f. kennedy whose life was brutally savagely cut short 50 years ago. robert kennedy was a presidential candidate, a united states senator, member of this chamber, an attorney general, a naval officer, a father, a son, a husband, a brother, but more than all of that he was a beacon of hope amidst turbulent and difficult times in our nation. and he was an inspiration to generations of americans. speaking at his younger brother's funeral, our former colleague senator ted kennedy said that robert kennedy, quote, need not be idolized ornlarge in death beyond what he was in life, that he can be remembered simply as a goo and dent man ,aw suffeng tried to right heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. i was inspid hffts to right wrong and heal suffering and stop war. inspired enough that when i beor and was assigned an office, that happened to be the former office of rert f. kennedy in the russell building, i proudly pointed that out to visitors, that here in my office once sat the great robert kennedy, who did in fact see wrong and try to right it and suffering and h

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robert f. kennedy human rights hosted this event. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the invokeation by ather matt malone. > let us pray. we meet not in a moment of mourning, but in an hour for hope. for this memorial is not only our remembrance of things past, but the touchstone of our present. and the right of dedication to our future. we gather here in this sacred place for the memory of all of our fallen heroes for our hearts with the highest aspirations of the nation to proclaim to our fellow citizens and to the world bobby kennedy still lives. in millions of hearts that seek newer world, in millions of minds that dream things that never were and ask why not in every ripple of hope. yet we make this proclamation not only through mere human earthly jesttures, but of prayer, that privileged place with every soul with the grace of god transformed our wounded hearts of wounded healers. where sorrow is charged with meaning and human weakness is redeemed and hope reborn. and so we pray let the god

kerry kennedy daughter of robert f kennedy and her book robert f kennedy ripples of home.oger biles author of mayor harold washington, champion of race and reform in chicago. on sunday our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu nay dean straussen and her book hate. why we should resist it with free speech. not sensorship. a journalist with his book everything you love with burn. inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america. pulitzer prize winner with the making of the american sea. and author robert kerrson with rocket man. and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon. watch our live weekend coverage of the 34th annual printer's fest in chicago starting saturday at 11:00 eastern. >> former analytica president appeared for a committee for a second time to take questions about the company as alleged data privacy practices and relationship with facebook. much of the hearing focused on testimony given by christopher wiley who claims the company played a role in the 2016 brexit referendum and shared private user data. the

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. >> this june marks the 50th anniversary of robert f kennedy's assassination. next, larry tye talks about his book "bobby kennedy: the making ," in which hecon remembers the life and political career of robert f kennedy. live in 2016.ded it's about an hour. >> tonight we will join in conversation with the noted , who has been a whirlwind of activity the last several days. bill green became a congressman in 1964, succeeding his

senator robert f kennedy's family gathered at arlington mark thecemetery to 50th anniversary of his assassination. former clinton -- resident bill -- president bill clinton spoke. this program is airing on onpan2 a it our overnight schedule. ofes senator jeff merkley oregon. >> tber bert f kenny, whose life was brutally, savagely cut short 50 years ago. robert kennedy was a presidential candidate. a u.s. senator, a member of this chamber. an attorney general. and naval officerfaa n, a hband, a brother. but more than all of that, he was acon of hope amidst turbulent and difficult times in our nation. he was an insti generations of americans. speaking at his younger brother's funeral, our former colleague senator ted kennedy said that robert kennedy "need ine idol o beyond what he was life." he saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. toas inspired by his efforts write wrong and heal suffering and stop war. inspired enoughhat wh i became a u.s. senator and was assigned in office, they happened to be the former office kennedy, i proudly pointed that out to visitors. here in

his latest book, on to chicago, rediscovering robert f. kennedy and the lost campaign of 1968, was released today. the 50th anniversary of robert kennedy's death. all of these books are for sale in our museum store and they can be purchased and signed after the talk. please do. ladies and gentlemen, skill author, leader, politician, and great mentor to me, join me in welcoming good friend, judge jim rogan. >> thank you, chris. [applause] >> thank you. [whistle] >> first i want to thank my good friend, chris nordyke for that that comp present introduction, slash book promotion. i really appreciate it. chris is an old friend and i want to thank also justice the wonderful people here at the nixon library foundation. they not only are a great service and source for all of us here in orange county but they just do a wonderful job overplotting the legacy of the 37th, the dough send here -- dough sents here, i want to thank them. they spend thousands of hour and it's all volunteer work. >> so, here he we are in 2018. the 50th anniversary of the 1968 pres

in the meantime, we would like to present a report on the life of robert f. kennedy. walter: these last few weeks,, robert francis kennedy was enjoying himself. there was a good fight to fight, and he was a fighter. ideals were at stake and he was an idealist, and for a man whose demeanor always seems to reflect bos shyness, he loved getting out among the people. he enjoyed the physical contact. he refused police protection and --se he set all the people wanted to do was touch him, not hurt him. plunged into areas even local mayors steered clear of and he was manhandled. something seemed to grow in be shy third brother of a dynamic family. the younger brother who had stayed behind the scenes had come into his own. tuesday night was a particularly joyous night. robert francis kennedy was 42 years old and had just won the victory of his political life in the california presidential primary. he heard from his supporters, and invited them to chicago. senator kennedy was a happy ma as he made his way into the -- out of the kitchen. by twoor was hit bullets. five other peopl

it is still real. >> john andersen was a campaign aide for robert f. kennedy in 1968.aged the guest list on the funeral train that day. i was struck by the size of the crowds. every now and then there would be one, two people standing with the flag or, or sign. it was very emotional. it still is. >> also aboard the train, photographer, paul fusco, he captured the faces, black and white. male. female. young and old. staring into the train window. >> mixed in age and sex and color and size. new jersey is mixed. >> john ma len who was 20 at the time stood along the tracks in new jersey. >> did it feel look a funeral? >> it actually did. the sense was that you were at a wake the you were paying your respects. and just, just here to do that. and, stay quietly,aitingor the fratrain to come >> one of the houses here, i could hear a woman crying. and as the train came by she, she just called out oh, bobby, oh, bobby. when did you make the decision that you would go watch the train go by. >> soon as i k was going to be coming by this close. i just felt i needed to do it. good p

former president bill clinton spoke at the event hosted by robert f. kennedy human rights, founded in 1968 to honor rfk's memory. watch this tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of robert f. kennedy. >> these last few weeks, robert francis kenn w enjoying himself. he really enjoyed getting out among the people. he enjoyed the physical contact. he refused police protection because he said that all the people wanted to do was to touch him, not to hurt him. >> this weekend on "reel america" on american history tv, watch the cbs news special report from june 6th, 1968, the night robert kennedy died from gunshot wounds. >> they qu dyided to transfer him to good samaritan hospital where the facilities were better for delicate brain surgery. mrs. kennedy was with him all of ti riding in the ambulance now from one hospitalo t the other. the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan, was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosey greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and t

those images accumulate here for robert f. kennedyas the measure of a life well lived. , the , a human connection touch, the look, the moment between strangers and friends, where we leave aside expectation and ego and acknowledge each other's worth nd wisdom. where we pause and see each other. when we look past color or creed and class and recognize a our ity we all share imperfections, our contradictions, our hope for mething, for a truer, kinder tomorrow. that humanity anchored my grand father, it carried him from the fields of farm workers to the hollows of appalachia to the sprawling reservations of indian country to the tenments of bed sty where in the shadows, in the background, the sought es that rarely or got attention robert kennedy found the arteries of our to ican heart and he said those forgotten, your country sees you. your country values you. america would not be america without you. he held our hands, he knelt by their sides. he shared their sorrow. and he lifted their spirits. it wasn't radical or revolutionary. it was

a bay area man who held robert f kennedy after he was assassinated talks about that ev t.efinitely cooler today, cooling since the weekend, where do we go from here? ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ wh icomesck ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. make more of what's yours. >>> today marks 50 years since the assassination of robert f kennedy in los angeles, a san jose man and former police officer who responded to the scene the night, and helped in the arrest of the assassin, recalls seeing something few have seen before. >> that is an interesting pitcher. >> reporter: black and white images he has never seen, rings daniel johnson back to where he was 50 years ago. >> it looks like my tie is next to the body, but i don't remember seeing him of the scene, the first time i saw him as when they were loading him in the ambulance with mrs. kennedy.>> reporter: 21 years old, a los angeles police officer, the night that senato

for robert f kennedy, this was a measure of a life well lived.human connections, the touch, a look, the moment between strangers and friends, where we leave aside expectations and ego and acknowledge each other's worth and wisdom, where we pause and see each other. when we look past color or creed a class and recognize humanity we all share. our imperfections, our contradictions, our hope for truer, kinder the tomorrow. that humanity anchored my grandfather. fieldsied him from the of farmworkers to the hollows of appalachia and the sprawling countriesns of indian to the tenements of bedstead where in the shadows, in the spacesund, the quiet that rarely sought or got attention, robert kennedy found the arteries of our american heart. forgotten, to those "your country sees you. your country values you. america would not be america without you." he held their hands. he knelt by their side. he shared their sorrows. and he lifted their spirits. he wasn't radical or revolutionary. he was human. vulnerable.to be it was his greatest gift to give. he felt

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> on "cbs this morning" robert f. kennedyoday. >> the train was carrying the remains of our last hope, and i think that was felt for everyone. >> a look back at robert kennedy's funeral train half a century later. >>> plus the co-founder and chief science officer of head space talks about why meditation is so good for us and why they're asking the fda for approval to prescribe it to patients. >>> and the hosts of this sunday's tony awards singer sara bareilles and josh groban join us in studio 57. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm hena doba. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com www.vitac.com i'm michelle griego. and i'm anne makovec. time is 4-- >>> good morning. it is wednesday, june 6. this is the day after election day. did you vote? hopefully. we did. we got our stickers. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm anne makovec in for kenny choi. it is just about 4:30. yeah, big morning. we have lots of news. still some uncertainty in the air, some races too cl

robert f. kennedy. at right.nedy is robert received his law degree in 1951 and became known in the years immediately following. counsel for senator mccarthy's committee.ve they began raising a family years.his one of the most controversial episodes in kennedy's career, a subject often brought up by opponents over the years, was his service as assistant council to the mccarthy committee. this was 1953 when mccarthy after rocking the nation with charges of communism in high places embroiled in a battle with army officials. the stormy hearings which arose from mccarthy's claims of subversion in an army camp led to the eclipse mccarthy's career and to the resignation of robert kennedy from the committee after six months' service. kennedy had been feuding with mccarthy's chief kohn, butoy kennedy was to return as counsel for the democrats he succeededy, him as chief counsel and staff director. in 1957, kennedy stepped into a role that was to heighten his reputation as a tough investigator. chief counsel for t

three years later to write the book rediscovering robert f. kennedy and the lost campaign of 68. i should tell you that it is not a biography of robert kennedy. he is a protagonist in the story that hbut here's one of mine. it's a comprehensive history of the 1968 campaign, the democratic campaign, republicane republican campaign and general election but looking at it from the historian's perspective of what's would have likely happened if bobby kennedy had left that hospital as the doctor said and had gon have gone on ad finished his campaign. it's not based on the sentimentality or wishful thinking. when i started i didn't have a preconceived notion of how it was going to come out. the research i did was extensive if you look at the inside jacket of the book, the photo isn't typical usually they want a headshot. what i did the day i hit the final keystroke i took all the books i've read maybe 150 of them i line them up in the kitchen, i gave my cell phone to my wife and told her snap a picture because i wanted people to see the broad range of books i've read. they chopped off al

he is the young boy whoraed the head of robert f. kennedyshot 50 years ago tonight. he is now 67 years old, and romero, who was a busboy back then remembers the first time he met the famous kennedy brother. he was delivering room service to him at the ambassador hotel where kennedy was killed. he recounted the experience. you could tell when he was looking at you that he is not looking through you. he is take you into account. and i remember walking out of there, that room like was 10 feet tall. romero recalled having the same feeling when he visited kennedy's grave site at arlington national cemetery later. when i wore this suit and stood in front of his grave, i felt a little like that first day i met him. i felt important, i felt american. i felt good. the national leader who had a real interest in the people, many of the people of kennedy's stature day after day overlook. and that's "ha thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> simply put, does the president believe he is above th

50 years ago on june 5, 1968, senator robert f. kennedy was shot in los angeles after winning the california presidential primary. next on "reel america," robert 1968, 50y, 1925 to minute special report from the evening of june 6 after the senator died of his gunshot wounds. the report covers the life and assassination of the new york them up at and is anchored by walter cronkite. this is a cbs news special report. here is harry. >> good evening, the body of senator robert kennedy is in a jet heading for new york from los angeles. before 4:30 this afternoon and will land in laguardia new york, and the body will arrive at 9:30 new york time tonight. tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 10:00 p.m., itto will lie in state, and go by train from new york to washington, and in a motor procession from new york's union station to go by the senate office building, and by the justice department, where robert kennedy served as attorney general, before burial saturday afternoon in the same plot where john kennedy lies. already, there are people gathering

senator robert f. kennedy was shot to death inside the ambassador hotel in los angeles, moments after winning the california presidential primary. just a few months earlier, martin luther king jr. had been assassinated. 5 years earlier, his brother, president kennedy, had been killed in dallas. it was a time that brought the nation to its knees. newer -- nearly 2 million americans lined the route to kennedy's final resting place. >> we waited and waited and waited. the bridge was lined 3-d. there wasn't a spot to be had. >> i was struck by the size of the crowds. thinking there would be one or two people standing with a flag or a sign. it was very emotional. still is. >> robert kennedy is buried in arlington national cemetery, right next to his brother, john. >>> in guatemala, a sudden increase in activity -- volcanic activity has trigger new evacuation orders. 75 people have died since the volcanoes eruption on sunday. 192 are listed as missing. smaller eruptions yesterday prompted new evacuation orders. and

robert f kennedy. eunice kennedy is at right. robert received his law degree in 1951 and became widely known in the years immediately following. first is a counsel for senator joseph mccarthy's subcommittee in the senate. later as chief counsel for the subcommittee. he and ethel began raising a family in those years. one of the most controversial episodes in his career, a subject often brought up by political opponents, was his service as assistant counsel to the mccarthy committee. 1953 when mccarthy, after rocking the nation with charges of communism and high places became embroiled in a battle with army officials represented by joseph welch. the hearings, which arose from claims of subversion and army camp led to the eclipse of senator mccarthy's career and to the resignation of robert kennedy from the committee after six-month service. kennedy had been feuding with the chief counsel. he was to return to the committee as counsel for the democrats and ultimately succeeded with chief counsel. in 1957, kennedy stepped into a role

more of my interview with robert kennedy jr environmental attorney activist president of the waterkeeper alliance and son of the late u.s. senator and u.s. attorney general robert f. kennedy is another kennedy on the horizon your nephew joe kennedy. he's joking with you the third from us to two says he's sometimes mentioned as a dog course for speaker of the house. post. i haven't talked to if he's interested in oh he's a. he's a he's a genuine leader oh i wouldn't be surprised at any level of success he's he's got it as he has it reeked where is your party the soul of that which is close a good breakfast that way if your party goes left left you're going to lose you have to. if your father or alive he'd be in for gresson right you support as have been your progressive can the progressives win the national lead. don't they have to come together with the center of the democrats. are enough to be. democrats ought to be dealing i think if there's. i think the party is going to be penned in on whether good leaders who are. or are talking the truth and who are reminding americans about what this nation is supposed to represent. are all part of one enterprise and are i

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eastern on-sn2, the memorial service mark in the 50th anniversaryhe assassinaon of robert f kennedy,or listen on the free c-span radio at. >> earlier today, president trump held the bill signing ceremony at the white house for the childhood cancer survivorship treatnt aess and research active 2018. participants included childhood cancer patients, their families, members of congress, and health and human services members. this is ten minutes. >> hello everybody. have a seat. hello folks. see how nice they are? [laughter] the nicest people in the whole world

of course i'm referring to robert f. kennedy his son bobby jr has a new book out about his father and his famous family and we recently spoke about that am about today's tumultuous political landscape the book is it titled american values lessons i learned from my family here's that interview what your wonderful father bobby kennedy was assassinated fifty years ago. are we more or less divided now than in sixty eight when you were just a little kid. i think the eight divisions are more systemic because they're economically rooted i think one of the big things that as happened as a country a is are these giant between rich and poor or the hollowing out erosion of middle class us. and and then the the giant tsunami influx of money and politics and the effect of and it's something that i. i you know i spent a lot of childhood in latin america and one i was in there almost all of those were military and this is. characterized by a big gap between rich and poor and when that happens the role of one political party becomes to protect

first up, robert f. kennedy jr., son of the late attorney general robert f. nnedy provides a history of america, through the lens of his childhood and formertive years then at 8:10 molly crabapple talks war in syria and tells syrian men who came of age during it and former house speaker newt beginning rich offers thoughts on impact that trump administration policies are having on america and around the world. 9 p.m. eastern, then at 10, on our afterwards program, television and radio host bill press, retraces his broadcast career, and transitioned to progressive politics. ... >> good evening.rsation]

learn more at treatmbc.com. >> glor: senator robert f. kennedyay, assassinated as he campaigned for president. his widow, ethel, marked the anniversary by placing a rose on his grave at arlington. tonight, john dickerson takes us back to the day america said goodbye. >> reporter: as the 21-car funeral train traveled slowly south from new york city, mourners stood in silence. did it feel like you were attending a funeral or a mass or e at--? >> no, it made me feel like i was part of history. >> reporter: stephanie lang was 24 when she watched with her husband and two-year-old hughter as the train passed n ar her home in baltimore. >> when the train came through, that was the moment that i stopped and put my hand on my heart and, you know. neat was a shame that had lyppened, what happened to him and his family. >> they're as mixed in age and sex and color and size. the trip, for this reason, is going to take longer than scheduled. >> reporter: it's estimated at least a million people lined the hare than 200-mile route. aboard, photographer paul fus

. >>> plus a new book on a fateful meeting convened by robert f. kennedy more than 50 yrs ago d how that conversation continues today. hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. with the new mayo elect london breed. san francisco waited as votes for counted in a tight rac f mayor. either of the top two candidates promised to be a first for the city. mark leno would be the first openly gay mayor.do while lbreed would be the first african-american woman to lead the city. finally on wednesday morning he conceded to breed. the new mayorect grew up in the westn addition neighborhood and was first elected to the board of officers in 2012. she sat down with editor scott schafer. >> thanks for coming in. >> of course. >when you walked throug the doors of city hall and you said my name is london london breed, what went through your mind? >> i couldn't believe it toell yo the truth. it almost felt like a. dre it's amazing and i'm excited to be here. >> you did a callout to your grandmother, ms. brown. >> yes, i'm sure she would have b wn happy. t did you lea

attorney general robert f. kennedy and james baldwin. it was supposed to be a friendly gathering but it became very bitter? >> initially they met over breakfast the daybe re. and because it was a rush meeting, baldwin's plane was late when he got to d.c. then out to virginia. the attorney gl said tomorrow i'll be in new york, let's get together. they got together he said bring some of your friends. they also brought a student activistho was one of the most storied activist freedom writers. they got to the meeting. kennedy wanted to black people to be grateful for what he and i see brother were doing. and they weref having noneit. they said we're tied of this. the young man, jerome smith, said don't worry about it the voice of rage. beoncerned about me who's willing to take up a gun because i'm tired of all of this. he tried to pivot away, robert kennedy, to the responsible black people, but with they said the only person youeed t listen to is him. it got nasty and bitter. kennedy was angry. at the end of the meeting he went back to his o

eastern on c-span2 -- the memorial service marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of robert f. kennedy from arlington national cemetery. featured speakers include family, friends, members of congress, and former president bill clinton. watch the r.f.k. 50th memorial service at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span.org, or listen n the free c-span radio app. >> now senator elizabeth warren on the effects of the trump administration's deregatory efforts and feder deregulation. she was the key note speaker at an event hosted by the coalition for sensible safeguards. [applause] senator warren: thank you, thank you. it's good to be here with everybody this morning. thank you, thank you. so thank you to rob. thank you to public citizen and to the coalition for sensible safeguards for organizing this symposium. you are leading a lot of tough fights on behalf of the american people, and i am glad ave th opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with you. thank you for your work, this important work. [applause] let's talk about toaers. back when i was a young woman in the 1970's, i liked to make

cary kennedy, daughter of robert f kennedy, and her book, "robert f. kennedy: ripples of hope." biles.torian roger on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu and her book "hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship." burn:thing you love will inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america." "the gulf: the making of an american sea." rocketmen: the daring odyssey of apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon." watched our live coverage of the printers row lit fest in chicago starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, a senior research fellow at george mason university. a discussion of trump administration trade policies. ted johnson will talk about the upcoming court decision on the at&t and time warner merger. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. caller:oin the discussion -- join the discussion. >> this weekend, b

. >> primetime lineup at 7:00 eastern, robert f kennedy junior, the son of atty. gen. robert f kennedy provides a history of america through the lens of his childhood and formative years, then at 8:10, molly crabapple, tells the stories of three syrian men, newt gingrich offers his thoughts on the impact the trump administration's policies have on america and the world at 9:00 eastern. an hour afterwards program television and radio host bill press transitions to progressive politics and we wrap up our primetime programming at 11:00 pm with discussion of the current state of book publishing. that happens tonight on book tv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend, television for serious readers. >> is a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. next week in new orleans the american library association's annual conference featuring a keynote talk by michelle obama and july 11th to the 14th, the annual libertarian conference freedom fest in las vegas and august 18th the mississippi breakfast of in jackson with john meacham

joining me now, kerry kennedy, president of robert f. kennedy rights, also the daughter of rfk and the author of "robert f. kennedy: ripples of hope." i got a galley copy. this thing is already worn. i love this book. it's terrific. >> thank you. >> we will get to the book in just a moment, but as a human rights activist, what are your expectations and hopes for this meeting on tuesday? >> well, you know, i think we're all americans and we wish our president the best, and we certainly hope he succeeds. that said, he himself has said that attitude is more important than preparation, and i'm skeptical about how he's going to be able to do this. you know, he's starting with a state department that's been decima decimated. he went to the g-7 summit and dissed all of our allies who are important to this process. we've got mike pompeo who was an advocate of torture after all, so i don't have a big -- a lot of faith in him bringing up human rights abuses. but he's also been in transition to the state department for the last month, and we have a head of

the day senator robert f kennedy died. here is a preview. >> these last few weeks, robert francis kennedy was enjoying himself. there was a good fight and he was a fighter. ideals were at stake but he was an idealist and for a man whose demeanor always suggested a boyish shyness, he enjoyed being around people. he refused police protection because he said all the people wanted to do was touch him, not to hurt him. he made a point of that and new people that did not want to hurt him. he plunged into areas that even mayors steered clear of. something seemed to grow in the shy third brother in these weeks of campaigning. the younger brother who had stayed behind the scenes had come into his own in the wild final week in california. tuesday night was a particularly joyous night. robert francis kennedy was 42 years old and had won the victory of his political life in the california presidential runner. we can work together in the last analysis and what is going on in the united states, the division, the violence, the disenchantm

with this, i welcome and please bring your hands together for a warm philadelphia welcome for robert f kennedy junior. [applause] >> well, we had a full house tonight. thank you for being here and welcome to the kennedy philadelphia, thank you. i don't know if any of you have had an opportunity to take a look at the book yet but the title is american values: lessons i learned from my family and as i read the book, it struck me as part history book, part autobiography and i wonder why you chose to write this book and why now? >> ishould get better as i speak . but i started out writing this book 10 years ago. i wrote most, at least 70 percent of it in the first year and i put it down as i wrote three other books and then my publisher very mad at me and i wrote it, but the project involves originally harpercollins asked me to do, her niece talked about wilderness exhibitions. my father taught us to kayak and took us west of the river and the colorado and mountain climbing andot other and he asked for a book on that and the project kind of hit a wall where i was originally writing something of a

and to robert f kennedy, this was a measure of a life well lived.k, in the moment between strangers and friends leaving aside expectations and egos to acknowledge each other's work and wisdom. where we posit and see each other. when we look past color or creed or class, to recognize a humanity or imperfections or contradictions. our hope for a truer and kinder tomorrow. that humanity anchored my grandfather and carried him to the field and the farmworkers to the appellation in country and the tenement where in the shadows, in the background, the quiet space that rarely got attention, robert kennedy found the arteries of our american heart. and he said of those forgotten , your country sees you. your country values you, america would not be america without you. he held their hands. he knelt by their side. he shared their sorrows. and he lifted their spirits. he wasn't radical or revolutionary but he was human. and willing to be vulnerable. this was his greatest gift to give. he felt so intensely the suffering of others and from that pain arose the mo

let's win this. >> when robert f. kennedytepped from the stage at ambassador hotel in los angeles. his walk through the kitchen, moments later, would become the violent book end to one of the most turbulent stretches in american history. >> i am announcing today my candidacy. >> three months earlier, kennedy announced he would take on the sitting president from his own party. >> i do not lightly dismiss the dangers and the difficulties of challenging an incumbent president. but these are not ordinary times. >> a short while later, with anti-war sentiment spiking. lyndon johnson pulled out of the race. >> i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as the your president. >> just four days after that. >> martin luther king was shot and killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. >> finally, a few minutes after midnight, june 5, 1968, america faced the murder of yet another kennedy. >> thank you >> pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. five shots. >> journalist pete hamil helped subdue the assassin. says the wound that america su

eastern on-sn2, the memorial service mark in the 50th anniversaryhe assassinaon of robert f kennedy, from ro arlington national secretary. speakers include family, friends, members of congress, and former president, bill clinton. watch the memorial service at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio at. >> earlier today, president trump held the bill signing ceremony at the white house for the childhood cancer survivorship treatnt aess and research active 2018. participants included childhood cancer patients, their families, members of congress, and health and human services members. this is ten minutes. >> hello everybody. have a seat. hello folks. see how nice they are? [laughter] the nicest people in the whole world. i pleased to sign into law a childhood cancer survivorship treatment access and research act of 2018. it is a big deal. very important. the people appear have helped us so much. i want thank secretaries are for beheem ngith u including shelley , dean howard, representati michl mccall. thank you. and michael purchased. thank you. mor

gavin's not gonna work as governor. >>> we're back, with a special series "the legacy of robert f. kennedyor robert f. kennedy, the brother of the slained president, was cut down by a bullet. he was left by a wife, ethel, and children. now, his daughter, kerry, has written a new book about her father's legacy called "ripples of hope." great to see you. >> great to be here. >> we were talking about 50 years. it's hard to fathom that so much time has passed. you were 8 years old when your father passed. >> yes. it is. it's amazing how far we've come as a country and how this year in particular, we're feeling so much of the division in our country that was felt 50 years ago. so, a lot of the issues that he was grappling with are really at the front of the headlines today. >> and the book gets a lot of different perspectives on your father because he meant so much to so many people. but let's talk about him first as a father. what he meant to you. what are your most cherished memories? >> he was a lot of fun. he was, you know, not a don draper father. he was very present. he was always there w

. >> this june marks the 50th anniversary of robert f kennedy's assassination. next, larry tye talks about his book "bobby kennedy: the making ," in which hecon remembers the life and political career of robert f kennedy. live in 2016.ded it's about an hour. >> tonight we will join in conversation with the noted , who has been a whirlwind of activity the last several days. bill green became a congressman father, succeeding his william j. green. his father was instrumental in the election of president john f. kennedy. bill green served as a congressman until 1976 during which time he took on the oil oilanies, helped defeat the depletion allowance. he became the mayor of philadelphia -- the 94th mayor of philadelphia -- in 1980 and i'm pleased to say i was in his administration. during his term, he took on a lot of special interests and actually implemented the first deadly force policy in the united states. he has also set a interesting things, which i won't repeat here, about santa claus doesn't live here anymore and city council is the worst legislative body in

of robert f. kennedy, acknowledging the 50th anniversary of his assassination. live on c-span3. the chalmettet battlefield, the site of the battle of new orleans. up next, we look at the very last ground battle of the war of 1812. >> the battle of new orleans was the battle but between the american forces and great britain as part of 1812. it was the last ground battle between the u.s. and great britain, the last place where the two armies came together on land. we are at the show met metteefield -- chal battlefield. back in 1815, this would have been the heart of the city, new orleans, there. it is located in st. bernard parish, a little ways outside the city proper. the ground assault that we call the battle of new orleans started on january 8, 1815 and it would be about five weeks after when the battle officially ended or when the war officially ended. new orleans was a very important target for the british for a couple reasons. first, it is right along the mississippi river. it was the first city that controlled all of the trade and vessels coming in and out of the gulf of m

>> nepotism. >> despite robert kennedy's open concerns, president john f. edy overrode his critics by nominating his brother for attorney general. >> in a sense, it was outrageous for president kennedy to pick his own brother as attorney general to enforce the laws. that could not happen today. in 1960, the rules were looser. they got heat for it but they got away with it. >> the second man of the government? i don't suggest that. >> robert kennedy was number two in the kennedy administration. it was not the vice-president by a long ways. jfk came to feel that bobby kennedy was the only person who had the president's interests completely at heart, not anyone else's. >> great danger in all of these matters in dealing with a dictator. he miscalculates, the world could be destroyed. >> both brothers are preoccupied with the nuclear threat posed by the soviet union whose leader now tests the young president. >> the overwhelming worry in the kennedy years was can we survive and prevail in our conflict with the soviet union. that permeated everything. children wer

senator robert f. kennedy was shot minutes after he'd given a speech at the ambassador hotel in los angeles he would die the very next day today many people remain convinced that kenneth is unique political talents would have made him one of america's greatest presidents and children looks back at his life and legacy. robert kennedy was everything a working class hero wasn't supposed to be but in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight with the country in political and social chaos kennedy supporters thought he could be the president the nation needed you don't really care if he won our laws to. solve. when he was all about trying to create change and trying to make the world more just change mantra ending the war in vietnam stopping racism and discrimination and erasing harvard he from every corner of the country history may not repeat but it often rhymes conditions are different now but a lot of the anxiety that swept through the country in one nine hundred sixty eight echoes the anxiety of today kennedy's ear

eastern on c-span two, a memorial service marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of robert f kennedy from the arlington cemetery. family, members of congress, and former president l clinton. that memorial service at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> last week come president trump pardon author and filmmaker dinesh desousa, convicted four years ago for making illegal campaign contributions. today, he talked about his experience and answered viewer questions on "washington journal." we will show as much as we can of this before the house gavels and at noon. ilmmaker and most recently in the news for receiving a pardon from president trump, joining us from houston, texas. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of the situation that caused you to get the pardon in the first place? guest: yes. my college friend wendy long was running for the u.s. senate in new york in 2012. we've been friends for 25 years. i gave her $10,000, the campaign-finance limits. i wanted to do more for her campaign. i convinced two of

please join me in thanking robert f kennedy junior. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> book tv is on twitter and facebook. we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/book tv or post a comment on the facebook page. facebook.com/book tv. here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times. topping the list is the soul of america. the look at critical moments in american history and how they relate to today. then we recall the life of the last survivor of the atlantic slave trade. that's followed by investor and venture capitalists on how tech companies use goals to achieve growth and measure what matters. then it is i will be gone in the dark. michelle mcnamara's search for the golden state killer who has been charged with one dozen murders and 50 sexual assaults in california during the 70s and 80s. arizona senator's reflections on his political careers, the restless way. our look at the best-selling books continues with mark manson's advice on leading a happy life. michael's repor