sets of the chapel on sunday and where john mccain would be buried next to chuck larsen. james mattis displaying the flag to his 106-year-old mother roberta and cindy. this powerful image was captured on sunday. cnn s brian todd has more from annapolis. reporter: dave and alison, this is a closed ceremony and burial on the naval academy. the day provided two of the most powerful public images among the sendoffs of john mccain this week. one was the image of the crowds gathered on the streets of annapolis, maryland leading up to the gates of the academacade. many were gathered around the gates to pay respects to senator john mccain. another powerful image that the world could see if they were watching was the flyover. the fa-18 jets.
i think john mccain was trying to say what american people are saying to us. we need to remember about this for all americans. we need to be the best in what it means to be an american, not the worse. that abc news poll that we were just sighting, what do you think that is hinged on? this midterm direction is semp l simply a referendum. this has been unconventional and unorthodox. and i think that disapproval number is part of the reality.
confirmation of brett kavanaugh but the argument that there s a midterm and that president trump is under investigation. he wants to see millions of pages of documents from when he was secretary for president george w. bush. the white house has now invoked executive privilege to withhold 100,000 pages from one brett kavanaugh worked for the white house counsel. i think it s fair to say that none of that has worked. the question is why is it that democrats have so far been unable to gain any traction against judge brett kavanaugh and the public debate? you don t seem to bless. [indiscernible] let me just at the outset before we get into that. i joined with lindsay graham, every word he said about john mccain. i respected him so much. yesterday was a great display of the respective so many people across this country had
appropriately. chris: one issue, that pro-choice senators on both sides have pressed brett kavanaugh on in their meetings with him on capitol hill is abortion. and he reportedly told them that roe v wade is quote, settled law. is that a firm commitment in your view not to overturn roe v wade. and if it is a fun commitment, how can you as a pro-life senator support it? i wouldn t vote for anybody that said that every decision of the supreme court cannot be revisited. they are revisited through a process. the process of overturning long precedent. this a four-part test you have to apply. from my point of view, what he will do when that case comes if it ever does. you don t just wake up and say i d like to overturn roe v wade. if there s a conflict that makes it to the supreme court, he will apply the test of precedent to that decision.
your looked at as a stronger man. that s the formula of john mccain. this was a civics lesson to anybody that wanted to listen. why do we remember this man? because of the way he conducted his public life. chris: do you think there s a lesson there for presidenttrump. there s a lesson for everybody including president trump. everybody makes mistakes you know what you re talking about. fight hard, forgive and have passion. strength and kindness are not mutually exclusive. chris: let s turn to your day job and this week you ll be spending a lot of time with the senate judiciary committee and confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh to be conformed on the supreme court. first of all, does he have the votes to win confirmation on the court? my believe he will get 55 or higher. if he does well and i m sure he will do well. chris: when you say 55, you ve got to have 51 republicans with the appointment of mccain s replacement. so you are saying as many as four democrats? well,