bobby kennedy was really tough on this. we came back from that meeting and said, this march is going to happen. at that point, there was terrible concern about the march. we had military people in the crowd. we closed all the liquor stores. we literally called hotels -- they didn't want anybody to stay overnight. come and go.

with bobby kennedy's cbs thoughtless have kennedy and reagan talking to students. this sow reagan agreed to do that. so with a history of vietnam what was he doing there? he spent a week to study that said he practiced just like in a presidential debate. in he really prepared because he understood. and that is why he is understood the cold war cannot go on forever. i was fortunate to have met or new tarascan mr. president, mr. ford how do you envision the cold war ending? old gentleman said once we got there the threat of annihilation was so terrible i really became focused on not letting that have been. how do you envision the cold war ending? to put that containment then have the thought of as how will it end? >> anything he may have been asking a second aspect i a agree he did understand history in had a sense of it but he did not have been egotistical since. >> absolutely not. by i believe he was to avoid of political ambition. and that was not negotiable. with the legislators he knew what he believed and he pounded that if people want to follow that is just fi

early '60s on king when it was bobby kennedy, the attorney general who did it. we're in a tough field in history looking for factual accuracy. seems to me with so much at stake in a wonderful film like this that some of that could have been corrected. you could go online and read 100 historical accuracies in the film. it's a hollywood movie. nobody's expecting it to be accurate. but it's in my view blaming lyndon johnson for having a kind of bigoted attitude that he never had. and it certainly didn't have when he supported the civil rights act of 1957 and he deserves a lot of credit johnson, for selma. and andrew young has said exactly what i'm saying. >> gill robertson, douglas brinkley, thank you both. wolf blitzer is here with a preview of "the situation room." today you're examining north korea's military threats and you have the state department's spokeswoman there.

movement that in the words of bobby kennedy, would literally bend mks bend history? >> i did believe. i was inspired. i was inspired by the campaign and election of president kennedy. he gave us hope. he inspired us to find a way to get in the way. and that's what i did. >> also because you knew it was wrong. mike barnicle that's why it had to change. >> yeah. and it goes without saying that this is an extraordinary human being. >> i know. i know. i'm trying to -- >> participated in extraordinary events in our country. congressman, you were speaking earlier about your participation in so many history-bending events. one of them, could you speak to martin luther king receives the nobel peace prize, returns to the united states, is invited to the white house to meet with the president. you're there. the issue is a voting rights act. tell the story. >> well, when -- you're so right. after dr. king received the

i was a 21-year-old college student when bobby kennedy ran for president. and it was a remarkable campaign, unlike any i've seen before or after. it was a campaign that truly focused on equity and opportunity. it was a campaign about unrepresented farm workers in california. it was a campaign about poverty and hunger and children starving to death in the mississippi delta and the pine ridge reservation. and it was a campaign that asked difficult and disturbing questions, questions about a gdp that measured wealth but not well being. questions about how we could allow this to exist, these contradictions in the wealthiest nation in the world? and questions about how we were as americans and low human beings. and it was a short campaign. lasted 82 days from when he announced until when he was assassinated on june 6th which interestingly enough was the 24th anniversary of d-day. i was inspired by that campaign

1968 mccarthy, you know drags bobby kennedy into the race. >> jeff? >> older people on the panel? are there older people on the panel? >> just you guys and me. >> john nice steve you and i are saying we're young. how about that? >> you don't have to be that old -- no no. you know chuck, you don't have to be that old to remember mitt romney come paining in 2012 and right on a lot of issues and a lot of issues that are gripping america's attention right now relating to foreign policy. right on russia. right on sort of this threat from iran and from a lot of the parts of the world. do you think that rez naits with the american people more now than then? >> i bought the idea of a third romney run before jeb bush got in and i can't figure out is where does mitt romney find his base financially, is sort of in the mainstream of the republican party. these are the folks that they always preferred jeb bush. these are the people ended up with romney financially, ended up with him '08 and '12 and

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ten years later in 1978 four years later, ten years after bobby kennedy was killed try to save the worldbut my parents had. i have learned a few things along the way. saving the world is a lot harder than it sounds. it does not happen with a flash of lightning or a cup of thunder command it does not flow from inspirational speeches. robert kennedy was inspirational but i have absolutely no idea whether he would have been a good or effective president. to achieve what robert kennedy dreamed would have taken a lot of hard, unglamorous work in the trenches making compromises dealing with egos balancing egos, balancing conflicting agendas, being patient and tenacious in the face of setbacks showing up hanging in there not giving up. the role of government is not to fix things but to create a space where people can fix things for themselves and you cannot advance the common good from salem but only by engaging people where they live and showing them that they have a stake in the problem in some sense of ownership in the solution. we are doing that every day here throughout regional solutions

bobby kennedy did not want to march to take place. vance did not want to march to take place. the kennedys saw this as a political issue. bobby kennedy was really tough on this. we came back from that meeting and said, this march is going to happen. at that point, there was terrible concern about the march. we had military people in the crowd. we closed all the liquor stores. we literally called hotels -- they didn't want anybody to stay overnight. come and go. we couldn't take the chance. we asked hotels to impose outrageous prices for their rooms. i got in an argument with the cardinal in washington because the catholic church was providing cots. it really gave you a sense of that. i watched the march with vance in the army war room. we had people on top of the lincoln memorial. it was all really scared about violence. something nobody really wanted. if only king wouldn't do this. if only -- we even had -- jon lewis had a stinging speech attacking kennedy. we did everything we could do to put the heat on lewis to tone it down. i think that march had a profound impact on every

representative and cy vance, secretary of the army we met -- john douglas and i met with two others and bobby kennedy did not want the march to take place vance did not want the march to take place. the kennedys saw this as a political issue. there was no -- i mean, bobby kennedy was really tough on this, but we came back from that meeting and said this march is going to happen. and at that point there was terrible concern about the march. just to give you a sense we had military people and muftee and the crowd, we closed all the liquor stores in washington. we literally called hotels to tell them you need to cancel events. we don't want anybody to stay overnight. come and go, in and out. we can't take the chance. we asked the hotels to impose outrageous prices for their rooms. i got in an argument with the cardinal in washington because the catholic church was providing cots. we didn't want any cots in the gyms. [laughter]. it really gave you a sense that i watched them march with vance in the army war room film. we had people on top of the lincoln memorial. it was all really scared about violence v

i was a 21 year old college student when bobby kennedy ran for president. and it was a remarkable campaign unlike any i had seen before or after. it was a campaign that truly focus on equity and opportunity. it was a campaign about unrepresented farmworkers in california. it was a campaign about poverty and hunger and children starving to death in the mississippi delta and on the pine ridge reservation. that was a campaign that as difficult and disturbing questions questions about a gdp that measured wealth but not while being. questions about how we could allow this to exist these contradictions, in the wealthiest nation in the world. and it has questions about who we were and how we wanted to treat one another as americans and as fellow human beings. if you remember it was a very short campaign, lasted 82 days when he announced until when he was assassinated on june 6 which in wrestling enough with the 24th anniversary of d-day. i was inspired by that campaign because of his sincerity because of his passion, because of his courage to speak from the heart

can mitt romney do this complete change from who le is, for a guy who was a intel, who know is a bobby kennedyind of guy, i don't get it. it seems like a fast switch for me. >> it's a difficult switch, but i think jeb bush sort of set the tone. if you read what he's been talking about, he's taking a page out of the play book of george w. bush, and actually, chris, rick santorum starteded this, when he said republicans have to care more about people who are disadvantaged and people who are who are poor. i think they're getting it. i would be cynical enough to suggest, and i think michael might disagree with me, is they're not really care about people who are poor, but they realize that's how to get moderate and independent voters -- can it work? i'm not sure. it's a tough sell. i think jeb bush probably has a better chance to make that work than governor romney does, but you've got bush, romney, christie, carving up the establishment vote, but you've got a number of conservatives on the other side as well. >> it looks to me, michael, like he's put a patch on his tire. he blew the tire in the la

. >> well, that's what bobby kennedy, one of his predecessors called hanging a lantern on your problem. >>> up next, president obama's pick for attorney general. he depends his stand on illegal immigration. >>> and cheering michelle obama's decision not to wear a veil in saudi arabia. there she is. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. hey matt, what's up? i'm just looking over the company bills. is that what we pay for internet? yup. dsl is about 90 bucks a month. that's funny, for that price with comcast business, i think you get like 50 megabits. wow, that's fast. personally, i prefer a slow internet. there is something about the sweet meditative glow of a loading website. don't listen to the naysayer. switch to comcast business today and get 50 megabits per second for $89.95. comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." fireworks on the hill today, capitol hill, over the nomination of the new attorney general. if confirmed, loretta lynch would make history of the first of the country's african-american woman to se

national republican convention -- "the battle hymn of the republic" was sung at the funerals of bobby kennedyxon, reagan. today, about the only thing that glenn beck and rush limbaugh have in common politically and ideologically with al sharpton and jeremiah wright is that "the battle hymn of the republic" is one of their favorite songs. [laughter] the finale of the 9/11 memorial service at national cathedral, in which billy graham gives his last public formal sermon -- "the battle hymn of the republic" is performed as the finale. and it is a service in which you can see -- it is available on youtube. you can see tom delay, who is no sentimentalist, and bill clinton, both crying as they hear this song. many of you know martin luther king in montgomery. at obama's second inaugural, the brooklyn tabernacle choir performs "the battle hymn of the republic." what are the lessons this song teaches us about the transformation of the culture after the civil war? one, it highlights the displacement of god among progressives, a theme i talked about yesterday. for the wobblies and the socialists, "solid

also none as bobby fitzgerald rigs. named after the kennedy. >> thank you, liz. liz: these are boombotics, david. absolutely fascinating. but coming up, just, rza having fun, just fascinating, gorilla glass. competition begins in just minutes. don't miss it. we'll jump, stomp, everything we can to break it. it has gotten better over past year. we'll see you in a few minutes back live at consumer electronics show. david: all right. by the way, liz has high heels on, not her sneakers. if she had ever had a chance to break the glass. don't want to miss that. as market soared in 2014, a lot of large companies performed extremely well. can you guess which of these companies is considered best-run in america? we have the answer coming next. >>> with the markets continuing to slide, treasury yields below 2% and gold moving higher, what should you do with your money and invests?

it wasn't jack kennedy as much as bobby and teddy kennedy that troubled him. he was quite convinced he was going to see in his re-election bid teddy kennedy step forward. he always read people like musky if not mcgovern when they were buying for the nomination and stepping horse might step aside if kennedy came into play. he never lets up until almost the better end in his fascination and no-hold bar and the ongoing investigation of teddy kennedy. i know after the acquittal he realized the prospects of teddy running were certainly minimal but he did everybody he could to collect information about it which happened before i got to the whitehouse, for he would be read. questions from the audience. >> we have a few questions. first one is to rick perlstein. please discuss how much more conservative lakeland was compared to nixon? >> every time i do a talk people say if reagan was around now would they kick him out for being to be liberal. i will be interested to know if john agrees. but politicians have to operate according to the context given them. they don't t

bobby kennedy said no senator area this is just a drafting mistake.ed to change this because the scenario you described cannot possibly be the law to be if we cannot encourage people to come here have kids and then become lawful permanent residents. wouldn't you know with complete or that today the assistant attorney general of the united states showed up with an amendment saying now if you own a petition for parents and you are a u.s. citizen you have to be at least 21 years of age. that had been the law before and that was the provision that was enacted in the nationality act of 1965. that is the law today. that portion of the wall most clearly is basically trashed by the dhs initiative. and i think it is a very important part of the law and the important part of the country and the framework that the congress has established to govern the exercise discretion in immigration law. congress said yesterday over 21 to present a scenario that had been outlined. that's not to say that equitable discretion of the kind that may be received is a bad thing. if