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Morning. Lets begin at the white house. Athena jones with the tributes to the fallen senator. I know you have reporting on what took the president so long to issue that statement and to ask again that the flags be flown at halfstaff. Good morning, erica. Our reporting is showing there was discomfort here behind the scenes at the white house with the president s handling of this. It was remarkable learning Even White House staffers were hoping the president would issue a fuller respectful statement honoring senator mccain along with a proclamation that the flag should be lowered to halfstaff. One person familiar says the chief of staff john kelly and deputy chief of staff for Communications Bill shine urged the president to release more robust statement but he resi resisted. He felt that the Television Coverage
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