Election day in november. After that, seems all bets are off. This hour, i speak with Stormy Daniels lawyer, Michael Avenatti, joaquin castro, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, to jeff zeleny, he is in indiana where the president has an event, a Campaign Rally later tonight. New comments by the president with lots of implications for the russia probe. Reporter wolf, they certainly do as the president flies to indiana to rally republicans for the Midterm Elections. He is answering a few questions about the Russian Investigation. First and foremost about attorney general Jeff Sessions. He has been the president s punching bag for several months. Now he is saying his job is safe until at least november, but hes also still fuming about the Russian Investigation. He called it today an illegal investigation. President trump airing a long list of grievances today, agitated about departure of the Top White House lawyer, a day after praising white House Counsel don mcgahn. Very good man. Excellent guy. Don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me a long time. Reporter turning defensive about why another top aide is headed for the exits. I liked don but he is not responsible for me firing bob mueller or Jeff Sessions. After acknowledging he didnt know exactly what mcgahn told muellers team during a combined 30 hours of testimony. No, i dont have to be aware. We do everything straight. We do everything by the book. And don is an excellent guy. Reporter he tweeted this. The rigged russia witch hunt didnt come into play, even a little bit, with respect to my decision on don mcgahn. The president making clear through his own rapid fire tweets what was weighing on his mind today, responding to reports his daughter and soninlaw wanted mcgahn out, the president saying ivanka trump and Jared Kushner had nothing to do with the socalled pushing out of don mcgahn. And blasting his favorite target the media, he added theyd love to portray chaos in the white house when they know chaos doesnt exist. Just a smooth running machine with changing parts. But that smooth running machine is under the microscope as the president hits the road for a Campaign Rally tonight in indiana where republicans are trying to pick up a senate seat. Cnn has learned republican senators are privately pleading with the president to wait until after Midterm Elections to fire sessions, fearful of the political fallout. The president is still fuming about sessions recusing himself from the Russian Investigation, but thats not all. Hes now openly dismissive of his attorney generals personality an accent, with politico reporting the president is complaining sessions talks like he has marbles in his mouth. Make America Great again. Reporter harsh words for the first republican senator to endorse trumps president ial bid. For now, at least, sessions is standing his ground. The president ordered me to focus on dismantling transnational criminal organizations, and every day at the department of justice we have been faithful to that order. Reporter not answering questions about his future. Why are you still on the job after being attacked by President Trump. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell making his view clear. I have total confidence in the attorney general, i think he ought to stay exactly where he is. Reporter this as the president seemed to have the firing of james comey on his mind once again today, trying to back pedal on comments last year where he tied his dismissal to the russia probe. This russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse. Reporter the president offering no evidence but accusing nbc news of fudging my tape on russia. It comes as the Mueller Probe escalates and includes potential obstruction of justice. So theres no question that the president has made clear whats on his mind today, tweeting throughout the morning at the white house and giving that interview with Bloomberg News, making news about Jeff Sessions, saying he will keep him on until november. Thats going to be something thats going to make republican senators and house members very pleased, theyre worried about fallout from any firing that could happen. Wolf, well see what the president says tonight in indiana. This is part of his Midterm Election push. Republicans are trying to win the senate seat. Now it is held by incumbent democratic senator joe donnelly, one of the red states the white house is hoping a republican will pick up in november. Well see what the president addresses tonight. He certainly made clear the Russian Investigation is weighing heavy on his mind. Wolf . As it should. Jeff zeleny in indiana. Thank you very much. Lets talk about the breaking news on the president s timetable for potentially firing Jeff Sessions. Our Political Correspondent sara murray is here. He says his job is safe until election day in november. What are you hearing . He is saying that sessions is safe until election day. I think trump has been an unpredictable president. Who knows if he will wake up tomorrow or in a week and Say Something different. We know there are a number of people around him, other republicans on capitol hill and his other allies from his Campaign Days who have urged him to wait, wait on getting rid of sessions. They said youre in your rights to do that, you can do that, but lets wait until after Midterm Elections, get through one thing at a time, lets not do something that may act as a rally cry for democrats. It seems like that message is sinking in with President Trump, i think it is telling in the bloomberg interview where he says sessions is safe at least until midterms, they ask about what about after november, and he declines to comment. Say he is fired after the november Midterm Elections. Is that a blow to the Mueller Investigation . On its face, wolf shall the attorney general has been there two years. His relationship has deteriorated with the president. Wouldnt be crazy in a different situation for the president to get rid of his attorney general and replace him. I think the question is what do you do next, President Trump, after you replaced Jeff Sessions. Do you use that as a way to end the Russian Investigation. He said today he believes it is an illegal investigation. Do you try to get rid of Rod Rosenstein who is overseeing it, try to fire Robert Mueller. Thats where the alarm bells begin to start going off. If he is getting rid of Jeff Sessions as a way to end the Russian Investigation, and right now, were not sure what the president might do next. Certainly thats an accurate point. Thank you for that, sara. Joining us, congressman joaquin castro. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us. Let me get your reaction to the president of the United States telling Bloomberg News that he used the entire russia probe by Robert Mueller in his words as an illegal investigation. How troubling to you and how do you think he is going to act on that conclusion . It is obviously very troubling. It has been troubling for a long time. This president has never liked the fact theres an investigation going on into how he conducted himself, how his family members and Campaign Team conducted themselves in the 2016 elections, and how closely they worked with the russians who interfered with our president ial elections in 2016, and congressional races, so it is not a surprise that he is still very much antagonistic towards this thing, but he better not do anything to take away the power of bob mueller to complete this investigation, and that includes firing Jeff Sessions to take control of the investigation. Sounds like President Trump understands the risks of taking any action before the november midterms but wouldnt comment whether his attorney general Jeff Sessions is safe after november 6th. Would you view any effort to replace sessions as first step in his effort to try to end the russia probe . Because of his past statements, then yes, i would think that firing Jeff Sessions would be an attempt to have some new attorney general come in and get back the power to oversee the Russian Investigation. The problem with that is if President Trump is most likely to pick somebody thats completely loyal to him and who is essentially willing to bury that investigation, i think, thats the concern of millions of americans. And congress should pass a bill to protect bob muellers investigation, and fortunately in the republican led congress, that legislation hasnt gone anywhere. And the president said in a tweet in his outgoing white House Counsel convinced him not to fire mueller or sessions. Is that an admission he tried to get rid of both those men . I mean, i think based on reporting, consistent reporting, it seems like he has been entertaining this idea for a long time. It will be interesting when we find out eventually what don mcgahn told bob muellers team, specifically in terms of issues with obstruction of justice, and the president , and the Russian Investigation. The president is trying to diminish his own words in that nbc interview last year in which he admitted that firing james comey was done because of the russia investigation. Do you think the president is realizing how damaging that admission that he delivered on videotape with nbc news and lester holt could be for him in the Russian Investigation damaging, could be potentially as confirmation of obstruction of justice . Yeah. I think thats exactly it. Look, i think the president went into that interview with lester holt and was basically too honest, honest in a way that his lawyers probably told him afterward to get him in real legal trouble and political trouble, so yeah, i think he is trying to backtrack now, but his honest reaction back then lives on forever on videotape. When he says that lester holt and nbc news fudged that videotape to make it look different than it was, whats your reaction when you hear an accusation like that which has no basis in fact . I mean, it is ridiculous. It is the president really trying to convince his political base, trying to get them to believe what he wants them to believe so theyll continue to support him because it is not based in fact, what he said. In another tweet, President Trump directed the u. S. Supreme court to investigate the fisa, florida Intelligence Surveillance act court. How concerning is that to you . It is extremely concerning. Thats obviously im limited in what i can say about it, but obviously a very important function to make sure we keep the United States safe, so the president messing with that process is extremely concerning. Explain what you mean. I know youre on the Intelligence Committee and cant release classified information, but why are you limited in discussing what the fisa court is all about . Well, youre right, because the information is classified. Basically what they do, a lot of that is classified. But suffice it to say that thats part of the process to make sure the United States is not vulnerable to people, foreign actors that would do ill will. So if the president is going to weaken that process somehow or take away powers from it, then thats a very serious thing and it is something that needs to be vetted carefully by congress, you know, and not just changed on a whim. If democrats win back the majority in the house of representatives and youre a member of the house, what investigations do you plan to pursue, what sort of information will you pursue . You will as the majority have subpoena power. Yeah. I think obviously it is still early to discuss what exactly which investigations will take place. I believe over the last two years or so, really since the president took office, the majority has not conducted robust oversight. As you know, the Intelligence Committee investigation in the house, for example, and the Russian Investigation didnt issue a single subpoena for travel records, bank records, phone records, absolutely nothing, and so what youll see is democrats actually putting in the hard work and thorough work of going in there and doing real investigations, and well not only i think investigate the russian issue and interference in our election but also investigate the issue of the 500 or so kids that still have not been reunited with their p parents, kids at the border that are separated and how that came about and other things important to the american people. Talk about one other thing that is very significant right now. I want to get your reaction to this stunning report in the Washington Post that the Trump Administration is now denying denying passport renewals for u. S. Citizens along the u. S. , mexico border on the basis of their birth certificates, and now accusing american citizens, including military personnel, Law Enforcement personnel of having fraudulent birth certificates, theyre now saying if youre hispanic american, you live along the border and want to get your passport renewed, youre going to have trouble getting it renewed. Whats the response. It is truly a shocking story. Yeah. I was just shocked when i saw, when i read the article, the investigation about this. This is basically a president and an administration targeting americans, u. S. Citizens, based on their ethnic heritage. Going after a group of people and challenging full rights of citizenship, this is something that every american should be concerned about because in this country, we often have debates over undocumented immigrants. President trump under the number of legal residents that should be here, this is not about that. This is about a president coming after american citizens based on the color of their skin and ancestry. Right now, my office is helping a marine veteran not able to get a passport, denied a passport. There are other cases like this. And the president i believe is intensifying this because weve had cases in the past this has happened, in fact, there was a 2009 settlement to fix this, but the Trump Administration seems to be ignoring that settlement and targeting hispanics in texas along the u. S. , mexico border. So what, if anything, can you do to fix this, and if the administration goes ahead and starts denying passport renewals to u. S. Citizens, people who were born here in the United States, have birth certificates to confirm that, what, if anything, can you do about that . Well, we reached out, many of us reached out to the state department to get an understanding of the scope of this, how many people are effected. My office and other office had a call with the state department today, they couldnt give us an exact number, but said they would get us this information. This has to be investigated by the Foreign Affairs committee who has jurisdiction or the reform committee. It has to be investigated in the u. S. Congress. If this is egregious and widespread, which we believe it may be at this point, then we need to do Everything Possible to stop it. Member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Keep us up to speed on this development. Appreciate it very much. Thank you. Just ahead, did the president try to buy off the National Enquirer to keep decades of dirty secrets from going public. New reporting on payments discussed with former fixer Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels lawyer, Michael Avenatti is here live. Well discuss when we come back. Whoooo. Tripadvisor makes finding your perfect hotel. Relaxing. Just enter your destination and dates. Tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want for the lowest price. Dates. Deals. Done tripadvisor. Only remfresh usesodys ionpowered melatonin to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. Number one sleep doctor recommended remfreshyour nightly sleep companion. Breaking tonight, President Trump wont say if he complied with a subpoena to testify in the russia probe, telling Bloomberg News he views Robert Muellers investigation as illegal, his word, illegal. Also tonight, new reporting mr. Trump negative stories are more extensive than we knew. Mr. Trump and lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen hatched a plan to buy decades of dirt collected by the National Enquirer. Taped conversation between cohen and mr. Trump obtained by cnn seems to hint at that. This goes beyond hush money payments at the center of Michael Cohens plea agreement . Wolf, this goes back to the 80s when we talk about salacious information, according to the times report. Were talking about affairs, lawsuits, and much more. It gives a sense of the relationship trump had with ami chief david pecker who many times would buy the stories and make sure they dont see the light of day. Also shows trumps mindset, how he worked to control negative information about himself long before he became president. Tonight, the New York Times is reporting donald trump and former personal attorney Michael Cohen once discussed a plan to buy all stories the National Enquirer collected on trump going back to the 1980s. That discussion was strongly hinted at in a secret audio recording made by cohen, released exclusively to cnn by his lawyers in july. On the tape, trump and cohen heard discussing setting up a payment to American Media i cant inc, National EnquirerParent Company. I need to open a company for transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david. David is david pecker, the head of ami. Pecker had a cozy relationship with trump and to protect him, he would dig up dirt on trump, often paying for stories, bury them in a practice of catch and kill. Associated press reports unsavory stories were kept in a safe at ami. According to New York Times, that safe contained decades of material on trump, like his marital woes, lawsuits, list of sensitive sources, tips on alleged affairs. Cohen and trump discussed a backup plan in case pecker, holder of the secrets, was no longer around. It is all of the stuff, all the stuff. You never know where that company, where he is going to be. Reporter trump and cohen mention Allen Weisselberg in plans to pay for the information. I have spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with funding. Reporter the times reports trump never did buy all of the stories from ami, in a guilty plea, cohen admitted to working to buy silence of Stormy Daniels and karen mcdougal, two women that alleged affairs with trump. Cohen said payments were directed by then candidate donald trump. Donald trump denies those affairs. Both pecker and weisselberg helped the government with the case against cohen with immunity. It is unclear what other secrets they may now be sharing with federal prosecutors. It is unclear if attorneys in the Southern District or special counsel have any interest in a trove of other trump stories not reported. We reached out for comment to ami, they declined to give one. Thank you very much. Joining us now, Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels attorney. Thanks for joining us. Good afternoon. What do you make of the new reporting we just heard . Well, this is just more evidence, wolf, of the relationship that existed between david pecker and donald trump for years. It appears over a decade. Whats amazing to me frankly, this is another example of someone close to trump, and didnt trust him. You have Michael Cohen who was at the right hand of donald trump for the better part of 10 to 12 years, felt it necessary to tape their conversations, maintain evidence against donald trump in the event it was needed. Now we find out that it appears david pecker did the same thing at the same time he was supposedly friends with donald trump, he knew better than to trust him entirely. In fact, it appears he knew he could not trust him and thats why he maintained this information, and this process or standard will ultimately be the down fall of donald trump. Heres a guy that demands 100 loyalty from everyone around him but gives loyalty to no one. Ultimately it is going to come back and bite him. The president apparently never followed through on the plan to purchase all of that socalled dirt. If he did, is there anything illegal about that, if he used his own money . Lets say he did do that, used his own money, never did happen though . You would have to know more about the context in which payments were made and the flow of the money, wolf. There may be Money Laundering concerns, may be bank fraud issues that could arise, depending what accounts were set up, what banks were told relating to those accounts, the purpose of the accounts. You would have to have much more information to give an opinion or arrive at conclusion relating to that. It wouldnt be as cut and dry as perhaps donald trump would want it to be, namely if he used his own money, there would be nothing wrong with it. It would also depend on the timing associated with the election. Do you think more damaging stories going back to the 80s will become public . Theres little doubt in my mind, wolf, that we only scratched the surface relating to the amount of information that will come to light. I know that for a fact. I have been saying for many months now that the disloyalty that donald trump showed Michael Cohen will ultimately come back and hurt him. This is an individual that knew where all of the bodies were buried for many, many years. You join him with mr. Pecker and it is a real problem for the president. Very quickly, david pecker, the owner, ceo, chairman of American Media, the Parent Company of National Enquirer, he received immunity in exchange for his testimony. What about dylan howard, chief content officer of American Media. The wall street journal says he is also cooperating, received immunity. What do you know . Im not aware whether he received immunity or not. If you look at the events or reporting in the last week alone, last 8, 9 days, you have Michael Cohen, david pecker, mr. Weisselberg, this is not looking good at all for donald trump. The walls are closing in and it is only a matter of time before Additional Information surfaces and none of it is going to be good for mr. Trump. Michael avenatti, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Just ahead, will President Trump fight a subpoena from Robert Mueller if it comes to that. Well talk about mr. Trumps new remarks about the russia probe. And were also Digging Deeper now. New reporting that the Trump Administration is refusing to give passports to perhaps thousands of hispanic american citizens. Stay with us. Youre still here . Were voya we stay with you to and through retirement. I get that voya is with me through retirement, im just surprised it means in my kitchen. So, that means no breakfast . Voya. Helping you to and through retirement. Chicken thats right, chicken . candace new chicken creations from starkist. Buffalo Style Chicken in a pouch bold choice, charlie just tear, eat. Mmmmm. 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You know, i think he is itching to get rid of mueller. I think hes been persuaded to put off all decisions about mueller, about sessions until after the election, but it sounds to me like close of business on the day of the election Jeff Sessions will be looking for a new job. Sounds like that to me. Thats what he said in his interview with bloomberg today in the oval office. It seems to suggest the president understands how politically risky firing Jeff Sessions would be, the political implications of that decision, that it would be extremely controversial. In the context of Midterm Elections, it would be like throwing a grenade into a gas station. But what about after the midterms, will it be any different . You have to consider whether the Mueller Investigation is ongoing, and after midterms theres a chance you might have democrats in charge of the senate. It could be a very difficult confirmation process. The president just landed in evansville, indiana. You see him there, just getting into his limo there. You see the arrival, he is doing a Campaign Rally later tonight on behalf of the republican candidate for the u. S. Senate challenging joe donnelly. Right now, i suppose, he will be pretty lively in that Campaign Rally later tonight as he usually is. Im interested in what you think, sessions gone right after the Midterm Elections . I think that we have you never know. It could change. Thats what he said today but i think hes been convinced to do that. And one of the people weve seen out there a lot this week is Lindsey Graham which is a big reversal for Lindsey Graham. It was not too long ago he said holy hell before it would happen and there are a lot of people wondering why Lindsey Graham is doing this. Theres some speculation he did it to slow roll it, to keep trump from doing it for a couple of months but theres also some speculation that maybe Lindsey Graham might like to be attorney general. Very interesting. David swerdlick, the president tried to argue falsely that nbc and lester holt, they played around, they fudged that very important interview that the president gave in which he blamed the russia probe for the firing of comey. He tweeted this. Lester holt got caught fudging my tape on russia. Thats simply not true. Let me play the tape. Youll see specifically what the president said. Regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it, and in fact when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. Why is he making up a bogus excuse now, all of these months later, more than a year later . Thats the big question, why now. If youre going to argue that, i was taken out of context, thats not what i meant to say, funny way of showing it by bringing it up over a year later. His comments in the clip you played are not ambiguous at all. And then theres the may 9th letter the president sent to James Comey Firing him saying you know i appreciate you told me on three separate occasions i wasnt being investigated by you, but nevertheless i agree with the justice department. Let Jeffrey Toobin weigh in. Go ahead. The president has a history of denying the obvious. He also suggested the access Hollywood Tape is somehow not real. I get it is an example of magical thinking that he can try to persuade himself of these things, but he certainly cant persuade anyone else. Jamie, he is not only going after what he calls fake news media, all of a sudden today he posts a tweet about fake books which come out about me all the time, always Anonymous Sources and are pure fiction. Our friend maggie haber man with New York Times tweeted some anxiety about woodward . That suggests bob woodward, his book coming out in less than two weeks, about whats going on in the white house. I know from my sources, a lot of white house officials are freaking out about the woodward book. I think in two words, maggie nails it. I think shes absolutely right. We know what we reported about the book is that woodward spoke to dozens of insiders, that the interviews were tape recorded, that in addition to that it extensively quotes the president in the book in the oval office, in the situation room, in the white house residence, and that in addition to that he was given documents, files, memos, diaries, notes, handwritten by the president. Once that was announced, i think that the president is having high anxiety about whats coming out now. Bob woodward is not michael wolf, he is not omarosa. He is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter that does meticulous Fact Checking and brought them another president. Today with Carl Bernstein as we remember. Jeffrey toobin, a Troubling Development today, a different story. The fbi arrested a man that called into the newsroom of the boston globe, made a chilling threat, according to court documents, this individual said, quote, youre the enemy of the people and were going to kill every expletive one of you. The phrase the enemy of the people, we know where that comes from, the president saying it, including today in his tweets. Does the president realize where his angry words going after the American News media as the enemy of the american people, does he realize that god forbid, where that could lead . I mean, he certainly shows no worry about it because he keeps talking about the news media that way. You know, i think when president s speak they have sort of a hydraulic effect. It has more power than just the words itself because the words get so much attention and these endless attacks on the news media, even though the president has never called for violence against the people that do the work we do, you can see how people who are unhinged, who are his followers could take those words and threaten violence or commit violence. This is why responsible Public Officials dont talk that way. They talk in a more measured, appropriate way. But donald trump got elected president by saying outrage ous things. I hope nobody dies or gets shot as a result. Everybody stick around. The u. S. Government, this is a stunning, shocking story, denying passports to american citizens living on the southern border with mexico. Accusing them of having phony birth certificates. And arizona bids farewell to senator john mccain, and joe biden gives a tribute to his long time friend and laments the lost values senator mccain held so dear. Im a democrat. 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In some cases, legal limbo caused by a denied passport left americans stranded outside the u. S. , or facing deportation proceedings. According to the post, the Trump Administration is accusing hundreds and possibly thousands of hispanics on the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and that it is taking a widespread crackdown. Scrutiny began during the george w. Bush administration and continued through the early days of Barack Obamas presidency. The state department is not providing current data of the denials, so cnn cannot independently verify they have surged under President Trump. But several Immigration Attorneys in south texas paint the picture that it has. One attorney told us he has dozens of such cases in court now. Carlos garcia, another attorney, says he noticed a particular pattern under the Trump Administration. Theres no doubt that the Latino Community is under attack and these tactics that the government is using throughout their different agencies are a direct attack on members of our community. Reporter the government says their suspicion stems from people born with the help of mid wives, some of whom in years past allegedly provided u. S. Birth certificates to babies actually born in mexico, outside of paperwork heavy hospitals. Mid wives are a common option in south texas for families unable to afford the labor ward. It is really difficult to try to prove that you were born. Im american, i have my papers, i have voted. Reporter arthur requested anonymity said he had his p passport request denied. Once in the Obama Administration and this year. He was asked more specific questions this time around. They dont trust that youre a citizen. Reporter the state Department Tells cnn theres been no change in policy, adding the border region is an area of the country where theres been significant incidence of citizenship fraud. Mid wives and other birth attendants, in addition to legitimately registering births born in the United States have accepted money and filed u. S. Birth certificates for babies born in mexico. I had people walk in in military uniform, basically in tears, telling me that a superior has admitted to them perhaps they arent citizens. Reporter many that bear the burden of proving their birthplace are in limbo. Some have lived in the United States their whole lives, served in the military, in one other case, one was a Border Patrol agent. A caveat to all of this, wolf, this is happening at a time when President Trump is lobbying for stricter federal voter id laws in an area predominantly democratic and as we mention heavily latino. Wolf . Nick valencia with that story, thank you very much. 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Chief Political Correspondent dana bash reports from phoenix. Reporter signs and flags planted on the motorcade route, an organic show of appreciation to the man that represented them decades. The man they call senator mccains family calls husband and dad. Amazing grace the emotion palpable. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. And lots of levity. John mccains friends came with classic stories of a man with an unparalleled sense of humor. He said well, with a big smile on his face, watch out when you start your car. Grant woods, talking about his first day as mccains chief of staff back in the house. All of the staff came out, they were all waving and things. They seem to be very nice. He said youre going to have to fire half of them. I said what . What are you talking about . And he just sped off, and the staff was waving, and about one minute later we went right back by because he had gone the right way, of course. Reporter the people he chose to speak showed depth and diversity of his friendships. Im black. He was white. Im young, he wasnt so young. He ran for president , i run out of bounds. My name is joe biden. Im a democrat. Reporter and reminders of his willingness always to Reach Across Party Lines to get things done. We both went into our caucus and coincidentally were approached by our caucus leaders with the same thing, raised as a discussion. Joe, it doesnt look good, you sitting next to john all the time. Swear to god. Same thing was said to john in your caucus. Thats when things began to change for the worse in america in the senate. Reporter long time senate colleague, former Vice President joe biden who lost his son to the same rare form of brain cancer that took mccains life. I thought of john as a brother, had a lot of family fights. All politics is personal. Its all about trust. I trusted john with my life. Reporter biden making this promise to mccains family as they mourn. Youre going to ride by that field, smell that fragrance, receive that flashing image, and youre going to feel like you did the day you got the news, but you know youre going to make it. I give you my word. I promise you. This i know. That day will come. Reporter dana bash, cnn, phoenix, arizona. As the memorials continue for senator mccain and move to here, washington, d. C. , the nations capital, stay with cnn for complete coverage, including the service at the Washington National cathedral saturday morning. Erin Burnett Outfront starts now. Outfront next. Breaking news. Trump calls Robert Muellers investigation illegal while insisting what he said on camera about the firing of james comey isnt real. Also breaking. President trump saying attorney general Jeff Sessions has a job possibly only for a few weeks. And mccains homecoming. The late senator john mccain making his way back to d. C. His arrival at joint base andrews expected in minutes. Were going to bring you the touching ceremony live. Lets go