it is a little bit like what happened to jon kennedy in 1961, privately, people said to kennedy, you really should do civil rights, you should do a nuclear test ban, both of which he thought were a great idea, he said, can't do it until my second term, there are too many conservatives who are democratic committee chairmen from the south, in the senate and the house by 1963 the political environment had changed, allowed him to do that, had it not happened, he would have been assassinated in 19 sticks three without two of his main accomplishments because he would have been delaying everything until 1965. >> rose: jimmy carter, let me come back to jimmy carter, jon? >> well, president carter remarkable victory was the beginning when you look back on it, of the changing democratic party for cash. >> rose: for a southerner to be president. >> for, just baptists were southern presidents. >> rose: they wouldn't elect a southern methodist. >> no, no he was from north carolina. >> we had a president from your crowd? >> no, i don't think so. >> is there any water? >> i think that president car

and it's an honor to be introduced by jon alterman, a wonderful scholar, colleague and friend. president kennedy once said that washington is a city of southern efficiency and northern charm. i hope you don't feel the same way about my speech today, and i did promise john that they would try to be brief. i'm very glad to join all of you today to talk about our partnership with the gulf during a time of profound change in the broader middle east. the dynamics unleashed by the second arab awakening three years ago are still very much with us today. they will continue to unfold over the course of this generation, and very likely the next. these dynamics are hard to understand, let alone navigate. while humility is not our national trademark, he ought to approach this moment with great second section it after all as we can to demonstrate from time to time we have no monopoly on wisdom or common sense. during this time of change and uncertainty, the u.s. gulf partnership rooted in more than seven decades of close and enduring cooperation remains crucial, and it remains strong. but even among friends

we'll see where justice kennedy lands and that could be the deciding factor. jon: interesting stuff at the supreme court. thank you. jenna: congressman, the longest serving member in history is set to retire. 87-year-old michigan democrat telling the detroit free press he'll retire at the end of his term, his 29th full term. he was elected in a 1955 special election to serve out the remainder of his late father's term. his retirement coupled with the retirement of carl lef -- levin means it will end 90 years. jon: government forces clash in venz rail a as violent protests continue there in the oil producing nation. a live report next. plus one driver with a really refuse commute this morning. we'll tell you what caused this. why do people count on sunsweet prune juice to stay fit on the inside? it's made only from prunes, nothing else. it works, simple as that. it's a natural source of fiber and 5 essential vitamins. it's the smart choice for me. try sunsweet's amazing juices and new amazing prune light. jenna: an accident shuts down part of the lower mississippi

kennedy was killed which wasn't political. it was emotional. it's amazing how these guys -- jon stewart is pretty clearly a liberal.w what i mean. >> i think that a good person with good political jokes doesn't look to the left or the right and whatever your political viewpoints are, sometimes you have to bite your knuckle when you have to make fun of the person that maybe you like. and if you're pointing out hypocrisy, that really doesn't know any ideology because it's politics, let's be honest. and so i think jay has been always really good at pinpointing who's screwing up, i'm going to laser in on that and make the point that everybody kind of gets on board with. >> i'll go back to my original thought i bring out all the time. you know what it's like, it's not just you're funny, it's you're good company. jay leno has been great company for 20 years just like carson was. they create a party every night you get invited to personally and can't beat that. thank you, bill carter, thank you, lizz winstead. >>> we'll be right back after this. >>> let me finish tonight with something that's been bothering me. why do peo

kennedy were there. on a larger stage, he managed to get us out of the crisis. >> and had he not -- when he came into the presidency, jon was absolutely right. they have more expertise than me, bay of pigs was a good idea, who am i to differ with that, and he was shown they can all be really stupid, so by the time of the cuban crisis and later, he felt my judgment is actually better, and so is my brother's body's, and threw the missile crisis, you can hear on the tape is one of the most horrifying things is the second kennedy walked out of the room having said we are going to do a blockade, you hear these joint chiefs saying this is munich, this is chamberlain, he is selling us out, and you did not have a president willing to stand up to suppose that expertise, we would have had a disaster, which brings us to what might have happened at the time of vietnam. >> one of the greatest lines is, gentlemen, let's take a break for dinner. >> the cubans shoot down an american plane, and the united states has said if they do this, we are going to invade, we are going to om, and someone comes in enhance a note to mcnamara, and mcn