This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, August 28th. I'm Kate Trinko.

And I'm Daniel Davis.

As the nation mourns the passing of Senator John McCain,

Senators, former presidents, and journalists

have openly paid their respects.

Today we sit down with Walter Lohmann,

a Heritage Foundation expert who worked up close with the senator.

We'll also discuss the radical decline in book reading among American teens.

But first we'll cover a few of the top headlines.

NAFTA is out and the U.S. Mexico Trade Trade Agreement is in as President Trump announced from the Oval Office Monday. It's a big day for trade, big day for our country. A lot of

people thought would never get here because we all negotiate

tough. We do so does Mexico. Trump also said he'll begin negotiating with Canada. Per the Daily Signals White House correspondent Fred Lucas,

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that the agreement will be in place for 16 years

but will come up for review every six years to decide if it will

be renewed at the end of the 16 years. Well two days after his passing

Senator John McCain released a farewell message to fellow Americans.

In one passage he writes, quote, do not despair of our present difficulties, but believe always

in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.

Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history."

End quote. Well on the very same day the White House restored its flags to full staff, even as other

federal buildings kept their flags at half-staff in honor of McCain.

President Trump tweeted condolences to McCain's family, but according to the Washington Post,

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