following senator john mccain breaking news, announcing moments ago that he is a no on the graham/cassidy health care bill. it puts him at odds with senator lindsay graham, who has often been one of his fiercest allies in the senate. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt is getting m,ic'ed up. john mccain released a statement, saying i cannot in good conscience vote for the graham/cassidy proposal. i believe we could do better working together. republicans and democrats, and have not yet really tried. nor could i support it without knowing how much it will cost, how it will affect insurance premiums and how many people will be helped or hurt by it. without a full cbo score, remember, the cbo said it would take weeks to score this bill, which won't be available by the end of the month, we won't have a reliable answer to any of those questions. they want to get this done before september 30th, obviously, that's the time frame they can do it without -- by only using a simple republican majority, more than 50 votes, 51 votes. kasie hunt is with me now. kasie, this shouldn't come as t

> >> stahl: on friday, john mccain announced that he will once again vote against repeal of the affordable care act, once again disappointing his fellow republicans and president trump. in a statement he said:" i believe we could do better working together, republicans and democrats, and have not yet really tried. nor could i support it without knowing... how many people will be helped or hurt by it." and so, the senator from arizona has lived up to his reputation as a maverick and a fighter. mccain, who survived torture and solitary confinement during his 5.5 years as a p.o.w. in vietnam, is now, at 81, in a second fight for his life. this time against glioblastoma, a deadly and unforgiving brain cancer. he invited us to his ranch just outside of sedona, arizona, 24 acres of old-growth trees, a family of hawks and a rippling creek that his dog burma likes to swim in. you know, i'm wondering if, when you're up here, if it's like medicine for you. >> john mccain: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. it puts everything in perspective. >> stahl: he and his wife, cindy, have raised four children. th

president says about john mccain's decision today to vote no on the gop's last-ditch effort to repeal obamacare. >> john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace, repeal ask replace. so he decided to do something different, and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance -- we're going to do it eventually. we're going to do it eventually. >> let's get right to cnn's kaitlyn collins in huntsville, alabama for us tonight. he covered a lot of ground in his rally and we're going to get to a lot of that in this show tonight. but what did the president spa about senator john mccain's announcement? >> well, we were expecting the president to take several swipes at john mccain after he announced today that he would not be supporting the graham/cassidy bill. the president said that it actually came as a surprise to him because he was given a list of people to be worried about and that john mccain was not on that list. listen to what the president said. >> they gave me a list of ten people that were absolutely nos. these are ten republican senat

key player is john mccain who came out swinging today and may ultimately be the veto of the republicans' last-ditch effort to revive trump care by the next deadline. saying he cannot in good conscience vote for the new trump care effort. this is a big deal. it means obviously democrats only now need one more vote to save obamacare and administer another bipartisan thumping of this young president. saving health care for at least 21 million people. that's the policy side. in shining a victory with the word obama in it. that's the political side. obamacare does still hang in the balance because of that one vote. but tonight, just one. and then it would be done. tonight susan collins said she is leaning against the new gop plan. she was part of theert. lisa murkowski also up in the air. pence now coming out with a late day plea. >> we cannot in good conscience abandon this cause. the american people are hurting. president trump has made clear, inaction is not an option. let me be clear. a vote against graham cassidy is a vote to save obamacare. >> this is the biggest domestic f

thumbs down after dooming the last republican health care bill, senator mccain reveals that he's ready to vote no again as the gnaw es gop attempt to repeal obamacare about to go down in flames. >>> gangster versus mad man. president trump hurls a new insult on north korea leader battle with kim jong-un rare statement questioning mr. trump's authority and sanity. >>> nuclear threat as tensions sword that it may test one of the powerful bombs on the planet. is it bluster or deadly serious warning? >>> and call ing a hoax. mr. trump is sharing doubts about russian ads on social media aimed on influencing election. as facebook turns over key evidence to investigate ors. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. you are in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight senator john mccain says he's ready to do decisive vote. he says he can't support it without democrats. and estimate of the bills impact. one or no vote will kill the bill. and susan is expected to join. but tonight the white house says president trump is not ready to give up. earlier he tweeted thatny gop that voted

john mccain's decision today to vote no on the gop's last-ditch effort to repeal obamacare. >> john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace, repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different, and that's fine. and i say we still have a chance -- we're going to do it eventually. we're going to do it eventually. >> let's get right to cnn's kaitlyn collins in huntsville, alabama, for us tonight. good evening to you. he covered a lot of ground in his rally, and we're going to get to a lot of that in this show tonight. but what did the president say about senator john mccain's announcement? >> well, we were expecting the president to take several swipes at john mccain after he announced today that he would not be supporting the graham/cassidy bill. the president said that it actually came as a surprise to him because he was given a list of people to be worried about and that john mccain was not on that list. listen to what the president said. >> they gave me a list of ten people that were absolutely nos. these are ten republican s

mccain who says he will not vote yes. the proposal i want to go now to cnn political director to get your reaction. how significant is this? >> it's the ball game. it's huge. you know the math in the senate. they have 52 republican votes. they can in the afford to lose more than two republicans if they were going to have a shot at passing this. we know susan collins has been indicating she is not for this bill. and lisa has not decided where she is yet. john mccain shifted this into this bill is not going to pass. that's how significant this vote is. we should really pause here far moment. not only is it hugely significant in the latest attempt not getting through but think back now to where john mccain is in his career and this moment in time when he came back after his cancer diagnosis to the united states senate on the last time that the senate was trying to pass a republican repeal and replace bill. he gave a floor speech. it is -- if you listen to that floor speech it should not surprise many people despite the fact that lindsay gram is as supportive of this bill. in that speech

john mccain. >> yes, the arizona senator is is a no on the latest health care plan. that puts this plan one no vote away from failure. the president called mccain's decision terrible at a rally last night in alabama, and this morning the president is now going after john mccain again on twitter. and others. let's say that, as well. cnn's boris sanchez joins us from washington. what are you seeing, what's the president saying this morning? >> good morning, victor and christi. president trump calling john mccain's decision to not support the graham/cassidy bill terrible, going right after the senator from arizona, the president writing, "john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill, which his governor loves. he campaigned on repeal and replace. let arizona down." he then went further writing, "large block grants to states is a good thing to do. better control and management. great for arizona. mccain let his best friend l.g. down." l.g., of course, a reference to lindsey graham, one of the sponsors of the bill. the president, however, as he said last night at his rally

to replace obamacare develops a pre-existing condition. a serious case of john mccain. good evening. john berman here in for anderson. the bill had already come down with an attack or two or three of jimmy kimmel. he's been harming on it all week. powerful organizations have weighed in against the bill. the american medical association and aarp just to name a couple. republican senator susan collins is leaning no. lisa murkowski has yet to commit. which makes senator mccain anosement today leaving the bill just one no vote away from defeat so numerically important and perhaps politically. there's been no reaction from the white house. but trump speaks any minute at this rally in alabama and let's just say he has never been one to hold back at his rallies. we're keeping a close eye on this. as we watch that, want to bring in cnn's fill mattingly at the capital. >> this is one of those scenarios where all you had to do is listen to what the senator has been saying. we've been trying to read in to wra perhaps he can go. relationship with lindsey graham, great friends. but every time i'

but certainly, senator mccain's announcement is not helpful to that end. >> chuck schumer said, "john mccain shows the same courage in congress when he was a naval aviator. i've assured senator mccain that as soon as repeal is off the table, we democrats are intent

this friday. senator john mccain says he will vote no on the new effort to replace obamacare. in a statement mccain says in part i cannot in good conscious vote for the proposal. i believe we could do better working together. republicans and democrats, and have not really tried for could i support it without knowing how much it will effect insurance premiums and how many will be helped or hurt by it without a full score. we won't have reliable answers to any of those questions. i take no pleasure in announcing my opposition, far from it. i think the world of them. i know they are acting consistently with their believes and is best for the country, so am i. with that republicans only have one vote left to lose. their chances are looking bleak. let's go straight to phil on capitol hill. what has the reaction been so far? >> so far rather muted. we are absolutely taken aback by that. it is a close gram, their offices haven't responded to this. a lot didn't know it was responding today. really castigating the claim chamber. senator mccain is sticking to exactly what he said over the pa

condition, and serious case of john mccain. john berman here in for anderson cooper. and lindsey graham and trump's best friend in washington had come after an attack by jimmy kimmel, and he has been at it all week, and also, the american medical association, and the aarp to name a few, and senator lisa murkowski is leaning no, and so the announcement of senator mccain means that he cannot support the bill, and leaving it one no vote away from defeat and so perhaps politically influential. no reaction from the white house on the mccain bombshell, but he is about to speak at this rally in alabama, and he has never been one to hold back on the rally, and so we will keep a close eye on this when he taks s the stage. so as we watch, that i want to bring in cnn's phil mattinglyt at the capital. what more are you learning absenator mccain's decision today? john, interestingly enough all you had the do is to lis own what the senator was saying, and where the senator could go and the great friends with lindsey graham, and the idea to repeal obamacare, but every time i have spoken to senator mcc

come down to how john mccain volts? plus sean spicer's redemption tour. hitting a bump in the road as a former press secretary sets off a firestorm saying he never knowingly lied from the white house podium. really? really? really? let's get to serious business. cnn's nick peyton walsh is for us in puerto rico this morning. hurricane maria has taken a terrible toll in puerto rico. there is catastrophic flooding after 30 inches of rain fell in 24 hours and the entire island is without power. what is the situation like now on the ground? >> reporter: well, i should tell you that we just heard that president trump has spoken to his counterparts, the governor of puerto rico. we're not clear what was said but we do know earlier on today he described what has occurred here as an absolute oh blirt rags, as rhetoric cal that is it's fair in terms of describing the sheer of volume of damage seen here in the capital of san juan and across this territory of the united states. as this report will show. 30 hours on and this is what maria's embrace of puerto rico has left. thfrs not a world buil

? >> not much. a thing, john mccain said something about not -- >> yes. >> it's not epic. >> maybe we got something. katy, have a great afternoon and i hope you come for this global citizen thing. it's fantastic. >> i'll be in austin. my heart and mind with there. >> you know what they say? >> get weird? >> keep it weird. >> works either way. i'll keep it weird. bye. >> have a nice day, katy tur. >>> katy's hinted, the final push to repeal and replace obamacare falls flat. john mccain announced he's not supporting the graham/cassidy bill. in a statement released, health care legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the senate. the only way two achieve lasting reform without which a policy effects one-fifth of our economy and every american family subject to reversal with every change of administration and congressional majority. quote/unquote. senator mccain, one of the three votes that sunk the effort in july. he criticized the closed-doing policy then, that. mccain a no. rand paul, already said, he's a no. republicans can only afford to lose one more vote. that means all

it. it's on there in the bottom box. arizona senator john mccain says he will not vote for the graham-cassidy bill. he issued a statement saying, "i cannot in good conscience vote for the graham-cassidy proposal." this comes as maine senator susan collins released a statement saying she's not fully on board yet either. "i'm leaning against the bill. i'm reading the fine print on graham-cassidy. the premiums are so high. they would be unaffordable." campaign director for the center of american progress action fund, and your patent, staff writer -- i'm going to go to you first the republicans knew they were going to have a challenge and they knew it might be squeaky to tight, but this changes the game how so? >> yes, i sent a lot of these waffling republicans are the result of ineffectual leadership coming from the republican party and congress. i think that if republican leadership was better at flexing their muscle and getting their members in line with their agenda, we wouldn't be seeing these problems. i think some of the criticisms about the graham-cassidy bill are perfectly legiti

going to bring that to you in just a moment. >> the president is also taking on john mccain who plans to vote no on the republicans' latest health plan. that puts the plan one vote shy, one no-vote shy of failure. cnn's boris sanchez joins me now from washington. boris, the president not happy with john mccain. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. good morning, victor and christi. the president tweeting out several times about health care well before even 7:00 a.m. his focus of attack is the arizona senator john mccain who revealed yesterday in a statement that he would not be supporting the graham/cassidy that would be the latest incarnation of a republican attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. here is one of the president's tweets. he writes, quote, john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill, which his governor loves. he campaigned on repeal and replace. let arizona down. in a separate tweet the president also said that john mccain let lindsey graham down. look at this. quote, large block grants to states is a good thing to do, better control and management. great fo

blasts senator john mccain after the lawmaker says he can't support the latest republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >>> name calling and nuclear threats, u.s. president trump continues his rocketman rhetoric while north korea threat haddens to test a heist again bomb. >>> and the warning to people, get out now. that is the word to thousands in northwest puerto rico as a nearby dam threatens to fail. >> it's all ahead here. thank you for joining us and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around b the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast and in atlanta. newsroom starts right thou. >> u.s. president donald trump had had harsh words for a fellow republican on friday. this after john mccain said he would not support the party's latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> but the opposition puts the bill in jeopardy. keeping in mind, this is not the first time senator mccain has bucked the white house. mccain cast the deciding vote back in july on the skinny repeal of obamacare's health care law. >> we saw the pres

way. >>> john mccain announced he would vote no and as you can see if the rundown this is the big story. john mccain said, quote, i cannot in good conscious vote for the partisan mesh because he shalls a better can be reached by having both parties work together, right now, republicans control the senate 52-48. he is not the only gop senator to oppose the graham cassidy bill. rand paul said he would oppose, su susan collins is leaning against it >> breaking vote. mike pence was in new york at the u.n., came back to dc to try to do -- at this point, i think the question is what happens next? it's where dave from axios and this came down about 2:30 and really a stunning move that happened we at least have insight going into before the votes. how this may fall. >> so this is the second time john mccain done this, you are not there was a vote on the floor few weeks ago and john mccain shocked his colleagues by voting against the proposal on the floor at that time. came up with a new plan and now vote again. is the deciding no - >> let me ask you, it's also not clear where alaska s

obamacare on the verge of collapse thanks to john mccain. >> it's like the great ones get up and theynd up winning. >> i think this could probably mean the strongest ever hydrogen bomb test on or above the pacific ocean. >> we can't have madmen shooting rockets all over the place. rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. >> survivors of mexico's deadly earthquake. >> it all happened so fast we didn't have time to get out. in five or six sects the building collapsed. >> st. croix was one of the hardest hit by hurricane maria. >> two days ago this was paradise but everyone is trying to take stock for exactly what it means for their daily loives. >> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and chris tu paul. >> there is a lot goink g on. we're starting with president trump slamming john mccain af r after -- >> mccain gave it a thumb's down. the president calling mccain's decision terrible. at a rally last night is when he spoke about this. >> he called kim jong mun little rocket man and saying he should have been handled a long time ago. just days after threatening to de

>> happening now, breaking news, repeal, senator john mccain announces he will vote against the latest bill, with serious concerns about the measure, is the latest obama repeal effort doomed? >>> president trump and kim jong-un, can their bickering boil over with north korea's most provocative test yet neighborhood, strange raid, a spain for recent senate appointee and establishment candidate luther australian him. he is running against a deeply conservative rival who also has a loyal gop following. can the president's clout tip the race neighborhood, and jet setter, more pricey jet trips by house and human services tom price that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. did they violate rules? we welcome our viewers, wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. you are in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news tonight, a potential fatal blow to the latest republican effort to repeal obamacare. senator john mccain announced he cannot back the latest deal, score detailing its real world impact. the measure is one vote away from fai

. >>> tonight on "all in." >> no. >> senator john mccain rides again. >> he can't have everything. boy oh boy. >> tonight the reaction from happy democrats, angry donors, and a late-night talk show host. >> we haven't seen this many people come forward to speak out against a bill since cosby. >> as john mccain deals president trump yet another setback. >> nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. >>> then the new investigation into tom price's private jet travel. the nuclear gamble of the president's twitter beef with a dictator. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission. >> we'll go live to alabama for a trumpworld battle royale. >> the swamp can't win here! this is our red line! >> "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from austin. i'm chris hayes. minutes from now the president of the united states will take the stage before a fervent crowd at a campaign rally in alabama. and one can only imagine what he'll have to say about senator john mccain, who for the second time appears to have dealt a fatal blow to his own party's latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. in a sta

mueller makes it more clear that the president is at risk. also today senator john mccain of arizona has dealt what could be a death blow to the republican plan to repeal obamacare. mccain announced that he can't in good conscience vote for the republican plan which was scheduled to come up for a vote next week. we'll get to that in a minute. >>> but today the president is showing what it feels like having investigators breathing down his neck. resulting to twitter. with former rival hillary clinton. most tellingly he's resumed his denials of russian interference in the 2016 election. this time casting doubt on the russian-linked propaganda campaign on facebook, something that facebook's own ceo confirmed. quote, the russian hoax continues. now it's ads on facebook. what about the totally biased and dishonest media coverage in favorite of crooked hillary. that was followed by another. quote, the greatest influence over our election with the fake news media screaming for crooked hillary clinton. next, she was a bad candidate. well, the president's outburst comes in the wake of mark zu

senator john mccain living up to his maverick reputation again tonight. he says he will not support the latest effort by his republican colleagues to get rid of obamacare. it could be the fatal blow to the measure, as you look at the votes. so now what? chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill tonight. >> bret, good evening. senator john mccain dealing a devastating blow to republican health care efforts, he cannot in good conscious support the graham-cassidy bill. mccain saying this afternoon, "i take no pleasure in announcing my opposition. far from it. the bill's authors are my dear friends and i think the world of them. they are acting consistently with their beliefs and what is best for the country. so am i. a key member of the senate republican leadership says the concept of allowing states to innovate is smart." >> design solutions to fit their population. this is consistent with how we think we need to approach this issue and i'm hopeful we will still have a path forward. but certainly, senator mccain's announcement is not helpful to that end. >

trump, at a rally in alabama friday night. calling out kim jong-un, john mccain, and his critics with insults. we'll have highlights and analysis ahead. >>> news of other devastation in puerto rico. 70,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes with a dam in the northwestern part of the country expected to give way. these stories are ahead. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> u.s. president donald trump had harsh words for a respected fellow republican friday after john mccain said he would not support the party's latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> mccain's opposition puts the bill now in jeopardy. keeping in mind this is not the first time that he's bucked the white house. mccain cast a deciding no vote in july on the so-called skinny repeal of barack obama's health care law. cnn's kaitlin collins has this report. >> reporter: we saw the president take several swipes at senator

about senators rand paul, senator lisa murkowski and john mccain. here's one of the tweets, john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill. let arizona down. so president trump accusing senator mccain of letting his state down, letting his party down, and letting his party down really twice in two months. remember, senator mccain cast the deciding vote or one of the deciding votes back in july. now, this time as well. so senator mccain says that he's simply is voting his conscience. he believes that he should not be voting for a bill that does not have at least some bipartisan support. arthel? arthel: thank you very much. talk to you later. eric: fox news alert, did you hear what north korea's foreign minister called president trump today? did you hear what he threatened? the fiery rhetoric intensifying between washington and pyongyang. the top diplomat delivered a blistering speech at the united nations general assembly today. the minister calling president trump, quote, a mentally deranged person. this comes after the president said at his speech at the united nati

mccain, calling his choice to oppose the latest gop effort to repeal the affordable care act, quote, honestly terrible. the president made the comments during a rally for a u.s. senate candidate in alabama friday night. he also lashed out at kim jong-un, north korean leader, and said threats from that country should have been dealt with by past administrations. >> this should have been handled eight years ago and four years ago. honestly, and 15 years ago and 20 years ago and 25 years ago. this shouldn't be handled now, but i'm going to handle it because we have to handle it. trump's combative speech on tuesday at the u.n. general assembly, in which he called kim jong-un a rocketman on a suicide mission. in response, kim called trump a, quote, frightened dog and a gangster playing with fire. >>> mark warner slamming the department of homeland security for bawaiting to tell states russians targeted their election systems. he said states need to know in real time. dhs said hackers singled out 21 states in the runup to the 2016 election but many states only learned about the targeting

latter. mccain the latest health care bill, could be the final death blow? >>> kim jong-un firing back at trump with threat to blow up hydrogen bomb. could this missny nuclear proporti proportions? >>> plus uber why are drivers being told cherio? >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome "the lead." major blow to last ditch effort to repeal and replace. senator mccain from arizona announcing he cannot in good conscious vote for the graham cassidy proposal. you might remember his thumbs down in july which killed the last republican attempt. earlier this morning president trump had offered some, shall we call it, encouragement on twitter writing rand paul or whoever votes against health care will for be known as the republican who saved obamacare. cnn is on capitol hill for us. and phil,republicans can afford to lose two votes in the senate and still pass graham cassidy. where does the vote count stand right now? >> reporter: at least publicly mccain is out as no and rand paul out as a no. and susan collins saying she's leaning no. she has considered susan collins hard no throughout thi

senators are voting, it's essentially dead. that's because arizona senator john mccain says he will not support it. and his no, senator susan collins, appearing to go that way, and senator rand paul, three republican no votes that would protect the bill from passing. mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight with the news and perspective. good evening, mike. >> the republican health care reform bill is on -- second time in a row, he is a firm no. "we should not be content passing health care legislation on a party line basis as democrats did when they rammed though, care through congress in 2009. i cannot vote for the graham-cassidy proposal." republican leadership cannot afford another. top leadership member says it is not over yet. >> we still have an opportunity to do that until the end of next week, but the issue is not going away. we will be dealing with this going forward, because this individual marketplace is in free fall. everybody knows that. it's a question of when and how we are going to fix it. >> whoever votes against h care bill will forever future political campaigns,

following announcement from arizona senator john mccain that for a second time in a row he was a firm no. >> that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace, we are going to do it eventually. >> john mccain, once again, solidifies his legacy, unfortunately, as the senator for obamacare. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [bleep] off the field right now? out. he's fired. fired! rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. >> president trump is calling him out. calling that regime out for what it truly is. >> we can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. >> nobody is going to mess with our people we will make america proud again. we will make america will safe again. and we will make america great again. ♪ abby: back on the stump again last night. his old stomping ground. pete: indeed made america. welcome to "fox & friends" on this saturday, september 23rd. it was a classic donald trump speech. abby: it was. we have a very special show

. john mccain and his decision late today. jimmy kimmel tweeting him and tonight the two key senators who could make or break this bill. where they stand right now. >>> the stunning moment now days after the earthquake. this person pulled from the rubble alive. >>> north korea tonight and their new warning responding to president trump. now promising an h-bomb in the pacific. >>> and breaking now, the hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. several reportedly trapped inside. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. a dam at imminent risk of failure, a life flaet threatening situation. a mass evacuation under way. some 70,000 people across the island. catastrophic flooding and mudlieds already. the cover saying it's time to get people out. we begin with abc's rob marciano on the scene to get tens of thousands to higher ground. >> reporter: a large dam is beginning to fail. two towns and tens of thousands of people in danger downstream. a flash flood emergency in effect right now. off

mccain nobody thought he was nate nobody thought he was negative about without john mccain we already would have the health care bell and it would have been very good by the way what are your thoughts on that well i mean it shows a fundamental mis understanding of how congress works i mean there's four hundred thirty five members of the house or one hundred senators i mean kerik a couple of democrats could have switched over to put it all at the feet of john mccain you know is i think really unfair it's particularly unfair given that you know he's shown independence throughout his career i saw my also worked in the house lindsey for ten years he was a house member then this guy even though he didn't agree with many of the things my bosses one or to do mccain that is was truly a real statesman and you know now the guy's facing brain cancer is the time on earth is limited and to have the president like the bully that he is sort of beat up on this guy for standing by his. principles is just a sad state of affairs it certainly could have been lots of other members who change their

one left puerto rico last night. >>> senator john mccain delivers another tough blow against his own party's effort to repeal the nation's health nbc reports on the future of the republican's newest health care law after mccain says no. >> reporter: it's not a fatal blow but arizona republican senator john mccain says he will not vote for his party's latest effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. mccain says there are too many unknowns for him to support the graham/cassidy bill, and called for a bipartisan effort to fix obamacare. writing, quote, i believe we could do better working together, republicans and democrats, and have not yet really tried. >> mccain, as we saw in his lengthy statement today, has issues with this bill. he said he can't in good conscious vote for it. >> reporter: mccain joins kentucky's rand paul in opposing the bill. one more republican no vote and the bill would be dead. maine's susan collins says she's leaning toward voting no, as well. earlier, president trump projected confidence the republican's seven-year effort to repeal obamacare would

talking about not having the guts to vote for repeal and replace. and john mccain had what could be the fatal blow to the gop effort. and why does the secretary of health and human services need on travel on so many private planes, paid for by the people is this a gop ethics lawyer says he should be fired and sent home on the next greyhound bus. we'll talk to him tonight as "the 11th hour" gets underway. day 246 of the trump administration. the president spoke to a rally in huntsville, alabama saying he really felt at home. >> these are alabama values. i understand the pea of alabama. i feel like i'll from alabama. isn't it a little weird when a guy who lives on fifth avenue in the most beautiful apartment you've ever seen comes to alabama and alabama loves that guy. it's crazy. >> as you can gather from that bit right there, it was ript out of the campaign. donald trump bragged about the crowd size, his electoral college victory. he called russia a hoax. we heard about crooked hillary. that led to chants of lock her up. the president said the wall is happening, believe me. he said the

calling out all three of them on twitter but none more so than senator john mccain. he has reserved for tweets for senator mccain today and here is one of them. this came moments ago. tell that to the people of arizona were deceived 116% increase. i can remember mccain voted against the last republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare back in july and he did so again just yesterday saying that he didn't want to pass the bill without knowing how much it would cost in with the cbo score was in without securing some kind of bipartisan support. as for iran, another tweet from president trump just tested another ballistic missile. president trump responded with quote: so, you're this happening in iran and north korea threatening to test another nuclear weapon but according to americans on twitter and social media the thing that is dominating the conversation there is this growing feud between the president of the united states and some of the biggest athletes in the usa. rick. rick: will have more on north korea later this hour but this is what people are talking about and we want to g

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at john mccain and others. >> he bashed mccain, who says he will not support the republican's newest effort to repeal and replace obama during his campaign rally friday. the president released a series of tweets we've been talking about these, you say that criticize mccain and points to the failure of the current system, allison barber has more >> a spokesperson for majority leader mitch mcconnell told fox news mcconnell intended to consider the graham cassidy bill this week but that was before senator mccain said he wouldn't be supporting it. here's secretary tom price >> the promise of the majority in congress senate was to repeal and replace. the reason it's not dead is because it's not finished. the bill hasn't been completed. we continue to work with the authors on it through this weekend and it will be likely rolled out next week >> republicans can't afford to lose more than two republicans and mccain is the second to publicly say he will not support. rand paul is not on board. and maine senator susan collins is very much on the fence. the white house is trying to get her off o

. >> we're going to be back at 6:00. see you then. >>> tonight, mccain's bombshell. the senator deals another major blow to his own party's efforts to repeal obamacare. is this newest gop plan doomed? >>> breaking point. heart-pounding rescues and new evacuations as floodwaters rise in puerto rico. the entire island still without power. tonight the urgent relief mission under way. >>> race against time. survivors pulled from the rubble three days after mexico's earthquake. but the clock is ticking to save others still trapped. >>> war of words. president trump calls kim jong-un a madman after kim labeled him mentally deranged, while north korea threatens to detonate another h-bomb. >>> 911 emergency. when no one answers your call for help. the life-threatening problem plaguing communities. >>> and top cops. the women taking command in one major american city. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here tonight. senate repub

>> let's go to the final five. did john mccain block the next and last chance of repeal and replace. president heads to alabama to stump for big luther versus mad man. insults keep flowing with north core owe asending support to puerto rico and d.c. mayor is pushing for four more years and second night in a row i'm drinking coffee 11:30 at night. let's get started with final five. up first healthcare. it's looking like yet again senator mccain may be one credited for blocking repeal of obamacare. mccain came out and said he cannot in good conscious vote for gram cassidy bill. he thinks the bill would do better on health kane care. >> let's give you clarity here. decision mccain made had nothing to do it seems with cop tent of bill but the fact there was no debate or little debate and fact lindsay gram said there would be no push for some sort of bipartisan attempt and mccain is second tron say he's opposed to legislation and bgop needs 50 votes. here's what the president said tonight. >> and then time goes buy and voted and then of course john mccain came in and went thumbs down 3:0

, and john mccain has gone full maverick this afternoon announcing he'd vote no against legislation championed and authored by one of his closest friends in the senate lindsey graham. he said i'd consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my friends were it the product of extensive hearings, debate and amendment. but that has not been the case. i cannot in good conscience vote for the graham/cassidy proposal. i believe we could do better working together, republicans and democrats, and have not yet really tried. it's the stuff of legacies and mccain has plenty of material but being one of the loudest and most powerful voices on the republican side to oppose the white house and the republicans in the senate who saw this as one of their last and best opportunities to repeal obamacare may become one of his most significant. all eyesor john mccain after this moment, his thumbs down the last time a repeal bill was on the floor. the president has made his displeasure with john mccain abundantly clear. >> what makes you think you can get an infrastructure bill? you didn't g

implications for donald trump and in white house. plus john mccain calls trump poorly informed and impulse oef and tells his colleagues we are not his subordinates. we don't answer to him. the 11th hour on a friday nine begins now. >>> good evening. once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi for brian williams. day 225 of the trump dprgs and bringing new insight into how the president decided to fire former fbi director james comey. "the new york times" was first to report special counsel robert mueller has an early draft of a trump letter detailing his reasons for firing comey. the report says, quote, the letter drafted in may was met with opposition from donald mcgahn, the white house counsel who believed the angry tone was problematic, according to interviews with a dozen administration officials and others briefed on the matter. the letter was reportedly drafted while the president was on a long weekend at his golf club in new jersey. it was never sent but it was apparently saved. and now robert mueller has a copy. when james comey was fired a fe

not only was he a centrist he was a john mccain groupie and so i looked at some of the things mccain tapper was saying back in two thousand when mccain was running for president he compared himself a verbally to mccain's hostage he said i'm patty hearst and you know there's no way that you won't come under mccain's spell in fact he likes to call me tanya this was when he was a white house correspondent who was covering mccain and he's continued to be mccain's groupie to the president if we remember last week john mccain went on jake tapper and said you know north korea needs to be extinguished it needs to be we need to see the extinction of that regime and jake tapper just nodded along and then he said you know how's your family doing how cindy house. you know. how many. gets thrown out there there's what kind of you know allusions to death and destruction just kind of thrown out there on the show and other shows on c.n.n. and other moves and it's kind of like oh cool how are you doing you know is everything ok all right and there's something about it being with jake tapper especiall