a politician, but who sort of had something inside his core that a lot of politicians now seem to be missing, which is a real sense of duty and honor to something greater than just the next ballot. i will say just as a little bit of a connote that politics around john mccain changed too. later in his career when he did get primaried in 2010 and when it did look like some of the forces around the party that were more conservative on issues like immigration were threatening to oust him, he did change. and there were lots of people who had known him over the years who sort of raised an eyebrow at some of the positions that he took to try to get through that election cycle. now, you know, you can say he sort of returned to prime mccain form afterwards, but to me it was a testimony less about something that changed in him and more about what changed in the party around him. and of course that was years
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in language that kim jong-un will understand because he doesn t seem to understand diplomatic language. the think the president wanted to be clear to the north korean regime that the u.s. unquestionable ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies and i think it was important that he deliver that message to avoid any miscal lags on their part. we just received these pictures from the u.s. pacific forces of air force plaensznes arriving in guam, there to conduct military operations with japan and south korea. often after a north korean active aggression, planes from japan and south korea fly near the demilitarized zone. the u.s. planes are often based in guam, where they come from. nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely joins us us and reporter for kun news