in sedona. and now, we can see the number of vehicles. we got reporting that many had gathered in the home there in sedona. now,sedona. now we see this corden leaving with a hearse, it appears to be the third vehicle as they now get closer to the main road. geoff bennett, if you re still with us, what has been the reaction in the beltway there in washington, d.c. we see the flag at the top of the white house. what about on capitol hill? it s just a remarkable sense of sadness, richard. it s a sad time for our politics really given the space that john mccain occupied. i heard chuck todd earlier refer to john mccain as the lion of the senate. lion of the senate in the singular sense. there are no others. there are no others that come to
congressional career. he has been fearless in war, fearless in defeat. i can t think of another political figure, another public figure, gosh, since bobby kennedy 50 years ago, with his passing, that has dominated the american political landscape more, that wasn t president of the united states. his legacy is extraordinary. joe, as you re noting, fearless in battling sickness, as well. certainly, senator john mccain. yeah. no doubt about it. fearless in battling sickness, as well. and from those that knew him be best, this is a guy that took
every time i go to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say, who do you want to meet? who do you want to line up meetings with? and he would usually name senators or congressmen. i would say i only want to go see senator mccain. and the reason why is, i knew that he was again, he was fearless. he was a fearless voice. and he knew that he agreed with me, and with many others, that constitutional norms were being threatened. they were being challenged. and i knew that senator mccain would be the one person who would be fearless. sure enough, he move e proved t his final years, just like he proved that in vietnam and proved that in his entire
memorial here in washington, d.c., to reach the stage, where he, who was criticized sharply by his critics, when he was running in 1992, bill clinton as president, for not serving in vietnam. they helped him normalize relations with vietnam. it was an incredibly honorable thing that john mccain did because he certainly, most likely did not respect what bill clinton did during the war. he was accused of being a draft dodger. that was a big issue in the new hampshire primary in 1992. mccain validated bill clinton s efforts to reach out and reach reconciliation with vietnam. it was a foreign policy decision that helped to heal the wounds of that war. you mentioned roberta mccain. she is 106 years old. her sister died just years ago. they were going to france every summer, the mccain sisters, to
russell senate office building named in honor of john mccain, the russell building the oldest senate building on the other side of pennsylvania avenue. we have pictures earlier of this group of cars arriving. we thought it was departing. they re departing what we believe, this has is the hors hearse, as well as accompanying vehicles of john mccain. the majority of them arrived in the last hour or so. now, you see a very slow creep, as they leave the sedona residence of senator john mccain, led by law enforcement vehicle and several black suvs, as well as then, in that mix, the hearse, that we can see now, in the middle of the screen. we received the information of the passing of senator john mccain at 4:30 local time there