Who will be picked to hold it through 2020 . Understanding. President trump invited the world to watch him on a clumsy Conference Call with the president of mexico to announce a new trade deal. Mexico calls it an understanding and so far, canada is not in the mix. Will congress sign off on a new deal . Video game killing. A video game competition in florida turns deadly when a competitor opens fire, killing two and wounding dozens of others before killing himself. Its captured on live stream. Im wolf blitzer, you are in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news as americans mourn senator john mccain, the maverick republican leaves behind a farewell statement, urging them to live up to the nations ideals and not sink into tribal rivalries. President trump, who will not join his predecessors at the funeral, spent the day refusing to comment on the late senator. It wasnt until the 2 million wartime veterans of the American Legion demanded the president adhere
And the legendary neil simon has passed away. He lives behind a list of shows that shaped the 20th century. Im Laura Jarrett in for christine romans. Good to have you here. Im dave briggs. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Tributes pouring in for john mccain. A titan in politics and american hero. He died this weekend at his ranch in sedona, arizona. He was 81. The death coming the day after his family announced he stopped treatment for brain cancer. Mccain served as naval bomber pilot and served six years as prisoner of war in vietnam. He made his name as a maverick. A giant of the senate and twotime president ial candidate. He is survived by his wife, cindy and seven children and mother roberta who is 106. We get more on memorials from kyung lah in phoenix. Reporter dave and laura, senator mccain, such a prominent figure, and arizonas favorite son. Services in the home state. Flags at the capitol lowered in remembrance of the senator. It is here where the services will begin. A private s
Larry we will see if you feel that way at the end of the hour. Dagen im going to channel my best Harris Faulkner and say we are cutting through the weeds on this and getting to the big picture on this agreement. Good to have you here. Larry thanks for having me. Dagen so this comes after you mexico in the United States negotiated over the weekend. President trump spoke over the speakerphone and now the focus moves on to canada, canada not involved in the tentative deal but reports say that canada is expected to join the talks immediately. The Canadian Foreign minister weighing in saying action they will only sign a new nafta deal that serves canadian interest. Here is the president and the oval office speaking with the president of mexico. President trump i like to call this deal the United States mexico trade agreement. I think nafta has some bad connotations for the United States because it was a ripoff. There was a horrible deal for our country and i think it has a lot of bad connot
Academy. The farewells will begin in phoenix. Thats where we find Stephanie Elam this morning. Reporter we are looking at several days where the country will remember the senator. We learned he is very instrumental in planning how he wanted these days to progress and proceed. He had a year just over a year where he found out he had brain cancer to when he passed away on saturday afternoon here in arizona to plan it. Just to give you an idea whats going to happen, its going to start here in arizonas capital here in phoenix where he will lay in state here in the Capital Building on wednesday, which would have been his 82nd birthday. On thursday, there will be a Memorial Service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church where according to the Washington Post we understand that former vicepresident joe biden is expected to speak. Then after that, it will be the last time that this senator will leave the state of arizona and he will travel to washington, d. C. Where he will lie in state at the u.
The u. S. Senate preparing to say goodbye to one of their own. I have admired him, like i said, my entire life. Its tough to imagine the Senate Without him. Its tough to imagine politics without john mccain. But, we need to go on. Reporter senator john mccain, a tribute to three decades in the senate will line state in the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Funeral preparations are under way from arizona through washington and a final resting place at the u. S. Naval academy. Courage and loyalty. I can think of no better description of the man we are honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. Reporter former Vice President and long time Senate Colleague joe biden. Biden lost his son, beau, to the same cancer that claimed mccains life. A service at Washington Cathedral where the maverick, who planned his own funeral to ask the man to speak for him, former president , george w. Bush and barack obama in a private burial next to his navy classmate and best friend. For members of the u. S. Senate, a chan