shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> >> tonight on q and a -- >> tonight on q&a, patrick kennedy about -- >> in my own case, my brother and i had to get guardianship over my mother. we saved her life so she could be around my kids. my kids never met my father, who died before they were born. but they got to meet my mom. and they got to meet my mom because my brother and sister and i went to court to get guardianship over our mother. to keep her from killing herself. she was so happy. at the time, she wasn't happy. but she ended up being so grateful that she was able to make it to the other side because we intervened. >> patrick kennedy, with his book, profiles and mental health courage, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> washington journal continues. >> welcome back. we are in open form. you are welcome to call in with your thoughts. our line for democrats is (202) 748-8000. for republicans, (202) 748-8001. for independents, (202) 748-8002 . let's start on our independent line. russell from

shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> >> tonight on q and a -- >> tonight on q&a, patrick kennedy about -- >> in my own case, my brother and i had to get guardianship over my mother. we saved her life so she could be around my kids. my kids never met my father, who died before they were born. but they got to meet my mom. and they got to meet my mom because my brother and sister and i went to court to get guardianship over our mother. to keep her from killing herself. she was so happy. at the time, she wasn't happy. but she ended up being so grateful that she was able to make it to the other side because we intervened. >> patrick kennedy, with his book, profiles and mental health courage, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> washington journal continues. >> welcome back. we are in open form. you are welcome to call in with your thoughts. our line for democrats is (202) 748-8000. for republicans, (202) 748-8001. for independents, (202) 748-8002 . let's start on our independent line. russell from

our guest has been patrick kennedy. thank you. patrick: thank you, peter. >> all q&a programs are available on our website or as a podcast on c-span now.

and former congressman patrick kennedy called it the board -- it is no surprise that as senator cardin said, the american bar association ruled that judge abelson is well qualified. he is a devoted and outstanding member of the legal community, taking on responsibilities with the maryland chapter of the federal bar association and also having shared the american bar association's working group on building public trust in the american justice system. he's also been an indispensable citizen in the great city of baltimore. he served on the board of the jobs opportunity task force which works to eliminate occasional and -- educational and employment. he's an active member of his sin gaug. -- synagogue. i want to mention some of his family members to whom he would readily say he owes his good fortune in being nominated for this position. his grandmother lois was a public school guidance counselor who counciled at-risk youth and other community and civic activities all into her 90's. in her application, he remembers that his grandmother helped to put him on the path to public service. when h

in 1969, harvard professor kennedy, administration official and nixon daniel patrick moynihan. in a memo to president nixon in his inimitable style, moynihan wrote female equality will be a major cultural, political force. in the 1970s, the fact is that we have educated women for equality in america. but have not really given it to them, not at all. inequality is so great that the dominant group either notice it or assumes the dominated group likes it that way. i would suggest that you take advantage of this in your appointments as you have begun to do, but perhaps in your pronouncements. this is a subject ripe for creative political leadership and initiative. so the president and his white house were aware of the winds of change and were ready for change. and perhaps, susan, you could give us a sense of an overview of the the context, the lay of the land, the generally in 69 and 70 years, nixon, president. when nixon became traditional ideas about women, still were really quite dominant that their primary was in the home and mother. in reality, though more than a third of all

patrick kelly. >> richard john kelly. >> thomas michael kelly. >> thomas richard kelly. >> thomas w kelly. >> timothy colin kelly. >> william hill kelly. >> robert clinton kennedy. >> andmy uncle, who i know would be so proud of this beautiful family. we miss you in the good times and the bad, the most of the times the good because you made everything that much better. >> and, my father and my uncle. not a day goes by that we don't wish you were here and think about you. thank you for leaving a legacy so strong that your memory lives on. thank you for the first responders, the united states military and those who continue to fight the war on terror every day. please pray for those killed >> thomas j. kennedy. suffering from the effects of 9/11 and the family slept in the void. god bless america. united we stand.>> yvonne e kennedy. >> john richard keohane. >> ralph francis kershaw. >> ronald t. kerwin. >> howard l . kestenbaum. >> douglas d. ketcham. >> ruth ellen ketler. >> boris khalif. >> norma cruz khan. >> sarah khan. >> taimour firaz khan. >> rajesh khandelwal. >> seilai khoo. >> michael vernon kiefer. >> satoshi kikuchihara. >> andrew jay-hoon kim. >> lawrence d