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, mccain followed their lead, entering the Naval Academy in 1958. By the time the war broke out in vietnam, mccain was an aviator. In june of 1967 he nearly lost his life for a third time. A rocket aboard the Aircraft Carrier he was on went off accidentally and struck his plane as it idled on deck. 134 senators died, but mccain rolled through the flames to safety. I felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out, so i probably reacted a little more quickly than those in the planes near me. Some of those in the planes near me didnt survive. Four months later, his luck ran out. On october 26, 1967, during a daytime Bombing Mission over downtown hanoi, mccains plane was hit by a missile he later described as a flying telephone pole. Mccain landed in a lake in front of thousands of angry north vietnamese civilians, one of whom stabbed him in the groin with a bayonet. They dragged him in chains to prison hate arer dubbed hanoi hilton. To this day, theres a statue of john mccain on the lake where he was shot down. He was terribly injured; fractured arms, broken knee, left arm was out of the socket. He had not been fed, and basically heavens starving to death he was starving to death. Mccains captors soon discovered he was an admirals son, and they offered him Early Release. Mccain refused. He spent the next three years in solitary confinement being tortured with ropes. The experience pushed him repeatedly to the edge of death. He was sustained by fellow american prisoners with whom he communicated by tapping in code on the walls of the prison. One of those men was bud day. Bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and the toughest of anybody that i must have something to do with his iowa upbringing. Mccain was finally released in 1973 to a heros welcome back in america, but his health and his marriage were permanently damaged. To the end of his life, he could never fully raise his arms, and though as a rule he never mentioned it, he sometimes needed help to brush his hair and dress. In 1981 he retired from the navy and moved to marry cindy hensley. Encouraged by Ronald Reagan to run for congress, mccain spent two terms in the house of representatives before being elected to the senate in 1986. Mccain held that seat for 31 years. He became one of the most visible politicians in america, famous for his subversive sense of humor and his savage temp ther. After temper. Mccain developed into a champion of Campaign Finance reto form. The mccainfinegold law a passed in 2001 is maybe his signature legislative achievement. Although less well known, mccain also spent decades working on behalf of American Indian tribes and airline deregulation, two of his personal passions. In 1999, mccain began a run for president. He crisscrossed the country in an aging tour bus. A star struck press corps were yawed by the reckless, exuberant way he ranch for a brief period, it looked like mccain might win the nomination. He beat george bush in the New Hampshire primary, but his seat of the pants challenge collapsed soon after, and he conceded in march of 2000, returning to the senate. Mccain soon emerged as a leading voice on American Foreign policy. He helped lead the charge for george w. Bushs invasion of iraq in 2003 as well as for the bitterly debated troop surge in that country several years later. At the end of bushs second term, mccain once again announced his candidacy for president. This time he won the nomination. In a surprise move at the Republican Convention in minneapolis, mccain introduced his running mate, Alaska Governor sarah palin. He later conceded he barely knew palin. In the end, unified Media Support for his opponent and a historic financial collapse that voters blamed on the republicans proved insurmountable. Mccains concession speech that year revealed as much about him as anything he ever said in public. Beneath the aviators bluster and his legendary temper lay a bedrock of decency and a total commitment of good manners in the face of defeat. Senator obama and i have argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. Back in the Senate Mccain retook his place as the most powerful voice for new conservative foreign policy, expanded American Military commitments abroad, nationbuilding, the spread of democratic government. He rallied for military information in libya against gadhafi, he pushed for political reform in egypt, he called for regime change in syria. He became one of the few elected officials willing to argue for more american troops in iraq and afghanistan. Even as he remained ferociously hawkish on foreign affairs, mccain like his hero and friend mo udall moved studily leftward on domestic matter, notably immigration. By the time the Republican Party nominated donald trump, mccain seemed close to a complete break with his own party. He he pulled his endorsement of trump and became one of the new president s most persistent critics. For a man battered in his early decades, mccain spent the second half of his life in hale health. He kept a travel schedule that would have exhausted athletes. His final illness, an incurable brain tumor, could not be stopped. As news of his cancer was announced, mccabes colleague mccains colleagues argued that congress was losing a singular man. You are defined by your courage and redeemed by your loyalty. Courage and loyalty, i can think of no better description of the man were honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. The one thing that i like most about john mccain, he doesnt run away from the shortcomings. When you balance out john mccains life, its something we admire. I dont know about you, but i feel like ive been very lucky to have in his shadow and to be his friend. John mccain is survived by his wife cindy, seven children and his mother roberta whos 106 years old and every bit as tough as her son. Ed its wonderful that tucker ended on roberta the mccain who is 106 years old, still alive. I think about cindy mccain, his spouse, whos also a very strong woman and fights Human Trafficking all around the world. She has issues she cares deeply about and has not just been, quoteunquote, a political spouse. And i think about all the children, but especially Meghan Mccain, a very strong woman just like you are. And she is, and clearly her fathers daughter in that regard. This package was so beautifully done, and i think probably john mccains finest moment was that concession speech with barack obama. I think he set the standard of how to concede of after a tough the, hardfought election. And that really touch thed me. He famously once said what have we to lose by trying to Work Together to find solutions . Were not getting much done apart. Kind of simple talk that we really need right now at a time when we need to bring our country together. With regard to meghan, you know, one of the things we dont hear a lot talked about with him is his really remarkable consistent prolife record. Thats something that meghan also is championing. And something we done hear much about, but she is one of the greatest voices for life in the millennial generation. And her fathers record on life, boy ed sure. Theres a lot of layers to the story. Give grif in arizona late last night a procession near senator mccains ranch to honor senator mccain. And soon americans will have the opportunity to pay their respects. Iowa Liberty A Shah Acuna is in phoenix with more. Reporter good morning to all of you. As you would expect, multiple services and ceremonies are expected to honor the late senator john mccain. Here in his home state there will be Church Services, and he will also lie in state here in the Capitol Building. Not long after the passing of this American Hero, we saw a motorcade leave his family ranch in cornville, arizona. That is about 90 minutes north of phoenix. Those who knew him know that that home was a sanctuary to mccain and his family. He represented the people of arizona in washington for 36 years, and when news surfaced of his passing, some paid tribute outside his home and the mortuary where his body was brought last night. From here, the nation will have the opportunity to pay its respects. Senator mccain is expected to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda in washington. That will happen later this week. After that he will receive a full dress Funeral Service at the Washington National cathedral where Vice President mike pence is reportedly going to attend. Mccain will then be laid to rest at the cemetery at the u. S. Naval academy at annapolis. This was a wish that he expressed sometime ago, that his final resting place be his alma mater. His father and grandfather, both fourstar navy admirals, are buried at Arlington National cemetery. Back to you guys. Ed alicia, we appreciate your reporting. Griff thank you, alicia. You know, as alicia points out, senator mccain will be only the 29th person in history to lie in state. Hell be take into the Capitol Rotunda as we saw with reverend billy graham. He lied in repose, which is just one level below state. But to see him honored with that flag and the honor guard that will stand guard around him for 24 hours as he lie there is in state is really something because of what he meant to the military and thousands of young people that look back on what he did in vietnam and the really defiance that earned him the nickname maverick in the senate. Ed absolutely. And therell be all kinds of tributes and remembrances, and were going to talk to a lot of his friends and others who will help us remember. We are going to talk to someone who met senator mccain nearly 30 years ago when he volunteered to drive her for him. The Lessons Learned as we honor the senator this morning on fox friends. I dont mind a good fight. For reasons known only to god, ive had quite a few tough ones in my life. But i learned an important lesson along the way. In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fought for is the real test. I am totally blind. 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Good morning, sir, how are you . Good morning. Ed john, we got to know each other a few years ago covering arizona politics, we have some mutual friends, and i remember you telling me you met john mccain as a volunteer driver for him, and it really was an incredible education about the world of politics. Yeah. I found the best way to know the senator was to drive him each and every day. I was an assistant the attorney general, a weather man on channel 12 here in phoenix and the driver for senator mccain in my 20s. And i continued to do that all the way through our relationship over time, when he was running for president of the United States, i would fly in different locations and drive him around because its the only time that i got to spend real personal time with him and to talk about the family and issues ed and what was he like when hes in the backseat and youre driving him . For our viewers that didnt get a chance to meet him, what was he like when he was in the backseat, joking . Family . He was never in the backseat. [laughter] he was always in the front seat, and he was always tell thing you how to drive. [laughter] the thing about john mccain is that he was a amazingly interested in the people around him. So i always felt from the day i met him i was introduced to him true congressman tom ridge who i had worked for in pennsylvania and from the day i met him, he called me johnny. We were friends. I found that he was really open, caring, hard working and an intentional listener. So when you had something to say that was important, he was there to listen and to care about what you had to say. John, im the wife of a politician, the wife of a congressman, so i know exactly what youre talking about the, that the staff often wants to be in the car because its only time they can get his undivided attention. And really some personal moments with him. Tell us a little bit, were hearing about his legacy as a politician, as a statesman, as a military man, but what can you tell us about, john, about john mccain as the husband, the father, the friend . Well, andy mccains a friend of mine and cindy, deeply devoted to his family, thats for sure. You know, ill tell you, i love those moments where the chips were down, where the chips were down either personally or professionally. I could tell you the story in 2008 just before the New Hampshire primary in december he was in sixth place. We held a fundraiser for him in arizona. Only his oldest friends showed up. We raised 20,000, and it was his biggest fundraiser three and a half weeks before the New Hampshire primary. He said, johnny, do you have anybody that could come to New Hampshire . Because weve had to let staff go, we are [laughter] running a Skeleton Crew here, and i sent an apb out to my friends and employees and sent a friend of mine who was in his 20s to New Hampshire. The kid gets off the airplane, is pounding in signs the first day, and a week later hes the east coast New Hampshire campaign director. [laughter] ed big promotion. Yeah. And then three weeks later john mccain wins the primary, and i see his name clint, i see clint on fox following the senator around with an earpiece. [laughter] ed next thing you know hes the chief of staff. Griff john, just before we run out of time, you know, as the nation remembers senator mccain, if you had to chose a word or to choose a word or a phrase to will be him, what would you choose . Is. Hero, without a doubt. He is an American Hero to the all of us. Theres hundreds of thousands of people who owe their, a lot of their success in their life to john mccain. Thousands and thousands of arizonans who who he served. Hes just a wonderful, wonderful hero. Ed john, we can hear the emotion in your voice, appreciate you getting up so early. Remember, youre a longtime friend and colleague. 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