. >>> and news tonight coming in from ethel kennedy, the widow of rfk. some of her children split. she's now weighing in on the possible parole of her husband's killer. >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the labor day holiday. and we begin tonight with millions of schoolchildren heading back. and now the largest increase in covid cases in children since the pandemic started. in fact, more than 40 million americans have now tested positive and of course concerns over that new variant first seen in colombia. the mu variant, it is now being detected in the u.s. and there are questions about how strong it is and whether it could get past the vaccines. tonight, the children, nearly 252,000 new cases reported in just the last week. the biggest weekly increase we've ever seen. a quarter of all new cases in this country now in children. and amid the battle over mask mandates, schools having to close down already because of covid. at least temporarily. at least 1,400 schools now in 35 states. dr. anthony fauci tonight on the crowds this labor day weeken

. >>> ethel kennedy, wife of robert f. s caused enough suffering for her family and the country, and tom foreman is joining us now for a closer look. this got a lot of attention when he was recommended for parole. >> yes, like a bolt from the blue. think about it this way. if robert kennedy had not been assassinated, and if he'd been elected president and he had a very real chance of doing that, everything we know about our politics today could be different. now the question is how much should that or should that not be considered when you think about the fate of the man who pulled the trigger? >> he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again. those words in a written statement from 93-year-old ethel kennedy who scrawled in her own hand at the bottom, he should not be paroled. who is she talking about? sir han sir han who assassinated her husband a half century ago. >> i can't remember the exact moment. my body, whatever it was located, and i don't remember any human being -- i don't remember any of that. >> reporte

those words in a written statement from 93-year-old ethel kennedy, who scrawled in her own hand at thetom "he should not be paroled." who is she talking about? sirhan sirhan, who assassinated her husband, senator robert kennedy, more than a half century ago. >> obviously i was there. but i don't remember the exact moment. i don't remember pulling my gun or my body or whatever it was located. and i don't remember aiming at any human being. i don't remember any of that. >> reporter: the palestinian-born gunman, who has long said he remembers almost nothing of the attack, has been denied release more than a dozen times. but now the two-person california parole board wants him out from behind bars, creating a firestorm. >> my thanks to all of you. and now it's on to chicago and let's win there. >> reporter: in 1968 kennedy had just won california in his quest to become the democratic nominee for president. he was celebrating at the ambassador hotel in los angeles when he passed through the kitchen and shots rang out. [ screaming ] >> his condition i don't know. his wife ethel is with him.

>>ethel kennedy is out with a rare public statement opposing parole for the killer of her husband.a review period. some progressives argue that democrats should support his parole as a matter of criminal justice and that opposing it is "a misguided effort." the family is divided. two fwloet support of the parole and six agree that he should not get it. pretty significant, right? we don't hear from her that often. >> exactly she has been out of site for quite awhile. she had some tshl losses, her granddaughter more recently. she is speaking out very passionately. she and six of her children believe strongly that he should not get paroled and he should continue to serve his life sentence. this time the parole board did recommend that he will free. after that if the board sticks to the decision that is most likely then the governor will have 30 more days to decide if he should stick with that decision or whether or not to deny it. so that will be on governor new some. but assuming that he survives that challenge, that will be directly on his plate. it is troefl with but for many peopl

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reporter: he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again, those words from 93-year-old ethel kennedyld not be paroled. she's talking about sirhan sirhan, who assassinated senator robert kennedy. >> obviously i was there. but i don't remember the exact moment. i don't remember pulling my gun out of my body, or wherever it was located. and i don't remember aiming at any human being. i don't remember any of that. >> reporter: the palestinian born gunman has been denied release more than a dozen times. but now, the two-person california parole board wants him out from behind bars. creating a firestorm. in 1968, kennedy had just won california in his quest to become the democratic nominee for president. he was celebrating in los angeles when he passed through the kitchen and shots rang out. >> his condition, i don't know. his wife is with him. >> reporter: kennedy was mortally wounded. the gunman was grabbed. >> his name appears to be sirhan sirhan. >> reporter: he was convicted and sentenced to die. >> the reality of this whole thing hit me when i was on death row. >> reporter: how many

reverses early gum damage for a beautiful, revitalized smile. >>> we are back with ethel kennedy, theuing a rare statement about her husband's assassin >> sirhan sirhan is one step closer to being a free man after being recommended for parole andrea mitchell joins us now with more. good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. more than a half century after senator and presidential candidate robert f. kennedy was assassinated, a california parole board's recommendation that his killer be freed as divided the ke whether he should be released. 53 years after the assassination of robert f. kennedy left a nation shattered, his widow, ethel, speaking out about the possible release of his killer sirhan sirhan writing, our family and our country suffered an unspeakable loss due to the inhumanity of one man. we believe in the gentleness that spared his life but he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again, adding simply in the handwritten note, he should note be paroled. along with her rare statement, the 93-year-old sharing a picture of her and rfk on their wedding day. in 1968, mom

. >>> ethel kennedy, the widow of senator robert f. kennedy issuing a rare public statement about her husband's assassin, sirhan sirhan, who was accused of killing the senator in an l.a. ballroom moments after he won the primary 53 years ago. the california parole board recommended that he be freed from prison, dividing the kennedy family on whether he should be released. ♪♪ >> reporter: 53 years after the assassination of robert f. kennedy that left a nation shattered, his widow, ethel, speaking out against the possible release from prison of his killer, sirhan sirhan writing our family and our country suffered an unspeakable loss due to the inhumanity of one man. we believe in the gentleness that spared his life, but in taming his act of violence he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again. adding simply in the handwritten note, he should not be paroled. along with her rare statement, the 93-year-old sharing a picture of her and rfk on their wedding day. in 1968, moments after the junior senator from new york won the califo

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. >> ethel kennedy, the widow, still with us. has she weighed in?n, has the widow weighed? ? >> she hasn't spoken publicly but in the "new york times" op-ed that rory kennedy wrote, she said my mother approves what i'm about to say in the article, my mother approves of our opposition to parole. i haven't heard from her directly, i don't know any reporter that has, but rory says her mother also opposes it. >> what now? there are still several steps that must occur, including the governor, gavin newsom, governor elder, i say that and people will be upset with me, just making a little joke, who knows what happens, but where does this go from here? >> so, from that two-person panel which recommends parole, it goes to the full, i think it's 17 members of the parole board who have 120 days, four months to review this. so that takes us to the end of the year that it will stel be in the -- still be in the parole board's bali wick. and then after that, whatever they do, they can say -- they can reject it and say no parole, but it still goes to the governor w

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. >>> ethel kennedy, the widow of robert f. kennedy, doesn't want his killer free.nth a california parole board recommended sirhan sirhan's release. she issued a statement, our family and our country suffered an unspeakable loss due to the inhumanity of one man. we believe in the gentleness that spared his life, but in taming his act of violence, he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again. a 93-year-old avid in her own handwriting, he should not be paroled. she joins six of her children in opposing. two have signaled their support for his release. sirhan assassinated robert f. kennedy in a los angeles hotel in 1968 at a time kennedy was running for president. sirhan told the parole board he values his life and would never put myself in jeopardy again. >>> let's hand it over to chris. >> appreciate it. hope you had a good weekend. >> i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." happy new year to my jewish brothers and sisters. sadly, there is no similar fresh start to celebrate in afghanistan. we don't even know how many americans and allies are being kept fr

ethel kennedy went with him. he had protection but people in that state still hated him but the law students wanted him. he went and i mean, the film was great but the background and the students come and he gave a wonderful speech there and got a standing ovation with 6000 students in that auditorium. the delta, the trip in 1967, they would hold field hearings to investigate war on poverty programs, what was happening. one of them was in, near jackson and there's a great picture in the book. he heard about the poverty, the historic project and just, and you wanted to see. again he wanted to see. so he and another senator went with marian wright and peter edelman. marion wright is the reason they went because she came and testified in washington. he had never seen poverty what he saw there, is bad as it was in so many cities. he went back immediately and push to get more federal aid but it had huge impact on him. and horrified him. just kept them going but he wanted the country to see. they had hearings and they

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kennedy's widow, ethel, said in a recent statement he should not have the opportunity to terrorize againay sirhan deserves a chance at freedom and importantly the parole board members who heard his case think so too. this is not a done deal. governor gavin newsom or the full parole board would have to give it a thumbs up and absolutely there are plenty of people who say this is just a guy gaming the system. but, the mere fact that one of the most rereviled assassins is this close to getting parole through the help of his fellow inmates is remarkable. >> certainly is. originally sentenced to death, commuted and now possibly going free. thank you very much, tom foreman. thanks very much for all of you. you can watch "outfront" any time on cnn go. in the meantime, it's time for "ac 360." >>> good evening. we start with breaking news. a source tells cnn that capitol police are preparing for violence and armed individuals at a rally this saturday that's meant to protest the arrest of those responsible for the january 6th riot. today a temporary fence around the u.s. capitol was approved. it w

kennedy's wife approached her, as well as the other photographers. >> i got a picture of ethel going to photograph it. >> reporter: what did you think when ethel said don't take the picture? >> that was her choice, but not mine. my job was to record history, and i record history every day. >> reporter: what happens if you mess with that rule? >> you're not a journalist. then you've just a person with a camera. >> reporter: what is the difference between a photograph and just a picture? >> whether you're going to want to look at it. >> reporter: and in the case of his most famous photograph, whether you're going to want to look away. warning: some of you may not want to see the next photograph. when you made the falling man picture, did you know you had done something extraordinary? >> i didn't take the picture. the camera pook the picture of the falling man. when the people were falling, i would put my finger on the trigger of the camera, and i would follow them going down. then the camera would open and close and take the pictures as they were going down. i have, i think, eight or n