but what actually happened they kept on negotiating these deals where james meredith would be admitted on a certain day and at a certain time ross barnett would renege on that deal. >> threatening violence. >> kennedy has to belatedly introduce federal troops, by then a number of people had been killed, a situation that was almost out of control. my contention would be that since he seemed endlessly flexible, those southerners bleeft southernersbelieved that he did- >> i'd like to get your help in doing that. >> finally, barnett backed down and james meredith was admitted to the university of mississippi as the first african american. >> they faced police clubs and electric cattle prodders. >> the summer of 1963 was reaching a boiling point in the south. >> young protesters being attacked by german shepherd dogs, and young people being targeted by those high pressure water hoses by the firemen. those were all of things. >> i know by jfk's reaction to the hoses in birmingham and the children being washed down street, he was horrified by this, he thought this was not the way things shoul

he was against james meredith enrolling at ole miss he urged him not to do it. he was against the march on washington sponsored by martin luther king. >> he was originally against it because the march was going to be cat the capital he was afraid it would make a scene as they were trying to intimidate congress. he and bobby kennedy were through negotiations moved it to the lincoln memorial. but what you said is right, kennedy was very disappointing to the civil rights leaders on civil rights. but when he gave this marvelous speech on the 11th that time martin luther king turned to companion said, can you believe that white man not only stood up to the plate, he hit it over the ballpark -- out of the ballpark. >> schieffer: larry, one of the nuggets in your new book that i found so interesting, the story about jackie kennedy called the civil war historian james robertson, the night of the assassination to ask for help putting together her husband's funeral. >> it really impressed me enormously when i first heard this i decided to stress it in the kennedy half cen

he burned a flag in protest saying that if that could happen to james meredith, we don't need a fine in this country. so he was arrested and convicted of desecration of the flag. eventually the case when all the way up to the supreme court, and it fell on his side and as a first amendment case in his favor. soviet freedom of speech. so part of the collection includes the french flag, remnants of the burn flags that were used as evidence against him in the case. and you can see that this is a court document behind him. this is a protesting nixon and the vietnam war. and was held at the university of california at berkeley. in this system a demonstration to protest the racist and fascist attitude of tricky dick nixon and also handwritten on the sides, free huey, huey newton was the head of the black panther party at that time it was in prison. and free bobby, bobby seale, the minister of defence for the black panther party. bobby was arrested several times for various things. one of the things that he was famous for was the chicago eight trial. during the democratic national convention

when james meredith had gone to mississippi to actively participate in the civil rights struggle down there, he was murdered. sidney street was very upset by this, and in new york city he got word that this happened to everybody knew about it. there was a big protests, demonstrations all over the place. he burned a flag in protest, saying that if that happened to james meredith, that we don't need a flag in this country. so he was arrested and convicted of desecration of the flag pic eventually the case went all the way up to the supreme court and it fell on his side then as a first amendment case in his favor. so he had freedom of speech to burning the flag. so part of the collection includes the burned flag, raymond's of the burned a flag that were used as evidence against them in the case. and you can see that this is the court document behind it. this is a flyer protesting nixon and the vietnam war that was held at the university of california at berkeley. and it says demonstrations to protest the racist and fascist attitude of tricky dick nixon gang, and also handwritten on the s

he is defying the law of the land and ross barnett in that letter is even more revealing with james meredith, he's standing in the doorway and said you cannot come in because you're black and something snaps and james. and he writes and he hasty proposal and he goes on television and he says he's has been ascended the congress and the wide sweeping civil rights legislation and this includes martin luther king who have been attacking him and he said that is the most important address this country has had in kennedy finishes at and he was using something that was so important and jackie robinson became a good important move is a part of this. and there's a letter in the civil rights section in which jackie robinson writes the day after evans is shot down in the driveway. and i won't even try to pair appears that. and he ends it by saying that you have to start protecting doctor king and he don't think you're going to get it and talk about prophecy. and as brilliantly as i write. and he writes a lot with courage and vigor. those are two qualities that he most admires. in view state use state an

meredith -- to dallas for a commemorative event in dealey plaza. from the jfk, presidential library and museum, for a musical tribute with james taylor and the u.s. naval academy women's glee club, performing selections from the president state funeral. a senior congressional reporter for politico, writing today that progress is being made in the negotiations between patty murray, the budget committee chairmen in the senate, and paul ryan in the house. what is the status of things? they are still negotiating. right now the hope is they will get a small deal. they're not talking about abe a, grand bargain deal -- they are not talking about a big, grand bargain deal. narrowe dealing with sequestration, automatic spending cuts that are set to deepen in the new fiscal year after january 15. the hope is they could replace at least one year, may be less than a year of those cuts, change that around other portions of the budget, attentional mandatory spending programs, increased revenue, not by increasing taxes but by potentially raising fees and other areas as such. the hope is they can cut some sort of middle ground on that, at least get a narrow agre