he was lonely a lot. >> political signs professor darryl west wrote the book on patrick kennedy. he says that patrick's troubles got worse once he went off to boarding school. >> he experienced his first issues with substance abuse as a high school student and actually as a senior had to check into a substance abuse clinic. >> reporter: it was cocaine, and patrick was just 17 years old. >> how are you? good morning, thanks very much. >> reporter: none of it would keep him out of the family business. >> i've been taking my campaign door to door and that's been the only way to campaign. >> reporter: at age 21, still a student at providence college, he made his first run for office. >> he looked like a college kid when he was first running. he was socially awkward. he was kind of tall and gangly, and it was very difficult for him. >> reporter: even so, he won. six years later, he made it to congress. >> patrick kennedy, the next congressman from the second district of rhode island. >> reporter: but his personal problems kept intruding. >> congressman patrick kennedy reveals he's re-e

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but now patrick kennedy is coming clean.ief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. and so many interesting things came out of this interview. you know, when it comes down to it, none of us know what it's like to be part of the kennedy family. >> yeah. in some ways what patrick described, it was very challenging for him to be a member of the family. and, you know, he was in rehab while in high school for cocaine, to give you an idea how far back this extends. most people remember the embarrassing moments. but even as a sitting congressman, as you might guess, a lot of this behavior was taking place. just the full extent of it, i don't think people have heard. i asked him specifically about that, carol. take a listen to this. >> how many times did you need to go to rehab? >> i would say i've been to rehab easily over half a dozen times. >> was there a time when you said this isn't working and this just doesn't work? >> well, one of the things that i knew i needed to do was to live a life that could support my recovery in a w

that does for patrick kennedy coming clean. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> from the cnn sunday morning, this is joe johns. it's may 29th, good morning. i'm in for t.j. holmes. >>> members of congress promised an end to earmarks, but guess what? they found another way to spend your money. >>> plus, a dramatic escape for passengers aboard a delta flight. we'll show you what happened in this memorial day weekend, the fleet has arrived in new york. i'll speak to a marine who survived being shot and is headed back to combat in afghanistan. >>> we start with spending cuts on capitol hill. every politician is looking for a way to save a little money, whether it's from medicare or public television or what have you. but funding cuts may not be on the menu when it comes to pet projects. yes, they say they have banned earmarks, but somehow lawmakers are finding a way to keep the money on hand. they're taking it from other projects. so instead of cutting that money from the bottom line, they're funneling it

in new york reaction from shriver's cousin, patrick kennedy. >> i talked to maria. she's terrific. love her to death. >> reporter: married in 1986, schwarzenegger and shriver have four children. the infidelity, says schwarzenegger, happened before he ran for political office in 2003. >> and this is why i'm going to run for governor of the state of california. >> reporter: accused of womanizing and sexual harassment at the time, it was maria shriver who then passionately defended her husband. >> you can listen to people who have never met arnold or who met him for five seconds 30 years ago, or you can listen to me. >> it was absolutely critical for maria to be there, standing by her man after the groping allegations. it blunted those allegations. >> reporter: the governor's indiscretion remained secret for over a decade. >> i think he's just so disgusting. i just wish i could take my vote back. >> reporter: now it's the talk of the town. a man who many believe betrayed his wife and the trust of the state he once ran. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and here in new york t

. >>> plus, patrick kennedy comes clean. >> i felt like a loser.man opens up to dr. sanjay gupta about addiction and the real reason he quit congress. sanjay joins me. >>> and a man who has just been arrested jumps the counter, lunging towards a police officer but the suspect had no idea what would come next. hello to you all as we start this next hour. today, for brooke baldwin, you saw this here, president obama stopping by the cia in langley, virginia, giving them a shot out for helping them track down osama bin laden. he also delivered a warning to the rest of al qaeda. here is he a short time ago at the cia headquarters. >> every terrorist in the al qaeda network should be watching their back because we're going to review every video and we're going to examine every photo and pursue every lead. we are going to go wherever it takes us. we're going to finish the job. we are going to defeat al qaeda. >> let me bring in our pentagon correspondent right now, chris lawrence. hello to you. you heard the president say we're going to go forward. there

i want to thank all of you who worked with senator kennedy and senator domenici as well as patrick kennedy and me to pass the mental health and treatment and- and addiction treatment equity act 2 years ago. believe me, your 10,000 phone calls made a huge difference, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your effort to pass that legislation. we did it; workin' together, we did it. (music) america is a country built from diverse people coming together. when millions of americans stand up together to make a difference in their community, they speak with one voice, and lives are forever changed. recovery month is a great example of this collective unity. in 2010, almost 1,100 events throughout the country were posted on the recovery month web site. there were walks, runs, fairs, concerts, picnics, art displays, educational events, motorcycle rides, baseball games, and many other types of events that reached more than 3 million americans. individuals now healed through recovery stood together in support of one another, showing that there is hope and that recovery is possible. i'm very p

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patrick kennedy comes clean about addiction, what he learned from his father and his new dream of curingctor. >>> certainly a startling fall from grace. one of the most powerful men on the globe. on the global economics stage. sits on the imf. now, he's sitting in a jail cell accused of attempted rape. dominique strauss-kahn is accused of trying a assault a maid in a hotel in new york. this morning, his job is in jeopardy and so is his freedom. joining us how is paul cowen, a criminal defense attorney and prosecutor. you're familiar with rikers island. >> never been incarcerated there. >> people are making much of this suicide watch. that doesn't necessarily mean you're trying to take your own life. what does it mean? >> not necessarily. he's in this hospital wing. i've had clients incarcerated there. people in danger are put there because it's a protective custody place and people who are ill are put there. it is not uncommon for somebody to be put on suicide watch in that facility, but he can actually be suicidal as well. it's not clear from the press reports. he is protected when out

people scratching their heads for as long as they've been scratching their heads and kennedy was assassinated right patrick hemmings and journalist and editor of twenty first century wire thanks for your time. on our website we're asking you how international terrorism might change within lives gaffed so far the overwhelming majority believes everything will go on as usual since bin laden wasn't the main driving force behind al qaida any more fish doubt his death entirely and don't foresee any changes a lot in percent here terrorism will become stronger and his demise in six percent of the killing will eventually lead to the end of international terror like. tell us what you think. before the news of bin laden's death u.s. led nato forces attacked colonel gadhafi his compound in libya despite nato claims that they were bombing a military target some say it was an attempt to get rid of the country's leader himself. it was a death the buried under the barrage of breaking news we've been leader moammar gadhafi is twenty nine year old son and three grandchildren were reportedly killed by nato airstrike on satu

kennedy just lost her son patrick, born prematurely a week before and had died of a lung ailment. she lived two days, and she and the president was shattered, and so was carolyn who was six at the time. young john was too young to understand, but what president kennedy did this weekend, again, the week after patrick died was come back from washington and bring all the family dogs as well as new puppies just to try to lighten up the spirit of the time, and so here they are sitting out on their porch, on their patio. now, obviously the media played a role in all of this. it was not just mrs. kennedy putting out symbols and images and no one paying attention. think of this. in 1952 when president eisenhower was elected president, 20% of american households had televisions. by 1960, when president kennedy is elected, 80% of american households have television. mind you, they were all black and white. remember those days? i tell that to my students, and we had two channels. students couldn't exrend such a thing. the kennedys were on television a lot, and mrs. kennedy and president kenn

kennedy had just lost her son patrick who had been born prematurely a week before and had died of a lung ailment. he lived only two days, and she and the president were shattered as was caroline who was 6 at the time, and she was old enough to understand she wasn't going to have a baby brother or sister to welcome. young john was a little bit too young to understand. but what president kennedy did this weekend, again, the week after patrick died, but come back from washington and bring all the family dogs as well as new puppies just to try to lighten up the spirit of the time. and so here they are sitting out on their porch, on their patio at hyannis port. now, obviously, the media played a role in all of this. it wasn't just mrs. kennedy putting out these symbols and images and no one paying attention. think of this: in 1952 when president eisenhower was elected president, 20% of american households had televisions. by is 1960 when president kenney is elected, 80% of american households have television. now, mind grow, they were all -- mind you, they were all black and white. and we onl

to run against scott brown for ted kennedy's old son of seat when it comes up next year i think it's actually demonstrates the political tone deafness of chairman patrick mchenry of this committee somehow he's decided that it's politically expedient to look politically attractive to side with the bankers even though they poll less popularly than a member of congress whereas in fact. as the popular drafting of elizabeth warren to be a united states senator i think he needs to and if you think about it tom it's also kind of a brilliant head fake because basically somebody saying to the republicans ok if you don't give her the job she should have we're going to use her to take out one of your senators right oh i'd be interesting to see how they respond to that and i in fact frankly i think i think she's one of the few people who could actually take out one of her senators a very interesting bar richard thank you both very much for being with there are she back showing those with one is clearly a great candidate for the job but there's a bigger picture here last night h.b.o. aired their new movie too big to fail about the two thousand and eight financial c