that s worth emulating. john, final thoughts to you. very quickly, there are three men in modern memory who have lost presidential elections and it didn t destroy them. bob dole, george h.w. bush, and john mccain. and part of the reason for that, you know, the dole once asked george mcgovern when does it stop hurting and mcgovern said i ll let you know. they knew that losing a presidential election was not the worst day they were ever going to have. the worst day they were going to have was when they were shot down or were lost on a hill in italy. i think it s worth always keeping the problems of the moment in perspective. john meacham, a pleasure to have you on the show. bear mccaffery, we appreciate you sharing your thoughts as well. stay with msnbc. coming up we ll hear from a man
out and help push ahead this great institution we call america, this great experiment that goes on. major general john boreling, if the goal was that we would all be proud of you, we re all proud of you and thankful. and thank you for your remembrance of john mccain today. thank you. breaking news now. president trump just made that trade announcement in the oval office. we want to listen to it and then tell you what it means. there s a lot of analysis here. the president started his trade discussions about nafta with canada and mexico, and in doing so has expanded into what is now regarded as a global trade war. a lot of people think maybe get nafta on track. there were a lot of discussions underway in a normal review of nafta before president trump imposed the trade restrictions that he did. while that happened, canada and mexico and the united states in various stages continued
someone who transcended party. not in a way that he he s not perfect, but as the general just said, he did have this capacity to actually call them as he saw them, and in our tribal moment where everybody tends to take a position before they think about it, that is something that is going to be mourned until we can get it back. and i m confident we can. i think senator mccain would be confident that we could, but it s going to take a lot of work. general, the wall street journal is noting this morning senator mccain s death as john is talking about the practicality of it, leaves a foreign policy void specifically in washington. i wonder if you can speak to that and the idea that we re just learning from a spokesperson from chuck schumer that according to the spokesperson and senator mcconnell have asked the didn t of defense to provide necessary support to the u.s. flags on all government buildings remaining
held captive with john mccain in vietnam. ali velshi talks to john boreling. we want to get you entraeking news. president trump adding an oval office meeting in a couple minutes. white house says this will be about trade. and it comes as the new york times reports the u.s. and mexico have come to a preliminary da preliminary deal to revamp nafta. the markets are feeling optimistic. the dow up about 1%. the nasdaq hit 8,000 for the first time. let me bring back in now hauns nickels at the white house and economic adviser on john mccain s 2008 campaign. anita is wac wiback with us as . we expect to see the president from the oval office? it will be interesting to see
let me tell you now, oh it must be love welcome back. we re honoring the life of john mccain who passed away this weekend after a battle with brain cancer. joining me live now is general john boreling. he was a prisoner with john mccain. he had a 37-year career all over the world as the author of taps on the walls . poems from hanoi hilton which john mccain wrote the forward to. thank you for your service and what you endured six and a half years as a prisoner of war yourself. you know a lot about this. tell us about your experiences with john mccain in captivity. well, i think the person of john mccain is well known to all of america and what you see is