. >> rfk's in the race, gene mccarthy's in the race. hubert humphrey, at this point, is he in the race? >> he's struggling -- >> vice president humphrey. >> to get in the race. it's difficult, actually, for him to get in the race. and when he's about to get in the race, martin luther king jr. is assassinated. and then the country really comes apart for a month. there's rioting in most major cities. one of the really dramatic moments in the book is there was no rioting in indianapolis that night that martin luther king jr. was killed. and one of the reasons for that is that bobby kennedyed had a campaign -- kennedy had a campaign stop scheduled in indianapolis that night. when he got off the plane, he was told that martin luther king jr. had just been assassinated. he was told you have to cancel your event. he had an outdoor, public event scheduled in the heart of the black community in indianapolis. the police chief didn't want him to go there. the police chief told him i can offer you no protection if you to go in there . we send, basi

committee hearing in 1967 when the undersecretary of state was testifying about vietnam and outraging gene mccarthyl full bright on that committee. mccarthy came away from that hearing saying privately if i have to run for president myself to stop this i will. and he did. and the incumbent president he ran against as you remember, dropped out of the race when he was challenged that way. >> well, the republicans are in this awful position they put themselves in when they made the foughtian bargain that they would have protracted routine interactions with mr. trump knowing these would be diminishing and soil to them but they would get things done. well, let's go to washington's premiere power couple. he mentioned elaine chao, the secretary of transportation, vastly experienced, hugely respected in washington, stood there mute next to mr. trump during his rant yesterday. she did so because she was there because we were supposed to at long last talk about the trillion dollar infrastructure program. tax reform's not going anywhere. infrastructure was going to happen. the problem is, winston churchill on

it is like gene mccarthy said about being a football coach, just difficult enough to be interesting,ly isn't that hard. [laughter] warren: he had a way of getting people irritated at times. charlie: what brings you the most joy? bill: learning things and making breakthroughs after all of the greattamme stuff -- family stuff, that is a lot of fun. every once in a while something really makes sense and you can teach people, share and insight, i think that is satisfying. when i sit down with melinda and write a letter, i have had a chance to see things, what can i share that might be helpful to people and is sustained. it is hard, doesn't happen all the time, but between my learning and eating able to share where i see this is what i thought it was, that gives me great satisfaction. ♪ got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction... don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. included with xfinity tv. more to stream to every screen. >> 7:00 a.m. here in hong

it is like gene mccarthy said about being a football coach, just difficult enough to be interesting, it really isn't that hard. [laughter] warren: he had a way of getting people irritated sometimes. charlie: what brings you the most joy? bill: learning things and making breakthroughs. after all the great family stuff from that is a lot of fun. every once in a while if something really makes sense and you can teach people about it, share and insight, i also think that is very satisfying. when i sit down with melinda and write the annual letter, the idea that i have had a chance to see things, what can i share that is releases sink that might people, that is hard, and it doesn't happen all the time, but between my learning and being able to share where i see this is what i thought it was, that gives me great satisfaction. ♪ ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of your bloomberg "first word news." the mayor of charleston, south carolina says that the hostage situation is over. the gunman was shot by police and is in critical condition. the restaurant em

gene mccarthy won 42% of the vote against lbj.eople don't remember he didn't even have his name on the ballot and i don't remember what brought that up but any how he e got 42 and lbj got 49 and then right after that happened we won a landslide and bobby kennedy in the senate went to the same room jack kennedy declared for president denomination around march the 17th a few days after new hampshire and then richard nixon at the end of march had me waiting at an airport to report on him on what lyndon johnson said on the speech in vietnam because we have canceled our speech. i'm waiting in that limousine and listening to lbj and that is when he announced he wasn't going to run again and he was out of the race all of a sudden. four days later doctor king was shot to death in memphis and the riots in the city's wake-up calls from cities seventh street was burning up, federal troops and the nation's capital, marines on the steps of the capitol. this is what was going on that spring and then president nixon won six straight states no on

but it's-- it's working with a whole lot of people on interesting-- it's like gene mccarthy said about being a football coach. it's just difficult enough to make it interesting but really isn't that hard. >> rose: he said that? >> he had a way of getting people a little irritated at times. >> rose: what brings you want greatest satisfaction? >> i think lthings and making breakthroughs-- after all the great family stuff-- that is a lot of fun. every once in a while, if something really makes sense and you can teach people about it, share an insight, i think that's also very satisfying. when i sit down with melinda to write the annual letter, the idea of, okay, i've had a chance to see things. what could i sayer that is really succinct that might be helpful to people. that is fun. it's hard. it doesn't happen all the time. but between my learning and being able to share where i see, oh, this is really simpler than i thought it was, that gives me great satisfaction. >> i would say this, too, charlie. now at 86, i mean, i've seen a lot of people that have gotten older. and i've never seen

him and created the first grassroots campaign it was then em you'llited by gold wautdner 64 and gene mccarthy in 68 and we both covered mcgovernor in 72. jimmy carters what successful in 76. it goes all the way to unfortunately donald trump. >> it was necessary for kennedy, particularly so, right, tom, to go this route? because of the -- >> it is so hard -- >> -- liabilities. >> it is -- because he won, it is so hard to remember that he wasn't favored to. that to call him an underdog was probably an exaggeration in 1959. the number of people who saw this coming is -- that is a very, very short list. and the reason was that it broke the rules. it is outside of the party. and just because everybody since then has tried to be outside of the party, just remember kennedy was the first one to actually run that way. he was viewed inside of the party often as an indifferent democrat. from time to time he could be a little bit republican in his fiscal conservatism and he sided with president eisenhower on more than a couple of agricultural issues that created problems for him in the midwest, all the w

created really the first grassroots campaign that was men i am late by bare gold water in 64, gene mccarthy, 68. tom and i both gofrd mcgovern 72. jimmy carter was successful, 76. it goes all the way to unfortunately, donald trump. >> it was necessary for kennedy, particularly so, right, tom, to go this route, because of the -- >> it's so hard -- >> liabilities? >> because he won, ellen, it's so hard to remember that he wasn't favored to. >> right. >> that to call him an underdog was probably an exaggeration in 1959. the number of people who saw this coming is -- that's a very, very short list. and the reason was that it broke the rules. it's outside the party. and just because everybody since then has tried to be outside the party, just remember, kennedy was the first one to actually run that way. he was viewed inside the party often assen indifferent democrat. from time to time he could be a little bit republican in his fiscal conservativeism. he sided with president eisenhower on more than a couple ago kurlt ral issues that created problems with him in the midwest all the way through the

dropped out of the race and nixon was alone then followed by rockefeller kid got out of the race gene mccarthyon 42 percent of the vote but lbj was the right in. i don't know what political intellect however record take-home -- record they got 42 read after that happened going to do the same senate to be declared for the nomination and richard nixon had me waiting in the airport in the korea -- will korea for the speech for vietnam's and i am listening to lbj he said he would not run again. the '04 misheard -- four days later dr. king was shot to death i got calls from friends the 14th street was burning up in those since the nation's capital this is what is going on knicks in 16 straight nobody would contest. so as long as you have those goldwater conservatives nobody could beat us except did or did over a month there was a film but only got 22 percent nixon got a 70% that night was made 28 because we won big and burly the first time a kennedy was beaten in any political race bobby kennedy was coming up from california he had the dog with him and then watch him give a beautiful consent -- con