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

again, it's very important, tht a rear admiral in the united states navy. who's conducted himself in all published reports on him, all audits et cetera, come back with a stellar record including from president obama and the current president. he's gone through over a decade. a guy from a small town in west texas who moved to become the president's chief physician. he has shown an impeccable record. until there's actual evidence, senator tester has issued two pages of anonymous accusations against -- >> gop say this is credible. 23 people wto come forward. sfl what is also crede bable is president obama and president trump. also the assessments from numerous audits. there's an issue recording prescription drug dispensation by the white house medicial uni. there have been internal and external audits by the walter reed medical center that have shown that the white house medical unit dispenses prescription drugs according to medical policy. so there's a lot of evidence. >> so do you know enough on that point, i just want to interrupt because the allegations ar

britt, we salute you, we thank you, we thank god for making you a united states seal. we love our navy seals. they're very special, very incredible people. it's now my tremendous privilege to present to you the congressional medal of honor. and i'd like the military aide to come forward and please read the citation. thank you. >> the president of the united states in the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to senior chief special warfare operator sea, air and land britt k.slovinski, united states navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrue pidity above and beyond the call of duty while receivering in the operation of enduring freedom. senior chief special warfare operator led a reconnaissance team to atop a 10,000 foot snow covered mountain. their insertion helicopter was suddenly riddled with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from previous undetected enemy positions. it jeshd vrked violently and ej one teammate. senior chief rallied his surviving team members and marshalled others for an assault to retrieve their team member

we met with a guy who was in the united states navy, had come to the united states as a kid, his entire family , his kids were legal residents. and after he got out of the navy after serving ten years, he got a dui. and because of that dui, they deported him even though he had served 10 years for his country. so we need to have a new attitude that you're going to see from i and others in the congress have been supporting. >> alexandria acasio cortez. she wanted forgiveness of all student loan debt, abolishing i.c.e. represents the future of the democratic party, do you agree? >> well, i think that she has an important voice in the democratic party, but the reality is if we're going to be a majority party, if we're actually going to win in november, we have got to have a diversity of views, and i think that's one of the things that's made our party strong in the past. but if we become narrower, if we become more divided, we can do that as democrats, we're just not going to win, but the stakes are so high this november, the stakes are so high to put a check on this president that he have

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states navy and the american marines. each of you enters service at an exciting time for our country. for we are witnessing the great reawakening of the american spirit and of american might. we have rediscovered our identity. we gained our stride and we're proud again. prosperity is booming at home, our economy is the strongest it's ever been. and our country has regained the respect that we used to have long ago, abroad. yes, they're respecting us again. yes, america is back. [ applause ] we have begun the great rebuilding of the united states military. we have ended the disastrous defense sequester. no money for the military, those days are over. and we have just secured, read all about it, a $700 billion largest ever amount of money -- >> you're watching the president of the united states delivering the commencement address of the u.s. naval academy to the midshipmen there with a message of seize the day, carpe diem. we'll continue to monitor this. also breaking news into us, news of another meeting of the president's

, the united states navy gave him. more navy medals for his service than he has years in politics. spent those years since he was in the navy fighting for our veterans and for our kids in public schools. and i should add that he worked with michelle on her reach higher initiative to help more kids access higher education. we could not be prouder of gill. just like we couldn't be prouder of katie porter who is here. spent nearly 20 years as a consumer protection attorney. that means she was fighting for you. 20 years standing up to the powerful special interests and instead working on behalf of california families. directly helped thousands of families who had been wronged by big banks. by predatory lenders. and now she's fighting for every orange county family to hold those powerful interests accountable. that is the kind of advocate you need in congress. just like you need a successful entrepreneur, helping all sorts of companies start up and grow and create opportunity. he is not running for congress just to be in co

states navy, and then in the united states congress. there's no question about it, he says, look, i'm unshackled, i'm not going to run again, and i can talk about the fact that i like compromise, i like working on things together. there were times he was as open in the past with that as he is now. one thing i thought was so classic mccain. he wrote this with his long time adviser. at the end of the excerpt that we have, he quotes the character robert jordan from for whom the bell tolls. he's a voracious reader, he loves literature, and this man, this character is sort of who he emlated himself on, and he was quoting robert jordan, the world is a fine place and worth fighting for. i hate very much to leave it. he said, spoke my hero, and it's very poignant. >> you know, the man has served his country for years and years, and you can feel that continuing of emotional -- dana quoted it, it's this emotion of leaving the world, he asked the country to come together and says, we're more alike than we're different. >> yeah, i mean, john mccain

. >> four days after bush graduated on his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the united states navy. >> i knew fact certain that i wanted to serve duty, honor, country. but, again, i hate telling you this, because i don't want to be sounding like i'm different. i'm not. >> september 2nd, 1944. the day that would end up defining the war for 20-year-old george h.w. bush. he was a navy pilot getting ready to fly off the aircraft carrier. >> we went to the briefing roonl. the mission was to attack a radio station on the island. >> on a spectacularly sunny day in june 2002, president bush returned to the place where he almost lost his life. a remote island 700 miles off the coast of japan. >> now, how do we thank all these people? >> very nice. thank you. i want to get a picture. >> it's a fly speck. about twice the size of central park. today it is a sleepy natural paradise with less than 2,000 residents. >> it's also home to countless relics of world war ii. this is all that remains of the main radio installation on the island. >> that will open it up. >> it was the key target of bush's bomb

states navy on his 18th birthday. on receiving his wings, he became the nation's youngest naval aviator and was sent to the south pacific where his story almost ended. september 1944 on a bombing raid over cheechajima, his aircraft was hit, his engine caught fire, but still managed to hit his target before baling out and being rescued by american forces after some four hours at sea. all told, he flew 58 combat missions. and he earned the distinguished flying cross, which would have been enough honor for any american life. but george herbert walker bush was just getting started. after he came home, he staked his claim to a booming post war america by making a name for himself in the oil business. for four years, he walked these halls as a congressman from houston. president nixon took notice of the young texan and asked him to be an ambassador to the united nations. he led a party during a tumultuous time for the presidency, and after earning the respect of another president, he did the work of a diplomat as the first

states navy band perform, the battle hymn of the republic. ♪ ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ ♪ he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword ♪ ♪ his truth is marching on ♪ glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ ♪ i have seen him in the watch fires of 100 circling camps ♪ ♪ they have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps ♪ ♪ i can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps his day is marching on ♪ ♪ glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in the beauty of the lilies christ was born across the sea ♪ ♪ with the glory in his bosom that transfigured you and me ♪ ♪ as he died to make men whole ♪ ♪ let us live to make men free ♪ our god is marching on ♪ glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ ♪ glory glory hallel

i understand you were one of the first women ever to fly tactical fighter aircraft in the united states navy. you drew from years of training and safety and you knew how to land that plane. we salute you and every member of this crew. thank you very much. thank you. finally, we're indebted to the passengers aboard the flight, including kim mcginty, andrew neeum and peggy filluphillips we also with us. they risked their safety to pull jennifer back inside the aircraft. and while there was nothing more they could do, these americans responded with tremendous bravery and everybody's talking about it. so your bravery, your compassion, we really appreciate it. thank you all. the actions of the crew and passengers of southwest flight 1380 show the great character of our nation. we're very, very proud of them and god bless you all and thank you very much for being at the white house. it is really an honor to meet you all. thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone. we're leaving now. please exit. please exit. >> nobel peace prize? i think president moon was very nice when he suggested it. the ma

this person was in the united states navy from 2001 to 2009 and was trained among other things in interdiction of drugs and sex trafficking around the border in the interstate 35 corridor which is essentially where we are. went to american military university, and those are the kinds of things that are used to describe him. so, what exactly happened? what happened was it all started to come unravelled on friday night here in laredo when authorities were approached by a woman partially clothed on a parking lot. she told state troopers that she had gotten into an altercation with a man named david. she had gone to his house. when she left his house, she started talking about the other women killed including one named melissa and he became agitated and pulled out a firearm. she tried to jump out of his truck. when authorities got that information, they located him finally on the parking lot of a motel here in the la redo area. the big question is are there any others? they didn't think there were others given the fact that this man confessed and now it's clear they are saying they are not sure. a

. >> reporter: on his 18th birthday he enlisted in the united states navy. >> i knew fact certain that i wanted to serve. duty, honor, country. i hate telling you this because i don't want to sound like i'm different. i'm not. >> reporter: september 2nd, 1944, the day that would with end up define thing war for george h.w. bush. he was a neighbory pilot, getting ready to fly. >> we were told what our mission would be. the mission was to attack a radio station on the island. >> reporter: on a spectacularly sunny day on june, 2002, president bush returned to the place where he almost lost his life. a remote island 700 miles off the coast of japan. >> now, how do we thank all these people? >> very nice. thank you. >> today is a sleepy, natural paradise with fewer than 2,000 residents. but it's also home to countless relics of world war ii. this is all that remains of the main radio installation on the island. it was the key target of bush's bomber squadron. bu started with with the radio tower in his sites. >> the minute we started, angry puffs of antiaircraft fire and they were all over

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

states navy and so many other manifestations of american commitment to the region is so important to maintaining that rules based order. believe me, that has been the foundation of the success, the prosperity and the security these last 40 or more years. >> i don't think we've ever had a better relationship with china than we do right now. the only thing that can get in its way is trade. it's so one sided, it's so lopsided. and the people that stood here so many years in this position, right where i am right now should never have allowed that to happen. it's very unfair to the united states. and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. and even today it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china because the barriers are incredible. whereas the barriers coming into our country are foolishly not. foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade. if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years. that will be the only thing that could get in the way of a truly long-t

we met with a guy who was the united states navy and came to the united states as a kid, his entire family and parents and kids legal residents. he just didn't get around to filling out the immigration paperwork. when he got out after ten years in the navy got a dui, some many of my colleagues in congress have. because of that dui, they deported him despite his ten years of service for the country. so we met with people like that to try to understand this problem. and i think that's the kind of attitude, the can do get on the ground, get into the weeds and understand the issues attitude you'll see from the new generation of leaders that i and others in congress have been supporting. >> someone else that thinks she's part of a new generation of leaders, congressional alevel andrea oo kas yoe cortez says her platform, which includforgi of student loan debt and abolishing i. contribution e. recommendation the future of the party. do you agree? >> well, i think she has an important voice in the democratic party but the reality is if we're going to be a majority party and going to win in novemb

he's dedicated his whole life to this nation and the united states navy. he spoke honestly as a professional saying, we can't do this. they will all tell you we are basically under assault right now and the president dismisses some type of 2016 political dynamic. it is just consciously, deliberately ignoring the facts. >> you raise the point about the u.s. -- under u.s. law, the president signed it into law, could impose sanctions against russia, but he's delaying and failing to do so. last august the senate passed a new law in russia. i think the house vote was 96-2. he reluctantly signed it into law and since then has done nothing. how do you explain that? >> i think it's all caught up in this attempt to undercut allegations about the 2016 election. i think he might be afraid that if he recognizes the fact and imposes punishment on russia for the current activities, that will totally undercut his version of the 2016 events, that there was no russian involvement, he won the election simply based upon his policies and his promises and his programs, and the

>> jules: yes, and i had a lot of respect because the united states navy was the one who integrated this place. originally it was kind of this thing like, "well, should we let women be here?" and then we had an admiral come down and he's like, "dude, where's all the women?" "oh, we don't have facilities for them," they said. "well, you goddamn better get facilities for them." when i first came down here, the company was all about "hey, this is special. there's not very many civilians." you know, "it's wild and free and it's a great place to be." >> anthony: just looking out the window, having seen what you see on a regular basis and experience what you've experienced, is that an alienating experience? >> kristy: i really appreciate how simple life is and how little you need to get by. you just pack a couple duffle bags and you come down. but then i find when i go home sometimes i get caught up in the "i want, i need, i want, i need" and that's the part that kind of bums me out. >> joni: that's one of the things i like about it. there's no rat race, there's no errands. it's a pretty egali

that gave him a special bond with the united states navy that perhaps we haven't had with every commander in chief. and i don't mean this in a political way, not at all. the navy is not a political organization, but obviously, he has a special place, i think, in every sailor's heart. i think, jim, you may have seen the pictures today of the socks they're going to bury him in are socks that depict naval aviation wings and navy aircraft, which we think obviously is very special. >> the last u.s. president to serve in combat. it's notable. rear admiral john kirby, thanks very much. you continue to watch live pictures from the funeral home to the air field for the flight back to washington, his final flight. please stay with us. if i built a van, it would do more than haul. if i built a van, it would carry my entire business. i'd make it available in dozens, make that thousands of configurations. it would keep an eye on my fleet. [ beeping ] and an eye out for danger. with active brake assist. if i built a van, i'd make it available in diesel and gas. and i'd build it right here, in south car

mccain iii, united states navy. his wife carol, sons douglas and andrew and daughter sidney live in orange park, florida. >> i just remember he was really skinny. he was just kind of all bones in his face, and he was limping quite noticeably. one of his arms he couldn't lift any higher than about this. but i just remember the smile was the same and the humor was the same, there was still a twinkle in his eye. it was like right out of the movies. >> i don't think i really understood what was going on. i was really like who is this guy? what is he doing here? did not understand the whole concept of his return from vietnam. >> john was not angry. he was just happy to be home. he told me every single thing that he could remember, and i wanted him to. i wanted him to just talk and talk and talk and not keep that stuff locked up. >> when we came home, i wanted to know what happened during all those years. think of yourself going 5 1/2 years with only information provided to you by your communist captors. i wanted to know

states navy. this absolutely defies logic. i was also spokesman for a time in the military, and you make an apology and move on. the story would be over and done. nobody would have any reason to talk about it anymore. >> one other element you have to kind of bring in this is if there is tension between mccain and trump, president trump is making a locality t of bold sta right now talking about immigration. the president does not take kindly in this moment given there is that tension that started over, i think, the funeral question. >> and could potentially destroy his being the next cia director. it's going to be a razor thin vote, so his opposition could also make it a closer. >> this is about as small as you can be as president of the united states, not even acknowledging the pain you caused this family and just acknowledging a mistake that was made. >> john mccain clearly an american hero, as we all know. the tweet yesterday, rachel, let me read it, because it involved helping a chinese firm ge

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

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the various ships or aircraft the united states navy sends in order to shadow it. >> reporter: the leonov's deployment comes as putin has ramped up its operations around the world with provocative moves. russian fighter jets buzzing american warships. its ships steaming through the english channel near britain, and russian vessels have even been spying on undersea internet cables. >> the reason why they want the map so that in future conflicts or crisis, they have the opportunity if they can to attack it and destroy it or otherwise tamper. >> reporter: a dangerous game that has observers concerned tonight about a "hunt for red october" style confrontation at sea if a ship captain or miscalculates and fires on an adversary. what does vladimir putin get out of this game? >> it's a way that russia can really seize fear. one doesn't have the leverage that's there in a normal diplomatic relationship, so this is the kind of leverage that russia may be seeking with this spy ship. and that should be of great concern to the united states. >> this is also part of vladimir putin's grand strategy, expe

states navy up the river and thousands enjoy seeing that, there's no reason we couldn't show the great job the president is doing rebuilding our military, sequestration, demilitary strength. it's on the mend, getting stronger every day. the world knows it. why not show off to our military how proud we are of that. >> steve just told the truth of what this parade is about, showcasing what republicans believe is donald trump's successes. that's very different than fleet week, a longstanding tradition to give the men and women of the navy and marines a break and celebration. >> longstanding parade, christine. longstanding parade. >> it's more of a gathering than a parade, fleet week, but longstanding, yes. that's about the men and women. as you said, steve, this parade the president proposing would be about saluting the president's so-called good work. political, serving and supporting military. >> saluting the greatness of our military, of sacrifice so much in this longstanding effort in the middle east. losing men and women every single year. enough is enough. let's tell the world we ha

. >> 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

he basically said this rear admiral in the united states navy went before the american people and lied and said he may not have even conducted correct medical tests despite his years of excellent training. so let's not pull punches here, norm. you called this man a liar and a quack. here's what i think. >> i do -- >> let me finish. >> i do want to set that issue aside. i want to get to the issue which is the central one here of running the v.a. that's the job at hand here. do you believe he's qualified to run the v.a. and can help solve these real, present and, you know, life-changing problems that the v.a. faces? >> i hope he does a good job, and i think we need to give this man a chance. i'm not going to fight norm on the fact he has non-traditional qualifications for this. i do also prefer the president go through a better vetting process for presidential appointments. i did presidential personnel vetting for president george w. bush, and i would prefer a stronger vetting process. i think what we have to hope here is that dr. jackson's qualifications are thoroughly probed in the con

states navy assigned to the white house and is here at work today. is he going to stay there, though? let's discuss this. we have cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joining us from rome. what do you think of ronny jackson's fate here, not just on the v.a. side but on staying on the house side? >> reporter: it's really interesting because i spent some time at the white house during that press briefing that he gave about the president's health and i got to tell you, chris, you talk to everybody within this administration, within previous administration, doctors that i know that have worked with him and everyone had, frankly, have good things to say about him. there was not a hint of this that i heard a month or two, if these things are true and there was dispensing of some of these controlled substances, not in a very ethical way, whatever it may be, that's going to raise a lot of concern, obviously, for him to stay on even as the white house doctor. when you have multiple hats to wear, military hat, medical hat, like he does, there's a

he went onto serve as the youngest aviator in the united states navy during the second word war. later in life he rose to the pinnacle of american politics as a congressman from texas. to china. director of spral intelligence. vice president of a eight years to reagan and finally president of the united states. with sound judgment, common sense and unflappable leadership. president bush guided the nation and the world to a peaceful conclusion. of the cold war. as president he set the stage for decades of prosperity that followed. through all of that he accomplished he remained humble. a clear sense of direction. president trump concludes in the statement tonight, along with the full life of service to country, we will remember president bush for his devotion to family. especially love of his life barbara. his example lives on and will continue to stir future americans to pursue a greater cause. our hearts ache with his loss and with with the american people send prayers to the entire bush family. as we honor the life and legacy of 41. that statement from president trump here in a

states navy during the second world war. later in life, he rose to the pinnacle of american politics as a congressman from texas, envoy to china, director of central intelligence, vice president of eight years to president ronald reagan, and finally president of the united states. with sound judgment, common sense and unflappable leadership, president trump guided our nation and the world to a peaceful and victorious conclusion of the cold war. as president, he set the stage for decades of prosperity that have followed, and through all that he accomplished he remained humble that gave him a clear sense of direction. along with his full life of service to country, we will remember president bush for his devotion to family, especially the love of his life, barbara. his example lives on and will continue to stir future americans to pursue a greater cause. he closes like this. our hearts ache with his loss, and we with the american people send our prayers to the entire bush family as we honor the life and legacy of 41. so learn

mccain iii, united states navy. his wife carol, sons douglas and andrew and daughter sidney live in orange park, florida. >> i just remember he was really skinny. he was just kind of all bones in his face, and he was limping quite noticeably. one of his arms he couldn't lift any higher than about this. but i just remember the smile was the same and the humor was the same, there was still a twinkle in his eye. it was like right out of the movies. >> i don't think i really understood what was going on. i was really like who is this guy? what is he doing here? did not understand the whole concept of his return from vietnam. >> john was not angry. he was just happy to be home. he told me every single thing that he could remember, and i wanted him to. i wanted him to just talk and talk and talk and not keep that stuff locked up. >> when we came home, i wanted to know what happened during all those years. think of yourself going 5 1/2 years with only information provided to you by your communist captors. i wanted to know

have you ever had a superior put blame on the united states -- >> no. >> reporter: navy veteran who served in the straits of hormuz did not vote for president trump and also was not pleased with mr. trump's performance in finland. quinnip >> i felt a little embarrassed. i really did. my presidents before would never have said that. >> reporter: purple heart recipient john hoffman who voted for donald trump has a very different feeling. >> he said, quote, i hold both countries responsible. i think the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. i think we're all to blame. when you heard him put blame on the united states as a veteran, as a purple heard recipient in vietnam, did that trouble you in any way, shape or form. >> no, sir, it doesn't. >> why not? >> don't think we're perfect. i think we've made some mistakes. i think part of vietnam was a mistake. >> reporter: world war ii army veteran burt madison is 95 years old and quite modest. >> i'm no hero. i'm a survivor. i lost 150 guys on one mission. i'm lucky to be around talking about it. >> reporter: when he talks

. >> you will be part of the five proud branches of the united states armed forces. army, navy, marines, air force and the coast guard. we're actually thinking of a sixth. and that would be the space force. does that make sense? the space force, general. you probably haven't even heard that. i'm just telling you now. we're getting very big in space. >> i wonder where they'll put the academy. two top aides of the epa of scott pruitt are leaving. they want to talk about pruitt's habits and controversial measures. also leaving the epa, cal kelly. he's been running the agency's important superfund program. blank blankenship doesn't think much of mitch mcconnell. but he tries to revive a west virginia campaign that by all accounts is struggling. >> if you want jobs, if you want to end the drug epidemic and you want to protect the unborn, you need to vote for me. one of my goals as u.s. senator will be to ditch cocaine mitch. >> blankenship's campaign points to a shipping company owned by the senate majority leader's father-in-law that said it once got caught smuggling coc

two years after pearl harbor, the united states quadrupled the size of our navy. two years on from the election and people are still arguing whether we were attacked and i find that amazing. >> in your opinion the room. what do you say to them? >> the first, there was a concerted campaign by the government of the russian federation to influence the election. that campaign to drive wedges into american society has intensified. we have the risk of turning our elections into the world cup of information warfare where everybody wants to have a piece in it because we have not demonstrated we will punish companies that do this to us and we have not addressed the fundamental issues that caused us to get here in the first place. in the spring of 2017, we had a reasonably good understanding of the classes of issues we're dealing with. we pro-actively talked to the house and senate intel committees. >> what were those conversations like? >> considering how much things blew up later in the year, there was less interest from kochk than i would have expected. most of the repub

again if you're just joining us the 41st president of the united states george herbert walker bush has just died at the age of 94. this is the honorable george h.w. bush. george hub rt walker bush, world war ii navy aviator, texas pioneer, and 41st president of the america died on november 30th where, 2018. he was 94 and is survived by their children and their spouses. 17 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two children. funeral arrangements will be announced as soon as is practical. so let's talk about this. a world war ii naval aviator, a hero. >> absolutely. i mean, we will go back in the next couple of days and show some of these pictures. but let's remember he was -- when he signed up for the navy, he actually went against his parents' wishes. they wanted him to go to college. but after pearl harbor he decided he had to go fight in world war ii. he was the youngest navy pilot when he got his wings. he was shot down in japan and almost died, and it was a very important moment in his life because he lost two of his crewmen, and that always stayed with him. and then afterwar

, and all the way to his favorite battles on the floor of the united states senate. in 2008, he electrified an arena in minneapolis proclaiming we're americans, and we never give up. we never quit. we never hide from history. we make history. those weren't the empty words of some politician grabbing the microphone and the spotlight for a few fleeting moments. men had followed john mccain into battle, and we knew we could do the same. this man was trusted, and he was tested. qualities in increasingly short supply. we sometimes think that politics is life and death, but john mccain knew better. because he had actually seen death and dying and tragedy. make no mistake, he fought like hell for the causes he believed in. he plowed through election after election with the energy and focus of a warrior. but along the way, he did it with humor and humanity. and without compromising the principles he held so dear, i would rather lose an election than lose a war, and we knew he was telling us the truth. in that way, john mccain was about more than politics. he brought us above

of course, the united states military invests in laser technology. the navy has a laser gun they've mounted on a ship in the persian gulf aboard a navy ship. we're investing in this to as we are in the hypersonic missile category. not quite sure where it is. we reached out to the pentagon for comment, they declined comment at this time. but back in march when putin rolled these out, secretary of defense jim mattis said nothing new here, we are aware of all these potential systems, not clear how operational they are, but we're tracking it, watching it closely. >> i am sure they are. thank you very much. >>> the department of veteran affairs making changes, it is done to consolidate power among trump loyalists. "the washington post" reporter on the story joins me live. the first meeting with the doctor at ctca went really well. his goal was remission. i started taking a drug based on the genomic testing. it has been three plus years. my longest remission to date. learn more at cancercenter.com. almost 250 years ago, two lanterns were hung here to warn

and john became the navy liaison officer in the united states senate. there's an office, then it 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 been recently released from the hanoi hilton, a genuine hero, and he became the navy liaison. for some reason we hit it off in the beginning. we were both full of dreams and ambitions and an overwhelming desire to make the time we had there worthwhile. 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 to be me with him. 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'd talk about family. we'd talk about politics, we'd talk about internatio

that is why the united states is taking the freedom of navigation operations where they transit close. navy ships transit close to the islands to challenge the chinese claims. it is worth mentioning here as the tensions in the part of the world between china and u.s. continue to increase. you have bombers flying over the sea and china wasn't happy about that. you had an incident where a navy destroyer came been 45 yards of the chinese war ship during a freedom of and a half ginavigat. clearly the secretary of defense is sticking with the line from the trump administration that they will challenge china in the south china sea although there may be daylight with trump and james mattis right now. they are on the same page with china. >> matt rivers in beijing. thanks. >>> a curious comment from republican congressman dave brat who stopped by the virginia jail to speak with inmates about addiction. in the audio obtained brat drew parallels about the attack ads against him and the challenges inmates face. listen. >> you think you have a hard time, i have $5 million of negative ads against

not ridiculed by the president of the united states. >> yeah, spent 35 years in the u.s. navy, becoming a navy s.e.a.l., head of the u.s. military's special operations command and led the operation that eventually resulted in the killing of bin laden. let's turn to the president's comments on the saudi journalist working for the "washington post," jamal khashoggi. the president seems to believe the denials of the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. do you think the president is being lied to? >> first of all, wolf, here we go again. we had the same problem with the u.s. intelligence community informing the president of the united states about russia's interference in our elections. president trump refused to accept the intelligence community's findings. once again, we had the intelligence community telling us that the royal family, the crown prince, was very much directly involved in this murder, and that here the president is saying, well, i believe the crown prince. so the president very clearly is trying to dodge what he needs to do. and that is to take action and

of the united states. he is a proud conservative and he says he's tired of all the division in this country. please welcome to the van jones show, eddie edwards in the house. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm glad you're here. tell me why, as somebody who's already given so much, police chief, a veteran, why are you choosing to run? >> continuous service. you know, when i look at where our country is, i want to make sure that we start to unite our country again, and i believe the best way to do that is start electing people of character, start to elect people who have actually served this nation, not from a political standpoint but from a place of commitment, sacrifice, and i think that's what it's going to take to really heal our country and bring us together. >> well, you know, the times feel divisive. >> oh, yes. >> that was what you just said is a good description of you. it doesn't always feel like a good description of the president in terms of somebody who's served, somebody who's sacrific

we shouldn't have to say any of it except the president of the united states has made admiral mccraven a target. >> bill mccraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., former head of -- >> hillary clinton fan excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations that took down saddam hussein and kaled osama bin laden says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he is a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nice to get osama bin laden sooner than that. living in pakistan in what i guess i consider a nice mansion. i have seen nicer. >> that is the president this weekend on fox news. the apparent trigger the criticism of the president's attack on the press. we know the president is a counter puncher. keeping them honest, nothing the president hits back with in this case if that is what he is doing has the weight of truth behind it, just the opposite. his suggestion that admiral mccraven's operators were responsible for locating bin laden? not true. s.e.a.l. team six got orders. as for the claim that admiral

including the reef and adjace adjacent --. >> united states naval aircraft conducting lawful military activity, i am operating inside these rights of international law. >> reporter: the navy continues to challenge beijing's territorial claims by sending planes throughout the south china sea. on friday, the navy counted at least 85 ships in the man-made harbor of soupy reef. >> it doesn't look like anybody's leaving any time soon. >> probably not. >> reporter: china's man-made a archipeligo appears to be here to stay. china in turn has respond and accused the u.s. of militarizing the south china sea. i have to say, one observation, despite this massive island building project and all the infrastructure we saw there, through the incredibly powerful cameras of the reconnaissance plane, we saw, remarkably, very little activity on the islands themselves. perhaps only about a half dozen people walking around. some vehicles moving around. and this fact one of the navy sailors said they looked like villages. but if china wants to lay claim to possible energy deposits below the sea, they're po

. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is "cnn breaking news." >>> we're following breaking news on how donald trump made the fortune that helped propel him to the presidency. a major new investigation by "the new york times" accuses mr. trump of participating in shady tax schemes and, quote, outright fraud that greatly increased the wealth he received from his father's real estate empire. the report totally contradicts mr. trump's claims of being a self-made billionaire. i'll get reaction from the senate intelligence committee member, senator abc ngus king a our correspondents an analysts are standing by. first, let's go to kara. tell us about the bombshell report in "the new york times." >> reporter: "the new york times" is reporting that donald trump was involved in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including allegations of outright fraud, that "the new york times" said they reviewed confidential tax returns, financial statements and spoke with several people that worked

that is aimed at the united states. it is much bigger, but the russians think they have a big naval force now once again as well. to see some thin things they w showcasing here, they have a spysh spyship, they have a stealth frigate they had on display here as well, a lot of trouble launching but now seems to be operational, that's what they say. they had a submarine they called the scarrier killer, also here. the russians sending a very clear message that while vladimir putin is talking about disarmament, the leaders seem to be getting along despite the troubles between the u.s. and russia, the russians saying their military is that strong and as lethal as it has been since the end of the cold war. >> several assets on display. also note woernl worthy to poin asset missing from the lineup. >> one of the flagships of the navy, the only aircraft carrier that russia has in its arsenal, it was seen in operation last year, outside of syria, it was part of the syrian -- one thing that the russians noticed there, that they ha

named in the united states sanctions against north korea. again, if you're going to deal with a rogue regime, you have to deal with rogue people. the question is, can mike pompeo get enough to convince the president to go forward, or maybe the bigger question is, if mike pompeo doesn't get enough, can he convince the president not to go forward? >> he clearly wants the meeting. isn't the issue -- the real issue here that the folks around trump eventually are going to have to say that you can't do this if this is going to be really bad for us in the long-term? because the president clearly is dying for that photo-op. he wants to be able to have the back and forth, he wants the historic moment. you can just feel it how he's trying to do this, right? >> true. but then the question is whether or not they can use -- if they want to go forward, he can't be convinced otherwise whether they can use the remaining weeks to change and lower the expectations, that this is an opening dialogue, because he's getting praise from even his biggest detractors