in the event he felt he was more close to bobby kennedy and jack kennedy. he was tough to get close to but he said john kennedy was a realist. robert kennedy at the heart of bobby kennedy he felt the problems of the issues of the country. john kennedy figured out if his mind. >> don't you seek bobby was much more because of what he had dead throat? like the assassination? >> john kennedy had the katy one '09 experience. >> but i take his life to take koldewey remember watching bobby and i was on the trail and the fall of the politicians know one changed as much as he did in my judgment. in the end he could still we the tough guy with all of those out to orange county as the shot across the bout but my guess is he probably would have at that point. >> to say this 1,000 times is i believe in the ufo theory. the unforeseen will occur. [laughter] >> there is a live spirit of shakespeare. >> that would have been fascinating. >> i am trying a new technique of pierre it is acre bird. [laughter] i have the book, and i had. then i went through the book and i wrote do

then there's all the discussion about jack kennedy and all of his health problems. i think our track record is pretty good in that regard and i think we put out the right amount of information. in the end you can substitute medical judgment with a political judgment especially where the vice president is concerned. we provided -- he had full and complete knowledge of my situation. we have a situation where i didn't keep anything from him and i gave him all the reasons why and he went ahead and did it anyway. so i don't, i'm reluctant to say that somehow we have to have a medical board set up so you get a stamp on your forehead that you are certified healthy enough to be vice president. the other point i guess i would make is you could have a very strong healthy 40-year-old and might have been a great half bad for redskins or whatever, a great athlete. >> it would be good if there was a good halfback. we could use him right now. >> based on my health -- they picked me for my experience. the secretary of defense is what he was looking for. from having done two vice pr

>> with well, i think that the assassination of jack kennedy was such a profound and shattering experience for bobby kennedy that even as he had become very -- quite liberal during his time as attorney general in his brother's administration, it, you know, it was almost like the way fdr changed after he had polio. it was, it opened him to the sensitivity about poverty, about the impoverished in the country, about the issue of blacks and whites and the whole panoply of civil rights issues. it made him incredibly vulnerable, and i think it, therefore, he became kind of a iconic figure in american politics as somebody who's drawn to the undertrodden populace of the american society in a way thatten abled -- that enabled, people saw that he could bring together the establishment with that poverty-stricken part of the population and kind of create a society that would work together to solve these problems. and it was -- but i do think it was the assassination more than anything else that opened him up in that sense. >> did, did your father ever talk to you after the assassination about the vari

ose kennedy said jack would have wanted her to be happy. >> that's right. u described her as being homeless after the death of kennedy. the family didn't give her a place to live? >> she had money. she had $150,000 from the kennedy trust that were coming our way. he had 10,000 in a pension as it were. >> in the mid 60s. today's n or so for dollars. by her standards, that wasn't enough. physical place a to live, she said in a famous white, w with theodore the camelot interview, she said, i want to live with my children lived with jack, georgetown, and with the kennedys on the case. could have gone to the cape to live in hyannis. but she went to georgetown. across the a home street. it was inundated with tourists and photographers peeping in her up on the coming porch. she couldn't bear it. sher a relative few months, took off for new york and spent the rest of the time there. holly hawn on facebook. did she have to testify for the warren commission? >> she did. she did. one or two others came to her georgetown and asked her about the motorcade. it was brief,

lot of research use who've gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was is jack kennedy believe texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king not.

crisis eighteen months later and i'm not convinced that he had the stomach for that war i can see jack kennedy sending half a million american troops overseas. that's my feeling too and you know i've interviewed some people ministration i've done some research at the j.f.k. library and the indications were that he just wasn't comfortable with the idea he had developed this very deep distrust for the military apparatus in the in the cuban crises that i mentioned and i just i don't see him taking that hawkish advice distrust of the cia do oh yes i notice you get a quote here from joe kennedy he says delivers a message of service and citizenship that is essential to the as it was when president kennedy first this what we could do for our country are you close with the going to be family now in fact i was a futile friend introduced as i was fortunate to spend some time in time spent kennedy's a wonderful person and he was very generous in giving me that blurb and we had we sat down and discussed some of these ideas and what president kennedy stands for and his legacy today and i think it's clearly

crisis eighteen months later and i'm not convinced that he had the stomach for that war i can see jack kennedy sending half a million american troops overseas. that's my feeling too and you know i've interviewed some people ministration i've done some research at the j.f.k. library and the indications were that he just wasn't comfortable with the idea he had developed this very deep distrust for the military apparatus in the in the cuban crises that i mentioned and i just i don't see him taking that hawkish advice distrust of the cia do notice you get a quote here from joe kennedy he says delivers a message of service and citizenship that is essential to the as it was when president kennedy first this what we could do for our country are you close with the good of the family now in fact i was a futile friend introduced as i was fortunate to spend some time in time spent kennedy is a wonderful person and he was very generous in giving me that blurb and we had we sat down and discussed some of these ideas and what president kennedy stands for and his legacy today and i think it's clearly one of

you are writing about kennedys and joseph kennedy, that was the last time particularly jack kennedy's time when trust in government was incredible. 73% of americans said they would trust the federal government to do the right thing most of the time in 1960. it's now 19%. >> i know. watergate didn't help. i think we lost a generation because of watergate followed on vietnam. i mean, it's not simply government. if we look at the major institutions, if we look at the church, if we look at higher education, we can look at all of these institutions. the '60s rebellion quieted down but it left a mark. i don't think these institutions have entirely recovered their credibility. >> we have to take a break. when we come back, we'll ask is this always going to happen in second terms? is this the second term curse? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. >> we are back with walter, david, nancy and john. nancy, let me try out a theory with you that second terms are almost by definition now going to be bad because if you think about it, after t

ted williams and jack kennedy.young mike barnacle in that. >> out of all these that stick out to you. >> i think you said so beautifully, you don't see joe. here's this lovely picture of my uncle joe who died. here he is, young and vivacious, filled with energy and strength and a wonderful future. it was cut short as so many people were during the war. >> your generation of your family has i think kind of a real stwlagz obviously great things are accomplished by the previous generation. your generation has done quite a bit and you have been elected office and other people have. the picture of you as youngsters are striking as well. talk about your generation and how you feel in terms of burden and possibility. >> i wouldn't call it burden. i think we were all blessed to be part of this family. as you can see from letters from my grandfather and grandmother, they said learn well, study hard, you have a responsibility. i certainly would say that i learned from my father and mother as well. we were quoted saint loouk'

as jack kennedy said at american university in the year he died. the problems of man are man-made.hey can be solved by man and man can be as big as he wants. in the past, he has solved the seemingly unsolvable. and i believe he can do it again. and so do i, and do you. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right the now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight, the house of representatives delivered a stunning rebuke to the tea party groups, passing the paul ryan/patty murray margin with only 94 against. today, house speaker john boehner opened up the possibility that maybe, just maybe, he is sick of being the puppet for the tea party and their allies. >> house speaker john boehner going off on skrve groups yet again. >> he said critics of this deal are outside agitators who are stirring up trouble. >> saying some of his own people are trying to kill this budget

what jack kennedy understood as well. that's the american people.e go through these periods where our politics gets all balanced up. the truth is sometimes we're nostalgic about the past. >> i am. >> i know you are. if over and over again they see they are not addressing the core problems we have, eventually they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. >> let's talk about the problem with the legislative branch. the nature of america is an aisle down the center. those aisles have always been there. rarely have we had one party in power a year or two. are we stalk with this as long as we have two parties running our government. they can't compromise. they used to compromise. in the old days they would compromise and blame others for the ones they didn't like. today they don't and blame the other party. strike a deal and blame boehner for the parts you don't like and he can blame you for the parts he doesn't like. >> well, a couple of things. first of all -- >> compromise. >> i think it's fair to say i have always been pre

he writes that president jack kennedy died in 1963 at 46 years old. mandela was imprisoned in 1964 at age 46. interesting to think of these icons as being men who were at a similar age at such pivotal times where they impacted history and this legislator calling both of them and i think no one would disagree individuals who greatly impacted the history of the united states, the world and the view that we have on racingism and the view that -- on racism and the view that we have on human rights particularly from both those men today. >> we're going to go to the president right now. >> at his trial in 1964 nelson mandela closed his statement from the dock saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. i've cherished the ideal of the democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. it is an ideal which i hope to live for and to achieve, but if needs be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die. nelson mandela lived for that ideal and he made it real. he

and, you know, the solution to that is ultimately what was envisioned by our founders and what jack kennedy understood as well, and that's the american people. you know. we go through these periods where our politics gets all mixed up. and the truth is we're nostalgic about the past. >> i am. >> i know you are. but the truth is, when you lack at our history, there have been a lot of times when congress gets stuck. but we get through it. and the reason we get through it is ultimately the american people have pretty good instincts, and if over and over again that we're not addressing the core problems that we have, eventually, they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. >> let's talk about the problem with the laegs laytive branch the other day speaker boehner said we can't get anything done because we have a divided country, a divided congress. that's the nature of the country. there's an aisle down the center of the house. those aisles have been there. we've rarely had power in one party for more than a year or two. they used to compromise. my argument is they

then there's all the discussion about jack kennedy and all of his health problems. i think our track record is pretty good in that regard and i think we put out the right amount of information. in the end you can substitute medical judgment with a political judgment especially where the vice president is concerned. we provided -- he had full and complete knowledge of my situation. we have a situation where i didn't keep anything from him and i gave him all the reasons why and he went ahead and did it anyway. so i don't, i'm reluctant to say that somehow we have to have a medical board set up so you get a stamp on your forehead that you are certified healthy enough to be vice president. the other point i guess i would make is you could have a very strong healthy 40-year-old and might have been a great half bad for redskins or whatever, a great athlete. >> it would be good if there was a good halfback. we could use him right now. >> based on my health -- they picked me for my experience. the secretary of defense is what he was looking for. from having done two vice pr

and, you know, the solution to that is ultimately what was envisioned by our fathers and what jack kennedyerstood as well and that's the american people. you know, we go through these periods where our politics gets all mixed up and sometimes we're nostalgic about the past. >> i am. >> i know you are. but the truth of the matter is that when you look at our history, there have been a lot of times when congress gets stuck but we get through it and ultimately the american people have pretty good instincts and if over and over again they see that we're not addressing the core problems that we have, eventually they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. >> let's talk about the problem with the legislative branch. the other day speaker boehner said we can't get anything done because we have a divided country, a divided congress. that's the nature of america. there are aisles that have always been there. we stuck with this as long as we have two parties running our government. they can't compromise. they used to compromise. my argument is, in the old days they would

that fdr had also cancer in his latter days in office, and then there's all the discussion about jack kennedy and all of his health problems that they clearly covered up. so i think our track record is pretty good in that regard. i think we put out the right amount of information. in the end you cannot substitute medical judgment for the political judgment, especially where the vice president is concerned. it's a decision the president makes, and we provided -- he had full and complete knowledge of my situation. we had a situation where i didn't keep anything from him. i gave him all the reasons why he shouldn't pick me as his vice president. he went ahead and did it anyway. so i don't -- i'm reluctant to say we ought to have a medical board set up so you get a stamp on your forehead that is certified healthy enough to be vice president. the other point i'd make, you could have a very strong and healthy 40-year-old, might have been a great halfback for the redskins, whatever, great athlete, but -- >> good if there was good halfback, we could use it right now. but he picked me not based on my

lot of researchers who have gone before me and said well it was the cia it was the mob it was is jack kennedy believe texas oil they're all correct but what do all those entities have in common lyndon baines johnson i don't think l.b.j. did it i know you did it's all ahead on larry king now.

and what jack kennedy understood as well. and that's the american people.e go through these periods where our politics gets all bollucks up. the truth is when you look at our history, there's been a lot of times where congress gets stuck. but the reason we get through it is the american people have good instincts. if over and over again they see we're not addressing the core problems we have, eventually they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. >> let's talk about the problem with the legislative branch. the other day speaker boehner said that we can't get anything done because we have a divided country, a divided congress. but that's the nature of america. they have an aisle down the middle of the senate. an aisle down the middle of the house. they've always been there. we've rarely had one party in power for more than a year or two. so we stuck with this as long as we have two parties running our government, they can't compromise. they used to compromise. my argument is in the old days they would compromise and then blame t

tells gloria that in addition to palling around with legendary rat pack pals like frank sinatra, jack kennedyno stranger. >> i just remember sitting in the car with john kennedy on top of mulholland drive talking about film and power and entertainment. that's all we did was talk. >> oh, okay. you were backstage when marilyn monroe sang happy birthday at the garden to kennedy? what was that about? >> there's a back story to that. marilyn wouldn't come out of her little dressing place because she, i don't know, didn't like the dress, or i don't know what was or wasn't happening. and they asked me if i would sing. there i was an understudy again and they asked me if i would sing happy birthday to the president if indeed miss monroe didn't come out. well, at the very last moment, she came out. >> she did. >> but i was right back there thinking i wonder if she'll finish the song. she finished him off. >> maclaine found her natural habitat with the rat pack, the notorious bad boys of hollywood. i have to show you this picture we found of you with two of your favorite memories of the rat pack. dean

and you know, the solution to that is ultimately what was envisioned by our founders and what jack kennedynderstood, as well. and that's the american people. you know, we go through these periods where our politics gets all boll objectioned up. and sometimes we're nostalgic about the past. >> i am. >> i know you are. but the truth of the matter is, when you look at our history, there have been a lot of times when congress gets stuck. but we get through it. and the reason we get through it, ultimately, the american people have pretty good instincts. and if over and over again, they see that we're not addressing the core problems we have, eventually they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. >> let's talk about the problem with the legislative branch. the other day, speaker boehner said that we can't get anything done because we have a divided country, a divided congress. but that's the nature of america. they have an aisle down the middle of the senate, down the middle of the house. they have always been there. we have rarely had one party in power more than a

jack kennedy was by far the most conservative of brothers, and his administration was fairly conservative. that is the presidency part. on the assassination part we wanted to make a contribution. you wanted to be based on the scientific method. again, not only does everyone have an opinion, in this field everyone has a theory. there are a million theories about kennedy's assassination. there are surprisingly few hard facts. you have read a theory, read someone's opinion about the kennedy assassination, is there enough proof and evidence so that it would hold up and no court of law? in the answer in the vast majority of cases is no. >> host: that is interesting when you say hold up in a court of law. never designed to go to trial, jim morrison publicity stunt. >> guest: right. >> host: so historians have to deal with other ways to enforce at least intellectual law, no one will be tried or convicted. but do you think -- de historians have an obligation to police history? >> guest: to a certain degree. of course, you police bad history with a history. in the end i think the marketplace respo

because the factions of lyndon johnson and the liberal senator were at each other's throats and jack kennedy needed texas again. so they went to texas. they went to houston, they went -- ended up in fort worth, the night before on the 21st of november. and on the 22nd of november, as they were talking in the bedroom, he said something that i found eerie. >> yes. well, the night before they arrived in fort forth, they had come from houston. now they are in the hotel room in the morning. and the president looks at a newspaper. the dallas paper. he's reading it before he flies there. there's a full-page ad welcoming him to texas. they thought they're welcoming me. they were having a good trip so far. the 21st went great. then he read the ad. and it was a 12-list of being a communist, socialist, causing death of american soldiers in vietnam. and he said, will you look at this? we're flying to nut country today. then he said, you know, last night when we got here, would been a hell of a night to assassinate the president. it was dark, the crowds were pressing in. we didn't have enough protection.

a slightly larger frame because in your book you talk about these things richard first of all jack kennedy was killed and whoever did that apparently got away with it though you know then then we have this other turning point where richard nixon committed a number of crimes he got away with many but he didn't get away with all of news forced out of office so there and there was a lot of stuff that came out of that church committee and you know the laws of transparency it was a major turning point and then and then reagan bush reagan committed this crime to come into office committed what i would argue is treason to get office and was never prosecuted although you were involved in trying to prosecute him these are each kind of like cyclical flips historical cyclical flips what are your thoughts on that and you can start out by responding to my comments about what president biden solder said i'm curious your thoughts on why the american media did not touch his public proclamation that reagan had. cut a deal in the background with the iranians to all the hostages. this is this is what address

. >> president that we should look back to on how jack kennedy did compromise and was able to very aptly cut a deal even with the fiercest of republicans. >> and with khrushchev. >> that's right. a question for you. it seems to me that our top three leaders, the congress and the white house all have a disdain for the political process. these guys -- harry reid and obama all of them have that element but they don't seem to enjoy the political game. that process that you so much love, i loved as a student, as a student senator when i went to boston college. it i loved the process but these guys don't seem to love the process. they're such disdain. >> let me answer. the answer is, it has lost the people in the business to get things done. it has lost its joy. i think the stopgap is just going from week to week kicking down -- the can down the road never having a sense of achievement. most people want to achieve something in life. i don't know what you achieve in politics. just think about this. in my lifetime and a lot of our lifetimes the united states congress got together and it's someth

. >> in the alcove victor showed us, you can see the picture of eleanor and jack kennedy.e switched the chairs so she would look up -- look down at him and he would have to look up. and she argues him to take a stance on labor unions and civil rights. which he does take belatedly. >> go ahead for your question for doug brinkley and alee that black. >> i have a question for both. who are the descendents of fdr and eleanor now adays. what would eleanor think about the direction that the country is going today? >> let's stick with the kids instead of trying to channel eleanor roosevelt? >> all of the children are dead. the grandchildren are very much alive and active in the cousins committee. some of them are involved in great public service efforts, in goodwill, in teaching in rural schools and running public health programs. >> doug brinkley, once dwight eisenhower was elected in 1952, what did delano roosevelt do until the next democratic election. >> she wasn't thrilled that dwight eisenhower was the president. she was a democrat, a liberal democrat. adlai stevenson, a de

. >> that is a bunch of like packing tape wrapped around brother jack's face, head, hair and hands. brother paul kennedy this to him. >> this does seem like something siblings would do to each other. >> the poor mother. >> the mom is the real start of the video because of all the things she says to these boys. >> you should call this eye gloshses. >>. >> eyebrows after this? >>. >> or skin. >> and it's wrapped around. >>. >> >> and look at the back. there's a pen in there. >> poor little brother. >> the fact that this is going to send this guy in an irrational panic attack. >> look at this. . >> a brizilyian kayaker and two of his buddy, chris and ben stooksbury, you recall are pat willing around the waters just off the floor all part of their aock van maybe the water will be a little warmer. >> they also got to walk around some tom of the earth ses freshest crush. >> whole island gone grown in like the last ten years. >> this whole expedition was part of a big trip around big island, hawaiiy, wall pool, all to look for fresh locations to one. >> two dudes take a snap at a new golf shot. >> you put a te

jack. christmas morning with the kennedys. >> it wasn't like -- opulent.rs. you can see we've become more commercial. >> betty ford was crafty. >> she was very frugal. looking for a simple christmas. >> people didn't love that. >> no, she got criticized for the decorations but also for spending. she spent $1,600 and you would have thought she committed the crime of the century. it was too much money. >> boy oh, boy. >> nancy reagan. >> the sky's the limit when hollywood combination to the white house. it was about glitz and glam and she knew how to pose for a photo. she knew the photo opses. >> she had willard scott, larry hagman and mr. t. >> my favorite. mr. t. >> and laura bush, you decorated with her. you had a lot of one-on-one with her. >> i was honored mrs. bush had me as part of the team. i was shocked how hands on she was. shelfed the snow -- she loved the icicles. it was too much, to little and we did it until she got it just right. >> so she was difficult? >> no, she was lovely. >> the gingerbread house is the show stopper. they're one upping th

joe kennedy as early as 1920s understood that public relations, and he hired pr people to polish his image, and he was very mindful of this and i think jack and bobby were, too. and joe told them, the only one you can really trust is the immediate members of your family. hover close you may be to this aid or that eight or this cabinet member or that cabinet member, bobby is the only one you can really trust. and i think that's the way they operated. >> health problems, which you revealed before any other historian, he was taking all sorts of pills during the crisis and so forth. how much of health problems with the drugs he took the condition and how much was the underlying condition? >> because i was mindful of this, when i gained access to the medical records because the three-member committee wanted a professor at harvard, the other yale, if in ted sorenson and i talked sort them into getting access to the records. he didn't want to do. the other two were ready to do it. so sorenson did know what was in the records, and "the new york times" found the revelation so interesting as the book was about to come out, they published a front-pa

jack killer aspect of jfk. a second dimension of want to talk about with kennedy, a domestic policies and other. and kennedy did not love domestic issues. this was not why he became a senator. i sort of like an it to being a student, do your math homework before you go do literature or social studies and history. it was just something that he knew he had to pay attention to it. i don't think he was domestic. he had won in 1952 on a campaign that just effectively alleged the lodge was so interested in being a globetrotting senator and foreign policy that he was neglecting massachusetts. kennedy's them was i will do more for massachusetts. it is somewhat ironic because in some sense kennedy was charging bowater with being is that really kind of senator he won the beat. that was what he thought a senator should do a saw that it was electorally a vulnerability. he pushed very are an affront. so when kennedy was elected, as far politician. the first thing he did was a symbol of very, very detailed economic plan for massachusetts and new england. he hired ted forstmann who came out of his top aides to

jack killer aspect of jfk. a second dimension of want to talk about with kennedy, a domestic policies and other. and kennedy did not love domestic issues. this was not why he became a senator. i sort of like an it to being a student, do your math homework before you go do literature or social studies and history. it was just something that he knew he had to pay attention to it. i don't think he was domestic. he had won in 1952 on a campaign that just effectively alleged the lodge was so interested in being a globetrotting senator and foreign policy that he was neglecting massachusetts. kennedy's them was i will do more for massachusetts. it is somewhat ironic because in some sense kennedy was charging bowater with being is that really kind of senator he won the beat. that was what he thought a senator should do a saw that it was electorally a vulnerability. he pushed very are an affront. so when kennedy was elected, as far politician. the first thing he did was a symbol of very, very detailed economic plan for massachusetts and new england. he hired ted forstmann who came out of his top aides to

jacks and maybe on the 8x. and that feedback is very helpful and we'll be engaging with the community to solicit that feedback before we make any recommendations to the mta board. sean kennedy is project manager for the tep has a presentation, an informational presentation to give an update. >> good afternoon, mr. kennedy. >> good afternoon directors. my name is sean kennedy and i'm the planning manager for the tep, the transit effectiveness project. and i'm here to offer an update on where we are with the program and then discuss our outreach efforts coming up over the next 6-8 months. you know, san francisco is a wonderful city, and it deserves a world-class transit system. since 2006 we have been working with the community, as well as this board, transit operators, and other stakeholders to put a plan together to develop a system that will accomplish that. but we are faced with three big obstacles. one, we have an aging infrastructure. we have the oldest -- one of the oldest fleets in the country transit vehicle-wise. two, we have a dense and congested city, we're the second densest city in the united states, besides new york city and we operate in a con strained right-o

first lady jacqueline kennedy urged the came to be played because that's what jack would have wanted.>> that was a tragedy. i saw the documentary, on not centring the game. just the effect. j.f.k. was a fan and vet himself. >> the trip to the national title game on the line roger star buck led the midshipman to a 21-20 victory. time ran out, army had the ball, fourth in goal. today's players no strangers to the significance of this match up. >> the quarterback was at west point. we got to ask him questions. it was fantastic to hear his input on where the program is. >> that was a huge event in america, all of america. i my parents went to that. we were in that time, and i talked about it with them. it's definitely something that we are honoured to do. >> while most of the coaches and none of the players involved in this year's game at lincoln financial seal were born before the 1963 classic, they are part of a lineage to a time when the nation recovered from a dark tragedy. >> thank ou michael. the 114th meeting between the black knights and midshipment is set for next saturday. i att

jack, and teddy and bobby. and she looked up and she looked up and turned to her mother and said all those teeth and all of that hair. but you had to be there. until kennedy presidents were afraid. they were afraid of candid photography. you see little photographs. you have harry truman. the press conferences were works of art. how many press conferences do? they avoid them like the plague. kennedy did more in the first year than all the presidents combined now. >> moving right along, from our advantage point, 50 years and two decades since the berlin wall fell, the president exchange and the president of the soviet union exchanges were interesting. can you give us a sense of what that time was like and how those t two got along and managed the staff. >> we never met before these questions. that might be the most important one. if there ever was a verification of my career it is this. i'm old enough and there are other people that are old enough to remember their impression of jeff was a guy who sat at the un, took off his shoe and banged it on the table. those two brutalized each other. they staked their entire reputation and future on winning over each

the president of the united states this evening jacked up enough to recreate a moment that occurred in 1968 at the university of kansas when robert kennedyected as president what would he do about the draft. this kid was in danger of being drafted. senator robert kennedy at that moment in time looked at that kid and said i'm going speed it up meaning his draft status. >> it helps bobby was an enlisted man teenager. he had that credibility to make that charge. we're going to where kennedy gave his great american university speech. i'll allude to that. kennedy gave this great speech there the peace speech. but he said something i remembered ever since i read it. problems of man are manmade. they can be solved by man. in the past man has solved the seemingly unsolvable. he can do it again. that sense of national confidence that we can solve our problems especially the ones we create can we bring it back. i think that's what the country want back. they want trust. there's a lot of trust problems out there because promises were made for health care. that's a trust problem he has to deal with. i think he's also a very difficult opposition out