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Senator for arizona. that person will serve for the 2020 when there will be a new opportunity for voter s to makea decision. >> thank you, kelly o'donell. >> let's bring in hughes hewitt. >> the flag is fully raised this morning. as you know for a sitting senator who died in office to lower the flag and barack obama issued proclamation for kennedy and as well as justice scalia. what does it tell you or what should it tell all of us that president trump is not issuing such a proclamation to keep the flag lower. >> senator mccain deserves it and he's widely recognized for being the american hero...

And saturday by a national memorial service at the national cathedral. john mccain will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. kelly o'donell has more from phoenix, arizona. >> reporter: good afternoon craig, wednesday, the doors will be opened to the public to pay their respects to john mccain. the people who have been his constituents for more than 30 years will have a chance to say farewell. this begins a multi day of official event of three different cities. mccain was a person of international name and reputation. here in arizona, he's considered a favorite son and adopte...

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...

Talks about the people of arizona. he did not have a home base of his own. when he met hensley mccain and they became a family and arizona has became his home and he represented arizona for decades >> kelly o'donell. thank you for that positive. >> i want to bring in jon meacham. what's not lost on me, jon, here we are day by day and week by week, lurching from one scandal to the next. here we are talking about john mccain. >> what to you does he represent in american politics? >> well, he was born into a tradition of sacrificial service. >> he spent the five years or so in captivity.

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