here's robert f. kennedy what we need in the united states is not division, what we need in the united states is not had threat, what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black. [ applause ] >> that was from a speech in indianapolis april the 4th, 1968. >> all right, he's running for governor in texas, he's trying to best to his obama care out of his state. greg abbott is going to join me in a moment. >>> on thursday, texas governor rick perry signed into law new abortion limits that would outlaw abortion after 20 weeks. it would also require doctors and hospitals to meet much stricter standards. attorney general greg abbott announced hiss candidacy to succeed perry who's not going to be running for a fourth term. mr. greg abbott joins me. let's talk about the legislation that was signed. i know thatg advocate for it. it

robert f. kennedysealed to the eyes of anyone willing to pour through them. suffice it to say, documents coverage a wide range of important subjects. chief correspondent james rosen has poured through them, has the story from jfk library in boston. >> this is a difficult and dangerous effort. >> reporter: most americans were stunned to learn about the cuban missile crisis, the frightening moment when the u.s. discovered the soviet union had missiles on cuba. robert f. kennedy saw it almost a year earlier, a may 1962 memo of a policy making unit from the kennedy administration records at the 22nd march meeting, robert kennedy asked the special group what would be appropriate course of action for the united states to take in the event the soviets establish a military base in cuba. such things in the confidential files, declassified wednesday by kennedy library in boston after 50 years under seal. >> the fact that 7500 pages of formerly classified materials are now available to the public, to journalists,

and maybe go on to robert f. kennedy jr. kennedy's the guy leading the charge here in new york.t a whole coalition of left-wing enviros, spending millions of dollars running advertisements to stop governor andrew cuomo, democratic governor cuomo, from signing off on new york fracking, which by the way could end upstate new york's 50-year depression. do you think this is going to have any influence on that or are they just going to go on sad do what they always do, these quliftz? >> cuomo is to fracking in new york state what president obama is to the keystone xl pipeline. when you take money and lots of it from very wealthy environmentalists in order to do the right thing for the people of your state or the people of the nation, you have to overcome the social pressure of all that financial contribution. so joe and jane doe live in southwestern new york don't have the access, don't have the voice, don't have the money to make an impression on a governor like cuomo who was taking this advice from yoko ono and joseph kennedy, and they don't have a say in their own joblessness. the

let's take you back, if you will, lou history to show you how one prominent democrat, robert f. kennedy, handle ad crucial moment in race relations in america. back on april 4, 1968. that's the day dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated. >> what we immediate in the united states is not division. but we immediate -- what we immediate in the united states is not hatred. what we immediate in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but is love and wisdom and compassion towards one another. justice to what those still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black. >> robert f. kennedy jr. was urged by police not to announce mlk's death at that campaign rally but was insistent but went ahead anyway two months later he was also shot to death in los angeles. >>> we are one step closer. word now that prince william and kate middleton reportedly arrived in london as they await the birth of their first child and next heir to the british throne. the couple making the journey from the duchess ' -- parents' home yesterday afternoon in order to be closer to s

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. >> there is a sound clip i want to play, robert f. kennedynd a night that martin luther king was assassinated in memphis. i remember that night well. and i remember what real leadership was in a race crime. i want to so that. it will put in perspective what we look for when a leader stands up in the moment of crisis. >> what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but love, and wisdom and compassion to one another. and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they will be white or black. (applause) >> that was from a speech in indianapolis april 4th, known 68. elle, tara. thank you. >> he's running for governor of texas and trying hard to keep the obama care out of >> on thursday, texas governor rick perry signed into law new abortion limits to and require abortion doctors to meet stricter standards. earlier in the week, greg abbot announced candidacy to succeed perrywho will run for a

. >> there is a sound clip i want to play, robert f. kennedynd a night that martin luther king was assassinated in memphis. i remember that night well. and i remember what real leadership was in a race crime. i want to so that. it will put in perspective what we look for when a leader stands up in the moment of crisis. >> what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but love, and wisdom and compassion to one another. and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they will be white or black. (applause) >> that was from a speech in indianapolis april 4th, known 68. elle, tara. thank you. >> he's running for governor of texas and trying hard to keep the obama care out of >> on thursday, texas governor rick perry signed into law new abortion limits to and require abortion doctors to meet stricter standards. earlier in the week, greg abbot announced candidacy to succeed perrywho will run for a

going back to known 68 when martin luther king fls assassinated and how robert f. kennedy handled a race crisis hours after dr. king was shot. >> for those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust, the injustice will set you back. against all white people, i would say that i can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. i had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man. what we need in the united states is not division, but what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness and is love and wisdom and compassion to one another. a feeling of justice for those who suffer in our country whether they be white or black. (applause) you hear a unified crowd there. robert kennedy's words helped to heal the nation. he cautioned people not to turn violent and thinking of his country and not himself. breaking news in, no violence tock the place at the sight of kennedy's spoech. a lot of people reacting to the comments. making a surprise appearance and speaking

let's take you back through history how one prominent democrat robert f. kennedy handled a crucial moment back on april 4th, 1968. that was the day that martin luther king was assassinated. >> what we need is not division, what we need in united states is not hatred. what we need in united states is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another feeling of justice of those that still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black. [ applause ] >> kelly: he said that time was not to divide the country but bring the country to unity. he was urged not to announce mlk's death but he went ahead anyway but two days later he was also shot to death in los angeles. >>> and it's royal baby fever in great britain. it's sky high has everyone awaits for baby to arrive. all eyes on the london hospital where the duchess is likely to give birth. future king or queen of england so the we. amy kellogg is there and letting us know if anything has happened. >> it's not any minute but hopefully soon and relieved by the

. >> in 196 robert f. kennedy, martin luther king are assassinated.lt is the gun action of 1968. that's how we responded. now for a big part of the country with terrible acts of gun violence, virginia tech, the answer is more guns, guns in schools, guns on the street and that's -- you know, we here on west 58th street, which is not the whole country. >> yeah. >> have to recognize a lot -- >> a lot of people said to me, what would have stopped this is trayvon martin had a gun, too. judge hatchet, when i hear that i disspare for america. because i think how can that possibly be the way you resolve the situation? you don't arm everybody else, do you? >> no, my heart bleeds over this situation, but i did have an interesting question today. someone said to me, well, judge, why didn't george just pull his gun and say i'm the neighborhood watch, stay where you are until the police gets here. i mean, he's the one who has the gun. why didn't he do that? >> self-defense. >> that would be an aggravated assault. i suspect and this is just pure suspicion. i suspec

one year ago we held a forum with robert f kennedy -- the first time here in america, their foundation, and all the nobel peace prize winners in chicago. i happen to think chicago is the most american of american cities. we didn't add a -- did it at a high school where my mother went to school, all jewish. your mother's high school, my mother's high school, this might explain a lot about our relationship. second, i introduced a young woman who is from yemen to introduced gorbachev. she came to america in fourth grade and is now at northwestern on a full paid scholarship card -- scholarship in the student body -- scholarship. the student body as 120 different nationalities. she was number one in her class. withid the interview gorbachev. she is on her way to northwestern on a full paid scholarship. how can that be against our interest? she has decided she is an american. it is in our interest as an economy and as a city when you look at all the relationships that are intertwining, going on, bringing the world to chicago and chicago to the world. it is a huge economic opportunity for the

robert f. kennedy. the night martin luther king jr. night very well and i also remember what real leadership looks like in the aftermath of something that was in fact a race crime and i want to see that because i think it will put in perspective what we look for when a leader stands up in a moment of crisis. >> what we need in the united states is not division. what we need is not hatred. what we need in the united i states is not violence and ess. lawlessness. but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. of dealing of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black. >> that was from a speech in dianap indianapolis. april the 4th. 1968. thank you, both. it's always a pleasure to have you. he's running for governor in texas. trying his best to keep obama care out of his state. he is going to be joining me out next for an exclusive. don't miss it. [ male announcer ] they say he was born to help people clean. so it was no surprise when he set out to give the world the ha

. >> in 196 robert f. kennedy, martin luther king are assassinat assassinated.he impact result is the gun action of 1968. that's how we responded. now for a big part of the country with terrible acts of gun violencviolence, virginia te answer is more guns, guns in schools, guns on the street and that's -- you know, we here on west 58th street, which is not the whole country. >> yeah. >> have to recognize a lot -- >> a lot of people said to me, what would have stopped this is trayvon martin had a gun, too. judge hatchet, when i hear that i disspare for america. because i think how can that possibly be the way you resolve the situation? you don't arm everybody else, do you? >> no, my heart bleeds over this situation, but i did have an interesting question today. someone said to me, well, judge, why didn't george just pull his gun and say i'm the neighborhood watch, stay where you are until the police gets here. i mean, he's the one who has the gun. why didn't he do that? >> self-defense. >> that would be an aggravated assault. i suspect and this is just pure suspi

you know, in 1968, when robert f. kennedy were assassinated, guns were perceived as dangerous.mass shootings the reaction of a lot of people is we need to have more guns. we need to have guns in school, teachers need guns, virginia tech, the students should have had guns. that is the change in the mindset of people in the country, it is not for me to say it is wrong, just dramatically different. >> the possibility of a civil lawsuit, how likely is it? how easy is it. >> easy is one thing, anyone can sue anyone for anything. whether it survives is another thing. now remember, he has been acquitted. there is a whole host of evidence, now, remember, the standard in a criminal case is higher. we saw it with o.j. simpson. the standard is -- simply a preponderance of the evidence. o.j. simpson was an example of a person acquitted using the reasonable doubt standard, but once he found himself in front of a civil jury, he was not found not guilty in a civil context. >> mark, you're making the case in terms of money, there may not be anything for the family to collect from george zimmer

robert f. kennedyr and his brother max thought they were doing the right thing when they freed a 500-pound turtle trapped in a buoy line in nantucket sound. that was until they got a call from division of fisheries. turns out it violates the endangered species act. in a posting on noah's website robert kennedy says the brothers realize what they did was pretty risky, end quote. >>> fire officials have issued a new evacuation warning near a massive blaze near southern california. we go to will live in california tonight. how is it going, will. hello. >> reporter: bill, this fire gutted a large part of the neighborhood that i'm standing in right now. take a look at this home next to me. or really what is left of this home. right now very hard to make out what was the inside of this home. a lot of ash and rubble. this isn't the only one. if you look 50, 75 yards down from us another home completely destroyed. in all, this fire has destroyed about half dozen homes and continues to threaten several communit

this is how -- guns have -- i mean, the culture of guns have changed so dramatically. 1968 when robert f. kennedyluther king were assassinated, the first thing that happened was the gun control act of 1968. guns were perceived as dangerous. now when we have these mass shootings, the reaction of a lot of people is we need to have more guns. we need to have guns in school. virginia tech, the students should have had guns. that is a change in the mindset of many people in this country that, you know, it's not for me to say it's wrong, but it's just dramatically different from how it used to be. >> let's the possibility of a civil lawsuit. how likely is that? how easy is that? >> easy is one thing. anyone can sue anyone at any time for anything. whether it survives is another thing. he's been acquitted, so there's a whole host of evidence that will then -- and remember, the standard in a criminal case is higher. we saw this with o.j. the standard is beyond a reasonable doubt. that's significantly higher than a civil case, which is simply a preponderance of the evidence, commonly thought of as 51%. th

a year ago we held a forum with robert f. kennedyr foundation -- and all the nobel peace prize winners. in chicago. they did it in berlin, rome, paris, they wanted to come to america, they did it in chicago. i happen to think chicago's the most american of american cities. we did it at von tuben high school. that's where my mother went to school. all jewish. i know, we got -- [inaudible] your high school, hi mother's high school which may explain a lot about our relationship. [laughter] but second is i introduced a young woman who is from yemen to introduce gorbachev. she is, came to america and came to chicago, fourth grade. graduating from high school, she's now at northwestern. full-paid scholarship. the student body is 126 different nationalities. that that's a reflection of what's going on, and she's fourth grade she came to america. she would never, she no more would finish fourth grade in yemen than the idea she was on her way -- because she was number one in her class, so she did the interview with you gorbachev. how can that

administration secured an affidavit from barnald bull, a longtime civil rights activist, former aide to robert f. kennedy in his 1968 presidential campaign. mr. bull called the conduct -- quote -- "an outrageous affront to american democracy and the rights of voters to participate in an election without fear." none of the defendants in the case even filed a response to the complaint against them or appeared in the federal district court in philadelphia to answer the lawsuit. maybe they didn't feel like they had a defense. and it appeared almost certain that the justice department would have prevailed in their case. but according to a may 2009 article in "the washington times," the justice department had been working on the case for months and had already secured a default judgment against the defendants by april 20 of 2009, three months after president obama took office. however, president obama's political appointee, mr. thomas per rel league, overruled career -- perelli, overruled career prosecutors and dismissed the prosecutions against two men with no penalty and obtained an order against the third p

a year ago we held a forum with robert f. kennedy, first time here in america, their foundation, and all the nobel peace prize wincer in chicago, theydid it in rome, paris, wanted to do it in chicago. i happen to think chicago is the most american of american cities. we did it at von stuben high school. that's where my mother went to school. it used to be all jewish. we got it. your high school. my mother's high school may explain a lot about our relationship. but second is i introduced a young woman who is from yemen. to introduce gorbachev. he came to america, came to chicago, fourth grade. she's now at northwestern. full paid scholarship. this student body at von stuben is 126 different nationalities. that's a reflection of what's going on and she's fourth grade she came to america. she would never -- she would no more finish fourth grade in yemen than the idea she's on her way, because she was number one in her class, she did the interview with gorbachev, she's on her way to northwestern on a full paid scholarship. how can that b

[laughter] bill: meet robert kennedy is your known him before. the john f. brary has sealed some 7500 papers from his days at the kennedy white house until now, that is. james rosen is live from the library in boston with more. reporter: good morning to you. his brother of the president, the files released today of robert kennedy released say that bobby kennedy as we knew exercise influence in areas far beyond the typical purview of the attorney general and he was involved in every decision making in counterinsurgency, vietnam, and it relates to nuclear proliferation and intelligence operations the u.s. was conducting against the soviet union. he was also a driving force in the kennedy administration to overthrow the regime of fidel castro, an issue that ultimately came to include plans to assassinate castro using cia and organized crime figures. this program was operation mongoose and it shows the attorney general offerman refereeing hywel mongoose should be prosecuted. the cuban missile crisis was underway and the gung ho master who is was in charge of this

f. kennedy. an hour from now the kennedy library set to release 7,500 pages from his brother, former u.s. attorney general robertuse robert kennedy was his brother's closest confidant and adviser. >>> check it out, i mama bear trying to rescue her cub from a dumpster in california. she tries climbing and banging on the lid. her baby bear is trapped inside. enter a fish and wildlife officer, he saw what was happening, set off a loud siren and flashing lights, when she was retreated far enough, he opened the dumpster, quickly backed away for the family to enjoy a happy reunion. kind of a sweet little video there. hard stuff to follow now. chris an interesting conversation you're about to have. >> thank you, mickey. >>> today president obama returning to knox college, the first site of an economic address when he was a senator in 2005. he believes this is part of the first in a series of speeches intended to reframe the economic debate for his dream for the second term. he will reaffirm the importance of economic growth from the middle out rather than the top down. what does that mean for you? joining me from the w