th bold resolve, suzan harjo pushes us to seek justice in our time. > ethel kennedy. hal kennedy's life is a story of perseverance and generosity, a tireless advocate for the causes she holds dear, she founded the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights where she advances her husband's vision and challenges to managing the world as it should be. whether on gun control, environmental protection, human rights or public health, she tackles difficult issue with a relentless drive and inspires those around her to do the same. in ethel kennedy we find the strength, resilience and passion at the heart of the american spirit. [applause] > the honorable abner mikva. one of the greatest jurists of his time, he built his career on reverence for the law, commitment to public service and love for chicago. as a congressman, federal judge, and counsel to president clinton, he helped shape the national debate on some of the most challenging issues of the day, always insisting government live up to its responsibilities to citizens. he has imparted his sense of civic duty

[applause] ethel kennedy. [applause] ethel kennedy's life is a story of perseverance. a tireless advocate for the cause that she holds dear. she advances her husband's vision and challenges as managing the world like it should be. control, environmental protection, or public health, she tackles difficult issues with a relentless drive. find the strength, resilience, and passion that are at the heart of the american spirit. [applause] the honorable abner except -- micksa. of his time,eatest he built his career in reverence to the law, commitment to public service, and love for chicago. as a congressman, federal judge, and counsel to president clinton, he helped shake the national debate on one of the most challenging issues of the government live up to its responsibility. shaping legal minds as a law professor to challenging young people to give back to their communities through public service. our laws and our nation are more fair and equal. [applause] wendy mink, receiving on behalf of her mother, patsy to okamoto -- takomoto mink. patsy was ahead of her time. the fir

[applause] at ethel kennedy -- ethel kennedy. [applause] life is a story of perseverance and generosity. a tireless advocate for the causes she holds dear, she founded the robert f kennedy center for justice and human rights were she advances her husband's vision for the world as it should be. whether on gun control, environmental protection, human rights, or public health, she tackles difficult issues with a relentless drive and inspires others to do the same. in ethel kennedy, we find the strength and passion that are at the heart of the american spirit. [applause] the honorable abner mikva. [applause] one of the greatest jurists of his time, he built his career on reverence for the law, commitment to public service, and love for chicago. as a congressman, federal judge, and counsel to president clinton, he helped shape the national debate on some of the most challenging issues of the always insisting government led up to its responsibility is to citizens. he has imparted his sense of civic duty to a new generation from shaping

ethel kennedy got the middle of freedom. #3 is her husband, said to be more timid and family oriented. it is a shame that robert f kennedy joined a long list of unfaithful men. you suggest that he had an affair with jackie kennedy. >> that was done outside of my research. >> do you believe it? >> i reported on it, so i do believe it aced on the history of the kennedy family. it was aly believe possibility and it has been reported multiple times by significant sources, put forward by people who were close to the kennedy family. it has been reported in multiple outlets. there is plenty of evidence to show that that was a possibility. overu thank your editor the issue of the kennedys. was a difficult of his standpoint to include all this? >> i don't think so. i don't think it was necessarily difficult. i think we had some disagreements about what is fair game and what isn't. but my editor was very excited about the book and thought it was a good idea. he thought it was important to get out there. --creit #4 is ted kennedy kennedy. is ted >> i was doing research for this book and decided

. >> and the revvie went to ethel kennedy, still cool at 86 years young. is a family show. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup. i love it. and mama loves you. ♪ ♪ >>> the clintons are enjoying the if he is tefts and katy perry is enjoying it as well. did she take a wrong turn on the way to the grammys? >> our next category is sure to be a hot button topic. the spotlight award for the person who you think will lead the way in 2015. who gets this one in your book? >> this will surprise you. the one person that i think will continue to rise not that i agree with him on anything is ted cruise. cruz. i think what he is doing -- he's not dumb. he knows exactly what he's doing. if you think about the primaries, you can and attest to. this anyone who watched it closely will say his strategy now bigger separating himself from everyone else, to say i have been your guy all along. i have fought for you. in the primary

sends and it was then and they said why are they bending over that man two and of course it was ethel kennedy bending over her husband. and we said that is why we could never really answer. and we said we started writing and i said well, i'm just so broken up because you're not appointed in history. because it's good training. >> i suppose we should talk about your book, "daring: my passages" and the book that is defining so much about what people know about you. how did you write that book? >> well, it wasn't -- it's a very long story and it's the short version. i have been in northern ireland and i have been caught in the crossfire and we are standing next to a young boy asking them and they said that it was such a shocking experience that ultimately i had a premature life crisis. i was only 32 at the time, but this was my first experience of mortality. and so as i read many interviews that i was doing for another book that i intend to write, i found that so many people in their late 30s to mid 40s had similar senses of mortality, time running out and the satisfaction and we didn't know nam