gloria swanson, joe kennedy and rose kennedy. gloria swanson and her daughter were their house guests when they were still living in bronxville, a new york suburb. rose kennedy had to turn a blind eye. she had to know that if she left joe kennedy, it would destroy their family, which both of them were devoted to. she simply decided within herself that this was something she would have to tolerate, and so she looked upon gloria as their good friend, and that her husband was just trying to help her with her hollywood career. he was a producer at that time. and she simply swallowed it. but there was a time earlier than that that she actually went home to her father. there was dalliances of other kinds. and she went home, she told her father what it was all about. and he said, "rose, this was ion," but he didn't say i told you not to marry him. he was much nicer. he said, "this is your decision, and you must live with it. go home, rose. go home to your family." and so she did. but it was that close a thing, and her father saying you

i am here with kennedy. she is a special cory spawn department on -- correspondent on fox business network. dan bova who is "maxim magazine" editor-in-chief, bill schulz and reason magazine's editor-in-chief, matt welch. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. i'm being held here against my will, america. >> so will crime drop with an armed block? well a texas-based group is providing shotguns to poor americans in dangerous neighborhoods. explains kyle copeland, the founder of the arm -- armed citizen project as they have more to fear crime begins to drop as a result. this week they give out their first gats that came with mandatory training. copeland hopes to arm an entire crime-ridden nation that guns make folks safer. can raccoons play the harp? that was a sprinkler with harp music. >> that was absolutely phony. we will change that. >> hi, kennedy. >> hi, andy. look at those blue eyes. normally you are behind a screen. >> is this a good idea or great idea? >> this is fantastic for the people of hous

elective office not a natural fit for this kennedy. but diplomacy, her grandfather was ambassador to great britain before world war ii. her aunt jean was bill clinton's ambassador to ireland. half a century after her father's assassination with her brother, uncle and mother now gone, caroline kennedy is ready to serve, most likely in japan, a country that loves political names like former vice president walterer mondale. >> sending someone who has such high visibility, almost standing as a kind of celebrity, i think, gives her cache the minute she lands in tokyo. >> reporter: kennedy would have to be confirmed by the senate but experts say she's a lot more qualified than many ambassadors appointed only because of the size of their campaign wallet. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead for us as we continue on this post easter monday night, the difficult conversation in millions of american families. and a groundbreaking new look at how to keep driving well into old age. >>> later, a high tech line of electronics for yo

ambassador caroline kennedy? we first saw her of course at the president's daughter with the irrepressible smile. could she be representing america in japan? abc's david muir with the late-breaking story. >> great to see you. abc news has learned this move could be imminent. caroline kennedy, very likely, the next ambassador to japan. the white house wouldn't comment today, but we got a hint from caroline kennedy herself that she'd be willing when we sat down with her a long time ago. -- not long ago. abc news learned the white house has talked with caroline kennedy about the idea of becoming the u.s. ambassador to japan. the president is expected to nominate her for the post and we've learned she's expressed a willingness to accept it. a post we asked her about when we sat down with her just a couple of weeks ago. i'm curious, what does "ambassador kennedy" sound like to you? something you're interested in? >> i have supported this president since early days. so that would be great. nobody has asked me, so, you

the kennedys were fading from political prominence.uld be a few years before a cousin, joe jr., went to serve in the house. but caroline kept going, straight into 2012. >> barack obama is the kind of leader my father wrote about in "profiles and courage." he doesn't just do what's easy. he does what's hard. he does what's right. >> and now the president who evokes memories of her father is officially bringing her into the political fold in her own right. if he taps her officially, caroline kennedy will be the first woman to hold the u.s. post in tokyo. and, jake, she's in kansas city tomorrow night promoting her tenth book. so in kansas city they can ask her about it. >> i'm sure she'll be grilled. thank you, erin. >>> right now things are heating up in the korean peninsula. we've learned this afternoon the u.s. navy is sending at least one warship and a sea-based platform closer to the north korean coastline and amping up their presence with stealth bombers. richard haas joins me to talk about this breaking news story. the defense dep

. >>> camelot east, is caroline kennedy the next u.s. ambassador to japan? >>> and two months since leaving the state department, hillary clinton about to reemerge this week, we'll tell you what other 2016 possible candidate will appear with her tomorrow. no it isn't leon panetta. and kick off our women in the world series with "newsweek" and "daily beast" editor in chief, tina brown. >>> plus let the good times roll, the 135th easter egg roll at the white house. as the president and first family throw a party for more than 35,000 children of all ages on the south lawn. it is wonderful to see all of you, welcome, you guys brought the great weather. >> today we want you to have a great time. we want you to run around, we want you to go over and see the white house gardens. >> but hoops time with the basketball editor in chief doesn't go so well. reports are he was only 2 for 22. >> and thankfully, on the mend -- an encouraging sign as louisville guard, kevin ware comes through surgery successfully. and the team hopes can even join them in his hometown of atla

kennedy. this year is the anniversary of his assassination. i was thinking going into boston, known to be a liberal city, although it's much more complicated than that, and going after the john f. kennedy library is part of this horrible terrorist attack, does it tell you anything at the library? there they are at the library with the fire truck. does it tell you anything they would hit the library of john f. kennedy? >> well, it tells us that these are not only deadly acts but these are symbolic acts. realize, chris, as you know better than anybody, today is patriots day in boston. today is basically as far as they're concerned almost a national holiday. it's probably the busiest holiday in boston. schools are closed. hundreds, tens of thousands of people come out to see something like that. this, the boston marathon, this is america. this has been run for, you know, so many years. we're yoused to this being an american event. people come from all over the world to run in this type of event and now simultaneously, the two strong symbols of am

i'm also hearing that the explosion at the kennedy library was small. again, they told us no injuries. but that is an absolutely beautiful building. it is all glass front. it is in front of boston harbor. all glass, a huge american flag hanging down in the center of that library. we're trying to get more details on exactly what happened there whether something was dropped in a trash can, we don't know. but certainly they believe it is related somehow to these marathon bombings as well. >> and, martha, we heard the police commissioner say they don't know yet whether this explosion was related to the two explosions at the finish line. getting conflicting reports about what might have set it off at the jfk library. >> i'm getting the same thing too, george. but many believe it is probably related. and setting off a bomb like that, again i have to harkin back to iraq and how they set off explosives there and that was actually a radio controlled device. if someone actually drops something into a trash can, it could be a timer or it could be radio controlled

i think the american people sort it out and they're for democracy. >> ted kennedy's seat was jack kennedy's it's up next tuesday. anything can happen in a special. we all know that. very interesting elector. eddie markey running up there. a little more working guy, voted against obama care, he's pro-life against abortion rights. it's a different -- they put out a robo call which a group of them supporting them, it wasn't them, but it was somebody supporting them. according to "the boston globe," "as americans we're not going to let the perpetrators of this strategy or anyone else top our democracy from moving forward." wouldn't it be great having a working person representing you in the senate, not just another millionaire, but someone who understands -- the segue -- it went from the tragedy up there which united everybody to a cheap opportunity to exploit hell to try to get some votes. >> and ironically, the candidate that they support that they would like to win is going to be damaged because of their stupidity. for bringing something that's completely unrelated -- >> some guy, iron worke

you all heard of a guy named kennedy. well, kennedy wrote an -- read an article put out here in -- [inaudible] magazine. and the article in 1960 was the case for unilateral disarmament. and what fromm really meant was not unilateral. it's the u.s. takes a big step to get rid of nuclear weapons, propagandize the whole world to make the soviets take that big step. and on and on. step after step, embarrassing the heck out of them, but getting nuclear weapons out. well, a guy named jfk read the article, and he went up to jerry holden, who's here, who was the young editor at the time and said is this the same fromm that wrote "s cape from freedom -- escape from freedom"? and holden said, it is. then in the campaign fromm had advocated a meaningful u.s. disarmament company with power and money. kennedy, late fall, says he is going to do that if elected. and he does. that's fromm's idea, jfk picks up. at this point kennedy instructs his national security adviser, george bundy, that he wants on all foreign policy issues a range o

we just had is people, there was some confusion, as john king pointed out, whether the fire at the kennedy library was at all related to the copley square incidents, and the answer to that is that it was a mechanical fire or an explosion that was completely unrelated. and these kind of situations, we tend to link things together that may not always be linked together. so, i would also like to report that the fire is in the new wing of the fire did not affect any of the kennedy archives. as for the president speaking in a few minutes, to me, i think it's important the president actually go on the air and speak to the american people. we've just had this been told, as tom is saying, that this is a terrorist incident, whether domestic or foreign, and the president needs to speak to the american people. >> we're told he's only a minute or so away. jessica yellin is over there watching what's going on. any indication, jessica, what the president is going to say? >> reporter: they haven't told us exactly what he'll say, but he'll reassure the american people that officials here in washington are

also starting a new chapter is the kennedy dynasty. caroline kennedy is being considered as u.s. ambassador to japan. her grandfather was roosevelt's ambassador to great britain. the ken klan included one president, three senators and five representatives. how about landrieu or pryor? those are the names democrats hope will help them win mid-term re-elections in red states. we are really red states. obama lost senator mary landrieu's home state louisiana by 17 points in november. his loss in senator mark prior's arkansas was even worse. 24 points. the big question, are deep roots and multigenerational name recognition a comforting blessing or a curse in the anti-establishment push for fresh faces? a recent article in the national journal got us thinking about it. here to help us break this down is nbc news senior political editor, mark murray. we might all recoil at the notion of nepotism in a if you going democracy, but in reality this happens more often than we think and for less than nefarious reasons. sometime we like voting for the guy we know. >> the reason it happens is na

kennedy, this is what blows my mind. this never happens. >> is there one aspect of the story that blows your mind? it is the confluence. >> you didn't even let me finish my question. >> it is pre-orgasmic. >> as theorists who are never, ever right about a conspiracy. they are constantly thinking they are part of a major plot or the plot is focused on them and then all of a sudden it happened. he has to be somewhat happy, correct? >> now he is totally vin vindicated in his conspiracy theorist lifestyle. but the fact that it has nothing to do with the black market and the body parts? >> we don't know. >> and his mother's disappointment. it is all so fantastic. it would only be better if it was a thai conflict. the fact it is taekwondo -- i thought that is how joe what's his name said it. >> what are you doing? >> correcting her. >> that is the french pronunciation that is by the way wrong. >> this guy, you wrote a great book that was a great movie. is this guy who has been basically toiling his life as an entertainer in th

kennedy library. no injuries or no other devices according to the police commissioner of boston have been found at this point. but authorities taking no chances. the federal aviation administration closing the air space above the explosion site near the finish line right after took place we've seen the mayors of new york and los angeles and baltimore, washington, d.c., all taking security precautions as well. pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house has been closed as well. and, martha, again we're hearing from pierre and brad some speculation that perhaps this is an incident of domestic terror, but this would also be law enforcement officials, mass security officials would also post all of their sources and ties to international terrorism as well. >> absolutely the widest net possible i would imagine, george and diane. they were looking for specific people. they are looking for specific causes. they are looking for specific beeves against whoever they're targeting. so i think they will cast a

one is lincoln and the other is kennedy. when lincoln was killed, there was tremendous desire among the government to blame the confederate leaders said they convened and executed seven people and put a few people in jail for life and issued warrants for jefferson davis and the head of the confederate intelligence service and canada and everything. a year later the whole atmosphere to change. now we have reconstruction. we wanted to bring the south back and they actually acquitted who would have been the mastermind of the case and it was forgotten. the same thing happened with lee harvey oswald. when he shot kennedy and the information went out to the cia, the cia concluded this had to be a plot and they actually thought there was a case to indict fidel castro. the ambassador whose name was thomas mann and not the author thomas mann that the friend of lyndon johnson thomas mann began collecting evidence in mexico city. a week later they decided this would be disastrous that we could wind up in a war with cuba or maybe russia

hoover sent the tape and transcript to bobby kennedy. did not endear king to the attorney general or the white house. >> the price that was paid was that there was never as much close trust between president kennedy, president johnson, and king. >> hoover's contempt for king was clear in his scrawl left on several fbi memos. >> king is a tomcat with obsessive degenerate sexual urges. king could well qualify for the top alley cat prize, disgusting. >> they are listening in on dr. king, writing memos, sharing those memos with presidents. those two guys -- >> yes. >> -- have sex on the brain a lot. >> yes. it's the hatred of a hypocrite. they think they have this special knowledge, thanks to the electronic surveillance, that king is so personally, sexually, a hypocrite and not a minister of the gospel. >> hoover's fbi leaked these sex stories to the press, but no newspaper took the bait. they couldn't ignore hoover when he called reverend king the most notorious liar in the country in a rare 1964 press conference. >> the bureau very much, v

kennedy library. no injuries or no other devices according to the police commissioner of boston have been found at this point. but authorities taking no chances. the federal aviation administration closing the air space above the explosion site near the finish line right after took place we've seen the mayors of new york and los angeles and baltimore, washington, d.c., all taking security precautions as well. pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house has been closed as well. and, martha, again we're hearing from pierre and brad some speculation that perhaps this is an incident of domestic terror, but this would also be law enforcement officials, mass security officials would also post all of their sources and ties to international terrorism as well. >> absolutely the widest net possible i would imagine, george and diane. they were looking for specific people. they are looking for specific causes. they are looking for specific beeves against whoever they're targeting. so i think they will cast a

kennedy and george romney. and senator bennett knew them both and i was his administrative assist innocent those days. we didn't have chiefs of staff. i helped them with their confirmation. which in those days was a piece of cake compared to today. >> what do you mean piece of cake? >> the president got who he wanted. yes, you had to go to a hearing and answer questions on policy. but there was no two week, three week vetting, witnesses and what have you. they were much more civil in those days. >> william rehnquist went through confirmation twice. we're going to the second time when he was going for chief justice. watch the clip and then you can tell us the circumstances. >> did you confront voters at the presinket? >> confront them in the sense of harassing them in >> no asking them about the right to vote, asking them about the constitution, asking them about their voter eligibility? >> does this cover all years? >> yes. did you ever personally confront -- >> i don't believe i did. >> could you categorically

. >>> plus, is barack obama about to give caroline kennedy a major ambassadorship? "early today" is back in two. >>> welcome back to "early today." prosecutors says james holmes deserves to die for shooting 12 people inside a movie theater. officials will seek the death penalty. >>> the 21-year-old star of the mtv reality show "buckwild" has died. shane gandee was found along a dirt road in kentucky along with the body of his uncle and a third man. the reality star and his uncle were reported missing on sunday. >>> michael jackson is the subject of another lawsuit this time a civil suit brought by his mother against concert giant aeg live. the trial will examine if the company was criminally negligent in the hiring of his personal physician, dr. conrad murray. murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011. >> caroline kennedy will soon follow in the foot steps of her grandfather. nbc news confirming she will soon be tapped to be the next u.s. ambassador to japan. >>> new jersey governor chris christie has signed a bill banning children under 17 using t

king explodes on the phone at robert kennedy and kennedy is so taken aback that he hands the phone over to burke marshall. this anger that had been building, frustration over moderate whites saying go slow, be cautious, don't push things, was all embodied in the eight white ministers who basically said nothing about love the negro because he is your brother. these are clergyman simply ising protest is extreme, violent, it causes bad feelings. a new be -- wait because administration will come along and it just got to king. as white walker put it, his cup of endurance runneth over. that is why the letter is so important t. it was not just the clergy. it was his view of the kennedy administration and a nation that was not willing to become indignant over the affection of their black brothers and sisters. >> let's move to another group that you mentioned earlier in this conversation. the african-american preachers, black preachers, negro, colored at the time. this is a part of history that isn't known so well. there is a sense that king was the crÈme de la creme and that every black church

kennedy and my calm is a shock to some of you but even though it's been half a century there are still over fifty thousand pages of j.f.k. assassination related documents that the obama administration's refused to disclose this despite a poll conducted by the national archives and records administration which showed that disclosure of these documents is the number one public demand of them release government information and you know this is all got me thinking about the history of government classification and the most interesting documents that are still being withheld from j.f.k. to the bay of pigs to the nixon tapes to obama u.s. government has a secret history of willing then dealings that ekes out decades after the fact unfortunately the revelations these documents often provide are just a mere afterthought sturrock a revisionism that's already been carved in stone so joining me now to dive into this issue a little bit further is breaking the separate manual put up with. me on after after governor do you know do is go know the pressure and let's go over some of these because there

kennedy y dos en la maratón de boston hay varias líneas abiertas sobre la investigación y para comunicarse es estamos solo a unas calles del lugar de los hechos mucha policía y seguridad se evacuaron a muchas personas confundidas atletas que buscaban a sus familiares. hace unas horas el gobernador confirmo 3 muertes un menor de edad de 8 años y más de 100 heridos 8 niños están hospitalizados en el children's hospital y los demás en distintos hospitales les pidieron a las personas que tengan paciencia y se avisa que mañana las calles de downtown en boston estaran cerradas y la policía mañana estará revisando bolsos así que piden cooperación. también se dijo que las personas en los hospitales han tenido lesiones en los huesos y tejidos se pide paciencia y sigue la investigación esto es todo por el momento desde boston regresamoa a los estudios. >> horas antes el presidente barack obama hablo con conferencia de prensa y dijo que se haría todo lo posible por solucionar. >> el presidente barack obama fue avisado solo a diez minutos de lo ocurrido por el director del fbi robert mueller y secreta

kennedy and expressed her share of opinions about, especially the last one. in a provocative recent book. but you know what, the best way to describe helen thomas is, she's one of america's greatest journalists. please welcome >> i will skip the man to my right for a moment but not for long. for woodruff has followed many years. i will tell you she also is a great supporter of the first amendment. the final guess, there's so many things you could say about him. in addition to working for him, i was his chief of staff. former chairman of the company. he is a founder for the freedom forum. he was a best-selling author. the book was called "confessions publishing."th in [applause] [laughter] of usa today.nder please welcome mr. al neuharth. [applause] those of you who saw the fence onto of the joining us here tonight sell to other names on the list. something happened on the way to tonight's event. bach felt badly about not being able to join us and wrote a note to all of you. don't think that would keep me coming with a presidential speech. what happens? the ho

the 6-3 decision by justice kennedy saying that essentially violating equal protection.here was a lack of a rational basis or safe basis to support this law. discriminatory against gays, lesbians and by sexuals. >> is it because they singled out the gays for this that they voted on just gays. >> sexual orientation, exactly. the supreme court said you can't do that to one group. >> this is like landlords. things like that where gays in the state were being discriminated against. >> it imposes a disability against gay's, lesbians and by sexuals. >> that's not what the folks voted on and correct me if i am wrong, ladies, like you always do. the coloradoens voted on we don't want to give personal treatment to gays. >> exactly. >> bill: they turned it around saying if you allow that law to stand then you will be discriminating. doesn't make any sense to me. >> dissenting opinion by scalia describing bill billing no preferential treatment for one group and the supreme court says oh you can't single out one group. >> reverse argument. >> one group. then you could say no prefere

gue watch ted kennedy this time questioning justice scalia. [video clip] >> justice scalia, if you are confirmed, do you expect to overall -- to overrule roe vs. wade? i don't think it would be proper to answer that question. >> i agree, it is not proper to ask any question. say why it -- let's assume i have people to argue in front of me, it is quite a thing to be arguing to somebody who you know who has made representation in the course of his confirmation hearings by way of condition to his being confirmed that he will do this or will do that. host: did you work with them? guest: i did and i remember well that that question was going to come up. i remember saying to him "judge scalia, could you tell this committee when life begins?" he looked at me and had a blank look on his face and said," i think we should think about this a little bit." eid said you cannot answer it. there were others that said you must answer one way or another way. this was an example were you form a subcommittee. you tell the experts to go away and come back with a 5

winston churchill spoke and president kennedy spot and mother theresa in '82. here we are in 2013 where they have invited a sexist, named higga. here are some more.

. >> my name is j kennedy. i come today in this time of budgetary planning to commend you for your participation. i also come to bear witness about a wonderful participatory effort, called, i want to put it on the overhead. can you read it? called the utility underground task force report to the san francisco board of supervisors; it included all the districts, at&t, comcast, department of public works, public into this commission, 55 page report which have to do with undergrounding utilities, popular with the citizenry. i want to note the date, small to see. submitted in good faith in january, 2007. i urge you as you think about budgets to put a completion of undergrounding public utilities on your high priority list. you are the stewards of the city. the city deserves no less. thank you for your attention. >> president chiu: thanks. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is oscar james. i am a resident of -- point. i served on many committees. my concern is election of the new committee. i have

but i grew up... he worked for president kennedy, for example, as his federal aviation administrator, and actually reached the highest level of a minority, i believe, in the us government at that stage. and so i grew up wanting... infused by the spirit of the kennedy administration, the civil rights movement, of the peace corps. my heroes were people like president kennedy, martin luther king, and i wanted to join the peace corps. i didn't... had no interest in royalty, or in thinking about changing myself. and in fact, to this day, i don't think i'm any different, except in what i have learned and experienced over time. i'm still the young woman who grew up in the united states, and whose life has evolved to encompass other cultures, other societies, and unimaginable reonsibilities and love that as a young girl i wouldn't even have dreamt of. >> hinojosa: so you brought it up, love. there is something about your story which i think... people see the power of this love, and when they see pictures of you with your husband, king hussein, this connection that you had... and i think that.

radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media.

kennedy's funeral when the news broke.ler of martin luther king jr., had been arrested in london. >> this is a picture of my dad and me. >> ray wanted arthur hanes and his son arthur jr. as lawyers because they won an acquittal for ku klux klansmen for killing a civil rights volunteer outside selma. the younger hanes, now a retired judge, describes ray this way. >> a nebbish, always was. that was my impression of him throughout, that he was -- he was the invisible man. >> but try to ask him a hard question -- >> he would act as if he were someone trying to think of an answer. criminals, cons will do that. we never had any real confidence in the truthfulness of what he said. >> the one thing ray would not discuss, even with his lawyers, was the murder of martin luther king. >> we never, never were able to evoke any kind of reaction from james earl ray one way or the other about dr. king or his life or otherwise. >> in july, in the middle of the night, ray was flown back to memphis in handcuffs. finally, next march, ray appe

kennedy. kennedy was an early supporter of president obama's candidacy. she compared mr. obama to her late father. and kennedy's nomination has not been finalized yet. >> still ahead, let it roll. the spring tradition at the white house. first lady's message to children at the easter egg roll. >> while the white house was busy with that event it managed to pull off an april fool's prank. >> i'm michael finney and "7 on your side" is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact on facebook and on twitter. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. >> i'm spencer christian looking towards the golden gate. we see mainly blue skies but low clouds are forming at the coast. what is coming our way next? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up next. >> and coming at macarthur maze, normally cars are snaking for miles through the maze. pretty clear unless you are on the right-hand side of the screen heading back to san francisco or going to oakland area. otherwise, that is about as good >> larry: kids enjoyed the white house,

but what happened to ted kennedy? ted kennedy had this long tradition not just being an incredible liberal senator, but of getting things done. the big domestic achievement for president bush, no child left behind. all the criticism of it, ted kennedy stood with him at the signing. pushed the legislation through. that's how you get things done. >> let me give you the contrast. the republicans have blocked the american jobs act. blocked the dream act. blocked health care for 9/11 first responders act. refused to raise the debt ceiling twice, in 2011 and 2013. refused deal on automatic budget cuts. tried to block key cabinet apoin toes. held up appointment of 47 judicial nominees. i mean, id be in hardball time if i kept talking about what they blocked. none of that was done with bush if it was something good for the country even though a lot of us were adamantly opposed to bush. people like ted kennedy said we have to work for the good of the american public. >> right. even if you drop the rhetoric about what's good fo

. >> patrick kennedy is against making marijuana legal. he compares the burgeoning marijuana industry to what he calls big tobacco and big tobacco's earlier heavy-moneyed campaign defending adult tobacco usage. the legallality or illegallity of marijuana is a confused and confusing matrix. let's start on the federal level. the federal control substances act makes the use of marijuana a federal crime. despite that federal injunction, many states have and are moving ahead with their own laws legalizing marijuana, and that worries patrick kennedy, former democratic congressman from rhode island, and son of the late ted kennedy. the district of columbia and 18 states have now legalized marijuana in varying degrees for medicinal use or recreational use or by decriminalizing the possession of the drug in small amounts of the state list. alaska, california, colorado, d.c., hawaii, maine, massachusetts, minnesota, mississippi, montana, nebraska, new york, nevada, new york, vermont, oregon, washington. in december of last year, president obama was

david kennedy for treasury and george romney for had you had. and senator bennitt knew them both so i was his administrative assistant. we didn't have chiefs of staff. and i helped them with the confirmation going through paperwork and confirmations which in those days was a piece of cake compared to today. >> what do you mean by piece of cake? >> the president got who he wanted. yes, you had to go to a hearing and answer questions on policy. , t it was no two week vetting witnesses and what have you. they were much more civil in those days. >> william rehnquist went through confirmation toys twice -- twice. >> did you ever confront voters at ba than precinct? >> confront them in the sense of harassing them or intimidating them in >> no asking them about their right to vote, asking them about their constitution, asking them about their voter eligibility. >> does this cover the prepsinth for all years? >> yes. >> i don't believe i did. >> would you categorically say you didn't? i f it covers 1953 to 1969 don't think i could categorically say abou

president obama expected to nominate caroline kennedy to be the next u.s. ambassador to that country. we hear the deal is not official yet. kennedy was a high-profile supporter of the president in 2008 and in 2012. kennedy would be our first female ambassador to japan. >> thank you, heather. time now to take a look at who's talking. this morning the big talker, the easter sermon given at the church where president obama attended. the reverend dr. lewis legion from st. john's episcopal church facing backlash for what some say are politics at the pulpit, attacking christians for their belief. but when fox news's ed henry confronted jay carney about it, this is what he had to say. >> was he surprised? were you surprised that reverend leon decided to get so political and attack leaders at one point saying they want blacks to be back in the back of the bus? sort of odd for easter. >> i wasn't there. i haven't spoken with the president. this was a sermon at a church here that's been visited by presidents of both parties for many, many years. and i think -- you kn

kennedy. >> would a doctor come right here?ewis was waiting for kennedy to come back upstairs to his hotel room. >> it was too much. i broke down and cried. >> it was a lot of loss back to back. >> 40 years later, it is too much. and i felt then that the assassination of dr. king and robert kennedy, something had died in all of us. >> with his bank robbery money, ray was making one last effort to reach white areas of africa. >> i finally contacted a newspaper reporter who said the mercenaries had an office in brussels, belgium. i then bought a ticket to brussels. >> with this ticket in hand, and both passports, ray went to the london airport on saturday, june 8th. >> i went to the boarding zone, i was told by one officer that he wanted to ask me a few questions. >> the officer recognized the names on ray's two passports were on a watch list. ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah hallelujah >> it was the morning of robert kennedy's funeral when the news broke. james earl ray, accused killer of martin luther king jr., had been arrested in lo

guest: i helped draft the mccain-kennedy proposal in 2006, which passed the senate, and not a house. i held with what is being called the kennedy-kyl proposal that was in 2007 while mccain was getting ready for his presidential bid. took no -- took the negotiations over. they're based on a fundamental draft was put together in 2005- 2006 known as mccain-kennedy which went through the committee process and became hodgepodge on the floor. biggest sticking point during those negotiations? guest: that is a good question. i would say the temporary worker program was definitely the point in 2007 where we really hit a wall. if you look back at the floor debate, there was a crucial amendment that sunset did the temporary worker program after five years. once that passed by one vote, the whole process teleport. aboutteresting part drafting immigration legislation, involves a lot of labor law. you have a whole different set of staffers that to come in and help out with that. it's very complicated. luckily, i have never been a labor lawyer. it would be a difficult job. it is very complicated, i

two best sellers killing kennedy and killing lincoln. he wrote a book not nearly as popular "the natural peaceful death of taft." what were you thinking? the truth is bill o'reilly, and this is true, is now working on next book due out this fall this time it's about the killing of jesus. it will be the first time in history jesus' death is blamed on obama care. [ laughter ] >> bill: wow, conan, thanks for the publicity, man. nice of you. watching that tape you may have noticed i was signature next to supreme court justice antonin scalia. that was fascinating but all off the record. what i can tell is you that scalia is really a no spin zone guy. loves his country and has stayed true to ethnic roots in queens, new york. he was giving me jazz about the killing jesus book but i will win them over, i hope. then after the dinner the schmoozing began and i'm not very good at that and neither is barbra streisand who is at the dinner but everybody was kept away from her. i have to be honest, i'm not getting the entire streisand deal. yeah, she i

we'll take him. >> reporter: along the way whitaker and kennedy became close friends. >> he walked upod on the top. first human being on the peak named after the president. man, that's where the tears freeze on your parka. it was so emotional. i loved him like a brother. >> reporter: now a half century later, whitaker is 84 years old with two artificial knees. but he celebrated his birthday last year by hiking to the everest base camp. how much of a hike did you do? >> i only walked 40 miles. reporter: only walked 40 miles? >> well, but it was high. that's the difficulty. >> reporter: you're being a little modest though. at age 83 you hiked 40 miles at high elevations. that's pretty good. >> you've got to keep moving. that was my first major peak that i climbed. >> reporter: from his home near seattle, you can see the olympic mountains where his life of adventure began as a teenager. what do you say to kids today who seem to spend most of their time indoors before a computer screen or a video game? >> get off your butt. you know, they've got to get outside. nature is the best teacher.

tambiÉn como dijo pamela un tercer explosivo detonado en la biblioteca john f kennedy.icio de celular interrumpido en el Área de boston para evitar explosiones luego. las autoridades en new york, los Ángeles, washington dc,francisc ciudades intensificaron las medida de seguridad. tan pronto se dio a conocer del ataque el perÍmetro de la casa blanca acordonado de inmediato. >>> dos lÍneas del telefÓnicas para la comunidad que reciban informaciÓn de los familiares o amigos del evento y el nÚmero es. 6176354500. la otra lÍnea es 1800494 tips. esta segunda lÍnea es para llamar quienes tengan alguna pista o informaciÓn que de con el paradero de Él o los responsables del atentado que hoy enlutan a la ciudad de boston y todo el paÍs, es muy lamentable lo que pasa y sobre todo que entre las vÍctimas habÍa niÑos. >>> nefasto dÍa para el pais y el mundo entero. vamos con michell figueroa, periodista independiente que estaba cerca del lugar de las explosiones cuando ocurrieron ¿estas con nosotros?. >>> aquÍ estoy, gracias. >>> ¿como reaccionaron las personas que estaban viendo la

it has burned at kennedy's gravesite for more than 45 years. it was transferred today to a accessibleo keep it to tourists, the upgrade should be finished in about three weeks. will be feeling the effects of sequestration. starting tomorrow, the smithsonian will close galleries at three museums. africanonal museum of art will close part of the african mosaic exhibit. and the persian museum will -- orn harshman -- hirsh newseum will close some floors. >> up next, technology being deployed in the district to keep pedestrians safe. >> it has been another dreary day across the area, but sunshine is on the way. >> forget the of rain. think about the ice. the caps year up for the playoffs. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissasan.com. ♪ >> a new effort in the district is to help drivers