so does george mcgovern.d i'll tell you, this country and this world would have been a hell of a lot better had he become president in 1972. [applause] >> but having said that, he has been dedicating his life these last several years to ending hunger here in the united states and around the world. and he will end it because this is a man of incredible dedication and commitment and compassion and that is why -- this is an incredible crowd here tonight because we love the man. now, we have a couple of people that i want to introduce who will say a few words. just to show you that george mcgovern is a bipartisan kind of guy we have my colleague from missouri, joann emerson, who i should tell you has been an unbelievable leader to combat hunger and her and i have teamed up and the one-two punch like george mcgovern and bob dole have done in the united states senate but we have tried to improve not only the food and nutrition programs here in the united states but around the world and she's a dear friend and i'm p

>> i would say robert kennedy were george -- or george mcgovern. >> why were you interested in working on the mcgovern campaign? but i had come to know him when i was working for senator kennedy. i knew of his passion about vietnam. he said to me as the campaign began to develop, he was truly against that war. he called me up and wanted to know if i wanted to join his campaign. >> we have some audio tape. it is lyndon johnson's conversation from the oval office with bobby kennedy, who was attorney general at the time. this was in may of 1964. but the must've been the end of his term as attorney general. >> explain what was going on in 1964. >> there was some talk that he might be the vice-presidential candidate for lyndon johnson when he ran for reelection. he did not have a vice president. in those days, if they presidents exceeded -- if a vice president succeeded on the death of a president, he surserve the rest of the term without a vice- president. it was clear that he and robert kennedy were not friends at all, politically. johnson made an announcement that nobody serving in his c

richard nixon. . >> in your memoir, are you want to tell us the sense of george mcgovern? but i do not think so. i will talk a lot about richard nixon. >> what did you think about him? >> the white house tapes that he made, in this mcgovern campaign, in 1972, when george wallace was shot in the middle of may, 1972, the captured the would-be assassin on the spot. nixon had heard from the fbi or from someone where he lived. he had an apartment in milwaukee. in any event, nixon then called chuck colson in his office. this is on tape. he told him to hurry up and get out to this guy's apartment in milwaukee before the fbi surrounded it and took over and plant mcgovern literature. that was the president of united states. i think that is all you need to know. >> you've come across as a mild-mannered individual. do you ever get really angry? >> i do from time to time. >> what angers you most in politics? >> i am increasingly angered by the acidity -- the passivity of the media. they are always contesting these two sides. a television loves controversy. preferably violent controver

> her husband, at sargent shriver, co-founded the peace corps and ran for vice president with george mcgovern in 1972. pearse son-in-law, arnold schwarzenegger, is governor of california. she produced a television special on religious faith, binding the kennedys through generations. she focused on the story of mary and jesus. >> that kind of a lesson, "if i had a faith, i can change the world of." >> another time to turn to prayer and each other. >> president obama has released a statement saying that she will be remembered as "i checked in for people to intellectual disabilities and as an extraordinary -- a champion for people with intellectual disabilities at an extraordinary example that note barrier can restrained the example of the human spirit." tonight at 5:00, we will have a reaction from the special olympics in maryland. on our website, even read more about her work and at the kennedy family. >>> the national debate over health care reform to a head in maryland last night. residents gathered at towson university for a town hall meeting with senator ben cardin agreed more people showe

he ran the peace corps, was ambassador to france, and ran for vice president under george mcgovern.into the twi liflight of alzhei disease, sargent shriver survives her. eunice kennedy shriver was the mother of five including a long time member of the nbc family, the current first lady of california, maria shriver. >> ever since i was little she worked, she was successful in a man's world, she never took no for an answer. she never asked my brothers or myself if we wanted to work with her. she just gave us the ball and sent us out there. >> she insisted her life was full of great blessings. but it is the public traj deeps the american people remember. and in the case of eunice kennedy shriver, enormous public service. >>> eunice kennedy shriver's son bobby famously said a few years back about his mom, quote, she never ran for office, and she changed the world. eunice kennedy shriver was 88. that is our broadcast for this tuesday evening. thank you for being with us. i am brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night.

and the book came out and it is thomas eagleton for a short time they're running mates of the george mcgovern he never dreamed when he said those things about mcgovern that he would be his choice to be vice president until he was kicked off of the ticket because he did not tell him about a nervous disorder that he had that had been treated and they had kept that secret. it is a shocking story an ironic that the man who uses this which haunted him out wallace thomas eagleton. >>cspan: why you feel you can reveal the source now that he is dead? >>guest: he is really a person that new about it and i think all bets are off when the source guys. a lot of sources i do reveal who are not dead but those who are. >>cspan: i will name them and then it what you say it can do bursting? >>guest: and longtime source ronald reagan's last chief of staff and former high power lobbyist and he revealed himself and another book as a source of somebody who was a go-between between me and richard armitage of the valerie plame case. >>cspan: why would he be willing to do that? >>guest: i would never have used his n

he was the short-time running mate of george mcgovern.said those things, we never dreamed that he would be the choice for vice president until he was kicked off the ticket because he had not been told about some disorder, some nervous disorder he had that had been treated, they kept that secret. remember that story? so it is a shocking story, an ironic that the man who uses triple-a was tom eagleton. >> why do you feel you can reveal the source now that he is dead? >> he was the only person who knew about it. it was something that i think all bets off when a source dies. a lot of sources are reveal are not dead, but the ones that are, i definitely reveal. >> i wrote a bunch down. >> ken dugerstein was a long time source of mine. he was a high-powered lobbyist and reagan staffer, and he revealed himself in another book as a source for a go- between between me and richard armitage. >> why would he be willing to do that? >> i would never have used his name, but it came out in a book. >> the next is karl rove. >> he was a confirming source on

>> why were you interested in working in the george mcgovern campaign? >> i come to know him working with senator kennedy and i knew of his real passion about the war in vietnam which i shared. and he seemed to me, as a 1972 campaign developed, almost the only candidate that was truly against that war and then he called me up and wanted to know if i wanted to join his campaign and i said, yes i did. >> got some audio tape. it's kind of long - it's over three minutes - of lyndon johnson conversation from the oval office with bobby kennedy at the time - was attorney general - this is in the - may of 1964. >> must have been just ending his term as attorney general. through new explain what's with going in 1964? >> there was some time, so some talk he might be vice president candidate. lyndon johnson didn't have a vice president. if the president succeeded or a vice president succeeded on the death of a president, he served the rest of the term but without a vice president. that was johnson's situation but it was also clear he and robert kennedy were not fri

his years as robert kennedy's press secretary, campaign manager for george mcgovern, and the time where walter cronkite was considered for vice president. >> coincide supreme court to see the public places and those rarely seen spaces. hear directly from justices as they provide their insights about the court and the building. the supreme court -- home to america's highest court. first sunday in october on c- span. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." next, kathleen sullivan will review important cases from the recent supreme court term. she spoke at the ninth circuit court judicial conference in monterey, calif., last month. >> thank you, judge fisher, and welcome. it is an enormous honor and privilege to be with you here at the ninth circuit and with so many friends and admirers colleagues. my task is to talk about the last term the supreme court. i thought we would get the morning started with fleeting excellence. i do not just mean what you said on the golf course the other day. although that is not just a joke. justice stevens, in his concurrence -- his dissent in the deci

great american panel, she was a former -- he was a former pollster for jimmy carter advisor to george mcgovern's presidential campaign. path cadell. mercedes schlapp is with us. and the ever so shy ann coulter is back with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. sean: you voted for obama? >> you're going to ask this until you die. i'm never going to tell you. sean: i'll start with you as a democrat on this panel are you happy with the names that democratic, the d.n.c., the attacks against the american people that we've been qunsing at these town halls? >> let me say, as a democrat, we're supposed to be the party of the common people. i've never known a situation where the president, remember the d.n.c. is owned lock, stock, and barrel by the white house. tom kean, the governor of virginia, probably helped sink his candidate for november with, for coming out and calling people a mob is unprecedented. i was shocked and it reflected -- it was stupid. sean: that's an interesting statement. the d.n.c. is obama. i never heard a democrat say that before. >> and also the most interesting thing, pat sai

to recognize, george mcgovern must understand the man who was nominated at 3:00 in the morning.son there and so much more so. so many rich stories of friendship and personal concerns offcamera. >> and we were privileged to hear of the routine worthy of robert benchly, the great robert benchly, the dry comedian, senator colver of iowa who was his football teammate and harvard roommate telling that uproarously story of the salmon, the boat. >> it was bob newhart. it was done with the phone and you couldn't hear the other end of the story, but it was his account going into the water with teddy kennedy. >> i guess the thing i'm taken with in conclusion here was that it was, other than orrin hatch's one reach for the handkerchief to blow his nose in recounting his friendship with this man, there were dry eyes in the house and they were laughing. this is what it was promised to be, a celebration of the man's life as opposed to some maudlin resitation of how much he was missed. it was over the top and almost unbelievable stories we heard tonight. >> i always say to my son, tell me some

was john kennedy who summoned every citizen to ask what he could do for his country and so will george mcgovern. >> by 19 , ted kennedy had become a fixture at the democratic convention. still it was an awkward moment when the he and jimmy carter did the handshake tango. in 19 4, kennedy surprised some democrats by deciding not to run for president but he still tried to help the party cut down ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan should not be the only senior citizen in this country who does not have to worry about the cost of medical care. >> ladies and gentlemen, my uncle, ted kennedy. >> in 1988, kennedy offered some of the more memorable lines about the republican nominee george h.w. bush. >> some people say don't count your chickens before they're hatched. well, the republicans have already hatched their chicken in this campaign and george bush is a dead duck. >> in 1992, ted kennedy invoked the memories of his brothers in urging the nation to support bill clinton. >> my brothers had every gift but length of years. the years have been left to us. >> that was 17 years ago. ted kennedy, of course

she gave bill clinton his first job in politics, sending him off to oregon taxes for george mcgovern.anking woman in the carter white house after reagan's election, wexler created the first lobbying firm started by a woman. she was smart. she was tough. she was warm. she was loving and we're going to miss her. i'm andrea mitch until washington. contessa brewer picks up our coverage next on msnbc, the place for politics. the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. zyrtec® works fast, so i can love the air™. mr. evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you. you okay? yeah.

kennedy used to ask george mcgovern about agriculture related things. senator kennedy -- there has never been anybody better than kennedy of finding common ground, finding the one issue out of 100 on which they agreed, but they could get something done. he has nurtured that talent ever since. trace: you have been very clear in your beliefs that using she is one of the greatest lawmakers in history. -- you say that he is one of the greatest lawmakers in history. and he did this in spite of his family history. >> i would not quite put it that way. he spent a lifetime in the senate. his brothers were senators briefly. neither of them took the joy that he did. i would rank him second to henry clay. a previous guest was talking about hundreds of millions of americans are affected by pieces of legislation that he sponsored. if you're a child getting children's health care or a grandmother getting cheaper prescription drugs, you have ted kennedy to thank. clay saved the union with the compromise of 1850 and the missouri compromise of 1820. that is pretty good

reporter: her husband, sergeant shriver, co-founded the peace corps and ran for vice president with george mcgovern in 1972. shriver's daughter, maria, was an nbc news correspondent. her son-in-law, former actor arnold schwarzenegger, is governor of california. taking her own turn in the media, shriver produced a television special on religious faith, binding the kennedys through generations, focusing on the story of mary and,on hor . un eoesyokind of lesson, for young people to say, i, too, if i have faith, i can change the world. i think they can. >> reporter: now for the wider kennedy clan bound by political fortunes and heartache, another time to turn to prayer and each other. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> well, president obama is retooling his pitch for health care reform. today he will host a town hall meeting in new hampshire and things could get pretty boisterous. this new pitch is aimed at people who are already -- have health insurance. the health care issue has already sparked heated debates around the country. president obama has called the debates healthy, but opponents say it

his time as campaign manager for george mcgovern, and the time where walter cronkite was considered forhe role of vice president. >> now, we return to "washington journal." host: how long did it take you to get the confidence of these agents? guest: i have been gathering steam on this for quite some time. i had done previous books on the fbi and terror, so i had that track record and credibility. i was first introduced to a service agent some time ago by an fbi agent. i started gathering steam on that, and so it goes. recently, several agents started telling me about a corner-cutting that has been going on since homeland security, so that got me into the current service. host: in one section, you write about the agents pledging to take a bullet for the president. yet the secret service's own prices magnified dangers to an agent. tell us what you mean by this? guest: the agents are dedicated and brave and it will take a bullet for the president. but since, and security take us over -- since homeland security took over, there has been a question of the agents, where they will not do magne

nelson, george mcgovern who thought they were not in trouble and if things didn't work out for their president, that they just not work out for them. and so i think there's been ever since then much more of a driven effort to work these things out because there's a fear factor there that i think was not there until that unpleasant experience. >> okay. so it's a given, i think, you come in, you do your best to pursue the plan that's put out in the president's campaign. obviously, cases are going to arise from time to time when that's not possible. either you have to back off or sometimes in some cases even back-track and reverse yourself. when those discussions came, what kind of problem was there that it was a campaign commitment other than those problems that would arise from that policy? was that a central -- >> well, i think -- i mean, my experience is that it varied by degree, okay? so if it was -- particularly, as those who worked in a campaign setting, though, i always thought about things that were our must-haves and things that weren't nice to have. on the must-haves, i knew,

we lost a ton of senate seats women lost in 1980 that nobody -- george nelson, george mcgovern, they had been there for a long time. members of congress began to realize that if things don't work out for their president, it just might not work out for them. i think there has been much more of a driven effort to work these things out, because there is a fear factor there that i think was not there until that unpleasant experience. >> it is a given, i think, that to come in and do your best to pursue the plan that is put out in the president's campaign. cases will rise when that is not possible. i do you have to back off or sometimes you have to backtrack and reverse yourself. when those cases came, how much discussion was there about the problems caused by the fact that this was a campaign commitment, as opposed to other policies. was that a central part of the discussion? >> my experience is that it buried by degree. -- get varied by degree. particularly those that worked in the campaign setting, the worm must haves and things that were nice to have. on the must tabshaves, the worst

. >> frank mankiewicz, campaign manager for george mcgovern sunday night on c-span on q&a. >> this fallto the home to america's highest court from the grand public places to those only accessible to the nine justices, the supreme court come in the first sunday in october on c-span. >> sporkin -- "washington journal" continues. host: for the rest of the are we have a question for you, will the health care passed this year? let's take a look at what president obama had to say about this yesterday. >> i guarantee you, joe, we're going to get health care reform up. i know there are a lot of people out there who have been hammering and folks in the press are following every little twist and turn of the legislative process. passing a big bill like this is always messi. -- messy. fdr was called a socialist when he passed social security. j.f.k. and lyndon johnson, they were both accused of a government health care when they passed medicare. this is the process we go through, because understandably, the american people have a long tradition of being suspicious of government until the government

. >> frank mankiewicz, campaign manager for george mcgovern, on the time when walter cronkite was considered for vice president. sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> c-span's healthcare hub is a key resource. follow the latest tweets and the links and keep up-to-date with town hall meetings, house and senate debates, and even up load your opinion on health care with us this and video. c-span.org/healthcare. >> and now from this morning, a discussion on health care legislation and the idea of creating non-profit co-ops to provide health insurance. guest: corporatist have a long history in the united states and they can be in different forms. the basic idea is that they are owned by the members themselves. they use their strength as a group to purchase goods or services, and cooperatives that would be formed across the united states would act in the very same way as they do today. i am from rural illinois and we are very familiar with cooperatives. as individuals come together as groups -- americans think of themselves as the rugged individualists, but we join groups all the time. the clopper task of

a ton of senate seats when we lost in 1980 that no one ever thought would leave the door and george mcgovern not thought to be in trouble and they've been there all long time and i believe that is when the members of congress began to realize that if things didn't work out for their president it just might not work out for them and so i think there has been ever since then much more of the driven effort to work these things out because there is a fear factor that i think wasn't there in -- until that on pleasant experience. >> okay. >> succumb it is a given that you come in, do your best, pursue the plan put out in the president's campaign. obviously cases are going to arise from time to time when that is not possible. either you have to back off or sometimes in some cases even backtrack and reverse yourself. when those cases came, how much discussion was there about the problems caused by the fact this was a campaign commitment as to other problems that might arise from that policy? >> wasn't that a central part of the discussion? >> my experience is that it carried by degree. if it was, yo

. >> years as a campaign manager for george mcgovern, and when walter cronkite was considered for the role of vice president. sunday night on c-span. >> go inside the supreme court to see the public places and those rarely seen spaces. hear directly from the justices as they provide their insight about the court. the supreme court. the first sunday in october on c-span. >> president obama talks about what he calls the misinformation and distortion concerning pending legislation, and following him, a georgia congressman, a physician, with the republican address. he says the proposal will undermine people's rights to choose their own health-care plan. >> americans are grappling with health care premiums ever- growing at three times the rate of wages. thousands are losing their insurance coverage each day. without a real reform, this will continue to multiplied. people are concerned about health insurance reform, and rightly so. i am glad that so many are engaged, but there should also be an honest debate, not one dominated by a willful misrepresentations and distortions spread by the ve

. >> he was the campaign manager for george mcgovern and the time when walter cronkite was considered for the role of vice president. >> as the health-care conversation continues, c-span's healthcare hub is a key resource. follow the latest video ads and links. keep up-to-date with health care events like town hall meetings, house and senate debates and upload your opinion with a video. this c-span health care hub at c-span.org. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations. >> grants and stuff like that. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> contributions from donors. >> america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money. >> a house oversight hearing with members of the commission on wartime contract in. we will hear about the potential that remains for waste and fraud in afghanistan. john tierney of massachusetts chairs this hearing. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. it will come to order. i ask unanimous consent that only the chairman and ranking member be able to make op