for others will someday come to pass for all the world. >> larry: assassinations of john and robert kennedy shook this country to the core. they were the most violent manifestations of what some have called the kennedy curse, a series of public and personal tragedies that have plagued this american dynasty over the decades. after the tragedy that happened in the family, did you give a conscious thought to saying, i have had two brothers -- >> not really. that would have been -- it wouldn't have been the kind of thing that would have honored their memory. not that i'm in it just in that sense but the thought never really crossed my mind. we've had our share of difficulties and tragedies in the family. but by and large, not greatly different from most families around the country. >> misfortune strikes the kennedy family once again. senator edward m. kennedy was seriously injured when his private plane crashed in the woods near southampton, massachusetts. the senator was on his way to the state democratic convention where he was renominated when the plane crashed in a heavy fog. >> larry: how

people talk a lot about john kennedy, is eclipsed life, and robert kennedy, is eclipsed life. y kennedy has been pushing for universal health care since almost day one in the senate in 1962. he had the full wind at his back pushing for voting rights, civil rights. he is an unambiguous liberal icon, an american icon an international icon, who even went to south africa and spent time with bishop tutu in the release he did days of apartheid and came back and announced the apartheid regime there. everything teddy kennedy did their that the stamp of caring about people and he is one of our great political figures. tavis: you know that we have these at inflow conversations about liberalism, the "l" word, and for the balance of his career he never shied away from the word. what do you make of that? >> that is right, and he was important for the democratic party. bill clinton said he was a new democrat, people played with the word progressive. he was a proud liberal. he thought it was part of the tradition of theodore roosevelt 's new nationalism and fdr's new deal and lyndon johnson a

. >>> the fbi seized a letter of jacqueline kennedy wrote to the widow of robert f. s assassination. it's one of the most popular stories on cnn.com. kennedy's family says the letter was stolen for a document, they traced the letter to a plumber. robert kennedy's widow says he once worked for the family. >>> you probably already know many websites track your every move on the web somehow, one way or another. but one major retailer went so far, he got in hot water with the feds. jen westhoven is looking out for you. what are we looking at? what are the feds doing here? >> you can't believe what they were looking at, too, you really might not have ever known. you sign up for the sears online program. it's a deal, right? you get $10. they check your web browsing. happens all the time, cookies. buried in the fine print after you downloaded the software, sears was looking at your online bank statements, any prescription drug records, in your shopping carts, anything you bought, the name of anybody you were e-mailing with. the ftc said that was too far. now sears, which als

our family admired and respected president kennedy, we all supported and were committed to robert kennedy and the causes that he stood for. and we always felt it a very special privilege to be represented in massachusetts by ted kennedy. all of us, especially the massachusetts delegation, already miss senator kennedy. we miss his humor, his friendship, his advice, his leadership. i tell my colleagues from outside of massachusetts that i'm proud to call myself a ted kennedy democrat and a ted kennedy democrat is somebody who is a believer in dynamic and efficient and bold and effective government. somebody who believes it's important to stand up for human rights and for civil rights and senator kennedy did so with incredible integrity and with incredible character. you know, i believe as has been said here, that he is the greatest legislator in the history of the united states senate. on health care, every piece of major health care legislation that's been enacted into law has ted kennedy's finger j prints all over it. there are millions of children all over america today who have health c

robert kennedy comes out to c#z a hearingnd he tel the bishops youan't beÑixdçót( a mol bishop a. no the farmworkers. which at that point for bert kenly --xd kennedy mos influential catholic in the country was significant. as i discuss in the book the faith-based, the farmworkers are profoundly religious movement. cesar had a fast in 1968 which was incredibly successful and it was really a sense of drawing religious based activists into thi which helped build the movement. soe brought in all of these groups, women, latinos new leftists religious folks into a social change arena they otherwise would not have been part of. and that's what made this movement so great. and the important thing to remember is this is not, my book is not a history book and we're not talng history here. we're not saying let's go relivehe days of the 607s and p 07s -- 60s and 70s when all of this was going on. i have a chapter ird the book about a cam tan -- campaign that took place in the univsity of miami in 2006. the title of the chapter is yes, we ce. and someone said to me in one of my readings randy hat

they're not goi respond to television ads and they provedhat in '68 making -- for robert kennedy makee he won the democrac primary in californaa proved that in state election in '72 and proved that again in '76 and went on to prove it in other elections. their alumni. so with the0 -- what the obama campaign did is they went back to a model the ufw had created 3 years earlier -- 30 years earlier. the grass roots and keeping track of everything and knocking on doors and not just asking how they're going to vote but trying to recruit the as being organizers at the door. that's what the ufw did in 1968. so there's so many aspects of phe ufw their legacy that apply today that jus simply have beenorgotten. i was saying to someone before when you say to someone you know, you remember det. terrible pesticide. most people don't know det was eliminated in the united states because the farmworkers pssed for it. because jessica who grew up in the fields was convinced all these pesticides that everyone got used toprague. in those days no one was a talk about organic anything. spray pesticides and

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he is the oldest son of robert kennedy. his withdraw is likely to open the door for several massachusetts democrats. >>> and the supreme court's newest justice, sonia sotomayor, is welcomed to the bench in a special ceremony today. sotomayor and the other justices will get to work tomorrow, hearing a case on campaign finance limits. >>> this morning's commute is going to be a messy one in san francisco. road crews were unable to fix a crocked support on the bay bridge. as brian rooney reports, officials say they should finish the repair by tomorrow. >> reporter: the san francisco bay bridge has been under reconstruction for years. workers were just connecting a temporary span, so they could start tearing down an old section of bridge, when inspectors found the crack, way up there over the road. now, the clock is ticking down to what could become a chaotic, post labor day rush hour for the bay area. >> once you find something like that, you have to repair it before you can put traffic back on a structure. >> reporter: the cr

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the assassination of jack end kennedy of robert kennedy, senator kennedy's plane crash, the death of john jr. we've lived through those. but for the first time we hear in this book in his own voice the account by the person who actually lichede it. -- lived it. he's never spoken about most of these things. he writes candidly and completely about all of them. so while we don't know the events we don't know the candid inside story of how it felt. greta: whether you're a kennedy fan or not, it's a great read. he's a great irishman in terms of telling the story. one of my favorite stories is when he got punished by stand tg in the closet and he goes in and discovers his sister jean is already standing in the closet. >> i know the humor is terrific. there is a lot of sadness in the book but also a lot of humor. my two favorite stories involve his mother, a wonderful character who died i think at 104 and when she was 101 he used to go up and see hefner every weekend he could at high annis. one weekend he was up there and going out to play tennis and she stopped him and said "teddy, are you

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and mildred wrote to the then attorney general who was robert kennedy. he said thises my story. kennedy wrote back and said, why don't you contact the afit yacht of the aclu. and they did. but it says something about our system that there are people like the lovings, every day people who had faith in our judicial system. and use the court to write something terribly wrong with them that has happened to them. loving virginia is a very important case, i hope they will appreciate that not so long oon ago, 1967, and today we have a president who is himself the child of an interracial marriage. >> also not so long ago, women didn't have the rights that they had today. you were one of the pioneering lawyers for that fight. so first thank you. the second thing i wanted to ask you about is your choice as a strategist, as a legal strategist. it seems like often enough to be a pattern playing this -- that you were representing were met. and i'm wondering was there a deliberate decision on your part to do that in hindsight. i would i could say i had a bad childhood. i really didn't. salary

jack kennedy, robert kennedy and of course teddy kennedy. that's never happened before in the history of our nation. one of the rooms that has been such significance to our nation is the caucus room in the russell office building. it's been the site of remarkable hearings and meetings since its building almost a century ago. that room has been very important. the caucus room is where many important meetings, the hearings on the titanic were held in that room, the watergate hearings were held in that room. i think of countless occasions. important markups and meetings over the years. it is there we commemorated tragedies in our country, we met to celebrate the lives of our colleagues. we celebrated triumphs in that room. we gathered with spouses from time to time to share quiet moments with each other as we reflect on our responsibilities here a senators. we've held some greatest debates that have occurred in that room. it is there that senator kennedy's health committee which i was privileged to act in as a fill-in for him over the last coup

you know many of my cousins in the robert kennedy family working international human rights.by, you know is the crusader for the environment. i could spend another whole program here, larry, talking about the work. i think what all of us have grown up with is a sense of community service and we've all been grown up to, you know, use our natural gifts to give something back to this country that has given so much to our family. and i think that is the common thread that my father and his brothers and sisters, you know, brought us up to believe. that all of us have gifts. all of us can make a contribution in this society. you don't need to become a public official or elected official to give something back. you can start right in your own neighborhood. i think that -- >> that's why they have the ted kennedy national service act which allows people, grandparents to be foster grandparents, young people to go on and help their communities. it's symbolizes what my dad always believed that patriotism is defined by how you help your fellow americans in the broadest sense. not just wea

the caucus room of the russell senate office building that both senator john fitzgerald kennedy and senator robert francis kennedy announced their intention to run for the office of the president of the united states. whereas, a spirit of passionate advocacy and deep respect for the institution of the senate should govern the deliberations that take place in the caucus room of the russell senate office building and, whereas, the senate wishes to honor the life and work of senator h edwad moore kennedy, to recognize the contributions of the three kennedy brothers who served as senators, and to celebrate the spirit of public service exemplified by the kennedy family. now, therefore, be it resolved that the senate designates room 325 of the russell senate office building, commonly referred to as the caucus room, as the kennedy caucus room in roiftion threcognition of the service to the senate and the people of the united states of senators edward moore kennedy, robert francis kennedy and john fitzgerald kennedy. mr. dodd: madam president, i want to if i may just -- the presiding officer: is there obj

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. >> another story that involves robert kennedy suggests one of these tantalizing alternate routes for in which president johnson might have sent bobby kennedy to negotiate a peace in vietnam? can you flesh that one out for us? >> yes. the book is chockablock, and interesting, meeting with the president, particularly the democratic presidents, lyndon johnson. he told of a story in which bobby kennedy, who had become increasingly vocal anti-war voice within the democratic party, came back from vietnam and essentially made an offer to the president. said, look, president johnson, if you were to give me the portfolio to be a special envoy to the north vietnamese, i will engage in shuttle diplomacy, try to forge a secret peace treaty. i will not run for president. now, he didn't say that explicitly, but according to ted kennedy, it was obvious he would not be a rival to lyndon johnson in the 1968 presidential race, which is something that presidential johnson was increasingly worried about. ultimately, president johnson did not take the offer at face value. there's obviously a long history

the months and years after bobby's death -- that, of course, the former late attorney general robert kennedy i drove my car at high speeds. i drove myself in the senate, i drove my staff, i sometimes drove my capacity for liquor to the limit. there's a couple other references in this book. let's take a look at another one here. this is about the alaska trip, when the homeward flight to seattle, i drank too much in an effort to numb myself. wow, in an effort to numb myself. the account eventually surfaced of my resulting rowdiness and leading everyone in childish chants of eskimo power were on target. someone later quoted me as saying in the course of one of those legs that if i were to run for president, quote, they're going to shoot my ass off the way they shot off bobby's. acknowledging all of that is fact now. >> that to me was the most incredible of the excerpts that had been released so far because what it shows is just what kind of place ted kennedy was in, in 1968 and 1969. i mean, this was -- in six years from going to the kid brother to assuming the mantel of leadership for family a

roberts and alito and scalia, thomas and justice kennedy.sonia sotomayor is going to vote to uphold the law. as you saw in the first question, she was basically saying why are we here, where we are doing this big issue in this small case? couldn't do when this narrowl by saying this was a dvd from a small group -- not even a corporation but they ought to be shielded from the federal regulations but we shouldn't get in the business of striking down the law against corporate funding. i'm a little intrigued by the fact i wonder whether john mccain would add any epiphany yesterday sitting there may be i backed the wrong people. >> host: couple points what you wereust wching. pardon me if you know all this stuff on the supreme court but you are listening to the audio because the supreme court does not permit television cameras in its oral arguments, and it is unusuafor you actually to be able to hear the audio recordings immediately after the case is argued. news organizations have to petition the court for same-day release and the chief justice

so, the kennedys, robert and jack were no great friend of martin luther king or the civil rights movement. guest: thank you for the question. for whatever it is worth, senator kennedy says in this book that he thought j. edgar hoover went way too far. he was disgusted by the wiretapping and he says that whenever he passes the j. edgar hoover building he feels a sense of despair. senator kennedy in his book was very careful to talk about his own personal experiences. so this is not a book about robert f. kennedy, it is a book about ted kennedy. his own experiences with the civil rights movement -- i believe i ever presented them accurately and i encourage you to read it. host: victor on the democrats' line from carlsbad. caller: good morning. i wanted to say, first of all, i am 64 years old. i was an okinawa when president kennedy was assassinated. he was my commander in chief. i wish i were in the military now because we now have a wonderful commander in chief also appeared -- also. i was devastated by kennedy's assassination. i was devastated by his brothers assassination. being in offic

for now, though, the only kennedy that appears to be interested is joe, robert kennedy's oldest son. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. >>> it is 7:18. once again, here's carl. >> thanks. >>> to what could be major problem for the criminal case into michael jackson's death. jeff rosin is in los angeles this morning. good morning to you. >> hi, carl. good morning to you. law enforcement sources now tell nbc news prosecutors are worried about what they call sloppy police work. key evidence may have been tainted, key interviews may have been skipped. the da's office is deeply concerned a botched investigation could severely damage their case. >> reporter: just two days after michael jackson's death, relatives were allowed inside his rented mansion. that's michael mom's katherine pulling in and his sister. they even brought in moving trucks to haul out possessions. the lapd didn't secure the house as a crime scene. all belongings were out in the open. prosecutors fear that has compromised the investigation. robin zachs is a former l.a. prosecutor. she says tainted evidence is a familiar

our former senator from new york, robert kennedy, once told us the future is not a gift. it is an achievement. it was not an accident, not a gift, that america led the 20th century. it was a result of hard work and discipline and sacrifice and ambition that served a common purpose. so it must be in the 21st century. future success is no guarantee. as americans, we always have to remember that our leadership is not an inheritance, it is a responsibility. so from biotechnology to nan nano technology to research in the treatments of ancient diseases, there is so much potential to change our world and improve our lives while creating countless jobs all across america. the question is if we are ready to embrace that potential. if we're ready to lead the way once more. i think we're ready. i've seen it all across america. this generation, generation of young people sitting here, they have an unparalleled opportunity. we are called upon to help them seize that opportunity. that's what you're doing here at hudson valley community college. that's what i intend to make sure that we

as a very young man i worked in his brother robert kennedy's campaign for the presidency and met ted kennedy then, supported ted kennedy in his 1980 presidential campaign and met him then. when i came to the senate, i was able to from time to time be invited to for example to hyannis port, the kennedy compound, and visited senator kennedy and his family, went sailing with him. to sail with senator ted kennedy was an extraordinary experience. he was a wonderful sailor. many things have been said and written about ted kennedy over the years, and especially in recent weeks since his death. and i don't need to repeat the many accomplishments here in the senate. my colleagues have done a great job about that. but those accomplishments span 47 years and would take far too long and too much time to detail, and many have done it, as i said. i won't repeat his love of all things irish. everyone understood that, especially he was a great irish storyteller. no prouder irishman in the world, i dare say, than ted kennedy. and i don't need to tell of his many acts of thoughtfulness and kindness, la

robert kennedy, when he was a young man, he brought a lot of inspiration into the idea. in terms of my own background, figures like cesar chavez, he did not put limits on people's ability to get somewhere. that was an inspiration. host: mike, oregon. you are on for the congressman. caller: good morning. can you hear me? thank god for c-span. in terms of what i have seen with the health care situation, i am basically holding on by my fingernails, hoping it we did not get fooled again. this nonsense about the health care system in this country, pharmaceutical companies, insurance, and then the lawyers, it seems to be piling up. they all understand that health care is going to be reformed. quite possibly the situation could be something closer to europe, something that i think that the rest of the world has found a way to work. so, what they are fighting over is basically the corporate system. basically they have got the republicans, the insurance industry, and the pharmaceuticals. guest: i hope that people understand, and those of us that our opponents of health reform --

i tried to sidestep it a little bit, saying that is robert kennedy's old seat, and if you win the electionpeople of new york will respond. it is a place where you can do a lot of good and you can probably do a lot of good work. however, you will probably have to give up a lot. the inevitable soap opera about her, and not been too masculine or not, will go away in the senate. the president kind of laughed and said he interpreted that as a passive endorsement. in some -- subsequent sessions, he would be talking to her on the telephone, while she was in new york deciding to run. he makes a lot of comment about her, hilary the candidate and hillary as the adviser. he was proud of the way that she cut her sea legs in new york -- got hersey lines in new york. she was able to make up the deficit by working hard. host: one more caller. mary on the independent line. you are on the air. caller: hello, i have a question. everybody brags about what the clintons have done but they brought the country down with the congress, senate, free trade. all of, jobs left. everybody needs work. -- our jobs left.

after robert kennedy's assassination, he worked for him during the campaign, paul was ready to quit politics. that was until ted kennedy told him that he had a responsibility to fight on. he signed on to ted kennedy's staff in 1969. he became one of ted kennedy's most important advisers, a role bedbug he has continued until these last days. it was during paul's tenure on teddy stepped that he was first brought into the debate on health care and drug into it with a passion. he will represent massachusetts well in the fight to make ted kennedy's life work a reality. i also want a bunch and that was not always politics that brought tet and pull together. it was a deep and abiding pratt friendship between the two men. they celebrate thanksgiving together with their families and on the weekends, the harvard- yale football games and in recent months, they spent long visits of shared remembering. it is no wonder that in his memoirs, ted kennedy refers to paul as "my dear friend." we were touched to seek his desk draped in black velvet with his papers flowers on a and a poem by robert frost. there i

he could have gone back to an easy life, particularly after the as a nation of robert kennedy in 1968 it would have been so easy for him to walk away from this job, from this kind of life,rom the danger he faced. and instead he stayed and he fought. and he had everything anybody could hope for in life. he had a loving family that cared so much about him. he had all the wealth he needed, and the lifestyle that so many would have been so tempted by. but instead he stayed and served right up until his death. and that says to me everything that i love about ted kennedy and everything that we all need to know about senator kennedy. thank you, madam president. senar ky thank you for giving me the time. mr. kyl: madam preside? i say to my colleague from ohio, i commentedn the same point. it's pretty obvious, but senator kennedy culd have, because of who he was, done justbout anything. he certainly wouldn't have had to work as hd as did. but i have never known a harder-working senator than senantntntntntnt. it is with a heavy heart that i take the floor of the united states senate today. for

>> robert f. kennedy said it and he meant it. don't get mad, get evening.kes that mantra of late. the spitball fight that perpetuates. jonathan capehart is along for the ride. >> uh-huh. >> glad to hear. >> great to be here. >> like being at home. >> yeah, it is. >> yeah. >> let's start with forget about firing back. progressive groups saying they prefer revenge later to try to stop a top conservative from getting fired and the ever playing game of spitball. former lieutenant governor went after obama health care reform. she then claims chicago style arm-twisting tactics. i'm not sure what that is. blamed for her resignation from a lucrative gig on the board of the can tell medical group. >> she is playing hardball politics. koing the phrase there were no death panels so she has no place to campaign. >> you should be able to come back with a bat. >> of course her and candel. did she lose it? >> come here! >> former house leader dick armey, his day job dried up after he took the helmet free to work. that group is known for organizing tea party in town and al

he could have gone back to an easy life, particularly after the as as nation of robert kennedy in 1968. it would have been so easy for him to walk away from this job, from this kindf life, from the danger he faced. and instead he stayed and he fought. and he had everything anybody could hope for in life. he had a loving familyhat cared so much about him. he had all the wealth he needed, and the lifestyle that s many would have been so tempted by. but instead hetayed and served right up until his death. and that says to me everything that i love about ted kennedy and everything that we all need to know about senator kennedy. thank you, madam president. senator kyl, thank you for giving me the time. mr. kyl: madam president? i say to my colleague from ohio, i commented o theame point. it's pretty obvious, but senator kennedy could have, because of who he was, done just about anything. he certainly wouldn't have had to work as hard as he did. but i have never known a harder-working senator than senator kennedy. it validates the point my colleague was making. i want to sak about the nomina

[applause] a former senator from new york, robert kennedy, once told us that the future is not a gift. it is an achievement. it is not an accident that america led the previous century. it was a result of hard work, discipline, sacrifice, and ambition that served a common purpose. so it must be in the 21st century. future success is no guarantee. as americans, we always have to remember that our leadership is not an his inheritance. it is a responsibility. from the development of new sources of energy to treating ancient diseases, there is so much potential to change our world and improve our lives walk reading countless jobs all across america. the question is whether we are ready to embrace that or not. are we ready to lead the way once more? i think that we are ready. i have seen it all across america. this generation, the generation of young people sitting here, they have an unparalleled opportunity. we're called upon to help them seize that opportunity. that is what you're doing here at hudson valley community college. that is what i intend to make sure that we do in washington.

until the civil rights movement came alive and then melded loving wrote to the attorney general, robert kennedyd said this is her story. kennedy wrote back and ask him to contact the virginia affiliate of the aclu which they did and that is out loving v virginia began. there are people like them who have faith in our judicial system and use the courts to write something terribly wrong that happened. loving v virginia is a terribly important case and olsten will appreciate how not so long ago, 1967, and today we have a president who is himself the child of an interracial marriage. >> also not so long ago, women did not have the rights they have today. your one of the pioneering lawyers for that fight. first, thank you. the second thing i wanted to ask you about is your choice as a strategist, as a legal strategist when you were taking these kind of cases to the court, it seemed like print point is you were representing or man. -- plaintiffs you are representing were men. was there a deliberate decision on r your part to do that? is that a strategy that you think might have had the (jjutáuq'ces?

kennedy, than occupied by senator robert kennedy, and for many, many years occupied by senator ted kennedy he was an extraordinaryriend to all of us, a remarkable legislative. this is not a case of the senate just losing one senator. he was such a much larger presence than that in the life -- public life of our country, and particularly in the workings of this congress. my thoughts and prayers have been with ted kennedy and his family over these many, many months as he has battled the brain cancer, and now since his death have all reflected on what he meant to us and to this country. again today, it seems inappropriate to take the floor of the senate without at least acknowledging the absence of our friend, ted kennedy, and to send our prayers to his family. mr. president, when he would come to the floor with a booming voic fl of pason about an issue, it was an extraordina thing to watch and to listen to. he had that kind of passion. i do want to sayhat the are a lot of tngs for us to be passionate about, and one of the things that i have talked about on the floor of t senate is the waste

quoted martin luther king, with billly clubs blocked the doors of polling places and neither did robert kennedy. it is an absolute disgrace. in july, the "washington times" reported that improper political influence by associate attorney general led to the dismissal of the case. politicizing of career employees. this dismissal came over the objections of career attorneys on the trial team as well as the department's own appeal office which advised that the complaint was, quote, sufficient to support the injunction, end of quote sought by the career lawyers and that the quote, government's predominant interest in preventing intimidation, threats and coercion against voters, end of quote. urging the department pursue a judgment in this case, it was dismissed in may over the career attorney's objections. however, the justified dismissal has not gone unnoticed. i worked with lamar smith to demand answers from attorney general holder. i am pleased that the u.s. commission on civil rights has also taken note of the case. the commission has an important statutory responsibility to investigate voting r

journalist recipient of a number of prestigious journalism awards including the george polk robert f. kennedyidy hillman and civil gavel of words, and i found it a common theme in the award for example the poll -- polke award those were for death penalty related iss stories. so i've written extensively about the death penalty and when i was released on pare in 2006, april of 2006, going to work as a paralegal for the law firm once aga i encountered the death penalty for illegal defense firm. so it has been a sort life interest and i guess it will be on tilthe day i die. as a gentleman introducing me a while ago said life without parole, because i was in 1972 recent to life without parole. 1992 the governor ofouisiana coveted my life sentence to 90 years and after six failed parole attempt so i was finally up paroledn a seventh attempt in april 2006. moved to houston where jodie lived a had a start, went to school, went to community college here ihousto got my skills brought on the texas law as a jailhouse lawyer in the system, the louisiana law so i had to bring my skills up to learn about th

from: lynn stout, professor of corporate and securities law at the ucla; robert glauber, lecturer in public policy at harvard's kennedychool of government and former c.e.o. of the national association of securities dealers, he served in the treasury department under first president bush; and gretchen morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and a columnist at the "new york times." lynn stout, explain the problem the fed is trying to solve with measures like this latest one, focusing on how people at financial institutions are paid. >> well, i think one of the basic problems that lead to the banking crisis in the fall of 2 o 008 can be summed up with the phrase short termism. you had a lot of bank executives who were very much focused on getting their bonuses for the end of the year. and as a result they took on a lot of risks, not really thinks about the long-term consequences. and so i think the federal reserve is making the right move at least looking at the extent to which pay for performance which is interpreted as pay pore this year's performance contributed to excessive risk-taking. at the same time, i

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. >>> robert de niro, bruce springsteen and mel brooks will be celebrated at this year's kennedy city honors. >>> and "playboy's" hugh nephher is finally getting around to divorcing kimberly conrad for whom he's been separateded since 1998. >>> and this comes from wmaq nbc 5 in chicago, where one couple took their love of heights to a whole new level. the rock climbing enthusiasts tied the knot while standing on a pane of place 1,300 feet in the air. the lofty ceremony took place on the ledge. a sky deck in the willis tower, formerly known as the sears tower. for the high altitude lovers, it seems only fitting to walk down the aisle 103 stories above the ground. >>> i'm christina brown, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> not much has changed in the weather. it is still cloudy and cool. we still have the threat of rain over our head. most of what we are experiencing across the area is a little bit of drizzle. the storm is still sitting offshore. it will get closer today. the rain chances will increase, with more significant rain acr

kennedy this afternoon. black velvet draped his desk along with flowers and a poem by robert frost. he spent 24 years serving in the senate before he died. >>> sonia sotomayer was installed on the high court. john justice walked him down the steps after the ceremony. sotomayer is the first hispanic justice in the court's history. her family congratulated her outside the courthouse. they will hear a case on campaign finance law. >>> still ahead, concerned about metro safety. >>> speeding with nobody on board. >>> firefighters rushing to a call for a water main break fall victim to a sinkhole. >>> veronica, what's ahead in weather? >> we have a lingering storm. showers out there now. clouds and wet weather affect the temperatures. >>> coming up in sports, a star studded affair. the redskins offensive line gain depth by ling weight. in >>> the mother of a 14-year-old boy wounded in a drive by shooting yesterday says she's ready to move away from washington. she was shot yesterday afternoon near the intersection of good hope road. she was walking with a friend when somebody drove up and

the boss, along with mel brooks and robert de niro will receive kennedy center honors this december.he three are being recognized for their unique artistry. president obama will host them at the white house on december the 5th. then they'll be honored at a gala that evening. >> prince george's county police are asking for your help in identifying a thief. the thief is seen here caught on surveillance tape. he's holding what looks like a hammer and tools. police say the suspect first breaks a window to get into the school, then steals money from vending machines. investigators say in the past three weeks, 11 schools have been broken into and 7 burglarized. >>> it is 5:26, 67 degrees. >>> why ethnic violence might be to blame. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> you might call it unprecedented. what prompted one lawmaker to heckle president obama durinono his address on capitol hill. >>> i'm not the first president to take up this cause, but i am determined to be the last. >> to your health. president obama makes his pitch for he

kennedy. we will hear from senator robert byrd, sexy chambliss, and several others. this is one hour and 20 minutes. mr. byrd: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. byrd: mr. president, i thank the chair. mr. byrd: mr. president, on august 25, a towering figure on our national political landscape left us forever. edward moore kennedy succumbed to a malignant brain tumor after an 18-month battle for his life. as i look now at his desk, draped with black cloth and covered with flowers, i still have difficulty believing that he is gone. my eboulant, irish-to-the-core friend has departed this life forever. how bleakly somber, how eterly final, how totally unlike ted kennedy in life. ted kennedy in life was a force of nature, a cheerful, inquisitive, caring man who never accepted somberness for loclong or the finality -- or te finality of anything. his energic adherence to perseverance, his plain dogged determination, his ability to rise from the ashes of whatever new horrific event accosted him, always with grace and usually with a lib

robert frost. it is not "the road not taken," the petroleum on senator kennedy's desk but i read it. "agained with thacquainted with" i have walked out in rain and back in rain in the night. i have outwalked the furthest city light. i have lood down the saddest city lane. i have passed by the watchman on his beat and drpped my eyes, unwilling to explain. i have stood still and stopped the sound the feet when far away an interrupted cryame from another street but not to call me back or say goodbye. further, still, an unearthl height, o clock against the sky, proceed claim the time was neither wrong nor right. i have bee one acquainted with the night i tnk the chair. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: if the senator will withdraw his request. mr. whitehouse: i am pleased to withdraw my request. the priding offhcer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: thank you, mr. president. mrpresident, i ask unanimo consent to speak as if in morning business and my statement appear with other tributes toenor kennedy in the recd. the presiding officer:

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one of ted kennedy's is in the hospital. robert byrd was rushed to the hospital yesterday after falling at his northern virginia home. the 91-year-old democrat from west virginia didn't break bones or suffer bruises. he's been in poor health in recent years. he's said to to be in good spirits but disappointed he won't be able to go to the senate for its official photo. >>> d.c.'s budget battle is now over. bonuses are among the casualties. council members passed adds 9 billion budget for next year including $700 million in cuts. programs were slashed along with jobs and payment toss many community groups. council members killed nearly $2 million in potential bonuses for government workers. >> this year we're facing, we've cut millions and millions of dollars. i think this is beyond symbolism. i think this is a wise thing to do. >> the council also took its first steps towards e creating a specific ethics code. it would include a provision to ban political activity in government buildings. >>> score another point for cora masters be