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And in the last few years, you've seen him struggle when i've been covering him in the senate, reporters that we've confided in each other how mccain seemed out of step with his own party. defiant as ever, stubborn, committed to his own causes but his causes really drifted away from the republican party in a way that they were not drifting away under president reagan and president bush. >> robert costa, moderator of "washington week" on pbs and "the washington post" correspondent. thank you. michael beschloss, nbc presidential historian, has known john mccain well and for long and michael, ear...

And andrea, one thing that i think shows that so well, go back to 2004 when john kerry was the soon to be nominee of the democratic party. he was thinking of vice presidential candidates. you and i have talked about this. for a period he seriously thought of asking the democratic party to nominate john mccain, although a republican, as the democratic candidate for vice president. for a while that looked as if it might happen. then you get to 2008 and john mccain is nominated by the republicans, who does he want for his vice president. joe lieberman who is a democrat. so much in the spirit, i t...

Legacy, this moment in time, to -- for republicans to take stock of what they're role is of putting party above -- of country above party and that will be one of the many themes of the week as this day plays out. >> thank you, mike. that '08 campaign was a great snapshot of the two men, biden and mccain on opposite sides but still preserving that friendship and that civility in politics. michael, when you think about that, the roles that they played and how mccain could have become president but still carved out this unique legislative role and leader of human rights around the world which per...

Work along the 405 freeway that was forwarded and broadcast the most today. it seems to tell the story of life struggling to go on in a huge teeming metropolitan area that is operating under crisis. the largest of these four fires has burned 90,000 acres. now, quickly, on another front tonight, this will get a lot of people talking. our ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley made some news today when she said right now it is an open question, whether or not u.s. athletes will attend the winter olympic games which are just 65 days from now in pyeongchang, south korea which is just 50 miles from th...

We are so fortunate to be joined here tonight by our friend the celebrated author michael besh has who once again got our attention on his twitter feed this week by quoting lincoln's second inaugural address in the wake of our conversation about the role of commander in chief and those who lost their lives serving our countries and their families. to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow. michael, did you ever believe that this part of the job of president of the united states would become to politicized so toxic, as david axelrod called it and jack jacobs called it th...