he was in jack kennedy's class. very strongly for kennedy and organize his campaign in new york state. then, he went to work for frankland eleanor roosevelt junior for the commerce department. fdr junior was the under secretary of commerce. my father worked for him. prior to that, he was working at fdr junior's legislative aide as a congressman. >> jack kennedy, west virginia, played a powerful role. being a lawyer never killed to you? or a politician? >> i was having a feeling in my harvard interview -- the guy was totally bored with what i was saying. i was saying, i don't want to do this. i don't want to do what my father did. i want to write novels. >> that is calling falling upward. >> that was a great. of tv comedies, mary tyler moore, sanford and son, all in the family. i thought that was great. finally, i have a tv comedy on. >> some of your friends have said about you that you see the world through the prism of the great gatsby. >> i think it is more this side of paradise. it is more juvenile romantic. >> a

he was in jack kennedy's class and he was very strongly for kennedy and organized his campaign in nework state. and then he went to work for franklin deleanor roosevelt, jr. in the commerce department. fdr, jr. was, he understood commerce. my father worked for him. and prior to that when i was born in washington he was working as fdr, jr.'s legislative aide as a congressman. >> rose: fdr, jr. helped jack kennedy get elected in west virginia, played a powerful role because hubert humphrey was a powerful opponent. >> very powerful. quite dirty. >> rose: being a lawyer never appealed to you. >> i was going to do exactly that but i was failing in my harvard interview, my first harvard interview and the guy was totally bored with what he was saying. and i was saying i don't really want to do this. i don't want to just do exactly what my father did. i would like to try to write a novel or write novels. so that failed, and so i thought -- >> rose: falling upward. >> failing upward. that was a great period of tv comedies in my book, mary tyler moore, sanford and son, bob new heart show, bob r

and it's, i think it's much easier for somebody like jack kennedy to rise and become president of theunited states than it is for somebody like lyndon johnson, richard nixon, or bill clinton because they always have those nagging grievances, doubts, when they look at the smooth talking people who are from more prosperous routes of life. >> what's interesting, 1994 when richard nixon died at his funeral in california, you had the emotional eulogy. president clinton was reflecting on the exchange of letters that the two had. and for the first time had come back into the nixon family for this final farewell. >> yeah. well, i'm not sure he was brought back into the nixon family. he did show up. clinton's remarks were very interesting because he said, let this be the day from which we judge richard nixon for nothing less than his whole career. and for that democratic president to say that was to me was fascinating. looking back, it could have been a plea from clinton to republicans in congress who were even then plotting his own destruction. anyhow, i'm willing, i'm george mcgovern's texas

. >> -- is still there, that jack kennedy -- >> it was in the little dining room, i'm sorry. i will. in the little dining room upstairs, the president's dining room, that paper was put up. happily it is on linen because it is not popular with all presidents. mrs. gerald ford didn't like it and so she had it pulled down. miss johnson never liked it. it is still in the dining room. it is back in the dining room. white house has to change. excuse me, here is our author friends. >> one of the last time i was touring the white house, one of the things that is really fun effect about it is in the red room, above the joining doorway is the portrait of dolly madison. and we can see when we see on television the cross hall, but those interior are doors, when they're all open, doesn't that painting still look at the george washington painting? like, in the east room. don't -- can't you see visually from dolly's point of view above that door frame all the way into the east room? >> i don't know. >> i just wondered if it was still done that way. i understood that hillary clinton had that

some have said that jack kennedy might not have ever been elected president if bobby kennedy wasn't there. >> someone mentioned about teddy, you know, bobby never got invited upstairs to private dinners, that he was like a kid pressing his face against the restaurant wall. i mean as important and as much as he trusted his brother, generally trusted his brother, john kennedy had to be in control all the time and that included with his own family and his brother who had some real gaffes in his -- gaps in his political and historical knowledge. >> i think their relationship is captured in that iconic black and white photograph that has-- it's in shadow with the two -- >> against the window. >> exactly. i don't think there's ever been a president with a close advisor like bobby kennedy was to his brother. >> if they had a tape recorder would you have heard large silences because from the way, i even saw this as a guy working in bobby's office long after kennedy is dead there is a certain way that they communicate that if you are an outsider, you don't get. there is all pronouns. there is no p

there partly because of her eye for design, but also because she was fluent in french, and so jack kennedy was just so awed by how successful his wife had been that he made the speech where he said "i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris." but one of the things that jackie did was to talk to this man over here under the paint ffing the mona lisa, the minister of arts. this is france's tremendous painting treasure and the idea of it being transported over the ocean and hanging in american galleries required a lot of choreography. one of the things that's interesting is that when the kennedys were in paris and were attending the diplomat dinners there, jackie wore garr mets that were made by french designers. when she came back and they're hosting this event for the unveiling of the event of the unveiling of mona lisa here in this country, this pentagon was made by cassini, who was considered an midwestern. which gets us to her successor, lady bird johnson. lady bird, much like maimy has the unenviable task to have succeeded jackie keabd. as a result, she too is somewhat fo

enough to recall in 1962 when we confronted a crisis in cuba, the president of the united states, jack kennedylaid out a clear policy on day one. we have a strategy. either this or else. i was horrified on the weak my book "day of wrath" came out when our leader said he has no strategy s. that not a message to come and get us? we have to take the war to them. >> do you think he was talking about -- he was talking about syria. do you think that he was being candid or misspoke? or do we have no strategy? does he not see the seriousness of isis? and getting snois iraq is not going to -- isis in iraq is not going to solve the problem. they're growing in syria. >> there's no room for a president of the united states to misspeak. especially to the world, especially when we're facing isis. you and i have both seen video of them decapitating children. the murderous regime that they're imposing, and they have promised they will bring it here. king of saudi arabia has warned us, i see at least flip great britain is doing something about. that's why i wrote "day of wrath." >> president obama calls it isi

she didn't like jack kennedy one bit. >> but they got to be friends after a while. >> well, but she -she let him overcome his irish catholic background after a while but she didn't like it. teddy roosevelt. teddy was known for his larger than life personality and on bending willpower during a campaign in 1912. a gunman attempted to assassinate him and not only did he survive but resumed giving his speech. here's that scene. >> the bullet passed through the ex-president's spectacles case and the folded 00-page speech behind it smashed through his chest wall and lodged in the splintered rib less than a quarter of an inch from his heart. pale and sometimes swaying at the podium he went on for more than an hour before his aides could get him to stop and agree to go to the hospital. >> ken, talk about why he didn't run. i know some of this. i'm sure you know more why he didn't run in 2000 -- i'm sorry, 1908. he could have easily gotten re-elected. why didn't he do that. >> the biggest political mistake theodore roosevelt made when he was elected in his own right as he sort of celebrating t

they be a stolen election and jack kennedy.all heard what happened in chicago and in texas. 62 came out and ran for governor and was defeated by governor pat brown. then they had this press conference where he said this is it. he had it with the press. he said that while the fun you'll be missing. you won't have richard nixon to kick around anymore has folks, this is my last press called us. he was finished. done it now. in 64, even though he was out of there, he not only introduce barry goldwater at the convention, richard nixon went and campaigned across america for barry goldwater are good and campaigned for himself. but look where he was sent by the party was in 1965 when i arrived. the republicans had 140 seats in the house. 32 in the senate. outnumbered more than two to one in both bodies. they have 17 governorships. state legislators were outnumbered two to one. people are talking about the republican party is the party then it finished, was split between the goldwater reagan the rockefeller from the wing. that is what r

to jack kennedy. we know what happened, we all heard what happened in chicago.e came out and ran for governor and was defeated by governor pat brown. any of that famous press conference where he just said this is it. he had had it with the press. he said think of all the fun you are going to be missing. he won't have richard nixon to kick around anymore because folks this is my last press conference. he was finished, down and out. then in 64 even though he was out of it, he not only introduce barry goldwater that convention, richard nixon went in campaigns all across america for barry goldwater hearted and very campaign for himself. and look at where he was and where the party was in 1965 when i arrived. the republicans had 140 seats in the house, 32 in the senate. outnumbered more than two to one in both bodies. 17 governorships outnumbered two to one in governorships. state legislators were outnumbered two to one. people were talking about the republican party is the party that lost that was finished and split between the goldwater wing and the rockefeller rom

if we can get a democrat to the pro-growth, supply side like jack kennedy or bill clinton, we take every day of the weekend twice on -- is not republican or democrat, but the economics, in ignorance. stuart: prosperity is the glue that binds us all together. >> it is growth, i think you have been modest about four or 5%. we give you real growth, growth rates in the chinese rates on a quarterly basis. we had growth. we brought the unemployment rate down, brought jobs up, when you talk about this the economy is a catastrophe. employment is a share of population have not increased in 7 years. a little smidgen, we are $4 trillion on gdp, those are not good gdp numbers, offsetting the second quarter offset the first. when looking at housing is a catastrophe, new house sales tournament thousand population at its lows, it there's no improvement yet. we need that economic policies to get this machine going and we can do it with a good senator and a good house. stuart: there you go. isn't that a great way to start the campaign season, back to school, starting the show at 11:00 a.m. eastern time.

seats in 1958, 1960, he lost narrowly and it contested the election, maybe a stolen election, to jack kennedy know what happens, we heard what happened in chicago and in texas. 62 he came out and ran for governor and was defeated by governor pat brown. that famous press conference where he said this is it, he'd had it with the press, think of all the fun you're going to be missing, you won't have an richard nixon to kick around anymore because folks, this is my last press conference. he was finished, down and out. in 64, even though he was out of it, he is not only introduced barry goldwater at that convention that richard nixon went in and campaigned all across america for barry goldwater. but look at where he was and where the party was in 1965 when i arrived. the republicans had 140 seats in the house, 32 in the senate, outnumbered more than 2-1 in both bodies. they had 17 governors of the ships out number 2-1 in governorships. state legislators were outnumbered 2-1. people were talking about the republican party as a party that had lost again, it was finished, split between the goldwater

some are saying that jack may not have been nominated if bobby was not there. >> let's talk about bobby kennedy and the relationship between these brothers. jack may never have been elected president if bobby kennedy was never there. >> someone mentioned, bobby was never invited upstairs, to the private dinners. he was like a kid pressing his face against the restaurant wall. as important and as much as he trusted his brother, generally trusted his brother, john kennedy had to be in control all the time. this included with his own family, and his brother, who had some real gaps in his political and historical knowledge. >> i think their relationship is captured in that iconic black-and-white photograph, with shadows against the window. i don't think there has ever been a president with a close advisor like bobby kennedy was to his brother. >> with a tape recorder they had long silences. i even saw this working in bobby's office after john kennedy was dead, there is a way they communicate, that you don't get as an outsider. they are all pronouns, with no proper nouns or complete sentences. they

kennedy? ok. how many of you think that jack in awas involved conspiracy to assassinate president kennedy? maybe i should leave, then. all right. ok. we are going to talk a little bit about those things. say that io like to just finished reading most of howard willens' book, which is out there. this is a terrific book and if you like detective stories, it reads like a detective story. it is the insider history of what happened and how we did our work. i just think it is superb. will you order us a copy? i urge you at the break to take advantage of that. now, who am i and how did i get this job? point a that 31-year-old lawyer in cleveland. i had met a guy at a cocktail party in cleveland. i got to know him reasonably well. left cleveland and went to work and robert kennedy's office. my wife and i took him off the christmas card list. we figured we would never hear from him again. call fromout i got a dave in early january and he asked me if i would be for theed in working war in commission to investigate the assassination of president kennedy. i called my wife and she was ready to pack her

the report concluded that lee harvey oswald acted alone when president kennedy and jack ruby acted aloneilled lee harvey oswald. next five people that serve as consular staff described the investigation. they detailed their interactions with oswald's family, russian and cuban officials, and various intelligence agencies. the form was held at southern methodist university in dallas last fall. it is a little three hours.

he asserts jack told him jacqueline kennedy was having sex with her husband's brother. he had denounced this as a lie. how could c.b.s. not know that this man was fabricating the stuff. tees were open, clear badges of fraud. it seems to me you had to be wilfully blind not to know that. >> c david hayman died in 2012. he is not there to fight this topic. you would think at that point those publishing this would listen to you saying maybe we are doing something wrong here. >> i agree. someone would criticise me saying the guy is dead. the books are sold, prem oated to children. that got me on to it. it was like really, you would show this stuff to children. >> i don't understand the value of it being taught in high schools. good to see you. thank you for joining us. the conversation continues on the website aljazeera.com. or on facebook or google plus, or on twitter at >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour. i'm stephen cole in doha. coming up at least six al-shabab fighters die in a u.s. air strike thought be aimed at the gr

kennedy? on page 21 it is stated, "the commission has found no evidence that either lee harvey oswald or jack by was part of any conspiracy domestic or foreign to assassinate president kennedy." the mission also notes -- the also notes, " because of the difficulty of proving negatives to a certainty, the possibility of others also notes, being possibd rubyeither oswald or cannot be established categorically." therays, the report," if such evidence, it has been beyond the reach of any sources of the united states and is not come to the attention of the commission." one of those questions which might've indicated a plot. the commission considers them all. the circumstance of oswald having a job in a building over the parade route. he got that job after the nnouncedt trip was a but before the motorcade route was decided. now, the report examines oswald his attemptussia, to start a fair play for cuba committee. these were manifestations of oswald's warped personality. "the commission has found no evidence to show that oswald was employed, persuaded or encouraged by any foreign government to assass

kennedy. she comes back on the evening of the 22nd of november and already she was beginning to ink that jack only has two years and 10 months and robbed of the ability to be thought of as a great president and she literally began thinking about what the library should look like. she had this feeling since he had been robbed of the opportunity to write memoirs and do other things that she would have to go into the breach. for someone not a historian for particularly conversant it was almost a full-time thing for her for the next year. >> i am struck by his book, and i know this from jill, the idea about william manchester's book that she reportedly did not read it for a number of years. >> she did not read it until after she had gone to court to prevent the publication. she finally read it and pronounced it fascinating, which it is. >> we mention two big speeches. the civil rights speech and the american university commencement. what do they represent in terms of john f. kennedy? >> we do not elect presidents to manage the government. we elect presidents and heads of state to lead the nation.

robert f kennedy, after his someones assassination, said -- the difficulty for him, as he wasve no rfk, to his brother jack you have a tim, as you were t im to steve? >> i think each person -- if you are a ceo, the most important thing to me is to pick people around you that are not like you , that complement you, because you want to build a puzzle. you don't want to stacked chick up and stack chicklets have everyone be the same. i believe in diversity with a capital d, diversity in thought and however you want to measure it. the people that surround me are not like me. they have skills i do not have. i might have some they do not have. what we do as a team collectively -- we are able to do some incredible things. and it is because we collaborate. i see one of my key things in life is to make sure we collaborate at an incredible level, because we run the company functionally. we are not like the typical big mber of that has n-nu divisions. everybody is a functional expert. we collectively, to get things done, work together as a team. the work happens horizontally in our company, not vertically. products ar

kennedy after his brother's assassination, someone said the difficulty for him, well, he'll have no r.f.k. as he was to his brother jack. so i might ask the question, do you have a tim as you were tim to steve? >> i think each person -- if you're a c.e.o., the most important thing, to me, is to pick people around you that aren't like you, that complement you because you want to build a puzzle. you don't want to stack chicklets yo up and have everyoe be the same. i believe in diversity with a capital "d," and that's diversity in thought and any way you want to measure it. so the people that surrounded me are not like me. they have skills that i don't have. i may have some that they don't have. what we do i as a team collectively are able to do some incredible things, and it's because we collaborate, and i see one of my key things in life to make sure we collaborate at an incredible level because we run the company functionally. we're not like the typical can big company that has n number of divisions and p&ls. everybody is a functional expert, then we collectively, to get things done, we work together as a team because