So this may be investors saying, oh, maybe you are okay with ending some of these trade wars. Well talk about this trade deal and what it means. Lets get to the white house where right now the president and first lady are wrapping up a meeting with the president of kenya and his wife. Geoff bennett joins me. I want to get back to senator mccain and the controversy over flags that are at half staff in congress and many other places in the country but not at the white house. They were at half staff and are now back to full staff. Reporter flags are lowered by president ial proclamation so its the president who decides who receives that honor and the recent tradition for senators who die in office have been to have flags lowered in their honor from the day of death until their burial. So during president obamas time in office, he had four Sitting Senators die. There was ted kennedy, robert byrd, daniel inouhe. John mccain under President Trump did not receive that
honor. He appears to be
let s listen. the president s actions have consequences. and when you repeatedly are attacking my father and war hero, it creates a culture in the military where people are clearly fearful to show my father s name in one way or the 00 and i think that is what has started this chain of events. hans nichols at the white house for us. thank you. and let s be clear. senator are john mccain was a war hero. he was a third generation military man who graduated from the naval academy in annapolis. while flying his 23rd mission in the vietnam war, mccain s bomber jet was shot down. and he broke both arms and a leg in the ensuing crash. mccain landed in a lake wearing 50 pounds of gear and sank to the bottom. he was pulled out by a group who beat, kicked and stabbed him multiple times and then he was thrown in a vietnamese prison without medical attention for days. mccain then survived in solitary confinement for two years. he was offered early release but
united states senate. what does it say about america if we re going to inflict torture on people? yes, we re mavericks, but does washington need anything else today than a pair who will go and shake it up? he is not? no. no, ma am. no, ma am. he s a decent family man, citizen. what do you want to be remembered for? he served his country, hopefully with the word honorably on it. that s all. and since president trump failed to praise john mccain for his 60 years of service to america, we ll do that. john mccain is a war hero. he s a third generation military man who graduated from the naval academy in 1958. while flying his 23rd mission in the vietnam war his bomber jet was shot down. he broke both arms and a leg getting out. he landed in a lake wearing 50
all right. take a look at that. we re just looking at that and i m just asking my control room to confirm this with me. that appears to be the flag at half staff at the white house, but i m not sure i can see as clearly from here as i should. is that what we re looking at? as you know there s been a whole lot of controversy about that flag. it was lowered for a day and then it was raised while at congress it is at half staff for john mccain. it does appear to me that the flag is at half staff. i ll just make sure that we confirm that for you. reporters have repeatedly asked president trump, won t you say anything about john mccain? the president has today repeatedly ignored those questions and he has yet to praise the late senator, even though there s plenty he could say. let me just help him out with this. senator mccain is a third generation military man who graduated from the naval academy in 1958. while flying his 23rd mission in the vietnam war, mccain s bomber
joyful warrior. i ve enjoyed every single day of it. the good ones and the not so good ones. i ve been inspired by the service of better patriots than me. reporter: patriotism rooted in family. his father and grandfather both admirals passed down his name and his navy career. more than 50 years ago on his 23rd mission over vietnam, enemy fire downed his plane. american planes were shot down and two of their pilots captured. one of them was lieutenant commander john mccain. reporter: a prisoner of war for almost 2,000 days, tortured and beaten. to the hospital where i almost died. reporter: mccain refused early release to deny communist north vietnam a propaganda victory. in 1973 a celebrated welcome home. courage in war that forged his national identity. i fell in love with my