. >> congressman jim clyburn represents south carolina's sixth congressional district, he joins us tonightlumbia, south carolina. it's always an honor to speak to you, sir, you're a hero, you've grown up and you have led the civil rights movement. the kennedy brothers, it seems like jack was almost drag gooned in this service in the early 1960s. then bobby came along and after martin luther king was killed, he got very passionate. where did he fit in all that? >> he was right there, right after 1962 is when we got into the throws of what became the 64 voting rights act. i think a lot of people don't remember, but in 1963, the manpower and the training act was a john kennedy effort. then we got to the civil rights act, then the voting rights act, then the fair alton law, these three things, '64, '65, '68, senator ted kennedy was in the middle of all of that. and then he took on after that, health care, health disparities, we worked with him so closely on that. things like minimum wage laws, immigration, i don't know of a thing that was taking place in the congress or on the national scene o

. >>> joining me now is congressman jim clyburn of south carolina, the house majority whip. m, good to have you with us on the program tonight. we've heard so much in recent days about the awesome accomplishments of ted kennedy as a legislator, 2,500 bills introduced, 550 have been enacted into law. but i think one that really sticks out the most was just how brave he was back in the '60s in fighting for civil rights legislation in 1964. that has to have a tremendous impact on you as well. what about that? >> absolutely, absolutely. as you know, just maybe two years after he came to the senate, we were in the throes of the 1964 civil rights act. a year later the 1965 voting rights act. three years later the fair housing law. then four years after that we did the 1972 amendments to the civil rights act to bring state and local governments under that act. since that time he has been working very hard, especially with those of us in the congressional black caucus trying to get rid of all of these health disparities that exist in the country. his passion became health care, affor

senator barbara boxer and congressman jim clyburn and yvette clark and clint vanzandt and fran treasure drescher joins us live in the studio. >>> first, the top headlines. thousands of southern california residents fleeing wildfires there. hundreds of homes are threatened near a trump national golf club in rancho pal verdas. propers are worried a key evidence may have been tainted in jackson's house and key evidence may have been skipped entirely. >>> president obama taking flak for biking without a helmet. he went helmet-free during a bike ride with his family there. the first lady played it safe with a daughter and the two daughters followed massachusetts law requiring anyone under 16 has to wear a helmet while biking. >>> right now mourners paying their final respect to the senator edward kennedy. this, in fact, if you take a peek here, a live look at the john f. kennedy presidential library in boston where the senator's body lies in repose until later this afternoon. mike taibbi is there and joins us from boston. it's amazing. they were saying even last night at midnight there were