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john f. kennedy was dealing with an issue which if he dealt with it wrong would have meant we wouldn't be here today. the apocalypse is would have occurred. we now know 50 years later that it was even more dangerous than people thought it was bad. in 1962 they estimated the rate to 6,000 sutures on the island. in fact there were 50,000 soviet soldiers on the island. the cia thought that they had only brought intermediate range ballistic missiles to the fact the russians have also brought with them tactical nuclear weapons and sarandon guantÁnamo naval base with frog missiles will the forces on the island had the authority to deliver from moscow but when the first american bomb dropped on cuba they could follow tactical weapons into the guantÁnamo naval base. but just as that was so important, it shouldn't completely overlook the other crisis, the indian war. china and india are the world's biggest countries by virtue of the population and back in the 1960s, there was a cutting edge of a competition b

i think that incident shows the competitiveness of john kennedy. or was no way he was going to lose the race to the russians. there were other factors that played into his changing of mind, making kennedy realized that he had to regain presidential initiatives. kennedy did change his mind, but behind the scenes he thought very much like eisenhower. he was not a space aficionados. >> [indiscernible] >> could you talk a little bit about the relationship between clarity of thinking and clarity of writing in relation to the development of eisenhower's communicating and founding programs? yanek: the question was about eisenhower's clarity of thinking and writing. good question. eisenhower was known as press conferences to be bubbling and inarticulate. he would mixed metaphors, break grammatical rules. he would sometimes plead ignorance. he would say, for example, i have not read that bill yet, about the civil rights legislation. he said, i don't understand the particulars of it, i will have to refer you to my attorney general. his press conferences weren

only reagan and john kennedy recognized the power of the box in people's living room. -- room."raig: yes. yes. even now, how many years -- 51 years since john kennedy was president and you still watch these press conferences and they highly informative, highly entertaining and utterly compelling. he just had a gift for television. he was just very cool. everyone goes to the famous -kennedy debates of 1960, but you see his interview with walter kong kite -- cronkhite, there something compelling about this man that you want to believe him. you want to believe him, you feel comfortable with him as being president of the united states. i think reagan had the same effect on people. brian: another one. "over wine and cheese, the matrons of georgetown said the anti-drug campaign was really about her public relations." and it was not? craig: i think that she did some good work. just say no is still part of the lexicon. i think there's probably statistics out there that show that her campaign lessened drug abuse and drug dependency in america. it was certainly a good thing to do. a lot o

you have all these books about women who had affairs with john kennedy. the lyndon johnson side, it is a sparse record. madeline brown was involved in all these conspiracies. she said she heard lyndon johnson say i'm not going to have a kennedy sticking me around much longer just for the assassination of john kennedy in dallas. she is a part of that, and that has discredited her. so far, people have not been able to discredit her on this. brian: what papers were you able to find? betty: there are a couple of interesting files. when she was running the office. remember, at pearl harbor, she was in alabama going over financial papers. she knew she would inherit land and money from her uncle. she heard about the pearl harbor report and the fdr speech. when she was back in washington, lyndon had signed up for active service. she took over his office for six months in 1942. she ran it extremely well. i loved looking at her correction. the office had cointreau or five secretaries, and -- had cointreau or five -- had four or five secretaries, and she went over e

yes. -- 51ow, how many years years since john kennedy was and you still watch press conferences and theyre highly informative and entertaining and utterly compelling. he had a gift for television. he was very cool. everyone goes to the famous nixon-kennedy debates, but you see his interview with walter kong kite -- cronkhite, there something compelling about this man that you want to believe him. you feel comfortable with him as being president of the united states. i think reagan had the same effect on people. brian: over wine and cheese, the matrons of georgetown said the anti-drug campaign was really about her public relations. and it was not? she did somek that good work. the lexicon.art of i think there's probably statistics out there that show lessened drug abuse and drug dependency in america. a lot of first ladies have causes. jackie kennedy had the refurbishing of the white house as a cause. lady bird had been vacation of america as a cause. betty ford had addiction and breast cancer as a cause. it seems like it was a pretty good cause to me, which was at least to endeavor to ge

barack obama, john kennedy, bill democratsbarack obama, john kennedy, bill clinton, democrats , often young , relatively inexperienced candidate. republicans do not do that. they have not done it historically. it is hard to find an example of republicans embracing a young candidate and making him the nominee why the difference this . time? >> he is at halftime during his life. he has enough experience, but he is looking toward the future. hillary is in the fourth quarter. john: why does the party who does not like youth and relative inexperience change its mind this time? >> we have unfortunately told people wait your turn in the past with nominees and that has not worked out well. factor fact, we have a bunch of gatecrashers right now who have said, i am not waiting for my turn. 70-year-old man with donald trump to a 40-year-old man with marco rubio. i want somebody at halftime looking at the next 50 years, i don't want somebody at the end of the fourth quarter, and that is hillary clinton. mark: one adjective to describe marco rubio? >> aspirational. >> ted cruz. >> smart. mark: one

kennedy administration. we call it camelot. it really was something special. john f. kennedy was a particularly gifted decision-maker as residents. -- president. we're talking a lot about character of a president because we are in our presidential campaign season. this is a man who demonstrated unusual character in the white house. charlie: what you mean by character? bruce: he faced some of the hardest decisions any president in american history has faced. the book is about one of those, india,nese invasion of which comes simultaneously with the soviet adventure in cuba and the cuban missile crisis. he handled two huge global crises simultaneously. in both, he showed unusual depth of thinking about the problem and thinking it through, not necessarily doing the easy thing or the thing his advisers told him to do, but in the end, coming up with two important victories. charlie: for example, he had people urging him to bomb cuba. bruce: virtually his whole cabinet wanted him to go to war in cuba with the russians. his brother and the president were the only two who looke

steve: there is an iconic photograph of your grandfather with resident john kennedy at camp david, whichs not too far from where we are here. what was the relationship like between these two presidents? i think kennedy had a lot of respect for granddad. and granddad always engaged him. you have to look at it as the role of ex-president's to leave office and go off and live the next chapter of your life. he did get called upon. it was not like they were talking all the time nor they had a relationship before. they didn't know each other before that inauguration. picturemeone gave me a 20 years ago, the famous picture in the whole -- in the oval office. this picture is granddad standing with kennedy as a senator. kneee playing around the hole of the does. steve: did he complain golf cleats damaged the floor of the oval office? i think he did but he might have been mistaken. i don't know. steve: some of the great students will walk around. if you have questions, we will get to them in 5-10 minutes. be sure to write them down. how important was a sherman adams to the eisenhower the end the c

e words of john f. kennedy president john f. contendy, january 29, 1961, part of his speech that day said, to meet these problems will require the efforts, not only of our leaders or the democratic party, but the combined efforts of all of our people. no one has a right to feel that having entrusted the task of government to new leaders in washington, he can continue to pursue his private comforts unconcerned with america's challenges and dangers, for if freedom is to survive and prosper, it will require the sacrifice, the effort and the thoughtful attention of every citizen in my own native state of massachusetts. the battle for american freedom as begun by the thousands of farmers and tradesmen who made up the minutemen, citizens who were ready to defend their liberty at a moment's notice. president kennedy guess on with these words, today, we need a nation of minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are wil

elizabeth warren, john kennedy, and others join mayor marty walsh for the lighting another menorah in downtown crossing. it doesn't feel like hanukkah should be happening right now.>> you can see people wearing short sleeves today.>> i feel like it should be columbus day weekend.>> ridiculously warm the last couple of days. this all weekend good for any outside plans. not really feeling my christmas. we may be dreaming of a white christmas, that song has been stuck in my head all day. you will be dreaming about it because it's not looking likely year. forecast models really not hinting at any snow the next historically speaking, they seeing a white christmas in a better chance if you had to the north and west, which is high temperatures not helping things today. fishburne. it felt fabulous, 59 degrees in boston. providence, 58. lawrence with a high of 57. the average high should only be 44. we're obviously well above it. boston back down the 43 degrees with your real feel temperature of 38 as we factor in the wind from southwest, making it feel a bit cooler than the actual temperature

john f. kennedy quietly gave nixon $1000 to defeat her.ouglas was the perfect target for nixon's style of campaigning. a unseeded campaign he waged against me. the essence of that kind of avoid thes this: to boguss, you work up focus issu issues. betty: the relationship with lyndon goes back to their days gather in the house -- days together in the house. when she came in the house of representatives from california in 19 the five, she was-- in 1945, she was gorgeous, hollywood-smart, and glamorous. she was the most glamorous woman in the house. she stands out like a birth they take on the salad bar -- birthday cake on the salad bar. she is in lyndon johnson's -- thefirst issues there first day she is there. she was attacked on the house floor by congressman lincoln for the same thing set in the 1950's, being a communist. she stood up and said, "are you referring to me?" there was a scene. theen get-- lyndon gets speaker and gets rankin to answer helen's question. wasn't, which is not true. is interesting, how public lyndon came to her res

the spirit of camp david. >> there is an iconic photograph of your grandfather with president john kennedyionship like between these two presidents? >> i think kennedy had a lot of respect for grand dad. he consulted with him a lot, particularly about cuba. i'm sure it was mutual because grand dad always engaged him. >> i think you have to look at it again as the role of ex-presidents then. it was to leave office and go off and do the -- live the next chapter of your life unless you're called upon. to underscore mary's point, he did get called upon, but it wasn't like they were talking all the time or they even had a relationship before. they didn't know each other particularly before that inauguration. >> just a funny aside, someone gave me a picture later on in life maybe 20 years later, 20 years ago, which is the famous picture of john john on the knee hole in the oval office. we're playing around the knee hole of the desk. sort of fun. >> is it true that president kennedy complained that the golf cleats had damaged the floor in the oval office? >> i think he did, but i think he was, i

ambassador to india was kennedy's friend, john kenneth gaal brave. he played a major role. >> he was kennedy's number one advisor and effectively became number one advisor on what to do. that is a diplomat who is going given bynd what he is the united states and becoming his closest confidant at the height of the crisis. when it looks like the chinese are going to probably carve up wrote andia, nehru letter to the president. askedcond letter he wrote kennedy to intervene in the war directly, to go beyond just providing supplies, but to send 350 american combat aircraft to india to begin fighting the chinese air force and begin bombing raids into tibet. chinese day, the unilaterally stopped. kennedy never had to answer that letter. it's one of the great what it's. charlie: why did china stop? bruce: hard to say. the chinese government today still does not open up its archive to researchers. tung was a very peculiar dictator. he did not confide in anyone else. he saw that the united states was firmly coming in on the side of the indians and he did not w

i m tom putnam, director of the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. on behalf of the kennedy library foundation and all my library and foundation qualities i thank you for coming, welcome our viewers on c-span and acknowledge generous underwriters of the kennedy library forum. these funds make america, the boston foundation and our immediate sponsors, the boston globe and wb 0 r. of many memorable moments in my 16 years working at the library none compare to the two days when senator edward kennedy's body lay in repose in this very hall to allow his friends, colleagues and and buyers to pay their last respects before he was buried in arlington national cemetery next to his brothers. we had announced we would close at midnight the first day and reopen at 6:00 a.m. the next. that initial night wore on i sensed staff and security were tiring, i went out the front door at 11:30 p.m. to see how many folks remained in line. i have never been so moved in my life, hundreds if not thousands of people waited patiently under a summer night sky and walked and wal

john kennedy was a very good writer. some presence had wonderful writers for the scripts. also george hw bush when he became president. , they were great speeches. words are much more important than many people realize. i remember when hillary clinton was running last time and she accused her competition, using words is a huge part of leadership. they have all had the power of communication, lincoln, theodore roosevelt, jack kennedy, words matter and carry-on for the following generations. we still quote this. imagine martin luther king without the power of his words. that is why it is important that we all learn to use the english language. one of the startling marvelous aspects of the wright brothers was the quality of the letters of the wrote. it was not just that they were correct grammatically, they were powerful and effective clear and could be funny and touching. they were incapable of writing a short letter or a boring one. that's where it is. i would've wanted to have written my book about the wright brothers even if they had not succeeded in their mission. so muc

this president, john f. kennedy, did two critical things.ed an airlift of supplies to keep the indian army going in the battle. second, he kept the pakistanis out of the war. this is multitasking at the -- decision-making level of an awesome consequence. simultaneously, two problems involving the largest countries of the world -- russia, china and india and he is handling it both. if you thought the cuban missile crisis was his finest hour, it is even finer than you thought it was. john: as a problem, a riddle to solve, it seems like a somewhat simpler problem than the subject of your book. bruce: the problem of china and india has not gone away. this war more than 50 years ago has still not been resolved. the largest disputed order in the world is between china and india. it drives the arms race that goes on today. the nuclear arms race between china, india and pakistan is probably the most dangerous arms race in the world. john: i want to talk a little bit about jackie kennedy who you , wrote about in the book and played a key diplomatic r

. >> suddenly barry goldwater could be talked about as the republican john f. kennedy years because conservative republicans get mad and stay home. let's grow up, conservatives. let's -- if we want to take this party back, and i think we can some day, let's get to work! >> and for the next four years, the conservatives went to work. >>> little dust devils of by wild cub ter" ♪ ♪ ♪ most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. always get the lowest price, only when you book direct at hampton.com at&t knows the best kind of holiday... is the kind where everyone gets what they wished for. make this holiday extra happy when you buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones... like the samsung galaxy s6. buy one get one free. so spread some cheer. and capture every minute of it. right now at at&t, buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantag

[laughter] >> i never see john. kennedy qualities for running for presidents. none of them reminded me of fdr and none of them reminded me of reagan and none of them reminded me of lincoln. i see candidates as men and women responding to and living in very time in their time. a beg your pardon. i've been talking too much in the last couple of days. i always hope for them that they will be great. i always hope for them that 20 years from now will say something like, it'll be the year 2040 or whatever it would be. let's say it's 2040, i hope we look back and say, yeah, but is he a marco rubio. do you know what i mean? yeah, be is she a hillary clinton? [laughter] >> so i think greatness comes in real-time but only judged in retrospect and i just never compare anybody in politics to anybody who came before them. i don't find it helpful and i don't find it clarifying. >> we are going to open it up for questions. you do have a quote that i love, do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage. do you feel like you have left an impact? >> oh,

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i got on the elevator and there was john segan fowler. ethel kennedy, robert kennedy's widow, i cannot help myself, zero my gosh, excuse me, i i just thought you would want to know, you are in a comic book that i am working on with john lewis. ethel kennedy looks at me with these big beautiful eyes and says well, that's nice dear. you can understand what it meant to me when a few years later she called on my cell phone to tell me that march book one was the first graphic novels ever when the kennedy book award. [applause]. that was not the moment we realize we are well our way to inspiring a new generation. that moment came just before book one came out. i got a phone call from a reporter in a newspaper he said look, i don't usually do this, but i gave i gave your book to my 9-year-old son, he has read it. then he went and put on his sunday suit and now is marching around my house demanding equality for everyone. imagine if we existed in a world where there was a social consciousness in every 9-year-old. in a generation of injustice would know hunger b

if you said to ted sorenson, who work with john f. kennedy and then attempted to help lyndon johnson when johnson was president for a little while, are your speeches for jfk and lbj different? i think his answer -- he was a friend of mine. i knew him well. cared about him a lot. i think his answer would be, yes, because lbj was not jfk. they were just different human beings. but his answer would also be, but at the end of the day, ted sorenson was the writer so there would have been some similarities. so it's a complicated little dance. yes, sir. >> we have time for one more question. i'm sorry. peggi is going to be signing books. >> thank you for coming, appreciate you being here. as someone who has spent several years working with president reagan to use eloquence to rise to the occasion of national crises. how would you assess looking at president obama's performance in turkey after the paris attacks, how would you assess his performance in terms of his comments following the paris attacks? >> very often -- i don't see the world 100% the w

as a historian i would point to john kennedy as a person. glamour, sense of humor, larger than life, kind of looked like he was always in control even though he wasn't, that's the kind of person you need. a little bit younger. not reaganesque because he was very ideological. but more of a moderate person who could persuade and say this is what's best for somebody. come along with me. but you need somebody with show biz qualities. reagan had that. charles will be yo.charles: yout taste those checked off. bill: i'm not interested in politics. i could have done it a long time ago. i have more power now than i think any politician or the president has to change things like kate's law. but i believe there are politicians, but they have to be bold and fresh. kennedy could do it because he was a rich guy with his father behind him. if you are looking to a politician to galvanize he would be the one to look to. charles: how do you decide the next topic? bill: i write about people i want to write about. i was fascinated about ronald reagan because he

. >> john kennedy's death commands what his life conveyed, that america must move forward. >> i think genuinely felt that continuity in the government after this terrible event was essential to retaining the confidence of the american people. >> and now the ideas and the ideals which he so nobly represented must and will be translated into effective action. give yourself the gift of a better network. get up to 50% off our hottest android smartphones, like the samsung galaxy s6. only till december 27th. wheall i can think abouthit, is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil severe dave, i'm sorry to interrupt. i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. isn't it beautiful when things just come together? build a beautiful website with squarespace. players celebrate with rings, teams celebrate with trophies,

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stuart: that was john kennedy? >> that was john kennedy 1961.lf to kennedy. he is at the farthest end of the spectrum from kennedy. kennedy is encouraging people to be self relyient and kennedy was encouraging to get the bad guys off the street. this administration, fewer prosecutions, problems within his own administration and they're the problems. you know, the muslim brotherhood publication in december of 2012 had a great article in egyptian paper talking about six of obama's top advisors are muslim brothers and, you know, i get criticized for bringing that up but the muslim brotherhood are the ones bragging about having the top advisors to the president. it's only that kind of advisor that would tell him to come out after christians, jews, particularly were singled out at a christmas party in san bernardino and say we've got to protect the muslims. stuart: he wouldn't call it a christmas party. the president called it a holiday party. >> yeah, he calls his a holiday tree. our new speaker paul ryan called it a christmas tree at the capital. h

. >> with the tranquil courage of the great leaders of democracy, john fitzgerald kennedy said to the had been some back and forth between kennedy and khrushchev. we'll make a promise not to invade cuba and within a matter of months the united states will take its missiles out of turkey. >> in return for that, khrushchev publicly and verifiably removed soviet missiles from cuba. >> the conditions of the cold war had been altered in spirit if not in fact by what happened in cuba. as a result of american determination in the crisis, morale has been raised throughout the non-communist world. >> perhaps this is the beginning of more understanding between our peoples. >> both sides realize we need to stand back from this and we need to create a framework that's less dangerous. >> i have chosen this time and place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds. and the truth too rarely perceived and that is the most important topic on earth, peace. >> the following june, kennedy gives the famous peace speech at american university in which he talks about changing our attitudes towa

john kennedy. [ applause ]. i ask you -- so i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm democrat or republican? >> people recognize television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 in those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> all right. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers had fully gotten a grip on how effective this is a way to sell products, the definition of what you were doing was to create entertainment that would appeal to as many people as possible. >> beaver, eat your brussels sprouts. >> i can't. my stomach's filled up to my throat. >> no excuses. >> "leave it to beaver" was something that a lot of families understood. it's the first show that was ever shot from the perspective of a child. >> beaver. >> most people have had a lot of the experiences that the beaver or wally has had and everyone in their life has an eddie haskell. >> wally, some dumb kid fell in the soup. good eve

a few outcroppings, lincoln, and most notably, john f. kennedy inaugural speech when he said, ask not what your country can could for you, ask what you can do for your country. and then he said in that very short inaugural speech that america, americans, will pay any price and bear any burden for the future of liberty. so that was over half a century ago. and we haven't heard anything like it since. and instead of politicians saying, we'll pay any price, they say, you don't have to pay any price at all and it's all about your own interests, namely, what can government offer you by way of benefits and how little can government take from you by way of taxation, and it's as though politics now is exclusively an appeal to the self-interest of the -- >> how do -- how can people of faith change that, by being -- >> guest: well, when you think about it, it's the opposite of what the message that religion is. religion does point us beyond ourselves and authorize faithful people, the me, what's in it for me, the me, is not central. there's something highe

there was a tremendous outpouring that rivaled john kennedy's and franklin roosevelt's admiration when he passed away. in simi valley, when he first lady, not in state, but at the library. the presidential library -- over 100,000 people in less than two days came to pay their respects and he lay in state here and well over 100,000 people came to pay their percent -- there respects. hundreds of thousands of people turned out. just common, everyday people turned out along the highway. they had to shut it down. there was a tremendous upcoming of a american people. host: a clear pattern was emerging after people were skeptical. he was a good president and did our country great. that was represented of literally thousands of people , wroteher showed up their newspapers, called up the networks. every time the network beard off off on being harsh on reagan, the phone lines would gear up. ronald reagan biographer craig shirley joining us. if you want to ask a question -- how did reagan approached this idea of shaking his legacy? itst: he very much resisted he wants told luke cannon, who was th

because if people forget, john kennedy and the democrats campaigned against vice president richard nixon, saying that we've got bomber gaps, security gaps, an enemy 90 miles off the southern border, the fact of the matter, it wasn't true. it helped kennedy get elected. i'm not surprised. you have to take this with a grain of salt and recognize that when you get in it's a lot different. i worked for president reagan. people -- when i tell them after the marines were killed in lebanon we left. people are dumbfounded, really? i thought he would have bombed them back to the stone age. it's a lot different when you're in there compared to when you're campaigning. >> larry, there's one other thing i want to get to before we let you go for the afternoon. that is the defense industrial complex that you mentioned. eisenhower warned of it. are we seeing that in washington, d.c? i'm perplexed by the number of commercials advertising this weapon or that weapon or cyber-defense, et cetera, et cetera et cetera. >> no doubt about the fact that people have used the struggle against i.s.i.l. to increase

>> john f. kennedy. ed: and? >> tag and a hint -- can i get a hint? [indiscernible] [laughter] ed: without heat -- he thought we were going to ask how many are in their, he was already counting. >> about 35? [laughter] we will let you know if he was right. ed: he says 35, guess how many. 35. >> democrats can count. [laughter] ed: three blind mice. that was very good. looking forward to it. ed: welcome back and we want to look forward to 2016 with an eye back to 2015. who had the best year? janet: donald trump, he has taken the country by storm and politics will never be the same. just wait for the next 11 months. janet: for me it has been great. [laughter] patrick: you are the chaos commentator, of course you pick donald trump, or exactly the wrong reasons. i take him, too. he has changed the entire debate, the interest -- the incredible and think of the branding opportunities. washington, d.c. souvenir business will never be the same with donald trump in the white house. ed: it, from should win, when he actually live in the white house? patrick: why

i remember in his inaugural in t 1961 john kennedy said we do not -- we dare not tempt our force with weakness.ng, and unfortunately, you know, da. this warning stays very -- actual these days. >> john is calling in from callr southampton, pennsylvania, on our republican line. hi, john. >> caller: good morning.istenc it's a pleasure speak to you, rt mr. kasparov. i've been aware of your existence, you've been on the world stage for a long time and obviously initially it was chess and then it was politics and i think you have a misperceptions but, though, about the united stat states. there's an enormous amount of hostility that our elites have r for putin and russia, treating s him contemptuously and minimizing his strength and now doing the opposite, fearful he's going to invade nato, the baltii states or whatever. but if i could, i have a couple comments and a question but if i could you have to go back in -- and -- i go back during the yeltsin era, i mean, yeltsin was an alcoholic, he was a disaster, that's when the oligarchs grabbed the assets of the country and the russian -- eth

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." >> the kennedy administration, we call it camelot. it really was something special. john f. edy was a particularly gifted decision maker as president. you know, we're talking a lot about character of a president because we're in our presidential campaign season. this is a man who demonstrated unusual character in the white house. >> rose: explain the crews to us. >> the cries is simple-- china and india have the longest disputed border in the world. it remains the longest disputed border in the world. they also have an argument oaf tibet. china regards tibet as part of historic china. india regards tibet as part of its cultural sphere, at least, and has supported the idea of autonomy for tibet for a long time. in 19. >>>, mao decide he had, had enough of it, he was going to teach the indians a lesson. >> rose: was there a motivating reason to do that, other than he decided? had they done something he thought went beyond the pale? >> several things. the indians had what they called a forward policy, which is they kept pushing their patrols more and more forward, quite provocat

we lost to martin luther king, bobby kennedy, john kennedy, malcolm x.. there was a yearning for a new leader to take control. there were a lot of people who size him up as a charlatan right away. if you read his correspondence, and one point he is endorsing nixon. when he came to san francisco he was courting liberals. i don't think most of the people in his movement were cynical. i think you were responding to real needs. it does feel very warm and embracing. it is taking care of the basic human needs. the basic human needs that society should take care of. to this day, our society does not take care of these needs. so i totally understand what the attraction was. being in environments that took care of basic needs. that there was a corruption that set in at the top. whether jim was getting into drugs too much. he saw the drugs becoming a bigger and bigger influence on his father. by the time he got here to san francisco, there was a bubble mentality. a fortress mentality. there were gay activists to work closely with harvey milk. harvey was cynically u

when john f. kennedy was assassinated by a gun bought through a mail order -- the gun control act required much more documentation of gun sales -- and kept some people -- like most convicted felons -- from buying guns at all. all this time -- the national rifle association existed -- it was formed in 1871 to help improve the marksmenship of civil war soldiers -- but wasn't spending much time on politics. politics.that changed in 1975 when the n-r-a creates it's lobbying wing -- and then again two years later when the protecting second amendment rights.starting in 1986 with a law that restricted federal inspections of gun dealers -- the n-r-a started to fight back against the years of legislation that had only worked to limit gun sales and ownership.with time -- they and other pro-gun groups have spent a ton of money backing politicians and ensuring support. the center for responsive politics -- which runs open-secrets--dot--org -- keeps track of how much money is spent on both sides of the gun debate. deb

. >> the john f. kennedyter for the performing arts presented the awards every year since 1978. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. announcer: "euromaxx highlights" and here is your host, karin helmstaedt. >> hi there and a warm welcome to our highlights edition, coming at you straight from the heart of berlin with the following topics: guys only -- a danish brewery launches cosmetics for men. hot location -- it's party time in a berlin supermarket. medieval magnet -- carcassonne is a favorite destination in southern france. often you find that the best parties are the ones you weren't expecting or even the ones in places you were least expecting. which is why party organisers

. >> the john f. kennedy send forefor the pforming arts has presented the award every year since 1978. >>> u.s. president obama is trying to calm people's fears after last week's deadly tror attack in california. he delivered a rare live television address from the oval office. and he highlighted how his government is responding to terrorism. >> the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. >> obama said the u.s. would speed up the training of ground troops in iraq and syria fighting the militants. and he said american officials will work more closely with those in other countries to gather intelligence. he also reiterated his demand for tougher gun control laws on home soil. the couple who carried out last week's shooting rampage in san bernardino had stockpiled weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition. the attack left 14 people dead. >>> the far right national front has made major gains in the first rounof local electi

when john f. kennedy was assassinated by a gun bought through a mail order -- the gun control act required much more documentation of gun sales -- and kept some people -- like most convicted felons -- from buying guns at all. all this time -- the national rifle association existed -- it was formed in 1871 to help improve the marksmenship of civil war soldiers -- but wasn't spending much time on politics. politics.that changed in 1975 when the n-r-a creates it's lobbying wing -- and then again two years later when the group shifts its focus to protecting second amendment rights.starting in 1986 with a law that restricted federal inspections of gun dealers -- back against the years of legislation that had only worked to limit gun sales and ownership.with time -- they and other pro-gun groups have spent a ton of money backing politicians and ensuring support. the center for responsive politics -- which runs open-secrets--dot--org -- keeps track of how much money is spent on both sides of the gun debate. deba

that's like me moving to john f. kennedy airport and complaining about the airplanes every day. >> reporter: it's not just the residents of that a one building. others are rallying around what they call clean up northbrook lynn, issuing flyers, claiming broog lynn transfer is operating an illegal dangerous plant. >> i feel we're being bully and harassed. cleaning it up. >> so a daily basis they're breaking the law. >> reporter: ben produced what he says is a documentary showing improper work conditions and the use of toxic sprays. >> the spray that they use is toxic. >> how do you know that? >> well, we have investigated and we know some of the chemicals that are in the phrase are cancer causing. >> reporter: she says the activist was doctored and the spray is 100% organic. >> we don't use toxic chemicals. we're monitored by multiple agencies that come here every day and we run a clean operation. they think they have the right to talk bad about a family owned and operated business who is doing nothing wrong. >> reporter: bro

it's type for hip to be done, go back to the senate and hang out with john mccain. kennedy: who is next? >> hopefully jeb bush. jeb bush said he hated being the frontrunner. he loves being in fifth place. he's clearly a man who should never be president and doesn't want to be president. am i wrong? >> there were no other candidate in the race and nobody was paying attention except for donors. jeb bush had it for a minute. it's so sad at this point. it's like the great athlete who got all the girz and now he's 28 and he has the pot belly and he's not doing so hot saying i'm so much happier now. kennedy: the ol old glory days d we'll help you relive them. run for your life. i'm so happy i hope that trends. so much for for the party and. what would you do if you were crowned miss universe and steve harvey snatched your crown back? that situation and so much worse. vladimir putin is showering donald trump in praise and trump is responding in kind. has the world gone mad? yes. keep * lovely to be with you this evening. last week russian president and hitless wonder vladimir pout