kennedy. we have a variety of things. we hope you come back to some or all of these as your schedule permits. we also want to welcome those that are watching this streaming or those on c-span. we appreciate their participation as well. after the presentation tonight, our authors have kindly agreed to sign books. if you don't have them, they're also available in our gift shop for sale and they will be signing them out to my left, your right afterwards. this is a treasure. this book is really a treasure. i know a little bit about this topic, and when i read this i learned so much and how these two skilled writers put together their deep research and told a fascinating story of the road to camelot inside jfk's five-year campaign. before i introduce the two authors i want to welcome back ellen fitzpatrick. many of you have heard ellen before. she has been here many times, both as a moderator and author and as a scholar in so many ways. for each of these three, again, i could tell so much about the

kennedy. so, when we think about the 1960 campaign, i think very few people appreciate that it began as early as it did, that kennedy set his sights on the presidency as early as he did, and that it was as method i cal as it was, and very instrumental, not only in getting him to the white house, but it affected his time in the senate, and it affected the whole political world that we inhabit today. this was one of those really transformative moments in american political history. so, that's my plug for you guys, not bad, huh? >> you know what's coming now? >> no. i want you to begin by telling me something that -- telling all of our wonderful attendees tonight what i learned when i got to the acknowledgements, which is how this came about. your collaboration and how you decided to do the book. >> i guess i can start with my beginning. i was fascinated by the 1956 democratic convention, which i watched as a teenager on very snowy black and white television set in mississippi. there was such dra

kennedy: yeah. charry, gary is saying that you don't even need to work with democrats at all because they are so addicted to spending. >> i will say this if donald trump is actually working with democrats on a tax plan, i would be afraid of finger on the button, this is the dumbest thing i've ever heard of my life. this proves that he has lost his mind completely. >> moderate democrats. >> who, who is moderates? they are leftist. please, donald, don't do it. >> there are pressure points that you can put on democrats. no, no, listen to me. 25 seats the democrats have to defend in 2018 and ten of those were in trump's states. only one of the republicans was in a hillary won state. it's 10 to 1 in terms of political race. >> if republicans don't get a tax cut, no democrat is going to vote for a tax cut, they don't get something through, some reform through, they know they're done. kennedy: you say that there shouldn't be any tax cuts at all not just for the wealthy which is democrats are talking about,

. [♪] kennedy: we have breaking news on a special live edition of "kennedy."resident trump at a rally in phoenix, arizona. the president is expected to discuss border issues, immigration, national security and whatever else comes to his mind. the mayor went so far as to urge the white house to delay the speech after the recent events in charlottesville and the controversy surrounding the president's response. the fear violent groups have come to phoenix to pick fights and settle scores. but will the president bring up charlottesville? we shall see. one thing is for certain. he will look to change the narrative and reinvigorate his base. of course, fox business brings you the best team coverage tonight. hillary vaughn is live inside the convention center with a preview of the president's speech. jeff flock is on the streets documenting the madness. reporter: i want to show an extraordinary scene. i'm in the group of anti-trump protesters chanting at the trump supporters heading into the rally. these are the people filing past into the phoenix convention center.

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kennedy: i think you are right.something we have been talking about throughout the show tonight and the past few weeks, how critical tax reform is. i know immigration an important issue to a lot of voters. but when you stack it up against the commit's a few notches down on the ladder. when you don't have access to labor and resources in an improving economy, you kinds of hamstring some small businesses who rely on seasonal labor. katie: tax reform impacts almost every single american. whether you pay tax or you are employed by a business owner who pays those taxes. immigration renorm this ss aspect might not have such an immediate effect. it doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. and it doesn't mean we shouldn't look at legal immigration. having shy skills, speaking english, having a set of goals and objectives to our immigration system. but as you mention in the beginning, it's more complex than simply limiting legal immigration. illegal immigration is the issue that has a negative impact on the economy. yet that is no

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>> i am well kennedy.ennedy: when i heard the news this afternoon the leak that there was in fact a grand jury convene you are the first person i thought they were over your first thoughts? >> my first thought was that this is same mature serious investigation because the fbi and the independent counsel did not have subpoena authority absent a grand jury. one of your and my great criticisms of the hillary winds in investigation was that they never convened a grand jury meaning all the evidence that they obtained they obtained voluntarily. apparently bob mueller has obtained some things voluntarily enough to persuade a grand jury that it's time to give the fbi agents and prosecutors working on it the sting of the tool for a subpoena which will compel testimony before the grand jury for the production of documents or tangible things whether a person wants to testify in produce them or not. it doesn't mean donald trump is keeping down from jr. or paul manafort or anyone like that in his crosshairs. this means

kennedy: who is this guy? >> i don't know. kennedy: this is donald trump. in trouble for meeting with, the democrats, the russians or the back street boys. >> the democrats? kennedy: we would have taken the democrats over the russians because it's the same thing at this point. don jr. is so fun. who is this? brooklyn? gina? >> is he another one of donald trump's sons? kennedy: he is, but he doesn't know it yet. so this is michael phelps. michael phelps. what did he race on tv recently, a horse, a shark or a bicyclist. >> a shark. kennedy: that's right, he raced a shark. >> really? >> i heard about that. kennedy: did he win or lose? >> i don't know i didn't watch. >> kennedy: he was eaten by the smashing. do you think president trump is doing a good job. >> i don't know. kennedy: what are your stance? are they good or a tool for mind control. >> we have been spinning our wheels on too many important issues. kennedy: who mays the bills when you go to the doctor? >> probably my mom. now, you guys ready to play real news-fake news? i'm going to right. you hold

>> i am well kennedy.rd the news this afternoon the leak that there was in fact a grand jury convene you are the first person i thought they were over your first thoughts? >> my first thought was that this is same mature serious investigation because the fbi and the independent counsel did not have subpoena authority absent a grand jury. one of your and my great criticisms of the hillary winds in investigation was that they never convened a grand jury meaning all the evidence that they obtained they obtained voluntarily. apparently bob mueller has obtained some things voluntarily enough to persuade a grand jury that it's time to give the fbi agents and prosecutors working on it the sting of the tool for a subpoena which will compel testimony before the grand jury for the production of documents or tangible things whether a person wants to testify in produce them or not. it doesn't mean donald trump is keeping down from jr. or paul manafort or anyone like that in his crosshairs. this means they have enough

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kennedy: is it illegal? thing where you can bring charges against the president? >> i think we'll find out. but to take this on as a partisan lens. we know russia attacked our democracy. we know that. and we need to know what happened. kennedy: hillary clinton has quite an extensive personal history not only with sergey kislyak but with the putin administration. >> it was anti-hillary clinton before it was pro-trump. it was a witch hunt from the beginning and it's a witch hunt today. for ron desantis to stand up and say let's put a limit on this thing. it's not just about russian meddling. every liberal and democrat is happily basically conjoined the two. that means trump conspired and collude with the russians. >> that's not at all what i said. i said part of this investigation is figure out what they did and by figuring that out, what they are likely to do in the future. i don't think you can put a time limit on it. we need to know that as americans. kennedy: i don't think don, jr. has plans for this count

kennedy: very good. most americans have been put -- have put partisan differences aside to help people in texas, but a professor at university of tampa lost his job after suggesting that storm is payback for that state a support of donald trump in presidential race. helicopter pulled people off rooftops and rescue boats saving people, sociology professor kenneth story found i is -- it n goodness of his heart to tweet, hopefully this will help them realize that g.o.p. doesn't care about them. school initially indicate high e would not face disciplin discipy action, they decided to let him go, issues a statement, that read, we're well affair of destruction suffering associated with tropical weather, our thoughts and prayers with all impacted by hurricane harvey, university is being applaud forward their decision. story's comments will raise questions about partisan agenda fed on college students, if a deadly storm at an can't get peo put aside their differences what can? higmy party panel tonight, crysl ba

kennedy: yes, it does. don't belong to either major party and they all suck, so we tell you about it. eric says, kennedy has it wrong. call me, i will explain. jim go call eric so eric can also complain to you. larry thinks, so you voted for hillary? i thought you were more intelligent. have you ever watched this show? have you ever heard me rail on and on against that war mongering harpy? i never would have voted for her. i would call you a really mean word right now, but gary my boss would send me an email and probably come by my office. walt tweeted, my bucket list, have a martini @kennedynation. you are in luck because the staff was successful at the bar. billy joel brings it home, some kay i see you without glasses. i mean they are cool. but i would like to see you without them just one. billy joe. you are a pervert. you would much sooner see me without clothing than without glasses. because improbably looking for my dress somewhere. are you missing a father figure in japan? you can rent a dad. that's

kennedy: yes, it does. suck, so we tell you about it. eric says, kennedy has it wrong. call me, i will explain. jim go call eric so eric can also complain to you. larry thinks, so you voted for hillary? i thought you were more intelligent. have you ever watched this show? have you ever heard me rail on and on against that war mongering harpy? i never would have voted for her. i would call you a really mean word right now, but gary my boss would send me an email and probably come by my office. walt tweeted, my bucket list, have a martini @kennedynation. you are in luck because the staff was successful at the bar. billy joel brings it home, some kay i see you without glasses. i mean they are cool. but i would like to see you without them just one. billy joe. you are a pervert. you would much sooner see me without clothing than without glasses. because improbably looking for my dress somewhere. are you missing a father figure in japan? you can rent a dad. that's truth and i will explain copd makes it hard to b

kennedy: riots at nyu.ountry where what used to be bastions of free speech in the 60s are now shuttering it. evergreen state college in washington state it's unbelievable what students do there to their leftist progressive professors. shouting them down. ben: it's crazy bananas purging. it's frightening if you watch it. one of the things we recognize and talk about is what the left -- the hard left is doing here is conflating speech that they don't like with violence. they are saying speech is violence. hate speech is violence and therefore it is appropriate to use any if means necessary. kennedy: including violence. ben: your speech is violence so therefore, punch. kennedy: i'm going to hurt you. words like truth and liberty are any sort of search for objective truth is now seen somehow as being racist. none of it makes sense anymore. i don't think there is anything to be learned in places where those ideas are banned. ben: it waters down the true meaning of those words. there is racism and homophobia and

i'm kennedy. north korea can now attach miniaturized nuclear warheads to their missiles and yesterday they threatened to attack guam. james mattis put out a stern statement that said quote they should cease any actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. secretary of state rex tillerson said americans shouldn't worry. gordon chang joinss. welcome back. what concerns you the most of here? >> i'm concerned about secretary tillerson walking back president trump's comments. i think there was some purpose behind what trump did. there was a message to north korea to reinforce the notion of deterrence. when kim jong-un gets confident about his arsenal. he will blackmail us and break the treaty between himself and seoul, and get our troops off the peninsula. but the second message, this was even more important was to china. trump has lost patience with the chinese. what he was saying was there is going to be a war on your doorstep if you don't rein in your korean fr

i'm kennedy. if you have got a boat, we need it. that's the urgent call for help from the mayor of beaumont, texas, as they deal with the worst flooding the state has ever seen. the entire city reportedly under water as harvey continues its deadly march across the gulf coast. the death toll is expected to rise and emergency responders can't keep up. keep in mind it has been a week since this all began. even the shelters flood out as the humanitarian crisis gets worse. for many there is simply nowhere left to go. in port arthur victims were swimming for their lives after abandoning everything they owned. and the nation's largest oil refinery shut down. we begin with texas attorney general ken paxton. when did you realize the enormity of the storm. >> a day out we realized this may be something we had never seen before. as many hurricanes we have had in texas over the years, this is the worst thing we have ever seen. kennedy: we are seeing incredible rescue efforts. beaumont and port arthur have been hit so hard in the last 24 hours.

i'm "kennedy." kennedy: the president disbanded two of his economic work groups after half a dozen ceos resigned. tweeting, rather than putting pressure on the business people of the forums, i'm ending both. thank you all. is it worth the political and economic cost for the president or anybody else to make the moral equivalency he did in yesterday's press conference. let's talk about where the president went wrong. you saw a couple of things as everyone did who sat there open mouthed watching this. no one was shocked, no one was surprised. but what was your reaction? >> i mean shock and surprise? the part of the press conference that went off the rails for me was not when he was talking will the alt-left. i assume he's talking about antifa. they are a violent hate group. but where he went off the rails is when he was asked about the alt-right and pretended he didn't know what it was. then suggested there were some fine people marching friday night in the tiki torch white supremacist parade and stru

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i'm kennedy. the suspect in the deadly car ramming in charlottesville be is facing murder charges and there have been calls for domestic terrorism charges as well. and the feds are looking into whether the suspect had any help. judge andrew napolitano is here with the answers. welcome back, judge. what are we look at as far as the charges and how deeply this young man might have been entrenched in his movement? judge napolitano: we are looking at a complex area of the law where hate speech is free speech. the police have an obligation to protect all the speakers. whether they had it the message or didn't have resources, who knows. a federal investigation is looking at a couple of things. was there a plan or thought hacked in ohio and perpetrated in virginia to kill somebody on the basis of their race. civil rights laws protect race, the. it if the plot is based on race or place of origin or national identity, aspects of humanity protected by the federal civil rights laws, then the feds have a case

kennedy: welcome back to a live he giving "kennedy."and trucks in a crowd area is a tactic for terrorists since they are easy to get and they don't require any training. the deadliest of these types of attacks. in nice will be france, a track rammed through a crowd killing 87 and injuring close to 500 people. three car attacks have taken place in london this year alone including the march attack on the westminster bridge where five people were killed and 50 injured when a terrorist drove into a crowd and stabbed a policeman to death before being shot. could anything be done to stop these kinds of attacks before they start or while they are in progress? joining me now, gillian turner. welcome. we were talking in the last break here that everyone has got a weapon. anyone who drives a car or has access to a vehicle. and that's presumably why al qaeda and isis are telling their followers and those inspired by the terror group to commit mayhem in cities like this with a lot of international tourists. >> that's absolutely correct. the beauty

kennedy: it seems free. but further down the road when you have to pay for big programs like that, they will be the ones footing the bill. and we are so deeply in debt i fear for future generations if we pass medicare for all. >> god bless bernie, and i do respect him for his consistency. but at the same time, i am actually hoping with all my heart that he pushes this plan, he pushes the single payer plan, and ties the democrats to it as some sort of challenge. saying how are you going to stand on this. where are you on this measure. kennedy: a litmus test. >> i'm a small government republican. stay out of your kitchen and fiscal responsibility. there is limited government role in a lot of things. city was in the drug wars and i have seen a lot of weird things. but here is the point. if he does that, that is about the republicans' only hope, given how this -- is this effective? no. discombobulated they are. this would be a great gift to the republicans in 2018 if bernie makes the dems go one way or another o

: it's kennedy.. who fills the void? >> greg: that was my question. >> kennedy: i will phrase it differently, greg gutfeld. we've been reading that steve bannon has been thrown out of this administration. he who taken over his role in the last week? >> great question. kellyanne conway probably has a more significant role. general kelly has been empowered with that general staff position. he's a lot more political minded about the future and laying things out as far as an agenda then people may have given him credit for. he was a legislative liaison for two defense secretaries. he knows his way around washington. i think he has a lot more political savvy in that role then people may know. lastly, i think jared and ivanka will take a much more prominent role if you believe bannon and jarrett were going at it. >> juan: begot squabbling at the table because apparently kennedy took greg's question. >> greg: i don't know if this could be a shift or will they add somebody new quest to less incendiary? maybe

kennedy: including food.y talk about the economic health of the region and have a lot of billionaires who live in the area because of companies like microsoft and amazon. but they also hate them and despise their wealth. and this is another example of the city trying to punish wealthy people they are envious of. gerri: they want to impose an income tax. so they are capturing more than the hugely successful technology folks it's a broader net they are throwing people into. the freedom foundation says it's unconstitutional because the state constitution says you can't do that. kennedy: they can't set their own income tax. gere require has gone to the supreme court and the court says your state constitution says you can't do this. in new york city, deblasio wants a millionaire's tax to pay for the nonsense going on with public transportation. you see the left in the big cities, pedal to the metal. and state like confound if you do this, the wealthy leave. kennedy: when you have money you have mobility and you ca

i'm kennedy. an entire year's worth of rain in a single storm and it may not be over for another week. we are told at least five people have died since harvey made landfall over the weekend. 15,000 currently in shelters and many people have lost their homes and cars and any future prosperity in the short term. helicopters and boats and trucks saving people all over coastal texas. in some places the water is rising an inch every 10 minutes. the national guard is mobilized to help. but it may take more than that to help. kevin brady, welcome to the show. tell me about some of the lessons we are learning from this devastation in the region of that state where you have been elected. >> we are in the moment right now. it's pretty brutal. we still have catastrophic flooding going on. most our inland creeks and rivers have not crested. we are still trying to deal with the fact that the worst is not here yet. so while today has been a bit of a break in the sense the rain has been cut by half, we have some

what worried kennedy was this rospect of nuclear war by accident. as i describe in my book how we ramped up to high levels of nuclear alert, more actions happened. the most dangerous day of the lost , american u2 got over the soviet union and kennedy said, there is always of a bit who doesn't get the word. risk that weed the ran during the missile crisis. not that kennedy and khrushchev wanted to go to war, it was one a bit wouldn't get the word. author of el dobbs "one minute 'til midnight." independent line, hello. caller: yes, i have been ondering what defense systems does north korea have? also i see that the cuban crisis waged more by russia han by cuba, in this case, seems like north korea is the instigator, could you please on that? guest: well, the north koreans nuclear sider apability a defense capability that purpose for them of developing nuclear weapons from is to preventview regime change and to ensure the regime. of their in addition to the nuclear capability, they also have a conventional capability. they can, if you have ever been ko

kennedy: including food.e economic health of the region and have a lot of billionaires who live in the area because of companies like microsoft and amazon. but they also hate them and despise their wealth. and this is another example of the city trying to punish wealthy people they are envious of. gerri: they want to impose an income tax. so they are capturing more than the hugely successful technology folks it's a broader net they are throwing people into. the freedom foundation says it's unconstitutional because the state constitution says you can't do that. kennedy: they can't set their own income tax. gere require has gone to the supreme court and the court says your state constitution says you can't do this. in new york city, deblasio wants a millionaire's tax to pay for the nonsense going on with public transportation. you see the left in the big cities, pedal to the metal. and state like confound if you do this, the wealthy leave. kennedy: when you have money you have mobility and you can hire a bigger

right, kennedy?chew. >> greg:bi wow. >> kennedy: that was novelty gum that actually had a purpose. you can feel like a major league ballplayer without getting mouth cancer. >> greg: what you think? >> lisa: cotton candy. my dad would take me to hockey games. i would always get cotton candy. it's just a little messy. if your fingers get sticky, it's kind of gross, but it taste delicious. >> greg: what he about you? >> jesse: do you remember dip? you just took this big sugar dipstick?>> [laughs] i like that. >> juan: i love bazooka bubble gum. >> jesse: gum is not candy! >> juan: what about the turkish taffy? >> jesse: did you grow up in indonesia? >> kennedy: in the 1740s! >> greg: you know what always got a bad rap? candy cigarettes.t it sends a bad message but it may be want to have more candy cigarettes. >> lisa: what about a ton of fireballs? >> greg: pop rocks were amazing. >> juan: let's talk about candy bars. i really like almond joy. >> greg: heath bar. that's the best. i don't like any coconu

kennedy and his vision for america. you can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website c-span.org/history. recently american history tv was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> here to talk about the civil war medicine and disabled veterans, sarah hammer he cousins, a phd candidate and a student also is from brown university. welcome to you both. the focus has been the panel you did at the aha

kennedy's like it -- kennedy's ,incoln as transitional cars whereas this is a car built from the ground up as an armored vehicle, design from the get go to provide maximum protection to the president. you have a plating behind the doors, bulletproof glass, runflat tires reinforced with steel inside so is the tired auction -- the tire gets punctured it can still drive to safety. it is most often associated with resident reagan. he, of course, was shot in 1981. -- thoughd, so it was it was more dangerous than we thought perhaps at the time. it is almost ironic. as the president was getting into the car or being pushed into the car and he was actually it not by a direct bullet, but i believe that ricocheted off of one of the armor panels on the car. it was just a perfect shot. the ricochet went through the gap of the door and the body. had things moved a fraction of an inch one way or the other, he made out of been hit at all. he was pushed into the car and then sped off to the hospital and was able to make a recovery. the car continued to be used. any damage the car would have received wo