i want to play a little bit of justice kennedy. here is justice kennedy.elieves it will come down to. let the viewers hear whether they find scepticism in this questioning. i think this is him questioning the government's lawyer. >> the reason this is concerning is because it requires the individual to do an affirmative act. in the law of torts our tradition and law has been you don't have the duty to rescue someone if that person is in danger, the blind man is walking in front of a car, do you not have a duty to stop him absent some relation between them. and there is severe moral criticism but that's generally the rule. here the government is saying that the federal government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act. and that is different from what we have in previous statement. >> that changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual. in a fundamental way. >> i don't think so, justice kennedy, because it's predicated on the participation of these individuals in the market for healthcare services. megyn: for him it

♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy ♪ for me ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy >> pretty face-pacedliticians who really mastered the art, came across as being very comfortable in contrast to nixon in 1960, who just seemed awkward, sweated a lot when he was on television. just was not really comfortable in his own skin. and so, what candidates really discovered through television is, the camera doesn't lie. and it kind of led to new types of candidates emerging on the same. >> well, as you pointed out, that ad was 50 years ago, from the kennedy campaign, but this is one nixon ad, but not any different than most of the ads that nixon ran in 1960. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, richard m. nixon. >> i would like to talk to you for a moment about dollars and cents. your dollars and cents. now, my opponents want to increase federal expenditures as much as $18 billion a year. how will they pay for it? there are only two ways. one is to raise your taxes. that hurts everyone. the other is to increase our national debt and that means raising your prices. rob

but i'm just going to say this about our nt kennedy were still alive, and were president kennedy to write a sequel to his famous book "profiles in courage" there's no question whatsoever that his nephew patrick kennedy would occupy a full chapter of that book. please welme in courage, patrick kennedy. >> thank you, husband. my great friend, jim ramstad. let me just say this about your kind comments about being courageous. i was only able to do what i did because i had my fellows help me. and you were among them. i want to say you have compassion. if there was a profile in compassion award, jim ramstad would be the recipient of it. thank you, theresa, for welcoming us. and i notice you were born in newport, rhode island, my congressional district. and to john mulligan reporting from the providence journal, we're going to beat minnesota to the bunch. we have craig stening, mike fein and we're going to make rhode island the first hearing that pam hyde attends when she comes up and visits our state. i, too, want to say what an honor it is to have a true inspiration for for my personally, max

kennedy? maybe he will, in which case i would expect favorability towards mormons to rise although maybe not to the same extent that it did for catholics after john f. kennedy was elected. but, of course, the other scenario is that romney turns out to be the mormons' al smith where inted of prevailing, instead he goes down in flames, and history remembers him as a candidate who suffered because of his religion. which way it will go, it's tough to say, but at least we know now what the road blocks are ahead of him. thank you very much. [applause] so we have a little bit of time for q and a. if anyone has any questions, remember, if you do have a question, we need to wait for the microphone to come. to the mormons in the audience, this is kind of like a testimony meeting, so we have our deacon here who will bring you a microphone. [laughter] to those who aren't mormon, i can explain that joke later. >> ask a question. the first slide you show, 98% of mormons believe nonmormons can go to heaven?

um, i have three wonderful children, henry kennedy, thaddeus kennedy, rachel kennedy. as i, as i, you know, chauffer them around to soccer games or football games or parties and things, as i'm waiting for them in my car i have lots of paper, i can write anywhere. some people can only write one place. not me. i write all the time. i can write anytime, i can write late at night, i can write early in the morning. i'm always writing. um, i write all the time. when i'm teaching, i'm writing. when i'm not teaching, i'm writing. so, you know, one of the things that i like about writing is it's something i can do, frankly, anytime. >> host: how old are your kids? >> guest: i have twins that are 13 years old, and i have a 17-year-old. so i'm surrounded by teenagers. they, too, are a great encouragement. today hear about, they live with these books as i write them. i test out various portions on them. they see the covers. they see the titles. they make suggestions all the time. and sometimes i take their suggestions, and sometimes i don't. but they are very helpful collaborators

he didn't quite make the record that kennedy had hoped. geri cobb then goes into flashback to detail the experiments of the tests that she went through, as well as beginning to assemble the rest of the women from all parts of the country and take those same exams. they were really quite invasive and extensive exams, some 75 in all, including for several of the women who then were able to go on to the next stage of them, a rather remarkable test involving sensory isolation, and this is a section that talks about how cobb as well as some of the other women were tested to see how they would cope with what scientists at that time thought would be the great void of space, the silence, and the stillness, the darkness of space. really testing their psychological adaptability. so you'll be hearing about dr. jay shirley, a very distinguished doctor at the oklahoma city who ran these tests, and comparing them to what the men went through at wright patterson field. now this is where their tests began to differ. up until this time they were exactly th

carter and kennedy people still insult each other in private and sometimes publicly. the incredible thing about that speech that kennedy gave is another sign of when people lose, sometimes they give their best speeches. that was a great speech. he never mentioned -- he never said a kind word about carter or endorsed carter. acceptance night on the stage he wouldn't do a photo op with carter. he wouldn't get near carter to have a picture of them arm and arm. they went out of that convention stitt political enemies. >> let's get to student questions. we'll begin with the washington center. whoever wants to start. >> leonard donaldson. i was wondering, you mentioned that the carter and kennedy divide has happened, and looking at this current republican primary, mitt romney has not been able to gain that support of the base. you know, as you said, newt gingrich and rick santorum really don't like mitt romney. could you see that kind of divide in the republican party? >> good point. >> excellent point. yes. the better gingrich and santorum do, the more delegates they accum

so the question comes down to judge kennedy. for most of the questioning today, he showed great skepticism. he said to the government at one point that this bill basically alters the relationship between the federal government and an individual and asked the government lawyer, doesn't that show you have a heavy burden? and for most of the argument there was no indication that he thought the government had met that burden. but at the very end of the argument, there may have been a glimmer of hope for the administration, because the government's argument here is in response to those who say, if the government can regulate this, then it can regulate anything. and the conservatives said, can you require everybody to have a cell phone in case there was an emergency? or could you make everybody buy broccoli to become healthier? the government says what's different about the health care market is if you don't have insurance, when you show up at the emergency room, you will be treated and the cost of your care will be shifted to people

kennedy, according to jetblue, flight 191 left john f. kennedy this morning at 7:30 jack, and a pilot subdued the captain when the pilot pounded on the door when the co-pilot asked him to leave. the associated press says the passenger on the flight thought the captain, he heard the captain yelling something about a bomb. really? really? and brand new news from the newsroom this afternoon. jonathan, what happened? >>jonathan: if you believe jetblue all that happened on this flight is there was a medical emergency as they put it involving the captain and the co-pilot, therefore, decided to divert to amarillo, texas, the plane is on the ground now. they are getting another plane so the flight 191 from john f. kennedy can continue to the destination of las vegas. if you believe some of the passengers who were on the plane it is a very different story. one of the passengerses that tweeted -- passengers tweeted "our pilot went nuts and we had to land in amarillo, i saw my life flash before my eyes today." a reason to believe this woman was inde

all eyes were on justice kennedy. justin kennedy were vuz skept kl of the mandate and the constitutionality of the mandate, and that makes me feel better about our chances. it's hard to predict when you stand outside the supreme court as to what they're going to do. in keeping with his decision making in cases where we see the decision making, he's very skept kl under the commerce laws. my colleagues and i have been managing the case day-to-day. we felt great about the questions we heard from the justices. we feel positive that the mandate will be struck down. tomorrow will be important when we talk about severability. we believe if the mandate is struck down, the entire law must fall. so with na i want to introduce my colleague fromtexas, greg abbott, the attorney general there. >> thank you. today we are one step closer to inthe senators who spoke here earlier. they have talked for two years now about repealing and replacing wia not have to worry about crossing that bridge. we're getting closer and closer to the cou

douglas kennedy is the tenth child of robert and ethel kennedy and has recently worked as a reporterr fox news. >% >> that's news 4 at 4:00. >>> news 4 at 5:00 starts right no now. >>> a big day in the news. in annapolis. good evening. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. any minute now governor o'malley will sign a bill legalizing same sex marriage in the state of maryland. pit it makes maryland the eighth state in the country to have su such a law. news 4's derrick ward is live in annapolis with the latest. >> we are now awaiting the signature you talked about. this is either a setback for the institution of marriage or a institution %f marriage or a victory for equality. a momentous day here in annapolis for supporters of marriage equality as governor o'malley signs maryland's pv version into law that will join seven other states in the district of columbia recognizing same sex unions. and supporters won't be resting on their laurels for long because opponents have already begun gearing up for a fight at the polls this fall. now they are built up by a statistic. 31 states have

was putting to him. >> paul: but kennedy put forth, that justice kennedy could find a leadership with the young people, to the larger health insurance market. >> right, saying at some point you'll consume health care, therefore, we can mandate, the problem is it isn't a limiting principle. and you say that health care leads to health insurance, all sorts of things lead through health care, you know, whether it's healthy decisions, life choices, so, it's really another way of stating the police powers that-- and the separation-- >> the separation of states. >> the separation of the states and the federal government that's at the core of this jurisprudence. >> how big a hole is there for justice kennedy to walk through if he wants to uphold this mandate? >> not a very big hole, it seems to me. i mean, he would have to define it very narrowly and explain why the health insurance business is different from all other businesses, different so the federal government can order people to buy something. all right, in prefacing that comment that joe just quoted. kennedy says, well, they say that

by june, we will know whether justice kennedy, justice anthony kennedy has given approval to the affordable health care bill or not. we'll know what the fight will be like between june and november. it will be far better for the president if the supreme court approves what he's done, far better for the country. we'll have to see what comes of it and what does not. this is a daunting situation. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good morning, americans.

that the laser focus that put it on anthony kennedy that is most often the swing vote. the initial question that rattled supporters. >> commerce in order to regulate it. >> shannon: i question what gets to the heart of the argument. it forces americans into a marketplace rather than regulating economic activity that listen exists. something that troubled kennedy. >> the federal government has a duty that it must act and that is different from what we have in previous statements. that changes the relationship from the federal government to an individual in a fundamental way. >> shannon: though kennedy was undecided but many colleagues are not. ginsberg and kagen said those that are not insured are having an impact on existing stream of economic activity. here is justice kagen. >> the aggregate of all these uninsured people are increasing the normal family premium, congress says, by a thousand dollars a year. those people are in commerce. they are making decisions. >> equal unconvinced. scalia he hinted he may be open to the idea of mandate. today he made the possibility

all eyes were kennedy. justice kennedy was very, very skeptical of the mandate and the constitutionality of the mandate and that makes me feel better alwt chances. s hard to predict what they're going to do, but i can tell you in keeping with justice kennedy's prior decision making in cases wherekevehe decision, skeptical of unlimited congressional power under the commerce clause. so my knd i ha been managing this case day to day. questions with heard from the justices. we feel very positive that the mandate will possibly be struck down. if it is, tomorrow is going to be very important when webekuse believe that if the mandate is struck down, the entire law must fall. so with that, i want to introduce my colleague from texas, greg abbo >> thank you. today we are one day closer to br to the senators who spoke earlier. they talked for years now about repealing and replacing oba i don't think we'll have to worry about crossingng closer ad closer to the court striking down obama care all together. when this law

by june, we will know whether justice kennedy, justice anthony kennedy has given approval to the affordablewe'll know what the fight will be like between june and november. it will be far better for the

by june, we will know whether justice kennedy, justice anthony kennedy has given approval to the affordable health care bill or not. we'll know what the fight will be like between june and november. it will be far better for the president if the supreme court approves what he's done, far better for the country. we'll have to see what comes o

kennedy won that fight.el buckled, pulling back its price increase, accepting the terms of the deal, the deal that it made. it wasn't pretty. it was barely legal, but kennedy had shown some big shots they weren't dictators. the bottom line here is this. this country likes to know it has a president who cannot be bullied by big business or be pushed around by a smaller group that thinks the boys in the board oom are king and the rest of the country just has to take it. well, jack kennedy used tough language in all this. you can read about it in my book, even if i can't say it here and tougher tactics. but people knew they had a guy on their side sitting behind that desk in the oval office. so did big business. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans and

he didn't have the answers that kennedy wanted.scalia and even chief justice roberts who was, i thought, perhaps the most amenable to the obama administration's position didn't seem to be. >> it's fascinating to hear some of the voices. you were there living inside and watching all of thf is go down. take a listen to the voice of the justice kennedy. >> the reason this is concerning is because it requires an individual to do an affirmative act. in the law of torts, our tradition, our law has been that you don't have the duty to rescue someone if that person is in danger. the blind man is walking in front of a car and you do not have some duty to stop him, a absent some relation between you. there's some moral criticism of that rule, but that's the rule. here the government is say, the federal government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases. that changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual. in a very fundamental way. >> so help,

kennedy won that fight.el buckled, pulling back its price increase, accepting the terms of the deal, the deal that it made. it wasn't pretty. it was barely legal, but kennedy had shown some big shots they weren't dictators. the bottom line here is this. this country likes to know it has a president who cannot be bullied by big business or be pushed around by a smaller group that thinks the boys in the board oom are king and the rest of the country just has to take it. well, jack kennedy used tough language in all this. you can read about it in my

i was determined that kennedy adopt as many of my proposals and policies as possible. >> this week i the opportunity to debate with mr. nixon. i feel that i should reveal that i had a great advantage in that debate, and i'm not referring to anyone's makeup man. the advantage that i had had was that mr. nixon had just debated with khrushchev and i had debated with hubert humphrey and that gave me an edge. >> how close did he come to beating jfk? >> well, the primary not -- i think he probably lost by 10% in the primary and the west virginia, wisconsin primaries, i think wisconsin might have been worse. but he didn't even really have a chance. but that's another whole story. kennedy's campaign was pretty well financed and humphrey didn't have a lot of money and he was really kind -- sort of bought out i would have to say. and there are stories of people being handed $5 and, you know, all kinds of things that went on during that campaign, that he didn't really have much of a chance. he was expected to win in that state, and that's why you'll hear michael beschloss say that he was expect

by june we will know whether justice kennedy, justice anthony

it all comes down to justice kennedy. and of course, it is impossible to predict what the court will do today. three months from the time they write the final decision. what they think right now is sort of irrelevant. but judging from what was said during the oral argument, justice kennedy set the bar very high when he said at the beginning, if you're going to change the relationship between the government and an individual, don't you have a very heavy burden? and almost until the very end of the argument, he sort of signals that he never got an answer that was satisfactory to him. at the very end, chuck, em, well, you know, maybe the health care market is different. maybe it's different than food and forcing people to buy broccoli. maybe there is something different about the health care market that would allow the government to do this. so there is a glimmer of hope there for the administration. we'll just have to see whether time brings him around. >> i want to ask you about, there was some sound. there is some argumen

there is a request from justice kennedy at the end that gives me some hope, but it was deeply troublingand it shouldn't have gone this far. >> i think the administration thought that scalia was at least gettable, and it seems like some of the questions we was making seems he has made up his mind. it was a rocky start that this solicitor general did not bring their a game. >> the department of justice is in a tough position in this case because what the justice kept hitting him on is they kept saying if the government can do this what can't do it? doj doesn't just have to defend this law, it has to defend any law that congress passes today. and i think the law's opponents used that against doj. doj was the one set of attorneys who wouldn't just list the thing that were unconstitutional under their theory. >> you heard the arguments and you actually clerked on the court, so you know the dynamics. do you think it's an unfair characterization that this was a train wreck? >> i think it is a bit unfair. the administration had the more difficult argument in this case. the other side's argument

like kennedy he was keenlyacefl nad. withenn's orbit that he ha to the island to peal back to c canaveral. johnson wanted to be recognized publicly as the administration's link to space. when glenn and the family made the triumphant ride to the capital, johnson was squeezed into the front side of the astronaut's open convertible. people lining the streets on that rainy day in washington focused as much on the vice president as they did on glenn. lyndon johnson's massive build and large gestures all but overwhelmed the car. he looked like a big excited blood hound, all ears and gaping mouth and insistent head. before the meeting with jerrie cobb and janie hart, scanned background materials secretary liz carpenter prepared. she urged the vice president to give the women some encouragement and drafted a letter to james webb for johnson's sit. the letter while not a ringing endorsement of women astronauts asked if any women met guidelines or if women had been disqualified simile because they were women. i'm sure you agree se

kennedy won that fight.eel buckled pulling back its price increase, accepting the terms of the deal. the deal that it made. it wasn't pretty. it was barely legal, but kennedy had shown some big shots they weren't dictators. the bottom line here is this. this country likes to know it has a president who cannot be bullied by big business or be pushed around by a smaller group

it was kennedy who took troops in action to end discrimination.television in june of 1963 to say it ought to be possible for every american to enjoy the privileges of being an american. who introduced kennedy introduced the civil right bill himself. it is something to recall tomorrow on st. patrick's day that it was an irish american who did these great things. and it's a matter of great family pride my mom, my mom had the nerve to quietly break with my father's old school ways and walk in that

is not as much in play as kennedy.eally interesting about this case is that there's a real need to not look partisan here because if you had bush versus gore, that was a 5-4 vote -- >> so many believe the court is as a result of that very politically inclined. >> exactly. i've had to teach a whole generation of cynics constitutional law. 2010, same 5-4 breakdown. if kennedy goes, then roberts if he's on the fence to tip it towards the sixth. >> mike? >> i was in the court, i was of the mind of what kenji was saying. but i didn't see it. i saw a court totally willing to do what it had to do even if it meant five republicans against four democrats. >> we'll have to have you guys back and talk about it as we get closer to june. mike and kenji, thank you so much. >>> we have the best of office politics from dan rather to game-change co-author john heilemann, we dig into their memories for a glimpse of their careers and more. ♪ >> you were taking a number one "new york times" best-selling book and you're thinking, they're g

. >> i think justice kennedy recognized that granting them that power would be dangerous. >> reporter: kennedy has months to make his final decision. >>> and now here is a look at other stories making news early today in america. in tennessee it was anything but love thigh neighbor after a man nearly demolished a home using a tractor. there were small children living inside. the suspect says he went on a rampagage b becauause thehe man there was selling drugs which he denies. >>> in ohio brazen thieves smashed into a jewelry store and used hammers to make way with the jewelry. >>> in florida protesters marching during a recent rally over the shooting death of trayvon martin broke away from the group and ransacked a walgreens. >>> not everyone is enjoying this year's unusual weather. farmers in michigan are setting bails of hay on fire to try to save apple orchards. >>> now here is a look at your national and regional weather, your weather channel forecast. lots going on on the west coast. >> rainy, murky. we are not destroying crops with freezes. it is not pretty. march is one of e th

kennedy did and so did roberts. >> yes. a lot of the justices on both