mrs. kennedy? >> i don't-- i can't say for sure, but i don't think you would see anything that was as mrs. kennedy had restored it. i think there are elements of what she did in almost every room, but there have certainly been changes over the years. so, i don't think you would see an exact replica of one of the rooms as she had redesigned them, or refurbished them, no. definitely elements in every single room. jacqueline kennedy's fingerprint i think is there. >> fantastic. john from harrisburg asked, were any photos taken when jackson and her children returned to the white house in 1971? that's the only time she ever went back. the unveiling of the official portraits of mrs. kennedy, and so does the kennedy library have them? are they available to the public? or does the kennedy library have anything of that collection available at the white house? >> that is the only visit she made back the white house after december 1963 with her children to see the official white house portrait as a guest of t

mrs. kennedy's. the donors were mr. and mrs. walter annenberg, of course, franklin never lived in or visited the white house, but he's a towering figure in our nation's history. should be represented. there following the tour of the public rooms, president kennedy had decided would make an appearance in the program's final scene, where he spoke of the importance of the work being done by mrs. and her committees. he said, quote i consider history, our history to be a source of strength to us here in the house and to all american people. anything which dramatizes the great history, the great of the united states is, i think the white house does is of the closest attention and respect by americans live here and who visit here and who are part of our citizenry. that's why i am glad that jackie is making the efforts she's making. indeed, president kennedy was extremely of his wife and her great accomplishment. it seemed how devoted and dedicated she was to it, how hard she had worked it. and he was so delighted with the tv tour itself

mrs. kennedy. does the library have them available to the public, or is there anything available in the collections on the visit to the white house? >> that is the only visit she made back to the white house. after december of 1963. with her children to see the official white house portraits as the guest of the nixon's. there are no photographs, not that i am aware of. i have never seen one. unfortunately, i would love to see an image. i think it was really a magical night for mrs. kennedy and the children, and she was so grateful to the president and misses nixon and the nixon daughters for making it just a very happy occasion for mrs. kennedy and her children to return to the home that they remembered living in with their father, and obviously, mrs. kennedy was very nervous leading up to it, but was so grateful at how warm the nixon family was, what a great tour guide president nixon was showing john in the oval office. the desk where john used to hide. if you have not seen it, what i would sugge

mr. kennedy is the nephew of former president john f. d the son of former presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr.. he initially lost his campaign as a democrat before running as independent. he is running on criticism of the two major parties. he became known for his anti-vaccine stance. the 70-year-old made the announcement in the swing state of arizona and made clear to some voters. mr. kennedy: i want everyone to know i am not terminating my campaign. i am simply suspending it. not ending it. my name will remain on the ballot in most states. if you live in the blue state, you can vote for me without harming or helping president in red states, the symbol apply. i encourage you to vote for me. >> robert f. kennedy, jr. was never likely to win the presidency. his support could still have an impact on this election. a recent poll shows him at 4% voter support behind kamala harris' 42% and donald trump's 37%. mr. kennedy saw his numbers drop significantly once kamala harris replaced joe biden on top of the democratic ticket. he could

in the past few hours, mr kennedy appeared on stage with former president donald trump. said kamala harris�*s swift rise to the democratic nomination is further evidence of the supposedly rigged system that robert f kenneder ran against. while robert f kennedy jr was never likely to win the presidency, his candidacy and support could still have an impact on the election outcome. a recent poll from reuters and ipsos shows him at 4% voter support, behind kamala harris�*s 42% and donald trump's 37%. mr kennedy saw his polling numbers drop significantly once vice president harris replaced presidentjoe biden at the top of the democratic ticket. but supporters of mr kennedy could be a factor should they choose to follow his endorsement of former president trump. mr kennedy's announcement comes a day after kamala harris officially accepted the democratic nomination for president on the final night of the democratic national convention. to understand where things stand as we reach the end of a significant week for the 2024 race, i've been speaking to political strategists, repub

mr kennedy is the nephew of former president john f kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate his campaign for the democratic nomination, before switching to run as an independent. mr kennedy had been running on a message of economic populism, as well as criticism of the two major parties. and since the covid—i9 pandemic, he became known for his anti—vaccine stance. while robert f kenneder was never likely to win the presidency, his candidacy and support could still have an impact on the election outcome. a recent poll from reuters and ipsos shows him at it% voter support, behind kamala harris's 42% and donald trump's 37%. mr kennedy saw his polling numbers drop significantly once vice president harris replaced presidentjoe biden at the top of the democratic ticket. but supporters of mr kennedy could be a factor should they choose to follow his endorsement of former president trump. mr trump has been speaking at a rally of his own in nevada, where he thanked mr kennedy for his endorsement. mr kennedy's announcement comes a day after kamala harris officially accepted the democr

in the past few hours, mr kennedy appeared on stage with former president donald trump. s�*s swift rise to the democratic nomination is further evidence of the supposedly rigged system that robert f kenneder ran against. tonight i'm very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share, and we have shared them for a long time. i don't think too many of you people have heard of him. he is very low key. he's a very low key person. he is highly respected. he is a great person. i've known him for so long. for the past 16 months. robert f kenneder. # there goes my hero. # watch him as he goes. # there goes my hero. while robert f kennedy jr was never likely to win the presidency, his candidacy and support could still have an impact on the election outcome. a recent poll from reuters and ipsos shows him at a% voter support, behind kamala harris�*s a2% and donald trump's 37%. mr kennedy saw his polling numbers drop significantly once vice president harris replaced presidentjoe biden at the top of the democratic ticket. bu

in the past few hours, mr kennedy appeared on stage with former president donald trump. aid kamala harris�*s swift rise to the democratic nomination is further evidence of the supposedly rigged system that robert f kenneder ran against. in our movement we know democracy doesn't mean rule by the democrat establishment, it means rule by the american people. tonight i'm very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share, and we have shared them for a long time. i don't think too many of you people have heard of him. he is very low key. he's a very low key person. he is highly respected. he is a great person. i've known him for so long. for the past 16 months. robert f kenneder. # there goes my hero. # watch him as he goes. # there goes my hero. recent polls showed just 4% of voters backing mr kennedy. but in the close—fought race between donald trump and kamala harris, his endorsement could still make an impact. so, are the democrats worried? and how is the party feeling after the star—studded convention? i've been

mr. kennedy's request. vp harris: we are witnessing a full on assault on other hard-fought, hard-won fundamental freedoms. [cheers and applause] let me just say something. hold on, hold on, hold up for a second. let me just say something. we are fighting for democracy. everyone has a right, and should have their voices heard. i'm speaking now, but on the subject, i will say this. the president and i are working around the clock. we've got to get a hostage deal done and get a cease fire done now. so back to this election and donald trump. in addition to the fight on the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one's own body, i have been traveling our country and the people of georgia know what i know. there is a full on assault on hard-fought, hard-won freedom and rights, including the freedom to vote, the freedom to be safe from gun violence -- [cheers and applause] and an attack on the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride. and we will fight against all of that. promoting the freedom to li

mr. kennedy and mr. trump have had several meetings in recent weeks and kennedy outlined a number of issues where he has made common cause with president trump. take a listen. >> we were aligned with each other on other key issues likening the forever wars, ending the childhood disease epidemic, securing the border, protecting freedom of speech, unraveling the corporate capture of our regulatory agencies, getting the us intelligence agencies out of the business of propaganda and censoring and surveiling americans and interfering with our elections. larry: very hard-hitting stuff. very popular stuff. now they don't agree on everything, by a long shot, but it is interesting on how many things they do agree on, and how plain-spoken and direct mr. kennedy put it out there. fascinating to me. now, as rfk jr. news filtered out, the pay-to-play betting markets have posted a 51:48% lead for mr. trump over ms. harris. not only is the kennedy news stepped on and nearly buried any of the kamala speech news from last

mrs. kennedy. when she left the white house, president kennedy's assassination had not returned to house at all and despite many invitations from president johnson to do so. but when the portraits of the president and mrs. kennedy were ready to be hung in the white house, normally there would be ceremony where the family come in and see the official reception and of these portraits. but mrs. kennedy, then mrs. onassis did, not want to come back. so nixon said, you know, why don't you bring your two children, just the three of you, we'll have a private event. we'd love to have you here for dinner. the girls can show your children, the nixon daughters, the girls as everybody called them back then can show the kids around. and and you get to see the portraits privately. so mrs. onassis agreed to that the president sent government plane up to new york to bring them down to the white house. they came in completely without anybody knowing. helen thomas had managed to find out and they promised to get. sh

in arizona, say mr kennedy has 10,000 supporters that go to former president trump, given the marginshin margin so a handful of voters move from kennedy to trump, thatis voters move from kennedy to trump, that is a big deal and will have big impact on the race. small amount of voters will decide the election. we'll see what mr kennedy decides to do in this upcoming speech, if he endorses former president i think it hurts president trump.— hurts president trump. thank you very much- _ hurts president trump. thank you very much. well, _ hurts president trump. thank you very much. well, that _ hurts president trump. thank you very much. well, that is - hurts president trump. thank you very much. well, that is the - hurts president trump. thank you | very much. well, that is the image we are getting from phoenix, arizona we are getting from phoenix, arizona we are getting from phoenix, arizona we are expecting rfkjunior to come out and there is speculation that he could step aside given his polling numbers are small compared to the two main candidates. questions about whether he will endo

mrs. if kennedy did not want to comeck back. so mrs.on said, you know, why don't you bring your two children, just the three of you, we'll have a private eventful we'd love to have you here for dinner. the girls can show your children, the nixon daughters, the girls as everybody called them back then -- [laughter] can show the kids around a, and you get to see the portraits privately. so mrs. onassis agreed do to that. the president sent a government plane up the new york to bring them town to the white house. they came in -- down to the white house. they camepl in completely withot anybody knowing. helen thomas managed to find out, and they promised to get -- she was the reporter for the upi, they made a deal with mrs. thomas that if she would just not print the story until after the visit was over, they'd give her the exclusive. so mrs. onassis andcare rhine and john kennedy came. -- caroline. they were both teenagers at that the point. they had dinner at the white house. the president took them down to the oval office so they could s

mr. kennedy: and the war on our children. i've already described some of my personal experiences and struggles with government censorship industrial, x -- censorship industrial complex. the military industrial complex has provided us with a familiar comic book justification like they do on every or that this one is a noble effort to stop a -- to stop vladimir putin. tiny ukraine is a proxy in geopolitical struggle. initiated by the ambitions of the u.s. neocons or american global gemini -- global hegemony. i'm not excusing putin for invading ukraine. he had other options. the war is russia's printable response to the reckless neocon project of extending nato to encircle russia, a hostile act. a credulous media rarely explained to americans we walked away from two nuclear weapons treaties with russia and put missile systems in romania and poland. this is a hostile act. the biden white house repeatedly spurned russia's offer to settle this war peacefully. . ukraine war began in 2014 when u.s. agencies overthrew the democratical

mr. kennedy: thank you. thank you, president trump. [crowd chanting "bobby!"] few hours after the assassination attempt in butler, i got a call from an advocate who has been fighting for many years to try to end the corruption at the cdc and the usda. [applause] these institutions, regulatory agencies are run by the big food processing companies, big ag and chemical companies that are supposed to regulate. he said to me, he had been advising me for many years on my campaign, and he told me he was also advising president trump. he asked if i would talk to president trump. i said, of course. a few minutes later i got a call from the president and we talked. we had a very good talk. and then he invited me to come see him the next day. i went to minneapolis and saw him. we met again a couple weeks later in florida and we talked not about the things that separate us because we do not agree on everything, but on the values and the issues that bind us together. one of the issues he talked about was having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic. [applause] o

mr. kennedy was going to pull off a swath of voters, and mr. kennedy, i know from conversations was not naive to the frustrations that democrats, the party that he once associated with up until last year was extremely frustrated by what he believed to be alienation from the party that he had long considered himself to be a part of. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> and joining us now, nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki. steve, talk to me about the poll numbers. what might rfks dropping out and endorsing trump do? >> small but potentially significant. that's the story in a close election. take a look at it this way. here's the polling before kamala harris became the democratic candidate, the three-way polling. kennedy on average had been running over 9%. you see trump had been leading biden. biden gets out of the race. harris replaces him. here's what you've got. basically an average of a month's worth of polls now. you've got harris taking the lead over trump, improving over biden. kennedy was just saying, dropping in the

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mr. kennedy: i'm sorry to keep everybody waiting. 16 months ago in april of 2023, i launched my campaign for president of the united states. i began this journey as a democrat. the party of my father, my uncle. a party which i pledged my own allegiance to long before i was old enough to vote. i attended my first democratic convention at the age of six in backbend the democrats were chut authoritarianism, against censorship, against colonialism, imperialism and unjust wars. we were the party of labor, of the working class. the democrats were the party of government transparency and the champion of the environment. our party was the bulwark against big money interests and corporate power. true to its name, it was the party of the moxie at -- of democracy. as you know i left that party in october because it had departed so dramatically on the core values i grew up with. it had become the party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big ag and big-money. when it abandoned democracy by canceling the primary to conceal the cognitive decline of the sitting president, i left the p

mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr.anchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. the clerk: mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: the presid the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- durbin, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, sinema, stabenow, tillis, and welch. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, cotton, cramer, daines, and hyde-smith. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. warnock, aye. the c

mr. kennedy highlighted h decision to only remove his name from the ballot and battleground states where he would take votes from former president trump. this program is just under 50 minutes.

mr. kennedy inside the cabinet, politically there is advantage. 1, 2, 3% of americans that wanted kennedy. for donald trump that could be enough and if you make kennedy happy putting him on your transition team it's not a bad political move. >> thank you very much. >>> and jd vance today is in battleground michigan talking about the economy and he's defending donald trump's tax plan. joining us now, "the new york times" white house economics reporter, jim tankersly. thanks so much for being here with us. let's talk about the economy. kamala harris and donald trump have fundamentally different takes on how to fix the economy, how to boost it. can you give it to me -- can you give me both of their ideas concisely? >> yes. concisely, i mean they're both talking about using the power of government to try to reduce costs for people. they're talking about it in different ways. kamala harris wants to use a combination of incentives and new government spending to try to inject more competition into certain markets like food and groceries. she wants to mayb

mr. kennedy openly questioned the former president's commitment to crypto. >> i am very happy to learn thatm not the only one talking about bitcoin in this year's election. nothing could make me more joyful than to see other political leaders now jumping on the bit coin bandwagon. i've had a years head start to study and articulate the potential of bitcoin. michael as the first bit coin president will be to enact policies that will make america the world's greatest representative for bitcoin and a proponent of its democratic values. i grew up learning america will always maintain its status as the leader of the free world. ever since the collapse of the soviet union in 1993, we paradox lehigh and moving in a declining spiral away from that role. hubris, military adventurism and corruption have put america's political and economic power in precipitous decline. our dollar is rapidly losing its reserve currency status because we have weaponized it against other countries. when we disagree with the policies of another country, we kicked them off the system. we de-bank them. as a protectable res

mr. kennedy partially suspended his independent campaign last week and endorsed mr.rump at a rally in arina former democratic u.s. are presented kelsey gabbard- tulsi gabbard who ran as a democrat in 2020 left the rt in020 and has been critical of it since. she has appeared in mr. trump's rallies. >> friday nights watch c-span's 2024 campaign trail stop a weekly roundup of campaign coverage providing a one-stop shop to discover what the candidates across the country are saying to voters, along with first-hand accounts from political reporters, updated poll numbers, fundraising data and campaign ads. watch c-span's campaign trail friday nights at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or download as a podcast on c-span now, our free mobile app over every you get your podcast. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> saturdays, american history tv features convention speeches. watch notable remarks by presidential nominees and other political figures from the past several decades. this saturday, george w. bush except the republican presidential nominati

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mr. kennedy: thank you very much.nk you very much, barbara mikulski, for your very eloquent, your eloquent introduction. distinguished legislator, great spokeswoman for economic democracy and social justice in this country, i thank you for your eloquent introduction. well, things worked out a little different from the way i thought, but let me tell you, i still love new york. [cheers and applause] my fellow democrats and my fellow americans, i have come here tonight not to argue as a candidate but to affirm a cause. i'm asking you -- i am asking you to renew the commitment of the democratic party to economic justice. [cheers and applause] i am asking you to renew our commitment to a fair and lasting prosperity that can put america back to work. this is the cause that brought me into the campaign and that sustained me for nine months across 100,000 miles in 40 different states. we had our losses, but the pain of our defeats is far, far less than the pain of the people that i have met. we have learned that it is importa

mr. kennedy is willing to meet with leaders of both parties to discuss the possibility of a unity government. >>> president biden's son is facing new allegations about his foreign business dealings. the "new york times" says it has obtained state department records that reveal hunter biden wrote at least one letter to the u.s. ambassador in italy in 2016 when his father was vice president. a white house spokesman then said then-vice president biden was not aware of the letter at the time. that letter was report edly on behalf of burisma where hunter biden was a board member. nbc news has not obtained the documents, and his lawyer calls it a proper request, saying no meeting occurred. no project materialized. no request for anything in the u.s. was ever sought, an introd requested. >>> in north carolina, the hunt for an escaped murderer is entering day three. ramon alston escaped custody on tuesday while being transported to a doctor's appoint atment ate unc medical center. the sheriff says he is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: a $35,000 reward for any information on the whereabouts of 30-y

mr. kennedy intends to end his third party presidential bid this friday and endorse former president donald trump, though talks are still ongoing. this could be a major move in an election that could come down to just a few thousand votes. tonight, former president trump in battleground north carolina holding an outdoor campaign event for the first time since surviving the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. >> the voters will hold kamala and joe accountable. >> reporter: secret service installing bulletproof glass in front of and behind the podium, the event billed on a national security theme with trump joined by running mate, j.d. vance. >> kamala harris has allowed a literal invasion of this country, more than 10 million illegal aliens. if we give kamala harris a promotion and make her the president of the united states, the southern border is going to look like walmart on black friday. >> reporter: and vance was asked if trump would promise a cabinet post for an rfk jr. endorsement. >> i think clearly donald trump is not going to say, i'll give you a cabinet position if you give me

mrs. kennedy had a passion and mrs. johnson said she was so together and look so beautiful for someone who suffered such aned incredibe tragedy and she asked mrs. johnson something that really never have been done before which is, if she would carry on her white house restoration initiative and make itne permanent. she wanted a permanent curator for the white house and she wanted her committee to be a bear. she said she would give m mrs. johnson to handwritten letter which is a yell though -- on a yellow legal pat in gives the johnson life are the details in march of 1964 president johnson made the committee permit and a permanent white house curator. mrs. johnson told me her first initiative was to help jackie kennedy. she wanted to do anything she could. she wasn't thinking of doing white house restoration and the fine arts world trade but she took it over and became a great advocate and carried on jackie kennedy's efforts to finish the rose garden and an americana to the white house soam that's one example they key d

after introducing him at a rally in arizona, mr trump promised to open an office to investigate the assassination of his uncle, the democrat president john f kennedyjrsaid he was pausing his campaign because he realised he had no path to victory and he was aligned on key issues with mr trump. this is what donald trump said when he introduced robert f kenneder. for the past 16 months, bobby has won an extraordinary campaign for the president of the united states. i know, because it also went after me a couple of times. i didn't like it. and i mean this sincerely. had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beatenjoe biden, but they wouldn't let him in. so who is robert f kenneder? he is the nephew of former presidentjohn f kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f kennedy. he initially launched his campaign for the democratic nomination, before switching to run as an independent. mr kennedy had been running on a message of economic populism, as well as criticism of the two major parties. and since the covid—i9 pandemic, he became known for his anti—vaccine stance. but how much does his endorsement act