mrs. kennedy will be at the center of it. >> inauguration day, 1961. america welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. dwight eisenhower was 70. here came kennedy who was 43. and mrs. kennedy is 31. >> the kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal with a new generation, they were going to conquer the world. >> jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. this was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance. and the country loved it. >> going to the inauguration was amazing. this was new and energetic. this was in fact the new frontier. >> jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. >> everyone said why didn't jack kiss you after, which he would never do there. but you had to march out in such order. and i so badly wanted to see him alone. >> she's worried about being separated from her husband as he starts this new role as leader of the free world. she didn't know what would it do to her marriage and she can't quite get to him

mrs. kennedy, verbatim, writes out a quote from ulysses. when president kennedy stands up to deliver his remarks, at the end of his remarks, he is quoting ulysses as if he knew it by heart but it is really mrs. kennedy who knew it by heart because she was, at least in her earlier years, a far more serious student. i think president kennedy becomes serious later in life , but early in life, it is clear that mrs. kennedy and her classical education, she was a far more serious student and remembers that poetry by heart. patrick: hopefully this is not a trick question for you. any recommendations of a good book on jfk? alan: there are several really good books on jfk. i'm going to mention one that should be coming out early september, because a noted harvard historian has written several fantastic books and has attempted to put together the definitive and comprehensive two volume set on president kennedy. volume one, it is a gross injustice to summarize it this way, it is the earlier years and origin story. there will be a volume two covering sp

mr. kennedy, then congressman from massachusetts, as the hon. john f. kennedy, congressman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy was never invited as an official representative of a religious organization nor as a spokesman of the catholic faith. nobody was identified by his faith. two days before his dinner occasion, mr. kennedy canceled his engagement. he expressed his regret and grief, but stated that since his eminence, the cardinal, requested that he not come, he had no other alternative. therefore, it was necessary to destroy this first program and to reprint. sen. kennedy: now, i will stay again the words that i used from the reverand polling po's book that first discuss this incident. secondly, my memory of the incident is quite clear. in fact, it's as good as reverend polin's. it's only -- when the matter was first discussed, the reverend said it first place in 1950. it's only in the last two months that it came forward and that it to place in 1947 i never discussed hyper the matter with the cardinal. i first learned of it through my administrative as

mr. kennedy as a congress or , mr. kennedy was never invited as an official representative of the religious organization nor as the spokesman for the catholic faith. no speaker on that occasion was identified by his faith. two days before the dinner, mr. kennedy canceled his engagement. he expressed his grief. is a loyal some of the church and had no other alternative. it was necessary to destroy the program and reframe it. used, thethe words i book was produced about a year ago. my memory of the incident is quite clear. it's as good as reverend polling's. polling stated place in 1950. it's only in the last two months that it took place in 1947. i never discussed the mattie -- matter with the cardinal. i first learned of it through my administrative assistant who work for the catholic welfare conference it said there was concern among many of the church people in philadelphia that the location of the chapel and no service would ever be held it. it was in the basement of another church. it was a different situation than

mr. kennedy, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kennedy will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: as the member designated by the honorable james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on the on te amendment to concur the senate bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on the motion to oncur. as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the

mr. howe: senator kennedy, your comment? sen. kennedy: mr. nixon, go back to 1955. the resolution commits the president of united states, which i support, defense most of m, and then the president said a mission. he pros admiral radford to support shanghai in the spring of 1955 because they were opposed. the president was unsuccessful. i referred to the fact that in 1958, i'm very familiar with the position united states took in negotiating with the chinese communists on these islands. a general in january of 1959 describe the position of united states. the position of the united states has been this buildup, in the words of the president, has been foolish. he said these islands have been indefensible. because he will not withdraw, because he is committed to these islands, because we have been unable to persuade him to withdraw, we are in a very difficult position, and therefore the president's judgment has been we should extend the islands, in his military judgment and the judgment of the commander in the field, the attack of these and should be a part of an overal

kennedy. the candidates were in separate studios, with mr. nixon in los angeles, and mr. kennedy in new york city. topics included checking the expansion of chinese communism, federal spending, u.s. economic growth versus that of the soviet union, and civility in political discourse. nixonnnedy defeated mr. in a close general election by less than 1% of the popular vote. >> good evening, i am bill of abc news. it is my privilege to provide this series of the two major presidential candidates. like the last meeting, the subjects to be discussed worriedly suggested by questions from a panel correspondence. programs, first two the two candidates will not be sharing the same platform. in new york the democratic presidential nominee, john f. kennedy, separated by 3000 miles in a los angeles studio, and vice president richard i'm now joined for tonight's discussion by -- which permits each candidate to see and hear the other. good evening. good evening. now meet the panel of correspondence. correspondent frank mcgee n.b.c. news. child. c.b.s. news. douglas. cater reporter baggag

mrs. kennedy? >> yes. >> okay. go ahead. can hear you. >> i have heard a lot about my father and i've enjoyed reminiscing a little bit. my father, to me, in my heart, he was not a racist. he was a politician. he is the man that i want to remember and that i want my children to remember is that this is a man that in his later years, he reached out for forgiveness and he received that forgiveness. >> do you think that he did have some racist tendencies in the'60s? in my heart, i don't think that. i think he was just a politician. that does not make it right, what he did. so, like i said, the man i want to remember is the one that reached out for forgiveness and received that forgiveness. >> mrs. kennedy, can you tell us about the day your father was shot, where were you, et cetera? >> yes. i was in college, attended troy university. i was sitting in a classroom and i remember looking up at the clock. i was in the classroom alone waiting for a class to start. just remember looking at that particular time and then when the class

mr. kennedy has one. but when a man as president of the united states or a former president he has an obligation not to lose his temper in public. one thing i have noted as i have traveled around the country are the tremendous number of children who come out to see the presidential candidates. i see mothers holding their babies up so that they can see a man who might be president of the united states. i know senator kennedy sees them too. it makes you realize that whoever is president is going to be a man that all the children of america will either look up to or will look down to. host: barbara perry, what did you take away from that clip? guest: that is one of my favorites. i'm so glad you all chose that one. first of all, let me tell you about thurston morton, who was the head of the rnc. he was a kentuckian and became -- i am from kentucky originally -- and he became our senator not long after that. he was a great statesman. but i love this clip because it has three profiles -- first of harry truman.

mr. kennedy. >> mr. chairman, i have -- >> martha: not a lot of question and answer back and forth between senator harris and judge barrett. i want to bring in scholar and fox news contributor and harold ford jr., former democratic congressman and chairman, good to have both of you with us. let me get a brief take from both of you. you first. >> it's pretty clear that they are not going to be able to stop barrett's nomination. they know that going after her religion the way they went after brett kavanaugh for false charges of sexual assault would backfire. so they are trying to make this about health care and they are trying to make this about all these rulings and alleging that she is going to overturn all these laws and the reality is they have no idea what she's going to do because they are exposing their flawed judicial philosophies. they appoint activist judges who start with a predetermined result they want to have and find a legal reasoning to justify it and legislate from the bench. conservative

mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mrs. blackburn. >> no. >> mr. leahy. aye. fall --ewman blumenthal. >>aye. >> mrs. harris. >> mr. chairman. >> no. graham: the business meeting will now can -- conclude and we will move to our first panel. thank you for saying on what was on your mind eloquently and we will move on to panel one. >> mr. chairman could i have a point of personal -- >> you sit behind the panel. >> the senate judiciary committee votes next thursday to send the supreme court nomination to the senate floor. we will have that live at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span. the following day, they will begin debate on the nomination setting up a final confirmation vote next week before the general election at a time to be determined. you can follow the senate live on c-span two. dr. anthony fauci talks about the coronavirus pandemic at an event hosted by johns hopkins university live at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. after that, former vice president joe biden talking about health care policy at a campaign stop in michigan. and then president trump speaking to supporters at a rally in georgia.

mr. kennedy. mr. king. mrs. glove klobuchar. mr. leahy. mr. lee. [indistinct] mr. manchin. mr.onnell. mrs. mcnally. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. paul. mr. purdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. roberts, mr. romney. mr. rosen. mr. rubio, mr. sanders mr. sas mr. sasse. mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan, mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey, mr. udall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. ricker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> martha: very dramatic thumbs down votes. this has gone through. 52 votes for amy coney barrett to the supreme court. shannon bream, your thoughts on some of the political showmanship here with some vote and walk out essentially by all the democrats? >> there has been a lot of drama around this particular nomination, confirmation process. it's something that's a lifetime appointment. quickly important to both sides. not surprisingly would have a little bit of drama tonight

mr. kennedy: i am grateful for your generous invitation to state my views.while the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, i want to emphasize from the outset that i believe that we have far more critical issues for the 1960 campaign. the spread of communist influence until it now festers only 90 miles from the coast of florida, the humiliating treatment of our president and vice president by those who no power, theect our hungry children i saw in west virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctors bills, the family forced to give up their farms, and america, with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space. these are the issues which should decide this campaign, and they are not religious issues -- for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious value. but because i am a catholic, and no catholic has ever been elected president, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured, perhaps deliberately, in some quarters most responsible than this. so it is a

mrs. kennedy to paris.t same sensation as i travel around texas. [ applause ] >> there's no question that he was thrilled that she wanted to come to texas with him, that she wanted to campaign with him. >> this is a very dangerous and uncertain world. we would like to live as we once lived. >> reporte >> it was a bright, sunny day, and jackie put on her sunglasses. and jack said, please take them off, i want them to say -- to see you. >> as they're in the motorcade, nelly connelly, the governor's wife, turns to john f. kennedy and says, well, you can't say that dallas doesn't love you. and the president says, you certainly can't. >> "first ladies" airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. only on cnn. we'll be right back. knowing who we are is hard. it's hard. eliminate who you are not first, and you're going to find yourself where you need to be. ♪ the race is never over. the journey has no port. the adventure never ends, because we are always on the way. ♪ ♪ monitoring patients in hospitals around the world so that doct

mr. kennedy, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the vote that mr. kennedy will es on h.res. 1154. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. chairman, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, congresswoman joyce beatty, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congresswoman joyce beatty will vote yes on h.res. 154. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. kaptur will vote aye on h.res. 1154. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on h.res. 1154. as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to hous

mrs. kennedy are taken aback by how many people are there. >> the new episode airs tomorrow night, 10:00 easternacific only here on cnn. >>> mean, a new coronavirus model predicts close to 400,000 american deaths by february 1st. and former heads of the cdc are here to answer your coronavirus questions. here is cnn's dr. sanjay gupta with more. >> we do have a special town hall tonight. we invited five former cdc directors to come and talk about the status of science in the country where we are in the pandemic right now and more importantly, what needs to be done. a top thak is certain to come up as well with the cdc heads is just the issue of trust overall. remember, we have seen such tension. we wish we hadn't seen that, and the new england journey of medicine, they did something they have not ever done before in the 200 plus year history. they weighted in on politics and i want to wait a couple things they said. they said the current leadership has take an crisis and turned it into a tragedy. and again, i'm quoting here, the new england journal of medicine, anyone else could suffer legal cons

mr. kennedy: mr. president, i want to talk just for a few moments about the internet and social media, and i want to make it clear first that i believe in -- firmly in free will and responsibility. i believe that no matter what kind of day you're having or what's going on in your life, that you're responsible for your actions. but i think we all know, as a matter of experience and common sense, that there are things in this world that can influence our actions. social media, which i consider to be an american invention, has many virtues and many advantages, and we know them. i think it has brought the world closer today. i think it's given many people a voice. i think it's an extraordinary source of knowledge. but, like other an intimations in this world, it has a down side. and one of those down sides is the fact that too often social media becomes an endless electronic brawl. and rather than bringing us together and exposing us to other points of view and causing us to test our assumptions against t

mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mrs. blackburn. >> no. >> mr. leahy. aye. fall --ewman blumenthal. >>aye. >> mrs. harris. >> mr. chairman. >> no. graham: the business meeting will now can -- conclude and we will move to our first panel. thank you for saying on what was on your mind eloquently and we will move on to panel one. >> mr. chairman could i have a point of personal -- >> you sit behind the panel. are we on now? for the opportunity to be here today on behalf of the american bar association's standing committee. tois an honor to be here explain to you our process and our evaluation of judge barrett. rating judge barrett a of well-qualified, as you know, our highest rating. , the standing committee has conducted thorough nonpartisan, nonideological, impartial peer-reviewed's of all nominees of -- of the federal courts. 'e assess the nominees integrity, professional, -- competence and integrity. the standing committee does not propose -- propose or recommend nominees. our sole mission is to evaluate the professional qualifications of a nominee to serve on the court. and, we do

mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mrs. blackburn. >> no. >> mr. leahy. aye. fall --ewman blumenthal.>aye. >> mrs. harris. >> mr. chairman. >> no. graham: the business meeting will now can -- conclude and we will move to our first panel. thank you for saying on what was on your mind eloquently and we will move on to panel one. >> mr. chairman could i have a point of personal -- >> you sit behind the panel. >> following a short break, the senate judiciary committee heard testimony on the american bar association's evaluation of judge barrett. whoe were outside witnesses spoke in support of and against judge barrett's nomination. >> ok. graham: the hearing will come to order, senator feinstein will be back in a second, we will not start until she does. i appreciate our witnesses patience the committee does -- did its business and i appreciate the way in which it was conducted, the respect , and we willcerity now be moving forward. i will wait until senator feinstein that's here, but i will do the introducing. of panel includes members the american bar association who are responsible for

mrs. kennedy, it -- shortly after. >> shortly after the assassination, correct. and they were just released. here is jackie kennedy talking about adlai stevenson and jfk. >> and then the big thing with governor stevenson, telling you that he wanted to have the un, i can remember jack telling me about that. >> the dead give him a lot of difficulty? >> it was unpleasant, i mean he didn't like it, having to do it or anything. but he was glad to give it the state department. and the earliest times when we spoke of it, can you that governor stevenson would give him in the un, not the steak he wanted, but it's pleasant to tell someone that. and i remember the conference on the doorstep, were rather vague, where stevens and said he didn't have anything to say, or something funny. >> what do you suppose they decided not against the state? >> enable him to help him. there wasn't bitterness and that but he knew that he that men had a real disease of being unable to make up his mind. stevenson got bored having him around every day complaining to the secretary of state about

mr. kennedy just said, folks listen, and repeat what others consider to be the routine partisan posturing. i see lots of heads go down to the cell phones. let me try not to do anything routine but with the hope that my colleagues will listen to me. first of all, just with the hearing, i do think some of the things you said earlier are right. this was a hearing conducted with the quorum and profession -- d quorum and professionalism. that is something we can all agree to. we had criticisms back and forth. i found things troubling to me during this hearing. i tried to elicit in both private conversation and in the hearing just conversations about what i think is one of the issues we don't speak enough about in united states of proud ofen extremely the fact that we have a senate that has more blacks serving on it than in any time in history, and i have been grateful to watch my colleagues, often on , tim,oor, my colleague speak about the truth of race. and the last time he did it get applause from republican colleagues about his experience as a united states senator and i have my own. with t

mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mrs. blackburn. >> no. >> mr. leahy. aye. fall --ewman blumenthal. >>aye. >> mrs. harris. >> mr. chairman. >> no. graham: the business meeting will now can -- conclude and we will move to our first panel. thank you for saying on what was on your mind eloquently and we will move on to panel one. >> mr. chairman could i have a point of personal -- >> you sit behind the panel. [indistinct chatter] >> how are you doing? >> doing great. [indistinct chatter] day of the amyl coney barrett supreme court confirmation hearing, now, taking a break. committee members will hear from outside witnesses in support and opposed to the nominee. as you saw, if you have been watching, the committee has been hearing senate democrats making last ditch efforts to reject the many or procedure. this afternoon and this next panel, it senators for hear from witnesses opposing and supporting judge merrick. among the minority witnesses, christus -- kristin clark. she is expected to talk about the importance of earning rights and other civil rights protected by the constitution an

senator kennedy. mr chairman...for the democratic party, pointing out ina democratic party, pointing out in a series of questions and state m e nts in a series of questions and statements comments by ruth bader ginsburg, the predecessor on the supreme court, the supreme courtjudge who died recently who donald trump is keen to replace as quickly as possible with amy kony barrett —— amy coney barrett. kamala harris taking judge barrett through the affordable care act, 0bamacare as it's known, then to roe v wade. in terms of then to roe v wade. in terms of the questioning, fewer questions and perhaps other senators, more statements, i thought? yes, it was quite something. at some points it was so testy. it was one of a couple exchanges over the course of the day that has basically been the senatorjust setting out their point of view. there were moments where she was asked questions, and my goodness those exchanges were very tense. so yes on the issue of the aca, harris asked judge barrett if she was aware of donald tru

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator kennedy. senator black burn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. judge barrett congratulations to you and your family, i'm delighted to see they are back in the room. and i'm thrilled that they are here with us today. you know, we have had 164 american citizens come before this committee for nomination to the supreme court. and today is the fifth time that we have had a female judge come before us. so we welcome you. and i will say this, unfortunately it's neither rare nor remarkable to see the kind of performances my democratic colleagues have put on today. what they're trying to do is to convince the american people that they should be terrified of judge amy coney barrett. if you listen closely to their full statements, it betrays their true intent. go back through the transcript, you'll find not a coherent legal counter argument but a panic stump speech on behalf of their controversial platform, rather than reviewing your judicial philosophies, they're instead choosing to project their own desires and their fears onto the american people. it sou

mr. kennedy: i would like to spend a few minutes, mr. president, talking about the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be associate justice of the united states supreme court. it's hardly news worthy to say that judge barrett's confirmation vote will not be unanimous. it should be. it won't be. if you judged judge barrett solely on her intellect, her academic achievements, certainly her nomination should be unanimous. any fair minded person would have to be impressed. she's an honors graduate of st. mary's dominica high school in new orleans, one of the finest schools in this country. she's an honors graduate of rhodes college in memphis. and an extrod -- extraordinary liberal arts school. she's an honors graduate of notre dame law school. she finished first in her class. she clerked for two of the most distinguished jurists in this country, the late judge justice scalia, judge silberman. she was a chaired professor at notre dame law school. she's now a member of the seventh circuit court of appeals. any fire-minded person -- fair-m

mr. chairman. >> that's a legitimate question. >> senator kennedy, i never said you made that promise. i never said any specific member of this committee. but i can name some names and i wasn't going to do so, but i think the record will confirm that the chairman in effect made that commitment and, i mean >> the chairman is independent. i heard you say, richard, that the republicans on this committee have broken their word and i take that seriously because of my respect for you. are you alleging that i've broken my word? >> i am not saying that you personally broke your word. i am saying that any of the members of this committee or of the senate -- and there are others -- and i don't think we should be personal in this committee meeting. the fact of the matter is and you know well that there were numerous statements at the time that merrick garland was denied a hearing, was denied a vote, was denied even meetings, that it was improper to have this nomination go forward during an election year. that was nine months, not 30 days. and this committee is voting less than three weeks before

mr. van drew. >> yeah, a follow-up first to you, miss kennedy. mr. drew mentioned the flood insurance program. you know, we-- the biggest storm we had recently was super storm sandy, obviously, there were billions of dollars that had to be paid out through that program. is that a viable option still or should people start to think about moving away from the shoreline? >> you know, i think we still need to have the flood insurance available. this is a community, we know everybody is not moving away. we're still seeing families that have been here for generations, like my own, that want to stay in this area. of course, we need to make sure that we're building in a way that is going to be more resilient. like we've seen. i live in briggenstein and we've seen people raise their houses. so many left the area, but those that remain need that protection, that safeguard until we come up with some other solutions, including the infrastructure. >> our next topic is transportation. >> ms. kennedy, i want to ask you this question first. public transportation, as

cassidy: kennedy: thank you, mr. chairman. chairman graham: thank you, senator kennedy, for that question. we have three people, our two colleagues from indiana, senator todd young and senator mike braun. i know louisiana adopts our judge here, but she is living now in indiana. the third is professor patricia o'hara, who i'd like to briefly introduce. professor o'hara is a professor emeritus at notre dame law school. she has served on the faculty for 40 years. she first arrived in notre dame in 1971 as a first-year law student. she graduated summa cum laude, and first in her class in 1974. described as the heart and soul of notre dame for over 40 years, by current notre dame law dean marcus cole, "professor o'hara's career at notre dame was that of a trailblazer. she was the first woman to graduate first in her class from notre dame. the first woman appointed by the board of trustees to serve as an officer of the university, as vice president for student affairs and the first woman to serve as dean of the law school." so with t

mr. kennedy when he was asking questions that one company had slowed it down their process in order to get a diverse demographic group mix. can you tell us who that company was? i thought it was interesting and i have not heard that. astrazeneca's phase three clinical trial was put on hold. the trials have resumed in the united kingdom, brazil, and south africa. excuse me. the trial isge, still paused in the united states. would you agree that this action taken by the fda -- excuse me again -- signals a commitment to safety and not rushing the clinical trial process? i think -- first of all, the astrazeneca vaccine trial in the united kingdom was put on clinical hold twice, one in july and a second time in september. when you do that, because there is so many investigators involved, that will always be known by the press and the public. you don't really know the details, because confidentiality precludes you from knowing those details. i have talked to the head of the board in the united kingdom about this and he cannot give me the details. it is very frustrating because we think we know w

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator kennedy. >> senator: thank you, mr. chairman. judge, let's try to answer some of senator harris' accusations. are you a racist? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i am not a racist, senator kennedy. >> senator harris: you're sure? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i'm positive. >> senator harris: -- /* /- >> senator: do you support corporations over working people? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i do not, i think if you look at my record, you will see cases i decided for plaintiffs, not corporations. >> senator: are you against clean air, bright water and environmental justice? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i am not against any of those things, those are policies that the congress has pursued in many statutes and i think we all reap the benefits of when those statutes work. >> senator: do you support -- >> hon. amy coney barrett: i do and i help my children with their homework when they are trying to learn it. i believe in science and i support it. >> senator: do you support children and prosperity? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i support children, seven

mr. chairman. >> thank you. thank you very much, senator harris. senator kennedy? >> mr. chairman, i have -- >> you were listening to senator kamala harris, questioning and giving her comments to judge amy coney barrett. i want to get straight jeffrey toobin. so jeff, when you look at this overall, obviously very, very strong there on abortion there at the end from senator harris. she also, of course, went very strongly on the affordable care act. how do you think she did? this was a mix of mostly, you know, she was speaking, she was giving a speech but others did as well, including republicans. that's the way these things go. how do you think she did overall in her half hour? >> i think she accomplished what she wanted to do, which was give a wringing defense of the affordable care act. i think the democrats in general have made the decision that they really have no chance of stopping judge barrett from being confirmed. but they know, as everyone knows, there's an election coming up. one of the key issues is whether the affordable care act survives. and they have used ov

mr. bennett's point, kennedy you and i both have kids in public schools in new york. it's october 1. the first day finally that some kids are going back in person. i would say they dragged their feet on this bill for so long there isn't a point in sending more money now for more supplies related to covid because it's too late. by the time that money actually reaches them, we are going to have a vaccine and we'll have, you know, they will have already missed so much school there isn't a point to that. there is a line of credit that is available right now from the treasury that if the states and the municipalities which was your question really feel like they need money, they can borrow it. but they don't want to. they want a gift from the federal government while there is a crisis so they can cover their pension and their legacy costs that were a lie, not a promise to the poor workers who thought they were going to get this down the road. >> kennedy: what happens, emily, if you've got emergency spending here but then you are also talking about, you know, even if you have a dwarf versi

kennedy: ok. mr. airman, i want the record to reflect that i landed this plane with 26 seconds left. sen. graham: so noted. thank you very much, senator kennedy. senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank you. i have three letters to submit. of from penny nance, the ceo concerned women of america, on behalf of that organization. amer, chairperson of women for america first, on behalf of the organization. they are both in support of judge barrett. and a letter of tennessee secretary of state who is applauding her record on textualism and stands in support of her nomination. sen. graham: no objection. sen. blackburn: judge barrett, you have been a trooper so we are going to do a little bit of loose ends tying up and then get you on your way. and we appreciate the commitment you have made. i tell you what, my hat is off to you. you have been great to be here today and to stand right with her. i tell you, i wish my husband were here. we were talking a little earlier today about, when i called him, about how

kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just wanted to thank all of our witnesses for taking the time to come by. i particularly want to think professor prakash, am i that right? thank you, professor. you did me a favor, you may not remember it but one of my colleagues in my office sitting behind me, hannah freire, you recommended hannah to me and i wanted to thank you for that. she has made a -- you taught her well, she's made a substantial contribution to my office. also, two of your colleagues, paul stefan and dan ortiz are friends of mine. we went to school together. paul and i were together at one school, dan and i were together at another. i'm pleased to remember them, they are in a word brilliant and good mates. so tell them i said hi. and thanks again to everyone. >> here's one. thanks, senator feinstein. i want to show you a photo of nate low, in this one the photo is eight years old. good looking young man. it's the eighth anniversary of the surgery that saved his life, diagnosed with atresia, he ended up needin

kennedy was shot in a ford, and lincoln was shot in ford's theater, and kennedy's secretary was named mrslincoln -- yeah. and both kennedy and lincoln were replaced by vice president johnson. i'm sorry? [ inaudible ] >> almost ten years to the day, yeah, exactly. okay. yes, sir, here in the front. >> i have a short question. did he have a chief of staff? did he have any presidential advisers? >> not the way we know it today. he had a secretary, mr. brown, who was his surrogate son and who married his daughter. but they had much smaller staff. they relied on their cabinet a lot more. today presidents don't rely on their cabinets as much. i'm trying to think of when obama had a cabinet meeting where all the cabinet members come together. they did that all the time, so his staff was more the cabinet than -- there was no national security council, there was no domestic policy adviser to the president. it was much smaller and simpler. great question. >> first of all, great talk, ralph. you mentioned halfrey and stalin. where did halfrey come from? >> i don't know. both of them were named for t

mr. carter immediately responded by saying that richard nixon said the same thing about programs proposed by the democrats sixteen years ago and john f. kennedywas the nominee. the two men discussed draft evaders and what the programs there should be. mr ford said that he does not believe in any cross the board pardons. he said he believed that the amnesty program which he put was adequate and that he would not change it. and mr carter said that he still would grant pardon and he insisted that there is a difference between pardons and amnesty. the men talked about government reorganization at some late. well jimmy carter as he has so often done. this whole election year. promised forcefully that he would completely reorganize the federal government if he's elected and waste no time about it. president ford countered that by saying he has looked into the facts and figures of governor carter's record as governor of georgia. and that the fact is that governor carter increased the georgia budget. and also increase the number of state employees where he was. they're also founded the medicaid program in georgia was a sample. as far as the democrati

mr. van drew. >> a follow-up for you. ms. kennedy.he plan.ew mentioned with sandy, there were billions of dollars that had to be paid out through the program. is that a viable option still? should people start to think about moving away from the shoreline? ms. kennedy: i think that we still need to have flood insurance available. this is a community, and we know that everybody is not moving away. we are still seeing families that are not moving away. we need to make sure that we are building anyway that is going to be more resilient. people raising their houses, and so many people have left the area, but first so many that remained they need to have that protection and safeguard, and till we come up with other solutions, including the infrastructure. >> our next topic is transportation. >> ms. kennedy, i want to ask you this question first. bubble transportation, as we all know in south jersey continues to be scarce. opportunityeconomic for residents here. we saw this two years ago. findforced workers to alternate routes. providel you

kennedy and richard nixon did. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking. >> reporter: they're accusing him of sexism after he called kamala harris a monster and a -- >> this monster that was on stage with mike pence who destroyed her last night by the way but this monster -- >> reporter: in a white house video, the president is claiming he's been cured of the coronavirus but that's not true as there is no cure for covid-19. >> we have medicines right now, and i call them a cure. i went into the hospital a week ago, i was very sick and i took this medicine and it was incredible. it was incredible. i could have walked out the following day. >> reporter: mr. trump is boasting his natural attributes are an asset too. >> i'm back because i'm a perfect physical specimen and i'm extremely young. >> specimen did he say? specimen maybe i could agree with that. his disassociation from reality would be funny if it weren't so deadly. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci cautioned the president could still suffer a setback. >> one of the issues

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator harris. senator kennedy? >>> we want to wem our viewelco viewers. we will talk about what we just heard from democratic vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris and u.s. supreme court judge nominee amy coney barrett. laura, give me your analysis on that exchange we heard from the senator and the judge. >> at the very end, we had that comment about not wanting to essentially make even obvious judicial notice of things. she was talking about how she doesn't want to comment on things that are politically controversial. a common theme throughout her last two and a half days of testimony where she tries to adhere to this ginsburg principle of no previews, no hipts hints, no forecast and deciding what time she would like to weigh in and decide which cases she would like to actually offer insight on which ruth bader ginsburg in her confirmation hearing stated in a clear answer about at least one issue of consequence, the right to choose and agency over a woman's body. what you saw there senator harris making clear especially going through the analys

kennedy. [laughter] [applause] mr. bruno: harry truman -- vice president quayle: do you remember the last time someone compared themselves to jack kennedy? do you remember what they said? sen. gore: harry truman, it's worth remembering, assumed the presidency when franklin roosevelt died here in georgia -- only one of many occasions when fate thrust a vice president into the oval office in a time of crisis. it's something to think about during the debate this evening. but our real discussion is going to be about change. bill clinton and i stand for change because we don't believe our nation can stand four more years of what we've had under george bush and dan quayle. when the recession came, they were like a deer caught in the headlights -- paralyzed into inaction, blinded to the suffering and pain of bankruptcies and people who were unemployed. we have an environmental crisis, a health insurance crisis, substandard education. it is time for a change. bill clinton and i want to get our country moving forward again, put

distraught over the loss of his men, lieutenant kennedy writes to harold's mother, jenny marney. what did jfk tell her? >> "dear mrsr my deepest sympathy for the loss of your son." >> kennedy goes on to write, "i realize that there is nothing i can say can make your sorrow less. harold had come on board my boat a week before to serve as an engineer. he fitted in quickly and was very well-liked." jenny writes back to kennedy right away, thanking him for his letter and asking if it's somehow possible that her son harold could still be alive. kennedy responds, "when the crew was finally united around the floating bow, we could find no trace of him, although every effort was made to find him. i am terribly sorry that i cannot be of more help or encouragement to you." >> my grandmother jenny, who we called mum, was from amherst, nova scotia. she was very english. she was very proper. >> and she feels she's made a friend. in early 1944, mum learns that kennedy will be back in boston to get treated for the back injuries he sustained on pt-109. she goes to visit him in the hospital. you don't just get in to see jack kenned

mr. chairman. senator harris. senator kennedy? thank you, mr.: chairman. judge, let's try to answer some ' accusations.is are you a racist? judge barrett: i am not a racist. sen. kennedy: you are sure? judge barrett: i'm positive. support iny: do you all cases corporations overworking people? sen. harris: i do not and i think if you look at my record, you will see cases in which i ofe decided in favor plaintiffs, not corporations. sen. kennedy: are you against brightwater, and environmental justice? judge barrett: i am not against any of those things. those are policies the congress has pursued in many statutes and i think we all reap the benefits of windows statutes work. do you support science? judge barrett: i do. and i help my children with their homework when they try to learn it. sen. kennedy: you are sure of that? judge barrett: i'm sure that i support science. sen. kennedy: do you support children and prosperity? judge barrett: i support children. seven of my own. and support others, obviously, children are our future, i support children and yes, i

mr. chairman. senator harris. senator kennedy? thank you, mr.: chairman. judge, let's try to answer some ' accusations.is are you a racist? judge barrett: i am not a racist. sen. kennedy: you are sure? judge barrett: i'm positive. support iny: do you all cases corporations overworking people? sen. harris: i do not and i think if you look at my record, you will see cases in which i ofe decided in favor plaintiffs, not corporations. sen. kennedy: are you against brightwater, and environmental justice? judge barrett: i am not against any of those things. those are policies the congress has pursued in many statutes and i think we all reap the benefits of windows statutes work. do you support science? judge barrett: i do. and i help my children with their homework when they try to learn it. sen. kennedy: you are sure of that? judge barrett: i'm sure that i support science. sen. kennedy: do you support children and prosperity? judge barrett: i support children. seven of my own. and support others, obviously, children are our future, i support children and yes, i

mr. nixon. the unemployment rate was less than 4%. the inflation rate under kennedy and johnson was about 2% -- one-third what it is under this administration. so we did have at that time with good management, the ability to do both. i don't think that anybody can say that johnson and kennedy neglected the poor and the destitute people in this country or around the world. but i can say this, the number one responsibility of any president, above all else, is to guarantee the security of our nation -- an ability to be free of the threat of attack, or blackmail and to carry out our obligations to our allies and friends, and to carry out a legitimate foreign policy. they must go hand in hand, but the security of this nation has got to come first. >> president ford. >> let me say very categorically you cannot maintain the security of the united states with the kind of defense budget cuts that governor carter has indicated. in 1975 he wanted to cut the budget $15 billion. he's now down to a figure of 5 to 7 billion dollars. reductions of that kind will not permit the unite

. >> that is because you don't want to verify food >> kennedy: i would love to verify, i'm mrs.ify. >> "new york post" his verified it. before i have the opinion editor from the post on this show. >> you think the printing false material question if you think rupert murdoch would let them print false material? kennedy: heavens no. >> just because i gave it to them? do you think they would print that material kennedy: do you regret your interaction the brat movie? >> that's a stupid question isn't it? kennedy: know i have a 15-year-old daughter. i watched that it was kind of grossed out by. i'm giving you a chance to explain. >> i called the police when i realized that it was a scam. i called the police and he ran away. because the minute, the minute she said something compromising, i called the police. whether you believe it or not, stacking my shirt in. he made it appear as if it was something different. the minute she said she would give me a massage, call my security guy we called the nook city police department who came there, and is 50 man crew ran out of the place but said