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he knew there for not only that the cia was trying to kill castro, but that bobby kennedy and therefore jack kennedy or behind the plodding. >> did you ever meet with him? >> i interviewed him in miami a few years ago. he shared some introspection with me. i asked him in particular why did you want to meet bobby kennedy? he told the cia candler by the way, he told the handler i want to meet with bobby kennedy. i want to hear from him that you all have the approval in this plot you have the approval of the highest american authorities. but he didn't meet with him. but the man i mentioned earlier, desmond fitzgerald did come in and he met with him in a safe house in paris and told him that he was bobby kennedy's personal representative, so the double agent went back and told fidel castro now we know for sure bobby kennedy, no doubt speaking with the approval of his brother wants you to be killed. this is one of the most remarkable findings of my research. >> what kind of assets has the united states over the years had in cuba? >> that's hard to say and it is difficult for me to admit to a
he knew there for not only that the cia was trying to kill castro, but that bobby kennedy and therefore jack kennedy or behind the plodding. >> did you ever meet with him? >> i interviewed him in miami a few years ago. he shared some introspection with me. i asked him in particular why did you want to meet bobby kennedy? he told the cia candler by the way, he told the handler i want to meet with bobby kennedy. i want to hear from him that you all have the approval in this plot you...
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kennedy in indianapolis, breaking the news to so many. john lewis, you were there. rep. john lewis: i cried, with so many other people. and i said to myself, "we still have bobby." i went back to atlanta, attended the funeral with robert kennedy and hundreds and thousands of others. after the funeral was over, i got back in the kennedy campaign, went to oregon and later to california. i campaigned for bobby kennedy with cÉsar chÁvez. it was a wonderful effort. we went all over los angeles, going into wealthy neighborhoods, knocking on doors, urging people to vote for bobby. and that evening the primary was over, bobby kennedy came up to me and said, "john, i'm going downstairs to make my victory statement. why don't you remain? " i was in his suite with his sister, several other individuals, the brother of medgar evers. and we listened to bobby, and he said, "on to chicago." and moments, minutes later, it was announced that he had been shot. dropped to the floor and cried and cried. i just wanted to get out of l.a. i got on a flight the next morning, flew to atlanta, and i think i cried all the way from l.a. to atlanta. and i came back to new york for the funeral
kennedy in indianapolis, breaking the news to so many. john lewis, you were there. rep. john lewis: i cried, with so many other people. and i said to myself, "we still have bobby." i went back to atlanta, attended the funeral with robert kennedy and hundreds and thousands of others. after the funeral was over, i got back in the kennedy campaign, went to oregon and later to california. i campaigned for bobby kennedy with cÉsar chÁvez. it was a wonderful effort. we went all over los...
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they did not know the bad bobby kennedy that i call him then, they were making fun of the commission. they are recommending this? there were not hostile to civil rights. the problem was the committees of congress were controlled by democrats from the south. mcclellan, and mississippi, they control the judiciary committee and judicial appointments. so it has been a friendly reception. but the administration would take the recommendations to incorporate them later on but intel and they were simply being polite that these people think we will do this. we cannot do this. so they found out they tried to cooperate but the independence that made them the independent voice was important and they should not try to be friendly. their job was to be a watchdog and they learned that than kennedy was assassinated and then because of the civil-rights movement with a proposed with legislation with the civil-rights act was enacted into law the. >>host: at what point* did you become aware of the civil-rights commission? >>guest: i became aware when i was in a graduate program they would ask me if i wou
they did not know the bad bobby kennedy that i call him then, they were making fun of the commission. they are recommending this? there were not hostile to civil rights. the problem was the committees of congress were controlled by democrats from the south. mcclellan, and mississippi, they control the judiciary committee and judicial appointments. so it has been a friendly reception. but the administration would take the recommendations to incorporate them later on but intel and they were...
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as the fair housing act. >> so it seems like today, if you're looking at the assassination of bobby kennedy as being a tipping point for lbj, it seems like we have something similar on an emotional level here in the u.s. with regard to newtown and what's happened there. so if president obama wanted to take a lesson from 1968, what do you think he could learn from how lbj got the votes for the bill? >> well, again, lbj used the emotional tipping point, as you suggested, alex, to get this through. one of the things he did very effectively is he worked with great speed, with great swiftness in order to get things done. before the mood of the country turned to something else. it's interesting. if you look at 1968, mrs. johnson, lady bird johnson, wrote in her diary, there are so many people across this country who are asking what is happening to us. president johnson felt that as well, and that's when he moved on gun control. and i think, again, that if president obama wanted to use this moment he must do so i think with great swiftness. >> can i just ask you about the lbj library, which i unde
as the fair housing act. >> so it seems like today, if you're looking at the assassination of bobby kennedy as being a tipping point for lbj, it seems like we have something similar on an emotional level here in the u.s. with regard to newtown and what's happened there. so if president obama wanted to take a lesson from 1968, what do you think he could learn from how lbj got the votes for the bill? >> well, again, lbj used the emotional tipping point, as you suggested, alex, to get...
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and we need to deal with the basic fact there's this nine hundred sixty eight when dr king and bobby kennedy were assessed needed a million people in our country because of gun related deaths we are was about nine thousand gun related deaths a year which is far higher than any of the developed country in the world working with countries like england like germany most for instance cetera we're talking about this but we have three hundred million guns in america but also a population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and it's more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any trial and it would have this problem in the first place so it's a false statement to make that this is going to stop if we actually are more people by him the response or response print court decision on two thousand and five league five point five us. rock part that's good solid state that the police have no legal obligation to provide protection of the connecticut shooting of the police showed up twenty minutes after they boarded and upon making visual contact that's when i should
and we need to deal with the basic fact there's this nine hundred sixty eight when dr king and bobby kennedy were assessed needed a million people in our country because of gun related deaths we are was about nine thousand gun related deaths a year which is far higher than any of the developed country in the world working with countries like england like germany most for instance cetera we're talking about this but we have three hundred million guns in america but also a population of three...
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these are very preliminary numbers back in two thousand and eight my co-writer on rolling stone bobby kennedy and i were able to go through the elections assistance commission that's our federal government which keeps track not only of votes counted but votes not counted five point one million votes in two thousand and eight were not counted or voters turned away from voting booths this year the trends are showing it's about up about fifty percent to nine point three million we have to get the final official tallies but there is an official tally of the non count and if you want to know how they break down for example you just heard palm beach but we were seeing to a great extent too if you look into palm beach is that the state of florida when about through a mass purge of voter rolls if you remember many years ago katherine harris removed tens of thousands of black people calling them felons and they were their only crime was voting while black believe it or not that fell on purge list is back with the same errors tens of thousands of people wrongly excluded people excluded as alien voters
these are very preliminary numbers back in two thousand and eight my co-writer on rolling stone bobby kennedy and i were able to go through the elections assistance commission that's our federal government which keeps track not only of votes counted but votes not counted five point one million votes in two thousand and eight were not counted or voters turned away from voting booths this year the trends are showing it's about up about fifty percent to nine point three million we have to get the...
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they didn't know behind the scenes, bobby kennedy, but that be -- not the good hobby he became later by experience. they were making fun of the commission. they think we're going to do this and it wasn't that they are hostile to civil rights. the problem is the committees in congress are controlled by democrats from the south into a racist. and he's from mississippi and so on, mcclellan. they were the people who control the judiciary committee and everything that happened in judicial appointments. kennedy didn't want to offend them. instead of the friendly reception they thought they would get, they would be listened to what the administration -- they would take recommendations and incorporate them later on in legislation force them to. until the civil rights movement person to come but they would be polite and then write a spec implores to themselves about these people think we're going to do this. he can't do any of us. so they found out and try to cooperate with the administration. but what they found out who is the appendage put into the love of their setup, which made them an in
they didn't know behind the scenes, bobby kennedy, but that be -- not the good hobby he became later by experience. they were making fun of the commission. they think we're going to do this and it wasn't that they are hostile to civil rights. the problem is the committees in congress are controlled by democrats from the south into a racist. and he's from mississippi and so on, mcclellan. they were the people who control the judiciary committee and everything that happened in judicial...
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but bobby kennedy cited, our fathers said that we are led to play with you. >> i wish you had told methat before. yeah, it it brings two. it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach. and kennedy at that time said the with you. we'll make our own way and he did. he did his own entertaining in his own house when he wanted to go to bradley's, which was the casino, the best food in palm beach. the question is, did kennedy mary rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter? to heed court earthquakes did he make her his girlfriend and go wild with her and marry her because her father was the mayor. yes and no. she was the most eligible girl. she was smart, she was pretty, she's vivacious. she had this carefree attitude. she was an extraordinary young woman and i think kennedy was drawn to her and kennedy knew -- i don't know what came first, the kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was the mayor's daughter said that by marrying rose, he was going to client a step. one of the difficulties is kennedy's father who is very important in irish politics had been hon
but bobby kennedy cited, our fathers said that we are led to play with you. >> i wish you had told methat before. yeah, it it brings two. it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach. and kennedy at that time said the with you. we'll make our own way and he did. he did his own entertaining in his own house when he wanted to go to bradley's, which was the casino, the best food in palm beach. the question is, did kennedy mary rose fitzgerald because she was the...
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alive now get a there was a time when she stayed home and everyone in palm beach shunned her but bobby kennedy came in and sit our fathers said we are about to play with you if >> i wish you told me that before. yeah, it rings true. it makes sense, it makes perfect sense because nobody liked it. the kennedys in palm beach now, and kennedy had that time said the hell with it. we will make our own way, and we did. he did his own entertaining it in his own house when he went to bradley's which was the casino she claimed had the best food in palm beach. the question is did kennedy married rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter, that he called her, did he make her his girlfriend and go out with her and then marry her because her father was there? yes and no. she was deemed most eligible. she was smart, pretty, vivacious, she had this carefree attitude. she was an extraordinary young woman, and i think kennedy was drawn to her and i don't know what came first but kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was the mayor's daughter. for a long time he didn't want them to be married and not becau
alive now get a there was a time when she stayed home and everyone in palm beach shunned her but bobby kennedy came in and sit our fathers said we are about to play with you if >> i wish you told me that before. yeah, it rings true. it makes sense, it makes perfect sense because nobody liked it. the kennedys in palm beach now, and kennedy had that time said the hell with it. we will make our own way, and we did. he did his own entertaining it in his own house when he went to bradley's...
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bobby kennedy talked about it in 1968 in which i keep going back and finding these kennedy quotes., if we judge the united states of america by that, it counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear away our highways of carnage yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of education or joy of their play. in short, it measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile. it can tell us everything about america except why we are proud that we are americans. >> great quote from bobby kennedy. we're going to keep talking about growth, its limits, and how we should be thinking about it. we're going to bring in a scholar who i admire right after this. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of swe
bobby kennedy talked about it in 1968 in which i keep going back and finding these kennedy quotes., if we judge the united states of america by that, it counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear away our highways of carnage yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of education or joy of their play. in short, it measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile. it can tell us everything about america except...
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but bobby kennedy came and said our father said that we're allowed to play with you. >> yeah. i wish you had told me that before. [laughter] yeah, it rings true. it makes sense. it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach, no. and kennedy at that time said the hell with you, you know? we'll make our own way. and he did. he did his own entertaining in his, you know, in his own house when he wanted to. and he went to bradley's which was the casino that he claimed has the best food in palm beach. the question is, the question is did kennedy marry rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter, did he court her, did he make her his girlfriend and go out with her and then marry her because her father was the mayor? yeah. yes and no. he was the most -- you know, she was the most eligible girl. she was smart, she was pretty, she was vivacious, she had this carefree attitude, she was an extraordinary young woman. and i think kennedy was drawn to her. and kennedy knew, you know, i don't know what came first, but kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was th
but bobby kennedy came and said our father said that we're allowed to play with you. >> yeah. i wish you had told me that before. [laughter] yeah, it rings true. it makes sense. it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach, no. and kennedy at that time said the hell with you, you know? we'll make our own way. and he did. he did his own entertaining in his, you know, in his own house when he wanted to. and he went to bradley's which was the casino that he claimed...
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listen to the tapes of the missile crisis, and i have for a book i wrote on bobby kennedy, after the tapes, kennedy sounds great. president kennedy, particularly on the last day, the 13th day everybody's getting nervous, you hear voices getting squeaky, president kennedy is cool understanding we need a deal, russians, secretly, but have to make a deal with them, and thank god there was a couple years to learn on the job, and because he did in the end handle the crisis well. some of the education came from president eisenhower. anybody else? thank you very much. [applause] >>> for more information visit the author's website at evanthomasbooks.com. >> booktv on location at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland interviews professors who a also authors. we are joined by richard ruth, a professor at the naval academy. professor, what do you teach? >> predominantly asian history, and offer courses in thailand and vietnam. >> host: why important for students to know southeast asian history? >> guest: the united states is very much engaged in that corner of the world that we have many
listen to the tapes of the missile crisis, and i have for a book i wrote on bobby kennedy, after the tapes, kennedy sounds great. president kennedy, particularly on the last day, the 13th day everybody's getting nervous, you hear voices getting squeaky, president kennedy is cool understanding we need a deal, russians, secretly, but have to make a deal with them, and thank god there was a couple years to learn on the job, and because he did in the end handle the crisis well. some of the...
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. >> you know, i've mentioned this before on the air because it meant a lot to me at the time bobby kennedyd. but, you know, it seems mayor nutter and gene, what happens is everybody gets overreactive. and notice wayne lapierre waits a couple weeks. a couple weeks from now, he'll be the only one. the pro-gun people are relentless. the anti-gun people have other interests. >> so people who are interested in saying gun control laws have got to keep up the pressure, have got to keep up the focus. and not do what you just said. not conform to this general pattern of it wears off. we forget about it. >> yeah, we're worried about the fiscal cliff. isn't that the problem. >> you've got guys of men, mostly in philadelphia, not all living out in reading, they live right in the city. they think about the second amendment all of the time. >> i think there are many responsible gun owners, again, who are hunters, who know about gun safety and training, they put locks on their guns, they put them in a locker so that they're not accessible to children or others who should not have them or don't know how t
. >> you know, i've mentioned this before on the air because it meant a lot to me at the time bobby kennedyd. but, you know, it seems mayor nutter and gene, what happens is everybody gets overreactive. and notice wayne lapierre waits a couple weeks. a couple weeks from now, he'll be the only one. the pro-gun people are relentless. the anti-gun people have other interests. >> so people who are interested in saying gun control laws have got to keep up the pressure, have got to keep up...
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and i base this on my friend ev evan's treatment of the cuban missile crisis in his book about bobby kennedybecause when you think about a young president in his 40s, the son of an appeaser, sitting around in a room having his manhood and his courage challenged by generals over nuclear missiles and his having the courage to compromise and to make the deal me made to avoid what could have been a nuclear war in october 1962, yeah, he yao get on the mountain. >> so when is it going to matter how a president treats women? >> soon. >> yeah? >> no. >> that is a weighted question by mika who would put neither jfk or another certain president on. >> because of the personal conduct? >> yes. and treating people who are in many ways far below him on a level of power and treating them terrib terribly, terribly on a human level. in some ways perhaps even in a violent way. >> you're talking about jfk, right? >> i am. and there are probably others. but when does that matter in the history books, in the way we prop people up and remember them? why do we have to call them heroes or whatever on covers of book
and i base this on my friend ev evan's treatment of the cuban missile crisis in his book about bobby kennedybecause when you think about a young president in his 40s, the son of an appeaser, sitting around in a room having his manhood and his courage challenged by generals over nuclear missiles and his having the courage to compromise and to make the deal me made to avoid what could have been a nuclear war in october 1962, yeah, he yao get on the mountain. >> so when is it going to matter...
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among what little else we know about him, he's got a lot of bob dylan on his ipod and bobby kennedy was he still has his accent from the south. these days, he finds solitude in the west. for all the folks trying to get to know you and figure you out, where do you go when you need to go someplace? >> i work out. i'm in the gym about 5:00 a.m. every morning. if some free time, i go to a national park. i love getting in nature. and so these are the things that calm my mind and allow me to think clearly. that's what i do. >> this is kind of your television coming-out. and i'm glad you did this. does this mean you have reached a cruising altitude? >> there's no -- maybe for other ceos. there's no cruising altitude at apple. >> tim cook is a manager with a vision who is following in the footsteps of a visionary-turned-manager. while he has to worry about global issues like the counterfeiters who instantly turn out fake copies of every new apple product, cook has to keep one eye on the stock price constantly and the other on the future. and that sure sounds like it means tv. what can apple do
among what little else we know about him, he's got a lot of bob dylan on his ipod and bobby kennedy was he still has his accent from the south. these days, he finds solitude in the west. for all the folks trying to get to know you and figure you out, where do you go when you need to go someplace? >> i work out. i'm in the gym about 5:00 a.m. every morning. if some free time, i go to a national park. i love getting in nature. and so these are the things that calm my mind and allow me to...
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you listen to the tapes, and i have for a book i wrote about bobby kennedy, half of the sessions are aped, president kennedy's great. particularly on the last day, the 13th day when everybody's starting to get a little nervous, you can hear the voices get a little squeaky, president kennedy is cool. and he understands we have to make a deal with the russians. we have to do it secretly, but we have to make a deal with them. and thank god he had a couple of years to learn on the job, because he did in the end handle the crisis well. and some of his education came from president eisenhower. anybody else? thank you very much. [applause] >> visit the author's web site, evanthomasbooks.com. >> with a month left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end lists of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selections. these titles were included in "time" magazine's top 10 nonfiction books. in "the black count," journalist tom reiss recounts the life of general alex dumas. cheryl strayed explains how her travels changed her life in "wil
you listen to the tapes, and i have for a book i wrote about bobby kennedy, half of the sessions are aped, president kennedy's great. particularly on the last day, the 13th day when everybody's starting to get a little nervous, you can hear the voices get a little squeaky, president kennedy is cool. and he understands we have to make a deal with the russians. we have to do it secretly, but we have to make a deal with them. and thank god he had a couple of years to learn on the job, because he...
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. >> i remember when bobby kennedy was killed.carson, we all liked in those days, said i never asked the people to do anything like this, but write your congressman. so i dutifully wrote my congressman about kbun control. but the people who care about reasonable gun control get concerned when an e moegtsal horror like this ou curs. and then the nra comes back to its fund raising. the people concerned with the gun horrors lose interest. how do you sustain a balanced look at gun control and gun ownership in this society. >> i think that because we have to keep that message out there, all of the time, and not wait for a tragedy like this that happened. >> when you think ablt it, a couple of weeks ago we had a shooting with an nfl player. one of the commentators. he couldn't believe the hate mail he got. he couldn't believe how people came down after him. that's why people are afraid to speak out. they're afraid of the nra. they're afraid of the large lobbyists. and that's the same thing, chris, as the members of congress. whether rep
. >> i remember when bobby kennedy was killed.carson, we all liked in those days, said i never asked the people to do anything like this, but write your congressman. so i dutifully wrote my congressman about kbun control. but the people who care about reasonable gun control get concerned when an e moegtsal horror like this ou curs. and then the nra comes back to its fund raising. the people concerned with the gun horrors lose interest. how do you sustain a balanced look at gun control and...
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advisor spoke of in the wake of the tragedies of 1968 the assassination of martin luther king, of bobby kennedy, that johnson and palaphano knew that time is of the essence, and i think that's made even more starkly in light of what we now know about the nra's strategy in the wake of tragedy after tragedy, columbine, virginia, aurora, now. i'm hoping that the political will is strong because the time for meaningful conversation will be with us forever, but the time for political action is now. >> karen, peggy noonan is advocating much the same, actually, in the "wall street journal" saying do something, do anything, but do it now. >> absolutely agree, and i think it's critical. the "new york times" wrote a great piece over the weekend about some of the members that the department of justice looked at after aurora that can be done without congress, that the president could take action on this week if he wanted to. i hope that that's part of the conversation that is going on in the white house about sort of looking at steps going forward. here's the thing that i think the reason why we have to pr
advisor spoke of in the wake of the tragedies of 1968 the assassination of martin luther king, of bobby kennedy, that johnson and palaphano knew that time is of the essence, and i think that's made even more starkly in light of what we now know about the nra's strategy in the wake of tragedy after tragedy, columbine, virginia, aurora, now. i'm hoping that the political will is strong because the time for meaningful conversation will be with us forever, but the time for political action is now....
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lyndon johnson signed a new gun law in the wake of the assassination of martin luther king and bobby kennedy. after jfk, those were the second and third high profile political assassinations in a row that led lbj to marshall support for a new gun control act for the nation. and even then lbj only got half of what he wanted in that final bill. >> i asked for the national registration of all guns and the licenses of those who carry those guns. for the fact of life is that there are over 160 million guns in this country. more firearms than families. and if guns are to be kept out of the hands of the criminal and out of the hands of the insane, and out of the hands of the irresponsible, then we just must have licensing. if the criminal with the gun is to be tracked down quickly, then we must have registration in this country. the voices that blocked these safeguards were not the voices of an aroused nation. they were the voices of a powerful lobby, a gun lobby that has prevailed for the moment in an election year. we have been through a great deal of anguish these last few months and these last
lyndon johnson signed a new gun law in the wake of the assassination of martin luther king and bobby kennedy. after jfk, those were the second and third high profile political assassinations in a row that led lbj to marshall support for a new gun control act for the nation. and even then lbj only got half of what he wanted in that final bill. >> i asked for the national registration of all guns and the licenses of those who carry those guns. for the fact of life is that there are over 160...
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. >> well, you know, i remember when bobby kennedy was killed by a gai carrying a pistol in los angelesid i have never asked the people to ever do anything like this but write your congressman so i dutifully wrote my congressman about gun control, but i have noticed over the years that the people who care about reasonable gun control, reasonable gun control, get concerned when an emotional horror like this occurs and in a couple weeks passed and the nra comes back to its fund-raising and then the only people interested in guns are those who want to protect their right to carry them and the people concerned with the gun horrors that we're talking about here today lose interest. how do you sustain a balanced look at gun control and gun ownership in this society? >> well, i think because we have to keep that message out there all the time and not wait for a tragedy like this that happened. excuse me. you know, when you think about it, a couple weeks ago we had a shooting with an nfl player. one of the commentators -- i mean, he couldn't believe the hate mail he got. he couldn't believe how
. >> well, you know, i remember when bobby kennedy was killed by a gai carrying a pistol in los angelesid i have never asked the people to ever do anything like this but write your congressman so i dutifully wrote my congressman about gun control, but i have noticed over the years that the people who care about reasonable gun control, reasonable gun control, get concerned when an emotional horror like this occurs and in a couple weeks passed and the nra comes back to its fund-raising and...
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. >> i mentioned this before on the air because it meant a lot to me bobby kennedy was killed and itf us in our hearts and i wrote a congressman. but it seems mayor nutter and gene what happens is everybody gets reactive. we all react, and then notice how wayne lapierre who is a brilliant professional. he waits a couple weeks. a couple weeks in now he will be the only one doing this full time. >> people who are interested in saying gun control laws have got to keep up the pressure, have got to keep up the focus and not do what you just said, not conform to this general pattern of, you know, it wears off. we forget about it. >> we're worried about the fiscal cliff. the gun guy is never not focused on guns. mayor, isn't that the problem? you have guys mostly in philadelphia -- >> that's part of the challenge. >> living noud reading, they live right in the city, they think about the second amendment all the time. >> but i think there are many responsible gun owners, again, who are hunters, who know about gun safety and training. they put locks on their guns. they put them in a locker so
. >> i mentioned this before on the air because it meant a lot to me bobby kennedy was killed and itf us in our hearts and i wrote a congressman. but it seems mayor nutter and gene what happens is everybody gets reactive. we all react, and then notice how wayne lapierre who is a brilliant professional. he waits a couple weeks. a couple weeks in now he will be the only one doing this full time. >> people who are interested in saying gun control laws have got to keep up the pressure,...
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the horrors of martin luther king, the horrors of bobby kennedy, the horrors of all the gun violencehrough the years, a million americans killed. mark halperin, as horrific as all of those murders have been, nothing has jarred americans like what happened last friday. it just hasn't. americans aren't going to forget this. >> they're not. >> they're not going to forget this, and they're expecting action. you worry, again, if republicans and democrats can't come to an agreement on rounding decisions for ten years, how are they going to address the bigger issues? >> well, we don't really know how the fiscal cliff's going to play out, but i'll tell you, vice president biden was not chosen for the task to head this task force. he was not chosen casually or by accident. he has such a long history with these issues including working with law enforcement. that is the piece of this that really hasn't been in the foreso far. we've talked about the national reaction, the president's reaction, some reaction in the media. if law enforcement groups are marshalled by joe biden as they were when he
the horrors of martin luther king, the horrors of bobby kennedy, the horrors of all the gun violencehrough the years, a million americans killed. mark halperin, as horrific as all of those murders have been, nothing has jarred americans like what happened last friday. it just hasn't. americans aren't going to forget this. >> they're not. >> they're not going to forget this, and they're expecting action. you worry, again, if republicans and democrats can't come to an agreement on...
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when martin luther king and bobby kennedy were murdered, more than a million and a quarter americanshan a million and a quarter. that's homicide, suicides, accidental deaths. that's just going to continue to rise. >> the vast majority of gun deaths are not -- we'll talk a little bit about the ways in which many women do die. for the most part, they're not the aurora, colorado, shootings. right? you represent in part, pg county, i live in new orleans, lived in chicago many years. the gun violence that most of what we see is happening with young african-american men. just feels like maybe part of why we don't talk much about it is because the people who are mostly dying of it aren't very valuable to us as a country. >> i think because in the congress, we have wanted jurisdiction where we've failed to use it. need a handgun to go deer hunting or duck hunting. we haven't been able to draw those kind of distinctions as a rationale for removing guns from our streets and whether you're in law enforcement or you're the young african-american male on a corner in a home, it doesn't matter. you
when martin luther king and bobby kennedy were murdered, more than a million and a quarter americanshan a million and a quarter. that's homicide, suicides, accidental deaths. that's just going to continue to rise. >> the vast majority of gun deaths are not -- we'll talk a little bit about the ways in which many women do die. for the most part, they're not the aurora, colorado, shootings. right? you represent in part, pg county, i live in new orleans, lived in chicago many years. the gun...
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you know, there is something wrong when we had over a million people killed in our country since bobby kennedynated by guns in 1968, you know, i think we need to have tougher gun laws. i do think, you know there needs to be better security for the athletes. i've counseled a number of athletes who i cannot name, but said the reason why they carry guns is because they fear for their own safety. >> the athletes themselves. >> yeah, but the problem is when they turn around and use these weapons as rae carruth did, or jovan belcher just did, they use it on their intimate partners, it becomes an act of domestic violence. that's not acceptable. >> i'm glad we had the conversation. i want to push everyone to your piece, go to cnn.com/opinion and perhaps kevin powell, perhaps, congress is listening. thank you. >> thank you. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink cas
you know, there is something wrong when we had over a million people killed in our country since bobby kennedynated by guns in 1968, you know, i think we need to have tougher gun laws. i do think, you know there needs to be better security for the athletes. i've counseled a number of athletes who i cannot name, but said the reason why they carry guns is because they fear for their own safety. >> the athletes themselves. >> yeah, but the problem is when they turn around and use these...
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kennedy is really like, remember "terms of endearment." she's impossible to nail down. i put on my tape recorder and said, i want to interview you about bobby and jack kennedy and said, oh, no, no, no, even though she invited me over, she gets me on a boat with 65 kids, that's how many there are on that boat. there was max, her son, steering the boat with his feet. and it's quite a show. all the kids jump in the water and swim to the jetty. the kennedies are still that lively. i can't pick a winner, but there are so many options. >> chris, congratulations on the great book and paperback. but it's hard to make the comparison over the years between politics now and politics then. but where would you put kennedy on the scale of liberal, moderate, conservative, in today's politics? >> i think he was a cold warrior in terms of foreign policy. he was intuitively anti-communist. he knew that meant authority for the top and no individual freedom at the bottom. he instinctively wanted to have a good time in life, enjoy life. he couldn't imagine being controlled by a state. so he hated the idea of communism. that was real with him. what he really wan
kennedy is really like, remember "terms of endearment." she's impossible to nail down. i put on my tape recorder and said, i want to interview you about bobby and jack kennedy and said, oh, no, no, no, even though she invited me over, she gets me on a boat with 65 kids, that's how many there are on that boat. there was max, her son, steering the boat with his feet. and it's quite a show. all the kids jump in the water and swim to the jetty. the kennedies are still that lively. i can't...
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kennedy, the patriarch had begun to bow out. he had built up a personal campaign machine for his son that his son and his son the candidate and bobbyherited. by 1960 they were running the show. by 1960 joe kennedy the patriarch was in such bad favor in this country because he had violently opposed the cold war. as he a posed world war ii. jack kennedy knew he couldn't run with his father's shadow behind him. joe was sent into exile in palm beach, the south of france, hyannis port. >> did joe ever regret that he was wrong about the nazis and world war ii? >> no. on the contrary. there was this moment where he meets with churchill. churchill was defeated and the war is over and he's defeat and he comes to the united states for a vacation. they meet and winston churchill said to joe kennedy i am desperately sorry your son was killed in the war. joe jr. was killed in a bomber and crashed. joe kennedy looks at him and said what was it all for? all we got now is the soviets dominating europe instead of the germans. we fought a war for this? >> did joe's outspokenness against world war ii make kennedy more of a hawk and jfk ending up bein
kennedy, the patriarch had begun to bow out. he had built up a personal campaign machine for his son that his son and his son the candidate and bobbyherited. by 1960 they were running the show. by 1960 joe kennedy the patriarch was in such bad favor in this country because he had violently opposed the cold war. as he a posed world war ii. jack kennedy knew he couldn't run with his father's shadow behind him. joe was sent into exile in palm beach, the south of france, hyannis port. >> did...
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kennedy in next summer. falconing with my brother bobby or go fly fishing with paul volcker. and there is lots of set visits and going to see anderson cooper on one side or bill o'reilly on another. and lots of access to hollywood, to broadway. it's a really fun auction. >> for a great cause. i also just want to give a plug because i enjoyed it so much. your sister has done a documentary, people can see it on hbo, about your mom. so if people want to get an idea of where the center came from, sort of how it all developed, although that's not the focus of it, your mom is the focus of it, i think that's one place to go. i know you're proud of her. >> which has been short listed for an oscar. so all of you -- all of you voters out there in the documentary category, vote for rory. vote for ethel. >> spoken like a good sister. thank you, carrie kennedy, for coming on. logon to rfkcenter.org. >>> a stomach virus keeping secretary clinton from her planned trip to morocco in the middle east today. she was to join foreign ministers from all over the world to talk about the crisis in s
kennedy in next summer. falconing with my brother bobby or go fly fishing with paul volcker. and there is lots of set visits and going to see anderson cooper on one side or bill o'reilly on another. and lots of access to hollywood, to broadway. it's a really fun auction. >> for a great cause. i also just want to give a plug because i enjoyed it so much. your sister has done a documentary, people can see it on hbo, about your mom. so if people want to get an idea of where the center came...
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kennedy felt responsible for every soldier who was on the cubin beach and was either killed or taken hostage and was personally responsible for each of those individuals and the political life was over. bobbieat one point when jack was so low his wife reports that he was crying, sobbing, he said let's call dad and make him feel better. they got on the phone and said this is a disaster. jack, bobby come it's good that you got this in your presidency. by 1964 no one will remember it. and you did the right thing by saying -- by taking full responsibility and apologizing to every one of the american people. the american people will forgive you. he said the poll will rise. it will be okay. and they hung up the phone and felt better and they did rise and his presidency, that was the leader of the presidency. >> samuel adams was such a revolutionary leader and so was his cousin john. can you tell us about the different styles of leadership and the different approaches to the issues of the day or how they thought the movement should go forward towards independence? >> the truth is it was a lull easier for john adams because of what sam adams had done before him, and sam adams had been called by a n
kennedy felt responsible for every soldier who was on the cubin beach and was either killed or taken hostage and was personally responsible for each of those individuals and the political life was over. bobbieat one point when jack was so low his wife reports that he was crying, sobbing, he said let's call dad and make him feel better. they got on the phone and said this is a disaster. jack, bobby come it's good that you got this in your presidency. by 1964 no one will remember it. and you did...
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reminds me of the story when john kennedy announced his brother for attorney general the joke was he walked out at 2:00 in the morning and just yelled -- whispered it's bobby and then walked back inside. anyway, jared, i want to pursue this line reasoning with you and rick santelli some more. what would the president be able to offer that would bring more republicans into the fold on the house vote here, do you think? >> i don't think that the president is going to offer anything particularly new. >> got to offer something, don't you think? >> i think what we'll offer is a $250 threshold on the taxes, extended unemployment insurance, kick the sequester down the road and patch the amt and what we call the doc fix, the medicare piece of this. >> is that going to be enough? >> rick, does that bring the republicans into the fold for john bainer? >> once again, i'm not going to argue about the small but important piece. i think in order to make this happen in the house he needs to go to the other side of the discussion and bring some real potential reform in entitlement reform to the table. obviously they can't get it done in 72 hours. >> correct. >> but there
reminds me of the story when john kennedy announced his brother for attorney general the joke was he walked out at 2:00 in the morning and just yelled -- whispered it's bobby and then walked back inside. anyway, jared, i want to pursue this line reasoning with you and rick santelli some more. what would the president be able to offer that would bring more republicans into the fold on the house vote here, do you think? >> i don't think that the president is going to offer anything...