three decades in the united states senate. a quarter century in the navy. >> a u.s. navy pilot with a rather prominent name was shot down during a raid against north vietnam. >> while flying bombing missions over north vietnam, he was shot down, captured and tortured. surviving nearly six years as a prisoner of war. but he always denied being a hero. >> i steadfastly reject that label. heroes of my life are those whose names are engraved on the wall down at the vietnam war memorial on the mall. >> he was reluctant when people said, you're a war hero. john mccain, by being shot down by a soviet missile over hanoi, did not consider that he had performed a heroic act. >> he was an avid reader and prolific writer. author of seven books with mark salter. >> he would tell you, the life he chose to live is the most rewarding life a human being could live. >> sam donaldson asking mccain about his first book, "faith of our fathers." >> i believe the overall message is the redemptive powers of a commitment to a cause greater than one's self-interest, even if that commitment is

john sidney mccain iii, captain, the united states navy. recipient of the silver star, recipient of the legion of merit. recipient of the distinguished flying cross. recipient of the purple heart. the united states senator, hero, statesman. senator mccain, there are some who question what this nation has become. they wonder about our commitment to our founding values. our results and our love for -- resolve and our love for fellow americans. perhaps they do not know where to look. looking at the man we honor here tonight, i am comforted and confident in our potential as a united nation to live up to the best of our past, to put forth the best of ourselves and to forge a future worthy of all americans, especially great americans who inspire us like john mccain. thank you very much. [applause] >> the work we do is important. >> in late july, returning to the senate after surgery, john mccain took to the floor to articulate his philosophy of government. >> we have been spinning our wheels onto many important issues -- on too many important iss

secretary of war, henry stimson pointed out that if the british navy was destroyed, the united states would be in real danger of invasion. and so when the lease would allow the british to fight where they cured up production and prepared for its own defense. what stimson didn't tell the committee members would be also ought, that american soldiers would eventually have to fight and die to get the job done. in his diary, stimson wrote, we cannot permanently be in a position of toolmakers for other nations that fight. the star witness for the opposition to land in the house of representatives was the man i love to hate, aviator charles lindbergh who became an american hero when he flew solo across the atlantic in 1927 in a single engine plane, the spirit of st. louis. it is ironic that the man whose flight inspired hopes of transatlantic community and international cooperation was the leading spokesman for the america first committee, the nation's powerful isolationist organization. lindbergh's message to the congressmen was that no matter how much help the u.s. might give britain, it w

and the secretary of war pointey out if the british navy was destroyed united states would be in real danger of invasion. lea and then to enable the british to fight with industrialwn production to prepare for its own defense. but then to be the tool makers for the other nations. witness e the star witness for theoppositl opposition in the house ofives n representatives was the man i love to hate. aviator charles lindbergh.e but the spirit of st. louis and then helps with the transatlantic community andndth ecooperation with the spokesman for the american first committee with that powerful isolationist. organization and the message to the congressman that no matter how much help it was a foregone conclusion that britain couldno not win the war against germany. and german war was not an the us american affair all the more so because united states wasas protected by two vastprotectt bd therefore could remain a fortress happily isolated from the rest of the world. at what point in his testimony asking which side he wants to win the war? sh ehockingly he said this, ier toh prefer to see n

he reported directly to the secretary of the navy and the president of the united states as commander in chief. -- commander in chief. admiral robert girrier just retired about a year and a half ago but prior to his retirement, he dealt with unmanned drone operations. before that, he was the deputy commander of the pacific fleet dealing with all of these issues then that are still present today and has a unique perspective. he is now the president of the pacific forum in hawaii and he deals with policy issues today. and we are also very honored to -- and we are at also very honored to have vice admiral nanette derenzi. she is the first female judge advocate general of the navy. and i mean she is the head attorney of the navy. has a vast amount of experience in operational law, and environmental law. and as a judge advocate general of the navy, she dealt with the congressional mandate on sexual assault. major changes that happened in the military justice world. the jag core. with that, i am now going to turn this over to admiral greenert. admiral greenert: thank you, michelle. thank yo

in some cases the united states navy has been the first on scene. areas like bangladesh, any sia, vietnam, japan, natural disaster in the past couple of decades, the navy has been there. with that, that is kind of the introduction to program. we're going to have now i'm going to introduce our speakers and let them each talk about their areas of the rule of law in the pacific fleet. we're first going to talk about the challenges and training and equipping of the fleet. we're going to hear from admiral jonathan greenart. he retired as a chief of naval operations. poobah of the navy. everything in the navy is under his command. we are very honored to have him talk about how you train the fleet. prior to his retirement, he spent some time dealing with unmanned drone operations but before that, he was the deputy commander of the pacific fleet. he was dealing with all of these issues then that are still present today and has a very unique perspective. he is the now the president of the pacific forum out of hawaii and deals with these polls issues today. a

i currently hold a top secret clearance and currently reserve as the united states navy. i'm intelligence officer and msnbc analyst. come on and express my opinion. i've been lucky to do so. there's a fine line. let me explain to your point why what the president did is chilling. not chilling for someone like brennen and retired. impact to him is going to minimal. someone who joined post 9/11 and taught very specifically from the lessons of 9/11 that intelligence professionals are trained, are encouraged to go out there. make a mistake. don't be afraid to say something that goes against the grain. we want people because of 9/11. we want people intelligence professionals to say things that maybe they're commanders don't agree with. maybe they're superiors don't go with. that's the point. punishing someone doesn't matter about clearance. singling out and punishing people, you are essentially going backwards from everything we've done post 9/11 in terms of making this country safer by encouraging thoughtful debate, encouraging thoughtful analyst and encouraging people in the

states. what china is doing is really staggering. they are almost at parity right now with our navy and will exceed that capability here and go past us in terms of their maritime and air development. david: there's a question about how much they are using their authority over north korea to stall these talks. the president says it's considerable. is there anything we can do about it, because we are going to war with them on the trade front. that must not be helping. >> yeah, i think first of all, as we have said many times, north korea aniis in the orbit china. ever since the summit took place in singapore, what we have seen is china has opened the aperture wider in terms of providing sanction relief to the north koreans. the united states has reported on that publicly for a number of weeks now. to get china to shut that door is what i think president trump is trying to do through some public coercion here. but i know his team is likely preparing some tough sanctions on china if they don't do

of the navy, in the name of the united states navy. >> as of now, the wreaths will be laid by groups. please step forward when your name is called. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> lieutenant general christopher cavoil in the name of the u.s. army. general robert b. neller, commandant of the united states marine corps in the name of the united states marine corps. lieutenant general carson jacobson, commander of the field army and deputy chief of the german army in the name of the german army. >> we are pleased again to welcome representatives from the fifth and sixth marine regiments, the two u.s. marine regiments that fought in belleau wood. [ speaking foreign language ] >> colonel andrew monroe in the name of the fifth marine regiment. and colonel matthew reid in the name of the sixth marine regiment. >> mr. edwin felton, vice chairman of the world war 1 centennial commission in the name of the world war i centennial commission. mr. steve arnold, manager and in t

of the navy, in the name of the united states navy. >> as of now, the wreaths will be laid by group. please step forward as your name is called. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] lieutenant general christoph cannoli, commanding general u.s. europe, -- u.s. army europe, in the name of the u.s. army. lieutenant general carsten jacobson, commander of the field army and deputy chief of the german army, in the name of the german army. >> we are pleased again to welcome representatives from 5th marine regiment and 6th marine regiment, the two u.s. marine regiments that fought in belleau wood. [ speaking french ] colonel andrew monroe, in the name of the fifth marine regiment. and colonel matthew reid in the name of the sixth marine regiment. >> mister edwin fountain, vice chair of the world war i centennial commission, in the name of the world war i centennial commission. mister steve arnold, manager and in the name of the commonwealth for greatn

of the navy, in the name of the united states navy. >>> as of now, the wreaths will be laid by groups. please step forward when your name is called. [ speaking french ] >>> senator delen. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >>> lieutenant general, kristof cavolli. in the name of the u.s. army. general robert b.nelle. in t -- neller in the name of the united states marine corps. lieutenant general jacobson, commander of the field army and deputy chief of the german army. in the name of the german army. >>> we're pleased again to welcome representatives from the fifth and sixth marine rej mentment -- regimens. [ speaking french ] >> colonel andrew monroe in the name of the fifth marine regimen. and colonel matthew reid in the name of the sixth marine regimen. >>> in edwin fountain, in the name of the world war i centennial commission. mr. steve arnold, manager and in the name of the commonwealth war graves commission. [ speaking french ] >>> lieutenant colonel -- [ speaking french ] >> major general less he will a. sanborn, commander in the na

states navy does not play the same way as it did in 1947 to 1955. i am no trump supporter, but america first is in some ways not the stupidest idea that anyone ever said. >> i would like the mic if i can get it. i let donald trump's house where my speech, but unlike donald trump, i would have to pick it up my self. i actually wanted to go back soon -- back to something bill buckley told me when i asked him about this reputation of america first. very much like you articulated at the very beginning of the precipitate gives us -- participation. buckley often went on at great length, but his reply as to why this participation is extinct, he said victor is justice. there is a sense in which the way we think about the america first committee is a reflection of the victory of the forces that have posted. the way that that narrative has gone unchallenged by historians to the present day. i want to tell you about my own personal encounter with america first. i first went into the america first papers at stanford university 25 years ago. i was not actually i

states navy. so in some ways, his destiny was almost written for him. but again, there was this code of honor there. if you asked him about his captivity in vietnam which he didn't like to talk about a lot, the worst moment for him was not all those years in solitary confinement. it was not being tortured and having his arm is broken more than once. it was when they forced him to sign sort of a stilted generic confession to black crime. and he said that that was the worst moment because he could only think what does my father think of me right now? >> sandra: it's fascinating you're look back on his life and you do take it from his family, his time in the military to politics. and about the politics of all of this, you do take on his relationship with the president and you note that once trump took office, senator mccain was one of the president's most vocal critics grade when he ran for reelection in 2016, he settled many in his political fan base but in the era of trump, he again became an outli

and in fact he used to say that his favorite job, next to being the president of the united states, was when he was assistant secretary of the navy under president woodrow wilson because it gave him a lot of opportunity to spend time on ships. and in fact even in this room he has something that is naval related. because up above the doorway here is the commission that made him assistant secretary of the navy signed by president woodrow wilson. so below the commission making fdr assistant secretary of the navy is the doorway which led into eleanor roosevelt's bedroom. so we move into eleanor roosevelt's room. it's very small, not much in here, because eleanor roosevelt eventually had her own little retreat at val-kill hill, as she called it, which was on the eastern end of the roosevelt estate. it was a place that fdr built for her on land he owned. and after that point in her life, which happened around 1926, she began to use that more and more often. whenever she came to hyde park without fdr, she would spend the days and nights there. if she came to hyde park with fdr, she would spend

first of all, we have paula neira, a lawyer, nurse, graduated from the united states naval academy, certified in nurse emergency nursing. she was an officer in the naval academy, who served as regular and reserve officer including serving in warfare combat during operation desert storm, military decorations involve 3 navy commendation medals and navy achievement medal and combat action ribbon and numerous units of campaign and service awards. after leaving the navy in 1990 when she began her career as a registered nurse and continued in that vein. she was a member of the bar since 2001 and a leader in the repeal of don't ask don't tell policy. her bio is extensive and i invite you to consider her full bio in the program materials. next we have rebecca cokley who joined have a senior fellow after wrapping up four years as executive director of the national council on disabilities, the agency charged with advising congress and the white house on issues of national disability policy, she joined the organization in 2013 after serving four years in the obama administration including time at the de

this is a time when you really expect the president of the united states to be speaking to the american public. so let's really underline the strange aspects of this historically. in terms of offensive cyber, i know general nakasone well, he's a straight shooter. he's trying to keep on the inside highly classified information there. we have a great deal of offensive cyber capability. to date, we have chosen not to deploy it. i think that's a mistake. i think it's time we started to look quite seriously at a range of offensive cyber actions in order to retaliate for this ongoing russian activity. look, the thing with russians, andrea, they have an old proverb which is that when you are probing with a bayonet and you encounter pu countecounter mush. when you hit steel, withdraw. we'll have to show some steel in the cyber world. i hope general nakasone is prepared to do that. i would like to hear more, at least to the congress on a classified level, about what options are on the table. let's time we took this more seriously than we have to date. >> and russia also misbehaving according to

states' navy, but the sun and grandson of an admiral in the united states navy, his family's story. —— son. just to recap, this is our breaking news stories this hour. the us senator and former resented candidate, john mccain, has died, at the age of 81. the vietnam war vetera n the age of 81. the vietnam war vete ra n ha d the age of 81. the vietnam war veteran had been suffering from brain cancer. although he was a republican, he was a frequent critic of donald trump. chris buckler looks back on his life. john mccain was a politician of principle, a patriot who believed in his country and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. —— principle. his captors in the vietnam war sort a potential for a coup. john mccain refused release, despite the many beatings that he suffered. on his return, and he was hailed as a war hero, and entered politics. he would eventually spend 35 years representing republicans inside congress. but he was fiercely independent, and often spoke out against the party, notably challenging the influence of big money on american politics. the party est

so our fishermen then can be protected by the royal navy. it is interesting looking ahead to next year because are you confident that rules and regulations will be laid out and understood by all sides because if this is the kind of antagonism we are seeing at the moment, there is room forfurther confusion come next year? do not forget ourfishermen confusion come next year? do not forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegal fishing forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegalfishing is forget our fishermen where they are legally and illegal fishing is a very serious crime. and our royal navy will be able to protect our fishermen and they will be able to enforce the rules in our exclusive economic area. that is the thing we have to remember. the british fishermen in the french area of the english channel, the secretary of state has also confirmed this, they are there legitimately. the french authorities have a responsibility to ensure that they are protected and from what i can gather they have not to date. i welcome the

chapman, united states air force. for ga lantly at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman distinguished himself through heroism as a special combat controller attached to a navy sea, air and land s.e.a.l. team conducting operations in takur ghar, afghanistan, in 2002. the team's helicopter was ambushed, calling a teammate to fall in combatants below. the sergeant and the team voluntarily reinserted on to the snow-capped mountain boo the heart of a known enemy stronghold. without regard for his own safety, sergeant chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire of multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a sleep incline and into hostile fire engaging the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, the sergeant assaulted and cleared the position killing all enemy occupants. with complete disregard for his own life, sergeant chapman deliberately moved from cover 12 meters from the enemy and expos

states navy, serving in vietnam. it was october of 1967 when mccain was flying a bombing mission when his plane was shot down. and he then spent the next five and a half years as a prisoner of war, enduring torture, and solitary confinement at the hands of his captors. a french jushlist videotaped these first moments of his imprisonment which were recently feature in the ken burns documentary the vietnam war. >> i was on a flight over the city of hanoi. and i was bombing. and i was hit by either a missile or anti-aircraft fire. i'm not sure which. and the plane continued straight down. i ejected and broke my leg and both arms. and went into a lake, parachuted into a lake. and i was picked up by some north vietnamese and taken to the hospital, where i almost died. >> my next guest served and lived through that horror alongside john mccain. he is retired navy fighter pilot captain charlie plum. captain plum, an honor sir. thank you for your service to this great country. i'm so sorry about the loss of your friends, you

three core values of the united states navy, honor, courage and commitment. >> always good to speak with you. thank you. >>> north korea's state run newspaper claiming the united states is running drills on invadining pyongyang and hatchi a plan to unleash a war. are the president's plans for denuclearization crumbling? ♪ let your perfect drive come together during the final days of the lincoln summer invitation event get 0% apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus one thousand dollars bonus cash. ahoy! gotcha! ah! nooooo... noooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent than the leading ordinary brand. ahoy! (laughing) bounty, the quicker picker upper. so you have, your headphones, chair, new laptop, 24/7 tech support. yep, thanks guys. i think he might need some support. yes. start them off right, with the school supplies they need at low prices all summer long. now save $150 on this dell notebook at office depot officemax. >>> a possible trade deal between the trump administration and mexico could come as early as this aft

and john became navy liaison officer in the united states senate. there is an office then, used to be on the basement floor of members of the military who are assigned to senators when they travel abroad, to meet with heads of state or other foreign dignitaryies and john had been recently released from the hanoi hilton, a genuine hero and he became the naval liaison. for some reason we hit it off from the beginning. we were both full of dreams, and ambitions and an overwhelming desire to make the time we had there worthwhile, to try to do the right thing. to think about how we could make things better for the country we loved so much. and, john and i ended up traveling every time i went anywhere, i took john with me or john took me with him and we were in china, japan, russia, germany, france, england, turkey, all over the world, tens of thousands of miles. and we would sit on that plane and late in the night, when everyone else was asleep and just talk. getting to know one another. we talked about family. we talked about politics. we talked about i

also, there was a democratic united states senator from ohio in the family, and a treasurer of standard oil. again, those malefactors of wealth, the trust, etc., etc. so that is the whitney family. , flora paynencee uffy.ey is known as f her mother is gertrude vanderbilt and is a descendent of commodore vanderbilt. vanderbilt,s alfred who was on the titanic in 1912 when it goes down. if you know the story about the very rich fellow and his wife who are putting people in lifeboats ahead of them and putting everyone ahead of themselves and dying with incredible grace and courage, that is alfred vanderbilt. is has another uncle who less heroic. vanderbilt,reginald which sounds like a jackie gleason character, ok. [laughter] david: and like a jackie gleason character, he is an alcoholic, ok? ,ot uncommon in anyone's family but he marries for a second time plate and has a little baby girl before he dies 18 months later, ok? and that baby girl is gloria vanderbilt, ok? and her child is anderson cooper. so this family has a lot of connections here. foofy's vanderbilt, mother, she became a good

also, there was a democratic united states senator from ohio who was in the family, and a treasurer of standard oil. again, those malefactors of great wealth, the trusts, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, so that's the whitney family, but quentin's fiancee, flora payne whitney, is known as foofy. her mother is gertrude vanderbilt, and she is a descendant of commodore vanderbilt and all those other vanderbilts. her uncle was one of the -- was alfred guinn vanderbilt, who was on the titanic in 1912 when it goes down. if you know the story about the very rich fellow and his wife who are putting people in lifeboats ahead of them and really putting everyone ahead of themselves and dying with incredible grace and courage, that's alfred guinn vanderbilt. she has another uncle who is less heroic. his name is reginald claypool vanderbilt, which sounds like a jackie gleason character, okay? and like a jackie gleason character, he's an alcoholic, okay? not uncommon in anyone's family. but he marries for a second time, sort of late, and he has a little baby girl before he dies 18 months later. and

states navy, his family's legacy of service and break the code of conduct. >> mccain was thrown into a cell with two other americans. >> was there a time you didn't think he would make it in. >> i didn't think he would make it the moment i saw him. his body was saying let's die and his mind was saying we're not doing that. >> you remember that kind of conscious thought almost? >> i remember the incredible joy of seeing two american faces and gave me reason to live. >> over the next five and a half years in captivity, he was to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of dysentery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years. that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased its bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. >> that's what caused the communist negotiator to agree to terms acceptable to president nixon. >> within 60 days from this saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout

sexually transmitted diseases in the united states have hit a record high. the cdc says the rates of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia have climbed for a fourth consecutive year. cases rose by 200,000 between 2016 and 2017 alone bringing the total to nearly 2.3 million. about 45% of the cases are among young women and girls aged 15 to 24. public health experts note there's been a serious decline in resources for the cdc's division of std prevention. the budget has shrunk 40% in the past 15 years. >>> puerto rico revising the death toll from hurricane maria to 2,975. that is 46 times higher than the previous official figure from the puerto rican government. it comes on the same day researchers from george washington university revealed the findings of a study on storm-related deaths between september 2017 and february of this year. puerto rico's governor signed an executive order to work on recommendations to approve public safety for natural disasters. >>> manhattan was all abuzz tuesday. 40,000 bees swarmed a hot dog stand in times square. take a look at t

[applause] jon: there were 24 aircraft carriers built during the war for the united states navy. the uss intrepid is one of them. >> we honor you. we salute you. and we thank you. and i ask the former crewmembers please stand so that we might recognize you. jon: celebrating its 75th anniversary of service this weekend, former intrepid crewmembers returned for a very special ceremony. >> to be able to celebrate what is 75 years since the day of the commissioning of this ship, which was august 16th, 1943, and have a weekend-long series of celebrations for what are 342 crewmembers from around the country, from 37 states, and their 900 or so family and friends, guests, descend upon intrepid, there's nothing else like it. >> back when i was 18, i was proud i could get on the intrepid, this ship. i always wanted to be in the navy. and i -- my dreams come true. jon: the carrier was called to duty again in 1952, participating in military exercises and supporting our allies during the cold war. >> at this moment every ship in the course is ready to take to the air should the issue be forc

on be half of the united states navy and we'll senator mccain in our thoughts and prayers. two people are dead and three others injured after two high school football games end with gun shots. the gunman remains at large in jacksonville, florida where one victim was killed and two others were injured as fans were leaving the game. a 16 year old boy was killed and 18-year-old critically injured in fairfield, california. two suspects are in custody. that's terrible. legendary tv host robin leach has died . the icon is best known as the voice behind the 80 's show lifestyles of the rich and famous. >> he only called one of those possessions homes. his $70 million plus yacht, it's the ultimate status symbol. rachel: a beloved guest on fox & friends appeared on the show several times over the years. >> if we work hard and we strive hard and we are diligent with dedicated with our work and our approach to life, we build our own rewards. rachel: that's the american dream and leach died at his las vegas home after recently suffer ing a stroke. he was 76 years old. ed: wow. rachel:

it's one of the most prominent families in the united states navy. mccain's grandfather accepted the imperial japanese surrender aboard the uss missouri in 1945. his father also a four star 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 the class of 1958. by the time war broke out in vietnam mccain had already bailed out of two airplanes during training and in june of 1967 he nearly lost his life for a third time a rocket aboard the aircraft carrier went off accidentally and struck his plane as it idled on deck. 134 sailors died but make cane rolled through the flames to safety. >> i felt this tremendous blow to my airplane and saw the fire coming out so i probably had reacted a little more quickly than those in the planes near me some of those planes near me didn't survive. >> four months later his luck ran out. on october 26, 1967, during a daytype bombing mission over downtown hanoi, mccain's plane was hit by a miss

the southern border of the united states was defined by the gadsden purchase during his time. the army and the navy was modernized under the secretary of war, jefferson davis, who went on to be the president of the confederacy during the civil war. pierce was a lawyer. he felt slavery should be handled with an act of congress. there should be legislation that would prohibit it. he was not in favor of it but he was afraid the country would split over that. his focus when he was president was to keep the country together. ofunderstood the hardships fighting the revolution was to create the country. he was trying to keep it together. it did split after lincoln was elect. franklin pierce had one term in office and the democratic party did not want him to run again. he had quite a few good accomplishments. we do not hear about those because the kansas nebraska act, which occurred at the end of his presidency, was turned into bloody kansas. it was a disaster as far as trying to achieve what it had hoped to achieve. they nominated buchanan to be the candidate in the next election cyc

the southern border of the united states was defined by the gas den purchase that happened during pierce's time. the army and the navy was modernized under the secretary of war, jefferson davis, who of course went on to be the president of confederacy during the civil war. pierce was a lawyer and he felt that slavery should be handled with an act of congress. there should be legislation that would prohibit it. he wasn't in favor of it. but he was very afraid that the country would split over that. and so his whole focus when he was president was just to try to keep the country together. he understood what the hardships of the men fighting in the rev logs were, to create country, so he was trying very hard to keep the country together. and of course it did split after lincoln was elected. franklin pierce had one term in office in the democratic party did not want him to run again. he had quite a few good accomplishments. we don't hear too much about those because the kansas nebraska act which occurred at the end of his presidency was turned into bloody kansas and was a disaster as far as tr

states navy for many years i was a pilot yeah. but i'm not a very good pilot i was shot down diagnosed with cancer and recovering from head surgery john mccain received a standing ovation when he returned to the hill for a crucial senate vote in the motion is agreed to. he followed the republican line in voting to open a debate on repealing the affordable care act i didn't his speech was deeply critical of a senate that he described as more partisan and more tribal than ever before let's trust each other let's return to regular order we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle and a few days later in the early hours of the morning john mccain put principle before party. defying immense republican pressure to support a bill repealing barack obama's health legislation he's back. and in that moment he rose above the senate mired in endless squabble offering the hope that governance by consensus rather than by command could still be possible

. >> president cohen i was going to thank her on behalf of the united states navy. the shipyard was polluted but it wasn't their fault. if you tell ms. cohen i was going to salute her. have a good day norman. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> the golden state warriors are suing the city of oakland in an attempt to get out of paying a $40-$50 million bond debt for oracle arena. this is not right. but when you consider the fact that san francisco is a party to this, it makes it worse. the arbitration hearing began yesterday. though it will be a week or two before we know the results, consider this. the warriors were purchased for $450 million in 2010. they are now valued at $2.6 billion. with such success, why are the warriors being so cheap and miserly against the city that had supported it for decades? for san francisco's role, the fact that the racist actions that helped facilitate the warriors move to san francisco will not be rewarded. the golden state warriors would not play one game in san francisco once its revealed how racist thi

states navy, his family's legacy of service and break the code of conduct. >> over the next 5 1/2 years in captivity, he was subjected to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of disintery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years so that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was basically about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased it's bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. >> and that, it is believed is what caused the communist negotiator to finally agree to terms acceptable to president nixon. >> within 60 days from this saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout indo china will be released. >> as part of the negotiations, the americans held in captivity were released. 5 1/2 years after he was pulled from that lake in hanoi, john mccain finally was free. >> mccain had aged so dramatically from the young man who had crashed his plane and when he came down the steps in california and was greeted and lipped across t

states navy, his family's legacy of service, and break the code of conduct. >> mccain was thrown into a cell with two other americans, morris overly and bud day. >> was there a time when he first arrived you didn't think he would make it? >> i didn't think he would make it the moment i saw him. my description of him was that his body was saying let's die and his mind was saying we're not doing that. >> you remember that conscious thought almost? >> i remember the incredible joy of seeing two american faces, and it gave me reason to live. >> over the next 5 1/2 years in captivity he was subjected to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of dysentery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years. so that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was basically about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972 the u.s. dramatically increased its bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. >> and that, it is believed, is what caused the communist nashor lae duc cho to finally agree to

. >> i wanted to talk to you especially because you are an admiral in the united states navy. you just mentioned in the break and i didn't know this about you, you taught naval history. >> i did. >> so that basically means teaching about the mccain family. >> absolutely. i was not smart enough to get into the naval academy but they let me go back and teach when i was a young lieutenant. >> he did graduate fifth from the bottom of his class. >> he did, but at least he got there. i didn't even get into the school. but you honestly cannot teach about the 20th century navy, certainly the last half of the 20th century, without teaching the mccain family. his grandfather won the navy cross, the second highest award to the medal of honor for his command of carrier strike forces in the pacific, including the air campaign over guadal canal. his father and him -- his father was the commander of all the pacific forces in vietnam and became a staunch defender of the vietnamization of that war. and of course you have senator mccain himself who was a naval aviator in combat, shot down, of c

one is the impact that he had as a senator on the united states navy and the united states military through the legislation that he sponsored. of course, the culmination of that is the last defense bill named for him which funds the pentagon at higher levels than ever in history. he always made it a point in every hearing that i sat in the front row behind my boss who was testifying for him. always really tough questions. but always getting at the root of what the troops needed and their families. he never forgot the military families. the second thing i think about when i watch this motorcade is just the span of mystery that the mccain family has marked on our navy and on our world. his grandfather graduated from the academy in 1906. first went to sea with teddy rose vel roosevelt's great white fleet. got the navy cross, the second award only to the medal of honor, for saving two cruisers attacked by the japanese in the pacific. his father also a four-star admiral and then senator mccain, what he has done in uniform and out of uniform for the united states navy. and now senator mccain's so

states navy for many years i was a pilot. but i'm not a very good pilot i was shot down diagnosed with cancer and recovering from head surgery john mccain received a standing ovation when he returned to the hill for a crucial senate vote in the motion is agreed to. he followed the republican line in voting to open a debate on repealing the affordable care act but in his speech was deeply critical of a senate that he described as more. and more tribal than ever before let's trust each other let's return to regular order we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle and a few days later in the early hours of the morning john mccain put principle before party. defying immense republican pressure to support a bill repealing barack obama's health legislation he's back. and in that moment he rose above the senate mired in endless squabble offering the hope that governance by consensus rather than by command could still be possible. that rig

became the navy liaison officer in the united states senate. there is an office that then used to be on the basement floor, members of the military who are assigned to senators when they travel abroad to meet with heads of state or other foreign dignitaries, and john had recently been released a genuineanoi hilton, hero, and became the navy liaison. r some reason we hit it off from the beginning. hadere both ambitious, and an overwhelming desire to make the time we had their worthwhile, to try to do the think about how we could make things better for the country we love so much. and john and i ended up traveling. any time i went anywhere, i took john with me or john took me with him, and we were in china, japan, russia, germany, france, england, turkey, all over the world, tens of thousands of miles. and we would sit on that plane, and late at night when everyone else was asleep we would just talk, getting to know one another. talkuld talk about family, about politics, talk about international relations, talk about promises, the promise of amer

a year later, he was elected to the united states house of representatives, where he served for two terms. in 1986 mccain won a seat in the u.s. senate and held it for more than three decades. sen. john mccain:"the thing i liked about the senate, if there's an issue put before the floor of the senate, i can go down, propose an amendment, i can go down and sometimes i can go down and make a fool of myself."at times, his willingness to buck the will of his own party earned him a "maverick" reputation. mccain: "be strong, have courage and fight!" in 2008, he earned the republican party's presidential nomination. but he lost the race to senate colleague, barack obama.then came the trump presidency. mccain surfaced as one of trump's most outspoken critics, and part of the so- called "fearless five" gop senators who defied the president during his first year. but at a time of great political turmoil, mccain had to face his own upheaval: in 20-17 he was diagnosed with brain cancer. after surgery, he returned to the senate for a critical vote: his party's push to repeal obamacare. mccain's maveri

a year later, he was elected to the united states house of representatives, where he served for two terms. in 1986 mccain won a seat in the u.s. senate and held it for more than three decades. sen. john mccain:"the thing i liked about the senate, if there's an issue put before the floor of the senate, i can go down, propose an amendment, i can go down and sometimes i can go down and make a fool of myself."at times, his willingness to buck the will of his own party earned him a "maverick" reputation. mccain: "be strong, have courage and fight!" in 2008, he earned the republican party's presidential nomination. but he lost the race to senate colleague, barack obama.then came the trump presidency. mccain surfaced as one of trump's most outspoken critics, and part of the so- called "fearless five" gop senators who defied the president during his first year. but at a time of great political turmoil, mccain had to face his own upheaval: in 20-17 he was diagnosed with brain cancer. after surgery, he returned to the senate for a critical vote: his party's push to repeal obamacare. mccain's maveri