robert and ethel would take in style. on his arrival in west berlin, kennedy was met by mayor billy brought. called the berlin wall shocking and shameful. before he left the city, he recorded a message for broadcast to east berlin, citing the difficulties under which the residents lived. in rome, kennedys were granted a private audience with pope john 23. it was one of many visits the kennedy family has made to the attic and. in year lateredy met with pope john's successor. those were the thousand days of the kennedy administration. of a youngof camelot president who pledge to get the country moving again. dayll ended that terrible in dallas. >> this is a scene at andrews airport base. presidentthe body of kennedy being transferred to an ambulance. behind it comes mrs. kennedy and robert kennedy. >> [indiscernible] behind them other members of the .amily and president johnson apparently another change in plans. [gunshots] >> in 1964, kennedy won the democratic nomination for u.s. senator from new york. >> i accept your no

>> he said, oh, ethel, oh, ethel.u're going to be all right. > had been told to bring the car around outside the ambassador ballroom. all of the ambulances came up behind the car and i saw robert kennedy carried out and the ambassador into the ambulance. i saw that part of the tragedy take place right in front of me. >> the senators, sister jean kennedy smith looking slightly dazed, being taken away. now, coming up, is an interview with an eyewitness. >> he was mad, an lunatic. >> i couldn't believe it was anything but a firecracker because the other day in san francisco there had been firecrackers and i had the same panicky feeling. >> as i went by the senator was staring at the ceiling glassy-eye'd with blood coming out of his head. >> there is one wound by the head by the mastoid bone by the ear and that is critical. >> mrs. kennedy is with him. he's being taken up to surgery now. >> we have been waiting outside. >> with each passing minute the news is grave until -- >> senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:04 t

>> he said, oh, ethel, oh, ethel. the car around outside the ambassador ballroom. all of the ambulances came up behind the car and i saw robert kennedy carried out of the ambassador into the ambulance. i saw that part of the tragedy take place right in front of me. >> the senator's sister looking slightly dazed, being taken away. and now coming up is an interview with an eyewitness. >> he was mad. he was a lunatic. >> i didn't believe it could be anything but a firecracker. the other day in san francisco, there were firecrackers and i had the same panicy feeling. >> the senator was staring at the ceiling, glassy eyed and blood seemed to be coming from the right side of his head. >> there is one would in the head by the right ear, and that that is critical. >> mrs. kennedy is with him. he's being taken up to surgery now. >> we have been waiting outside. >> with each passing minute, the news grows more grave until -- >> senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6, 1968. >> my grandfather was stolen no

ethel kennedy's appearance came later. the kennedys visited the quiet shine in japan. -- a quiet shrine in japan. at japanese schools, robert kennedy was mobbed like a teenager's idol. he told his hosts he wted minimum ceremony. result was reminiscent of his brother's campaign. kennedy's visit to a university brought him together with a vast mob of students. many of them hostile leftists. but he would acquit himself well. there were bruising encounters with japanese businessmen after a breakfast. the japanese protested high tariffs. kennedy talked about american worries over competition from cheaper, foreign labor and our from tokyo, the kennedys went to hong kong, where he saw thousands of refugees, primarily in congesteda, apartment buildings. kennedys also took to the streets and was mobbed by hundreds of young chinese. the kennedy visit to vietnam was a visit to the airport in saigon. they left the plane briefly. at the time, in 1962, there were far fewer americans there then there are now. on the island of bali, the k

kennedy, etsdzle, members of the kennedy fam -- ethel. of the kennedy family, for inviting me to join you again 25 years later from the first time we had this and 50 years since we lost senator kennedy. i thank those who have sung and spoken before reminding us once more of the timeless wisdom of robert kennedy's words. and all of you for the efforts you have made over half a century to advance the work he could not finish. i think if he were here today and as we were told in the invocation he really is here remind us that perhaps the words he spoke then are truer today than they were hen. in another time of hope heart break and division it is important that we remember what he meant to us when we were young and what he means today. in 1968, after a couple of tumultuous years leading up to it, every day seemed to bring a new piece of bad news. in a deepening division in semester was my last in college here at georgetown. somebody said what did you do at the end of your college career? well, martin luther king got killed on april 4, just a

in the last year, i've gotten to know ethel, and i've gotten to know several of bobby and ethel's childrenldren's children. i've gotten to know their spirit, their personality, and in their heart. that being said, i believe in my heart of hearts, that bobby kennedy carries the promise of this song in his heart until the day he died. ♪ [playing "this land is your land"] as i was riding that ribbon of highway i saw above me that endless skyway i saw below me that golden valley this land was made for you and me i've roamed and rambled, followed my footsteps to the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts all around me, a voice was sounding this land was made for you and me this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me ♪ as the sun was shining, i was him him strolling in the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling and all around me a voice was sounding this land was made for you and me this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york island f

for above all kennedy >> on behalf of my mother at all kennedy -- ethel kennedy in our large family thankse staff at arlington cemetery to be so kind and accommodating and flexible. i want to thank president clinton who graces us with his presence thank you so very much. [applause] [applause] and my family and i also those who devoted their time and talent to make this serviceo possible and to each of you to share in this commemoration. it is tough. it was very painful to my father. but yet half a century later if you have come here traveling as far away as italy, ireland, and australia. share our deep loss and happy memories. your presence is deeply moving and attribute to what my father fired and thank you for remembering. there is much to recall his room was next to mine and listen to shakespeare while doing push-ups.e i woke to run and shakespeare. in fact he was so good a challenge richard burton a shakespeare reciting contests in the course my father one. one of his favorite place was henry the fifth is the story of the key is enjoyed desolate that led the michigan some much larger f

. >> on behalf of my mother at all kennedy -- ethel kennedy in our large family thanks to the staff atgton cemetery to be so kind and accommodating and flexible. i want to thank president clinton who graces us with his presence thank you so very much. [applause] my family and i also think those who divided their time and talent to make this service possible and to each of you for sharing in this commemoration. it is tough to lose a parent. it was very painful to lose my father. but yet half a century later, each of you have come here traveling from as far away as italy, ireland, and australia. you share our deep sense of loss and happy memories. your presence is deeply moving and attribute to the love my father inspired. thank you for remembering. there is much to recall. every morning he would listen to shakespeare while doing push-ups. i woke two grunts and shakespeare. in fact he was so good that he challenged richard burton to a shakespeare reciting contest and of course my father one. one of his favorite plays was henry the fifth. this is the story of a king who endured a desolate

. >> smson behalf of my mother, ethel kennedy, and our very large family, i want to thank the cemetery forngton being so kind and accommodating and flexible. i want to thank president clinton who graces us with his presence. thank you so very much. [applause] my family and i also think those who divided their time and talent to make this service possible and to each of you for sharing in this commemoration. t is tough to lose a parent. it was very painful to lose my father. but yet half a century later, each of you have come here traveling from as far away as italy, ireland, and australia. you share our deep sense of loss and happy memories. your presence is deeply moving and attribute to the love my father inspired. thank you for remembering. there is much to recall. his room was next to mine. every morning he would listen to shakespeare while doing ush-ups. i woke to grunts and shakespeare. in fact he was so good that he challenged richard burton to a shakespeare reciting contest and of course my father won. one of his favorite plays was henry the fifth. this is the story of a king w

ethel. so i just said, ethel, what size panties do you wear? [laughter] boom, she threw her merchandise all up. i pucked up her -- i picked up her merchandise, made the best sale of my career -- [laughter] and then went back and we just guessed, and i sold him the panties. but something happened to me in that transaction. i said to myself, cal, something's going on here. his life is very different from yours. do you see the struggle in his life? you can sense the love he has for his wife, and he's making a sacrifice in buying a pair of 39 cent panties. .. because that was my first experience of amazement in learning about the life of our customers. they were so much smarter than i was i could tell that by trying to wait on them, brilliant, creative people and that farmer reminded me of another version of my grandfather but i sensed that he might never get out of the life that he had as luther turner had somehow been able to do but our stores are there for those people and maybe that is my calling and maybe a great retail company could be built

88—year—old ethel armstrong began her nursing career as a cadet back in 19118.e training in london last year. the women swapped stories of the nhs past and present during a visit to county durham and darlington nhs foundation trust. what was your first day like? 0njuly 5th 19118, i walked through the oak doors with shiny shoes. you were very much a newcomer, and felt very alone as a student. you know you were very much regarded as a gofer. you know, you do this, you do all the jobs that nobody else wanted to do. what was your first day like, grace? i walked in to a welcoming ward that was nurse—led, that had lots of nurses who had all been in my place. what kind of thing would you have worn on your first day? did you still have a uniform? yes, yes. you had a uniform and that uniform was inspected before you actually went in to any of the rooms. i think the uniform is still very important. very important. it still identifies you. but i think that the uniform has gone through an awful lot of changes. yeah, yeah. and this kind of idea that now we work with a lot of

good morning, ethel! the shortest call is 15 minutes to prompt ethel to take her medication.the destination is on your left. a nice cup of tea for you. they make me feel better, somehow. because they always look cheerful. sarah loves herjob, but she's fed up with the lack of recognition for what care workers do. the pay is terrible. we don't get enough travel time. we don't get appreciated enough. people just look at you and think, well, you're a care worker. you just wipe bums. no, i don'tjust wipe bums. i put smiles on people's faces. just firstly, we'll go through the on—call from last night... the company sarah works for is already dealing with the first problems of the day. a husband who is caring for his wife is at the end of his tether. they ended up having a massive argument, and she was really upset. 0bviously there's been previous issues. we don't want to reach breaking point again. here they feel they are on the front line of the strain on families and on the care system. finding staff is a constant battle. 0llie, recruitment today. i've got everything booked, i've

in january nine hundred sixty five ethel gave birth to the couple's ninth child matthew maxwell. and bobby is the oldest surviving kennedy brother now became the head of the family clan which would of course include his brother's widow jackie. and then children caroline and john jr want to split. the. role now and then i got it it. will be kennedy now represented the family's political ambitions and he believed that he would truly be able to change america. i am the first he would have to make a place for himself on the national and international stage. i think. bobby did first hand research to more family understand the problems facing the country he began to travel. wherever he went to kill to a new generation to join him in fighting the evils of poverty hunger and. resists arrest on the belief that the state exists for the benefit of it and that it is not a mere tool of the stay. but i am not it just say that in america we call the young men and women of all nations of the world join with us in a concerted attack on the evils which have so be said in. poverty illness illiterac

reading materials from the kennedy library and access to people other authors did not have, most notably ethel kennedy. such's many books on as pullmancs such railroad card workers, superman, and jewish renewal in different global areas come to life for readers not only because of his deep research but also his captivating style. he also runs the boston-based health coverage fellowship, which helps the media do a better job reporting on health issues. -- "bobbynedy: kennedy: the making of a liberal icon" is not a valentine, but bobby's strength and courage shine through any perceived what i wouldwith say is this largely admiring portrait. the book has drawn praise from far and wide including from john region and former secretary of state henry kissinger. the new york times book review praises in this fashion -- we debt forrry tye's bringing back a young presidential candidate who, for a brief moment almost a half-century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful americans. what we will never know with certainty -- not from 1000 books -- is what might have been. no one can say. water

good morning, ethel! the shortest call is 15 minutes to prompt ethel to take her medication. for you. they make me feel better, somehow. because they always look cheerful. sarah loves herjob, but she's fed up with the lack of recognition for what care workers do. the pay is terrible. we don't get enough travel time. we don't get appreciated enough. people just look at you and think, well, you're a care worker. you just wipe bums. no, i don'tjust wipe bums. i put smiles on people's faces. just firstly, we'll go through the on—call from last night... the company sarah works for is already dealing with the first problems of the day. a husband who is caring for his wife is at the end of his tether. they ended up having a massive argument, and she was really upset. obviously there's been previous issues. we don't want to reach breaking point again. here they feel they are on the front line of the strain on families and on the care system. finding staff is a constant battle. ollie, recruitment today. i've got everything booked, i've got two cvs come through last night. three quarte

his widow ethel marked the anniversary placing a rose on h.ight john dickerson takes us back to the day america said good-bye. >> as the 21 car funeral train traveled slowly south from new york city. mourners stood in silence. >> did it feel like you were attend a funeral or a mass or what? >> no. it made me feel like i was part of history. >> stephanie lang was 24 when she watched with her husband and 2-year-old daughter as the train passed near her home in baltimore. >> when the train came through, that was the moment that i stopped. and put my hand on my heart. you know, and, you know. it was the shame that it happened to him and his family. >> mixed in age. d r ansize. the trip for this reason is going to take longer than scheduled. >> reporter: it is estimated at least a million people lined the more than 200 mile route. aboard, photographer paul fusco captured, the ten row deep crowds, couples sitting alone. people perched on walls or in their backyard. 22 of these rare images are now museum of modern art. >> it was fairly solemn. becaus

>> after he is shot, he says to ethel, how bad is it?t lift me, and those are his last words before he goes into a coma. >> there was very much the sentiment, how much is too much >> there was very much the sentiment, how much is too much to take? >> robert kennedy's now undergoing a neurosurgical operation. he is said to be in very critical condition. ♪ >> senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6, 1968. he was 42 years old. thank you. ♪ paywell, esurance makes itnce you dsimple and affordable. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412. that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance, an allstate company. click or call. ♪ >>> this was really the death of hope. a loss of belief in the entire system. >> my brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, who saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him and wh

one of them to something how about you plead with him to some time couldn't he has i'm not clucky ethel kid and you could tell that i live she looked up the local equivalent to clinics and a clean mobile if you know and if you want to know how to jump in a vacuum and you did not call me distraught and that he made a comment i made it very back. to. eat. eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. eat. soup. feel in the field in the field in my uncle the kid same company stable boy can i nobody. can see but no proof that they can. go into that. kind of quick. move on the what i did on the bench about the movies because of course i'm listening to the michael going to be out in show or so. and i must. say is not so much of a thing as i was it is it sounds as if he was us you see a million years. in a world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the mi

patrol car, and escorted senator kennedy to the hospital. >> we were door guards, only two people, ethel. >> reporter: for three years, jensen was under a gag order, not allowed to speak a word about the night. >> gluck toyou.>> reporter: 50 years later, he is struck by one thing about the senator.>> i saw him, with his close cut off.>> reporter: rubber kennedy was here, a few years earlier, jose, and to this day, -- robert kennedy. a quote that he liked to say, the same one that his brother teddy paraphrased that his funeral. >> something -- some men see things as they are and say why, i dream things that never were, and say why not.>> reporter: ktvu news >> and tran48 -- sirhan sirhan is serving a life sentence . >>> we heard about the busboy he. who lives in the south bay. >> do you remember where you were? >> that was a weird time, super young back then, because you had that, martin luther king, it all happened so quick, i do remember a lot of it, but not exactly. >> i was listening on a transistor radio, for some w going eason,i couldn't heard all of this yelling, and i said cow, ro

what ethel calls bobby's backyard.and sympathetic interest in each child, whether it was the attempt att swimming or the eldest son's choice of a school. cathleen, joe, bobby, david, kerry,y, michael, christopher, matthew, douglas, and neither was he to note their friends, rumus, panda, freckles, and battle star dogs and the horses and the iguanas and the rabbits thethe turtles and geese. there will be another child he will never know. kennedy's wealth estimated at $10 million, his energy and his eternal youth him with great mobility. it was hard to tell where he next.turn up they had, for example, one gay time on the upper hudson of new york's river when seven of their 10 wagonen and a station full of relatives, they led an expedition of rubber canoes and kayaks into midstream and had a ball. skied at sun valley the hills were covered with happy kendies. his form was described as graceful, but damned aggressive. it must have seemed to many that kennedy's life was a merry-go-round of glamorous people, births, balls and

ethel sia clearly dollars. and the. whole lot of congo the kids think compensate all boil down to a night that nobody. can even oklahoma nothing they can. still love going to the. sky. you know move on the watch i didn't know then showed up the moon discover what i'm listening to in the going to be out in show mr sutton i must. say i thought a not so much because of my son's it was a constant that he was like you must see a million lives. in a. life. like that through life like. that. i. making history with a handshake the leaders of the u.s. and north korea for the first time in. the past. very proud of what took place today. i think relationship with north korea and the korean. going to be a very much different. situation. coming up just. before the world cup kicks off in russia. you know. controversially to a vessel carrying stricken migrants. controversial . in the past in paris for the deadly terrorist attack three years ago has left the french capital. why they just. go in this is r t international we start with a

ethel kennedy described the fact cliche, where they can finish each other's sentences. she said about robert and jack that they were so close, they did not need to talk. they could just pick up each others'expressions. there's another cliche in politics, that people talk about copresidents. on a ticket together, they say this will be the closest working relationship we have had between a president and vice president. the truth is, no president in their right mind gives up power to a vice president or anyone else as a copresident. but the closest thing america has ever had to a co-presidency was when bobby kennedy was jack kennedy's attorney general. he was his pseudo-cia director. he consulted bobby kennedy more often than the secretary of state on foreign affairs. he was the guy that jack kennedy knew he could go to, if it was the bay of pigs or civil rights or the cuban missile crisis, and bobby would have his back. he would be looking out for what was best for the country but also what was best politically for jack kennedy, and that was an extraordinary relationship.

after his death bobby kennedy's family gather in memory of his life among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets going to help a grandma going to quite a moment a twenty four year old palestinian. was found guilty and is serving a life sentence. obviously always there but there is no. moment to remember who might go. whatever it was look at. be. any of that but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sister kathleen townsend kennedy says i think bobby makes a compelling case but joseph p. kennedy opposes the reopenin

his widow, ethel, marked the anniversary by placing a rose on his grave at arlington.on takes us back to the day america said goodbye. >> reporter: as the 21-car funeral train traveled slowly south from new york city, mourners stood in silence. did it feel like you were attending a funeral or a mass or e at--? >> no, it made me feel like i was part of history. >> reporter: stephanie lang was 24 when she watched with her husband and two-year-old hughter as the train passed n ar her home in baltimore. >> when the train came through, that was the moment that i stopped and put my hand on my heart and, you know. neat was a shame that had lyppened, what happened to him and his family. >> they're as mixed in age and sex and color and size. the trip, for this reason, is going to take longer than scheduled. >> reporter: it's estimated at least a million people lined the hare than 200-mile route. aboard, photographer paul fusco captured each moment. the ten-row-deep crowds, a couple sitting alone, people d rched on walls, or in their backyard. 22 of these rare images are now on

. >> kathleen kennedy townsend the oldest of robert and ethel kennedy's 11 children.he says people found that hope in the questions her father was asking. >> we have this great wealth, $800 billion ape year. we have all this military power. yet how do we to it? what do we do with it? >> how do we make moral choices? how do we help our fellow human being. most meaningful thing you can do. >> it was their faith in the answers he offered. that helped him build a coalition that implausible if not impossible to imagine today. >> he could speak to white working class men and women. because they trusted him that he would fight for them. and he also, fault for african-americans. if you talk to, those who met him, you never sensed that he felt he was better than you. he was with you. >> the story of bobby kennedy as his loyalists tell it is a tale of transformation. from hard charging, law and order young attorney, to joe mccarthy's staff. social justice warrior by the late 60s. >> he was not just a speaker, he would listen to what people were saying after the great wound of h

after his death bobby kennedy's family gather in memory of his life among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets to help the drama going to quote of the moment a twenty four year old palestinian so hard so hard was found guilty and is serving a life sentence. obviously i was there but. my goal. was looking. any he will be. in you but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sister kathleen townsend kennedy says i think bobby makes a compelling case.

. >> she could be ethel. >> so cute. let's get a live look out here. the giants and phillies going at it. we'll have a look at the forecast in a few minutes. >>> an airline miles card is discontinued. when one traveler was told he couldn't redeem a remaining perk, he refused to stay grounded. nbc bay area responds, next. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and i believe medicaempomured to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein >>> nbc bay area responds to a daily city frequent flyer whose quest for travel got grounded by a merger. >> good morning. michael had a virgin america visa credit card. that's until alaska airlines bought virgin america and discontinued the virgin credit card. one leftover perk was a voecher. his code was supposed to be valid until the end of may. when he tried to use

employing luminaries such as louis armstrong, ethel waters, and lena horne, armed forces radio services director attempted to soften the heated subject of racial in the quality -- racial inequality with familiar black voices. yet, in spite of this, radio paradoxically provided many black artists with the opportunity to relate political messages. broadcasted both black and white servicemen, the show legitimated music by black performers which white artists had often cleaned up and covered in other settings. in surveys, the armed forces radio service staff indicated that the show was the fourth most popular noting it was a top favorite with colored troops. these managers did not characterize jubilee as a negro show. instead, focusing on the function of the latest in jive and jump with artists such as ellington. while this description indicates that black performers were sent -- were essential, for officials it was important that servicemen of all races could enjoy the show. fans of jubilee revealed by putting with servicemen. usually program is absolutely tops and the gis really eat it up

he and his wife, ethel, had 11 children.dential race. >> i run to seek new policies, policies to end the bloodshed in vietnam and in our cities. >> reporter: on april 4th, 1968, he talked about his brother while delivering the news of dr. martin luther king jr. >> i can feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. i had a member of my family killed. but he was killed by a white man. >> reporter: just two months later, at 42 years old, after winning the california primary, he was also the victim of an assassin's bullet. >> it's on to chicago and let's win there. >> reporter: days later, his brother, senator ted kennedy, remembered him. >> my brother need not be idolized, or in death beyond what he was in life. to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw ong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw a war and tried to stop it. >> chris matthews is the host of "hardball" on msnbc. he is also the author of "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit." robert f. kennedy is a towering figure in american hi

with senator kennedy at the time of his death were his wife ethel, his sisters mrs.mith, his sister-in-law, mrs. john f. kennedy. he was 42 years old. thank you. >> i was in high school in boston then and i remember everyone still fighting back tears. hours later when on the evening news that night nbc's chet huntley said this. >> a little before 1:00 this afternoon pacific time, senator kennedy's body was taken to los angeles international airport in with relatives and close associates. at 1:28 p.m. the white house airplane took off bearing the body of kennedy. even as the great jet wheeled out over the pacific to make its turn and head towards new york, the final votes were coming in from remote precincts of the state, swelling the count which the senator had established in this state only two days ago. he won the election, tasted briefly the satisfying fruits of achievement and then lost his life. >> that's tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> on our broadcast tonight, rudy giuliani says robert mueller and team are trying to f

kathleenennedy townsend is his daughter, the eldest of robert and ethel kennedy's 11 children. she is the former lieutenant governor of maryland. and dawn porter is a filmmaker and the director of documentary series, "bobby kennedy for president," which i now availa netflix. she joins us from wes angeles. anelcome both of you to the program. kathleen kennedy townsend, it's hard to believe it'en 50 years. how are you and your family marking this day? >> it is hard, and it was a real, as you know, extraordinary loss. but tomorrow, we're going to have a service at alington cemetery, and over 4,000 people are coming. they wrote letters, how much they were grateful to be avited. peoplere coming from as far away as california, ireland, italy, even australia. so it really shows that 50 years after he died, people still remember him. they remember what he cared fo, at he stood for, and they want to come together in unison. >> woodruff: i have to ask you, your mother 90, his widow. how is she doing? >> my mother is great. she just had he0th birthday. joe biden came, nancy pelosi, steny

tragic moment in american history including the somber cross-country flight that on board, widows ethelnedy and coretta scott king. joining me now, david margo liko discuss this fascinating topic. david, nice to see you tonight. >> nice to see you, martha. >> martha: if there is so much symbolism and yet the reality that these three women flew back on a plane together after bobby kennedy's assassination, how do we know what they did and what they set on that flight? >> i thought it was just the most extraordinary thing that these three women were on that flight and no one had written about it before. i mentioned it in my book but i wanted to go even further than that. so i dug down very deep. i talked to the only surviving secret service man who was on the flight. i talked to any passengers i could find who were still around, and there was one moment when these three women were actually standing or sitting in the same place on the flight and talking to one another. we will never know what they said that we can only ima e kating th went on. they clearly shared something that they could s

among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets to help the drama going to quote of the moment a twenty four year old palestinian. was found guilty and is serving a life sentence. obviously always there but. moment. might go. whatever it was looking. he will be. but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sister kathleen townsend kennedy says i think bobby makes a compelling case but joseph p. kennedy opposes the reopening of the case his response i think that what is most important to set our country and my fam

after his death bobby kennedy's family gather in memory of his life among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets going to help a grandma going to quite a moment a twenty four year old palestinian. was found guilty and is serving a life sentence. obviously i was there but. my goal. was looking. in you but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sister kathleen townsend kennedy says i think bobby makes a compelling case but joseph p. kennedy opposes the reopening of the case his response i think that what is most impor

. >> i was thinking about ethel kennedy, the grief that she was going through. >> it will soon be approachingent that i stopped and paid my respects and saw the train come by and put my hand on my heart. >> why did you make a page of these pictures? >> bse thaas a moment in our life that historyhappened. >> do you think people would walk to the edge of the train track for any public figure today? >> no. >> why do you think that is? >> i don't think we have the respect that we have today. >> the train carrying the body of senator kennedy arrives almost five hours after it was scheduled. >> it became an event that was the end of that adventure. it was a little piece of american history that i had a very little piece of. and it also gave me a lot of hope at that moment that it would be a better day. >> there's something very powerful and very beautiful to know that 50 years later, your death, your life meant something on the planet that people still remember and admire and are moved to tears by your passing. that's very strong. >> who would we walk to the edge of a train track for today? >> she

he was left by a wife, ethel, and children.es of hope." great to see you. >> great to be here. >> we were talking about 50 years. it's hard to fathom that so much time has passed. you were 8 years old when your father passed. >> yes. it is. it's amazing how far we've come as a country and how this year in particular, we're feeling so much of the division in our country that was felt 50 years ago. so, a lot of the issues that he was grappling with are really at the front of the headlines today. >> and the book gets a lot of different perspectives on your father because he meant so much to so many people. but let's talk about him first as a father. what he meant to you. what are your most cherished memories? >> he was a lot of fun. he was, you know, not a don draper father. he was very present. he was always there with us. one of the things i remember, when we had battles. i had seven brothers and three sisters. there were lots of battles in our house. he would always do the same thing. one time in particular, i was playing world

british number three cameron norrie paid tribute to his late grandmother ethel after he went out to theatch which had been delayed by bad light the night before. afterwards the 22 year old revealed his father david had missed the match to attend the funeral in glasgow on wednesday. another briton, heather watson, failed in her attempt to reach the third round for the first time. she couldn't recover after a slow start and lost in straight sets to the 16th seed elise mertens of belgium. just a note for the diary, we are waiting for news on the fitness of ben stokes ahead of the second test, which gets under way at headingley today. it is a must—win game for england. we will have news on that and the rest of the sport a little bit later. there's a warning that thousands of children in care are "living unstable lives" because they frequently move home or school. the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, says instability increases the risk of youngsters being groomed, or becoming a member of a gang. the government says it has put in place a range of measures to help create st