Be positive in the midst of pain. We have something very special for you to hear tonight. A final message from mccain to you, his fellow americans. Plus a provocative question, did the pope know . Explosive new accusations from a former vatican official who claims the church abuse coverup went all the way to the top. So tonight well have a cardinal on the show, who was named in the disturbing testimony. What do you say, lets get after it. So all over the country flags remained at half staff in honor of senator john mccain, but not at the white house. That is, until veterans groups and pretty much every corner of the National Community demanded that their white house show the respect for a senator who deserves it. So lets talk about why. What the senator meant to his family and to his country and what we need to carry on. Lets bring in s. E. Cupp the host of unfiltered which airs saturdays on cnn. And we have David Axlerod, of course, host of the ax files. Good to have you both. Thank you. S. E. , you know the mccain family. How are they doing and going through this process of what their father meant, what their husband meant, where are they . Well, its, as you can imagine, been a really long and trying year. What people may or may not understand about this particular disease is that there are great days, and then bad days. And you sort of never know where its going to turn. And so, if you can imagine the emotional roller coaster that this family has been through over the past year having great days, a great week, at times sending nurses away. And then to have it turn in an instant. The back and forth, the ups and downs have been so brutal psychologically and emotionally on meghan and her mom and her whole family. But on the flip side, the gift of time that they all had to anticipate this and prepare meant they all got to spend a lot of time together. Meghan spent a lot of time out in the desert with her dad in the peace and quiet of the arizona desert, reflecting on his life and his legacy, and their relationship and that was such a gift that they all got. And i know in the end, it was something that the senator really really appreciated and leaned on, and something that the rest of the family was really, really grateful for as well. Hopefully look, i know theyre going to process this on a personal level, they have to, but hopefully itll mean something that they know that everywhere you look in political culture, people are tipping their hat to a man who deserved it. Forget about the politics and the positions absolutely. We are seeing that, right . Theres no question about it. Because of the times in which we live those qualities are so much more acute in our minds. I mean, john mccain to paraphrase john mccain, i respected him i have great differences with him politically, i respected him enormously as a great american. And someone who really understood what this country is about. Like you, chris, my family were immigrants, my father was an immigrant. They didnt come to this company because there was an open scrap of land to settle in and pitch a tent. They came here because of the values that animated this country, because of what it stood for. And he understood, and he stood for that. This notion that america was a very special place. That were the inheritors of Something Special and we need to fight to preserve that. And everyone around the world respected him for that. This animated his life. A good story that ax has that you may not have heard before. After the election he starts the institute of the university of chicago. Youre thinking the democrats come out and speak and give cache to what ax is doing. Who was one of the first people to say hed work with you. John mccain. I essentially ran a campaign with others against him in 2008. He was one of our first guests at the iop, and he came and spent time with students. He did an event for prospecting for support for the institute. Why . Because he thought inspiring the ethic of Public Service was something that he should do. It was something he believed in, he lived it, he wanted these young people to live it as well. And it was really such an impressive thing that he was now he had a few barbed lines about some of our past exchanges. Sure. Which were well received. You were going to get it with him. He meant what he said. They always came with humor. He said to me, how can such a big head hold so few ideas that make sense. Exactly. And i was laughing. He meant it. He was a combatant. He wanted to battle ideas. He was a fighter in every different field, venue there was s. E. And i wonder im sorry chris. I want to bring s. E. On. You dont have people like that in politics. Setting aside the completely unique service he had by political standards. Coming into office he achieved something and sacrificed in a way you almost never see. But the genuineness and authenticity of what he was, like him or not, i hope the family knows what a unique place he holds. I think they do. The moment that has been widely circulated from the minnesota town hall that David Axlerod remembers well, where senator mccain told a supporter, hes a decent man, i just disagree with him. Theres a moment that isnt getting as much attention but should. Where a supporter got up and said im scared of a barack obama presidency, im scared of that. Senator mccain said you dont have to be scared. We just disagree. Dont be scared if he becomes president. If you think of the current climate that preys on fear, President Trump does it, republicans do it, democrats do it, certainly right now that is highly acute. To imagine a man taking an opportunity and passing it by to say, no, you dont have to be afraid. I might disagree with him on policy but do not fear him. That is something that he echoed today in that final statement where he said, we are going to be stronger after this. I have to tell you as a conservative of a certain perspective who is deeply concerned about the health of my country and my party, i was so grateful that john mccain said that in his final moments that he comforted people like me to say its going to be okay, were going to get through this and were going to be better for it. That meant so much to me, and im sure i am not alone as a republican who is concerned, in saying that was really, really important. An incredible give he gave us in the end. Ax, what do you want people to remember about the senator . He did my first ax files show on cnn, during that conversation he talked lovingly about people he fought with in politics. Ted kennedy. They worked together on other things. What he remembered was doing combat with ted kennedy, titanic fights on the floor, and then walking arm and arm. And ted kennedy said we showed them that time. The fact he understood you could compete vigorously over ideas in this process of ours and still have Great Respect for others is something we need to remember, in our politics. And something were losing. One of the sad things about his departure is that theres one more great voice for reconciliation who is lost. And now its up to the rest of us to live up to those ideals that he counciled even up to his last. I remember, s. E. My father who obviously is gone as well, saying to me when i was getting ready for mccain in an interview, he said, just go to what he believes. He is the real deal. Dont try to make him dance for positions, youre going to lose. Just talk to him about what he believes. Hes the real deal. High praise from a guy who couldnt be more different in terms of politics, but what mattered most, same page. S. E. , send our best to the family. I will. Thank you for sharing were perspective. 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Tell me about that dental procedure again i can still taste it in my mouth progressive helps keep you out there. Senator mccain left us a gift. A message that is never mattered more and it comes from a man who lived it. Here it is. My fellow americans whom i gratefully served for 60 years thank you for the privilege of serving you and the rewarding life that service in uniform and Public Office has allowed me to lead. I tried to serve our country honorably, i made mistakes. But i hope my love for america will be weighed favorably against them. I often feel im the luckiest man on earth. Even as i prepare for the ends of my life. I love my life, all of it, ive had adventures enough for ten satisfying lives. And i am so thankful. Like most people i have regrets but i would not trade a day of my life in good or bad times for the best day of anybody elses. I owe this satisfaction to the love of my family. One man has never had a more loving wife and children that he was never more prouder of than i am mine. I owe it to america to be protected to americas causes, liberty, equal justice and respect for all people brings happiness more sub lime than lifes fleeting pleasures. Our identities are not circumscribed but are enlarged by serving causes bigger than ourselves. Fellow americans that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud american. We are citizens of the worlds greatest republic. A nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tierney and poverty than ever before in history. And we have acquired great wealth and power. In the progress. We weaken our power when we sow hatred and violence in all corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down. When we doubt the power of our ideals rather than trust them to be the great change for deals they have been. We are 320 Million People that argue and compete and sometimes vilify each other in our debates but weve always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption we all love our country, we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do. Ten years ago i had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with heartfelt faith in americans i felt so powerfully that evening. I feel it still. Do not despair of our present difficulties. We believe always in the promise and greatness of america because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit, we never surrender, we never hide from history. We make history. Farewell, fellow americans. God bless you and god bless america. Thank you to senator john mccain for words that matter every bit as much with him gone as they did every day of the time he spent here with us. This is a man who represented the best in american politics. He was a statesman, willing to put principles over party. Trite but true, and done infrequently. And unlike our president , who always puts the me before the we. Will we ever see another john mccain in the gop or anywhere else . I dont know. Its trumps party now. But lets take up that question, because it matters. Its the great debate next. Howdoing great dad r does this thing got . Looking good babe are you filming. At booking. Com, we cant guarantee youll be any good at that water jet thingy. But we can guarantee the best price on a hotel, like this one. Or any home, boat, treehouse, yurt, whatever. Get the best price on homes, hotels and so much more. Booking. Com, booking. 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Let me get to it. He hit me. Hes a war hero. Hes not a war hero. Five and a half years hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people who werent captured, i hate to tell you. Today when he was asked about these questions about senator mccain, what was the president s response . Take a look. Mr. President , any mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain, sir . Any action to the American Legion asking you to put up a proclamation about john mccain . Why wont you say anything about john mccain. Great debaters. Bakari sellers and Rick Santorum. Can you dignify that for us . I dont think it does anything for the memory of john mccain to use him to beat up the president at this point. Lets focus on the man and what he did and his life. But the media seems to have this fascination to try to use the death of john mccain to further belittle and beat up donald trump. You think we need this to find reasons to criticize the president . You are if you need to or not. This is a moment that matters, rick. You should think about how you behave in it as well, all of us should. These moments matter. John mccain made a point to not have him invited to his funeral. Why not beat up on john mccain because i dont think hes wrong to do it, its his fun ya. Funeral. Youre not beating up on john mccain, you shouldnt beat up on the president. Im not beating up on the president , im playing his words and the fact you would see those as indicting of his behavior i think puts the point out there for everybody, bakari because in moments like this, you guys all get measured who wants to lead the rest of us, how will you act . What will you project . What do you make it about for the rest of us . The president took that opportunity and did what he wanted to with it. Fair point. I think what were seeing right now is that donald trump turned this Republican Party into one of coward es, you see people like Rick Santorum, who contort themselves into pretzels to defend the president. You have john mccain, even democrats, people on the left who want to chastise him. For whatever his policy may have been were saying now is not the time. But you have the president of the United States who doesnt believe hes anyone who has to stand up and show the rest of the world that the United States is the beacon of morality. The beacon of what it means to be ethical. The beacon of what it means to be the leader of the world. You have a president whos small, petty, whos a sociopath. Im not a doctor, but definition, the absolute defense is truth or a piece of truth. I can tell you he has a dose of sigh cop sigh copthy. But you have a president today who did not stand up, a president this week who did not stand up and show the best of what we can be. Thats a problem. John mccain deserves all the glory. John mccain is a republican that i can say if my son wants to be a republican when he grows us, be john mccain. We can live in that america. Thats okay. You dont have to kowtow like rick is doing on tv and make excuses for a president that does not deserve excuses. You agree with bakari about what senator mccain meant for your party . I do. I will continue to comment that john mccain was a great american. I didnt always agree with him onts on the issues much he was a great american. You dont need to. You dont have to agree with him. I understand that. But because the president didnt heap praise on john mccain and that made him a lesser person, i think its the reason he said nothing for two days. He didnt say nothing. He tweeted out immediately. Condolences to the family. Thats what a president says when you lose a major figure . But you need i think chris is wrong here. With all due respect to you and rick both. I think youre wrong here. Youre expecting more of donald trump than we expect of him. I mean, donald trump is the same person who believed in birtherism whereby i mean, was someone who took the mike this is why nobody listens to the media. You keep saying how is that not true . Rick, is that not true. Trying to beat up this president for everything. If he does something, he doesnt do enough. If he does something, he doesnt do it sincerely. Rick, when i Say Something thats not true, you chime in. The president was the original person who was beyond birtherism. Wasnt the original. Thats what he believed in. John mccain actually took the mic from someone who thought barack obama was a muslim, these are two vastly different individuals. I disagree with you, i disagree with chris, i disagree with both of you because i dont have Higher Expectations for donald trump. Rosa parks said it best, you have to believe people when they tell you who they are. Donald trump has shown to be who he is. Today for some reason chris and everyone else has a higher level of expectation for donald trump, i do not. What we know is that john mccain was a great american. Donald trump in his death can only ascribe to be that great. Right now he has a long way to go. Rick, in the goodbye letter, the farewell letter that john mccain wrote, what do you think his main message was in it . His main message in his entire career was american exceptional. I find it remarkable that Bakari Sellers and your brother who doesnt think america is great youre so petty. Play straight. Whos calling who petty, bakari . Im calling you petty, rick. Youve been trouncing me since we got on this program. God forbid you be better, rick. Make sure you lower yourself. Im not lower yourself. You are. Youre talking about my brother not thinking america is exceptional. He said it. He said it, he was wrong and he corrected it. God forbid our president try it, god forbid you try it. I think donald trump corrected himself quicker on this mccain situation. Quicker than your brother did. Hold on a second. Did you hear the president say he was sorry for disrespecting john mccain . Did you ever hear him say he was sorry for lowering the staff and putting it back up . Have you ever heard him apologize for anything, Rick Santorum . All i can tell you no, yes or no, have you ever heard the president apologize for anything. No, i havent. I dont know where were at no. Were where it matters. John mccain deserves a better dialogue than were having. Thats because we decided to politicize john mccains death. You started it, rick, so lets chill. It doesnt have to be about right or wrong. John mccain was the bigger fighter than the three of us on the screen. I want to have conversations on tv, in private or public where we get back to where we once were as a country. John mccain was emblematic of what it means to be an american. I can say that as a black american from south carolina. What it is to be great and exceptional in the country. The problem we have right now is that people contort themselves into believing something were not. Like the fact is we deserve to be better than we were yesterday, better than we are today bakari, all respect. Im not done, rick. We have to believe in what tomorrow can hold. John mccain represented that. Whatever your prols policy differences are. Whatever you want to say about the Affordable Care act and all that stuff, we have to understand what it means to be american and right now were being petty. Thats a fine and fair point to make rick, make your last point. I had some really tough fights with john mccain. It was his ability to forgive and move on and look at the best interests of america. Bakari look at what was said by democrats in 2008, he was called a racist, everything in the book and he moved on. Because he cared about america. You forgot that george w. Bush said he had a black child in south carolina. Lets not blame this on partisanship. Thats how george w. Bush won the primary back in 2004. In south carolina. Lets not act if its part son. John mccain was able to forgive and look past these things and look and do what was in the best interests of the country he was a good man, he was a fighter and he believed in things that are important to remember today. But lets make one thing clear, bakari, you fight for what you think is right. It gets hot, it gets hot. As a man he was beyond reproach, he lived through things and made sacrifices the rest of us couldnt imagine. In politics hed come at me, it was going to be hot but then he moved forward and came back the next time. Thats rare today. I expect that from both of you as well. Thank you for being on. All right, chris. From one political situation to another. And this one is a real crisis and one of accountability. Generations of sexual abuse are being revealed within the Catholic Church. Its very real and the problem doesnt seem to be receding. There are new allegations that implicate the pope from one former vatican official. Were going to take you inside the situation all week. Were going to start with a cardinal whos named in this new testimony from an archbishop whos making ugly claims about him. The cardinal answers next. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. So you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. Dates, deals, done tripadvisor. Visit tripadvisor. Com all right. A former archbishop and Vatican Ambassador to the u. S. Says that pope francis should resign. The mans name is carlo vigano and he claims the pope knew about abuse and didnt act regarding sexual abuse by theodore mccarrick. Td former archbishop of washington five years ago. The pope has not commented yet and viganos claims are just that at this point, unsubstantiated allegations. However a man of his standing, experience and understanding within the church, those allegations are going to warrant attention. The arch pitch of chicago is part of the problem right now. We reached out to the cardinal and he wanted to address the accusations. Cardinal blase cupich joins us. Youre mentioned in this letter, what is your take on the testimony . I would have to say i was quite stunned that he spoke about me in a scornful way because as i said in my statement when i was appointed, he called and said he had news of great joy, he was here in chicago for my installation and spoke very warmly about my being the archbishop of chicago. So it really came out of the blue. Im somewhat perplexed by it. There are three main allegations. Lets deal with the first one. The second and third are specific to you. Ill get to those. The main one is you say in your letter to the archdiocese how can this be happening again . I dont think the concern is that its happening again, father. Its that it never gets fixed. It never gets addressed by the church. That the proof is consistent in every way that this is an institution like any other, and it protects itself first. Do you agree with that criticism . I think that there surely was evidence in the pennsylvania grand jury report that that was the scenario there. But i can tell you, here in chicago, we have followed the charter faithfully. And even giving over our records to authorities and listing all the names, as well as giving them to the police, of people who have abused. So what happened in pennsylvania, surely that charge could be made. But lets make sure that we realize that there are almost 200 diocese in the United States, and there are diocese that have followed the charter. Well, as you know, your state where you are, illinois is now looking into it because maybe as many as seven of the priests mentioned in the pennsylvania grand jury report had connections to illinois. Do you think that you can promise your parishioners with 100 credibility that they will find nothing in illinois that was overlooked by your diocese . Right. Right. In fact, i had had a conversation this morning with our attorney general assuring her that we want to fully cooperate with any investigation that they would like to make. And i reminded her that we have already turned over all f on our documents and they have been reviewed. So im confident that were in good standing. We want to make sure that we set an example here and we do take this matter seriously. So im confident, yes. So you believe that after the attorney general does her probe, she will find nothing, no cases, that were overlooked by your diocese . I am. In fact, legal authorities civil authorities already have our documents. So theyve reviewed them already, and we also have cooperated with the Law Enforcement to make sure they always have the names. Let me move on to what the other big mention is in this. There is this passion within the Catholic Church to explain as much of the abuse as possible on priests being gay. And vigano is big on that. He cites you now as an example of the problem in the leadership of people who are too open minded to priests being gay that you protect gay priests that you ignore the facts. Dont the facts show that while cases of ephebophilia, means when a teenager is abused, they peal to the pedophilia cases. Theres so many of those. That blaming this on gay priests seems not to just defy the facts but take confidence from the overall mind set of the church to get this right. I would go with not what my opinion is or anybodys opinion. I go with the facts that were the result of the john jay study that we had in 2011. And they were very clear that there is not one particular cause, and surely homosexuality was not a cause. There were other causes as well for the abuse crisis that peaked in the late 80s. There are other social factors as well as opportunities. I have been been forthright in saying if you reduce this to homosexuality, what youre saying is that gay people are more prone to abuse children than straight people. The facts dont bare that out. The research does not bear that out. I have said that quite publically. I know there are people who take issue with that. The holy father and i are on the same page on this. This is about clericalism. This is about a group of people in the church who think theyre privileged and protected. And that has to that has to go away. We have to remove that. In terms of the holy father, the pope francis issue, do you think that you know whether or not what he knows, what he has been told about this, what he has acted on, and what has not been acted on, do you think you can state for a fact what he knows and what he doesnt . Well, i have not talked to him about this, but i would say this to you, chris. Any time the holy father has had actionable information he has acted. Lets look at the mccarrick case if other popes news about it, it was pope francis who took action as soon as Cardinal Dolan made his report. And Cardinal Dolan did his job in reporting this. He did his job. And in chile, when the holy father got it wrong, he said he got it wrong and he was part of the problem. The pope is a man of integrity. And he will, in fact, take this take the right road and make the right decisions when he has actionable material, im confident of that. Is vigano wrong that mccarrick tried to help you get your position where you are now in chicago . Well, i would say, first of all, that scenario and that narrative seems to presuppose that i dropped out of the sky. Ive been a bishop for 20 years, ive been appointed by three different popes. There have been studies and investigations on my suitability for a diocese in all three cases. So as far as i know, the work that the holy does for vetting people for various positions, involves a lot of people. Ive never heard of one person going into the popes office and saying you should appoint this one individual. Thats absurd. Cardinal cupich thank you for taking the opportunity to defend yourself. Against the allegations. And well stay on this story. I hope you will. I encourage you to do that. The state of illinois is doing a review of the diocese. 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The more they happen, the less we react to them. Not the more we do. Lets bring in don. There is a reason we the not coming from there. The numbers are not that big. The National Attention is not there. Compassion fatigue and people feel there is nothing that can get done. We are surrendering to a status quo. I agree with all of those things, but you have to remember john mccain died. That takes a lot of what we do here on the news and rightfully so. A war hero. You are right. I heard some disgraceful things this weekend, too. I overheard someone saying thats what happens when you allow guns or carry guns. Someone said the guy was just crazy. What about that . You are ignoring the central part of it. We are not talking about a stabbing death or a car death or someone who punched someone to death. We are talking about a shooting death. I dont see how people can just sort of bend themselves into whatever you want to call it. I hate to say the pretzel thing because it has been used so much. This person had an issue mentally. You can have that, but dont forget the mechanism. Thats a gun. We need to figure out how we deal with those things. No one wants to take anyones Second Amendment rights away, but remember. I thought about this. Even with an automobile, you got to have it registered and take care of the insurance and you have to get it inspected and if you lose t you are ticket and fined. For something that is as deadly and can take as many lives as a gun, we dont have the same rules, thats an issue. Mark wrote an amazing letter about the legacy of john mccain. He will be on our show and i wanted to read it and talk about it. I wanted to get in there. Lift us up. Lets talk about the promise as well. We are going to talk about the president in the closing remark and why this happened now with john mccain. How it is not disrespectful to talk about whats wrong. 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For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 782 on home and auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty mutual insurance. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. People like Rick Santorum said now is not the time to criticize trump. We should forgive the way mccain did. Thats disingenuous nonsense and shameful. If you respect john mccains memory, you would never dismiss the obvious instruction at play here right now. Trump didnt like mccain. Fine. Maybe he was jealous of him and his heroism. Thats fine, too. What isnt fine is our president indulging his gripes in a National Moment of loss. He didnt lower flags more than are in because he didnt want him remembered any more than are in. It wasnt an oversight. It was a slight like the journalists in annapolis. Contrast with billy graham when the reverend passed. He kept the flags lowered longer. Why . Trump liked graham. He was good to him. Its as plain as the look on trumps face when he was asked today about the senator. Three times he refused to answer questions about mccain. Reporters were shouting to weigh in on mccains legacy. They got nothing. Why is the flag back at halfstaff now if what im saying is right . Trump and company got what is are in this this moment wrong. People who matter shouted him down. He looked like a loser as he would say. Someone or a group got through to trump. Lower the flag. Show respect. Do what a president does in times of National Pain and loss. Be best. Not a hash tag, heart felt. We get that trump doesnt mean thoughts and prayers. The the mccains are not looking to him for comfort. The senator doesnt even want him at his funeral. The point is, you do it anyway, mr. President. Its not about you, its about us and what we want held up. In this instance is very clear. Service to country. Selfless devotion to the good fight. And in mccain, a very uncommon form of leadership today. More than most of his stations, senator mccain was honest about his mistakes. Both personal and political nature. Mccain was not perfect. He was flawed like all of us. What made him better than most of us and a leader was he owned it. He relied on his weakness to guide him going forward. That is an instruction for our leaders of today and certainly our president. Ricks right. It shouldnt all be about trump when its about john mccain in a point of contrast. On a certainly mote, mccain was a fighter and i respected that. He gave me a hard time and he didnt like my questions and i respected that, too. I have been where his family is. I know the pain and the fear they will never be able to replace who has been lost. I have ho no safl. What was told me when my father was gone, some day, not today or tomorrow, but some day, you are going to think about the senator, your husband, your father, your friend and a smile is going to come to your face before a tear will wet your eye. I do pray that that day comes sooner than later. Thank you for watching tonight. Cnn tonight is going to take up our coverage with don lemon right now. I know you know its not about me or you and i dealt with death too much this year. I lost my father and stepfather. I can only imagine what Meghan Mccain and her mother are going through. I hope one day their sadness is transcended and they can smile with memories of what a great man their father and husband was. I hope they take that solace. John mccain was a great man. They have a big family and i hope they
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