kennedy his son bobby jr has a new book out about his father and his famous family and we recently spoke about that and about today's tumultuous political landscape the book is entitled american values lessons i learned from my family here is that interview watch your wonderful father bobby kennedy was assassinated fifty years ago. are we more or less divided now than in sixty eight when you were just a little kid. i think the eight divisions are more systemic because they're economically rooted i think one of the big things that happened as a country a is are these giant between rich and poor or the hollowing out the middle class. and and then the the giant tsunami influx of money into politics and the effect and it's something that i. you know i spent a lot of child of america and one i was in there almost all of those were military and this is. characterized by a big gap between rich and poor and when that happens the role of one political party becomes to protect the perks and privileges that the wealthy class and. in order to do that you have to pull or as a population you have to u

kennedy his son bobby jr has a new book out about his father and his famous family and we recently spoke about that am about today's tumultuous political landscape the book is it titled american values lessons i learned from my family here's that interview what your wonderful father bobby kennedy was assassinated fifty years ago. are we more or less divided now than in sixty eight when you were just a little kid. i think the eight divisions are more systemic because they're economically rooted i think one of the big things that as happened as a country a is are these giant between rich and poor or the hollowing out erosion of middle class us. and and then the the giant tsunami influx of money and politics and the effect of and it's something that i. i you know i spent a lot of childhood in latin america and one i was in there almost all of those were military and this is. characterized by a big gap between rich and poor and when that happens the role of one political party becomes to protect the perks and privileges that the wealthy class and. in order to do that you have to pull or is a

sir han, sir han is serving a life sentence and your brother bobby jr.ngton post" that he visited him in the prison cell back in december and doesn't believe he was your father's killer. he believed there was a second gunman. do you agree? >> i don't pay it any attention to that conspiracy theory sort of -- thought process. i really -- i like to focus on the reason we care about how daddy died was because of what he did in his life. so i care about all of those days leading up to june 4th. and not so much about what happened that night. i think he was a man who had this extraordinary moral imagination who cared deeply, who sought to bring our country together at a time of division and sought a more just and peaceful world. >> and one thing about your dad, you could see him grow. throughout his time in public life, starting when he was a senate staffer toward the last days of his life when he was out there on the campaign trail getting mad at staffers who thought he was wasting his time when he went to appalachia. thank you for being here on this very imp

just two months before bobby kennedy was murdered, america lost another apostle of peace and justice. the evening that dr. martin luther king jr. was murdered, bobby kennedy was in indianapolis, indiana, to give a speech. breaking the news of dr. king's death, bobby begged his listeners to not resort to effort. "we've to make effort in the united states. we have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond thighs remember difficult times. what he we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence or lawlessness but love, wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or black." listening to those words, one can hear echos of president lincoln's inaugural address when he told a young nation on a knife's edge of civil war, we are not enemies but friends and look forward to a time when we would would be guided to, in lincoln's words, the ber angels of our nature. -- the better angels of our nature. bobby kennedy understood that america is great wh

you know, bobby kennedy, john f. kennedy jr., were always really, really important in marginalized communities, in the african american community. and i thought what a great tim to explore that legacy at a time when politics fee so dark and when so many peoplpeople-- are so impacted by the political discourse of today. isthis was-- thealed like a really good time to look back at his life and legacy. and i really wanted to focus on his life, and that's kind of the inspiration for the film. woodruff: kathleen townsend, you started to talk about his legacy yourself ate miago. how do you feel it over all these years?i >> well, i t you saw it in the film, which is, first of al he could reach out t all sorts of people. as you know, on his funeral lrain it was white working class and black workingss, standing there, saluting him,h singing battle hymn of the republic" feeling that he was talking to them.to anhe people who were fortunate, he was saying, "you have a responsibility. you have-- you have been given privilege. e it for other

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 family reflect on what my father stood for and fought for and kerry kennedy agrees she says i think we should focus on his life and not so much on his death among the problematic details bobby kennedy was shot in the back of the head but i witnessed his place a handsome man in front of him. secondly there were thirteen bullets fired at the scene while the accused killer was found with a revolver in his hand that only contained eight chambers raising speculation about more than one shooter was this is t

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.

first the assassination of martin luther king jr., and then the assassination of bobby kennedy, who wasi tried to get out of the way as an author and let the reader experience exactly what was said at that time. after he was shot, bobby clung to life for about 26 hours. then on this day, june 6th exactly 50 years ago, frank monkowitz who worked for bobby kennedy and loved bobby kennedy had to make the most painful announcement that any presidential campaign press secretary has ever had to make. >> i have short -- i have a short announcement to read. which i will read at this time. senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today june 6th, 1968. with senator kennedy at the time of his death were his wife ethel, his sisters mrs. steven smith, mrs. patricia law ford, his brother-in-law steven smith, 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 t

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 family reflect on what my father stood for and fought for and kerry kennedy agrees she says i think we should focus on his life and not so much on his death among the problematic details bobby kennedy was shot in the back of the head but i witnessed his place a handsome man in front of him. secondly there were thirteen bullets fired at the scene while the accused killer was found with a revolver in his hand that only contained a chambers raising speculation about more than one shooter. was this is the

bobby, and i think that he makes very good points. i think it's worthwhile. >> reporter: robert kennedy jr.ays among the evidence sparking his doubts, audio of 13 shots fired. sirhan's gun held just eight. >> if there is going to be an investigation of what happened that night, the fact that important family members feel there should be one should give this movement a lot of added energy. later, we're also left to wonder about what might have been. by 1968, kennedy was a crusader for social justice. >> i run for the presidency because i dti party and the united states of america to stand for hope instead of dir >> reporter: as the vietnam war raged, and inner cities burned, his presidential bid raised hopes that he could somehow unite a divided nation. >> my father believed that he could lift people up and say that there is a better country and that you can be a better person. >> reporter: 2 million americans watched a train carrying kennedy's body from new york city to the nation's capital.ice ficers, fighrs, soldiers lud. families came out, say good-bye to my father. it was so incredibly

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 family reflect on what my father stood for and fought for and kerry kennedy agrees she says i think we should focus on his life and not so much on his death among the problematic details bobby kennedy was shot in the back of the head but i witness is placed in front of him. secondly there were thirteen bullets fired at the scene while the accused killer was found with a revolver in his hand that only contained a chambers raising speculation about more than one shooter. was this is the story of kennedy

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 family reflect on what my father stood for and fought for and kerry kennedy agrees she says i think we should focus on his life and not so much on his death. among the problematic details bobby kennedy was shot in the back of the head but i witnessed his place hans a hand in front of him secondly there were thirteen bullets fired at the scene while the accused killer was found with a revolver in his hand that only contained a chambers raising speculation about more than one shooter. was this is the sto

bobby kennedy was killed just months after the reverend dr. martin luther king jr.se wishing to mark the passage of 50 years since those two assassinations will find a dramatic difference in historic preservation at the two locations. for starters, there is the lorraine motel. the balcony where dr. king was shot, his motel room, personal effects from him that day, all of it beautifully, painstakingly preserved as part of the national civil rights museum in memphis. then there's the old ambassador hotel in los angeles. that was the ballroom where bobby kennedy uttered his last words in public. now it's on to chicago and let's win there. moments later, while being escorted through the hotel kitchen, he was shot. that's all gone now. all of it. the ballroom, the kitchen, the hotel. it's been replaced by this, a school building and a beautiful one. and while some of the architectural features of an old nightclub have been preserved there's nowhere to go there, nothing to see for those perhaps wanting a tactile or visual connection to the day 50 years ago to this day tha

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 that want to just live up to what we. know 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 want but first he would have to make a place for himself on the national and international stage. i think. bobby did firsthand research them all thoroughly 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. free society rests on the belief that the state exists for the benefit of it and that it is not a mere tool of the stake. but i am not ashamed to say that in america we call it the young men and women of all nations of the world join with us in a concerted attack on the evils which have so he said in. poverty i feel this illiteracy intolerance oppression and war these are the central enemies of our a now i say to you that the enemy will be overcome. thank. social reforms well

jr. in renaming, working to rename the justice department after bobby kennedy, the thing several family members kept asking me, and i thought they thought i might have insight because i was from the south, and it disturbed them. they always asked the question -- how could it be that the same people that were supporting my father after he died, then supported george wallace? well that's really a question that's tough to answer. but i have no doubt in my mind that a lot of those people that voted for barack obama in 2008 and voted for donald trump in 2016, were also kennedy supporters in 1968. >> kennedy tapped a yearning for a different country. there was something raw about everything about that year of 1968. but especially about rfk's campaign. this had been a man who had shown the toughest side of politics. he was often described in his younger years as a ruthless man. in 1968 when he made the decision to come into the presidential praise, motivated by vietnam, by the civil rights struggles that were sweeping the country. by the way in which america in 1968 was coming apart, robert kennedy sa

jr. had his first meeting within 10 it for president jack kennedy, john f kennedy. so it was there that they met. they, being bobbyedy and james baldwin, met the morning before when baldwin flew out to hickory hill after landing and d.c. and then got driven out to hickory hill by mr. kennedy's chauffeur to meet with them in the suburbs of d.c. at his home because he was attorney general. they had a pleasant enough meeting step very interested in each other. they expressed interest in each other. the plane for baldwin had been late, so kennedy said as they went off to the city, to go to another meeting, he said, look, i'm going to be in new york. why do you bring some of those people we talked about that black people listen to? he did not want to talk to king or whitney young or any of the established leaders. he wanted to speak to people that had the ears of the people, so to speak. is that he said, look, i've got someepl they listen to, harry belafonte, lena horne, lorraine hansberry. they happen to be available. he got them together. he said i will meet you tomorrow. they went to the penthouse. bobby kennedy, ex

kennedy his son bobby jr has a new book out about his father and his famous family and we recently spoke about that and about today's to mull to us political landscape the book is entitled american values lessons i learned from my family here is that interview what's your wonderful father bobby kennedy was assassinated fifty years ago. are we more or less divided now than in sixty eight when you were just a little kid. i think the eight divisions an arm or systemic. because economically. i think one of the big things that happened as a country. is are these giant between rich and poor or the hollowing out the middle class. and and the the giant tsunami influx of money and politics and the effect and it's something that i. i you know i spent a lot of child of america and one i was in there almost all of those were military and this is. characterized by a big gap between rich and poor and when that happens the role of one political party becomes to protect the perks and privileges that the wealthy class and. in order to do that you have to pull or as a population you have to use all of the

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