Tribute to his close friend. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im jim sciutto in for erin burnett. Out front a significant white house shakeup. In a surprise announcement on twitter, President Trump revealing that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall. Now mcgahn may know better than anyone else whether the president obstructed justice. In fact it was just 11 days ago we learned mcgahn had been cooperating extensively with the special counsel. Three voluntary interviews lasting all told some 30 hours. Yet today trump telling reporters that hes not concerned. Very good man. Don, excellent guy. Yeah, don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me for a long time, privately before this he represented me. Hes been here now it will be almost two years. Any concern about what you said to the mueller team . No, not at all. Not at all. I knew he was going also. I had to approve it. So we didnt claim executive no, i dont have to be aware. We have we do everything straight. We do everything by the book. Don is an excellent guy. Only when we learned about mcgahns interview, sources told cnn that trump was in fact unnerved and rattled that mcgahn never provided a full readout of what he had told the special counsel. This is key, because mcgahn is at the center of several incidents that mueller is looking into, including trumps attempt to fire the special counsel last year. According to the New York Times, trump tried to force mcgahn to fire mueller, but ultimately backed down when mcgahn refused to carry out the president s order. Abby philip is out front live at the white house tonight. Abby, mcgahn appears to have been just as surprised as the rest of us by this tweet from the president today announcing his departure. We also know they have had a strained relationship. Reporter thats right, jim. Don mcgahn had been planning, according to our sources, to depart at some point after the kavanaugh nomination was wrapped up, but he certainly was not expecting President Trump to make that announcement on twitter this morning. That tweet really caught him by surprise, but also his allies by surprise. You heard from Senate Republicans really raising some alarm about the impending departure of someone who they saw as an ally. But don mcgahns relationship with the president hasnt been so good. Our sources tell us that for over a year now, they have had a little bit of a strained relationship. Don mcgahn came in with this president at the very beginning, helped shepherd him through some thorny issues at the beginning, helped him when he tried to get sessions to not recuse himself in that case. But as this has happened, has this estrangement has happened, don mcgahn has also become a central witness in the mueller probe. Those 30 hours of interviews were one that the president did authorize, but he did not know the scope of them. His lawyers only recently got a full accounting of what mcgahn had to say. Meanwhile the attention is turning now to who might replace him. Our sources are pointing us to emmet flood, who was a lawyer here at the white house who was brought in to deal with some of these issues related to the russia probe. Flood has an interesting background. He was actually a lawyer for president bill clinton during his impeachment hearings, jim. Extremely interesting. Abby philip at the white house, thanks very much. Outfront tonight, shan wu, a former federal prosecutor, april ryan, White House Correspondent for american urban radio networks, and mark preston. Hes saying hes always been a big fan of don mcgahns. The facts, is that true . I think he was a big fan back during the campaign. Don mcgahn played a very Important Role for donald trump when he was you have to develop a rapport with the prosecutors. So to the extent that theyre talking about emmet flood doing it, thats helpful because hes already well versed in the situation, but i think from a Bigger Picture perspective, it really shows that the entire white house legal strategy is now directed at the russia probe. Theres a lot more that the white house does than just defend the president in the criminal investigation and thats completely dropped when they turn to flood which has been the russian case. I want to play what the president said when he was asked specifically today if he was concerned about what mcgahn said to muellers team in those three ent interviews, have a listen. I knew he was going. I had to approve it. No, i dont have to be aware. We have we do everything straight. We do everything by the book. And don is an excellent guy. Mark preston, everything by the book. Well, that might be a bridge too far, right . There is a level of authenticity honestly, all kidding aside, that President Trump seems to lack. Clearly he knew that or eventually knew that don mcgahn had spoke to Robert Mueller, but what we have learned from our own reporting, jim, as you know is that he didnt know that it was for that long. He didnt know President Trump didnt know it was for 30 hours. Even Rudy Giuliani came out himself and said they didnt really know what don mcgahn told Robert Mueller about President Trump. Nor do we. So weve got to be very careful. What we do know, though, thats a pretty sticky situation to be in if youre don mcgahn as the white House Counsel that has to go and provide 30 hours of testimony to a special prosecutor. April, of course youre in the white house and have been covering this administration for a long time. It is a long list of people very close to this president who we know has spoken to federal prosecutors in new york but also Robert Mueller here. What is the president s level of concern about this truthfully, despite his happy sanguine comments today . One thing we know for sure is the president feels when people come to talk to him that theyll turn on him, he knows that. But its another level when they go to speak to Robert Mueller because he calls this russia probe a witch hunting witch hunt. Whether its true or not, the people does not like people to go and talk against him, be it in the white house or especially when it comes to this serious, Serious Investigation of russia and possible obstruction of justice, conspiracy, fraud, what have you. And even collusion, that is not a crime. So this president doesnt like it at all and he will go to the nth degree to let you know that, that he doesnt like it. Shan, a number of republicans, they seem to be worried about the departure of don mcgahn. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman chuck grassley, he tweeted the following. I hope its not true, you cant let that happen. The majority leader, mitch mcconnell, called it, quote, sad news for our country. Is this purely about judges . Mcgahn of course has been central to the many, many appointments that trump has made to the federal bench. Is that it . Or are they concerned about what follows . I think theyre concerned about both. Certainly the work hes done with the judiciary as has been pointed out has been a remarkable track record. The white House Counsel does a lot more than just defend on this one case. I think theyre concerned other balls are going to drop at this point. To the earlier points, that 30 hours of interviewing, its just impossible for the Trump Legal Team to know what was covered in that. No amount of debriefing could do that unless you were there taking notes or having it transcribed. So he also leaves them really completely in the dark about what happened there. Shan, april and mark, thanks very much. Thank you. Outfront next, cohens strategy. New details about Michael Cohens thinking as prosecutors zero in on another Trump Organization employee. Plus floridas nominee for governor, ron desantis, coming under attack after making what many are calling a racist dog whistle. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up. And as mourners pay their respects to the late senator john mccain, im going to speak to nfl star Larry Fitzgerald about how hes remembering a very close friend. When youre particular, you want things done right. Thats why we test all of our paints and stains for months. Or even years. We dedicate 175,000 square feet to getting it wrong. Because you deserve paint thats done right. Thats proudly particular. Benjamin moore. 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Evan, what else do we know about cohens mindset right now as he faces these legal challenges . Jim, as youve seen Michael Cohen over the last few weeks and couple of months, youve seen an evolution in Michael Cohen. The fact is at first he was trying to fight these charges, but were told that behind the scenes as he and his lawyers were meeting with prosecutors from the Southern District of new york, it sort of dawned on him that not only was he in peril with regard to these charges that the prosecutors were trying to build up against him, but also his own wife could have also been implicated in some of these alleged crimes. And so that is what helped change his mind. We talked to one of his friends, and one of his friends told us the following. He said, quote, hes very resigned to doing the time. Hes resigned to the fact that hes going to go to jail for some time as a result of pleading guilty, jim, to these charges. We know that we expect that he is likely to face some jail time. But he seems to be at peace with his decision to turn on the president and essentially help prosecutors conclude this chapter. Hes married and has children. Were also learning that a second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with federal prosecutors, the same prosecutors, of course, who charged cohen. There have been a number of people close to the president and in his company who have done this. Is this significant . Well, look, i think one of the things that a lot of people were surprised when Allen Weisselberg who was essentially the keeper of the books at the Trump Organization decided that he was going to provide testimony to the grand jury in the Michael Cohen investigation under an immunity deal. Weve learned that there was a second employee who had a discussion with prosecutors there in manhattan and who they were proposing doing having a similar immunity agreement. Were told that in the end they did not offer the immunity to this employee, they did not bring that person in for testimony to the grand jury. We dont know exactly why that is. We also dont know the identity at this point of that employee, but it really goes to show you how the pressure the amount of pressure that prosecutors were trying to put on people as they tried to bring these charges against Michael Cohen in this very Serious Investigation, jim. Evan perez, thanks very much. Outfront now, democratic congressman from washington, denny heck, he sits on the house intelligence committee. Congressman, thanks for taking the time to join us tonight. Youre welcome, jim. When you hear this news about a second Trump Organization employee tried to get an immunity deal, which of course would involve cooperation, is this a sign of further legal trouble for the president . Sure, but i think the walls have been closing in for quite some time now. I do think it helps to explain the president s behavior when you add all of these factors up. Mr. Weisselberg having an immunity deal, mr. Cohen striking the plea bargain deal and turning over evidence to the prosecutor. Now the possibility of a second Trump Organization kbhemployee. This accounts, i think, for the president and his decision to have mr. Mcgahn depart and completely reorganizing the white house for one purpose and one purpose only and that is to defend himself personally against the mueller investigation. I think he forgets that the job thoo don mcgahn held, the title for which was white House Counsel, not donald j. Trump personal attorney. As you mentioned, President Trump announcing today that don mcgahn will be leaving sometime in the fall. As you remember, it was mcgahn who reportedly refused to follow trumps order to fire mueller. In your view is the special counsel in greater danger of being following mcgahns departure. As ive said all along that would precipitate a constitutional crisis. We are, after all, dealing with an occupant of the white house who is probably and arguably the most thinskinned occupant of that office in our history and that would date back and include president nixon. He simply cannot tolerate Anyone Around him who isnt a syncophant. They have to agree with him all the time gleefleully. The key to success of a leader of a Large Organization is to have people that complement you and hire to your weakness. When president obama without a lot of experience in the United States senate tapped joe biden to be his vice president. Why . Because among other things joe biden was a Foreign Relations expert without peer. You hire to your weakness, and you hire people that are willing to look you in the eye and tell you the truth. Donald trump does not. To your point, the New York Times is reporting tonight that trump asked that at one time his former staff secretary, rob porter, asked him several times last year if he would be willing to replace mcgahn. Apparently porter himself said that he was not qualified for that job. Does it worry you that this president , particularly now that he has to find a replacement for don mcgahn, that he would consider rob porter for that very important position . What worries me is hes only got one criterion for it, and that is will this person do the president s personal bidding at all times and in every regard, seemingly irrespective of the law or matters of ethics or matters of propriety, thats what concerns me. On another topic, President Trumps former lawyer, john dowd, he said today that he believes there is no need at all for the president to ever sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller. Have a listen to how he said it. Theres no reason for the president to answer questions from mueller. Mueller has all the answers. We gave him all the answers. We heard a similar smoke signal from Rudy Giuliani earlier in the week. Do you believe the president was ever serious about sitting down with the special counsel . So neither john dowd nor Rudy Giuliani have actually literally been hired for their Legal Expertise so much as their Public Relations expertise. This is all a part of the spin machine, its not a part of a legal defense. And, no, i think its highly doubtful that the people around the president would ever allow him to sit down with director mueller, although its important to note that an awful lot of whats going on could be brought to closure if the president would agree to do that, as he has indicated in the past he would be willing to do, but has not been thus far. So im not at all optimistic that the president will sit down with him. In fact i think his lawyers would maybe even be guilty of malpractice if they allowed it because of the peril that it would put the president at. But that would be the appropriate thing to do. Congressman denny heck, thank you for taking the time tonight. You bet, jim, thank you, sir. Outfront next tonight, the republican nominee for governor of florida accused of making a racist comment. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up. What President Trump is saying about that controversy tonight. Plus, history in the making as two women battle it out to become arizonas first female senator. But are the campaign attacks already going too far . Alright, i brought in new max protein. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. Ill take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. New ensure max protein. In two great flavors. New ensure max protein. In them therr hills on your guarantevacation. 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Ron desantis is extraordinary, hes an extreme talent, and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. So i think ron is hes extraordinary in so many different ways. Outfront now, former ohio state senator nina turner and former Senior Communications advisor for the trump campaign, jason miller. He was also a consultant on Desantis Campaign for the senate in 2016. Nina, the Desantis Campaign is saying its absurd to believe that him saying monkey this up has anything to do with race. In your view is that credible . Not at all, jim. Of course they are because they have the luxury to do so. I have a message for my White Sisters and brothers in america. Dont ever use the word monkey or ape or anything like that. Dont even go down that street when it comes to africanamericans. Theres a painful history in this country of using that stereotype. It is used to dehumanize africanamericans and the representative knew exactly what he was doing when he said that. And it wasnt a dog whistle, it was a bullhorn to certain folks in this country who still see and believe that africanamericans are less than. During jim crow, even in the 21st century there have been caricatures of president obama, first Lady Michelle obama, jackie robinson, an athlete had to face that too, throwing bananas and showing images of them as apes. So not only did the representative use that deliberately, my message to my White Sisters and brothers in this country, dont even go down that street ever when referring to an africanamerican. Jason miller, your response. Well, where i would agree with senator turner is that a candidate running for office, you have to be very careful in the words that you choose, particularly in this hypercharged, hyperpartisan environment where literally every single phrase and every single expression is going to be analyzed and looked at and picked apart. But what i will say about ron desantis, and i had the opportunity to work with ron in 2015 and 2016 and got to know both he and his wife, is that i never heard ron desantis make a single disparaging remark. Dont just take it from me, if you look back at his record in the navy, at harvard law, at yale, all the way going back to when he took his team to the Little League world series and came up from pretty humble beginnings, he has a very impeccable record. I know his character and can speak to the way that he has conducted himself and how he interacts with people but this is a little bit of a wakeup moment i think for him as a candidate going for statewide office that literally folks will look at every single detail. Now, when you went back and saw the entire point, i think it was pretty clear that ron desantis was talking about the economic progress that florida has made under governor rick scott and i do think that as this general election moves along, i do think that Andrew Gillum is going to have to answer for some of these liberal economic policies. I think thats going to be very problematic for him. The fact of the matter is florida and the u. S. Cant afford this medicare for all or thats a conversation i appreciate that point, its an important point but conversation for another time. I do want to get to Andrew Gillums response earlier today. He said the following. He said desantis is, quote, taking a page directly from the Campaign Manual of donald trump. To be clear here, lets remind our viewers of some examples of what hes talking about. Youll remember donald trump called his former aide, omarosa, a dog on twitter. He mocked lebron james, my colleague don lemons intelligence quoting lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, talking about don lel mon. He regularly questions the intelligence of democratic congresswoman maxine waters. Have a listen. She is a low iq individual, maxine waters. I said it the other day. I mean honestly, shes somewhere in the mid60s, i believe. Crazy maxine. Low iq person. Low iq. Maxine. Shes a real beauty. Maxine. A seriously low iq person. Now, nina and jason, you cannot say that the president did not intend that those were slipups. Those were very intentional and using words that many take and see as truly intentionally offensive. Nina, i wonder if you could make a point and lets give jason a chance to respond. No, jim, thats it. And im glad look, ive got lots of respect for jason and maybe his relationship with the representative is what it is. But the point is this. He used the word monkey deliberately. All of the sound that we just heard coming out of the president s mouth was deliberate. In this country, in the 21st century, africanamericans are still trying to overcome the vestiges and the stereotypes in this country that paint us as less than. Monkey was used deliberately by the representative, and what he should have done instead of trying to hide under the cloak of politics, he should have apologized and said that he would never, ever let it happen again instead of making it seem like its just a political issue. This is an issue about the value of black lives in this country all the way across the board and his White Privilege allows him the capacity and the audacity to refer to an africanamerican candidate in that way. He didnt say giraffe, he didnt say bird, he said monkey. So again my message to my White Sisters and brothers in this country, whether youre representative desantis or the average person in this country, do not use the word monkey or ape or chimpanzee. Dont even march down that street when it comes to africanamericans. To dehumanize africanamericans and to treat us as less than and refer to us as less than human, thats why the word monkey was used. I dont buy that he didnt understand how it was used. Lets debate the policies, but dont use the word monkey. Jason, since the president has often, lets be frank, used words like that, apparently, seemingly with political intention, to send a message to audiences who welcome that kind of language, is it plausible that this is what desantis was doing here . I dont think well, a couple of things. That was a loaded question. I think theres let me unpack this a little bit. First of all, i dont think that there was anything intentional respectfully speaking, senator turner. I dont think there was anything intentional with what ron desantis said today. We disagree, jason. Respectfully well disagree. Where i will agree with you i think this a candidate running for office needs to be very careful with the words that they pick and i will agree that especially if youre a white candidate running against an africanamerican candidate, there are certain phrases or certain expressions that just dont work if youre running against an africanamerican candidate. Even if its completely unintentional, its going to become a racial issue. So i completely agree with you. I think you make a very valid point. But knowing ron desantis and having spent a lot of time around him, he would he would not go and make a comment like this intentionally. So to that point. But also to the point about President Trump and using insulting people on the trail, look, he insulted basically every candidate that he ran up against in 2016, whether it be john kasich or jeb bush or ted cruz. Its not the same. There are people all the way across the same. Look, thats not i wish he wouldnt insult folks the level that he does this is what i dont like. Im sorry, jason, jim, this is what i dont like. For folks to sit up here and have this cavalier attitude when it comes to racism in this country and not the dog whistle, but the bullhorn that has been used by this president and other racists. There have been plenty of fine people in this country who have held judgeships, have been in law enforcement, have been politicians in this country. Theyre fine folks, but they wall owe in racism and bigotry. I cannot let that slide because wee not dealing with he insults everybody. There is a historic precedence in this country of dehumanizing africanamericans and using the images of monkeys and apes and low intelligence to do so. This is the same candidate, by the way, who did a commercial teaching trump lessons to his children, i. E. Build the wall. Who was he talking to then . This candidate has embraced President Trump and obviously has embraced his ideology about africanamericans and his truth slipped up today. As far as people wearing blue suits over white sheets. Senator, come on, you cant senator ploez respoease respond, but have to leave it. Senator, you make some very valid points and i agree with a lot of the things youre saying and i even said just as much. But when you start going saying ron Desantis Campaign commercial that he ran is somehow racist, then i think that really discredits some very valuable insight it doesnt discredit anything. You as a white man dont get to tell me as a black woman what is racist and what is offensive. I am telling you and ive got history to back me up that those images and remarks he needs to live with the remarks that he made. Thats if hes not a racist, he needs to apologize. One at a time. I attacked him . Okay. I attacked him. You attacked you attacked the campaign commercial and said that it was racist. Build the wall . We know who hes talking about keeping out. Black and brown folks, right . Brown folks on the southern border of this country. Folks, were going to have to leave it there and i want to thank you both because this is a really difficult issue and its you both have taken the hard questions including from each other. Thank you for taking the time, thank you for doing it on the up and up and well keep this conversation going. Coming up tonight outfront next, two women running to be the first female senator from arizona, and the attacks are getting truly personal. That is the truth. Im in my uniform, you guys get to decide. Plus a family and the nation pay their respects to the late senator john mccain. Ill speak to nfl star Larry Fitzgerald who will be paying tribute to his friend at mccains Memorial Service. 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Lets go fly, fight and win. Reporter from the moment republican Martha Mcsally launched her senate run i will give my all. Reporter her history as americas First Female Fighter Pilot cut central to her campaign. Wow. Reporter to her primary victory. We have 70 days to win this seat. Reporter now an allout attack against her democratic opponent, representative Kyrsten Sinema. Everyone remembers where there were on 9 11. Reporter this is mcsallys opening onslaught. While we were in harms way in uniform, Kyrsten Sinema was protesting us in a pink tutu and denigrating our service. Some women are looking at that as a bit of a cheap shot. You put her in a tutu and are playing on these gender issues. That is not a cheap shot at all. This is high stakes for our country, high stakes for our state. That is the truth. Shes in a pink tutu, im in my uniform. You guys get to decide. Reporter in ten weeks, arizona voters will decide. See if you will be supporting the democrats. Reporter two formidable women. One will make history as arizonas first woman senator. Id like to welcome back to our guest in studio, kelli ward. Reporter mcsallys challenge. We need leaders, not liars. Reporter recovering from a bruising primary. I want to generate some heat. Reporter months of direct attacks from ultra conservative kelli ward, forcing mcsally, once former trump critic, to trump embracer. Moving hard to the right on immigration to win the gop base. A swing pointed out in this new liberal pac attack ad. Martha mcsally said shes not ready to endorse President Trump. I applaud President Trump for his leadership. Reporter mcsally now needs moderates back. With the clock ticking to november in a state trump won by less than 4 . Today is a really exciting day. I know we can get 15,000 more democratic voters. Reporter enter Kyrsten Sinema. I guess im a little bit different. Reporter without a strong primary challenger, shes been pitching her moderate record, voting with trump 60 of the time. I work with the president whenever we can agree on something. When the president is doing or saying something thats not right for arizona, im going to stand up and say that too. Reporter as a child, she lived in this abandoned gas station with no water or electricity, making her own way through law school to washington. Congress first openly bisexual woman, she refuses to engage in mcsallys attack on her prepublic service protest. She is calling herself a patriot and youre a protester. Our campaign is 100 focused on the work were doing. Im glad that weve had an opportunity to listen to arizonans. Shes also saying that youre a chameleon, that youre switching from your past . Were 100 focused on the work were doing to win the votes of arizonans. Reporter a democrat taking a page from a republican. Senator mccains passing, many people are reflecting on it and looking at what he represented. Its my hope to continue that strong legacy of working with literally anyone to solve problems and get things done. Reporter democratic sources say that continues to be the plan of the Sinema Campaign to not directly engage in mcsallys attacks. There will be plenty of return fire from outside democratic groups. Both of these campaigns have plenty of cash, both in their war chest as well as with super pac help. Jim, this general election race between these two very powerful women expected to be anything but dainty. And important for who controls the senate. Kyung lah, thanks very much. Tonight mourners are paying their respects to the late senator john mccain, who is lying in state at the Arizona State capitol. Today would have been his 82nd birthday. Earlier, mccains family and friends said goodbye to the senator in one of the many ceremonies that will honor his incredible life and service to his country. His family emotional as they viewed his casket. Outfront now is Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. He will be paying tribute to his friend, john mccain, at a Memorial Service tomorrow. Larry, thanks so much for taking the time with us tonight. Im glad i could be here, thank you for having me. I think for a lot of folks, it might seem surprising that you, a pro nfl player and the longtime senator had so much in common, such a tight bond. I wonder if you could tell us how your friendship came about . I got a chance to meet him in 2006, a chance meeting. For some reason, senator mccain just took a liking to me early. You know, the relationship kind of developed. I remember flying back on an airplane ride with him from d. C. And, you know, getting a chance to talk to him for four hours in the flight and then watching how he conducted himself once he got off the plane and how generous he was with his time, taking pictures, signing autographs. Anybody that came up to him. Im thinking if he has time for this, then anybody should be able to make time. It was really a great learning experience for me and our relationship continued to develop from that point on. He was, of course, a big sports fan but i suppose had thing about your friendship is it went much deeper than that. This past december, a trip to vietnam, the jail cell where he was held there. How did that trip change how you viewed your friend and built that friendship . I think him, after talking to him and hearing a little bit about it, i wanted to see it for myself. I wanted to experience and walk in his steps and see exactly the things that he had gone through and suffered through. It just really made me appreciate him and his service and his commitment to his country after that long a time, you know, talking 60 years of service. Thats just so impressive to think about, somebody would do that for mostly people he doesnt even know. But just for the betterment of his country. So i was really kind of taken aback by that. You have you will have a tremendous honor tomorrow. Cindy mccain asked you to speak at the Memorial Service tomorrow. Were you surprised they reached out to you . Absolutely. You know, we had a strong relationship, but there are so many people he has come in touch with over the last 80 years. Anybody that he wanted would have been honored to do it. And for him to ask me, it means a great deal to me, one of the greatest honors of my life. Now i know you of course had tremendous respect for him. He had tremendous respect for you. He would often communicate that by twitter. You would tweet back and forth to each other a bit. And im just going to quote some of those. He not only praised you as a great Football Player but as a role model. He said youre one of the finest young men he has ever met, that you are amongst the most outstanding individuals and athletes he has ever known. Tell us from your perspective what hemeant toou. Because thats tremendously high praise coming from him. Well, hes really inspirational. I was blown away by his wit and his humor, you know. When you see him up there speaking and addressing congress and talking, you know, during his president ial elections, you see somebody who is really buttoned up and tight. And then you get him in person, you see that personality and, you know, just the how much he knew. It didnt matter if it was about trade policies and countries in asia or who the second baseman was for florida marlins, he knew everything there was to know. He was always in touch with what was happening around the world. And i really found that fascinating. Now we know of course you have two young sons. What lessons have you learned from john mccain that youd like to pass on to them . Well, you know, there is a lot of lessons that i could talk about that i want to teach my sons. But just his compassion for his fellow man, the sacrifices he is willing to make. And its bigger than one individual. I think i really learned that from him, you know. The service that he provided. I know as a senator, obviously as a naval pilot, these are selfless acts. Theyre about people that you dont know serving people that you dont know. And i think thats one of the greatest things ive learned from him that i would hope to pass on. Lessons for all of us i suppose you could say. Larry fitzgerald, thank you so much for taking the time. I appreciate you having me. Have a great day. Outfront next, jeanne moos on the very public feud over one of trumps biggest promises. I like your card, but im absolutely not paying an annual fee. Discover has no annual fees. 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Reporter we hadnt heard him talking about mexico paying for ages. And then on tuesday yeah, the wall will be paid for very easily, by mexico. Reporter the return of a golden oldie, one of trumps greatest hits during the campaign. We will be build the wall. A great, great wall. A very powerful wall. As beautiful as a wall can be. Reporter and mexico . Theyll be happy to pay for the wall. Reporter maybe not that happy. Mexico will not pay for the [ bleep ] wall. Im not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. Reporter President Trump is trying to get congress to cough up 25 million. But so far only 1. 6 billion has come through. Mr. Trump calls mexicos president enrique, and theyre acting buddybuddy now that a preliminary trade agreement has been reached with mexicos president sending an affecti affectionate hug. A hug from you would be very nice. Reporter but when President Trump said anew mexico will baypay for the wall, the foreign minister tweeted we will never pay for a wall. How about play with the wall . Thats what the republican candidate for governor of florida showed his kid doing in a campaign ad. Ron loves playing with the kids. Build the wall. Reporter Forget Building it. She may end up paying for it if future american taxpayers pick up the tab instead of mexico there are jokes about mexico agreeing to pay for trumps impeachment. It all seemed so much easier when candidate trump appeared on snl. Donald enrique i brought you the check for the wall. Oh, thats so wonderful. Reporter the president may get the hug but not the check. Jeanne moos, cnn a hug from you would be very nice. Reporter new york. Thank you so much for joining us again tonight. Up next is ac 360. John berman in for Anderson Cooper tonight. The president says hes an excellent guy, so why did he just give him a shove out the door . Was it something he said . John berman here in for anderson. Those are the two questions tonight about departing White House Counsel Don Mcgahn. Mr. Mcgahn found out he was departing the same way secretary of state Rex Tillerson did, by reading the president s twitter feed. That tweet says White House Counsel Don Mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States supreme court. I have worked with doug for a long time and truly appreciate his service. And sure enough, when the president was asked about it this afternoon, he had nothing but praise. A good man, a very good man. Don, excellent guy