sit back, reset and start to figure out the actual pathway forward. what we re going to see is house republicans may take up a bill to acquiesce to the $5 billion for a border wall effort. the they pass that, they know it s dead in the senate and put it aside and real discussions can start. where to end up? here s the big problem right now. both sides, the president with his base, democrats with their base, feel comfortable in their positions where they are right now. that would seem to say that the shutdown is very possible. that said, brbrianna, you ve covered this institution long enough to know the off ramps that exist, the ability to punt this for a short-term amount of time is always on the table and always play. will they get to that point? people who are in the negotiations right now say they believe it s possible. they re not there right now but keep an eye out as you well know, ten days when it comes to spending negotiations, that is a very, very long time. a lot of things ca
congressman from texas through the presidency, helped people. clearly mission accomplished. he did serve with honor. absolutely. and i think what you are getting at, wolf, there is no question that when you hear him in his own words asked straight up, how do you want to be remembered and he talks about honor and of course we have heard the words decency and gentlemen and country first and all of the things that everybody, democrat, republican, world leader from halfway around the world, adjectives used to describe him, it is of course maybe the second thing you think is it is a contrast to what we re seeing today. it is not intended as a criticism of what we re seeing today. it is just the reality. it is. it just is what it is, to quote john mccain, another person that reminded us all of the differences between the politics of now and the politics of not that long ago.
game, kept his spirits up when his first wife died, a friend who was always with him. a life of huge achievements, but a life of the small little things. and graciousness. i covered his son s time in the white house. i didn t know him at all, especially compared to you and didn t cover him the way you two did, but the one of the my vivid memories is covering the mccain campaign in 2008. while barack obama was in europe with tens of thousands of people cheering for him literally, john mccain went to visit george h.w. bush. and what did the former president do? he took all of us reporters, who are not revered by a lot of politicians, around and gave us a tour of walker s point, showed us everything that we wanted to see. he wasn t that mobile, but he wanted to make sure. and he walked us all around. he did not have to do that and i don t know that any other person would have done it the way he did. the biggest surprise i saw yesterday, mary kate, was the former secretary of state jam
number of brain cancer that he has been battling for more than a year. we are live in phoenix with more. senator john mccain, known as a fighter in every respect, family and friends have been seen arriving at the ranch in northern arizona. this morning his wife tweeted her gratitude writing quote - the entire mccain family is overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from around the world, thank you. senator mccain was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer last july. his last vote was december 7. upon news that he is ending the cancer treatment, the arizona governor said in a statement quote - john mccain is an american hero. always putting country before self. from vietnam to the halls of the u.s. senate. the spirit of service and stability has guided his life stands as a model for all americans. regardless of political affiliation. senator jeff flake offered this on the family.
weekend, and the bill will be likely rolled out early next week. republicans can t afford to lose more than two republicans and mccain is the second to publicly say he will not support this bill. kentucky senator rand paul is not on board. and maine senator susan collins is very much on the fence. the white house is trying to get her off of it. this is our last best chance before the september 30th deadline to get this bill done. it comes down to four senators. as you mentioned right now, senator paul, senator mccain, senator murkowski and senator collins are the ones we re trying to convince to get two of the final four votes in order to repeal obama care. we haven t written off any vote, in fact we haven t written off any votes on the other side as well. democrats are praising senator mccain some say yet another time of courage for a man who spent decades in the navy and years as a prisoner of war. thank you john mccain.