scholl's. id president of the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights and co-chair of the world summit of nobel peace laureates host committee. kerry kennedy joins us now to tell us about a special summit happening in chicago this april ... welcome. >>this is the first time in north america that chicago has been chosen for this event >>this is an opportunity for the general public to come to hear these great leaders of peace talk about what individuals can do to make a difference in the world today >>i love the message of empowerment for young people what they can do to promote peace >>we have this piece to power education curriculum being taught in public schools in chicago we hope to spread that two different parts of the country students are learning about the lives of the nobel peace prize winners and how they can create teams in the classroom and communities facing basic human rights issues ... >>what are some of the events? >>this will be based at the university of illinois chicago campus. we have a web site whe

osea que volveremos a ver este aÑo en el estadio robert f. kennedyjornada de hoy en el abierto de tenis de australia, el primer grans slam del aÑo. el campeÓn defensor novak djokovic se recuperÓ de un temprano quiebre de saque para ganar ocho games consecutivos y vencer hoy por 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 al colombiano santiago giraldo para avanzar a la tercera ronda. el argentino juan ignacio chela eliminÓ al espaÑol pablo andÚjar al vencerlo 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. mientras que el espaÑol david ferrer, quinto preclasificado, supero al estadounidense ryan sweeting. en la rama femenina, la ex campeona maria sharapova venciÓ 6-0, 6-1 a la estadounidense jamie hampton, para avanzar a la tercera ronda. sharapova no jugÓ en ningÚn torneo de preparacio Ón y paso casi dos semanas en melbourne antes de este abierto para recuperarse de una lesiÓn en el tobillo izquierdo. por su parte, serena williams derrotÓ 6-0, 6-4 a la australiana barbora zahlavova y extendiÓ a 16 su racha de victorias en el melbourne park, donde ganÓ tÍtulos consecutivos en el 2009 y el 2010 y cinco de sus 13

a human rights advocate and founder of robert f. kennedystice and human rights named after her father. you are here in studio with me now. what do you think when you heard your nephew would throw his hat in the ring or open this exploratory committee? >> i think along with all of my family we couldn't be more thrilled. joe is a dynamo. he's a superstar. he went to stanford. he went to harvard law school. he went to the peace corps. he's devoted his entire life to public service. he's been a prosecutor. extremely articulate. he's handsome. he's dynamic. he has public interest at heart. >> you had to throw handsome in there. >> take a look at that guy. >> when we talk about this, that would be the return of your family to electoral politics since the passing of your uncle. does the family talk about this? obviously joe iii needs to make this decision on his own. as a family does everyone come together? >> everyone comes together behind joe because he just has it all. i think all of us will be working for him and working with him to make that

kennedy, ii, and a grandson of the late robert f. kennedy. it marked the first time in 63 years there was not a kennedy serving in elected office in washington. >>> at least 10 people are being treated for injuries they received in this massive pileup today. 40 vehicles were involved in a crash near port arthur, texas. that's about 90 miles east of houston. local news reports say fog and smoke from nearby wildfires may have caused this chain reaction. what a mess. >> looks nice now, but often the case is it's always clear when you have fog developing and it burns off into a very nice day. >> none of those problems today here. >> we have very few problems. >> i know you don't like it. we are not complaining. >> we like a little bit of snow. topper, i would like a little bit of snow. >> on a weekend maybe, 3 inches. >> not much. >> my dad said his favorite kind of snow stuck to the grass and trees but not the road. >> we like that, too. >> let's start with the satellite and radar picture combined, a few high clouds pushing through, a little lake

that, he was with abc and he covered everything from the vietnam war to the assassination of robert f. kennedy. the kidnapping and trial. he was there. his last appearance on cbs was in 2004 on sunday morning. when he came out of retirement, they celebrated their 25th anniversary. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news on this friday the 13th, which actually panned out to be lucky here in the bay area weather wise. we had highs averaging 10 degrees above normal. take a look at this. it's gorgeous. looking out from marin towards the city. 65 degrees there today. average high is 56. current air temperature all the way down to 38 degrees now in santa rosa. one of the cool spots. overnight will dip down into the 20s. obviously we'll have frost developing in the overnight hours. one more day of unseasonally mild conditions. first rain still on track to arrive wednesday into thursday. tonight overnight, 29 to 45 degrees. upper 30s across the santa clara valley. it's the 15th spare the air day of the winter season. do your part, no burning allowed for 24 hours. high pressure right a

robert f. kennedy, you said his company spends all this money on marketing. i said, also, the marketing that comes with the kennedy brand, the marketing that comes with him having charity ski events where bob woodward of abc spends his time at an environmental charity run by, you know, robert f. kennedy jr. these people are married to each other. they do their investments together, and the media is as corrupt as the political class and are benefiting as well. >> i think that's very well said. i think, steve, did you have a comment to make here? i think what andrew said is true, by the way. yes, i have to say "60 minutes" was completely and totally fair and above board with me, they knew where i was coming from politically, they retraced my research steps, and they were put under a lot of political pressure on this story. they did a fabulous job. and peter boyar at "newsweek" was just fabulous. yes, you are right, there are good guys out there, and in my pessimism i should have mentioned that, so thanks for reminding me. >> but, peter, lets be specific, the sc

. >>> robert f kennedy's widow, ethel kennedy was in the middle of some of the political fire storms.ocumentary premiering this weekend at the sun dance film festival was made by her daughter, rory. i spoke with the two about this look at living history. >> i found myself wanting to tell my mother's story about the life she shared with daddy and the life she shared with us, her children. a personal story. because her life was intertwined with history, more than that. there was just one problem. >> why should i have to answer all of these questions? >> well, we're making a documentary about you. >> that's a bad idea. >> why did you think it is a bad idea, mrs. kennedy? >> rory is so much fun and so stimulating and so accomplished and so great it should be about her. >> did you have to watch your mouth or your tongue or what you said because you were talking to your daughter? it is not like you are talking to me. you are talking to your daughter and very outspoken. we love you for it. did you have to say maybe i shouldn't be sharing that? >> yes. i was extremely restrained. >> that was

. ♪ >>> robert f. kennedy'sow was in the fire storms of the 20th century and no shrinking violet. ethyl was made by her daughter, rory. i spoke with them about this look at living history. >> i found myself wanting to tell my mother's story about the she shared with daddy and the life she shared with us, her children. a personal story, but because her life was intertwined with history, more than that. there was just one problem. >> why should i have to answer all these questions? >> we are making a documentary about you. >> that's aed about idea. >> why did you think it was a bad idea, mrs. kennedy. >> roary is so much fun and so stimulating and so accomplish and so great. it should really be about her. >> did you have to watch your mouth or tongue or what you said? it's not like you are talking to me, a journalist and you are very outspoken and we love you for it, but did you have to watch your tongue? >> yes, i was extremely restrained. >> that was you being restrained? >> that was sarcasm. were you being sarc

joseph kennedy, the grandson of late robert f. kennedyaunching a exploratory committee preparing to run for barney frank's house seat. he is resigning from his prosecutor's job outside of boston. >>> there's no bigger name in new hampshire politics than sonunu, his son, the former senator has not endorsed romney. it feels funny to be in new hampshire with you in washington. we have to fix this. >> i'll be home on saturday through the primary. looking forward to it and it's a great time to be there. >> well, it's a great time to be here. when you come home, are you going to be giving mitt romney the big endorsement? >> i'm not going to endorse any candidate in this campaign. for the last year or so i've been doing a weekly column for the boston globe and write about finance and technology but i wanted to write about the candidates and the process, it would be -- it doesn't make any sense for me to get involved in anyone's campaign. >> what do you feel about the dynamic here now? you've seen mitt romney with the commanding lead with the mon

a few weeks ago, i went to the robert f. kennedy awards in new york, and one of the awards was given to al gore, and i thought, oh, my gosh, why is al gore getting this? he stood up and made a speech which encouraged me, and i think gave some guidance on what we could do. he said, and he was talking mostly about the environmental, but other things in our democracy today saying, you know, people come to me, and they are very depressed about what's happening to our country, and he said, i'm reminded of what martin luther king said in the early 60s when his supporters came to him and said it's not going to get better. we're depressed. we're giving up. he said that's not so. things will get better because a lie cannot endure and the principles of the united states are too great to allow it to. that's inspiring to me because i think it said things. the only way that a lie can exist is in the absence of truth, and i'm struck every day that people don't know the facts, that jim talked about this echo chamber in certain areas of the country

a few weeks ago, i went to the robert f. kennedynd one of the awards was given to al gore, and i thought, oh, my gosh, why is al gore getting this? he stood up and made a speech which encouraged me, and it gave guidance on what we could do. he said, and he was talking mostly about the environment, but other things in the democracy today, and he said, you know, people come and they are depressed about what's happening to the country, and he said, i'm reminded of what martin luther king said in the early 1960s when the supporters came to him and said it's not going to get betterment we're depressed. we're giving up. he said that's not so. things will get better because a lie cannot endure because the principles of the united states are too great to allow it to. that inspired me. the only way a lie can exist is in the absence of truth, and i'm struck every day that people don't know the facts. jim talked about this echo chamber in certain areas of the country where people -- people simply don't know of the 171 people at guantanamo, 89

heard somewhere and i don't know what the truth is behind this, but just moments before senator robert f. kennedy assassinated in 1968 after winning the california primary, senator mcgovern was participating in a phone conversation with senator kennedy and i wonder if it has been revealed what that conversation was about and if you know anything about that phone conversation. >> i never heard that i happened to be in the hotel kitchen at the time robert kennedy was assassinated. i spent a great deal of time then and since then exploring all of the details of the time leading up to robert kennedy's death and never came across that story. but i do know in his hotel room, he did make calls to a number of people to look forward what expected to be the next phase of the campaign, which was to go to new york and campaign for delegates there. he did talk to many people. he may have talked to senator mcgovern as well. if i'm not mistaken there was a primary in south dakota the same night. i hadn't heard that he actually talked to him, but it's very possible. >> mike in california, good evening to you. th

a few weeks ago i went to the robert f. kennedyed me and i think gave guidance on what we could do. he was talking mostly about the environment, but other things in our democracy today. he said people come to me and they are very depressed about what's happening to our country. he said, i am reminded about martin luther king said in the early 60s and supporters came and said if it's not going to get better, we depressed and giving it. he said that's not so. things will get better because though i cannot order in the united states are too great to allow it to. that is inspiring to me because i think the only way that a life can exist is in the of truth. i am struck every day the people of don't know the facts. jim type about this echo chamber in certain areas of the country where people -- people simply don't know of the 171 people at guantÁnamo, 89 have been have been cleared you people don't know. if you say that, people are shocked by it. i encourage you to say it to everyone you know. every party goes to say, juno on the securit

it is immoral, he felt that robert kennedy was somebody he could work with that we'd have gotten out of the vietnam war gradually. i think my father would have felt that john f. kennedy had approved 500,000 troops in vietnam and he would have fought really the more quiet war, the secret war, the special forces war; kind of the war that we are fighting in afghanistan now. c-span: back to your document to come a minute and have on your father's assignment to vietnam and the role that you're deceased sister played in all of that. >> it was a lengthy assignment. he came back periodically. we would go to vermont to carry on life. he was doing what he was called, to serve, and he did. he did it capably. when it comes to long separations, my mother was at loose ends. she lost the center out of her life. it was jury hard for her. a year or so into his being there, my sister, katherine, became ill. she had epilepsy since she was a child, terrible seizures. she developed anorexia madrassa. it was awful. my mother took all the suffering of my sister. she would make it go away for my father. there couldn't be any other way. anything for the mission. i remember i looked

>> guest: ri--it was robert kennedy who spoke to the crowd and said, 'i have some bad news f--tonight. martin luther king jr. was assassinated in memphis, tennessee.' and people just cried. some people just dropped to their knees. and robert kennedy went on and--and spoke, and he urged people not to turn to violence, not to get lost in a sea of despair. c-span: now what was the scene later, where you say he threw himself on the bed? >> guest: we went back--we left the rally and we went back to the local hotel, where we all went into his room, and he laid across the bed. and we all were sitting down. and we all cried. we all cried there together. c-span: did that surprise you, that he was that emotional about it? >> guest: it didn't surprise me because i think bobby kennedy had grown so much during that period, and he felt very strongly that we needed to make some changes in america, that he felt that dr. king was the best person, probably, to help us make those changes through peaceful, non-violent action. c-span: and where were you then in california when he was killed? >> guest: whe

robert gates. >> dana: no. >> bob: some understanding about the military. >> brian: john f. kennedy's 9% of gdp now. it's 4.5%. even with the increase that you discussed. in relation to the gdp. the we can't in a country of 330 million people, afford to pay 1.5 million soldiers, army, navy, marines, that is a travty. >> bob: first, we are in the middle of a mass i cold war and buildup for nuclear arsenal. by the way, vastly, we had many more than we need. leaving that aside. think about this for a second. all the military spending in the united states, veterans benefit, veterans hospital, pay out for military is larger than the rest of the world's military combined. >> dana: thank goodness. >> kimberly: yeah. >> bob: combined. that is outrageous. >> dana: in the last ten seconds, in the united kingdo kingdom, you could put the entire active military in one football stadium. that is not enough to defend freedom around the world. >> kimberly: good vision. >> dana: in my opinion. we're going to ask the administration for history book. think about the future. anyway, we'll move on to poli

f. kennedy, the patty hearst kidnapping, the war in lebanon, and the middle east process. next up, raleigh, north carolina. robert, what do you think about the president's plan for streamlining the government? caller: i think he should streamline the government. if he consolidates it, it will save money. i think the president has done a good job in trying to get jobs in america. he is bringing some of the jobs back. remember, this commander in chief took care of affairs around the country. host: they do for the call. in 45 minutes, we will be talking about wisconsin as a battleground state. coming up after the break, we will continue our discussion regarding president obama's proposal to trim government agencies. we will be doing that with charles clark. we will be right back. >> i believe that it is important to emphasize that, while there is this moral to his memory and it is great to have a holiday and that we have streets and schools named in his memory around the world, it is important to not place as much emphasis on martin luther king on the idle and not enough emphasis on the ideals of martin luther king,

f. kennedy was a moderate but his brother teddy was a liberal. and i think his death was to robertmore liberal as well. but i just would like to say that. thank you for seaving my call. guest: thank you. >> kennedy had a complex relationship with the military as you mentioned he was indeed a military veteran and a war here ovement when he became president, he had a difficult relationship with the military brass. and as a young lieutenant in the navy he had idealized some of these people that he was now commander in chief of, people like admiral burk. and particularly with the bay of pigs invasion in april of 1961, kennedy became disillusioned with the advice that he was getting from the pentagon and he installed at that point one of his advisers, general maxwell taylor in the white house to help smooth through the process and protect his interests better. and he continued to have a difficult relationship with the military brass through the cuban missile crisis and through his presidency because his relationship now was very different. he was commander in chief. he was trying to bal