we had? the comey firing. lester holt interview. white house meeting where he said he was fired because of the russia investigation. attacks on sessions, rosenstein, mueller, chris ray. many of whom he appointed. pressuring congress. calling for hillary clinton investigation. gillian: sounds like the present has put a total in the water. it s not so much if he s going to get involved as whether he s going to insert himself into the process. thanks for joining us. be sure to tune in at 11:00 a.m. eastern for media buzz. - - will have an exclusive interview with michael cohen s attorney, lenny davis. leland: after the break, remembering u.s. senator john mccain. peter doocy outside the national cathedral. reporter: the last of the mourners have left the washington national cathedral. we will have a rundown of the service that was as unique as the senator. next. i m really into this car,
cathedral that wrapped up moments ago . welcome to america s news hq live from washington. i am gillian turner. great to be with you. we will have analysis and thoughts on senator mccain s life and legacy and throughout our show. i am leland vittert. president trump at his golf club but continuing his fight with our neighbor to the north saying that canada has taken advantage of the united states for years.the commons, as there appears to be a deadlock in negotiations over a new nafta deal. ellison barber at the white house on words the president that were off the record are not exactly helping things. reporter: neither are those tweets. trade representatives are set to start talking about nafta negotiations. those are supposed to start up
unparalleled throughout the course of his life. there s joe lieberman as he leaves. he talked about leaving office himself and john mccain saying, gee, i hope this means you re going to get a house in jerusalem with a balcony i can look out over and he says he hoped the balcony he could look out over existed for him in heaven. bret: you know, karl, talk about the underlying message. senator mccain made all of those decisions about the memorial this week both in arizona and in washington, and clearly, the message that he wanted to get through was that the country needs to work together, republican and democrat, and in the symbolism of the choices he made, talk about that and what you as you look at jay leno coming out of the cathedral, different friends from all over. general petraeus. talk about that overriding message and what you think of it. well, look, it was an extraordinary moment. president bush was i don t want to say surprised, but he was taken aback when he received a ph
cathedral today, but to everyone, including, i think, the president. i think his message was, we are better as a country if we strive to achieve the great things that are jut lined in our constitution and in our declaration of independence, and our grand and glorious history and we must do that as a country if we want to keep this great experiment of democracy alive. bret: karl, thank you. there were emotional moments throughout this service. the singing by renee fleming of danny boy , a hat tip to john mccain s scotts-irish roots, really, had everyone, i think, pretty teared up, including cindy mccain who has been stoic throughout this particular service. as you look now, the funeral home, they re getting ready to arrive. the motorcade making its way there. and then, martha. thank you, sir, you bet. bret: the battle hymn of the
america remembering senator john mccain. in a way only reserved for presidents. peter doocy outside the national cathedral. reporter: during a 2 and a half hour long ceremony at the national cathedral. the late senator john mccain was respectfully remembered as someone was expressed as a lawmaker and prisoner of war and a father created a worldview to only ever do what he wanted to do. colleagues and rivals alike lined up to salute him one last time even though many of them made clear they didn t always agree with him. he was honest. the matter whom it offended. presidents were not spared. [laughter] the 44th president barack