not the purpose of his remarks. at the same time it s important to look at these missions critically. so i anticipate that we ll be following up with sean spicer today on some of what we heard from senator mccain. and on those questions about iraq. is it not to some extent a double standard? is this not a tough needle to thread? let me play just a bit of spicer versus mccain as of yesterday to set the table. it s absolutely a success. and i think anyone who would suggest it s not a success does disservice to the life of chief ryan owens. when i was in prison in north vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the p.o.w.s, unfortunately, the prison had been evacuated. but the brave men who took par took in that mission and risked their lives in an evident to rescue us prisoners of war were genuine heros. because the mission failed did not in any way diminish their bravery and courage or
what happened in this raid. no. and i also thought it was relatively gracious starting out for spicer to have said, as you may recall a while back that we cannot call this a full-blown success, an unalloyed success because an american life was lost. i thought that was a lovely sentiment coming from the white house, given this impulse instead to call everything a success regardless of what the actual facts on the ground. right. he did say that and that was interesting. and then reversed himself. we can play sean spicer here. and then later saying it was a disservice to say anything else. the action that was taken in yemen was a huge success. american lives will be saved because of it. future attacks will be prevented. the life of chief ryan owens was done in service to this country, and we owe him and his family a great debt for the information that we received during that raid. i think any suggestion otherwise is a disservice to his courageous life and the actions that he t
time for him to get smart and start winning again. are people in the white house concerned? i guess not if sean spicer carried on against mccain. no. during the campaign donald trump took aim at john mccain. this is a dynamic they are accustomed to. it was striking that sean spicer said that nip who questions the success of this mission owes an apology to the fallen soldier. those comments created waves. if you look at it from a different perspective, pruch has been quite critical of the iraq war for example. how does that square? and i think that argument becomes complicated. senator mccain when he was pressed by frank thorp yesterday on capitol hill stressed that he considers of course the fallen soldier to be a hero and that s
it s not a success does disservice to the life of chief ryan owens. he fought knowing what was at stake in that mission and anybody who would suggest otherwise doesn t fully appreciate how successful that mission was. i think anybody who who undermines the success of that rage owes an apology and a disservice to the life of chief owens. is that your message to senator john mccain? that is my message to anybody who says that. anybody. i don t know how much clearer i can be. many years ago when i was in prison in north vietnam there was an attempt to rescue the p.o.w.s. unfortunately, the prison had been evacuated but the brave men who took on that mission and risked their lives in an effort to it rescue us prisoners of war were genuine american heroes. because the mission failed dunn in any way diminish their
report that yemen has, indeed, withdrawn permission for further u.s. ground missions while not withdrawing permission from u.s. drone attacks. today white house press secretary sean spicer said the two countries continue to work together and idea not in a position to go any further at this time. he also continued to insist the raid was a success. it s absolutely a success and anyone who would suggest it s not a success does disservice to the life of chief ryan owens. he fought knowing what was at stake in that mission and anybody who would suggest otherwise doesn t fully appreciate how successful that mission was. that was largely in response to a question about senator john mccain, chairman of the arms services committee saying this. when you lose a $75 million airplane and more importantly american life is lost and wounded i don t believe you can call it a success. up next, the fate of the president s travel ban. i ll talk with washington state attorney general bob ferguson w