WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE DEATH OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN.
MCCAIN WAS ELECTED SIX TIMES AS
A SENATOR FROM
ARIZONA.4@
HE WAS THE GOP NOMINEE IN THE
2008 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. 4@
HE SPENT 5 YEARS AS A PRISONER
OF WAR IN
VIETNAM.
MCCAIN DIED TONIGHT AT THE AGE
OF 81 AFTER A BATTLE4@
WITH BRAIN CANCER...JUST ONE DAY
AFTER ANNOUNCING
HE WAS ENDING CANCER TREATMENT4.
NANCY CORDES TAKES A LOOK BACK
AT MCCAIN'S LIFE. 4@
I'VE BEEN AN IMPERFECT SERVANT
OF MY COUNTRY FOR 4@
MANY
MANY YEARS. BUT I HAVE BEEN HER
MANY YEARS. BUT I HAVE BEEN HER@ SERVANT FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS. JOHN SIDNEY MCCAIN THE THIRD WAS
A MILITARY HERO WHO 4@
BECAME A MAVERICK POLITICIAN. H@
JOINED THE FAMILY
BUSINESS, BECOMING A NAVY PILOT.
IN 1967, ON A BOMBING RUN 4@
OVER HANOI, HE WAS SHOT DOWN AND
BADLY INJURED. THEN 4@
BAYONETTED AFTER SPLASHING DOWN
IN A LAKE.4@
SOT- MCCAIN
WHEN THEY FOUND MY FATHER WAS A@
ADMIRAL, THEY TOOK ME TO
A HOSPITAL.
WHILE HOLDING HIM AS A PRISONER
OF WAR, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
A HOSPITAL. WHILE HOLDING HIM AS A PRISONER OF WAR, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE4@
TRIED TO EXPLOIT HIS FAMILY
CONNECTIONS.
THEY OFFERED HIM AN EARLY
RELEASE. BUT HE REFUSED TO
VIOLATE THE MILITARY CODE OF
FIRST-IN FIRST-OUT. HE WAS4@
FINALLY FREED AFTER FIVE-AND-
A-HALF YEARS OF BEATINGS AND4@4@
TORTURE.
SOT-MCCAIN
TORTURE. SOT-MCCAIN
SOT-MCCAIN
I
I DO
I DO NOT
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE TREATMENT, BUT I KNOW I'M A 4@ BETTER PERSON FOR IT.
IN 1982, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE
U-S HOUSE FROM ARIZONA, AND
FOUR YEARS LATER TO THE SENATE.
HE EARNED A 4@
REPUTATION FOR "STRAIGHT TALK."
SOT-MCCAIN
IF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
CONTINUE TO PLAY A GREATER AND4@
GREATER
GREATER ROLE IN THE FORMULATION OF LEGISLATION, THEN WE WILL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF DEMOCRACY AS WE
KNOW IT, AND I'M NOT
EXAGGERATING.
IN 2008, HE CLINCHED THE4@
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION,
CHOOSING ANOTHER MAVERICK AS A
RUNNING MATE. 4@
NAT/SOT
GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN OF THE 4@
GREAT STATE OF ALASKA.4@
PALIN ENERGIZED CONSERVATIVES.
BUT
BUT IN
BUT IN THE MIDST OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS, THE COUNTRY WAS READY FOR A CHANGE.
DEMOCRAT BARACK OBAMA BEAT
MCCAIN WITH A TWO-TO-ONE
ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE.4@
HE RETURNED TO THE S4@ENATE,
BECAME CHAIR OF THE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE, DREW FIRE
FROM DONALD TRUMP 4@
SOT-TRUMP 4@
HE'S A WAR HERO BECAUSE HE WAS
CAPTURED , I LIKE PEOPLE WHO
WEREN'T CAPTURED I HATE TO TELL
YOU
AND RETURNED IT ...
SOT-MCCAIN
IN MANY RESPECTS THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS IN DISARRAY
BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, THE
NORMALLY SHARP MCCAIN 4@
GREW FATIGUED AND HAD A FEW
VERBAL STUMBLES 4@
SOT-MCCAIN
IN THE CASE OF MR. COMEY, YOU,
PRESIDENT COMEY, IN THE
CASE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
TESTS REVEALED GLIOBLASTOMA - AN
AGGRESSIVE FORM OF4@ BRAIN
CASE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP TESTS REVEALED GLIOBLASTOMA - AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF4@ BRAIN4@
CANCER.
SOT-GRAHAM
CANCER. SOT-GRAHAM THIS DISEASE HAS NEVER HAD A
MORE WORTHY OPPONENT4@
STILL THE FORMER FIGHTER PILOT
RETURNED TO THE SENATE TO CAST A
DECISIVE VOTE AGAINST A SLAPDASH
EFFORT TO REPEAL PARTS
OF OBAMACARE
NAT/SND
AND AFTER 3 AND A HALF DECADES
IN CONGRESS, HE LEFT HIS
COLLEAGUES WITH AN ENTREATY TO
WORK TOGETHER
SOT- MCCAIN
WE'RE GETTING NOTHING DONE, MY
FRIENDS, WE'RE GETTING
NOTHING DONE
A MESSAGE ONLY A MAVERICK COULD
DELIVER. NANCY CORDES CBS 4@
NEWS, WASHINGTON.
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EARLIER TONIGHT A MOTORCADE,
INCLUDING A HEARSE CARRIED4@ THE
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4@ EARLIER TONIGHT A MOTORCADE, INCLUDING A 4@
4@
4@ EARLIER TONIGHT A MOTORCADE,4@ INCLUDING A
HEARSE CARRIED THE BODY OF
MCCAIN FROM 4@
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4@ EARLIER TONIGHT A MOTORCADE,4@ INCLUDING A 4@
HEARSE CARRIED THE BODY OF
4@
4@ MCCAIN
4@ MCCAIN FROM HIS HOME IN ARIZONA. FLAGS WERE ALSO LOWERED ACROSS
THE STATE.
MCCAIN IS SURVIVED BY HIS
106-YEAR-OLD MOTHER,
HIS WIFE CINDY, AND SEVEN
CHILDREN. MCCAIN WAS 81 YEARS
OLD.
4@
OLD. 4@
OLD. 4@ AS YOU CAN IMAGINE....REAC TION
HAS BEEN POURING IN 4@
REGARDING THE SENATOR'S DEATH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED: MY
DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES AND RESPECT GO OUT TO
THE FAMILY OF
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. OUR HEARTS
AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH YOU. 4@
4@
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA...WHO
DEFEATED
MCCAIN IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION SAID
IN PART:
FEW OF US HAVE BEEN TESTED THE
WAY JOHN
ONCE WAS, OR REQUIRED TO SHOW
THE KIND OF COURAGE 4@
THAT HE DID.
BUT ALL OF US CAN ASPIRE TO THE
COURAGE TO PUT THE
GREATER GOOD ABOVE OUR OWN.
AT JOHN'S BEST, HE SHOWED US
WHAT THAT
MEANS.
AND FOR THAT, WE ARE ALL IN HIS
DEBT.
MICHELLE AND I SEND OUR MOST
HEARTFELT
CONDOLENCES TO CINDY AND THEIR
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. SOUTH CA4@ROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM ALSO TWEETED TONIGHT, SAYING...
AMERICA AND FREEDOM HAVE LOST
ONE OF HER GREATEST
CHAMPIONS. AND I'VE LOST ONE OF
MY DEAREST
FRIENDS AND MENTOR.
GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER RELEASED
A 4@ STATEMENT...
HE SAID "I WILL NEVER FORGET
JOHN MCCAIN. HE WAS AMONG
THE GREATEST OF MEN AND HE WAS
MY FRIEND. I HOPE HIS 4@
FAMILY CAN FIND COMFORT IN
KNOWING THAT HE
INSPIRED THE LIVES OF
GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS
YOUNG AND OLD.
4@
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