answer, journalist and author, larry tye. of "bobby kennedy," the making of a liberal icon. your new book on bobby kennedy starts out this way in history remembers robert f. kennedy as he was in his crusade for president in 1968. a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last knight.sive why did you begin your book that way? >> because that's the image that i started out with. drove me to write the book, and that's only a f. e of the story of robert concerned, and, an incomplete enough piece that if that's all we don't know nearly enough. > on that same day, a little later you bring up mccarthy. why? >> the most counterintuitive kennedy's history is his early and close relationship with mccarthy. in his early was, days, a cold warier. believed not that there were threats of soviets in the soviet union but they posed the threat

. >> tonight on c-span, q&a with former boston globe worth -- reporter larry tye followed by theresaaking questions from members of the house of commons. later, hillary clinton and donald trump made campaign stops in florida and las vegas. ♪ >> this week on q&a, journalist and author larry tye. he discusses his book "bobby kennedy: the making of a liberal icon." larry tye, your new book on bobby kennedy arts out this way in the preface -- history remembers robert f kennedy as he was in his crusade for president in 1968. a racial healer, a supporter of the poor and the last progressive knight.

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," journalist and author larry tye.s book "bobby kennedy: the making of a liberal icon." ♪ brian: larry tye, your new book on bobby kennedy starts out this way in the preface -- history remembers robert f kennedy as he was in his crusade for president in 1968. a racial healer, a supporter of the poor and the last progressive knight. whd

. ♪ >> this week on q&a, journalist and author larry tye.e discusses his book "bobby kennedy: the making of a liberal icon." larry tye, your new book on bobby kennedy arts out this way in the preface -- history remembers robert f kennedy as he was in his crusade for president in 1968. a racial healer, a supporter of the poor and the last progressive knight. why did you begin your book that way? mr. tye: that is what drove me to write the book and that is only a piece of the story. know, we don'twe know nearly enough. brian: on the same page a little later, you bring up senator joseph mccarthy. mr. tye: the most counterintuitive piece of bobby kennedy's history is his early and close relationship with joe mccarthy. bobby kennedy in his early days was a cold warrior. he did not just leave there were threats in the soviet union but that they posed a threat the same way that mccarthy believed in america and he believed joe mccarthy was the one guy in that era that was really taking the fight to them. for himnt to work enthusiastically and to und

. >> this week on "q&a," journalist and author larry tye. he discusses his book "bobby kennedy: the making of a liberal icon." brian: larry tye, your new book on bobby kennedy starts out this way in the preface -- history remembers robert f kennedy as he was in his crusade for president in 1968. a racial healer, a supporter of the poor and the last progressive knight. why did you begin your book that way? mr. tye: that is what drove me to write the book and that is only a piece of the story. if that is all we know, we don't know nearly enough. brian: on the same page a little later, you bring up senator joseph mccarthy. mr. tye: the most counterintuitive piece of bobby kennedy's history is his early and close relationship with joe mccarthy. bobby kennedy in his early days was a cold warrior. he did not just believe there were threats in the soviet union but that they posed a threat the same way that mccarthy believed in america and he believed joe mccarthy was the one guy in that era that was really taking the fight to them. so he went to wo

. >> sunday night an q & a, author larry tye discusses this book "possibly kennedy the making of a liberaleat richard nixon, america would be a different plate and in of the issues we're revisiting today of racial tension and international discord might be a little bit different if we had tried to address them 50 years ago. >> sunday night at 8 eon c-span's q & a. >> today, journalists and political scientists discuss the tone in media coverage of the 2016 presidential race. it was hosted by franklin pierce university and the newseum in washington. this is an hour. >> my name is barbara mccormick, the vice president of education here at the newseum. it's my pleasure to welcome all of you here today. the newseum's mission to promote, explain, and defend the first amendment, positions of perfectly to lead today's discussion in civility and presidential election discourse wife with our friends from the marlin fitzwater center for communication at franklin pears university. i'd like to recognize mr. fitzwater and miss -- we're so glad to have you and also like to extend a special thank you too

. >> sunday night, author and former boston globe reporter larry tye discusses his book about bobby kennedyhe beat richard america would have been a different place. some of the issues we are revisiting today, racial discord,international might be a little bit different if we had tried to address them 50 years ago. >> sunday night on c-span's q & a. >> in this week's address, vice president joe biden discusses progress of the project moonshot and their role in cancer treatment. and representative john radcliffe discusses the republican alternative to the health care law. hello,esident biden: everybody. this is joe biden. i am laying out how far we have come with the cancer project, moonshine. we are laying out a real vision for where we need to go in the future. to do in five years what would otherwise take 10 years, to inject urgency in the fight against cancer, and reimagine the system. nixonresident nexen -- declared the war on cancer, he had no army, and no clear strategy. after 45 years of progress, funding research and training scientists, we now have an army. tools, tools, powerful a