dr. kennedy, the birth certificate dustup, was that racial? >> parts of it. the very few things are all about raised. i am sure some of the people who thought barack obama was ineligible to be president because the constitution requires the president bn native born. i am sure people who believe that. on the other hand, i am sure there are people who were using as a pretext basis felt they could not say i am against him because he is black so they come up with other reasons in some people who got the real basis of the opposition from the cells. there are all sorts of things going on by the way with respect to the question of the president being eligible because people claimed he was not native-born, in my view that is one of the places the constitution that should be reformed i think that is a very bad part of the constitution. there are 700 people who have won the medal of honor many of whom have been killed in defense of the country but ineligible to be president simply because they were not born here that is a bad part of the constitution and we should revi

dr. kennedy, you write about affirmative action. and barack obama's positioning toward affirmative action. you say that it's a dangerous land mine for him. >> guest: sure, it is. frankly, all racial controversy are a land mine for barack obama, and that's why he tried to set -- stay very far away from russia controversy.u affirmative action is noro different. he tried to say as little as hei possibly could about affirmative action. there are some people who are very critical of him for avoiding a racial controversy. i not. you know, he is an electoral politician. he has to be keenly attentive to public opinion, and he wants to stay away from issues that will be alecto losers for him. racial controversy is going to be of -- it's going to be an wil electoral loser, city tries to stay away from it. >> host: you talk about the african-american republicans. alan west, ten stocks, for example, key members of congress. you're right that race stillalln matters. affirmative action -- african-americans must overcome their blackness in the eye

kennedy and johnson. nothing richard nixon did, in my judgment, compares to what was done to dr. martin luther king when kennedy ordered his wire taps because of communist connection. but they got all this material on his personal behavior and personal life, which was very lurid and all the rest of it, and they sent it to the fbi who produced it and sent it to the white house, and the white house was trying to distribute it to the press -- they all knew that! all of them were democrats and they all tried to cover up for their own administration. writing a bio? sdb that compare to the formal assassination. >> two seconds since. this is the famous "i am not a crook" briefing. let's watch. >> i want to say this to the television aud from public service. i have earned every scent, and that with all the rumors of public life, i welcome this kind of examination because people have to know whether or not their president is a crook. well, i'm not a crook. i've earned everything i've got. >> a defining moment in this presidency. >> very moving moment. i did all his briefing books. we write

dr. king and senator kennedy. >> well, the two assassinations and the violence at the convention and all the things that happened that year, i try to -- for those of us that lived through it, we tried to explain what it was like. the closest thing was the day after 9/11. it was total chaos, and you didn't know what was going to happen next. i think that all the candidates, humphrey, johnson, all them worried about their own lives because it was just -- you didn't know what was going to happen next. it felt like the government was out of ro felt like as bill moy the country was having a national nervous breakdown. as far as the protests go, it ramped up when the draft kicked in. that's when young people -- if young people now would realize if the iraq war was going on it and they didn't agree with it and told they would have to go, the protest would be a lot stronger. that's really what caused the major protests in the '60s, was that so many of us were young and told we have to go to a war that some of us didn't believe in. you know, we didn't have a choice. there's a choice now, and that

dr. nancy snyderman, new york. >>> up next, why another kennedy is facing charges tonight. >>> tonight the pakistani government has begun to demolish the infamous compound where osama bin laden spent his final years hiding and where he was killed by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s last year. crews in the city moved in late in the afternoon with cranes and jackhammers and flood lights. pakistani officials say plans for the site include a park with green areas and benches which they say will be built within a month. >>> and tonight, robert f. kennedy's youngest son is facing misdemeanor charges after a fight at a suburban new york hospital. it started when douglas kennedy tried to take his 3-day-old child outside for a walk. nurses say they tried to stop him because he wasn't allowed to take the newborn off the maternity floor. one nurse claims he twisted her arm and another is seen on the surveillance tape being knocked to the ground. kennedy says it was the nurses that attacked him. >>> and john hinckley, the man who tried to kill president ronald reagan three decades ago, has a request. he says he'd

dr. jon lapook to look into this. >> reporter: three years ago when wendy kennedy noticed tingling and pain in her left arm, the lasthing she thought of was a heart attack. >> people were running in to help me and they're grabbing my arms and they're putting i.v.s in and i'm layin laying there sg "i'm 49 years old. this doesn't happen to a 49-year-old woman." >> reporter: but kennedy did have a heart attack, even though she didn't have the most typical symptom-- chest pain. according to cardiologist dr. joanne foody, it's not that uncommon. >> some people, particularly women, may feel more indigestion, nausea. women may also feel radiation of pain into the neck down the arm. >> reporter: a review of more than a million hospitalized heart attack patients found women are more likely than men to have heart attacks without typical chest pain. a disturbing finding was the higher mortality rate for women than for men. the difference is even higher for those under age 55 without chest pain. dr. steven nissen of the cleveland clinic says younger women with heart attacks tend to have strong risk factors. >> women tend to be

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burke marshall, a lot of the professors served with distinction and the kennedy justice department said that these four judges, dr. specht mentioned them including judge johnson had made as much of an imprint on american society and american law as any four judges below the supreme court had ever done in history. so if you look at these kinds of

. >> a point to be made, the nurses haven't been charged with anything even though the kennedy dr.friend is saying they were the aggressors. the d.a. didn't go after the nurses. were they injured? >> they say there were some if he can and hip injuries and bruising. that's why the charges are misdemeanors. the prosecutors say we interviewed all the parties and have sworn statements from witnesses. the charges we decided to file were against mr. kennedy, not the nurses. >> tnks so much. >>> and still to come, an gyp update on a case that's haunted australia for decades. the details coming up. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. that's bee

local educational system in a way that models what is being shown to us by people like david kennedy on crime or dron health or solomon kahn on education. i am interested in your thoughts on that as a repair mechanism because it is the conversation i've been having with these other characters. >> it is interesting here because i'm sure we're on different parts of the political spectrum. >> sure. >> i want us to go back to communities, running their lives in ways they have -- >> community restoration. >> yeah. there is a reason to be optimistic about this. when i talk about these issues, i get a lot of instinctive understanding. when i talk to people who are very affluent and powerful, a lot of them are saying, you know what? i see that in my life and i especially see it in my kids' lives. i see the extent to which they're drawing up with what a sense of what this country is about so i don't think we need to demonize that group. i think within that group there are a lot of people who sense the nature of the problem. >> i agree. >> and once the problem is in a sense agreed upon across a wide range of

dr. martin luther king jr. about the slowness of president john f. kennedy and the treachery of southern white moderates. when i arrived at princeton, though, and through our early years teaching together, jim was working on "battle cry of freedom" and he was working toward what jim referred to, jim oakes referred to, as a broader understanding of the politics of the war. part of that understanding involved a new appreciation of how fully military history, which figures much less strikingly in jim's earlier works than it has in the later ones, but how thoroughly military history was enmeshed with political history, including the history of the abolitionists. but it also involved an enhanced appreciation of lincoln's enormous political skills. his deep hatred of slavery and even his evolving views on race. the abolitionists as it happened did not believe abraham lincoln or pull him to see things their way so much as lincoln, the political master, who without once compromising his bedrock anti-slavery principles, manipulated the abolitionists to the point where he held the union together so that slavery co

dr. martin luther king, robert kennedy, dropped with an assassin's bullet.s before the start of the olympic games, hundreds if not as many as 15, 1600 students and workers slaughtered in mexico city before the start of the olympic games. these were things done and tommy new very well. tommie terms de jongh before they get on the stand and he says what happens if someone takes a shot at them and john says you know we are trained to listen for the gun. [laughter] and you know we are fast. [laughter] so we will do the best we can. they get up there and they do all the choreography they planned. peter norman, the greatest sprinter in the history of australia chose to wear a patch that set olympic project for human-rights so history what report and what continues to stand with them every year for the rest of his life, much to his internal credit despite all kind of pressure to get him to recant on his actions on that day and they stood up there and raised their fists at the national anthem began, and as john said the these are his words in the book. he said it go

dr. dorothy heights. that is sammy davis, jr.. >> saturday march 3, they are taking their performance to the kennedy center. >> that is a good-looking. this is another good looking group. i had a chance to spend time with some kids today at riverdale baptist schools. i had a chance to spend time with students. we talked about going after their dreams. a celebration of african- american accomplishments that included some good food and dancing. way to go. good luck to you down the road. that is it for abc 7 is at 5:00. >> heavy storms have moved out here we are waiting for strong winds to move in. >> some are calling it a controversial apology. high-ranking defense officials say sorry at this mosque. i will tell you what they said and why. >>live and inhd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00.

dr. david agus, the author of "the end of illness". you spent your career as an oncology. you worked with steve jobs and senator kennedy. what has your experience about weather the disease of cancer told you about health? >> i have seen patients and have to say drugs aren't going to work. it has pushed me to prevention. one of the big aspects of the book is how to prevent the disease. >> tell me about that. what is the most important thing that we need to know in terms of prevention? diet and exercise i want to say. >> you want to know yourself. one of the key things of the book is know your own metrics, get your own lab. go into your doctor with all your information. when you go to your doctor he or she will check your blood pressure when you are there. what about at night when you go to bed? i want all of your data. and then there are things like stattens. it is important. if you have a normal cholesterol and you go in on a statten you reduce the incidents of cancer by 30 or 40%. i want people to focus on things people can prevent. >> we talked about taking aspirin every day. why? because it thins your blood? it thing

dr. martin luther king, robert kennedy, dropped with an assassin's bullet.s before the start of the olympic games, hundreds if not as many as 15, 1600 students and workers slaughtered in mexico city before the start of the olympic games. these were things done and tommy new very well. tommie terms de jongh before they get on the stand and he says what happens if someone takes a shot at them and john says you know we are trained to listen for the gun. [laughter] and you know we are fast. [laughter] so we will do the best we can. they get up there and they do all the choreography they planned. peter norman, the greatest sprinter in the history of australia chose to wear a patch that set olympic project for human-rights so history what report and what continues to stand with them every year for the rest of his life, much to his internal credit despite all kind of pressure to get him to recant on his actions on that day and they stood up there and raised their fists at the national anthem began, and as john said the these are his words in the book. he said it go

out washington's kennedy center for the performing arts get 22 million in federal support every year. the national holocaust museum gets 50 million. senator coburn has been nicknamed drno more regularly holding up money he says isn't a taxpayer priority. including temporarily halting aid to sick 9-11 first responders a couple years ago. coburn says this isn't about new york. the 9-11 museum was originally scheduled to open this fall on the 11th anniversary of the attacks. now not only has it been postponed, a spokeswoman won't say when the project might finally be finished. in new york, rick leventhal, fox news. >> bret: a secret new york police department document has revealed a recommendation that shiite muslims and their mosques be put under increased surveillance. the 2006 report from the department's intelligence division conflicts with pronouncements from the mayor and others that the nypd does not consider religion in its policing. >>> new york mayor michael bloomberg is promising to match up to a quarter million dollars in donations to planned parenthood to offset funds being cut by a breast cancer charity group. the susan g. komen for the cure foundation ann

then we have patrick kennedy discussing the mental health parity act and on april 4, we de drepak chopra, -- dr. depak chopra. and i would like to present our guest with the traditional npc mug. >> oh boy, thank you very much. [applause] >> i have one last question. you talk about that all of us should be prepared and i would like to know what you have you're ready bag. >> i have the king of ready bags. i have my set of clothes, first-aid equipment, extra batteries, extra chargers, a couple of good books, and the phone number and e-mail address of everybody i will have to be in touch with if i have to use that ready bag. all of you all should have a ready bag as well, thank you. [applause] >> i want to thank all of you for coming out today and i would like to thank the national press club's staff including the library and broadcast center for organizing this event and here is a reminder that you can find more information about the national press club on our website. if you like to get a copy of today's program, please check out our website www.press.org and i would like to thank you very much.

dr. david agus, the author of the "new york times" best-selling book "the end of illness." good to see you again. you spent your career as an oncologist. you worked with steve jobs and senator kennedywhat has your experience with the disease of cancer taught you about your health if >> i have seen patients and have to say drugs aren't going to work. it has pushed me to prevention. one of the big aspects of the book is how to prevent the disease. it's easier to prevent heart or disease or brain disease or cancer than to treat it. >> tell me about that. what is the most important thing that we need to know in terms of prevention? i mean, diet and exercise, i want to say. >> diet and exercise, but first of all know yourself. one of the key things of the book is know your own metrics, get your own lab. get what's going on. there's a four-page questionnaire go into your doctor with all your information. when you go to your doctor he or she will check your blood pressure when you are there. who checked it in the morning or at night when you go to bed? i want all of your data. and then there are things like stattens. people get mad about me for talking about a drug but it's important. if

dr. nancy snyder man is nbc's health chief. >> mimi alford coming forward after 50 years to reveal she had an 18-month affair with former president john f. kennedy. do you think it's okay she came out and told the story? >> i believe it's okay. i had a wonderful long conversation with her this morning. i did tell her we would be talking about her in the 9:00 hour and from my position, she was raped. and i say this because he was the president. she was an intern. he was 45, she was 19. he took her to a bedroom, put his hands on her shoulders and guided her to a room. i think we remind ourselves you don't have to say no to be in a position where you have no power. however, i believe she wrote this book because she wanted to have her own narrative and to that, i say kudos to her. >> wait a minute, you told her in your opinion you said it was rape and what did she say? >> she understood why i said that and she said she has had other people tell her that. she understands the context of that. but that she never saw it okay and she found the entire atmosphere in which she was pulled up into the white house, intoxicating. she was in this intimate group

kennedy was demonized. he's the guy who imposed himself on the south. he intervened. it's called an interposition. in the end this demon was shot. they demonized dr.tnam, out of his capacity with disrupting things and hoover calling him a damn liar. dr. king died a very hated man in america's margins. so we've seen what demonization can do when somebody feels that you must get the demon out of the way. and so i don't disassociate these name calling and labels from somebody with an ak-47 shooting in the white house and hit a window. if it won't have been on the back, they could have been shot and killed as a matter of fact. these are very dangerous times and these tones set the climate. george wallace never hit anybody. george wallace set the climate for violence and leadership very mindful of the impact of their words. >> i've seen sir, that remarkable photograph of you on the day dr. martin luther king was murdered, was shot. are you saying, sir, and i'm sorry to press you on this, but are you saying that barack obama's very safety is being imperilled by the kind of abusive rhetoric that is being t of this country? >> absolutely. ignorance and ha

dr. burkely. >> yes, burkely. >> yes. >> you, the military district of washington, in regards to the taking care of the remainses of the president kennedyare planning on having the president taken directly to walter reed and probably mrs. kennedy will also be going out there. we will clarify that later. >> oh, all right. >> the entire two-hour 22-minute recording is made available by u.s. national archives. you can find them all online if you're interested. >>> time for "minding your business." wall street is expected to start the new month with a movedest rally thanks to upbeat manufacturing data from china and europe after stocks close out their best january in 15 years. that should bode well for the rest of the year because, as wall street says, as goes january, so goes the year. there you go. >> is that always true? >> usually true. and election years tend to be good years. >> interesting. good. then i'm glad we had a strong january. >> yeah. >> christine, thank you. >>> we heard from mitt romney a few moments ago. he clearly has momentum this morning. 50 dell greaegatdelegates. republican florida governor rick scott joins us. he's

kennedy to raise hands together in that victory salute. it was a disaster. >> took years to heal that rift. interesting stuff. dr.o much, steve. >> all right, straight ahead, jersey boy and comedian jay mohr getting political saying his state's governor is what the republican party needs. he won't vote for a christie ticket. we'll ask him why coming up next. >> the answer to the question -- ellen nordegren. he is in indiana where the whole world will be focused on on sunday. >> no kidding. he is a familiar face on the big screen and small screen. you remember jay mohr from movies like "jerry maguire." now actor and comedian is in indy for the big super bowl this weekend. >> he's in indianapolis like the winner of our trif kwa question. he's here. good morning to you. how are you? >> elan nordegren. >> you're the big winner. that's why you're in indiana. >> yes! >> that would be a big win. >> right. >> hi! >> you know what? let's talk a little politics. i can hardly wait -- >> it's like we're not here, jay. you said hi, gretchen. >> doocy is a jersey guy. are you still in jersey? >> i am. i went to your book signi

kennedy special warfare center, fort bragg, north carolina. in june of 2003, general boykin was appointed under secretary of defense for intelligence under dr. steven cambone. general boykin retired in october, 2007 and teaches at a college. he is an awe tore of "never surrender, cross roads into faith and freedom and also "danger close," a novel, as well as killer 10 threat," another novel. he attended the army war college, shipensburg university. his badges include the master parachuteist badge, military freefall badge, medals include the zpwished service medal. defense legion of merit, with an oak leaf cluster. this is a real hero. bronze star, air medal, purple heart with an oak leaf cluster. this is an american hero. ready repeatedly to lay down his life for our right to free speech, to the freedoms we know and love. . . and yet he was not so well treated. people thought it was inappropriate that a general would say basically the same things that franklin roosevelt did. things like franklin radios velt said in his prayer -- roosevelt said on his prayer on d-day as he prayed on the radio, national radio broadcast, and during that radio b