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Friend joe biden. very, very similar, the two of them. >> yeah. you know, david ignatius, one of the lines that stood out to me in john mccain's farewell statement to america, was when he said nothing is inevitable. we tend to look at the results as william buckley talked about, we tend to be held to the tyranny of the results that happened at the election booth, last time people went to vote. we tend to project that forward, those results forward. so, i guess it would be easy to say and i'm curious your take whether the passing of john mccain is one more nail in the coffin of america's role i...

Draped in black. the maverick never at a loss for words, delivering his farewell statement through a trusted aide. >> i often observed i am the luckiest person on earth. i feel that way even now as i prepare for the end of my life. i have loved my life, all of it. >> reporter: mccain getting in a last word on president trump without ever mentioning him by name. >> we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries. we weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down. >> reporter: at the white house, mr. trump ignoring questions. >> reporter: mr. presiden...

States because it was a rip-off, it was a deal that was a horrible deal for our country. >> reporter: asked earlier in the day why more wasn't done to honor john mccain, a senior official said the president issued the tweet. the white house realized that tweet was not enough. make no mistake, the president and his team had every opportunity to get it right. took nearly 48 hours for the white house to do what could have been done saturday, issue a full respectful statement honoring mccain with proclamation that orders flags flown at half staff. wolf, end of the day the president didn't refer to...

We are following breaking news on president trump's deafening silence about senator john mccain. two days after his death, mr. trump still won't talk publicly about the republican or his legacy but he just issued a statement saying he respects the service of the war hero he president-electly mocked. after a veteran's group admonished the president publicly for failing to honor senator mccain beyond a tweet. the flag was lowered for mccain, raised, and lowered again. i talk with republican jeff flake and democrat chris van hollen. and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, to j...

>> reporter: asked earlier in the day why more was not done for john mccain, they said the president did issue that tweet. the white house came to the realization the tweet was not enough. make no mistake, the president and his team had every opportunity to get it right. it took 48 hours for the white house to do what could have been done saturday, issue a full, respectful statement honoring mccain in a statement that orders flags to be flown at half staff. this was not what john mccain deserved, he deserved better. >> enormous pressure. jim acosta, thanks very much. the senate convened withou...