mrs. gandhi was assassinated one terrible morning. i'd had a letter for her three weeks before her assassination. and there had been an attempt on me and my cabinet. she wrote such a charming letter saying it's absolutely terrible these things would happen in democracy. three weeks later, she herself had been assassinated. then, of course, her son came and i knew him well. he was assassinated in an election campaign. i just feel a special bond with that family. they did wonderful things for india. and mrs. gandhi really cared about every single thing she did. she was such a charming woman. she was also a very effective prime minister. >> you mentioned brighton, 1984, and the bomb. what happened? >> what happened was that thursday night i'm always up very late because my main speech, the end of the conference, the big rally speech is on a friday. you can't turn up with a speech without being carefully drafted before you arrive. but the thing changes, the atmosphere changes. some of the issues perhaps take a different turn. and you alwa

mr. speaker, his life was fraught with complexity and contradictions. he held ante diluvian views with respect to race, which was long a point of contention to people of india and his relationship specifically with gandhi. during world war i he was first lord of the admirality and he set in motion the failed assault at ga lip lee in a -- gallipoli to try to secure a sea route to russia. that forced him out of government, it was years before he'd return, warning of the threat hiterer presented in germany that ability to define injustice and pursue actions with clarity of prurp in the absolute face of evil no matter the consequences is one of the traits that helped him transcend his human flaws and foibles and enter the ranks of the great statesmen of the 20th severage rhythm he stood alone in the 1930's issuing jeremiat after jeremiad about the threat. his peers did not heed his warning. he showed consummate colonel and resolve, never lost the clarity of the recognition of evil and in fact, that extended into a decade later when he warned about stalin's iron curtain. in recognition to his contributions to our nation and our international alliances, he was the first person to be made an honorary citizen