Put it on my spark card. Ow. [ garth ] why settle for less . The spiked heels are working. Wait [ garth ] great businesses deserve great rewards. [ male announcer ] the spark Business Card from capital one. Choose unlimited rewards with double miles or 2 cash back on every purchase, every day whats in your wallet . [ cheers and applause ] thanks for watching. Chris matthews picks things up right now. The pain of mccain. Lets play hardball. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with this. Why is john mccain so angry . 40 years after the vietnam p. O. W. S came home, the most famous of them is angrier than ever. Why is america, why are we fighting the vietnam war all over again in the United States senate . The ticked off vitriol against chuck hagel. What is it about is . Is it for show . Is it about something hagel said in the cloakroom . Is it the unfairness of vietnam itself that some went and sond didnt. Is it about johnsons inability to win that war or end it. What burns so
Heroic as he was. He would fight tooth and nail for his vision of the common good. We need people to step up and to follow that model that he set. If you want to help the country, be more like john mccain. Its been an emotional couple of days, and thats continuing today, as we say goodbye officially to senator john mccain. Good morning. So glad to have you with us here. Im christi paul in atlanta. Im Victor Blackwell live from Washington National cathedral, where the nation now prepares to honor senator john mccain in a memorial service. Now, today, politicians from both sides of the aisle, family, friends, former colleagues will gather behind me here at the cathedral to say goodbye to the senator. Todays service caps off three days of public tributes to the war hero turned political maverick. Every detail of todays service was planned by the senator, choreographed as his final message to the country that he loved so much. Suzanne malveaux joins us now from the capitol. And suzanne, ag
Bouts of skin cancer. Yesterday, he passed away. He was surrounded by his family after this hard battle with brain cancer but he fought it so well. There are so many adjectives have been used to describe him. Father, husband, war hero, maverick, political titan, principled is one that stands out. Its fitting flags halfstaff over the u. S. Capital. In the halls of that capitol mccain spent nearly 40 years representing the state of arizona. First a member of the house and representative and then, of course, as a senator. Dana bash is going to treat us now to a look at john mccains distinguished political career. Reporter his Dramatic Senate return against Doctors Orders after diagnosed with brain cancer. Ive been a member of the senate for more than 38 years. He crushed his partys push to repeal obamacare. Reporter he spent a lifetime looking for moments to shine as a leader and put country first, yet, forever, a hot dog Fighter Pilot with dramatic flare and White Knuckle political insti
Weve been talking about it overnight in our breaking News Coverage. John mccain, 60 years of service including his military time, his time in the u. S. House, the u. S. Senate, of course, a president ial candidate nominee twice, in 2008. But his father and grandfather were also navy admirals. He was a navy fighter pilot, obviously, a p. O. W. In vietnam for five and a half years. Just a remarkable legacy of service he leaves behind. Griff it is a morning to wake up and be grateful that we had such a patriot and the remarkable things he did that embody and personify the american spirit. Tucker carlson did an obit package, and he looks back on the legacy of senator john mccain. John Sidney Mccain iii was born on a military base in the panama canal zone. Mccains grandfather accepted the Imperial Japanese surrender in tokyo bay in 1945. His father, also a fourstar general, later commanded all American Naval forces in the pacific. After graduating from Episcopal High School in virginia, mcc
The tributes to come in not just here in the United States but around the world. Hanoi, vietnam, in october 1967, mccain and ten other pilots were shut down by the north vietnamese military. He would spend five and a half years as a prisoner of war there. Today a monument that stands on the spot where his plane went down. This morning, there are flowers and tributes that surround it. Then in washington, the morning is beginning with flags over the white house and u. S. Capital is lowered to half staff of the country he loved so much. Cnns dana bash has a look back right now at john mccains distinguished political career. Jo his Dramatic Senate return against Doctors Orders after diagnosed with brain cancer. Ive been a member of the United States senate for 30 years. He crushed his partys push to repeal obamacare. He survived many a brush with death and spent a lifetime looking for moments to shine as a leader and put country first, yet, forever, a hot dog Fighter Pilot with dramatic fl