the race for the white house is on. ♪ kennedy kennedy kennedy ♪ kennedy for me ♪ kennedy ♪ kennedy >> do best, spend money. >> it was called the jingle ad. every product was sold with a jingle, so why not a candidate? ♪ it's up to you ♪ it's strictly up to you >> that ad aired a lot during the daytime. so at the time, and it's somewhat sexist to say, it was aimed at housewives watching soap operas. ♪ kennedy >> what is the most important issue confronting the american people in this election campaign? >> nixon was selling security, stability, you know what you get with me, you know what you had with eisenhower, let's stick with what works. >> i'm going to wear this in the st. patrick's day parade in boston. >> the press loved kennedy and kennedy loved the press. >> they thought he was charming. they thought he was fun. they went on sing-alongs on the campaign plane. >> nixon was exactly the opposite. they thought he was awkward, weird, uncomfortable. >> the press liked jack, and they did not like dick. >> nixon's staff had urged him to develop a better relationship with the press, and

kennedy: not enough.hrives in the most contentious conditions and discreets the most appalling emissions. kennedy: who illustrated it? >> mark rosenthal of the "new yorker" magazine. i know you don't read it here at fox news because it's liberal propaganda. that's all reading is, liberal propaganda. kennedy: when did you read national reviews or. "reason." the only time i see reason is when i'm tuned into your show or various news programs and someone from "reason" is on. kennedy: will you ever write a book like that that pokes fun at your goddess hillary rodham clinton? >> she is not my goddess. i think she is a flawed but acceptable candidate. who are you voting for? gary johnson? i'm going to issue a protest vote. is that you? kennedy: your vote doesn't count. your single vote will never decide an election. >> do you vote in new york? you either vote in new york or california. kennedy: maybe i vote in indiana, the place of my birth. i want to thank you for being here. i was deeply entertained by your b

kennedy: the party panel is back., comey rang her bell when he laid out the list of egregious errors she committed. can it be unrunning? >> it ded can it be ken can it be unrung? >> it depend on how people vote. there is nothing that prevents her from running. most people don't because there is a lot of shame. comey painted her as incompetent and put her interest above that of the american people. kennedy: and public safety and national security. the president finally called it criminal. whenever he does something like this, he's very measured in his words. what do you think he means by finally coming out, can he finally admit his open disdain? >> he waited until all right it looks like the coast is clear, now i can finally call this criminal. they locked up martha stewart for less than this. she is amazing. it's usually both with her. she cannot help herself from lying. if you ask her what she had for lunch, she'll say i didn't have lunch. what's that turkey sandwich? here the corpon is being hit in the head with a b

kennedy: or does it.e was once a minority fringe candidate, a leftist whose utopian theories and handouts resonated with millennials. but hillary haters were more than willing to feel the bern. we are on the fast track to free college, single payer healthcare, a $15 an hour minimum wage and a business thwarting carbon tax. but hillary clinton is a compulsive liar so i'm sure she'll find a way to reverse course when necessary. she was giddy to be free of this lefty dead wing. >> we'll make the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since world war ii. we are not cutting the minimum wage, we are raising the minimum wage. kennedy: he may have won his first primary in new hampshire and 2 caucuses and primaries, but he lost the f.b.i. primary because of the damn emails. and the only other person more devastated by james comey's non-indictment than bernie was joe biden. her coal source will cost 2 million the jobs. the best life they can help for is ordinary as their dependence on government grows. sociali

kennedy: maybe. obviously that line of logic didn't fit well with trey gowdy it was like watching two cobras mate. >> secretary clinton said i did not mail any classified email, was that true? >> there was classified email. >> secretary clinton said she used just one device, was that true? >> she used multiple devised during the four years of her term as secretary of state. >> secretary clinton said all work-related emails were returned to the 8 department. is that true. >> no, we found thousands that were not returned. kennedy: ranking democrats were there to stroke comey's forehead and rub sweet partisan salve into his self-inflicted wounds. >> i want to make it clear that i condemn these completely unwarranted political attacks against you. they have attacked you personally, they have attacked your integrity. they have impugned your professionalism. you do not deserve this. your family does not deserve it, and the highly skilled and dedicated agents of the f.b.i. don't deserve it. kennedy: where d

kennedy: right. i want to use a word here that rhymes with pulpit. >> 110 emails in 52 email chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. kennedy: huh, that makes her a big liar. remember when she was asked if she erased nose emails she flippantly answered in this famous exchange. >> like with a cloth? i don't know how it works digitally at all. kennedy: come on, director comey, you are a man, you aren't going to take this garbage party lying down. >> the lawyers cleaned their devices in such a way as to preclude complete forensic recovery. kennedy: i'm left with a gaping hole where justice used to live. maybe paul ryan can make it better. >> what mystifies me is the case he makes and the conclusion he draws, this does underscore the clintons live above the law. kennedy: that gives me a hankering for steven seagal. steven? you ain't above mine. if enough steven he gals get fired up by comey's methodical takedowns, perhaps s

i'm kennedy. kennedy: there are a lot of polls out there. a new nbc "wall street journal" marcwall-"wall streetjournal" p. nicky is a democratic strategist. pete hegseth is here, a fox news contributor and iraq war veteran. welcome, everyone. so hillary's downturn in this poll, do you think that's due to james comey and the way he laid out the case against her and poked holes in so many lies she sold? >> i think so. the republicans and democrats are fixed in positions or the email scandal. it's the independents that are affected the most. there was a 2-point swing amongst independent voters in florida. she was up 22, now down 9. what have they been hearing. comey's statements were the most powerful part of it even if the last two minute meant she wasn't going to be prosecuted. kennedy: there were a lot of analysts who sat back and said he could have done so much damage to her reputation because he's a non-partisan entity in all of this. but as you see from the nbc-marist poll, the polls will be all over the place. can we expect more shifts a

kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived?ence to suggest that he never would have done what lyndon johnson did in vietnam. >> this nation will keep its commitments from south vietnam to west berlin. >> though lbj had experienced the same crises by sitting next to kennedy, he had not come out with the same conclusions. he did not share kennedy's suspicion of the united states military or military advice. once kennedy was gone, it was inevitable that u.s. foreign policy would change. we lost a president that was skeptical of military advice and gained one who usually took it. >> the official russian announcement said he resigned. crowds that one cheered khrushchev wildly were left in the dark as to what went on when the central committee named leonid brezhnev as the new leader of the party. >> my father was shocked. his successor just went in the opposite direction, then divorce all his policies. he was very upset. >> he had begun a new age of the soviet union, a thawing of the cold war. not complete, but the beginning of somet

kennedy: he is a puns sell.arris: the speaking of rapunzel, two weeks the republicans gather in cleveland to choose their nominee for president of the united states and two weeks later so will the democrats in philadelphia. we should learn who each presumptive donald trump and hillary clinton choose as running mate. of nine people most oftenned trump's list, four are women. clinton, eight women and several people of color. charles payne, your thoughts. >> it is interesting, donald trump need as balancing act and someone with experience who can -- his weak areas in polling are non-white and women. on hillary side they she needs someone who would be crazy. harris: that's not what they say. [laughter] >> okay. someone bringing that bernie sanders enthusiasm if you will. harris: oh, i see. >> that is kind of leads us -- >> someone illogical. >> illogical but fun. we want crazy uncle on thanks giving. maybe he or she, you know, has the nuclear codes. sandra: would you rule out elizabeth warren as her running mate? >>

kennedy jr. has listening defended him. >> there's no way that michael skakel could have committed this murder and there's no way me did. >> now he's naming the people that did it. are you expecting people to sue you now that this book is out. >> if they're innocent, they're welcome to sue me. >> it's about a stunning murder that captured the nation's attention and fueled a mother's grief for four decades. >> how many times in your mind have gone over the last moment you saw her? >> i don't know, many. >> in 1975, martha and her brother john were new to the affluent belle haven section of greenwich, connecticut. >> you told me that you moved there because you thought it was one of the safest places you could raise your children. >> it was. they didn't have murders in greenwich, connecticut. >> i grew up in greenwich as well. we knew some of the same people. what is your description of growing up in greenwich? >> nice people. i have a lot of very fochnd memories of greenwich. >> how can somebody t

kennedy. i want to express my appreciation to you for the efforts that you made on his behalf at the convention four years ago, the efforts that you made on his behalf for his election in november of 1960, and perhaps most importantly, the encouragement and the strength that you gave him after he was elected president of the united states. i know that it was a source of the greatest strength to him to know that there were thousands of people all over the united states who were together with him, dedicated to certain principles and to certain ideals. no matter what talent an individual possesses, what energy he might have, no matter how much integrity and how much honesty he might have, if he is by himself, and particularly a political figure, he can accomplish very little. but if he is sustained, as president kennedy was, by the democratic party all over the united states, dedicated to the same things that he was attempting to accomplish, he can accomplish a great deal. no one knew that more t

kennedy was killed., you look at america in the 60s, you really say, that day was the dividing point. >> i guess in the average man's life, there are two or three emotional experiences that he doesn't forget. because they're burned into his heart and his brain. and no matter what happens to me, i will remember november the 22nd as long as i live. it is impossible for me to this day, and i'm sure ten years from now to drive through dallas and look at the book depository building and impossible to drive by this morning and not think about the day president kennedy died there. it will always be with us. >> kennedy, along side other presidents, johnson, nixon, gerald ford, jimmy carter, reagan and two bushes, even bill clinton, people, they don't remember what they did, but they remember their rhetoric. and they remember the images. >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> this is what people wish for again in the government. they want someone who inspires them. w

we have the kennedy, host of "kennedy." julie roginsky, and today's hash #oneluckyguy, antonio sabato, jr. >> good to be back. >> i have crazy facebook friends literally acting like 13-year-old girls. >> don't out me. sitting right here. harris: any of your facebook friends. >> we'll work as a team. harris: ready to talk to politics? >> i'm ready to talk. let's go. harris: the president said while we ended our combat role in afghanistan officially, our troops are play aggravate tall role training afghan forces and undertaking smaller but dangerous counterterrorism missions against the islamic state savages as well as the remnants of al qaeda and the taliban. while he touted u.s. accomplishments there he admitted the security situation is tenuous and afghan forces need more help. so he will slow down the scheduled drawdown of our troops >> i'm announcing an additional adjustment to our posture. instead of going down to 5500 troops by the end of this year, the united states will maintain approximately 8400 troops in afghanist

here today, harris faulkner, host of "kennedy" on fox business, kennedy. democratic strategist, julie roginsky. today's #oneluckyguy, co-host of "the five," best-selling author, one womans is here. he is outnumbered. hey, sir. >> what a pleasure to be here at the convention with my friends. sandra: looking springy. >> i'm so happy. nobody ever seen us on together. people mistake us for the same person on line. >> have you ever seen julie roginsky, juan williams in the same place? how you have. sandra: there you go. >> it's a thing. you should look at my twitter feed. sandra: welcome. day two, let's begin with the dems hoping day two starts off better than the turmoil we saw yesterday, right from the get-go. >> excuse me. excuse me. [shouting] i'm going to be respectful of you, and i want you to be respectful of me. sandra: a little bit later on, bernie sanders, himself, getting a rock star welcome, a standing ovation. the cheers and the tears, clocking in and in nearly three minutes. >> thank you. [shouting] [cheering] thank you. sandra: yet despite the ac

kennedy: that's true.t is tough when you are policing communities where there is a lot of animus but you know to your point, and i thought this was a good explanation of it, the reason the hashtag popped up, a lot of people in a lot of communities who felt like black lives didn't matter. harris: we get that. >> that is an important part of the conversation. how did we get to that point? harris: fight police brutality. kennedy: the answer to that is not inciting violence. >> exactly. kennedy: there is room in this country for peaceful protest. we have to protect people's civil liberties. we have to take honest look at these discussions, hashtag all lives matter is not offensive. are we supposed to be color-blind? harris: people glock to it like fire, like you said something blasphemous. melissa: how have we gotten to the point in this country you immediately fear and mistrust people because of the group they belong to whether police officers. there are group of people in country feel like they have no stake

host of "kennedy" on fox business, kennedy. democratic strategist julie roginsky is here. today's #oneluckyguy, as harris mentioned a first-timer. we welcome to the show the former special counsel to president bill clinton, lanny davis. >> thank you. sandra: lani, we always remind our one lucky buy you're outnumbered. >> i'm luckky. harris: give a shotout to carolyn. >> carolyn, you're beautiful but i'm lucky. harris: that is not what you thought you would said. sandra: last night, everyone all-in for her, the candidate making a surprise appearance after president obama made a case for hillary to succeed him. the embrace between one-time adversaries, now friends. before this, speaker after speaker, ripping into donald trump, inincluding the president himself. we begin with vice president joe biden. >> i know i'm called middle class joe. in washington that is not meant as a compliment. it means you're not sophisticated. i know why we're strong. i know why we have held together. i know why we are united, it is because there is always been a growing middle class. this guy doe

kennedy. has asked me to request -- >> this is going to be an emotional night. [inaudible] >> ladies and gentlemen. chairman. i wish to speak for a few moments. i want to thank all of you, delegates to the democratic national convention, the supporters of the democratic did forr all that you president john f. kennedy -- for all that you did for president john f. kennedy. i want to express my appreciation to you and the effort that you made on his behalf at the convention, four years ago, the efforts you made on his behalf or his election in november of 1960 and perhaps the strengthtly, you gave him after he was elected president. i know that it was -- it was the greatest rate to him to know that were thousands of people -- that there were thousands of people all over the united states who stood together with him, dedicating to serving the principles and certain ideals, no matter what talent an individual possesses, what energy he might have, how much integrity and honesty he might -- , by the

kennedy: oh, reality.n lynette ton was asked if she felt threatened by chants of lock her up at gop's convention last week, she said this. >> i felt very sad, scott. i don't know what their convention was about other than criticizing me. i seem to be the only unifying theme that they had. there was no positive agenda. it was very dark, divisive campaign and the people who are speaking were painting a picture of our country that i did not recognize. negative, scapegoating, fear, bigotry, smears, i just was so, i was saddened by it. kennedy: you talking about the rnc or leaked emails? let's talk about the hillary standard a little bit because as many of us were watching fbi director james comey what could be possible charges against hillary clinton and deciding not to indict the former secretary of state seemed as though there was certainly a different hillary standard. >> i think the irony here is overflowing. it is so thick. i mean emails, and fbi and another investigation. i mean you could not draw this s

larger than kennedy's in many places, although without the frenzy that accompanies a kennedy appearancefford to lose if i'm going to remain a very active and viable candidate. it would adversely affect me in a very serious way. >> the actual final figures yet to come in. but apparently senator mccarthy has won a major victory in oregon. senator kennedy has suffered a severe setback. they move on now to california and the primary there a week from tonight. >> and this result, tonight, does not prove, of course, that kennedy is politically dead this year. it does prove that he's politically mortal. it establishes that he is robert kennedy, after all. not john f. kennedy. >> i think what will happen now, mccarthy gets a new life. he's still a long shot. but he has a chance now. i think that, however, you don't write off robert kennedy, because he can come off the floor and win big in california. that's what he has to do. if he didn't win big in california, he's had it. [ crowd chanting ] what arthritis pain? what bad wrist? advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or

we have host of "kennedy," kennedy herself. dagen mcdowell. and host of "justice with judge jeanine" pirro. herself. #oneluckyguy, hope up a five, baby, author of new book, "wake up america." on the cover and on the couch. eric bolling outnumbered. >> great to be here. >> you want me to say how mark levin would sigh? wake up, america! that wasn't my hillary clinton. harris: we have a lot to get to. >> let's get to it. harris: this time tomorrow we should know donald trump's pick for president, presumptive republican nominee. he will make the announcement at 11:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. he met with indiana governor mike pence and former house speaker newt gingrich. he says it is between the two of them. >> i think trump has a tough call. he has two really good, but really different choices. and i think it will be interesting to see, certainly i'm one of the people sitting by the phone waiting. harris: but on tuesday the trump family met with new jersey governor chris christie as well. he has also been on the short list. donald trump had said he

downce kennedy takes us one by one. none, of fisher's proposed alternatives were workable according to the decision. the university did not and should not have had to alter the weight given to things like socioeconomics or academic factors. he says, you don't have to choose between a diverse student body and academic excellence. he also rejects her pursuit of expanding the top 10, race neutral policy. at the end of the day, this is a different anthony kennedy than we had in 2003. -- in 2003. i haven't had dinner with him, so i can't explain what got him their relative to where he was in 2003, but we know a few things. involved,is parents he made clear after the grutter decision -- it knowledge is a continuing relevance of race. he disputes justice roberts, he criticized justice roberts for his two yielding insistence that race cannot be a factor in race in admissions. know he was we talked back from striking down the university of texas' byirmative action policy, justice sotomayor and her compelling and powerful descrip

again justice kennedy refuse this and takes it down one by one. none of fisher's proposal alternatives alternatives were workable according to the decision. the university did not and should not have had to alter the weight given to things like socioeconomic's or academic factors because he says you do not have to choose between a diverse student body and academic excellence. he also rejects her pursuit of expanding the top 10, the race neutral policy. so at the end of the day this is a very different anthony kennedy then we had in 2003. obviously have not had dinner with him so i cannot explain in first-hand how he got there relative to where he was in 2003. but we do know a few things. in 2007 with parents involved, he may clear after the greater decision that there was an acknowledge the continued relevance of race. he infect disputes to justice roberts justice robertson criticized justice roberts for his all to yielding that race cannot be a factor in admissions. then in fisher one we know thanks to others that he was talks back from striking

today.e kennedy has se the universities have the confidence to know that justice kennedy -- and i should give university competence to think about how they can tailor their programs in an way that meets the concerns you've identified. >> you think affirmative action in justice kennedy's opinion anything that x. speaks more broadly about the shifting attitudes and are questions of race more generally or do you think this is specific to this context? >> you know this is a straightforward application of router. >> many thought not.>> many thot you said you were surprised. >> ultimately he appears to the majority. it is not his dissent. he quotes extensively throughout the decision. in terms of a wider view of ract i don't know that i would say this particular decision opens the floodgates in terms of where he is on race. i would say the evolution of described coming from where we started in 2003 with justice kennedy and brother demonstrates an evolution of his view on race overall. >> with me just bring you -- involved in all manner of civil rights litigation that the supreme court has invo

that was not kennedy's view. he thought diversity was a compelling interest but it had to be narrowly tailored. so the question was can you convince him that the texas plan is narrowly tailored or is there too much of a thumb on the scay? i just think he and breyer could sort of talk these things out and he ended up assigning breyer the abortion case. and i think adam mentioned earlier i think it's something ruth ginsberg would love to have written but he knew breyer would write one of these very matter of fact opinions no rhetoric. he wouldn't -- lots of data. he would say the evidence shows these regulations really are not justified. the cost is very high the benefit is very low therefore texas loses. that's exactly the kind of opinion that kennedy could agree with. he wouldn't like an opinion that really slammed the texas legislature for sham legislation, for example. >> but let's not overlook the fact that here are two things we knew about kennedy. he had never in his time on the court voted to uphold any aff

kennedy jr. and on his book on the murder michael skakel that did not commit. >> he was brought by toby bryant a cousin of the basketball star kobe bryant. his elder brother is an nba brother who played for the mavericks. and he was a classmate of michael skakel for two years. >> rose: a look at the horrible story in nice. a conversation with john meacham and robert f. kennedy jr. when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: in france flags are at half staff where a french into crowds celebrating bastille day and left a mile long of dead and wounded in his wake. >> let me begin with a question on many people's minds which is one, why is this happening and two what can be done about it? >> well, why is it happening clearly there's a type of radical islam which is inspiring att

here today, sandra smith, host of "kennedy" on fox business, kennedy herself.emocratic strategist julie roginsky and today's #oneluckyguy, co-host of "fox & friends weekend," tucker carlson is in the house. he is outnumbered. hello, welcome to philly. >> thanks for having me. in the fox tent. >> safe space, right, tuckter. >> and it's a big tent. harris: they told me later they will have wedding. sandra: air condition something working today which is a plus. harris: let's move, shall we? we'll get to the president's big speech in a few minutes. first the history we witnessed together. even though we knew the outcome, no less than emotional moment for many. south dakota put hillary clinton over the top. then a heart-stopping move by bernie supporters to bridge the party divide. >> madam chair, i move that the convention suspend the procedural rules. i move that all votes, all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record and i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee of the democratic party for president of the united states. [cheers an

holly briefly date add man named jamison kennedy a year or so after matt died, and according to kennedye prosecutors, was gold. >> what did he claim he heard? >> he claimed to have heard holly mcfeeture confess by saying she put something in his drinks. >> prosecutor brian mcdonough. >> and that she wanted to stop, but that his kidneys had failed, and that was compelling evidence. >> but always something. mr. kennedy was not exactly the local church pastor. his rap sheet was longer than a sunday sermon. in fact, when he came up with that little offering about holly it was in county jail, under arrest for beating up some cops. so, a snitch. >> as a prosecutor, we don't like informants, but what was so compelling about his testimony was that he was the only person to have that knowledge. >> how would he have that knowledge -- where would he, how would her that? >> he heard that from her lips to his ears. >> but how could they possibly prove it? one possible way, sneaky, but it might work. [ phone ringing ] they set up a phone call. kennedy in prison, called holly. and they turned on a tap

kennedy would dream if they were ere tonight. [applause] and i think that i know what ind of a dream you want to dream. tonight we of the democratic party confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. [applause] we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. [applause] to those who have sought to divide us they have only helped to unite us. [applause] to those who would provoke us we have turned the other cheek. [applause] so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way! [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> roaded to white house rewind continues with barr

justice kennedy takes these down one by one. none of fisher's alternatives viable, according to the decision. the university should not have had to alter the weight given to things like socioeconomic factors because you do not have to choose between a diverse student body and academic excellence. ofalso rejects her pursuit expanding the top 10 race neutral policy. at the end of the day, this is a very different anthony kennedy then we had in 2003. i have not had dinner with him, so i cannot explain how he got their relative to where we were in 2003, but we know a few things. that there wasr a continuing relevance of race. he disputes justice roberts -- he criticized justice roberts for his all too yielding insistence that race cannot be a factor in admissions. know that he, we was talked back from striking down the university of texas's affirmative action policy based on sonia sotomayor's description of her powerful experiences with students of color. we watched the united states explode in a fury of race-based violence. unquest

kennedy: back to you. trish: all right. thank you kennedy and mark. donald trump attempting to steal spotlight as only he, can on stage in cedar rapids, iowa, he hit back at dnc, at an event in davenport, iowa. >> i watched last night, they are not talking about the real world, you know. they are not talking about radical islamic terrorism. they are not talking about borders where people just pour across. they are not talking about the crime, the kind of crime that we have in this nation. they are not talking about the fact that many people in our country are making less money today in terms of real wages, than they were making 18 years ago. they are not talking about that. trish: well, he is right. they are not talking about that. that is about what lou and i have been saying all week long. we're joined by lenny davis, why are they not talking about it? >> i think you guys and donald trump are spending too much time listening to each other, barack obama talked about crime. every single speaker, you heard the spouses and parents of fallen officers are

justice kennedy often doesn't respond. respond.doesn't that's his way of handling majority opinions. but i did not see anybody respond to the points justice alito made. i don't think there are risk -- there are responses. i would make to broader points if i could. the first is -- two broader points if i could. the first is, what i think it is more interesting than what justice kennedy said is what the liberal block of the court and -- didn't say. say what you will about justice on hockey, he stood up for his about the justice, he stood up for his vision. no one wrote to defend that vision on the liberal side. they simply were willing to sign on to anything justice kennedy was willing to write. when we are talking about people standing up for views, i think that's quite notable. and i would add, it's not true on the other side. ked about parents involved. the opinion could have been assigned to justice kennedy. they needed his vote, and they knew it would be decisive. but alito and scalia were unwilling to join the opinion.

kennedy assessing the months before the convention. barryn to defeat goldwater in the 1964 general election when he more than 61% of the popular vote. the speech is just under 40 minutes in our coverage is courtesy of nbc news. >> be seated. we appreciate the tremendous reception. chairman mccormick, my fellow americans. nomination.r [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. [applause] i know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. and i [applause] and i speak for both of us when i tell you that from monday on he is going to be available for such speeches in all 50 states! [applause] we will try to lead you as we were led by that great champion of freedom, the man from independence, harry s. truman. [applause] but the gladness of this high occasion ca

kennedy: as you put so eloquently, our needs to be kept.he rights of man, the civil and economic rights essential to the human dignity of all men, are indeed our goals and are indeed our first principle. this is our platform on which i can run and i am grateful, finally, that i can rely in the coming months on many others: on a distinguished running-mate who brings unity and strength to our platform and our ticket, lyndon johnson; on one of the most articulate spokesmen of modern times, adlai stevenson; on a great fighter -- on a great fighter for our needs as a nation and a people, stuart symington; on my traveling companion in wisconsin and west virginia, senator hubert humphrey; on paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman; and on that fighting campaigner whose support i now welcome, president harry truman. i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i'm proud of the contrast with our republican competitors. for their ranks are so thin that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last twelve months. i am ful