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senator john kerry. congressman john lewis of georgia, a veteran of the civil rights struggles who was also at robert kennedy's funeral. >> it brings back so many memories. it brings back days of hope, days of optimism. >> reporter: on this, a day of remembering for thousands. the speakers tonight will include senator chris dodd, senator john kerry, republicans, john mccain, orrin hatch, senator kennedy's niece caroline kennedy and vice president joe biden. tomorrow, charlie, we'll hear from president obama at the funeral. >> john berman up in boston. and you can see this evening's service in its entirety, and it will be on abcnews.com/kennedy. >>> we turn now to that extraordinary kidnapping case in california. phillip and nancy gir ree toe were charged today with 29 counts of on duction, rape, sexual assault and imprisonment for kidnapping jaycee dugard in 1991. today, we learned more about the girl's captivity and virtual isolation for the past 18 years. here's mike von fremd. >> reporter: today, the h

as john kerry put it, the people and the politics were truly what ted kennedy cherished. >> he loved people. he loved the give and take of politics. he had respect for everybody. and, you know, despite all of the things that were thrown at him, he always talked about the humanity and morality. the good question for a lot of people in politics to learn. >> also this morning, the tributes continue. the early look at some of the covers of "time" and "newsweek." all putting out special ed digs this week. we talk to deb king in boston. deb feyerick is live outside of hyannis port. wasting no time to get out the schedule of events and finding ways to privately mourn and for the public to remember ted kennedy. >> it's a day he'll continue to be honored. it was a very long night for

vice president joe biden, caroline kennedy will be among the speakers along with senators john kerry,hris dodd, john mccain, and orrin hatch. joining me now from the jfk library is nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, it has been very heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support for the kennedy family through all of this the last day. >> it really has, ed. we've heard both from members of the kennedy family and people who were here, the same sentiment that you just expressed. there really has been a sense of coming together, and i really took notice of how many people brought their own story to tell about some kind of way that ted kennedy touched them. now, of course, he represented the people of massachusetts, and so there were many who said when i called his office, he helped my family with this issue or when i wrote him, he wrote back. a lot of people who commented about their feeling grateful and being impressed by the personal touch that kennedy showed during his life. so that was part of the motivation for many to attend here. of course, there were tens of thousands. the offi

others on the list, new mexico governor, bill richardson, and senator john kerry. in july the women called their families and said the north koreans wanted bill clinton. he wasn't even on the white house list. some said for good reasons. after some of his comments about candidate obama during the 2008 campaign. >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i have ever seen. >> reporter: al gore told the white house the north koreans wanted clinton. president obama gave the go-ahead. >> the white house reached out as they said to my husband to ask him if he would be willing to do that. >> reporter: now a team of rivals one better, president obama and two clintons. the final step if bill clinton were to go would it be a done deal? the north koreans messaged yes. the wheels were in motion. and those wheels were pretty fancy. a private 737 owned by clinton friend and hollywood producer, and former clinton chief of staff, john podesta went along to file the paperwork of the pardon in a north korean court.

bush against john kerry. a cabinet meeting at which he says other top officials pressed him to raise the nation's color coded alert level. he writes about it in a new moment other out next month, obtained tonight by "360." ed henry has the breaking news. >> reporter: two or three points separated john kerry from president bush. suddenly, a twist. osama bin laden released a shocking new videotape. and it played nonstop on the arab language network al jazeera. >> translator: your security is not in the hands of kerry or bush or al qaeda. your security is in your own hands. >> reporter: the next morning, just 72 hours before the polls opened, the president's top security advisers, including donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft huddled for an urgent meeting to decide whether to raise the color-coded threat level from yellow to orange. then homeland security secretary tom ridge reveals in an explosive new book, a vigorous, some might say dramatic discussion ensued. ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat le

three days before the election, he's one, two, maybe three points ahead of john kerry.e got the feeling that he wanted to raise it in the election. >> just as this came out last night, there was a very quick response from don rumsfeld who said this -- paul, i remember the time very well because i was covering president bush on the trail. when that tape came out, many people on the campaign trail sort of surmised that this was over for john kerry, that it would instantly remind people thinking about the election and how they were going to vote, oh, yeah, terror is the most important thing. >> and don't forget the bomb ng madrid. ridge seemed to pull away from what he heard that they wanted some kind of insurance. ridge, you could say he played politics, too because ridge says that he called the white house. he talked to the communications director and said man, you know, we're going to take a lot of heat for this if we raise the threat level. he was it would be fatal if they raised the level. they never raised it. >> can you address something that was in "the new york ti

just moments ago, we saw the john kerry -- john kerry and his wife. garrett telling us moments ago that this has been very difficult emotionally, according to sources close to the senator. the most difficult since the loss of his own father. they had a complicated but close relationship in recent years. geraldine ferraro joins us now. good to have you with us right now. >> thank you. martha: talk to me about your personal relationship with senator kennedy. >> believe it or not, i went to high school with their cousin. at their graduation, there was this gorgeous senator, john f. kennedy. i met ted kennedy when we were representatives at a convention in maybe 1958, 1959. he did not remember me, but i knew exactly who he was. when i got to congress, it was a wonderful experience to work with him on so many policy issues. he was in the senate, i was in the house, but he was a leader. it was fascinating to watch him. i have been watching people in boston, and truly i would be there if i did not have an injury last week to my back and could not make the tr

senator john kerry just came out to visit with the kennedy family, talk to the press. what i am remembering now is senator kennedy's efforts on behalf of john kerry and iowa in 2004. he was having the time of his life. he is getting the crowds fired up. he said he was going to give them on a chance, and they loved it and he did not want to quit. he had this remarkable ability to fire rocked the crowd and he liked every minute. he was surely the grandfather. sorry to interrupt you there, leon. >> we have all been talking about senator kennedy and his impact on the health-care debate and it was an issue he was so closely attached to. >> leon, i'm sorry, i am not hearing anything that you are saying. you are breaking up. let me just carry on a little bit here and describe what has be going on. in the city, there is a museum to john f. kennedy, and people have been pouring in all day, signing a book, putting down their feelings about senator kennedy who did tremendous things for the state legislatively. there is a memorial on the water here to john f. kennedy. people have

for john kerry, i'll forgive you. you can have three out of four, he said. and i'll love you and i'll love iowa. and let me tell you, iowa loved him. we had a lot of fun there. he would open an event and he'd come out and he'd say, i want to talk to you about a bold, handsome, intelligent leader, a man who should not only be president, but who should end up on mt. rushmore, but enough about me, now i'll talk about john kerry. after that agonizing tuesday night in november when we fell so short in one state, there were ted and vicky on a wednesday morning sitting with theresa and me in a kitchen in boston as we prepare to concede. he was always there when you needed him. and so were sunny and splash when you didn't. once when we were at a senate retreat ted had just spoken and joe biden got up to make a point. and as joe got more forceful in his argument, he started to gesture and he took a step towards ted. boom, they were up on their feet barking wildly defending kennedy territory with a vengeance. and ladies and gen

place to prevent mitt romney from putting somebody in there if mitt romney became president -- if john kerry became president. >> who put that in place? ted kennedy. his letter is touching, but the hypocrisy is staggering. as a way to keep it mitt romney from appointing a successor to president kerry, kennedy is the one who changed the law. all of a sudden he discovered the verge of ving the two seats occupied at the same time -- the virtue of having two seats occupied at the same time. >> the democrats are silent and republicans are crowing about this. but look, he wants to make sure that massachusetts has two senators -- >> he did not care about that years ago. >> he could not go to his sister's funeral, which i am sure if you wanted to go to. that seems to be an indication that he will never get to washington to cast a vote. but when we say that the democrats need 60 votes, they could do without his boat as long as they could pick up a republican vote or to prin-- (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's wit

michael mean was with john kerry's 2004 campaign. we welcome you. >> good afternoon. >> we're going to remind americans about this terror level chart. this is the terror threat. those are the color charts. you have the low, guarded, elevated, high, severe, color coded there. now we look to the one we were just seeing. there's a chronology of the threat level for the 2004 presidential election level. january of that year the threat level was lowered from orange to yellow until three days after the democratic national convention. then look at the end of october. osama bin laden releases a videotape message just four days before the election, and it's during the next day or so that ridge claims at that point he felt pressured to raise the threat level. ultima ultimately, the threat level remained orange. november 2nd president bush is re-elect re-elected. eight days later the threat level is lower back to yellow. you see where we're going. tell me what you think about all this, michael. is there a legitimate point to be made that maybe

of pot -- with sheer curtains -- sheer crookedness. >> there had been one vacancy in 1984 when john kerryelected. from middle age and beyond their planning their senate campaigns. you can look for a lot of people to take a long and searching and personal look at this race. it is a no lose. you have to give up your current office to run, so why not? >> can you give us some names? >> the attorney general. the massachusetts never lets a woman into the senate or governor. despite its liberal traditions. mike catalana, a democratic member of congress. steve lynch, democratic mayor of congress. >> at the marquee. >> i do not know about at the marquee. -- eddie markey. a former congressman who is now the chancellor at the university abeof lowwell. >> why not ask the people of massachusetts but they think? >> absolutely. >> we will discuss cia interrogations' after 9/11. the cia was back in the news this week with the release of a heavily redacted to report. the allegations include staging mock executions, using tools like handrails. -- hand drills. >> they have an investigation before and under

one of your friends was working for john kerry. >> oh, yes. >> i lived in massachusetts, i am a red soxold brooklyn dodgers fan just like my parents, yankee-hater which is why i was married in boston. ivy meeropol has me on the film angrily watching -- >> a moment of levity. >> we went to senator john kerry and asked that the files of the soviet secret service whenever they were called, this was after the soviet union had dissolved, it was now the russian federation and we had john kerry send a letter, we actually thought we might be able to do it because the general had done something similar in another case, he examine their files and came to the conclusion that alger hiss was not a soviet espionage agent. so we hoped they would respond, but times had changed, so the response was we are not going to release any materials, and we think this is what most security agencies do, it is like they want to justify refusing to release the files. that was as far as we got. now kgb agents are telling war stories. there were interviews. >> particularly soft? >> there was a book written about theod

they changed the law so that the then republican governor could not appoint somebody to john kerry's seat. now they want to change the rules back. chances are, they will be able to do that if they wish. this is going to be a news conference of great interest to us and many of you. deval patrick is the governor of the state of massachusetts. we will join him live shortly. the deadly wildfire north of los angeles racing toward a pivotal area. a communications center, a transmission for radio stations, their towers -- if they go, many communications will go. thousands of homes are at risk. the wildfire extend 4 20 miles. it stretches the length of the island of manhattan. it threatens 12,000 homes. firefighters from across the region working day and night. two firefighters were killed when they drove their truck off the side of the road. it is happening about 50 miles north of los angeles. officials want to keep the flame within that blueline that you can see on the outside there. the evacuated areas are in yellow printed you can see the huge amounts of smoke that is just pouring out of

senator john kerry, senator john mccain, former vice president, dan quayle, salute their friend and former colleague and say farewell to teddy next on a special edition of "larry king live." good evening. at this hour you're looking live inside the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. the body of senator edward moore kennedy lies in repose there. family and friends keeping vigil while members of the public pay their last respects. moments ago vicki spoke to reporters and "state of the union's" john king met up with robert f. kennedy jr. watch. >> i just want to thank them so much for coming and showing love and support for my husband. tremendous to all of our family. i just want to let them know how grateful we all are. >> thank you. thank you all. >> thank you. >> driving through the city, how was that? >> deeply, deeply moving for all of us. >> about, i guess a week before he died, he -- he was out on his boat and he was very sick by then. he was losing some of his ability to find words. and he was so very cognizant and very, you know, he was able to steer his boat and to rea

senator john kerry, senator chris dodd, senator john mccain, former vice president dan quayle salute their friend and former colleague and say farewell to teddy next on a special edition of "larry king live."."." >> larry: good evening, you're looking at the john f. kennedy museum. members of the public pay their last respects to senator kennedy. kennedy's widow vicki spoke to reporters and "state of the union's" john king caught up with robert f. kennedy jr. watch. >> i just want to thank them so much for coming and showing love and support for my husband. i just want to let them know how grateful we all are. >> thank you. thank you all. >> this is deeply, deeply moving for all of us. >> about a week before he died, he -- he was out on his boat. and he was very sick by that. he was losing some of his ability to find words. and he was so very cognizant and he was able to steer his boat and to reason and understand all the conversation. but it was sometimes during some parts of the day that were difficult for him to find words that he was looking for. >> larry: joining us to begin thi

>> that was senator john kerry just moments ago. joining me now is the nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. we knew this was going to happen, but how will he be remembered? >> you can always imagine what something like this will be like but you never know what it will be until you have the experience. in terms of washington, you know, i lived there. it's about as toxic an atmosphere as there's ever been in the last 200 years. i hope that one thing that particularly members of congress do is look back at kennedy and say, this is someone from the previous generation. he could duke it out with people on the other side, conservative, republicans all day long. didn't mean anyone had to change their views but at the end of the day, they could have a drink together. that's what they lost in the newer generation. i think it would be something if the senate and house brought back. >> what moment in his career separated him from his brothers? his brothers were so famous and then ted kennedy was there in the family, a hard worker

you know, the supposedly vigorous, young president that john kerry was.e, in fact, was a man who was in extreme physical pain, could hardly walk and may have been dying from addison's disease before our eyes. so what has struck me, having grown up in the full sunlight of the kennedy camelot legend was that they had -- that whole story had drifted so far from reality. and i think it must have been very difficult to live that way. ted's life, the senator's life, has, i think, shown all of them a way to live as ordinary human beings again. >> thank you so much, david, thank you neil swidey, co-author of "last lion: the fall and rise of ted kennedy." we finally got the name of the book right. thank you both so very much. coming up, historians robert delack and my colleague peter alexander's been out talking with the people. the amazing stories of people who feel a close detection connection to this senator, the last of the kennedys. >>> also, by the way, join us tonight for live coverage of tonight's memorial service for senator ted kennedy, starting at 6:00

john kerry. >> i would say most of the people didn't know john kerry had prostate cancer, even though announced. >> larry, you know, i think that shows like this and the questions that you ask are the absolute antidote to the fear that people have. once people take cancer out of the closet and begin to grapple with it, it becomes a much less scary problem. >> larry: take your psa test, men over 40, it's a simple blood test. you get the result in a couple days. there's the life i live. and the life i want to live. fortunately, there's enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis. also ask your doctor if you live in an area with a greater risk for certain fungal infections. don't start enbrel if you have an infection, like the flu. tell your doctor if you're one

john kerry, michael ducacus and others. that's all coming up here at 10:00. for a look at what is coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> coming up this morning a special tribute to the life, legacy and political career of senator ted kennedy. with us to honor is remarkable life in public office, his nieces, and two of his closest colleagues in the senate, john kerry and chris dodd, and long time political advisor, bob shrum. that's all this morning on a special edition of "meet the press." >>> the nationals did not work so well against the cardinals. here is sports. >> one night after albert-i-hit-bombs pujols, the club was back at it again. we pick it up in the bottom of the fifth. cardinalshere. and they are leading it here. and pujols is allowed to score. cardinals up, 4-2. and that keeps the inning alive. and then the next batter, and you knew this was coming. colby mass mus gets a hold of it. a three-run jack. his 14th of the year. the cardinals win big, 9-4, the final. >>> and now redskins quarterback, campbell, completed four of his 1

you can see senator john kerry, his long-time colleague in the senate from massachusetts, democratic presidential candidate a few years ago, with his wife, teresa heinz kerry, greeting others, marking this occasion a few hours before a private ceremony will be held tonight. the funeral service will be tomorrow, the funeral mass, and ted kennedy moving through the crowd -- i'm sorry -- john kerry moving through the crowd and greeting so many of the constituents that he shared in common with ted kennedy for many years. they shared a common political philosophy, pursued many of the same things, and now you see john kerry at the casket putting his right hand along with teresa heinz on the casket and making the sign of the cross. welcome back to "the new york times" special edition. now it's time for our look at the sharpest insights from new york times columnists. this week we have just one topic. ted kennedy's historic career in the u.s. senate. we've got this from the kennedy biographer, a long-time new york times reporter who argues the youngest kennedy brother was under estimated eve

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john kerry is not a bad man. he can't deal with the terrorists. a site for him and you will wake up and be killed. the terrorists will invade. it was carried out even to the extent of apparently seriously discussing raising the national threat level. >> they're reaching for the joy buzzer every two seconds it looks like in this crowd. something to zing you with. nice to meet you, zing. going up to code red tonight. melinda, it's amazing he said -- look for this quote, underlined it "it seemed possible to me and others around the table, this is in the situation room at the white house going over what to do to save the country from osama bin laden that something could be afoot other than simple concern for the country's safety" and this showed there was intersection of politics in all this business. right in the book. it's coming out in two weeks. melinda? >> this is what a lot of people, of course, said at the time was going on, so it confirms what a lot of us did think, but i don't think he really covers himself with glory in saying this now. it i

was running for president said that mitt romney could not replace john kerry with a republican.e hearing from senator kerrey tonight. >> just a short time ago he left the compound behind me. at times, he appeared highly emotional. he said that there was a spiritual vigil taking place. he went on to describe senator kennedy as his mentor and a leader who was unique. >> there will only be one can -- ted kennedy and our generation. he made a remarkable contribution to our country. >> he said that when senator kennedy fell ill, his thoughts were not about himself but continuing his important work. shepard: anything more from the family? >> we heard from arnold schwarzenegger and his wife. they said that they were deeply saddened by the news of the man that they referred to as uncle tenateddy. they went on to call him the rock of the family. it was two weeks ago that maria shriver's mother passed away. she was the sister of ted kennedy. shepard: people are feeling the pain of senator kennedy's loss. joe biden was very emotional as he talked about how the the senator comforted him aft

vice president joe biden, john kerry and john mccain will speak at a memorial tonight. whole public outpouring. >> i just want to thank them so much for coming this evening, and for showing the love and support for my husband. it's a tremendous follow-up to all of our family. >> how gracious after going through this. tomorrow senator kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery, just steps from his brothers, john and bobby. that follows a funeral mass in boston, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, where president obama will give a eulogy. you can watch it all live on cnn.com/live. >>> three, two, one! blastoff! >> think about that, with just two cameras -- >> or not! the complications that came up yesterday when nasa tried to test its newest rocket, and it was all systems go for michael vick's return to the huddle. question was, how would the philly fans -- those tough philly fans take their new star in. hmmm. (mom) soon, we'll be doing homework, getting up early, packing lunches and running for the bus. and we're ready for it. because we took all our lists and we

bush criticized the swift boat ads that accused john kerry of inflating his vietnam war record.tuned for more from our panel and our power player of the week. >> we don't have to go to orange to take action in response either to these tapes or just general action to improve security around the country. >> that was then secretary of homeland security tom ridge just before the 2004 election saying there was no need to raise the terror alert level even though usama bin laden had just released a videotaped threat. in a new book, ridge said he came under what may have been political pressure to do just that. we're back with bill, tad, nicolle and juan. so, in the new book, ridge says that then defense secretary rumsfeld and then attorney general ashcroft came to him, final week of the campaign, but just after usama bin laden had issued this threat, urgeded him to raise the terror alert level and in the book ridge says this. i wondered, is this about security or politics? post-election analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the president's approval rating in the days after th

, and if you vote for john kerry, i will forgive you!"d he would say, "i want to talk to about a bold, handsome, intelligent leader who should not only the president but who it should end up on mount rushmore, but enough about me," [laughter] " now i will talk about john kerry." after that tuesday night in november where we fell short in one state, there were ted and vicki sitting in the kitchen with me and to recent boston, ready to concede. he was always there would be needed him. once, when we were at a senate retreat, ted had just spoken. then joe biden caught up to make a point and regina. as joe got more forceful in his argument, he started chester and took a step towards ted. boom, sunny and/or on their feet, parking -- barking wildly. ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in history, we witnessed a biden rhetorical retreat. [laughter] [applause] i have to tell you, one of my really favorite moments was ted campaigning with my daughter, vanessa, who is here, campaigning in new mexico. they were visiting an indian reservation and

number eight, july 6th, 2004, democratic presidential candidate john kerry selects john edwards as his presidential running mate, producing a small bump in the opinion polls and producing a huge swing in media attention towards the democratic campaign. july 8th, 2004, two days later, credible reporting now indicates that al qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the united states. >> homeland secretary ridge warns of information about al qaeda attacks during the summer or autumn. four days after that, the head of the u.s. election assistance commission confirms he has written to ridge about the prospect of postponing the upcoming presidential election in the event it is interrupted by terrorist acts. number nine, july 29th, 2004, at their party convention in boston, the democrats, formally nominate john kerry as their candidate for president. as if the wake of any convention, the democrats now dominate the media attention over the subsequent leak. august 1st, 2004, monday morning, three days later -- >> it is as reliable source -- group of source we

. >> reporter: the friday before the 2004 election only two or three points separated democrat john kerry twist, osama bin laden released a shocking new videotape and it played nonstop on the arab language network al jazeera. >> translator: your security is not in the hands of kerry or bush or al qaeda. your security is in your own hands. >> reporter: the next morning just 72 hours before the polls opened, the president's top security advisers including donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft huddled for an urgent meeting to decide whether to raise the color coded threat warning from yellow to orange. tom ridge reports a vigorous discussion ensued. ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the tlefl level and rumsfeld agreed. there was no support for this in our department. i wondered is this about security or politics? post election analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the president's approval ratings in the days after the raising of the threat level. listen to then vice president cheney ten days before the bin laden tape. >> the ultimate threat is the possibility of their succeeding a

the interesting thing monica, is this law was changed in 2004, when john kerry, the other senator from massachusetts, was running for president. at that time, there was a republican governor, mitt romney, who was in office and they wanted to prevent him from appointing a successor to kerry should kerry have won that election, so that's how this law came about and now, it's sort of be careful what you wish for because now, they're in a situation where if senator kennedy resigns or dies, that there could be a five-month gap before his successor is named and is in washington representing massachusetts. >> and also you know, i think as we reported of course, the aides say this does not mean any sign of change in the the senator's health, but people are concerned. interestingly, senator john kerry quoted today saying if harry reid required 60 votes tomorrow, ted kennedy would be on a plane and be down in the senate to vote. >> well, i think it's the timing of this letter that has people wondering if it, despite what aides say, if it does signal that something has changed here, because if yo

inside family and friends, including senator john kerry, reflecting on the life lost. >> there is a very beautiful and personal, private vigil taking place. it's very spiritual and about as beautiful as it could be. i think it's everything that senator kennedy would have wanted. >> reporter: private and public tributes kennedy would have loved. ♪ at fenway park, taps played in his honor at the red sox game. and flags flown half-staff all the way to capitol hill. >> mighty roar. i'll always remember. his dream shall never die. >> reporter: president obama september said his contributions can be felt every day. >> his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. >> reporter: kennedy's lasting impression for family will be patriarch. the husband, father, and uncle who loved to sail the nantucket sound on his sailboat, the mya. in hyannisport, massachusetts, michelle franzen, nbc news. >> certainly apologize for that technical difficulty. that was, however, michelle franzen joining us from hyannisport. >>> well, in a tale of international intrigue, russi

. >> when john kerry was the nominee, the democrats were very concerned about then governor mitt romney name a reublican to that seat. they did not want that to happen. they changed the law and that is the law that senator kennedy last week tried to have changed. >> thank you. >>> let's take a closer look at senator kennedy's push for health care reform. for that, we go to sarah simmons. >> reporter: even though ken senator kennedy has been absent recently, the health care debate has flamed up. his son was saying how very frustrated his father was that he was an accident during this time when health care was really getting going an picking up steam and people were really talking about it. but this is something that senator kennedy has been talking about since 1966 when he initially started his push for a national health care system. but other than though that has not taken shape yet, he has been pushing over the years and made other advancements in the health care industry if we could take a look at those right now n 1996, he was the cohosponsor of the health insurance portability act o

president joseph biden, senator kennedy's denise, caroline, and centers chris dodd, john mccain, john kerryrrin hatch. this is live coverage. we are looking at the entrance to the library as guests continue to arrive for a memorial service for senator edward kennedy. >> good evening. it is my honor to welcome you all this evening on your behalf as well as mine to offer our sincere condolences to the entire kennedy family. only recently pained by the loss of eunice kennedy shriver, and now by the passing of senator edward m. kennedy. to the senator's children, patrick, karin and caroline, jim all of d

>> john kerry. >> larry: that's right. >> most people didn't know john kerry had prostate cancer evenounced. >> larry, shows like this and the questions you ask are the absolute antidote to the fear people have. i mean, once people take cancer out of the closet and begin to grapple with it, it becomes a less scary problem. >> larry: take your psa test. it is a simple blood test and you get the results in a couple of days. it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. (door crashes in, alarm sounds) get out! (phone rings) hello? this is rick with broadview security. is everything all right? no, my ex-boyfriend just kicked in the front door. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security system delivers rapid response from highly-trained professionals, 24 hours a day. call now to get the $99 installation, plus a second keypad installed free. and, you could save up to 20% on your homeowner's insurance. call now-- and get the system installed

if john kerry won the presidency, now some are saying it's hypocrisy.he hypocrisy that some of the folks making the criticisms are the ones who made this very proposal back in 2004. they thought it was good then, if it was good policy then, then it's still good policy, like saying that the congress of the united states shouldn't have passed the civil rights act because they hadn't done it before, considered it and voted it down before. if it's good policy, let's do it, and let's do it now. >> and one other question a lot of people are asking is who fills the shoes? the kennedy dynasty? as we've said, there's been a kennedy in the senate for more than 50 years. do you see a kennedy family member, perhaps joseph jr. or somebody else stepping up and running? and would you support that? a kennedy trying to fill that vacant seat for massachusetts in the senate? >> well, you know, kiran, i think these have very, very personal decisions for any kand date. and so i think i -- the best thing is to wait and to see who decides on the basis of both politics and per

george's guests are friends of kennedy, senator john kerry and senator orrin hatch. bill?kate, four years ago today, hurricane katrina had weakened. the levees had failed, and the governor of louisiaof louisianad a complete evacuation of the city of new orleans. many of those peel never came back and today the city is still trying to pick up the pieces. for insight where things stand today now joined by author, historian and new orleans resident jason barry. good to see you. thank you. >> forgive us for waiting to the anniversary to ask this question, but how is it going down there? how are things? >> well, it's surreal. you know, in some respects, it's -- the rhythms of daily life are somewhat as they were four years ago before the storm but when a third of the people have not come back, you feel the absences. >> yeah, and i understand certain sectors seem to be doing okay, but certain neighborhoods, really the most impoverished neighborhoods historically seem like there's no chance they'll ever come back. is that a deliberate political move? >> oh, i think so, yes. in fa

. >> john kerry has not been honest about what happened in vietnam. >> it became a verb, to take a politician's strength and turn it into a weakness. there's a question whether this was a smear campaign or are you just playing hardball in american politician. what you saw there was effective advertising, that really took down a political candidate, but what you also saw, was an ineffective response. what people saw in all of those people that allegedly served with him were someone that looked like the people that they knew at the v.f.w. hall. >> they manipulated the image that those soldiers were getting. >> it is important to remember that much of what they said, was proven tony blair untrue or misrepresented. chris: then there was what tv did to bring down bush when he was photograph m.d. two unguarded moments after hurricane katrina. first the white house photo of the president flying over the scene three days after katrina hit and then this. this is his first visit several days later. >> you're doing a heck of a job. fema director is working 24 hours. chris: howard? >> i wrote the newsweek

mitt romney from just selecting the successor of john kerry. what did they do? they changed the law. they had a vote. and instead of allowing the governor to appoint a successor, they said we need a special election. so now here we are in 2009, we need a successor. they want to flip-flop the rules back to the old way because it doesn't work for them. this is not why our system was implemented in such a way. gretchen: right. the way the rule reads right now is you have to wait at least 145 days. then you need to have a special election. so democrats -- in fact, ted kennedy on his deathbed last week wrote a letter urging the governor and legislators in the state of massachusetts to change the law back because of the health care reform debate right now, and the feeling that they need those votes, quite frankly, specifically democratic votes they need, in order to pass health care reform. brian: you got 59 votes now maximum. keep in mind kennedy's been so ill, he's missed about 93 votes. so we'll find out, immigration, all these things coming down

, and if you vote for john kerry, i will forgive you!" he would say, "i want to talk to about a bold, handsome, intelligent leader who should not only the president but who it should end up on mount rushmore, but enough about me," [laughter] " now i will talk about john kerry." after that tuesday night in november where we fell short in one state, there were ted and vicki sitting in the kitchen with me and to recent boston, ready to concede. he was always there would be needed him. once, when we were at a senate retreat, ted had just spoken. then joe biden caught up to make a point and regina. as joe got more forceful in his argument, he started chester and took a step towards ted. boom, sunny and/or on their feet, parking -- barking wildly. ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in history, we witnessed a biden rhetorical retreat. [laughter] [applause] i have to tell you, one of my really favorite moments was ted campaigning with my daughter, vanessa, who is here, campaigning in new mexico. they were visiting an indian reservation and

senator john kerry and john mccain are expected to memorialize senator kennedy. our coverage begins at 10:00 p.m. eastern on saturday morning. the president will speak at that and he will deliver the eulogy. former presidents will be in attendance as well. the burial at arlington cemetery later at 5:30 p.m. eastern. all of that live here on c-span. >> the motorcade for senator kennedy should depart shortly. he died tuesday at age 77 of brain cancer. "wall street journal" writes mr. kennedy was the only one of his brothers to die of natural causes. his two brothers were he will be buried alongside them saturday. his oldest brother joseph kennedy jr. died in world war ii. we will have live coverage of that ceremony at arlington national 5:30 p.m. on saturday. the day starts with the funeral services in boston at 10:30 p.m. -- at 10:30 a.m. eastern. . . . >> does casket bearing -- the casket bearing ted kennedy has been loaded into the hearse. the estimated arrival at the john f. kennedy library is for 4:00 p.m. eastern. in memorial service set for 7:00 on friday ni

remember, john kerry quote unquote lied about his war record. we have to go into iraq because saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction, obama wants to kill the old people. all these are absolutely irrational, they're horrendous lies. i think the best that we can do is one-on-one explain to working families all over this country that if we do not get our act together in terms of health care, if we don't join the rest of the world in guaranteeing health care to all people, if we don't control costs, it will be devastating not only to people in an individual way, but it'll be devastating to the economy of our country. but bottom line is, i think we do have to cut bait, we have to say to the republicans you want to be the party of obstructionism, we're going to go forward and we're going to move of health care for all. >> should the majority of americans who want this health care reform hold out hope that democrats have sort of briar patched republicans into extremism here? or this is all political theater to set up real reform coming out of t

if it were to be the attorney general coakley who wants to run, interested in running if john kerry won the presidency in 2004. very ambitious. that would scotch the deal right there. it would have to be somebody like mike dukakis, talked about a lot. certain historic justice from a democratic state to have a former democratic standard bearer take that job and mike dukakis policy is up on the issues, would be perfect for the job. that's the kind of person that would have to say i'm not in it to run in five months. >> other than ben smith who was considered to be the place holder until ted kennedy got old enough to run for the seat in 1960, that's been a kennedy seat since 1952. any indication anybody in that family wants it or would pursue it and are they getting out of the way ever the heavier hitters among massachusetts democrats? >> well, here everybody's now being silent. everybody's willing to talk about this intertrim caretaker thing we were just discussing. no up there that i talked to today wants to talk about the unmentionable, which is who is going to run? ted kennedy not been

john kerry and john mccain, both very good friends of senator kennedy. they'll be among those speaking tomorrow night at that wake or celebration of life, as the family is calling it. john, stand by, because we want to show our viewers the motorcade as it arrives at the library where you are. dana bash is here, gloria borger is here. we're continuing to watch this. it's interesting, dana. they just released the list of vigil participants for this evening by the hour from 6:00 to 7:00, from 7:00 to 8:00, 8:00 to 9:00, very close family, friends, relatives and others of senator kennedy's from 6:00 to 7:00, for example, bobby shriver, the nephew of senator kennedy, and natasha shriver, bobby shriver's wife among those sitting vigil has the body lies in repose. later tonight, alma hart, brian hart, rebecca hart. alma and brian lost their son in iraq when he was traveling in an unarmored humvee. they worked together for more body armor for u.s. troops. elizabeth and rebecca are john's sisters. they have a nice cross section of people who were close to the sen

back in 2004, grass fire was busy producing tv ads attacking democratic presidential candidate john kerry ahead of the 2004 election. which would of course be sort of normal and fine except for the fact that grass fire told the irs at the time that they weren't doing any work to influence the elections of 2004. now, again, shirley & bannister no longer represent grass fire but when they did, that's what grass fire was up to. currently shirley & bannister represents an organization called the bradley foundation. the bradley foundation is a major funder of -- wait for it -- freedom works. in 2008 the bradley foundation provided a $25,000 grant to the freedomworks foundation. the same year the bradley foundation also gave a $25,000 grant to the organization americans for prosperity. we called the bradley foundation today to ask if those groups have also received funding this year in 2009. they told us that freedomworks has, indeed received 75 grand so far this year and they have another application pending to receive more. americans for prosperity has not received any money from the bradley