bobby kennedy got the key position. he chose vietnam for his issue ain't ted kennedy looked to others. they adored one another and ted emulated bobby and when bobby died, ted kennedy for the rest of his life felt the pressure that i mentioned before when one of the sons died, the mantle fell to the other one. i think ted kennedy never wanted to run for president or wanted to be president but that was something he had grown up thinking it was his responsibility. the party kept turning to him and he was happiest in life and as a u.s. senator when he unsuccessfully challenged jimmy carter and he went back to being senator. >> it's my understanding that j edgar hoover got permission from bobby kennedy to put microphones in the motel and tape martin luther king and blackmail him. is that correct? >> the first half is correct. j edgar hoover kept going back to bobby kennedy asking permission to wiretap martin luther king. the reason was because there was a fear and a fear that hoover fanned i think without any convincing evide

bobby kennedy was, he was three things. he was a catholic, he was joe kennedy and rose kennedy's son and loyal to the kennedy family. and the third pillar that he stood on was he was a democrat and he darn well was going to support even though he detested lbj, he was going to support him in 1964. so could we, do we have microphones, do people have some questions that they would like to ask. maybe we can get microphones over -- >> you want to pass this one to someone? >> here we go, right here. >> how about here? >> great. >> in 1964 when eugene mccarthy showed that the map that humphrey was vulnerable, the stories came out that robert kennedy was thinking of running. for president. i wrote him a letter and i said, don't enter the campaign, stay out. you are going to divide the anti-war movement. three weeks after he announced, he sent me a letter. and he said, as you see, i have entered the race. i in my letter i said neither one of them will go to the convention with enough votes and in the third or fourth ballot your name

kennedy's vice president, bobby kennedy was atty. gen. and treated lbj very poorly when he was vice president. that is a euphemism, they hated each other, despised each other, johnson becomes president when pres. kennedy is assassinated, bobby kennedy as his atty. gen. for period of time but friction is tense between them. interestingly when you look at the archives bobby kennedy even then was giving interviews to the kennedy library not to be released for many years and starts ripping on lyndon johnson, a horrible guy, while he was doing that he was trying to maneuver himself, the presidential running mate in 1964, lbj gave serious thought to be on the ticket for one reason, he was afraid of nelson rockefeller got the republican nomination he was going to have to reach out to kennedy supporters and put him on the ticket. once barry goldwater got the nomination johnson told his reporters i don't need you anymore, he didn't want to say publicly i don't want bobby kennedy to be my vice president, he said i have decided that none of my cabine

bobby kennedy -- he was a young true believer for bobby kennedy. he later became the aa for senator kennedy -- senator ted kennedy when he was the majority whip. he was at true believer in the kennedys. he gave me my first job. it was not exactly what i wanted but it was a good job for a while. i would work in the office for the day, starting at 3:00 every day. i was doing two jobs. i could almost right a book about how much i learned as a cop here. i learned a lot. i learned a lot about the guys who live out in the country. they have a point of view. one of them said, you know why that little man loves his country, it's because -- one thing i learned about the capital police was there was one democrat, one senator, who always made a point of saying hello and actually greeting all the capital police when he went by in the morning. he made a real effort to say hello to them as equals and important people to him. that told me so much about him. he was well known are looking out for those in the country who had gotten bad treatment from police. he wou

bobby kennedy was attorney general and treated lbj very poorly when he was president they didn't like each other. that is a euphemism. they hated each other, just despised each other. johnson becomes president when kennedy is assassinated. bobby kennedy stole his attorney general for a period of time, but the friction is tense between them. interestingly if you go back and look at the archives, even then he was giving private historical interviews to the library not to be released for many years and he starts working on lyndon johnson and can't stop. this is back in 64 committees and animal, just a horrible guy who and he was still trying to maneuver himself as the vice presidential running mate in 64. they gave a serious thought to put him on the ticket he was going to have to reach out to kennedy supporters once they got the nomination he told his supporters that said i don't need bobby kennedy anymore you don't want to come out and say publicly i don't want him to be my vice president of what he says because the press conference and says i have decided that none of my cabinet membe

king and after the assassination of bobby kennedy. so many of us with black and white televisions saw this horror and really could not believe what we were seeing. we knew rfk, robert fitzgerald kennedy, i went to him because he went to appalachia and showed that why should we stand for it? we knew him as civil rights, we knew him ultimately as a martyr. for me i knew him as the door opener. i had dignity, too. there was nothing shameful about my color or my status. i could walk in dignity in this nation. he told me i could. he told so many young people, no matter what their background, he told us we could serve. he said to us, john is gone, but i am here. it gave us hope. i know him, and i know that you know him most of all as a freedom fighter, champion for civil rights and justice. he could fight with his heart but he had some mighty big fists. and i always felt protected because he was there. i'm reminded of someone saying, someone tell me where my old friend john, someone tell me where my old friend robert, someone tell me where m

senate historian emeritus donald ritchie to discuss bobby kennedy's political legacy a half century later. this is an hour and 10 minutes. ray: robert f. kennedy was running for president of the united states when he was assassinated in california, just hours after winning the california primary on june 5, 1968. and he died a few hours later on june 6. 1968 was one of those years that historians and journalists alike call a watershed. a time when major change occurs that echoes down through history years later. the united states, of course, has had many watershed date in history, but the year 1968 will always be one that will live in our history books. our panelists today will explore some of the reasons why. we're honored to have with us distinguished veteran journalist jules witcover, who was an eyewitness to the kennedy assassination. he was covering the kennedy campaign and traveled extensively with kennedy during that campaign. his book, which you will be able "85 days: thes last campaign of robert kennedy." mr. witcover wrote for the "baltimore sun," the "washington star," the "los

be grateful for what we have done for you and out of respect to the extraordinary trajectory of bobby kennedy the kennedys especially john gained more in death than life as a reputation to foster civil rights because he was torn between two forces. where were the white bigots he had to appease in the south and then he put those on the bench that literally called black people niggers that was striking even back then in 1962. and then the georgia governor that robert i'm skews me jfk called to get mlk out of jail. he played a well timed callhe out right before the election and kennedy became president and he told him i will not use force to intervene in behalf of immigration or segregation. but then he tells black people liwill help you with civil rights. there was that tension bobby kennedy was the little brother less knowledgeable but more inclined to have conversations like today. it was their penthouse at central park and he said i'm trying to figure out what rages going on in black america and not martin luther king jr. but was forced to work with him he didn't want king there or whitney y

and there's my friend, bobby kennedy. sitting down with pierre salinger and katie o'donnell and two or three of the other kennedys in the kennedy campaign. and what if i join you and it was like being in the arctic. >> and so i didn't have breakfast with robert kennedy. as time went on and we, and on the campaign itself, we were really traveling together, the frost war wore off and found him to be extremely approachable and unlikable. so there was always that, that side of him. and i think that's why even now, there's a soft heart and the journalism for robert kennedy. >> when you were doing your research, how useful did you find those newspaper accounts? what kind of a source is journalism for historians? >> robert kennedy was probably the most-covered person in that period. just because so many people saw that he was a future president. i think one senator anonymously said do you treat robert kennedy any differently? no i treat him the same way i treat any other future president. and that's how the press treated him, too

supporters, there was a great, you know, dislike of bobby kennedy. here's a homemade sign in iowa at a campaign rally in the spring of 1968 supporting mccarthy and then handwritten in marker on the post is, bobby, go home. there's a real sort of -- you were either with gene mccarthy or you were with bobby kennedy. and kennedy and mccarthy did not like each other very much either. and mccarthy, you know, faced with a far more glamorous telegenic, well-financed opponent would sort of say things like, well, he plays touch football but i play football. but kennedy was extremely good at calibrating himself to the -- these -- the larger cultural zeitgeist, to reaching out, not just to college students, all of whom -- nearly all of whom were white -- but reaching out to a multiracial coalition of democratic voters, of people who

bobby kennedy was changing. he was transforming.er on, of course, in the '70s when he was able to lay claim to his black identity, that added another layer to the complicated and nuanced understanding of race and it's penetration with gender and sexuality and class. when you think about those people locked in battle, they were locked in essence with an idea that they grappled with it. victor hugo was right. they were living in the midst of the opening of that. we talk about it now as being woke. they were awake before woke was awake. they began to give us the language for how do you deal with people you disagree with but you learn from. bobdy kennedy was not a great fan of martin luther king jr. at that meeting he wanted to talk to people who were not beholden to an organization or an affiliation with an institution but who were free to speak their minds, their hearts and their souls. even though he got more than he before gained for initially, he learned to hear it. if this president ever did, it would be world changing and transfo

>> bobby was the campaign operative for his brother. kennedy would meet in the senate, they would come, he would smile, listen to what they wanted, he would say, go see bobby. they would go see bobby and he was the one who would say no. a lot of people would blame bobby for things that happened amid administration saying, robert kennedy did this to me. so that is the enforcer, he was kind of stuck with that role. he embraced it because at the time that was his only job. he did not see anything beyond that. so he was considered endlessly calculating. there was another story from the inauguration of johnson, the morning of he and ted drive from his house past arlington national cemetery, they stop, the brothers pray, they go onto the inauguration, they don't stay for any of the balls, bobby comes home by himself and he passes arlington again, stops again, he stops, praise, this time there is a journalist and photographer there. the photographer snapped a photo, it was in the newspaper the next day. the republican senator, named, told these journa

as you know, with all do respect to the extraordinary trajectory later on a bobby kennedy, the kennedys, especially john kennedy gained more in depth as he did in life. he was torn between two forces. on the one hand, there were white bigots he had to appease in the south. like carol cox who he put on the bench who literally called black people makers from his elevated judicial bench. then the georgia governor who robert john kennedy, jfk call to get martin luther king jr. out of jail. he placed a well-timed call to the governor, they got king off before the election. kennedy became president. he also told him, i will not use federal forces to intervene on behalf of nick gratian. then he's telling black people, i'm going to help you civil rights. bobby kennedy was a younger brother, less knowledgeable but more inclined to have conversations like today. he stepped into the room. it was their penthouse on central park. he started up and said, i am trying to figure out what rages going on a black america. you're listening to the black muslims not martin luther king jr. he was forced to wor

that the god, bobby kennedy served so well. will send his spirit upon this mourning. to guide our feet in the ways of peace. his grace will open our eyes to new vistas of human daring. open our heart to the most vulnerable among us. open our hand to embrace the cause of justice. above all, bobby kennedy still lives because the one in whose name we make this prayer, the one who was the source and summit of his life, the one who was crucified and yet rose triumphant. he still lives. thus faith, hope, and love will never die. amen. >>> on behalf of my mother, ethel kennedy, and our very large family, i want to thank the staff at arlington cemetery for being so kind and accommodating and flexible. i want to thank president clinton who graces us with his presence. thank you so very much. my family and i also thank those who devoted their time and talent to making this service possible and to each of you for sharing in this commemoration. it is tough to lose a parent. it was very painful to lose my father. half a century later, each of you have come here. many traveling fro

but he was also not unbelievable i think, bobby kennedy, in those days. donald: in your book, you describe how the journalists on the train with bobby had a song about ruthlessness in the sense they were teasing him about. jules: it happened in the indiana primary. there was a local song that theme semi-famous called wabash cannonball, a train that ran through the state of indiana. when the campaign got into it was an inspiration to those of us in the press to play on that song. ,e wrote six or seven stanzas song called the ruthless cannonball. [laughter] jules: i have all the stanzas in my book. you have to buy it, but one that stuck in my mind was about gene mccarthy who was running against robert kennedy for the democratic nomination. that is, that sentence, that stanza went "here comes gene mccarthy down the other track. 1000 radcliffe dropouts all mast for the attack bobby has got the right away from here back to st. paul because money is no object on the ruthless cannonball." [laughter] donald: in your book you don't say who wrote that song, but i th

sensed there was a common assassination -- coming assassination and i am wondering if bobby kennedy had any inclination that he would be shot? thank you. >> well, kennedy was a fatalist. he knew what the situation was with the country but i don't think that was his way. he was determined to do what he was going to do. i don't know whether he was surprised or not surprised but he knew the temper of the country and he was aware that something like that could happen. >> i don't think he ever had a death wish or was in that sense, i think he knew the dangers of what he was up for. you would say when you was running percent and -- senate, i could have gone home and run my flag up the flag pole and told everyone about how i saved the country that one time or i can continue to contribute. he felt strongly about public service and the need to continue in public life and you could not walk away from it.>> thank you. i wear black to this event in mourning that happened years ago. i wanted in sight on the week in which the brothers saved the world that we know. the cuban vessel crisis. i read abou

there's a real sort of -- you were either with gene mccarthy or you were with bobby kennedy. and kennedy and mccarthy did not like each other very much either. and mccarthy, you know, faced with a far more glamorous telegenic, well-financed opponent would sort of say things like, well, he plays touch football but i play football. but kennedy was extremely good at calibrating himself to the -- these -- the larger cultural zeitgeist, to reaching out, not just to college students, all of whom -- nearly all of whom were white -- but reaching out to a multiracial coalition of democratic voters, of people who had fond memories of and loyalties to his brother, john, and to these other members of -- working class members of the roosevelt coalition, the new deal coalition, to build support around his candidacy. and so by the end of march, you have johnson realizing that it's just untenable for him to stay in and saying he's getting out. but it just gets more crazy from there. if that had been all that happened in 1968, that would be enough of a story, right? but there is so much more

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administration to create it and then in the '60s he is seminal with second of sponsor, udoll, bobby kennedy, making people understand that conservation and environmentammism was good for public health. people needed clean air and clean water and that species needed to be saved. we once had a billion passenger pigeons and not one alive today. but a species like the polar bear, who get very stressed right now, american public has to say, no, enough is enough. we need these species. i have three little kids running around here. all little kid love animals and wildlife and this book tells tee story our how wildlife was saved not just in alaska but in america. >> host: walt disney. >> guest: disney's seminal in my book because he did some documentaries on alaska that were game changers. one called seal rock and it was about -- he won the academy ward and it had only seals in it and it was about stop slaughtering the northern fur seal out of existence weapon need to protect seal life and did one called white wilderness, the big bad wolf, something you could kill or hot and they're almost treated

followed by the bobby kennedy campaign. those were insurgent campaigns on the left side of the party, running against the more moderate democratic establishment. we saw that model again with bernie sanders in 2016. so there are all sorts of dynamics that began in 1968, that we continue to see in our politics today. host: coming off of that question that we asked today, you see that same opening happening in the form of cortez and what happened last week in new york? guest: it is really hard to say, especially in house races. there are so many of them. and there is always a rush, as soon as anything like this happens, there is always a rush to attach a large and important explanation to it which has nothing to do with local politics. and that is always countered by the tip o'neill saying that all politics is local. and it takes a while to figure out and find out what these things mean. i mean i was working in the , united states senate in 1994 in the midterm congressional election of the clinton presidency's first term, and

bobby kennedy. remember barbara jordan's speech? ronald reagan's speech in 1964. we are finding the best language and there is word and people who can bring us together. the question is, are we going to listen to them. howie: thank you very much for coming in. a 28-year-old socialist who beat a high-ranking democrat is front page news in the "new york howie: the need world went highway when joe crowley was clobbered by alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> how are you feeling? can you put it into words? >> nope. i cannot put this into words. howie: whatever the implications of this unknown winning the race, the media were blind side. the times never ran a separate story on alexandria ocasio-cortez. some omr. crowley got creamed. so much for the gray lady and other outlets knowing who to take seriously. it was like missing donald trump's victory in 2016. i'm howard kurtz. come at me on facebook @howardkurtz. keep itself if you can. i post a lot of original content and videos on facebook. it's about a fascinating conversation today about passion and politics on both sides. i

he did senator ted kennedy's house, bobby had -- bobby kennedy's paul house. -- pool house. i knew senator ted kennedy. we were in the same class at harvard and ratcliffe. but i was not a close friend, just said hello. , jack let a glamorous life. much more glamorous than i was leading. the kennedys were one of the chief people i met. then i ended up taking ted kennedy and his wife and two children as their escort translator to the soviet union in 1974. brian: i want to read what you said about jack. he was controlling, insanely jealous, and wanted me to be at his beck and call, regardless of my children and other commitments. he had an explosive temper and, when angry, would frequently keep me up most of the night. sleep deprivation became a constant part of my life. how did you deal with that? how was your way out? ms. kennan warnecke: in the end, leaving. i walked out the door. and this is partly what may be become a photographer, i started studying photography, which jack hated because i -- because he would he could not call me up when i was in the photo lab. he would ca

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he was reflecting on the assassination of bobby kennedy, 50 years ago, this week. i think it is quite poignant for what we are talking about today. it is our political, social and moral imperative to survive, and honour those who gave their lives to protest. [applause] with that, i will say, once again, we will never go back. we are generations of strengths happy lesbian gay, bisexual, transgender pride. thank you for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> mayor farrell: thank you. george, stay here for a second. two quick things. first of all, i would like to recognize our district attorney he was here today as well, with us. was clause second, kate, celebrate, we named it kate kendall day in san francisco. but i'm proud to announce today this is lgbtq pride month in the city of san francisco. [cheers and applause] all right, everyone. and droit the refreshments and happy pride, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people ca

senate historian emeritus donald ritchie to discuss bobby kennedy's political legacy a half century later. this is an hour and 10 minutes. ray: robert f. kennedy was running for president of the united states when he was assassinated in california, just hours after winning the california primary on june 5, 1968. and he died a few hours later on june 6. 1968 was one of those years that historians and journalists alike call a watershed.

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laughter ) okay, before we get into anything else, i want to talk to you about your grandfather, bobby kennedythe 50th anniversary of his assassination which i remember as a child, one of the first memories i have is the slow train with your grandfather's casket on it. i guess the question is all we americans feel like we have some ownership and relationship to your family. we have our own stories about your grandfather. but what stories do y'all tell in the family? what are the things that you choose to remember, the stories you like to tell? >> so, stephen, it's -- there's the stories that i think you know and that a lot of americans know. the role that he and his family, his brothers and sisters have played in our history, the cuban missile crisis, the standing in the schoolhouse door, the civil rights battles, his obvious campaign for the presidency and the turmoil we saw in 1968, and that the important to me and my family. the there's the other side which doesn't get told, he was a dad, he was a broth snore father of eleven. >> yeah, which is a lot, turns out. ( laughter ) so it's those s

the son of the late bobby kennedy is part of the legal team with cases pending against monsanto. >> itmpany essentially bad for families and farmers and bad for other food supply. >> reporter: johnson, who has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy talked about his two sons and wife and how life had dramatically changed after his diagnosis. now, everyone is watching this case because it is the first to go to trial. it will give us an idea how the other lawsuits might go. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> "7 on your side" is here and every complaint you send is read and dealt with. >> rachel from santa rosa has a problem canceling her account with at&t. she said she had already moved out of her home and closed her account. rachel was still getting charged $143.83 every month. we called at&t and they closed her account right away and reimbursed her the money. i want to thank at&t. >>> a couple of problems with their refrigerator from sears and the water dripping from the ice maker and not working properly. the couple called sears and a tech called out and the tech d

i'm going to read chris matthews biography, bobby kennedy. i think chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard. of course, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of senator kennedy. these are three books at the top of my list to read the summer. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list on a book tv on twitter. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. . .

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he did senator ted kennedy's house, bobby kennedy's pool house. rbine orsis's wind something like that. i knew senator ted kennedy. we were in the same class at harvard and ratcliffe. we vaguely knew each other from back then. but i was not a close friend, just said hello. it was a very glamorous life for me for a while. much more glamorous than i was leading. the kennedys were one of the chief people i met. then i ended up taking ted kennedy and his wife and two children as their escort translator to the soviet union in 1974. brian: before we get there, i want to read what you said about jack. "he was controlling, insanely jealous, and wanted me to be at his beck and call, regardless of my children and other commitments. he had an explosive temper and, when angry, would frequently keep me up most of the night. haranguing me although he knew i needed to get up in the morning with my children. sleep deprivation became a constant part of my life." how did you deal with that? what was your way out? ms. kennan warnecke: in the end, leaving. i think tha

one of the best presidents in american history and i will also read the chris matthews biography bobby kennedy i think chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard in the course to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of senator kennedy so these are three books at the top of my list to be this summer >> so what we do at some point as cornell lasted on to say is small exercise is not to play jokingly that creative in us a shared commonality and to carry this life in this moment right here right now is all that we have in the infinite expansion. so i feel that it will not need many of you with much hope after this talk but something far more dangerous or disconcerting or traumatic or what i suggested is compatible when it comes to discussing race where concepts like this we must not dare to be adventurous and remain in place but without the plenty of the years and with courageous professions with race and experience we must allow the strength those unpredictable spaces of those norms and that embodied orientation. and then be vulnerable to be wounded and rethin

in june, 1968, a few days after bobby kennedy had been assassinated. chief warren johnson told the president he was going to retire as soon as possible, as soon as a successor would be named. he did not want to run the risk it might be richard nixon to win the election and thereby get the opportunity to replace him on the supreme court. he said he was out. at 68, lyndon johnson suddenly has the opportunity to choose a supreme court justice a few months before the presidential election. he wasn't going to get to pick not just any justice, he would get to pick a chief justice. johnson decided to elevate somebody already on the bench, already on the supreme court as an associate justice. it was a complete disaster. abe fortis had been on the supreme court a couple years, a friend of president johnson. when he said he wanted to elevate him from from a regular seat to the chief justice, republicans did a slow walk and when the nomination took place, senators learned not only had the justice been hanging around the white house for meetings and pressuring cer

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in june 1968, just a few days after bobby kennedy had been assassina assassinated. chief warren told lyndon johnson that he was going to retire as soon as possible. chief justice warren did not want to run the risk that richard nixon was going to win the election. he said he was out. at '68, lyndon johnson had an opportunity to choose the supreme court justice. he was not going to pick not just any justice, he'll get to pick a chief justice. johnson decided he'll elevate somebody that was already on the bench and already on the supreme court as an associate justice. it was a dias i can. he was actual lyanne old frielyf lyndon johnson. republicans put up the wall. slow walk the nomination hearings and when the hearing finally did take place, senators learned that not only judge fortes have been hanging around the white house of meetings and they learned that he had been taking money from a local university to teach a course. he's been moonlighting and putting 40% of his salary on the court. >> democrats started taking back their support one by one and he had to withd

speaking to a nation then deep in the throes of the cruel injustices of apartheid, senator bobby kennedy began his speech by describing, and i quote, a land in which the native inhabitants were at first subdued but relations with whom remain a problem to this day. a land which defined itself on a hostile frontier, a land which was once the importer of slaves and must now struggle to wipe out the last traces of that former bondage. kennedy then paused before famously concluding, i refer, of course, to the united states of america. then as now, the differences between the united states and south africa are significant. yet americans and south africans share more than we might recognize or want to acknowledge. on the positive side, we share remarkable constitutions, inspiring foundational documents in south africa's freedom charter and our own declaration of independence whose fundamental principles are profound and inspiring but whose lived experiences have so far fallen short. we also share a deep commitment to democracy. society's grounded in the rule of law, a vibrant free press, a capa

in june, 1968, a few days after bobby kennedy had been assassinated.ef warren johnson told the president he was going to retire as soon as possible, as soon as a successor would be named. he did not want to run the risk it might be richard nixon to win the election and thereby get the opportunity to replace him on the supreme court. he said he was out. at 68, lyndon johnson suddenly has the opportunity to choose a supreme court justice a few months before the presidential election. he wasn't going to get to pick not just any justice, he would get to pick a chief justice. johnson decided to elevate somebody already on the bench, already on the supreme court as an associate justice. it was a complete disaster. abe fortis had been on the supreme court a couple years, a friend of president johnson. when he said he wanted to elevatery from from a regular seat to the chief justice, republicans did a slow walk and when the nomination took place, senators learned not only had the justice been hanging around the white house for meetings and pressuring certain s

the son of the late bobby kennedy is part of a legal team with cases pending against monsanto. >> a 50 year chemical attack on the american people and they made huge profits in doing it. >> johnson, who has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy, talked about his two sons and wife, and how life had dramatically changed after his diagnosis. everyone is watching this case because it is the first to go to trial. it will give us an idea of how the other lawsuits might go. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo is in the bay area for a two-day summit with australian leaders. abc 7 news was at stanford's hoover institution this morning as pompeo and australian minister of foreign affairs julie bishop posed for cameras. a small group of protesters rallied outside. >>> east bay congresswoman barbara lee is jumping into the race to become the highly influential chair of the house dramatic caucus. if she wins, lee would be the first african american woman in either party to hold a house leadership post. >>> the bay area tomorrow is expected to get abo

happened with bobby kennedy. happened with martin luther king.very uncivil for me, even before the '80s in 1978 with proposition 13, which was a property tax initiative, how exciting can that be. my house was picketed by the california teachers association union members. in fact my kids looked out the front door and recognized her own teachers. daddy, that is my math teacher. at that was pretty heavy to picket a house. but the worst one was in 1987-88, my house was attacked, i lived in rancho santa fe, in unsettled area. we had 17-acres. we were, we were accosted by a group or one person, i don't know, we never caught them. i had a lot of animal pets and stuff. macheted, killed animals, piled them up on the doorstep of the house. trish: back, art, your own pets? >> my own pets, yes. deer, emus, they ma -- macheted them. we went to disneyland. my driveway is couple miles long. there was no access and egress at all. they came back twice more. i had to have guards 24/7 around the house, armed guards. you can't have guns in california. armed guards a