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So john was -- if he was with us today he would be reminiscing about a lot of this on his 82nd birthday. >> everett alvarez, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you. a lot of discussion about whether the future for jeff sessions as attorney general, his role in that job, could his days be numbered? we have a good idea about what the president wants to do about it. now senate republicans sending mixed messages about whether their one time colleague should in fact be fired. the day after chemo shouldn't mean going back to

♪ >> martha: live camera tonight at the arizona capitol where senator john mccain lies in state. on what would have been today, his 82nd birthday. tomorrow a public memorial service will be held in the late senator's beloved home state of arizona before his casket is flown to the nation's capitol there's new details about the service on national cathedral. 15 pallbearers have been given the honor of carrying senator mccain's coffin. they include actor warren beatty. joining me now is bill bennett and fox news contributor who knew senator mccain. thank you for being here

Difficult not to recognize just how much of a spinning image he is, of his father, he was there in the white uniform, it is like looking at a young john mccain. >> that's true. >> kelly o'donell, our colleague, peter alexander this morning on the "today" show noted that only john mccain would be able to probably orchestrate a service like this on his 82nd birthday. only john mccain able to pull something like this off. walk me through and walk us through what happens next, what are we looking here the next three hours and next few days as we remember john mccain. >>. >> reporter: your conversa...

Verdict. >> kelly o'donell covered the campaign of mccain. let me start with you kelly, what more do we know right now in. >> he's been battling this form of brain cancer for 14 months. he has been away from washington for several months, going through treatments which included all the things that are associated with cancer treatment but also additional treatments for the cause of that cancer treatment to his body. those who have been around him say he has been in very good spirit up until this period of time when they had to make this decision, the toll of the disease is very severe. his 82nd...

I said things in support of the program of the president but there seemed to be a special animus that political washington and people like that had for me and, you know, i'm not totally sure what that was all about. >> there had been -- by the time you were sworn in there had been 82 attorneys general? >> yes. 81. i was the 82nd. >> 82nd. so 80 of them, 79 of them had been white men. >> right. >> alberto gonzalez had a term as attorney general that didn't end well. janet reno was the only woman that served as attorney general before you and you're the first african american man to serve. the o...