mrs. kennedy actually recounts what happened. it's a great anecdote. e said that when the venice senator john f. kennedy got to new delhi and they requested a meeting with the feminist or, the u.s. embassy told them that the prime minister's tension often failed pretty quickly and that into that of the prime minister's attention was feeling you start to look up at the ceiling and start playing with his pencil. within two minutes of the meeting, they were staring at the ceiling and play with pencils for some of the very auspicious start for the relationship. it got better. but mrs. kennedy data traveled to south asia during the thousand days of the kennedy administration. she went in the spring of 1962 so just a few months before the crisis. it was the first time that a first lady had traveled by herself outside of the united states in the age of television. eleanor roosevelt traveled during the second world war but there was no television and truman and eisenhower never traveled by themselves overseas. that is a bubble but it's a misnomer. her sister we

mrs. kennedy, and the crowd yells.he president of the united states. >> looking at how things actually went, it wasn't just a trip to dallas, it was a political trip preparing for the 1964 elections. >> and here comes the president now. in fact he's not in his limousine. he has departed the limousine and he is reaching across the fence, shaking hands. >> in those days, everybody could get a lot closer to the president. i was standing behind mrs. kennedy and saw a hand reach through the chain link fence and break off one of the red roses. >> thousands of children now swarming, trying to get over the fence. the dallas police trying to keep them back. >> this is great for the people and makes the egg shells even thinner for the secret service, whose job it was to guard the man. >> the trip had gone terrifically well in texas. pretty hard to write a script for it going any better. >> thousands will be on hand for that motorcade now, which will be in downtown dallas. >> a number of my classmates were gone, they were at the

mr. kennedy's limousine to the soviet embassy.ev was waiting, also, for talks to explore such issues as berlin, nuclear testing and disarmament. >> tell us what you think about this meeting between the young president and khrushchev? >> well, i think it was long overdue because the world needs peace and the world needs disarmament. >> for khrushchev, it is a chance to test the new president on a subject of berlin, khrushchev is tough and blunt. >> khrushchev said west berlin is a bone in my throat. and we must extract it. >> berlin, of course, is divided at the end of world war ii but berlin is 110 miles inside of the east german zone. khrushchev is threatening to force the integration and take over west berlin and kennedy says to him, berlin is part of our western commitment and world war ii. don't challenge us there. >> after two days, the talks end. >> kennedy did not do well. he allowed himself to be caught in an ideological argument with khrushchev. he'd been warned against it. he did it anyways and khrushchev bullied him and

mr. kennedy, i understand you are against the legalization of marijuana, why? have a mood disorder and i'm also in recovery because i'm also an addict. and, with another drug being commercialized, one that actually has the for profit motive of hooking newconsumers. they are going to target teenagers. they are going to make their money off of people like myself who are addicts and i don't think this is the kind of thing that makes our country stronger and families stronger. >> pro-pot people say it's not addictive, it's harmless. less harmful than alcohol. it's unfair to have alcohol legal and pot not. and you say? >> i say two wrongs don't make a right. and the marijuana today is in beverage form. it's in candy form. you can eat it. now, i was was an azamat tuck so i didn't go down the route of marijuana. but if it were available to me today and i could have eaten it like they can in colorado, it would have been a totally different game. this is a scary thing. people think the smoking couple joints every other weekend. this is a whole new commercial industry. t

mr. kennedy: i think of what has gone on here. who has --sung here, who has played here. point out to the young people coming on the stage that this is the stage that six presidents of the united states has spoken on. feel the importance of this and they clearly do. they remember that. we did invite people of disparate points of view to come here to mechanics hall. mechanics hall is known in its history for those people like william lloyd garrison, frederick douglass who talked about the evils of slavery. but there was a different point of view in the civil war. there were those that thought the civil war was totally unnecessary. and that slavery was a fine institution. there was a view espoused more in the south than the view around here. and the political parties of the day came to mechanics hall to have their biannual convention. they came to this room because it welcomed those disparate points of view. this is where people came to celebrate and be inspired. we want that to continue into the future. ms. gagne: i think that what this building says about human endeavor i

mr. kennedy our main editors at bloomberg. great to have you both in the studio. let's just reflect a little bit. interesting that putin starts .is conversation with terrorism before the turkish situation escalated to the point we are at, there was that movement of reproach from the west, george. george: i don't think we should be surprised. this is kind of the key motif in the president's speech. time, it wasis just a ramble about everything dominated by the ukraine and why the west is against us and we are justified in doing this and all this kind of thing. on the evehappened of that speech last year, which is certainly going to the manifest in his speech today. there was an explosion, a violent incident in chechnya. there was a report about the severity of the economic dislocation which was coming to russia as a consequence of the decline in the ruble. terrorism andgs, the economic dislocation in russia, have dominated russia this year. they do have very strong interests to try to reach some kind of arrangement with the west. so many narratives going on between

mrs. kennedy found out about her daughter, found out the truth and the family embrace her and they said let rosy out into society. and then my aunt was able to work with her really well and they established a close bond. >> in '62, the special olympics came out. would you say rosemary's legacy is a special thing today? >> not only special olympics which she started in her become yard, but all sorts of legislation, from ted and bobby and the president. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming in and talking about the book, the missing kennedy. thank you, elizabeth. >> thank you. >>> coming up on mornings on 2: the 9, we've been showing your holiday photos all morning long. coming up after the break, we'll show you today's instagram winner. >> all right. right. . >>> on monday, president obama spoke in a somewhat of a rare address from the pentagon talking about the threats and how he was going to and the country was going to fight isis. today he's being briefed specifically at the counter-terrorism center in virginia. at any moment he's expected to address the media abou

kennedy to new york. also on board this plane today will be mrs. john f. kennedy. w, mrs. martin luther king jr. somehow and in some way, we seem to be sending a great many of our young leaders to their early graves. >> it's been a very emotional period for all of us who have worked for the senator. and personally, the most horrifying thing in these last few days was this morning, when i tacked this black ribbon on to my campaign button, because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. >> when senator kennedy went down, he was trying to speak for those americans, including the young, who feel a need to change many aspects of american life. well, that cause has not been still forever, because even without him, the changes will be made, because they have to be. but nobody knows when, nor how, nor whether the changes will be made peacefully or violently. >> in the meantime, this country has lost another leader. as far as i'm concerned, has lost the only leader that i feel gives us any hope for the future. i mean, what happens to the co

mrs. lincoln and kennedy and sports misfortune, michael farquhar is the author of bad days in history: a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year. >> thank you so much. : >> >> [applause] >> that is very kind to. is this ghana? you will not stand up and i am through. >> welcome to miami. it is great to see such a packed house. >> john e. chubb was such a charming and and a cagey speaker. had even consistently amusing. they will get their giggles out. 1972 i found myself sitting in a minibus next to james michener that told me this story so it is appropriate. he said he got a call at dinnertime that said congratulations our organization and has offered you the greatest living american author we would like you to except the award. dave the time of place. he said that this lovely. terrific. day you mind if i consult my calendar? he said i am terribly sorry but i have a previous engagement that i cannot change. there was a long pause. that the caller said well? can you think of another greatest living ... [laughter] had beecher said what about others he said

mr. john kennedy. [ applause ]. i ask you -- so i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm democrat or republican? >> people recognize television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 in those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> all right. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers had fully gotten a grip on how effective this is a way to sell products, the definition of what you were doing was to create entertainment that would appeal to as many people as possible. >> beaver, eat your brussels sprouts. >> i can't. my stomach's filled up to my throat. >> no excuses. >> "leave it to beaver" was something that a lot of families understood. it's the first show that was ever shot from the perspective of a child. >> beaver. >> most people have had a lot of the experiences that the beaver or wally has had and everyone in their life has an eddie haskell. >> wally, some dumb kid fell in the soup. good eve

mrs. obama host the 2015 kennedy center honorees at the white house. then, a discussion on income inequality in the u.s. and the efforts to fight drug -incomeon and low in heigh families. two: on the next washington journal, a look at how campaign 2016 has different from past presidential campaigns in terms of media coverage and rhetoric. our guest is paul glastris. then, authors week continues with craig shirley, the author of "last act." washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 eastern and you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. three days of the featured programming this holiday weekend on c-span. friday evening at 7:00 eastern, congressional republican leaders honoring former vice president dick cheney at the capital with the unveiling of a marble bust. representative paul ryan: when the vice president had his critics going off the deep end, he asked his wife, does it bug you win people were for to me as darth vader? she said, no, it humanizes you. [applause] night, an saturday in-depth look at po

mr. mcculloch same president kennedy inspired him to public service. discussed part of his life and how he changed career paths. >> i would be delighted to. it has been a very long time since president of the united states is called upon us all to do something for our country. too often spending time. president kennedy made that summons, give that magnificent eloquent summons in his inaugural address i took it entirely the heart and give it up to do something to serve my country. and i wound up working at the us information agency. which also happens to england by edward r murrow. for the next three years i have a huge privilege of the graduate school glory of working for the us information agency. changed my life. i suddenly found myself with ambition to write a book. once i got started on it, i knew this is what i wanted to do. >> up next. >> i was going to ask you what is that a reasonable place to learn to fly? first of all the grandmother was among a large crowd. they are nice young men. a little off the balance. as you say, 8 miles out, part of t

mr. kennedy: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my colleague for yielding and for all the work he's put in on an important and necessary advancement in our education system. as he mentioned, the rule we are debating today also incorporates a rule for an energy bill that i wanted to address today because nowhere is the need for a comprehensive energy policy more critical than in my home state of massachusetts and the entire region of new england. with recent announced closures of two plants in our region, one coal and one nuclear, we are facing loss of over 2,000 megawatts of an already antiquated, already overtaxed electric grid. that loss of capacity is already causing the bills of our consumers to skyrocket through a quadrupling from over $1 billion to $4 billion. the closures and subsequent rate increases underscores our need for a road map that puts us on a path toward renewable energy while balancing reliability and affordability. the bill before us today does exactly the opposite. it reverses course and rene

mrs. kennedy founded and these ornaments go to fund that mission. >> and ladies and gentlemen the 2015 christmasoks like a christmas tree. >> we honor calvin coolidge this year, the first president to light the national christmas tree in 1923, so for the first time ever this ornament lights up. >> oh, awesome! >> technology. and there are 14 icons on the ornament talking about different aspects of president coolidge's life including a little baseball. president coolidge was the last american president to throw out the first pitch of a world series game of a washington baseball team, it was the senators versus the giants in 1924, so we have a great partnership with the washington nationals to promote this. >> a lot of people would like to buy these for their christmas trees and the website is? >> whitehousehistory.org, free shipping. >> great to see you in person. that is so cool. >> what a treat. >>> what's still ahead in the next two hours, ted cruz and donald trump take off the gloves against each other and somehow this got involved? ♪ she's a maniac, she's may maniac i know ♪ >> we'll explain

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mrs. vickey kennedy for being a part of this day. it is really an honor. i never was lucky enough to cover the senate on a full time basis. but i interviewed senator kennedy many times over the years on the central role that he played and we know the reason the press flocked to him is because he was the part -- if there was a big issue, than senator kennedy was going to be part of it. so time and again, we would look to him for an important point of view. and i can tell you from those years of talking to him, his love of the senate as an institution came through vividly every time i talked to him. now, a number of those issues that we would talk about fall under the heading of zifrl rights. minority rights. congresswom women's and gay rights. access to education. immigration. we are so fortunate to have with it us for this next part of the program, some of the leading figures in this city who worked either alongside him, who worked for him or even in opposition to him over the past three or four decades. please join me in welcoming, first, the former unite

mr. garre: the court of appeals wouldn't. justice kennedyyou wanted to expand the summary judgment record? if so, what additional evidence would you find? mr. garre: if there are any ,hortcomings this court finds the unique skills, qualities, talents that those bridge builders. we can put that evidence in. justice kennedy: you asked for the remand. what evidence did you propose to put and if your motion had been granted? mr. garre: we specifically pointed to evidence. we talked about if the court would like to supplement the evidence. frankly, we would be entitled to a remand. it did not require evidentiary findings. the university of texas can put in additional evidence in the record, showing why these holistic students selected across a broad diversity recognized by bakke contribute meaningfully to the class. justice kennedy: i don't know -- i don't know what that proves. i am sure they have made a wonderful contribution to the university. i don't know if you can determine that they would have not been admitted if race had not been taken i

mrs. obama thinks in an organized way. they are very well structured in their mind. jackie kennedy was like i don't have a schedule. mrs. johnson was a love with word, she had a degree of journalism, love of writing, her love of -- of rhythm but also like you said, the media experience brought that, you know, and that's not necessarily political in terms of policy but it ends up having a political result. >> and this is not a new fen -- phenomena. this was a time when women were supposed to stand their spear. can you tell us about her? >> no, she did not. this was a time of womanhood when really were append iiges to their husband. they were not supposed to voice those ideas. she did voice them at least to her husband. she reviewed his speeches. she actually tried to influence people to influence him as well as, and she did influence them as far as we know. and she's definitely stepping outside of the role of the average or typical woman during that period of what was expected of a woman during that period. she and others of that era did not follow the pattern of you could be the he or hostess at te party, they are polit

kennedy stationery to my friends dear mr. dworkin congratulations on having the largest knows the new york state. robert f. kennedy. my friends still have these on their walls, and then one day out of the senate elevator robert f. kennedy appeared. the first time i had seen him and he was surrounded by his aides and it was just such, my heart almost stopped and he looked at me and he said how was the summer going mob? he knew my name. he knew my name. and i couldn't speak. i just opened open my mouth and nothing came out, but had he asked me to go on and work is signature machine for the next year i would have done it i was so inspired and enthralled. those were inspiring times in washington. they were not great signs for the country. remember 67, 68 no matter what people say about the romantic wonderful 67, 60 it was a horrible time. cities were burning and a 1968 martin luther king was assassinated and ultimately robert f. kennedy was assassinated and richard nixon was made president in vietnam was taking a huge toll. it was

mr. trump is taking advantage of that. that's what he's exploiting during the course of his campaign. kennedy: unlike bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. no, no economic fear mongering there. ebony will cams, michael malik and charles cook. he was talking about factory workers. he said they are no longer getting sat the same bargain of going to a factory and be able to support their families. the guy has never been to a factory in this life. >> did he notice he said mr. trump and not donald trump? we have to take this guy seriously, we can't just dismiss him as a clown any longer. kennedy: these are people who have been dependent on the government. and that's how they carried them along. maybe somebody one from the outside comes along with a message of possible prosperity for everyone. so, ebony, how could he be resentful when this is the basis of sanders' argument. we are talking about the 1%. we are talking about occupy wall street and all the economic hysteria joined u -- combined ge left. >> president obama had a populist message. you can't be mad at donald trump for taking advantage of i

kennedy: i think jeb bush worries donald is dr. evil. but what if he's mr. bigles worth? that leaves rubio and cruz to fight it out over who gets to be austin powers. >> the last person she want to run again is me. i understand hillary clinton. first of all, she doesn't have the strength or the tam that to be president. kennedy: do you understand her because you are working for her? donald might not have the stamina to beat her in the general. she is losing to rubio by 3 in the same poll. donald doesn't want to beat her. i don't think so. that's the point of his insanity. even if he go third party it on serves as an insurance party. there is no way to stop the donald from getting the kies back to that big white house. my fox friend brian kilmeade and martha maccallum drop by to talk about the war on isis and whether there is a crisis at american colleges. i'm so glad you are lined up for this. i'm kennedy. hi, and hello. the latest fox poll has donald trump leaping 8 point ahead in south consider after calling to ban muslims from entering america. from red eye, we have th

mrs. vickey kennedy for being a part of this day. it is really an honor. i never was lucky enough to cover the senate on a full time basis. but i interviewed senator kennedy many times over the years on the central role that he played and we know the reason the press flocked to him is because he was the part -- if there was a big issue, than senator kennedy was going to be part of it. so time and again, we would look to him for an important point of view. and i can tell you from those years of talking to him, his love of the senate as an institution came through vividly every time i talked to him. now, a number of those issues that we would talk about fall under the heading of zifrl rights. minority rights. congresswom women's and gay rights. access to education. immigration. we are so fortunate to have with it us for this next part of the program, some of the leading figures in this city who worked either alongside him, who worked for him or even in opposition to him over the past three or four decades. please join me in welcoming, first, the former unite

kennedy quietly gave nixon $1000 to defeat her. mrs.ouglas was the perfect target for nixon's style of campaigning. >> it was an unseeded campaign he waged against me. the essence of that kind of campaign is this: to avoid the issues, you work up bogus issues. betty: the relationship with lyndon goes back to their days together in the house. when she came in the house of representatives from california in 1945, she was gorgeous, hollywood-smart, and glamorous. she was the most glamorous woman in the house. she stands out like a birthday cake on the salad bar. she is in lyndon johnson's office the first day she is there. she was attacked on the house floor by congressman rankin for the same thing set in the 1950's, being a communist. she stood up and said, "are you referring to me?" there was a scene. lyndon gets the speaker and gets rankin to answer helen's question. rankin says he wasn't, which is not true. it is interesting, how public lyndon came to her rescue. they would walk hand-in-hand, his car would stay over at her house. brian

mr. trump? >> caller: the greatest thing to come around since they took out kennedy is spending his own money withident and we know who we want to with bernie sanders and hillary i a mexican-american and i will tell you donald trump will secure our borders against the illegal aliens and i am sick and tired of these politicians of the super pact i will not so because there is nobody that could be the best president other then donald trump and these political hacks that has to kiss the lobbyist but. >> the line from colorado's. >> caller: i do think trump will be the best president we have had for a long time. he cannot be bought off. the politicians are bought off he is running on his own and they do believe you will be a great president he reminds me of george patton. he has that for word go ahead instead of just talking about it. i will vote for him i do believe he will be the best president we have had in a long time. >> of light from washington and go-ahead. >> caller: did go. truck is very impressive i like best that he does what he says he will do if he definitely has to vote. >> barack obama

i tried when kennedy was killed everybody up to reagan camethen mr. along and i noticed, you know, the guy was tough. people were scared of him. personally, myself, i am laid up in a hospital bed in front of the television. and -- host: joe? joe, we are kind of losing your here, so if you could get to your question or your point for ray lahood. i'm sorry, we lost joe. let's take that opportunity, if we could, and go into present-day politics. he was recounting his transitions throughout the year. would you think about 2016 and the race that is going on currently? caller: i have been watching this kind of activity for 35 years. seen, certainly on the republican side, a process like we have now. i think the fact that we have such a celebrity like donald trump in the race who has never and isvolved in politics using the most unorthodox methods to get elected to get the nomination. are a wideertainly range of candidates on the republican side. it looks like hillary will probably get the nomination, and all these presidential campaigns, it will be very, ve

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kennedy: hello, great to see you, wearing less. hillary clinton's latest campaign ad plaifs the gender card with high octane pandering. >> dear mrs.linton. dear secretary clinton. dear mrs. clinton. i'm 9 years old. i'm excited that you have the chance to become the first woman president. from george washington to obama it's ridiculous there has never been a female president before. kennedy: 44 boys is just too many. will this ad capture the elementary school voting bloc? that's actually not bueno. girls are bad at math. that's not a surprise. >> but she ran against obama. of course, it's too many for her. >> it many silly we are pulling the girls out and i think it's politically unwise as well. kennedy: isn't it great watching a politician exploit children? >> it calls to mind for me the stadium of north korean children singing to their leader. this idea of kids being -- moreover it's the implication that hillary is going to end killing with guns which is something one of the little girls would see. she is not going to end killing with guns and her being a lady has nothing to do with it. kennedy: we are learning she had a cozy re

it's a kennedy center honor where the honorees sit with the president and the first lady. was late. mr. obama started without him. >>> still ahead, the multibillion dollar ship wreck find. >>> and an odd search. an nfl star's brother missing for days. an important discovery. >>> caught on camera, a plane scarying skydivers crashing to the ground. two. one. >>> and there we went. a special delivery for the six astronauts on the international that rocket carrying 6,000 pounds of cargo. lit arrive at the space station on wednesday morning. >> talk about a special delivery. >>> a well-known pilot has been killed in a crash in california. mike mangold was a famous acrobatics pilot and a commercial pilot for american airlines. >>> in business news, u.s. investors are hoping that a year-end rally starts today. one expert is saying stocks will finish flat nor the year. and a rate hike is more likely next week following the positive job report. overnight, stock futures were down slightly and overseas markets are mixed. and it's now three straight box office wins for "the hunger domestic total,

mr. dorgan congratulations on having the largest nose, robert f. kennedy. my friends to have these on their walls. and then one day out of the senate elevator robert f. kennedy actually appeared and he was surrounded via his aides. it was just such, my heart almost stopped. he looked at me and he said how was the summer going bob? he knew my name. he knew my name. i couldn't speak. i just open my mouth and nothing came out but had he asked me to go on and work for the next year i would done it. i was so inspired and enthralled they were not great signs for the country. remember 67 and 68 no matter what people say about the romantic wonderful 67 and 68 it was a horrible time. cities were burning and in 1968 martin luther king was assassinated and robert f. kennedy was assassinated and then richard nixon was made president and vietnam was taking a huge toll. it was a horrible, horrible, horrible time but we got through it. it was not nearly as partisan. there were people called liberal republicans. i know it's hard to believe that they were liberal republican

the death of frank lynn roosevelt, for the death of john kennedy, robert kennedy, but did not close for the death of ronald reagan. mrlamb: why not? mr. shirley: it betrays a political bias. mr. lamb: there's no other reason why, really. mr. shirley: i tried to construct a story line. i had a big white grease board. withstructed narrative titles and subtitles, and it all kind of falls into place. i wrote in the book as many as a half-dozen times, for news reports, then second, based on a library chair, then third, based on first-hand interviews, fourth, based on other documents based on other sources. i usually write a book. i don't write it once, i write at five or six times -- it five or six times. mr. lamb: in the back of the book, in the notes, there are interviews with several people, including fred ryan and a gentle man named jim holy? mr. shirley: yes. mr. lamb: why does he get attention in this book? mr. shirley: my books, some historians write from 10,000 feet. i write from ground level. i don't just interview jim baker neese. these are people who all had very good stories. what i have found is it worked ver

at the kennedy center, people say, mr. rubenstein, there are six steps.ou want to walk up the six steps, or do you want to take the elevator? when you turn 50, you can pretend you have 50 go, but when you turn 60, you cannot pretend you have 60. i'm racing through life because now i have access to things that i did not have before, people and money, and i do not want to waste time. i'm 22 the finish line, as i call it, and i just hope i am luckier than some of my colleagues. i read the obituary's every morning first thing. i know i'm lucky. imo am older than some of the people who have died. margaret: we have run out of time -- not existentially, just -- david: thank you. margaret: i'm going to escort david to the elevator. thanks. welcome journalist -- yorker'sew correspondent here with james bennett. so, we are going to be, i guess, exploring some of the themes we have been talking about this morning, but from a radically different set of perspectives. and author and journalist of phd and comparative literature, i believe, and who was taken captive whil

mrs. michelle obama. ♪ [applause] president obama: thank you. please, everybody have a seat. have a seat. welcome to the white house. this is a good-looking group. president kennedye said, there is a connection. it is hard to explain logically, but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. i believe you was right. our achievements as a country and coulter go hand-in-hand. the oldest of the 2015 kennedy center honorees was born over 90 years ago. you will not be able to tell, but when we look back at the last century, at all the challenges we faced, what we see as a time of extraordinary progress. one world war and another. we endured one depression and prevented another. newlittle we created medicine, technology, and change the world for the better. we welcomed new generations of immigrants that made the country stronger. we worked together and marched together. to open up new doors of opportunity for women, african-americans, latinos, lgbt americans americans with , disabilities. achievements that made all of us more free. tonight, we honor five artists who helped tell the story of the first american century through .usic, theate

mr. chief justice, for the reasons i suggested to justice kennedy i believe it would be an onerous burden and change the nature of redistricting. could there possibly be a situation out there in which a plan might be able to get within a 10% deviation of total population and a 10% deviation of the five-year rolling average sampling in the american community survey? maybe. i am not aware of a scenario. to back out to first principles. i don't believe it would be a test of invidious discrimination. that would be moving much further in the direction of a disparate impact that the court has never fashioned to determine whether someone's voting power is being canceled or fenced out of the political process. >> would you explain why the acs says acs is fine, used in section two and five. why would it be inappropriate to use it in -- in deciding the impact on an equal voting analysis? >> well, our position is that if the acs data is reliable enough to hold the state liable under section two of the voting rights act it would also be reliable enough to use in apportionment. there could be issues a

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kennedy center honorees. carole king. [applause] >> george lucas. [applause] rita maorena. [applause] seiji ozawa. [applause] cicely tyson. >[applause] [laughter] [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrsmichelle obama. ♪ [applause] president obama: thank you. please, everybody have a seat. welcome to the white house. this is a good-looking group. wants -- onceedy said, there is a connection. it is hard to ask why but easy to feel, between achievement and public life and progress in the arts. i believe he is our achievements as a country and a culture go hand in hand. the oldest of the 2015 kennedy center honorees was born over 90 years ago. he will not be able to tell. but when we look back at the last century, at all the challenges we faced, what we have seen at the time of extraordinary prowess, one world war and another. we entered one depression and prevented another. through it all we create a new medicine, technology, that changed the world for the better. ofwelcomed new generations immigrants that made the country stronger. we worked together and marched together. to open up new doors of opportunity for women, african-americans, latinos, all dbt americans, americans with disabi

mr. brokaw then goes on to discuss big ideas generated by the greatest generation and , including the marshall plan, the civil rights movement, president kennedy'sommitment to landing on the moon, and president nixon's opening of china. this was hosted by friends of the national world war ii memorial.

mr. president monroe's dress the night she serenaded president kennedy. daniel swarovski founded his company in the late 19th sen tur we the idea of bringing the look of royalty to the commoner by selling them cut glass instead. nadja swarovski is daniel's great-great-granddaughter and the only woman on the executive board. >> he created the affordable diamond. yes, it is an illusion of a diamond, but the diamond is nothing but a material that captured the light and refractures it. >> reporter: for more than 120 years swarovski has permeated american pop culture. atop the christmas tree in rockefeller center, on the chandeliers at the metropolitan opera, and in the glittery curtain at the oscars. rihanna's see-through crystal dress was shimmering with swarovski when she accepted an icon award. the company's headquarters sit in wattens. no strangers, no competitors, this was as close as we could get. marcus swarovski is the founder's great-great-gran nephew. >> it's sand, water and fire. >> reporter: it's a secret how you do it? >> we live in a competitive

kennedy center honorees. carole king. [applause] george lucas. [applause] rita morena. [applause] seiji ozawa. [applause] cicely tyson. [applause] [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrsmichelle obama. ♪ [applause] president obama: thank you so much. please, everybody, have a seat, have a seat. have a seat and welcome to the white house. this is a good-looking group. [laughter] president obama: president kennedy once said, "there is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts." i believe he was right. our achievements as a country and as a culture go hand-in-hand. the oldest of the 2015 kennedy center honorees was born over 90 years ago -- you won't be able to tell. [laughter] president obama: but when we look back on the last century, for all the challenges we faced, what we see is a time of extraordinary progress. we won one world war, and then another. we endured one depression, and prevented another. and through it all, we created new medicines and technologies that changed the world for the better. we welcomed new generations of striving immigrants that made our country stronger. we worked