leader. i think one of the biggest parts of his legacy is going to be in the future when we refer to the mccain kind of leadership, that s going to mean something very specific to people. courage, humor, modesty, love of country, above yourself, desire to work across the aisle, all these things we ve been hearing about the last couple of days. and that means that in certain ways, it could be that john mccain will be even more powerful after his life as he was during life, because in the future if a politician behaves badly and someone says, that s not what john mccain would have done, that s sort of a corrective. and the other thing i don t want to jump ahead, but if we re talking about the primaries in 2020, the republican primaries, and let s say if donald trump is running against several challengers, if there is a challenger who seems to have the mantle of john mccain republicanism, that s going to be a label that could be pretty powerful. i could have talked to you both for the
about you personally, or felt about an issue, always stayed true to the idea that he wanted to get something done for this country. i think that says volumes about him and why you re seeing the tributes pouring out on his behalf tonight. this is the second not just in state funeral, barbara bush was the first, where president bush will be invited, donald trump will not. how does history mark a moment like this? we ve never seen it where the current president has no relationship with virtually all the living former presidents. it s very strange and also very horrible. it also touches on something else which is that half the job of a presidency, as you well know, nicolle, is chief of state. it s not just to be a political
your skepticism is absolutely fair. i will say one of the reasons, for instance, as the post reported that president trump initially nixed putting out a statement calling senator mccain a hero, praising his life and military service, is because there were a number of people in that white house who were really sickened by the president s initial behavior. that said, a lot of their dismay and disagreements sort of took place in private or in anonymous quotes to reporters, and there is a difference in this white
to honor mccain. we ll have more on that in just a moment, but first we re following news on multiple fronts about robert mueller s russia investigation. less than a week after paul manafort was convicted on bank and fraud charges, the wall street journal is reporting that paul manafort sought a deal in the next trial. those discussions took place while he was deliberating in his last one in virginia. quote, the plea talks on the second set of charges stalled over issues raised by special counsel robert mueller, one of the people said. it isn t clear what those issues were, and the proposed terms of the plea deal couldn t immediately be determined. president trump said, i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike michael cohen, he
him and why you re seeing the tributes pouring out on his behalf tonight. this is the second not just in state funeral, barbara bush was the first, where president bush will be invited, donald trump will not. how does history mark a moment like this? we ve never seen it where the current president has no relationship with virtually all the living former presidents. it s very strange and also very horrible. it also touches on something else which is that half the job of a presidency, as you well know, nicolle, is chief of state. it s not just to be a political leader. chief of state means someone who represents us around the world,