patti ann: and joining us again, author barbara perry and.ormer reporter and abc news executive who witnessed the aftermath of the jfk assassination. barbara, there's sort of a generation gap when it comes to this where were you question. folks 50, 55 and older, perhaps, that question obviously refers to the death of jfk. to a younger generation, they often hi in terms -- think in terms of 9/11. is it the kind of thing that's going to fade? >> i don't think so, and i think if we ponder the lincoln assassination, people are still intrigued by that. think of the movie "lincoln" and how popular that was just a year or two ago. and so i think this is a captivating story that not only seared the conscious of the american people, but the very soul and heart of the american nation. and so i think as long as there is an america and as long as there are americans, i think this story of this man and his family will captivate them. patti ann: yeah. bill lord, here we are talking about it today, the story still as compelling and dramatic as ever even to

. >> host: barbara perry it's good to be here with you talking about the kennedys. but that is having grown up catholic i think the kennedys have the particular resonance for us but i wanted to start right off in ask you, you're a supreme court presidential scholar. how did you get interested in rose? >> guest: i've been interested in the kennedy family since i was a little tyke read when i was four years old my mother to me and my brothers to downtown louisville. she piled the center 56 chevrolet and drove us downtown to the courthouse. she was completely drawn to this new candidate on the scene in the presidential race senator john f. kennedy. >> host: do you think because he was catholic a little bit? >> guest: i have to think i that was a major part of it in addition to which he was about her age so she was the new generation to which the torch was being passed that i point out what she loved history and politics she wasn't as active in grassroots politics and didn't particularly like driving downtown on a very busy streets, so i know that it was his charisma an

to her predecessor mamie eisenhower as one could imagine says university of virginia historian barbara perryfirst lady and had these two beguiling children. the way she spoke was different in her breathy voice. >> dolly madison managed to save it. >> reporter: the first time many americans heard the distinctive voice was during her 1962 tour of the white house, showcasing its restoration. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: 56 million people watched. jackie kennedy may not have considered her role political, but she was a huge political asset. at home -- >> (speaking spanish) >> reporter: -- and overseas. >> the crowds would yell "'s jackie?" if she wasn't on the stage. her husband famously joked about it. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris and i enjoyed it. (laughter) >> she would talk a bare shoulder under the arm of an important man and whisper in their ear and men would just fall at her feet. >> i thought of her as just larger than life. >> reporter: people still think of her that way today. >> very much so. >> reporter: why do you think that is? >> she was young and

. >> yeah, guys, barbara, i was hoping you had your grill on from your katy perry halloween costume.> you should see the recording contract i got. forget katie perry, they all want me. >> the new woman on the view at the center of the headlines, some call her start on the show shaky. >> we are very happy with jenny. >> barbara giving her co-host rave reviews. how is she doing on the view? >> i love jenny. she gives the kind of excitement and warmth and she is sexy and funny. >> this morning, barbara celebrating jenny's 41st birthday. >> you are our gift. >> thank you. >> to have you on the show. >> every year, barbara gives tv the gift of her ten most fascinating people special. possibility you kim and kanye and baby? >> am i gonna tell you now? no. you have to wait until that night. may even be you but don't count on it. >> this isn't your last? >> this is my last. yaez. i know, i'm leaving television. >> i'm working hard to try to make the list, barbara. >> you got to work harder. >> tonight on 20/20, she is working on a real-life mystery. >> everything i thought was my life wasn't

rick perry's wife says i'm pro life. you have barbarahave asked the republican party to take out the anti-abortion plank. the women vote more than men. so this is real for the party. >> abbey's so right. >> will people turn out in 2014? will women turn out because of these issues? >> oh, yes, yes. and we saw in 2013, which is an off-year election. in virginia, black women and unmarried women turned out in 2012 numbers. that is a hume indicator of enthusiasm among this group. >> got to get the message right, though. important. >> abbey huntsman. jess mcintosh. thank you for your time this evening. and be sure to catch abbey on the cycle weekdays here at 3:00. >>> coming up, must see tv today. the crack-smoking mayor of toronto, grilled in public by the entire city council. and folks, you'll want to see the reaction. >>> but first, senator elizabeth warren calls out republicans for trying to nullify president obama's election. >> we need to call out these filibusters for what they are -- naked attempts to nullify the results of the last pr