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Down the stairs to be greeted by defense secretary mattis. behind her you can see his adopted daughter, i imagine, behind him, the rest of his children. there you go, a hug. jim mattis. he knew mccain well. he made quite an emotional tribute to him on his service and about their personal connection here. you can say that this is a personal loss for him. he knew him well. behind him there you can see the late senator's two sons from his more recent marriage, two older sons from a previous marriage, jim mattis, of course, escorting them. earlier you may have seen on the other side of the plane t...

Goes in. and one person who was inside was charlie black. he's here with me now. you were a senior adviser to his 2008 presidential campaign. you knew mr. mccain well. >> knew him for 40 years. >> reporter: 40 years. what do you think he would take from the services and all that is happening over the next five days? >> he may look back on it and think it is too much. but on the other hand, you have to allow nation and the world to say farewell and honor him. he would be particularly well to know that today many, many average arizonans can come in to say good-bye. and tomorrow at the funeral, t...

Life and career that anybody you will ever meet. >> thank you. >> reporter: dana bash, cnn, washington. >> the passing of senator john mccain now leaves a gaping hole in the republican party. mccain was an independent voice. the senate maverick, often channeling his fellow lawmakers to dial back their partisan behavior and reach across the aisle for the good of the country. i want to bring in a man who knew mccain well. bill kristol. he served as foreign policy adviser on mccain's 2008 presidential bid. he is now editor of the "weekly standard." bill, on a personal level, how are you processin...

Guy. you're gonna hear so much from all the traveling that he did and he just took so many people around the world and gave them exposure and tried to teach them that we are the best in america when we stand together with those that share our values. >> such a great note to leave that. thank you governor john kasich for joining us and sharing your thoughts and memories about john mccain, a man who has made such a deep mark on this world. joining us now to continue this conversation is another man who knew mccain well, who served alongside him in the state of arizona, former senator john kyle, ...

In. is working on other issues that popped up. i think she's in a good place, flake was observing this all and wanted to make certain that if things went south, could be in a place where he could hopefully keep them from going further worse. you have mccain. you have cochran whose suffering from a urinary tract infection and will come and vote next week. he announced just a few minutes ago he was going to be there. there is a lot of moving pieces. and you have 52-49 and 1 of our 52 is gone and you can afford to lose more, every person is a king or queen who want to jump in this process. >> mar...