you jackie kennedy. changed my mind on jackie kennedy. die know whether you remember in the beginning i was skeptical. i thought you might have been one of the society people with no spine. she emerges a hero. >> she did interviews and she had a spine. she was a tough woman. she put up with it. i think she loved jack kennedy. >> she was a real hero when this whole thing came down. we portrayed that. >> you are a big shot now. it is all buecause of me. >> christmas is coming. christmas is coming. >> i have a special christmas message for you. >> we are going to tell everybody. >> it is not a frog you gave me last year? >> it is not the frog. >> martin dugard everybody. i have final thoughts on killing kennedy. >> national geographic likes to get a right. they didn't deviate much from my book. >> they are saying bad things about you. >> i voted for nixon. >> look at you. you got the hyannis look. >> when you watch low not only does he have the accent down and the way kennedy's body language. he has a sense

you jackie kennedy.mind on jackie kennedy. die know whether you remember in the beginning i was skeptical. i thought you might have been one of the society people with no spine. she emerges a hero. >> she did interviews and she had a spine. she was a tough woman. she put up with it. i think she loved jack kennedy. >> she was a real hero when this whole thing came down. we portrayed that. >> you are a big shot now. it is all buecause of me. >> christmas is coming. christmas is coming. >> i have a special christmas message for you. >> we are going to tell everybody. >> it is not a frog you gave me last year? >> it is not the frog. >> martin dugard everybody. i have final thoughts on killing kennedy. get to the terminal across town. are all the green lights you? no. it's called grid iq. the 4:51 is leaving at 4:51. ♪ they cut the power. it'll fix itself. power's back on. quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. thrillingly predictable. >> national geographic

kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived?ts of evidence to suggest that he never would have done what linden 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. military policy was going to change. we lost a president that was skeptical of military advice and gained one who usually took it. >> russian announcement said he resigned. once cheering khruschchev were left in the dark as to what went on when the central committee met to name leonid brezhnev was the new leader of the party. >> my father was shocked. his successor just went in the opposite direction, then divorce of 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 something.

kennedy? >> the work that we undertake at the kennedy center and as arts administrators and artists around the country, is one that takes passion, drive and belief. and the good news is that there are people like our patrons who are here who have joined us and adrian and helen and all of you who care, that we can get this work done, but it cannot be done easily, it cannot be done in a gratuitous way, we have to recognize and believe, like missionaries, that art is really important in our lives. and candidly, that's why we need these opportunities to talk about it and you need people like ricardo muti to speak so eloquently and to give to generously. as i think about my time here in washington, i really want to support the programs that you have heard me speak about in terms of offering access but more so, opportunity to participate in the arts, so this expansion project is a really big piece of that. without even realizing the opportunity initially, we have in discussing this project, really c

that he thought there might well have been a conspiracy in kennedy's death. next to him is gerald ford, who would go on to become president of the united states, who was at the time a powerful house republican. it would later be learned that ford had volunteered to be a secret informant for the fbi on the warren commission, to share information with the fbi quietly. and ford would acknowledge that years later. next to him, chief justice warren, president johnson. next to president johnson is allen dulles, the director of central intelligence for many years, who would be forced out of that job by the debacle of the bay of pigs. it sure appears that dulles had a terrible conflict of interest by serving on the warren commission, because among other things, it appears that dulles knew about the cia plots to kill fidel castro. in fact, he may have ordered some of those plots. yet he apparently shared none of that information with the warren commission. even though that information might have given -- suggested paths of investigation -- indiana was prominent in the

kennedy was killed.hole in the 20th century, 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. >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. kennedy standing hold on the public i think will only fade if and when we get another president about whom they feel the same way as they currently feel about kennedy. ♪ >>> the enemy of freedom has chosen to make this year the decisive one. >> something's going to happen. the change is on the way. >> w

larger than kennedy's in many places, although without the frenzy that accompanies a kennedy appearance't afford 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. f my esi hob nob with the glitterati and play equestrian sports. out on the veranda, we enjoy finger sandwiches and ot

hit president kennedy in the head, which was the fatal shot. the staff determined using the zapruder film, as sort of a clock of the assassination, that oz wld just would not have time to fire off three individual bullets into the limousine. if he didn't have time, that would suggest there must have been a second, at least one other gunman in dealey plaza. the staff was convinced that oswald had acted alone as the gunman. it came up with the theory, and a theory initially offered by one of the navy pathologists who conducts president kennedy's autopsy that perhaps one bullet had passed through both bodies. and that is what the commission staff and i think subsequently a lot of serious scientists and technical teams have determined as well, that one bullet did pass through the bodies of both men and this is that bullet. what surprised a lot of people was that this bullet wasn't much more damaged than it appears to be. it's sometimes referred to as the pristine bullet. as you can see here it is not fully pr y pristine. it is damaged some. some sc

kennedy? mrs. kennedy.president. >> you no he can't leave me alone. >> mrs. kennedy. here. >> three loud shots from over my head. >> we have heard from two witnesses we saw a man in the window of the building above the roof holding a gun. (phone rings) >> bobby. this is director high schoole - hooler. the president has been shot. (sobbing) ♪ >> here is a bulletin from cbs news. in dallas texas three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade. the first report say president kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting. repeating president kennedy has been shot by a would be assassin in dallas, texas. >> governor connelly has been taken up stairs to surgery. >> how is the president? >> looks bad. he's still alive. how he is still breathing. the doctors are with him. >> i am in your hands. what should i do? >> i will let you know as soon as i hear about the president. >> jackie? >> what the hell. i wonder what all of the uproar is. >> i want to be with my husband. >> i am sorry, mrs. kennedy. >>

kennedy assassination records collection act of 1992. so, a short history, since the time of the assassination there's been numerous official investigations, starting with the warren commission and then some congressional investigations, church committee looked into it and then, of course, house select committee on assassinations. and then in the early '90s there was a movie that came out by oliver stone and at the end of that movie, he made a point of saying that all the records had now been open and available. >> mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is oliver stone. and i assure you it is with pleasure and some pride that i appear before this subcommittee today to urge the passage of house joint resolution 454. quote, to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> the purpose of the act was to make sure that all of the records that were considered assassination related were collected, sent to the national archives and open to the greatest extent possible

kennedy?hat we undertake at the kennedy center, and as arts administrators and artists around the country, is one that uárjár+e, and belief. and the good news is that there are people like our patrons who us, and adrian and helen, all of you who care, that we can get this work done. but it cannot be done easily. it cannot be done in a gratuitous way. we have to recognize and believe, like missionaries that art is really important in our lives. and candidly, that's why we need these opportunities to talk about it. and you need people like ricardo  eloquently and to give so generously. as i think about my time here in washington, i really want to support the programs that you've heard me speak about, in terms of offering access. but more so opportunity to participate in the arts. this e( really big piece of that. without even realizing the opportunity initially, we have, in discussing this project, really come to understand the value of having free-form spaces, where artists and those of us who

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! kennedy! >> thank you.people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the communist world. let them come to berlin! there are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. let them come to berlin! and there are even a few who say that it's true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. [ speaking german ] let them come to berlin. freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect. but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in. to prevent them from leaving us. to prevent them from leavin us. to prevent them from leaving us. while the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the communist system, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your mayor has said, an offense not only against history, but an offense against humanity, separating families, dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters, and dividing a

kennedy, professor kennedy, excuse me. i am actually calling about.i am actually calling about one case that i have the luxury of sitting in on. it was out in san antonio texas. it involves a young man who's never been in trouble before, part of a fraternity, and it was an incident from the uncle in the military never been in trouble before, but was very dicey to a captain or something of that store. it was an incident where he got angry at the wife. on the military base, unfortunately, decided afterwards to go ahead and go when she was incarcerated. you know, he called out to a nephew who of course has never been in trouble before. the family also military. and ended up being incarcerated or trusted because he had gone to the aid of this uncle. once he had gone to the uncle, a lot of the information that exchanged because the sad story of okay, i have this one wife that was unfaithful. so needless to say -- >> host: b'nai, this is getting a little bit complicated for a call-in program. can you cut to the chase for the add? >> caller: i'm so sorry. i'

>> the men of the kennedy family. you look at the history of the kennedy family and the men, and it is not just one generation of disrespecting women, not only within their family but as a whole. i think joe kennedy set the stage with his treatment of his wife. you look at the consequences for the behavior of the kennedy men, and they have very severe consequences on the women in their lives -- many committed suicide or were depressed. then you have the women who were abused outside of the kennedy family, including mary jo. she was killed in a car crash. she was loyal to them and willing to help them and yet he left her to cover his own tracks. if you take a hard look at the kennedy family, they have a long history of domestic abuse. i think that is something that is upheld as an example of american politics and something to be celebrated, as they still do. i think we should still be talking about them in looking at their history. hundreds of affairs, lovers on the side, abusing women as if they are disposable. it is

--creit #4 is ted kennedy kennedy. is ted >> i was doing research for this book and decided that if i'm going to do research, i need to do a lot of reporting. to attend the national organization for women conference in chicago. the only way you can do that is to become a member or go through the press. i e-mailed and tried to get in and member of the press, considering i've done all this work in washington -- and they denied my credentials as a member of the press, despite being a female member of the press interested in learning more about the con rents and the people involved in their organization. the day beforel and i decided to go anyway. i discovered that the only way to attend the national organization for women conference is to become a member. so i became a member. i have been a member's is 2013. i have been a member ever since. >> i they are nonprofit? c3.i believe it is a 501 they certainly act like they are in politics. they heavily endorsed certain political positions, that feel like candidates. there are

i love kennedy to death. people have a tendency to disappear. thank you, kennedy. you're the best. in the meantime, did any of you catch this? >> i did not draft governor romney's health plan. and i was not the architect of president obama's health care plan. neil: and if you weren't the architect, who was? because everyone said you were. after this. neil: i can't get over that graphic. it's time for neil's spiel and why we have a problem saying these two words, i'm sorry. two more, i goofed. why is it so hard to if he is up anfest up and say i goofed. if it ever happens on this show be i blame these guys. if i have a great show, i credit this guy. now, i'm being silly to talk about something even sillier. the refusal of so many in power to say so much as a single oops. on the health care mess, it's gruber who is the goober. on nancy pelosi who suddenly claims she doesn't remember gruber or the president. closest he came to saying he botched it was when the health care came out. i'm not saying the president should have known every problem that cropped up, but to not admit one and f

kennedy says those who sponsor climate lies should be given the death penalty.re: >> sociopaths. >> he warns american values are under attack. >> it's hard to claim we have a democracy in our country. >> kennedy talks about his life and personal struggles. >> i started taking trucks when i was young. soon after my dad died. but everybody has tried them. the enemy of any productive life is civil pity. >> he reflects on the month he spent in a port rican prison thanks to his activism. >> you ask what it was like? experience. >> we have spoke to robert kennedy, jr., lawyer, activist, radio activist in new york. >> you are passionate about the environment. where does it come from? hen did it start? >> i knew i was going to be an environmental advocate. in fact, when i was 8s years old, i wrote a letter to my uncle, president kennedy who sat in the white house asking to talk to him about pollution issues i always saw pollution as theft. i thought why should somebody be able to pollute the air which belongs tos all of us the finks of government is to protect the commo

some of the unique experiences of being a kennedy. ♪ welcome back. guest this week, robert kennedy, jr. >> i want to ask you a littles about your life story. the early 1980s, you were busted for heroin use? >> i started taking drugs when i was young, soon after my dad died. it was a struggle for me that i dealt with sufblings and when i was 29 years old. >> a lot of people may not draw the connection between the unbelievable things you had to witness and go through as a child, the death of your uncle, the death of your father and, perhaps, the connection with drug use? >> i don't think it had much to do with it. there are many, many people who have been through a lot worse things than i went through. i lost my dad when i was 14. and to violence, but there are millions of people living in the worst parts of our country, in harlem and watts and apalachia and the migrant worker fields in the southern states or in southern california who lose their parents to disease or to violence. >> that's a direct result of their poverty and desperation and those kid

two is john kennedy. he was disgrace if i don't have a headache y i get he once told a member of his cabinet so he decided not to chances. guest: you read the stories and find that j.f.k. was running around on his wife including inside the white house while she was there. disrespect on a level of just arrogance and shameless and yet we can take a look at his policies outside of upheld as this perfect figure for the democratic party and that is the championing women's rights and women's equality and this is the ty yet kind of person who is glorified but he comes from joe kennedy this kind stage for of behavior. mamie ou do mention the alfred book that was written by 19 was n that at age inside the white house and said j.f.k. affair with how much coverage did this get in this country when her become out -- when her book came out? it? they pay attention to guest: they paid a decent amount. they took it n when they choose to uphold people. does.ot sure the kennedys do get a lot of ttention from the media even

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may be a stolen election to you jack kennedy. we all heard about kennedy.nd was defeated by governor pat brown. and then said that is a he had it with some of press you will have him to kick around anymore because this is my last press conference. he was finished down and out. he nattily introduced barry goldwater but he went and campaigned all across america. the liggett where he was in for the party was 1965 when i arrived. republicans had 140 seats in the house and 32 in the senate outnumbered in both bodies. 17 governorships outnumbered two / one. state legislators outnumbered two / one. people talking about the republican party that lost its head and was finished and split and that is what nixon inherited and when he began to come back. the great comeback. if that is the situation i encountered with richard nixon. i was an editorial writer and having some difficulty with my publisher at the time. [laughter] and i thought maybe i should get out of this office and -- and into the real world. nixon was invited to fill in with his speech right across the r

and kennedy's furious. things deteriorate, even from there, and kennedy--at the actual inauguration--i've always thought it was a sign of things to come, when everyone gets into their limousine to ride down from the capitol hill swearing-in to the white house, there's no limousine for adlai stevenson. and, in a sense, he was out in the cold. c-span: you mention that robert kennedy didn't like governor stevenson. but you also point out that he worked for him, though. >> guest: yes, that's right. c-span: and what year did he work for him? >> guest: he worked for him in '56. c-span: can you remember how old they both were? >> guest: well, stevenson would have been 56 and i guess robert kennedy's in his 30s perhaps. c-span: why didn't he like him? >> guest: he thought he ran a bad campaign. and that's one thing about the kennedys. they know how to run campaigns. and robert kennedy was sending word to his brother almost immediately that adlai stevenson was--had no idea about how to speak to the people, that the

with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> about 50 years ago on august 10th, 1964, president lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution, which in lieu of a declaration of war gave him broad powers to wage war in southeast asia. that resolution was passed by congress in response to an august 2nd attack, and an alleged august 4th incident in the golf of tonkin involving u.s. destroyers and vietnamese torpedo boats. american history visited the national security archive at george washington university to learn about numerous declassified documents that have shed more life on the gulf of tonkin incidents. >> i'm tom blanton, the director of the national security archive. we're here on the top

kennedy. did in your book quite well, which is talk about how the older man, the brit, influenced the younger american? >> well, sure, everybody knows that joe kennedy had an immense impact on his son, jfd. but churchill was the intellectual godfather of jfk from a very early age. there were people who saw jfk sick in bed at age 15 reading winston churchill's books. so he had a profound impact on his thinking, his view of the world. >> you know, my father, who is a republican and a real nixon guy back in '60 would say, and it stayed with me, he said, when you listen to kennedy, there's a touch of churchill there. >> absolutely. he invoked winston churchill's name quite a bit in the 1960 campaign. when we think of the inaugural address, it is replete with churchillian imagery, the idea of human freedom, that we should stand for freedom in the world. he took on that burden from churchill and it was jfk who carried it through his administration. >> and he would sit in the bathtub listening to rec

coming from the kennedy space center visitor complex in florida, president john kennedy set the goal a man on the moon before the end of the decade. apollo 8 orbited the moon, but no man had set foot on the surface. when president nixon assumed office the warrior wasn't about to see the soviets get there first. the next leg of the space race was a series of sprints. >> we launched the saturn 5 essentially every two months. >> reporter: each mission got the astronauts a little closer to their ultimate goal. apollo 9 launching march 3rd, 1969 with three astronauts the first test of a lunar module in space. apollo 10 in 1969 moved within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. that would be a dress rehearsal for apollo 11 commanded by neil armstrong. >> what will your plans be in the unlikely event that the module does not come up to the surface? >> we've chosen not to think about that at the present time. >> reporter: the other two crew members were command module pilot michael allen and buzz aldrin who would walk on the moon with armstrong. there was a lot of gossip back and forth, how it e

kennedy needed that picture.needed this reassurance that would come of being seen talking to eisenhower. eisenhower wrote a long memorandum. kennedy said this job is a lot more complex. eisenhower was like, that is what i tried to tell you. >> which president did do not really like or dislike? which was the most fun to write about, to read about, to learn about? >> nixon is the one who plays the most grandly and in a grandiose fashion. leaves in 1974, and then he launches a 15-, 20-year campaign for rehabilitation. under the guise of trying to help the men who followed, he tramples all over them in his quest to redeem himself. gerald ford is shocked to discover that nixon was to go back to china. it is the worst possible thing when you're running against ronald reagan. reagan comes into the office in 1980. nixon tells him how to organize his first years. >> how do we know this? >> the letters from nixon to reagan are available in the nixon and the reagan library. >> did you go to them? >> i did. they're wonderful

kennedy assassination records collection act of 1992. a short history. since the time of the assassination there's been numerous official investigations starting with the warren commission and then some congressional investigations, church committee looked into it, pike committee and house select committee on assassinations. in the early '90s a movie came out by oliver stone. at the end of the movie he made a point by saying not all the records had been opened and available. >> mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is oliver stone, and i assure you it is with some pleasure and some pride i appear before this subcommittee today to urge the passage of house joint resolution of 454, quote, to provide for the expeditious scloesh yur of records relating to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> the purpose of the act was to make sure all the records were collected, sent to archives. there was an independent aek created that was temporary whose job was to make sure that the agencies were complying with this and to make sure that the re

-- kennedy would be unrecognizable to the kennedy democrat party today. he would not be welcome. >> and the bottom line is are there any democrats that will be seen by voters in 2016 as pro-business? >> i don't think you're going to see it. and that's what's so interesting. it's as though they've given the republicans the opportunity of a lifetime to promote a pro-business platform. what we're going to see if in any of these guys have a clue about what this is. fingers crossed. >>> paying to put cameras on all police officers. some activists claiming it will prevent the protests. but here first, he's a convicted murderer and a former member of a terror group in america. why is he about to start teaching students at a public college in america? >>> from domestic terrorist to teaching your kids. you're not going to believe who one public university is putting in the classroom. in the classroom. and with college tuition headin the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the o

-- kennedy would be unrecognizable to the kennedy democrat party today. he would not be welcome. >> and the bottom line is are there any democrats that will be seen by voters in 2016 as pro-business? >> i don't think you're going to see it. and that's what's so interesting. it's as though they've given the republicans the opportunity of a lifetime to promote a pro-business platform. what we're going to see if in any of these guys have a clue about what this is. fingers crossed. >>> paying to put cameras on all police officers. some activists claiming it will prevent the protests. but here first, he's a convicted murderer and a former member of a terror group in america. why is he about to start teaching students at a public college in america?? >>> talk about getting schooled. the university of illinois just rehiring a former member of a left wing terror group to teach college kids again. his name is james kilgore and he's also a convicted murderer. now one illinois businessman is threatening to halt millions of his donation to the school unle

americans, ethel kennedy is known as a wife, mother and grandma.hroughany ways it's these roles that she's made her mark on history. as bobby kennedy's partner in she shared his commitment to justice. death, she continued their work through the center she created in his name activists and journalists and educating people around the world about threats liberty. on urgent human rights issues of to time to juvenile justice environmental destruction, ethyl has been a force for change in unflashy, unstoppable way. as her family will tell you and they basically up on this half room, you don't mess with el. she's gone to extraordinary lengths to build support for causes close to her heart including helping raise money for a.l.s. research this summer by pouring a bucket of ice water over her head. nominated me to do it, as well, and as you may know, i a check, instead. i grew up in hawaii, i don't like pouring ice water on top of my head. that is probably the only time ethel, by theo way. matriarch of a patriotic family and plane -- and of her children gra

it wasn't jack kennedy as much as bobby and teddy kennedy that troubled him.he was quite convinced that he was going to see in his reelection that teddy kennedy stepped forward. he always read people like mcgovern when they were defined for the nomination as stalking horse that might well just step aside if kennedy came into play so he never lets up. until almost the of bitter end in his fascination, no holds barred, ongoing investigation of teddy kennedy and after chappaquiddick he realized the prospects of teddy running were certainly minimal but he did everything he could to get information about chappaquiddick which happened before i got to the white house, was regaled with some of the things that had been done as belts and braces that he would be ready. >> a few questions to mr eric peristein, compare how conservative reagan was compared to nixon. >> reagan was around now the moderate republican out of the republican party for being too liberal. this question is of little sharp rise think actually. i would be interested to know if john agrees, politicians

many ofrt kennedy that us remember was a very different man than the robert kennedy who helped run hisrother's campaign and climbed up the ladder in washington d.c. a many he was somewhat of ruthless man, he was definitely the man would you have to deal with hisou messed brother. john kennedy like many c.e.o.s in the room got to be the nice leader, while the development director and the c.o.o. had to heavy lifting every day. but i watched as a young man and very enamored of robert kennedy, but as many much you journey, in his resurrect shun he went to cape town, samp ka and spoke at the university there. i urge you younger men and women in the audience and frankly anybody, the glory of the to soet is you can listen many amazing speeches, and that is one the best speeches you hear.ver but it's at that speech and the walls of his graves that are speak tords that still me, which is that every time a person stands up against they send oh for the a very small ripple of hope and and from all those different energy sources those ripples can create waves that will work down the mightiest walls

kennedy in and then relented if a religious man. his minister was one of a half-dozen people present at the kickoff meeting in reagan's home. my insight comes from the conversation with bill clark that i had in late 1981, serving as deputy secretary of state, ready to move to the white house in december of that year. having coffee. we were brainstorming. without messing up the i want to the communist oversight and free eastern europe from communist control. i thought that was an interesting ambition. he pushed himself back and said, we have a secret. he. he reached into his pocket, pulled out a crucifix and slammed it on the table.

as a young man i became very enamored of robert kennedy. as many of you know in his journey, his resurrection, he went to cape town, south africa and spoke at the university there. i urge you young men and women in the audience, and frankly anyone who has not taken the opportunity -- the glory of the internet is you can go on and hear the speeches and that is one of the best speeches you will ever hear. on the walls of his grave are etched words that still speak to me. every time a person stands up against injustice or fights for what is right, they send forth a small ripple of hope and daring and from all those energy sources, those ripples can create waves that will wash down the mightiest walls of oppression. to this day, that still reminds me of why i do what i did. i came from southern california here -- really, all i wanted to do was open a nightclub. i have told this story too many times. [laughter] i want to be real clear here. many of us were inspired by those men and women in the day, who really risks things -- you -- who really r

and you have senator kennedy.nd senator shuman, senator clinton, and congresswoman mccarthy, and rush holt and others, all saying keep up the good work, that helps a great deal. >> you did talk about senator schumer sadling up to you, saying can you get me some money from the 1993 bombing of the world trade center. what kind of pressures like that did you have, and how did youing deal with them? >> not much pressure. as i said earlier, i would have thought, going in, that the families who lost loved ones in the world trade center in 1993, oklahoma city, the african embassy bombings, the uss cole, anthrax, i would have thought all of those people would have been demanding similar generosity on the part of the fund. no. there were a couple. i would say a handful from oklahoma city. one from kenya. one, senator schumer, from the 1993 world trade center. i think 9/11 was different. it was certainly different from the perspective of the american people. that i have no doubt. but i think most families, for whatever the

[applause] at ethel kennedy -- ethel kennedy. [applause] life is a story of perseverance and generosity. a tireless advocate for the causes she holds dear, she founded the robert f kennedy center for justice and human rights were she advances her husband's vision for the world as it should be. whether on gun control, environmental protection, human rights, or public health, she tackles difficult issues with a relentless drive and inspires others to do the same. in ethel kennedy, we find the strength and passion that are at the heart of the american spirit. [applause] the honorable abner mikva. [applause] one of the greatest jurists of his time, he built his career on reverence for the law, commitment to public service, and love for chicago. as a congressman, federal judge, and counsel to president clinton, he helped shape the national debate on some of the most challenging issues of the always insisting government led up to its responsibility is to citizens. he has imparted his sense of civic duty to a new generation from shaping

now, the question is, you know, ted kennedy is dying. his legacy is all he has on his mind. he's focused. but day to day, for all of you, and you've heard some of that earlier, you are so overwhelmed with the meetings, with the paperwork, with the bureaucracy. emergency situations. budgets, the lawyers, the politics. so much of that preoccupies your every moment. you're not concerned with how you'll be remembered. but today i would ask you to open your mind to memory, to memories across the 50 years of community action, to think about community action, to think about people who sacrificed to bring community action this far, to think about people who use their time, their skill, their hearts, to think about all of your sacrifices, to make this moment, to make this gathering, to bring all of us together at this moment possible. you know, i was listening to what the minister had to say earlier. and i was thinking to myself, wow. you know, jesus said in the sermon on the mount blessed are the merciful. blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of god. they wi