kerry kennedy played matchmaker for the couple 16 years ago. >> she was an angel who was brought to us to live with us here on earth. i think god bought her back up to hef >> just three days after her tragic suicide the kennedy clan

kerry kennedy.nd "the washington post's" ezra klein. >>> up next, an exclusive first look at politico's morning playbook. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >>> after a beautiful, beautiful mother's day from washington, d.c., to boston, get ready for a rainy start to your week. it's going to continue probably through at least tuesday, maybe even into wednesday in new england. right now, we are focusing in on washington, d.c. just some light showers. it will be wet on the beltway as you take out the car this morning. also we'll be watching showers throughout the day. keep the umbrella handy. here is a wider picture of the east coast. clouds, the green is rain. now we even have light rain moving up into central portions of new england. so it pretty much covers a good chunk of the mid-atlantic and the northeast. how much rain can we expect over the next 48 hours? could be significant from the roanoke area up to d.c., possibly two to three inches. in new england, one to two inche

joining me is kerry kennedy, president of the kennedy center for the justice and human rights.ve you here. >> great to be here. >> how good are these assurances? >> i think the main thing to focus on here is that chen was working on the china's one child policy. they have 35 million abortions in china every year. up to 35,000 a day. >> forced abortions and sterilizations. >> both of those and forced iuds, all of these terrible, terrible policies. and, you know, it's a complex issue. china is going to have to learn that they can't shut up the dissidents, they can't shut people up every time there's tainted milk or there's poorly built schools and they collapse on everyone. they need to be a strong country that's going to understand dissent and allow people to speak freely. >> and obviously it's shining a light not just on the ability to speak freely but also on this issue, the one child policy. but does it change anything? >> well, i think that as they emerge in the world as a leader that they are going to see that they need to change these things. >> women's rights concerns are

kerry kennedy played matchmaker for the couple 16 years ago. >> she was an angel who was brought to us to live with us here on earth. i think god bought her back up to hef >> just three days after her tragic suicide the kennedy clan along with dozens of friends and celebrities crowded into this small church outside of new york city, to remember the loving mother of four, generous friend to many. >> it was a very beautiful service. robert did a fabulous job at remembering all of the great things about his wife. he's very sensitive. and tearful. >> glenn close, larry david, chevy chase, edward james, and kennedy lieu nary y'all paying respects. some shocking absences, several of mary's siblings didn't attend, blaming robert for many of mary's struggles. both sides made separate plans to mourn mary. her brother filed a last-minute lawsuit over her remains, the couple's $4 million house and control over her final resting place. but, still, her legal husband, the judge ruled in robert's favor and mary was buried near the kennedy compound near hyann hyannisport. >>> the richardson family ann

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kerry kennedy married childhood best friend and robert's sister played matchmaker for the couple 16 years >> she was an angel who was brought to us to live with us here on earth. and i think that god just brought her back up to heaven and said, you don't have to fight for me anymore. >> reporter: just three days after her tragic suicide, the kennedy clan along with dozens of friends and celebrities crowded into this small church outside of new york city to remember the loving mother of four, generous friend to many. >> it was a very beautiful service. robert did a fabulous job at remembering all of the great things about his wife. he was very sensitive and cheerful. >> reporter: dan aykroyd, glenn close, larry david, chevy chase, edward james olmos, john mcenroe, susan sarandon and kennedy luminaries all paying respects. but despite the bold-faced names, some shocking absences. several of mary's siblings did not attend blaming robert for many of her struggles. the bitterness between the families led to a court battle friday as both sides made separate plans to mourn mary. her brother file

her life long friend kerry kenne kennedy, robert's sister who introduced the couple spoke about mary's struggles. >> mary suffered from depression. her whole life, she was battling those demons. >> kennedy watchers say the richardson family feels robert kennedy didn't do enough to help mary. and photos like will this of robert and actress cheryl hines, twot reportedly dating, didn't help. >> mary's sisters say that if she had not met bobby kennedy, she would probably still be alive. so they're extremely bitter. >> reporter: a troubled life ended with a suicide, but still unable to rest in peace. >> mary richardson kennedy was buried saturday near the kennedy family compound in hyannis port. >>> now a guilty plea from a campaign aid to mayor gray. >>> rising water, and more rain moving in. >>> a man once suspected in the death of his friend has been charged with a new crime. >>> a top aid to gray has admitted to lying. good evening. tonight the first guilty plea in in the year long criminal probe into d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campgn

and the kennedy family were beneficiaries of that. john kerry's wealth stemmed from his marriages. he got money by marrying very wealthy women. it seems to me, though, if it's a character deal, because that's what they're making it with mitt romney. all right? that's what the media is framing the issue is. mitt romney is out of touch, rich guy, he doesn't even care about the working people. he's a greed head. and to me, there's a reason why and it looks on the surface and i think many of our viewers believe this, that the why is pure ideology. that the media especially the television news organizations want a democrat in the white house and they'll use anything to get a republican to lose. >> just a couple of thoughts on that, bill. number one, it seems to me a fair distinction to be made between stories that are about mitt romney's consumption of the wealth, what he spends it on. you know, the elevator in the garage and the -- and mrs. romney's two cadillacs. that's one thing. another -- the question of how he made his money is a different matter. i'm not saying that any -- that t

and the kennedy family were beneficiaries of that. john kerry's wealth stemmed from his marriages.got money by marrying very wealthy women. it seems to me, though, if it's a character deal, because that's what they're making it with mitt romney. all right? that's what the media is framing the issue is. mitt romney is out of touch, rich guy, he doesn't even care about the working people. he's a greed head. and to me, there's a reason why and it looks on the surface and i think many of our viewers believe this, that the why is pure ideology. that the media especially the television news organizations want a democrat in the white house and they'll use anything to get a republican to lose. >> just a couple of thoughts on that, bill. number one, it seems to me a fair distinction to be made between stories that are about mitt romney's consumption of the wealth, what he spends it on. you know, the elevator in the garage and the -- and mrs. romney's two cadillacs. that's one thing. another -- the question of how he made his money is a different matter. i'm not saying that any -- that there

. >> it is not surprising to me that john kerry's wealth and the way he lived did not get much coverage in 2004 just as the kennedyealth hefr in unfavorable references when they were front and center. democrats in the money look different in the mainstream media than republicans do. there is always a taint that attaches to rich republicans that doesn't attach to rich liberals. it's romney verses kerry. >> let's go to a story that has everybody talking. dump me once shame on you dutch me twice i will sue you. a man is suing his former fiancee. she broke off their engagement twice in two years and he argues he should pay back her share of the rent and the deposit he put down for the wedding. that's about 50,000 dollars. he claims as a parting gift she withdrew 55,000 dollars from the joint bank account the same day she broke up with him. he said more than 19,000 of that money is his and he wants it back. his former flame thought returning his 32,000 dollar engagement ring was simply enough. >> not married sharing a bank account. does this groom deserve the minu money back? tweet them to us at fox friends first or fr

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although kerry knew the man and i didn't, i don't think he never met a person he didn't want the affirmation of the. he desperately wanted people's approval. he would never get it from bobby kennedy, and he said we could have spent a lifetime trying to be close, but there was just too much divide. and i'm not sure it can be summed up better than that. they were just very different people. and i think that after john f. kennedy was assassinated, it was very difficult for bobby kennedy to see this man in the role that his brother had filled so eloquently and so gracefully. >> the kennedys are so cool and johnson is not. will flip over to the other side. >> i'm wondering why johnson accepted the vice presidential nomination when he i think had a lot more power in the senate, and he couldn't foresee obvious he that he would become president? and then the second part of that is, as vice president, was he kind of relegated to the side i the kennedys? you know, you talked about how kennedy was inspirational and johnson was able to get things done and i was wondering if there was ever a time when they could work as a team and whether if kennedy had had a longer-term, in office whether jo

kerry as a flip-flopper. do you expect that to be what they are going to do now? >> sure they are. i can remember mitt romney debating ted kennedynedy, i've done far more for gay and lesbian positions in massachusetts than you have. this is ridiculous. i respect governor romney. but the fact is he'll say anything he has to say, including vetoing the dream act and now trying to walk backwards back to his original position on immigration. he wants to be president and he'll say anything to do it think that's not the kind of person that people will elect to the united states. >> picking up on what wesley said, the president's position has evolved. there are those who would say it is a flip-flop of a position. what do you say to that? >> i think that's nonsense, i had to go through that myself. we were the first state in the country to grant equal rights to gays and lesbians. the court, our court ordered to us do something about it. they didn't say what. at the time i was incredibly uncomfortable with gay marriage. you know i'm 63 years old. i grew up at a time where people didn't talk about these kinds of things. you do have to evol