had ar edward kennedy very long career as chairman of the judiciary committee and other committees involved in things. when senator kennedy died in 2009, the senate named this room for the three kennedy brothers, all of whom had served in the senate -- john, robert, and edward. and all of them had some major event in their career, from hearings like the jimmy hoffa hearings to announcing their sharing othero investigations and other nominations that were held in here. so this room is now called the kennedy caucus room. 1973, the watergate hearings opened in here. watergate was a real turning point, a turning point for the exitn, for the administration, but it was also a turning point for the investigation. general mccarthy had given a bad name to investigations. had given a bad name to investigations for this up in court weighed in. it gave a stigma. there were a number of books that came out for people that were civil libertarians in the 1950's denouncing investigations in general and saying that they were not good for the nation. and congress was irresponsible. the watergate break-in happ

senator edward kennedy had a very long career in this room, as chairman of the judiciary committee and other committees involved in things. so when senator kennedy died in 2009, the senate named this room for the three kennedy brothers, all of whom had served in the senate, john, robert and edward and all of whom had some major event from hearings, like the hoffa hearings, through announcing their candidacy to chairing other investigations. so this room is the kennedy caucus room. in 1973, the watergate hearings opened in here. watergate was a real turning point. it was a turning point formation and for the nixon administration but it was also a turning point for the investigations. joe mccarthy had given a bad name to congressional investigati investigations. supreme court had to weigh in. it gave a certain stigma to congressional investigations. so there are a nm of books that came out from people who were real civil libertarians in the 1950s denouncing investigations in general and saying that they weren't good for the irresponsi they investigated. then the watergate break h-in happ

edward kennedy had a long candidacy. the senate named in room for three kennedy brothers, all whom served in senate, john, robert, edward, all of whom had major event in their career from hearings like the jimmy huffa hearings to announcing candidacies to chairing other investigations and nominations held in here. this room is called kennedy caucus room. in 1973, the water gate hearings opened in here. it was a turning point for the nation, nixon administration and also for the investigations. mccarthy had given a bad name to investigations. the supreme court had to weigh many. it gave a certain stigma to investigations. there were a number of books that came out from people who were civil libertarians in the 1950s denouncing investigation in general and saying they really weren't good for the nation and congress was irresponsible. then the watergate break-in happened june 1972. while the washington post covered it for months, pretty much the rest of the press really let the watergate story drop. they didn't think it was

. >> senator edward kennedy today picked up some backing for his challenge to president carter. >> jimmyr was running for president. he was running for re-election during the time that this all took place. >> initially, the white house had a couple of briefings every day. and after a few weeks the white house began to realize that they had made a major political error in focusing as much attention on this. >> we hold the government of iran fully responsible for the well-being and the safe return of every single person. >> carter would appear periodically in the rose garden outside the oval office and make a statement about the hostages, what was going on, what he was doing, making it clear that this was something that was on his mind all the time. >> that played well here in the united states, but what that meant to the people who were holding the hostages was, oh, we've got the president of the united states exactly where we want him. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my

if elected, edward moore kennedy would always be able to get the president of the united states on thew there, found that unseemingly. >> you are not running on qualifications. you are running on a slogan. you can go more for massachusetts, and i say do more how? because of experience? because of maturity of judgment? because of qualifications? i say no. this is the most insulting slogan i have seen in massachusetts politics, because this slogan means, vote for this man because he has influence. he has connections. he has relations. >> the man who you just saw decrying the fact that teddy kennedy had connections and relss was himself the nephew of the then speaker of the house, the u.s. house of representatives, south boston's own john mccormack, the most powerful massachusetts politician of all until massachusetts won back the presidency in 1960. eddie mccormack, the nephew of the most powerful legislature in america had trouble making connections seem like a bad thing in that campaign. especially for an irish politician in boston who were in those days for ench having connections was

edward kennedy spoke at the memorial for scully property in 1968. some men see things as they are and say why. i do things that never were and say why not. the kennedy speech writers may not have informed their employers said they were paraphrasing george bernard shaw who wrote you see things that you say why. things that never were and i say why not. the lion appears that today's speaker addressing the garden of eden is the sarabande. everything is possible he goes on. everything. thank you. [applause] >> we have time for questions. just wait for the microphone to arrive on tv. we will start at this table over here. please identify yourself, too. >> i am bob weisberg. then they give you oppose trivia question. how do we know what is the authentic aim of progress for the housing projects -- [inaudible] you can also argue a great source of jobs. this was for example is really aimed at improving developments are a kind makework per program for people to know of choice other than babysitters. the true theme of progress. beats me. [laughter] but i choos

education, carmel served as the general council and deputy staff direct he for the late senator edward kennedy, as chairman of the health, education and labor and pensions committee. she also previously worked at the center for american progress as the associate director of domestic policy and in the senate as chief counsel and senior policy adviser to former bingaham and special counsel to tom daschle. she holds a j.d. and a master's degree in public affairs. carmel and the panel, please come up. thank you. >> i'm going to start by introducing our very prestigious panel. and dive right into discussion. on my right, we have ted mitchell, the under secretary of the u.s. department of education. he has served since his confirmation earlier this year. in this role, he oversees policy programs and activities related to post secondary education, career and technical education, adult and federal student aid. ted is charged with planning and policy to have the u.s. have the most competitive work force in the world by the year 2020. next we have david baime who serves as senior vice president for gove

. >> jack kennedy said to mobilize the english language. >> it may have been edward murrow. but the great thing about his speeches and his broadcasts was that they were aimed not just at the british but he always had an eye to america and he knew that that was the crucial audience. if he could reach the motherland, as it were, and persuade them, then he would have done his duty. that was his big achievement. >> why did the ungrateful british turned him out of office? >> that is one of the great questions of politics and i think the answer is blindingly obvious. he had become -- he had become somehow detached from the political party and straddled politics, he was above it. it was felt possible to vote against the conservative party without -- people thought that it was ok to be anti-tory and it to support churchill. the labor slogan was cheer for churchill and vote for labor. >> that is pretty good. >> it was a good one. and so they kicked him out. again, look at that. he gets this incredible poke in the eye when he is 70. he keeps going and gets back into government. >> "th

. >> kennedy, the problem is we are potentially all terrorists. don't you get that? i am just glad that edwarden took down obama's' nsa i think that makes him a hero. >> they are totally going to dismantle it. we are going to great you are trans -- transparency. >> don't go too fast. >> i thought this was a segment i would be able to talk about like acting and casting. >> well let's talk about acting and casting. >>> i don't like shaylene because she tried to steal my thunder. she came out with an or the cal talking about her scoliosis and how she wore a back brace for several years. that was my thing. >> more than one person can have scoliosis. i get that. but i am the spokesperson. >> i have siliac disease at fox and elizabeth hasselbeck works there. >> so she also has siliac disease. jay she is like the siliac disease lady. >> this is like my problem with being short. so is sean on "the edge." eric shawn is short. i would be the short guy but he beat me by an inch. >> charles pain is much shorter than he looks. he is 6-8. >>> i didn't realize lou laabs was 6-11. >> he is big everywhere, let

kennedy. mick.norable abner the honorable lucile allard receiving on behalf of the honorable edward r wrote val. charles stafford. robert m solo. meryl streep. marlo thomas. morris also known as stevie wonder. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ♪ >> thank you, everybody. have a seat, everybody. everybody have a seat. welcome to the white house. this is one of my favorite events. aside this we set event to celebrate people who have made america stronger and wiser and more humane and more beautiful with our highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. this year we honor 18. sondheimtely stephen could not be with us today. i will present in this award at the 2015 ceremony. give thanks to public servants who have devoted their lives to fellow citizens. o'neill he told tip was starting of hispanic congressional congress there were so few hispanics the joke was they could fit them in a phone book -- phone booth. he saw beyond the times. the congressman of los angeles for 30 years he taught for filing cordial -- bilingual education and

edwards is also the chairman of the victims of communism memorial foundation, a professor of politics at the catholic university of america, and also a fellow at the institute of politics of the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university. our second panelist today is craig shirley who serves on the reagan ranch board of governors and is the author of two critically acclaimed and best selling books on president reagan including rendevous with destiny and reg's revolution. he has two additional volumes coming out very soon including last act, which details ronald reagan's post presidential years, and wilderness which talks about his time between 1976 and 1980. i would urge you to watch for those volumes as well. mr. shirley is the founder of shirley and banister public affairs. you know his firm is doing something right in representing conservatives when msnbc rachel maddow bitterly complains about his success and effectiveness. he has been named the first reagan scholar at eureka college and is also one of the college's trustees. he is also a member of the reagan alumni association, the friends of friendship firehouse and the fusionist society. so please welcome dr. lee edward

education, carmel served as the general council and deputy staff direct he for the late senator edward kennedy, as chairman of the health, education and labor and pensions committee. she also previously worked at the center for american progress as the associate director of domestic policy and in the senate as chief counsel and senior policy adviser to former bingaham and special counsel to tom daschle. she holds a j.d. and a master's degree in public affairs. carmel and the panel, please come up. thank you. >> i'm going to start by introducing our very prestigious panel. and dive right into discussion. on my right, we have ted mitchell, the under secretary of the u.s. department of education. he has served since his confirmation earlier this year. in this role, he oversees policy programs and activities related to post secondary education, career and technical education, adult and federal student aid. ted is charged with planning and policy to have the u.s. have the most competitive work force in the world by the year 2020. next we have david baime who serves as senior vice president for gove

think about what my friend and the former chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator edward kennedy, said in the summer of 2007. he had comprehensive immigration reform before the senate. it was being blocked by the republicans. he said, what they did, "a minority in the senate rejected a stronger economy, it is unfair to our taxpayers ans workers. a minority of the the gentleman rejected america's own extraordinary immigrant history, ignored our nation's most urgent needs, but we're in this struggle for the long haul." well, senator keening did i was, senator kennedy was right. that's why democrats and republicans came together pass an immigration bill in the senate. i just ask, why 511 days later has the republican-controlled house refused to either vote for it or vote against it? we held days of hearings, lengthy, extensive markup sessions. we worked late into the evenings debating the bill. many of us worked weekends. i remember, because i was there, we considered hundreds of amendments, more than 300 amendments were filed. we adopted 136 of them. all but three were adopted with