saying they don t like the behavior, they re personally disgusted, and then sort of taking the next step, that more crucial step, and taking an actual public stand. we did not see that. we did see them ultimately, through that combination of cable news coverage and the president getting peppered with questions and private pressure being applied, get the president to a public place. but again, no one resigned and no one in that white house stepped forward to say that they disagreed with the way this was handled initially. robert costa, what is the sort of ripple if don mcgahn through a boulder in the middle of a peaceful pond, what does it look like in the gop if donald trump in death were able to shame donald trump in life? many people were appalled at him not keeping that flag at half staff. you saw pressure throughout the party calling into the white house saying there has to be a republican party in lockstep
left devin nunez in charge of that committee. thank you all so much. coming up, was it negative tv coverage about donald trump that finally convinced him to offer condolences to the mccain family? after a very important course correction this afternoon, the flag once again flies at half staff at the white house tonight to honor the late senator. the 11th hour back after this. . now i m doing more to lower my a1c. i take tresiba® once a day. tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. (woman) we d been counting down to his retirement. it was our tresiba® reason. he needs insulin to control his high blood sugar and, at his age, he s at greater risk for low blood sugar. tresiba® releases slow and steady and works all day and night like the body s insulin. (vo) tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don t use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis,
leader. chief of state means someone who represents us around the world, someone who is a president who you want to hold up to your children and say, this is someone i want you children to be like. and donald trump, that s just a side of this office that he doesn t care about and he really doesn t fulfill. even friends i have who like donald trump will say, i would never want my children to be like him, but he s doing things that i like. so that s why, in a time like this, it s very important for us to think of particularly political leaders who are people who represent qualities that we would like our children to grow up to be like and also represent america around the world. so for that reason, i think the brighter john mccain s legacy, the better for all of us. michael steele and michael bechsloz, thank you so much for spending some time with us. coming up, a quick break for us. more 11th hour after this.
john mccain? why won t i say anything about john mccain? wow. the american legion and other veterans groups criticized the white house for raising the flag over the white house to full staff less than 48 hours after the senator s death. after a morning of public pushback, the flag was lowered to half staff again and president trump issued a statement that read in part, quote, despite our differences on policy and politics, i respect senator john mccain s service to our country, and in his honor have signed a probable cause proclamation to tli fly the flag of the united states at half staff until the day of his interment. trump also suggested to advisers that many people speaking out on television were looking for ways to attack him, and that all the people now praising mccain previously didn t like the
that committee. thank you all so much. coming up, was it negative tv coverage about donald trump that finally convinced him to offer condolences to the mccain family? after a very important course correction this afternoon, the flag once again flies at half staff at the white house tonight to honor the late senator. the 11th hour back after this.