with its oral history carefully house for the past half-century, we will hear directly from jacqueline kennedy about her life with their 35th president and from their daughter, who has brought this fresh new history to light. i am tom putnam director of a kennedy presidential library and museum in him to have a loved executive director of the kennedy library foundation, members of our foundation board, many of whom are here with us tonight, and all of my library foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming and all those watching on c-span and acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedy library for him, sponsor bank of america, boston capital, the boston foundation and their media partners, the "boston globe" in wbur. the opening text of our new exhibit, in her voice, jacqueline kennedy, the white house years, which pairs this new oral history with never before seen documents and artifacts from our collections reads, jacqueline kennedy had a rare combination of gifts, intelligence, courage, discipline, artistic creativity and a style all her on. she had an adventurous spirit and was a

. >> now, a conversation on the boat, jacqueline kennedy. mr. conversations at the life with caroline kennedy and michael beschloss. >> good evening. you've read the news stories, but your copies of the book, red watch the abc primetime special morning television and even "the daily show" with jon stewart. e and now tonight live from the se kennedy library, with its oral history was so carefully houseth for the past half-century, we heard directly from jacqueline kennedy about her life with our 35th resident and from their daughter who was brought this fresh new history too late. and tom putnam to light. i am tom putnam director of a kennedy presidential library and museum in him to have a loved executive director of the kennedy library foundation, members of our foundation board, many of whom are here with us tonight, and all of my library foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming and all those watching on c-span and acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedy library for him, sponsor bank of america, boston capital, the boston foun

and jacqueline kennedy came down in a bathrobe. she said she didn't want him to cook for the president. she wanted to do the cooking. now these are lovely people. but what we're dealing with now in florida is people that are very dedicated, firemen, police men, and their cutting their salaries. i walked into a gas station the other day and i see a fireman working in a seven he leven because he can't afford to feed his family. and we're going to vote for people like you? you have to be crazy. and then you want to cut out medicare, social security. what are people going to have? >> well, i assume you're talking about republicans. i can't actually tell from your question. but why people would vote for republicans, i think what you're seeing everywhere not only in florida are tremendous challenges financially. we have not seen the job growth that president obama has brought us. we have not seen the responsible fiscal budgeting that the president promised. in the state of florida and i think in many states we actually have to balance ou

she is like jacqueline kennedy. believe michelle obama is a good woman who wants the best for all americans. those narrowives did not fit into the narrative that abc news had last night. guys like me hammering michelle obama. abc news didn't tell the audience it got its clip they used on me from the far left web site media matters which is in business solely to smear non-liberal media people. we brought the situation to absz's attention today they say from now on they will call people like me who are injected into their news coverage. i think it's important. because i'm simply not going to let, i'm not going to let the presidential campaign degenerate into a race baiting media propaganda exposition. all who participate in that and there are plenty of them are going to be called out on it from my vantage point michelle obama has been a fine first lady helping kids and articulating issues like nutrition. for abc to paint me critical of her is flat out dishonest. a lot of us have a lot riding on america's future. it's

but i felt a little bit sorry for her because to have been succeeded by jacqueline kennedy must not havengs would drift to her such as mrs. eisenhower saying of the restoration of a fear the red, blue and purple, things like that. at an interesting moment in the publications because i wasn't sure whether to listen or to read and which would be faster and really between the two you get so much more from hearing her speak although i had one alarming moment in my car i had them all bloated and i actually left richards, one cd from keith richardson. >> she would love that, wouldn't she? [laughter] >> do you think you're readers and her readers are they or should people even listen to this? >> i think that you can perhaps absorber what has been a little bit more, but when you listen i think that you are right this is probably true for most tapes of this kind i've heard caroline talk about this. you've heard her tone of voice about you just can't possibly get from reading the words. >> we are now at the part of this event where we are taking questions and i have a few to begin. this is for you

who knew him, records from his school years in published interviews with former first lady, jacqueline kennedy. he discussed with sam donaldson. >> host: chris mathews, bochum. we've been friends for what? 35 years? but no deals. talk about a man who has faded into history really for most americans have to be a certain age to remember what john kennedy looked like in the flesh. why did you write this book? >> guest: first of all, that may be true what you say in terms of fresh memories. they asked people this time of year two years ago when "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes he should be on mount rushmore who is not there. guess who won? so in terms of heroic stature, he is fair. he is the president-elect to. that goes back to the arc of this life. saving his crew, the cuban missile crisis, getting the rope that a missile war. a lot of it has to heroic stature. the people have in their minds. i think also you may not come to mind as much of the day, when he does come to mind there is a stirring mayor. postcode let's talk later about kennedy for president. what did he do right? what did he do wro

raw material of history ofhe mind, whether it is ken at this, president kennedy tapes or the jacquelin kennedy tapes that came outlast year, i mean, they are -- they give dimension and nuance. >> rose: i agree. >> to history. >> rose: and the thing i was intrigued by, i guess he doesn't speak to it clear and i am not sure anything will find where he spoke to it as clearly as one might have wanted was how he saw vietnam and how he thought might have seen vietnam after the ection in 64. >> well and h he also said there were two different views coming to him >> rose: exactly. >> and from the military people and they were so opposite, so that did give you a feeling that he was looking objectily from the outside in, and might not, might not have gotten caught up in what the military was telling him. but you never know. that's the question of if that makes it so unfair for poor old lbj, because he had to deal with it and who knows what jfk would have done. >> rose: and can we assume, doris, that since tse came from the kennedy library that they are only releasing those that they want to release and

who knew him, records from his school years and published interviews with former first lady jacqueline kennedy he discusses his discoveries with veteran journalist, sam donaldson. >> host: chris matthews, welcome and we have been friends for 35 years? >> guest: at least. >> host: at least. talk about a man who is faded into history for most americans, you have to be of a certain age to remember what john kennedy looked like in the flesh. how did you read this book? >> guest: first of all that may be true what you say in terms of fresh memories but they asked people, this time of year, two years ago, "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes, who should be on mount rushmore and who is not there? guess who won? beating out at trn reg in. in terms of heroic stature he is there. he is the president they look to him that goes back to the archivist life from the the heroism saving his crew, the cuba missile crisis, getting us through that without a nuclear war. i think getting killed the way he was killed. people deals to have in their mind so i think he is in our hearts as well and i think that although you

jacqueline kennedy came down in a bathrobe. she said she wanted to do the cooking.ely people. " we're dealing with, now, in florida, are people that are very dedicated. firemen, policeman, cutting their salaries. i walked into a 7-eleven and i saw a fireman working because he could not work to feed his family. and i am supposed to vote for you? you have got to be crazy. guest: i assume that you are talking about republicans. i think that what you are seeing everywhere, not only florida, are tremendous challenges financially. we have not seen responsible fiscal budgeting as the president has promised. in the state of florida, we are required constitutionally to do that. at the federal level, we are not. there are cuts that are difficult to make, and we have no choice. our republican-led legislature and governor has been very responsible in trying to prioritize funding to public service providers, firemen, policeman, critical needs industries. governor scott has actually come out and ask for $1 billion in new money for education. what we have to do as we prioritize re

and he took my sister there one time, she was like 6 years old, jacqueline kennedy came down in a bathrobe and she didn't want him to cook for the president, she wanted to do the cooking. these are lovely people. but -- what we're dealing with now in florida is people that are very dedicated, firemen, policemen, and they're cutting their salaries, i walked into a gas station the other day and i see a fireman working in a 7-eleven because he can't afford to feed his family. and we're going to vote for people like you? you've got to be crazy. they want to cut out medicare, social security, what are people going to have? guest: i think you're talking about republicans, and what you're seeing everywhere is tremendous challenges financially, we have not seen the job growth president obama has promised, we have not seen responsible fiscal budgeting the president promised. in the state of florida and in states, we have to balance our budget. we're required constitutionally to do that. at the federal level we are not. so there are cuts occurring in states that have been very difficult to make but