i think joe kennedy and jackie kennedy were right. if mccarthy staying out of massachusetts insured that he won that seat and jack kennedy for the rest of his life had a certain kind of loyalty for mccarthy. when mccarthy was censured, the only senator in the senate at that time who not only didn't show up to vote, but we don't know how they would have voted was jack kennedy, not exactly the kind of profiling the courage jack kennedy was famous for talking about. >> host: i thought you were going to take after that term right there. so, you know, you are from massachusetts and we've already spoken far too much about massachusetts, so let's talk about wisconsin. in the 1946 campaign that brought mccarthy to the u.s. senate, you took on senator robert junior who had come back into the republican party after having been out of it for a dozen years as a leading figure with his brother in the progressive party. mccarthy was making an opportunistic run. he had the backing of the party establishment, but he was a figure in the state and it a

i think joe kennedy and jack kennedy were wright. mccarthy staying out of massachusetts ensured that jack kennedy won the seat and jack kennedy for the res of his life had a certain kind of loyalty for mccarthy. when mccarthy was censured the only senator in the senate at that time who not only didn't show up and vote but who we don't know how they would have voted, was jack kennedy, not exactly the kind of profile in courage that jack kennedy was famous for talk about. >> so, you're from massachusetts. and you -- we have already spoken far too much but massachusetts so let's talk but wisconsin. in the 1946 campaign that product mccarthy to the u.s. senate he took on senator robert follett junior who came backbar the republican party of having been out for a dozen years as a leading figure with his brother in the progressive party. mccarthy obviously was making an on continuistic run. but follett was an epic figure in the state and he -- it appears that at least early on, la follett did not take mccarthy seriously or did not take him

joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr. you want to talk about how he managed that posting in london right before the war? >> it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back a tiny bit before that. when young people are in the age where they are graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment, has a profound impact on them. fdr is the president as jfk comes of age. much of his vision of what is the nation is informed by fdr. clearly through his father and the courting of st. james he has direct connection to what service might would fight. when the german u-boat sank the first u.k. ship, jfk is asked by his father to look after the surviving u.s. passengers and their families during the transition. he gets a little bit of responsibility in that moment. it informs his notion of public service. he signs up to go to war. he is excepted into the navy. to go to war under a president, the only president to have been conscious of as undeveloped, can't help but in accurate what leadership is. paul: because

joe kennedy made most of his money in the 1920's in the stock markets. kennedy asppointed the head of the security exchange commission. some said that was putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. this created a relationship in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr. he became ambassador to the court of st. james. you want to talk about how he managed that posting in london right before the war? >> it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back a tiny bit before that. as you could imagine, when young people are in the age where they are graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment has a profound impact on them. shapes their view of the presidency. fdr is the president as jfk comes of age. i think much of his vision of what is leadership and what is the nation is informed by fdr. i think that is a big part of it. clearly, through his father and the posting at the court of st. james, he has direct connection to what that service might look like. there is a moment when the german u-boat sank the first u.k

that's why i am proud to endorse joe kennedy for senate. in 2018 when we took back the house, joe campaigned across america to make that victory possible. he knows we must be on the frontlines leading the people. massachusetts in america needs joe kennedy's leadership in the senate to fight for the change we need. thank you. >> so an endorsement from house speaker nancy pelosi, ed markey is preferred by half the others. why did you think is a good time to run now against senator markey? >> the fact that is we need more out of our senator. this is a critical time of our country and i thought that ten months ago before crisis of covid-19 or the economic decisions that came with it. when there are over 500,000 people gone homeless and 37 million people gone hungry. and the fact that covid-19 has made so many dekecent equities even worse. she's rig driving the change that we need not just in the community but around the country and that has not been what senator markey has done. he's not out campaigning the country. as the speaker indicated, dr

>> it's a very contentious race, joe kennedy is the grandson of bobby kennedy, congressman, taking outwas in the house for 37 years and now has been in the senate. i don't think joe kennedy is even 40. they are going after this. it has kind of gotten in with aoc and alexandria ocasio-cortez was very popular in democrat circles and has come off the campaign, a graduate of boston university appear. so now joe kennedy has retaliated by getting the support of nancy pelosi, the house speaker. so the irony there is nancy pelosi said i don't want my members getting involved in primary races against incumben incumbents. >> martha: right in the middle of it. >> she is fighting him in combat. it's great. >> martha: it's great. politics are great. >> was the last time you cried. >> yesterday. >> when was the last time you cried? >> it was on sunday. at an event, i heard a statement that was made that was so powerful that i could not stop. was an emotional reaction to it. >> martha: this is the most ridiculous moment, and then to ask the question and not even to find out why. now i want to know wh

think we'll start with the beginning, which is the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joseph kennedy made most of his money in the '20s in the stock market. and when franklin roosevelt became president one of the things he did, appointed joseph kennedy as head of the securities and exchange commission, which was sort of as he said, putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. then this created a relationship between the two of them in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr, and he got, ambassador too court of st. james. >> yes. >> want to talk how he managed that posting in london right before the war? >> well it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back just a tiny bit before that. as you can imagine, when young people are in the age where they're graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment, i think, has a profound impact on them and shapes their view of the presidency. and fdr is the president as jfk comes of age and through his young adulthood, and i think much of his vision of what is leadership and what is the

i think we'll start at the beginning which is the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joseph kennedy made most of his money in the '20s in the stock market, and one of the things he did was he appointed joseph kennedy as the head of the securities and exchange commission which would serve as he said putting the fox in charge of the hen house. then this created a relationship between the two of them in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr ending up as the ambassador of st. james. you want to talk about how he managed that in london right before the war? >> well, it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back just a tiny bit before that. as you could imagine when young people are in the age where they're graduating from high school whoever is the president in that moment i think has a profound impact on them and shapes their view of the presidency, and fdr is the president when jfk comes of age and through his adulthood. and i think much of his vision what is leadership and what is the nation is very much informed by fdr. and so i think tha

the challenger, joe kennedy has served in the u.s. house since 2013. now before we get started a brief word before our format. there will be no opening or closing statements. the candidates will each get one minute to respond to the same question. after that there will be open ended periods of rebuttal and discussion. otherwise known as the fate. during which they are free to question one another and expand their focused others topics. there are just three hard and fast rules. no filibustering. no talking over each other, and always obey your moderator. thank you gentlemen, we appreciate you being here. let's begin our debates. and she'll go in alphabetical order so mr. kennedy you'll take the first question first. and senator markey will take the second one. >>> throughout this campaign keeping the same question from voters who are not already committed to one of you. what's the difference between these two? so let's try to give them some clarity tonight. what is the most important difference between you and your opponent? one minute. >>> thank you al

that illuminate key issues facing our country and the world today i wish to thank joe kennedy and ed markey for participating in this important exchange on justice reform also think you to the justice reform coalition in the member organizations for your impactful advocacy around justice reform. and for inviting sussex university to participate in these important public forums. thank you to sussex university social apology. the assistance and wisdom that made this evening's program possible. to the lowell institute for the generous support that makes programs like this possible into our longtime partner is now my pleasure to introduce jennifer love williams. she serves as the cochair of the working group formally incarcerated people for black and pink national. also the creator and founder of the love project. they recently released lgbt queue people in massachusetts, new york and new jersey. >> a warm welcome to all. this town meeting is no accident. it is the result of a community-based organization that has a community to serve us all. we witness our neighbors gobbled up by the sa

challenger, congressman joe kennedy. at a recent debate, the candidates answer questions about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, education, and racial equality. this one-hour debate was sponsored by wbz tv, cbs channel 4. ♪ welcome toning and debate. senate i am john keller with a special hello to our viewers online and across the country on c-span and our radio audience. candidates, the incumbent ed markey has represented massachusetts since 2013. before that he served the seventh district in the house of representatives since 1976. we also welcome congressman joe kennedy. he served in 2013, and then as an assistant district attorney. there will be no opening or closing statements. the candidates will each get one minute to respond to the same question. after that, there will be rebuttald periods of known as debate. there are just three hard and filibustering, no talking over each other, and always obey your moderator. thank you, gentlemen. let's begin our debate. you will go in alphabetical order. mr. kennedy, yo

senator edward markey of massachusetts and democratic primary challenger, representative joe kennedy, face each other in their final scheduled debate ahead of the september 1 primary. watch it live on tuesday, starting at 7:00 eastern, on c-span. next, remarks from vice president pence on religious freedom. he spoke at a campaign event in florida focusing on reaching evangelical and pro-life voters. this is half an hour. [applause]

second, joe kennedy senior, the book starts house of kennedy, it starts with a scene that sets the tone in my opinion and joe senior had a stroke, he can't communicate very well or speak, he's in the house and he is really cold and he finally gets the attention of his knees and she goes rummaging around the bedroom and the first thing she finds what she can cover joe in bed, of flag so she covers him with this flag and the flag is the flag that covered jfk's coffin. to me, it's a great scene and that's what this book is, scene after scene after scene to tell the kennedy story. >> we often think of the family beginning with joe but it kind of began with the grandfather? >> in one of the interesting things, he died 105 years to the day jfk was assassinated. patrick, my story, the story i tell pretty much begins with joe senior. then it goes to the whole thing, people talk about the kennedy curse which has to do with the tragedies in the family but on some level, i found an unintended curse, and i think joe and rose to some extent, created in the they pushed all these kids to be the best t

my next guest, massachusetts congressman joe kennedy who is looking to unseat ed markey, an incumbentcareer in 1976. we invited senator markey to join us today but his schedule would not permit it. congressman, you've criticized the incumbent, ed markey, over his handling of the shooting death of danroy "dj ""henry jr. in 2010. the senator has written a letter demanding the attorney general reopen the case and did the same back in 2014. what would you do differently in the case of dj, a case that i followed closely? >> reverend, great to be with you again. thanks for having me and thanks for talking about the henry story. dj mhenry was a college student murdered by a police officer in west chester new york, under horrific circumstances back in 2010. his parents, dan and angela, came to me in 2014 and walked me through the facts of what happened that evening and they asked for my help to seek justice for their son. and, reverend, i did and have done everything we could, from pushing it on the department of justice to local authorities to -- i invited them to be anyway guest at the stat

. >> house speaker nancy pelosi is backing a young member of a political dynasty, congressman joe kennedysachusetts and america need joe kennedy's courage and leadership in the senate. >> democrat leadership headers progressives not to challenge democratic incumbents but in this race come race, pelosi is backing the challenger. aoc called the speaker route calling it less a policy and more cherry picking activity. >> the great alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> early voting is already underway in massachusetts and ahead of primary day with kennedy arguing it is time for new leadership. >> i believe you deserve more. we have a government that is disconnected from its people. we have to think big in 2021 and not only do we need to increase taxes, we need to cut the defense budget. >> a prominent figure on the left staying out of this primary fight is senator bernie sanders. >> i am not going to get involved in every race that is out there. >> kennedy jumped out to a big lead early based on the strength of his family name in massachusetts but has surged recently with his progressive endorsements s

. >> senator edward markey of massachusetts and democratic primary challenger representative joe kennedy face each other in their final scheduled debate ahead of the september 1 primary. watch it live on tuesday, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. from vicerks president pence on religious freedom. he spoke at a campaign event in florida focusing on reaching evangelical and pro-life voters. this is half an hour. ♪ [applause] florida!e: hello, thank you so much for that wonderful welcome. my friend marilyn musgraves, the deputy secretary, the state representative and future speaker of the florida state house. [applause] and the pastor here at starkey baptist church. it's great to be back in church and great to be among so many champions for life. [applause] v.p. pence: and it's a joy to be here with the susan b. anthony list, founded in 1993. now a network of more than 800,000 americans, sba is the most effective pro-life grassroots organization in america. [cheers and applause] v.p. pence: but to all the great friends who have come out today, who have labored in the cause of life al

massachusetts on c-span2, live coverage of the second to last debate and ascent rate between congressman joe kennedy and ed markey. it is also streamed on the web in case you missed it in its entirety. let's go to the republican line. mark, go ahead with your comment. >> i think it's a shame for her to be brought in with joe biden knowing he picked a pretender. he should not be picking for that. you should be kicking for our country, for our people and not just the race. >> at the white house earlier today during the regular briefing, the president was asked about the selection of senator kamala harris. this was his response. person that has told many, many stories that weren't true. she is big into raising taxes. she wants to slash funds for the military at a level nobody can even believe. she is against fracking. she is against petroleum products. how do you do that and go into pennsylvania, ohio, oklahoma or the great state of texas? she is against fracking? do the question first. >> your going to lose your doctors, lose your plan. she wants to take your health care plans away from 180 million am

and i am so proud of joe kennedy. thank you for asking me about it.as instrumental in helping us win the house in 2018, which has made a significant difference in how we point out what the administration is doing. so he's been a family member. he's brilliant. he's gentle. he's kind. he gives credit to other people. he has courage. he has courage, and i'm so proud to support him. so i thank you for asking me about that. so it isn't about -- members can support whoever they want. and i support my members when they run for re-election and when they run for other office. >> all right, speaker pelosi, always good to see you. thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you. good morning. >>> we'll do it live. how president trump plans to counter joe biden and the dnc spoiler alert. >>> plus, reaction to the new trump audio from somebody who knows him pretty well, former trump white house communications director anthony scare mochi joins me next. with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of

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joe biden. they are struggling big time. >> kennedy: i understand but bernie sanders did get an awful lot jammedlatform. jesse, take it away. >> jesse: the republicans didn't say joe and bernie are the same. barack obama said it. >> juan: from 40,000 feet. it's very popular to say -- >> jesse: i know why -- >> juan: deal with income equality. >> jesse: i know why he said it. heat the wanted to say it he would've said it during the dnc in front of all those americans watching. instead he said it to a periodical. was he really talking to? he's talking to the far left base. he knows that as a fracture in the base and they're not enthusiastic for joe biden. he is doing base maintenance. he knows it's about turnout. he has seen the numbers. he knows are not excited about joe so he's trying to sooth the concerns of the far left. everybody sees it. we just got the numbers out of the dnc. 1,000 dnc delegates voted against the joe biden democratic platform. that's 25% of the delegate said no, joe, we are not happy with it. the proof is in the pudding. to raise taxes during a recession is moronic. he's ta

senator edward markey of massachusetts and representative joe kennedy debate their differences, health-careorm, live tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, a look at alexion security measures leading up to the 2020 election. the hearing focuses on the spread of disinformation, the role of the u.s. postal service, and options for modernizing the voting process with same-day registration and extended polling locations. the committee will come to order. good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in today's hearing >> this hearing will come to order. this comes after we laid to rest a giant

markey has been in the senate since 2013, and this year he has a primary challenger, congressman joe kennedyated last night. the candidates also answered questions about the coronavirus pandemic and racial equity. this debate was sponsored by cbs channel 4.

i yield the remainder of my time to representative joe kennedy who has been a leader on this issue. >> madam chair, thank you. grateful for your leadership and yielding this moment, and obviously great to see my cousin patrick again here before the committee grateful for all of his work. the mental health shared system is broken. our addiction treatment system is broken. all of us here today bring stories of constituents and loved ones who fell through the gaps that were wide and only widening. this pandemic did not create these gaps. italy highlighted them and to show what many of us have already knew. that our mental health system is underfunded, under prioritized and over stigmatized. we are beyond the point of cosmetic fixes and incremental change. we need substantive systemic reform. we need legal mental health parity like what mike cousin patrick has envisioned. we need to put teeth behind the hold insurers accountable for the violations they commit on a daily basis. this hearing is another critical step forward but this hearing alone will not protect those who need of protectio

joe kennedy told jack, you will make bobby your attorney general. jack famously introduces bobby saying, i see no reason not to give him a little bit of experience before he goes out to practice law. this was the chief law enforcement officer the united states. bobby was a wonderful attorney general and kennedy justice is an extraordinary combination of passion and effectiveness. drawing some of the leading lead -- legal thinkers and lawyers in america. he's more than a lawyer and more than an adviser to jack kennedy. particularly over these two degrees. if he was a prime minister on other days, today he's a field marshal. he's almost a cool president, because when it comes to handling what is happening in mississippi, bobby is executing the moves through his justice department. nicholas katz and back, one of his colleagues, is a road scholar who appears in the pictures towering over george wallace. they are stage managing everything, that is the kennedy's response to george wallace. bobby kennedy is following everything on the phone from his office

bobby didn't want to be attorney general in 1961 and joe kennedy said to jack, you will make bobby your attorney general. and jack famously introduces bobby saying i see no reason not to give him a little legal experience before he practices law. bobby was a wonderful attorney general and kennedy is an extraordinary effect drawing some of the leading lawyers and leading thinkers in america. he's more than a lawyer and more than an adviser to jack kennedy, particularly over these two days. if he was a prime minister on other days, today he's a field marshal. he's almost a co-president. when it comes to what's handling what's going on in mississippi, bobby is executing the moves, one of his trusted colleagues is the person, the road scholar who appears in the pictures, towering over george wallace who george wallace kept in the son while george wallace was in the shade. they're stage managing everything, that is the kennedys in response to george wallace. and bobby kennedy is following everything on a phone from his office and there is a film crew to record it. there's not only one with p

and i like -- i like joe kennedy. i love the family. n't understand why he jumped into that race in the anyone of trump. it seems like a waste of resources. well, joe that question is being asked right now, as we proceed to an early primary here, september 1st and mail-in voting begins in a very few days. that question, why is he running, has not been answered, i don't think, by joe kennedy to the point where voters accept the answer, they wonder the same thing you just raised, why are you running? he hasn't had a tangible, really pointed answer to that question. ed markey has been in the house and senate now for 40 years. he is also, you know, right out front in terms of the new green deal, a big environmental guy, always has been and his secret weapon is alexandria ocasio-cortez, who has cut a tv ad for him already, a very powerful ad in which he takes on his supposedly big liability, his age, in his 70s, been around a long time. she says it's not the age, it's the ideas that matter. it's a toss-up right now. hard to believe but it's a

bobby didn't want to be attorney general in 1961 and joe kennedy said to jack, will you make bobby your attorney general and he introduced bobby saying, i see no reason not to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law. this is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. bobby was a wonderful attorney general and kennedy justice is a extraordinary combination of passionate affect and drawing some of the leading lawyers and legal thinkers in america. he is more than a lawyer and he's more than an adviser to jack kennedy, particularly, colleen, over these two days. if he was a prime minister on other days, today he's a field marshal. he's almost a co-president. because what it comes to handling what is happening in mississippi, bobby is executing the moves through the department. one of his trusted colleagues is the person, the gangling and tall rhodes scholar who appears in the pictures, towering over george wallace who kept in the sun while george wallace was in the shade. their stage managing everything, the kennedys in response to george wallace

bobby did not want to be attorney general in 1961, and joe kennedy said to jack, you will make bobby returnee general. jack famously introduced lobby saying i see no reason to give him a little experience before he goes out to practice law. this was the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. bobby was a wonderful attorney general and kennedy justice is an extraordinary combination of passion and effectiveness -- some of the leading lawyers and legal thinkers. he is more than a lawyer. he is more than an adviser to jack kennedy, particularly over these two days. if he was a prime minister on other days, today he is a field marshal. he is almost a cool president, because when it comes to handling what is going on in mississippi, bobby is executing the moves through the justice department. one of his trusted colleagues, nicholas katzenbach is the person, the gangly tall road scholar who appears in the pictures towering over george while this, we georgia all this kept in the sun while george wallace was in the shade. they are stage managing everything. that is the kennedy's

congressman joe kennedy retires this year and honestly, don't want to be mean, but his potential replacements seem quite worthy of the family name. none has tried to start another world war and none has left a woman alone to drowned in a car but they are trying. one of the candidates this year, she's every bit as shameless as the man she's replacing. here's her new ad. >> i'm running for congress. i was born in morocco. i'm a public school teacher. i came to this country believing in the american dream. starting from nothing and becoming successful. >> tucker: got that? born in north africa, came to the united states, became successful. it's a great story. in fact it's the american dream. how does leckey feel about the country that made it possible? yesterday she wrote on twitter "i'm running for congress to dismantle every system that denies us the basic necessities." in other words i came to america. my life improved dramatically. i'm not grateful. in fact i despise your country so much i want to "dismantle your systems." that's her platform it is hard to believe there's a market for that f

congressman joe kennedy retires this year and honestly, i do want to be mean, but his potential replacementseem worthy of the family name. they are trying. one candidate this year is a woman, and we will say this for her,sh she is every bit as shameless as the man she is replacing. here is her new hat. >> i'm running for congress in massachusetts congressional district. i'm a public school teacher and a farmer. i came to this country believing in the american dream, of starting from nothing and becoming successful. >> tucker: got that? born in north africa, came to the united states, it became successful. it's a great story. in fact, if the american dream. so how does she feel about a country that made it possible? yesterday she wrote this on twitter, "now i'm running to for congress to dismantle every oppressive system that denies us the basicba necessities to live" in other words, i "i came to america, my life improved dramatically, but i'm not grateful, i despise it it so much i want to dismantle your systems." to believe there is a market for that kind of ingratitude, but obviously there

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senator edward markey of massachusetts and democratic primary challenger representative joe kennedy faceach other in their final scheduled debate ahead of the september 1 primary. watch it live on tuesday, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> c-span has covered every minute of every political convention since 1984, and we are not stopping now. this month's political conventions will be like none other in history, with the coronavirus pandemic still looming, plans for both gatherings are being altered. the democrats will meet to nominate joe biden as their presidential candidate the week of august 17. and president trump will accept his party's nomination the following week. watch c-span at 9:00 p.m. for live coverage of the democratic convention, starting on monday, august 17, and the republican convention starting monday, august 24, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. dr. georges benjamin is back with us via zoom, the director of the american public health association.

this year, he has a primary challenger, congressman joe kennedy.t a recent debate, the candidates answer questions about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, education, and racial equality. this one-hour debate was sponsored by wbz tv, cbs channel 4. ♪ welcome toning and debate. senate i am john keller with a special hello to our viewers online and across the country on c-span and our radio audience. candidates, the incumbent ed markey has represented massachusetts since 2013.

. >> reporter: 39-year-old joe kennedy is facing something unexpected, a 74-year-old senator was in congress for almost 44 years and managed to galvanize support of young voters ahead of tuesday's massachusetts senate primary. >> i think that a lot of young people that are our age and at least from our town have been similarly really inspired by ed markey. >> ed markey is shown as the favorite threatening to make the four-term congressman to be the first kennedy to lose a race in massachusetts. democratic incokucumbents have beenoutbeen ousted. >> i am the youngest guy in this race. >> reporter: it's been markey with the mantle of the insurgence toeting support of te green new deal and endorsement of alexandria ococasio-cortez. >> that's the green new deal i introduced with alexandria ocho cost owe co -- ocasio-cortez. i stood next to bernie sanders when he introduced it. >> reporter: yet kennedy the backing of the party's establishment leader speaker nancy pelosi. kennedy allies are frustrated markey has not been held to account for his full record over four decades like his backing of the

>> kennedy: i think in the words of joe biden, it is malarkey. she is all over the map. if she is completely inconsistent. she has been on the wrong side of a essentially every issue. whether it is medicare for all coming on the green new deal, or going back to her time as a district attorney and attorney general in california. where there was one man, who was incarcerated wrongly for 13 years, and kamala harris wanted to keep him in jail, because he did not provide proof of his innocence in a timely enough manner. there was also a woman who had a daughter with sickle cell anemia ms 29 days of school and could not get notes from her doctor every time and kamala harris hunted her down and made her life a living for two years. because she was a big proponent of this anti-charge in california that went after minority and low income families particularly single moms. an important record on legalization, tulsi gabbard really poked holes in kamala harris' candidacy when she showed how many people had been incarcerated. e of her antimarijuanaans push. but then she had no proble

senator ed markey or joe kennedy? caller: i'm going to go with kennedy all the way. host: why?caller: just because of there track record. and because of the family history. they are very active in the african-american community. they are sympathetic toward african-americans. and markey, i look at him as a regular politician. and i am definitely leaning toward kennedy. host: thank you for calling in this evening. let's hear from randy in omaha, republican line. randy, your fellow republican john kasich set americas at a crossroads at the democratic convention. what is your reaction to that? caller: yes, actually i do believe america is not a crossroads. these crossroads are going to lead in to a civil war, either direction you go. that is my belief. now, i hear a lot of these candidates that they were talking today, saying, about the defunded and causing veterans not to get there medications. i'm a 17 year veteran of the united states military. medsds come to me-- my come to me by ups, not usps, so what they're saying is bs. host: randy, you talked about, you talked about the co

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eastern, senator ed markey and represented of joe kennedy face each other and a senate primary debateh three weeks to go before the massachusetts voters decide who moves on to the general election as the democratic candidate. on c-span two at 9:00 a.m., a forum on a vaccine for covid-19. the senate is back at 11:00 a.m. eastern and no votes are currently scheduled. ♪ >> the contenders, about the men who ran for the presidency and lost that changed political history, all week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on tuesday, the 1884 presidential candidate. ♪ c-span has covered every minute of every political convention since 1984. and we are not stopping now. this month's political conventions will be like none other in history. with the coronavirus pandemic looming, plans for gatherings are being altered. democrats will meet to nominate joe biden as their presidential candidate the week of august 17. president trump will accept his party's nomination the following week. p.m. forpan at 9:00 live coverage of the democratic convention starting monday, august 17. and the republican convention

joe biden is elected? >> there is a lot there, kennedy. first of all, as we know, a school in indiana opened the other day and had to close after one day because one student tested positive for covid-19. not just teachers, but children are at risk, certainly hot packs, like where i am, lrz coul.a. county and state of texas and florida. there is no one size fits all with regard to schools. further to that, one reason democrats are really holding firm is if you're going to cut an individual's pay and majority of people are not not going to work because their children are not in school. majority of people aren't going to work because they are laid off or their company no longer exists, they don't have a job to go back to. you have $1400 gop proposed cut at time people are being evicted, don't have a job and we are in a health pandemic. how do they pay for healthcare if their company is not going to or if they have benefits with cobra, how to pay for the copay or deductible or co-insurance. this is not a time for the american people. common se

can he make the economic argument, joe biden? >> kennedycause, essentially, his policies are going to rob from future generations. what he is setting up his generational warfare for anyone who is actually paying attention to this. it's an incredible disservice, because one thing they are not talking about -- obviously the limited government, i would like to hear from any democrat how they are going to rein in spending. he's not always talking about that. sure, the talk about raising your taxes, which crushes the economy on one hand, but the other hand, this is when he gets regulation. when you increase spending. he's got a $7 trillion plan across the board. they are talking about $3 trillion stimulus packages. it actually makes bernie sanders insane $3 trillion medicare for all, "maybe that's feasible." it's not. it's all completely unfeasible, and the two-party system is what james madison and alexander hamilton warned against, calling it "the fatal disease." that is the biggest problem we are seeing here. those factions do lead to violenc

we've been mostly focused on the president so far tonight but i have to ask you about ed markey and joe kennedy primary coming up tuesday. the house speaker nancy pelosi waded into the race endorsing. how does this play out. you're supporting markey? >> yeah, i'm supporting markey. it's unfortunate it's gotten nasty. we're not used to that kind of politics in massachusetts. both have good records. senator markey has a very distinguished record for 40 plus years in the congress and united states senate and a big partner with me in the city of boston. >> do you think senator markey will pull it out on tuesday? >> it's hard to say. the polls all say that. in this year's election with mail-in ballots and with the coronavirus, it's very complicated to see exactly what would happen. normally you'd have a ground game, knocking on doors and pulling people out to vote. i'm curious to see how next tuesday works in massachusetts and post becauboston because i o push to the next race but it's a dry run for the presidency pulling votes out across the country. >> it's a very important point. what are you doi

when joe kennedy announced, it looked like 44 years in congress might be the end of the road for markeyswell of support, especially among gen. z. >> i'm sure your father's watching right now. tell your father right now that you don't want money to go into a super pac that runs negative ads and tell your twin brother and tell your father you don't want any money to be spent in negative ads in the era of donald trump. >> i've said that multiple ti s times. >> publicly. >> tell your father you don't want the money to be spent on negative ads. >> and you may have seen there, this election is in massachusetts and on the issues there's not a terribly wide gulf between the two candidates, but slick ads, including a three-minute video with three million views have scanned more as vintage than outdated. >> was thrown out in the hall. his bill is now the law. >> i'm ed markey. i'm running for congress because i want to fight for the principles i believe in. the boss may tell me where to sit. nobody tells me where to stand. >> we've got to make sure president biden signs a new deal. we can't wait.

point he not only been in state senate and assistant secretary of the navy and even vice president joe kennedy in 1920 before he got polio so he was definitely thinking he was going somewhere and the polio changed that possibility or so it seemed but then amazingly in 1924 alice smith was running for the presidency and they asked of franklin roosevelt and had not been a public since polio would give the nominating speech and he knew he would have to somehow traverse from there to the podium and the only way she could appear to be walking because he cannot walk on his own power was if he had braces locked on his legs and lean on someone's arms that he could appear to be walking so he practice for weeks at home measuring the steps that he could do, leaning on his son jimmy's arm. when he got to the podium that night with sweat pouring down his face but he delivered this incredible happy warrior speech and comes home that night and sisters family, we made it. we made it. much more importantly he is still not ready to go into public life but feels he cannot be a politician or president unless he l