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BOXES ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY PLANNING FROM THE D.C. MEDICAL EXAMINER. SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM DIED FROM HEART DISEASE. FIGURES OF HONORING LONG-TIME SENATOR BAYH, FLYING FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF IN THE WHITE HOUSE, ROLLING OUT THE SAME HONOR FOR GRAHAM. MEREDITH IS LIKE LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE LATEST.
>> TOMI, THE NEWS COMING FROM SENATOR GRAHAM'S OFFICE ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THIS AUTOPSY WHICH SHOWS IT WAS AN ARTERY TEAR, A ONE CAUSED BY LIKELY YEARS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL CAUSE OF DEATH. THOSE RESULTS ARE PENDING BECAUSE OF TOXICOLOGY REPORTS THAT NEED TO COME BACK IN. IT'S INFORMATION FROM THE SENATOR'S OFFICE. WISHES HIM ON THE BENCH IS WORLDWIDE. THE GRAHAM'S DEATH IS SPOTLIGHT. HE HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN-POLICY AND CHANTING WHAT HE BELIEVED IN AND FORGING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE AISLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPOKE TO SENATOR GRIMM HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH AND JUST RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN TURKEY AND MEETINGS WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT. LONG-TIME OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF RUSSIA AND IRAN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS PASSIONATE AND PUBLIC SERVICE. AND HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT A GOOD POLITICIAN HE WAS. HE COULD GO IN AND GET SOMETHING APPROVED. HE WAS REALLY TALENTED. YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD ME SAY THAT ABOUT ANYBODY OR THERE AREN'T TOO MANY OF THEM.
>> WE ARE HEARING FROM FORMER PRISONS INCLUDING GEORGE W. BUSH WHO SAID GRAHAM WAS A KNOWLEDGEABLE SENATOR WHO UNDERSTOOD HOW THE WORLD WORKS AND HOW IMPORTANT AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IS TO RESIST TYRANNY. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN WEIGH IN SAID LINDSEY AND I DIDN'T AGREE ON SOME THINGS. THEY LIKE THE SENATE AS AN INSTITUTION, EVEN WITH ALL ITS FLAWS AND COMPLEXITIES. FOR THE UNTIL GRAHAM WAS A FIXTURE AFTER SERVING DECADES IN THE SENATE AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY THE HOUSE. ALL THEY LONGER HEARD FROM CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE REFLECTED SOMEONE A STUFF STUFF IS MEANT TO THEM PERSONALLY.
>> THE WHOLE THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM LEFT IN THE SENATE CANNOT BE FILLED. MANY OF US HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES. HE HAD A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
>> IF YOU ENJOY HAVING YOUR SIDES HURT FROM LAUGHING, THAT WAS LINDSEY GRAHAM TO A TEE. HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A JOKE AND THE MOST AUTHENTICALLY FUNNY PEOPLE YOU'LL MEET.
>> WHILE WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT ON CAMERA TODAY, HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING OUT THE HONEST TRUTH SOCIAL POST IN THE BIG HEADLINE OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT THAT SHOWS AN ARTERY TEAR, LIKELY CAUSED BY YEARS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WHICH KILLED THE SENATOR.
>> MARK MEREDITH THANK YOU SO MUCH. BRINGING IT OUT FOR DISCUSSION JOEY. I WAS STUNNED THIS MORNING WHEN I OPENED UP SOCIAL MEDIA AND I SAW THAT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WASN'T REAL BECAUSE IT WAS SO SUDDEN. BUT IT'S OBVIOUS HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE PRESENT AND COLLEAGUES AND I SAW COLLEAGUES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE CROWDING OUT HEARTFELT MESSAGES AND SENATOR BOOKER PUT OUT WHICH WAS KIND OF HIM. WHERE DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS POLICIES OR NOT, THIS MAN HAS A LEGACY AND IT'S A BIG LOSS FOR THE SENATE AND FOR D.C. AS A WHOLE.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY SENATORS ARE LEFT FROM 2001, AFTER 9/11 WHEN WE WERE VOTING TO GO TO WAR ESSENTIALLY. YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE TERM LIMITS, YOU GET THAT OPPORTUNITY IN ELECTION CYCLE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MEMBERS THAT LAST AND I DON'T IF SENATOR GRAHAM FELL IN TO THAT THE WAY I WANTED ABOUT GOING TO WAR. THEY HARDENED HIS RESOLVE AGAINST TERRORISTS AND THOSE WHO WOULD DO US HARM. I THINK HE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER HIS CAREER TO SEE IF YOU DON'T ACT IN SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN AND THAT'S HOW HE OPERATED. THEY USE HIM AS A PLACEHOLDERS FOR THE WAR HAWK'S WE DISAGREE WITH BUT HE WAS THE ONE OF ALL OF THEM THAT NEVER FLIP-FLOPPED AND NEVER CHANGED HIS TONE EVEN WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WERE FEUDING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BECAME A STRONG ALLY OF PRESIDENT ALLY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS BELIEF THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY AND SPEND THAT MONEY OVERSEAS INSTEAD OF HERE WAS AN OPINION THAT RESONATED OR AT LEAST HELD IN PLACE FOR DISCUSSION. I APPRECIATE IT THAT ABOUT HIM AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS THE ONE I WOULD PICK ON BECAUSE HE WAS THE STRONGEST IN THE ONE I FELT TO BE MOST HONEST ABOUT THAT BELIEF. WITH THAT BEING SAID, HE BECOMES THE LAST OR ONE OF THE LATHON. THIS BECOMES MORE APROPOS THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. ONE OF THE LAST OF A DYING BREED. THE STATESMAN IN THE SENATE SPECIFICALLY WHO COULD DEBATE PASSIONATELY ON THE FLOOR ON AN ISSUE CANNOT CARRY HATRED IN HIS HEART WHEN HE LEFT THE CHAMBER AGAINST THE PEOPLE HE DISAGREED WITH. I HATE IT SEEMS LIKE THE LAST OF A DYING BREED BUT IT SEEMS HE NEEDS -- HE USED TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO JOHN McCAIN THE KEPT UP A FRIENDSHIP. SOME REMEMBER THE OLD WAY WITH SOME OF THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BAD AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE HELD THAT AND HE BROUGHT IT TO THE FLOOR. HE DIDN'T BRING THE HATRED OUT ON "FOX NEWS" FOR OUT TO DINNER IN D.C.. HOPEFULLY WE FIND MORE STATESMANLIKE THAT AND MAYBE YOU KNOW IN A POLITICAL PARTY PEOPLE THAT CAN SEVER POLITICAL DIFFERENCES FROM AN ACTUAL HATRED BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING.
>> YOU KNOW JOE JOEY MAKES A GREAT POINT. HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT. SOMETIMES THAT PUT HIM AT ODDS WITH SOME REPUBLICANS ARE AMERICA FIRST, AMERICA ONLY REPUBLICANS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. THAT CERTAINLY WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION HIM -- HIS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. BUT HOW WILL WE REMEMBER HIM IN TERMS OF POLICY? AND HE WAS A WAR HAWK AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A WAR HAWK AND HE'S ALWAYS BELIEVED IN AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MILITARY AND THEREFORE WANTING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM PLACES LIKE IRAN OR OTHER BAD ACTORS IN OUR MILITARY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RULE THE DAY. WHAT BOTHERS ME IS YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THESE CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT SOMEHOW LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS POISONED OR LINDSEY GRAHAM WENT WITH UKRAINE AND SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED. I'M SEEING THIS FROM THOSE ON THE RIGHT. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS HEART DISEASE KILLS 700,000 PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY PER YEAR AND EASILY THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY AND CLAIMS A LIFE ONCE EVERY 33 SECONDS. THERE IS NO FOUL PLAY HERE AND UNFORTUNATELY 71 YEARS OLD AND HE'S HAD A HEART CONDITION FOR WHILE AND THAT'S WHAT TOOK LINDSEY GRAHAM'S LIFE. OR HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEBODY WHO'S VERY CONSISTENT.
>> I'M SEEING NOW WERE THEY SAID