jack kennedy, robert kennedy and of course teddy kennedy. that's never happened before in the history of our nation. one of the rooms that has been such significance to our nation is the caucus room in the russell office building. it's been the site of remarkable hearings and meetings since its building almost a century ago. that room has been very important. the caucus room is where many important meetings, the hearings on the titanic were held in that room, the watergate hearings were held in that room. i think of countless occasions. important markups and meetings over the years. it is there we commemorated tragedies in our country, we met to celebrate the lives of our colleagues. we celebrated triumphs in that room. we gathered with spouses from time to time to share quiet moments with each other as we reflect on our responsibilities here a senators. we've held some greatest debates that have occurred in that room. it is there that senator kennedy's health committee which i was privileged to act in as a fill-in for him over the last coup

kennedy: thank you. i just will conclude now because i know my friends and colleagues have their time to speak, but i don't want to say anything other than to each and every one of the folks that spoke tonight, thank you for your being here tonight to pay tribute to my father. to folks on both sides of the aisle that have been so generous to me, it's a great thing being part of this house. to have colleagues treat you as one of their own. as a part of a collegial family of sorts. in a professional way but also a personal way. the thing he loved so much about serving over in the senate was the great friendships he developed there. i can tell you having been through what i have been through the last couple weeks i can appreciate personally what a difference it's made to have the friends that i have had in this chamber be so supportive of me through this time. and i want to thank all of my colleagues for their outpouring of support and affection from both sides of the aisle. it's times like these where you

john kennedy. and it was always amazing to me to see someone who was so busy, so prominent in national life who never missed an opportunity to talk to the freshman stude who was there who wasn't quite sure what they wanted to do, to talk to and encourage the young people who were involved at the institute to get involved in politics, in government, in public service. and i know that senator kennedy will be remembered by so many of the kindnesses that he provided to people. he'll be rembered by the tens of thousands of people whose lives he touched. but i think one of his most significant legacies will be those young people who are encouraged to get involved in politics, who appreciate that blic service and government is an honorable prossion because ofis leadersp andhe work that he did. and i fl very honored and privileged to have worked with him and to have hadhe opportunity to serve witim, however briefly here in the senate. so thank you very much, mr. president. i know that we will all rememr fo

ted kennedy rode that in 1960.a few days later i walked up to ted and said i understand you talked to myxf,Ñ mother. oh, he said, you know sometimes when you talk to somebody, you can tell how a person is. your mother is so wonderful and gracious, talking about the conversation the two of them had. they had never met before. my mother is a staunch republican, and they hit it off. i told my mother and told her ted kennedy was impressed with the conversation you had. my mom was impressed, and she wrote him a note for praising her to me, her son, a few days earlier. the next things i knew, my mother and ted were pen pals. ted wrote a letter back to my mother. they were back and forth. i would be at a committee hearing some place, and ted would say here is the letter i am writing your mother. basically they were reminiscing about montana and the miles city bucking horse sale. he lived life so full. he loved life, and he embraced life in every way available to a man. he was just wonderful that way. back in 1960 when his

eachhoto pictured peoe we all recognize: president kennedy, joe kennedy, rose kennedy, ethyl kennedy, bobby kennedy. eunice kennedy shriver, all the people we recognized, but ted kennedy said to us these are my family photos. thes were people we recognized in the photos, but i had never seenhese photos. none of us had. these weren't the photos in ife" magazine. these were the photos of the kennedy family. what impressed me about that was they were the kennedys at hyannis port, the kennedys sailing, the kennedys at the capitol, the kennedys at the white house. what really impressed me was ted kennedy coulhave given up. he could have gone back to an easy life, particularly after the as as nation of robert kennedy in 1968. it would have been so easy for him to walk away from this job, from this kindf life, from the danger he faced. and instead he stayed and he fought. and he had everything anybody could hope for in life. he had a loving familyhat cared so much about him. he had all the wealth he needed, and the lifestyle that s many would have been so tempted by. but instead hetayed and

each pto pictured people we all recognize: president kennedy, joe kennedy, rose kennedy, ethyl kennedy bobby kennedy. eunice kennedy shriver, all the people we recognized, buted kennedy said to us these are my family photos. these were people we recognized in the photos, but i had never seen these photos. none of us had. these weren't the photos in "life" magazine. these were the photos of the kennedy family. what impressede about that was they were the kennedys at hyannis port, the kennedys sailg, the kennedys at the capitol, the kennedys at the whit house. what really impressed me was ted kennedy could have givenp. he could have gone back to an easy life, particularly after the as a nation of robert kennedy in 1968. it would have been so easy for him to walk away from this job, from this kind of life,rom the danger he faced. and instead he stayed and he fought. and he had everything anybody could hope for in life. he had a loving family that cared so much about him. he had all the wealth he needed, and the lifestyle that so many would have been so tempted by. but instead he stayed an

>> ted kennedy, jr.: i'm 47.e having that kind of responsibility. >> stahl: yeah, think about when you were 37. >> ted kennedy, jr.: exactly. >> stahl: could you have done that? >> ted kennedy, jr.: no, i don't think i could've done that, no. >> stahl: one of the issues ted kennedy confronts in the book is whether he really wanted to be president when he ran in 1980. >> roger mudd: why do you want to be president? >> well, i'm --. >> teddy says his stumbling wasn't because of ambivalence of the race but about "displeasure" with roger mudd for blindsiding him with the question before he'd announced his candidacy. he writes that he did want to be president in 1980, and again in '84, but teddy, jr., his brother patrick and sister kara were afraid of his running, and begged him not to. >> ted kennedy, jr.: most people keep coats and umbrellas in their coat closet. my father kept bulletproof vests in his coat closet. and believe me, we would walk by that coat closet every day, fearful about some crazy person out there

what is it like to be a kennedy, to be ted kennedy? you drive around and there's the kennedy center. it can never leave you. it can't leave you. you live and you work here. what is that like? >> well, i think the first impression that i always had is how fortunate i've been to have grown up in a family and been able to learn what i tried to learn and continue to learn. but most people learn what i did from wonderful parents and great brothers and sisters. my sisters do very many interesting and caring things as well, as you're familiar with. so you have the challenges of being measured against the past. but that's really sort of a challenge, isn't it? that's to measure up. it's a high standard and you work at it and some days you measure up. >> larry: do you feel emotional? >> that's another, you know, personal sense of loss is obviously -- continues to -- >> larry: maybe because it's always around you. >> well, that's true. but you try and remember at least the more hopeful times of those who you loved, impressed you with. they were b

the kennedy center, the kennedy graves, the kennedy space center, the kennedy international airport.t like, patrick? what's it like to carry that name? >> i will tell you what it meant to us having my dad as an example. my dad made himself a very human person to everybody. and that's why he was so approachable. he was known to everybody as a very down-to-earth person who could identify with people from all walks of life. and he had that empathy, that compassion that was born from his own personal experience of suffering so much in his own life. and that's what transcended his ability to be able to reach out to anybody, no matter what their station in life and be able to take up their cause if they were being unjustly treated. he could identify with people suffering and that's what made him such a champion for people who were downtrodden and needed a voice. he took it upon himself to be that person, to fight for them. as my uncles were revered in the black and white films and the times where people felt positive about government and believed in their political leaders, my dad was in p

tonight, a conversation with the eldest son of the late senator edward kennedy, ted kennedy jr. this week marks the release of the kennedy memoir, "true compass." he hopes to see a health-care bill passed this year which he believes would be a lasting tribute to his father's legacy. ted kennedy jr., coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: ted kennedy jr. is the co-founder and president of the marwood group, a healthcare advisory and financial services firm. he is also a longtime advocate for the disabled. his passion stems from his own experien

the race to fill kennedy's seat. she will be here tonight to answer the kind of questions, "hardball" questions, a senator has to answer. and finally, who's the hollywood celebrity people would most like to see in the congress? interesting results coming your way tonight on "hardball." that is in the side show. >>> let's start with attacks on president obama's speech. next week the school children. jim greer is the chairman of the republican party in florida. he joins us right now. mr. greer, thanks for coming on. you have put out a pretty strong statement the other day. you said the president, you referred to him as the pied piper obama. pied piper is the guy who took children away and they were never seen again. is that what you think, really? >> i don't want him to take children away but i don't want him to take their minds away either to push his agenda. i will tell you, chris, as a parent, i want to know what my kids are going to be taught, what they're going to be exposed to in the school system. and when i saw

kennedy, it is a book about ted kennedy. his own experiences with the civil rights movement -- i believe i ever presented them accurately and i encourage you to read it. host: victor on the democrats' line from carlsbad. caller: good morning. i wanted to say, first of all, i am 64 years old. i was an okinawa when president kennedy was assassinated. he was my commander in chief. i wish i were in the military now because we now have a wonderful commander in chief also appeared -- also. i was devastated by kennedy's assassination. i was devastated by his brothers assassination. being in office just to help me, being an american citizen engaging in democracy. they were stolen from me. kennedy was the only one left. of course, i loved teddy, still do. regardless of things that went on in the individual's lives, things went on in my life, things went on in your life and many people lives, things that we are unhappy about, that he was unhappy about chappaquiddick. i had to hear chappaquiddick all of my life from right-wingers and w

kennedy library foundation. he was a close and loyal adviser and confidant to senator kennedy from 1969 to 1977 formally, but ever since really. in addition, he was chairman of the democratic national committee from 1985 to 1989. he is the distinguished lawyer, volunteer, and citizen. and he shares the sense of service that so distinguished senator ted kennedy. paul will not seek the open seat in the special election that's coming up in january. but for the next few months, he will carry on the work and the focus of senator kennedy. mindful of his mission and his values and his love of massachusetts. i know i join so many other citizens in thanking paul for his willingness to serve. and now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great pleasure and honor to bring to the podium the interim senator of massachusetts, paul kirk. congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you, governor patrick for your important words and your kind and generous comments about me. this appointment is a profound honor. and i accept it with

people talk a lot about john kennedy, is eclipsed life, and robert kennedy, is eclipsed life.dy kennedy has been pushing for universal health care since almost day one in the senate in 1962. he had the full wind at his back pushing for voting rights, civil rights. he is an unambiguous liberal icon, an american icon an international icon, who even went to south africa and spent time with bishop tutu in the release he did days of apartheid and came back and announced the apartheid regime there. everything teddy kennedy did their that the stamp of caring about people and he is one of our great political figures. tavis: you know that we have these at inflow conversations about liberalism, the "l" word, and for the balance of his career he never shied away from the word. what do you make of that? >> that is right, and he was important for the democratic party. bill clinton said he was a new democrat, people played with the word progressive. he was a proud liberal. he thought it was part of the tradition of theodore roosevelt 's new nationalism and fdr's new deal and lyndon johnson

kennedy. him&á%)+ @ @ @ h sn @ @ p@ @ @ vice president to former presidents, to senators, to members of the house, to close friends and so so many, many friends and so so many, many afte -- you know, i think being sworn in to this body, madame president, is a 34-year-old, nervous senator and when he first came up to shake my hand after being sworn in was ted kenny, mike msfield and hoard baker. it was odd to think i was in the presence of such people. and in serving with ted for 35 year speaking with him almost every single day, i look over at his desk, something i have seen over the 3years with colleagues, but i don't know of any time that it has hurt so much to see the back streets but across the desk, to see the face of white flowers. i went by there yestery and i just put my hand on the desk. i admit i was overcome with emotion and left the floor. i have so many memories as we all do of or friendship. senator durbin spoke about how ted kennedy had a way of no matter who you were if you hav

assassination and not just the murder itself but kennedy's secret policy. so historians know a lot more about kanaby's foreign policy. as a result of that movie of at conspiracy pory than they would otherwise so as a historian i always have an interest with more infmation, more duments, so i appreciate when conspiracy theorists' force this information to come out. on the other hand, conspiracy theory is of course teach people to thinkn terms of black and white and make the discourse more pluralized and conspiracy theories about the government can also engender so much distrust to do anything collectively as a society. which means it is hardo address major problem >> host: let's stay with the kennedy assassination for a minute and i have to confess i want to do that partly because i s an amateur. neveactually conspiracy theorist but i just tell the whole thin fascinating. and i fell into well i think was called and with that one, and that is it seems so in plauble this guy could have done this om tha place, that angle, that way. it just didt give of that hap

one of his most famous, kennedy with his pet dogs and kennedy standing at the cape cod shoreline.y were both osen for chnnkey's memorial and funeral service. the photograph at cape codnn is now the cover of ted kennedy's memoirs true compass due out late they are month. >> to be around him was just to be around a man of great power, though to sense his heart and where his priorities were, that's what i'll remember most about ted. >> reporter: bill liss 9news now and wusa9.com. >> tomorrow night at 11:00, in a bear arlington conference room with nothing more than a clock, a can of soda and some tissues, his vee being recorded. the -- history is being recorded. it will be part of the september 11th memorial museum. >>> we have a little taste tonight of pro football but we're really wait for the redskins on sunday. >> right now i'm still optimistic about everything. because sunday night i'll be complaining about what they didn't do. >> no, no, no. no. >> can't you just leave the glass half full for right now. >> no. >> only one rookie is going to start on sunday. can brian be as good

a lot more about kennedy's foreign policy.s result of that movieas a result of that conspiracy theory than theyouldtherwise so as an historian i always have an intarest in more documentation so appreciate it when conspira theorists forcehe informatio to come now. on the other hand, conspiracy theories of course teach people to think in terms of black and white and make the discourse more polarized and conspiracy theories about theovernment can also engeer so much distrust that it is impossible for us to do anything collectively in a society, which means it is hard to address major problems. >> host: let's stay with the kennedy ascassination for a minute and i have to confess that i want to do that partly because i was an amateur. never actually a conspiracy there is but i just found the whole thing fascinating and i fell into what i think is ve common with that one, and that is it just seems so implausible that this guy could have done this from that angle, that way. it just did n, all that happens in the way it happened, it j

with think that there was perhaps government involvement in cover-up of ufo's or a cover-up in the kennedy assassinatn and there were secret files somewhere that web hubble now could put his hands on and that all it took was access and then you could find out the answers to these questions so conspiracy theories about the government were permeating the american culture by the 1990's. >> ht: at that point ey were quite common even to the point that a president would take them seriously so let's go back. you are a historian. let's go way back and i also found intriguing that in your review of u.s. history in this rerd that in the 18th and 19th century wld conspiracy theories about the government were not nonexistent, the were pretty rare, but then even in the beginning of the 20 a century they were pretty uncommon and then they just took off, right? so, what changed and i guess i'm interested in both parts, why werehey so on, and in the early days? >> guest: it is not that they were nonexistent but they tended to focus on individuals so that, first of all there were a lot of conspiracy theor

. >> and senator ted kennedy's final interview.to bookstores. >> sometimes in your life you have to recognize that there is an extraordinary opportunity to put down some thoughts that you have that are relevant to your service in the united states senate. that's what i've tried to do. >> presidential historian michael beshlov joining us. first, the big story at the white house. we begin at the white house with the president's speech on wall street. savannah guthrie joining us now. what was the president's purpose? what was he trying to achieve today? >> reporter: for one thing, he wants to make a big pitch for financial regulatory reform. this is a big issue, one we haven't talked about too much because of the focus on health care reform. earlier this summer, the administration sent over a bill to overhaul the way the financial system is regulated. he wanted to make a pitch for that and take credit for some improvement that's gone on in the financial markets while acknowledging there is a huge problem in unemployment for everyday a

, robert francis kennedy and john fitzgerald kennedy. mr. dodd: madam president, i want to if i may just -- the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. dodd: madam president, i just want to take a second and thank, first of all, the majority leader, senator reid, for his support in this effort. i want to recognize as well our colleague from massachusetts, senator kerry, who is my lead responser in this particular effort and obviously a very close and dear personal friend for many, many years of ted kennedy. and to thank our colleagues. we're joined by the presence of our colleague from the other body, senator ted kennedy's son patrick, who serves with great distinction in the other body. and i'm pleased he's with us here at this moment to watch this resolution be adopted. so with that, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, that any statements

and a crowd that booed the memory of ted kennedy six days after he died.least a few of them think it prevents honest policy debate, apart from the lack of humanity. the president of a conservative research group saying part of the problem on the republican side is an unwillingness to say let's find a right way to do this and let's go ahead even if all the special interests don't like what we're doing. i think the critics have approached this in the wrong way. saying there's going to be a death panel is not the right way. let's turn to lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> good to be here. >> thinking of that woman in the wheelchair and in red bank, new jersey, to paraphrase a line from a different time and place, at long last have they no sense of decency? >> i have seen nothing like it, keith. in all of my experience in these kinds of situations, i've been out on the road with senators and in town hall meetings starting 20 years ago. i have never seen anything like the behavior that that woman had to suffer. i have an explanation for a lot of things going

. >>> another kennedy may soon occupy the seat of edward kennedy. officials are expected to announce whether state law can be changed. kennedy himself requested the law be changed. the hearing will take place september 9th. kathleen kennedy townsend remarked on her uncle's successes. >> what we saw over the last few days is that people said ted kennedy, i don't know how you got to be senator, but when you were there, you did more than any other senator in american history. >> a special election to fill kennedy's seat will also take place january 19th. contenders now include his widow, vicki kennedy, nephew joseph kennedy, and attorney general martha cokely. vicki kennedy reportedly said she was not interested in being the interim replacement. >>> tragedy as two boats coul lined marley -- two boats collide in marley creek. >> reporter: the shores of marley creek calm today, a far cry from what happened here last night. >> one boat ran into another, fatally injuring the person in the other boat. >> reporter: a father of four, an avid fisherman, a frie

kennedy and two staff members about this.they feel strongly about it because it was senator kennedy's wish that they will get involved as much as they can and as much as is helpful. you're talking about the individual a point? no, i have not spoken with mrs. kennedy or the family about an individual for the position. mrs. kennedy is not interested in the position. >> what would you consider running for the senate? >> know i have a job. -- no, i have a job. i will not seek the position. thank you very much. i am running for reelection as governor. >> did mrs. kennedy tell you directly she is not interested? >> yes. that is all we talked about. >> were you contacted by the governor for any people that were interested? >> know. did you have a question? go ahead. [g>> [inaudible] >> no, he did not. he was concerned. he was very concerned about the timeliness of our action and an up or down vote as soon as possible. he prefers an up votes. >> [inaudible] >> i contacted by people seeking all kinds of things. all of the above and th

kennedy did not plan it this way.but they are his final words on ted kennedy, the successes, the failures, and everything else. "our sins," he wrote, "don't define the whole picture of who we are." candy crowley, cnn, washington. >>> speculation is swirling around the supreme court, mid rumors that the oldest justice, 89-year-old john paul stevens has hired only one clerk for the upcoming term. that is seen as a signal that stevens may soon retire. the newest justice, sonia sotomayor, will be formally seated next week and in a fascinating group of interviews, her colleagues actually confessed to feeling, well, a little suppressed out by the change in their ranks. they spoke with c-span about the impact of a new member on the court and what it's like to be a junior justice. listen first to chief justice john roberts. >> to some extent it's unsettling. you quickly get to view the court as the court as composed of these members and it becomes kind of hard to think of it as involving anyone else. i suspect it's the way pe

that is ted kennedy.ted kennedy's life was driven by hi love of a family that loved him and his belief in a country that believes in him. ted kennedy's dream was one for which the founding fathers fought and wch his brothers sought to realize. the liberal lines by the war may fall silent but his dream shall never die mr. president. is all this brother killed in world war ton-- world war i, recognizing he would never come back. his brother the president assassinated, h brother the senator running for president assassinated. e liberal line's mighty or may fall silent but mr. president his dream shall never die. >> mr. president. >> the republican leader. >> mr. president too would like to speak about our departed cully, ted kennedy whose passing last month focus the attention of the nation d his extraordinary life has been memorialized over these past weeks in so many poignant stories and heartfelt expressions of gratitude and grief. today the senate also grieves not only beuse he was a friend, but beaause

senator ted kennedy's memoir. >> the but imagine a three weeks after his passing.days, he was still thinking about health reform when the great things i learned is that no reform is a virtually complete. he said that was the simple pleasures -- that it was the simple pleasures he was enjoying the most. he had some advice that was good to tell the kids. i have always tried to have one. >>> we should enjoy the weather while we can. >> to the evening hours it will be very nice. temperatures will fall into the 70's. wednesday, it cold front will come into town. we will get stuck with things. clouds will be increasing, a chance of rain from thursday to friday. that will begin the 22nd. summer is just about over. >> we are enjoying it. >> enjoy it while you can. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. the

joined now by senator kennedy's sons, ted kennedy jr. and congressman patrick kennedy. good morning. my condolences to both of you and thanks for joining us. you're right, a memoir is supposed to be revealing and candid but they aren't always. were you surprised at some of the things your dad wrote in this about the assassination of his brothers and the loss of his sister and chappaquiddick? >> listen, matt, for one thing, everybody knows my dad wasn't the most sentimental, emotive guy. he's old irish in that respect. he taught us mostly by example in terms of perseverance and how he got through his own difficult times by example. for us this was an enormous revelation in a sense because this book was really one where he talked about his feelings and emotions at various points in his life. obviously this last year was one where we got to know more about his feelings as he became more reflective about his life and one of the best parts about having this extra year with him where he knew about his impending mortality was the fact that he was more forthcoming with his feel

and the kennedy family was. victoria kennedy, the widow of edward kennedy sxrg his three children, ted jr., and patrick. and there is definitely still that sense of their being continuity between kennedy to now kirk. all of the staff will remain working for this new senator. and on the hill, that's an important factor because a staff does so much of what a member of congress is able to accomplish, and in health care, that has always been the domain of the office of edward kennedy. so that's important. the number is big and certainly, there is a sense of kind of moving forward. it was just one month ago today that edward kennedy lost his battle with cancer. >> the process of moving forward, kelly, where are we with the max baucus proposal and the 500 plus amendments they were working through? >> it has been a bit of a tedious exercise over these last few days. ? there has been a bit of eye glazing. there has been a lot of substantive debate. they have called off their talks for the long weekend because of the jew

kennedy ii announced he will not run for the senate seat held by his late uncle ted kennedy. that marks the end of nearly half a century of that family's hold on massachusetts polics. sets the stage for a widening field of candidates. many of whom said they would not run against kennedy. kennedy himself says he'll remain focussed on his work for the needy. there was talk kennedy was concerned about tough questions he might face over that organization's close ties with outspoken u.s. venezuelan president hugo chavez. >>> now, here's a look at other stories making news "early today." a labor day separation in utah took a terrifying turn when a motorized parachute crashed into the crowd. the aircraft was supposed to drop candy, but instead it lost lift and barrelled to the sip p parachute collided with spectators. two young girls were flown to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >>> police in new jersey got help from toll booths. two suspects dodged cops for over an hour until arriving at a toll plaza. p lanes lanes and got stuck behind another car. authorities swarme

>> reporter: and some republicans characterize the kennedy letter as a bit disinjen with us. after all, it was kennedy who suggested that the law change to a special election in 2004, when john kerry was runni for president, and then-governor mitt romney, a republican, would be able to name a replacement. although governor patrick says it's too soon to name a replacement, but two names being floated are kennedy's widow, and michael dukakis. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. >>> he has been indicted. impeached. now, he's on a book tour. former governor rod blagojevich's book, "the governor," claims that president obama's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, was behind many of his problems. no comment from the white house. blagojevich says people urged him to appoint himself to fill barack obama's senate seat. but says it didn't feel right. >>> there's a medical mystery in tennessee this morning, with a mother desperate for answers. without warning, this 15-year-old ces tears of blood. the teenager says it happens at least three times a day. and can last a few minutes to an hour. the

i want to especially welcome senator john kerry, vicki kennedy, ted kennedy jr., and members of the legislature, secretary of state is here as well, thank you for being here, lt. governor joins me, and want to welcome all of you, as well as our special guests, paul and bill kirk about whom i will have more to say in just a moment. in so many ways, the interests of the commonwealth have never been more vital or more at stake in the congress today. in january, the people of the commonwealth will have an opportunity to go to the polls and elect their next united states senate or to fill the vacancy created by the loss of senator kennedy in august. between now and then, the vital interests of the people of the commonwealth will come before the congress for debate and foreboding. the interests include economic and job creation bills, education and transportation funding, financial regulations, climate change legislation, and a host of others. in all these and other ways, congress is debating our future right now. of course, there is health care reform. senator kennedy courageously argue that health

the assassination of jack end kennedy of robert kennedy, senator kennedy's plane crash, the death of john jr. we've lived through those. but for the first time we hear in this book in his own voice the account by the person who actually lichede it. -- lived it. he's never spoken about most of these things. he writes candidly and completely about all of them. so while we don't know the events we don't know the candid inside story of how it felt. greta: whether you're a kennedy fan or not, it's a great read. he's a great irishman in terms of telling the story. one of my favorite stories is when he got punished by stand tg in the closet and he goes in and discovers his sister jean is already standing in the closet. >> i know the humor is terrific. there is a lot of sadness in the book but also a lot of humor. my two favorite stories involve his mother, a wonderful character who died i think at 104 and when she was 101 he used to go up and see hefner every weekend he could at high annis. one weekend he was up there and going out to play tennis and she stopped him and said "teddy, are you

senate seat following the death of ted kennedy. but it is not that joe kennedy.ecause this one is running for the u.s. senate as an independent. >> and are you concerned that people will think that you are just exploiting the name? >> i think that it is a lot of the questions that i have gotten so far, they are specifically around that. and that attitude dissipates very quickly as soon as people talk to me. >> because he is far from that kennedy when it comes to politics. as the member of the national libertarian party. >> i'm not a part of the two party system. i'm actually bringing change. >> change that will require a hefty bankroll. which he doesn't have. >> and the fund raising dollars? >> they are increasing. >> but they win by trade and they plan to tap into the social media. and do his advertising over youtube. believing he's the cutting edge candidate when it comes to that. >> and don't forget the names. >> a lot of people who are going to, you know, give me attention because of the name. but you know, i'm not trying to be anybody who i'm not. >> in fact

that anecdote part of senator kennedy's book "true compass" printed posthumously, and ted kennedy jr. kind enough to stay with us. it is a truly entertaining book. there were things in it that surprised you. could you give me an example? >> i had never heard the story of how my grandmother had written to the premier kruchev during the cuban missile crisis asking him to sign books to the kennedy family. that was a funny an he can dote. meanwhile, in the middle of that cuban missile crisis and the kgb are trying to decipher what does this all mean? he also never told me, keith, about, you know, how difficult it was to tell his own father that my uncle jack had been killed and what a deeply emotional experience that that was. for him. and he never really spoke -- i knew my dad was a faithful man and he took his catholic faith very seriously, but we just didn't talk about our faith. i don't think catholics really, you know, spend a lot of time really reading the bible and talking about their faith. my dad really put his faith into practice, which was, you know, working on the -- for refug

i said it reminded me a little bit of jack kennedy after the bay of pigs.neral and found out twhaept so great and started making up his mind afterwards, particularly in the cuban missile crisis. obama hasn't had a bay of pigs. but i wonder if he hasn't shifted and decided that he's not going to simply take the advice of the establishment in this town. he's got his own vision of where he wants to take the country and he's going to do it substantially on his own authority and his own judgment. so i'm not convinced he's going to go into afghanistan. i think he may very well decide to try to take a path that doesn't have more troops and gets out pretty quickly and takes the consequences -- take the consequences of contradicting what he had said only a few weeks ago. >> jennifer, tony's clearly referencing the general mccrystal's report to the white house that was leaked sunday and monday actually to "the washington post" and bob woodward. who do you figure leaked it? what element of the government leaked it? and why do you think they leaked it? off of tony's vi

, teddy kennedy.dad saying to him, look, i don't want to waste a lot of time with you unless you're going to lead a purposeful life. get something to do and pick it out and make sure it's important and go to work on it. you know, you're my guy. if you want to fool around, i'll still love you but i'm not going to have as much time for you as i'll have to joe or jack or bobby. >> more than any of them, because teddy kennedy never came off os a chosen one. anything from it or far from it, i should say. he was the accidental one. the one who just happened to be there, the one who was left, the one who kept showing up and in some ways, it speaks to more than anything his persistence, his willingness to continue to engage after dismissed this way and that way and faced with varieties of tragedies both self-created and from the outside world. >> well, yeah. i mean, when he was young, he was a little chubby kid. he was the runt of the litter, the last of the litter, an after-thought. >> handsome older brother

he is a longtime friend of senator kennedy and the executory of kennedy's well. kristen dahlgren has the latest. >> i am pleased to appoint him as the interim united states senator from massachusetts. >> it is in name familiar in political circles former democratic party chairman and head of the jfk library foundation will now be known as senator, albeit only a temporary place feller in the seat. >> consistent with senator kennedy's wishes and expectations from the governor and legislators, i shall not be a candidate in the special election for the united states senate. >> the decision to make any appointment was controversial. it was just this week when lawmakers give the massachusetts governor appointment power. some gop lawmakers are lashing out. >>patrick called it too crucialf a time to leave the senate seat empty, but it may also be about health care reform. it gives president obama back his critical 68 senate vote and today praised the senate appointment. >> mr. chairman, it is courteous if you do not interrupt someone in the middle of a sentence. >> an is

kennedy, who was chair, and richard nixon.is quite a picture. >> it brings up the subject the collections of senate materials. how many are there? >>have you been to these places? >> yes. there was the establishment of the association of centers for the congress. there were 40 of those centers. de revolved around a particular senator. the centers need to talk to one another. they are working together. " i can hear somebody asking who pays for that, and i know the money comes out of over here. why is this necessary? >> that is entirely private. >> some of the centers have federal money to start. >> some of the money comes from what the for campaign cash when a senator required -- retires. a university can agree to take on these papers. it is not only papers but electronic records. there are enormous cost implications. >> i read somewhere where you spoke about senator ted stevens who was convicted and then the charges were dropped for some missed doings in the senate. anyway, 40 years in the senate, what happened to all his pape

. >>> we have just learned who will fill the senate seat vacated by ted kennedy. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: a friend and colleague will temporary fill ted kennedy's seat. paul kirk was nominate to the post. a boston attorney was close friends to the senator and according to an aid is knowledgeable and supportive of ted kennedy's work. he will hold the seat until january 19th when voters elect a permanent replacement. both sons lobbied for this appointment. >> kennedy died after a year long batter with brain cancer. >>> leaders of the world's largest economies are traveling from new york to pittsburgh for the g-20 summit. hoping to prevent a meltdown like the one we've been experiencing over the past year. protesters have a different agenda. >> downtown pittsburgh looks like it's bracing for a hurricane. most small businesses have decided to close up shop before floods of protesters fill the street. >> we're worry about the windows getting broken and we had to pay someone to come in. >> he runs a shoe shine operation, shutting down with cost hundreds of doll

let's do it for senator kennedy.s he struggling for his life and let's fight for it i didn't hear that a lot over the last several months. only after his death and after the polls show that the public basically doesn't want this owe whole obama care thing do they think that ok the whole rebranding, the first two times around hasn't worked. so now we are going to try. this let's play -- we have a sound by the at one of the prayers at the prayers funeral mass on saturday. this is one of the kennedy grand kids during the prayers. let's listen. >> for what my grandpa called the cause of his life, as he said so often, in every part of this land that every american will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. we pray to the lord. laura: nancy do you see that little are a adorable boy came up with his own it sounds like it's out of howard dean's speech. this was politicizing the funeral. >> but you know what? i was there, laura, at the convention when ted kennedy actually gave his last sp

edward kennedy jr. and patrick kennedy. book, interviewing him. in which he talked about a moment that he had with his father, joe, talking about what you need to do with your life. it's probably a conversation that a lot of parents or every parent should have with their children. let's just rerun the clock here, rerack the clock and show what he said about that. let's take a listen. >> i had a sit-down with my dad. he said, now, teddy, you have to make up your mind whether you want to have a constructive and positive attitude and influence on your time and if you're not interested in a purposeful, useful, constructive life, i just want you to know, i have other children that are out there that intend to have a purposeful and constructive life. >> that's some pretty tough love, there, saying if you're not planning to do it, i have plenty of other children who are. but by any measure, he had a purposeful and constructive life, but he did struggle through the course of his life as well. as you said, patrick, he was a human be

kennedy?dollars my personal opinion is that you are absolutely right, commissioner. >> i like clothes and ask for some response. what is so outrageous beside the learned behavior is the intimidation of people on camp. but in terms of just enjoying intimidation and then those who might speak out. there appears to have been no when they feel like they did speak to to share their grievance, no one in the company, no one in state, so what do they do? they may have some knowledge that they can turn to an outside private group. they turn to a private lawyer who prefers them to danielle brian, the executive director of the project in government oversight. that clearly is a breakdown. we're here today because people had to go outside the channel because they could not go through the company or free state, said they had to go outside. i am struck by the fact that there were not pictures -- that if there were not pictures, this stuff would be continuing. we see no problem. that is what is so outrageous.

kennedy died.>(radio announcer) senator kennedy has been shot. is that possible? oh my god. >we live in times of danger and uncertainty, my brother need not be idolized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life. be remembered simply as a good and decent man. who saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war and tried to stop it. >>(michelle phillips) the deaths of the great leaders, martin luther king, john f kennedy and bobby kennedy, forever changed our spirit. no matter what color, the country's wounds were open. racial intolerance, hate, bigotry and segregation were no longer to be an accepted part of our lives. legendary singer/song writer jackie deshannon made us feel the pain and hope and the message remains the same. ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love it's the only thing that there's just too little of what the world needs now is love, sweet love, no not just for some but for everyone. lord, we don't need another mountain, there are mountains