>> he was the first strauss to get in politics, and he mainly got in through john connely who would become governor of texas, and john, in 1959, ran into bob on the street in dallas. he was a lawyer in f. worth at the time, and bob was a lawyer the the time. i'm getting a group of fellows together to go to washington to talk about the johnson's presidential nomination. do you want to come along? that was sort of, you know, the beginning of the end. he went along and helped support the johnson nomination effort in 1960, which we know failed. kennedy won that year, but after that, because conley was a protege, strauss was one step closer. in the day in dallas when kennedy was assassinated, he was a host of the lunch chon, you know, downtown, and, you know, he was very involved in all of that. one thing, and i wrote it in the book that it's right for people to doubt my objectivity. i would definitely doubt it, but i try to be skeptical. when bob told me stories about being in the hospital, you know, comforting nellie after her husband was shot, because john connely was shot also. the reason i

conn. hello, everyone back home. hello, america. thank you, north carolina. i am chairman johnthe democratic caucus, america's caucus. but first and foremost and always, i'm the oldest son of ray and pauline and what -- one of eight kids. i grew up in a federal housing project in east hartford, conn. my dad worked as a fireman at pratt whitney aircraft were conn steelworkers and the best machinists in the world built the arsenal for our nation's democracy. when i asked my dad why he worked so hard every day, he would say got to keep that eagle flying. keeping the eagle flying was more than a metaphor for building the most dependable aircraft engines in the world. it was about pride, the pride of a people who make things here in america. about the dignity of a fair wage for a hard day's work, about being able to send your kids to college, about getting good medical care and a secure retirement. about building a better future, not just for yourself, but for your country. it. fdr'sfdr -- it is what called of the warm courage of community. for more than 40 years, my mother has face