he's robert f. kennedy jr. this is overheard. ♪ >> robert f. nnedy, jr., welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> very, very, very nice to have you here. i want to begin by nodding to the calendar as we sit here taping this interview. it's earth day. i want to ask you why we have to have an earth day. why is every ddy not earth day? why do we have to turn it into a once a year recognition of what we ought to be paying attention to and celebrating all year long? >> well, it's a reminder of a -- of the, of an, of an important day in our history. was the largest public demonstration in american history, earth day 1970. twenty million people came out on the street, 10% of our population. i remember what it was like before earth day. i remember the cuyahoga river burning with flames that were eight stories high and that couldn't be put out for a week. i remember when they declared lake erie dead. i remember that i couldn't swim in the hudson, the charles or the potomac growing up and what the air smelled like in washington, d.c. which wasn't even an indu

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when environmental campaigner, robert f. kennedy jr. saw it, filming a new documentary called "the last moununin," he was overwhelmed. >> if you try to blow up a mountain in the berkshires or the adirondacks or in utah, you would be put in jail. >> reporter: massey energy, which has the mining rights and is now owned by alpha resources, did not answer repeated requests to speak with us. but it has called the mining cost-effective and safe. and claims to return to landscape close to its original state, where filling in valleys to provide flat land for development. west virginia congressman, nick rahall, also defends mountain top removal. >> what it means is jobs. and what it means is keeping our lights on. >> reporter: some in the community agree, as well. >> a peoplpl united. >> reporter: but on the other side of an increasingly bitter struggle are families like the aleshires, who say their jobs are important. but so are the mountains they grew up with. jim sciutto, abc news, blair, west virginia. >>> and we have one, quick weather note

this was the old address of robert f. kennedy. isn't this just gorgeous. >> this is what i love about the arts. i cannot tell you the names of every piece, but the story of america -- they kept the artists working during a very difficult time. but each piece of art -- this is about us, america. there is a barn, and a family having a picnic. >> and there is a stairway. >> but the art is fantastic. >> and they paid to do this, was this very expensive? >> they would work for so much money, for so many hours. i do not know the exact deal. a look at how gorgeous that this building yes. most people will never see this. >> the fifth floor of the justice department. >> this is the top floor of the justice department. >> you have also done courthouses. >> i have done this for many years. what is so much fun is that this is when we do the drive across america. we will go to this little town and that little town. >> what is this? >> these are the million dollar court rooms in detroit. we did that a couple of years ago. the other thing i'd do

he was with robert f. kennedy, that fateful day in june in california and he served as a pallbearer a few days later in arlington national cemetery. in 1974 he was elected to the united states senate from my state, serving four consecutive terms until his retirement 24 years later in 1999. served as chairman of the committee on government affairs, he was the chief author of the nuclear nonproliferation act of 1978. throughout the years he continually championed the advancement of science and technology, especially nasa, so much that 12 years ago the nasa lewis research center in cleveland was officially renamed the john h. glenn research center. after his retirement from the senate, he and annie found funded the john glenn institute -- the john glenn institute for public affairs at the ohio state university saying if there's one thing i've learned on my years on this planet, it's tha the happiest and most fulfilled people i have a knowned are those who devote themselves to something bigger and more profound than m