she was drawn to this new candidate on the scene in the presidential race for senator john f. kennedy. >> host: do you think it was because you were catholic? >> guest: i think it was a part of it and edition two it was her age. i always point out that while she loves history and politics wasn't really that active than grassroots politics and didn't particularly like driving downtown on a busy street so i know it was pure charisma and catholicism and his handsome looks. >> host: he was a pretty good-looking guy. >> guest: she was drawn to to that so she to that session got their extra earlier with a 4-year-old and mike two brothers imprisoned by the podium so we would be sure to see him. >> host: that is great. you did a lot of the research at the jfk library after they opened up some records and tell me about that. that gives you some new insights into rose. >> guest: this is the book that is solely based on her papers that opened up in the fall of 2006 and it's a cute story the way that happen in terms of my finding out about it i had -- had published a book on jacqueline kennedy an

video of john f. kennedy and his young family 50 years ago this weekend. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the more we learn about yesterday's fatal bus crash in indianapolis, the more heartbreaking it becomes. it was a story just developing when we came on the air last night. 3 people died and 26 others injured in a bus returning from a church youth camp went out of control and flipped on its side. it happened at the end of a long journey just minutes before the group was to return home. among the dead a young minister and his pregnant wife. while a community of faith grieves, investigators are trying to understand how it happened. nbc's john yang is in indianapolis for us tonight. john? >> reporter: good evening, lester. right now the colonial hill baptist church is holding its regular evening worship service. tonight it's taking on special meaning. hundreds of worshippers arrived at church this morning just blocks from the crash tha

my two heroes who want to sing churchill and john f. kennedy and i grew up with that camel. and i think i got more inspiration from mad than anything else you have bell on twitter asked does he ever go back to his hometown in kentucky and what kind of reception do you get. well namely straight after it. but you know the one you know living guards who did it several poverty and i nine hundred sixty nine they can i am from kentucky so i went down and got the lakes and this was the poorest county york county we didn't have to food stamps are a big get it was. the county was so hilly that you could name ground but a guard now most of the people who live off the land how they did it i don't know we have a segment we call if you only knew so we'll say so about you what makes you laugh dirty jokes most embarrassing moment you ever buy you were never embarrassed i don't bank i won't i don't think you ever wore best advice you ever received we had a problem from other people's mistakes because you can't live alone after my gum all yourself. favorite place to be if you have a favorite

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. >> she covered ten presidents from john kennedy to barack obama and became the unofficial dean of the white house press core, the one who signal ld the end of every white house news conference. she began her journalism career with united press international during world war ii when most female reporters wrote about social events and home making but her big break came with the election of john f. kennedy. thomas became the first woman to cover a president full time. she was the only female journalist to travel with president richard nixon and went onto cover the watergate schedule. thomas was a force to be reckoned with known for working long hours and asking difficult questions. >> my question is why did you reelly want to go to war from the moment you stepped into the white house. >> to assume i wanted war is flat wrong, helen. >> thomas abruptly announced retirement in 2010 after she made a controversial remark that was caught on video. >> any comments on israel? we're arresting everybody to. >> tell them to get the [ bleep ] out of palestine. she later said she regretted what he sa

[video clip] >> when the world fulfills and all is held up and there stood john kennedy 10 feet tall. 10feet tall but determined, courageous and for the first time we saw him pick up and go home. >> john pastore rhode island democrat. been out of there since 1976 or something like that. didn't die until 2003. >> that's right. >> as a matter of fact, i think his wife just died. anyway, would it -- let me ask you this, how about the oratory today compared what we seen with huey long and russell long and john pastore? >> much more docile, less robust for sure. it brings to mind edward kennedy and particularly in his later years, it was a pleasure regardless of whether you supported what he was doing or didn't. to come into the chamber and watch or c-span and watch his oratory, spectacular. old school for sure. >> over the years, when were the big increases in the senate in other words when it started back at the beginning, how many senators were there and how did it increase up to 100? >> well, there were initially 22 because all -- because not all of the 13 states ratified the constitut

senator john f. kennedy. >> because he was catholic. >> i really do. i have to think that was a major part of it. in addition to which he was about her age, so there was that new generation to which the torch was being passed. i'll was point out that while she loved history and politics, she was not that active in grass-roots politics and did not like driving downtown on very busy streets. i know that it was the charisma and probably catholicism and his handsome works. >> a pretty good looking guy. >> a good-looking guy. think she was drawn to that. she got they're extra early with me as a 4-year-old and my two older brothers and tow and put us right in front of the podium so that we would be sure to see him. >> so, my gosh. that's great. you did a lot of your research up at the jfk library after they opened up some records and tell me about that because that gives you something new, some new insights into rows. >> this book is the one that is believe based upon her papers that opened up in the fall of 2006. acustar the way that happens in terms of my

kennedy still needs senate confirmation. john mccain praising kennedy, saying that her prestige will be important in japan. >>> this time, it's not his socks. george h.w. bush has a new look. it's inspired by a 2-year-old boy in the fight of his life. the former president joined patrick's pals after learning the son of one of his secret service agents is battling leukemia. as a sign of solidarity, president bush shaved his head with other members of the security detail. the touching tribute is also personal for president bush. he lost his second child, robin, to leukemia when she was 4 years old. it sounds like it's out of a tom clancy novel. cold relics, microfilm cameras and osama bin laden's personal rifle all on display. the secret cia museum is closed to the public. only cia employees and guests are allowed access until now. nbc's richard engel has an exclusive inside look. >> it's the greatest museum you'll never see. and it's filled with secrets. hidden cameras, weapons, decoding machines. >> figuring out how the enigma wo

john kennedy, june 11, 1963, talked about racism as a moral crisis that was infecting and distorting our democracy. that kennedy, and kennedy did that because of mlk, because of grassroots insurgency that forced the president reside hand. but the team medgar ever s dies, kennedy says civil rights is everything and it still is everything right now until we solve the problem of racial ion equality in the united states, this democracy does not have a progressive future. applause. >> so, what is the nature of this application i will simply join with what my co-panelist said and read to you a few lines from a letter written in march of 1913. exactly 100 years ago. it's called, an open letter to woodrow wilson. and its author is w.e.b. due boys. you face no insolvable probable dem -- talk about the negro 0 problem. the only time it is insoluble is when insist on settling it wrong by asking contradictory thing. you cannot make ten million people century vial and dignified. docile and self-reliant, servants and independent leaders, segregated and yet part of the industrial organism, disfranch

is offering $100,000 reward in hopes of finding $1.2 million stole be from a plane at john f. kennedy last month part of a bank shipment transported on swiss air from switzerland to the new york federal reserve. when the jet arrives at john f. kennedy airport the money was gone. the f.b.i. believes it was an need job. you have heard the phrase it is hot enough to fry an egg, rangers want you to stop trying to see if it is true. they say it is stuff enough working in the hottest place on the planet without cleaning up the mess after people try to fry eggs in the park lot. this is a picture of the national park service on facebook, with the high in death valley 120 degrees and it home as record for the hottest temperature ever recorded, 134 degrees set 100 years ago today! >> i don't like to waste food. the idea of frying eggs on the pavement unless you eat it. not that hot here or not today. >> no fried eggs maybe from fried people in the stands if they are not possible at at&t park for a day game. make sure you grab the sunscreen and i will give you the forecast in a minute. here is l

. >> host: do you think that catholicism -- john kennedy was our first catholic president. do you think that helped creating that kennedy eto thes of taking care of others, the contributor to life and how that might have expressed nit their politics? >> guest: i think it did, and certainly teddy, the only brother who lived lock enough to write a memoir that came out the day he died, and you have written beautifully about teddy and the impact of religion on him. he specifically said in his memoir that gospel of matthew, i believe chapter 25, about corporal works of mercy, clothing the naked, tending to the sick, taking care of the diseased, that is what rose was committed to. i have to say, i don't find a lot of examples in her early life where she is taking her children to examples of how they can partake of corporal works of mercy, but she thought that ethos, and she raise her children in prevatican 2 catholicism which was more about self-denial than reaching out to others. but i think by giving he children that core of catholicism, we see it particularly in bobby and teddy

the kennedy administration and this is called the kennedy half century and will be the most comprehensive book to come out this fall about the legacy of johnwill encompass his campaign for the presidency, his brief term in office, his assassination and particularly focus on the impact the hat on every president since, everyone of a nine president since is directly linked to jfk in fascinating ways and ronald reagan more than any of them used the kennedy name, reputation, more ways than any president since. you might think bill clinton or barack obama but actually reagan did but every president made use of the kennedy name and kennedy legacy in one way or another. larry also landed the biggest hole ever undertaken about a public figure in america, that will be part of the book, new information about the assassination no one has seen before that he finally dragged out of bureaus and not released, we will embargo that into the book is finished. among many books on jfk this fall on the 50th anniversary of the assassination. >> host: this book is coming out in fall of 2015. when did you start working with larry on this book? >> guest: we acquir

to this new candidate on the scene senator john f. kennedy. >> host: because he was catholic? >> i do he was also about her age so she was that new generation but i always point out she was not that active in the grass-roots politics and did not like to do drive downtown on the busy streets so it was the catholicism and his hands of looks. he was a good-looking man so schaede got their extra early and put us right in front of the podium so we would be sure to see him. >> you did a lot of your research at the jfk library after they opened a record and tell me about that because that gives you some new insights. >> this is solely based on her papers and open up in the fall of 2006. i had been teaching at college and published a book on jacqueline kennedy mias students do i was interested in all things kennedy and i got an e-mail from a former student in she said did you see that rose kennedy's papers have just been opened? so i went right away to the article to devour it and i said this has to be my next project is between the supreme court sch

but the diamond and the chandelier was that-- campaigned for john kennedy in 1960, kennedy was grateful and a big backer of his career thence forth. >> and the other thing is when we've got a major issue, so immigration is the hot topic now in washington. you've had recently kind of a whole bunch of photos that you have put out on the theme of immigration. there is one that struck me. you can explain this photo from the island. >> the fascinating thing to me is to take a look at number one how they were treated when these new american arrived. number two, just sort of -- you wonder what happened to them, what happened to their descendants with. >> so this is-- explain, it is a dining hall so they're waiting to be processed. >> waiting to be processed. and some of them might have been turned away, probably not given the numbers but there is sort of a symbol of how america has welcomed new arrivals all through our history. >> so with where do you get these photos? because you're writing books. i imagine are you working on a project right now. >> i am. >> and i see you, sometimes it can be

when john kennedy sought the nomination in 1960, there was a vacancy. the last time i checked, there is not a vacancy. >> she is the first upstart to every challenge? >> i just wanted the analogy. >> the last word is "no vacancy. " there will be a vacancy your next week. see you next week. ♪ >> hello from brussels and a very warm welcome to "european journal" and thanks for tuning in. here's a look at what we have for you over the next half-hour -- italian irritation. portuguesepara talks -- paradox. and the british baronet -- meet the man who owns kissing can village. sometimes things take a very long

when john kennedy sought the nomination in 1960, there was a vacancy. the last time i checked, there is not a vacancy. >> she is the first upstart to every challenge? >> i just wanted the analogy. >> the last word is "no vacancy. " there will be a vacancy your next week. see you next week. >>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, stand your ground. >> it's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and so dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. these laws try to fix something that was never broken by allowing and perhaps encouraging violent situations to escalate in public. such laws undermind public safety. >> attorney general eric holder this week addressed the naacp. the 104-year-old national association for the advancement of colored people. general

. >> you have questioned every president since john kennedy. did they give you the answer you're looking for regardless of their party affiliation? >> no. of course they don't. it absolutely changed the subject era >> let me show two examples. verse we will begin with helen -- first we will begin with helen. this is in march of 2006. >> after that great performance -- >> you're going to be sorry. >> let me take it back. >> your decision to invade iraq is going to bother thousands of americans and iraqis. every reason given publicly turned out not to be true. why did you really want to go to war from the moment you stepped into the white house? what was your real reason? you said it wasn't oil. it hasn't been israel or anything else. what was it? i didh all due respect, not want war. to assume i wanted war is flat wrong, helen. in all due respect. hold on for a second. excuse me. no president wants war. everything you may have heard is that but it is simply not true. bout the defense of this country changed on september the 11th. i doubtgot atta

from rose to her children and some of them are quite skating i enjoyed the fact she was after john kennedy when he was in office to shape up a little bit how he presented himself and his manners. tell me about those letters. >> first of all, there were 250 archival boxes and i went to another 50 of the family photographs so there are some rare photographs never been seen before a and i was amazed at the letter writing prodigiously is. [laughter] from the time she was young woman in addition to the 250 boxes of her official papers i came across her lap private letters of the internet held in private collections that i could gather some of those together as well that nobody had written about because nobody had them except the original people to whom she sent the letter said there is at least half a dozen that she wrote to her childhood friend how she wanted to go to wellesley college and all the way through middle-aged to talk about her husband's time in hollywood and even mentions gloria swanson. so these letters that are officially opened at the kennedy library, yes, rose was a typical vic

i ran her, that -- remember, that was the year john kennedy was killed.e of this -- none of us could believe this could occur, that you could kill the president of the united states. very shortly after that i went to the south. ostensibly to be in a theater, and i was taken to a house in the quarter that had collards -- coloreds only on it, and i thought that must be a throwback . i went in and a very nice black lady showed me to a room. the head of the heater took me to a restaurant and we were thrown out of the restaurant because i was sitting with a black man in a restaurant in new orleans. i had never been thrown out before. i stand up -- he says, no, sit down. then, not only rehearsing the play, learning more about "waiting for to go -- waiting ot", more than i ever heard from any other critic then going to mississippi. my introduction to mississippi, we drove into my, -- macomb. than were more black men i'd ever seen in my life. i was from westchester county. they are listening to a 14-year- old black girl say how she had been beaten and kicked and

never before scene footage of john f. kennedyws him 50 years ago this week just four months before his assassination. here you can series playing a little golf at his family compound in hyannis port. the 15 minute film offers a rare glimpse into the family's life and some of their final joyful moments. here you can see a little caroline on his father's lap. that's coming up. while they enjoy a cruise on the presidential yacht. and then mom jackie later you can see the president diving into the ocean for a swim. >>> the obama administration renews its vow to reject proposed spending cuts by congressional republicans. jack lew said the president will not sign government funding bills that slash domestic spending or negotiate cuts to reduce the federal debt limit. he said this on on fox news sunday. >> congress has on stop looking at what's the last possible moment. no within can predict and they can't take the risk of making a mistake. they should get back after their time off in august and they should finish their work and get it

kennedy is the daughter of former president john f. kennedy and the third generation of american political royalty. she supported mr. obama at a crucial moment in the 2008 campaign and co-chaired his re-election. she still needs senate confirmation though. republican senator john mccain praised kennedy saying that her prestige will be important in japan. >>> striking new images of george h.w. bush surfaced. his new look is partially inspired by a 2-year-old boy in a fate of his life. the former president joined patrick's pals after learning the son of one of the secret service agents is battling leukemia. a sign of solidarity. president bush shaved his head with other members of his security detail. the touching tribute is also very personal for president bush who lost his second child, robin, to leukemia when she was only 4 years old. >>> now here's your first look at scrambled politics. texas becoming the 12th state to ban abortions after 20 weeks, a new poll finds 44% support a been after 20 weeks. 37% oppose it. for the comments tha

. >> host: do you think that catholicism, because john kennedy was our first catholic president, do you think that helped create that ethos, that kennedy ethos of taking care of others, a contributory life? or, and how that might have expressed itself in their politics? >> guest: i think it did and, certainly, teddy who was the only brother to live to write a memoir that came out -- >> host: wonderful book. >> guest: literally, the day he died, and you have written beautifully about the teddy and about the impact of religion on him, but he specifically said in the his memoir that the gospel of matthew, i believe it's chapter 25, about corporal works of mercy, clothing the naked, tending to the sick, taking care of the deceased, on and on, that that that is what rose was committed to. i have to say i don't find a lot of examples in her early life where she is taking her children to examples of how they can partake of corporal works of mercy -- >> host: but she taught that, you think doing. >> i think she taught that ethos, and she raised her children in pre-vatican ii catholicism which w

kennedy is expected to be confirmed to replace current ambassador john roos in tokyo. kennedy is 55 years old. she's a lawyer and an author and she heads a foundation that oversees a library commemorating her father. kennedy has been active within the democratic party. she helped propel obama to the presidential nomination in 2008, and last year, she served as co-chair of his re-election campaign. if approved by the senate, kennedy would become the first female ambassador to japan. >>> the wait is over. britain's prince william and wife catherine have named their newborn baby boy george alexander louis. royal officials made the announcement on wednesday. george has been the name of six british kings. george vi was queen elizabeth's father. the choice seems popular. >> i think it's a good, strong name. >> i guess it's traditional but it's modern as well. >> the bbc says queen elizabeth visited kensington palace on wednesday to meet her great-grandson for the first time. the duke and duchess of cambridge together with the baby prince then traveled to the house of catherin

it is the work of ted sorensen and john kennedy together. i think there were inseparable in ideas and in drafting and words with thing. it is a joint work of two great men. it is also to my mind the most remarkable speech in foreign policy that i know of. because i'm like every other foreign policy speech it was not directed at our counterparts, or it was directed at our counterparts, but highly and directly. it was directed at americans. and that is an incredible and brave thing to do. kennedy said, some say that it is useless to speak of peace or world law or world disarmament and it will be useless until the leaders of the soviet union and adopt a more enlightened attitude. i hope they do. i believe we can help them to do it, but i also believe that we must reexamine our own attitudes as individuals and as a nation. for our attitude is as essential as there's. this is a language presidents don't use, calling on americans to reexamine our own attitudes. at the height of the cold war and with regard to what was viewed as the mortal enemy to

and first lady, of course, and the for the acknowledge was just released by the kennedy presidential library and museum. johnnnedy was shot and killed in november 1963, four months after this was filmed. >> whoever said you are too old to place with legos is not introduced to the new line which are for adults only. for $150 this are 1,200 all white legos, and they include instructions for assembling creative structures that are more sophisticateed. >> watch abc live stream is now available, the first local station and abc is the first broadcast network to bring you a live stream of your local news and all of your favorite abc tv shows. now you never have to miss a minute of the news and shows you love. you are allowed to bring abc with you wherever you want to be, a special new benefit brought to you by abc, comcast, charter communication at no additional cost. enter your tv provider account information to log in and get the life stream or search watch abc to download the app. >> very easy to do and now, police cars race to a california beach side community. ahead, the violence breaking out after what should

it was 50 years ago that john f. kennedyome time to unwind and relax at the family compound on the coast of massachusetts. as about to watch it was a very happy time shortly before tragedy struck. the never-before-seen film in color but silent captures president kennedy and his beautiful young family relaxed at play at the compound called by some as camelot. >> this is where they would go to hyannisport. >> reporter: with the cuba missile crisis behind him and high approval ratings, the summer found kennedy at the peak of his popularity. >> the sense you have is people who are frolicking. he's playing golf. what i noticed is after he sank a putt he didn't spend doubtdown to get the golf ball because he was wearing a back brace. he had a tcluded in moscow on a treat yo to ban all nuclear tests in outer space and under water. >> reporter: it continues with them taking a cruise on the yacht. he can be seen as a doting father. daughter caroline nestles up to him and they go for a swim. jackie kennedy is there, too, pregnant. she

and john kennedy was intimately involved in designing the m-16 which we use today.inating connection, isn't it? >> absolutely. it's such a magnificent part of our history. >> the m-1 saved theorld because my father and so many members of the greatest generation had that gun by their side in combat zones in world war ii. that gun was better than the janese version, had nor shots. >> now that counts for history and for saving american lives. at's the interesting ent play between technology and moving our history backward. putting food on the table, expand being the country. wenow about the crimes quite well. i thinkhat we've forgotten is the connection thatguns have to our military history and to our freedom in many ways. >> absolutely. we talk about guns that won the west. we're talking about the peacemaker, we're talking abo the spnser, 're talking about the winchesser repaeding arm. say it is a terrific idea, brilliantly executed. your hands and independent sure that chris kyle would be thrilled with the result. >> gd to have you with us. >>. >> to loudobbs.com for

last u.s.008 the senator to win the presidency was john kennedy. then you got to 2008 and had to u.s. senators. two u.s. senators. if i were a party, i would rather have a governor as a nominee, someone not perceived to be a part of washington. does that mean that any governor could win the? obviously not. we have exhausted all questions. twitter questions. hopefully you buckled up all the majority ones. are we supposed to read names? asks, 2014, gop still in trouble with yonder non- white female and on-partisan voters. will it matter in the mid-term election? i think the answer to that is it depends. mid-term that in the election all voters are old, white, male and conservative liberals. he will obviously have them that are younger, non-white female and moderate. how many are there corn to be? keep in mind in the house, how many are there going to be in the 4-5 senate states that make a difference in terms of the u.s. senate. yes, republicans, to the extent they had problems in 2004, those problems, just because of the nature of the turnout might

a guy who is obsessed and has an issue that prevents him from doing anything other than -- >> john kennedy how he got disabled to dial with the crisis, he dealt with the cuban missile crisis but he had a very -- should it matter? >> it. look, a big difference with weiner after lying to voters,. neil: weiner is no kennedy. >> my problem 92 on number one problem, i thought he was a bad congressman. neil: tre is that. >>s that is why i would not have voted for him. neil: he comes at a time, right, left, they happen in way here that it --t is hitting basic trust issues in our government, leaders, is it justifies ? >> they do ce in waive --n waves, people hear the story, more people come forward, this behavior is wrong, politicians live in a different world now, 24 hours news,witter, they are held to different standard wld today is different from the world that jfk governed. neil: they all med on. spitzer will win. right, but would you -- you accept a certain level of sponsibility. you know your lifes public. you cannot handel that responsibility, don't run for publicffice. you open baembarras

three examples of america first supporters at this time included harvard senior named john f. kennedy, a cornell university student named kurt vonnegut and a precocious student named gore vidal who founded a chapter of america first. their opposition isn't all that surprising if you think about it. they didn't know they were going to be the greatest generation in a few years. they didn't think of this as a good war back then. they knew that if we got into the war they were going to be among the first to fight ends millions of them revolted against the very thought of american participation in another bloody european conflict. remember it was only 20 years since world war i had ended. that was supposed to be the war to make the world save for democracy, that was what woodrow wilson told the american people. actually made the world save for adolf hitler. the european allies didn't cooperate. stood aside while hit a came to power. no way do we want to get involved in another one of these things. so the opposition of the college students in 1939-1941 to me was very much like the 1960s and

video of john f. kennedy and his young family 50 years ago this weekend.

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caroline kennedy is president of the john f. tion and chairs a committee at the institute of politics at harvard university. she was also an early supporter of president obama in the presidential primary campaigns of 2008, his first campaign for the presidency. the world, of course, first got to know caroline kennedy by watching her play with her father in the oval office. the rewrite is next. olesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. it's been a happy union. he does laundry, and i do the cleaning. there's only two of us... how much dirt can we manufacture? more than you think. very little. [ doorbell rings ] [ lee ] let's have a look, morty. it's a sweeper. what's this? what's that? well we'll find out. we'll find out. [ lee ] it goes under all the way to the back wall. i came in under the assumption that it was clean. i've been living in a fool's paradise! oh boy... there you go... morty just summed it up. the

stood still and everyone held our breath and here stood john f. kennedy ten feet tall. en feet tall, that determined, courageous, and strong, and, for first st time, for the time, we saw nikita khrushchev and go home.arbles pastore, rhode island democrat. didn't die until 2003. fact, i think i just saw his wife just died in may or something. but anyway, would it have made any difference -- let me ask toir how about the or today compared to what we've seen with huey long and russell pastore. john how did you compare to it? more docile, less row backups for sure. john f. kennedy. later larly later in the years they had it on c-span. this is or toir. old school. >> over the years, when were the the senate?s in in other words, when it started back at the beginning. there?y senators were and how did it increase up to 100? 22 because not all of the states gratified the constitution when it convened on 6 in the senate in 1789. gradually, of course, through numbers century, the increased. members. they had 76 that began to pose some major procedural problems. there the people o

. >> i thought john kennedy did that. >> women are supposed to stand by their man and go yes, lovely.'re not. >> and be a permanent victim. >> when ken starr went on the witch hunt, it was 23 years of marriage for the clintons. the weiners have been mard less than a year. very different situation. >> i'm not sure which is worse. >> i think bill is worse. >> for what it's worse, they're both awful. >> that's true. >>> fox business own charles gaspar inowe is going to join us in the crackdown of insider trading. all the details, brand new book is coming up next. "circle of friends." straight ahead. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, yo

kennedy is the most prominent surviving member of the late president john f. kennedy's family. she would be the first woman to serve as u.s. ambassador to japan. >>> coming up next in sports, another rough night for the giants. >>> ahmed fareed here at the exfinnerty sports desk. the giants were in first lace last year. 2 1/2 games up on the dodgers. not the case this year. the finale between the giants and the reds at at&t park. chad gaudin the bearded one. phillips singles to right center. blanco, some trouble out there. defense, a bit of a struggle for the giants on this night. mike leake driving one to center. that would have been a good play by blanco. they fall to 1-6, versus the reds this season. >>> how about the a's in houston, takening on the astros. cespedes making his first start since the all-star break. seventh inning here. eric sogard. that lead cut to one. seth smith comes in to score. travis blackley on the mound. giving up the go ahead two-run home run to coco crisp. the a's win again. final score, 4-3. >>> football is right around the corner. and the 49ers ve

you sum up what was going on in america at that time that led to the march that had people like john kennedy worried and people like you adamant about what had to be done? >> well, the years leading up to the march on washington had been an unbelievable amount of action on the part of the movement. people had been sitting in lunch counters, standing in at theatres. people had been arrested and jailed by the hundreds and thousands. people had been beaten. the signs that said, "white and colored." "white waiting." "colored waiting." "white men." "colored men." "white women." "colored women." they were still around. medgar evers had been assassinated in mississippi in june of 1963. bull connor, the police commissioner of the city of birmingham, had used dogs and fire hoses on children, women in the streets of birmingham. hundreds and thousands of young people, young children, had been arrested and jailed in the city of birmingham. people couldn't register to vote simply because of the color of their skin. back in 1961, '62, '63, people had to pass a so-called literacy test in my native state of

the difference is you had an african american president talk about this issue rather than john kennedy, are campaigning 50 years ago for a civil rights bill. who among us would like to have the color of his skin changed and live the life that african americans were, us, presumably, how different the audience were. after the death of martin luther king, called on black americans and essentially said, don't respond with violence. they quite rightly said you don't have the standing to say that to us. in contrast president obama said the way to dishonor trayvon martin's legacy would be to respond with violence. also with politically motivates, in has been a rising expectation in some areas of the country that this verdict may be overwhelmed by federal action. it was probably even more after attorney general holder said the other day, sort of a diamond in the chandelier in the speech was, don't expect that to happen. >>brown: leonard pitts, react to what you hear around the table but also the continuing conversation that the president was talking about, not national conversation but some ki

. >> i thought john kennedy did that. >> women are supposed to stand by their man and go yes, lovely.ot. >> and be a permanent victim. >> when ken starr went on the witch hunt, it was 23 years of marriage for the clintons. the weiners have been mard less than a year. very different situation. >> i'm not sure which is worse. >> i think bill is worse. >> for what it's worse, they're both awful. >> that's true. >>> fox business own charles gaspar inowe is going to join us in the crackdown of insider trading. all the details, brand new book is coming up next. "circle of friends." straight ahead. [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast. choose youroup, salad, entree, plus dessert all ju $14.99. me into red lobster, and sea od differently. right now, go to redlober.com for $10 off 2 select entrees. good monday through thsday. for $10 off 2 select entrees. fby eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief yo

. -- john f. kennedy. they each contributed to one another's political education. george smathers is remembered for the campaign against claude pepper. he defeated claude pepper. some thought it was a scandal louse campaign. -- a scurrilous campaign. there's a certain mythology, never tracked that down of george smathers going around giving speeches saying, george -- clyde pepper has a sister who's a thespian, his brother has a brother that was a home same yen and on and on. brother was a practicing whole book --, say p.m. and on and on. smathers denied all that. he did the oral history at the time that clyde pepper died to set the record straight. as my partner in this book neil mcneil said, he should left that alone. he would have gone down as the greatest wits of all time to come up with a campaign attack. >> neil mcneil who you co-authored this died of what? 2008? >> cancer. >> i believe it was lung cancer. >> what was he like? >> he was large, deeply confidence in his own abilities. he had the power, and most senators knew this, to put a senator on the cover o