty tough? he was tough. a guy did not want to have his final check ride with john mccain. i remember, the way we were flying these jets, the student was this the front seat. the instructor was in the back.
people, let s go. we are finished. thank you very much. nothing. nothing. cnn white house correspondent abbey philip is with me now. i almost i don t have words. obviously, the president doesn t either. apparently, brooke. for the third time, just today alone, president trump has declined three opportunities, three separate times, declined to answer questions from reporters about john mccain. he declined to give any statements at all. so far, brooke, it s really important to note that president trump has actually not said anything positive about mccain himself. he offered sympathy to mccain s family in that tweet a two-sentence tweet sent over the weekend from his twitter account but no words of praise about mccain himself, no words about his decades of service in the united states senate, about his service to the country in the
convinced they both do. captain charlie column, thank you, sir, so much. thanks brooke. he may be gone but his legacy will live on forever. here is john mccain in his own words reflecting on how he hopes to be remembered. i hope those who mourn my passing and even those who don t will celebrate as i celebrate a happy life lived in imperfect service to a country made of ideals whose continued success is the hope of the worlds. and i wish all of you great adventures, good company, and lives as lucky as mine. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? dinner date.meeting his parents dinner date. so i used crest. crest 3d white removes. .95% of surface stains in just 3 days.