kennedy: don't get sneezed on. worst part about flying as if you would be infected but it's the people who smell bad. it's not the flying and the seeds is not the coronavirus i think we need to keep things in perspective here. but what i want to know is i understand the presidents approach last night in the press conference, he was trying to disarm the situation a little bit and put people at ease. there is a time for panic, there's a time for alarmism but were not there yet. if this administration does handle this outbreak effectively, when will they get credit work? >> never and we all know that. the liberal mainstream media and democrats are to a large extent to blame for the selloff in the market and their reaction to this. look, the flu, i think this year there were 29000 people in this country. 16000 people died from the flu. we have had no deaths get in this country from coronavirus. i think it's being totally blown out of proportion. look, it's one thing to make a political and to be critical of the preside

kennedy: yes. susan: and did he reach out to you? ms. kennedy: yes. asked to come to selma to introduce then-attorney general eric holder, because i had been a great supporter of barack obama. written an article for -- a bigit was from hit, i guess you could say. and because of that article, they asked me to come and introduce him. i had not given a speech since high school. so, they put all the speakers in one room. there was joseph lowery and jesse jackson, eric holder came in, john lewis. and john lewis came over and sat next to me, and we started a conversation. and we have loved each other ever since. susan: what is john lewis's explanation for your father? when you have talked about why he approached his own citizens of his state, people of color, the way did, how does john lewis process the way your father handle things? ms. kennedy: you know, we never discussed that. susan: he does not have an assessment of his personality or what drove him along the way? ms. kennedy: well, yes, i have read thinks that john has -- he did not tell me personally

kennedy: narcosis in mcallen?s still running for president she picked up a whole delegate from american samoa last night good job. many pointed out this would qualify her or what have in the other three debates that emerging happen this year, so maybe she will qualify for the next debate in 11 days. the dnc said no. their spokesperson almost immediately tweeted saying we have two more debates course the threshold will go up by the time had the march debate. on the 2000 delegates will be allocated so the plot threshold will allocate where we are in the race blob. so far the hawaii congresswoman has not commented that is the dnc snapping toasty? why is she still the race question work she still race because she believes in yourself. two and she has different ideas with other people running. this is been that from the debates all along they talk about criminal differences between the personalities kelsey is actually saying very different things about foreign policy that i think i was hearing and i would love to have

kennedy: yes.ish everyone could have a broken road in their life. susan: the subtitle of your book is a daughter's journey to reconciliation. you mentioned you have been working on this for the past 11 years. what got you started? ms. kennedy: well, back in 1996, we took our young son burns, who was nine at the time, to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. and we went to his church and to his grave, and we went over to the museum. it was being newly constructed at that time. and we went to the exhibits and we came to the exhibit, the alabama exhibit. and it showed the edmund pettus bridge, the bombed out 16th street church, fire hoses and dogs, birmingham, and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and he said -- he was so sad. why did pa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. and i said, he never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to hel

while kennedy was to improve life for the negro, why do support kennedy? i don't know i just do.think a lot of people saw kennedy had been the attorney general and so we kind of had that and he came from a background of lot order purity thing people saw him as being someone who would balance the interests of communities with law and order. the other thing that was interesting was in 64, george wallace ran as a democratic candidate in the primary and in indiana he had like 24206% of the vote just running as a straight out racist candidate then four years later kennedy ran in indiana and at the primaries 40% of the vote. so clearly some of the people that voted for kennedy in 68. by the way, i go into george wallace in your little bit george wallace was a piece of work man, so at the time, and 68, when he was campaigning he couldn't run for reelection think they had their third child and 61 or 62, the doctor saw some suspicious tissue, but of course told george and not arlene and said you need to get arlene to get this checked out it might be cancerous tissue and she had cervical c

kennedy is coming up next have a great night everyone. ♪ ♪. kennedy: it is 9:00 p.m.the east coast, 6:00 p.m. at weston right now fox news projects joe biden wins michigan, yes we can also project that joe is going to in missouri and mississippi. three to 52 delegates up for grabs in six states tonight. so can sleepy joe deliver a knockout punch to crazy bernie? looks like it. the michigander's, you ruined this senator sanders shot of the presidency. sorry socialism. take a look at the states on the board, the big and gelato has always been michigan. it's the first major industrial in this eight to hold a primary. what are 25 delegates right there, but it's bigger than just the numbers. joe biden is still short of the total delegates he needs 20 nomination outright. and now, he has 670 compared to bernie's 574. but that when in michigan, that big one could signal he has strong support in a critical november battleground. one that president trump won by aharon is she detention in 2016. matt finn is live in detroit with more on the race. our primary night panel has an a

kennedy: wow.verything that i am, that i have instilled in my children -- compassion -- everything she was is her legacy. it's her legacy to me. and i have instilled that to my children. she lived only to 41, i was just 18, but she taught me so much in that little span of time. that's the only way i know how to explain it. susan: your father went back on the campaign trail. i want to tell people how the 1968 election turned out for him. he won 13% of the popular vote, 40 electoral college votes. you said he never had any illusions about winning the race. ms. kennedy: he just liked to run. he liked the people. he had gotten on the ballot in every state, and i think he just wanted to see what he could do. and that's what he did. and i think he was pleased with that. susan: he already had his sights set on running again in 1972, but first he had to be reelected governor in the state. you tell a story of the nixon administration's involvement in that race. can you tell me that story? ms. kennedy: well,

i knew about the kennedy trip just as a piece of political trivia that robert kennedy and 68 agana one of his famous tours to eastern kentucky 80 punch and contacted the time kennedy was not officially candid but was considering running against lyndon johnson and the democratic primary. it was an effects kind of a campaign stop that had all the toppings of a campaign trip with photo opportunities and hearings in the speeches. and i just thought it was interesting that robert kennedy in 1968 is a liberal could go to eastern kentucky and then 50 years later, you see donald trump when in these counties was 60 or 70% of the vote. so i thought i should write a book about that, but everybody else thought the same thing so this book ended up being a little bit different if focuses more on the trip itself, i don't really get into too much of the analysis of why things change. i think i look smart how things change. i leave it up to the reader to decide whether the changes are for better or worse, they are worse. i went down to kentucky i began researching the book in 2017 i grew up in philadel

kennedy is next, i'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪. kennedy: oh trish, like a dollop of heaven.s tuesday is shaping up to be super. the biggest and the primary counter just hours away, 14 states up for grabs. joe biden was a grab them by the clavicle's. is he going to build out his big south carolina win or will bernie sanders but sleepy joe to bed for good? biden won the palmetto state biomes 30-point saturday, a much bigger victory than most anand was protected. today the bp said he's the one with the big mo. >> democrats want to nominate who the democrats. [cheering] a lifelong democrat, a proud democrat, an obama biden democrat. join us. look, we can win big earl is big, that's the choice that's upon us now. we did it, we wanted south carolina. like i will god willing when in texas tomorrow. kennedy: i wouldn't but those odds quite so high. bernie sanders is not having any of that and today in utah, he said the fix is in. go bernie. >> have you heard about them consulting for biden customer. >> it's no secret the "washington post" had 16 articles today on it. there is a mass

kennedy: how much?how carved out he got rid of the defections disease unit take up funding for the cdc so so doctors who are not working for the federal government are the volunteering? >> auto that really means. trump literally said he did not want testing done because he didn't want the actual people and numbers to go up. that's problematic. we should not be avoiding the numbers go up. >> you said the president united states does not want testing to got because you did with the numbers go? so he literally did a press conference of the dates he didn't want people to come up the vote because the numbers would go up. kennedy: he's talking about people being infected where they have countries where they had a much higher infectious rate infecting more people in the united states. >> those are american. >> but him saying to them coming up phil because i don't the numbers coming up or was it because i don't the numbers. kennedy: that is what china's doing he saying we don't want this to get out good because

and this gives kennedy a little boost. >> ted kennedy surges forward. winning the new york and connecticut primaries. >> the carter campaign is incredibly frustrated because they felt like they had kennedy on the mat. >> no more american hostages. and no more jimmy carter! >> but instead of a knockout punch, the boxing match is going to continue to go on and on and on. >> carter has suffered a bruising blow at the hands of his rival. and, still, america is relying on its commander in chief to bring the hostages home. >> there is a decision that's made to try a military operation. it's called operation eagle claw. the mission would take a rescue team into iran. where they would pick up the hostages and take them out to safety. >> the rescue was a courageous thing for carter to do. but everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. at kay, we've learned the most important one will always be your own. every yes. oh my gosh, yes. begins with kay. ♪ and i like to question your i'm yoevery move.n law. like this left turn. it's the next one. you always drive th

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kennedy: how much?how carved out he got rid of the defections disease unit take up funding for the cdc so so doctors who are not working for the federal government are the volunteering? >> auto that really means. trump literally said he did not want testing done because he didn't want the actual people and numbers to go up. that's problematic. we should not be avoiding the numbers go up. >> you said the president united states does not want testing to got because you did with the numbers go? so he literally did a press conference of the dates he didn't want people to come up the vote because the numbers would go up. kennedy: he's talking about people being infected where they have countries where they had a much higher infectious rate infecting more people in the united states. >> those are american. >> but him saying to them coming up phil because i don't the numbers coming up or was it because i don't the numbers. kennedy: that is what china's doing he saying we don't want this to get out good because

kennedy: how much?how carved out he got rid of the defections disease unit take up funding for the cdc so so doctors who are not working for the federal government are the volunteering? >> auto that really means. trump literally said he did not want testing done because he didn't want the actual people and numbers to go up. that's problematic. we should not be avoiding the numbers go up. >> you said the president united states does not want testing to got because you did with the numbers go? so he literally did a press conference of the dates he didn't want people to come up the vote because the numbers would go up. kennedy: he's talking about people being infected where they have countries where they had a much higher infectious rate infecting more people in the united states. >> those are american. >> but him saying to them coming up phil because i don't the numbers coming up or was it because i don't the numbers. kennedy: that is what china's doing he saying we don't want this to get out good because

kennedy is next. ♪ ♪.nedy: i am now, thank you trish, and another one gone and another one gone and another one bites the dust. ♪ ♪ liz worn out of the race. farewell. so who is going to benefit more quest mike sleepy joe, crazy bernie or el presidente. as we all know it liz worn had a very miserable super tuesday. she did not win a single state. she came in third in her home state of massachusetts and forth in her first state of oklahoma with only 64 delegates for the nomination would have been virtually impossible with the 64000-dollar question who is she going to throw her hat to you would think she would want to burst her ideological buddy bernie sanders today however she said this. >> will you be making an endorsement? >> not today, not today. i want to take a little time to think a little more. i've been spending a lot of time right now on the questions and making sure this works as best we stand for our staff, for our team, for our volunteers. kennedy: oh bernie that has to sting. analysts say the f

kennedy is next. ♪ ♪.nedy: i am now, thank you trish, and another one gone and another one gone and another one bites the dust. ♪ ♪ liz worn out of the race. farewell. so who is going to benefit more quest mike sleepy joe, crazy bernie or el presidente. as we all know it liz worn had a very miserable super tuesday. she did not win a single state. she came in third in her home state of massachusetts and forth in her first state of oklahoma with only 64 delegates for the nomination would have been virtually impossible with the 64000-dollar question who is she going to throw her hat to you would think she would want to burst her ideological buddy bernie sanders today however she said this. >> will you be making an endorsement? >> not today, not today. i want to take a little time to think a little more. i've been spending a lot of time right now on the questions and making sure this works as best we stand for our staff, for our team, for our volunteers. kennedy: oh bernie that has to sting. analysts say the f

kennedy's next, i will see right here tomorrow night, have a good run. ♪ ♪. kennedy: fake news. president blaming media and democrats and guess what, they are all blaming the president. welcome to coronavirus 2020, it is a whole new election where everything turns into a political knife fights. that's the coronavirus away. the question is can we all behave long enough to actually solve this crisis earlier today, the grand princess, nancy pelosi. [laughter] at least 21 people on the cruiseship tested positive for the virus. all the passengers going to quarantine on military bases hey sailors. here in new york, mayer de blasio said the city has not ruled out shining down the subway system. he's going to give us our rickshaw rides. it is the biggest such system in the nation. they also said the disease could be around until september according to the cdc. there are more than 550 cases in the united states, we are told there have been 206 deaths, many of them at that nursing home in washington state. fortunately, 14 states is not yet have any cases that should alter their borders. b

kennedy is next. kennedy: thank you so much trish and we have breaking news tonight president trump moments are now set to address the late nation. it is only the second time he has done that and there's little over three or presidency. we are told he's going to announce a decision he has made to try to keep americans safe from coronavirus as well as new plans to stabilize the economy. both becoming increasingly important. first it was another horrible day on wall street, the dow down almost 1500 points. again you're poor i'm sorry. the 11 year bull market is over, the nasdaq and s&p 500 also each down nearly 5%. but the market obviously not the only thing that has people on edge. the world health organized in reporting this is now officially a pandemic and we will get into exactly what that means for you in a little bit. the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s., now well over 1000. twenty-nine deaths in washington state alone. they have banned large gatherings of over 250 people and now we're seei

, when you hear senator kennedy -- >> kennedy: on the fed!rris: when he republican senator kennedy say this is needed, why do you think he takes exception? >> kennedy: because he looked at the outcome after the two stimuli into thousand eight and 2009, and by all economic forecasts we would have been in the exact same place. >> harris: with or without the stimulus? >> kennedy: yes. it would have been better -- nothing is too big to fail. sorry. sometimes you have to -- >> harris: i forgot about that line. >> kennedy: you have to allow things to come to the natural order of the free market. the more government interference we have, the less of a natural recovery we will see. a lot of this is very unnatural. it's a well-intentioned. big government and giant wads of cash being thrown at problems is always well-intentioned. the problem isn't the initial cash or where it's intended to go. if the unintended consequences we see, that is the fallout. >> harris: i get you. i want to roll this into the 50 days we had to get ready. you and i were talkin

kennedy.her in the united states senate. >> they had an opportunity to spend time with each other, to respect each other, although their points of view were considerably different. one the liberal, the other conservative. >> he would have said in jfk's rocking chair and drink whiskey with him. and they got to talking about running against each other. and that delighted my father. >> and they decided that they would campaign together. and that was all set up. they had it all planned. >> those dreams had been crushed by the assassination of jfk. >> it took all the wind out of my father's sails for running for president. >> he really had no savor for running against lbj who he didn't really trust and didn't really respect. >> he did not like lyndon johnson. he thought lyndon johnson was a bully and a crook. [ crowd chanting] >> so goldwater understands that he was probably going to have to face a decision about whether to run. there was already a movement that was surging around him. but his hear

knew it and jack kennedy know it subject kennedy is giving his state of the union address and president kennedy is all we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people this is the middle of the colonization africans asians arab latinos those nations are becoming free. imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global self but he didn't mention the american south. in this freedom struggle the kind of silence there but he needed that silence because what he was dealing with it just come back from that vienna summit remember the one that his brother was really trying to get the freedom riders for well that summit didn't go so well. he met with christian and christian took him to school i mean who this was not pretty it really wasn't pretty and it was kennedy's fault he acknowledged that later on he thought that what he could do because he could just walk in there and charm on those charm fellows charm nikki the christian christian who has survived j

a kennedy. >> lyndon johnson and robert f. kennedy despised each other. robert f.nedy sees lyndon johnson as this kind of lout who dishonors the memory of his dignified, noble brother. lyndon johnson was terrified that rfk had it in him to sabotage his presidency. >> but many democrats want bobby to play a starring role. >> many of the old kennedy guard were desperate for bobby to be lbj's running mate in 1964. there seemed to be a poetic justice to it. bobby kennedy, the inheriter of his brother's idealism was the future of the democrat party. >> lbj was having none of it. >> without actually having to say i don't want bobby as president, he said no sitting cabinet officer in my administration is going to be selected as vice presidential candidate because i think they should spend their time doing their jobs on behalf of the american people. >> now, everybody saw through that. as bobby, you can't have it. >> lbj suspects bobby has his eyes on more than the vice-presidency. >> johnson believed, with cause, by the way, that bobby wanted to displace johnson as the no

hurt him, kennedy? >> kennedy: younger people aren't all socialists. some are looking at his proposals going, "what are the long-term applications? am i going to get stuck with the bill?" the answer is yes. if any of this passes, even fractionally, yes. you see a number of younger voters now going, "oh, hmm, maybe i don't want to pay for some dill's college. i'm making less money yet somehow i'm footing the bill for this." >> dagen: and curious because we were talking but using the word "revolution." that the word joe biden used in his speech in south carolina. not just a victory, but a turning point in terms of his messaging. he said that we don't need a revolution. talking about pragmatism versus socialism. he was talking about compassion. it was really the language of president barack obama he was using. he said, "we don't need a circular firing squad and we don't need a revolution." so that's the pivot. >> juan: i think you are seeing both sides react to each other. bernie sanders is being targeted

kennedy? >> kennedy: you are right. it's a personal choice. it's not for bidding americans from going on cruise ships. be practical. i love what you said, fighting fear with facts. that's what we should all be doing. not fear and hysteria, information. i was on the plane this weekend taking international trip, and everyone was clearing their seat. everybody had antiseptic wipes. >> harris: that's a good thing no matter what! >> kennedy: the airlines are doing the same thing, which might be one of the long-term benefits of old virus like this. >> melissa: we keep showing the market and i want to tell people what's going on there. this downdraft is not about this coronavirus response this morning. it's about what's going on in the oil markets. we see this massive sell-off. russia saudi arabia were cooperating. and over supply of oil in the market. they were cooperating to support price. now they are not. they have set all bets are off and there is a price war going on in crude oil. a lot of regular people have said, "why is this bad for american

kennedy, there were people among kennedy's advises thought we can only go to nuclear weapons. we shouldn't bother to build conventional weapons because that might convince khrushchev that we are not willing to use nuclear weapons, evolving of deterrence and our credibility and power to convince them that we are willing to use nuclear weapons. this was the essence of our defense policy at the time. kennedy decided this was insane, this was going to be catastrophic so he decided to do something clever in the short run. when kennedy was elected president it was widely believed there was a missile gap, russians were way ahead of us in missiles. by the time kennedy entered office we started putting photo reconnaissance satellites over the soviet union and turned out there was no missile gap. the soviet union which was believed to have 200, 300 missiles turned out to have 4 and they didn't have much of anything else either. so kennedy had his deputy secretary of defense give a speech he had been intending to give it the business roundtable in virginia and the idea of the speech woul

so kennedy called seven people into his office. and on the condition that he told the seven people in fact don't ever talk about this ever. and he perpetrated the myth that he ignored saturday and went with friday. this is the cold war. it look like he had made a deal with khrushchev and would be in big trouble. one of the seven people he did not tell was vice president lyndon johnson. and then to go eyeball to eyeball that this is a tragedy that wen continue this lie so after the cuban missile crisis kennedy is looking at the defense budget with mcnamara and chairman of the joint chiefs especially around nuclear weapons and kennedy said i don't know why we spend so much money on w nuclear weapons i would not have been deterred by that and that if deterrence fails and say yes that will pay for more than 40 weapons. and then to blow everything up. and as many others have put it and then try to do something to draw to a conclusion that kennedy wasn't comfortable and said we have to and the cold war. and in june 1963 that it's a beaut

and bobby kennedy knew it and jack kennedy knew it. so jack kennedy is giving his state of the union address and president kennedy is all -- we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. it was the middle of de-collinization. those nations are getting free. imperil bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. but he didn't mention the american south. kind of a silence there. but he needed that silence. because what he was dealing with, he had just come back from that vienna summit. remember that one that his brother was really trying to get the freedom riders to quiet out on and -- well, that vienna summit didn't go so well. he met with somebody who took him to school. this wasn't pretty. it really wasn't pretty. and it was kennedy's fault. he acknowledged that later on. he thought that what he could do because he's gotten by on charm. he could just walk in there and charm, you know, one

. ♪ kennedy: your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to thenited states. the interest of both of us is the same. to maintain our freedom. to maintain our peace. and to provide a better life for our people. that is the purpose of your visit. and it's how we can jointly preserve that effort. >> mr. president, it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. america has a magic meaning for the most distant communities of the world. i bring with me the greetings of my countrymen to your people. with the expression of the sincerest feelings of pleasure. and i expressed to you, mr. president, my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity for your great and noble nation. ♪ >> cape canaveral. home of the american space agency. a center of scientific research and outer space. it is here that astronaut john glenn was launched into his orbital flight around the earth. cape canaveral is a high point in the official visit in the spring of 1962 from the shah of iran. t

hi, kennedy.are trying to do the right thing and the reason of course is because life in our country is changed by the minute. in an unprecedented effort to help contain this coronavirus, millions of americans are working from home. school closings are impacting young people. cities and states are closing bars and restaurants with the exception of take-out. san francisco and surrounding counties telling people to shelter in place. earlier today the white house issued new guidelines and that includes limiting social gatherings to less than ten people to help stop the spread of the virus. here is more from the president. >>> my focus is really on gettig rid of this problem, this virus problem. once we do that, everything else is going to fall into place. we're not thinking in terms of recession. we are thinking in terms of the virus. want to be stopped. i think there's a tremendous pent-up manned in terms of the stock market and the economy. if you don't have the symptoms, if you're doctor doesn't t

kennedy and john f. kennedy wins.wo years later, nixon decides here in california, he is going to seek the governorship of california. he runs against pat brown, the father of jerry brown. pat brown will win, nixon will lose. during the campaign, reagan is nixon's california cochair and ronald reagan becomes a republican at that time. dwight eisenhower spends his winters in california at palm desert, but he spends the summers in gettysburg, pennsylvania. please visit the eisenhower home there. eisenhower decides the democratic party has much better marketing than the republican party and hosts a symposium at his gettysburg farm with gop leaders to try to see, how can the republican party better market itself? the result of that has never been known to history before. i probably say, until i found it. that is this record called mr. lincoln's party today. it is a longplaying record. here is the back cover. famous pictures and faces of that era. former president eisenhower out of the white house for two years. richard ni

president kennedy and the shah agree on assistance for iran's economic development program.hington's national press the shah addresses correspondents of the world press, reminding them of iran's significant place in history and its position in the front line of freedom. he speaks at the economic and social reforms underway, noting iran is moving forward with vigor, purpose, and stability. >> with the implementation of the vast program of social and economic reforms, and with self-reliance from a strong sense of nationalism, and integrity of our code, we are moving in the right direction. with the support of our friends, the great country of america will take a stand on the same front with us and share with us the defense of the same ideal. with a similar way of thinking, we shall pursue our course. [applause] ♪ >> the national gallery of art which houses hundreds of paintings and sculptures is hosting the empress. the gallery director dr. john walker points out some of the masterpieces and describes the gallery's role as a sponsor of lectures, concerts, and publications. the

state visit by the shah and empress of iran with president john kennedy and first lady jacqueline kennedy. >> i speak on behalf of all my fellow americans in welcoming you to the united states. the interest of both of us is the same, to maintain our freedom, to maintain our peace, and to provide a better life for our people. >> "real america," sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> sunday night on "q&a," peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of former four-term alabama governor and presidential candidate george wallace, talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her book "the broken road." >> back in 189996, we took our youngest son, burns, to the martin luther king historical site in atlanta. woe went we went to his church, to his grave, and to the museum. it was being newly constructed at that time. we saw the exhibits, and we came to the alabama exhibit. and it showed the edmond pettus bridge, the bombed-out church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and

kennedy. president johnson wanted to be seen as strong during the 1964 presidential campaign against the hawkish barry goldwater. >> welcome. today's subject is lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson, i think it's fair to say, is best remembered by historians and the general american public for one reason and one reason only. vietnam. johnson is the president most frequently identified with the vietnam war. although, there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 in which johnson said to a journalist, this is not lyndon johnson's war. had is america's war. if i drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be here, end quote. he was right in a way. when he was out the office the war continued. the manner in which the war was fought and lost had been popular ascribed to lyndon johnson. vietnam is widely considered lyndon johnson's tragedy, failure, betrayal, depending on your position on the political spectrum. there are two books in print, both entitled "lyndon johnson's war" and both advancing compelling, i

i am an alum and a project director at the kennedy school. i was thinking what has been fun about this cycle is watching people in the role of potential presidential spouses who don't fit our traditional conceptions of what that would look like and i was wondering to hear a little bit from you about your reflections of how that rule has transitioned over time during the period in which you both served and if you have thoughts for the public whether our expectations of that role should be changing. >> as far as i am concerned it is fun to watch the changes that are happening the way the roles of melted around this new beginning with everything. i still am a big believer, don't get mad, in the traditional spouse. like it or not, in a political family you have to have support and a spouse is the likely person who is going to do that. i do like the opportunities that spouses don't always move to washington, they stay at home in their home state. i think that is important, that is a new development. >> negative or positive? >> positive absolutely.

as i stated, johnson inherited the vietnam commitment from kennedy, when kennedy was assassinated, there were 16,000 u.s. advisers in south vietnam and the situation was crumbling. who approved an utter and competent. he was a good military man, he only last a few weeks in office, he was succeeded, who was more competent but also incredibly corrupt and prone to passing on misleading reports to his american benefactor's. so that's one thing that he was inheriting when he became president. he also inherited the kennedy team, the best and the brightest. as i'm sure you, know it's customary for a new president to choose his own cabinet, and i think why he would feel this way, he believes that his transition into office would be east. he believed the national trauma after the kennedy assassination might be less acute if he kept kennedy's cabinet at their post, so dana rock remained secretary of state, nick george bundy remained national security adviser, and most important robert mackie america. as we know from the testimony, johnson was in all, absolute all of these men, he felt terribly and

i support the kennedy center. this is not the place or time to hold a bill up with the health care for america to provide money for the kennedy center. that was wrong but that is what her win was. it doesn't extend the an employment insurance, that was decided. it didn't change providing people to stay on the job, that was already decided or way to keep somebody there. to provide the provisions of where we were going. she added a union provision and added money for the kennedy center. i believe at the end of the day this should focus on the health, safety, and security of americans when it comes to coronavirus. let's make sure those hospitals get the resources, those who are laid off got money to pay their rent so we don't have real estate challenge or those who are laid off, let's incentivize the small business owner to bring them back on. government is providing the resources as a grant to rehire them. or the incentive to keep you working as you get through this virus so your stronger on the other side. we just

they did get 24 million more dollars for the kennedy center. maria: it's incredible, yes exactly 25 million for the kennedy center and yet she tells a completely different story you know she said she did ju jitsu on the plan, she said, to change it to get it where it is and then of course you've got alexandria ocasio-cortez and what she said on friday, watch this and get your reaction, congressman. >> what did the senate majority fight for , one of the largest corporate bail outs with as few strings as possible in american history. shameful. the degree of that fight is wrong. maria: you saw that. your reaction? >> yeah, well it's not a time for theatrics. this is time to actually get the bill done but if you listen to these democrats that is exactly what they want to do. they are more concerned about a foreign country or foreign individual than they are about america themselves and not only do we have to fight this. remember the virus is here. we did not invite it. we did not ask for it but we will defeat it together and that's exactly what thi