kennedy speaking to nbc news in 1961 about a young staffer named dick goodwin. joining us now, author, presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin. her book is entitled "an unfinished love story, 1960s," part memoir, part biography of her and her late husband, dick goodwin. you've written a lot of books. this is special for all the obvious reasons. boxes and boxes dick had from his years serving under kennedy. how did you approach this differently than the other biographies? >> he saved 300 boxes that were a time capsule in the '60s. he not only worked for john kennedy, he worked with jackie kennedy, for lbj as the chief speechwriter. he was with senator mccarthy in new hampshire, bobby kennedy when he died. he is everywhere there, but he wouldn't open the boxes. it made me so upset because i knew there was great stuff in them. he was sad about how the decade ended. martin luther king jr. killed. he was with bobby kennedy when he died. the riots in the streets, the violence, the anti-war movement. finally, he turns 80 and comes down the stairs, it's time. it's