when john kennedy was shot on november 22, 1963, i and the nation sobbed. not cried, sobbed, for four days. my life has been entwined ever sent with -- ever sent -- since with the kennedy family. i worked very hard to make kathleen the governor of our state, and she would have been a wonderful governor. in a few short days i am going to be honored to travel to florida to celebrate the 90th birthday of bobby's wife, ethel. i was a generation that was so inspired by john kennedy. but this is about bobby. yes it is. and i learned everything i could about john kennedy. and you could not learn about john kennedy without learning about bobby kennedy. is chris still here? i flew back from phoenix this past monday. i finished the last 125 pages of chris's book. not for the purpose of being here. but i got to know bobby better. i think barbara lee is right, had fate allowed him to survive, he would have been the president of the united states. what i got from chris's book was a little more of the depth of robert kennedy. a little more of the humanity of robert kenned

he was not just john kennedy's brother. the leader of was another, younger generation who endured the assassination of joey kennedy and eventually tried to carry out his agenda and his legacy. thank you. john: i think that is a very good point. robert kennedy, at the time of his brother's assassination, had had no job that was not related to his brother's political goal. you look at his professional 1950 two. he misses his law school graduation so he can work on the senate campaign in massachusetts. in 1956, he dropped his job to go to work on lee stevenson's campaign. so you can learn how a professional campaign can work for 1960. in 1960, he worked as hard as ever, including here in west virginia, to see that his brother is elected. he decides, after the election, and maybe i will go do something different. his father says no, you need to be the attorney general, you need to be there for your brother, to see him through. he goes and does that. so in 1963, when his brother was assassinated, he has to make -- not only does h

so did lyndon johnson and he actually moved the kennedy tribute to john f. kennedy later to after the balloting for vice president and president so the outpouring of emotion, the kind we saw the 1964 convention where bobby stood there for a dozen minutes being applauded by everyone, could not sweep the convention and lead to a puppy nomination of some kind. i feel that robert kennedy was very conscious of that situation with the delegates and how he was going to persuade the party bosses to come with them for the nomination. again, an uphill climb in the electrical -- electoral college. >> a phenomenal politician and a person able to bring together disparate groups who talked about unity. they did it in a way that other politicians could not do. it was really a national tragedy. with that, i think we would like to give you a share in this discussion. if you have a question or a statement, if you would like to use one of the microphones in the front, we appreciate it. >> when martin luther king was assassinated, bobby was in indianapolis last night and i would

when john kennedy died, robert kennedy died, too, in a sense. without any idea of how he was going to continue the legacy of his brother. by this time he had been in the united states senate and the evolution of his deciding to run for president was a rather painful one. he evolved as a personality in his own right. he wasn't just john kennedy's brother, he was in a sense the leader of another younger generation who endured the assassination of john kennedy and eventually tried to carry out his agenda and his legacy. >> thank you. >> i think that's a very good point in that robert kennedy at the time of his brother's assassination had had no job that really wasn't related to his brother's political goals, and so if you look at his professional life from 1952, he misses his law school graduation so he can go work on the senate campaign in massachusetts. in '56 he drops his jobs to go work on stevenson's campaign so they can learn how a professional presidential operation will go for 1960. in 1960 he works as hard as ever, including here in west v

kennedy and john kennedy and ted kennedy was enormous. his ability to relate the message of robert f. kennedy to today was powerful and deep. and his message today is something that i think reflects to the american people his ability to understand what robert f. kennedy was trying to signal to our country. i give you my friend the great congressman from the state of florida marco rubio [ applause ] >> thank you. and i'm honored to be here. a personal story -- my parents arrived in this country in 1956. they did not become citizens until 1976. but my mother tells me she was an american well before she was a citizen. i remember one day asking her when did you know you were an american? and she said she knew she say an american in november of 1963 when she wept at the loss of a young president, and she realized at that moment she had been fully americanized and shared the dreams and hopes of new era, that inspired people that were registered to vote and those that were not, inspired people that were americans and that were not. and so my fam

he is the author of the " revolution of john kennedy." this is his first book and a good one that explores the kennedy's difficult odyssey after the assassination of his brother in 1963. said jackrough brilliantly captures the compassionate hero who still country a half a century later. i agree with that and i'm sure jack likes that. onk's day job is producer msnbc. mr. bohrer is a resident of new york. our moderator for today is don ritchie in the middle there. a historian of the united states senate who served in the historical office for almost 40 to 2015.m 1976 up he and i were graduate students together and he is also a member of the board of directors here the center. he is a graduate of the city college of new york, the university of maryland, and served in the u.s. marine corps. his books include "the u.s. gallery," andess "electing fdr." please welcome our panel. [applause] take it away don. >> thank you for the nice introduction. thate talking about a year those of us who remember living through was a difficult year. when i think

remember anybody on either side of the aisle on congress calling her out over that. >> senator john kennedy, republican of louisiana, thank you so much for the discussion this morning on behalf of shark week, we appreciate your time, sir. >> thanks, john. . you cannot have too many shark references. >> he cares a lot about sharks and how they're fed. >> who doesn't? >>> you will all remember we anthony scaramucci on with what president trump should do to clean up the mess. is the mooch satisfied by the president's words? here's here to tell us next. >> moochi if,y. but meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. while meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. like millions of others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b. meningitis b strikes quickly. be quick to talk to your teen's doctor about a meningitis b vaccine. until her laptop crashed this morning. her salon was booked for weeks, having it problems? ask a business advisor how to get on demand tech support for as little as $15 a month. right now, buy one hp ink and get

chose senator john kennedy's fox news at night debut fresh off of a meeting with brett kavanaugh sounding off on the white house proposal to revoke security clearance for some intel officials in the last decade. >> whether you can or should revoke security clearance. >> john kennedy of louisiana joins us with an interesting take on senate colleagues. and . (harmonica interrupts) ...and told people about geico... (harmonica interrupts) how they could save 15% or more by... (harmonica interrupts) ...by just calling or going online to geico.com. (harmonica interrupts) (sighs and chuckles) sorry, are you gonna... (harmonica interrupts) everytime. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. who would have guessed? an energy company helping cars emit less. making cars lighter, it's a good place to start, advanced oils for those hard-working parts. fuels that go further so drivers pump less. improving efficiency is what we do best. energy lives here. improving efficiency is what we do best. i've been making blades here at gillette for 20 years. i bet i'm the first blade maker

i was a junior at the university, john kennedy came, the story -- you can read the story how i met john kennedy but made a lasting impression on me, and i've got the picture of him speaking at unh. it's in my office. so i started politics. run for the house of representatives. do okay at the house of representatives. i win. at the same time, i then run nor constitutional convention and i win, and at the same time run for executive council, so i had a little streak going. in '74 i won -- a member of the house and won the constitutional convention, and i won the executive council so on the executive council for a poured of time and then decided to run for governor, and i've just giving you the it ration about governor. -- iteration. >> my life hate real down swing. i was out of politics for a while, and came back to be a member of the local score board -- local school board and i suffered through. this. i have tell you, mayor, nothing you do life is harder than the school board. nothing in life. it was really, really something and at that time the mayor really didn't like me so he came an

so did lyndon johnson and he actually moved the kennedy tribute to john f. kennedy later to after the balloting for vice president and president so the outpouring of emotion, the kind we saw the 1964 convention where bobby stood there for a dozen minutes being applauded by everyone, could not sweep the convention and lead to a puppy nomination of some kind. i feel that robert kennedy was very conscious of that situation with the delegates and how he was going to persuade the party bosses to come with them for the nomination. again, an uphill climb in the electrical -- electoral college. >> a phenomenal politician and a person able to bring together disparate groups who talked about unity. they did it in a way that other politicians could not do. it was really a national tragedy. with that, i think we would like to give you a share in this discussion. if you have a question or a statement, if you would like to use one of the microphones in the front, we appreciate it. >> when martin luther king was assassinated, bobby was in indianapolis last night and i would

john kennedy came, and the story, i can't tell you, you can read the story and how i met john kennedy, but made a lasting impression on me. i've got the picture of him speaking at unh. it's in my office. so i started politics. i run for the house of representatives. i do okay at the house of representatives. i win. at the same time i'd been run for the constitutional convention and a win, and at the same time ira for the executive council. so i i had a little streak goi. in 1974 i was on, i was a member of the house and i won the constitutional convention and it won the executive council. i was on the executive council for credit time and decide to run for governor, ingenuity, i've just given you an iteration about governor. then my life hit a real downswing and i was out the politics for a while, and came back to be a member of the local school board. i i suffered through that for tn years. [laughing] i got to tell you this, mayor. mayor and mayor, nothing, nothing you do, and you served on the school boards, nothing you do in life is harder than school board. nothing in life, i'm te

kennedys established a friendship which lasted till today, robert kennedy and his family and ted kennedy as well. john glenn was there, the hero of the hour, he sat at mrs. kennedy's table. he had just orbited the earth. anyone who wanted to talk to john glenn would soon run for the senate for ohio for the first time, lester pearson, canadian liberal party leader, won nobel peace prize on suess crisis, he would be elected prime minister of canada the following year. robert frost was there, he was 88, he was a magnet all evening for people. of course, frost was -- had become famous for his reciting of the gift outright poem in inago intraiciÓn -- inauguration and president kennedy would send him on a mission, cultural affairs mission to the soviet union. katherine anne porter was there, she had written one novel, she mostly wrote short stories but her one novel on that very day reached number one in "the new york times" best seller list. only nobel female was there, mary hemmingway, as mentioned in the introduction, she sat at president's kennedy table but she also got into an argument over cuba policy

kennedy rejected. he said something like my favorite color is blue and idea can rr like it to be blue. johnhose the colorer for that plane and every president since has maintained it it because of the iconic status. so since this is a president -- we have a president who doesn't care about presidential legacy. he wants to be america's best president but doesn't care what previous presidentss did. he always says they're not smart enough and tough enough. it makes perfect sense he wants to stamp his "t" on >>> given his past life, as a businessman he knows all about marketing his own brand. i want to get your reaction to presidential historian michael bechlos. he said every time you see that blue trim and the united states of america spelled out in that same type face as an early version of declaration of independence it calls back a thousand other scenes of presidents in our past. your thoughts? >> first, he's a great presidential historian and i agree with him. there's a reason why we don't change certain things. >> would that be lost to some degree? >> what's lost is a sense that the presi

russia but those who helped to make it happen are already backpedaling after republican senator john kennedy said his meetings in russia were productive he returns to the u.s. telling c.n.n. a different story this is what i said number one shop screwing with american elections. and. our friends in russia not to interfere in our election stop screwing around in syria and help us several the mess i asked for their help. in bringing peace to syria gambling with putin is like hand feeding a shark you can do it but you have to do it very very carefully this is the beginning of a dom all our minister meeting was probably the toughest he's a book that you have to watch put people do not what they say so we'll see senator did you really say stop throw their election you really said that the foreign minister yes yes kennedy went on a diplomatic mission to russia with other republican senators in early july it was aimed at improving relations between washington and moscow leading up to the trump putin summit but even after the senator did a one eighty upon returning to the states the kremlin said it w

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senator edward kennedy and brother of martyred john f. kennedy. memo, ng to a k.g.b. ennedy passed along a plan for countering president reagan and bringing soft officials to the united states to appeal to the merican people, unquote. .g.b. chief wrote, the senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the american side, unquote. politico article, fact, which i can't give credence to, that the administration ignored it because we knew that senators were doing this this all the time. decline after the corled war. occupy wall street protests and this is important news, occupy wall street protests beginning in 2011 were heavilyly supported by the russians as noted in a report by u.s. agencies. .t.'s editor-in-chief credited r.t.'s coverage of the movement as quote information warfare that is aimed at dissatisfaction with the u.s. government. r.t. had a facebook to connect the protestors via social media nd featured its own hosts. obviously in 2011 and 2012, but obviously, the russians were playing heavily in that election and we had

russia but those who helped to make it happen are already backpedaling after republican senator john kennedy said his meetings in russia were productive he returns to the u.s. telling c.n.n. a different story this is what i said number one shop screwing with american elections. and. our friends in russia not to interfere in our election stop screwing around in syria and help us several the mess i asked for their help. in bringing peace to syria gambling with putin is like hand feeding a shark you can do it but you have to do it very very carefully this is the beginning of a dime all foreign minister meeting was probably the toughest he's a book that you have to watch put people do not what they say so we'll see senator did you really say stop throw their election you really said that the foreign minister yes yes kennedy went on a diplomatic mission to russia with other republican senators in early july it was aimed at improving relations between washington and moscow leading up to the trump putin summit but even after the senator did a one eighty upon returning to the states the kremlin said

. >> host: and you paint a picture of the relationship between john kennedy and lyndon johnson and how that changed when kennedy became the nominee. and with joe biden you write the following, obama clearly had the upper hand in their relationship. accordingg to ron klain, his perspective was simple if not condescending. this is my house, thesehi are my things. i'm interested in your views, joe, i want you to be happy here, but you are a guest in my house. >> guest: i love that you're a. best in myt house, because that really sums up the vice presidency so well. they are completely at the service of the president. and i think you see that now, of course, with mike pence and donald trump. but you did even see it with joe biden and barack obama. and when i was a white house reporter at bloomberg news, i never got the sense that there was any tension there. so that's what i thought was so fascinating doing this reporting, and i interviewed vice president biden about it. it wasn't love at first sight for joe biden and barack obama. si did take time for them to build trust. but, of course,

air one has been baby blue and white since john kennedy was president.bruary, the white house and boeing agreed to a 4 billion-dollar contract for planes. the new modeld expto be airborne by 2d4. >>> ford issue a massive h recall. >> pistoric hosting night at the espy awards. eactca patrick's on stagencperfs ion tethis ngmorning. stay with us. we're back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> 5:45 is the time right now.k live outside the white hoe. they're up and somebody is at least,wake in there up and awake, lights are's on it beautiful day outside so far. >> yes, so far and y know what, wisdom, why not just let's keep itng g. >> why not. >> let's dot. ek. te but lidity remains. dry dayow. it feels good outside to start and another sunny bright and beautiful da any outdoor activity at alle pu sunscreen on but other than that you'll be just fine day. tomorrow looks nice. few more clouds in the sky but still low humidity, still a decent amount of sunshine. then the weekend things start to g unsettled and once that pattern kind of locks in here, the rxt weekeally

kennedy brothers. what was their relationship of john and bobby to teddy? >> so in the hierarchy of the kennedy brothers, first of all, would you repeat the question was, what was the relationship of the kennedy brothers in terms of the hierarchy, and especially where did ted kennedy fit into that relationship? and the rose kennedy's dream was that one of her sons would go into the priesthood. and i would say that -- if they had done that, if jack kennedy had gone into the priesthood, he would have been pope. because that was the kind of guy that jack kennedy was. he was intellectual. he rose above things had bobby kennedy gone into the priesthood, he would have been a parish priest. that's who he was, he was grassroots. ted kennedy, the question would never have come up. but ted kennedy, i think ted kennedy, i'm a massachusetts guy and ted kennedy was when i was at the "boston globe," arguably my best source for about 15 years and i think ted kennedy was as we all know, one of the greatest snoring ever. they called him the lion of the senate. i think ted ke

you'll have to contain him. >> senator john kennedy, thanks for coming in.. >> you bet. >> and always leaves me with a hundred more questions. we'll have to have him on again. >>> yesterday, rudy giuliani asked michael cohen to, quote, tell the truth about donald trump jr.'s fateful trump tower meeting, but today cohen's lawyer seems to be warning trump's team to be careful what they wish for. what's going on? that's next. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no ne

when john kennedy wheent to his first summit in vienna early in his first presidency, he allowed himself to be bullied of khrushchev. he was terribly fearful of what the consequences would be with an emboldened russia, and he turned out to be right with the berlin crisis a few months later and a cuban missile crisis a year and a half after that summit, two of the most dangerous moments in human history in terms of threat of nuclear war. i don't think we are not at that point but the kind of weakness our president displayed with president putin and the kind of breaking off of relations of trust and alliance that he has shown with germany and other countries in europe, over time he had no idea whether it's going to happen in a week, a month, or a year, but over time, history suggests that those things have profound, profound consequences. christiane, i was in rome about a month ago. and maybe this is too dramatic a thing to say, but all i can think of is i saw rome and i saw the coliseums, saw all of that, was that it was a terrible reminder that pre-eminence and great strength and leaders

i grew up during john f. kennedy, the cuban missile crisis. john f. kennedy stood strong and russia backed down. itro, thank you for the call. let me take this point and ask you this question. will trump be a benefit in the midterm elections or will he hurt some republicans in these key house races? guest: it depends on the districts. the districts that are conservative districts, he is hugely popular. if he engages in those districts, he will be a huge benefit for those candidates. there are districts that are more swing districts, the suburban vote is the vote to get and there are independence in those districts. he will not be effective there. i think you will see the administration engaging, you will see this white house political operation engaging strategically and where he is most effective. they understand the strengths and weaknesses and it depends on where he goes. host: announcer: as part of our alaska weekend coverage, michael doyle talks about federal proposals to change hunting regulations in alaska. amy carter on climate change and how i

you had part of the leadership in the senate, pat roberts, john kennedy, a whole bunch of them.ether they will give the president the kind of patients that he is asking right now. >> first up, i think it -- people need to be reminded that the constitution actually says that congress has the authority to levy traits. its article one, section 8. it's very clear that they are supposed to handle any commerce issues with other countries. so people are just forgetting this and donald trump is using a national security exception to make the case that he gets to do this. it is also true that we have a very serious problem with china and it's something that has gone on for many decades. it's a very uneven situation where they practice intellectual property theft, massive subsidies for their corporations. they amass barriers for other people who don't play along with their state-based economy and we haven't seen the senate actually take the leadership role that it should be taking to make sure this isn't a national security threat. so people can complain all they want but the best way to

one senator who did meet today with the nominee, john kennedy of louisiana. the senate judiciary committee member joins us now. great to have you with us. what was your impression of the meeting today? >> i like judge kavanaugh. i knew going in he was of superior intellect. i have read enough of his opinions to know that he is whip smart. i wanted to use the time we had together to try to understand not just what's in his head but what's in his heart. we talked a little. i asked him how his beautiful daughters were handling all of this. we talked a little bit about his teaching. i used to teach a little bit in law school. how you juggle that with your day job. we talked about his coaching. he coaches girls basketball. we talked about pete maravich. i saw his first game as a college freshman. judge kavanaugh is a big fan. we talked. i didn't want to cross examine. that wasn't the purpose of the meaning. i want to know what's in his heart but i asked him about the role of precedent in our legal system. he has thought about it deeply. i was impressed with his an

russia but those who helped to make it happen are already backpedaling after republican senator john kennedy said his meetings in russia were productive he returns to the u.s. telling c.n.n. a different story this is what i said number one shop screwing with american elections. and. our friends in russia not to interfere in our election stop screwing around in syria and help us several the mess i asked for their help. in bringing peace to syria gambling with putin is like hand feeding a shark you can do it but you have to do it very very carefully this is the beginning of a dom all our minister meeting was probably the toughest he's a book that you have to watch put people do not what they say so will say senator did you really say stop throw their election you really said that of the foreign minister yes yes kennedy went on a diplomatic mission to russia with other republican senators in early july it was aimed at improving relations between washington and moscow leading up to the trump putin summit but even after the senator did a one eighty upon returning to the states the kremlin said it

these things about john kennedy, where john kennedy looked to the pope if he were elected president?my coney barrett said she wouldn't. why are we talking about this? it's ridiculous. it's the same religious bigotry that has infected our country. people saying that people of faith can't be fair. it's ridiculous, outrageous. an attack of don mcgahn people of faith. >> this is a strawman argument, with all due respect. >> it's completely intellectual dishonest. no one is talking about her religious faith. >> the dogma living deeply within her? >> what the issue here is, in the context, what you guys want to avoid, is this notion about, she has said on more than one occasion that she suspects whether roe was rightly decided and if it was not right they decided, it should be repealed. the question -- >> shannon: gentlemen, i want to give andy a final chance. wrap us up, andy. >> why can't it be true that roe is wrongly decided that it doesn't necessarily have to be overturned? particularly after casey, which opens up a lot of area to regulate abortion without directly confronting whether

. ♪ - i got interested in public service because of john kennedy, like many of my generation did.amous challenge to us wasn't to run for fice. s was open-ended, but it some period of your life givingieack something to soc. - ask what you can do for your country. - that resonated with me. to a degree it eclipsed my religus upbringing and gave me a kind of secular way of providing service. - tell me how you became campaign manager in '72. - like many things in life, total accident. orge mcgovern had made up his mind i think in '70 to seek the presidency on an anti-viear platform. pro-civil rights, pro-women's rights, all the movement activity of the '60s and '70s, and he was just beginning to put a campaign together. he was at , 3% in the polls all of the smart guys were not-- [laughs] were not racing to support him, and he had no money, and he was from south dakota, so i think you couldn't find anyone else. - you could see the mcvern campaign as the beginning of a shift by the democratic party. it becomes a more socially liberal party. it becomes less ss the old party of hard hats,

when john f. kennedy went to west virginia, the famous picture of call miners championing medicine -- we went you to go to the moon, i believe technology will offer more choice in these places and in the best contrast to the pres. is a contrast of the past versus the future. >> thank you, representative. [applause] >> we close with closing remarks with congressman delaney, and paul weinstein, two minutes each just closing summary. one in charge and i say two, two minutes each and let's start with you, congressman. >> 70% of kids in the country live in a county where there is no upward economic mobility, jobs getting created hours than the jobs that used to exist. that is 70% of the kids yet last year 80% of inter-capital, the smart money went to 50 counties in this country, 1.6% of the counties. that in many ways is the root of the problem which is the world has changed, there has been enormous benefits for humankind and society in general but huge amounts of citizens whether they be in urban america or w

maybe it's the old john kennedy thing again.t it's a disproportionate amount of attention to his catholocism. what do you think about it? >> i think it's a secularization of the american society. happily the text of the constitution addresses it and rebuts issues to faith. it says specifically no religious test shall be imposed for any office under the united states. so to even ask about someone's faith is, to me, an anti--- they have to-- they have the right to do it, but it's an action against the constitution. it's a pluralistic society and let's respect the dignity of all persons in all favorites. neil: thank you for being here on a saturday. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thank you, neil. neil: all right. and ken and i were chatting, a lot of e-mails, texts and et cetera and our panel is going to be talking about what we just talked about right after this. >> all right. reaction to ken starr, his association with brett kavanaugh, the president's supreme court pick, and things that can veer out of control and those on the

joins me live now don who are we talking about and why we're talking about republican senator john kennedy now he was part of a senatorial delegation to russia last week that hoped to thaw in relations between the two countries in preparation for the july sixteenth meeting between trump and putin now while in russia kennedy said that his meeting with foreign minister sergei lavrov was productive and when he actually returned to the united states he had quite a different message for c.n.n. this is what i said number one stop screwing with american election. and. our friends in russia not to interfere in our election stop screwing around in syria and help us several the mess i asked for their help. in bringing peace to syria gambling with putin is like hand feeding a shark you can do it but you have to do it very very carefully this is the beginning of a. foreign minister meeting was probably the toughest he's a book that you have to watch put people do not what they say so will say senator did you really say stop throw their election you really said that of the foreign minister yes yes. and

people who were the supporters of robert kennedy, but on a broader public that already had been devastated by other assassinations. hero after hero is slain. john f. kennedy, martin lither king, and now -- luther king, and now robert kennedy. so kennedy's asags nation just like king's a-- assassination just like king's, has a broader warning. it's not clear who, if anyone, can bring the nation together. but in the meantime, the republican party is -- republicans are debating who is going to be their nominee. and by the early summer it is cloor that the person who is going to -- clear that the person who is going to be the nominee is the most unlikely of candidates. richard nixon. why is he unlikely? well, he's lost a lot. he lost to the kennedy in 1960. narrowly, but he loses. he runs for california governor in 1962 and he's -- he loses to pat brown, the liberal that ronald reagan later defeats four years later. and famously says you're not going to have richard nixon anymore after that. he had a very adversarial relationship with the press. he was -- he saw them as the enemy and is highly adversarial. and as is recorded again and again in the

that nixon played out favorably at home against the sweaty john f. kennedy. nixon that it did not make him bit better television but it taught him a valuable lesson about the importance of it. hook back he wished he had done a lot more televised press conferences during his time in the white house. >> it is very important for a president, or a cabinet officer or a senator to be held accountable. to be kept on his toes and the media today does that. the media is in an adversarial position with regard to public officials and that's healthy in its way. speaking of the media, we have to realize, and i think this is frankly not a helpful development, that television plays too much of a role today. when we select our candidates, we have to remember that they must learn to use television. if they are unable to communicate on television, a president, for example, won't be able to get support for his programs. during the watergate period, it was difficult on get a press conference. had i survived, i would have had far more press conferences, i would have had them on t

john f. kennedy's was experienced as a trauma we haven't seen since the civil war. - the kennedy assassination really caused barry goldwater to lose his savo he was so traumatized that he immediately backed out. - america believed itself to be a society united and at peace with itself, and the kennedy assassination was kind of experienced as this unraveling disintegrati of all the canons of decency in american politics, and barry goldwater was very suspicious that americans would want anything other than continuity after that, so he basically drops out. [funky music] ♪ - lyndon johas a character who people loved or hated. the assassination of jfk put lyndon johnson in the white house. lyndon johnson knew how to run a campaign. lyndnson was a ruthless politician who was very, very effective. - how did yourorad decide to run president? - he was drafted. pure and simple. - it really was only a very impassioned speech by one of his friends in the senate that finally convinced him that he had to do this as

john kennedy is our headliner. o'clock a.m.astern time. 20 minutes from now, will the democrats succeed? he will answer. >> just calling the balls and the strikes. interpreting them all. not to decide every other thursday if you want to reread the constitution. whoooo. you rely on tripadvisor so you don't miss out on the perfect hotel... but did you know you can also use tripadvisor so you don't miss out on the best price? tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want for the lowest price. saving you up to 30%! so you can spend less time missing out... and more time paddling out! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com or download the app! >> i do not want to see nancy to come back as speaker. a [cheers and applause] >> i want the next speaker to come from california, i just don't want it to be nancy. i wanted to be me. [cheers and applause] >> bill: hoping that the republicans will get that chance. late summer recess with a number of items still moving. steve's glazes with me. thanks for coming back. >> goo

in the early part of the john f. kennedy presidency and it gives us in the novel and the film the most livable american president in american literature. so even that alone. military coups occur regularly in latin america, africa, other nations. it could happen here. authors one of the few theples that crystallizes possibility that a coup could occur and within seven days which is where comes the title, the president and staff were able to unravel and prevent the coup from occurring. this was published 1962. host: there are so much people to know in this book. one of the ones i wanted to ask you was joseph heller hoss "catch-22. tom: the original title was almost catch 18. it is now in the dictionaries. catch 22eople invoking have never read the book. manchurian candidate is another who is in the american lexicon. that-22 refers to the fact two things are asked of you and it is impossible to do both. joseph heller was a bombardier often island in italy and the and it istobiographic in novel form. he tells of a mindless -- mi

russia but those who helped to make it happen are already backpedaling after republican senator john kennedy said his meetings in russia were productive he returns to the u.s. telling c.n.n. a different story this is what i said number one stop screwing with american election. and. our friends in russia not to interfere in our election stop screwing around in syria and help us several the mess i asked for their help. in bringing peace to syria gambling with putin is like hand feeding a shark you can do it but you have to do it very very carefully this is the beginning of a dialogue foreign minister meeting was probably the toughest he's a book that you have to watch put people do not what they say so we'll see senator did you really say stop throw their election you really said that to the foreign minister yes yes kennedy went on a diplomatic mission to russia with other republican senators in early july it was aimed at improving relations between washington and moscow leading up to the trump putin summit but even after the senator did a one eighty upon returning to the states the kremlin sa

definition of corruption in fact information is coming out about trump's corrupt relationship with john. kennedy and his family as you know kennedy did trump a solid recently by by creating a supreme court opening right now before the mid-term election so trump has an even better chance of filling the court with vampire bats and genital warts or whatever is. put in there and trump is it seems is doing everything to cement kennedy's legacy in return well now we find out while that deutsche bank justice kennedy's son loaned trump one billion dollars wow a billion dollars you say that sounds that sounds like a pretty big conflict of interest or is there a huckabee sanders would tell you it's just one billion tiny conflict of interest right. little baby once this is what corruption looks like but of course it's not just trump our government is rotten to the core and that goes for for both of our own. party it goes for both of which are just too willing to the same bird are two sides of the same target. and scott pruitt has already been replaced by a coal lobbyist to make sure the. destruction contin

then the georgia governor who robert john kennedy, jfk call to get martin luther king jr. out of jail. he placed a well-timed call to the governor, they got king off before the election. kennedy became president. he also told him, i will not use federal forces to intervene on behalf of nick gratian. then he's telling black people, i'm going to help you civil rights. bobby kennedy was a younger brother, less knowledgeable but more inclined to have conversations like today. he stepped into the room. it was their penthouse on central park. he started up and said, i am trying to figure out what rages going on a black america. you're listening to the black muslims not martin luther king jr. he was forced to work with him. he did not want king there or whitney young. he did not want others there he wanted figures on the cutting edge he felt could tell the truth. not people beholden to their organizations. he wanted people to tell from there got what the truth was. he gathered them there, kennedy begins and then trump smith rips into him. he says, we are not here for a pity party

their relationship. >> p lawfordre who was a memberf the rat pack who was also married to a kennedy: of john. kennedy's sisters, peter lawford after this happened because lawford was ambassador between the two camps after that he was banned from sinatra movies. he was written out of every oceans movie like it was a huge deal back then. anyway,-- >> it would be like george clooney dropping characters. >> you are out. so, that struck me as something that might be fun to write about , but i don't know yet. it was a lot of work to do this one, so we will have to see. >> again, the book is on sale outside if you have not already picked it up i recommend it highly. j, went to thank you for being here and i thank you for what you do particularly in the donald trump era. >> thank you. [applause]. [applause]. >> book tv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com. /book tv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com. /book tv. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask amazon congress what they read in a summer. >> i have quite a stack of books here. t

january is about his last days when he gets his federal addres address and turne power over to john kennedy but he also goes back and does a short biography of eisenhower and at least in the first part for some stories i haven't heard beforhadn't heardbefore so thatn testing it fascinating. the third one that we ran across is this nation shall not endure. not only was he the second to serve in the cabinet, he was the secretary of agriculture under eisenhower and was also the president of my church and also my former chief of staff, so there is a personal reason i want to go through this one. i enjoyed the philosophy as he talks about this nation in the future of politics in the united states. i'm looking forward to that one. the final one that was recommended by my staff is entitled where nobody knows your name by john feinstein. the cool part about this is that it is going to be about minor league baseball players and those who made a name for themselves some may have gotten up to the majors but this is about those who labored where the pay isn't great and the love of the game is magnifice

ladies and gentlemen, 24 years ago, president john f. kennedy visited berlin.speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall, since then, two other presidents have come each in his turn to berlin and today, i, myself, make my second visit to your city. we come to berlin, we american presidents, because it's our duty to speak in this place of freedom. but i must confess, we are drawn here by other things as well. by the feeling of history in this city. more than 500 years older than our own nation. by the beauty of the tear garden. most of all, by your courage and determination. perhaps the composure understood something about american presidents. you see, like so many presidents before me, i come here today because wherever i go, whatever i do -- in berlin. our gathering today is being broadcast throughout western europe and north america. i understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the east. to those listening throughout l as the brandenburg gate is closed. today, i say as long as this gate is closed, as long as this scar of a wa

he's surrounded by people that love john kennedy and therefore hate nixon. and, you know, obstruction of justice is not that bad. you can just imagine it. but because nixon did not have that, and he had what he thought to be three hostile networks, he did not survive. >> and it's interesting, because one would imagine that roger stone, another veteran of the nixon administration, it was his thought that had they had that messaging, they could have survived it. and it would have been more powerful. with just three networks to compete with, it would have been more powerful than fox news is in the stratified world we have now. >> might have very much been more powerful and more helpful to nixon. and nixon's frustration, you see it in his memoirs, i talked to him a up canal yecouple years b died, he was frustrated that there was no tv network that was willing to say the kind of things that he wanted them to say. >> yeah. and so, now you have this sort of merger of fox news and state, right? with bill shine going into the white house. has there ever been any equi

nnedy whose great uncle, president john f. kennedy, first established the peace corps and the kennedy family has also through the years been very engaged in making the world a better place. i appreciate my colleague from massachusetts for speaking. congressman royce and myself have run this committee in a bipartisan way and, again, i think this bill is typical of good bipartisanship. it's a good bill for the united states. the peace corps shows people around the world america at its best. it shows our values. it shows our generosity. it shows our compassion. since its inception in 1961, volunteers have engaged in people-to-people diplomacy and community-based developments in 141 countries, on six continents. we in congress must do what we can to keep our current volunteers healthy and safe. so, again, i want to thank congressman poe and congressman kennedy. i want to also thank senator corker and senator feinstein for their companion bill in the senate. and i would also like to especially recognize three staff members. luke murray, or

we'll talk with senator john kennedy. what will it take to win his support? official yet obviously but we're close to making a decision. >> every confirmation battle is a big one these days. he knows that. but he is also very confident that under the leadership of senator mcconnell this is something that can happen swiftly by the first monday of october when the court begins to meet. so i think he is very confident that any of the finalists will be confirmed by the senate. >> bill: that's leonard leo the president's supreme court advisor and our guest last hour predicting a quick confirmation to the pick. democrats don't seem to go along with that. senator john kennedy sits on the senate judiciary committee. good morning to you. what do you think of that time frame laid out there, what does it look like? >> i'm ready to get started. i'm not part of management. that's up to senator grassley and senator mcconnell but if it were up to me i'd start next week. i would allow plenty of time and let every senator on the committee ask within reason as many questions a

as republican senator john kennedy of louisiana said, get ready for "a rough, tough, down in the dirt ear-pulling nose- biting fight." i think he's putting it mildly. he's on the show three minutes from now. president trump, he is now on board air force one flying to europe lands first in brussels where he would demand the europeans pay more for their own defense and he has complaints about trade too. he's dealing from a position of strength. america has a booming economy. europe is weak, divided and close to political chaos. before he left he said it's going to be a big, beautiful week. yeah, so sit back, please, and watch history unfold. varney & company is about to begin. stuart: now, we're going to start with the best good news story in a long long time. the boys in the cave and their coach are out. they are out. it took three days but finally the last boy in that cave with the coach, the 25-year-old coach were brought out but still waiting for a medic and three drivers before we can call it a total success but they're making their way out. it's a four to five hour journey from wh