. >> saw many prisons were bursting at the seams because of policing in a of inner-city is across the nation and in your city buffalo rochester and attic the bush is filled with 2400 minnesota overwhelmingly black and porter began and the conditions were horrendous one roll of toilet paper to last month to quarts of water to do everything washed, clean yourself medical care so bad that prisoners renato need dying that were disfigured from lack of care.

this is the context that the men start talking about civil rights and of course, many come from the streets that were very active harlem and rochester and dave began to ask for help initially through the system through this state senators beguine uh commissioner to do something but nothing was really done for anybody that was caught with the letter asking for help means you would be thrown into yourself for the indefinite period of time and in that context people start to cross -- talk across particle and racial lines

. >> scott farris author of inga who was inga? >> inga was on an actress, ballerina, concert pianist, had apologists, washing 10 columnist, gossip columnist columnist, a screenwriter but mostly the great love of jfk and they wanted to marry each other. as a suspected not ceased to apply -- not cease by. >> is that correct greg spinet irresistible punted

page fbi file on her and ultimately was concluded she was not the not seek spite - - not cease by but all based on circumstantial evidence but when j. edgar hoover himself was convinced she was not the nazi spy but e was continued the observation under surveillance it was remarkable. >> keyword author of two other books. what is the legacy of the administration? >> obviously the legacy will be looked at the debt coming years. that is the most important

thing falling the great financial crisis most are not aware how close to does great depression the of their great accomplishment is a stepping stone to health care reform and then moving on. and maybe the legacy would be less but only time will tell. harry truman was the most unpopular politicians in america and is considered a great president so time will tell but obviously historic leave significant. >> and has held elected

office before as the general and the army. like mr. president obama the first one to beat us major party but what did the campaign duplex -- do? people would say that was important to the campaign allowing the president to come to office. maybe the last democrat moving to the left but these

could be told. some time to get some perspective as complete disasters 50 years later we see goldwater transform the party and mcgovern transform the democratic party. >> just to bring it back to inga what sparked your interest in the topic class. >> is the ability global story straight out of date hitchcock movie. mobile corner of the history of the presidency people are not familiar with. and to be as much responsible of jfk becoming president as anybody.

we thinking is doesn't want negative ad is destined but that he was skinny and gawky and disheveled with an inferiority complex. and then boasted the confidence. and then convinced they were superior. but telling him what he wanted to beat in life. but it inga help them to stand up to his father to tell him he wanted to stand up to his father. with the office of naval intelligence so then to court-martialed in the

combat of the south pacific to become a war hero. at that time jack kennedy thought his career was over. when he came back stateside he sat down with a reporter named inga in realizing that was her role which she wrote the story that was the template for all future stories to portray him as a hero and not a failure that was the basis of all love the of biographies for his run for the white house spect yoe

times already and in any caseou i've gotten them all. my name . >> the i am here from the "washington post" and about 18 years ago with my stepdaughter the time. >> we cannot hear you. >> this is a technical problem they have to deal with. >> my stepdaughter waser and we working in "nationa