that's right. >> so, go back to the time -- what was the attitude on the part of the administration, the kennedy administration, about getting involved in mississippi early in their term? >> the attitude of the kennedy administration was that james meredith was going to go to the university of mississippi that fall, that there wasn't going to be any waffling about that whatsoever. and it was -- it was clear to me six months before september, 1972, that the administration was determined to do everything that it could do to see that james meredith entered the university. >> did you have conversation in mississippi or in other places in the south with white people about why they felt so strongly about keeping the blacks down? >> well, not really. because i can honestly say, no, i don't think i ever have, because i don't think anybody thought that they would make any head way with me if they gave me that garbage. >> so, a fella who was born in minneapolis but grew up in new richmond, wisconsin, any black folks live there? >> no. but let me tell you something, when i got to the justice department, i'

or ok so this story well this system various thing and takes us back to you know back to the kennedy administration and the bay of pigs. again. and i want to really underscore. that meeting the primary obligation. what your haven't heard about me. all right so you guys know that overclassification has a little bit of a problem with our government and so they've been released seeing all these documents from the kennedy administration and the cia refuses to leak the last like the third piece and at a certain volume on the bay of pigs because they said and they apparently said this last year the national security archive is trying to fight them in court over it but it was too good because like they're still fighting in court they said that it might confuse the public and that was part of their reasoning for why i can't be let out i just want to say that most of the stuff the government does confuses the public it can use me and i cover them for a living i have no idea half the stuff they're talking about everything should just be secret or everything you shouldn't. either a very good anyway well they

um, but tension began seriously during the kennedy administration because while the president and mitch george bundy himself, national security adviser, i'm convinced they did not seek to undercut the state department, but they saw it -- they sought above all to present actions to the president, to assess matters, to work with the people who were responsive to the president, sometimes to work around the people who weren't. and dean rusk, the secretary of state -- a very capable man -- did not really mess with the president. and he was very uncomfortable with this new version of the national security adviser. so when eisenhower was president, he had had this man for planning, and he had had almost secretly another man who later became famous, andrew goodpastor, fs who was his operational aide. he handled everything from the cia intelligence operations to getting people together when you had to make a decision about the suez canal and the british-french invasion. but andy, as he was universeally called, was very low profile and was, and was not -- his role was not publicized. eisenhower's

and so i grew up wanting... infused by the spirit of the kennedy administration, of the civil rights movement, of the peace corps. my heroes were people like president kennedy, martin luther king, and i wanted to join the peace corps. i didn't... had no interest in royalty, or in thinking out changing myself. and in fact, to this day, i don't think i'm any different, except in what i have learned and experienced over time. i'm still the young woman who grew up in the united states, and whose life has evolved to encompass other cultures, other societies, and unimaginable responsibilities and love that as a young girl i wouldn't even have dreamt of. >> hinojosa: so you brought it up, love. there is something about your story which i think... peoe e thpower of this love, and when they see pictures of you with your husband, king hussein, this connection that you had... and i think that... i remember thinking when i was a kid, trying to kind of do the double culture thing, because i was mexican, but i was also american, and just seeing you, and i was like, "wow, she was able to do this. sh

donahue, a member of the kennedy administration, the vice chairman of the kennedy library board of directors who knew and worked with jacqueline kennedy in the white house here in massachusetts and during the 1960 campaign. we're delighted to have ted widmer, and now with brown university. towards the end of the program, we'll take written questions from the audience. there are index cards available and staff will collect them from you. let me photo a few other special guests who are here with us tonight, including vicki kennedy, steven smith himself, and two former kennedy administration officials, who both happen to be my predecessors as director of this library, charles daly and dan finn. also joining us this evening is jim gardner, who among other duties, oversees the presidential library system for the national archives. a nation reveals itself by the men and women its produces, jfk once stated, and in jacqueline kennedy, this nation produced a most remarkable woman. among the many compliments one can bestow on this new book is that it is truly revelatory of her extraordinary life, keen

. >> what was the difference serving in the kennedy administration and serving in lyndon johnson's whiteconcerned and as far as the civil rights issue was concerned. president johnson and the attorney generals that served under him were just as vigorous with respect to the enforcement of the civil rights laws as was robert kennedy and burke marshall and, of course, president kennedy. the situation was different, however. the situation in 1965, in the spring of 19 -- january of 1965, built on what had been going on for four years from '60 to '65. >> was one administration more political about the civil rights issue than the other? >> you know, that's a hard question to answer, because it was inevitable that now that i'm -- now that i'm older, i think and have thought about it more and i guess more -- less naive, it would be -- i would be silly to say that the politics didn't enter into the thinking of both administrations. for example, president kennedy carried those southern states of mississippi, alabama, louisiana i think or some of them in the 1960 election. he didn't want to lose tho

bob orr, cbs news, atlantic city >> pelley: the air marshal service was formed during the kennedy administrationings to cuba. the first class graduated 50 years ago next month. the district of columbia suspended about 90 workers today. officials say they were collecting unemployment benefits while they were on the job. the alleged scam netted $800,000 in all. the workers could be fired and face criminal charges. a milestone fit for a queen. mark phillips has her story next. >> pelley: once upon a time-- 60 years ago today-- a young princess learned she had just become queen, queen of england. her mother sent her this message "all my thoughts and prayers are with you, signed, mommy." now, as elizabeth ii celebrates her diamond jubilee, mark phillips tells the story of one of the longest-reigning monarchs. >> reporter: in a market town in eastern england, the small woman in a big hat is greeted by officials in ceremonial robes-- just like she's been doing for 60 years. some things haven't changed in the time queen elizabeth has been on the throne. certainly not the dedication to duty she promised

anybody because the other people have passed away obviously but we did talk to sources within the kennedy administrationite house, and they do confirm obviously that she was an intern with special access to the president. you have to remember with mimi alford that she kept that secret for 40 years before she was outed by robert dallek, the historian in his book, his biography of jfk and it was after that that she began to think about unburdening herself with the secret because she began to see her story in paragraphs in other people's books and she finally decided that she wanted to just tell her story her way. >> i've also written down the word recklessness. wow. >> well, she -- both she and dallek are interested and use the same word about jfk. they say he had this ability to compart meant comp)$>mentalize his life, very measured in what he did but on the other hand so reckless in his personal life and beyond that there was a dark side that mimi talks about, as well. it went beyond being reckless. >> you deal with these intimate details with as much care and grace and caution as is humanly possible wh

. >> several people linked to the kennedy administration confirm alford was an intern with special access to the president. you can hear more of the story on nightly news at 7:00 here on nbc 4. >>> doug is here with a check on the weather forecast. i saw something over the weekend that was very troubling. >> cherry blossoms all the way out. is this going to affect our whole cherry blossom season? >> they'll probably come out a little earlier than they did last year but the ones you saw are a different breed of cherry blossoms. >> yes. >> really? >> i know that because it happened last year, doreen and i looked it up and said oh, my gosh. >> but did it happen this early? >> yeah. there is a breed that actually comes out in late january and early february. >> okay. >> who knew? >> how about that? now i just hope i'm right in saying what i did say. >> the park service is on the phone. >> the daffodils are coming up, tulips. those i'm not too sure about. remember this two years ago? >> yes. like it was yesterday. >> exactly. >> those were good times. >> weren't they the best of times? and if

and you wouldn't think we could be shocked by anything of a sexual nature to come out of the kennedy administrationcited about this, especially when you see how young she was. there are pictures of ha she looked like when she was 19. she was really -- i mean, she was right out of high school. >> jfk remains an icon. amy, thanks for stopping by to talk about it. >>> still to come, "the new york post" retaliates after an unsubstantiated rape charge against an anchor at the same company. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when

glen had hoped for another flight but was reportedly considered by the kennedy administration to be too much of a national icon to risk his return to space. instead he found another avenue to prominent public service, representing his home state of ohio in the senate for 24 years and campaigning for president in 1984. in the end john glenn did get his wish to return to space. in 1998 at age 77 he became the oldest american to orbit the earth aboard the space shuttle discovery. >> warner: earlier today judy woodruff spoke to john glenn from ohio. >> woodruff: senator glen, thank you for talking with us. you were piloting this space craft manually. you were dealing with the possibility that that heat shield was burning up. on reentry. your flight director said there was nothing about this flight that was easy. how much more dangerous was it than you had expected? >> well, obviously you train for all the things that may happen. you don't train for a normal mission where everything goes okay. some of the things though that happened were ones that we had not been able to practice. so at the

and nixon was around because my step-father was covering for the "london sunday times" the kennedy-nixon administration, and i used to swim on the back of henry kissinger. he would come and swim in our pool and i would on to his neck and hold on and he was bombing cambodia at the same time. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with a political update. rick santorum is back on track after convincing wins in minnesota, missouri, and colorado. the next important test is arizona and michigan on february 28. national polls show that romney and santorum are very close with santorum ahead in michigan. receipt polls also show president obama gaining ground in his approval rate chicago may in part be a reaction to some good economic news. joining me from washington al hunt, the editor in charge of bloomberg's election coverage, dan balz, the national political correspondent at the "washington post." i am pleased to have both of them here. dan, you wrote a column in today's "washington post" about rick santorum. tell me whe

. >> i'm interested because you grew up in a washington -- in the kennedy administration and you werey, many years. what's changed? what's the same? >> in a minute. >> in a minute. i'll tell you the biggest thing. the biggest thing was growing up, the republicans and the democrats used to be much more social. dinner parties. there would be exchange of ideas. tip o'neal would have a huge fight with somebody and ten minutes later go play tennis. now it's so polarized. when i came back the republicans were on this side of the river, democrats, they don't mix. all the congressmen leave on the weekends. they have to go raise money. it used to be so -- there was a community of people and now it seems very -- >> my mother was close friends with john sherman cooper, republican from kentucky. >> my mother was the only democrat in the white house. that would never happen today. >> the book is called "ali in wonder land." >>> still ahead on "starting point," could democrats win back the house this november? congressman steve israel thinks maybe. he's heading the charge to get more of them electe

the year of 1963, president kennedy proposed a new civil rights law. and he was doing this in part based on rising tensions in the south, especially in birmingham, alabama. and president kennedy, in his administration, introduced a sweeping civil rights bill. it sort of stalled out and wasn't being passed. there was opposition from the south and other people. and then they made the trip to dallas, president kennedy and president johnson made the trip to dallas in november of '63 while this was pending in congress. and a number of people went with them including congressman brooks. and congressman brooks and lyndon johnson were in the motorcade in downtown dallas. november 22nd when president kennedy was assassinated. president johnson went back to the airplane air force one. he took the oath of office. the presidency, with jack brooks and other people looking on. in that year of '64 after the assassination, after kennedy -- i mean after johnson became president, the civil rights bill was brought forward. and with president johnson's leadership and the leadership of others including jack brooks, they brought that bill to fruition. i believe it was signed july the 2nd, 1964. that changed everything.

the school kids in d.c. kennedy looked down and said, this administration has always followed the policy of the washington daily news. it was just that spon taneity ad humor that even if you disagreed with him, which i did, made me think, the democrats really have something here. >> later we'll be talking about debates. richard nixon did not debate in 1968, nor did he in 1972. why? >> i think all of us didn't think he ought to debate. and neither did he. and we used the statement that we were not going to get into a debate with governor wallace. so we're not going to debate. you didn't see lyndon johnson debate, did you? why should he debate goldwater, he's beating him by 20, 30, 40 points. why would you debate somebody you're beating by 40 points? humphrey -- let me tell you a short story. we took al smith to dinner -- >> explain the al smith dinner. >> the al smith dinner is a political dinner in new york. it's hosted by the archbishop of new york and all the cardinals come and the candidates come, and kennedy did a great job in 1960. he stole the show. nixon. nixon gave a speech, and it was okay. i would giv

the congressional budget office. and kathleen kennedy townsend talks about the obama administration's or control policy.nd michael jacobson discusses a new state corrections department and the cost of incarceration. "newsmakers -- ""washington journal," live on c-span. john cornyn's remarks are about 15 minutes. >> thank you very much. i am glad to see so many texans and other great americans here today. it is great to be with you. i want to start by thanking my friend and our friends at the american conservative union for hosting us. i want to thank all of you who are involved with cpac for what you do all year round. i will be brief. i am one of the last speakers standing between you and sarah palin. i want to talk about someone who enjoys his complete confidence. i am talking about attorney general eric holder. three years ago when i was on the senate judiciary committee, i was one of the two republicans who voted against his nomination. [applause] i have to confess. looking back on that vote today, it has to be one of the best votes i have cast in the united states senate. under eric holder, the jus

the chaos following president john f. kennedy's assassination. everyone, including top administrationfficials, was scrambling for accurate information. newly released audiotapes offer fascinating insight into the confusion and the government's response. listen to this phone call from white house physician admiral george berkeley in dallas to army surgeon general leonard heaton on where to take the president's body. >> in regards to the remain of president kennedy and we are planning on having the president taken directly to walter reed. probably mrs. kennedy will also be going out there. but we will clarify that later. >> oh, all right. >> but it wasn't clarified. just minutes earlier secret service head called another official with the president in dallas saying the remains should be taken to another military hospital. >> arrangements have been made for a helicopter for the bethesda naval medical center. >> the president was taken to bethesda. for decades critics said his autopsy was incomplete, mishandled, maybe even part of a conspiracy. i listened to the tapes with a historian who

kennedy made sure individual donors were publicly acknowledged. and also made sure to recognize the contribution of past administrations. >> mrs. ought all this superb furniture into the room. we added the wallpaper. >> reporter: the papers contain a proposed hairstyle to mrs. kennedy to unveil on that famous 1961 trip to paris. >> i'm the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris and i've enjoyed it. >> reporter: all proving that half a century later, fascination with that glamorous first family continues to live on. and you know what's interesting? this white house tour also marks in some ways a turning point in television history. this was seen as the first prime time documentary special that was marketed toward a female audience, and, of course, it helped make jackie kennedy a star not just here at home, but also around the world. >> norah, thank you so much. joining us now from austin, texas, consultant douglas brinkley. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what are we learning about jacqueline kennedy? >> well, that 50 years ago on valentine's day she became america's sweet hare and 50 years later she still is.