Bob Brams — a Maryland man and once international lawyer — almost died after he was diagnosed with brain cancer and a surgery led to hemorrhagic stroke.
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and always was willing to admit to his imperfections. plenty of democrats also emotional about senator john mccain s passing. we heard great emotion from democratic leader chuck schumer on the senate floor late yesterday. another colleague, chris coons of delaware talked about the impacts of mccain s passing. losing him has been something that although we all knew was coming at some point here has been i think difficult for many senators that served alongside him. it is my hope that we are not seeing the passing of the last of the great senators who are able and willing to put country above party and above self. losing john mccain was not a surprise after more than a year fighting brain cancer. but he was still actively engaged working the phones, calling his colleagues up until the final weeks. now that he s gone, the shock is beginning to sink in, shep. shepard: there had been discussion, mike, of changing the name of the russell office
much his friendship meant to him. here s mitch mcconnell today. does it bother you that almost a week ago now, someone on the president s staff insulted one of your senior colleagues, john mccain, with this morbid joke and then no one from the white house has apologized for it, even today as far as we understand? well, the person who said that should apologize and apologize publicly. so all three of those senators agree that mccain deserves an apology and no one brought it up with the meeting, apparently with the president. they say it in front of the cameras. crossing this president is not something many republicans are willing to do, even in defense of a fellow republican with a long history of service to the country and he s fighting brain cancer. joining me now is tony schwartz who wrote the art of the deal with mr. trump and contributor to the new book, the dangerous case of donald trump. tony, thanks for being with us. it seems like, i mean, we know that president trump
already a statement from sarah sanders welcoming the support. so the issue here is now timing. if they ve got all of the votes, we ve heard the house may vote maybe tuesday, maybe wednesday, and then the senate. an issue two senators in ill health? reporter: true. that s kind of probably the one major outstanding issue here. thad cochran from mississippi and of course john mccain. both out all week with medical issues. thad cochran s sounding a little less severe. more likely to be back here and ready to go early next week. john mccain, you know, he s fighting brain cancer, ali, and having to go through treatments. his office said it is the treatments themselves that have caused him to be drained, caused him to need additional medical care. he was at walter reed medical center all week. his wife flew out from arizona to be with him. whether they were make to the vote next week, we re saying if